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Evening star., 1952-02-04
Third of q Series.

make them one-way to connect
Sousa Bridge and the Benning-
Bladensburg road area.
Street widening and channeliz-
ing for this purpose are among
the first projects in the city's new
$l40 million highway program.
This project has not yet been ap-
proved by the Commissioners,
however. and no timetable has
been set.
The purpose would be to relieve
present congestion on Seven
teenth street, now eastern WASH
ington's chief porth-south artery.
The project would cost $426,910.
Would Widen Seventeenth. "
Plans are these:
Seventeenth street would be-
come one-way northbound. from
SouSa Bridge to Benning road.
Fourteenth street would be one
way south. from Maryland avenue
to Pennsylvania. .
Seventeenth would be widened
to four lanes from Benning road
north to Bladensburg road. This
section would remain in two-way
operation.
Three intersections would be
channelized-that is, islands and
curbing would be installed to
guide the traffic flow. The inter-
sections. are I'd Seventeenth
street. Bladensburg and Mount
Ohvet roads: t2) Fourteenth
street and Maryland avenue; go
Fourteenth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue. Maryland avenue
between Fourteenth and Fifteenth
streets also would be channelized.
Controls at Intersections.
Traffic signals would control
traffic at all these intersections,
as well as at c street and Inde-
pendence avenue. projected cross
town links with the East Capitol
Street Bridge.
Southbound traffic from Florida
avenue already uses Fourteenth
street. Under the new plan, south
bound motorists on Mount Olivet
and Bladensburg roads would
move down Bladensburg and
Maryland avenue, joining the
present Fourteenth flow.
Dividing the present Seven
Iteenth two-way flow would speed
motorists in both directions, the
engineers say. Channelization at
Mount Olivet also will eliminate
the present awkward turn there
Southbound traffic through the
Fifteenth and H intersection-one
Iof the city's worst bottlenecks-
would be increased. But the en-
Igineers say this will be counter
acted by the projected East
Evening star., 1952-02-04
z Schools Open
For Co|ored Use
In Northeast
Hundreds Transferred
As Purt-Time Glasses
Are Ended at Payne

Two elementary schools opened
for colored use in Northeast
Washington today. involving the
transfer Of hundreds Of pupils
and eliminating part-time classes
at Payne Elementary School.
The River Terrace Elementary
School, a new building at Thirty
fourth and Dix streets NE, en-
rolled about 1865 pupils as it
opened its doors for the first time.
In addition, the Madison Elemen-
|tary School, Tenth and G streets
NE. was changed to a colored
school. as ordered by the Board
of Education two months ago.
Overcr0wding Eased.
A. Kiver Savoy. associate su-
|perintendent in charge of colored
elementary schools, said the
changes will help ease over
crowded conditions in the colored
schools of the area. He said the
transfers apparently were going
smoothly, although there had
been a number Of complaints
from parents who did not want
their children to move.
With the opening Of the new
River Terrace School, about 1874
pupils were moved from the Young
Elementary School at Twenty
fourth street and Benning road
NE. The rest of the enrolment
at, River Terrace is made up OF
pupils from the Thomas. Blow and
Smothers Elementary Schools. ALI
these children presumably live
closer to the River Terrace School
100 Students Transferred.
Nearly 100 Young School pupils
also were sent to the Blow School,
Nineteenth street and Benning
road NE, and the Webb School,
Fifteenth and Rosedale streets
NE.
Space at these schools was made
by another transfer to relieve
|overcrowding at the Payne School,
Fifteenth and c streets Sc.
About 100 students were trans
ferred from the Payne School and
the Webb School, used as an an
mex to the Payne, to the Maury
School, Twelfth and B streets NE
Maury pupils in turn were sent to
the Lovejoy School, Twelfth and
- streets NE, while Lovejoy
Ipubils went to the Madison School
vacated by white pupils.
$50 White Students Moved.
Some $50 white pupils from the
Madison School were dispersed to
other white schools in the North
east area. s-.----
Parents of the Payne-Webh
pupils staged a three-day boy
cott Of the schools last month in
protest against the shifts involved
in the transfer of Madison School
students. They maintained q
more feasible solution would have
been the transfer of the Bryan
School, Thirteenth and B streets
Sc, from white to colored.
The series of student transfers
today eliminated all part-time
classes at the Payne School.
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Dr.. Model 10 Address PTA

DE- Aaron B. Nadel will speak
on Cultural Factors in Parent
Child Relation" at a meeting Of
the Chevy Chase Elementary
School Parent Teacher AsSocia-
citation at 8 pm. tomorrow at the
school, Valley and Rosemary
streets, Chevy Chase, Md. DR..
Nadel is president Of the Mont
gomery County Mental Hygiene
Society. ....
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Couple Injured by Cab
Al Eleventh and { Streets

A man and his wife were struck
by a taxicab last night as they
were crossing E street at Eleventh
street NV, police reported.
Police identified them as Mr..
and Mrs. Reginald Sully Of 920 F
street NV. Mr.. Sully. 54, a
painter, was admitted to Emer-
gency Hospital with head injuries.
Mrs. Sully, 43, was treated for
minor injuries.
Driver of the taxicab was identi-
fed by police as James B. Davis,
81, of 205 Underwood avenue,
Silver Spring,
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Stolen Car Driver FIees
AS Policeman Fires Shot

Police are seeking q man who
a stolen car after Park
Police Pvt. J. C. Gordon yester-
day pursued him for speeding and
fired one shot at him.
Pvt. Gordon, a motorcycle
patrolman, noticed the speeding
car on the Suitland parkway. As
he gave chase, the Car made q
U-turn onto Howard road Sc. and
the man got out and fed into the
bushes.
According to police, the car had
been stolen recently from a used
car lot at 2101 Nichols avenue Sc
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Highways Of the Future
Highways Of the Future
Souso Bnidge-Benning Traffic
MAY Soon Get One-WW Streets
By jones 6. Deone ,

Two new one-way thorough
fares may soon help speed
motorists in Northeast Washing
ton.
The streets involved are Four
teenth street and Seventeenth
street. The District proposes to
Evening star., 1952-02-04
Reed PTA

e. C. Kemper, an FBI agent,
win speak to the Walter Reed
lPTA on juvenile delinquency at
Is pm. Wednesday in the school
lin Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-02-04
.Weyunoke PTA TO Meet

The >Weyanoke (Va) Elemen-
tary School PTA will hold q
founders day program at 8 o'clock
tonight in the school near Linz
colnia, Va.
Evening star., 1952-02-04

Tomorrow: Downtown conges-
tiOn and the 'inner loop"
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Cooper Charges Bach
Helped Defeat Party

Wesley w. Cooper. candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the
Arlington County Board, today ac-
cused his opponent, Fred w. Bach.
of contributing to the defeat of
party Endorsed candidates in last
years board race.
At that time. Mr.. Bach stayed
in the contest after the party's
Executive Committee had indorsed
two other candidates.
Mr.. Cooper said Mr.. Bach's
"vote-splitting race last year was
partially responsible for the defeat
Of the two capable men indorsed
by the Democratic Party" The
party-supported candidates were
Carroll Wright and Wade Pearson.
Mr.. Cooper also commented on
a charge by Mr.. Bach that State
Senator Charles r. Fenwick and
Harrison Mann. former chairman
of the Democratic Executive Com
mittee. had favored Mr.. Cooper's
candidacy.
Mr.. Cooper said he was happy
that so many civic and political
leaders in the county have conf
|dence in me-"
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Prince Georges Citizens
Vote Fire Protection Study

The Prince Georges County
Civic Federation has been asked
to recommend persons to make
up a committee to study fire pro-
lection services for county areas
near Takoma Park.
This action was voted last night
during a meeting of county and
municipal officials and civic lead
ers with Mayor Ross H. Beville OF
Takoma Park.
The group decided to let the
federation make its recommends
tionS after Walter F. Mulligan
federation president, explained
his organization already had
selected committee to study the
same situation.
The matter has been a subject
Of dispute because Takoma Park
citizens objected to dispatch OF
their municipal apparatus outside
town limits unless the Prince
Georges County paid a share OF
the cost.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Judge See Disqualifies Sell
In Bethesda Doq Fiqht Case

Bethesda (Md.) Trial Magis-
trate Oscar j. See yesterday dis
qualified himself to hear a case
involving charge of permitting
a vicious dog to run loose brought
against a Bethesda builder. ::
Defendant in the case is Edwin
jacobson, of the 5100 block Of
Edgemoor lane. Mr.. Jacobson is
the owner of two dogs. Duke, a
boxer, and Musky, a Norwegian
elk hound.
Mr.. Jacobson's dogs were ac-
cused of attacking another boxer
owned by Mrs. R. j. Folliard, of
the $500 block of Edgemoor lane.
Mrs. Folliard charged the dogs
with ganging up on her own pet
and injuring him so seriously he
had to be hoSpitalized.
Jude See told the court his
own English setter recently had
been attacked and injured by
other dogs and he feared he could
not be impartial in the matter.
Judge See transferred the case
to the Silver Spring Police Court
where it will be heard at pm.
July %.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Brownsville Escapes
Bring 1852 Total 10. 36
By the Asseeiated Press

BROWNSVILLE, Md, July g.
A mass escape of eight Negro pa
tientS from Brownsville State Hos
pital has raised to SO the number
OF patients who have bolted the
mental institution this year.
Hospital officials said three of
the latest escapes have been
caught, but among those still miss
ing is John Lane, a convicted
murderer, described as "poten-
TALLY dangerous"
Also still at large are Eddie
Grant. 26; Banks Smith, q: Her
bert Griffin, q, and Edward Sat-
terwhite, 80. Jacob Morgenstern,
superintendent of the hospital,
said all of the men are fairly in
telligent and slick" E.
The latest outbreak, one of the
largest on record, is another Id a
series that has aroused home
owners Of the area.
The men escaped from Sec
ond-floor ward Saturday by saw
ing off the paddock and iron bar
of a window while two night
guards were making their rounds.
Richard jackson was caught on
hospital grounds at 2 am. Satur-
day, and William Sembly, 81, was
picked up a few miles from the
ward about three hours later.
Douglas MCGOWAN, 25, was re-
turned by Baltimore police Sun
day.
Twelve of the So patients who
have escaped this year still are
at large.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Dedication of SuitIund Library
7 Tonight CIimoxes Long Task

ful residents. The Stembler and
Ford Co.. Capital Heights, and the
Joseph De Zebba Contracting Co.,
Suitland, were generous with lum-
Der and paint. Chairs were do
mated by the Suitland Christian
Church.
The labor question also was
solved by council members who
have been hammering and paint
ing all week.
Council members, devoted to
the improvement of their COM
munity, will not stop with the
library. A hospital Is the next
project slated for development.
Serving on the council are
Solomon Greenburg, president:
John p. McAllister, vice president;
Mrs. Edna Dulin. secretary
treasurer, and Paul A. Woods.
Joseph Shuck, Norman Compton
and Charles II. Cunningham. and
Max Shohet. committee chairmen.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Numbers Man
harrington Gets
Gambling Stamp
Police Pledge Arrest
If Bennie Cooper Goes
Back Into Business

Bennie Cooper, twice convicted
in Arlington as a numbers writer.
has obtained a Federal gambling
stamp, the Associated Press re-
ported today from Richmond.
Cooper, 81, of the 1900 block of
South Rolfe street, Arlington, was
arrested on July Is and again on
September 20, 1851, and charged
with operating a lottery. He
served several days of two Jail
terms imposed when he was con-
victed on the two charges, but
was freed by Judge Hugh Reid
when a. medical check-up revealed
he had tuberculosis.
Wins Appeal.
Last January. Cooper. who is
colored. was picked up for a third
time and was sentenced by County
Court Judge Paul D. Brown to a
six-month Jail term and was fined
$500. Cooper appealed to Circuit
Court, where in April a jury
cleared him of the charge.
He was represented by former
Assistant Commonwealth's Attor-
ney Paul G. Varoutsos, who sue
cessfully prosecuted him twice
last year; Louis Koutoulakos, at
that time in private practice but
now an assistant Commonwealth s
attorney, and Homer Randolph.
Thomas.
Petite Issues Warning.
Cooper was arrested by Arling- :
ton Detectives Russell L. Runyonj
and Russell Petite. Mr.. Runyon|
was on vacation today, but Mr.
Petite said that if Cooper goes
back into the numbers business,
he will be arrested for a fourth
time.
Director of Public Safety Car
Isle Johnstone said he was sure
Mr.. Runyon and Mr.. Petite will
do what they're supposed to do"
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Proarom for Tonight

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District.
Arlington County, Prince Georges
County and. Montgomery Recrea-
ton Departments and the Film
Center of Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Lafayette, Oliver street and
Broad Branch road NV.
Twin Oaks, Fourteenth and Tay.
lor streets NV.
Turkey Thicket, Tenth street
and Michigan avenue NE.
Sousa, Thirty-seventh street
and Ely place Sc.
Jefferson, Eighth and H streets
S.w.
Hillcrest, Thirty-second and
Denver streets Sc.
Parkview. Otis and Warder
streets NV.
Bundy. 429 o street NV.
Smothers, Forty-fourth street
and Washington place NE.
Barry Farms. 1880 Sumner road
Sc.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
Green Meadows Playground.
Sligo Park road.
Montgomery County, at Dusk.
Pinecrest Recreation Center, st.
drive, Four Corners.
Forest Grove Elementary School.
9805 Dameron drive, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1952-07-08

Ten months of hard work by
Suitland (Md.) residents will be
rewarded at s o'clock tonight
when a new library will be dedi-
Gated at 4709 Silver Hill road.
Organization Of the Suitland
Co-ordinating Council was the
first step in the project. This
group organized school, civic.
fraternal, church and business
groups offering help.
The Memorial Library Of Prince
Georges County agreed to furnish
books and q librarian If the COM
munity would furnish the site and
equipment. Procurement Of the
basement Of a newly constructed
office building at the Silver Hill
address took care Of the first
hurdle.
The problem Of obtaining equip
ment was solved by council mem
bers who toured the neighborhood
requisitioning supplies from help
Evening star., 1952-07-08
$500 Defense Employees
In Maryland Get Pay Raise
By the Assoeiafed Press

The Defense Department yes
terday announced pay raises for
8. 700 employees at Military install
lations In Baltimore and Mary
land.
The employees, paid under hour
ly wage rates set by the Army
Air Force Wage Board, will receive
an average increase of cents
an hour.
In addition to military installa-
|tions in Baltimore, the following
are effected: Army Chemical Gen.
ter, Edgewood Arsenal, Fort
George G. Meade: headquarters Of
the End. Army, at Fort Meade;
Aberdeen Proving Ground. and
the Annapolis National Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Government Probes
Plane Crash Fatal 10
Four Near Manassas

The cause OF a plane crash
near Manassas that killed foul
persons is being sought today by
Government investigators.
The single-engine Beechcraft
plane got into trouble during a
thunderstorm yesterday, lost one
of it's wings and plummeted into
a woods at Wellington. Va, in
Prince William County, about two
miles from the Manassas battle
fields.
County Sheriff Turner D
Wheeling identified the dead as:
George Hunter Ritnour, 48. of
Lancaster, Pa, who is survived
by two brothers and a sister in
the Washington-area. Mr.. Rit-
nour was manager of the munich
pal airf1ed at Lancaster.
John David Eshelman, 80, OF
Sanford, N. c., and his wife, Mrs
Molly Blalock Eshelman. Mr.
Eshelman was an official of the
Eshelman feed manufacturing
firm, which has offices in Sanford
and Lancaster.
John Henry Musser, SO. of Sulli.
vans Island, S. c.. a salesman fol
the feed company.
Two farmers witnessed the crash
They were l.. B. Thomas, who was
working on his roof just before
the shower started, and G. C.
King, on whose farm the plane
fell. Mr.. Thomas said he saw
the wing fall and the plane
|plunge to the ground about 11:25
am. yesterday.
Sheriff Wheeling said the craft
burst into flames. The four bodies
he said, were mangled beyond rec.
ognition. The first identity wa.
established from singed paper.
found in the wreckage.
Surviving Mr.. Ritnour are two
brothers, Griffen w.. of 4811
lDrummond avenue, Chevy Chase
employed by the Washington Gas
Light Co.. and Henry M, Of 600;
Madawaska road, Glen Mar, Md.
employed by an auto distributor
and a sister. Mrs. Annie L
Hedrick. of 5627 North Seventh
street. Arlington, wife of Dougla:
Hedrick, Washington policeman
who serves in the communication.
section at headquarters.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Sale Of Hard Liquors
Legal in Lanham for
First Time in History

Sale Of hard liquors is legal in
Lanham today for the first time
in the history Of the rural Prince
Georges community.
Circuit Judge Charles c. Mar
bury yesterday upheld a decision
of the county liquor board grant,
ing a whisky license to Stanclif's S
Restaurant, near the intersection
of Defense highway and Lanham-
Severn road.
The court acted in Upper MARI
boro. after hearing arguments on
an appeal filed by residents of the
community.
Previous Attempts Failed.
Mrs. Doris F. Stancliff, the Ii
censee, has been authorized to
sell beer and light wines there
for nearly four years, but pre-
vious attempts to obtain a liquor
permit for the restaurant have
been unsuccessful.
After protracted controversies
in which the county and State
liquor boards and the courts
issued contradictory rulings, the
county board approved a liquor
permit at its May meeting.
The decision followed a hearing
last February. when proponents
outnumbered objectors in a
standing vote and in signatures on
petitions.
Through Attorney Samuel w.
Meloy, Lanham citizens contended
yesterday that sale of hard liquors
at the restaurant would lower the
value of nearby residential prop
+erty and would increase traffic
hazards.
They also said the restaurant
is within 500 feet of school and
that there is no need for a license
there. because hard liquors are
sold at another place three
fourths Of q mile away.
inspected Neishborhood.
Attorneys M. Hampton Magru-
der Tor Mrs. Stancliff and Ernest
"A. Ioveless for the liquor board
told the court the board had con-
sidered the case carefully and had
inspected the neighborhood per-
sonally before reaching a decision.
Mr.. Magruder pointed out the
restaurant. is on property zoned
for commercial use and in a sec
ton where business expansion can
be expected.
Judge Marbury held that the
60-page record Of the February
hearing did not support objectors'
charges that the liquor board
acted arbitrarily and against the
public interest.
Evening star., 1952-07-08

ing before Arlington County Court
Judpe 7--'~h Reid.
+ have two charges of
arr ry and felonious as
sault ....s st them. They were
first charged with robbing two
sailors of about $50 after offering
them a ride early yesterday. Police
said the sailors identified all four.
Later they were charged with
beating and robbing a retired
Army captain, who reported 500
was stolen from him by four men
early Wednesday.
Arlington police said Washing
ton, Fairfax and Alexandria police
also were investigating the four
men to determine if they might be
linked to crimes in other jurisdic-
tions.
The four gave their names as:
Robert Guene Reid, Is. of Hern-
don: Chester Lee Turner. jr., 81.
Of Route 2, Herndon; S/Sergt.
Sidney Randolph Wagner, %, of
Quantico. formerly Of Herndon.
and Walter Bernard Pagan, %,
of the $500 block Of South Meade
street. Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-07-08

appear in HyattSville Police Court
Thursday morning.
Mr.. Shriver. who warned mag
azine stand operators last week to
stop selling comic books dealing
primarily with violent crime, said
most of the stores inspected yes
terday had obviously cleaned
up."
He said he was pleased and
somewhat surprised" that many of
the stores now are selling only
comic books dealing with milder
subjects.
The drive on crime comic books
in the county began last week
after Police Court Judge Theodore
L. Miazga disclosed that many
Juvenile delinquents appearing
before him said they were inspired
to their misdeeds by this type of
book.
The three magazine stand oper-
ators were charged under Mary
land law prohibiting the display
Or sale to minors of publications
primarily concerned with crime
The law carries a penalty of a
$500 fine or a year in jail or both
Evening star., 1952-07-08
3 Arrested in Prince Georges
In Raid on Comic Book Stands

A breakdown on the sale of
crime comic books in Prince
Georges County has resulted in
the arrest of three magazine
stand operators.
Arrested yesterday after Police
Pvt. Emmett Gray and Assistant
States Attorney Woodrow A.
Shriver inspected about a dozen
magazine stands along the Balti-
more boulevard were:
Warren Tremaine, manager of
Albrecht's Pharmacy, 1923 Balti-
more boulevard, College Park;
Daniel Honick, owner of the Col
1ege Park Variety Store, 1919 Bal
timore boulevard, and Thomas B.
Kicker, owner of the Maryland
News Center, 3014 Hamilton street
Hyattsville.
About 10 crime comic books
were seized. They bore such titles
as "Spellbound," BLACK Magic -
Witches, Tales" Astounding, .
Suspense" and Dostoeyski's
Crime and Punishment"
The three men were ordered to
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Council
Approves Proposal ior
New Parking LOT

Hyattsviile's new parking lot
won final approval last night, as
the City Council voted to sign the
papers putting 1t into existence as
soon as the lot is graded.
The plot is located behind the
stores on Baltimore avenue, be-
tween Hamilton and Jefferson
streets. It will cost the city $3,125
for the first year. The figure rep
|resents interest on a bank mort
gage.
After that, City Attorney Her
|yey g. Machen told the council,
the city may buy the tract for a
total cost Of $125, 900. including
the costs of grading and putting
lit into shape for parking.
Money from Meters.
Meanwhile. the lot will be con-
trolled by a small group Of citizens
who formed a corporation to man.
age it. Money for the venture will
come from parking meters. The
lot will accommodate at least $50
cars.
The council will ask the next
Maryland General Assembly to
approve plans for the eventual
purchase of the parking lot
known as the Howard tract. It is
believed all costs will be paid
through the meters. Actual costs
of preparing the property will run
to about $4,000. Mr.. Machen de-
'clared The proceeds from all ex-
iSting meters would be devoted to
payments for the new lot.
The meeting. intent upon solv-
ing Hyattsville's parking prob
lems, was broken up by laughter
when Mr.. Machen hinted at a
vast treasure believed by some to
be hidden on the lot.
Clause Captures Treasure.
Representatives of the Howard
estate" he declared, "have in
sisted that a clause be inserted
awarding the estate any treasure
that may be discovered during the
grading"
The possibility that the city
might lose some revenue through
such discovery was debated, but
the vote accepting the contract
was unanimous.
In another action. the council
voted to act on a proposal to
make Gallatin and Farragut
streets. from Rhode Island to
Forty-Second avenues, two-way
thoroughfares and to permit park
ing on one side. A public hearing
will be held at 8 pm. Monday.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Six Youths Escape
From Truininq School

Six youths escaped from the
National Training School for Boys
today.
The escapes, five white boys
and one colored boy, fed from
the grounds while on their way
to breakfast.
Evening star., 1952-07-08
Buby's Deuth Ruled NuturoI

A 3-month-old baby. found
dead in its bassinet yesterday
died of natural causes, DR.. John
A. Sims. Alexandria coroner, said
today. The child was Robert Lee
Staples, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Staples, 806 Thirteenth
street, New Alexandria.