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Evening star., 1952-07-15
100000 Asked
To Begin Plans
For New Bridge
Highway Department
Gives Commissioners
$l2.5 Million Budget

The Districts Highway Depart
ment wants to start blueprinting
a new Potomac bridge next year.
A 100000 item for preparing
the plans is in next years pro-
posed highway budget. The $12.5
million budget was made public
today by the Commissioners, who
haven't yet worked it over.
The bridge could be the one
proposed for E street NV. cross
ing Roosevelt Island to Arlington.
No site has been approved, how
ever. and there are several other
possibilities.
Funds for continuing the East
Capitol Street Bridge also are in
the requested budget. So are funds
for planning the Southwest free
way, with q short bridge across
Washington Channel, and for
building q Kenilworth avenue
Deane avenue NE. overpass tying
with the East Capitol project.
So Million Higher.
Proposed capital spending totals
$7.906,000. Highway maintenance
and operating estimates are $2,-
911.000. The sum listed for the
Department of Vehicles and Traf-
flc is 81, ,339 900 and that for trees
and parking Is $364, 800 for a high
way grand total Of $12,520. 800.
This is little more than So mil
lion above the current years total.
The two bridge projects, the
Southwest freeway and the Kenil-
worth overpass all are Federal aid
projects, in which half the cost
is paid by the Federal Govern
ment. Therefore the $200,000|
asked in District funds would be
matched to provide $400.0 900 for
the Potomac bridge planning.
The site problem is being
studied by several agencies and
is expected to be decided by the
time the funds could become
available next July.
For Freeway Planning.
Another 100000 sum, likewise
to match Federal funds. is asked
for planning the freeway, which
is being co-ordinated with the
Southwest redevelopment pro-
gram. .
For the East Capitol street
bridge, now getting under way,
the sum asked is $3.6 million. The
Commissioners also have been
asked to get the legal limit on
the cost of this project lifted to
SIG million. The original estimate
was 81 million cheaper, but infla-.
tion and other factors have raised
the cost.
The bridge won't be finished be-
fore 1855, it's expected now.
For the Kenilworth avenue over
pass, a step in developing a con-
nection between the new bridge
and the Baltimore Washington
parkway. the amount asked Is 81
million.
Hope for Borrowing Plan.
Highway officials hope the Dis
trict will work out a borrowing
program so other major projects
from the $240 million 10-year road
program can be started as soon
as possible. The new budget re-
quest doesn't make much of dent
in that program.
In addition to the Federal air
projects, another $2,140,000 is be-
ing asked for normal street i'm
provements and extensions, in
cluding paving and channelization.
Among special projects is a
$4,000 item for new traffic signals
and controls at Union Station
Plaza. And Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp is seeking $4,000 for
planning an operations building to
replace the present one,
Evening star., 1952-07-15
Checker Tourney Set

Checker champions from play
grounds operated by the Prince
Georges County Recreation De-
lpartment will meet in a tourna-
ment at 10 am. tomorrow at the
Bradbury Heights Playground.
Evening star., 1952-07-15

Ironically, one of the talking
points OF Plan c is that the house,
wife has the groceries delivered to
her under the plan and so does
not have to spend money operating
her car to and from the store.
The plans salesmen compute car
operating costs at 6 cents a mile.
A housewife who lives 3 miles
from the chain store tan extraor-
binary distance) would have spent
36 cents on transportation and
would have saved 81 cents on he,
groceries. She would still have
been a penny to the good by 60
ing to the store.
Because of instances such as
these. the Better Business Bu-
reaus throughout the Nation are
trying to crack down ON the use
OF the word wholesale" It can
be said fatty that no plan in the
District area. and probably none
in the country. is offering a true
wholesale arrangement without
substantial markups.
Actually MiddIemen.
Most of the so-called whole
salerS" who supply the food plans
actually are middlemen - hote]
supply houses and the like-who
buy from genuine wholesalers
Their overheads are lower, there
fore their prices can be lower
than those of chain stores. But
they are not as much lower as the
food club statesmen would like to
have it believed. And in, some
cases-as indicated above-they
are higher.
A comparison between true
wholesale prices on given items
of a nationally known brand and
the prices offered by one food
plan here is given below. All
figures are for lots of one dozen
packages.
Evening star., 1952-07-15
Virginia Airline Captain
Wins Aviation Honor

Capt. Paul Untersee. AL Hume
avenue, Alexandria. Va, is among
10 airline pilots honored by
Evening star., 1952-07-15

to this relatively high-priced ma
tionally advertised brand. The So
called "19-cent brands" - which
actually cost Q little more than
10 cents in the stores, are equally
acceptable to many housewives,
Under most plans. the cheaper
brands are not available. At the
lstores where they are sold, how
ever. they frequently are lower in
lprice than the food-club items
listed above.
THE above il the third Of q
series. Tomorrow: Tricks Of the
trade.)
Evening star., 1952-07-15
beHInd the rood FIdnS
Clubs Fail to Deliver Sovinos
They Claim, Surveys Show

Another plan offers an "exclu-
sive" deal on food, which cannot
be obtained elsewhere. The source
OF this plans food is a big Wash
ington discount house, which has
been selling to freezer owners for
years, at the same prices as those
under the food plan.
Food Lists Suggested"
Some of the clubs let their
members" order pretty much as
they see At. Others "offer"-
which is to say. high-pressure-
suggested food lists" Thirteen
representative items were taken
from such a list. They were used
to compute the deals offered by
three food plans and one major
retail outlet. Here is the result
figured on the basis of one dozen
boxes Of each commodity:
Total Cost Cost Compared
Retail outlet - $500
r, pian -------- 32.3S 47qs less
ban ban 3 -------- 1925 l3ss less
4
Evening star., 1952-07-15

was accepted for use over the AAA
system.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Alexandra Housing Authority
Given 2 Days to Accept Low Bid

The Alexandria Redevelopment
and Housing Authority has until
noon Friday to accept the low bid
for construction Of Q 1de-unit low
rent public housing project.
The low bidder, Victor r.
|BeauchAmp. Inc, Of Washington,
advised the Alexandria agency he
would withdraw his bid at that
time IL 1t has not been accepted.
The building firm also said it
would reserve the right to sue the
authority for damages because OF
delay In awarding a contract.
Glenn U. Richard, chairman of
the Alexandra authority, said he
has not yet received written noti-
fication Of the bid deadline and
did not care to comment. He said
the housing authority probably
would hold q special meeting as
soon as the letter Is received.
Beauchamp's bid Of $i,t57. $40
was So. 500 below the next lowest
bidder, Eugene Simpson q Bro.
OF Alexapdria. The Alexandria
agency decided to reject Mr..
Beaucl1amp's bid because he is a
union shop contractor. ARIA
said it would be a violation Of
Virginia's right-to-work law and
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Jury Deliberafes Fate
OF WeakIey in Retria|
On Charge Of Murder

A jury began celebrating
shortly before noon today in the
retrial of Luther r. Weakley, ST.,
on a charge Of f1rst-degree mur-
der in the fatal shooting of his
former employer, Thomas G..
Carnes, 43, manager of the Blue
Plate Foods Co.
Judge Burnita Shelton Mat
thews, who presided at the trial,
gave the jury several choices in
reaching a verdict.
She instructed the panel in the
u. s. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia that it could
return a verdict of guilty Of first
degree murder, second-degree
murder, manslaughter, or not
guilty. She also instructed the
jury it could return a not guilty
verdict on grounds of insanity If
1t believed Weakley was OF un-
sound mind at the time of the
shooting. in May, 1850.
Weakley is accused of shooting
his former employer three times
because Mr.. Carnes fired him the
day before the Staying.
Weakley's first trial resulted in
his conviction and imposition Of
the death penalty. The decision,
however, was reversed by the
United States Court of Appeals.
In efforts to wind up the 2O-day
trial, Judge Matthews kept the
jury in the box until defense and
Government counsel completed
their final arguments at $50 last
might.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
CIV Surgical Unit
Gives Annual Award
7oWomdn Intern

A 27-year-old woman intern
has been elected as the "out-
standing" member of the George
Washington University Hospitals
surgical service by her fellow
workers there.
She is DR.. Maxine A. Schurter.
who is the first woman to receive
the annual award.
DR.. Schurter-alSo one of the
first women to intern in surgery
at the hospital-will receive a
free trip to. any clinic she chooses
in this country.
A graduate Of the univerSity's
medical school in 1850, she took
her medical internship at Barnes
Hospital in st. Louis before re-
turning here.
DR.. Schurter lives with her
mother, Mrs. Minnie H. Schurter,
at 2304 Lee highway, Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Like Finding Dinosour, Sowerby
Says of Smiths S Extinct Fish

the water into the mud and out
upon the land millions of years
ago."
DR.. Sowerby, who has settled in
Washington to write his memoirs,
did a line drawing Of the weird
grandfather of fishes from illus
trationS Of the first specimen
known to the modern world.
This fish was taken by an East
London trawler in African waters
in 1888, but only the, skeleton and
skin were saved. The reconstruct
ed fish is now on display in the
East London Museum.
Publicized Reward Offer.
After the early discovery, DR..
Smith tramped the East African
coast line for thousands of miles.
He distributed circulars in Eng
lish. French and Portuguese, de-
scribing the fish and Offering a
reward Of $3.50 for. a specimen in
good condition.
The 5-foot prize was taken by
a native fisherman in island
waters between Madagascar and
Zanzibar. on the East Coast of
Africa. It was identified through
DR.. Smiths pamphlets and the
scientist made a round-trip fight
OF $500 miles to bring the fish to
Durham, South Africa.
"The papers say DR.. Smith
broke down and wept when he
recognized the perfect specimen, u
DR.. Sowerby said. II am not sur
prised. He had achieved the i'm
possible"
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Cab Driver Pulls Woman
From Key Bridge RAILING

A 26-year-old Arlington woman
was dragged from the guard rail
OF Key Bridge by a cab driver
last night after she gave him q
note indicating she would COM
init suicide.
The woman, identified as Mrs.
Annabelle Tyson. colored, Of the
$500 block Of Twenty fourth street,
Arlington. hailed a cab driven
by r. w. Gill, 1880 Chesterbrook
road, Arlington, and told him to
drive to the bridge.
At the Georgetown end Of the
bridge she handed him the note.
1t read: Nobody will have to
believe me now. You will find
me in the river. Let my husband
know"
As the cab driver struggled with
the woman, her husband Willie
was calling Arlington police to
notify them his wife had left a
note at home saying she would
leap from the bridge.
Mrs. Tyson was taken to Gal
linger Hospital for observation.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Gen. Robinson Urges
More Interesting
D. c. Annual Report

Brig. Gen. Bernard L. Robin
son retiring Engineer Commis-
sioner. has urged the city heads
to get up a more attractive annual
report-one the public can UNDER
stand.
Gen. Robinson complained at a
board meeting yesterday that the
report Of the city'S activities is too
dry for public reading. He sug-
geSted that a separate edition,
illustrated with charts and dia-
grams where necessary, be drawn
uD In addition to the one fur
nished Congress each year.
On the Recommendation of
Schuyler Lowe, director Of city
administration, the Commission
ers ordered that editing Of the
annual report be put under the di-
rection Of Budget Ofncer Walter
Fowler. Formerly. it has been
drawn up by the three special as
sistants to the city heads.
Evening star., 1952-12-31

secondary byocott provisions oi
the Taft-Hartley Act to employ q
union shop contractor.
One non-union subcontractor
Southern Iron Works OF Alexan-
|dria, filed q formal protest before
the bid opening. charging that II
would be prevented from bidding
on the steel subcontracts II .
union construction f1rm were en-
'ployed.
The Alexandria authority de-
cided the contract should 60 to
the Simpson flrm, second lowest
bidder, which is not q union shop
contractor. Before taking final
action on the bids. however. II
asked the Public Housing Admin
|istration,s opinion. PHA must
approve any contract award BY
the Alexandra agency. PEA
rejected the idea. insisting that
the contract be awarded to the
lowest bidder.
The Alexandria authority sub
sequently asked Virginia Attorney
General j. Lindsay Almond for q
ruling. While that Is awaited, the
Alexandria authority and the
Alexandria City Council want PHA
70 set aside funds for the prpject.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
0ccoquan Pharmacist Dies
On Way 10 Hospital

An Occoquan (Va.) pharmacist
died Unexpectedly last night as
he was being taken to an Alexan-
dria hospital in an ambulance.
He was Herman F. Jennings,
40, who had operated Jennings
Drug Store at Occoquan for 20
years.
Virginia State police said Mr..
Jennings became i'll yesterday. A
physician recommended that he
be sent to a hospital and he died
in Halls ambulance en- route to
the Circle Terrace Hospital in
Alexandria.
Police said the cause of death
had not been determined. An
autopsy was to be performed to-
day by DR.. John Sims, Alexandria
coroner.
Before going to Occoquan, Mr..
Jennings operated q drugstore at
Purcellville, Va. He is survived by
his widow and two sons. Funeral
services will be held at IL am.
Friday at the Occoquan Methodist
Church. Burial will be at Hills
boro. Va.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Yeggs Enter Restaurant,
But Fail TO Break Open Safe

Yeggs broke into Rector's Res
taurant, 1345 Connecticut avenue
NV, early today but didn't make
much Of q haul.
They got SIS in bills and change
from a drinking glass in q cabinet
in the rear of the store, but failed
to open the restaurants safe.
They apparently were frightened
away and left their blow torch
equipment.
George w. Woo, 46, the pro-
prietor, told police the thieves
broke a skylight and lowered one
Of their number inside SO he could
open . rear door for his accom-
plices.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Sofecrockers Get $3.50
From Auto Supply Firm

Safecrackers got $3.50 from a
safe at the Phelps-Roberts Auto
Supply Co., 1925 Fourteenth street
NV, during the night, police re-
ported.
The loss was discovered when
the firm was opened for business
this morning. Police said ''the
bulk" Of the money in the office
safe was untouched. The amount
left behind by the thieves was not
disclosed.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Virginia DisfilIer Indicted
On Dafrauding Charges

A Federal grand jury today in
dicted Harry Gretske. president oi
the Belle Meade Distilling Corp.
Belle Meade, Va, on charges OF
defrauding the. Government by
giving false figures as to costs and
certain income In a cost-plus con-
tract.
The indictment charged that
Gretske falsely overestimated
costs and flled false statements
as to income derived from by
products to the extent Of $4,000.
According to the indictment,
the corporation signed q contract
in April. 1943, to supply the De-
fense Supplies Corp. with high
wines and ethyl alcohol. Under
the contract, the price Of the
products was to be based on net
costs Of production. plus an
allowed profit. BY overestimating
his costs, it was charged, Gretske
received more for his products.
The indictment. filed in the
u. s. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, charged Gretske
Intentionally cheated and de-
frauded the Government by over
stating the costs Of materials, sup
plies and equipment.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Numbers Case Suspect Quiz
U. 5. Job 10 Ease Nerves.

A man who left q Government
job to lease the strain on my
nerves." found his less strenuous
career as a numbers writer
brought to a close yesterday, ac-
cording to police.
Edward L. Cooke, jr., IS, col
ored. Of the 800 block Of Nine
teenth street NE, was to appear
in Municipal Court this morning
on charges Of operating a lottery
and possessing lottery slips. He
was arrested at the corner of
Georgia avenue and Barry place
NV. after an undercover man
made a ''play" with $5.25 as a
second undercover man looked on,
police reported.
Capt. John B. Monroe Of the
police gambling squad said Cooke
admitted he had been writing
numbers for about a month. He
told police he had left a job with
the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing early this month because
1t was fraying his nerves and
causing him to lose weight, Capt.
Monroe Added.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Dog Owner Cited
As 2 Children Say
Setter Bit Them

A pack of seven dogs caused q
ruckus on Piney Branch road yes.
terday.
Two police privates sent to seek
q setter they said had bitten two
youngsters. captured three of the
dogs, but the others got away.
Pvts. K. B. Crawford and r. +.
Wayne said the setter seemed to
be q friendly dog. But the re-
ports didn't bear but this opinion.
On Friday, Douglas Mayo, 7, of
470s Piney Branch road, was
bitten. On Sunday, his sister
Sandra, IA. was bitten. They said
the setter did 1t.
Pvts. Crawford and Wayne
went to investigate and found
the seven dogs hanging around
the Mayo home.
The policemen began their
and took the three they
captured to the dog pound. They
served a citation for having an
unleashed dog at the home Of
Mrs. Helen Yer Standig, 472l
street NV, owner
Of the setter. = =.
Evening star., 1952-12-31

reappOinted had been discussed
openly for the last two weeks,
however.
TIL letter, signed by MIR. Frisbie,
stated:
"The Arlington County Board
has requested me to advise you
that at its organizational meet
ing January / of next year they
do not expect to reappoint the
present clerk as clerk to the board
for the calendar year 1858.
"The board also wishes to ex-
press its appreciation for your
past service in its behalf"
The position pays $500 an
nually. Mrs. Simpson was ap-
pointed in February, 1851, to sue
ceed Mrs. Elizabeth p. Agnew,
who was killed in a traffic accident,
She was named by a Nom
partisan board,majority which was
ousted from Office earlier this
year by court decision banning
Federal employees from holding
local or State Office in Virginia.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Detailed Plans
On ProjectB B 10
BeR ReadySoon
Dutu to Be Given
To Federal Agency
With Fund Request
By George Beveridqe

The District Redevelupment
Land Agency hopes within the
next few days to come up with
new cost estimates and detailed
operating plans for the firSt
project in the redevelopment OF
Southwest Washington.
This data will be submitted i'm
mediately to the Housing and
Home Finance Agency. The prac-
tical effect Of this action will be
to ask the HHFA for Federal
money-probably in the neighbor-
hood Of $6 million Ito help
finance the job.
The Federal funds, already ap-
propriated by Congress, will
amount to about two-thirds OF the
cost Of buying land in the So
called Project B area, preparing
it for resale to private builders
and administering the plan. The
District, largely through capital
improvement grants, win furnish
the rest of the money.
Over Biggest Hurdle.
The first major hurdle in the
big face-liftink operation was
cleared yesterday, when the Dis
trict Commissioners approved de-
tailed plans about how the 16-
block, 76.6-acre area. bounded by
e, I, Fourth and South Capitol
streets, win be rebuilt.
The new plans being drawn up
by RIA, in addition to revised cost
estimates, will tie down more def
nitely that agency's ideas on re-
housing displaced families and
carrying out intracacies Of the
administrative job.
In one change, the RIA has
decided to give builders rs days
from yesterday in which to sub
NIT bids for parts or all Of the
rebuilding job. Originally, the
builders were to have submitted
estimates and plans within 80
days.
Before final contracts are signed
with the private builders, the RIA
board will hold a hearing to ex-
plain to the public its reasons for
accepting the building plans. It
Is possible that a number OF build
ers may participate in the pro-
gram, which calls for between $50
and 900 low and middle-income
housing units.
Actually, however, no definite
steps will be taken until the HTIFA
agrees to the financial details.
Clears Way for Purchases.
That action will clear the way
for the RIA to begin buying par
GELS Of land in the B area. II
possible. the purchase amounts
will be negotiated. II not, they.
will be set in court.
The land agency then will begin
its toughest job-finding new
homes for families which must
leave the area. In accordance
with the building plan. schedule
probably will be set up in order
to vacate few blocks at a time.
None Of the 1,345 families will be
forced to move, however, until
suitable new dwellings are found.
Evening star., 1952-12-31

Imagine walking through Mon
golia and meeting a live dinosaur
face to face!
THAT is how the man must
have felt who found the coela-
canth, a fish supposed to have
been extinct since the age Of the
great reptiles"
The eyes of the elderly British
naturalist glowed behind his spec
tacleS. DR.. Arthur de Carle Sow
erby could scarcely have been
more enthusiastic if he had made
the discovery himself.
DR.. Sowerby, a retired explorer
and collector for museums in the
United States and England, had
followed the 14-year search of a
colleague, Prof. j. l.. Smith, q
Rhodes University ichthyologist,
with keen interest.
Knows Of Disappointment.
He admired DR.. Smiths tenacity
in searching the coastal waters of
Africa on what seemed to many
q million-to-oue chance of sue
cess. DR.. Sowerby himself had
started collecting rare specimens
in China as far back as 1905, SO
he knows the disappointments as
well as the rewards of the ma
turaliSt.
"This fish, or some other like it
is the ancestor Of the fish and liz.
ards we know today" he ex.
planned. Ellis fms are like prim.
itive arms and legs. His descend.
ants undoubtedly crawled from
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Henry PIott Retires
After 43 Years With h. S,

Henry e. Platt, 81, Of 4412 Jone.
Bridge road. Bethesda, Md, wa.
to retire today after 43 years ir
the Federal Government.
At his retirement. MIR. Platt was
a position classifier in the Agri.
culture Departments Once oi
Animal Industry. Fellow workers
were to hold a party at which Mr.
Platt was to be given a televisior
set.
Evening star., 1952-12-31
Norfolk Petitions Ask
Vote on Daylight Time
BY the Asseeiated Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 31.-Peti-
tions calling on the Judge OF the
Corporation Court to order q spe-
cial election on daylight saving
time will be submitted next week
to Court Clerk w. L. Prier, jr., the
Eastern Standard Time League
announced yesterday.
Signatures on the petitions num-
ber some 5000.