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Evening star., 1952-08-08
Court Hears of Toi-PuIIinq
By Richard on d ion at the Zoo
Mental Test Ordered
For Man Who Put
Boy Up to 1t

Vet, a 3-year-old lion, and
Richard Soucek, a 7-year-old
animal lover, today were the
calmest principals" in a court
case you ever saw.
While Vet slumbered in his cage
at the Zoos lion house. Richard
sat on the edge of a Municipal
Court witness chair and reluc-
family told how he grabbed for
Vets tail Wednesday.
Richard, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
v. H. Soucek. 1922 Jenifer street
NV, was the principal witness
against Major F. Brown, 80, COL
ored, of the 1900 block of Eaton
road Sc. Brown was charged with
simple assault because, police said.
ne was instrumental in the tail
pulling effort.
According to Richard, he be-
came friendly with Brown Mon
day when he met Brown near his
home. Wednesday, Richard said.
he saw Brown again and Brown
took him to the Zoo.
Pointing toward Brown. Richard
said:
When we went to the lion
house, he told me to get over the
rail and pull this lions tail.
Il said. I want you to do it
before I do" Richard testified.
But he wouldn't"
Says He "Hit" Animals Tail.
Then. said Richard, "I hit the
lions TAIL" He said he leaned over
the rail to do this.
However, Paul Holup, a keeper
at the lion house, said he dis
covered Richard standing between.
the guard rail and Vets cage. Mr..
iiolup said he saw Brown holding
the boy by the hand and "en-
couraging" the child to move
toward the 350-pound lion.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Paul Leonard asked Mr.. Holup
to demonstrate.
"You be Brown and I'll be Rich
ard" he said. And this is the
lion," he said, motioning toward
Attorney Meredith c. Coffman.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Cab Driver Thwarfs HoIdup
With Call for Help on Radio

A washington cab driver wa.
attacked by two male passenger.
early today but thwarted their ef-
forts to rob him with a call fol
help over his two-way radio.
The cab driver, Edwin Mus
grove. 81. of lila F street NE.
suffered a scalp laceration when
hit on the head shortly before 4:3O
am. in Kensington. Md. He was
in good condition at Suburban
Hospital.
He told Montgomery County
police he had picked up two SOL
|diers at Fourteenth and K streets
NV. and had been asked to take
them to an Army installation on
Newport Mill road near Kensing-
ton.
When the cab reached Lincoln
avenue and Newport Mill road
about mile from the military In
|stallation, both of the men jumped
him. he reported. One hit him
on the head with knife.
Mr.. MlSgrove, before the men
realized what he was doing. turned
lon the key to his two-way radio
and yelled for help. The cab com
Ipany's dispatcher, in turn, noti-
fed police. The two men fled Oh
foot.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Hogerstown Man Is Drowned
Fishing With 3 at Great Falls

"A 23-year-old Hagerstown
(Mdo man drowned in the Poto-
mac River this morning while
fishing at Great Falls, Md.
He was identified as John Henry
zepp. jr., of 112 Clarkson avenue,
Hagerstown. His body was re-
covered two hours later by two
young Navy lieutenants, former
underwater demolition team off,
GERS. who donned frog man" out
fits they had in their car.
Mr.. zepp, a sheet metal work.
er Tor the Fairchild Aircraft plant
lat HagerStown, had been FISHING
with three companions near the
Maryland side of the Potomac
River.
His companions said MIR. Zepr
must have slipped off rock into
the swirling, rain-swollen waters
The nearest to him, Robert A
Lidie. 20, of % Hartman avenue
|Hagerstown, said he suddenl,
heard Mr.. zepp yell frantically.
"Bob!"
Young Lidie. a former co.
worker Of Mr.. zepp, said his, view
lof the victim had been obscurec
|by a large rock. He said both he
and Mr.. Zepp were unable te
swim.
The other fishermen were H. r
Shilling, 80, of 1908 Columbia
road Hagerstown. and Luther L
'Vulgamott. ST., 90, Of lit North
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Free Star Movies
Playground Film
Program for Tonioht

Programs presented through
the cooperation of the District
and Arlington. Prince Georges
and Montgomery County Recrea-
tion Departments and the Film
Center of Washington:
Washington, at Dusk.
Janney. Wisconsin avenue and
Albemarle street NV.
Brightwood, Thirteenth and
Nicholson streets NV.
Noyes, Fourteenth street and
michigan avenue NE.
Davis, Forty-fourth place and
H street NE.
Hoover. Second and N streets
IS.W.
Anne Beers, Thirty-sixth and
Alabama avenue Sc.
Walker. Fifth and L streets NV.
Briggs-Montgomery, Twenty
seventh and Eye streets NV.
Burrville. Division avenue and
Hayes street NE.
Lovejoy, Twelfth and D streets
NE.
Prince Georges County, $3.50 PM.
Fairmont Heights Playground.
603 JoSt street.
Montgomery County. at Dusk.
Lynnbrook Recreation Center.
Lypnbrook drive, Bethesda.
Woodlin Elementary School.
Baltimore avenue and Allen road.
Chevy Chase.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Part OF Constitution Avenue
To Be Closed tomorrow

Constitution avenue will b.
closed to traffic tomorrow from
seventeenth to Twentieth streets
NV. between z am. and 6 pm
to permit repaving. it was an.
nounced today.
The same schedule will be fol.
lowed each Saturday during the
remainder of August. accordine
to Supt. Edward j. Kelly of Ma.
tional Capital Parks.
On these days traffic from
West Potomac Park and on Con-
stitution avenue will be rerouted
via Twentieth street. C and
Seventeenth streets.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Marine Corps Names
3 Brigadier Generals

Eight Marine Corps colonels
have been selected for temporary
promotion to the rank of brigadier
general.
The headquarters announced
this list yesterday:
Col. Francis B. Loomis, ir.. ma
tive OF Washington and a gradu-
ate of Stanford University, who
now is located at headquarters. He
lives at 10 South Columbus street,
Arlington.
Col. David M. Shoup, also of
headquarters, who won the Medal
OF Honor at Tarawa in World War
II. A native of Battle Ground, Ind,
his parents live in Covington, KY.
Col. Frank D. Weir, assistant
commander of Marine air forces in
the Pacific and a native of Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Col. Alexander w. Wreiser. jr.,
cnlef OF staff OF Marine air forces
in the Pacific, who was born in
Minneapolis, MINI.
Col. Wilburt S. Brown, who en-
listed in the Marines in 1918 and
who recently commanded the First
Marine Regiment in Korea. He
now is on the staff of the Field
Artillery School at Fort Sill. Okla.
Col. John N. Hart, deputy COM
of the Atlantic Air Fleet
Marine forces and a native of
Portsmouth, Va.
Col. Ion M. Bethel, of headquar-
ters supply department, who lives
at 204 Tyson drive, Falls Church.
He enlisted in the Marines in 1918
and, after being graduated from
Texas A. and M. College, was COM
an officer.
Col. Nels H. Nelson, director of
the Twelfth Marine Corps Reserve
District at San Francisco, who was
born at Irene, N. D.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Fairgrounds Made Dirt Cheap
In Way That Helps Everybody

around which a moving machine
must detour.
Authorities concede that when
Ia mans hunting place to dump
trash, it's only natural for him to
get rid of it in a place that's
obviously not being used for any
thing else.
For that reason. they are trying
to roll and NOV aprons around
their jungleS. bumpers respect a
place that looks as if it's being
cared for regularly.
Officials Are Jubilant.
Parks officials say they've got
a long way to 60 before they
can salvage all the wasteland, but
they're jubilant over what they've
been able to accomplish so far
for nothing.
They have asked the Commits
sioners for $65.000 for the next
fiscal year to pay for seeding the
new, free Fairgrounds. If the
District can afford to pay that
much, the Fairgrounds and parks
will be first-rate properties. Even
if the District can't find the
money, it still will have places
the kids can use.
And all "dirt cheap"-in the
old sense of the phrase, the one
used when dirt was really cheap.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Transit Official
Challenges PUC
On nFareP|an
Says Company Needs
17-Cent Rate and
rs Per Cent Return

Robert E. Harvey, Capital Tran
sit Co. controller, today challenged
figures of the Public Utilities Com
mission accountant which the ac-
countant said would produce fair
rate of return, between 6.5 and
per cent, to the company.
The company official took this
stand as the PUG hearing on Cap
ital TranSit's rate increase petit
ton entered the rebuttal stage.
Last Tuesday, William Falk
executive accountant of the PUG,
testified the company would get a
fair return rate from one of two
fare schedules which he proposed :
II cents cash. four for -60-cent
tokens and $235 weekly pass, or
16 cents cash, four-for- -6O-cent
tokens and a $3.50 pass. The COM
pany all along has contended it is
entitled to at least a rs per cent
rate of return, that could be pro-
vided by a 17-cent cash fare.
tokens six for 95 cents and no pass
at all.
Mr.. Harvey declared today that
Mr.. Falk's figures are faulty in
that they under estimate the num-
ber of passengers the company
stands to lose if a fare increase
takes effect.
He said that instead of getting a
81 per cent rate of return on one
of Mr.. Falk's rate schedules, only
a 81 per cent rate would result.
On Mr.. Falks second estimate,
which he said would provide a 6.8
per cent return. Mr.. Harvey testi-
fled the company would get only
a So per cent rate of return.
Asked by transit counsel what
fare schedules would provide the
6.5-7 per cent return rates which
Accountant Falk spoke of, Mr..
Harvey suggested II cents cash,
tokens six for 95 cents and a
$3.50 weekly pass, or the same
cash and token setup with a $3.50
pass.
The hearing was expected to
conclude this afternoon.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Woman Critica||yH Huri
When Auto Hits Car,
Tree and Light Pole

A 26-year-old woman was in.
jured critically yesterday wher
her husbands automobile careenec
into light pole and a tree after
colliding with another car al
Seventeenth and C streets Sc.
She is Mrs. Catherine Cham
pion of 1926 University place
NV. Her skull was fractured
Casualty Hospital reported. Her
husband, Floyd, q. was charged
with speeding, passing a stop sign
and driving after his permit was
suspended.
Driver of the other car was
Marquis L. Rocks, 68, a carpenter
OF 2709 Irving street Sc.
Two small children were in
jured yesterday when an automo-
bile backed into their coaster
wagon in Pleasant Court S.W.
Donald Willis. l, colored, of 800 G
street S.W., is in Gallinger Hos
pital with serious head injuries.
Lawrence Blaxton, 3, colored, of
TIT Pleasant Court S.W., was sent
home after treatment for cuts and
bruises.
Herbert R. Elliott. So, of 3O08
Manning street, Alexandria, suf-
fered fractures If both legs when
he was struck by an automobile
last night after alighting from a
bus. He is in Alexandria Hospital.
Gordon w. McNett, %, of 542
Twentieth street. Arlington, driver
of the car, was charged With fail
ing to give the right of way to a
pedestrian, failure to exhibit a
Virginia driving license and fail
ure to exhibit a registration card.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Retired ReservistA Asks
Ruling on Pay Claim
Rejected by Navy
By William J. WheotIey

The Court of Claims has been
asked to rule that retired reserve
officers who served in World War
I are entitled to IS per cent of
their active duty pay at the time
Iof retirement.
Frank F.. Reynolds, 1861 Stat
ford street, Arlington, Va, In
formed the court in a petition.
that he served in World War I,
and subsequently was an officer
IN the naval reserve. He said he
was retired on October 20, 1850.
lat age so, and that he had ac-
cumulated 4,668 points toward re-
|tirement under the Army and Air
Force Retirement Act.
Officer Claims S859.79.
He has fled a claim for $859.79
which is the difference between the
amount of retired pay he has been
receiving and the IS per cent
which he claims is provided under
the pay readjustment act of 1912.
Mr.. Reynolds informed the court
the act provided that 1.-The retired
pay of any officer of the military
or naval forces who served prior
to November IL. 1918, shall be IS
per cent of his active duty pay"
He also told the court that he
applied to the Secretary of the
Navy for the amount due him, but
that official denied the claim.
Thousands Affected.
Thousands of reserve officers of
all services would be affected by
favorable decision on Mr..
Reynolds petition. Some of them.
who are familiar with the legis-
lation. say that the military de-
partments affected have ruled
that the provision relates only to
those in the regular establish
lishments. But the reserve Off
GERS stress the point that the 1912
act says "any officer"
MIR. Reynolds, a graduate of
the Naval Academy, left the regu-
lar service before World War T.
However, he was commissioned
in the Naval Reserve in March
1917. and served throughout that
conflict and until August, 1919,
when he was placed on inactive
duty. He also served in World
War II until July, 1916, when he
was placed on inactive duty. He
remained in the reserve until
October, 1850, when he was retired.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Draft Of 37t Physicians
And 200 Dentists Slated

The Army and Air Force asked
|selective service today to induct
|371 physicians and 200 dentists In
October.
The Army will receive 1856
physicians and 110 dentists and
the Air Force. ITS physicians and
90 dentists. The October re-
quest brings to 1893 the number
LOT physicians and to $50 the num-
her of dentists called since July,
1851.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
ID. {. Reorganization Chief
Confers at White House

Schuyler Lowe. director of the
Department of General Admins
tration, the agency that will guide
the Districts reorganization pro-
gram. conferred at the White
House this afternoon with Donald
Dawson. administrative to the
President on personnel matters.
Mr.. Lowe was brought to the
White House by Brig. Gen.
Bernard Robinson, Engineer Com
missioner, who said they had called
to discuss general personnel mat
ters in connection with the re-
organization"
Gen. Robinson said no meeting
with President Truman has been
arranged.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
District Officer Is Hurt
As Bazooka ExpIodes
AT Camp Pickett Show

A District Army lieutenant
Purple Heart veteran of Korea
and World War II was injured
seriously at Camp Pickett, Va.
when a bazooka exploded during
a demonstration, his family re-
ported today.
He is 1st 1t. Golfredo D. Sansa-
lone. 80. son of Mrs. Rosina San
|salone of 1921 T place Sc. Mrs
Sansalone said her son, an in
|structor at Camp Pickett, was in
jured last Saturday.
She said her son told her in a
telephone conversation Monday
that he was being treated at the
base hospital for burns all over
his body and for eye injuries. He
reported there is a possibility he
may lose the sight of his left eye
1t. Sansalone served about
three weeks in Korea before he
was injured in the chest by
shrapnel. He was returned to
Walter Reed Hospital where he
was treated for four months and
released last September. He was
assigned to Camp Pickett after a
brief stay at Fort Meade.
1t. Sansalone's wife and 3-year-
old daughter and 2-year-old son
are living near Camp Pickett.
1t. Sansalone was an all-c;ty
guard for st. Johns High Schools
championship football team OF
1889. He is a graduate of George
Washington University and was
teaching at Anacostia High School
when recalled to active duty. He
was injured while serving as a
corporal in Europe during World
War II.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Absentee Voting in
MISSISSIPPI

As q Service to the Districts
absentee Uoters The Star is pub
fishing Doting regulations in
each State for nert November's
election. One State ,Dill be pub
liSEed each day. Watch for
yours. Today's instdlln1ent is for
residents tDho tDtsh to Uote in
Mississippi:
Primary: August 26; runof
September 16.
Officers to Be Elected: United
States Senator and six Represen.
tatives to Congress.
Residence Requirements: State
2 years; city or town, year.
Poll Tax: Annual tax Of S:
must be paid by February /, 1852
to county sheriff, cumulative fol
the two years before an election
Registration: In person Will
county or city registrar. All regis.
tration closed after July 8. Per.
manent unless reregistration /.
ordered by County Board o.
Supervisors.
Absentee Voting: Permitted il
both primary and general election
Request official application form
from county or municipal regis.
trar within the IL days before al
election.
The voted ballot must have will
1t the affidavit naming the loca
voter who will act as agent fo
delivery Of ballot to precinct of,
f1cials on election day.
For further information eau
Mrs. Clarence Fisher. chairman
OF the Uoters' serDice, District
League OF Women Voters, TAYLOR
O056.
Tomorrow: MGine.
Evening star., 1952-08-08

who was the largest person sit
ting nearby.
After the demonstration, Mr.
Holup said his thought. when he
saw Richard near the lion, was
to pull the child back to safety
Not the First Time.
eve have had things like that
happen before" the Zoo attend
ant said.
Mr.. Holup said he then started
toward the Zoo police headquar-
terS with Richard and Brown
Somewhere along the way, he said,
Brown disappeared. The defen-
dant was picked up by police later.
After hearing this testimony
Judge Barlow ordered Brown to
Gallinger Hospital for mental OBJ
Servation. She continued the case
to September 9.
Richard. however, did not think
the whole thing was so serious.
law. the lion was asleep" he
told a reporter later.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
By Richord Rodgers

The Districts getting new parks
and Fairgrounds dirt cheap.
Building contractors and the
National Capital Parks people are
working an angle that helps every
body.
The builders get free dumps for
the dirt they excavate. the dis
posal of which otherwise would
run into big money, and the
parks people get it delivered free
where they need it.
The arrangement is resulting in
Fairgrounds for kids and picnic
areas near homes.
Many Places Unfit.
Hundreds of places in the Dis
trict, owned by the Federal Gov
ernment, are unfit for use because
they're thick with underbrush.
Others are rutted by ravines or
piled high in hills. Some are
dense, dark spots with trails cut
through them. Sex criminals have
attacked women and children in
those lonely woods. Some places
are marshes, serving as maternity
wards for ticks and mosquitoes.
Washington's galloping rate of
growth is far ahead of the city's
park system. Blocks of apart
ments have been reared up smack
against these wild, tangled areas,
providing bugs with a rich diet of
human beings. Children must
travel for blocks to the nearest
playground and there is no place
nearby for baseball diamonds or
picnic tables.
Would Cost Millions.
It would cost millions of dollars
to convert these jungles into parks
if the National Capital Parks had
to pay regular prices for the work.
Instead, the parks people have
become chasers of dump trucks.
When one of them spots a dirt
loaded truck, he trails it until he
learns where IT'S working. Then a
deal is arranged with the con-
tractor. and the trucks are di-
verted to the job of filling in holes
in Federal ground.
The contractors also are using
their bulldozers to. knock down
trees, and graders and scrapers to
level and fill. The parks people
don't pay anything. It's profitable
for the contractor, because it's
tough to find a place where you
can dump thousands of cubic
yards of dirt. When such a site
finally is found, it may be so far
away that a truckers gasoline
bills begin to- soar.
Builders are not always trying
to get rid of it. Sometimes
they're short of the stuff and need
more. The parks people have an
angle on this, too. They permit
the contractors to move in and
take the top off a hill. which
gives the builder his dirt and gives
the people a fiat site.
Savings Total Thousands.
The savings run into thousands.
Oirst costs 81 or so a cubic foot.
One hilltop alone furnished $4,000
yards of it, and the builder was
happy to grade the remainder in
return for permission to haul off
the top.
The job Of reclaiming potential
park areas is complicated by pri-
vate citizens and commercial
firms who dump trash on them.
The trash is not only an eyesore
out in time becomes a hard mound
Evening star., 1952-08-08
New Wont-Ad Deodline
Now in Effect

The Sunday Stars new classified
od deodline, now in effect. is noon on
Saturday. Telephone service on Fri
doy evening hos been extended one
hour to 10 o'clock for the convenience
Of advertisers. To avoid the last
minute rush phone Sterling 5000 and
place your Sunday Stor classified ad
cory.
Evening star., 1952-08-08
tanning Board
Acts 10 Set Up
New Program
Commission Elects
Conrod /. Wirth as
Vice Chuirmun
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

The newly-created National
Capital Planning Commission took
the necessary legal steps to launch
its new program at an organiza-
tion session today.
The group succeeds the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission and was created under
legislation approved July 10.
The commission elected as its
vice chairman Conrad l.. Wirth,
director of the National Park
Service. President Truman has yet
to designate a chairman.
Two New Members Present.
Two new members created by
the legislation attended today's
meeting. They are H. G. Hunter,
deputy commissioner of Public
Buildings Of the General Services
Administration, sitting in for w.
E. Reynolds, the commissioner,
who is out of the city, and Thomas
H. Mcdonald, Commissioner of
Public Roads.
The District Commissioners
have yet to nominate a member
to the commission. The commits
sion re-establiShed standing com.
mltteeS of its predecessor organ-
ization, the executive committee.
the general plans committee and
the committee on procedure.
Given Legal Standing.
For the first time in Is years
the co-ordinating conn mittee,
composed of representatives of
Federal and District agencies, was
given legal standing by resolution.
The commission set up this group
authorized in the new act.
The committees members rep
resent agencies that control land
in the District or construct struc-
lures here. Officials said the COM
mission has met on an informal
basis and has held CAT meetings
during the last quarter of a cen-
tury.
The new act abolishes the re.
quirement that the executive off,
Ger be a commission member. This
post is set up as a staff job and
the commission today designated
Blair Lee III as its executive off,
Ger. Heretofore. the director of
the National Park Service has
been the executive officer.
The budget for the coming fiscal
year both for operating expenses
and land purchases was consid-
cred at today's meeting. The flg-
ures were not made public, under
a Budget Bureau ban.
Progress Report Awaited.
Meanwhile. the commission was
ready to receive a redevelopment
progress report. This deals with
the so-called Project Area B in the
Southwest. This is bounded by
E and streets and South Capitol
and Fourth streets. but it does
not include the Randall Recrea-
ton Center. The staff has mace
studies for the revamping of this
region.
Preliminary studies have been
made for possible low-cost public
housing in the Southwest, as well
as site development plans.
But John Nolen. jr., commis-
sion director, said there are many
details to be worked out in con-.
junction with Southwest rede.
1elopment. He explained the
formal final document will not be
ready until the September 10
of the commission. He
said among the problems being
studied are costs of relocation of
public utilities under the new
Evening star., 1952-08-08
Biosophists to Meet

The Biosophical Institute will
meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the
Willard Hotel jackson Room to
discuss Modern Thinkers on De-
Imocracy.
Evening star., 1952-03-09
Mechanical Tools
Aid Garden Tasks
lCnntinued From rairst nanaA

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