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Evening star., 1952-12-26
Day-0ld Baby Girl Found
Abandoned in Hotel Hall

A baby girl, probably born yes
terday, was found abandoned in
the hallway of a hotel early to-
day.
The child. which police said
was only a few hours old. was
found at 2:45 am. in a second
floor hallway at the WhitelaW
Hotel, Thirteenth and T streets
NV, by Mrs. Maggie Anderson,
colored, resident of the hotel.
For swaddling clothes, the col
ored child had parts of three
Washington newspapers and a yel-
low cotton mattress cover. Its
cradle was a shopping bag. The
baby was taken to Gallinger Hos
pitai.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
District Moves
Toward Normal
After Holiday
But Alarm Clocks
Won't Ring for U. S.
Workers Till Monday

Washington was moving back
toward normal today, but for
many it would be another two
days before the alarm clock
brought them away from Christ
mas merriment to their desks.
For District employees and most
persons in private jobs it was
business as usual. Federal workers
have until Monday to enjoy their
extended holiday.
Retail stores were girding for.
the deluge of Christmas exchanges
the gown that didn't quite fit
and the glovese which should have
been cuff links. and for their an
nual post-Christmas sales.
Travel officials were getting
ready for another rush on Sun
day when the thousands who left
Washington for the holiday come
back to town.
The biggest problem at home
was whether the dinner menu was
to be turkey soup or turkey hash.
Day Observed Quietly.
Christmas was mostly a quiet
family affair in WASHINGTON.
President Truman and his fam
lily spent the day in the White
House for the first time since
1947.
The good weather brought
thousands out during the after
noon. Many passed by the White
House and took pictures of the
National Community Christmas
tree on the south lawn.
Those who stayed at home for
Christmas set what is believed to
be a record in outgoing long
distance telephone calls.
The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone CO. said 86,275 calls
went out from the Washington
area yesterday, compared with
81,157 calls placed last year on
Christmas.
Groups Add to Cheer.
Various organizations made
Christmas more merry for those
confined to hospitals or institu-
tionS here.
The Metropolitan Police Boys
Club Band played Christmas
music on a tour of Mount Alto
Hospital, the Methodist Home
the Masonic and Eastern Star
Home, st. Joseph's Home and
School, st. Vincent's Home, Chill
dren's Hospital, Providence Hos
pital, Little Sisters of the Poor
and the John Dickson Home.
They also serenaded Clark Grif-
fifth, owner of the Washington
Senators baseball club; former
Police Chief Ernest w. Brown and
Police Chief Robert v. Murray att
their homes.
Dinners Served Homeless.
The Salvation Army and the
Union Mission served hundreds of
dinners to lonely and homeless
men. Various veterans groups
served late breakfast to patients
at Walter Reed and Forest Glen
Hospitals.
The Junior Red Cross filled 4,6OO
Christmas stockings at st. Eliza
beths Hospital. The District Red
Cross served coffee and doughnuts
and handed out gifts to soldiers
arriving at Andrews Air Force
Base from Korea.
Evening star., 1952-12-26

lor of arts degree. His appoint
ment becomes effective January
4. He is a member of the bars
|of Tennessee and Montana and
lis a member of the Traffic
Club of New York, the University
Club and an honorary member Of
the international Association for
Identification.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
VA Employees Pass Up
YuIe Purty to Aid Needy

Veterans Administration en-
ployes in the Records Development
Section passed up their Christmas
party this year and used the funds
to send baskets to the needy.
Each basket. sent to addresses
furnished by police. contained a
chicken. fruit. vegetables, pota-
toes. milk, nuts and candy.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Robert Bacon Whitney
Killed by Car Near Club
By The Assoeiotsd Press

EAST WILLISTON,. N. Y, Dec.
26.-Robert Bacon Whitney, 81.
member of the wealthy Whitney
family and an assistant vice pres
ident of j. P. Morgan & Co., was
killed by a car Wednesday night
while crossing the street near a
country club here.
Police said the car was driven
by Jerry Gascon. AZ, a Williston
Park gas station attendant. He
was not charged.
Evening star., 1952-12-26

H e is r. C..
H e n d on, e X
a d m illustrative
assistant to j.
Edgar Hoover.
who has b e e n
n a m e d vice
pre- S i dent, in
charge of per-
Sonnel.
A n a t i've of
S h e ] b Wv i'll e,
Tenn, Mr.. Hen
don graduated
from Montana
State University
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Marshall Heights Gaining Slowly but Painfully
In Its 7hree-Yeor Fight to Rid Area of SIums

director OF the Health Depart
ment's Bureau of Health Engi-
neering, there still are perhaps 15C
houses that either ought to have
drastic work done on them or
should come down.
And some of the new ones ought
never to be finished, according to
Mr.. Cary.
Frustrating Job.
Rebuilding of the area actually
| is turning out to be a frustrating
job all around.
! From the Districts standpoint,
there are two main problems
money and enforcement.
In 1850 city officials estimated
it would cost $2.5 million of the
taxpayers money to give Marshall
Heights streets, water and sewer
facilities up to minimum stand
ards. That estimate has now been
raised to $2.87 million.
The city already is up to its
ears financing priority improve
mentS elSeWhere-such as on the
dangerously overloaded Rock
Creek sewer line. Money for COM
pleting facilities in Marshall
Heights isn't in sight.
! Harold A. Kemp, District sani-
tation engineer, says he can't. add
more sewer lines until a $4,000
storm sewer system is installed,
and without sewers, 225 Marshall
Heights homes can't have water,
either. Water and sewer lines so
far have cost about 100000
fraction of the ultimate total.
The Highway Department is
reluctant to finish streets until
water pipes are in, because it
would mean tearing up pavement.
Major Job Necessary.
Street rebuilding is a major Job
itself. Some of the streets are
hardly more than hill-and-dale
cowpaths. Bulldozers must cut
away hillsides and fill in valleys
to remake them.
So far. 80 of about 80 block
lengths of street have been i'm
proved, at a cost of $4,000. The
bill eventually will mount to
100000. Eventually will be q
long time. Meanwhile, in rainy
weather some of the streets still
are impossible. t*
Nobody, of course, argues that
necessary public improvements
shouldn't be made. Marshall
Heights. like any other section, is
entitled to them. Providing them
just happens to be a bigger, more
complicated - and tardier - job
than usual. Some residents criti-
cize the city for not starting many
years sooner.
The city, of course, purposely
put off any action while the Sec
ton was considered a slum clear
ance project site.
Lack of Money is Key.
The enforcement problem is
more veXing. It's root is poverty.
A couple of statistics indicate
its scope. Sewer and water mains
now are available in all but 1G
street blocks. But 81 homeowners
have failed to connect sizeable
81 per cent of those who could.
And another 73 connected only
under orders from health authori-
ties.
The reason, which city officials
recognize, is that installing plumb
ing is expensive. Sewer and water
connections cost the homeowner
probably $500 in assessments. In
terror plumbing may cost $1,000.
Sidewalks and curbs also would
cost the homeowner something
of course.)
Everyone out there wants to
Evening star., 1952-12-26
By jones 6. Deone

What's happened to Marshal
Heights? "a
Three years ago the District wa.
thwarted in its hope to max.
Marshall Heights the city's frs
major experiment in slum clear
ance. The residents asked to cleal
the slums themselves, and the cit!
handed them the job. Now it,.
turning its own attention to the
Southwest.
In three years, Marshall Height.
has improved. But the climb j:
proving slow and painful.
Feared Dispossession.
Congress killed ambitious Mar.
shall Heights plans because tht
homeowners feared they would bt
dispossessed and couldn't afforc
to buy homes elsewhere.
Everett L. Edmond, president Of
the Marshall Heights Civic Asso.
citation, told officials then:
"The people are ready and eager
to start on a vast building program
that will add greatly to the value
and beauty of the city and also
will increase its revenue by way o1
taxes on new homes"
Mr.. Edmond'S prophecy has moi
yet been fulfilled. '>-
In three years, 81 rickety houses
have been condemned and torr
down. Not quite as many new ones
have been built. Half the area.
homes now have plumbing, COM
pared to only a fifth in January
1850. A third of the streets have
been graded and surface treated
gravel and oiD. The number OF
sewers and water mains has ap-
proximately been doubled.
$1SO,0OO Expended.
The District has spent about
$180,000, and residents have in
vested an amount no one has
counted.
Marshall Heights shows the
difference. But it's doubtful that
it yet adds greatly to the city's
value and beauty. And it still is
a serious headache for the city's
health and building inspectors
Marshall Heights is at the east
ern tip of the District. on a fine
hilly site overlooking the city. 1t
occupies 180 acres in a triangle
formed by East Capitol street,
Benning road, and the line divid-
ing the District from Prince
Georges County, Md. It has per-
haps 600 homes and $500 inhabi-
tants, virtually all Negro.
A. Has Backward Appearance.
? The area is surrounded by
paved streets and substantial
houses, but itself looks like coun-
try. Almost no streets have hare
pavement, curbstones or sidewalks
Some houses perch on hillsides
others hide in gullies. Nineteen
street-corner hydrants still pro-
vide a third of the dwellings with
their only water. so that mothers
carrying kettles and buckets are
part of the scenery.
Three years ago a number Of the
dwellings were flimsy structures oi
old boards, tar paper, bits of ti-
and similar haphazard materials
One house incorporated some dis
carded phone booths. another
some piano cases. Most of those
dwellings now are gone.
But 90 houses currently bear
red condemned" signs. Thirteen
of those still are occupied.
And other homes, unfinished
three years ago. still are incom-
plete. although some show evi-
dence of recent work. Most work
is done by the owners themselves
According to William H. Cary
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Fire DemoIishes TOYS

NEW YORK. Dec. 26 (P.-
Enough toys to adorn hundreds
Of Christmas trees were demolished
yesterday in a fire that swept the
Peters Toy Shop at Madison ave-
nue. and East Twenty-third street.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
Ex-FBI Man Named Officer
.0f Railway Express Agency

A former Federal Bureau of In
vestigation official has been ap-
polnled vice president of the Rail-
way Express Agency.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06

and Franklin d. was making his first
run for the presidency.
More than 500 ballots were cast
in the precinct that year and as
though the nations election de-
pended upon it, the ballot count
ers checked and rechecked in
methodical if slow manner
through the night. When the last
ballot was counted at daylight the
next day the judges emerged
triumphant if sleepy from the
room of their labor. Out on Bluff
ton streets before they took their
ballot boxes to Lima they heard
the word that Roosevelt was in.
But lest you think that Precinct B
votes hardly counted in that election,
it is interesting to note that they held
the balance which elected one lone
Republican to the office of county
engineer. Otherwise it was a clean
sweep for Allen county's Democrats.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06
Former Bluft0n
Woman HOnOred
By Eastern Star

Mrs. Garnie F. Powell, the former
Miss Carrie Dewitt of Bluffton, now
residing in the Rawson area, has been
appointed to serve District No. 26 as
deputy grand matron in the Order of
Eastern Star. She is member of
Rawson Chapter $50, Order of East
ern Star.
She was chosen for the honor at
the Grand Chapter session in Cleve,
land last week. Other members from
Rawson chapter who attended the
Cleveland meeting were Mrs. William
Parkins, worthy matron; Mrs. Gerald
Knepper and Mrs. Ralph McCune.
Other members present at the in
stallation meeting Thursday were,
Mrs. Bracy Crawis, Mrs. Redge
ketzenbarger, Mrs. Earl Hoch, Mrs.
August Lannert and Garnie F. Powell.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06
Revival Series
At Olive Branch

The Bethesda, Liberty Chapel and
Olive Branch churches of the Bluff
ton E. u. B. charge viii unite in a
series of revival services starting
Sunday at the Olive Branch church.
The Rev. c. D. Osborn will be
the speaker at the services which
will continue each night except Sat-
urdays through November %. Serv-
ices begin at 7:45 p. m.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06
Mainly Personal

| morning OF December 4.
On December 20, the red-hairec
Worthington, complaining of the
unreasonable cold weather, walked
into the White House and handed the
Constitution to President Jefferson
The handcrafted table of native
cherry and walnut on which he
Constitution was signed is now
treasured exhibit in the Ross
County Museum at Chillicothe.
The bell that hung in the belfry
atop the little stone capitol is in
the Ohio State Museum at Co.
lumbus.
TT PAYS TO BE IGNORANT,
Since the second week of our arrival
in Bluffton we have gone blithely OH
dumping our ashes and cigarette butts
into an old tin-can lid someone had
thoughtfully dug up for us. 1t SEEM
ed to serve the purpose well, and since
no one expected too much of a tin-can
lid, it was hardly necessary to clean
it up after periodically dumping the
contents.
But now we learn we have offended
the esthetic sense of one of the COM
munity's dealers in art wares. Tired
of seeing the old can lid cluttering
up the Bluffton scene, Ed Chamber
lain has ordered it relegated to the
next Lee Coon collection and has re-
placed it via Gene Benroth with a
commodious container for ashes and
butts fashioned by none other than
Robert of California.
Fired in the California oven in a
rich aqua, the tray is embellished with
what may be an Aztec design in gold
handsome addition to the News
office and almost too beautiful to be
degraded with butts.
Come Wednesdays we're going to
shine it up and use it as a receptical
for receiving seven cents in the coin
of the realm from persons curious
enough to purchase a copy of the
News. On Thursday it will again be-
come an ash tray.
Thank you, Edgar! Come and get
the lid, Mr.. Coon.
IF A SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS
of youngsters, about fourth grade
level, is apt to become at times
"bunch of wild Indians" what of it?
So asks Mrs. Fred Hahn, whose lot
it is this year to have charge of such
a group at the Methodist church.
She simply joins the gang, puts
a feather in her hair and whoops
it up with the boys. Last Thurs
day her tribe i'm full redskin re-
gala filed up to the New-Art
Studio for a portrait and Grand
ma Hahn led the gang.
Were all pals. 1t keeps me young
and them out of mischief" said Mrs.
Hahn introducing Pauline Matter,
Jana Steiner, James Edie, Jerry Mer-
icle and Rudolph Steiner at the News
office.
OUR FAVORITE election story is
the one Joe Fisher of Jackson street
tells about serving as a counting
Judge in Bluffton's old Precinct B,
back in the days when it was larger
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06
TO STAGE MELODRAMA

"Dirty Work at the Crossroads" ;"
an old fashioned melodrama, will be
presented by the Ada Community
Theatre members Thursday and Fri
day evenings at Presser hall, Ohio
Northern university.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06
GRANGE TO ELECT

New officers to serve during the
Forthcoming year will be elected by
members of Richland Grange at the
annual election next Tuesday evening
in the Grange Hall.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06

The first Jewish services in the
Northwest Territory were held il
Cincinnati in 1919.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06

Ohio produces 10000 tons of
grapes annually. Vineyards are
mainly in the Lake Erie region.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06

News Want-ads bring results.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1952-11-06

hog prices are expected to remain
steady through most of August.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-22
Baber Receives
Commendation

S. C.. Baber, an associate of the
]. w. Millholland Agency at CO.
lumbus for The Ohio National Life
Insurance Company has received
word of commendation from the
Company for being among their
nationwide leaders in personal
production during the past month.
Mr.. Baber has been associated
with The Ohio National for Sc
years and has the distinction of
having received the National Quail
ity Award ever since its inaugura-
tiof in 1945.
This award is granted only to
those underwriters whose produc-
ton meets the highest of profes-
sional standards for quality and
persistency. He has established an
outstanding record of writing one
or more applications week foI
over % years, qualifying for every
Convention held by the Company
since 1916.
Mr.. Baber is q member of the
Life Underwriters Association ol
Columbus and the West jefferson
Business Mems Club, and is pres
ent Chairman of the Madison
County Board of Elections. He j.
also a member of the Scottish Ritz
and Shrine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Baber reside OF
South Chester Street in West JEFF
ferSon.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-22
Tv GOES MICROSCOPIC

NEW YORK - Tomorrow's Tv
Stars IN school rooms may be live
paramecia, germs, goldfish tails,
tiny bits OF plants.
They've made a hit in TV teach
ing experiments so far. The TV
camera eye looks into micro
scope, and throws magnified pic
lures of what it sees onto a 20
inch Tv screen.
ParaImecia, the tiny slipper
shaped animals, swim busily into
and out of view in their world of
q drop of water. Under high mag
MITIGATION. blood vessels in gold
fish's tail look like riverways
heavy with boat traffic.
The Tv-microscope hookup has
been tried in few high schools
and universities, as new aid in
teaching biology and general
SCIENCE.
works on Different Principle
RCA Laboratories has supplied
the TV camera, the Vidicon or
small, compact industrial TV
camera. 1t works on a different
principle of creating images than
the image orthicon cameras used
in regular Tv shows The Vidicon
tube is only 6 to z inches long,
an inch in diameter. The whole
camera is only about the size of a
home movie camera. The receiver
has the tubes to drive the camera.
Dewitt Clinton High School in
New York was the first secondary
school TO experiment with TV for
science courses, with equipment
loaned by RCA. More than 1,50t
boys saw the world of the micro
scope transferred to the TV
screen
Tv Method Has Advantages
The I'v method has advantages
over other methods of projecting
big pictures of what the micro
scope sees. says DR.. James Mandel,
chairman of the schools biology
department.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-22

the company you think he does
and that the firm handles the
brand, or brands, claimed by the
salesman.
Z. Read and understand the con-
tract before you sign and keep a
copy of it.
8. Make sure that the sales rep
reservations made to you are set
forth in substance in the contract.
If they are not, don't sign it.
9. Don't sign a completion GER
tificate until the job is in fact
complete.
10. If the work is guaranteed,
be sure that you understand the
specific terms and conditions of
the guarantee and that they are
incorporated in the contract. Re-
member that FILA does not guar
antee material or workmanship.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-22

Mrs. Glenn Loveless accompan-
led her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ron
aid T. Loveless, of Mechanicsburg,
to Camp Belveir, Va, for week
end visit with the formers son
and the latter's husband, Pfc. Ron
aid T. Loveless.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abel Tackett en-
tertained at dinner Sunday for
Sgt. 1/c and Mrs. Charles d. Jones
and family of South Bend, Ind,
and A sc Abel Tackett, Jr., of
Chanute Field, H., all weekend
guests, also Elwood Tackett, Mr..
and Mrs. Donald Hayes and
daughter, Cathy, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Quenton Qualls and soc. Tony.
The, Friendship Cite,e E4Lic
class of Trinity Methodist Church
was entertained Wednesday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Glenn
Loveless. Mrs. Eston LoVeless ano
Mrs. Welthia Hale assisted. Mrs
c. O. Timberman was devotional
leader; also arranged contest II
which Mrs. Hale, Mrs. Millard AL
lender, and Mrs. Maurice SWaby
were successful. Mrs. Edgar Pos
was program leader. Refreshments
were served. Others present were
Mrs. Grant Neer, Mrs. Peal Arm
old, Mrs. B. p. Miller, Mrs. LaWr
ence Yeazell, Mrs. Ernie Hayes
Mrs. George Palmer, Mrs. t. +
Smith, Mrs. Herbert Coffey, anC
Marjol Kimball.
Mrs. Richard SecreSt of Colum
bus was the luncheon guest Sat
urday of her grandmother, Mrs
j. G.. Deeds.
The Woman's Society of Chris
tain Service of Nation Chapel wa
entertained Thursday at the hom
of Mrs. d. G.. Teets, Mrs. One
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1952-04-22
FhA Warns on
Home Repairs

Pointing out that guliible house
owners continue to be hoodwinked
by promises of bonuses. or commits
sions to be paid for use of residing
jobs on their homes as model,
the FILA District Director, Karl
w. Kumler, Columbus, in an ef-
fort to assist homeowners in avoid
ing being victimized on residing
job. or on other home repair work,
today offered the following ad-
vice:
/. Take your time! Don't rush
into any important home improve
ment job.
2. Beware of the salesman who
represents at the outset that your
home is desired as model and
promises a commission for each
sales lead or sale in the area, and
who states, or implies, that such
commissions will defray substan-
TALLY all of the cost of the job.
3. Deal only with firms whose
dependability and reliability arc
known to you, or which you have
established through intelligent in.
quiry.
4. Get several estimates from re.
liable firms and make sure that
you understand exactly what each
bid includes and what work is ex'
cluded.
5. Get the names of severa
others in or near your home towr
who have done business with the
contractor selected and find out
from them whether their exper
fence was satisfactory or other
wise. Don't rely on written testi
monials.
6. Make sure that the salesman
you are dealing with represent