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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Corning 10 Report Progress
OF White Teacher Transfer

School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
will make a progress report next
Monday on transfer of white
teachers to provide more Negro
teacher salaries.
The report will be made to the
Board of Education's Personnel
Committee. School officials are
shifting a number of white junior
and senior high teachers to lower
grades to fill spots formerly held
by temporary teachers, and the
money saved will be transferred
to the Negro schools.
The superintendent has told the
board he planned to shift up to
100 teachers. Some temporary
teachers may have to be fired.
Schools open Monday.
Legislation, Personnel and
Buildings and Grounds Commit
tees of the board meet Monday.
The full board will hold it's first
regular meeting of the fall at 2::3O
pm. Wednesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
|Shipyard Sale Probers
Quiz Engineer Further
In WoIfson S Deal

Fred Weber, a Miami civil en-
gineer, today underwent further
questioning by a special District
grand jury investigating the sale
of a Florida shipyard to a group
headed by Louis E. Wolfson,
chairman of the board of the
Capital Transit Co.
Mr.. Wolfson had bought the
property, the st. Johns River
shipyard at Jacksonville, Fla, for
$1.9 million. The yard originally
cost $40 million.
The jury is attempting to find
If there were any irregularities in
connection with the sale.
Mr.. Weber, who was questioned
for about four hours yesterday,
had testified in 1947 before a con-
gressional committee investigating
the transaction. At that time, he
was asked about his connections
with a Maritime Commission Of
fetal now dead.
Waiting to be called by the
panel today was j. Alvin Regis
ter. a realty appraiser of Jackson
vile. who had also testified before
the congressional investigators.
Mr.. Register told reporters he
had been employed in a private
capacity by the old Maritime
Commission to appraise the ship
yard. He said he had placed it's
worth at $3.5 million. if sold piece
meal and not less than $2.5 mil
lion if sold outright.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11

Mr.. Tillema, who is 65, listed
as a political independent. He
says he normally votes Demo-
cratic. He is professor emeritus
Of government at George WASH
ington University and has been
on the faculties at Johns Hopkins,
Washington University of St.
Louis, the University of Illinois
and the University of Michigan.
He was born in Fulton. ILL.,,
and was graduated from Hope
College. Holland, Mich. He re-
ceived the degree of doctor OF
juridical science from Harvard
and master of laws degree from
George Washington. Brookings
Institution awarded him the
Phi. D. degree.
He has lived in Arlington fol-
II years, now at 1903 North Har-
ward street, and attends the Pres
byterian Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Rev. Thomas Stone Named
To Post al Choir COLLEGE

The Rev. Thomas A. Stone, as
sistant minister at National Pres
byterian Church, has resigned to
become executive vice president
of Westminster Choir College,
Princeton, N. j.
DR.. and Mrs. Stone will be
honored at a church dinner Octo-
Der 9. the day before his resigna-
ton becomes effective.
Since his arrival at National
Presbyterian, DR.. Stone has headed
the Christian education depart
ment. He also served as chairman
of the committee on leadership
education for the Washington
Federation of Churches. and has
been on the religion faculty Of
George Washington University
since 1850.
DR.. Stone holds degrees from
San Diego State College, San
Francisco Theological Seminary
and Yale Divinity School.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Absentee Voting in
WJERSEY

As a Service to the Districts
absentee DoterS The Star is pub
fishing uoting regulations in
each State for merit NoUember's
election. One State iDiH be pub
HShed each day. Watch for
yours. Toddy'S inStdllnent is for
residents 1Uho WiSh to vote in
Net0 Jersey:
Officers to Be Elected: United
States Senator, IA Representative.
to Congress, county and local of.
flcials.
Residence Requirement: State
l year; county, S months; precinct
80 days.
Registration: In person and per.
manent if eiector votes in a gen.
eral election once every four years
Register with city clerk Tin ESSEX
and Hudson Counties with Boarc
of Elections) for election through
September Is.
Absentee Voting: None.
Further information may be
obtained in the lobby OF The
Star Building, Eleventh. street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV,
aphere the District League of
Women Voters has set up a
DOterS' service desk. 1t is open
from 10 am. to 8 pm. Monday
through Friday and from 10
am. to pm. Saturday. Tele-
phone Republic 1894.
Tomorrow: Ne1D Merico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Some Hope Seen for Correcting
Connecticut Avenue BottIene~k
Hearing Scheduled
On Widening Road
At Chevy Chase Lake
By John M. Kouffmonn

Connecticut avenues dual pave
ment stretches through Chevy
Chase, as stately a highway as
has been built in the Washington
area.
Then 'all of sudden at Chevy
Chase Lake it's six majestic lanes
bottleneck into bumpy, narrow
little country road.
Next to Old Bladensburg road
it is now Montgomery County's
worst traffic problem and is by
far its most dramatic. It backs
traffic nearly mile at every rush
hour. A traffic light at Jones
Bridge road helps cars to cross
the suburban artery but increases
the avenues congestion.
Program So Million In Red.
Nothing can be done, it seems,
to relieve the problem before 1854
at the earliest, and even then only
if the Maryland Legislature feels
generous. State Roads Commits
sion officials, who can't help feel
ing that Montgomery has been a
little spoiled by the big Wiscon-
sin and Georgia avenue improve
ment projects, say Maryland
1928 road program is SO million
in the red on the books. The $50
million program is all for urgent
road construction. Connecticut
avenue is not included.
But Chief Engineer w. F. Childs
said the Connecticut avenue i'm
provement has high priority in a
15-year, $500 million program now
being drawn up. He explained that
high priority means it would be
among the first projects under
taken in the first five years of
the program, beginning in 1854.
The plan calls for the entire i'm
provement of Connecticut avenue,
Old Bladensburg road and Uni
versity lane around to College
Park. This is designated as Mary
land Route No. 1913.
The program will be presented
to the State Roads Commission
shortly" Mr.. Childs said. After
approval by the commissions leg
islation committee, however, it
must go to the people with the
purse strings: the Legislature.
Sees Opposition to Bonds.
There is going to be opposition
to any bonded Indebtedness in
financing a road program" said
Dewitt B. Hyde, Montgomery
State Senator and Republican
Congressional candidate, who
calls the Connecticut avenue bot
tleneck definitely an emergency"
He said he has conferred with the
commission several times about it.
AS far as a long-range road
program is concerned, Mr.. Hyde
added the legislature might show
apathy toward anything it does
not feel is an emergency and do
"a lot of yelling" about past
hodge-podge road bungling as
well as about big projects now
underway.
The Connecticut avenue problem
is an old one to the County Coun-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Mcbride Begins Duties
At Arlington YMCA

Robert j. Mcbride of Norwalk
Conn, has taken up his new du-
ties as executive secretary of the
Arlington YMCA. He replaces
Robert D. Moore, who has been
called into Army service.
The Iowa University graduate
has spent is years in YMCA work,
the last four at Norwalk. His
wife and two daughters will move
to Arlington as soon as they find
living quarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
D. {. Awards Contracts
In BUYING 38 Autos

The District yesterday awarded
a contract to the Ford Motor Co.
for % sedans with automatic shifts
for the Metropolitan Police De-
partment to replace WORKOUT cars.
The new cars will be delivered
shortly after January /.
A contract also was awarded to
the General Motors Corp. for three
Chevrolet sedans for the police
department, four for the Highway
Department, two for the Office of
Weights. Measures and Markets
and one for the Sewer Division.
The total cost of the Ford cars
is $41,687. while the ChevroletS
will cost $12.455.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Riverda|e Boy Is Struck
By Car Driven by Brother

A Riverdale boy was injured
slightly today when struck by a
car driven by his brother.
Ralph o. Houser. IL. of 1902
Tuckerman street had just
alighted from the car and started
to cross in front of it near the
Hyattsville Junior High School
at Forty-second avenue and
Oglethorpe street.
The brother, Robert B. Houser.
jr., told police he didn't see the
boy running in front of the car.
The mother Of the two boys was
a passenger in the front seat.
Ralph was taken to Leland
Memorial Hospital at Riverdale,
where he was treated for
scratches on his head and arms
and released. He is a seventh
grader at the Junior high school.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11

Mr.. Massey was born in WASH
ington 43 years ago and has lived
here and in Arlington all that
time.
He graduated from Western
High School and started work as
a runner for Riggs National Bank,
with which he has been associated
"a years. He is now assistant
cashier and assistant manager of
the DUPONT Circle branch.
Mr.. Massey formerly was vice
chairman of the Arlington Demo-
cratic Executive Committee. He
attends st. Andrews Episcopal
Church., Arlington.
+ He and Mrs. Massey have two
daughters, Anne, IA, a member of
the 10th grade at Washington
Lee High School, and May, 9, who
is in the fifth grade at John Mar
shall School. They live at 1900
North Twenty-third street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Allison 10 Stay in Jail
Until Probe Of Wife's
Death Is Completed
BY q stoH Correspondent Of The stor

LA PLATA. Md, Sept. 11.-Air
Force Sergt. Homer Arthur Allison
will remain jailed on a murder
charge until authorities complete
an investigation of the fatal in
jury of his wife, Rosie Ann.
Circuit Judge j. Dudley Digges
yesterday postponed decision on
habeas corpus action designed to
free the one-time B-29 tail gunner
under bond. He is credited with IS
missions over Korea.
The court continued the hearing
indefinitely when Charles County
States Attorney Robert T. Bar
bour refused to recommend or OPP
pose bail until his Office and State
police conclude a joint investiga-
ton.
States Position Explained.
while I cannot say that the
investigation is completed" the
prosecutor declared, nothing dia-
bolical has so far been found
and I am open-minded as to
whether Sergt. Allison should be
tried for murder or on a lesser
charge.
"At this time" he added, "the
State could not prove premedi-
tated murder"
Judge Digges said the county
grand jury will convene Septem-
Der 20 and suggested that the
case be presented to the panel
if prima facie case Is offered
by the State at a preliminary
hearing. No date was set for
the hearing, but the court sug-
|gested that 1t be held before re-
sumption of habeas proceedings.
Mrs. Allison, 23-year -old moth
Ter of three, died at 3 am. Sunday,
two hours after her husband car
ried her unconscious into Physi-
clans Memorial Hospital here.
Hair and Blood Found.
Sergt. Allison, who is 81. and
was stationed at Andrews Air
Force Base, told police she
jumped from their car on route
S near Waldorf after an argu-
ment. He was charged Tuesday
when he changed his story, &C
cording to police, who said they
found blood and hair on the I'M
|derside of the right front of the
chassis and a fresh fender dent
under the right headlight.
Mr.. Barbour said yesterday
that chief State Medical Exam
liner DR.. Russell S. Fisher report
led that blood samples scraped
from the chassis and sent to his
laboratory came from a human
and are of the same type as that
of Mrs. Allison.
DR.. Fisher had ruled earlier
that Mrs. Allison's hair and a.
single strand taken from the
underside of the chassis matched
in structural characteristics.
The States Attorney made I'll
clear, however, that the findings
are not incontrovertible proof
that the blood and hair subjected
to analysis were Mrs. Allison's.
Deferment of the courts de-
cision means that the airman can
neither attend his wife's funeral
nor Immediately visit his children,
Neil, S; Roger. 2, and Sandra Ann,
1. The children are in the care
of neighbors at the sergeant's
home near Clinton, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Arlington Policeman Plans
To AppeaI Dismissal Order

The Arlington Police Trial Board
will hear an appeal by Policeman
Charles c. Pearson. jr., %. whose
dismissal was ordered yesterday by
County Manager A. T. Lundberg.
Mr.. Pearson had been accused
of illicit relations with a 17-year-
old girl in June and July. He was
found not guilty of the charge
August % in County Court.
Paul G. Varoutsos. attorney for
Mr.. Pearson, said he will ask the
Trial Board to hear an appeal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11

Mr.. Byrne IS Al years old and q
native Of Washington.
He operates the Sterling Storage
and Van Co. at COL North Ran
dolph street, Arlington. He is
member of the Clarendon Meth
Odist Church.
Mr.. Byrne was graduated from
Eastern High School in the Dis
trict and attended Strayer Bust
ness College. He has never held
public Office and is a Democrat. He
is treasurer of the Arlington Dem
ocratic Club.
He and Mrs. Byrne reside at 2O2
North Highland street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
CityHeads Seek
Cost Estimate
On Air Wardens
Ask Civil Defense
List of Minimum
Requirements Here

The Commissioners today di-
rected District Civil Defense Off
Gals to prepare an itemized cost
list of the minimum requirements
of warden service needs.
The city heads issued this order
after hearing Civil Defense Direc-
tor John E. Fondahl say that the
city's preparation for an air at
tack is practically at a stand
still.R Mr.. Fondahl blamed Con-
gress' severe cutting of civil de-
Tense budget requests to $1O0, 900
for the current fiscal year.
Max C. Schwartz, deputy direc-
tor of warden services, later told
reporters that additional funds
needed for wardens alone would
probably total about $150,OOO.
This total is based on a cost of
about SIS to equip each of 10000
wardens. the minimum number
required to provide adequate
civilian air raid protection here.
Many More Needed.
At present only about $500 citi-
zens are in the warden service.
Mr.. Schwartz said that about Co.
600 wardenS are needed to prop
erly cover the entire city.
Mr.. Fondahl offered two pos
Sible courses for raising the needed
warden funds as we'll as other
money to meet civil defense needs
generally. He conceded that while
Congress would probably be I'M
sympathetic to any District plea
for an out-and-out supplement
tai appropriation, the lawmakers
might give consideration to a
budget request that would tie in
with matching Federal funds.
$55,OO0 Assigned Here.
The Defense Director said that
the Federal Civil Defense Admin
istration has assigned $4,000 to
the District to provide certain
types Of communications equip
ment. Before this amount would
be forthcoming. the city would
have to put up like amount.
Since the matching funds pro-
gram would not provide protective
equipment for wardens, Mr.. Fon-
dahl said he guessed the only re-
course, despite congressional re-
luctance, would be to seek direct
supplemental appropriations for
warden services.
One possible alternative, he sug-
gested, would be to enlist the fl
nancial cooperation of private
businesses in the District. He said
he plans to prepare a detailed rec
ommendation of such a program.
Suggests School Space.
In answer to the defense Off
Gals pleas for more headquarters
space for each of the IS warden
areas, Acting Engineer Commits
sioner Thomas j. Hayes III sug-
gested that OCD be given access
to certain schools in each warden
area. This would provide defense
workers with space in which to
meet and train. While the city
heads did not act on the sug-
gestion, they expressed them
selves as in favor of it.
All the officials agreed that I'M
less equipment and meeting space
were provided, citizen participa-
ton in the defense program would
continue to lag. 1.-THE volunteers
need specific jobs to do if we are
to keep them interested and step
up the morale of the service"
Mr.. Fondahl declared.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Nine New Cases of Polio Brinq
Total for Year in Area to 379

Nine new cases of polio were
reported today in the Washington
area, bringing the total to 319
for the year. There were lat at
this time last year.
Five new cases were reported
from the District, making the to-
tai 81, compared to so last year.
Montgomery County had three,
boosting its total to 80, compared
with AZ last year. Prince Georges
County had one new case-its
68th. compared to % a year ago.
District cases were a 13-year-
old boy of the 1900 block of Thir-
tenth street NV. treated at
Children's Hospital; a 7-year-old
boy Of the 100 block of Thirty
sixth street NE, treated at Gal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11

linger; a 9-year-old girl of the
1900 block of Skyland place Sc.
treated at Gallinger: and two boys
of the 5000 block of c street Sc,
S and 7 years old, both treated
at Gallinger.
New cases in Montgomery
County were 32-year-old woman
of the 500 block of Stilwell road,
treated at home; a 81
year-old man of the 1900 block of
Evans drive, Silver Spring, treat
ed at Gallinger; and a 15-year-old
boy of the 800 block of Timber
wood avenue, Silver Spring.
In Prince Georges County, a
5-year-old girl of the 100 block
Of Fifty-seventh avenue, Chapel
Oaks. was treated at Prince
Georges General Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Virginia Women Falls
OFF Tractor, Is Run Over

A Vienna (Va.) woman, who fell
from a tractor she was operating
and was run over, is in fair con-
dition at Arlington Hospital today.
The hospital said Miss Rhea
Ellis, "a, of Route l suffered an
injured chest when the tractor
struck her. Miss Ellis lost control
of the vehicle and fell to the
ground, the report said. while she
was working on the Woodbridge
farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Health Department
Cuts Isolation Period
For Polio to Week

The District Health Depart
ment today reduced the isola-
ton period for polio victims
from IA days to one week.
The change in the three
year-old requirement was
made on the recommendation
Of Health Officer Daniel L.
Seckinger. The Health Officer
also said that by reducing the
isolation period. hospitals,
patients and contacts would
be relieved of an undue
burden"
The move has the approval
Of the Public Health Commit
tee of the District Medical
Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Fau|knerb|a
School Criisison
Wasted Space
Efficient Use Would
Provide CIussrooms,
Board Member Saws

A new member of the Board
Of Education last night said there
would be no shortage of class
rooms if all school space were
used properly.
Less transferring of buildings
between the white and colored di-
visions of the schools would be
needed, according to Robert R.
Faulkner, if space were used we'll
He cited the new Terrell Junior
High School as an example of
waste space. It is a magnificent
building. he said, but the huge
playrooms should be turned into
classrooms.
Classifying the new Spingarn
as a school palace" Mr.. Faux
ner attacked the use of space
there for visiting and home team
locker rooms. He also challenged
the need for teachers rooms in
the schools, saying that his own
instructors never had any resting
rooms. Furniture for the light
housekeeping rooms at Spingarr
cost $4,000. he said. when the
money should have been spent
on classrooms.
Hits Hasty Abandonment.
The abandoning of schools toe
fast is another cause of the ap.
parent shortage of classroom!
here. Mr.. Faulkner said. The ole
Cardozo High School, now used by
the District Health Department
was one of his examples.
Il think it's a crime" he as.
serted.
The board member said he hae
requested School Supt. Hobart M
Corning to check uses of poten.
Itial classroom space and the mum.
Der of Maryland and Virginia
children using the District schools
why in blue blazes aren't the
school boundaries made elastic
altered each year If necessary
Mr.. Faulkner asked. He pointed
out that the colored children are
allowed to attend any school they
choose. while white children art
forced to conform to rigid school.
area boundaries.
Mr.. Faulkner expressed these
Jews before the Rhode Islane
1tizens' Association, meeting ir
3ateman's Store. 1904 Rhode
Island avenue NE.
Suggests Smaller Schools.
Requisites before peruuisites. >
he quoted as his motto, assailins
spending money on extra facilities
while there is a shortage of teach
ing room.
Elimination Of Junior highs and
the building of small high schools
might help the dual problem OF
overcrowding in colored high
schools and the dropping enroll
ment in the white, he suggested
Especially, he indicated he
would back building a small
white high school in Northeast
Washington If Mckinley is
transferred to colored. This move
has been mentioned by DR.. Corn
ing.
Mr.. Faulkner said it is his
firm desire that all children get
proper facilities-not only COL
ored but white"
The loss of students to the
Army partially accounts for the
drop IN white high school enroll
ment, Mr.. Faulkner commended.
I'VE ought to keep them (the
schools for them (the enlistees)
to use when they come back he
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Prince Georges to Note
Defense of Baltimore

Prince Georges County employ
les will have q holiday tomorrow
in honor of Defenders Day.
The day is a legal holiday in
Maryland. commemorating the
defense Of Baltimore during the
War Of 1872. Banks throughout
the State will be closed also.
Montgomery County employees
will be at work as usual, however.
according to the County Nam
ayers Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
early Closing to Continue

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Sept.
II Especially Insurance Offices
here today joined banks in agree
ing to observe Wednesday after
noon closings indefinitely. Hereto
fore the schedule has been effec-
tive only for the summer months.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-09-11
Cheverly Club Dance

The Cheverly Mems Club will
hold ladies night dance tomor-
row evening at the American
Legion Hall in Cheverly. Nd.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
B-20 THE EVENING STAR
Washington. D. C.
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1882
PONTIAC 1852 station wagon; brand.

PONTIAC 1852 station waron; brand
ssls NV sssso SEo9b SossTIISc
PONTIAC 1850 Catalina, w;s:w.
tires: r. h.: seat covers: ] owner;
immaculate. Sl.595. KI. S-3l21.
PONTIAC 81 Custom o-dr.; excel.
shape; r.. h.; orig. owner. leaving
town: must sell fast Sacrifice at
only $1,000. JU. 5-l355 rs
PONTIAC lgi7 Streamiiuer 8" sed
coupe: r, h.; excel. orig. blue fin;
l-owner car, far above average;
S795. HOYLE MOTOR SALES, I345
Que st. NV. DU. 7-S300. go
PONTIAC 1851 Chieftain de luxe
4-dr. S-cyl. sedan: Hydra-Matic;
black, fully equipped; Sl,S45. AR
CADE PONTIAC CO.. 1437 Irving
st. NV. AID. 4-S500. Us
PONTIAC 1949 conv.; Wv. tires,
new, top. new seat covers; excel.
econd.; pvt. owner; S1.250. OIL. .
Pontiac 1852 super de luxe cata-
lima; s-cyl: HydrarMatic: 2,tone
TIAct Ib' 4-ss5o G9a 1887 irving st. P.w.
PREFECT 1851 4-dr. sedan: black,
red leather upholst. Htr. UP to 35
mi. per gal; S795. 2-day money
back trial: 4-month written gaur-
antee. HILL & SANDERS, Wash. S
Oldest Ford Dealer, (AD. 4-430O,
11l4 vermont ave. NV.
Evening star., 1952-12-26
AUTOMOBILES FOR SALE

WILLYS 80 station wagon; heater.
ves owner wagon ti has DA had private Vss 'us use
and IS in excel. cond.; S995. HOYLE
MOTOR SALES. 1345 Que st. NV,
DU. 7-S3OO -26