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Evening star., 1952-05-12
Police Given Suspect
Ear|y in Fatal Stabbinq

Police credited an alert taxicab
driver with an assist today for
giving them a suspect even before
they learned of a fatal stabbing.
In fact, the hacker reduced po-
lice work yesterday by taking the
suspect, Len F. Cole, 80, colored,
of the first block of Logan Circle
NV, to the door of the 18th pre-
cinct.
This was shortly after Jesse
Shamblin, SO. colored, was stabbed
to death at his home in the 1900
block of Harvard street NV.
The cab driver, Baylom Otis,
colored, of 1876 G street NV. told
police he saw Cole drop a bloody
knife behind a seat of the cab
after directing the driver to take
him to the Logan Circle address.
Pretending not to see the Incl
dent, Mr.. Otis agreed to take Cole
home. But first, he said, he had
to drop by the precinct station to
pay a parking ticket. The fare
said that would be all right.
Stopping in front of the station,
Mr.. Otis said he'd be out in a
minute. Sure enough he was,
along with two policemen who ar
rested Cole.
Evening star., 1952-05-12

A frail white-haired woman,
dressed in light blue, sat in her
wheel chair today and told SO
members of the National Christ
Child Society, how the society was
started 76 years ago.
Miss Mary Virginia Merrick,
"past 80." who founded the So
ciety here when she was in her
teens, spoke at the society's 18th
3-day convention in progress at
the Shoreham Hotel.
A wheel-chair case since early
childhood, Miss Merrick said she
and her six sisters and friends or
ganized a sewing circle to make
Christmas garments for babies in
1886. They called themselves the
Christ Child Society.
Switched to Toy Gifts.
A little colored boy who dis
tributed the sewing circles mate
rial to the workers was responsible
for the groups present policy OF
giving toys instead of clothes at
Christmas time.
Miss Merrick said she asked the
little boy what he was going to
get for Christmas. He said. Moth
ing" His father was out of work.
On instructions from Miss Merrick
he wrote a letter with the saluta-
ton, Dear Christ Child" He got
the red wagon he asked for and
thousands Of children since hAve
Evening star., 1952-05-12

Circus time is near. Frank
Braden is already in town, spout
ing superlatives, hollering hyper
bole.
When Mr.. B arrives, the big
top can't be far away.
The little man with the big ad-
jectives strobe in today to report
on his client, Ringing Bros,
Barnum & Bailey.
"A terrific extravaganza, cost
ing a cool half-million." he cried,
strewing sheafs of mimeographed
manifestos of monstrous MASTER
pieces. 1.-THE greatest show on
earth! Al nostalgia musical treat!
Lavishly garnished! Surprisingly
colorful cavalcade!"
when does it-?" a reporter
started to ask.
"Blooded horses! Beautiful
bellies! Smart equipages!"
"And it STAR"
Evening star., 1952-05-12
N Series Will EvaIuate
District School System

Television cameras will scruti-
nize the District public school
system in a two-week series of
programs beginning next Sunday
over Station WTOP-TV.
The series, Inside Our
Schools" is being produced in CO.
operation with District school Of
ficials and Life Magazine, it was
announced yesterday.
The programs will include tele-
vision, movie and still pictures,
and interviews, panel discussions,
demonstrations and meetings.
Program times will be an
nounced later. They will be tele-
vised daily during the two weeks.
In addition to the comprehensive
study, $4,000 check lists will be
distributed in the schools by Life
Magazine for use by parents.
They will form the basis for an
,evaluation Of the schools.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Glen Echo Dance 10 Head
Servicemen's S Events

Major event of the weeks serv-
icemen's dances is one set for $3.50
p. m. Thursday in the ballroom at
Glen Echo Park. Sponsored by
the Unif1cation Society. the affair
is open, informal and without
charge.
Other dances during the week
are:
Today-Bolling noncoms again
at 8 pm, Andrews noncoms at
7:30 pm. and a junior officers
dance at $3.50 pm, place to be
designated by the society.
Thursday - Noncoms' Club,
North Post, Fort Myer, at $3.50
pm. The 18th Army Band, COM
posed of musicians just returned
from Korea, will play.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Man Is Shot and Killed
In Fiqht Over Dice Game

A 26-year- -old man was shot and
killed yesterday during fight
over a dice game.
The victim was Lewis Smith,
colored, of the 1000 block of Tenth
street NE. He was dead on ar
rival at Freedmen's Hospital.
Police charged Marvin Sharp,
80, colored, of the 200 block Of
Bates street NV. and Reuben
Brooks, %. colored, of the 1900
block of Harvard street NV, with
murder.
The shooting occurred at % T
street NV. About so people were
attending the party. Police said
all the guests fed after the shoot
ing, and had to be rounded up
again for questioning.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Fort Be|voir Troops
Show Combat Ski||s
To Military Engineers

Engineer troops were showing
off some of their combat proWess
for the Society of American Mill
tary Engineers at Fort Belvoir,
Va, today.
Some 400 of the society's men,
bers, in their 32d annual meet
ing, saw an engineer platoon use
live ammunition to fight off a
simulated enemy attack with car
bines, bazookas, machine guns and
mortarS.
It was a day of inspection,
demonstration and medal award
ing for the society,".
Awards Presented.
For his series of articles on the
Confederate Corps of Engineers,
1t. Col. Robert r. Ellis, chief
of Belvoir's technical subjects
branch, was awarded the Toulmin
Medal. His series was published
in the magazine the Military
Engineer during 1851.
Rear Admiral Leo Otis Colbert,
retiring president of the society,
also presented the organizations
gold medal to Veterans Admins
traitor Carl R. Gray. jr., for out
standing service to the society dur
ing 1851.
BostOnian Heads Group.
The new president is Comdr
John A. Volpe of Boston. Other
officers are:
Brig. Gen. Dwight F. Johns of
Sacramento, first vice president;
Maj. Lenox r. Lohr of Chicago,
second vice president.
New directors named are:
Maj. Gen. James B. Newman of
Washington, Maj. Gen. Douglas L.
Weart of Chicago, Col. A. B.
Pickett of New Orleans. 1t. Gen.
Henry L. Larsen of Denver,
Maurice j. Quinn, Detroit; Charles
o. Nuckolls, Tulsa; Lee M. Gutg-
sell, Chicago; Maj. Fred H. Rhodes,
University of Washington. and
Maj. Gen. Cecil R. Moore of
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Ex-band Leader
Indicted on 3
DopeC Charges
Ia Others Are Also
Named With 'Joboe'
By Ruckets Jury

A Washington band leader,
termed by police a supplier of
marijuana to teen-agerS, was in
dicted today by the special Dis
trict rackets grand jury on eight
counts of marijuana law viola
tionS.
The defendant, James M. Cuth-
bert. So. of the 1900 block of North
Capitol street, was arrested last
February "a in the 1900 block of
Eleventh street Sc. Cuthbert.
known also as James c. Zirkle
and "Jaboe," formerly led band
at the Penguin Club in the 1900
block of Eleventh street Sc. ]
Fourteen others also were indict-
ed. Is on charges of sale and pos
session of heroin and one on mari
juana charges. The cases were of
a routine nature. The much-her-
aided major narcotics indictments
will be returned by the middle of
next week "for sure" United
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
6dlQ tOUdy.
Carper Decision Due, Too.
He also said that it was "likely"
that the fate of 1t. H. H. Carper,
suspended head of the police Mar
cotics Squad, would be made
known at that time.
1t. Carper and his former aide,
Detective Sergt. William Taylor
were suspended following graft
charges involving them by dope
peddlerS at hearings of the Sen
ate District Crime subcommittee
some time ago.
Sergt. Taylor was involved to a
much lesser extent then was 1t.
Carper.
Other Indictments.
Also indicted today was Wen
dell M. Mcintosh, 81, colored,
known sometimes as "Ricks" and
"Slim," of the 400 block of Oak
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Skidding Auto Pins
z Girls 10 Bridge Rail

A Fairfax youth charged with
drunken and reckless driving
when his car pinned two girls to
"a bridge railing Saturday night
will have a hearing May 16 in
Alexandria Police Court.
Nelson Eugene Mock, 20. Of
Fairfax Station was driving east
in the $500 block of Duke street
when his car skidded over 40 feet
and struck the two girls.
Admitted to Alexandria Hospi-
tai with fractures of both legs
was Betty Jean Pumphrey, Is, Of
Newington, Va. She was reported
in fair condition today. Her COM
panion, Shirley Broyhill, 16. also
of Newington. was treated for
bruises and released.
Police said they have arrested
John Lloyd Winneow, 43, OF 5000
block Of Colvin street, Alexandria.
and charged him with selling al
coholic beverages to minors. He
was arrested after Mock told
police he had drunk several beers
in Winneow's restaurant. He also
is scheduled for a hearing IN
Police Court May Is.
Police said Mock admitted that
he and a friend had drunk fifth
of whisky, besides the beer, in the
two-hour period preceding the
accident at II pm. Police said the
friend, also of Fairfax station, was
not held.
Mock told police that his friend
urged him to speed up and then
Jam on the brakes to make the
tires squeal and frighten the girls.
who were sitting on the bridge
railing. The car went out Of con-
troll, police said, and skidded AZ
feet, jumping the curb, before
striking the girls.
Evening star., 1952-05-12
House Group Probes
D. {. Area Complaints
Of Faulty FHA Housing

A House subcommittee is in
veSting complaints that some
housing built under Federal Hous-
ing Authority and Veterans Ad-
ministration programs in the
Washington Metropolitan Area is
defective.
Chairman Rains of the House
Banking Subcommittee on HouS-
ing announced today public hear
ings will be held here later this
week.
The VAS primary function after
prior investigation of a purchaser
is inspection and approval of the
house before final settlement is
made.
A subcommittee is scheduled to
meet Wednesday to consider its
program. The group has been in
vestigating housing in several
other States. Mr.. Rains, Demo-
crat, of Alabama, said public hear
ings also will be held soon in De-
troit
Action is being taken by the
Rains subcommittee here, a
spokesman said, as the result Of
numerous complaints received by
the committee the past three
months.
It was learned some of the
structures complained of already
have been investigated by an ex-
pert member of the subcommittee
staff.
The Rains unit already has held
public hearings in several places
under a special order of the House
to investigate defective housing
built under programs of the FILA
and VA. The hearings have been
conducted in northern New Jer-
sey, Florida, Oklahoma and Texas.
Evening star., 1952-05-12

Public Utilities
Commission.
The nonina-
tion W a S eX-
pc c t e d TO b e
sent to the Dis
trict Commit
tee for con-
sideration at a
| a t e r meeting.
The three-year
term would be-
gin July /.
Mr.. F la n a.
g a n first W a S
appo i n te d to
tho Pic in
Evening star., 1952-05-12
Truman Reappoints
Flanagan for Fourth
Term on District PUG

President Truman today sent to
the Senate the nomination of
Chairman James H. Flanagan for
a fourth term on the District
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Disabled Veterans Activities This Week

National Service Auxiliary Dis
abled American Veterans. will en-.
tertain patients in Ward B al
Mount Alto Hospital on Tuesday
with Comdr. Dolores Beauchamr
as chairman.
Federal will join Agriculture
Auxiliary as joint hostesses in q
pre-Easter party for guests at the
Blue Plains Home of the Infirm
on Wednesday. Entertainment
viii be provided by the Agriculture
Hospital troupe, with Mrs. Mar
jory Ortlip as mistress Of cere-
monies. Refreshments will fol-
low.
Edward B. Tucker Chapter will
install the following officers at
1900 New Hampshire avenue NV,
on Thursday. at Bpm. Argatan A.
Rhoades. commander; Hugh F.
Thompson. senior-vice comman-
Evening star., 1952-03-30
lndions Seek Chicago Jobs

CHICAGO R.-American In
dians are job hunting here. A
placement service to help Indian.
find jobs in Chicago and vicinity
has been set up by the Federal
Bureau Of Indian Affairs. The
bureau says Indians are leaving
Western reservations because oi
lack of work.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

der: Alexander Chrun, junior-
vice: james 6. ST. Ledger. adult
nt-tresalirer.
National Service Chapter viii
meet Friday, at 40 Seventh street
NV, at s pm.
Northern Virginia Auxiliary viii
entertain patients at Mount Alto
Hospital on Saturday. with Mrs.
Lee Ferguson as chairman.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
| Ladies' Oriental Shrine

Su-zu Court Of the Ladies'
Ioriental Shrine q Nortis America
lwill participate 4 the following:
Today z pm. rehearsal for IN
Istallation Of officers at Stansbury
Masonic Temple.
Monthly meeting postponed un-
TIL April Is.
THURSDAY Patrol drill. Roose-
welt High School.
Saturdays Q pm, installation
LOT officers ct George Washington
National Memorial Masonic
Temple, Alexandra. Va. Mobiles
and friends invited.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
American War Mothers

Allegiance Chapter will meet
Thursday evening in Washington
Loan and Trust Building, Ninth
and F streets NV. Mrs. Rose
Orem will preside. The newly ap-
pointed treasurer, Mrs. Clara
Searcy, will be installed.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Legion AuxiIiaries
Set Official Visits

Vincent B. Costello Unit of the
American Legion Auxiliary will
hold their official visitation
Thursday at 1900 New Hampshire
avenue NV. at 8:15 pm. All
Costello Legionnaires and their
families are invited. Colors will
be advanced by the Costello
Guard
Mrs. Sarah Deery, department
president, and her staff will he
present.
A joint visitation will be held
Friday at 1923 Sixteenth street
NV. at pm. by the following
units: Lincoln. National Capital,
Potomac. Woodbridge and Clark ".
Polling. The department presi-
dent and her staff will be present.
Unit color bearers have been
requested to report with their
colorS at the District Building,
Wednesday at 3 pm. to Gail T.
Judd, captain Of the National
Guard of Honor, to participate In
the reception honoring the Queen
Of the Netherlands.
To meet its membership quota
is q great pride and satisfaction
for every unit and department of
the American Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Mabel Pugliese, department
membership chairman. announces
$25 is being offered to the de-
partment in the Eastern Division
reaching their quota first.
Plans for a Pan American pro-
gram sponsored by the local de-
partment are nearing completion
according to Mrs. Pearl Heagerty,
Department Pan American CHAIR
man.
All units are requested to send
the name of their princess and
standard bearer to Mrs. Heagerty
before April z when a meeting
will be held to discuss final ar
rangements for the program.
Fort Dupont Unit will meet
Tuesday at Fourth street NE,
at 8 pm. with Mrs. Armoza P.
Jameson presiding.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Fort Dupont Unit will meet
Tuesday at 2 Fourth street NE,
at 8 pm. with Mrs. Armoza p.
Jameson presiding.
Evening star., 1952-03-30
Select From 4 Styles Of Chairs

The ideal set where there's limited space pedestal table
has two drop leaves and center top mahogany
veneered with lovely grained finish legs bronze
caps in the smart Duncan Phyfe styling
SOx36 inches Opens to 36x45 inches plus
have double reinforced recher bases padded
style Of chair.
Evening star., 1952-03-30

Nubra tseeded) NOT skefcked
h eosshelI beige rose. ehortreuse. green Or white
3e inches long -----------.------ 20
Evening star., 1952-09-06

Wilson Teachers College may be
in for some confusion this fall.
Two mother-daughter teams have
enrolled.
The unusual-probably unpre-
cedented-situation has been re-
vealed by a Wilson spokesman.
Jane Wallace. 18, Of 1868 Park
road NV, is one Of the daugh-
tiers. Norma Waldman. II, Of 825
Somerset place NV. is the other.
Both have just been graduated
from District high schools. Jane
from Roosevelt and Norma from
Coolidge. Both want to teach.
Their mothers. Mrs. Mona Wal
lace and Mrs. Evelyn Waldman,
decided to get some more educa-
tion along with them. Mrs. Wal
lace may teach, too.
Wilson had one such team on
the rolls q few years ago. but
probably never two at q time, the
spokesman said.
Mrs. Waldman Is the wife o1
Rabbi Herman ]. Waldman ol
Agudath Achim Synagogue, sos
Quackenbos street NV. Mrs. Wal.
lace's husband. Charles Wallace
is Baptist church employe.
Mrs. Waldman once taught re-
ligious classes in her native Bos'
| ton. She has no plans to make
Evening star., 1952-09-06
\ HOLLYWOOD Loves Star Feuds

Itler in his heyday at Warmers.
Once he left the studio and sought
work elsewhere. No other major
studio would hire him. since they
feared legal complications. So
Cagney aligned with a small COM
|pany named Grand National. After
the firm became defunct, he
|drifted back to Warmers, where he
won an Oscar for yankee Doodle
Dandy"
Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis
staged a Sitdown strike with their
producer. Hal Wallis, this year.
They wouldn't work until they got
la bigger share of the profits, be-
ling the biggest attraction in show
business today. they got their way.
Teresa Wright got her release
and a blast from Samuel Goldwyn
after she refused to go on a pub
Ilicity tour for one of his pictures.
And then there's the story of an
Academy Award star who recently
won q new contract permitting
him to do outside pictures and
television. He made a picture on
location for his studio. When it
was finished, the entire sound
track was discovered to be ruined
by sand blowing against the
Imicrophone.
The star was asked to dub the
whole picture with new sound. He
realized that was not in his con-
tract. So he refused to do the
clubbing until the studio drew up
"a new and better deal
Evening star., 1952-09-06

COMEDY, raLner CIlaN Tragedy,
IS what Mr.. De Sica has created
out Of this inspection of the un-
fortunate and impoverished. From
realism he has turned to frolic-
some fantasy. He has let his
Joy Cormody, droma editor Of The
StGr, whose column oppeors here dolly.
Is On voeotion.
Evening star., 1952-09-06
HOLLYWOOD.


There's good news on the cow
pasture front this year. Horse
operas are becoming more and
more authentic every day.
Directors and producers, for in
stance. are beginning to insist
that Western heroes and heavies
reload their guns when firing sew
eral dozen rounds Of ammunition
during one spot of action. Cow
caddies aren't carrying as many
guitars strung over their saddles
as they used to. Heroines dress
more like they did in the pioneer
ing days rather than in a Paris
designers idea. of an 1860-type
gown.
The word ''hombre" isn't thrown
around as loosely as it used to be.
And the "They went thataway"
cliche is as dead as the guy who
didn't vote for Stain in last years
Moscow election.
Latest revolutionary step comes
from the Universal-International
lot where they are garbing Indians
as they actually dressed in the
1860 period. Research shows that
Navajo Indians. usually at war
with the United States Army,
dressed for the most part in nom
descript Army uniforms taken
from the soldiers they had sent
to the happy hunting grounds.
According to some historians. the
Evening star., 1952-09-06
Polio in Texas Strikes
Six Of Seven Children
By the A.soeioted Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept. 6
Josephine Pehl: 13, had to play
by herself today.
Her six brothers and sisters
are in the polio ward of a San
Antonio hospital. So are two of
Josephine's playmates - one a
cousin.
The six and Josephine are chill
dren of Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Pehl,
a German-American farm couple
from the Stonewall community
about IS miles west Of Austin.
Dayton Pehl. IA, was admitted
August rs. Last Tuesday four more
entered-Daniel, IS; Paul, jr., II;
George, 10, and Elaine Frances. g.
The sixth. Dorothy. 6, was iso-
lated Thursday.
Late last night the hospital re-
port on all was unchanged" Doc
tors said there was no sign OF
Josephine's contracting the dis
ease.
Mr.. Pehl hopes the National
Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
will search his farm house and
lands for a possible clue as ia
why the children were stricken
He, his wife and Josephine have
decided not to return to the farm
at least for the time being.
Evening star., 1952-09-06
By Bob Thomas
HOLLYWOOD.


Talk Of the town this week was
the continuing feud between
Mario LAMA and MGM.
Such hassles are always good
fuel for conversation in Holly
wood. which dearly loves a fight.
Commented Humphrey Bogart: !:
"Lanza's working it all wrong. He
should have decided long ago
whether or not he wanted to do
the picture ('The Student PrinceD
But it's not a good idea to walk
out on a picture after it has
started. Fight with 'em first"
Bogart should know. His run
ming battle with Warner Brothers
has enlivened the town for more
than a decade, and he Is tops as
a tactician in studio battles. But
despite q dozen or more suspen-
sions, he still retains a contract
with Warmers. That is seldom true
with other studio battlerS.
MGM has had more than Its
share Of temperamental stars. A
notable case was Judy Garland.
The studio put up with her out
bursts during the lush days, but
took a firmer stand when times
began to get tough. One day she
failed to show up after lunch on
the annie Get Your Gun" set.
She was ousted from the picture
and replaced with Betty Hutton.
James Cagney was q prime bat
Evening star., 1952-09-06
Two Mother-Doughter Teams
Enter Wilson Teachers College

teaching a career, however.
The Waldmans have two other
children besides Norma-Marvin
II, and Rena, 4.
Mrs. Wallace is president Of the
PTA at the Raymond Shcool
where her son. Charles. 10. is 9
pupil. Three sisters in Dallas
Tex, used to teach, too.
Mrs. Wallace has asked to be
assigned to separate classes from
James.
"She liked that better" Mrs
Wallace explained. "We won't be
competitive"
Jane won a PTA scholarship
which will pay her college fees
(Tuition is free for residents }
She looks forward to kindergar.
ten work.
Norma hopes to teach history
Wilson will have 129 freshmen
students-76 women and SO men
The total enrolment will be about
ATS this terms.
Evening star., 1952-09-06
Where and When
Current Theoter Attractions
And Time of Showing
Screen.

Ambassador - "Son of Pale
face; 1:25, 1925. $50. 1880 and
9::35 pm.
Capitol-"The Merry Widow;
10:30 am. los, 3:45, 6:25, 9:05
and HAS pm. Stage: 1925, 8,
$40, 8:15 and 1885 pm.
Columbia - "Watussi";; 1855
am. 1:45, APO, 6:55 and $50 pm.
Dupont-"This Above ALP; 1:20.
1920, $40, 7:25, $3.50 and 1885
pm.
Keith's-"Sudden Fear; 11:15
am. 1:20. 1928. $50. 1885, GAS
and 1850 pm.
Little Last Holiday; 1:25.
$40; sos. 6:55, $40 and 10:30
pm. .-
Metropolitan-"Cripple Creek; j;
HIS am. l, 2:45, 4:30, 6:15, sos
and $50 pm.
Ontario - Aaron Slick From
Punkin Crick":: lis, Sis, Sis,
7:15, 9:15 and 11:20 pm.
Palance-"What Price Glory;
IL am, 1:10, 1920. $3.50, 7:40, $50
and IL pm.
Pix-"The Catman of Paris;
|1:25. 3:55. 6:20. $50 and 11:15
pm.
Playhouse-"High Treason: II
am, 12:45, 2:35. 4:25, 6:15, $40
10 and 1855 pm.
Plaza - Miracle In Milan;
|11:15, am, los. 8. 1850, 6:40
8:45, 10:40 pm. and 1915 am.
Trans-Lux walk East on
Beacon; II am, 1880, 2:45. 4:35
$3.50, 1925, 1910 pm. and mid
might.
Warner - "Son of Paleface";;
|11:3O am, 1880, 3:35, $40, TAO
|9:45 and 1850 pm.