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Evening star., 1952-03-26

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testimony OF Duniel S. Cole, "a,
colored, drug addict undergo
ing treatment at LeEiggt0n,
KY, before the Senate District
Crime Committee foltoDs:
MI. Bauman-And you now are
serving a sentence of one year to
40 months on a narcotics charge? :?
Mr.. Cole-That is right.
Mr.. aBauman-Whe were you
convicted on the charge on which
you are now serving that sentence?
Mr.. Cole-AuguSt 13. 1851.
@. Now. at the time you were
convicted on the charge of mar
cotics. you were also convicted Of
larceny, is that correct, and you
were sentenced to one year and
that sentence was to run concur
rently with the narcotics convic-
ton, is that right2
Mr.. Cole-That is right.
Mr.. Bauman ~ You actually
made sales to a policeman, Will
liam Green, who was involved in
that case. is that correct?
Mr.. Cole-I did.
Convicted i'm 194S.
Mr.. Bauman-Now, in 1948. you
had previously been convicted. is
that right?
Mr.. Cole-That is correct.
Mr.. Bauman-From 1945 to
1947 you had a number, Of other
arrests which did not result in
convictions; is that right?
Mr.. Cole-That is correct.
Mr.. Bauman-And they are
mostly larcenies; is that correct?
Mr.. cole-Larcenies. yes. sir.
Mr.. Bauman-How did those
arrests come about?
Mr. Cole-Through my use of
narcotics-to obtain money to buy
drugs.
Mr.. Bauman-How long have
you been using drugs?
Mr.. Cole-Approximately six
ard a half or seven years.
Mr. Bauman-When was stheI
r1rst time you used any drug. in-j
marijuana?
Mr.. Cole-When I was about IS
years old.
Mr. Bauman-And in order to
keep up your habit, did you find
it necessary to 60 into the buSi-
ness Of selling heroin?
Mr.. Cole-I did.
Mr.. Bauman-I take 1t that you
couldn't earn enough or steal
enough to support the habit; is
that right?
Mr.. Cole-I figured it was a
safer means.
Mr.. Bauman-Now, coming back
to the time in 1850, after you re-
turned from Lexington, what was
your main source of supply of
narcotics?
Mr.. Cole-My main source of
supply OF narcotics?
Mr.. Bauman-Yes, sir.
Mr.. Cole-Who was I getting
it from? n
Mr.. Bauman-Exactly.
Known as Bruce.
Mr.. Cole-From a man named
Emanuel Broussard.
Mr.. Bauman-Is he known as
Bruce or Brucey?
Mr.. Cole-Yes, in the narcotics
world his name is Bruce.
Mr. Bauman-Now, in the late
spring Of 1850, did you and Brous-
sard come to some understanding
about the handling of Broussard's
Washington narcotics business?
Mr.. Cole-He asked me to ham
die his drugs here in Washington.
Mr.. Bauman-Was that at
about that time, in the spring
of 1850?
Mr.. Cole--It was. about the
spring of 1850.
Mr.. Bauman-What CONVERSE
ton did you have with BroussardI
at about that time: what arrange
ments did you make. If any?
Mr.. Cole-Well, he arranged to]
pay me 10 per cent of the dollar.
Mr.. Bauman-What did Brous-
Sard tell vOJ1 if anvttiaC alan,,f
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Two Held in Assault
And Theft Of Taxi

Two Washington men accused
of stealing a District taxicab at
knife point face assault and rob-
berry charges in Prince Georges
County.
County detectives at Upper
Marlboro identified the men as
Joseph w. Thomas, SO. of the 400
block of Cunningham court S.W.,
and John E. Benson, 81, of the
800 block of Bryant street NE,
both colored.
They were lodged in the county
Jail yesterday in default of $4,000
bonds each for hearing Decem-
ber /.
The cab driver, Cyril T. Mitch
ell, 81, colored, of the 1900 block
of Morse street NE, said he
picked up Thomas and Benson
at Fourteenth and H streets NE
about 9 pm. Tuesday. About a
mile from Chapel Hill, he stopped
the cab at their request, he said
Mr.. Mitchell said Benson
flashed a knife and asked him
whether he had any money
When he replied that he. did not
Benson pushed him aside, accord
ing to Mr.. Mitchell. jumped in
the cab and drove of.
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equipped kitchen on the first floor.
A gas-heating unit is located in
the living room and the floors are
of asphalt tile. In addition, back
yards have been cleared of fences
and clubhouse sheds. which lined
an alley.
Mr.. Schmidt said he is in favor
of Government plans to redevelop
Southwest Washington and that
his project is not in conflict with
current redevelopment proposals.
The builder declined to say what
he paid for the Golden street
properties, but he said the re-
modelling has cost him more than
81, 500 per house. He said he will
ask rent Of $63.50 per month.
and added:
when rent controls are abol-
ished. remodeling Of this type
should boom because investors can
then get proper return for in
veStment." He said he considered
a net return of from 8 to 10 per
cent of the investment per year as
a fair return.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

q street NV. It carried a line of
leather goods, and Flournoy
Schneider remembers Mrs. Grace
Coolidge, wife of the President,
coming in with her two white
collies to have them fitted for
collars.
They moved to the present To-
cation II years ago. During the
last war. they existed by repair
ing electrical equipment.
The Schneiders had owned the
1907 F street property N. w. since
Grandfather Christian bought ii
in 1870. His will directed that
the income from it should 60 to
his daughter Carrie. He died about
1896, and the will kept it from
being sold-no matter how tempt
ing the offer-until her death
three years ago at sc.
Louis B. Schneider, brother OF
the present proprietors of the firm
who has done very well in the real
estate business, arranged its sale
to an insurance company FOR more
than $400, 900.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Campaign 10 Send Bibles
Into Russia Is Described

A campaign to smuggle Rus
sian-language Bibles behind the
Iron Curtain was described here
yesterday by Pastor Basil A.
Malof. an exiled Russian church
leader and president of the Rus
sian Bible Society.
The Rev. Mr.. Malof said the
society's goal is to distribute at
least a million Bibles. translated
into the new Soviet spelling,
among the worlds most religious
people"
Mr.. Malof has the assistance of
Elder Solomon Michaux, Happy
Am I" preacher, who is sponsoring
a mass meeting and pageant in
Constitution Hall at $3.50 pm,
Sunday on the theme Of Christi
anity Versus Communism"
Admission will be free, it was
announced, and contributions will
go toward printing more Russian
Bibles and combating Commu-
nism among Negroes in the United
States.
Mr.. Malof and Elder Michaux
went to New York Tuesday and
delivered two Russian Bibles to a
Soviet United Nations aide there.
They asked that one of the Bibles
be delivered to Premier Stain
in Moscow and the other to Mr.
Vishinsky, Soviet U. N. delegate.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Maryland County Lists
16Cases Of Diphtheria
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Nov. 27.-The
Washington County Health De-
partment today warned an out
break of diphtheria among school
children in the Boonsboro- -Keedys-
vile section of the county has
reached dangerous proportions.
DR.. Mary Warner said l6 cases
have been reported in the last
week. There were only two cases
in the county all last year.
The health department sent out
warning letters to the parents of
all children in the Boonsboro-
keedySville schools. to all physi-
clans in the county. and to health
departments in neighboring Sec
tions of West Virginia and Penn
sylvanja.
Parents were urged to call FAM
lily physicians whenever children
develop severe colds and sore
throats.
They were asked for permission
10 administer lmmuniZation shots
to their school-age children. Those
who have had immunization shots
should get boosters. the letters
suggested. Infants and pre-school
children should be watched care
fully
The letters to physicians re-
minded them all diphtheria cases
must be isolated and reported.
Three adults are among the
is victims. The others are pupils
in elementary schools.
DR.. Warner said there are no
plans to close the schools. She
said 1t is not a school problem.
but a community problem.
Boonsboro and Keedysville are
three miles apart in the eastern
part of Washington County, about
IL miles south of Haperstown
Evening star., 1952-11-27
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Marfinsburg Diaries
Raise Milk Cent a Quart
Special Dispoteh 10 The S,or

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Nov.
27.-The retail price of milk de-
livered locally through Martins
burg dairies will be % cents Mon
day, representing a 1-cent-a-quart
increase. it was announced today
by dairymen.
Other types Of milk and by
products will go UP in price pro-
portionately.
Dairymen said the advance was
necessitated by increased payments
granted producers supplying the
local market.
The producers two weeks ago
conferred with dairymen on an
increase in the wholesale price be-
cause of increased costs of produc.
-. including feed and labor.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Army Experts Probe Blast
Injuring Three in Gun Unit

Army ordnance experts yesterday
were trying to discover the cause
of a premature explosion of a
powder charge in an anti-aircraft
gun which injured three Fort
Meade soldiers.
The explosion occurred Monday
at Bethany Beach, Del, where
members of the 10th Anti-Aircraft
unit were on a routine training
mission. The unit is stationed
permanently at Fort Meade.
The injured:
Corpl. Albert E. Perkey, %, of
Signal Mountain. Tenn. He is in
critical condition at a Lewes
Del:) hospital. He lost his left
arm and suffered other injuries
in the explosion.
Sergt. 1/c Michael p. Kalafut.
80, Of Ogdensburg, N. j.. who lost
a finger and may lose the sight
of his right eye. He is hospital
lied at Fort Meade.
Master Sergt. William E. Hess,
26. of Osceola Mills. Pa, who suf-
fered superficial burns. He. too.
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Evening star., 1952-11-27
Private Builder Displays 10
RemodeIed SIum Area Homes

Herman Schmidt; a private
builder. yesterday displayed a
group of homes he has remodeled
in a Southwest slum area as an
example of what private enter
prise can deliver without
subsidies"
The two-story, four-room brick
dwellings are located on Golden
street S.W., which connects Ninth
and Tenth streets between D and
E streets. Ten homes are involved
in the project. The row Of dwell
ings is broken up by un-improved
homes, however, which Mr..
Schmidt told reporters he had
been unable to acquire.
Before re-modeling. most of
the dwellings had no utilities and
none had inside toilet facilities.
In a bad condition of disrepair.
they rented for little over SIS
q month, Mr.. Schmidt said.
Four homes completed in the
remodeling project have a bath
room between two second floor
bedrooms and a living room and
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Washington County Budget
For Welfare Less for So
By the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Nov. ~
The Washington County Welfare
Department today submitted a
$573,766 budget for 1858. about
$3, 900 less than it is spending this
year.
Winslow Burhans, president of
the County Commissioners, said
they were pleasantly surprised
at the reduction.
The county was called on to
provide only $4,000 of the
money, the remainder coming
from the State and Federal
governments.
The welfare department did not
explain the $4,000 reduction, but
Hagerstown has been booming for
several years. with full employ
ment and jobs going begging.
Evening star., 1952-11-27

the grand homes OF the period,
including the Townsend House,
now the Cosmos Club, and the
Perry Belmont house, now occu-
pied as the International Eastern
Star Temple.
Amazing Charges.
Opening safes was one of the
frequent service calls in the old
days. The thing that amazed
Flournoy Schneider most in read
ing the old ledgers was the
charges C"three hours labor and
new key, $2.75D. There was a 81
charge for papering two rooms
including materials.
When the United States entered
World War I, Louis H. Schneider
one of Christians three sons, was
proprietor of the business. All his
employees left him for better pay
ing jobs, and ne called in his two
sons, Percy and Flournoy. then 2t
and 18. He died shortly after the
war, and they have been the pro.
prietors since.
In 1925, the firm moved TO 1925
Evening star., 1952-11-27

Boothe in expressing a first pref
erence for a separate Senator from
Alexandria and Arlington keeping
its one Senator. Otherwise, he
said. he would support the bill as
drafted to give Alexandria voters
the right to elect both Senators
with Arlington.
Delegate Edwin Lynch of Fair
fax and Falls Church, who repre-
sents the largest House district in
the State. had asked for two more
Delegates from the area. He said
he was greatly disappointed that
only one had been allowed. Mr..
Lynch was pleased, however. with
the recommendation giving Fair
fax and Falls Church their own
Senator,
Evening star., 1952-11-27

that stood on the Garfield Hos
pital site were mansions. The
house of Louis Schneider, Chris
tian's brother, became the nu-
cleus of the hospital buildings
when Garfield was constructed in
1887. The Schneiders owned
most of the heights above Florida
avenue Boundary street) from
Thirteenth street to Sherman
avenue NV. The Christian
Schneider estate had a separate
house for the coachman and
gardener.
Christian Schneider was an in
Iventor and had patents on a mail
box and on a contraption that
dropped the harness on the horses
in the old fire houses.
Christian Schneider's three sons
continued the firm as an elec-
Itrical contracting business in the
first years of this century, and
wired many of the brick row
houses built at that time. They
Ialso continued the vault business,
putting silver vaults in some of
Evening star., 1952-11-27

would be to continue electing one
Senator from Arlington alone and
the second "f1oater' Senator from
Arlington and Alexandria.
Donovan to Oppose Plan.
Senator John A. K. Donovan
said he would join with Alex
andria in fighting for a second
member of the House and in rails
ing the Fairfax Delegate strength
to three instead of two. Senator
Donovan said. however. he would
oppose the plan of Mr.. Magruder
and Mr.. Damn to elect only one
"f1oater" Senator from Alexandria
because this would work to the
advantage of the numerically
larger county.
Senator Donovan ioined Mr.,
Evening star., 1952-11-27

By George Kennedy

A sign is up on the C.
Schneider's Sons electric appli-
ance store at 726 Eleventh street
NV. today. which reads: "Retir-
ing after 102 years."
The business is run by two
brothers. Percy Christian Schneid-
er and Flournoy Cooper Schneider.
Percy Schneider, the elder, said:
with drugstores, gasoline sta
tions and even grocery stores SELL
ing electric appliances, small
establishments in this line are be-
ing put out of business"
The two brothers have been
running the store without help for
several months, and they want a
rest. Percy has three sons, and
Flournoy, one: but the business is
not profitable enough to interest
the sons in carrying on. The
brothers tried to sell the business
as a going concern, but no one
was interested. And the recent
sale of a piece of property that
had been tied up in their grand
fathers estate for almost so years
assured them they would have
enough to live on.
Made Bells.
Flournoy Schneider, who is the
antiquarian of the family, got out
the old account books and copies
of the old ads. Christian Schnei-
der. the grandfather who had
been brought here from Lauffen,
Germany. in 1888 at the age of 8,
started the business at Tenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. in 1850. 1t was a brass and
bell foundry and made bells for
steamships. schools and churches.
The early ads featured practical
bell hanging"
The ads in the old city direc-
tories, which Flournoy Schneider
had photostated, showed the new
lines the firm added. BY 1853 it
was making speaking tubes. and
by 1860 (the year of Lincoln's
first election) the tubes had alarm
whistles.
The firm became locksmiths,
and after the Civil War it was
making lightning rods with
platina-tipped points" In the
early 70s the firm moved to 1907
# NV. BY that time it was a
general hardware business, offer
ing vaults and clocks repaired
and made to order"
Lived in Mansions.
Christian Schneider made a lot
of money. The Schneider houses
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Legislators Voice
Disappointment Over
Redistricting Bills

Reaction of nearby Virginia
legislators to redistricting pro-
posals to be offered a special ses-
sion of the General Assembly next
week today ranged all the way
from keen disappointment to bit
terness over not getting all of the
representation in the Legislature
they believe they deserve.
Committees of the State Senate
and House of Delegates assigned
the area of Arlington, Alexandria,
Fairfax and Falls Church a total
of three Senators and six Dele
gates. This area. plus Prince Will
liam County. now has two Sen
ators and four Delegates.
Booth Is Critical.
Delegate Armistead Boothe of
Alexandria, who has led the move
in the State to have Gov. Battle
call the special redistricting ses-
sion next Tuesday, declared:
II thought if we got one-half
Of the additional representation
we are entitled to we would be
doing all right. AS 1t is, we get
practically nothing"
Alexandria would retain its one
Delegate and would share in the
election Of two Senators with Ar
lington. At present Alexandria
elects one Senator along with
Fairfax. Falls Church and Prince
William.
Both Arlington Delegates, j.
and George Damn, were
keenly disappointed that only one
more House member was allowed
their county. The population fully
justifies total of four, they said.
They also looked with diSfavor
on abolishing Arlington's sena-
torial district and adding Alex
andria to it to elect a second Sem
ator. Their preference. they said,
Evening star., 1952-11-27
2 Redistricting Bills
Are Ready for Action
By Virginia Assembly
By Alex R. Preston
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

RICHMOND. Nov. 27.-Mem-
bers Of the General Assembly to-
day had two redistricting bills
ready for study when they con-
vene in special session here
Tuesday.
House and Senate committees
concluded three days of meetings
yesterday when they agreed on
proposals to reshuffle a number of
districts involving 140 seats so as
to give urban areas proportion
ately more representation.
Based on the 1850 census, each
member of the State Senate
should represent 82,967 persons
while each Delegate should rep
resent 1896.
Counties and cities in the popu-
lous 10th congressional district
next to Washington, which now
have two Senators. would get a
third member of the Senate and
two more members of the House,
bringing the total number of
Delegates to six. The entire area
with 303,300 inhabitants, should
have four Senators and nine Dele
gates.
Hearing Set Wednesday.
The committees will hold q
Joint public hearing on the pro-
posals at 10 am. Wednesday in
the House chamber.
This is how House seats would
be. increased: Arlington. with
1876 400 inhabitants, would get an
increase from two to three dele
gates. Fairfax and Falls Church,
with population of 100000 would
get a second member, while
Alexandria, with an estimated
10000, would retain only one.
The senatorial reshuff1ing is a
little more complicated. At pres
ent Senator John A. K. Donovan
represents Fairfax, Alexandria,
Falls Church and Prince William
County with a population of 190.-
400. Arlington, with its 1875, 400
has its own Senator.
Under the new bill Prince Will
liam and Alexandria would be
eliminated from Senator Dono-
vans district leaving him with
100000 constituents in Fairfax
and Falls Church. Alexandria
would be included with Arlington
in one senatorial district with a
total estimated population of 241.-
400 but two Senators elected at
large would be allotted this area
Norris Territory Enlarged.
Prince William would be at
tached to the more rural district
of Senator Robert o. Norris ot
Lancaster County. Also added tc
Senator Norris district would be
Stafford County, which at present
lis in the district of Senator Ben
jamin T. Pitts of Fredericksburg
The territory of Senator Norris
which would retain King George
WeStmoreland, Northumberland
Lancaster and Richmond counties
would be increased in size from
Al, 700 to 76,200 inhabitants.
There were changes made ir
some other senatorial district.
along the east, south and western
portions of the State. In gen.
eral. two Southern Virginia dis
tricts were combined so as to pro-
wide an extra Senator for Arling-
ton and Alexandria and one fol
Portsmouth.
Evening star., 1952-11-27
Agency 10 Seek
Lowest Possible
Rent in Project
$l7 Per Room Set as
Maximum, Southwest
Meeting Is Told

Redevelopment Land Agency of
ficiails have promised residents Of
Southwest Washington to strive
for the lowest-cost private hous-
ing possible in the first Southwest
slum clearance project.
The assurance was given yester-
day by John r. Searles, jr., RIA
director, at a mass meeting held
in the Southwest branch library.
About 100 residents of the area
attended.
Present plans, which will be the
subject of a District Building pub
lie hearing on December II, con-
template that at least one-third
OF the new homes to be built in
the first project area shall be low
cost housing. Maximum standards
OF rental for such units have been
set at SIT per room per month.
Fear That's Too Much.
A number of residents, however, ;,
particularly those with large fam
lilies. have expressed fear they will
not be able to afford such rents.
Mr. Searles stressed that the SIT
standard was a ceiling, and added:
I'VE hope we can get much low
er rents. not only for one-third of
the houses. but for the entire prof.
ect area. We had to set maximum
levels to give the program flexi-
bility. But please don't misunder-
stand that those are the rents we
are aiming at. We are aiming
lower-far lower"
Mr.. Searles also said his agency
feels a strong responsibility to
give any help possible to business
men who will be displaced in the
first project program. It's area
is bounded by Fourth and East
Capitol streets and by E and I
streets.
ReaSSured on Housing.
In another talk, James C. Banks
of the RIA said he feels sure
there is sufficient space elsewhere
Ito house) those who will be dis
placed" Mr.. Banks will be in
charge Of finding new homes for
present residents of the blighted
area. He warned residents who
now pay exceptionally low rents,
but can afford more. however, that
they may have to do so when they
move.
Harry S. Wender urged business
men who want to return to the
area after it is rebuilt, to begin
cooperating with the land agency
now toward that end. Mr.. Wen
der said he was speaking as a.
Southwest property owner and as
chairman of a Southwest Citizens
Association committee.
Other speakers included Mark
Lansburgh. board chairman of the
RIA, and S. r. Harrison of the
District Highway Department.
Chairman of the meeting was DR..
John Pate, director Of the South
west Health Center, who strongly
urged support of the program.
DR.. Pate announced that an
other of the international meet
ings will be held at the library at
$3.50 pm. next Wednesday.