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Evening star., 1952-02-05
New School Needed First,
Wender Tells Southwest

Harry Wender, chairman Of the
District Board Of Recreation, last
might told the Southwest Citizens
Association that q new school Is
needed IN the area before addi-
tional playground space.
The association previously had
requested enlargement Of the
Fairgrounds at the Fairbrother,
Greenleaf and Amidon Schools,
which Mr.. Wender described
ready for retirement" ." He con-
tended new school would bring
about the needed play area.
Col. Frank 81. Collins spoke In
behalf Of the current membership
drive sponsored BY the Federation
|Of Citizens Associations.
Morris Engle. president. con-
Quoted the meeting In the South
west Branch Library. Seventh and
u streets G.W.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
By cospor Nonnes
Star Ssoff CORRESPONDENT

PURCELLVMLE, Va, Feb. 81
From paratrooper to country par-
son. John Baird Shinberger made
the jump and wouldn't change
his landing place for any other
The, jump was long In coming
1T began in early boyhood dreams
of becoming a minister and
reached its climax on a battlefield
in Belgium. Then the West Point
graduate made his decision to
dedicate his life to the ministry
Today that decision has reality,
for the West Point graduate Is
now rector Of the Episcopal
Church here and Of churches In
two nearby Ioudoun County
towns.
"I never could get my con-
science clear enough to take the
final step to become a clergyman,
Mr.. Shinberger explained. "But
lying on that Belgium battlefield, /,
one arm. mangled by steel frag-
|ments from q German mortar
and the other spouting blood from
IAN opened artery, q person thinks
lot many things.
my orderly came to me and
tried to help. He could not dc
much. I told him to laid the
wounded around us and then to
get help.
when he left, I leaned back
on my helmet and looked up to
heaven. It was a beautiful day
with blue skies and white clouds,
Then suddenly a jeep, seeking to
escape enemy IRE, sped down the
embankment and swiShed pass
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Sergeant Gets 5 Years
For Four BurgIaries

An Air Force sergeant who adj
United irobbing o Representative
home was sentenced in Arlington
Circuit Court yesterday to i've
years in the Virginia State Peni-
Itentiary.
SiSergt. Galen Blair Brouse. 23
lot the Military Transport Service
lat Washington National Airport
also pleaded guilty before Judge
William D. Medley to four other
burglary charges.
Judge Medley sentenced Brouse
to serve i've years on each count,
the sentences to run concurrently,
Brcuse was arrested October Z
Iby Arlington Detectives Robert
Weekly and George Coppage when
they saw him near the scene Of
Ia burglary they were investigating
Brouse admitted burglarizine
the homes last fall of Representa-
tive Rhodes. Democrat. Of Penn
lsylvania. at 900 South Twenty
second street; William r. Flaherty
llI1O South Sixteenth stree; David
A. Calabrese, 7I9 South Twenty
fourth street; Norman Trah0s
1880 South Joyce street. and Pope
"a. McMurray. 706 South Twenty
\ lwth hstgeet.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
D. {. Heads Unable 10 Act
On Liquor Permit Grants

The Commissioners today re-
ported they are powerless to In
tervene in the refusal Of the AL
|coholic Beverage Control Board
to grant a liquor license to the
|A-V Italian restaurant at sos
North Capitol Street.
The ABC Board suspended the
establishments license last month
on a charge Of selling after hours
At the same time. the board an
|nounced it would refuse to grant
Ia 1852 license to the restaurant
It was one Of the stiffest penalties
ever handed down by the board
on q charge Of selling after hours
The Commissioners said thai
while they can modify penalties
Imposed by the board they lack
authority to compel the board tc
issue new license.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
lutz Promotion
ToNo. q Police
Post Approved
Hurtmun to Become
Chief Clerk With
Rank Of Inspector

The Commissioners today ap.
proved. the promotion of In.
spector Clarence H. Lutz to thu
rank of assistant superintendent
and the assignment Of Capt. Ear
p. Hartman as the Police Depart
ment's chief clerk with the ranl
of inspector.
Inspector Beverly Beach. pres
ent chief clerk. will become 8
district inspector.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
recommended the changes to fl
q gap in the departments high
command when Inspector Oscar
j. Lettermar, assistant superin-
tendent. retires at the end Of this
month. The changes become
effective March /.
Inspector Lutz recently was
given command of the headquar-
ters gambling. vice and narcotic
squads.
Inspector Beach has been serv-
ing temporarily as district in
spector, taking the place Of In
spector Albert I. Bullock. who was
suspended when he was indicted
on gambling conspiracy charges
After he was acquitted in District
Court Inspector Bullock was re-
stored to duty and now is on
extended annual leave.
Capt. Hartman, head Of the
statistical bureau. has been serv-
ing temporarily as chief clerk.
Inspector Lutz will be paid
$S,034 annually in his new job
and Inspector Hartman $7.311.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
The Case Of the Missing Paper,
AS Revealed by Star Subscriber

A Star subscriber has been miss
ing his paper three or four times
la week lately. This annoyed him
and last night he did something
about it.
This is his version Of what
he did:
He waited for the boy to deliver
the paper in front of his apart
ment door. Then he fastened one
end Of d spool of thin thread to
the inside Of the paper with q
small strip Of adhesive tape. He
passed thread beneath. his door
and let the spool lie loosely in
side the room.
He waited until 1880, keeping
Ian eye on the, spool. When II
began to unwind. he watched II
until it stopped.
Then he followed the thread to
|a nearby apartment door. He
Evening star., 1952-02-05

me. within q foot Of my head.
There must be q reason for its
missing me, I thought.
$50 far as I know, there Is a
God in heaven, / said to myself
He will not let you down. II God
win listen to me, I would like to
make q covenant between Shin
berger and God to become a SOL
|dier Of Christ rather than OF
Eisenhower. If You get me of
this battlefield alive, will go into
the ministry It was the neces-
|sary shove I needed to make the
final decision"
It was a difficult decision for q
young officer with a brilliant mill
|tary career ahead of him to stick
Ito. But the former paratrooper
marched steadily ahead.
After spending five months In
hospitals, he left the Army and
enrolled at the Virginia Theolog-
|ical Seminary in Alexandria. Va,
lin 1916. He was 38 years old.
Three years later he received his
degree and was ordained a deacon
|in the Episcopal Church. In June
1850. he was ordained priest In
the church by the Right Rev
Robert Fisher Gibson. Bishop Of
Virginia.
Mr.. Shinberger came to his
present post in July, 1949. The
days since then have been happy
ones for him, his attractive wife
Lisa, and their family Of four
three girls and a boy.
AS rector of Madison Parish.
the former West Point wrestler
and football and baseball player
serves three churches Of Madison
Parrish Sf Petar'S Church in
Evening star., 1952-02-05

charging the company was milk
ing" the system at the expense Of
Its passengers. He declared that
the present owners had curtailed
service, hoped to cut out more lines
and had distributed a $2.4 million
dividend while pleading insufil-
|cient income as reasons for fare
increases.
Spokesman for the company
have reiterated that they well
come any kind of investigation. b
Among the documents Mr.. Pat-
terson viii have to work with are
the recent lengthy PUG decision
granting q l0-cent increase in the
weekly transit pass price and the
1851 annual report of the COM
|pany. listing names Of Its present
stockholders.
Mr.. Patterson has lived in
Washington several years. He was
born in Connecticut and later
studied at Georgetown University
and National University Law
School, from which he graduated
in 1899. He was q Treasury agent
in the Narcotics Bureau for
years.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Chief Sutton Honored
AT Legion Luncheon

The Districts new fire chief,
Millard H. Sutton, received the
fluctuations Of the Commissioners
and other officials yesterday at q
Testimonial luncheon given by the
American Legion Police and Fire.
mems Post, No. 20.
Chief Sutton. sworn in as the
head Of the Fire Department last
Friday, is q former commander Of
the post.
Commissioner John Russell
Young said he was behind the
new chief "all the way. I know
he will do q good job"
Commissioner r. Joseph Dono-
hue declared that as q Legion
naire, a Washington citizen and
% city head. "I congratulate my
self Individually and collectively
for helping give the District the
best fire chief In the country"
Engineer Commissioner Bernard
Il. Robinson added, that, "All the
fires in Washington can't always
be put out by the Fire Depart
|ment. But If you want a conyen-
|tional fire extinguished. he's the
man for the job"
Chief Sutton's predecessor, Jo-
|seph A. Mayhem, asserted, 'They
could not have selected q better
imam for the job If they looked for
months" Other speakers In
|cluded Mai, Gen. Harry Vaughn
land Police Supt. Robert ". Muir
ray. Herbert jacob. past ma
ltional vice commander OF the
american Legion. was toastnas-
tier. The luncheon was held In
the 400 Restaurant.
Evening star., 1952-02-05

knocked and o young lady an
|swered.
He said, "Have you by any
chance got my Starr"
"No, I haven't got your Star,
SIR" she replied.
MY star is at the end Of this
thread" he countered, land the
end Of this thread is somewhere
inside this apartment. Let us see
exactly where it is."
He followed the thread inside
the apartment and it led him to
his Star under q sofa.
Then the subscriber Che Is q
police officer) said: "If you were
% man I'd knock your teeth In
and run you in, but I'm going to
let you go. This is petty larceny
and you could go to jail for it.
The lady broke down. con-
fessed and begged forgiveness.
Evening star., 1952-02-05

IPurcellville, st. Paul's Church in
Hamilton. 2ha miles east Of Pur-
cellville, and Mount Calvary
Church in Round Hill, az miles
west of Purcellville.
He enjoys the feeling Of being
a country parson and wants to be
one the rest Of his life.
On the walls Of his study there
are numerous pictures Of military
life. Two Of his heroes have
prominent places-Gen. Robert E.
Lee and Gen. Stonewall jackson.
But beside the generals photo
graph is another-that of Bishop
Gibson. And beneath this picture
lis framed Kipling's famous
poem, "If."
The clergyman likes to talk
about his job.
"It has its ups-and-downs," he
admitted. "And sometimes it is
lonely, for ministers out here do
not get together as often as
people in other fields do. But ]
love It, and best of all. the pastoral
side of the ministry"
He Is aided In his love for the
ministry by Mrs. Shinberger. who
was a ballerina in New York and
was a member Of the "Cat and the
Fiddle" Broadway musical cast for
50 weeks. She, too, is completely
sold on country parson career.
| Leaving the Army to enter the
ministry doesn't seem as unusual
to him as it does to others.
During West Points first hum
dred years. about IS per cent Of
Its graduates became clergymen, /"
he said. I'm fact, so many did
that they had an investigation
| into it,"
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Mrs. Whifehurst Resigns
Civil Defense Position

Mrs. Sarah Whitehurst has re-
signed as an assistant admins
traitor Of the Civil Defense Ad-
ministration, 1t was disclosed
today.
A Civil Defense spokesman said
MIR. Whitehurst resigned for
health reasons. Mrs. Whitehurst,
a resident Of Baltimore, is q for
mer president Of the National
Federation Of Women's Clubs, and
led the collection Of clothing for
Korean war victims. She joined
Civil Defense In January, 1851,
and on December II received her
appointment as Assistant Ad-
ministrator in charge Of Volunteer
Manpower.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Chapman Forbids
Feeding Of Animals
lin NotionoI Parks
~ she Asseeiu,sd Press

. L 4 e.
No longer may visitors to the
national parks feed the wild
lanimalS.
Announcing this today. Secre-
ltary Of the Interior Chapman said
too many people are being at
tackled because of the mistaken
belief that animals found IN the
national parks are tame.
The regulation prohibits feed
ling. touching, teasing or molesting
LOT any bear. deer. moose, buffalo
(bison), bighorn I'm oun tain
lsheep), elk or antelope" "
The service for some time has
forbidden the feeding or bothering
lot bears. It said bears continue
Ito present the principal problem
sof public safety"
Evening star., 1952-02-05
HopaIong Cassidy Invoked
Aqainsf School vandaIs

Hopalong Cassidy may soon
come riding-via pilonograpn rec
ords and pamphlets Into District
elementary schools to discourage
vandalism.
Members of the Civic Respon-
sibility Committee. meeting last
night at Roosevelt High School to
plan ways to combat the growing
vandalism which last year cost the
school system 100000. were told
the Western movie star had
pledged his help in the campaign
George Hammond. Of the Dis
trict division Of the American
Automobile Association. said that
william Boyd, the actor who made
Hopalong Cassidy a household
word, had suggested he might
make q series of records to be
played In the schools. Mr.. Boyd
also. suggested he might issue
pamphlets which would teach les
sons, Of civic responsibility.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
District Milk Prices
To Remain Unchanged

The Maryland and Virginia
Milk Producers Association ha.
decided that District milk price.
win remain the same for the i'm.
mediate future.
B. B. Derrick. secretary treas
Iurer. made this announcement
following q closed business ses-
sion yesterday. The organization
held its 32d annual meeting yes.
lterday in the Hotel Statler. with
II 400 attending.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckinger, Dis
trict director Of public health
was the principal luncheon
speaker.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Miss School
|In Alexandra as
Colds, Virus Spread

A wave Of colds and virus In
Ifections kept about 1000 Alex
landria public school children home
from classes today for the second
straight day.
School officials counted 2,0S7
|absentees yesterday out. Of D total
|city public school enrolment oi
{, ,14O. About $40 were absent at
George washington High School
Ealone, which Is about d third Of
lthe total enrolment there.
Today, oficials said l.948 absent
pupils had been counted by noon
with more being sent home BY
public health nurses as the day
wore on.
In addition, over q dozen teach
Iers were on the sick list.
DR.. Thomas +. McGough, Alex
Iandria health oficer. said absen-
lteesiln In the city's schools aver
LACED about II per cent last week
labout double the normal rate. He
lsaid there was q large incidence d
aappeg sespaTatoER in1ectiezas. u.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Representative PottersonO Opens
Review of Transit Complaints
Report, on Situation
To Guide House Unit
On Need for Inquiry

A World War II Marine major
and former Treasury agent today
launched a review Of complaints
against the Capital Transit Co.
Representative Patterson, AZ
year-old Connecticut Republican.
was assigned the one-man task
yesterday by the House District
Committee.
He plans to study complaints
and charges made to members Of
Congress and viii file q report
and recommendations with the
|committee. The committee then
will decide whether a formal in
vestigation is warranted.
Mr.. Patterson discussed the
problem with Representative
Crawford, Republican, Of Michi-
gan, who for more than a month
has been demanding a full-scale
investigation of the transit system
PUG Also Involved.
Mr.. Crawford said afterward
that they agreed there has been
SO much controversy over the issue
that the public deserves a clearer
picture of the situation.
"The problem" Mr.. Crawford
said, involves not only the
Capital Transit Co., but also the
Public Utilities Commission. II
everything is all right the public
deserves to know it; If anything
is wrong, the public also has a
right to know it."
Several complaints were regis
tered by District committee men,
bers at an executive session yes
terday.
milking" Charged.
Complaints received by Mr..
Crawfrod included one from a
southeast resident charging In
sufficient service to that section
of city.
Mr.. Crawford demanded q con-
yressional Investigation last month,
Evening star., 1952-02-05
7 More COD Defendants Ask
Reversal in Nelson Case

Two more co-defendantS oi
Charles E. Nelson In the District
Court gambling case today asked
the court to find them not guilty
despite their conviction last Fri.
day, or grant them a new trial
The motions were fled by At
torney Edward Bennett williams
on behalf Of William MacWilliams
and his wife Bertha.
Both were found guilty only o1
operating lottery and not of con-
spiracy to violate gambling laws
as were some other defendants.
In his motion, Mr.. Williams de-
clared that for a finding Of guilty
in the District of lottery opera
ton there must be proof that
the offense took place in the Dis
trict. He said, There was moi
a single line Of testimony showing
Bertha MacWilliams was ever ir
the District" and. he contended
evidence was equally lacking ir
the case Of her husband.
Yesterday similar motions were
filed in behalf of seven other de.
PENDANTS.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Sol oILansburghE Estate
Valued al 100000

Sol Lansburgh, retired president
OF the Lansburgh b Bro. depart
ment store. left an estate Of more
than $500. 1000 to his stepdaughter
Mrs Evelyn P. Merwin. Of 480s
Blagden avenue NV.
This was revealed yesterday
when a petition for probate Of hi,
will was filed at District Court.
Mr.. Lansburgh, who was 86
died on January % in Doctors
Hospital, after a long illness. Mr.
Lansburgh. known to employees
and many Of his customers al
"Mr. Sol, retired as president Of
the store last August.
His home was at the Blagden
avenue address, where the STEP
daughter and her family lived
With him. Mrs. Merwin ID q daugh-
ter by Q former marriage q Mr.
Lansburgh's wife, Mrs. Sarah r
Lansburgh, who died on April /
1850. 81
Mr.. Lansburgh's estate included
$685.. 900 in personal property, a
large part of 1t In securities, and
real estate valued at $34, 1865.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
President Nominaies Is
Permanent Rear AdmiraIs

President Truman yesterday
nominated Is temporary Rear Ad-
|mirals for permanent grade. in
|cluding u line officers and Rear
Admiral Daniel w. Ryan Of the
Dental Corps.
The others whose names were
sent to the Senate are:
Edward A. Solomons. Herbert
8. Duckworth. George r. Cooper.
Frank Akers. Harry B. Jarrett.
Delbert 8. CornWell. Albert K.
Morehouse. Kenmore NJ. McManes,
Frank T. Ward. jr.. Frederick s..
Wilmington. William v. O,Regan
and Arleigh A. Burke.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Takoma Group Hears Talk
On Juries by Judge Myers

Municipal Court Judge Frank Fl
Myers, for many years vice presi-
dent Of the Chevy Chase Citizens
Association, last night told the
annual dinner Of the Citizens
Association Of Takoma. D. c.. Of
the need for citizens to serve on
jurieS.
The address Of welcome was ex-
tended by Louis st. George. pres
ident. Joseph J. Cermak was mas
ter Of ceremonies.
Group singing was led by Mr.
Cermak, assisted by Mrs. Ger
trude Parsons. The event was
held in the Emory Methodist
Church, Brightwood.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
District Man Arrested
On Numbers Charge

Joseph A. Stanfield. So, was to
appear before United States COM
missioner Cyril s.. Lawrence to-
Iday. after police confiscated two
bags Of numbers slips and blank
books and SAT from his home
yesterday.
Stanfield, who is colored, was
Iarrested yesterday on a Commis-
lsioner's warrant. He lives In the
1900 block Of Eleventh street
NV.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
I'd. {. Area Men Die
After Being Injured
In Traffic Accidents

Two District area men died as
the result Of tTafic accidents yes
|terday and a third person was re-
ported in critical condition after
AN accident early today In Silver
Spring.
Police said Grant o. Thomas,
|5o, Of 1880 Oak street NV, died
lat Garfield Hospital last night
about "a hours after he was struck
|by a streetcar at Fourteenth and
Monroe streets NV.
Mr.. Thomas. who LEFT his home
TO buy q newspaper shortly before
the accident, is the father Of Lee
Thomas, an infielder for the st
Louis Browns baseball team, ac-
|cording to police.
His death brings the Districts
traffic toll to six. as compared with
i've deaths for the same period
last year.
AIexandrian Hurt Fatally.
Police listed the streetcar opera
tor as George A. Holmes. 40, ot
the 200 block Of Cameron road
Falls Church.
In another accident yesterday
Charles r. Midkih, 80, Of 40S East
|Buray avenue, Alexandria, was
fatally injured when he fell from
Ia truck as 1t made a left turn at
Valley drive and Summit avenue
Alexandria.
Police said Mr.. Midkiff, who
died at Alexandria Hospital. was
being broken in on a new laundry
route by the driver. Robert A.
|Krumm, SO. of the 300 block Of
BelleView boulevard, New Alex
|andria.
Woman's Leg Amputated.
Miss Maize Jones, 28, colored, oi
tbs Webster street NV, was in
critical condition at Suburban
Hospital this morning after the
truck in which she was riding
went out Of control and ran up an
emhankment striking a tree In
the 1900 block of Second avenue,
Silver Spring. Doctors aynputated
her right leg.
David L. Jackson, "a, colored, ol
1909 Eighth street NV. was ad-
United to Suburban for severe cuts
to his face and feet and q possible
broken ankle. Police said he was
driving the truck which was
totally demolished"
Also taken to the hospital were
two other passengers, Miss Cath
lerine Butler. ~. colored, OF 1911
Eighth street NV, who was ad-
|mitted for observation. and James
White, 81, colored, Of 1916 Eighth
street NV. Mr.. Whites ear was
almost cut OF, hospital authorities
said and he suffered severe head
Injuries. He was reported In fair
condition.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
Virginia Group Seeks
Sewage Survey Data
Before Indorshng Plan

Nearby virginia's interim COM
mittee on sewage problems plans
to confer with engineers who con-
Quoted the sewage disposal sur
vey Of the area before recon-
|mending any program.
The interim committee. at a
meeting in Alexandria yesterday,
agreed that 1t wanted more de-
tails about some sewage disposal
programs outlined in the survey
report which was made public
three weeks ago.
Firm Conducts Survey.
The survey was conducted by
the engineering firms Of Greeley
10 Hansen. and Alexander Potter
Associates to determine the most
economical method for Alex
andria, Arlington, Fairfax and
Falls Church to dispose OF sewage.
It concluded that the cheapest
method would be to build separate
plants In Arlington, Alexandria
and Fairfax and pump part Of
Alexandria's sewage to the Ar
lington plant.
Comparative costs Of the various
projects were based on estimates,
however. and some interim CON-
mittee members yesterday thought
it might be advisable to get exact
cost figures for several Of the
projects. This would mean a con-
tinuation Of the survey.
Corbalis Raises Question.
James ]. Corbahs. jr., sanitary
engineer for Fairfax. said he
would like to ask the, engineers
|if they considered how Fairfax
should dispose Of its sewage after
the plant now under construction
reaches It's capacity. He said he
would like to know II It would be
practical to pump the excess sew
age into the Alexandria plant
after the Fairfax plant reaches
Its capacity. or II Fairfax should
then build q supplemental plant.
Robert w. Cox. chairman OF
the interim committed. said he
would try to arrange Q meeting
with the engineers who conducted
the survey sometime next week.
The interim committee Is COM
posed of representatives from the
governing bodies OF the four par
ticipating communities.
Evening star., 1952-02-05
$f6I 800 Is Raised
By March on Polio
In Washington Area

The Mothers' March on
Polio raised $l61 800 In the
Metropolitan Area, final re-
ports showed today.
Mothers organized under the
direction of q committee
headed by Robert M. Averill
called on most homes and
apartments in the area the
night Of January 80. asking
donations to the March Of
Dimes.
The totals were: District,
STA, 500: Alexandria. $1,000:
Arlington County, $25. .0OO:.
Fairfax County, $19. 100:
Montgomery County. $14.200.
and Prince Georges County,
$25,000.