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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington D. c. 80 Ala
SUNDAY. DECEMBER

between Norfolk and Portsmouth
under Virginia's Elizabeth River
Russia claimed completion of a
ship canal linking the Volga and
Don Rivers and the Dutch opened
Ia new canal between Amsterdam
and the Rhine.
New hydro-electric plants be-
gan operating in Arizona and New
York State: in Norway, Italy
Austria, Turkey, Wales and
France.
Savannah and North Carolina
opened new Atlantic port facili-
ties after spending some $40 mil
lion.
The year also saw steel begin
to flow from the huge new Fair
less works of United States Steel
in Bucks County, Pa, and the
aluminium Company of America
launched it's $45 million smelling
plant at Wenatchee, Wash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Mrs. William Carson, Kin
OF Ex-Works Administrator

Mrs. William Carson, 81. OF
Burlington, Iowa, mother-in-law
of the former Federal Works Ad-
ministrator, Maj. Gen. Philip B
Fleming, died Monday in Lake
Placid, N. Y. She was buried there
yesterday.
Mrs. CarSon's husband, who died
In 1888, was on the board of di-
rectors of the Weyerhauser Lum-
Der Co.
Survivors are two daughters
Mrs. Fleming, of 1854 Thirty
fourth street NV, and Miss
Louise A. Carson of Lake Placid
and two grandchildren, Mrs
Franklin j. Gutchess, 1909 Martha
Gusts drive, Alexandria and Gus
tbs Fleming of New York.
Gen. Fleming is now ambassa.
dor to Costa RIGA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
R. A. WEIGH, Built Fortune
In Oil on Borrowed Money
BY the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex, Dec. 27.-R
A. WEIGH, 81, who came to Texas
on borrowed money and built a
fortune in sulphur and oil. died
today Mr.. WEIGH, a bachelor
had been in hospital over a year
The Houston Post said esti-
mates of Mr.. Welch's worth run
as high as $250,000,00O.
At the time of his death, Mr.
WEIGH was chairman of the board
of two oil and sulphur royalty
companies. the Mound Co. and
the Federal Royalty Co. Attor-
neys confirmed he held large block
of stocks and bonds in oil COM
panies and banks.
Friends said Mr.. WEIGH came tc
Houston on borrowed money al
the age of Is from South Caro-
lima. He first obtained employ
ment as erailroad clerk and later
worked for several Houston banks
Survivors include a sister, Mis-:
Linda WEIGH, Columbia, S. c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Cleaning Store Held Up
Second Time in ) Weeks

Two men held up the Aristo
Cleaners at 252 Eighth street NE.
lsat night and escaped with be-
tween $50 and $40, police reported.
It was the second robbery there
in three weeks.
Mrs. Nannette Whidbee, 81. Of
I915 East Capitol street was alone
in the store when two men entered.
They told her to pass the money"
she said.
Frightened by the menacing
manner of the pair, she said she
gave them the money from the
cash register. They did not display
weapons, she added, but kept their
hands in their overcoat pockets.
She described them as colored
men in their EOS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Prio Declares Batista
Is Supported by Reds

MIAMI. Fla. Dec. 27.-Carlos
Prio Socarras, deposed president
Of Cuba, charged at a press con-
ference today that his successor
Fulgencio Batista, always has
been supported by the Com
muniStS."
Hes always been their friend
Prio asserted. can undersecretary
in his cabinet is a known Com
munist and the link that Batista
needs to keep the Communists
from getting too hostile toward
him.
II know the Communists in
Cuba. I really fought them. ]
cleaned them out of the labor
unions and smashed their party
newspaper.
Since Batista has no real
popular following, he gets his
followers where he can find them
And the Communist are ready to
play in the hopes of regaining
lost ground"
Prio, overthrown by a Batista
coup last March 10, denied again
he had anything to do with re-
ported plots against Batista.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
By Joseph B. Byrnes
Stor Stoff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 81
The Veterans Administration
newest tuberculosis hospital, built
/ to serve the Washington area. is
operating at only about a fifth OF
its capacity. a check has disclosed.
Constructed at a cost of IS .047,-
900. the 289-bed facility has only
81 patients. It's staff of doctors,
nurses, technicians and attend
ants. numbers approximately 200,
Blame for the situation was
placed by DR.. Irwin Cohen, ad-
ministrator Of the hospital and
by VA officials on a $50 million
budget slash.
! Completed in July and opened
to patients in mid-October the
facility has been limping along on
a drastically reduced schedule.
/ However, VA officials say they
have been assured of Budget Blu
reau support for a S. million sup
Elemental appropriation early next
month to run this hospital and
four others in the same predica-
ment.
Peak of IS Patients Feared.
| Should the money sought be
withheld. DR.. Cohen admitted, the
institution could care for a peak
load of only IS persons with funds
now on hand.
Cost of operation cannot be ap-
preciably curtailed. the physician
explained, because whether the
hospital is empty or full. the
staff must be kept on the payroll
| Described by DR.. Cohen as one
of the most modern of it's type
the tuberculosis hospital was con-
structed to care for tuberculosis:
victims in the District of Columbia
eastern Maryland and part Of
Pennsylvania.
It has waiting list of approx
mately 80 patients, all diagnosed
as in serious condition. Most Of
them are at home awaiting a cal
to enter the new building.
DR.. Cohen said he hoped to have
a full staff of 353 and $50 patients
by the end of July. That hinges
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Robert |. Shoemaker,
Printer and ProofreadeI

Robert L. Shoemaker, As, a limo
type operator and proofreader fol-
more than 20 years. died Friday
at Providence Hospital after q
two weeks illness. He lived al
5000 Wisconsin avenue NV.
A native of York, Pa. Mr.. Shoe
maker lived in New York before
coming here more than 20 years
ago. Since then, he has been en-
ployed at Judd & Detweiler, Inc,
a printing firm here.
He Is survived by his foster
mother, Mrs. Anna j. Riale, of the
Wisconsin avenue address.
Services will be at 1880 pm. to-
morrow in Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV. Burial
will be in Stewartstown. Pa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Joseph F|eischman,
Developer Of Village

Joseph Fleischman. 10, of 5019
Sixteenth street NV. founder
and developer of Fleischman's
Village, Silver Hill, Md. died Fri
day in Emergency Hospital after
q brief illness.
Mr.. Fleischman, a native OF
Poland. came to the United States
In 1903 and to Washington nine
years later.
He opened a photography shop
at Tenth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV. Four years later,
at the same location he closed the
photography shop and opened an
Army-Navy store. He stayed there
until 1880.
Mr.. Fleischman then operated
Fleischman's Farm and Dairy at
Silver Hill until 1889. starting the
village development in that year.
He was a member of B'nai
Israel Hebrew Congregation and
the Zionist Organization of Amer
lea.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Frieda FleiSchman; three chill
dren. Julius and Ruth of the Six
teenth street address and Mrs.
Beatrice Lewis of 803 Whittier
place NV; a brother, Barney
Fleischman of New York, and
three grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. today at the Sixteenth
street address. Burial will be at
B'nai Israel Cemetery, Oxon Hill
Md.
Friends are requested to omit
flowers and. if they desire, to send
contributions to the Cancer Clinic,
Victoria Hospital. London. On
tario. Canada. Mr.. Fleischman
had been treated there for his
illness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Greenbe|t Won't Try
To Enjoin U. 5. in Sale
Of Electric Utility

Greenbelt'S city council decided
yesterday it can't enjoln the Fed.
eral Government from selling the
city's electrical utility to a private
concern, so it's looking for other
ways to kill the deal.
Greenbelt wants to run the util-
ity itself.
The Greenbelt Veterans Hous-
ing Corp is buying the community
from the Public Housing Admin.
istration, effective Thursday.
PHA has already dedicated the
water and sewage system to the
city government. But PHA has
agreed to sell the electric utility tt
the Potomac Electric Power Co
The council met yesterday, hop.
ing to begin Injunction proceed.
Iings. But City Solicitor RALPH
Powers said he didn't think the
court would grant an injunction
since the sale apparently was legal
Greenbelt still isn't convinced
the sale was legal. The council
says it never had a chance tc
negotiate for the power system
So council ordered it's attorney tt
study the sale to see if he car
find something the city can chal-
lenge in court.
The council also instructed
Mayor Francis j. Lastner and City
Manager Charles T. Mcdonald tt
ask Maryland's Senators and the
5th District Representative to put
pressure on PHA. The council
hopes such pressure will persuade
PHA to set the sale aside and lei
Greenbelt get into negotiations.
The councilmen also discussed 3
franchise fee they would try tt
extract from PEPCO in case the
city can't get the power system
for itself. They didn't specify any
sum they would make PEPCO pay
Mayor Lastner and other off.
Gals will confer with PEPCO off,
Gals Monday afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Man Ground to Death
In Dumping Apparatus
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-A 66.
|year-old man was ground to death
today in the conveyor apparatu.
of a city-owned garbage truck.
Police said Harry Reuber at.
tempted to dump rubbish into the
truck while it was parked near his
home.
The whirling blades Of the ap-
paratus caught his arm and drew
him in. The driver and two leaders
who were collecting garbage near
by heard his shouts. but were un-
able to shut of the mechanism In
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
|Dr. Claude ). Hudson
Scientist and Expert
In Sugar Chemistry

DR.. Claude Silbert Hudson. II
retired Government scientist whose
discoveries in sugar chemistry wor
him international renown. died
unexpectedly yesterday at his
home here. Death apparently was
caused by a heart attack.
From 1908. when he became a
chemist for the Government, until
his retirement in 1851. DR.. Hud-
son contributed steadily to the
worlds knowledge of carbohydrate
chemistry.
Four different sections of the
American Chemical Society have
awarded him medals for his re-
searches and discoveries.
$4,000 Award.
The most recent honor DR.. Hud
son won was a $4,000 award by
the National Academy of Sciences
in 1850.
From 1929 until his retirement
DR.. Hudson was chief of the chem
istry laboratory at the National
Institutes of Health, where his
title was professor of chemistry
Previously he had been a chemist
with the Department of Agricul-
ture and the National Bureau OF
Standards.
Born in Atlanta, Ga. on jan
uary 26, 1881, DR.. Hudson was a
graduate of Princeton University
There he received his B.A. in 1901
his MS. in 1902 and Pho. in 1907
He studied also at the univer-
sites of Berlin and Goettingen in
Germany. From 1904 to 1907 he
was physics instructor, first at
Princeton and afterwards at the
University of Illinois.
Four Sectional HonOrs.
DR.. Hudson's first important
award came in 1916. He won the
Nichols Medal of the New York
Section of the American Chem
ical Society. In succeeding years
the society's Chicago section
Northeastern section and Wash
ington ID. c. section also hon.
ored HIM.
| In all the many prizes awarded
for his researches, the citations
were invariably worded. "for out
standing contribution to chemical
research or for discoveries in car
bohydrate chemistry.
! Accounts of the awards seldom
attempted to translate the COM
pick chemical symbols that repre-
sented his accomplishments.
When he won the Willard Gibbs
medal in 1929, one account said
he was being recognized, among
other things, for "his discovery
that a rare sugar named xylose
can be prepared readily by boil
ing corn cobs with a weak sui
phurlc acid"
| Discovered S Sugars.
Other researches of the doc
tors resulted in great improve
ments in the manufacture of table
syrup and confectionery. He was
also known as the discoverer of
five of the 50-odd varieties of
sugar.
DR.. Hudson, who lived at 3016
Tilden street NV, was at the
time of his death a consultant for
the National Institutes of Health
and the Anheuser-B Busch Co. of st.
Louis, Mo.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Erin Gilmer Hudson, who
was his fourth wife. Also surviv-
ing are two daughters by his first
marriage.
/ The family plans to have serv-
ices at Gawler's funeral home
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV,
tomorrow. Burial will be in
Princeton, N. j.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
VABudget Cuts Curb Functions
|Of New tuberculosis Hospital
on whether the necessary funds
are forthcoming.

on whether the necessary funds
are forthcoming.
Getting the institution up to
par will be a painfully slow pro-
cess. he said. The tuberculosis
expert stated that only two to
three patients day at best can
be admitted because of the neces-
sary processing and tests given
each sufferer.
The multi million doolar estab-
lishment has no wards as such.
Patients are cared for in semi
private rooms. two to a room.
For the lack of better term staff
members refer. to blocks of these
rooms as wards"
The hospital is divided into
seven such wards" with six being
used for seriously i'll patents and
the seventh for ambulatory cases
Each room is equipped with
operating room-type wash basins
and sanitary facilities with foot
pedals so patients do not have to
touch valves or spigots with their
hands.
Has BrOadcasting Station.
Included in the set-up is a four
channel broadcasting station and
a complete auditorium with q
seating capacity OF 800.
Each wing has a solarium and
in mild weather patients may sit
on a we'll handicapped patio facing
neat, newly built subdivision of
North Baltimore.
When normal operation status
is reached, DR.. Cohen said. the
hospital will admit District vet
Grams now being sent to such
distant points as Otean, N. c.. and
Tennessee.
The physician stressed that pa
tients already undergoing treat
ment and almost cured. will not
be transferred from their present
hospitals to the new facility.
Based on capacity. the hospital
cost $4,000 a bed. Estimated cost
of keeping a veteran in the hos
pital for the year generally re-
quired for treatment is about
$3.50 day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

yesterday dlNI
an illness of
several months.
S h e live d a t
4706 Thirteenth
street NV.
Her husband,
Henry F. Lerch,
oper a t e d his
confect cry
store at 1920
M street NV
for Sc years I'M
til his death in
1885. The shop
was a family
enternriSe and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Balloon Frees Ship

A minesweeper. stuck with a
hole in its hull among the rocks
at st. Ives. Cornwall, was released
with the aid Of barrage balloon
which was plugged into the hole
and then inflated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28

Long interest.
ed in Southeast
w a S h in g tor
civic affairs
Mr.. Hellmutk
was a past pres
ident of tn {
Anacostia Citi-
z e n s. ASSocia-
ton and served
on numerous
committees o ]
the group. He
had also served
as the associa-
tion'S delegate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Mrs. Minnie Lerch, a.;
Widow Of Baker, Had
Lived Here Since 1865

Mrs. Minnie R. Lerch, "a. a
Washington resident since 1865
and widow of a prominent con-
fectioner and baker here, died
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-28
Robert J. HeIImuth,
Retired Electrician al
St. EIizabeths, Dies

Robert j. Hellmuth, SO, retired
electrician at st. Elizabeths Hos
pital, died of a heart attack yes
terday in his home, 1918 w street
Sc.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24
By GEORGE MACARTHUR

| SEOUL R - War-beaten South
Korea viii be crawling with Santa
! Clauses Christmas Day. And under
each snowy beard there'n be the
smile of a United Nations soldier
tough guy in battle but a softie
where kids are concerned.
Thousands of Korean boys and
girls are going to get the works
Christmas Day-toys, candies and
warm clothing.
1t appears that the Allied fighting
men, in an effort to ease the ache
of Christmas loneliness far from
home, are planning to make the
day one that the Korean young
sters will long remember.
There'll be hundreds of parties
for the kids; something will be
doing wherever United Nations
troops are stationed.
Most of the volunteer Santa
Clauses will be U. S. soldiers, but
it isn't strictly a U. S. undertaking.
The British Commonwealth Di-
vision is also remembering the
waits of war with which Korea
abounds.
Stacked in tents and Quonset
huts at almost every Army and
Air Force station are thousands
of toys. Tough first sergeants are
getting into Santa Claus suits and
practicing. Oil-stained mechanics
are decorating khaki ieeps with
wooden reindeer antlers and red
bunting.
| Privates and colonels are wind
ing up toy trains and automobiles; /;
of course, they only want to make
sure the toys are in good order.
Since the Korean War started,
United Nations units have adopted
countless children left homeless by
the fighting and destruction. Sol.
dierS who have seen the heartbreak
of war gladly open their pockets
to support or provide money
for something more--something
from the heart as weH as the
pocketbook.
Front-line divisions, engineer
outfits. medical units, transporta.
ton troops and soldiers and Ma.
rines scattered from the front
south to Pusan are having par
ties.
The 11th Marine Regiment
adopted a whole village. Every
child there viii receive a toy and
a sweater, bought by Maj. Robert
M. jenkins OF Jacksonville, N. c.,
who was sent TO Japan to gel
them.
The Marines have set up a
Christmas tree, complete with
lights, for the more than 50 chill,
dren in the village.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24
SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS AT ALL TIMES
WOULD MAKE A WONDERFUL WORLD

Bewlderng thoughts riding big words beset when
we come to write 0bou greet torgetf the strength
OF the English language lies in Short simple words So it
wos that newsm. 40 Yes ago. column about
birth OF Christ festooned with hefY odjecives and pulsng
with sentiment designed play up reader Then
showed how simply and succincY the Bible told the story
And she shall bring forth son. and thou shall
call his name JESUS, for he shall his people from
their sins"
We read the comment today about the birth of crown
prince and Of how greet is his importance notion We
may read half column column but whot we read is 50
much chuf compmed to the JOY expressed the birth
Christ:
Glory to God in the highest on earth peace, good
will to all men,"
There we have few plain words the dominant feeling
that today srs the hets and minds Of peace on eorh
goodwill to oil men, Therein lies humanity hope for world
free of the cupidY und aggression that snuff the
on butIefields
So is that Christmos most precious day in the
Christn world We feel the spirit of Christmos; goodwill
Is obroud md Here in Key West had not one word
been sud about Christmas would huve felt that it was
approaching in the changed ottude of people Without
any conscious efforts port the thoughts of the coming
OF Christmas ightens heorts 0nd fills with feeling of
good fellowship.
The hghtst muY qrow about the Of millions of dol
lrs that spent at Chsmos time buy toys for children.
bu the cumulative chdrens Joy throughout lond
spirit OF cheer In adults that otherwise be bought with
money
Life mecns little to US concerned only mueul
things Joy and contenmen and happiness the unbuy-
obe feelings that erected by the spirit of Chsmus Two
score years ago. The Citizen soid editoriuly:
What wonderful world would hove with the feeling
Of goodwill surging in hoppY others happy the
spirit Of chsmas abroad in the lond at all tines
Honesty is the best policy because in the end 1t pays
the biggest dividends
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

Other Marine regiments win
have Christmas parties for more
kids. Many smaller units are doing
the same.
A U. S. End Division soldier got
his hometown of Klamath Falls,
Ore, to help out. Sic. Gaydon P.
Gwyn, %, wrote his mother and
she went to her church with the
problem. AS the result about so
youngsters at the Friendship home
Orphanage near Kapyong viii have
toys, candy, a full Christmas din
ner and plenty of warm cltohes.
The End Division built the or
phanage, along with others, when
it was near Kapyong and saw the
plight Of the many homeless chill
dren.
Everywhere the men have been
eager to help.
"The response has been greater
than / expected" said Maj. Ray
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

the day with one music unit ac-
companying each toy-laden reiE.
deer truck.
British Commonwealth Division
troops are giving party for an
orphanage north of Seoul. The
children there are cared for by
musical instructors and conse-
quently already know good many
Christmas carols. The British hove
one variation of their own-the
party will be on Boxing Day."
the day following Christmas.
The Christmas spirit is shared
alike by combat and rear area
troops.
Col. John T. Kilcoyne of San
Francisco, Eighth Army chaplain,
organized a joint Army-Air Force
party effort for the Seoul area.
The soldiers and airmen raised
the money for $4,000 toys for the
kids.
Americans at Korean Military
Advisory Group headquarters in
Taegu have organized party at
which Christmas carols will not
be heard. But they hope the spirit
is felt. They are giving present.
to the kids at an orphanage for
deaf, dumb or blind children.
United States 25th Division sol
dierS are entertaining in Korea,
but they have additional respon-
sibilities elsewhere. The division S
the 9th (Wolfhound) Regiment
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

sent Christmas present check Of
$500 to the family orphanage in
Osaka, Japan, which the regiment
has supported since the days of
the Japanese occupation.
Infantrymen of the 3rd and 4Oth
Divisions have been collecting
clothing and money for Korean
kids for a month. The 3rd Division
has also adopted a village lock,
stock and barrel. They will hand
out clothing, toys, candy and food
to every man, woman and child In
the town.
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24
UN Soldiers Will Be South Korea Santas

mond L. Kasper, 45th Division
chaplain. The division collected
Sc, 100 for Christmas clothes and
more money is coming in.
U. S. 7th Division men are dec
Grating trucks as Santa Claus
sleighs, and six task forces, each
with its dressed-up Santa Claus,
are prepared to descend on IA vii
lagos Christmas Day.
This operation is the dreamchild
of Maj. Emerson C. Heinz of Oak
land, Calf, who has arranged for
the division band to split up for
The Key West citizen., 1952-12-24

Honesty is the best policy because in the end 1t pay:
the biggest dividends. -
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1952-03-06
Wesley Briggs Dies
OF Injury Received
On Fire Call

Wesley Briggs, 35, son of Mrs:
Charlie Briggs and the late Mr..
Briggs of Gaithersburg, died on
March 3, from injuries caused by a
collision of a Gaithersburg Wash
ington Grove Fire Department en-
CINE and a passenger car on Feb
ruary Fl.
A native of Gaithersburg, Mr..
Briggs attend school there. He
was an active member of the
Gaithersburg Washington Grove
Department for seventeen years
and was also quite active in the
Gaithersburg Athletic Club. Mr..
Briggs was member of Grace
Methodist Church in Gaithersburg.
For number of years Mr.. Briggs
had been employed as foreman at
the canning factory of Thomas and
Co. in Gaithersburg.
Surviving besides his wife, Mrs.
Myrtle Briggs, are his mother, Mrs.
Charlie Briggs, his three children.
John Wesley, IA, John Edward, ~;
and Wanda Lee, 8. Other surviv-
ors are two sisters Mrs. Lewis
erosion of Gaithersburg and Mrs.
Catherine Covert of California and
two brothers William S. Briggs
and John M. Briggs of Gathers
burg.
Funeral services were held from
the Briggs home at 102 Chestnut
Street in Gaithersburg on Wednes-
day, March 5, at 8 Pm. Burial was
in Forest Oak Cemetery with mem
bers of the Gaithersburg Wash
ington Grove Fire Department as
honorary pallbearers.