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Evening star., 1953-12-09
Ry Maj. Thomas M. Mol

From Mrs. r. c. of Niles,
Mich: MY husband is an Army
corporal stationed in Korea. I've
heard that If he were to come
home on an emergency leave,
he would lose the rotation points
he has accumulated. Is this
true?"
No. If he's sent back to Korea
his rotation point accumulation
will not be affected.
From A. j. of New York City:
my nephew was recently given
a la draft classification. When
can he expect to be taken?"
Only your nephew's draft
board can answer this. It all
depends on how many men the
board needs and when his name
comes up.
From Mrs. A. F. Wantagh,
N. Y: my brother was drafted
into the Army in February, 1852.
Soon he will be ready for separa-
ton. He's accumulated about
47 days of leave. Can he be re-
leased At days early because he
has this accrued leave?"
Probably not, but he'll receive
a lump sum cash payment for
any unused leave.
From Sergt. T. r. of Washing
ton, D. c.: How long does a
wife of a World War I veteran
have to be married to the vet to
be eligible for a widows PEN
sion?"
She must have been married
to the vet before December Ia,
1914, or for at least 10 years
prior to his death.
From T. B. B. of Mason City,
Iowa: I'm the widow of a World
War II veteran. I heard that I
was eligible for a CT loan. Is
this true?"
You're eligible if your husband
died in service or as a result of
a service-connected disability.
From j. A. v. of Cullman,
Ala: For some years I've been
receiving compensation for a 10
per cent disability I got in serv-
ice. Recently the disability has
become worse. Is there any
chance that I can get the 10
per cent rating increased"
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Board Clears Policeman
In Arrest of Woman

A No. IA precinct policeman
was exonerated by a police trial
board yesterday Of charges that
he failed to be patient and dis
Greet" and used unnecessary
force and violence" in arresting
a woman.
The charges against the officer
Pvt. Frederick D. Gray, colored,
arose from his arrest of Mrs.
Mildred Greene, 5340 Ames
street NE, last August 81.
Although drunk and disorderly
charges against Mrs. Greene were
dismissed when they reached
Municipal Court, most of a pa
rade of 81 witnesses who ap-
peared at yesterdays hearing
said the woman was inebriated.
Testimony revealed that both
she and Pvt. Gray fell down a
flight of concrete steps as she
struggled while he was arresting
her.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Buck Passing Blamed
For Poor English
By &c Assoeioied Press

VANCOUVER.-Dr. Norman
Mackenzie. president of the Uni
versity of British Columbia, says
complaints that Canadian uni
versity graduates cannot use
their mother tongue either in
writing or speech are "too wide
spread to be treated lightly"
And he thinks at least part
of the blame is buck passing by
some university departments.
In his annual report on UBC
activities DR.. Mackenzie says,
Departments of English have
the major responsibility for the
study of English literature as a
body of knowledge but should
have no more responsibility than
other departments for the study
of English as the language Of
instruction"
Evening star., 1953-12-09

secretary. said Mr.. Moore will
serve under Sherman Adams. as
sistant to the President. and his
duties would be in connection
with. public statements and re-
ports.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Ford Publicity Chief
To Aid Sherman Adams
BY The Assoeioied Press

The White House has an
nounced the appointment of
Charles F. Moore, jr., Of De-
troit. public relations director of
the Ford Motor Co., as a nom
salaried temporary consultant to
the White House staff.
Murray Snyder. assistant press
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Pressmen's S Union Leader
Honored al Dinner

More than 600 persons at
tended testimonial dinner hon.
oring Alexander j. Rohan, vice.
president of the AFL Interna-
tional Printing PresSmen and
Assistants Union of North Amer
lea, at the Mayflower Hotel last
night.
The dinner. sponsored by
seven locals affiliated with the
international organization, was
attended by newspaper publish
ers, commercial printers and en-
ployes of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing and the Gov
ernment Printing Office.
Mr.. Rohan, who lives at 3716
Shepherd street, Brentwood, Md
formerly was special union rep
resentative doing liaison work
with the Wage Sterilization
Board, the National Labor Re-
lations Board and other govern
ment agencies.
He assumed the post Of vice
president of the international
union in September.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
u. ). EVades Truce,
Red Radio CHARGES
BY the Assoeiated Press

TOKYO, Sunday. Nov. 15.-
Peiping Radio charged today the
United Nations command has
been reinforcing military per-
sonnet and war supplies in Korea
In violation of armiStice terms
The Red broadcast. heard in
Tokyo, claimed this (violation)
was disclosed by the Neutral Ma
tions Supervisory Commission. u
Peiping claimed that the Reds
had not violated the armistice
provision by requirements of war
supplies or rotation of troops.
1t said the U. N. violation
was indicated in a note from the
supervisory commission received
by 1t. Gen. Lee Sang Cho. senior
Communist member of the mill
tary armistice commission on
November IL.
The radio said the note re-
ported:
1.-THE American side intro
duced into Korea 106 trench
mortars in violation of para
graph 13 of the armistice agree
ment several types of COM
bat aircraft introduced into Ko-
rea by the American side were
more than those which had left
Korea there was a great dis
crepancy between the number o1
the rotated military personne
reported by the American side
and that reported by the neu-
trail nations inspection teams.
There was no immediate COM
ment from the y. N. command
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Gambling squad detectives
yesterday had some sad tidings
for a better who picked the right
number but had the bet down
with the wrong bookie.
In checking a sack of num-
bers slips seized in the arrest
Of two suspected numbers rum
ners Friday. detectives came up
with a slip indicating a SO "spe-
cial bet." The number picked
came up later that day.
A special" is bet at higher
than normal odds, given to regu-
lar customers or big betters. ac-
cording to Sergt. Scott E. Meyer
of the gambling squad. This
wager would have brought the
better $3.50 for SO.
Arrested in the case were
George A. Gardner. 40. colored,
Evening star., 1953-11-15

A 24-foot pylon to be carved
with symbolizations of freedoms
guaranteed by the Bill of Rights,
is being erected at the main en-
trance to the Federal courthouse
at Third street and Constitution
avenue NV.
The $77.400 decorative piece
was provided for in the original
plans for the building.
The rough Maine granite is
being carved into shape by stone
cutters following the design of
the sculptor, C. Paul Jennewein
of Larchmont, N. Y. A wooden
and canvas housing about the
shaft protects it from the
weather and the gaze of the
curious while the work is in
progress.
With favorable weather, the
art work should be completed by
early January, according to the
General Services Administration
which is indirectly in charge of
construction.
Two of the three sides Of the
pylon will be decorated with Bill
of Rights symbols. One side will
depict Freedom of the Press,
Speech and Religion. Another
side will portray Freedom from
Illegal Search and Seizure and
the guarantee of trial by jury.
The third side will contain quo
tations from the Constitution.
The Great Seal Of the United
States will be carved near the
top of the column.
Mr.. Jennewein'S fee is $25 900.
He has received all but $1,000
which will be paid when he &C
cepts the carving from the con-
tractor, Vincent Tonelli, the GSA
said. Mr.. Tonelli will receive
$50, 400 for erecting the pylon,
for supplying the granite and for
the carving and transportation
costs. The award was made by
GSA under competitive bidding.
The sculptor provides a plaster
model for the carvers to follow.
He may also add some finishing
touches to the pylon itself.
Mr.. Jennewein was commits
stoned for the work September
8, 1949. He has performed work
on the Justice Department
Building. on the eagles decorat-
ing the Memorial bridge pylons,
and similar jobs elsewhere.
Unlike other Federal buildings
in the nearby Triangle, the new
courthouse boasts no exterior
ornamentation other than the
statue of the English jurist,
Blackstone, standing on the
buildings south side.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Southeast Liquor Store
Robbed Of $3.50 by Trio

Three colored men, two of
them armed, last night held up
a Southeast liquor store and
forced the two owners to lie on
the floor while the bandits made
their escape.
Irving Pincus, co-owner of the
City Liquor Store, 600 ! street
Sc, said the trio entered the
store shortly after II o'clock.
Two of the men drew guns and
announced it was a holdup, he
said.
The bandits looted the cash
register. After taking a wallet
from Mr.. Pincus and one from
his partner, Morris Hines, they
forced the men to lie on the
floor while they made their
escape. according to Mr.. PincuS.
He estimated the bandits got
$3.50.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Two Suspected Runners Held
And a Numbers Player Is Sad

OF the 400 block of C street S.W.,
and Mrs. Clara Osborne of the
$500 block of Thirty-second
street Sc. Both were booked
on lottery charges.
They are scheduled to appear
before United States Commits
sioner Cyril S. Lawrence tomor-
row.
According to police, Gardner
walked up to Mrs. Osborne's car
in the 200 block of G street S.W.
carrying a paper sack. She
drove of, leaving Gardner stand
ing there with the sack as de-
tectives approached. She was
arrested a few blocks away.
The sack contained about
$4,000 in number bets. police
said, and described 1t as a heavy
play"
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Piepgrass Renamed
President Of Gideons
In Tri-Sfafe Region

Charles S. Piepgrass, an at
torney with Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co., was reelected
president of the Gideons Inter-
national of the Delmardic Dela-
ware, Maryland, District of Co.
lumbial States yesterday.
Mr.. PiepgrasS. who lives at
1925 Dale drive. Silver Spring,
Md, was installed last night
with other officers at a dinner
in the Hotel Continental.
Those inducted were David j.
Nelson of Salisbury, Md, vice
president; E. Royden Schwartz
Of KenSington, Md, secretary;
Earl w. Schultz of Westminster,
Md, treasurer, and C. Wesley
Coddington of Selbyville, Del,
chaplain.
Forty-five members of the
association will speak in 40
Washington area churches today.
Reports yesterday noted that
$500 Old and New Testaments
were put into hotels, motels,
and institutions of various kinds
by the Gideons during the past
year.
A goal of $4,000 was set for
1953-54 to carry on the associa-
tion's work of putting Bibles in
hotels and other places where
the public can use them.
The Gideons, an association of
businessmen, was started in 1893
at GAINESVILLE, Wis, by three men
Sam Hill, w. j. Knights and
John H. Nicholson. The associa-
ton, with headquarters in Chi
cago. now numbers 10000 men,
bers. The Delmardic Association
was organized in January. 1916,
at Baltimore and now has 80
members. The Washington
Camp is member of the Del
mardic Association.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
1900 in District
Injured Last Year
In Job Accidents

Occupational accidents in the
District last year injured 27,000
workers, about IL per cent of the
total work force here.
Fred C. Thomas, director of
industrial safety of the District
Minimum Wage and Industrial
Safety Board, gave these figures
at the third annual District
conference dealing with the sub
lect. The all-day session drew
nearly 100 representatives of
management, labor, civic groups
and educational institutions.
Although the number of in
jury producing accidents was
high, Mr.. Thomas said. the num-
ber hurt actually was 1888 less
than during the previous year.
This, he said, was particularly
noteworthy since last years labor
force was 5000 higher than that
of the year before. The safety
official estimated the total cost
of the injuries came to about
SO million.
Committee Appointed.
AS a result of a panel dis
cussion on safety problems. the
conference decided to form a
committee to study the posi-
bility of converting the con-
ference into a continually func-
tioning body instead of one that
meets only once each year.
Named to this committee were
Mrs. Charles H. Weston, chair
man of the wage and safety
board: Charles w. Humphreys,
president of the Washington
Building Congress; James H.
Kennedy. safety engineer for
United States Fidelity and Guar
anty Co.; Dean S. S. Steinberg
of the engineering college of
Maryland University and Mr..
Thomas.
A three-member committee
was appointed to study methods
of detecting physical defects in
workers before they are hired
and to report to the conference
! next year on whether pre-em-
Evening star., 1953-11-15

ployment detection of ills would
be beneficial to industry.
The move to conduct such a
study was opposed by Frank
O'Connor, employe representa-
tive on the wage and safety
board. Mr.. O'Connor declared
no labor union would agree to
such physical examinations
which might prevent the hiring
of a worker because of his physi-
cal ills.
Serving on this committee are
P. Y. K. Howat, president Of
Howat Concrete Co.; C. F. Prel-
Ter, president of the Washington
Central Labor Union, and Mrs.
Albert w. Atwood, representing
the public on the safety confer
ence.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Woman Alone in Grocery
Is Robbed by Gunman

A woman who operates a
grocery with her husband told
police an armed man held her
up at the store last night and
fled with $45.
Mrs. Evelyn Borsman told po-
lice the colored man came into
the store at $40 N street NV.
while she was alone. She said he
grabbed her and held q hand
over her mouth, then produced
a small pistol. scooped the money
from the cash register and fed.
Her husband. Louis Borsman.
was tending another store the
couple owns at COL Second street
S.W., police said.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Two Bandits Get $500
In Connecticut Ave.
Liquor Store HoIdup

Two armed men held up a
Connecticut avenue liquor store
last night and escaped with a
reported $500 after abandoning
a stolen car three blocks away.
The holdup men, both colored,
walked into the Uptown Liquor
Store, 4213 Connecticut avenue
NV, about 9:15 pm, and said
they wanted to buy bottle of
whisky.
When Sidney Kramer, owner
of the store with his brother,
Harry, opened the cash drawer
to make change for a $40 bill,
the two men pulled guns.
One covered a delivery boy
and a customer in the store,
while the other announced the
holdup. telling Mr.. Kramer.
"You know what this is.' Mr..
Kramer turned over the money
from the cash drawer and
emptied his pockets.
After taking the customers
wallet, the bandits got into a
black automobile and sped south
on Connecticut avenue. Mr..
Kramer, who reported his third
holdup this year, took the license
number.
Police cars responding to a
lookout cruised past the corner
of Connecticut and Tilden street
a few times in the heavy fog
before spotting the abandoned
car.
Police said it belonged to
Claude Dawson. an attorney, OF
4801 Connecticut avenue NV. :,
who did not know it had been
/ Stolen until nollce told him
Evening star., 1953-11-15
-Four Rs of Discipline

DR.. Katherine w. Taylor. Bal
timore educator, will discuss
"The Four Rs of Discipline" at
a meeting at the Hyattsville
Elementary School at $3.50 pm.
tomorrow. The Prince Georges
County Council of Cooperative
Nursery Schools and Potomac
Cooperative Federation are
sponsoring the session. The
school is at 5311 Forty-third
avenue.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Prentiss Reiterates
Objection 10 Raising
Sales, Realty Taxes

Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss last night reiterated
that the District Commissioners
will not rely on increased real
estate and sales taxes to raise
the added money needed to fl
nance a public works program.
Gen. Prentiss said the source
of the $4.5 million additional
revenue needed to finance the
modified $305 million public
works improvement program for
the city will be from "miscel-
laneous taxes"
He said he was mot inclined"
to favor lower exemptions on the
income tax as a means of boost
ing revenues. He voiced his views
during the Report to the
People" radio broadcast over
WWDC.
Hope For Early Approval.
The exact sources of the added
revenue may be announced next
week after a thorough fiscal
study, Gen. PrentiSs said.
The Commissioners hope that
Congressional hearings will be-
gin in January on the revised
public works budget and early
approval of the plan can be
achieved, Gen. PrentiSs declared.
Asked about proposal by the
American Automobile Associa-
ton that the District parking
situation be studied, Gen. Prem
tiSs said the suggestion is under
consideration.
The agency had recommended
the study be made by the Bureau
of Public Roads under a f1nanc-
ing plan that would require the
District to spend $4,000. The
remaining 100000 cost would be
financed from funds allotted to
the District for planning Federal
aid projects.
Report on Survey Due.
Gen. Prentiss said a report on
the type of survey that the Pub
lie Roads agency can do is ex-
pected to be submitted to the
Commissioners next week.
In response to another ques-
ton, Commissioner Prentiss said
the Commissioners recognize
there is a problem" in the Dis
trict'S taXicab industry.
He said a bill submitted by
Representative Small. Republic
can, of Maryland, designed to
limit the number of taxicabs
here, will get "open-minded con-
sideration. A similar bill in the
last session of Congress was op-
posed by the Commissioners be-
cause cab operators and drivers
showed no interest in the legis-
lation at the time, he said.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Rates for Rooms 10 Rise
AT Alexandra Hospital

Alexandria Hospital yesterday
announced rate increases of so
cents and 81 on all rooms be-
ginning Friday.
Hospital officials said the in
creases are necessary to keep up
with higher operating costs.
Under the new rate schedule,
ward rates of $10.50 per day will
60 up to Sill; Semiprivate room
rates go from $12 to $12.50, and
private room rates of $14 and
SIS go up to SIS and SIC. =.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Bond to Give Concert

The Mount Vernon High
School band will give a concert
at 8 pm. tomorrow in the school
auditorium. 5000 Richmond
highway, six miles south of
Alexandria. The concert was
postponed from November s be-
cause of a snowstorm.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
Surplus Of 80
White Teachers
Due for Cuttinq
CoIored Students
Need Instructors,
Says School Aide
By jones G. Deone

A Board of Education member
indicated last night the Districts
white teacher force soon may be
cut back again to release funds
to hire more colored teachers.
Walter N. Tobriner, personnel
committee chairman, said the
city's white senior high schools
have a surplus of between 80 and
80 teachers. He labeled the sur
plus mot justified" and added
he already has informed Supt.
Hobart M. Corning he feels it
must be cut down, probably by
February.
The situation has been made
more urgent by new pupil enroll
ment figures, he said. The school
system reported yesterday that
the margin of colored pupils over
white has now increased to more
than $4,000.
COlOred Enrolment Scars.
The colored increase this fall
has outstripped expectations.
White enrolment also has
dropped much more than ex-
pected.
The colored division now has
almost 81 per cent of the pupils.
At the same time, it has not quite
81 per cent of the teachers.
Mr.. Tobriner said he has no
expectation that it will be pos
sible to eliminate the entire 80
or 80 teacher white surplus be-
cause, he said, some OF those
teachers have special courses
that can't be spared.
But, he declared, II think
more salaries must be made
available to the colored division"
The senior high teachers in
most cases can't be fired because
they have permanent status. But
last year IS senior and junior
high teachers were shifted to
lower grades, filling jobs that
had been held by teachers who
had resigned, or by temporary
teachers who were let go. This
Is presumably the procedure that
would be followed again.
Teachers Resist Shifting.
Mr.. Tobriner said he is SYM
pathetic with the reluctance OF
teachers to be shifted, but he
added:
I'VE are administering a sys-
tenn, and we must look at the
situation from that point of view
and not that of individual con-
venience."
DR.. Corning wouldn't commit
himself on the subject last night,
except to say that school OIL
GERS are working on it ION a
continuing basis"
The colored enrolment climb
has been almost twice as big this
fall as expected. Yesterdays re-
port showed colored enrolment
now at 58,961, an increase OF
more than 1000 since year ago.
1900 Fewer White Students.
White enrolment has dropped,
on the other hand, to 44,797, a
decline of nearly 1900. Almost
no white decline was predicted
by school statisticians. The new
grand total of pupils in the
school system is 103, ,758-the
biggest in history.
DR.. Corning recently reported
that classes in white senior highs
average not quite 10 pupils, but
those in colored senior highs
average almost "a. White junior
high classes average 25, but col
ored 80. White grade school
classes average 35, but colored
38.
The official Board of Educa-
ton standard sizes are Is in
senior high school, % in Junior
high and 36 in grade school.
Thus in both colored grade
schools and senior highs classes
are over officially acceptable size.