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Evening star., 1953-05-07
Half of.D. {. Lodging!
Still Lack Licenses
As Inspections Lag

More than'half of the Districts
apartment and lodging houses
are operating without licenses
because District officials have
not been able to finish required
inspections.
c. T. Nottingham, superin-
tendent of licenses, said a total
of 1889 applications for licenses
had been received since last No.
vember /. Only 6,469 licenses
have been issued, he added.
8,420 Await Inspection.
Still awaiting inspection by
various city departments are g.
420 establishments.
All but one of the city's SO
hotels have been inspected and
licensed. Mr.. Nottingham said.
The Roosevelt Hotel, without a
license, has not been allowed to
operate until building repairs
are completed. Its request for
a license was received yesterday
Inspections of the establish
ments must be made by the Fire
Marshal's Office, the District
Building Inspector and the
Health Department. The Fire
Marshal has finished all inspec-
tions. The other departments
arelagging far behind.
Full Approval Needed.
All three departments must
give approval before Mr.. Not
tingham can issue a license.
The breakdown of the cate
gories of license applications fol-
lows:
Apartment houses, $3.50 re-
ceived and 1882 granted; tene-
ment houses. 1888 received and
956 granted; rooming houses
2,G73 received and 985 granted; ;
boarding houses, 1872 received
and 81 granted; lodging houses,
277 received and LOT granted; ;
hotels, 50 received and e8
granted.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Gir|Cashier,21,
Chargedin $138
Embezz|ement
Accused of Tokinq
Montgomery Tax
Funds; Free on Bond

An attractive 81 year = old
cashier has been charged with
embezzling $133.88 from Mont
gomery County. county police
disclosed today.
Free under a $1,000 bond on
the charge is Miss Phyllis Ann
Geisbert Of Barnesville, Md. A
preliminary hearing is set in
Rockville Police Court next
Thursday.
Study Total Loss.
Acting County Manager Alex
K. Hancock disclosed April II
that $546 in county tax receipts
was missing. At that time he
said the amount probably was
greater. but that only a lengthy
investigation would reveal the
total loss.
Miss Geisbert was a cashier
and information clerk in the
Division of Revenue and Dis
burSements. where tax bills are
paid. A three-year employe of
the county, she drew an annual
salary of $2,982.
Mr.. Hancock said the girl had
been suspended pending an in
Vestlgation by the County Per-
sonnet Board.
Work Is Praised.
Miss GeiSbert was described
by Mr.. Hancock as IAN excep-
tlonally intelligent person and
an efficient clerk" Her i'm
mediate supervisor, Miss Mar
garet G. Jones. said she was one
OF the best clerks the revenue
Office had ever had.
Police said Miss Geisbert told
them she needed the money.
They said she admitted taking
other checks.
Miss Geisbert was reared by
her grandmother, police said.
and recently had been boarding
at a home in Barnesville.
The loss was discovered when
an irate taxpayer complained he
already had paid a tax bill for
which he received a delinquent
notice.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Virginia Theater Group
To Stage Arlington Play

Virginia's Barter Theater Play
ers will present their last play
of the season in Arlington at
$3.50 pm. Saturday, in the JEFF
ferson Junior High School, 816
South Walter Reed drive.
A comedy entitled George
and Margaret" will be presented
by the players under sponsor
ship of the Arlington Civic Fed
GRAFTON.
Tickets are available at the
Willard Hotel or at the home Of
the committee chairman, Col.
Robert j. Irish. Tickets will also
be available at the box Office
Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
They Just Talked
About Golf Luck
At Burning Tree
By the Asseeicsed Press

What do Governors, a Senator
and a President talk about when
they get together on a golf
course?
ut is just q good, sociable
game, minus any business. We'd
just comment on each others
game, such as You were in luck
on that shot"
So said Gov. Allan ShiverS OF
Texas. The others: President
Eisenhower, Gov. Dan Thornton
of Colorado and Senator Fergu-
son. Republican. of Michigan.
I'VE didn't keep any score, /"
added Gov. Shivers after the
rain-drenched match at Burning
Tree Country Club yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Alexandra Council
Pushes Program
For Storm Sewers

The Alexandria City Council
met today-with Tuesday nights
damaging rainfall fresh in their
minds-to hear what the city
manager and engineer had to
say about needed storm sewer
projects.
More rain threatened to delay
cleanup of the $500,O0O damage
from the storm. Scattered show
ers or thundershowers are fore
cast for tonight and tomorrow.
More rain fell today.
The Council told city officials
to go ahead with plans so bids
may be asked soon for the
Hoofs Run storm sewer project,
costing about $550,000.
List of Projects Prepared.
City Engineer C. Luckett
Watkins told the Council he is
preparing a detailed list of sewer
projects throughout the city for
submission to the Council.
John Newton, developer Of a
7.5-acre tract in the recently an
nexed portion Of the city,
charged that the operators of the
Lake Bancroft Estates develop
n1ent in Fairfax County had
opened flood gates, causing "a
4-foot-high tidal wave" to inun-
date his land. He said a guard
at the dam, formerly a reservoir
for the Alexandria Water Co.,
had called him to warn him that
the gates had to be opened or
they would washout because of
the high water
The council asked City Man.
ager Ira Willard to investigate
the situation.
RFC Loan Unlikely.
Meanwhile, the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. has completed a
preliminary survey Of the Tues
day storm and flood damage. but
indicated that low-interest RFC
emergency loans probably would
not be approved.
An RFC spokesman said the
survey shows there was mot
too much actual damage Of the
type we can make emergency
loans for" It looks like mostly
a case Of cleanup work to be
DONE" he said.
An unofficial rain gauge at
the Mutual Ice Co. measured the
Alexandria rainfall in Tuesdays
cloudburst at SO inches, and
rain pelted the area again last
night. Flood waters have finally
run of the water-Soaked ground.
and no new peril is seen.
S Consecutive Rainy Days.
Rain today made five con-
secutive days Of it. during which
the total precipitation has al
ready well exceeded the average
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Prince Georges Hospital
Board Members Picked

The Prince Georges General
Hospitals new board has been
completed, with the County Med
ical Society appointing the last
two posts.
The society named DR.. Wolcott
L. Etienne, College Park, as its
doctor choice, and Ralph F. de-
Clairmont. Mitchellville, as it's
layman appointee. The county
commissioners and the hospitals
medical staff and Ladies' Guild
appointed their representatives
earlier.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Hearing SET tuesday
On Bullock Request
For Retirement Now

Judge Alexander Holtzof to-
day set next Tuesday to hear
arguments on a motion for a
preliminary injunction asking
that suspended Police Inspector
Albert I. Bullock be retired with
annuity before his scheduled
trial before a Police Trial Board
June 9.
At the same time the judge
denied motion by the District
Government for summary judg-
ment which would have had the
effect of denying any annuity to
the official.
The Judge also denied a mo-
ton filed by Attorneys Charles
E. Ford and Joseph Sitnick, rep
resenting Inspector Bullock, to
suppress affidavits relating to
Inspector Bullock's failure to file
District income tax returns for
the years 1946 through 1948.
Sees no Need for Haste.
Judge Holtzoff indicated that
he would rule against Mr.. Ford's
preliminary injunction argument
for immediate retirement of
Inspector Bullock. The judge
commented that he saw no
necessity for haste in the in
junction matter since the trial
board proceedings will not be-
gin until June 9.
Mr.. Ford is pressing the pre-
liminary Injunction motion
mainly to put the Bullock case
in a position where it can be
presented to the U. S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Co.
lumbia.
Recently Judge Holtzoff, in an
opinion, held that Inspector
Bullock was entitled to his an
nuity Notwithstanding the out
come of the pending Police Trial
Board action.
Immediate Appeal Rejected.
The District has decided against
appealing this decision, for the
present at least. Commissioner
Spencer said the city heads
reached their decision after con-
ferring yesterday with Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West and
Oliver Gasch.
Once the case is finally decid-
ed, Mr.. Spencer indicated, the
city will have an automatic right
of appeal that would be taken.
The charges Inspector Bullock
faces before the trial board stem
from his refusal to explain to a
Senate Crime Investigating SUBJ
committee and to Police Chief
Robert V. Murray the source of
a reported $4,000 income over
his police pay. from 1916 to 1948,
and failure to file District income
taxes for that period.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Higher Telephone Rates
Effective Wednesday

The higher telephone rates in
the Distric+ will become effective
next Wednesday.
In an order issued late yester-
day, the Public Utilities Commits
sion named the date and also
approved the telephone company
request that about 100000 of
it's increased revenues come from
a 10-cent-per-month rate in
crease on extension telephones.
The bulk of the total $1.3 million
increase granted recently by the
commission will stem from rails
ing the charge for pay-Station
calls to o dime.
Extension telephone rates now
are so cents month.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
$500 Pay Rise
For Alexandria
Teachers Listed
School Bourd Sends
. ST. Million Budget
To City Council

A 5000 teacher salary increase
is included in the proposed $2.7
million Alexandria school budget
for the year beginning July /,
which was released today.
The school board has sent the
budget to City Council. stating
the proposal is considered "a
conservative estimate of the
needs of the schools" in the year
ahead.
Board members expressed
much concern and uneasiness"
over the building boom in the
area of the city recently an
nexed from Fairfax County.
THE year 1854 will be a
critical one in the operation of
the Schools" because of the de-
velopments under way or being
planned on the Hume, Brook
ings, Glover and Kenwood tracts,
the board said.
3 Buildings to Go Up.
The board estimates that
$2.684, ,757 will be needed to carry
on school operations in the COM
ing year. Of this amount
$2.045.294 must come from city
tax revenues. The remainder
will be made up of Federal and
State contributions.
School Supt. T. C. williams
said the budget estimate would
require only about $345, 900 more
from city funds than was al
lowed in the current budget. He
said the budget released today
makes no provision for capital
expenditures, but added a bond
issue of $2.3 million voted by
the council last year for school
construction will enable building
of two elementary schools and
one high school in the year
ahead.
$1,000 Top Pay,
The School Board said it pro-
poses to increase the minimum
teacher pay scale for bachelor
degree holders from $4,000 to
$4,000, and move the miximum
from $4,000 to $4,000. Corre-
spending increases would be
made in the minimum scales for
master degree and doctors de-
gree holders.
Funds for the teacher increase
are partly available from a Fed
eral contribution of $93.3O2 re-
ceived in the current fiscal year.
The remainder, the board said,
can be made up from a Federal
contribution of $4,000 expected
in the coming fiscal year.
Reasons for Increase.
Principal reasons for the in
crease in the school operating
costs over the current fiscal year
were listed as:
/. Cost of hiring more teachers.
2. Increased costs of operating
q larger system.
3. The necessity of increasing
teacher salaries to remain in
competition with neighboring
communities.
4. Increased salary payments
for custodial employees, bus driv-
ers and clerks.
The proposed budget is an in
crease of $379,193 over total
funds, local, State and Federal,
available during the current
fiscal year totaling $2,305,564
The School Board recommends
Mr.. Williams salary being raised
from $9,783 to $10,783. "A salary
increase of $3.50 for the assistant
superintendent, now receiving
$500. and an increase of $500
for the clerk of the board, now
receiving $4,000, are also recon-
mended.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Maryland
and
Virginia
Foirfox Fight Renewed
News in Brief

The Fairfax Board of County
Supervisors has decided to renew
its fight to stop operations Of
Virginia Concrete Co. at Shreve
road, just outside the Falls
Church city limits.
The supervisors yesterday vot-
ed to bring a new injunction suit
against the firm. Nearby resi-
dents have protested that the
company should not be allowed
to operate near their homes.
An earlier suit was dismissed,
but the board has amended its
stand on a section of the zoning
ordinance to clear the way for
the new action.
Evening star., 1953-05-07

the Independent Offices Appro-
priation bill by the group, headed
by Senator Saltonstall, Repub-
ican, of Massachusetts,.
This would reverse the ruling
of the Budget Bureau, holding
up land purchase requests since
Eisenhower forces took charge of
budgets.
Involved in the issue is con-
tinuation of the Capper- Cram
ton Act. authorizing loans and
grants for sites for parks and
Fairgrounds in the Metropolitan
Area.
House Supported Bureau.
The House, acting earlier on
the Independent Offices 1854
supply bill, had gone along with
Budget Bureau in denying Tru-
man administration request for
SIP million for sites under this
program.
The Senate subcommittee,
however, heard pleas by Senator
Beall, Republican, of Maryland,
and others for funds that would
keep the program alive and
ahead of private development of
areas sought for public use.
Officials said the Saltonstall
subcommittee is recommending
an outlay of $365,O0O for Ma
tional Capital area sites. OF this,
$265,000 would be for stream
valley park sites in nearby Mary
land along Little Falls Branch,
the Northwest Branch and Oxon
Run.
Rest for Parkway.
The rest of the site money
would be for extension of the
George Washington Memorial
Parkway to Old Georgetown
Leesburg pike in Fairfax County.
The Senate subcommittee also
has granted a substantial part of
the request of the National Cap
ital Planning Commission for
an enlargement of it's staff to
take over new responsibilities for
regional planning.
The commission had asked an
outlay of $175,000 for admins
trative expenses. The House cut
this to $97,915. The Senate sub
committee has raised this by
$57,085 to bring the total to
$155, 900.
The bill is to come up for full
Senate Appropriations Commit
tee action early next week and
then will go to the Senate.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Rockville Study Asked

Building problems in a 300
acre tract annexed to Rockville
last month will be studied by a
five-member commission named
last night by Mayor Daniel P.
Weddle.
The council set it's annual
hearing on the budget for 8 pm.
June in the Circuit Courtroom
Of the Montgomery County
Courthouse.
Evening star., 1953-05-07
Senators Vote
$4,000 for
Parks Buying
Action Would Keep
Alive Program Under
Cupper-Crumton Act
BY Don S. Warren

A senate appropriations sub
committee is coming to the
rescue Of the Capper- -Cramton
park and playground purchase
recently threatened by
an economy move Of the Eisen-
hover administration.
An outlay Of about $4,000
for sites has been written into
Evening star., 1953-05-07

Senote Unit Restores Funds for Housing
Thot House Rejected. Pose A-5
Evening star., 1953-05-07
New Rates Opposed

Opposition to sharply in
creased garbage disposal rates in
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties was mounting today
with legal action threatened by
Colmar Manor town officials.
The town council has issued
an ultimatum to the Washington
Suburban Sanitary Commission
to explain the rate increase be-
fore the town will agree to pay.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
City Heads Approve
Outside Milk BottIinq
Plan During Strike

The Commissioners today ap-
proved a plan proposed by the
Health Department to alleviate
a possible emergency problem
in milk packaging in Washington
due to a strike of the American
Car Co. which manufactures
m:lk cartons.
DR.. Frederick c. Heath, act
ing director of public health, told
the Commissioners that because
of the strike five milk distribu-
tors here have only a few days
supply of paper cartons.
He said the situation would
affect $1,000 gallons of milk a
day packaged in 100000 milk
containers. This represents about
one-half of the milk distributed
in the District, the Metropolitan
Evening star., 1953-12-10

Area and to the armed forces by
distributors affected.
The other half of the supply
is distributed in glass bottles or
paper cartons not manufactured
by the American Can Co.
The milk distributors involved
are Chestnut Farms Dairy, En-
baSSy Dairy, Richfield Dairy.
Thompson's Dairy and Wake
field Dairy.
DR.. Heath said it will be
necessary to have some of the
milk inspected and bottled in
plants outside the District, but
that these plants will have to
be approved by the Health De-
partment before they are al
lowed to do the work. He esti-
mated the emergency situation
would last four to six weeks
and this provision will be good
only for that time.
The Health Department said
it was aware the plan does not
comply with certain sections of
the Milk Act and the Commits
sioners' regulations but that, due
to the seriousness of the situa-
Evening star., 1953-12-10

He was held for the grand jury
on a grand larceny charge of
stealing IL tires from a school
administration storage building
at the county property yard.
When Vest was arrested No
vember 80 by Detective Walter
Kadel, the detective said Vest
admitted giving inspection stick
ers to two school bus drivers
and a mechanic because he knew
they would have trouble getting
their private cars through in
Spections.
State Trooper r. H. Lester
said books of inspection stickers
were issued to the school admin
istration for use on it's buses and
other vehicles. but not for private
cars.
The State has withdrawn the
school administrations permit to
inspect it's vehicles and State
police have been supervising a
re-inspection of all county school
buses. The re-inspection, nearly
Evening star., 1953-12-10

a branch. He started in bank
ing in 1906 as messenger for
/ the Merchants & Mechanics
Savings Bank. He is widely
known in the Chevy Chase area.
He will be succeeded as branch
manager by Richard A. Weaver.
assistant vice president, who
also has been with Riggs 20
years and previously was with
the Chevy Chase Savings Bank.
Mr.. Weaver served in the Navy
in World War II and is mem
/ ber of the Washington Board OF
Trade and the Bethesda Cham
ber of Commerce. .,.
! Women Not Wanted
Woodward g. Lothrop will
hold it's annual stag night on
Tuesday night, December IS.
Only men and boys accompanied
by men will be admitted for an
evening of shopping without the
| fair sex.
The rules will cover the Alex
andria and Chevy Chase stores
as well as the main downtown
store. Success of the event last
year led to its establishment on
a permanent basis.
National Savings SpecioI
Directors of the National Saw
ings e. Trust Co. have declared
a special year-end dividend Of
30 cents a share, payable jan
uary 2 to holders of record De-
cember 18, President Bruce
Baird announced A regular
quarterly of 80 cents share
also was declared, payable Feb
ruary l to holders of record
January Is.
The Robert Dollar Co., which
has a Washington Office. today
celebrated it's 50th anniversary.
Capt. Robert Dollar and his
family founded the company on
December 10. 1908.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Condor Plans TVAttuck
On Communist Churoes
BY the Assoelated Press

WALNUT CREEK, Calf, Dec.
10. - Representative Robert l..
Condor, Democrat, OF California
said last night lie will make a
televised attack next week on
testimony before the House Un-
American Activities Committee
that placed him at closed Com
munist meeting. Mr.. Condor,
denying that he is or ever was a
Communist, said he is negotiat-
ing for TV time December II
or 18.
Charles D. Rlodgett, former
reported on the Communist
slanted Daily Peoples World,
published in San Francisco, told
the Velde committee last week
that he saw Mr.. Condor at a
closed Red meeting in Oakland
in 1948.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Nine Pass Examination
For Engineering Post

Nine Washington area men
have passed the examination for
engineer in training given by
the District Board of Registra-
ton.
They are: Robert Samuel
Burns, 1908 North Fifth street,
Arlington, William Henderson
Clark, College Park; Thomas
George Faria, 6519 Piney Branch
road NV; William Lewis Gates,
"a Crittenden street NE; Joseph
]. Kleschick, 1903 South Thomas
street, Arlington.
Also. Thomas Joseph Grady,
Rockville; George Ridgely Kelley,
6435 Fairfax road, Chevy Chase;
Thomas Richard Mcdonald.
Rockville, and Charles Sylvester
Wright, Springfield, Va.
Evening star., 1953-12-10


capital in 1887 to become vice
president in charge of opera
tions and was elected president
in January, 1852.
He is director of the ASsocia-
ton of American Railroads, the
Equitable Life Assurance Society.
a member of the governing
board of the National Industrial
Conference Board, and a direc-
tor of the Riggs National Bank.
Troth Will Retire
j. Ezra Troth, assistant vice
president and manager of the
Riggs National Banks Chevy
Chase Branch, will retire under
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Washington Cos Net
Luqs Behind Year AGO

A mild October retarded gas
sales and as a result, Washing
ton Gas Light Co., had net
loss of $126.419 for the month,
compared with a deficit of ST.
TOO in October. 1852.
Net income for 10 months this
year was $1,153,29 compared
with 1,491,268 a year earlier.
The parent company and sub
salaries had net loss of $145,-
$50 in october VS.. a deficit of
$95,949 in October. 1852. Net
income for 10 months was ST.
519,116 VS.. $1,694,007 a year
earlier.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Official Pleads Guilty
To Safety Sticker
Charge in Arlington

William c. Vest, 80, suspended
director of transportation for
Arlington schools, today pleaded
guilty to a charge of illegal use
OF State vehicle inspection
StickerS.
County Court Judge Hugh
Cregger fined him $100 and costs.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

complete today, has shown the
vehicles to be in good condition.
Vest was employed by the
school board as mechanic in
February, 1850, and became
transportation director in Sep
tember of that year. He lives in
the 3100 block of Schellhorn
road, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-12-10

Cne o a II K S
pension plan
on December
81, it was an
nounced b y
P r e S i d e n t
r o b ert v.
Fleming.
Mr.. Troth
has been with
R i G gs since
1888 when the
Chevy Chase
S a v i n G S
B a n k W a S
pure h a S e d
q N RI hnoomo
Evening star., 1953-12-10
Named to Chase Boord

ClCCCCu VII CCJ=
ors of the
c h a Sc Ma
tional Bank, it
was announ-
ced today in
New york.
Both men are
we'll known in
Washington.
AS president
of the South
ern. MI. De-
Butts makes
his headquar-
tiers here. He
Evening star., 1953-12-10

ton and in the public interest,
the plan should be adopted. The
medical societies of the District,
DR.. Heath said, have indorSed it.
Evening star., 1953-12-10
D. {. Bankers Draft
Program for Training
Junior Executives
By Donald B. HodIey

A broad program for the
training of bank executives in
management problems was pro-
posed by a panel of senior
Washington bankers at an all
day conference of the American
Institute of Banking at Hotel
Statler yesterday.
First public discussion of the
Washington program. which is
expected to attract Nationwide
interest, followed series of
study sessions of a panel, which
included Bruce Baird, president
OF the National Savings & Trust
Co.; Richard A. Norris, president
OF the Lincoln National Bank;
T. c. Cox, vice president of the
Union Trust Co.. and Frank A..
Gunther. executive vice presi-
dent OF the Security Bank.
Designed to supplement pres
ent courses of the Washington
Alb chapter, the MANAGEMENT
training would be taken by Jun
lor executives selected by indi-
Vldual banks and recertified pc
rlodically, according to progress
shown.
The panel suggested a train
ing period of around five years
at the end of which a profess
Slonal degree would be awarded.
subjects would cover a wide
field such as psychology, public
speaking, personnel manage
ment. speed reading and COM
prehension and human rela-
tions. Lectures on overall bank.
management problems also would
be included.