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Evening star., 1953-10-15
How You Can Lend q Hand
How You Can Lend d Hand
When Her Sick Sons Needed 5000 Weekly,
Mrs. House Found That She Had q Friend

At $50 pm, August 29. Mrs.
Vivian House returned to her
efficiency apartment from her
job as a waitress. There was
a telephone message waiting.
Bob, one of her 2-year-old
twin sons, was bleeding at the
ears and eyes. Rushing to
the nursery home where he
was being cared for, Mrs.
House took her son to Chill
dren's Hospital.
BY that time, he was bleed
ing from the nose. Blood YES
sells under his skin had rup-
tured, covering his body with
black and blue Splotches.
The doctors said it was
caused by a defective spleen.
They pumped II blood trans
fusions into Bob's tiny body
during the five weeks he was
in the hospital. They cut out
his spleen. They put a tube
in his throat so he could
breathe. At one point, they
thought he might die.
1t was pretty hard on Mrs.
House. Even rougher was an
other telephone message, two
days after the first.
The other twin, Bill, had
the same trouble. Still in
Children's Hospital, he has
not needed operations, but is
responding to other medical
care.
The hospital bill mounted
at more than 5000 a week, four
Evening star., 1953-10-15
DC. Teachers Union
Agrees on Program

A seven-point action program
was agreed on last night by the
new District Teachers Union.
The program was presented at
the first meeting of the union,
which combines the citys for
mer white and colored teacher
unions.
Points in the program:
Work for a more adequate
salary schedule.
Seek an EQUITABLE system Of
teacher reassienments in con-
nection with salary transfers to
the colored schools.
Seek a teacher tenure law.
Seek more adequate sabattical
leave provisions.
Oppose school budget cuts.
Seek clerical help for teachers.
Work to meet the needs OF
special teacher groups, such as
vocational teachers. librarians.
nurses and attendance officers.
The union met at the Pet
worth Library.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Alexandra Civilians Honor
Assistant Chief Barbour

Assistant Alexand ndria Fire
Chief William Barbour was pre-
sented with a certificate of pub
lie service yesterday by the Alex
andria Civitan Club.
The award was made for his
numerous efforts in behalf of
the community" during the past
quarter of a century that he
has worked for the city.
Chief Barbour serves as CO.
ordinator of civil defense for
Alexandria in addition to his
fire department duties. He be-
longs to the MasonS, Elks and
the Old Dominion Boat Club.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Capital Transit 10 Replace
Rails al Key Bridge

The Capital Transit Co. plans
to replace the streetcar rails
at the District end of Key Bridge
beginning December 26, Brig.
Gen. Louis Prentiss, the Engi-
neer Commissioner, said last
night.
Appearing on your Commis-
sioners' Report" telecast over
WMAL-TV, The Star station. he
stressed, that everything will be
done to keep traffic moving.
The work is expected to take
about six weeks, Gen. Prentiss
explained.
Gen. Prentiss, reporting on
the progress of the Rock Greek
Park sewer work, said new con-
nections were cut in Tuesday and
that sewage no longer is bubbling
out of manholes. The picnic
grounds that were closed are eX-
pected to be ready for use again
early spring.
In another matter, Commits
&ioner Samuel Spencer said the
appointment of a Youth Council
to fight juvenile delinquency may
be made this week. He said he
does not think any youngsters
will be on the council but that
they may be named to an ad-
visory group.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Former Stur Corinne Griffith
Calls Income Tax 'Thievery'

Miss Griffith, has brought us
back to the days of a debtors
prison"
Quoting from Marx, Engels.
Robert A. Taft, Herbert Hoover
James B.. Conant, Columnists
Bill Cunningham and Brooks
Atkinson, she said the amend
ment is "the root of all our evils 3"
She compared the Federal
Government with Hitler's regime.
Both, she charged, seek to de-
stroy the small businessman,
leaving a few big corporations
to be dealt with later.
Miss Griffith, SO, also charged
"the invisible group running this
Government has set up a plan
for it's ruination." She did not
identify the group.
Her listeners included her hus-
band. whom she described as "a
Marshall without any plan what
Soever."
Miss Griffith admitted she had
no alternative to income taxes
and would have to leave that
department to more astute
minds.
But the advertising and real
estate men gave her a standing
ovation. anyway.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
District 10 Prosecute
Income Tax Evaders

Prosecution papers will be pre-
pared in Municipal Court within
two weeks against several hun
dred" District income tax delin-
quents unless they get their re-
turns in.
The income and franchise tax
division reported that this ap-
proximate number-final totals
have not been computed yet
are holdovers among some 10000
potential taxpayers who had
failed to file returns by last June.
The filing deadline was April Is.
According to Robert j. Dun
ham. assistant chief of the di-
vision, preliminary notices
brought prompt and large re-
sponse from the vast bulk of the
tax delinquents.
A six-member investigation
team is preparing the informa-
ton needed for court prosecu-
tionS.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Boys Abduction Charged
To Woman in indictment

An Arlington grand jury yes
terday indicted a 41-year-old
colored woman, who was charged
with abducting a 7-year-old
Washington boy two years ago.
The woman, Mrs. Dolores Ber-
ger, of the 1000 block of Jeffer-
son Davis highway, was arrested
last July.
Arlington and District police
said the boy, James Leon Woods,
colored. son by a former mar
riage of Mrs. Dorothy Cole, 1708
Twelfth street NV, was re-
ported missing in August, 1851.
Mrs. Cole said she turned the
boy over for questioning to a
woman who said she was from
the Juvenile Bureau. according
to police. He was gone nearly
two years.
In Arlington, the boy was en-
rolled in the Hoffman-Boston
Elementary School. where he
was known as Junior Berger. Po-
lice said he was left near his
Washington home last July by
Mrs. Berger's husband, Curtis.
They said Mr.. Berger thought
the child was his wife'S by a
former marriage.
At a preliminary hearing.
Mrs. Berger declared the boy
was left with her by a woman
who said she could not support
him.
Evening star., 1953-10-15

grandparent could provide. The
Children's Convalescent Home.
another Chest agency, took him
in. There he is watched over
by nurses and doctors in a
way that his mother could not
match, even if she could give
UP her job.
1t costs the home $37.1O a
week to care for child. Mrs.
Annabelle Kent, administrator,
conferred with Mrs. House.
They figured that she could not
pay over $12 a week.
You, as a contributor
through the Community Chest,
made up the difference, giving
Bob a chance to recover from
his trouble, just as you gave
him and his twin, a chance
to live when the sickness
struck.
Inln2S are looking up Tor
Mrs. House now. When Bob is
we'll enough to leave the home,
he will go to his grandmother's
house in nearby Maryland. Mrs.
Houses other two children live
in Baltimore, supported by her
divorced husband. The rent,
food and other necessities take
up whatever money doesn't 60
into the fractional payments to
hospital and home.
II never realized what won-
derful friends I had until I
needed them," she said. Mean
ing personal friends and you.
the friends she will never meet.
Evening star., 1953-10-15

times Mrs. Houses average
earnings. Working a split
Shift-412 hours in the morn
ing-4 hours at night-SiX
days a Week-She had a hard
time even visiting her sick
twins.
Mrs. House, "a, suddenly
found out how many good,
friends she had. Employers.
customers, acquaintances, all
did what they could in time,
money and encouragement.
She also found out she had
thousands of other friends be-
hind her, friends she will never
meet. In her distress. most of
the city of Washington helped
out-through the Community
Chest.
The Hospital Service Agency
took over the medical expenses.
1t got the bill cut down, paid
some of it, and arranged for
Mrs. House to pay Gn $40 a
week. So far, she only knows
of SLAB owed to the hospital
When Bob got out of the
hospital, he still needed care
the kind that no nursery or
Evening star., 1953-10-15
45O Licenses Revoked
In New Traffic Law System

The new point system for traf-
fic law violators has resulted in
1874 suspensions and $50 revoca-
tions of driving permits since
April /, Traffic Director George
E. Keneipp reported to the Dis
trict Commissioners today.
A total of 26,768 violations were
charged against operators of
moving vehicles in the latest tab
ulation. MI. Keneipp said that
processing of police reports on
violations is running about a
month behind.
Under the point system. 8
points results in suspension and
IL points in revocation of licenses.
The points are imposed in ratio
to the gravity of the offense.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Civic Association Maps
Fight Against Delinquency

The Garfield-Douglas Heights
Civic Association last night dedi-
Gated its work this year to COM
batting juvenile delinquency il it's
area. A committee was appointed
to study the problem.
The group unanimously elected
Mrs. Ella r. Foster president.
Also elected were Thillet A. w.
Harris and Claude Brown, vice
presidents; Mrs. Helen G. Bailess,
financial secretary; Miss Eleanor
Coates, recording secretary:
James G. Banks, corresponding
secretary; Henry A. Johnson,
treasurer; the Rev. E. w. Steven
son. chaplain, and Hampton
Ward, sergeant at arms.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
First j. ). Part
Of 0fParkwaYDue
To Open Soon
Link in Baltimore
Also to Be Ready
Within Two Weeks
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 15.-The
first Federal section of the new
Baltimore Washington parkway
and an important connecting
link in Baltimore are expected
to be ready for traffic in the
next two weeks.
Baltimore has set October %
as the opening date for it's con-
nection.
Federal authorities have ad-
vised the State Roads Commits
sion here they expect to be ready
to open 7-mile section of the
four-lane parkway by November
/, and possibly in time for the
start of Laurel race tracks fall
meeting on October 26.
Extent of U. S. Section.
The first Federal section runs
from Jessups road maryland
Route 175) to the Laurel-Bowie
road maryland Route 1870.
The expressway is joint prof.
ect of Maryland and the Federal
Government. Maryland opened
the last section of it's 1912 mile
leg from the Baltimore city limits
to Jessups road last August /.
The Baltimore connection to
be opened October % includes
long six-lane bridge over the
main line of the Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad and a direct route
cut through an old slum section
straight to the south edge of
the main downtown business
section
Northbound traffic will empty
into Paca street, which will be-
come a one-way thoroughfare.
Nine blocks north it intersectS
with Mulberry, a one-way chan
mel which carries U. S. Routes
40 traffic eastbound across Bal
timore and out toward Phila-
delphia and the New Jersey
Turnpike. j..
The channel in the opposite
direction is west on Franklin
street and south on Greene into
the expressway toward Wash
ington.
The new eXpresSWays promise
to cut 20 to 80 minutes off the
more than an hour it usually
takes to get across the city.
Ease Boulevard Load.
They also promise to take a
lot of traffic of "Old Bloody"
the present Washington-Balti-
more boulevard. The hilly,
twisting boulevard, with four
lanes, no center divider and
heavy U. S. Route l traffic, has
one of the worst accident records
of any stretch of road in the
country.
When the first Federal sec
ton of the new eXpreSsway is
opened, northbound traffic will
be able to turn off the boulevard
at the south edge of Laurel onto
Route 1877, jog about miles
southeast to the parkway, and
have a straight 18-mile shoot
into Baltimore at SIS miles an
hour with no crossroads or STOP
lights.
The Federal Government ex-
poets to have it's 22-mile section
completed all the way into
Northeast Washington by the
middle of next summer.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
10 Capitol Hill PTAs
Open Delinquency Talks

Members of 10 Capitol Hill
PTAs last night held the first of
a series of meetings on juvenile
delinquency.
Gaping eloquently upon the
proceedings were the holes Of
several school windows smashed
by vandals' rocks.
Nearly 100 parents and teach
erS gathered in Hine Junior
High School to tackle the delin-
quency problem as it relates to
their area, designated the Area
5 Council of the District Con-
gress of Parents and Teachers.
Michael Tardugno, a regional
supervisor for the District Rec
reation Department, put the fin
ger on one aspect of the prob
lem.
I'VE are not getting the at
tendance we should on our play
grounds" he said. 1T is up to
you people to see that the chill
dren use the recreation facilities
in your area"
The main task, Mr.. Tardugno
declared, is to see that our
children get something whole
some to do in their leisure time"
If the various supervised recrea-
ton centers lack equipment, he
added. parents should state the
needs to the District CommiS-
sionerS and Congress.
The recreation official left
this further thought: Parents
should drop by the Fairgrounds
to watch their children at play.
After all, children like to see
their parents and know they are
interested"
Other speakers included Mrs.
Aileen Shea Zahn, executive di-
rector of the Christ Child So
ciety, who explained the opera
tion of that organization; Paul
CaSasSa, of the Boys Club of
Washington, who showed films
of club activities, and Mrs. Eliza
beth Draper, assistant principal.
of Hine.
The council also installed new
officers. They are: Mrs. John
Combs, president: Mrs. James
Tidwell, vice president; Mrs. w.
E. Inge. secretary, and Mrs.
George Shefett, treasurer.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Mrs. rs.EisenhowertoBt
Guest al Luncheon
OF Chest Workers

Mrs. Eisenhower will be the
guest of honor at the first report
meeting of the Residential Unit
of the 1854 Communist Chest
USO campaign at 1890 pm.
luncheon next Thursday at the
Mayf1ower Hotel.
The Presidents wife is hon
orary chairman of the unit.
The report Thursday will be
the first for the 5000 door-to-
door workers who are seeking to
raise S278,418 in a three-week
drive begun last Monday.
Quota Queens Planned.
Mrs. Donald C. Beatty, unit
chairman, said the area chair
man who turns in the highest
percentage of quota each week
will be designated quota queen"
of the week. Mrs. Eisenhower
will crown the first winner.
Mr.. Beatty said there was keen
competition among the 2l area
chairmen, and at least one plans
to report 100 per cent OF her
goal next Thursday.
All the residential workers in
the Washington area have been
invited to attend the first meet
ing, including those of AleXan-
dria and Arlington, Fairfax,
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties. Last night was the
deadline for reservations.
1893 Reservations.
AS of the early mail today,
campaign officials had received
1893 reservations, nearly three
times the usual attendance at
this event. The capacity is $500,
with the use of a second dining
room at the Mayf1oWer.
If necessary, the luncheon
could be extended to the George
town Gymnasium, a spokesman
said.
This is the first year for the
workers from the surrounding
area of Washington to be in
cluded.
Combined goals for the 10000
residential workers in the area
total $446
Business and Government
units of the campaign also have
meetings scheduled Thursday.
First Worker Reports.
The first worker to report
complete coverage of her neigh
borhood during a 24-hour cam
paign in Arlington was Mrs. Leo
Maestri 4913 North Eleventh
street. Forty of her neighbors
contributed total of $127.50.
Led by Mayor William N. Ma
haffey, families in Brentwood,
Md, began a house-to-house
campaign last night in an effort
to help put over the Prince
Georges Community Chest Cam
paign.
Chairman Phil Lustine report
ed that $21,00 has been pledged
or contributed so far toward the
county quota of $65.00O.
All units of the campaign are
expected to report at the first
general report meeting at a
luncheon at 1890 pm. Tuesday
in the Washington Hotel.
The overall campaign is seek
ing to raise a goal of 81 million
plus for more than 100 health,
welfare and recreational agencies
in the Washington area.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
German Air Crash
Kills Bethesda Family
On Vacation Trip

A Bethesda scientist. his wife
and their 22-year-old daughter
died with Al other persons in
the crash of a Belgian airliner
near Frankfurt, Germany, yes
terday.
They were:
Albert M. Kessel, a.. of 4701
Elmhirst lane, a technologist
with the National Cancer Insti-
tute at the National Institutes
of Health.
Mrs. Gertrude Kessel, A., his
wife.
Ruth Kessel, %. their daugh-
ter, a clerk-stenographer with
the Edgemoor Motor Co., Be-
theSda.
Take-Off Accident.
The crash of the Sabena Air
lines two-engine transport short
ly after take-off from the Rheim-
Main airport was the second
worst in German civil aviation
history. A Dutch airliner crashed
near the same spot March %,
1852, killing As persons.
The KesselS, who had written
friends here saying they were
having wonderful time" we're
on the Inflated plane because
they were extending their stay
in Europe for a week.
It was Mr.. KesselS first visit
to his native Germany in 25
years, and was a reunion with
Mrs. Kesseps parents, who were
able to leave their homes in the
Soviet zone for the visit.
The KeSsels' trip had been ar
ranged by his brother, Eric Kes-
sci, of Smithtown. N. Y, who
operates a travel agency at Bay
shore, N. Y. He is due in WASH
ington today or tomorrow to ar
range for a memorial service to
be held at the Christ Lutheran
Church.
At Institutes IL Years.
Mr. Kessel, formerly of New
York, had been with the National
Institutes for more than II years,
rising to become head of the
pathological technology unit. He
was vice president of the Wash
ington Saengerbund, a singing
group.
The Associated Press said
the plane took off from Salz-
burg for London and crashed
in densely-Wooded section four
miles south of Frankfurt near
Kelsterbach. An airport en-
ploye said it appeared to falter
in flight. apparently because of
trouble with one engine.
The Kessels were among eight
Americans listed as victims.
They included William Janows-
ky, his wife Freda and their in
FAINT son, Wilfred, of Bennington
VT; Jacob We'll of Tampa, Fla:
Mrs. Barbara Brassloff and son
Garry, 6, of Rego Park, Queens
New York; Irving Rosenberg
who had been living in Belgium
and an American -Airman &c
Herbert J. Vile, address un-
listed.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Knife-WieIding Youth
Robs Woman Of Purse

A youth threatened a 70-year-
old woman with a knife last
night as she walked in the 1900
block of Seventeenth street NV.
and made off with her purse con-
tanning rs cents, some keys and
a prescription.
Police said the thief. colored.
grabbed the woman. Edith M.
Stevens, of IT'S Riggs place
NV, around the neck and
threatened to cut her throat
unless she gave up the purse.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Work on Shrine
To Be Resumed
By Catholics
Start on Main Edifice
Planned Next Year;
Will Seat 5000

Work will start next year on
the main edifice of the National
Shrine of the Immaculate Con-
ception here, Roman Catholic
officials said today.
1t is the intention of the
church hierarchy to make the
shrine, on the grounds of Cath
olic University. "one of the 10
greatest churches in the world"
Architects for the shrine,
Maginnis & Walsh of Boston,
were quoted as saying the struc-
ture would rank with the top 10.
unnamed, mot only because of
it's size. but also because of it's
Importance and the unity of its
plan"
Begun Years Ago.
The shrine was begun early
in this century, but construction
was suspended after the founda-
tionS and a crypt church we're
completed. The National Shrine
of the Immaculate Conception
Appeal said the depression of
the '30s, and later World War II
and extensive overseas relief ac-
tivitieS were responsible for the
interruption.
A nationwide appeal by Cath
olic bishops for funds to build
the 77,500-square foot upper
church will be conducted in
most parts of the United States
on December 6.
Officials gave these statistics on
the projected main church:
1t will seat 5000 persons and
have total capacity of 5000.
The seating capacity compares
with 2,192 for st. Patrick'S Ca
thedral in New York.
Has Vast Dimensions.
The cross-shaped structure
will be 459 feet long with max
imum width of 240 feet, sur
mounted by a dome 108 feet in
diameter rising to support a
cross 237 feet in the air. A bell
tower to one side will be 316 feet
high. The dome will have twice
the diameter of the famous
dome of ST. Marks Cathedral in
Venice, and will be covered with
polychrome tiles.
The construction will be sim
liar to that of medieval European
churches-of masonry, without
steel support or beams. Esti-
mates of materials include 2S
million bricks and more than
250,000 square feet of granite
and limestone.
Interior plans call for a huge
sanctuary-area near the main
altar-on which all United States
archbishopS and bishops and sew
eral hundred priests could be
seated at once without interfer-
ing with ceremonies.
To Be Is Chapcls.
The are to be Is chapels, rep
reSenting the IS mysteries of the
rosary Interior walls will be
covered with marble and the
facade will be pierced by a great
rose window.
Available information did not
indicate what rank in size the
completed shrine will take among
the worlds religious buildings.
st. Peters Cathedral in Rome is
often described as the largest
church.
Comparisons are hampered by
lack of a single agreed standard
of size applying to various archi-
tectural plans.
Evening star., 1953-10-15
BY the Assocloted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 15.-Co-
rinne Griffith, who drew raves
as a silent screen star, said yes
terday the Federal income tax
law is "organized thievery" based
on the Communist Manifesto OF
1848.
Now a prosperous real estate
operator and wife of George
Preston Marshall, owner of the
Washington Redskins, the film
beauty of yesteryear addressed
$50 diners at a joint luncheon
of the Advertising Club of Bal
timore and the Real Estate
Board.
The 10th amendment (author-
izing income taxes, declared
Evening star., 1953-10-15
Youth Probe
Seeks Help Of
Local Officials
1000 Letters Sent
Over Nation Ask
Advice on Problem

Senators investigating juvenile
delinquency have sent out some
1000 letters seeking information
from local officials and national
organizations throughout the
Nation.
The move is preparatory to the
opening of public hearings in
Washington next month.
Information sought by the
letters includes data on the ex-
tent of the juvenile delinquency
problem and possible remedies.
District welfare officials and
others here are among those who
have received the letters.
Sent by Hendrickson.
The letters were sent out by
Senator Hendrickson, Republi-
can, of New Jersey, chairman of
the Judiciary Committees SUBJ
committee on Juvenile Delin-
quency.
He said this does not mean
the subcommittee will hear only
from those receiving the letters.
He said any individuals or
organizations with something to
offer will be given a chance be-
fore the investigation is over.
The first public hearings here
will be devoted to a general ap-
proach to the delinquency prob
lem. Top Federal Government
officials as well as top experts in
the field are expected to be
called as witnesses.
District Probe Planned.
The hearings then will turn
to the District and investigate
the juvenile delinquency prob
lem here. Later, hearings will
be conducted in other cities
around the country.
The letter said the subcom-
mittee fully appreciates that it
cannot carry out research which
would add new knowledge to the
field" It added;
However, it does hope to make
a substantial contribution by
publicizing the best available
knowledge as to the prevention
and treatment of juvenile delin-
quency and youthful offenses and
by turning the spotlight of public
attention upon existing prob
lens"
Evening star., 1953-10-15
PTA to Aid Civic Group
In Drive on Delinquency

The Parent Teacher ASsocia-
tion of Crummel School last
night formed a committee to
work with the Ivy City-Trinidad
Civic Association against juve-
nile delinquency.
The meeting also saw an art
scholarship set-up for one year
at Letcher Art Center, No. l Lo-
gan circle NV. The scholarship.
sponsored by the PTA, will be
awarded each June to one stu
dent.