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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
2Firemen Overcome,
Is Routed by Blaze
Al xaverian COLLEGE

Two firemen were overcome by
smoke and Is instructors were
routed from their beds by a $685.
900 fire that swept through the
faculty dormitory of the Xaver-
ian College in Silver Spring yes
terday.
The alarm was sounded by
Brother Dionysius. head of the
college French department, who
was awakened by dense smoke
seeping into the second floor
sleeping quarters. He reused IL
other instructors and all fed the
building grabbing what clothes
they could find.
An overheated flue from a
basement furnace caused the
blaze, Chief Herman dig Of the
Hillandale Volunteer Fire De-
partment. one of four companies
that responded, believes.
College authorities said an
tique furniture and Japanese
murals valued at $4,000 were
lost. The college. at 10000 New
Hampshire avenue, is a house of
training for the Brothers of st.
Francis Xavier.
The fire. which destroyed four
OF the structures IS rooms, took
three hours to extinguish. Fire
men laid hose to a hydrant more
than a quarter of a mile from
the building.
The f1remen who were over
come were treated at the scene.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Man, 83, Must Quit
Driving or Pay$1,0OO

An 83-year-old Maryland man
was fined $1,000 today for drunk
driving. Then the judge sus-
pended sentence with the pro-
vision the man never drive in
his home State again.
j. A. DobSon, of Branchville,
was arrested in Hyattsville Fri
day after he wrecked his auto
when he hit a pole. He escaped
with only two minor cuts.
Hyattsville Police Pvt. Charles
William testified in Hyattsville
Police Court today that his
prisoner told him at the wreck.
this is my night to howl" And
it was broad daylight.
Mr.. Dobson was charged with
drunk driving, reckless driving.
driving without a license and
not having registration papers
with him. The last two counts
were dropped. He pleaded guilty
on the other two.
Trial Magistrate Theodore L.
Manga told the man he was
filming him $40 for reckless driv-
ing. Mr.. Dobson turned to
leave.
"And it'll be $1,000 on the
drunk driving" the judge added.
Mr.. Dobson turned back to face
the judge. Before he could find
his tongue, the judge suspended
sentence with the no-driving con-
dition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Institute 10 Discuss
Juvenile Program

An adequate juvenile care pro-
gram will be discussed at the
Fourth Annual Institute Of the
Arlington League of Women
Voters on Saturday.
The discussion will follow a
luncheon meeting at noon at St.
Georges Episcopal Churc h.
North Nelson street and Fairfax
drive.
The luncheon speaker will be
Miss Mary E. Switzer, director Of
the Office of Vocational Rehabil-
itation, Federal Security Agency.
At 1880 o'clock a panel discus
sion centered around "A Re-
gional Approach to Juvenile
Care" will begin. Panel members
will be:
Herbert Kruger, chief Of the
Virginia Bureau of Juvenile Pro-
baton and Detention; Judge
Hugh Reid of the Arlington
County Juvenile and Domestic
Relations Court; William T. Fry.
probation officer of the Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court Of
Alexandria: Miss Marty T..
Beacham, supervisor Of the Fair
fax County Department Of Pub
lie Welfare; and Richard Glen
denen, chief Of the Juvenile De-
linquency Bran ch, Children's
Bureau.
Reservations may be made
through Mrs. E. Taylor Parks,
1921 South Twelfth street,
Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
State and Local TAGS
Ready for Arlington
Motorists Next Week

Arlington motorists will be
able to obtain State and local
auto tags beginning next Mon
day at locations announced to-
day.
New or renewal applications
for State tags and renewal ap-
plications for county tags will
be accepted at the Potomac
branch of the Division of Motor
Vehicles, SOL South Glebe road.
New applications for county
tags must be made at the Vehicle
License Division in the Court
house. Motorists with county
tags who fail to receive a re-
newal blank in the mail must
obtain the application form at
the Courthouse Office.
Renewal application for State
and local tags will be accepted
at Office of Joseph c. Cole, real
estate, 1899 North Glebe road,
Crockett's Service, Wilson boule-
ward and North Franklin road;
Greenwood Sales & Service, 4505
Lee highway, and Jefferson
Cleaners, 507 South Twenty
third street.
Renewal applications for coun-
ty tags only will be accepted at
Firestone Stores, Shirlington
branch, 4043 South Twenty
eighth street, and Firestone
Stores, Clarendon branch. 100
North Highland street.
Deadline for displaying the
new tags is April Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Husband Kills Self
In College Park Home

A College Park man, scheduled
to appear in Hyattsville Police
Court today for aSsaulting his
wife, committed suicide last
night, police reported.
Wilbert I. Yates, 40, shot him
self to death in a bedroom in his
home at 1904 Dickinson avenue,
they said.
Robert Hachton, 10, a Uni
verSity of Maryland student who
roomed at the address, said he
heard the shotS-Mr. Yates had
put a bullet in his leg and
another through his head-and
found the body on a bed.
Mrs. Jennie Yates, 40, had
moved to her mothers home in
the 5000 block Of Branch avenue
Sc. Saturday after she had her
husband arrested for threaten
ing her with the .38-caliber pistol
he used on himself last night.
They had been separated be-
fore but were reconciled, police
said. The man was pronounced
dead on arrival at Leland Me-
mortal Hospital. DR.. John r.
Maloney. county medical exam
liner. issued a suicide certificate.
Mr.. Yates had worked at H. B.
Leary & Bros, Inc, auto dealers,
1912 U street NV. for about Is
years and had a good record as
q mechanic.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Road Rebuilding Group
To Meet at -Four Corners

The State Route 1913 Improve
ment Committee of lower Mont
gomery County will meet at 8
PM tomorrow in the Offices Of
its chairman. Joseph M. Ma
thias 10111 Colesville road, Four
Corners, Silver Spring.
Petitions that the rebuilding
Of State Route 1913 be given ''im-
mediate priority" are being cir
culated by the group.
The committee has declared
the road unsafe to bear its pres
ent traffic load. The group fur
Their claims that the road should
be made a four-lane highway
since traffic surpasses the $1,000
car daily volume required by the
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion for construction Of such a
highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Trade Board Members
PoIIed on Case NeeIy Bill

The Washington Board of
Trade expects to complete a poll
next week on membership reac-
ton to the Case-Neely bill to
give the District an elected nom
voting delegate in the House Of
Representatives.
Questionnaires were mailed to
the organizations 5000 members
last Thursday and must be COM
pleted and returned by March Is.
Ten years ago the board went
on record as opposing a non
voting delegate to Congress on
grounds it would compromise
national goals. hopes for a vot-
ing congressional delegate and
the right Of District citizens to
vote in presidential elections.
Setting up election machinery
for the non-voting delegate plan,
the board said, Is a big step to-
ward home rule which the or
ganization opposes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Policeman Attacked
By Burglar Suspects
Recaptures One

A police plainclothesman.
planted to watch a Connecticut
avenue area for burglars, caught
two suspects early today and
brought in one after the pair
beat and kicked him.
Using his own car to aid the
deception, the policeman. Clar-
ence w. Knots of the Bird Pre-
cinct, saw two men emerge from
an alley at 1909 Connecticut
avenue and followed them to S
street.
Held by Belts.
He hoped out, arrested both
and was walking them to police
call box at Twentieth and r
streets NV, holding each man
by the back of the belt.
They broke loose, struck him
and kicked him as he lay on the
sidewalk. AS they fed, he pulled
his revolver and one of the sus-
poets stopped.
Admits Prison Record.
He was booked as Rozier Al
bert Punch, 81, colored, of 1900
block Of Chaplain street NV,
who, police say. has admitted
serving two years for house.
breaking. He was charged with
HOUSEKEEPING and assault on a
policeman. Pvt. Knots said the
two men carried some burglar
tools. a quantity of payroll enve-
lopes and a bottle of whisky.
Later investigation showed
that Offices on three floors of a
building in the area had been
entered. but the loss has not
been evaulated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09

the way in a heated motor van.
Representative Bender. Repub-
lican Of Ohio, has introduced a
resolution to remedy Congress
oversight. In accepting the scroll
from Mr.. Murphy, Mr.. Martin
indicated that he thought Con-
gress would be favorably dis
posed toward the appeal. and
suggested facetiously that in re-
turn Ohio might cede back the
original Western Reserve to
Massachusetts,.
Later Mr.. Bender told the
House that he has beer
"swamped with letters from
Ohio residents asking that their
Federal taxes be refunded. II
he could achieve that, he said
II could probably be elected first
president of the Republic OF
Ohio"
Mr.. Bender added that he only
hopes that Ohio can beat
Hawaii into the Union"
Participating in the ceremony
in addition to Mr.. Martin and
Mr.. Bender were John S. Bart
lett, president Of the Ohio So
ciety here, and Earl H. Barn.
hart, president Of the Rose
County Ohio Historical Society.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Congress Gets
District Plea for
Teacher Fund
Corning Explains
Need for $50, 900
Substitute SuIuries
BY Harold B. Rogers

Six District officials today APP
pealed to Congress for an APP
preparation of $4,000 to pay
substitute school teachers from
now until end of the fiscal year
on June 80.
Headed by Commissioner
Renah F. Camalier and Presi-
dent c. Melvin Sharpe of the
School Board, the delegation
conferred with Chairman Wilson
of the House Appropriations
Subcommittee handling the Dis
trict budget.
Afterwards, it was announced
that DR.. Hobart M. Corning.
superintendent of schools, will
send letter to Mr.. Wilson. Re-
publican, of Indiana. outlining
emergency needs for such funds.
Mr.. Wilson said he recognized
the emergency. He said he
hoped the item may be included
in the pending second supple
mental appropriation bill. It
carries millions of dollars for
several Government agencies for
the rest Of the fiscal year.
Budget Hearing Delayed.
If Congress fails to approve
the item in the supplemental
measure, Mr.. Wilson said the
only alternative would be for
substitute teachers to work with
out pay until funds for the new
fiscal year beginning July are
available.
The District budget of 1894
million is to be considered by
the Wilson subcommittee. But
the chairman estimated today
that his committee will not get
around to the hearings until
after April Is.
DR.. Corning explained the
emergency on substitute teachers
was caused by exhaustion Of
school funds. The remaining
surplus, which had been ex-
pected to pay the substitute
law. he explained, to take care
OF mandatory pay raises for So
called in-grade promotions.
Explanation Promised.
DR.. Corning said he would
send his explanation of the
emergency to Mr.. Wilson this
afternoon.
The funds for substitute
teachers available this fiscal
year amounted to $150,000, the
superintendent said. The budget
for the next fiscal year. now be-
fore the Wilson subcommittee,
carries $230.O00 for the same
purpose.
Others at the conference in
cluded District Budget Officer
Walter L. Fowler, Assistant
Budget Officer William G. Wild
ing and Charles N. Zellers, as
sistant to the superintendent in
charge of BUSINESS administra-
ton of the school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09

The weather station at Nation
al Airport reported IL inches Of
snow between the time it began
falling at 1905 am. and the last
officially recorded fakes at 11:O5
am.
Heavier snow elsewhere closed
roads temporarily.
Up to Is inches fell In the
higher reaches Of Western Mary
land and 10 inches was reported
In some parts Of Pennsylvania.
Baltimore had three inches Of
snow. However, except in the
mountains, warm sun melted it
OF the roads. b
The snow carpeted portions Of
Virginia with one to seven inches.
The deepest measurement was re-
corded in mountainous Highland
County.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Policeman Faces Charges
After Second Auto Crash

An Arlington policeman today
faces a charge of reckless driv-
ing as a result of his second
traffic accident in a police car
within 10 days.
Pvt. George E. Turpin. IS, Of
GA South Irving street, was
charged by fellow policemen
after he backed into a car at
South Twenty second street and
Seminary road at the scene Of
a minor fire last night. A hear
ing is set for $50 am. Friday in
County Court.
An accident report prepared
by Policemen E. r. Davis and
Leroy Rasmussen estimated
damage to the police cruiser at
$50.
Damage to the second car,
driven by Kenneth D. Russell,
%, a Fort Belvoir soldier, was
estimated at SIS.
In the previous accident, the
police car on the way to a fire,
collided with q bus. Damage
amounted to 5000. Neither he
nor the bus driver was charged
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Mider Weather Tails Storm
That GoveD. c. Inch of Snow

The fast-moving storm which
skipped in and out Of the Dis
trict yesterday, dropping more
than an inch Of snow, win be
followed by milder weather.
The forecast was for higher
temperatures tomorrow-after q
low Of 80 tonight-and some rain
likely tomorrow night.
Yesterdays snow brought
traffic hazards for q while. There
we're more than 40 accidents.
most of them minor.
The storm moved 200 miles
in "a hours to get to the Dis
trict, which weather observers
said was a pretty fast pace. It
moved rapidly after leaving here.
too. and was 800 mileR to the
east early this morning:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
CIV to Offer Course
On Foreign Service

A course designed to prepare
candidates for the annual For
eign Service examinations will
be given this summer at George
Washington University.
Only those designated by the
State Department are eligible to
enroll in the course, which will
be offered from June is to Au-
gust 81. The Government exam.
nation will be held September
14-17.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Red Cross Campaign
Luncheon 10 Hear
Actress Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes will be a guest
at the third report luncheon of
the 1858 Metropolitan Area Red
Cross fund campaign at 1890
pm. tomorrow in the United
States Chamber of Commerce
Building.
The actress will read the story
Of a Washington woman Red
Cross volunteer. Miss Hayes
will be presented by r. Roy
Dunn, general chairman Of the
81, 531, 900 drive.
Philip Graham, publisher Of
the Washington Post, will adj
dress the luncheon, designated
the public Relations Day" re-
port. Other newspaper, radio
and television officials also have
been invited.
Wounded GIs to Attend.
A group Of service men now
convalescing at Walter Reed,
Bethesda and Fort Belvoir Hos
pitfalls from wounds suffered in
the Korean fighting will attend
the luncheon.
Collections of 5000, sos, or 1873
per cent of the goal. had been
counted as of the last report Fri
day. This was $4,000 below the
amount collected at the second
report last year.
Mr.. Dunn urged intensified &C.
tivity by the campaigners, in
view of the 1853 goal increase of
$145, 700 over last year. This is
the local share for the National
Red Cross program to provide
additional supplies Of gamma
globulin serum and expand rec
reational services to armed forces
overseas.
MasOns to Honor Donors.
National Lodge. No. IL. F. A.
A. NJ. will hold Blood Donors
Banquet" at z pm. tomorrow at
Bonat's Restaurant for those who
have donated blood in the name
of the lodge.
The Masonic fraternity Is dele
gated to procure some 5000
pints of blood this year, for
emergency use here, for aid in
the fight against polio and for
the armed services.
National Lodge has a quota of
112 pintS. and so far 80 pints
have been donated. The testi-
monial dinner will bring to-
gether those who have donated
a pint or more, including wives,
daughters and friends Of the
lodge.
The lodge is seeking to mark
up $50 pints of blood by the time
Of the dinner. Donations may
be made at the Red Cross Blood
Center. 2025 E street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
President Picks Strauss
As Atomic Liaison Aide

President Eisenhower today
named Lewis l.. Strauss, former
member of the Atomic Energy
Commission, to be a special as
sistant to the President, serving
as liaison adviser on atomic en-
ergy matters.
Mr.. Strauss, long prominent
in New York financial circles,
served with the commission with
its formation in 1916 until his
resignation in April, 1850.
Mr.. Strauss is taking leave as
conSultant and financial adviser
to the Rockefeller interests.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
By Francis P. Douglas

Taxes on District employers to
provide money to administer the
unemployment compensation
program are making them pay
much more than the amount
necessary for the job.
This is in addition to the nil
lions piling up in the unemploy-
ment compensation fund. also
contributed by the employers.
At the end of last year the
balance in the fund to pay un-
employment compensation stood
at $53.795. 900. According to the
Unemployment Compensation
Boards report, the payments
from the fund in 1852 had
amounted to $1.738,O00. For the
last IS years the payments have
totaled only $28.191.000.
Both funds-the administra-
ton fund and the compensation
fund-are raised through taxes
on payrolls, with only the first
$4,000 of a workers wage tax
able.
The maximum rate paid by
new employers for the compensa-
ton fund is 81 per cent IF the
taxable payroll. After the initial
period the rate is scaled down
as experience ratings are cb-
tanned for employers, the largest
percentage decreases being gwen
those who contribute least to
unemployment.
Average Is .63 Per Cent.
These experience ratings per-
mitted an average tax rate for
1852 estimated at SO per cent.
For the administration fund
there is a uniform tax rate of
3 per cent. The taxes collected
go into the Federal Golfers.
Money to administer the pro-
gram in the States. the District,
Hawaii and Alaska are provided
through so-called grants in aid.
How much was collected from
District employers for the adj
ministration fund last year was
not specified in the District
Boards report. But the taxable
payroll was $563. 493 900 and 3
per cent of that is 81 500, 900.
If the collections were not that
much, it is believed they were
not far short of it.
The District got back $692, 1929
in fiscal 1852 for administration
expenses.
What happened to the rest
Of more than 81 million? At
least part of it could be consid-
cred the Districts share in de-
fraying the cost Of Federal adj
ministration of the compenSa-
ton program. The rest might
have gone for anything, even
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Robin Hoods Caught Stealing
Douqhnuts to Give to Poor

The high sheriffs Of Franklin
Park finally shared two Robin
Hoods this morning-for dis
tributing stolen doughnuts to
the poor and unfortunate"
For days. a druggist has been
complaining that someone has
been stealing the doughnuts left
outside his store in the 800 block
Of Fifteenth street NV. after
early morning delivery.
Early today. Police pvts. Mar
tin g. Foster and James r. Nc
Murrer set their trap In Q nearbt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09

alley where they could eye the
bait-10 dozen boxed doughnuts.
Two boys, colored. 10 and II
years old, walked up. carried OF
the doughnuts. The policemen
rolled their scout car out Of the
alley and started 1t right down
the sidewalk. Both boys dropped
the doughnuts. started to run
and then stopped.
It has been their policy. they
explained. to take the breakfast
morsels to Franklin Park. eat q
few and distribute the rest to
the poor and unfortunate"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
National Airport Worker
Killed in Auto Accident

A 31-year-old Coast Guards
man stationed at National Air
port was killed on the Pennsyl-
vania turnpike yesterday after
his auto skidded on the icy high
way into the path of a truck, the
Associated Press reported.
Victim Of the accident, which
occurred near Gibsonia, Pa, was
Thomas d. Dunno of Falls
Church. who worked in aviation
electronics. He had been sta
toned at the airport since last
November. A passenger in his
auto suffered minor injuries.
The Coast Guard reported that
Mr.. Dunno, who was away on a
flve-day pass was returning here
from Chicago.
The family has requested that
Mr.. DUNES body be sent to Fort
RosecranS National Cemetery at
San Diego, Calf, for burial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Bus Bandits Get SIT
And Tokens From Driver

A Capital Transit bus driver
was robbed of SIT as well as
20 passes and 800 tokens at
North Capital and T street yes
terday morning, he told police.
William Bowman. 81, ofnFul-
ton, Md, said he was d hing
his Brookland bus north on
North Capitol street about 5 am.
when he picked UP two colored
passenger at H street.
Ten blocks later, one pulled
a pistol and held it on Mr..
Bowman while the other robbed
him. In addition to the money,
the thieves took the drivers
watch and wallet. The wallet
was found later lying in the
400 block of P street NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Zionist Banquet Dance

The joint Mizrachi Zionist or
ganizations Of the District will
hold a jubilee banquet and dance
Sunday at the. Hotel 24O0, Six
teenth street NV. Cantor Hillel
Drummer will be the quest artist,
assisted by Brunna Grant at the
piano. Dinner will be served at
$50 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-09
Two Die asCar
Hits Bridge
In Montgomery
Weekend Crashes
FutuI to 2 Others:
a Badly Injured

Two persons were killed and
three others seriously injured
early today in Montgomery
County when their auto skidded
on icy Boyds Station road and
struck a bridge and a tree.
The dead are Walter Herbert,
AZ, of Route 4, Frederick, Nd,
and Grace Barker, "a, of Red
land. Md.
Injured and in undetermined
condition at Suburban Hospital
are Sadie jackson, 20; Lilly Mae
jackson, 46. and Robert Jackson,
jr.. %, all of Germantown, Md.
Howell Prather. of Laytonsville,
Nd, the sixth occupant of the
car, had only a minor injury to
a little finger. All six are colored.
The car ran into a tree after
striking the bridge over Little
Seneca Greek, county police said.
The accident occurred about
1920 am,