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deaths and Births Reported in the District

Paul and Elizabeth Carroll.
Alfred and Anna Cook.
Thomas and HildA Dhede.
Joseph and Elizabeth Draper.
Frank and Rose Errigo.
Gilbert and Helen Gordon.
John and Alice Hopkins.
William and Mary Jones.
Patrick and Kathleen Kyne.
Raymond and Lois Liguori.
Donald and Laura MacGregOR.
Dudley and Lois Mercer.
Paul and Elizabeth Nicholson.
Robert and Elizabeth Ruggles.
Robert and June Spradlin.
Pete and Geraldine Tonon.
Richard and Jane Walmsley.
Joseph and Mary Wetngarden.
Robert and Jane Wolff.
Robert and Mary Zimmerman.
George and Annie Hartridge.
Bernard and Elvie Herbert.
William and Alice Pearson.
Marion and Ruby Powell.
James and Helen Smith.
Henry and Edith Willie.
Leonard and Laura Harris.
Artemas and Henrietta McNair.
Henry and Theresa Peters.
| ST. Elmo and Ruth Smith
Horace and Justine Virgins.
TWINS.
James and Martha Young, boy and iii
John and Geraldine. Denney, girls.
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Fonous-moke ensembles.
Smart little novelty shirts
with solid color boxer
shorts. Washable royon
and acetate. Many styles
and coIors. Sizes 3 to 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Junior Civic Groups
To Be Workshop Topic

The Federation of Civic AsSo-
Citations will sponsor a workshop
this Saturday to demonstrate
how organizations can set up and
develop junior civic groups.
The workshop will be held at
lis pm. at the Washington Post
Auditorium. 1t is one of the
projects being sponsored by the
Federation in its fight against
juvenile delinquency.
Further workshops will be held
January 16 and March Is.
DR.. Philip T. johnson. chair
man of the Federation's Advisory
Council on Education, will opcn
the workshop with a speech on
the prevention of juvenile delin-
quency. He is a former member
of the District Board Of Educa-
ton.
At the workshop, representa-
tiveS from various groups con-
cerned with the delinquency
problem will discuss techniques
that have been used successfully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Winners Announced
In Poster Contest

Winners in the Bethesda Fire
Departments 18th annual Fire
Prevention Week poster contest
have been announced by the de-
partment. and prizes will be
awarded at 1880 pm. tomorrow.
The presentation will take
place at the Bethesda fire house
on Old Georgetown road, with
contestants, parents and their
friends invited to attend.
The contest drew entries from
10 schools in the Bethesda area
and more than 500 posters. Each
school received four prizes. .
Judges we're Mrs. Robert L.
Fisher of the Women's Club of
Bethesda: Mrs. Joy Carter of
the Bethesda Record, and George
o. Smith of the Bethesda Cham
Der of Commerce.
Schools and their prize
winners. in order, follow:
Alta, Vista = Don Moorehead. John
Kerschbai, Linda Ames and Susan Bland.
Bethesda Mary Sue Nicols, Susan
Rippy, Susan Harris and Sally Heap.
Bradley - Kathie Marta, Sonny Al
bright and Selena Diane.
Bradley Hills{Suzanne Farrell. Susan
Fiagins, Becky O'Brien and Betsy Akers.
Lynbrook - Susan Stevenson, Lois
Reed, jeanne Shea and Bonnie Lynn
Burgess.
Our Lady of Lourdes - Mary Lou
Mann, Donna L. Carroll, Vincent Zedg-
witz and Joan McEleney.
Somerset - Sue Hengren. Donald
Deutsch, Susan Parks and Anita Keitel.
Wyngate - Charles Rowan, Lorene
Hansen, Louise Flanagan and Marcia
Rymker.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School
Carrot Park, Gary Altarater, James
Holm and Carole Bowie.
Leland Junior High School - Robert
Hall, Carroll Coolidge, George Kundahl
m Alan Douglas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Police Lose Gun
To One Criminal,
But Get Another's

Peace didn't exactly settle
over the crime front last night.
but there was a brisk traffic in
weapons.
A man who was caught ram
sacking a Sibley Hospital am
bulance tussled with Special Po-
liceman Herman Marggrof,
grabbed the guards revolver and
fled.
Three hours later, Pvt. Will
liam D. McMann Of the I'd Pre-
cinct arrested a man for dis
orderly conduct. AS he walked
the suspect to a call box, the
man broke away and the police
man gave chase.
Halfway down an alley of the
HOO block of North Capitol
street, the man turned and
pulled a revolver. So did the
policeman, who fired three shots.
The fugitive dropped his unfired
revolver and fed. 1t was not
the same gun taken from the
guard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21

the title part in Mozart's Don
Giovanni" Escamillo in Bizet's
Carmen" MephiStopheles in
Gounod's Faust" and Baron
Scarpia in Puccini's "Tosca."
He also sang at the Wagner
Festival in Bayreuth, as Am
fortas in "Parsifal," and at the
Salzburg (Austria) Festival.
He made his first American
appearance of this season last
Monday on the Telephone
Hour" over the National Broad
casting Co. He will join the
Metropolitan Opera later this
season.
Mr.. London's voice is heard
beyond the concert halls, from.
his recordings in the classical
field. His most recent Columbia
record is one of Mozart operate
and concert arias, with Bruno
Walter conducting.
MI. London will be heard to-
night by a f1rst.night audience
including President and Mrs.
Eisenhower,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
D. {. Man Shot 10 Death
In PHILADELPHIA Home

Thomas S. Boone, jr., So, a
Washington building contractor,
was found shot to death yester-
day in the home of a business
associate in Philadelphia.
Mr., Boone. a partner in the
firm of McLellan-Boone Con-
struction Co., with Offices at 2647
Connecticut avenue NV, was
found dead in bed with a As
caliber pistol at his side. He
had been shot through the head.
Police said Mr.. Boone was Wis
iting at the home of James N.
Mcclellan in Philadelphia and
was found by Mr.. Mcclellan, who
rushed into the room after hear
ing a shot, the Associated Press
reported.
Mr.. Boone was grieving over
the death of his wife, Emma
Jean. 20, last Saturday at the
home of her parents in Wood
bury. N. J., police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Baritone Reheorses in Shower
For National Symphony Date

Most people who sing in the
shower just like to hear them
selves sing.
But not so George London of
the Metropolitan Opera Com
pany, who is here to sing tonight
with the National Symphony
Orchestra.
81 don't like to disturb the
neighborS," he said last night in
the shower of his Raleigh Hotel
suite. 1.-THE water browns out
my voice to everybody but my
self. I even rehearse in the
shower"
A native of Montreal, the 81
year-old ass-baritone makes his
first appearance of his annual
trans-continental tour with the
symphony at Constitution Hall
at $3.50 pm.
He has just returned from
summer appearances in Europe.
He appeared with the Vienna
State Opera, where he sang
many important roles such as
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Petworth Religious Leaders
Discuss Juvenile Problem

The Petworth Citizens Asso-
citation last night heard religious
leaders tackle the problem of
juvenile delinquency.
The churchmen speaking were
DR.. Ralph Smith, Petworth
Methodist Church; DR.. G. l..
Morgan. Petworth Baptist
Church: Roy G.. Irving, Wallace
Memorial United Presbyterian
Church; Rabbi Harry j. Kauf-
mann, Beth Sholem Synagogue,
and the Rev. S. L. Daw of the
American Lutheran Church.
The speakers outlined their
church program for recreation
and education of youth. They
agreed these programs will ac-
complish nothing without the
cooperation of the schools and
parents.
Neither the school. home, nor
the church can afford to point
fingers at one another and pass
responsibility for the problem"
said Rabbi Kaufman.
The Rev. Mr.. Daw charged
that there is no cooperation
from the Metropolitan Police De-
partment" in fighting delin-
quency.
The meeting was held in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Providence Hospital Fund
Gets $4,000 From Board

The Women's Board of Provi-
dence Hospital has presented a
check for $4,000 to the new
Providence Hospital Building
Fund.
The Women's Board is COM
posed of several hundred wives
of doctors and other business
and professional men.
Mrs. Edwin H. Duff, president
of the board, also announced
today that Mrs. Arthur Passa-
relli has been appointed his
torian of the board and Mrs.
Joseph P. Monaghan, parlia-
mentarian.
Mrs. Allen j. Krouse has been
named chairman of the welcome
wagon, which brings reading
material, cigarettes. candy and
other items to patients at the
hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Burage Appointed
Planning Director

William c. Burrage, 80, a PLAN
ming engineer with the Mary
land-National Capital Park and
Planning Commission since 1916,
is it's new planning director.
His appointment, announced
Yesterday, is effective November
/.
The parks group has been
without a chief planner since
Fred Tuemmler quit the post
last spring to join a private
planning firm
Mr. Burrage will receive $l0,-
900 a year-a $1,000 raise.
His promotion announcement
said he will concentrate on long
range planning. Commission
Chairman Robert M. Watkins
said it hasn't been decided yet
how many new people will be
hired to help him.
Until now the commission has
had two planning engineers, Mr.
Burrage in the Montgomery
County region and Warren
Giaque in Prince Georges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Mount Vernon to Bar
| Public Saturday
During Reception

Mount Vernon will be
closed to the public at 2 pm.
Saturday. when a reception
by the Mount Vernon Ladies'
Association will be held to
their Tooth
anniversary.
Gov. Battle of Virginia win
be among 600 guests attend
ing the reception.
The ladies' association to-
day opened its annual coun-
Gil with a wreath-l laying
ceremony at George WASH
ington'S tomb.
Mount Vernon was pri-
vately owned and in diSrepair
before the association took it
over after Miss Ann Pamela
Cunningham of South Caro-
lima set about raising money
to buy the historic estate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
S|um Unit 10 Study
BIighted Areas Cited
By Citizens Groups

The District Slum Prevention
and Rehabilitation Committee
today was moving into field in
vestigations of a handful of
blighted areas recommended for
attention by citizens groups.
The overall advisory agency
instructed it's planning subcom-
mittee to study certain deterio-
rating areas.
The Commissioners recon-
mended the Barry Farms SUBJ
division in Southeast Washington
to the attention of the COM
mittee two weeks ago. Since
that time, the Erie Heights Civic
Association urged a survey of
the specific sections, Bruce place
between Anger place and Gaines
vile street; Gainesville street
from Bruce place to Seventeenth
street and Pomeroy road from
Howard to Stanton roads.
Condemnation Action.
The committee also heard re-
ports from the Board for Con-
demnation of Insanitary Build
ingS that, of 159 homes in the
subdivision, nearly all of So in
Spected were ordered condemned
in recent months. OF these,
four were repaired, more than 20
demolished and the remainder
of those inspected were vacated
and barricaded.
Col. Giles Evans, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner, an
nounced that the committee
which he heads favors asking
Congress to remove the long
existing ban against granting
Federal land redevelopment
funds for the Barry Farms area.
Studies Other Sections.
Other sections approved for
examination were:
l. Blocks bounded by Fourth
and Sixth, M and o streets NV;
Third to Sixth streets, Massachu-
sets to New York avenues NV;
all recommended by the East
Central Civic Association.
2. Specific homes in the $500
block of P street NV; 4400 block
of Potomac avenue NV; 1900
block of Clark place NV, and
1400 block of Foxhall road NV,
recommended by Palisades Citi-
zens' Association.
3. Blocks bounded by Seven
tenth, r and Corcoran streets
and New Hampshire avenue
NV; Fourteenth. Fifteenth, @
and Corcoran streets NV; Sew
enteenth, Seaton and u streets
and Florida avenue NV, recon-
by Midway Civic Associ-
4. The 2400 and $500 blocks of
Nichols avenue Sc, and the TOO
block of Howard road Sc, rec
commended by Hillsdale Civic AS
ISOLATION.
COMMITTEES Appointed.
New appointments to the slum
were announced:
Ralph Johnson of the Wash
ington Housing Association, and
Thomas Coleman of the Home
Association of Metro
politan Washington, to the hous-
ing code drafting subcommittee.
Herman Schmidt of the home
builders group, to the planning
subcommittee.
James Ring, director of the
N tional Capital Housing Au-
thority; Robert Kneipp, Assist
ant Corporation Counsel. and
Cody Pfanstiehl, promotion di-
rector for Radio Station WTOP,
to a new information and edu-
cation subcommittee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Bridge Sites
10 Be Topic Of
Farley Monday
Area Conferees Set
Meeting on 2 Spans
Across Potomac

The outlook is brighter now
for bridging the Potomac at
Cabin John and Jones Point,
thus clearing the way for the
long-delayed innerbelt highway
around Washington.
ConfereeS from the District,
Maryland and Virginia finally
will get together on Monday to
decide where the two spans
should be built.
The meeting was announced
yesterday by Chairman Robert
M. Watkins of the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Clears Barriers.
Donald E. Gingery of the park
group hailed it as a sign that
most roadblocks can be cleared
from the belt highway project
Mr.. Gingery pointed out the
entire plan is stymied until the
bridge locations are decided. The
approaches must necessarily
wait upon that decision, he said.
Mondays meeting will be at
2 pm. in the Interior Depart
ment Building.
Besides the nearby Maryland
planners, speakers will be present
from the National Capital Plan
ming Commission. the Maryland
State Roads Commission and
Virginia's roads body.
Representatives Small and
Hyde, Maryland, and Beall, Vir-
gjnia, all Republicans, also will
attend.
Park Road Dispute.
The wrangle over building
roads through parkland may
come up at the meeting. The pro-
posed innerbelt highway would
90 through Rock Greek Park in
Montgomery County to hit the
Potomac wherever the Cabin
John bridge is finally built.
An even livelier discussion Of
highways versus parks seems
assured a week from Friday,
when the Maryland planners
have a date with the National
Capital Planning Commission to
listen to alternate plans for
Route 240 and the innerbelt road.
That highway is to have two
legs" One proposal would put
one leg through Rock Creek
Park. Considerable opposition
has been voiced from groups de-
handing no more roads be per-
mitted through the park.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Soviet Expert 10 Speak
AT Georgetown University

Bertram D. Wolfe, authority
on Russian affairs, will speak on
Stains Place in History" in
CASTOR Hall at Georgetown Uni
verSity at 8 pm. tomorrow.
Mr. Wolfe has visited Russia
three times, attending interna-
tional Communist congresses.
He lived in Moscow for more
than two years. He personally
has known Stain, Trotsky,
Molotov and other Russian lead
erS.
He is a fellow of the Russian
Institute of Columbia Univer-
sity on leave to the United States
Information Agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Man, IA, Is Killed
By Streetcar; Three
Others Hurt in Traffic

A 74-year-old pedestrian was
killed and three other persons
were injured in four separate
traffic accidents here yesterday.
John H. Peyton of 1910 K
street Sc. was killed when he
was struck by a s~treetcar as he
crossed Pennsylvania. avenue at
Tenth street Sc. about 7ro'clock
last night.
Police identified the driver of
the streetcar as Norman Howard,
rs, of Rockville, Md. MI. Pey-
ton was pronounced dead at the
scene.
His death brought to 50
the number of persons killed in
traffic accidents in the District
this year. He was the 32d Pc
deStrian killed in traffic.
4 Charges Against Driver,
-Four charges were lodged
against John H. Quarrels, 81,
colored, of the 900 block Twenty
fourth street NV, by police
after his car allegedly struck a
nine-year-old boy in front of
2431 M street NV.
The injured child, Vincent
Jones, colored, of 1921 L street
NV, was riding a scooter in
the street. police said. He was
treated and released at George
Washington University Hospital.
QuarrelS, police said. took the
injured youth to the hospital and
left without Identifying himself.
He was arrested in an alley at
the rear of the 2100 block L
street NV, while painting his
car, a short time after the acct
dent, according to police.
Quarrels was charged with
leaving the scene of an accident,
not having a District permit,
unsafe mechanical condition of
his car and failing to change
the address on his registration.
Elderly Woman Injured.
Miss Rachael K. Sewell, IT,
OF 2613 University place NV,
was struck by a pickup truck
at II am. yesterday while cross
ing Fourteenth street at Euclid
street NV.
She was taken to Emergency
and transferred to
Homeopathic Hospital for treat
ment Of a possible fractured
Driver of the truck
was Leonard E. Hughes, 26, of
2503 Georgia avenue NV. No
charges were placed, police said.
Thirteen-months-old Garrett
colored, of 1902 Meigs
place NE, was struck by a taxi
cab as he was crossing the street
near his home, police said. He
was admitted to District General
with possible skull and
leg fractures.
The cab driver, Charles w.
Brown, At, of 100 Tenth street
Sc, was charged with backing
up without caution. police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
Prentiss Vows
Action on !. {.
Stun Problem
Time to End Talk,
Commissions says
At VIVA Kickoff

Brig. Gen. Louis w. PrentiSs,
Engineer Commissioner, is de-
termined that all the talk and
planning for an attack on District
Sums will be turned into action
in the near future.
Speaking at a fund drive
luncheon of the Washington
Housing Association yesterday in
the Mayfower Hotel, he de-
clared:
"Over the years, there has been
too much talk and planning and
too little action on this slum
problem"
Housing Code Pledged.
Gen. Prentiss said he is going
to see that the city has an over
all housing code-setting health
and safety standards-before he
finishes his tour of duty as En-
gineer Commissioner.
Gen. Prentiss spoke at the kick
off of the Washington Housing
Association fund drive. Former
Commissioner F. Joseph Donohue
is chairman.
The association is conducting
its own fund drive this year
after being forced to leave the
Community Chest.
$4,000 Goal.
The goal is $4,000. With this
sum. the association will be able
to continue it's fight for decent
housing for all people, according
to Col. Campbell Johnson, who
also spoke.
Mr.. Donohue announced that
the Commissioners had issued a
proclamation designating the
current period Good Housing
Month" and urging support OF
the associations efforts to i'm
prove living standards.
In outlining the city's Slum
program, Gen. Prentiss pointed
out that Col. Giles Evans, AS
sistant Engineer Commissioner,
has been detailed full time to the
job of co-ordinating the work.
He added:
"Col. Evans is not only going to
be encouraged by me, but he is
going to be prodded by me-" Gen.
Prentiss said. None of the work
under him is going to be allowed
to mark time"
Fund Breakdown.
The associations funds will be
spent as follows: 80 per cent for
education projects to awaken
people to the necessity for a fight
against slums and the need for
decent housing; "a per cent for
research: Is per cent for plan
ming; 9 per cent for work in OBJ
tanning a housing code, and 10
per cent for Office expenses,
The association was voted out
Of the Community Chest earlier
this year. One of the reasons
behind the custer was a dispute
over the associations backing of
public housing.
Col. johnson explained the
association is for public housing
because it is the only answer
for families of the lowest income
group. He said The association
would prefer to have private
builders take over responsibility,
but that it has not proved eco
monically feasible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-10-21
u. 5. Studies 6 Sites
In Baltimore Area
For Old Age Bureau
By Harold B. Rogers

The Government is taking pre-
liminary steps to construct a
huge new building in the Balti-
more area for the Bureau of Old
Age and Survivors Insurance,
now scattered among eight diff
ferent structures.
A definite start to place the
building in the Baltimore area
follows years Of congressional
consideration, during which
there was strong support for a
site near Washington.
Progress on the project fol-
lowed an earlier decision to place
the building in the Baltimore
area instead of Washington. The
General Services Administration
advertised in Baltimore papers
August 6 to buy or receive by
donation a site in Baltimore or
vicinity" Bids were opened
August Is and have been under
consideration since.
Six specific locations of at
least 80 acres each now are
under investigation. The build
ing would put under one roof
more than 1000 employees and
the social security retirement
accounts of millions of Ameri-
cans. Total cost is estimated at
SIT million.
SIS Million Authorized.
Congress authorized the De-
partment Of Health, Education
and Welfare to spend SIS mil
lion for a site and plans.
The money is earmarked to
come from the Federal old-age
and survivors insurance trust
fund.
General Services Administra-
ton, acting for the bureau, Sc
lected six sites out Of about IS
offered for the location, scattered
all the way from Annapolis to
Westminster, Md. These six are
being investigated and a report
is expected in about three weeks.
The building will not be orna-
mental, it was said. 1t will have
900. 900 square feet of floor space
ard will be strong enough to
handle large numbers of tabu-
machines.
GSA, through its Public Build
ings Service, is handling the
preliminary arrangements for
the bureau. Private architects
will prepare plans.
Need Is Stressed.
Need for the building was
stressed before congressional
by officials of the bu-
reau and by GSA.
Congress was told a single
building would promote efficiency
and economy.
Especially criticized we're IA
cilities in the Gambler building
near the Baltimore waterfront.
They were declared unsanitary,
with inadequate elevators and
ventilation. Most of the employees
are in this building and in five
others in the Baltimore area and
,wo in Pennsylvania.
The new building would pay
FOR ITSELF" Congress was told,
since the annual rental now to-
tails $751; $40. The new bureau
nome also would reduce the per-
turnover, it was con-
ended, by eliminating many
factors contributing to lowered
morale.
Among the factors contribut-
ng to selection of the Baltimore
area was the fact that most of
he employees had established
homes there.