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Evening star., 1953-03-13
Southwest 10 Discuss
Juvenile Delinquency
Al April 13 Meeting

Southwest citizens will view
the reported increased juvenile
delinquency rate here from the
standpoint of their own neigh
borhood at a public meeting at
8 pm. April 13 in Jefferson
Junior High School, Eighth and
H streets S.W.
Sponsored by citizens COM
mittee convened by United Com
munity Services, the meeting will
be the first of a series to be held
in different sections of the city
for the same purpose.
1875 Per Cent Increase.
UCS launched the project on
suggestion of the Juvenile Court
Advisory Committee. Juvenile
Court statistics revealed a 33.5
per cent increase in delinquency
complaints in the last year.
Attorney A. Murray Preston is
chairman of the citizens COM
mittee. Other members are the
Rev. Joseph A. Connor, SSH,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
Bradley Edelblut, DR.. William L.
Granatir, the Rev. E. Franklin
Jackson, j. A. Kamerow, Her.
man L. NeugaSs, A. Lee Painter,
Hubert B. Pair, Wendell A. Par
ris, Peter S. Ridley, Thomas F..
Smith, Mrs. Ruth Spencer and
Walter E. Washington.
Citizens Ideas Sought.
Mr.. Preston called on citizens
to give the committee informa-
ton, ideas and suggestions
pointing toward possible solution
of the delinquency problems.
Other neighborhood- -centered
meetings are scheduled for April
IA and Is. Meeting places will
be announced later.
The committee will report it's
findings and recommendations
May % at the fourth annual
UCS Health, Welfare and Recre-
alton Conference at the Shore
ham Hotel,
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Mrs. Phillips Says
Roof on Spingorn
Is Too Expensive
By jones 6. Deone

Board of Education Members
Robert r. Faulkner and Mrs.
Frank S. Phillips are campaign
ing for economy in District
school construction again.
The subject cropped up at a
meeting of the boards buildings
and grounds committee yester-
day. Mrs. Phillips is committee
chairman.
She found fault with the roof
OF the new Spingarn High
School. She complained that it
was made of Buckingham slate
an expensive kind which, she
said, lasts 100 years. The slate
also is unnecessarily thick, she
asserted.
buckingham slate is all right
on a luxury house." said Mrs.
Phillips, wife of a prominent
builder. But it's reprehensible,"
she added, ito spend money on
things we don't need"
She suggested the roof would
outlast the school, which was
opened for colored children last
fall.
Experienced Critic.
Mr.. Faulkner. already known
as a critic of "extravagance" in
school buildings, also put in a
few words on the subject.
"It's time to stop, look and
listen and eliminate some of our
excessive expenditures" he de-
clared, adding that special"
rooms and double gymnasiums-
for girls and boys-should be
cut out.
Board Member West A. Ham
ilton jumped to the defense,
however.
II don't agree with you on this
economy business" he said. II
think we spend not too much,
but too little; not only here, but
nationally.
II don't think Spingarn begins
to compare with the luxury that
went into Central High School
when it was built in 1916"
Supt. Hobart M. Corning also
defended school construction
policies.
Mr.. Faulkner and other board
members also became involved
in a dispute on a proposal to
seek exemption of teachers re-
tirement annuities from Federal
Evening star., 1953-03-13
District Charts
Drive 10 Curb
Traffic Deaths
Rise Over 81 AIurms
Officials; Appeals in
Churches Planned
By Fronk G. SortweII

Safety officials, alarmed over
the city'S rising traffic toll, today
launched a program which will
include appeals from pulpits.
Fatalities thus far this year
touched Is last night, almost
doubling the eight killed at the
corresponding time last year.
Twelve Of the victims were pedes-
trians, ranging from 4-year-
old boy who broke away from his
7-year-old cousin and ran into
the path of an auto, to an 81
year-old man who ran diagonally
across a busy street.
Faults Are Listed.
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp and Police Inspector
John H. Agnew place major
blame on "sheer inattentiveness."
people are simply not paying
attention." Mr.. Keneipp de-
clared, "and they're killing them
selves"
The two officials also listed
faulty brakes, darting from be-
hind parked cars, driving on the
wrong side of the street and
walking against traffic lights as
causes of most of the fatalities.
The situation is serious enough
that a special meeting of the
Commissioners Traffic Advisory
Board is being called next week
to discuss International and ed
ucational programs.
Steps Proposed.
Readied for use in the new
campaign are these factors:
l. An in-service safety school
for policemen, with each pre-
cinct sending two men.
2. A wide scale use of radio
and television, beginning on the
Jim Gibbons radio show over
The Stars Station WMAL about
Z am. Monday. The plan will
put various phases of the safety
program on women's programs
and all-night shows.
3. An appeal to ministers to
emphasize traffic safety in their
congregations.
Inspector Agnew admitted that
normal media, such as the news
papers and radio, may not reach
all people, such as small children
and elderly pedestrians. He
hopes the church appeals will
get to those.
Evening star., 1953-03-13

income taxes. DR.. Corning sug-
gested asking inclusion of teach
ers in proposed legislation affect
ing all Government employees.
Opposes Exemption.
Mr.. Faulkner said he is op-
posed to the exemption on the
ground that we've all got to pay
our just taxes"
Col. Hamilton said he couldn't
see why teachers shouldn't be
exempted if other retired en-
ployes are. Mrs. Velma G. Will
liams, also supporting DR.. Corn
ing, asserted that teachers have
been underpaid all along" +
The proposal was indorsed by
the boards legislation commit
tee.
The Personnel Committee ap-
proved a proposal to put Mrs.
Fern P. jacob. principal of the
Health School, in charge of visit
ing instructors and relieve her Of
her supervision of West Element
ary School. West later will be
put under another principal.
DR.. Corning announced that
District civil defense Offices will
vacate four rooms at the Stanton
Elementary School Annex in
August to make room for more
classes.
Col. Hamilton and Mrs. Will
liams announced they favor
pending bills to provide for elec-
ton of the board, in place of the
present selection by judges of the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. The board will
be asked to take a stand on the
subject. e
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Donohue Successor
Is Still Undecided:
Case Meets CamaIier

It has been so days now since
F.. Joseph Donohue offered his
resignation as Commissioner,
and still his successor has not
been selected.
Word on the appointment was
expected to be made at any time
by the White House.
Meanwhile, it was learned
that Mr.. Donohue's Democratic
colleague, Commissioner F..
Renah Camalier, had been
called into a secret conference
with Chairman Case of the Sen
ate District Committee.
Pressure Speculated.
The conference yesterday led
to speculation that Republican
heat was being put upon Mr..
Camalier once more to get out
of the job he has held since last
June.
Commissioner Camalier would
say only that he and Senator
Case had discussed District mat
ters. He added he still doesn't
intend to resign.
Many Republican politicians
would be happy if he did. That
would give President Eisenhower
clear opportunity to appoint two
new Commissioners and thus
pacify both factions of the G..
o. P. here.
Several Prospects for Jobs.
One of the factions is strongly
behind Samuel Spencer, a law
yer, while the other-more con-
servative prefers Claude w.
Owen. head of wholesale
plumbing and heating firm. Ray
mond Dickey, an attorney. is
campaigning for appointment
as a compromise" choice.
Senator Case has other ideas.
however. He favors Walter L.
Fowler, the District budget off,
Ger. This nomination is disap-
proved by various Negro groups,
which have their own candidates.
Others also are being recon-
mended.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
2 Young Gunmen Rob Grocer
And Flee on Streetcur

Two juvenile gunmen held up
a grocery at 1915 Fifth street
NV. today and made their get
away on a streetcar.
Police closed in on the neigh
borhood quickly, mindful of a
robbery Staying in another gro
cery last night, and believed for
a time they had the pair cor
nered.
One of the boys, about II,
pointed a "black-looking" gun at
Abraham I. Selwyn, the propri-
etor. soon after entering the
store and demanded money.
As he scraped up s. or IS in
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Canadian Prime Minister
To Visit President in Nav

Canadian Prime Minister Louis
S. st. Laurent will be the guest
of President Eisenhower May 7
and 8, the White House an
nounced today.
The Canadian Prime Minister'S
visit IS one of a series that top
officials of other governments are
making to Washington.
The White House announce
ment said the Prime Minister
will. confer with Secretary of
State Dulles and other Govern
ment officials.
The controversial st. Lawrence
waterway issue. probably will be
one of the top items at the con-
ferences. Canada has decided to
go ahead with the project on it's
own since the United States has
declined to participate.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
D. {. Liquor Men 10 Give
$4,000 10 Hospital Clinic

The Retail Liquor Dealers AS
ISOLATION of Washington will pre-
sent a check for $4,000 to the new
neurological clinic at Children's
Hospital Sunday.
The presentation will be made
at the associations annual ban
quet to be held at the May
flower Hotel at 7 pm.
The clinic will be used in the
treatment of epileptic children.
The money will be used to in
stall new equipment.
Hilliard Schulberg, executive
secretary of the association, said
the gift comes from all segments
of the association, including
wholesalers, women'S groups and
SaleSmen.
E. Joel Treger, president of
the association, will preside at
the banquet.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
School Cadet Corps
Enrolment Climbs;
Spingorn in Lead

Washington High School Ca
det Corps enrolment has climbed
again.
Supt. Hobart M. Corning yes
terday reported gains in both
white and colored schools since
last fall. White enrolment now
totals 1,753. a gain of Al. Colored
cadets number 1856, a climb Of
about 200.
Spingarn High School, for
Negroes. has the biggest unit
$40. Biggest white unit-353-
is at Anacostia High. These
schools have showed gains since
fall: Coolidge. Mckinley. West
ern, Bell and Chamberlain. in the
white division; and Spingarn,
Cardozo, Dunbar and Phelps,
all colored.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Germans Give Gold Toy Car
To Eisenhower's Grandson

The White House is going to
have an electric, gold-plated au-
tomobile.
The car, a toy with three for
ward speeds, reverse gear, plaid
upholStering and a full instru-
ment panel, is a gift of the Ger
man toy industry to President
EisenhoWer's grandson, David
Dwight Eisenhower, 5.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
PhiIodeIphion Named
Treasury Legal Aide

Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey today named a Phila-
delphia attorney as legal ad-
wiser on tax matters to Under
secretatry of the Treasury Ma
rion Folsom.
He is Kenneth w. Gemmill,
member of the Philadelphia law
firm of Barnes, Dechert, Price,
Myers and Rhodes.
Mr.. Gemmill will head a unit
in the general counsel's Office to
analyze and prepare reports on
legal aspects of proposed tax
legislation and regulations.
Evening star., 1953-03-13

bills and about that much in
change from the cash register.
the second youth, about IA, said
Come on Frank, hurry up"
Both boys are colored.
After they fed, scattering
some of the change in an alley.
police picked up two suspects
near Homeopathic Hospital, Sec
ond and N streets NV, but later
released them.
Meanwhile, it was learned the
boys boarded a streetcar near
the store and alighted at Fifth
street and Florida avenue NV,
where the trail was lost.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Three Bethesda Boys
Get Eagle Scout Rank

Three members of Boy Scout
Troop 225. sponsored by the
Bethesda Presbyterian Church,
have been advanced to the rank
of Eagle Scout. They are David
B. Kellerman, Wes Sauter, jr.,
and Bob Fisher.
Effective March 81, Maryland
Secretary of State John R..
Reeves will be scoutmaster. Mr..
Sauter has been selected as as
sistant scoutmaster for the Ma
tional Capital Council Area del
egation to the 1853 National
Jamboree to be held at Los An
geles July II through %.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
2 Education Board Members
Hit Wastes in Construction
Corning Considering
No New Status for
Western High School

School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning says he's consider
ing no change in the status
of Western High School just
now.
The superintendent so in
formed the Board of Educa-
ton yesterday. He said he
was making the statement
in response to inquiries from
civic groups.
Last year. DR.. Corning said
he was considering convert
ing Western to a teachers
college, and more recently a
public works advisory group
proposed making it an ad-
ministration building.
Evening star., 1953-03-13

It was brought over by Klaus
Gunter Hett, public relations
manager of Trans World Air
lines Frankfurt, Germany, Of
fees.
The cars gold-plating is gen.
uine. Similar toy autos will be
given to Sweden's young crown
prince and to England's Prince
Charles.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Trial Of 'Noturopoth'
Postponed to Tuesday

Municipal Court Judge An
drew j. Howard, jr., yesterday
postponed to Tuesday a jury
trial for David Aitchison, IS. a
"naturopath," accused of giving
spinal ailment treatment to a
woman who died o. breast can
Ger.
Aitchison is specifically charged
with practicing the healing arts
in the District without a ply
Sician's license. He lives at
7490 Carroll avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
Evening star., 1953-03-13

petition sponsored by the Legion
in Greenbelt Wednesday.
He is the son of Max Earring
ton of IA Woodhaven boulevard,
Bethesda, director of mems activ-
tiles at George Washington Uni
versity.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Pruning Demonstration

A pruning demonstration by
the members of the Potomac
Rose Society will be held at 2::30
pm. Sunday in the Shoreham
Hotel Rose Garden, $500 Calvert
street NV. There will also be a
demonstration at the same time
in the rose garden of Fred w.
Lang. 4108 Everitt street, Ken
Sington, Md.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Refrigeration System
Break Calls Firemen

Firemen were called to an
apartment house at 1925 New
Hampshire avenue NV. last
night when the central refriger-
alton system sprung a leak.
No one was reported overcome.
but f1remen had to go through
the entire eight-story building
turing each unit of separately.
The ventilating system was
quickly placed in operation to
counteract the effect of the
escaping gas,
Evening star., 1953-03-13

American Le-
gion Oratori-
cal Contest in
B a | t i m ore
next Friday.
He is Thom-
as A. Earring
ton, IA, presi-
dent of the
student coun-
Gil at Leland
Junior Hi G h
School, a n d
winner of the
6 on + h ern
M a r y ! and
nictriot nano
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Citizens to Organize

The citizens Of Takoma Park
and of the adjoining Montgom-
cry County area will meet at
the Takoma Park Fire Hall to
organize q citizens association
at 8 pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
School Officials
Hear Plea Of
Payne PTA
Parents Ask Transfer
Of Building to End
Overcrowdinq

School officials today heard
parents reiterate their demand
for transfer of another building
to relieve overcrowding at the
Payne Elementary School.
Members of the executive
committee of the Payne-Maury
Parent Teachers Association
met with the school officers at
Franklin School to discuss the
problem.
In protest against the over
crowding. parents conducted a
pupil strike at the school in De-
cember.
j. Andrew Thalley, association
president, insisted that the best
solution, in view of the imme-
dite need for space, would be the
transfer to colored use of either
the Bryan or the Buchanan
School.
AS for a suggestion that an
other addition be built on the
Payne School, he said that were
such construction completed
right now, the problem would be
alleviated, but that it would not
remain solved.
Questions Transfer.
Wesley Williams, a member of
the Board of Education, ex-
pressed the view that had the
Bryan School, rather than the
Madison School, been transferred
to colored use in the area in
October, 1851, the difficulty
might have been avoided.
He suggested that some con-
sideration might be given, along
with other possible solutions, to
a reshuff1ing of that transfer.
He pointed out that the Bryan
School had been suggested for
the switch at the time.
Mr.. Thalley said the two-and-
a half hour conference had
given the parents some but not
complete satisfaction. The par
ents asked that the Payne prob
lem be taken up at the next
meeting of the Board of Educa-
ton, but Board President C. Mel
win Sharpe said he could not
make this commitment. He as
sured the group that the board
would, however, consider the
problem.
Discussion Heated.
Earlier in the meeting, some
heat arose in a discussion be-
tween Mr.. Sharpe, and Mrs.
Catherine Jones, vice president
Of the association.
This came after Mrs. Jones
suggested that the meeting ar
rive at some type of complete
settlement. Mr.. Sharpe objected
to her call, in effect, for either
the school officials or the parents
to admit their position wrong.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing pointed out that a census
is now under way in the area
to help in the decision as to
what steps should be taken to
relieve the problem.
Mrs. Jones presented figures
to show that six colored schools
in the Lincoln Park area were
far beyond capacity, while white
schools were far under capacity.
Long Inadequate.
Mr.. Thalley said that school
facilities for colored children in
the Lincoln Park area had been
inadequate for many years. He
added that the parents feel that
the necessary facilities are in the
community.
He said that 18 additional
rooms now could be used in the
area.
In answer to a question, he
said he did not think transfer of
another building at this time
would cause too much disturb
ance for the balance of the year.
Robert Albrook, clerk of the
Senate District Committee, at
tended the meeting.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Veterans Plan Drive

John F. Madigan Post 653 of
Arlington will launch its drive
for the annual Catholic War
Veteran "Cross of Peace" lapel
emblem sale on Sunday. Pro-
ceeds will be used for welfare
work.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Spunish War Veterans

The Henry w. Lawton Camp 4,
United Spanish War Veterans,
will meet in the Pythian Temple,
1912 Ninth street NV, at 2 pm.
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Navy Bond to Play

The Navy Band will present
a concert at $3.50 o'clock tonight
in the Departmental Auditorium
on Constitution avenue NV,
between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets.
Evening star., 1953-03-13
Bethesda Boy Orator
To Enter Stute Finals

A Bethesda ninth-grade stu
dent who out-talked high school
seniors this week will compete in
the Maryland State finals of the
Evening star., 1953-07-26

in a highly practical way with
infantry, panzer, artillery
and intelligence, ranging
from simple tactical maneu-
vers to high strategy. Thirty
per cent of instruction time,
and all leisure, was taken up
with theological indoctrina-
ton.
Reward to good pupils,
Specht said, was rapid ad-
vancement to positions of
authority in the Peoples Po-
lice. Specht rose to the re-
sponSible position of ober-
kommiSsar shortly after fin
iShing the one-year course at
Saratov. When he decided
that the Russians were ex-
plotting the Germans for
their own purposes of world
domination, he escaped.
Evening star., 1953-07-26

WHILE THE Russians
w loudly protest and try
to disrupt American efforts to
secure a European Army with
West German participation,
tor several years they have
been quietly building up a
puppet army in East Ger
many. Under the front of
the Peoples Police, the Rus
slams have been training a
force which the British For
eign Office recently described
as a "cadre with a high pro-
portion of officers, capable of
rapid expansion and already
more than 100000 strong"
A vivid glimpse into meth
DDS used to train hand-picked
Germans at a camp deep in
side Russia was afforded
allied intelligence recently
when OberkommiSsar Capt
Specht fled to the Western
Zone of Berlin, bringing not
only a detailed account of
how the training program
works and what its aims are,
but some photographs taken
at the major training center
Of Saratov, located on the
Volga River deep within the
U. S. S. R.
Specht revealed the full
story of how the Russians are
working on a puppet officer
clique designed to be 100 per
cent reliable politically, which
could be used both to help
quell domestic disorders like
the recent riots of striking
workers in East Berlin, and
also be expanded at top speed
into a full-fledged army in
case of a general war.
PAGE 2-THs WASHINGTON STAR PHI
Evening star., 1953-07-26

The principle of the scheme,
according to Specht, is that
reliable young German off,
GERS, preferably not former
members of the Wehrmacht,
should be sent to Saratov for
training. Before a man was
picked, he and his family
were kept under close sur
veillance for six months by
the State Security Police. The
officer was given no warning,
but if he were chosen he was
sent on IA days leave imme-
diately before his posting to
Russia.
Arriving at Saratov, Ger
man officers found that they
were confined to the camp
Boundaries were patrolled by
NKVD squads with fixed
bayonetS. This restriction
was explained by the state
ment that many agents of the
West were secretly circulating
among the population and
that contact with local people
was unWiSe. They received
mail from home once a
month and were allowed to
send out one letter themselves
each month-which, of course,
was carefully censored Cul-
tural entertainment consisted
OF Soviet propaganda films
and an occasional show put
on by a troupe of dancing
girls. For their "comradeShip
evening"" the girls were
chosen, in Specht's opinion,
more for their politics than
for their charm.
Instruction was given in
Russian, with a German in
terpreter present, and dealt
oRIAl MAGAZINE. July 20. 1888
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Presidents Greeting Read
At Walker CUP Dinner

MARION. Mass, Sept. 5 (P1.-
President Eisenhower, Americas S
most prominent golfer, today
sent his greeting to the mem
bers of the British and United
States Walker Cup golf teams.
The Presidents letter, written
from Denver, was read by Sena-
tor Prescott S. Bush of Connec-
ticut, former president of the
United States Golf Association.
at a dinner for the two teams at
Tabor Academy, following the
9-3 victory of the American
team. It said:
Dear Pres:
Some time ago I sent a for
NAL message of welcome and
greeting to the members of the
British and American teams
participating in the Walker Cup
matches at the KittanSett Club
on September 4th and 5th. Now,
however, I would like to join
with the friends and relatives
of George Herbert Walker in
saluting his memory on this
occasion. He was a distinguished
citizen and sportsman, and I am
proud to have known and ad-
mired him.
Good luck to all who are par
ticipating in the Walker Cup
matches at Kittansett.
With warm personal regards
to you and Mrs. Bush.
Sincerely,
Dwight D. Eisenhower"
Evening star., 1953-09-06
Leaders Poirinqs
In Celebrities Golf

Today's starting time for the
leading contenders in the Celeb.
rites golf tournament:
1;04 Dick Mayer, Shelly
Mayf1eld and Chandler Harper
(all with 142S).
1:20-Jim Turnesa. 141: Marty
F'urgol. 142; Al Smith, 142.
1:36-Cary Middlecoff, 139;
Ted Kroll, 139; Skee Riegel, 141
1:52-Lew Worsham, 1877; Bill
Nary, 1879; Charley Bassler, 141
Starting times in the Celeb
rites Division after revisions in
the lineup:
12:24-Bobe Hope, Del Webb
Dizzy Dean, Bob Considine.
2:OO-Rep. Jack Westland
Fred Bolton, Tony Martin, John
Mcclure.
2:07-William C. Ford, Gen
Omar Bradley, Admiral Apollo
Soucek, Jimmy Thomson.
2:14-Deputy Attorney Gen
eral William P. Rogers. Gen
Clark L. Ruffner, Witty Cox
Billy Campbell.
2:21-George Meany, Freddie
Mcleod, Jimmy Nichols, DR.
Jerome Footer.
2:28-Rep. Earl Wilson, Gen
John B. Medaris, Admiral Will
SON D. Leggett, Harry Cain.
2::35 - Secretary of Senate
Mark Trice, Admiral George
Holderness. Ralph Hutchison
Admiral Matthias Gardner.
2::42-Frank Pace. Frank Sou
chak, Jimmy Raines, Scott
Lucas.