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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-01
PdrkWays
To Maryland,
Interior Urges
Aeency's Position
At Congressional
Hearings Disclosed
BY Harold B. Rogers

The official position Of the
Interior Department in favor of
turning over to Maryland two
parkways in this area was dis
closed in Congressional hearings
made public today. High depart
ment spokesman gave as the
reason for the proposed transfer
of the Baltimore-W Washington
and Suitland Pathways a desire
for the Government not to go
too deeply into the highway
business.
The testimony was presented
to a House appropriations sub
commihtee during hearings on
the departments budget requests.
Transcript of the closed hear
ings were made public today.
Maryland officials, recently
faced with informal reports they
would be offered the roadways.
already have discussed the pro-
posal, but have been reluctant
to take a definite stand.
Opposition to the tr ansf e r
already has arisen from several
quarters claiming that the park
ways are a part of the long range
for development of the
National Capital area with digni-
fled approaches to the Federal
City.
The Interior Departments
policy was briefly laid down on
a national level by Secretary
Mckay. in testimony for the new
departmental budget.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Woman Killed by Truck;
Traffic Toll Rises 10 50

A 90-year-old woman, struck
by a backing truck. died today
In Casualty Hospital to become
the Districts 5oth traffic fatality
Of the year.
At this time last year, go had
died In traffic.
Mrs. Mary Quigley, colored, Of
% N street Sc, was standing
in the street in front Of her
house last night, police said,
when she was hit by a dairy
truck backing out of a driveway.
She was taken to Casualty
with a possible fractured spine
and internal injuries.
The driver of the truck, John
w. Shatzer. 80, the 400 block of
Maryland avenue Sc, was
charged with backing without
caution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Warning Tax Case Called
Definitely for Dec. Is

The income tax evasion case
of Emmitt r. Warning, District
gambler, has been rescheduled
for 10 am. December l3 in
Federal Court in Baltimore.
The new date was fixed yes
terday by Federal Judge. w. Cal
win Chestnut, who viii hear the
case.
Judge Chestnut; ruled yester-
day that there win be no more
postponernents according to the
office df United States Attorney
George Cochran Doub. The case
has been delayed several times.
Warning, 48, Of the 5000 block
of Macomb street NV, was in
dicted by a Federal grand jury
last February l6 on a charge of
attempted evasion of 500. 1882 in
income taxes in 1947.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

James w. Rouse and Nathaniel
s. Keith urged that the code
shall not serve to perpetuate
substandard conditions and thus
negate the manifold municipal
community and Federal activi-
ties and expenditures which will
be brought to bear in the District
OF Columbia urban renewal eff
fort"
They declared the "basic OBJ
jective Of the Housing Code
should be the achievement with
in the foreseeable future Of
decent. safe and sanitary condi-
tons for all existing dwellings
and the correction or elimina-
ton. within a reasonable time
period, Of housing not conform
ing to that goal"
Specifically. they suggested
that space standards designed
to prevent overcrowding be.
no lower than in the previ-
ously adopted tenement regula-
tions.
They declared the proposed
regulations require "at least 1870
square feet of floor area in
habitable. rooms for the first
occupant and at least 80 addi-
tional square feet of floor area
in habitable rooms for every adj
ditional occupant"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
I estimony on Housing Code

Here are some Of the high
lights of the first testimony in
today's hearing on the proposed
housing code for the District:
William III. Cary, jr., director
Of public health engineering
Health Department Codes for
the housing Of dogs and dairy
cattle are In existence. What
we need now is a code for the
housing Of people to insure pros
lection of their health"
Charles B. Dulcan, ST., chair
man Of the Housing Code Re-
view Committee I'm my opin-
ion. this is a reasonable, sound
and workable code. one that
can be enforced"
Ralph j. Johnson, represent
ing the United States Public
Health Service-"A housing
code requires the community to
face up to the problem and
make a decision either in favor
OF promoting health and living
standards, or acquiescing to the
memorable progress of decay
John r.. Searles, executive di-
rector. District Redevelopment
Land Agency-If the proposed
regulations are adopted, WASH
ingtoh will truly be In the FORE
front in our attack on slums. \ II
not. we shall have to take a back
seat"
Cabell Gwathmey, director,
Licenses and Inspections Departs
ment-A 90-day waiting period
after the effective date Of the
housing code should be provided
to allow hearings for possible
changes in the tenement and
rooming house regulations that
may be required to bring those
codes into conformity with the
hnIlciY1O aOf3a cnnoro IT,, -, 80
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
HOUSING
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page.)
ments on the code by Robert r.
Kneipp, assistant corporation
counsel. who directed the regu-
lations. Mr.. Kneipp had in
dicated that the codes standards
might still be too high for whole
hearted public support and
characterized criticism as mot
too significant"
Commenting. Mr.. Schiff de-
| clared. II can't conveive a re-
sponsible public official pre-
| Judging the thinking of an en-
tire community on such a level.
wonder If he truly represents
the public's interest, with which
he is charged"
Also. Mr.. Schiff told the Com
missionerS. II am concerned
with his continued guidance and
influence upon the Review Com
mittee."
Commissioner Samuel Spencer,
presiding, told Mr.. Schiff that
the views are MIR. Kneipp's "own
personal views and we are glad
| to have everything out in the
open" He indicated the COM
| missioners did not oppose Mr..
Kneipp's comments nor those by
District officials who feel the
code is too lenient.
j Simpsons Proposal.
William r.. Simpson, general
counsel Of the National Capital
Housing Authority. urged that
space and occupancy require
ments be loosened somewhat to
meet NCHA building practices
in low-cost housing projects.
| The regulation calls for 100
square feet of space in a dwelling
for the first occupant, plus 90
square feet for each additional
occupant. Mr.. Simpson, calling
the requirement uneconomic and
unnecessary, urged that IS
square feet. only be required for
all occupants in addition to the
first four.
Mr.. Kneipp warned that the
regulations will be issued under
the District Commissioners "po-
lice powers" as police regula-
lions" to protect the public
health, safety and morals.
He warned that regulations
governing tenement houses, con-
valescent homes and boarding
houses have q different legal
basis. They are. he pointed out,
issued by the Commissioners un-
der the authority of the District
Licensing Act which governs
businesses authority by the city.
STRENGTHENING Urged.
Strengthening of the regula-
tons was suggested by two spe-
cial consultants hired to develop
a workable program of slum re-
Mobilization and urban renewal
to qualify the District for Fed
eral aid under the 1854 Housing
Act.
In a special report yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Burglars Get s. 900
AT Seat Cover Shop,

Thieves last night broke into
the office Of q Northwest auto-
mobile seat cover shop and stole
more than $4,000. 1t was reported
to police.
Maurice Bernstein, 40, owner
Of the Sure-Fit Seat Cover Cen
ter, 1901 Fourteenth street NV,
told police thieves apparently
entered the shop by breaking a
rear window. Mr.. Bernstein said
q brown leather satchell contain
ing $1,000 was missing from q
file cabinet and $50 from q cash
drawer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Apartment Rented
First Day by Star Ad

Mighty fost renting" is what Mrs.
T. c. II. exclaimed otter placing an
I'D in The Stor Classified offering q
furnished apartment for rent. She not
only found . tenont the first doy her
I'D appeared. but sold, Il ON very
pleased and know where TO place my
DDS next time for quick results"
Like Mrs. I. G. H.. if you want to
rent an apartment Or house quickly,
tell il 10 the long established audience
Of The Star readers.
Because il produces the best re-
suits. The star published more eIossi-
fled dds than the other Washington
newspapers combined during the
month Of October.
Sell it. tell il by phonins Sterling
$1,000 and oskins for an od-tuker.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

cord with the proposed housing
regulations.
DR.. Daniel L. Seckfnger, Direc-
tor of Public Health I'VE can't
equivocate, we can't compromise
with real health factors or we're
not going to get anywhere with
this code"
DR.. Frederick c. Heath, Dep
uty Director of Public Health
In deciding on a final draft of
the code, the Commissioners
should not make too many con-
cessions on basic health prin-
ciples," such as ventilation, light,
sanitation and overcrowding."
Col. Giles L. Evans, jr., Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner -
The goal is to adopt reasonable
standards for Inability, SANTA
ton and safety.
Robert F. Kneipp, Assistant
Corporation Counsel Compared
the proposed regulations, which
he helped to draft, favorably
with those of such major cities
as Philadelphia and Baltimore,
The proposed code is "easily
understood and enforceable" and
establishes higher standards, for
example, than. those Of the
Maryland metropolis.
Carey winston, president,
Washington Real Estate Board
Proposals are a far-reaching
step toward slum prevention and
rehabilitation that will give
property owners incentive to be-
gin promptly to bring their
property up to these standards"
Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman,
individual consultant 1T is
high time we passed g workable
housing code so that we can
proceed with the renewal and
FedevelOprnent s,f MR. nitvO
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Sunday Crash Survivors,
Condition Unclaimed

The condition of the only sur
vivor Of the BIS crash Sunday
night near Dorsey, Md, was
reported unchanged" today by
Boiling Air Force Base.
Army Capt. Richard G. Nagell,
"a. a passenger who boarded the
plane at Tulsa. remained on the
seriously III" list at Boiling Hos
pital and was said to be ssre-
spending slowly from the con-
cussion suffered in the crash,
Yesterday the hospital had given
him q $3.50 chance to live
Besides the conclusion he also
suffered fractures Of both java
bones and q deep cash on the
face.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
McKeIdin Is Asked
To Reopen Probe Of
Motel SfrangIing

An appeal has been made to
Gov. McKeldin to reopen the
investigation of the death of a
29-year-old Maryland man
found strangled in a motel room
at Waldorf, Md, four months
ago.
A suicide ruling had been is
sued in the death of Thomas C..
(Tomny) Conner, a verdict
strongly protested by his family.
His mother, Mrs. Thomas E.
Connor of 8109 Hammond ave-
nue., Takoma Park, said today
she was convinced her son was
murdered and that he did not
take his own life.
Everything to Live For"
HE had everything to live for
and no reason to end his life,"
she declared.
Mr.. Connor's body was found
with a belt tight around his neck
about 12::45 pm. on August 8.
He was to have had dinner that
night with his wife of five weeks
and then was to have gone to a
family party at which films of
his wedding were to be shown.
He had been married June 26
and lived in an apartment at
1908 Falkland terrace, Silver
Spring. His wife is a chemist at
the Bureau Of Standards.
Mr.. Connor's mother said Gov.
McKeldin was being asked to
order a probe because Charles
County authorities had not
changed their stand on the sui
eide ruling.
Death Probed Twice.
The death has been investi-
gated twice-by Maryland State
Trooper Noble Collision and
States Attorney Robert c, Bar
bour of Charles County. Both
said they could find no evidence
Of foul play and nothing to
change the death certificate is
sued by DR.. Edward Edelen,
Charles County medical examin-
err.
Mrs. Connor said her son was
a good Catholic, educated in
Catholic schools and a IMAM
with a good life" He had been
district manager for
Schlitz beer in this area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Housing Probe Hears
FHA Underwater

Allen B. Elliot. chief UNDER
writer for the Federal Housing
Administration, yesterday ap-
peared as q witness before the
Federal grand jury probing FLA
scandals.
Mr.. Elliot UNDERWRITERS FLA
insurance loans.
Another witness before the
panel ii the United States Court
house here was Norman i. Dean,
former FILA assistant chief
underwater.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Baltimore Tox Rate Up

BALTIMORE, Dec. (R.-
The board of estimates which
has been wrestling with the
city's finances for three weeks,
reached agreement yesterday on
the 1855 city budget and set
the new tax rate at $3.07, an
increase of rs cents over the
current rate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Two Suspects Seized
AT Store Are Linked
Other Break -Ins

Police said they have closet
three housebreaking cases witt
the arrest early today OF two
suspects caught attempting Il
loot a grocery storeroom.
Safe Squad Detective sergt
William Friel said one of Thu
suspects, Sylvester Muse, Is, col.
ored, Of the 1000 block of Yer
mont avenue NV. has con-
fessed. His companion, Willis
A. Washington, 20, colored, Oh
the 1000 block Of Eighth street
NV, has refused to talk, Mr.
Friel said. Both were charged
with HOUSEKEEPING.
Muse and Washington were
arrested at 1880 am. inside q
shed at the rear of the Comp
ton Market, 2712 Eleventh street
NV, by 10th precinct Pvts
Robert L. Gillian and Frank
Massaro.
Both Are PAROLES.
The men were working on sew
eral crates with steel pinch bars
when the policemen walked in
with drawn guns, they said.
Both have admitted being pa
rolees from the Virginia State
Penitentiary.
Muse asked to speak to Sergt
Friel after being brought to the
10th precinct, explaining he had
been arrested by the detective
before and trusted him. He said
he wanted to talk.
Sergt. Friel said Muse told the
following story:
He was released last spring
from the Virginia penitentiary
and returned to Washington. Z AT
that time he was living In the
1900 block Of Harvard street
NV.
Shortly thereafter he got q
job as delivery boy for Mitchellss
Sporting Goods store at $500
Fourteenth street NV. and re-
warded his employer BY trying
to steal the safe. Muse, accord
ing to Sergt. Friel, entered the
store with two men he knew
only by their nicknalnes. III
said they were unable To take
out the strong box because it
was too big for the aisle.
Swarming With Police.
He drove off to enlist the aid
OF Washington, but when he re-
turned he kept driving because
the place was swarming with
cops"
He also admitted. Sergt. Friel
said, stealing a safe from the
Acme Market at Champlain
street and Texas avenue Sc. on
November II.
In that case, Muse asserted.
he and Washington used the
sporting goods shop truck to
cart the safe to the Harvard
street address where they ripped
out its bottom. They got 1926,
the detective said. \,
Muse also admitted breaking
into the Boulevard Hardware
Store at 5400 Macarthur boule-
ward. There they got only q
radio and some change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Lutheran curoI Service

The Pilgrim Lutheran Church,
jamestown road and Flint drive.
Westgate, Md. will hold the first
Of three special Candlelight Carol
services at 7:45 o'clock tonight.
The other two will be held at
the same hour on December 8
and Is.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Ex-News Photographers
Open New Studio

Three former. Tines Herald
news PHOTOGRAPHERS announced
the opening today o ae coma
merciai photo raphi iifEn pf.
Canleralnan Inc. u !;
Offices Of Cameraman me,
comprised Of Paul Dennehey,
Byrd Ferneyhough and Berkeley
Payne, are located in Suite TOT
OF the Victor Building, 724 Ninth
street NV.
Since the sale Of the Times
Herald the trio has been ASSOC
ciated with Swami Studio.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
will soon have the light In their
favor but within the law.
3. Illegal.

Answer 8 Is correct. The Traf-
fic and Motor Vehicle Regula-
tons. Section 46 cd states:
No driver shall enter an In.
tersection or q marked crosswalk
unless there Is sufiiciert space on
the other side Of the intersection
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01

Another in o series Of joys for logging
memories regarding District traffic
laws.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-01
Do You Really Drive Well?

Motorist A enters the inter-
section on a green traffic signal,
although the street is blocked by
traffic on the other side. His
action was:
]. Legal. as the light was iii
his favor.
Q. Discourteous to motorists.
waiting on the other streetwho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Modern Marriage
Proper Selection Of oys Vital to Child

nifty to observe and he declares.
"I am unhesitatingly opposed to
toy guns. I don't think they
help the situation at all. I
would like to see something done
to stop them" On the other
hand, DR.. Robert Young. psy-
chologist at the Judge Baker
Guidance Center in Boston, one
of the finest in the country, sees
no connection between toy guns
and crime among children.
Whether the case against toy
guns can be proved or not. you
can't go wrong in offering the
youngsters something better.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Soys Woman Doctor
No Godget
For Changing
BobyDiopers
By the Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich, July g.
A Washington woman pediatri-
clan and writer took issue last
night with the argument that
mothers seek employment out
side the home because duties
which once kept a housewife
busy ARE done better and more
quickly today by mechanical
gadgets."
The theory that woman is a
"victim of chronological unem-
ployment" was advanced by
Prof. E. Lowell Kelly. director Of
the University Of Michigan's
bureau of psychological services,
during a panel discussion OF
woman in the world Of man"
Exception was taken by DR..
Dorothy v. Whipple, who prac-
tices in Washington and lives in
Arlington. A mother Of three. DR..
Whipple said: There is no
gadget yet invented that can
change diapers, also there are
no mechanical devices which
can give baths, settle arguments
and minister "a hours a day to
children's welfare.
1.-THE role of the modern
mother is more wearing than in
the past. Old-time households
included grandmothers, aunts or
housemaids, who relieved the
mother. This is no longer true.
The young mother today is tied
to the home, unable to get out
unless she takes the children
along. .
"As q result, she suffers from
loneliness, and remembers with
nostalgia the rosy period Of her
unmarried years.. She believes
life would be more bearable II
she could get a job"
DR.. Whipple's husband. Evan
Clague, commissioner Of labor
statistics in the United States
Labor Department. and Prof
Margaret Elliott Tracy, Of thu
Michigan School Of Business Ad.
ministration. also were on tn,
panel.
Clague said labor statistic,
show a decline in employment
for women in the 20-to-S5 ag'
bracket and that the number o
women 35-to-50 working or seek
ing jobs has increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
BY Dr.. Paul Popenoe

Some parents and guardians
give children any toys they ask
for, or just follow the trends
of the toy trace. Others consider
the proper selection of toys to
be important to the development
of children because they tend to
influence their attitudes. I be-
lieve with the latter. Mrs. S.
brings up the subject:
due to my sisters illness I
am going to have to take her
three children into my home this
summer, probably for some
months" she writes me. 'They
are 3, 5 and z, respectively. OF
course, they will not be in any
school, although the two older
ones may enter in September.
I've a long, hard summer ahead
of me, since I have little ex-
perience with young children.
Although my husband and / have
been married happily for 10
years, we have none of our own.
I am frankly terrified when I
think of having to keep these
little ones happily occupied week
after week and not let them get
too much on my husbands
nerves. I would like to stock up
with a wagon load Of toys to
draw on, but when ! look over
some of the stuff in the stores
I become bewildered. I certainly
don't intend to equip them with
toy guns, but what do you think
would be most useful?
You do not say whether the
little ones are boys or girls, but
at those ages it does not make
so much difference. Mrs. s. You
are concerned about the gen.
eral principles, and toy manu-
facturers want you to be con-
cerned. They employ a recog-
nized psychologist, DR.. Grace
Langdon, to advise the public
on such matters and she is the
author of a very useful little
pamphlet called "How to Choose
Toys" which will tell you just
what you want to know. Write
me in care of The Evening Star
inclosing a stamped, self adj
dressed envelope and I'll be glad
to send you a free copy. Almost
any parent could benefit from
the study of this little pamphlet.
am inclined to agree with
you about toy guns. The chill
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30
Long Shorts
Make q Hit
With Males
By EIeni


Those shy guys waiting for
"every one else" to start wearing
the Bermuda shorts out to din
ner, at the country club, to the
Carter Barron Amphitheater, in
general, for comfortable. casual
summer wear. are missing out on
a good thing.
Popular acceptance Of the
Bermuda length walking shorts
is wider spread for resort wear
but indications are that the
walking shorts are making the
grade in back yards, on golf
links and even at private out
door parties in the evening.
We're all for it. Think they
look good, cool; and pretty
proper. Proper. that is when all
the right accessories go with
the walking shorts.
Shoes, for example, can throw
the whole look off. Tassle-tied
n.uccasins or loafers are more
| in keeping with the outfit. So
are the high socks that should
be worn with the shorts that hit
about 2 inches above the knee.
/ Britishers have worn walking
shorts for long, long time.
With them they have worn the
longer length socks. American
men apparently like a shorter
sock or none at all. We're for
the longer lengths, because they
seem to balance out the appear
ance of a man wearing shorts.
That they are hot, we're told
by some men, that if the back
of the knee is exposed there's
no heat problem involved.
An interesting development Of
this OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES kind
Of sock is that it may prove to
be the 'strapless" of the mems
wear hosiery field. Carriers may
become obsolete, due to new
ways being evolved to keep socks
up minus them. White, pat
termed or other monotone shades
are in the sock lineup.
Indian madras, dacron and
wool flannel, linen-like rayon
and even denim are just a few
of the fabrics in which the
popular walking shorts come.
For a jacket topping pink
denim, white linen proves good
looking and cool.
Even If courage fails some
gentlemen to wear them to the
office, we think that the Ber-
muda walking shorts idea Is
here to stay in mems sportswear
We women are used to change
in our fashion setup. When you
men start getting used to the
idea, you'll be in for a lot>more
excitement and certainly a lot
more fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-30

dren's world Is so full OF them
now that you will probably not
be able to escape them alto
gether, since the neighbors' chill
dren will have them if you don't.
But I think we can find many
toys that will help to build
character and stimulate imagi-
nation. Experts do not agree al
together as to whether toy guns
and similar weapons do children
harm. OF course, it's hard to
prove one way or another. Ed
ward j. O'Mara, chief probation
officer of Boston's juvenile court.
has had q good deal of opportu-