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Evening star., 1954-05-05
Telephone Rate
BoostAppears
In Making Here
Between $626,0 900
And $1,537,000
Increase Seen

A. telephone rate increase Of
between $626,000 and $1,537, 900
a year appeared to be in the
making for Washington today
at a hearing of the Public Utili-
ties Commission.
]. William Falk, executive
accountant for the PUG, testi-
fed that the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co. would
need the $1,537,0 900 increase in
revenues to maintain the 6.25
per cent rate of return which
the commission ruled last year
would be fair for it then.
He made no estimate of the
revenue increase needed to give
the company the rs per cent re-
turn for which it has asked in
the present case. The company
has figured that at $4.4 million.
Needed for 5.75% Return.
Mr.. Falk said the $500, 900 in
crease would be needed to let
the company have a return of
5.75 per cent, as recommended
yesterday by David A. Kosh, a
private consultant retained by
the commission. That is the low
est figure discussed in the pres
ent case. Mr.. Falk himself has
not yet recommended any spe-
cif1c figure. ....
The commission accountant
also testified that the company
would need $1.083,O00 more in
revenue to realize a 6 per cent
rate of return on its investment
in property used for the benefit
of the public here.
Advanced by Macintosh.
The 6 per cent figure was in
dorsed at the close of today's
session by James K. Macintosh.
chief of the Government Service
Administrations public utilities
branch, on behalf of the Federal
Government.
His testimony was put into
the hearing record unread, after
he promised to be available for
croSs-examination.
The session will resume to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Barney Elephants to Perform
AtFestWoIH Honoring Miss Lena
Boys to Masquerade
At Testimonial for
45-Yeur Veteran
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

When boys dressed as ele-
plants cavort in the Barney
Neighborhood House May Festi-
val Friday and Saturday, they
will be honoring Miss Lena
Barghausen.
When other youngsters do a
weaving dance" or a "chef
dance" or a scamp dance" they
will also be honoring Miss Barg-
hansen, even if they don't know
her last name. She has been
miss Lena" at the house for
over As years.
In that time, she has never
missed a day of work. She has
been late only a couple of days
when she had to walk part OF
the way from her home, 100 Rit-
tenhouse street NV. because OF
Capital Transit strike.
She is a veteran of the days
when, in the words of Miss julie
Bouchard, head resident at the
house:
"You did social work by pick
ing up a mop and pail and
going out into the homes. You
didn't sit in an Office and say.
I'll make an appointment for
you"
Really Helped.
In addition to teaching the
kindergarten class and running
the women's club, Miss Lena
did what she could to help
people in the neighborhood."
She sat with the dying, cared
for the sick, took a'homeless boy
into her own home, sewed lace
on babies shrouds and took her
mop and pail and cleaned up
many a house.
She did so much Of this that
she can't remember it all.
In between, she learned weav-
ing and taught it to others, us
ing a 18th century loom dis
covered in a Virginia barn.
A long time back, someone
sent the house a stuffed elephant
in a sad state of repair. Miss
Lena, always handy with a
needle, took him apart and put
him together again. From that
she learned the pattern for max
ing elephants.
Since then, she and her pupils
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Red Cross Sells
H ST. Building
ToPhoneFirm
: Compony's Newest
Regrouping Move
Costs $500, 900

The Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. today announced
purchase of the Printcraft Build
ing, $50 H street NV, from the
American Red Cross for $500, 900.
The nine-story concrete struc-
ture will be remodeled and oc-
cupied next fall by about 1000
commercial, plant and account
ing employees of the telephone
company now scattered over sew
eral locations.
Public to Be Unaffected.
c. & P. said all Offices with
which the public has contact will
remain at present sites and will
not be affected by purchase of
the new building.
The building was bought by
the Red Cross during World War
II to house the many expanded
services of that time.
Recently the organization has
been gradually moving some of
these services to other locations.
The accounting offices have
been moved to Alexandria, the
tele-communications to Rich
mond, the purchasing Office to
the Eighteenth street building
and the shipping and supply
room to a warehouse in nearby
Maryland.
One Roof Sought by Firm.
The telephone company hopes
to re-group many of it's far-hung
operations under one roof.
Such Offices as those now To-
Gated at GIG G street NV, on
the tenth floor of the Willard
Hotel, in the first block of New
York avenue NV. at 1707 Four
teenth street NV. and in the
Cafritz Building probably will be
moved to the H street building.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Wool Pay Boost Delayed
After Mills Appeal 10 Court

A 15-cents-an-hour increase in
minimum wages under Federal
wool and worsted textile con-
tracts. slated to take effect Fri
day, has been postponed by in
junction of Judge Edward A.
Tamm of the u. S. District
Court for the District of Co.
lumbia.
Judge Tamm issued his order
yesterday on the plea of more
than a score. of wool manufac-
turers, but required them to post
bond to cover the wage increase
if they should ultimately lose
their suit.
The increase, from $1.05 to
$1.20 an hour, was ordered by
Secretary of Labor Mitchell after
hearings in which he found that
the higher figure was the pre-
vailing wage in the industry.
Mr.. Mitchell defended fixing Of
wages on a Nationwide basis
under Government contracts as
a contribution to fair competi-
ton in biGding.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
BroyhiI| Boys Body
Found in Andcostid
Near Air Station

Nearly 48 hours after 5-year-
old Paige Broyhill disappeared
from an Anacostia River yacht
club, his body was recovered
yesterday near the Naval Air
Station boathouse across the
river.
The body was seen floating to-
ward the boathouse by two men
from the station. who put out in
a boat and brought it ashore.
Uncle Identifies Him.
Within a few minutes the long,
heart-breaking search for the
boy officially ended when the
body was identified by an uncle,
John w. Hardell, jr., of Abb
North Thirty-fourth street, Ar
lington
Paige was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Marvin T. Broyhill, jr., 2541
North Vermont street, Arlington,
and the nephew of Representa-
tive Broyhill. Republican, of
Virginia.
After a medical officer from
the air station had pronounced
the boy dead, Coroner A Ma
gruder Macdonald issued a certi-
ficate of accidental death by
drowning.
For two days and nights police,
Navy personnel and civilians
had searched the river and the
neighborhood for the boy, who
had disappeared about $3.50 pm
Sunday.
Paige had gone to the Corin-
THAN Yacht Club, at Second and
v streets Sc, with his parents
and was last seen running in
the direction of the clubs main
gate. He apparently fell into the
water at time when club men,
bers were preoccupied with a
beauty contest.
Broyhill Thanks Navy.
Speaking for the family, Rep
resentative Broyhill expressed
appreciation to the Navy. Donald
Clemmer, head Of the Depart
ment of Corrections, and WASH
ington police for their untiring
efforts" to find the boy.
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Friday from the Ives
funeral home. 2847 Wilson boule-
ward, Arlington, and burial will
be in National Memorial Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Hearing on Transfer
Of White School 10
Negroes Is Called Off
By jones 6. Deone

Plans are of for any public
hearing next week on a proposal
to transfer a Northwest white
grade school to Negroes.
The Board of Education, how
ever, still is slated to get a new
report on the subject from Supt.
Hobart M. Corning. DR.. Corning
hasn't disclosed what he'll rec
ommend.
Mrs. Elise v. Watkins, board
secretary. announced today that
the superintendent had asked
the board to call off any hearing
plans. A majority of the board
approved the request, although
Wesley S. Williams, colored
member, refused to agree in a
special between-meetings, Wat
kinS reported.
Transfer Under Study.
Under study is a possible
transfer of either the Petworth
Elementary School, Eighth and
Shepherd streets NV, or Ray
mond School, Tenth street and
Spring road NV.
DR.. Corning has urged Pet
worth transfer, but that was
rejected by the board two weeks
ago in a So vote. The board
then instructed DR.. Corning to
propose an alternative.
Mr. Williams strongly favors
transferring Raymond instead of
Petworth. DR.. Margaret j.
Butcher, another colored mem
ber. two weeks ago supported
him on this. Two other members
also are known to favor shift
ing Raymond.
PetwOrth Hearing Held.
The board already has held a
public hearing on Petworth, but
none has been held on Raymond
yet, and board rules require such
a hearing-preceded by 10 days
public notice-before a transfer
can be voted.
DR.. Corning had been under
instructions to suggest new
plan in time for a hearing a week
from tomorrow, if the plan made
q hearing necessary.
All the superintendent would
disclose today, through an aide,
was that he will make a new
report.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Doctors Tell About Arthritis and Rheumatism

doctors said, from the cradle
to the grave"
The discussion was not all
gloomy however.
One doctor said oSteoarthritiS
"a form of the disease found
more frequently in the aged
has it's good points.
Discussing the role Of diet in
the treatment Of the illness, the
doctors pointed out that both
picking up and losing weight
have been found to do some
good.
What they try to do. the doc
tors indicated, is to find the
best treatment for each indi-
vidual. While Mrs. x might have
a pain in the same spot Mrs. Y
has, the two nevertheless, will
not respond to the same iden-
tical treatment.
Those who appeared on the
panel were DR.. Alvin c. Wyman,
moderator: DR.. William j.
Weaver, Dr. Walter L. Nails, DR..
James B. Gilbert, DR.. Arthur j.
Mourot DR. John B. wilkins and
DR.. George Lemenshewsky. Mrs.
Margaret o. Riker spoke on be-
half Of the civic clubs.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
District Girl, 1S, Held
In Check Forqeries

An 18-year-old girl. who po-
lice say cashed a dozen forged
checks with the aid of a learn
er's permit obtained under a
false name, today was held for
grand jury action after an ap-
pearance at Municipal Court.
She is Matilda Hodgson of the
1900 block of Holbrook terrace
NE. She was arrested at her
home last night by Detective
Sergt. Benjamin Clark of the
check and fraud squad.
Sergt. Clark said the girl got
the learners permit, which is
good for 80 days. on April Is,
using the name Mary Diven.
With the aid of the permit she
was able to cash total of 10
checks at two downtown depart
ment stores and two others
at a Northeast grocery, the de-
tective said.
The detective said he was able
to arrest her when the grocery
proprietor checked the address
from the learners permit on her
second visit to the store and
found it false.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Junior Village Is Appalling,
ComoIier Finds on Inspection

The village has 207 children,
from 6-month-old babies to
boys and girls 13 years old.
More than go per ceent are
colored.
Month after month, family
evictions and parents going to
hospitals account for 25 per
cent of our admissions. said
Carl Oliver, the acting superin-
tendent.
Some of the wards are delin-
quents. But most are victims
of broken homes.
In a hallway a little blond
girl was lingering piano with
fap-toothed keyboard. More
keys were missing than present.
Down the hall a nurse was
saying into telephone, 1.-THE
baby was left on the door,
step. :"
Commissioner Camalier said
the village would soon be the
worst place Of all operated by
the District Better facilities are
possible in July of next year, at
the earliest.
What can be done to help the
children before then?
Nothing" he said. mot a
thing can be done before then"
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Macht Pleads Not Guilty
To Charges Of Forgery

Emmanuel Macht, so, former
District real estate salesman,
today pleaded not guilty to for
gerry charges involving a sus-
pected $250,000 real estate swim
die here.
Macht made his plea before
Chief Judge Bolitha j. Laws in
the u. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia. He was
released in $4,000 bond. Also
under indictment in the realty
deals are Grille C. Gaudette, 54,
an attorney and linotype opera
tor and Mrs. Helen H. Gaudette,
also known as Helen thinner
man. and believed to be the
lawyers wife.
According to Assistant United
States Attorney Alfred Hartman,
the deals involved sales of frau
dulent second strust notes.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
New Street Lighting
Would Pay for Itself,
Prentiss Declares

A modern street lighting sys-
tenn would cost the District SO
million to install but would soon
pay for itself in sharply reduced
operational costs. Brig. Gen.
Louis w. Prentiss. Engineer Com
missioner, said yesterday.
Where the modern system has
been introduced here. a so per
cent decrease in nighttime
crimes and a nearly 4 per cent
decrease in accidents has fol-
lowed. he added.
The new system uses mercury
vapor lamps, instead of the in
candescent lamps that ushered
out the era of gas lights. he told
the District Advisory Board of
the American Automobile Asso-
citation.
Key Bridge Example.
The efficiency of the new sys-
tenn is demonstrated on Key
Bridge. Gen. Prentiss said. where
80 of the new units were installed
replacing 70 of the old type. The
cost of installation was $500,
but the District is saving about
$1,000 Yearly in operation costs
and will amortize the investment
in three years, he added.
The District has four-point
program of street light improve
ments, he said. based on the
availability of funds. The plan
calls for:
/. Installation of lights at in
tersections to aid pedestrians.
2. installations on the lis
miles of streets and Ais miles of
alleys that have no lights what
ever now.
3. Improvement of lighting on
heavily travelled streets that are
now poorly lighted.
4. Improvement of the resi-
Dental area lighting.
Shift Old Lights.
The program can move ahead,
he said, by placing the old-style
units in areas that have no
lights at all, as the modern units
are erected. The proposed budget
provides for more than $400. 900
to be spent next year in the
street light improvement pro-
gram.
The advisory board, meeting
IN the Mayflower Hotel. indorsed
the program outlined by Gen.
Prentiss.
In other actions. the board
urged that the proposed Police
Department budget be increased
oy 1868 .480 to raise the depart
.ment's manpower from 2,278 to
$500. It also recommended that
the school crossing guard force
Of women be increased from 81
to 100 in the next year and
reaffirmed its support Of a pro-
posed law legalizing chemical
tests in drunken driving cases.
The board also asked that an
appropriation of $35. .420 be
sought to enable extension of
the high school driver training
program. The outlay would en-
able one driver training unit to
be provided at each of the 16
District high schools. the group
said
Evening star., 1954-05-05
BUDGET Study Attacked

The Arlington County Civic
Federation last night attacked
a budget study by a six-man
Interim Budget Committee as
biased. factually erroneous and
grossly inadequate" and disap-
proved of most of its proposed
budget reductions.
The study had been given the
County Board last Saturday. An
additional hearing on the pro-
posed budget will be held at 8
pm. tomorrow at Stratford
Junior High School.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Trade Bourd to Hear
Richard Hurkness

Richard Harkness, news ana
lyst for the National Broadcast
ing Co.'S Washington bureau,
will be the principal speaker at
the Washington Board of
Trades 65th annual meeting at
8 pm. Friday. .,
The meeting will follow the
annual election of directors at
the Hotel Statler. Fifteen busi-
ness leaders have been nomi-
mated for the IL positions on
the board. Mr.. Harkness is
currently serving as president
of the Radio and TeleviSion
Correspondents Association.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Visitors Food to Cost
Lorton Inmates More

Lorton prisoners must pay
more for the meals visiting
athletes eat at the reformatory.
the Board of Commissioners de-
cided yesterday.
It is customary to provide
free chow for visiting teams and
entertainers who stay for meals
at the institution. The money
for the food comes out of the
inmates welfare fund.
The new price set Is As cents
a meal. more than double the
old rate of 81 cents. The in
crease was announced in a re-
vised subsistence, quarters and
laundry" list just issued.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Schools Construction
Praised in MONTGOMERY

A Montgomery County School
Construction Committee, head
ed by David Scull, has praised
the county Board of Education
for doing a satisfactory job with
commendable economy in its
school construction program
during recent years.
The committee submitted a
20-page report to the County
Council yesterday after more
than a year of study. The COM
mittee also suggested the School
Board and the Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission work out a
master plan of school sites and
that the planners be given the
job of obtaining the locations.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Dr.. Butcher Urges
School lnteqrution

The Woodbridge Civic Associa-
ton last night heard DR.. Marga-
ret j. Butcher, District Board
of Education member, call for
simultaneous integration at all
levels in the city school system.
DR.. Osborn Smallwood, presi-
dent. continued the meeting at
which she spoke at the Slowe
School. Fourteenth and jackson
streets NE.
Evening star., 1954-05-05

have made an estimated 800 ele-
plants a year-perhaps 5000
altogether. They have found
ready sale. A letter recently
came from a Washington girl
now married and living in India.
She must have a Barney Neigh
borhood House elephant, she
wrote, because she had a daugh-
ter whom she would not permit
to grow up without one.
Noted as Cook.
Miss Lena is also a consider
able cook. Her pies and cakes are
well known, and their sale pro-
vided quite a bit of income for
the settlement house before it
became a Community Chest
agency. Currently she is busy
with goodies for the May festival.
The kindergarten program is
what brought Miss Lena into her
first contact with the house,
when a friend of hers taught it
some so years ago. It is still
among her favorites.
Women at whom Miss Lena
shook her finger long ago bring
their children back here and ex-
pect Miss Lena to shake her
finger at them, too" said Miss
Bouchard. Miss Lena obliges.
These children today, whew!"
says Miss Lena. II teach them
manners-to say Good morning
and Good by. It's the only
manners some of them get"
"And not a one of the 40
touches his milk before grace is
said. l work with the small ones
because you can't do anything
with the big ones anymore"
On the subject of juvenile de-
linquency, e. Miss Lena blames
uncaring mothers, too much
freedom and too much TV."
"Let's have a play with guns
in it, Miss Lena the kinder
garten says. tell them we don't
have guns in Neighbor House,
and we won't have guns in the
play. We had Indians in it,
finally, but no guns"
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Fairfax G. O. P. Elects

Ray Cromley, a Washington
correspondent for the Wall
Street Journal, has been elected
the new chairman of the Fair
fax County Republican Com
mittee.
Mr.. Cromley was elected last
night by a vote of 275 to 159
over Douglas A Clark.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Joint Accord
On Works Bill
Expected Soon
Conference Group
PIons Meeting on
Differing Versions

A House-Senate conference
committee will meet soon to work
out a compromise between diff
fering versions of the Districts
$305 million 10-year public works
revenue bill.
Sixteen changes were made by
the Senate in passing the meas
ure, previously approved by the
House. Six of the Senate amend
ments were understood to be the
principal ones in controversy.
with major objection by the
House members centered on
three.
The conferees from both Sem
ate and House, who had worked
together as a joint fiscal sub
committee writing the works bill
in the first place. were expected
to be able to compose differ
enceS between Senate and House
versions of the measure without
too much delay.
Quick Passage Seen.
When agreement is reached on
the final form of the bill, it is
expected to get quick passage by
both houses.
The three Senate amendments
on which it was understood the
House conferees will insist most
vigorously relate to taxes on beer.
suburban buses operating in
Washington and boats in District
waters.
The House had raised the 81
per barrel tax on beer to $1.50,
but the Senate changed this ievy
back to the present effective 81
level.
The mileage tax on suburban
buses operating here is eight
tenth of a cent per mile. The
House raised this to / cent.
an the Senate increased it to 2
cents. The Capital Transit Co.
would not be subject to this tax
but already pays a levy on its
gross receipts.
Federal Payment Issue.
The House version OF the bill.
repeating the personal property
tax on household fui nishings and
some other effects, left this tax
still effective OH boats in this
area. The Senate would remove
the personal property from all
boats except those used as places
of abode.
Also in disagreement is the
amount of the $40 million Fed
eral payment toward District
costs, which would have to be
matched by the District before
1t could be earmarked specifically
for public works.
The House hao required the
District to match SIS million of
the increased Federal payment
for public works program; the
Senate cut this figure to SOS mil
lion at the request of the District
Commissioners. The District
Commissioners told the Senate
District Fiscal subcommittee the
$6.5 million is as much as the
District could match at this time.
The Senate conferees are
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee and Senators
Beall. Republican of Maryland,
and Gore, Democrat. of Ten
neSSee.
The House con1erees are Re-
publican Representatives O'Hara
of Minnesota. Tale ct Iowa and
Allen of California. and Demo-
cratic Representatives Smith Of
Virginia and Harris of Arkansas.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Scout Fund at $50, 900

The Boy Scout national fund
campaign has reached $50, 900.
it was announced today. Joseph
H. Freehill, campaign chairman.
said the drive will continue
until the 100000 goal il
reached.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
School Sale Considered

The Fairfax County School
Board is considering the sale of
it's 14-classroom Oak Street Ele-
mentary School to the city of
Falls Church.
The board yesterday voted to
explore the possibilities of SELL
ing the school, built in 1949,
after it was suggested by two
Falls Church School Board
members, John A. johnson and
Oliver j. Caldwell.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
St. Agnes School Benefit

st. Agnes School alumnae will
have a square dance at $3.50 pm.
Friday in Christ Church parish
house, 118 North Washington
street, Alexandria, to benefit the
school building fund.
Evening star., 1954-05-05
Library BOYS to Meet

The Washington Chapter of
the Special Libraries Associa-
tion will meet for dinner at $3.50
pm. tomorroy in the Cosmos
Club, 2121 Massachusetts, avenue
NV.