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The frontiersman., 1954-04-22
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
 ANNOUNCES AS CASES POLIO IN TERRITORY

Three cases of polio, one of which resulted in death, have oc- cured at Andreafski, near the month of the Yukon river, accord ing to report received by the Alaska Department of Health.
 Between January l, and April Is, total of 46 cases with six deaths from polio have been re- ported to the health department, all of which were in northwest ern Alaska. Twelve occurred at Nome, r at St. Paul's island and l3 in the Anchorage and Palmer area. The other four include three reported cases from Andreafski and an earlier one fom Napakiak.
 Measles and humps continued to be prevalent among other com -4nunicable diseases during March and the first part of April. Im- mune globulin for temporary pro- lection against measles was is- sued by the laboratories for use -in various communities through -out the territory.
 Other reported diseases includ- ed a wave of influenza-like up .per respiratory infection which struck nearly a third of Juneau's school children. Also 40 cases o1 iaundice (infectious hepatistis) al Alitak, and one case of typhoid fever from the Koyukuk area or the Yukon river.
 Indications of rabies in wilc animals were reported from sev' -eral areas and tests on heads o- two foxes submitted to the healtf department Anchorage laboratory proved positive upon examina tion. These were from the Bethe area.
The frontiersman., 1954-04-22
Furniture Like New

leading the field. Mrs. Bill Sharp reupholstered a large chair in plastic; Mrs. John King, Mrs. Car los Driggars and Mrs. Bob Buzby reupholstered platform rockers. Mrs. Pearl Trowbridge, Mrs. Harry Duff, and Mrs. Bill Curtis refinished chairs and tables. Mrs. Marylou Rideout, home demon stration agent, reupholstered a channel-back chair, Mrs. Epler reupholstered and refinished an occasional chair, and Mrs. Wal lace refinished a caned-seat and back chair.
 The work was done under the direction of Mary Robinson.
The frontiersman., 1954-04-22
Work Shop Produces

The saving of hundreds of dol lars and the ability to say with pride, T did it myself, will be enjoyed by many Valley women this week when the Extension Service work shop comes. to a close this week end.
 Many pieces of furniture, that would have been banished to the barn or some dark corner Of the basement, have been refinished, or reupholstered this week by members of various homemaker clubs. Mrs. Amy Irwin reuphol- stered a daveno and chair; Mrs. Parker Lester and Mrs. C. E. Wright not only recovered a large chair, but redesigned the frame as well. Mrs. Cy Brewer recover ed a daveno and Mrs. I. M. Sand vik reupholStered a chair.
 Several types of fabric were used, with soft plastic materials
The frontiersman., 1954-04-22
ARMY RELIEF DRIVE STARTED AT TT. RICHARDSON

Start Of the Iy54 drlVe TOT Army Emergency Relief funds was an- nounced this week at Fort Rich ardson by Maj. Albert C. Erbee, campaign chairman.
 Army Emergency Relief is an agency of the Army which fur nishes emergency financial as- sistance to soldiers and their fam lilies. It differs from other relief agencies in that all money con- tr::5uted is for the exclusive use of military personnel. During 1853. ABR paid out a total of S2,258,796 throughout the Army, with more than $45,000 going to members of this Command.
The frontiersman., 1954-04-22

BR RIGHT
 OUTLOOK Probably the outstanding phenomenon of 1853, far as the businesses in the Valley concerned the strong evidence that ihe sellers market of many years duration was al last playing out There weeping and waing on the part of people in all branches of business to whom ihis reversal seemed an uncommony cruel twist
 ffate
 We will fry especially hard to do all that can be done in inc fields of economy and Quality Control 10 prepare our business for he tougher world which looms ahead. For make no mistake about it. inc years just ahead going 10 be measuraby tougher han the period thru which
 have been coastng so easily.
 Many in business have never known the work that must go into Cor The satisfaction which can result on) tough competitive selling The years ahead should be revelation 10 them. The easybuek, hand-out world we're leaving behind has in some measure cheated all of We no longer act as if customers were afflicted with the plague. Fs lime 10 shift our sights.
 We will endeavor vigorously 10 offer service and
 satisfaction than ever before.
 In line with the above we have put our money where our
 mouth is'.
 We have purchased brand-new, completely modern Fleming FM-l80 Concrete Block Machine This is fully automatic, Hydrauica|y y-operaed, pressure head and vibrator combination that represents the very latest ad xaneas in enneroia ndusiEu ihis unaeh;ua
Evening star., 1954-04-14
D. {. 10 Prosecute
Tenement Owners
For Noncompliance

District authorities laid plans
today to begin prosecution within
a few days of nearly 400 tene-
ment owners charged with fail
ure to comply with all require
ments under the licensing act.
C. T. Nottingham. licenses
superintendent, said the District
was ready to go ahead with 397
cases in which owners have been
notified they were not in full
compliance.
He was to meet with Col. Giles
Evans, assistant engineering
Commissioner in charge of
licenses and inspections, and
Richard Mattingly, his legal ad-
wiser, to map the program.
Consult With Court.
Mr.. Nottingham said Municipal
Court would be consulted to de-
termine how many of the cases
might be handled in a day and
what the penalties might be.
He pointed out that the mini
mum penalty is a $500 fine or 80
days in jail. Whether the pen
alties are heavy or light may
bear on the willingness of own
ers to make the necessary
changes. Mr.. Nottingham said.
Between 300 and 400 Of the
city's tenement owners have ex-
pressed an interest in converting
their premises to rooming houses,
requiring less stringent inspec-
ton regulations.
To Discuss Conversion.
Mr.. Nottingham said the Off
cials would discuss whether they
would require these owners to
comply with tenement regula-
tions before permitting them to
convert to rooming houses.
He also will seek a Municipal
Court opinion on whether each
day Of noncompliance by tene-
ment owners might be construed
as a new and additional charge
against them.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Seaman Seriously Hurt
In Traffic Accident

A 23-year-old Navy drummer
was critically injured today in
an automobile accident on
Maryland Route S, one mile
north Of Mechanicsville, Md,
the Navy reported.
He was identified as MUSN
Harvey Oliver Wilkiin, assigned
to the band at the Naval Air
Station, Patuxent. Md.
A Navy spokesman said it had
not yet been determined how
the accident happened, although
the seaman apparently was
alone in the car.
The accident was reported at
6:12 am. The sailors mother is
Mrs. Sophia Romano Wilkin, Of
Ithaca. N. Y.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Owners Reclaim
Stolen DoppIe, but
Hotel Holds Boq

The free-loading dog of the
Ambassador Hotel has been re-
turned to it's rightful owner but
the hotel is still out an unpaid
bill of $26 skipped by the two
persons who stole the dog.
What's more the same two
people stole the dog owners au-
tomobile and were still going at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard D.
Crenshaw, of Winchester, Va,
came here yesterday to claim
the dog after many telephone
calls had finally traced its own
ership to the Crenshaws.
The couple who had stolen
car and dog checked into the
Ambassador last Friday; left
Monday leaving Dapple, the
part-Dalmatian, and the unpaid
bill. Manager John Schlotter-
beck took over personal care of
the dog. His only complaint,
other than the $26 unpaid bill:
"The dog wants to take walk
too early in the morning"
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Humane Society Elects
Al Annual Meetinq

The Washington Humane So
ciety elected officers for one-year
terms at its 85th annual meeting
last night.
Elected were Mrs. Robert
Watson. president; Frederick A.
Genau, 1st vice president. and
Edward F. Henderson. secretary
and treasurer.
Honorary vice presidents are
Mrs. George Barnett, Mrs.
George Gordon, Mrs. Barnes
Richardson, Mrs. Christian
Heurich, Mrs. William F. Ham,
and Mrs. Gustav Stewart.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

and adapting uSable ones to the
Governments purpose. His peo-
pie serve as design experts for
the other units and do basic
original research on testing pro-
cedures.
The fundamental problem un-
derlying civil service examina-
tions is to pick out persons who
will be most likely to do well in
the job being filled. The other
side of the Gin, of course, is to
weed out those who would do
poorly if hired.
Job Is Analyzed.
To devise such exams. the Test
Development Section sends out
experts to analyze a particular
job and decide what a good
worker has to know and do to
handle it.
Then the experts design a test
including the wording of the
questions-to find people who
have the necessary knowledge Cor
can acquire it) and the needed
Skills.
One such system of examining,
Mr.. McAdoo says. grew out of
the labor shortage during the
Kopean war. The problem was
to find a simple method of test
ing for plants that did a lot of
gate hiring" of industrial and
clerical workers.
Such a method was adopted
by the commission only last Oc-
tober. It was worked out by
Mr.. Primoff over a five-year Pc
riod as an improved method Of
matching test questions against
necessary qualifications for many
jobs.
To check their work, Mr..
McAdoo says, the experts keep
track of persons who take the
tests to see how they do on the
job. And, he adds, the results
of Mr.. Primoff's method were
far more accurate than we had
forecast"
Another task of the section
is to teach the field Offices how
to give tests and how to assemble
new ones when necessary, as well
as to serve as a central clearing
house for information.
The experts from the develop
ment section move in fast when
something goes wrong, Mr.. Nc
Adoo says. AS an example, he
cites the case of workers doing
a job that had been changing
gradually without knowledge of
the Washington Office.
Finally" he says, "the plant
called and said they had hired
some people on a temporary
basis. The temporary workers
were doing extremely well, but
they couldn't pass our tests.
'We had to find out why. It
turned out the job was so diff
ferent from that for which the
tests were designed that they
didn't mean anything, and we
had to set up new exams"
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Businessmen S Unit
Says Fringe Parking
Won n'tSoIveP Problem

Fringe parking is not the
solution to the Districts parking
problem, the Central Business
mems Association reiterated last
night.
The merchants took their
stand after the District Com
missioners yesterday approved a
recommendation to spend $780,
600 for fringe parking facilities
If the money, already available,
is released by Congress.
The proposal would put sur
face lots south of the South
Capitol Street Bridge, one near
the Carter Barron Amphitheater,
another near the National Train
ing School on Bladensburg road
and still another near the
Soldiers Home.
Parking lots away from the
heart of the city would only par
TALLY mitigate the problem. the
businessmen said, and would
fold up after functioning few
months.
Cites Baltimore Experience.
John L. c. Sullivan, president
of the merchant group, said the
District should profit from Bal
timore's experience in trying to
establish such a system. Park
ing lots, he said, were built in
the outskirts of Baltimore, with
shuttle bus service to take mo-
toriStS in town at a minimum s.
cent fare. The service was dis
continued after less than a year,
he said. The same thing would
happen in the District, if the
system was adopted here, Mr..
Sullivan asserted.
He said fringe parking would
prove inconvenient to District
shoppers, especially. He doubted
they would be willing to park
their cars in the fringe areas so
that they would have to carry
their bundles on buses back to
the parking. lots.
The establishment of under
ground parking areas, the mer-
chant group feels, would be the
best solution to the problem.
Los Angeles Had Problem.
Francis Heigle. treasurer of
the association, said Washing
tons problem is similar to the
one encountered by Los Angeles
few years ago. The under
ground parking areas built in
that city, he said, not only pro-
vided adequate parking space
but paid for themselves in less
than year.
Members of the group ex-
pressed fear in the constant
diminishing" of business in the
downtown area. They said that,
while merchants in the area sell
the same products offered by
the suburban stores, the former
lose customers for failing to
provide adequate parking facili-
ties"
Mr.. Heigle said Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp assured him
underground parking in the
downtown area would not create
new traffic problems. He re-
vealed that survey made
recently to build a lot under
Franklin Park and Lafayette
Square showed that plans would
conform with local traffic regu-
lations on the number of en-
frances and exits.
The group met in the board
room of the American Security
and Trust Co.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
New York Priest Named
Auxiliary to SpeIlmon

The Most Rev. Amleto Cico-
gnani, Apostolic Delegate to the
United States, today announced
the appointment Of a New York
pastor as bishop and auxiliary
ito Francis Cardinal Spellman,
Archbishop of New York.
The announcement said Pope
Plus XII has named Msgr. Jo-
seph Pernicone, pastor OF Our
Lady of Mount Carmel Church.
to be titular bishop Of Hadrian-
opoliS In Honorable.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
.NFFE Chief
Assai|s u. 5.
Pay Proposal
$4O0-$8OO Ruise
Urged by Steward
At House Hearing
By Joseph Young

A $400 to $500 Federal employe
pay raise was asked of Congress
today by Luther c. Steward.
president of the National Fedora
ton of Federal Employees.
Testifying as the House Civil
Service Committee continued its
Federal pay raise hearings, Mr..
Steward sharply criticized the
administrations 3h per cent
average pay increase proposals
for classified employees as "un-
realistic and unfair"
1.-THE administrations pro-
posal does not take into con-
sideration facts which are ad-
mitted not only as to living costs
but as to difficulty of recruiting
and training competent person.
nel," the NFFE chief declared.
Reshuffles Grades.
Mr.. Steward submitted the fol-
lowing pay-raise plan to the
committee:
The present grade / would be
eliminated and $500 would be
added to present grades 2, 3,
4 and S, which would become
grades l. 2, and 4. Five hun
dred dollars would be added to
present grades 6.~7 and 8, which
would become grades S, 6 and z.
Six hundred dollars would be
added to grades 8 and 10, which
would become grades 8 and 8.
Seven hundred dollars would be
added to grades IL, IL, 13 and
IA, which would become grades
10, IL, IL and 13. Eight hundred
dollars would be added to grades
Is, 16 and II. which would be-
come grades IA, Is and 16.
Mr.. Steward said that the
Government would actually ben
eft from a Federal pay raise
'in the interests of real dollars
and cents economy"
Cites Qualifications.
1.-THE present pay schedules are
unrealiStic in that they fail to
take into consideration the gen.
eral rise in qualification require
ments, both in public service and
private industry, at present nee
essary to adequately perform
clerical and operative work, even
at the lowest level" Mr.. Steward
said. This results in a constant
attempt to recruit employees at
existing pay rates, and these en-
ployes, to a very large extent,
after accepting appointment. dis
cover how inadequate the COM
pensation is and leave the service
in constantly large numbers"
The committee was told more
than $4,000 Federal employees
left the service last year and
that $4,000 new appointments
were made.
Hiring "TranSients."
"ThiS means the Government
is spending large sums of money
to recruit what are in effect mere
transients, that the occupants Of
positions are changing so rap
idly as to render increasingly
more difficult the requirement
Of the necessary experience to
perform required duties effici-
emily" Mr.. Steward said.
'This indicates a very unstable
foundation upon which to erect
a career service" he added.
Russell Stephens. president Of
the American Federation of
Technical Engineers, testified in
favor of an average $500 pay
raise.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

last month.
She will go to New York next
fall. She hopes to make a career
in fine art Oil painting of land
scapes and portraits are her
preference She has won prizes
in a local cooperative art show
and at the Corcoran School.
A native of the Washington
area, she attended Coolidge High
School She took day classes at
Corcoran for two years and now
studies at night. The McIntyres
live at $40 Elm avenue, Takoma
Park.
Evening star., 1954-04-14

League of New
York.
Miss McIn-
tyre, a student
at the Cor
coran School
of Art and an
employe of the
r e ord de-
partment Of
The Star, won
the scholar
ship for two
classes for a
year by enter
ing a Nation-
wide contest
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Wheels Of Government
Wheels Of Government
Civil Service Exam Chief
Cites Success of Test System

The cost of getting the Ma
tion's business done is directly
affected by those ciVil service
employment tests you struggle
with.
This is the view of John F.
Scott, who is responsible for
making up the exams the Civil
Service Commission gives all
over the country.
where they are properly
used," he says, "the tests can
predict which of a group Of peo-
pie will be most likely to be able
to do the job and their relative
chances of success"
Mr.. Scott, a 41-year -old law
yer, who lives at 1887 Garland
avenue, Takoma Park. Md. is
chief of the commissions Test
Development Section in the
Bureau of Programs and Stand
ards.
81 Research Psychologists.
AS such, he heads an organiza-
ton of 81 research psychologists.
who specialize in making up
tests to help the Federal merit
system pick persons most likely
to succeed in the thousands of
Jobs it fills every year.
Nevertheless, Mr.. Scott warns.
civil service recognizes the limi-
tations of tests.
I'VE do not regard tests as a
quick solution to all the problems
of merit system employment" he
says.
"They are, in most cases. an
aid to selection" but despite their
recognized limitations. 1--WE feel
that they are essential if large
scale personnel selection is to be
handled practically and econom-
ically."
The MaSSachuSettS-born sec
ton chief holds a law degree
from Georgetown University. He
is a veteran of the service and
acquired most Of his training on
the job in the psychologists field
of tests and measurements.
His assistant chief is Harold l.
McAdoo, a former psychology
professor. Explaining the sec
tion's operation, Mr.. McAdoo
says it is divided into five units.
Operationally, the most i'm
portant, he declares, is the one
labeled Standard Tests and
Technical Services Unit. headed
by Miss Anna Majors.
Assembly Line Technique.
Her unit. Mr.. McAdoo declares.
manufactures and assemblies tests
OF all kinds, much as a Detroit
assembly line manufactures au-
tomobiles. 1t works, he explains.
from a "stockpile" of about no.
600 questions. which it must keep
up to date by constant wedding
out and replacement. Each is
filed with a statement analyzing
it and telling how it has worked
in operation.
The other units of the section
are the Administrative and Man
agement Testing Unit" headed
by Milton M. Mandell; Trades
and Industrial Testing Unit,
headed by Ernest S. Primoff;
Professional and Office Testing
Unit" Meyer Schultz, and Re-
search and Analysis Unit. DR..
Melvin D. Davidoff.
The latter four units, Mr.. Nc
Adoo says, can be compared to
an auto plants designers and
diemakers. They specialize in
improving examinations and de-
veloping new models. as well as
testing them to make sure they
really work. Then Miss Majors
unit takes over.
DR.. Davidoff's. unit also is
charged with keeping up with
all new developments in the field
Evening star., 1954-04-14
.LawyersHit
For Their Lack
0fPreparation
Judge Myers Says
Criticism Involves
Mainly Civil Cases

Municipal Judge Frank II.
Myers. last night sharply criti.
cized lawyers who appear in that
court with cases inadequately
prepared.
The judge, speaking at .
meeting of the District Bar
Association, indicated his criti-
cism mainly involves civil cases.
Too often. he said, lawyers are
inclined to brush off Municipal
Court actions since, by statute.
only cases involving sums up to
$4,000 may be heard in that
court. Actions for higher sums
are tried in the U. S. District
Court for the District Of Colum-
bia.
Sink or Swim Basis.
He cited as another reason
for inadequate preparation and
presentation the proposition that
young men, often inexperienced
in trial work, are sent down by
senior members (of a >f1rm) to
take care of Municipal Court
suits on a sink-or-swim basis"
Small litigants, like poor
patients are entitled to the best
professional services. Their need
is as great and they have equal
right to relief" the jurist de-
clared.
Professional pride. he said.
should dictate that such cases
receive the same care as those
involving large amounts Of
money.
His audience laughed appre-
clatively as Judge Myers told Of
a damage suit for $500, 900 which
had been filed in the District
Court.
That court certified it over tho
Municipal Court after pretrial
proceedings on the grounds that
the sum asked was way out of
line. Il settled the case for
$780," the judge recalled.
Judge Miller Speaks.
Another speaker was Judge
Wilbur K. Miller of the u. S.
Court OF Appeals for the Dis
trict.
Judge Miller spoke on proper
preparation of cases on appeal.
He cited the oral argument as
being of prime Importance in
that they offer "a chance to pre-
sent the cruX of the case at q
critical point in the case"
Augmentation, he said, should
be calm and dispassionate.
Forensic pyrotechnics, in my
view, have no place in the
appellate court" he stated.
Judge Walter M. Bastian of
the U. S. District Court for the
District of Columbia compli-
mented the lawyers for the
fairness and courtesy" he said
he found.
The most important assets of
a successful lawyer, he declared.
are courage and the inclination
to work"
Chief Judge Nathan Cayton
of the Municipal Court Of
Appeals reported that his court
is now on a current basis, SO
far as cases are concerned.
The completed work load Of
his court exceeds the average Of
State appellate courts by SO
per cent, he said.
The following were elected to
a committee to make nomina-
tions for bar association Offices
for the June election: Erwin
Geiger, Ella Thomas. Baxter
Davis, Dayton M. Harrington,
Allie Faircloth, Richard Galliher
and Matt Mahorner.
The session was in honor Of
the Junior Bar Section with
Claire Nelson, chairman of the
Junior section introducing the
speakers. The meeting was held
in the Mayflower Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-04-14
Daughter Of Star Artist
Wins Art Scholarship

Miss Margery Mcintyre, 21-
year-old daughter of Star Staff
Artist Roland Mcintyre, has won
a scholarship to the Art Students
Evening star., 1954-08-20
-Four Boy Thrill -SIoyers Quake
AT Sight Of Victim S Body

wrong, though. It was so dark. !"
II think that's the guy" he
then said.
Mr.. Menter'S body was identi-
fed by his brother. The man
had worked in a Brooklyn fac
tory and was last seen by his
family Monday night.
Police said the gang fell upon
him in the park, beat him and
burned the soles Of his feet with
cigarettes and then marched
him to the river. An autopsy
showed he drowned and had
been alive when he hit the water.
Mr.. Menter leaves a wife and
two children.
Police thus far say they have
learned of nine attacks by the
gang. including the death of Mr..
Menter and another man,
Rheinhold Ulrichson, a 43-year-
old steeplejack. They also ad-
mitted lashing two girls with a
leather whip and beating up five
men encountered in Brooklyn
parks. according to the police.
Police arrested the youths
after catching two of them beat
ing an elderly man. The tale
of their savage exploits came
out under questioning.