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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
MorriogeLieense
Applications

Under D. C. lap couples must
apply for marriage license on
one day. wait three full days
and receiUe the license on the
fifth day. Sundays and hoH-
days are counted the same as
other days.
Jack Corbett, 81. Jarbridge. New, and
Doris Grace. %. Baltimore.
Earl Evans. %, 1913 Rosedale st. ne,
and Joan Clifford. l6, 760 18th st.
Francis Eyeleigh de ,Moleyns.- so, and
City.
Louin Coates. -e5. and Alees Smith. both
of Vienna, Va.
Richard Parthenais, 81, Lawrence, Mass,
and Betty Burdick. 20. Chicago.
George Donovan, %, Bladensburg, Md,
and Anna Gildis. 81, Chicago.
George Eagan, jr., "a. 600 18th st. NV.
and Sheila Harkin. 20. $50 25th st.
Franklin Ryals, 20, Columbus, Ga, and
Dorothy Wilson. 20. $40 Atlantic st.
Sc.
william Koran, IS. $40 North Carolina
ave. Sc, and Barbara Scott, 20, 423
jefferson st. NV.
william vogel. %. and Marilyn Miller,
%, both Of Baltimore.
Henry Taylor. 40. and Jeanne Desen-
berg. 80. both of Baltimore.
Robert Sharer. 81. Oxon Hill. Md. and
Eileen Rowell, 20. III Bay st. Sc.
=. both Of sols PoTtner pi; NV.
Se Pauline 0i Esio nd a. raw ana
Teddy Taylor. jr. 20. Bastrop. La. and
Ke An1a p Asn e e. s srassGn N.Y. and
Patricia Kinney. 81. 44i6 6Oth st.
Ronald French, 21. Haverin, Mass, and
Margaret Albus. 22' 1524 Allison st.
william Hepburn. jr.. Silver Spring. Md;
and Marguerite Casassa, 26. AIS
Harold Harris. 81. Newport News, Va,
and Shirley Bankes. %. Mahoney
Ulysses Taylor. "a. 1918 9th st. NV.
and Celestine Watson. 80. his 18th
Homer M !" Sheffield, 80. Dallas. Tex. and
Pauline jenkins. -. sherman: Tex.
William Goulart q; Hyattsy1lie Mo, ana
Isaac Galloway, %. SO Myrtle st. ne.
and Bernice Theats. 20. 1925 LIST st.
James es stoker. SO. sharon. Tenn; and
Sylvia Maynard. 20. Turkey Greek, KY.
Goold. 81. 1852 indian lane NV.
Robert Oden. jr.. 81. Westfield, Ala. and
Elena Ryland, 81, Boykens. Va.
Charles Farmer. "a. and Frances Hines
Manuel Martufi, r.. 10. lO11 Taylor st.
ne, and Patricia Nelson. 10. 1Ol5
Stanley Isy R o. u, silver Spring.
Md. and Anne-Marie Dunard. 20.
Geneva, Switzerland.
Joseph Nikoden. 81, and Carol Ewing,
Daniel Scott III. 80. and Alice Beard, 83.
both OF Lexington, KY.
James Jones. rs. ,dddd55 st. NV. and
Joseph Vollmer 81. and Margaret Posey.
*. both OF 1923 Crittenden st: ne.
Lowell Carter, SO. 1880 23rd St NV;
ave. Sc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
40 Groups Represented
On Educational ~ Unit

Forty organizations now are
represented on the Advisory
Council of the Greater Washing
ton Educational Television Asso-
citation.
Martin A. Mason, association
chairman, said yesterday he ex-
poets the total membership to
increase to 100 in the next
month.
The TV association plans to
seek authority to build and OPP
crate a non-prof1t educational
television station here.
The advisory councils tempo
rary chairman is Mrs. Louis 8.
Walker, director Of audio-visual
training in the Montgomery
County public schools.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-14
Handicapped Federation
To Be Host 10 Senators

The American Federation OF
the Physically Handicapped will
give a dinner for members of the
Senate Committee on Labor and
Public Welfare at $50 pm. to-
morrow in the National Press
Club auditorium.
Speakers will discuss pro-
posals for a Federal agency for
handicapped. now pending be-
fore Congress.
DR.. H. c. Byrd, University of
Maryland president emeritus
and vice president of the fedora
ton. will be POSTMASTER. The
Navy Band will play.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Woman Sent 10 Jail
For Mistreating Dogs

Municipal Court Judge Nadine
l.. Gallagher yesterday sentenced
a woman convicted of cruelty to
animals to five days in Jail, plus
a 500 fine or an additional so
days in Jail.
Johnnie Wright, Al, colored,
was accused by police of keeping
three puppies in a box from July
26 until August 3 without food
and water. Police said two of the
dogs died in the intense heat
and the third had to be put to
death. The dogs were put in a
box in the Wright woman's rear
yard. at zoos Lincoln place Sc.
"This is one of the worst cases
Of cruelty to animals I have ever
SEEM" Judge Gallagher said.
There is absolutely no excuse
for this vicious act"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Nenke Leaves $2S3,S91
Estate 10 Widow

The late Rudolph o. Nenke,
Bethesda auto dealer, left an
estate, valued at $283, 1871. accord
ing to papers filed yesterday in
the Montgomery County Orphans
Court.
The estate included stock val
ued at $185,000 in Ron Pontiac,
Inc Bethesda. which he owned,
Named executor of the estate
was Michael F. Keogh of 409
Woodward Building, Washington
Mr.. Nenke, who died on July
/, left his estate to his widow,
Mrs. Margaret F. Nenke of 3209
Thornapple street. Chevy Chase.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Starlight Movies
Playground Film
Progrums for Tonight

Programs sponsored by The
Evening Star In cooperation
with the Film Center Of WASH
ington and the recreation de-
partments Of the District and
Alexandria and Arlington, Prince
Georges, Montgomery and Fair
fax Counties:
WashinEten IT Dusk.
Gallinger. and Twenty-second streets
Takoms. Fourth and whittier streets
Turkey Thieket. Tenth street and
Michigan avenue NE
Sousa.- Thirty-seventh street and Ely
place Sc.
Thomson. Twelfth and L streets NV.
Fort Greble. Nichols avenue and Ches-
apeake street SW
Howard. Fourth and W streets NV
Happy Hollow. Eighteenth street and
Kslorama road NV.
Crummell. Gallaudet and Kendall
streets NE.
Lincoln. sixth and l. streets Sc.
Montgomery County, $50 PM.
Hillandale. New Hampshire avenue. ad-
iacent to Ftrehouse, silver Spring.
North Bethesda. OAK place on Old
GeorRetown road. Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Toastmasiers 10 Begin
/ Convention Here Today

Toastmasters international,
which bills itself as the most
laxative organization in the
world, was to begin q three-day
convention here today.
Ivy Baker Priest, Treasurer OF
the United States. was to attend
a luncheon In the .Mayfiower
Hotel.
At $50 am. tomorrow the
toastmasters will hear from Wal
ter Williams. Undersecretary of
Commerce, in the Hotel Statler.
At 2 pm. tomorrow, members
will lay wreath at the tomb of
Gen. Robert in Arlington Gene
terry. The general wrote Rob
ert's Rules Of Order"
The convention will end at 8
pm. Friday with the finals of
an international speech contest
IN the Statler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouqh

With an experts eye, Said
Haddad watched the vanishing
old Moses Building yesterday,
waiting for time and SO wreckers
to verify his judgment.
He has figured the 10-story
structure at Eleventh and F
streets NV. at 100000 bricks,
give or take 50.000," and he's
safe in the knowledge that no
one else is going to make the
final tally.
Mr.. Haddad, who can envision
most any building in a we'll
ordered heap, is president of the
A B c D Corp, wrecking con-
tractors charged with razing the
50-year-old building just the way
it was built-brick by brick.
To Be Leveled by October.
BY October 81 the biggest
architectural hole on the down.
town skyline in years will be
ready for a 410-car parking ga
rage with ground-f1oor stores.
The Moses Building apparent
ly was built in at least three Sec
tons, the first dating from 1884.
Last section to be torn down will
be that at the immediate corner
of Eleventh and F streets. Stores
now occupying the street floor
will move next week.
Mr.. Haddad has had a hand in
demolishing some 5000 struc-
lures along the East Coast, and
carries well the distinction af-
forded the man who ripped down
the first of this city's eyesore
temporary Government build
ings.
He has been in the business
about 10 years, since starting as
a timekeeper on the destruction
of Howard University's old Ii
brary. An earnest, shrewd man
of 38. he can still see the humor
of retaining few gargoyles
around the corporations three
acre lot at 1881 Jefferson Davis
highway. l.,
100000 Return on Job.
He, and he alone, is respon-
sible for careful Judgment on
just what a building will produce
in good salvage. In the case of
the Moses Building, he figures it
to be about a 100000 gross re-
turn, including sale of the sal
wage.
BY major salvage items, he
means:
Three-quarters Of q million
bricks. $50 tons of good struc-
tural steel. $50 tons of scrap
iron, 4 or 5 tons of copper wire,
good elevators, and
"A quarter-million feet of lum-
Der, some Of it the finest money
can buy" he beamed. This in
cludes 3-by-14 long leaf, yellow
pine joists "a feet long.
This isn't the toughest job his
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Wrecker's View of BuiIdinq:
Neat Pile of 10000 Bricks

firm has taken on, but it is the
biggest individual building. This
one" he says, "is actually a
lot of hard work"
To do it. he has about SO la
borers. a preliminary fleet of six
trucks and under sized tractor
dozerS. $500
A nucleus of about IS men
started on the building, new
help being taken on as the work
progressed. First thought in
such a project, he explains is the
cost of doing it and the pedeS-
trian protection necessary.
Insurance Is Costly Item.
Insurance comes high, on the
workmen and on public liability
and property damage. "Just
add one-third to the payroll and
you'll have a fair insurance cost
figure"
Second thought is how to do
it safely and expeditiously. 1t
will take three months from the
August l starting date. IF every
thing goes we'll, they'll have no
more than a bruised finger. 1--WE
will let a workman go quickly
if we detect a single sign of
carelessness,' he says.
1.-THE biggest percentage of
men hurt in wrecking building
aren't injured doing dangerous
work, but in doing some routine
chore when they get careless"
The Moses Building is a breeze
compared to another Mr.. Had
dad worked. on-the Empire
Building at New York avenue
and Ninth street NV, which
collapsed in 1947. That, he con-
siders, was the most dangerous
salvage job he has encountered.
Most of the near-dangerous
work on the current project, such
as removal of the heavy cornice,
will be done long before pedes-
trians start pounding F and
Eleventh streets, between S. and
6 am. Then. even though. COW
cred walkways have been built.
pedestrians will be shunted to
the other side of the street.
Bricks Already Sold.
When it's all over, Mr.. Had
dad won't actually have 100000
bricks give or take $4,000" on
his hands. In brick salvage,
most of it has been sold in adj
vance and is delivered right to
the consumer.
Washington is the best mar
ket for used brick Of any city
he has ever worked. "And Moth
ing aggravates me more than to
have people buy fine brick to
build a house-and then paint
it," he confided.
He probably has a market for
the almost new elevator machin-
cry. After all. he has sold the
alter projection equipment. seats.
about 100 bowling alleys and at
least 81 billiard tables.
+ This building has no such
added attractions.
"They swept it room-clean be-
fore we ever moved in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

The question was raised when
a taxicab driver recently was
arrested by a special officer for
disobeying a hand signal while
driving through the front of
Union Station property. The
charge subsequently was dis
missed in court on the ground
that Congress did not intend
that policemen especially IL
censed by the Commissioners
should have traffic law enforce
ment powers.
Corporation Counsel Vernon e.
West concurred. citing q decision
by the u. s. Court of Appeals for
the District Of Columbia that
declared a special officer is en-
ployed for lone sole purpose, i"
that of guarding from depreda-
ton" the property of those who
pay him for his services.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Gas Station Held Up,
Attendant Abducted
In Anne Arundel

An 18-year-old gas station at
tendant was robbed of 1920 in
Anne Arundel County. Md, early
today and then forced to drive
off with the two bandits. 1t
was the third such abduction in
the Maryland area in less than
a week.
Today's robbery occurre d
shortly after / am. at Chaney's
ESQ Station at Routes so and
3O1.
Anne Arundel County police
at Ferndale said two thin white
men, wearing military uniforms
and glasses. took the money from
Raymond Sears Of Gambrills.
Md, the attendant. and then
ordered him to ride with them
through the country.
He finally was let out of the
car near Elvaton. Md, about Is
miles away, and he hailed mo-
torist who took him to police
headquarters.
Police said they later recov-
cred the car half mile from
where Mr.. Sears was freed and
then learned it was stolen. The
car, they added, was that of
John Pancoast of Spa View
avenue, Annapolis, who was UNI
aware it was missing until po-
lice told him.
The earlier robberies and alb
auctions took place around Bal
timore boulevard and Cation
avenue, just outside Baltimore.
and at Edgemere. near Spar
rows Point, police reported.
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D. c. Ruling Protects VioIotors
In Union Stution Traffic Lanes

Special police officers who
patrol the traffic lanes immedi-
ately in front of Union Station
lack the power to enforce Dis
trict traffic regulations in those
very lanes.
What's more. regular Metro
politan policemen can no more
enforce such regulations than
can the special hirelings Of
Washington Terminal Co., which
operates the station.
The reason, in both cases, is
that the traffic lanes in question
are located on private property
Of the Terminal Co.. which ex-
tends just south Of the streetcar
tracks that have long served
the station.
In announcing what cannot
be done, the Corporation Coun-
sells opinion failed to offer a
prescription for what steps can
be taken to arrest a motorist
or pedestrian for defying a
policeman's instructions in the
heavily Travelled no-man's land.
One municipal lawyer ex-
planned that the Office was not
asked to answer that question.
ITS up to the terminal COM
pany to decide what enforcement
measures to take" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
launching Set Tomorrow
For Model Boat REGATTA

More than $50 children will
launch model boats tomorrow in
the District Recreation Depart
ment's annual model boat re-
gatta.
The competition. including
classes for mechanical. sail and
jet propelled boats, viii begin
at 10 am. at the Capitol Plaza
rejecting pool, North Capitol and
D streets.
The contest will be divided
into three age groups-pee-wee
for children up to 10 years. SUBJ
junior for IL and IL year old
entrants, and the junior class
for juniors up to IA years. Boats
built by the entrants viii be
judged on appearance, workman
ship and performance. Other
boats will be judged on perform
ance only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
More Stress Urged
On Ability and Less
On Age in Retirement

More emphasis should be
placed on the aged's abilities
rather than disabilities" a
Washington doctor stressed to-
day at a meeting of rehabilita-
ton therapists.
Discussing the problem OF
aging, DR.. Edward j. Stieglitz,
a consultant in geriatrics, said
a mans retirement is based too
much on his chronological age, F."
not his biological age. The two
are vastly different in most in
dividuals, he said.
He added that retirement
boards" are far too concerned
with a mans disabilities, rather
than his abilities.
DR.. Stieglitz spoke to members
of the American Association of
Rehabilitation Therapists, meet
ing at the Willard Hotel.
There are two great wastes -
Dr.. Stieglitz feels. in setting up a
figure to stand for a retirement
age. One, he said, often removes
from the Office scene the live
wood" of the profession or bust
ness much too soon. The second,
he said, means that dead wood
is kept around far too long.
Old age, the doctor said, is not
all downhiA. The older person
who slows down. still shows an
increase in skill. And while his
sight declines. his ability to COM
prehend increases. "You can
teach an old dog new tricks, -
DR.. Stieglitz said.
Another speaker, DR.. Joseph
w. Still of George Washington
University Medical School told
therapists that activity rather
than rest" should be emphasized
in treating the older person.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Department Stores
Return 10 Business
As Usual Saturday
Downtown Washington depart.

Downtown Washington depart
ment stores will return to a
business as usual policy this
Saturday after having been
closed on Saturdays during most
Of the summer.
The following stores will open
this Saturday for normal bust
ness hours:
julius Garfinckel & Co., the
Goldenberg Co., the Hecht Co.,
S. Kann Sons Co., LanSburgh's
Raleigh Haberdasher, Inc, Wood
ward & Lothrop and Frank r.
Jelleff, Inc.
Also. Capitol Fur Shop, jan
del Furs. William Rosendorf,
Schwartz's Fur Shop, Sperling,
H. Zirkin & Son, Joseph r. Har-
ris Co.. Kaplowitz, Model Shop
and Whelan's Corset Shop.
Also. Goldheim's, Lewis &
Thomas Saltz, Inc; I. Miller &
Sons, B. Rich's Sons. Gait &
Bro, Inc; r. Harris g. Co., A.
Kahn. Inc; Shah & Shah, Inc;
Curtis Bros. Furniture Co. and
William w. Miller.
Also, P. j. Nee Co., Peerless
Modern House, Mayer & Co.,
Brewood, Button Shop. Cohen's,
Garrison Toy & Novelty Co.,
Kilt Music Co., George F. Muth
Co., Mutual Purchasing Associa-
ton, Inc, and Reeves.
The few exceptions are w. &
j. Sloane and Hugo Worch, whose
stores will be closed on Satur-
days through September A.;
Thompson Bros. Furniture Store,
which will be closed on Satur-
days through August %, and
E. Morrison Paper Co. and
Charles G. Stott g. Co., which
will be closed on Saturdays
through September 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Boy, 5, Critically Hurt
When Struck by Auto

A five-year-old boy is in
critical condition today in Dis
trict General Hospital for in
juries received last night when
struck by an auto In front Of
his home.
He is Douglas Wrentz of 1916
Gales street NE. who was
treated for a fractured skull and
a compound fracture of the left
leg.
Accident Investigation Unit
officers said the youngster ran
between parked cars into the
path of one driven by Edward E.
Watson. 43. colored, of the $500
block of Reed street, Hyattsville.
Watson was charged with un-
reasonable speed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25

of Economics, Government and
History until 1947. 1t then was
expanded to include geography,
Far East history. contemporary
foreign governments, national
security, economic and interna-
tional relations.
When he was graduated from
the academy-26th in a class of
164-he had aspirations of be-
coming a general staff officer.
and retained them even after ac-
cepting a temporary post there
in 1928. A few months later,
however, he decided to stay at
West Point.
Author Of Textbooks.
Col. Beukema has written
many books. including some of
the textbooks used at West
Point. and has won several out
side honors. An honorary degree
of doctor of science was con-
ferred on him in 1943 by Wash
ington and Jefferson College and
the following year honorary doc
tor of laws degrees were given
him by Rutgers and Norwich
Universities.
From 1888 to 1858 he was a
member of the Board of Trustees
of the Academy Association OF
Graduates. He Is a native OF
Muskegon, Mich.
His decorations include the
Distinguished Service Medal and
the Purple Heart. the latter
awarded for wounds received In
World War I.
Col. Beukema and his wife
have two daughters. They are
Margery, wife of Col. c. F. Leon
ard. jr.. deputy chief Of staff OF
the 1st Corps in Korea, and
Alice, wife of 1t. Col. j. G. K
Miller. also an instructor at
West Point. The son, Maj. Henry
S. Beukema. was jet pilot and
was killed last January 10 when
his plane crashed near Langley
Air Force Base, Va.
Maj. Beukema, who was 20 at
the time of his death, was mar
ried to the former Elizabeth
Bradley and the father of three
children. They formerly lived
at 3239 Valley drive. Alexandria
while Maj. Beukema was on duty
with the Office of the Air Force
chief Of staff at the Pentagon
for four years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
West Point Educator to Get
u. of Maryland European Post
Col. Beukemo Heads
Vast Program for 90
Military Centers

An Army officer who has
taught an estimated $1,000 ca
diets at West Point during his 26
years of teaching there will take
over next week as director of the
University of Maryland's vast
European educational program,
with headquarters in Heidelberg,
Germany.
He is Col. Herman Beukema,
one of the Nations foremost ed
ucators, who is due to retire from
the Army on Tuesday with the
rank Of brigadier general.
Classmate Of Eisenhower.
Col. Beukema, a cfassmate of
President Eisenhower during
their own days at West Point,
will assume the university post
the following day.
DR.. Thomas B. Symons, acting
president of the university, said
today that Col. Beukema will re-
place DR.. Augustus j. Prahl, now
en- route to this country after
several years in charge of the
university's overseas program.
DR.. Prahl will return to his for
mer post as professor of the
university's Modern Language
Department at College Park.
Meanwhile, the program is be-
ing conducted in Heidelberg UNI
der the personal guidance of DIR.
Ray Ehrensberger, dean of the
university's College of Special
and Continuation Studies, of
which the overseas program is
part.
DR.. Symons said Dean Ehrens-
berger will remain in Heidelberg,
headquarters of the overseas pro-
gram. until Col. Beukema arrives
there.
5-Million- Mile Campus.
In taking the university post,
Col. Beukema will have charge
of a college campus" covering
some S million square miles. The
overseas program. only one of its
kind conducted in Europe by an
American university, has some
5000 students enrolled at 80
different military installations.
These cover Is countries on four
continents.
DR.. Symons said he believed
Col. Beukema's background and
experience make him specially
fitted" for the university post.
The selection was made some
time ago.
Col. Beukema was member
OF the West Point class of 1915,
the same as President Eisen-
hover. He has been close
friend Of many military leaders.
including General OF the Army
Omar Bradley. retired chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of STAFF. A
daughter of Gen. Bradley was
married to Col. Beukema's son,
who was killed in q jet crash.
He has been an Instructor at
the Military Academy since 1928.
Previously he served for Is years
as an artillery officer.
At West Point, his department
was known as the Department
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Police Boys Comps
Draw Near 1900

Nearly 1900 Washington boys
attended Metropolitan Police
Boys Club summer camps, club
officials announced this week at
the closing of the 1854 season.
The boys. members Of the n 'e
local clubs, were given two-week
vacations at the two summer
camps at Scotland, Md.
The camps will be open for
another week under the sponsor.
ship of the American Automobile
Association for use as schoolboy
patrol officers training camps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-25
Show Aids PuIsy Fund
By Donald B. HodIey

A two-hour magic show,
"Cavalcade of Mystery" will be
held at Uline Arena tomorrow
with proceeds benefitting the
cerebral palsy fund. The KALI
polls Grotto. q Masonic organi-
xatin, Is sponsoring the. show
which viii be presented at 2 pm.
and . pm.