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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-11-09
Contract Bridge
By Eosley BIockWood

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Mr.. New, the avid kibitzer.
shook his head in perplexity
when he saw Mr.. Masters fail to
overtrump when he had the OPP
portunity to do so in today's deal.
But Mr.. Masters play was the
only one to beat the contract.
South, dealer.
North-South vulnerable.
NORTH
(Mr. Meek.
AK76
1866
oQ954
&AJ7
WEST EAST
(Mr. Masters) miss Brash)
A1032 AQ984
8K102 %
CLOS AKJ83
%98653 %1042
SOUTH
(Mrs. Keen.
AAJ5
VAQ974
H72
%KQ
The Kidding.
South West North East
10 Pass INT 40
80 Pass Az All pass
With any lead but a diamond
Mrs. Keen would have had no
trouble at all as one of her losing
diamonds could have been
parked on dummy's third club.
But count on Miss Brash to be
right in there with an overcall
and this time it assured the de-
tense of getting off on the right
track.
The ten of diamonds opening
lead was covered with dummy's
queen and won by Miss Brash
with the king. She cashed the
ace. then led a low diamond.
Mrs. Keen ruffed with the jack
Of hearts.
1t was here that Mr.. Masters
made the play which confused
Mr.. New. Instead of overrufflng
with the king of hearts, he SIM
ply discarded small club.
Now Mrs. Keen laid down the
king and queen of clubs, entered
dummy with the king of spades,
parked her jack of spades on the
ace of clubs, then led a heart
and finessed the queen. Mr..
Masters won with the king and
was bound to win another heart
trick later with his guarded ten.
why didn't you overruff the
Jack of hearts at the third trick?"
asked Mr.. New.
IF I had" Mr.. Masters replied,
"my two remaining hearts would
have fallen under the ace and
queen and I would have ended
up with exactly one trump trick.
Admittedly" he added, this
is one of the most mysterious
looking plays in bridge and there
are many variations of it. Here's
the best way to realize its posi-
bilities. Suppose that when Mrs.
Keen led trump. I was privi-
legged to revoke-to play a card
from another suit. One of her
high trumps would be gone, but
! would still have all of mine.
whenever this overtrumping
situation comes up I always try
to visualize whether I could win
an additional trick if declarer
were leading trunps and I were
permitted not to follow suit. If
I come to an affirmative conclu-
sion on the point, I just refuse
to overtrump."
Copyright, 1854, General Features Corp
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Liquor Store Opposed
By Northeast Group

The Northeast Washington
Citizens Association last night
opposed the establishment Of q
liquor store at Seventh street
and Constitution avenue NE.
The resolution, which was in
troduced by Louis r. Custidero,
will be sent to the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board.
In another action, the group
launched o Christmas drive to
acquire clothing. food and funds
for needy families in the North
east area.
Mrs. Florence MCGEE, presi-
dent. conducted the meeting,
held at 1910 Massachusetts, ave-
nue. NE.
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Failure 10 Serve Warrants
Charged 10 Policeman

A No. o Precinct private yes
terday was accused Of falling to
serve or turn back II trafic
warrants. police officials said.
Charged with neglect Of duty
was Robert B. Ewing. 50. q MEM
ber Of the force since 1851. IN
spector Lorraine T. Johnson said
the policeman failed to serve the
warrants or dispose Of them ac-
cording to regulations If service
was impossible. He said the war
rants were dated between April
/ and last month. q
Pvt. Ewing, who will remain
on duty, will face trial board
charges on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1954-11-19

for the lodge to carry out It's
charitable work during the CONF
ing year,
In the past, Charity Ball rev.
enue has been used towards the
purchase Of an iron lung for the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
for buying baskets of groceries
and other items for the poor at
Christmas, and similar activities.
Evening star., 1954-11-19
Prince Georges EIks Plan
Charity Ball tonight

Prince Georges County Elks
Lodge No. 1778 will hold Its sixth
annual Charity Ball at 10 o'clock
tonight at the new Bladensburg
fire hall on Edmonston road,
Bladensburg.
The affair will provide funds
Evening star., 1954-11-19

The affair will provide
Evening star., 1954-12-21

bonds forms and also q batch Of
travellers checks.
Area police, alerted to watch
for q black Cadillac. posted look
outs at bridges across the Poto-
mac and at major roads leading
out Of Arlington. The holdup
men apparently eluded the
hastily draws1 nes by the quick
abandonment Of tbs Cadillac.
FBI Joins Investigation.
FBI agents joined county po-
lice in the investigation shortly
after the robbery was reported,
Bank employees spent much Of
the evening looking at police
rogue,s gallery pictures In an
effort to identify the bandits.
Descriptions Of the three gum
men were given ais follows:
i. A 35-year-old white man,
about 5 feet 4 inches tall. be-
tween 155 and 100 pounds, wear
ing d brown hat and suit and
q sweater worn under his coat.
He had a white adhesive patch
on his chin.
2. A man about SO or 40 years
old. s feet tail and 10 pounds.
He was wearing q gray hat and
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Capital Transit Lists
Schedules for Holidays

Capital Transit Co. today an
nounced the following streetcar
and bus schedules for the New
Year and Christmas week ends:
Friday. December "a Service
on express routes A-9, South
Capitol street: F-9, Ager road:
.K-9, New Hampshire avenue;
T-7-9. Bethesda; STD. Silver
Spring, and Y-9, Carroll avenue
will not be operated. Route P-D,
serving the fringe parking lot at
South Capitol street. and the
special weekday rush-hour serv-
ice will not be operated.
Friday. December 31--In adj
dition to regular weekday serv-
Ice. extra buses will be provided
to take care Of early dismissal.
Express routes will operate dur-
ing the evening rush hours but
will be adjusted to the trafiic
demand.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
3 Brothers 10 Face
Grand Jury in Killing

Three brothers were ordered
held for grand jury action on
homicide charges following q
coroner's inquest yesterday into
the fatal stabbing Of 29-year-
old man Saturday night.
Held were Lacount Togans, rs.
colored, of the 900 block Of Fifth
street NE: Brock, 81, and James
Togans, 81. both Of the 900 block
Of Sixth street NE.
Their victim. police testified.
was Edward Butler, colored. Of
the 1000 block Of Sixth street
Me-, who battled the trio in the
400 block Of H street NE.
According to Avon Butler, rs.
a brother Of the dead man. the
fight started when one Of the
three brothers told Edward But
ler's girl friend to stop leaning
against his automobile.
In another action, the cor
oner's Jury ordered Fulton z.
Lewis. 38. Of Baltimore and Dam
vile, Va. held for the grand Jury
on manslaughter count in tEe
death on Thursday Of Clarence
G. Peer, SIS. Of 459 H street NE.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Fire Destroys House
| Near BurionsyiIIe, Md.

Fire caused BY an oyerheated
oil stove last night destroyed .
three room house near Burtons-
vile, Montgomery County fire-
men said.
According to 6ettinaio Santinf.
chief of the Burtonsville volun-
teer Fire Department. the colored
occupants Of the structure were
not at home when the fire broke
out around 7:30 pm.
The 6re-story dwelling was
between Burtonsville and Sandy
Spring on Good Hope road,
Firernen estimated the damage
Iat $500.
Evening star., 1954-12-21

Land Agency
Starts Action
On Financing
Short Term Notes
In Priy0te Hands
okoyed for Project

= The Rofjeup1orlynouf Land
Asencv TODAY tonlr anofI,er ma
jor step toward getting its n
nancing into private hands and
out Of the Federal Government
The FLA hoard of directors
authorized Chairman John a.
Remon and Executive Director
John r. Searles, jr., to sign 1856
short-term notes that viii fall
due July 3 OF the coming year.
s.ek. aver Rate
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pIsil.nilla.y - no.ss VI ass nIss Sc
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that this transaction pledges the
full faith and credit Of the
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Meanwhile It was deemed de-
sirable TO have the District
commissioners formally approve
the Ria going into private
financing. Ofncials pointed out
that the loan and grant con-
tract with the Housing and
Home Finance Agency Is the
basis for the notes. Action by
the District Commissioners was
considered In some quarters to
pe merely desirable TO avoid any
future legal challenge.
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Evening star., 1954-12-21
Schools WEIGH
Plan 10 Buy
Training Cars
Also Under Study
Is Proposal to Poy
Only the soles Tox
By Jomes 6. Deone

JomeS ". De0ne
District high schools may stop
depending on free loans from
auto dealers for automobiles used
In driver training.
Under consideration is OUT
right purchase Of the cars or an
arrangement under which deal
ers would still be relied upon TO
lend them. but with the school
system paying the sales tax.
A meeting has been called by
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
for tomorrow afternoon on the
question.
Auto dealers have been supply
ing new-model training cars an
nually without charge since the
end Of Word War II. But some
dealers recently have objected to
paying the 2 per cent District
sales tax in addition to donating
the cars.
New Driving Instructors.
This year. the school system
got funds to hire four new driver
training instructors for the first
time providing enough for all
high schools -but dealers failed
rive biph and voeatinnal
schoo,s have hesr .,o;rg w;tno,,t'
) oIthc.,ob noa 81 t,s H.e : slated
- receive ! free 80 ear. sno,.tIv i - ~ -
This situatior ~ wa ~ sr;t;c,ved !,
!. ,aca,,t raara - rs,,aat,a,, :,
$ ond sc,,oci = of,sc;e,s sa1 saaI
tbat Il is @ ,,,sst;ssa . cto,.,, --- 49,
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As alternatives these possible
tiles are under study.
Saar,nn ,..,s.a 49,. ,,,4,. ,...4. !,
- rav s.,s;.oI ass,siass ~, ssoai.s 49, !.
the dealers to reimburse them
Tor taxes: Under this plan, deal-
sIs Wouid SUN pe asked 70 lend
tne cars.
z. ASKING congress TO ap-
pIoprlate Iunos IN the District
ouoges ,Ior puying al future cars
{. Inc purchase pian the nrst
~ sssi wouiu COS. z Httie unuer
pzo.vuo, Mr. 1elers SAID Fnis
Wou,u De lot ~ cars nougnt az
WnoieSale Inc cost ~ subse-
luent years would depend on
NV o.ten tile cars were Traced
on Tepiacements.
Seorge =. heneipp. District
.Ia1lc olrector, Is SUPPORTING the
pian. Mr. kenelpp SAID
Lle nas aiWays Ieit tnat the
orlver framing = Whlcn ne
ssIoas.y packs--SIlouiu not pc
On cIlarity.
Prefers Free Car plan.
WASHINGTON 7 fr,ave,a,, $, 80 !.
retarv Of the Anerican anto ~
associet;c,, sa,.,;.;-.., . 49, 49,
aiso snoEe favorah,u nah = - ~. tra -. 49, &
nosal aItho.,oh - sa;d = s ,,,p,,,s, pI
be better If the Schools % could could
continue oett;na cars f,as
Until World war n tha AAA
Itself donated i. cars s to + tra a., sct,oo1s ,,1s
here startinc in Iaaa No,u ths
dealer loans are widesnrsa, \ :,
throupho,,t the Nation Mr
Cleyeiand said
One auto dealer who is s,,n-
plying 4 car to q high school
said he objected strongly IL nav
ing the tax. hit agreed to 90
along after an assurance frnm
officials that action would he
taken To improve the present ar
rangements. This dealer said ne
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Court StreamIines
Summons System

A further step toward stream
lining Municipal Court procedure
was announced yesterday by
Chief Judge Leonard p. Walsh.
The plan. which places the
burden of tipping out summons
in civil eases on the filing at
torney. is expected TO reduce the
time in which a civil trial will
come to court as well as relieve
the work load of the clerks
Office In the civil division.
At present when an attorney
files a civil suit the clerks Office
must type up the necessary sum-
mons and send it to the United
States Marshal's Office for serv-
ice--a process which takes UP
to i've days. A full-time clerk
plus the time Of three others Is
devoted to the process.
Under the new system to &C
into effect January 10. the time
win be reduced to one day and
the matter will be handled By
one fun time clerk. The sum-
mons, drawn up by the filing at
torney. win be sent to the mar
shals Office where United States
Marshal Carlton Beall has prom
ised to help speed up the courts
work also.
Twenty days are allotted now
from the time Of filing to the
marshals to serve the summons
Should the marshals be unable
to serve the summons because oi
a change Of address or q faulty
name. the filing attorney is moi
notified until the expiration oi
the 20 DAYS.
Judge Walsh. however. said
that Marshal Beall has agreed te
inform the attorney as soon q.
1t is discovered that the sum.
ynnrae nny1nfst 10 r1,rsyns5
Evening star., 1954-12-21
| Family Of -Four Routed
by Fire in Arlington

An early morning IRE at 5108
North Twenty-seventh street
in Arlington today drove q
family Of four from their home.
The fire broke out about 3:45
am. In the basement Of the
home Of Albert M. Morgan. q
Navy Department civilian en-
ploye.
Fire Battalion Chief Charles
Padgett said the basement and
attic were burned out and there
was fire and water damage to
the rest Of the house.
Firemen from Cherrydale,
Falls Church and Halls Hi
fought the blaze.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan and
their son David. s, and daughter,
10 Ann, were taken II by .
neighbor.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
IIliani s Abandoned
IN Apartment Hallway

Members Of the Police Womens
Bureau were trying today to To-
cate the parents who abandoned
their day y-old child ii an apart
nent hallway.
The infant. 4 colored boy. was
found last night ii the hallway
Or the apartment III the 1900
block of Fifteenth street NV.
wrapped iii : paper bag. He
weighed Z pounds and 2 ounces.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
|3-AIarIIl Fire
|Af Warehouse
|CosfsSf15,
Furniture Stock Lost;
FumiIy IS Rescued
From Home in Rear

Al three-alarm fire today ue~
Istroyed . lumber and furniture
warehouse just over the District
line In Prince Georges County
near Kenilworth avenue and
the new Baltimore parkway.
Ten county fire departments
prevented the blaze from spread
ing, but could do little to save
the 60-by-2O0- cinder block
warehouse Of the Lane Lumber
Co. at 25OS Fifty-first avenue.
Bladensburg. Damage estimates
exceeded $125,000.
y. Melvin Lane. president, said
about 20 per cent Of the ware
house was stored with furniture
belonging to the Major Master
pieces Furniture Co. OF WASH
ington.
"A spokesman for Major esti-
mated that the firm lost $4,000
to 500. 900 worth of new, created
furniture In the blaze. Mr.. Lane
said the building was valued at
$40, 900 and that the flames also
destroyed $4,000 to $4,000
worth Of millwork and building
supplies his firm had stored
there.
AL losses were insured.
Two Walls Collapse.
The south and east walls Of the
structure collapsed after the roof
caved in. The flames and smoke
could be seen for five miles. The
blaze was brought under control
at III am.
The fire was discovered about
$50 am. by Jerry Niewenhous,
shipping clerk with the Lane
Lumber Co. Mr.. Niewenhous saw
the flames leaping through the
roof OF the warehouse.
A. H. Smith. fire marshal Of
the Tuxedo -Cheverly company,
said the blaze had a good start
before firemen arrived. 1t APP
parently originated. he said. In
the rear of the warehouse, where
the furniture was stored.
Nearby Family Rescued.
Firemen rescued an unidenti-
fled family living in q house
about so feet behind the ware
house. Then they poured water
on the dwelling while the ware
house blazed, saving 1t from de-
struction even though the intense
heat peeled the paint OF the
walls and cracked all the
windows.
One fireman was hurt when
he slipped; on one Of the many
pools of ice formed by firehose
water. Pvt. q. w. Cummings.
81. of Tuxedo-C Cheverly was
treated for a knee injury at
Prince Georges General Hospital
and sent home.
4
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Nearby Virginia Concerns
Gel eiGoyernnleni Contracts
On ihs Assosinied Pgsss

RICHMOND. Dec. n Twen-
ty-one Virginia firms have re-
ceived SO Government contracts
totaling $3.467, ,765 through efr
forts 81 the Small Business Ad-
ministration, Clarence 2. Moore.
regional director. said here yes
terday
The firms Included: paly AEer-
ritt- sullivan. Inc. Fails Church,
$40. .g55. dehu1nidif1ers EIec-
tfonic Engineering A Service
Co, Inc. Falls Church. $50. 600
sonar scanninE equipment. and
Old Virginia Packing Co, Inc.
Front Royal. 81, 7,298. apple but
ter.
Evening star., 1954-12-21

pital. where she was treated and
released
The three men dashed outside
to the waiting car, q late model
black Cadillac sedan. As the
car roared Of the people inside
the bank looked out the door to
get q description for police.
Within half an hour Of the
robbery report two Arlington
detectives, Jackey r. Shoots and
Walter Cauffman, found what is
believed to be the getaway car.
Tt was parked in an apartment
building parking lot eight blocks
and three minutes, drive from
the hoIdup scene.
None Noticed Car.
The detectives checked resi-
dents La the adjoining apart
ments ii the 500 block Of North
Eleventh street but no one had
seen the car drive In. No one
had noticed q strange car parked
in the area that might have
been used By the bandits after
they abandoned the Cadillac.
The Cadillac was believed To-
have been stolen In the District
last Friday. The Virginia license
plates used On the getaway car
also had been stolen.
Thomas e. Sebrell III, secre-
tary-treasurer of the Clarendon
Trust Co. said the hoIdup men
escaped with SIG ,629. He said
an amount of money had been
overlooked BY the bandits but de-
clined to say how much.
The assistant treasurer at the
Westover branch of the Claren-
don Trust Co. said the two men
who actually carried out the
hOldup stayed ii b vestibnle for
about so seconds before making
their getaway. Just before they
left one Of them Looked into
the bank To be sure those inside
we're making 40 move to raise
an alarm. He warmed them not
to move for three minutes. called
out Merry Christmas. and left.
Arlington Detective Capt Dud-
ley b. Rector said the bandits.
took. III addition "a the cash. q
Evening star., 1954-12-21
Contest Arranged
On Home Decoration

The annual Christmas home
decorating contest sponsored hy
the Sligo Branview Citizens As
sociation of Silver Spring. Nd.
viii be conducted during the
week starting Sunday.
Homes In that area win be
judged for the best religious
display. the best door decora-
ton. best pictorial presentation
and best color -bulb display.
Evening star., 1954-12-21
.cTC Opposes Move
For VIVA. Service
Al New Terminal
star stan Photo by John Koran.

Proposed extension Of w. M. A.
Transit Co. service downtown
would add to traffic delays and
slow already seriously impeded"
| transit vehicles. a Capital Tran
sit Co. official declared yester-
day.
Dean j. Locke, stan engineer
for Capital Transit, testified in
opposition to w. M. AS appli-
cation to move its present ter-
minai from Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV. to
Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvaria avenue NV, during a
hearing at the District Building.
The hearing was recessed late
yesterday to be reconvened at
the call Of the Public Utilities
Commission, probably toward
the end Of next week.
MI. Locke said that, besides
the problems In movement OF
traffic on the streets involved,
the use of bus stops would pre-
sent an acute problem. Even II
separate stops were available. he
contended, the buses would be
playing leap frog" with one an
other. causing further delay and
hazard.
Sees Capacity Reduced.
He added that proposed
w. M A. terminal on the east
side Of Seventeenth street north
Of Pennsylvania avenue would
reduce the traffic capacity of the
northbound lanes on Seventeenth
which already are congested
during rush hours.
Capital Transit is also OPP
posing W.. M. AIS petition on
grounds Of competition with It's
own lines.
w. NJ. a.. however, contends
that BY providing more con-
venient service to its patrons
who work in the central business
district, it can encourage more
persons to use mass transporta-
tion and leave their cars at home,
thus reducing traffic congestion.
The move was supported BY
citizen spokesmen testifying at
yesterdays session.
j
Opposes Present Terminal.
Roy IA. Chew, VIVA traffic
manager. also TESTIFIED that the
present terminal at Eleventh and
Pennsylvania had brought COM
plants from passengers, some
Of whom had stopped boarding
buses at night. He said the
neighborhood is dark at night
and had become Objectionable.
especially to women passengers
waiting to get on buses.
Mr.. Chew outlined two slig-
gested routes to the proposed
new terminal, one going behind
the White House and the other
In front Of ii.
He said the proposed termi-
nal would afford more room for
buses TO load and unload. He
said 1t was believed the move
would be compensatory to the
company, with more patrons
drawn BY the more convenient