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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Capital Transit Wins
Payne S Praise for
Fringe Parking Aid

Capital Transit's proposal to
provide free bus service for a
30-day trial in connection with
the Districts fringe parking lot
experiment was praised today
by Senator Payne, Republican
of Maine.
''I had anticipated that the
company would want at least
a nominal charge and they have
gone further than I expected"
he said. ut is very encour-
aging sign"
The lawmaker headed a special
subcommittee of the Senate
District Committee in a nine
month investigation Of Wash
ington transit problems and rec
ofamended. among other things
establishment Of a fringe parking
program.
The program, for which mon
ey was appropriated only re-
Gently, will start with a lot at
Firth Sterling and South Capitol
streets, just south of the South
Capitol Street Bridge.
Initially, the lot will have
space for 400 cars. Milton E.
Rhodes, director of the Districts
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
said today that if the plan
works it will be possible to
solve our downtown traffic
problem" He said the District
can make 5000 to 10000 park
ing spaces available in fringe
areas, thereby relieving down.
town traffic congestion and
| parking problems.
Commenting on the announce
ment that the 30-day trial will
start in mid September, Senator
Payne declared:
II am very happy to see this
cooperative move between the
District and the Capital Transit
Co. A good start in this case
probably would promote the de-
velopment and use Of other
areas"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Man Back From Trip
Finds Home in Ruins;
Wife, Children Safe

When Dewey Smith, SIS, re-
turned to his College Park home
this morning from q business
trip to Ohio. he found the home
burned and his family missing.
II felt like dying" he said.
A son-in-law found him stand
ing in front of the burned-out
house at 1910 College avenue,
dazed and uncertain about what
to do. The son-in-law quickly
informed him that Mrs. Smith
and their nine children were
safe and in a house provided
by the University of Maryland.
Neighbors to Rescue.
The $4,000 Saturday night
fire was witnessed by DR.. Thomas
B. SymonS, acting president Of
the university, who lives nearby.
DR.. Symons and other neighbors
yesterday donated food and
clothing to help the homeless
family.
The family spent Saturday
night with neighbors. Yesterday.
DR.. Symons made arrangements
to move them into a house at
4513 College avenue. a vacant
structure which the university
owned and had planned to raze.
"a But this morning; university
maintenance men were under
orders to do q rush job installing
electricity. water and gas. Neigh
bors and College Park business
men already have given the
family q truckload Of food and
clothing-enoug to outfit each
Of the children.
Cash Lost in Fire.
Mrs. Smith and the young
sters, who range in age from S
to II, were at a drive-in movie
when the fire destroyed their
home. Mrs. Smith had taken
enough money for their tickets,
but left $25 grocery money
behind. It was lost in the fire.
A kitten persisted in the blaze.
but a dog and two other cats
escaped.
Firemen said the fire may
have started because Of faulty
wiring or because of a creosote
mixture sprayed on basement
rafters three weeks ago.
The business trip for Mr..
Smith. a timer, was unsuccess-
full. He had been seeking con-
tract work..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
FBI Hunting Mutt and Jeff
In Holdup Of Andrews Bank
One Of New Workers
Is Identified as
Former Soldier

The FBI concentrated today on
finding q Mutt and Jeff" pair
named in warrants as the two
missing bandits In Fridays $12l, :
63S hoIdup Of the Andrews Air
Force Base bank.
Charged with bank robbery
were Earl tKill) Smith. as, who
is 6 feet 2 inches, and 5-foot-6
inch Henry John fTiny) Foster.
%. both colored and Of New York.
D. K. Brown, agent in charge
Of the Baltimore FBI field Office,
did not disclose why the pair ia
suspected. but said it would not
be right to assume that Clarence
Duke McGann, a, colored. Of
New York. arrested earlier In the
case, had "squealed."
The FBI released nothing to
indicate arrests are imminent.
but said the case could break at
any time.
Foster Served in Army.
Except for the fact that Foster
is q former Army man. arrested
in Germany for Illegal possession
Of firearms. the FBI had nothing
to say about the backgrounds Of
the wanted men. Foster enlisted
in the Army June 28. 1948.
There was no known criminal
record for Smith. who was de-
scribed as weighing 100 pounds.
sporting long sideburns and
sometimes q pencil mustache
and q good dresser" who likes
sports clothes.
Foster weighs 1877 pounds, has
black hair. black or brown eyes.
q slender build. dark complexion
and a 2-inch scar on the right
cheek.
Pickup notices were circulated
for Smith and Foster after COM
plants were fled before United
States Commissioner Samuel w.
H. Meloy in Upper Marlboro.
Getaway Car Identified.
McGann. arrested for speed
ing a few minutes after the
holdup. was still held in $50. 900
bond for q hearing Wednesday
after five or the eight persons
in the bank at the time Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
False Reportin Killing
Gets Man 90 DAYS

A man who falsely reported
that a friend murdered q Mount
Rainier loan company clerk last
fall was sentenced to 80 days in
jail in Municipal Court this
morning.
Police told Judge Mildred
Reeves that Ralph Scott of the
900 block of New York avenue
NV. was arrested with a friend
in nearby Virginia last Friday
on a drunk charge. Detectives
said the two had an argument
and that Scott felt his friend
was to blame for their arrest.
To avenge himself. he at
tempted to implicate his friend
In the murder and robbery Of
Thomas Selph, whose body was
found In the woods near David
sonville, Md.
After Scott pleaded guilty to
the false report charge, Judge
Reeves gave him the straight
jail sentence and noted a lengthy
record including safe jobs and
highway robbery in North Caro-
lima.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
FILA Field Officials
Warned by Mason
Not 10 Accept Gifts

Norman P. Mason, Federal
Housing administrator, today
warned rs FILA field Office di-
rectors not to accept any gifts.
Gifts, he said, become 'gratu-
tiles when you hold public Of
fee. They also can become the
source Of considerable embar-
rassment both to yourself and
to the administration"
"For you and every individual
of your staff. don't think there
is any compromise with gifts
that are all right to accept and
gratuities that are wrong to &C
cept." be added. Regardless Of
the size or relative Importance
of the gift, there is only one
thing to do. Don't accept any,
thing in any way"
Opens Meeting.
Mr.. Mason was the initial
speaker at a two-day meeting
of the field Office directors held
in the Lafayette Building. In
a brief allusion to the investi-
CATION by the Senate Banking
Committee Of housing loans, Mr..
Mason said, 81 believe we are
going to be over the hill quickly. /"
He said that at times in the
last few months there have been
embarrassing situations for field
Office directors.
The new housing legislation,
Mr.. Mason said, will have both
an economic and social impact.
I'm my opinion" he said, I'VE
now have the most practical
housing legislation this country
has ever known. I am confident
that it will stimulate a record
activity in new construction and
in rehabilitation.
First "Co-ordinated" Law.
This is not mere optimism.
For the first time we have a CO.
ordinated housing law. It bene-
fits every one Of the fields of
housing new, existing. urban.
suburban, rural and property inn
provements through open-end
mortgages, as well as under the
modernization program"
He said q whole new reservoir
of potential homeowners has
been tapped by lower down pay
ment requirements. He told the
directors it would be their re-
sponSihility to channel funds
into smaller communities and to
racial minorities.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Congress Creates Group
For Wilson Centennial

Congress today completed &C.
ton on a joint resolution for the
creation of a commission of. IL
members on the centennial of
the birth of Woodrow Wilson, to
be held at Staunton, Va, in
1856.
The Senate accepted minor
amendments made by the House
and sent the measure to the
White House.
The Virginia General Assem-
bly, already has created a COM
mission and the Federal COM
mission will cooperate in q
move to make the event one Of
national significance honoring
the Virginia born educator who
became Governor of New Jersey
and President. ..
The Senate also passed and
sent to the House a bill spon-
sored by Majority Leader Know
land to abolish an old commits
sion on the enlargement of the
Capitol grounds. This was set
up in 1923 and long since has
completed its duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
|Lancers viii Ride
|At Marshall Hall

Knights Of the Lance from
the District. Maryland. Virginia
and distant States will ride
Wednesday In Marshall Hall
Parks seth annual jousting
tournament.
The right to crown a queen Of
Love and Beauty and more than
$50 in cash prizes await win
ming filters in professional and
amateur classes.
Buglers at the Potomac River
course win blare the first call
to arms at 2 pm. after charge
to the Knights by State Senator
James b. Monroe. Republican, Of
Charles County. the Parks tour
nament orator for the eighth
successive year.
One Of Southern Maryland's
more colorful events. the joust
is promoted by A. D. Langley
Of Arlington, q hard-ridine
litter Of yore. This year the
lancers' battlefield will be in
vaded by political figures striv-
ing to spear November votes
Mrs. s. s. Small viii be grand
marshal. Her aides will be Miss
Patsy Curtis. Mrs. Chester VIII
liams and Mrs. Richard Earn
shaw. ir.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Group Assails
Plan 10 Change
Tenement Code
Capitol Hill Unit
Says Rule Would
Horuss Owners

Hundreds Of private homes
will be put in the tenement
house category under q proposed
change in District regulations.
it was charged today at q hear.
ing before the District Commis-
SionerS.
Mrs. Elizabeth Draper, speak
ing for the Capitol Hill South-
east Citizens Association, de-
clared "callous" and "obdurate"
District building inspectors
would harass high type. reliable
property owners" If the change
were made.
The change would let inspec-
tors count as tenements the
quarters occupied by owners or
managers Of tenement houses.
Definition of Tenement.
A tenement is defined gener.
ally by the District to cover one
or more habitable rooms under
exclusive control Of a tenant
which does not have both q
kitchen and a bath. A tene-
ment house is a building con-
tanning three or more tenements.
AT present the quarters of the
owner or the manager may not
be counted.
Other opponents at the brief
public hearing were Joseph L.
Meek, for the Property Owners
Association, and Everett L. Ed.
wards for the Federation of
Civic Associations.
The proposed change was in
dorsed by Frederick w. Mallon.
for the Department of Licenses
and Inspections, and F. H.
Goldman for the Department of
Public Health.
Ruling Deferred.
The Commissioners took the
proposal under advisement and
said they would not rule for sew
eral days.
Mrs. Draper said many people
near Capitol Hill own very large
houses and rent out two or three
apartments to help pay the cost
OF Keeping the home In good
condition.
She said such owners lack
the money to pay for changes
that will be ordered by obdurate
inspectors to turn properties.
formerly classed as private resi-
dences. into tenement houses.
The cost will be prohibitive."
ITO count the owners quar-
tiers as a tenement will place
hundreds Of now adequate
private homes in the tenement
house license classification, and
so prove a serious hardship on
the owner who lives in his own
home. He will be forced to evict
his tenants, as it hardly pays to
maintain a house with only two
apartments" she added.
| For such buildings, not now
subject to regulation, the change
would involve payment of license
fees and in many cases altera-
tons to make the buildings con-
form to the Districts tenement
house regulations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Maryland
and
Virginia
- ews in Brief :
Foirfox County Reports
Rabies Case Increase

More rabies cases have been
reported in Fairfax County with
three persons being bitten over
the week end by infected ami
mails.
The number of known rabid
animals now stands at IT so far
this year and six persons have
been bitten.
The latest victims were 3
year-old Herndon girl who was
bitten by q fox. and an 18-year-
old girl and her mother who
were bitten by their pet cat at
Clifton. All have started receiv-
ing Pastuer shots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Indictments Accuse
IS Men Of Operating
Chinese Lotfer-,

Fifteen Chinese were indicted
today on charges Of conspiracy
and operating a Chinese lottery
pool.
The lottery, according to po-
lice, was based on drawing Chi
nese characters from bowls in
four different houses in the
600 block of H street NV. The
largest possible winnings ran up
to $4,000 in q day. police said.
The is indicted were: Ark Hun
Chin. SO; Tong How Kee, a.:
Chin Yee Heen, "a; Yee Ling
Wun, rs; Chin Yook Yuen, 40;
Chong Ching, go: Wong Fook
500. A; Sing Mon, IS; Marx
Sue, 81: Lang Eng, 81: Lin Zip,
a.; Lee Leong On, So; Mon Sing,
so: Ng Lun Gee, So, and Lee
She, 81.
Sc Overt Acts Charged.
Police said most of them lived
in the 900 block Of H street NV.
The indictment lists a total OF
So alleged overt acts in the in
dictment conspiracy count. AL
were arrested in a raid several
weeks ago.
In another case three men
were indicted on charges OF
operating a numbers lottery and
conspiracy to operate it.
They are Tony Kogok, Il, OF
the 5000 block Of Walden road
Silver Spring, Md; Howard E.
Walton, 81, colored, Of the 1900
block of Eleventh street NV.
and Robert D. Green, 43, colored
Of the 5000 block Of Fourteenth
street NE.
James K. Jobes, "a, Of the 5000
block Of Crawford drive. Rock.
vile. Md, was indicted on 9
charge Of raping a 19-year-olG
girl last July IA in the Soldiers
Home grounds.
Jobes, a fellow employe Of 8
sporting goods company. wa.
accused by the girl Of attacking
her after driving into thu
grounds with her while sup.
posedly searching for some
others who had attended {
party. according to police.
Melville L. Ross, "a, colored
of the 100 block Of Thirteenth
street NV, was indicted on .
charge Of robbing a woman
cashier. of SSH last July 80 II
the Neisner Bros, Inc, stort
at Twelfth and G streets NV.
Two Indicted In Sayings.
Two men were indicted OF
econd-degree murder charges
One Of them, Nelson j. Morgan
A, colored, was accused o
fatally beating his wife. Mrs
Cassie Morgan. IS. colored. las
July 80. Police said the beating
took place In the couples hom,
In the 500 block Of K street Sc
The other. charged Will
second degree murder, is Rober
JuhanS. ir.. 80, colored, of the 0Ol
block of Tenth street NE. He i
accused Of fatally stabbing james
p. williams, Is, colored. Of tn,
| 900 block Of Morton place NE.
during an argument.
1 The indictments were amoni
q total of il returned by tw,
grand juries before Judge Bur
nita s. Matthews Of the q. s. Dis
trict Court for the District d
Columbia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
7 Running for Slreetcar
Held as Purse Snafchers

Two youths tripped up last
night when they told q pair Of
policemen they were running ito
catch q streetcar." There wasn't
q streetcar In sight.
So Pvts Charles e. Varney and
Roy E. Cox. who spotted the
colored boys running on Wis
conSin avenue near n street
NV. questioned them further
and learned that less than 10
minutes before they had
snatched q purse.
The youths. is and II, were
held for juvenile authorities on
. robbery complaint. Miss Ethel
Maloney. . nurse. Of 3526 White
haven parkway NV. told police
her purse. containing SITS. had
been snatched ct Thirty fifth
street and Whitehaven parkway
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
William Austin Named
By Chesapeake Civilians

William p. Austin. manager of
Chevy Chase Village, yesterday
was elected Lieutenant Cover
nor Of Zone 4, Chesapeake Dis
trict of Ciyitans in the windup
Of a twozday meeting at the
Kenwood Country Club, Bethes-
day.
Mr.. Austin, who lives at 1915
Del Ray avenue. Bethesda. sue
ceeds Robert Mitchell, also Of
the Bethesda club. who is NOV
ing to Texas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Alumni Elect Nemchick

Michael P. Nemchick of Wash
ington was elected to a two-year
term as president of the WASH
ington chapter of the Kings
College (Pa.) Alumni Association
at a meeting last night. Other
officers elected were: Edward
Kunic, vice president; Edward
Kroges, secretary: Thomas Luch-
enbach, treasurer, and Joseph
Cacciatore, Board Of Governors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Glass Limits Reached

Enrolment at three Arlington
pre-primary classes already has
reached capacity. the office OF
School Supt. Edward Rutter an
nounced today. Vacancies still
exist at three other locations
So far. 321 children have been
enrolled for the sessions begin
ming next month for children
who will be six years old be-
tween October and January l.
Glasses have been filled at the
Marshall School annex. Maury
School and Washington-Lee
High School. The vacancies
are at the Wakefield High
School, Abingdon School and the
Brew School for colored pupils.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
|Mohoney Delayed
With q Little Bull
|(ActuoNy, That Isl
BY the Associated Press

CENTREVILLE. Md, Aug. 16.
George p. Mahoney said he
was delayed In arriving for
today's post election proceedings
because he delivered q little bull.
Mr.. Mahoney. seeking to take
the Democratic nomination for
Governor from H. G. Byrd. has
been attending ballot recheck
sessions at the Queen Annes
County Courthouse. He usually
arrives at $50 am.
Today he arrived 20 minutes
later than usual and said the
birth of q bull held him up.
He explained that with the
help OF q farmland he delivered
. 30-pound Guernsey bull calf
on his Baltimore County farm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Parking Ban
Announced for
Parade
Proposed Order
Would Close Big
Downtown Area

A tentative ban on curb park
ing In . major area Of down.
town Washington during the
American Legion convention pa
rade August 81 was announced
today.
The proposed restrictions
announced at . meeting Of traf-
nc officials by Trafiic Director
George e. Keneipp-are subject
to approval by the Board Of
Commissioners. The board Is
expected to take action tomor-
row.
In general, this plan forbids
motorists to park at curbs In
an area roughly bounded by
Fourth streets NE. and Sc,
K and Twenty-third streets
NV. and Independence and
Virginia avenues. The restric-
tions would be in effect for "a
hours beginning midnight Au-
gust 80.
Det0ur Route Set.
During the same period, Mr..
Keneipp said. the truck route
win be detoured along Maine
avenue to M street S.W. and
Sc, from there to Seventh
street and on to Maryland ave-
nue. and Bladensburg road. Both
trucks and passenger cars going
through the District will take the
detour route.
Attending today's meeting
were representatives Of the Police
Department, Capital Transit Co.
and the Public Utilities Com
mission, in addition to Traffic
Commission officers. Police In
spector William j. Liverman,
head Of the Accident Investi-
cation Unit, announced these
further parking restrictions in
both the formation and disband-
ing parade areas:
All private cars will be banned
from the formation area after
10 am. on the day Of the parade.
Streetcar and bus service will be
discontinued at noon, except for
streetcar traffic on Seventh
street NV.
will Clear Disbanding Area.
Both public and private trans
portation will be barred after
noon In the disbanding area, he
said, and all traffic will be barred
along the parade route after
1880 pm. The streetcar lines
on Seventh and Fourteenth
streets will remain open.
Additional curb parking re-
strictiors will be announced
later.
II. L. Musson, superintendent
Of street operations for Capital
Transit, said the present bus
line which ends at Thirteenth
and Pennsylvania NV. will
terminate at Thirteenth and II
streets NV. The bus line
which now ends at Twelfth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. will be switched to Twelfth
and H streets NV. Other
transit routing changes will be
announced within a few days,
he said.
The Alexandria, Bancroft and
Washington bus line terminal at
Twelfth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, will be switched to
an area along Madison drive
NV.
Motorists were warned by In
spector Liverman that all cars
which are found parked along
curbS in the formation and dis
persal areas after midnight
August 80 will be towed away
by the Police Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Special Masses Mark
Feast of Assumption

Special masses were held In
Roman Catholic churches
throughout the world yesterday
In celebration Of the Feast Of the
Assumption.
Other services were also held
to mark the holy day Of obliga-
ton in churches dedicated 70 the
Blessed Virgin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
0verpdss Slated
At Bladensburg
To Link Roads
Construction to Start
Before Sept. /; Cost
Put at $l32,733
By Gene Goodwin

Construction Is scheduled to
begin before September l on Q
Defense highway overpass ct
Bladensburg, Md, to connect
new. dual versions Of Edmonston
road and Kenilworth avenue.
The overpass. to be con-
structed at q cost Of $132. 1888 by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Mobile Chapel Visits

The chapel-on-wheels Of the
Roman Catholic diocese Of Rich
mond was driven to Rappahan-
mock County today, where it win
remain for two weeks.
With it are two priests Of the
Diocesan Missionary Fathers.
who win remain at Washington.
Va, for two weeks. where they
will preach. lecture and cele-
brate mass. The $4,000, 3l-foot
chapel later win be moved to
other areas Of the diocese. which
covers 30 counties In Virginia
and eight counties in West
Virginia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Optimists to Meet

Samuel Krakow, international
relations liaison officer for the
American Red Gross. win address
the Optimist Club Of Washing
ton ct 1915 pm. tomorrow at
the Mayfiower Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
olney Church Dinner

A chicken and ham dinner will
be held BY st. Peters Church.
Olney, Md. from 2 to 8 pm.
August %, at Sherwood High
School. Sandy Spring. Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16
Old Ships Reproduced

Reproductions Of the ships Ark
and Dove, which brought Mary
lands first settlers from England
In 1884, will be locked on the
Patuxent River next month. The
occasion will be the Calvert
County Tercentenary Celebra-
ton September rs through Oc-
tober 8.
Carl M. J. Won Zielinski. q
Washington financial consultant
who makes q hobby Of recre-
ating old ships, is supervising
construction Of the new Ark and
Dove at the M. M. Davis Ship
yard at Solomons. Md.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1954-03-05

elee ted TO lead tae Wonn's Mis-
s.onayy Society OF NJ VI Church.
ana installed with an Impressive
ceremony They are Mrs. Rachel
Beyins president, Mrs w G.
Mann, vice Sresident. Mrs. Carrie
Pennington. sacetary, ana Mrs w
B. Parkinson, treasurer Plans for
the years work indicate much IN
terest and activity The Society
causlsts OF four circles. TWO eirl's
auxiliary chapters, a Royal Am
ba ador chapter and large and
active Sunbeam Band
World Day Of prayer viii be OBJ
served in a loint m eetin OF
county churches on March at
May Memorial Baptist church
Rev Mr. Simpson VIII deliver the
message A larEa Attendance j.
expected
Mr. ANA Mus. Edwards and son
or Portsn uth were recent guests
Of Mrs Edwards brother, " b
Perklnsoa, ana family