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Evening star., 1955-09-07
Inspections to Enforce
Housing Code Begun

The new. strict District hous'
ing code has begun to be en-
forced--but not in the area
where enforcement was ex.
pected.
The enforcement area is now
bounded by Constitution avenue
on the south. the Anacostis
River on the east and F street
Maryland avenue and Bennine
road on the north.
Plans for development such
as the inner loop freeway. public
housing areas and Federal
building have made the original
area not worth the inspectors
time. the city government de-
cided. The original area was q
triangle bounded by Massachu-
sets and North Carolina ave-
nueS and First street NE.
Three teams of two inspector:
each today are moving through
the area selected for the first
enforcement Of the new code.
Handicap to Entrance
They labor under certain han.
dicaps that keep them from g
full examination of the area''
housing. Any private home car
bar their entrance unless they
have a warrant. The inspectors
can get warrant if they have
evidence of a violation of the
code in a given house.
All apartment houses are out
from under the jurisdiction Of
the new code-the drafters were
unable to agree on regulations
for that sort of housing. The
apartment regulations - to bt
Chapter 6-are still subject tC
discussion" among the regula-
tion-makers.
The inspectors yesterday hat
their best success among the
rooming houSes-which are de.
pendent upon a license from the
District.
Starting at Second street ano
Constitution avenue. the inspec.
ton team of David F. Jackson
and Miss Roberta Tinnen worked
north and east.
Old Homes Converted
They found proud old three.
story homes. converted intc
rooming houses, with nothing te
remind the visitor of their for.
mer glory but handsome pan.
eled stairways and crystal chan
deliers.
The inspectors worried about
different things such as the
number of square feet Of fiool
space per occupant. (Under the
code, there has to be 1870 square
feet of habitable space for the
first person; 80 for the next five
and rs for any above SIX
A solid house passed all in
spections until Mr.. Jackson ano
Miss Tinnen found that rats
had chewed a hole In the bot
tom of the basement door. Ever
though the landlady assured
them that the rat in question
had been trapped and buried
the inspectors looked around
until they found rat burrows ir
the back yard, and holes in the
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Troubles Hound
Traveller Here

Trouble is no stranger to Sid.
ney Moskoe, A. his wife and fiv,
children.
His acquaintance with the god
Eof i'll. fortune began several week
ago when he left Miami for whaf
he thought was a better job d
Purdue University. Lafayette
Ind. as 4 housing maintenance
man.
1 With. Mrs. Moskoe. his young
sters, Gary, IA: Richard. IL
Michael, 10; Alan, Z; Judy, 3, alls
their worldly possessions includ
ing four parakeets. they set ou
by automobile.
i Arriving in Indiana, Mr.. Mos
Ikoe found plenty Of houses Il
maintain but none for himself
land family. He had to give w
1.-The job.
! Soaked by Hurricane
/ He then decided to visit Mrs
lMoskoe's people In North Adams
Mass En- route they ran into
Hurricane Diane at Weissport
Pa. Their auto was flooded and
all their belongings soaked.
Getting things put back in
shape took most Of their msagei
funds.
! After leaving Massachusetts
several days ago they had three
Iflat tires and had to use the last
Iof their money to purchase
used tire. They arrived In
Washington broke, tired anc
hungry.
Mr.. Moskoe went To the Cos.
lpel Union Mission. The Saliva.
Ition Army took In Mrs. Moskot
and the children. Travellers Ait
gave them $3.50 to get food anc
made arrangements to get thu
family under one roof at q
tourist home in the 400 block oi
Second street NE.
Cr0wning Blow
The crowning blow came just
before dawn today.
Mr.. Moskoe was awakened b,
Pvts. Richard Ford and Law.
renee F. Wallace of the ninth
precinct. They had in tow 1
l6-year-old colored boy.
! The policemen said they hao
caught the boy looting the
Moskoe auto of what little he
had left. The sneak thief had
done thorough job.
He had the carrier basket OF
his bicycle loaded. More Of the
Moskoe belongings were hidden
lin an alley and the rest were
found on the porch of the boys
home.
Mr.. Moskoe looked over the
situation. managed a chuckle
and wondered where it would all
end. He said his immediate
problem was getting together
enough for gas back to Miami.
Il don't mind being broke so
much" he said. what really
bothers me is getting back in
time to get the kids in school. J"
Evening star., 1955-09-07
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

Tau Epsilon Phi Frater-
nifty today opens a five-day
meeting at the Shoreham
Hotel. More than 200 mem
bers are expected to attend
the affair.
Merle Norman Cosmetics,
Inc, convention goes into its
fourth day of activity at the
Hotel Statler. Approx
mately 300 delegates are in
session at the six-day meet
ing.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Costs
New
Schools
Bids on Durus
Rejected as Tide
Of Pupils Rises

Fairfax school ofncials today
are wrestling with q multimillion
dollar problem generated BY con-
tinued spiraling Of the school,
age population. the back log Of
new school needs and the in
icreasing cost Of new school
buildings.
School board members were
Ijarred yesterday by the bids they
received on the proposed new
IDuras Elementary School. which
they had expected TO build for
about $325 900.
The lowest OF six bids on the
project was $397 900. The board
withheld awarding Of the con-
tract. with a strong indication
THAT members will vote to re-
lject all bids and start all over
again with revised plans for the
proposed 10 classroom buildings.
Building firm representatives
ATTENDING the school board meet
ing said the big bids result from
higher labor and building ma
terials costs.
State Rules Cited
School officials said another
factor is the more stringent re-
quirements laid down by the
State Board Of Education, which
must approve new construction
before it can be started. The new
rules do not permit fiexibility
in construction that could lead
Ito economies. staff members OF
the school department said.
This combination of facts can
throw the careful planning of a
proposed school construction
bond issue out the window, Rob-
ert Davis. board chairman. said.
The bids on Duras School place
the cost of the school at about
I$l6 square foot. New buildings
completed recently have been
CONSTRUCTED at a cost Of about
$11 or $12 a square foot. The
proposed bond issue, planned to
cover a five-year construction
program. was scaled on an aver
age cost of about $l3 a square
foot.
II the cost of Duras School,
nearly duplicate Of other
schools built at the $l2 a foot
figure, becomes the new yard
stick for future construction
costs. the board will apparently
have to decide whether 1t will
build less than complete schools
Ior reduce the number OF build
ings in It's five-year plan.
Adding to board members
woes was q partial report on a
special census taken by the
school department in May and
June Of this year.
$4,000 Prospective Pupils
Robert Walker. staff member
lin School Supt. w. T. Wood
sons Office, said the census
showed there were $4,000 chill
dren between one month five
years old in June. about 500
more than the total number of
children in the school system at
that time.
His report also listed 68, 600
children between the ages of one
month and 10 years living in the
county. His figures. he said, in
dicates that the boards anticipa-
tion of an enrolment of 1880
students by 1860 is "conserva-
tive"
Another facet Of the problem
was revealed in a report on
school site problems under study
by school officials.
The board faces the prospect
Of having to pay between SOC. 900
and 100000 for a high school
site in the exclusive Lake Bar
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Biologist Finds
Pollution Too
Thick for Life
Potomac Rivers
Bottom Reported
Deep in Sludge
By JOHN w. sTEPP

The Potomac River IN thu
Washington area is 50 badly pols
iuted that scarcely more than .
couple Of types Of lowly worms
can find sustenance In it.
That is q preliminary finding
Of a biology professor of Amer.
ican University. who is conduct
ing a orle-year survey Of life and
nonlife In the historic and sew
age-thick waterway which sup.
plies the Nations Capital as it
winds its way to Chesapeake
Bay.
The researcher is Mrs. Martha
Bradley. associate professor Of
biology at the university. Mrs.
Bradley has completed two
months study in a survey spon-
sored by the District Health De-
partment.
Emphatic Language
Although her formal conclu-
sions are stated in terms Of sta-
tistics and technical gobbledy-
COOK, Mrs. Bradley reduces them
to this blunt English:
"The bottom of the Potomac
is an ungodly mess. It is in very,
very sad shape"
Mrs. Bradley appeared last
might on another in a series OF
programs conducted by Station
WNBW. The programs deal with
the pollution problem in the Po-
ltonac River basin.
Most healthful river bottoms.
the specialist declared, consist
Iof either sand or gravel. This
Potomac bottom, however, is sev.
leral feet deep in sludge result
ing from the discharge of storm.
water and toilet sewage lines
feeding into it between Chain
Bridge and Alexandria.
Fish and other animal life
have q hard time surviving in
this thick atmosphere, especially
i'm the AnacoStia River. the Po-
tomac's main tributary in the
Washington locale.
In hot ~ and even cool
weather. the Anacostia lies In
bubbly ferment. The stencil is
as repulsive to humankind as its
cause is death-dealing to fish
and most other river life-saye
the two varieties of worm which
happen to thrive on sludge, gar.
bage and stencil.
Two Primary Needs
These hardy denizens. for thu
record, are known as eligochaetos
and an iridescrible species of
Inomatode, accor ding to Mrs.
Bradley. Tough characters both,
the worms need practically no
dissolved oxygen to subist on.
just give the N sewage and
they're happy.
Mrs. Bradley's survey, though
barely begun. has convinced her
OF two primary needs to clear up
the local river mess.
/. Dredge the river bottoms Of
the existing sewage residue.
2. Stop dumping sewage into
the Potomac and its tributaries.
She does not pretend to know
how the governing bodies Of
Maryland. the District and Vir.
ginia can be persuaded to sup.
ply enough inclination or funds
to end the pollution hazard.
Il am a biologist. not an adj
ministrator," Mrs. Bradley says.
But I do know this job must
be done If the Potomac is to be-
come a river again and not re-.
main the open sewer it now is."
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Loudoun Boy, 10,
Is Second Polio Case

LEESBURG. Va. Sept. Z (Spe.
ciaD.-Dr. Charles G.. Souder,
Loudoun County health officer.
reported today the second case
of polio in the county. a To-
year-old boy who lives near Up-
perville.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
lNTEcRATIoNs FIRST YEAR
Little RocioI Conflict
At Schools Reported
By JAMES G. DEANE

Raymond Elementary School
is in a Northwest Washington
neighborhood which for several
years has been undergoing a
change in its population. Former
ly the area housed only white
families, but many colored fami-
lies have been moving in. and
|Raymond's enrolment until q
year ago had been gradually
|dwindling.
Last September the schools
situation was radically altered
Evening star., 1955-09-07

This is the second Of five articles %
Washington public school intesration
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Forest Gets First
Class B Fire

KAL1SPELL = Flathead National
Forest had its first larger than
tourth-acre fire of the year Wednes-
day evening.
1t was an acre fire-class Bless
than fourth acre are class A-on
Alder creek in Condor district start
ed by spark from a chain saw.
Fire was on timber sale on Will
lam and Ray Fenby owned land.
Timber was sold to a man by name
of Scoonover.
Elbow lookout manned by Mr.. and
Mrs. Howard M. Rabone spotted the
blaze just after p. m Going on the
fire near the road was Harry Nc.
Carly, assistant ranger, with Her
bert Styler, alternate ranger, Hans
frankie, dispatcher, and Virgil Pet
erson, headquarters guard, with five
brush crew men.
This was the 18th fire for the For
est. One of the lightning strikes re
ported last week was not found.
The Wednesday fire brings the
man caused number to three includ
ing Cyclone lake, June II, and thu
annual West Glacier dump fire. AL
were class A and the others wer'
1 lightning started.
| Fire danger continues UNUSUAL,
low for midsummer. Burning indie,
ranged from a low of % on Nap;
lookout, Swan district to 40 at Spot
ted Bear mountain.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Grinneu Records IO8
Inches Precipitation

WEST GLACIER - Precipitation
for the past II months at GrinneIl
glacier in Glacier National Park to-
tailed 1Q8.65 inches.
Most of this fell as snow and in
dictates snowfall of over 100 feet.
The 108.65 inch reading for the
past IL months compared with last
years record 1873 inches and 1O7
inches for 1928.
Annual measurement trip took
place Tuesday with the party con-
sisting of R. A. Dightman, Helena,
state climatologist; M. E. Beatty,
chief park naturalist; Don Robinson,
park naturalist; Stanley Joseph,
Glaciers assistant superintendent,
and William Yenne, general trail
| foreman.
The Grinnell gauge is a 16-foot high
black cylinder which contains cal
cium chloride-which with the black
exterior helps melt snow that falls
in the tube. A layer of oil prevents
evaporation.
Annual measurements started sew.
en- years ago. Dightman commented
that the results eventually will give
more light on the whole weather
pattern. Precipitation, location ant
temperature are determining factor.
for glaciers. Grinnen has been hold
ing its own of late through somewha
wetter and cooler years.
Measurements as to movemen
and growth of the ice mass are mad
! each September.
|iF Next week, Wallace Irgens, Hel
ena, and Howard Kappes, Boise
will start a Today construction pro
ject of erecting a second precipita
ton gauge just below the glacier
It will be fourth mile south of tn
present gauge and 81 feet instead Q
Is feet high.
Fl Purpose Of the second gauge is t
provide a check on measurement
and also determine variance.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Operations Jobs
Now Post $50

Employment In operations phase
of the Anaconda Aluminium Co. Flat
head plant now exceeds $50 and this
fall will reach $50.
Now being completed is the bake
out phase in 12O of the 24O pots at
the plant which will have a capacity
of $4,000 tons of aluminium a year.
First metal production is scheduled
this month.
Total of construction jobs was
down to LOLA compared to 1,O67 three
weeks ago and is dropping slowly.
Contract completed this week was
that held by Klemens Roofing Co..
Great Falls.
Another Great Falls firm, Nc
Laughlin Inc. is starting asphalt
paving operations which will be the
equivalent of about six miles of "a
foot wide highway. The McLaugh
lin crew totals AZ.
Foley Constructors force includ.
ing Donovan Construction Co., the
principal subcontractor totals 842.
Finished look at the plant .contin
ues. This week Great Northern
dump cars were bringing in crushed
red rock from near Essex to ballast
the seven miles of track serving the
plant. Near the office building greer
lawn is ready for first moving.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Invite Public to Plant Dedication

The people of the Flathead and
Montana are invited to attend the
August 18th dedication of the new
Sos, 600, 900 Anaconda Aluminium Co.
plant. M
A prepared statement by Anacon-
da officials is as follows:
offices of the Anaconda Alum
mum Co. today have extended to all
their friends and neighbors of Mon
tana a most cordial invitation to
attend the formal dedication of the
company's new reduction plant at
Columbia Falls at 2 p. m. Monday,
August Is.
Arrangements have been made
to take groups of visitors through the
large plant at intervals Of each hall
hour from 10 a. m. to p. m. anc
from $3.50 to p. m.
1T is pointed out that it will BIZ
quite impossible to reach all friend.
/ by personal invitations SO that thu
general invitation is being EXTENDED
to M0ntanans and friends from 9th
er states with the hope that it viii
be accepted in the sincere spirit il
which it is given
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Add Council Bluff
Section to Falls

Columbia Falls Incorporated linn
its were expanded Wednesday eve-
ming to include about II additional
acres between the North Fork road
and the river bank.
AT the z p. m. special meeting the
council gave the addition the name
of Council Bluff as suggested by
j. G. Barnum, one of the residents
who opposed the tract becoming a
part of the city.
The new addition includes parts OF
Van Acres tract and the Crescent
plat.
Joe Monegan on behalf Of the
landowners presented the council
with a deed for a lot for street pur.
poses. William Ramey and Jack
Young each presented deeds for Sc
feet for street purposes. The street
will be an extension of Seventh Ave
nue. East.
There were no protests received
on the proposed Columbia Falls
budget that indicates mill levy o.
41.63 compared to 1858 for towr
governing purposes. Columbia Fall.
budget is scheduled to be abou
$87, 900.
Preliminary valuation figure
show that a 40 mill levy will rais'
$25, 1888 this year compared tt
| $21, 1928 last year in view of Col
umbia Falls leading Flathead cite
with Is per cent increase in val
uation.
Final budget will be adopted Nor
day. No changes were made to tn
published budget decided on las
week.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Senator Byrd Hiking in Park

WEST GLACIER-Hiking Glacier
National Park trails this coming
week will be Senator Harry Byrd of
Virginia, who is being joined by Con-
rad Wirth, Washington, D. c., dir
ector of the National Park Service.
Coming with Senator Byrd is Black
burn Moore, speaker Of the Virginia
Assembly.
Tuesday will see the Byrd-Wirth
party hike 71z miles from Logan pass
along the Garden Wall section of the
continental divide to Granite Park
chalets. Wednesday on the trail to
Waterton they will stay at trail
crew camp on Fifty Mountain in the
heart Of the park, and Thursday hike
to Waterton lake completing the 81
mile outing.
Accompanying the hiking party will
be Glaciers Supt. J. w. Emmert anc
Chief Ranger Elmer Fladmark.
Byrd who has been q United States
Senator from Virginia since 1893, ant
before that was governor OF his state
was in Glacier last summer. Thu
prominent American likes the alpin'
park and its trails.
There will also be stays at parl
hotels including Lake Mcdonald.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Ask Bids for North Fork Radar Station

Bids will be opened August q for
construction of the new Air Force
radar station at Cyclone mountain
about Is miles north of Columbia
Falls. The project includes a ~
mile access road up the mountain.
Call for bids was announced by
Colonel N. A. Matthias, district en-
gineer for the U. S. Corps of En-
gineers, Seattle.
Specifications read: Construct
base communications building hav-
ing approximate floor area of 100
square feet. Building to have con-
crete foundations and floor slab:
concrete masonry cavity type walls;
steel roof joist with metal deck, in
sulation, and built-up roofing, and
ventilating and heating systems.
The work will include approximately
$50 linear feet of chain link fencing.
concrete walks and construction of
AZ miles of gravel surfaced road
ID feet wide"
Construction is to commence with
in 10 days after receipt of notice to
proceed and be completed within
24O calendar days. s
The August % opening marks the
start of the Air Force radar develop
ment in the Flathead that is to see
a permanent staff of $50 in the Flat
head. The central control and man
ned station is indicated for the west
shore of Flathead lake.
i Plans and specifications are av-
ailable at the Seattle office.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Park Fire Danger
Continues Low

Glacier National Park has re-
ported no new fires since two light
ming strikes July Is.
Fire danger in the park Thursday
was termed 38 at headquarters and
80 at st. Mary. This is considered low
for early August, commented Ran
ger Bruce Miller, assistant fire dis
patcher.
July precipitation total at the fire
cache was 3.19 inches compared to
normal 1.3 inches for July. There
were 16 July days with precipita-
ton with the start of the month es.
pecially wet. Vegetation was termed
lush.
The park had lightning strikes
June "a on Adair ridge, July 7 OF
Howe ridge and Red Eagle mountain
and July Is on Howe ridge and Parl
creek, all class A and less than
fourth acre.
There've been no man caused
fires.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05
Headlights Pick Out
Lion on HiQhwQu }

HUNGRY HORSE-Tom Higgins,
Seattle, visiting his wife's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Johnson, Hun
cry Horse, thought he saw a deer
on U. S. highway No. 2 in the beam
of his headlights. It was about 10:40
p. m. Tuesday. Higgins is former
Flathead resident.
Coming closer he saw that it was
a mountain lion.
Ed Walden, Columbia Falls lion
hunter, was alerted, and took up the
search just west of the South Fork
bridge. Report from the hunting
front was: mo trace of the cougar,
but one of the dogs tangled with q
porcupine, and there was a quill pull
ing session"
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-08-05

Montana spotlight will be on the
small Flathead city of Columbia
Falls during two-day celebration
August IA and Is that will include
the western division O-Mok-See
(horse games) and dedication of the
new SIS, 000, 900 Anaconda Aluminium.
Co. plant.
The city of 1900 located II miles
west of Glacier National Park is
already acquiring a festive air as
men are d0nning western garb. Col
umbia Falls Chamber of Commences
is awarding plaque for the best
decorated store front during the
celebration.
Opening event will be the O-Mok-
See parade through downtown Col
umbia Falls at noon Sunday. The
Columbia Falls Rocky Mountain Ri
ders saddle club sponsors the horse
games each summer, but this is the
first time that the Is western Mon
tana clubs are holding their division
al event here.
Mrs. Ed Lewis, parade chairman,
expects about 125 horses will be in
the parade. Governor j. Hugo Ar
onson and R. B. Caples, president of
Anaconda Aluminium Co., have been
invited to ride in the parade.
First activity in connection with
the plant dedication will be tours
with the public invited starting at
10 a. m. August Is.
Outline of the dedication program
at the plant at 2 p. m. is as follows:
R. B. Caples, president of Ana
conda Aluminium Co. will preside.
The national anthem will be sung,
followed by the Rev. Father John
Cronin of Whitefish asking the invo-
cation.
Governor J. Hugo Aronson is sche
duled for the official welcome with
response by R. E. Dryer, president
of The Anaconda Company, and in
PRODUCTION of R. H. Glover, chairman
of The Anaconda Company board Of
directors.
i c. F. Kelley, chairman of the ex
ecutive committee and former
chairman of The Anaconda Compan,
board of directors will give the ded
! ication address.
The Rev. l.. D. Peck of the FRS
Baptist church, Kalispell, presiden
of the Kalispell Ministeria
association will give the benedictior
: followed by the song Montana.
/, Columbia Falls high school ban
under the direction of William Brue
will play.
:. The afternoon will conclude wit
additional tours of the plant fror
l $3.50 to 5 p. m.
Coming for the dedication will b
: a number of eastern business ex<
cutives and newspapermen. A radi
broadcast of the dedication and pc!
, sibly TV broadcast are planned.