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Evening star., 1955-09-07
A. u. Gets Looms
For Dormitories

A loan for two dormitories at
American University was an
nounced today by the Housing
and Home Finance Agency.
The grant. for $650,000, will
be used for two 75-man build
ings to replace two wartime
temporary buildings now on the
university's uptown cam pus,
They will be for men students
The new dormitories are ex-
pected to. be ready for use a
year from now. a spokesman for
the university said. They will
be on Nebraska avenue at Rock
wood parkway NV.
The university earlier this year
completed two other mems DOR
mitories. also on a Government
loan.
The new buildings will be of
two stories and brick.
Evening star., 1955-09-07

Proudly waving $13, Kathryn
(Toddy) Dustin. 10. stepped OF
the Baltimore & Ohio's Colum.
bian this morning after making
an S.O00-mile train trip alone.
The money represented what
was left of the allowance hel
parents. Navy Comdr. and Mrs
Frederick Dustin Of 1735 New
Hampshire avenue NV. gave
her ON June 81, when sht
boarded the same train fol
Chicago. They wouldn't say
how much money she had or
the trip.
Her parents, at Union Station
to meet her, said the entire
family was invited to Coronado
Calf, by a friend. Comdr. Dustir
was unable to get away so ht
and his wife decided to let theil
daughter take the trip alone.
Railway Agent Helped
Their decision was made fol.
lowing chat with another
friend, j. F. Thoman, genera
agent for the Northern Pacific
Railway Co. Mr.. Thoman, wiss
in thes ways of travel, arranged
a half-fare ticket for ToddS
that included the Northwest anc
Evening star., 1955-09-07
SURPRISED DRIVERS
TAKE A GANDER
AT NOISY HONKER

The noisy driver who
motorists thought was honk-
ing them of Silver Hill road
at Swami road in Suitland
(Md0 today turned out to
be an 18-pound gander.
Prince Georges County
Police Corpl. Thomas A.
Rogato and Pvt. Kenneth H.
Bradford said the bird was
strutting along Silver Hill
road honking cars onto the
road shoulders.
Those things can be
vicious and this one looked
like no exception" Pvt.
Bradford said. "It might
have snapped at the school
children"
The gander was taken to
Seat Pleasant police head
quarters and scheduled to
be released later in the clis-
tody of the county Animal
Rescue League.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Offices to Be Prepared
For Veterans Center

The General Services Admin
istration said today that work
would begin Immediately on new
quarters for the Veterans Serv-
ice Center, now across from the
District Building.
The new quarters are in the
old Post Office Department
Building, Twelfth street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, and
are planned to be ready for
occupancy by the middle of
October. The rooms formerly
were used by the United States
Employment Service.
Action came after an inspec-
ton of the rooms by GSA off,
cials, Veterans Center Director
Waldron E. Leonard, A. r. Pix
erton, accounting officer of the
District: James l.. MccAllister,
Administrative Services Of1cer,
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Youth, IA, Admits
Is Breuk-Ins Here

A 14-year-old youth yesterday
admitted Is housebreakings In
the Georgetown area and Wash
ington police were questioning
him on 10 other cases today.
Police saw him trying house
doors In the 1900 block of Wis
consin avenue NV. Friday anc
picked him UP. He told them
he was soliciting Boy Scout
funds. He was released In
parental custody.
A resident of an apartment
house at 1885 Wisconsin avenue
NV. awoke from a nap Monday
to discover the colored youngster
in her apartment, holding her
purse. The youth told her he
was a Boy Scout looking for
work. She screamed and the
youth fed. Police collared him
at Twenty-eighth and P streets
NV.
Detectives said the youth con-
fessed the l3 jobs and told them
he concentrated on homes with
unlocked doors. His loot has not
been totaled. He is being held
at the Receiving Home.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Sewer Line
Gets Funds

The Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission yesterday
authorized payment Of 1886. .672
to the District of Columbia for
construction of a line to carry
Prince Georges County sewage
eventually to the Blue Plains
disposal plant.
The force main and gravity
sewer will be installed along
Kenilworth avenue between
Forty second street NE. and the
| District line.
IN other business, the COM
mission approved set Of regu.
llations governing the installa-
ton of water and sewer lines In
areas of Prince Georges County
outside the sanitary district
The regulations, a spokesman
said, are similar to those gov
Ierning installations within the
sanitary district.
The regulations are effective
Immediately.
The action was taken in COM
Ipliance with an act OF the last
Maryland Assembly. A public
hearing on proposed regulation.
was held last month and drew
mo major objections,
Evening star., 1955-09-07

and Walter Heinard, assistant
chief to Repairs and Improve.
ments, Department Of Building
and Grounds.
Shift of the center was ap-
proved yesterday by the District
Commissioners. Partitions will
be installed in a large room OF
the building near the Twelfth
street entrance for interviewing
and receiving veterans. Mr..
Leonard requested that the
smaller rooms be made avail
able to insure privacy for vet
Grams and their wives when
discussing problems.
The old yellow and brown
walls will be painted q light
green with a darker green trim,
while the brown linoleum floor
will be covered with green and
marbelized gray asphalt tile.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Ford to Address
Red Feather Rally

Benson Ford. vice president
and group director of the Ford
Motor Co.. will address a Red
Feather business leaders rally
at noon September Is in the
Hotel Statler.
Mr.. Ford, who headed De-
troit's "Give Once For ALP 1855
drive which raised $l4 million,
will speak on United Giving
Is Your Business"
Some 1000 businessmen are
expected at the luncheon. Serv-
ice clubs will be represented by
members of the Kiwanis, Opti-
mists. Rotary. Civilians and Ex-
change Clubs.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Cir, 10, Alone, Crosses
Continent Twice by Rail

Mexico on the route to Cali
fornia.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Dustin made
up sample menus for her daugh-
ter and acted the part Of the
dining car waiter. Teddy then
went through the act of paying
her bill and exercising her fifth
grade mathematics in figuring
out the Is per cent tip.
When she alighted here this
morning Toddy couldn't wait to
show her mother and father the
$l3 she had managed to save
during her ramblings over the
Nation.
The sum was the proceeds Of
her savings after she found by
inquiry on her own that it was
cheaper to travel in an upper
berth.
II liked the upper berth best, "
she declared. 1T was fun climb
ing up on that ladder to go TO
bed"
The youngster said she didn't
know the exact amount she had
to spend because her parents
forwarded the money to friends
at each stop with whom she
stayed.
Learned to Ride Aquaplane
"oh, I had lots Of fun" Toddy,
blond and blue-eyed, said. "But
the best fun was going through
Disneyland, riding in a berth
and learning to ride an aqua
plane in California.
The entire trip was made
without an escort or any special
services on the part of train
personnel. Her parents said
they wanted it that way to teach
their daughter self-reliance.
AS great an experience as her
trip was for a 10-year-old. her
father is going to take an even
bigger one on November /. He
is leaving for the South Pole
with Operation Deepfreeze' as
a Navy Antarctic weather expert,
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Troubles Hound
Traveller Here

/ Trouble is no stranger to Sid
'iney Moskoe, A, his wife and five
children.
His acquaintance with the god'
Iof ILL., fortune began several week:
ago when he left Miami for wha'
he thought was better job al
Purdue University, Lafayette
ind, as a housing maintenance
man.
/ With Mrs. Moskoe. his young
sters, Gary, IA: Richard, 12i
Michael, 10; Alan. 7; Judy, 3, anc
their worldly possessions includ.
ing four parakeets, they set ou1
by automobile.
/ Arriving in Indiana, Mr.. Mos
Ikoe found plenty of houses tt
maintain but none for himself
and family. He had to give ur
the job.
/ Soaked by Hurricane
/ He then decided to visit Mrs.
iMoskoe'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 nisager
funds.
] After leaving Massachusetts,
several days ago they had three
fiat tires and had to use the last
of their money to purchase q
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 Aic
gave them $3.50 to get food ant
made arrangements to get the
family under one roof at 8
tourist home in the 400 block oi
\ Second street NE.
1 Cr0wning Blow
i The crowning blow came Just
before dawn today.
Mr.. Moskoe was awakened b!
IPvts. Richard Ford and Law
Ilrence F. Wallace of the ninth
lprecinct. They had in tow {
3l6-year-old colored boy.
|. The policemen said they hae
caught the boy looting tht
IMoskoe auto of what little HI
/. had left. The sneak thief hae
done a thorough job.
Il He had the carrier basket o.
.Ihis bicycle loaded, More of tht
;IMoskoe belongings were hidder
in an alley and the rest wert
found on the porch of the boy!
home.
Mr.. Moskoe looked over tht
situation, managed a chuck,
and wondered where it would al
end. He said his immediate
problem was getting together
enough for gas back to Miami.
i Il don't mind being broke SC
much" he said. What really
bothers me is getting back ir
time to get the kids in school,
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Finds
Pollution Too
Thick for Life
Potomac Rivers
Bottom Reported
Deep in SIudee
By John w. STEPP

The Potomac River in the
Washington area is so badly poll
luted that scarcely more than Q
couple Of types Of lowly worms
can find sustenance in 1t.
That is a preliminary finding
Of biology professor of Amer.
ican University. who is conduct
ing one-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 ito 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. 1t is In very,
very sad shape"
Mrs. Bradley appeared last
night on another in series of
programs conducted by Station
WNBW. The programs deal with
the pollution problem in the Po-
ltomac River basin.
Most healthful river bottoms,
the specialist declared. consist
of either sand or gravel. The
Potomac bottom, however, is sew.
Ieral 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 a hard time surviving in
this thick atmosphere, especially
in the Anacostia River, the Po-
tomac's main tributary in the
Washington locale.
In hot and even cool
weather, the Anacostia lies in
Ibubbly 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 the
record. are known as eligochaetos
and an indescrible species Of
nomatode. a according to Mrs.
Bradley. Tough characters both,
the worms need practically no
dissolved oxygen to subist on.
just give t h EN- 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 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
District Opens
Code
Inspections
Three Teams Visit
First Area Chosen
For Enforcement

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 Anacostia
River on the east and F street.
Maryland avenue and Benning
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-
Icided. The original area was a
triangle bounded by Massachu-
Isetts and North Carolina ave-
lnues and First street NE.
Three teams of two inspectors
each today are moving through
the area selected for the first
enforcement Of the new code.
Handicap to Entrance
They labor under certain ham
dicaps that keep them from a
full examination of the areas
housing. Any private home can
bar their entrance unless they
have a warrant. The inspectors
can get a warrant If they have
levidence 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
flor that sort of housing. The
apartment regulations - to be
Chapter 6-are still subject to
discussion" among the regula-
| ton makers.
| The inspectors yesterday had
their best success among the
rooming houses-which are de-
pendent upon a license.
! Starting at Second street and
1 Constitution avenue. the inspec-
ltion team Of David F. jackson
land Miss Roberta Tinnen worked
north and east.
The inspectors worried about
different things such as the
number of square feet of floor
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)
/ The old houses that were in
lspected yesterday all suffered
from lack Of electric outlets in
1.-THE walls. The new code speci-
| fies at least one outlet in-the wall
land one overhead.
I screens Required
Screens were another prob
lem. The code says each window
in a rooming or boarding house
must have a screen from March
is to November Is.
/ The outside water closet, al
I though not in evidence in the
houses inspected yesterday, is
against the law now, and must
he capped.
There are many other refine
tments of the code. which draws
together earlier regulations and
adds some new ones. giving teeth
Ito the whole.
The inspection teams will
move from west to east in the
first area.
| Their reports will be evalu-
ated by the officials of the hous-
ing division Of the Inspections
and Licenses Department Of the
city government. Those officials
will send out notices of violation
ito the owners of the offending
property. giving them a certain
time to comply with the law.
If they don't. their cases viii
ibe taken to Corporation Coun-
sells Office in Municipal Court
for a hearing. If nothing comes
Iof that, the Corporation Coun-
lsei can take the cases before a
Judge, who can levy fines or
sentence the violators to Jail,
Evening star., 1955-09-07
Man on Trial
indicted Again

| A man was indicted on forgery
charges today just as he went or
trial on q 1851 robbery charge
| He is Morris e. Anglin, jr.
Us, formerly of Hyattsville. Md.
who has a long criminal record
The indictment accuses him
of forging and uttering three
checks here last April for a total
of $216.
! Accused in $500 Holdup
AS it was returned Anglir
went on trial before a jury ir
District Court on a charge Of
committing a $500 holdup-rob-
berry in February, 1851, at q
National Capital Housing Au-
thority Office in the TOO block
of Seventh street Sc. Judge
Luther w. Youngdahl is pre-.
siding at the robbery trial.
Angi1n had been returned her.
early this year to face the rob.
berry charge after serving tim,
in Maryland for a 81 300 robber,
.Iof the Bank Of Bethesda. Whil,
awaiting his District robbery
trial, he skipped bond and wa.
Irearrested in June in Las Vegas
New. He was out on bond a
the time he is accused of com,
Uniting the forgeries.
| 4 Others Indicted
/ Four persons, all colored, were
indicted on charges of selline
and possessing large quantitie,
of a narcotic. One Of them is Q
woman. Marion Lee, %, who /.
now a voluntary patient at the
United States Public Service
Hospital at Lexington. KY, foi
treatment for narcotic addiction
a spokesman for the United
States attorneys Office said
The indictment charges she
committed a narcotic law viola.
ton here last April and May
The other three named on mar.
cotic charges are:
Paul Whitfield, So. of the zoe
block of Third street S.W.;
James H. Clarke. 80. of the 1906
block of Maryland avenue NE.
and William j. Marshall, IS. oi
the 300 block Sixty-first street
Fairmont Heights, Md.
The indictments were returned
by a grand jury before Judge
Matthew F. MCGUIRE.
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. (Story on Page
A-27.)
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
toudoun Boy, 10,
Is Second Polio Case

LEESBURG. Va, Sept. Z tSpe-
ciaD DIR. Charles G. Souder.
Loudoun County health officer.
reported today the second case
of polio in the county. a 10
boy who lives near up
peryille.
Evening star., 1955-09-07
lNTEGRATIoNs FIRST YEAR
Elementary Schools
Adjusted Quickly
By JAMES g. DEANE.

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

This is the second Of five ortieles on
Washington public school intesrotion.
Evening star., 1955-09-07

TOMORROW: The strike and
what followed.
Evening star., 1955-09-07

Proudly waving $13 Kathryn Mexico the route to Cali
(Toddvl Dustin. 10 stepped of fornla
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JU. T-h-UU TIL Y '
yrTN@UnRN@r
CONVENIENT

CONVENIENT
To shopping and transportation, /
block to elementary schools, close
to D. c. 3 bedrms.. sun rm., pa
baths. separate din rn;., liv. rm
with firepl.; G1 appraised. S1s.sO0.
James c. Conley & Co.
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Vacant; rms. and bath, mod. kit,
full bsmt. with gas heat: lge. lot. 3Sx
$50, with Diet. gar: perfect condi-
ton: bus at door. Bargain. Call til
pm.
RALPH D. COIN, tn. 2-92O0
Al
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CHEVY CHASE, d. c., near Conn. ave
Spacious older home. with moderr
and garage. S21.a5O Call SHAN
NON q LUCHS. KE. 7-1S0o.
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leaving city; urges quick sale OF this
immaculate, almost new :'-bedroon
brick rambler: all-electric close UP
kit; huge semif1nished out-of-ground
basement with heat and picture
window. Asking 100000. FRANK
s. PHILLIPS. DI. 7-14l1. Ewes,
or, LARA
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NEW SPLIT LEVEL, In the country
rms, 8 full baths. lse. liv. rm. with
flrepl., sep. din. rm., dream
kitchen with table space, beautifully
finished rec. rm., built-in garage on
lovely tree-shaded lot. priced at
easy terms, shown by sppt., THE
DARBY co, JA $1,000. ONCE
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BETHESDA, Gil APPROVED, S24. 500
BEDROOMS, . BATHS
Contemporary split-level:- in new
house condition: large living rm..
separate din. rm., dishwasher, dis
posal. breakfast space in kitchen.
. bedrooms. bath. all on one level;
2 bedrms.. bath on second level;
large basement with tile floor;
spsssi9 ~ al clean. bright rooms: 1917
TOWN g. SUBURBAN, EN-. 2-94OO
4Si1 WISCONSIN AVE. NV.
SILVER SPR1NG-Bis luxurious CO.
lon;al:, liv. rm;. din; nm. kit. den,
IL baths on End n: full bsmt:
garage; slate roof: wood windows;
deep lot with small swimming pooh
A beautiful home in fine convenient
nelghborhood.
Z. F. BLANCHARD, Ritz. JU. $4,000
an
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ALEXANDRIA AREA
WILTON WOODS

Charming and unusual brick rambler
"a acre overlooking the countryside
built for comfort and gracious liv-
ing: entrance foyer accessible to
every room; liv. rm. 14x20. Roman
brick flrepl., picture window. dining
rm. 11x12, .b.i. corner cabinets:
screened porch l4x26. bamboo avn
ings. modern Kelvinator, kitchen
12xl2, garbage disposal. dishwasher
cleo. range. IL Gu. IT. refgr.. exhaust
fan, ,Fluorescent lighting; 3 .bedrms.,
2 full tile baths, master bedrm. Tx
1874 with tiled shower bath, walk
in closets. 3 linen closets: full bsmt
with "a bath: ne-paneled rec. rm
16x2S. with asphalt titled floor. cedar
lined storage closet, electric, dryer.
auto. washer, copper plumbing, oil
INV H.; Lear garage, concrete
patio, attic exhaust fan. Venetian
blinds and many other fine features
for the price Of S31,500. Down pay
ment 81 800.
BELL REALTY co.
COLONIAL BLDG. ALEX, VA.
XII. S-1S6S q til 9
on
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BETHESDA, close in-Here Is what
so many people look for but few ever
find. A brand-new. custom-built
lished neighborhood, featuring 3
large bedrms. and . baths, family
size cleo. kitchen with all modern
appliances, full bsmt. with recreation
rm, space. fireplace and "a bath.
2-CAR GARAGE. Act. fast on this
one, at S24 $50. FRANK s. PHIL
lips, OIL. 2-7O0fi; ewes, no. 4-7444.
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BATTERY PARK
BETHESDA

We offer a 3-bedroom white brick
Colonial in lovely Hillmead, priced
well below VA appraisal. First floor
has living room with fireplace, din.
ing room with built-in corner cab.
tnets, paneled den. AID well-equippec
kitchen. Full basement. Large, leyel
lot with detached garage Priced
S19,260, with Sc down to CT buyer
Ewes. call Mr.. Fishback. OIL. 2-7S70
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
1900 18th st. NV. CO. 5-O222
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HOUSES FOR sALE-Mp.
Owner Transferred-s1O,950

Owner IranSferred-SlU,y5U
Here is one of the best buys on to-
double closets. spacious HY. rm..
separate din. rm., eating space in
kitchen too, plus q full bsmt. with
an outside entrance.
James C. Conley & Co.
9535 Ga. Ave. ~. g-4l3f Til $50
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HOUSES FOR SALE-s.E.

ANACOSTIA, near Good Hope I'd: 9
rms, all brick. bedrms.. tile bath,
full bsmt.. with rec. rm.. and another
bath: gas h;,w.h.; Sl3.590. HART
LII. 2-597G. :
BOILING FIELDING cash, CT.
S60.56 mo-: lovely 6-rm. brick, full
bsmt., storm windows; ST.. $50.
H. L. GODDARD, OIL. 47922. --3l
HILLCREST-Detache large home:
4 bedrooms. ga baths, nice bsmt.,
well Handicapped. garage. Shown by
appt OWENS REALTY, ME. S-04S6.
S.E.-Sacriflce. Any offer considered
to settle partnership: brk.. . bedrms,.
mr.. s. Cap. shop. center. 10. 3-6SS9.
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NJ PL. AND MINNESOTA AVE.

M PL. AND MINNESOTA AVE,
GROOM SEMIDETACHED BRICK
CT or non-GI. This home is like new
and has many extras, such as
screened front porch, fenced lot,
storm win dows. In a very cow. To-
cation. Close to shops, schools and
transp. Call Mrs. Cox. LII. 2-sl36
or ST. 3-136S. ATLAS REALTY CO.