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Evening star., 1955-01-22

The new infiimary opened less
than a year ago at the District
Home for the Aged at Blue
Plains viii reach its full capacity
in about three months. the Pub
lie Welfare Advisory Committee
was informed yesterday.
Reports on care Of the aging
occupied the major part of the
committees meeting at Munich
pal Center yesterday.
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea said that when the District
Village is filled. the community
will be left with q problem Of
aged persons in need Of infirm-
airy care.
No further expansion of the
home for the aged is scheduled
until about 1858. when it is
planned to spend SO million
under the public works program
for cottage system to replace
present. dormitory buildings.
More Homelike.
Mr.. Shea said the new cottage
system would have the adj
vantage of more homelike living
for the aged inmates. A ilus-
band and wife, for instance.
could have more or less private
quarters in common, where they
now are separated at opposite
ends of the institution.
The capacity of the infirmary
was expande dfrom the old build
ing's l34 to 244 when the new
structure was opened February
%, 1854. There still Is space
available for the so-called am-
bulatory minated.
Deputy Welfare Director Dom
aid d. Brewer told the commit
tee that the infirmary now has
268 patients, Is applications have
been approved, and 20 are pend
ing. He estimated it would be
|, full in about three months.
The committee was advised of
the first case of application of a
rule adopted last summer permit
ting a person to be institu-
tionalized In lieu of receiving
public assistance.
Alcoholic Complications.
The case was that of a man
who has a long history of alco-
holism and who has been re-
ceiving public assistance since
February, 1850. The committee
was told the man has been
arrested frequently for drinking
and selling liquor and that he
did not appear to be making any
effort toward rehabilitation or
benefiting from either medical
attention or subsistence available
to him.
A report on the 48-year-old
recipient indicated he failed to
cooperate in clinic attendance
and to wear a brace obtained for
him.
Under the new rule, his public
assistance will be cut of and he
will be offered admission to the
District Village where it is felt
his interests can be better served.
Mr.. Brewer in his institutional
report noted that, although it
has become less and less neces-
sary for persons to seek institu-
tional care for purely economic
Evening star., 1955-01-22
New Infirmory at Blue Plains
Approaching Potent Capacity

reasons. more people now are
living longer.
The population of District VII
lage today, he pointed out. is
made up of the bed-ridden, par
TALLY handicapped persons sllf-
fering from mental confusion
and those socially incapable of
caring for themselves In the
community
I52 Admissions.
He said there had been 152
admissions in the first nine
months since opening of the new
infrmary OF these. l05 were
over so, and five were under 40.
Mr.. Brewer said that l08 were
admitted as free patients, S6 as
psrt-pay. and eight as full-pay
patients.
Raymond Clapp. director of
research. presented analytical
studies on aging. including one
weighing against any theory that
large numbers Of aged come to
Washington to get on relief.
He said that In comparison
with the rest Of the Nation,
washington has remarkably
few recipients of old age as
siStance. A 1858 study indicated
that, compared with the national
figure of one out of five persons
over 65 receiving the aid. the
ratio of Is per cent receiving
it in the District was lower
than any State.
Small Proportion Over SO.
Mr.. Clapp said also that an
analysis Of statistics Of riigra-
tion show that persons in their
sos OF older represent only a
small proportion of those who
come to Washington to live.
While the total population of
Metropolitan Washington in
1855 is divided about half and
half between the District and
its suburbs. about two-thiris of
the persons SIS and over live in
the District. and a third in the
suburbs.
"The percentage Of persons
over SIS in the District of Colun1-
bia has been increasing, while
that in the suburbs has been
decreasing. but the District in
crease has been only half as
rapid as that Of the United
States as whole" the report
said.
Mr., Shea reported that there
are 243 children in Junior Vii
lage, which has a capacity of
Only 200. He said that much
effort has gone into fire protec-
ton measures.
He listed as one of the de-
partmeni's goals for the coming
year to move Junior Village to
the Industrial Home School
quarters at Blue Plains when
the latter institution moves to
the Children's Center at Laurel.
Another Is to get staff housing
completed for the Children's
Center.
Other goals are legislation for
consolidation of public as
sistance bills, and expansion of
the foster home program in the
Child Welfare Division.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Parking Meters for Pokiston?
Maybe, Visiting Policemen Say

As for drinking and narcotics,
people just can't afford either.
The three men who win be the
governments police representa-
tives in various provinces
throughout Pakistan revealed
however. things aren't vastly
different in their country than
here as far as police work is
concerned.
For one thing, speeders, when
caught, claim the Pakistan po-
liceman's speedometer was
wrong.
Camels Create Hazard.
Traffic jams are worse. at
least in Pakistan cities. the three
men said. There, they have to
contend with automobiles. cam
els, horses, rickshaws, bicycles
and people all going in various
directions at almost any inter-
section. In East Pakistan, one
of the men pointed out, there
are 743 persons per square mile.
Like all police, they have their
troubles with visiting dignitaries.
Once, the Shah of Iran came to
Pakistan to hunt the famous
Bengal tiger. The jungles were
checked for lurking assassins. AS
a matter OF fact, the jungles
were swept out by police pre-
cedihg the hunting Shah.
So efficient are the police
of Pakistan, the Shah was un-
able to find one tiger in the
jungle.
Polite, well-manered, the three
men might be considered PAX
istan's Finest"
Evening star., 1955-01-22

Pakistan--famed as a land
Of enchantment. elephant boys,
mongooses and .tigers-may be
sporting parking meters one day
soon.
The parking meters aren't
there yet, nor Is radar. But
three pleasant young men who
happen to be federal policemen
in Pakistan have picked UP some
ideas about traffic over here.
What this trio has learned may
line the Khyber Pass with park
ing meters.
The three, fresh from a four
month course with the Canadian
Mounted Police in modern police
methods, are spending few days
in Washington at the Pakistan
Embassy. Their names: S. Aftab
Ali, 80; Ashrafuddin Ahmad, 80;
Hairaj Husain, 81.
Family Fueds to Murder.
Chief crime in Pakistan, they
explained, is murder and petty
robbery. Murder usually stems
from family feuds. And the
petty robbery can usually be
traced, they said. to somebody
who was hungry.
But the remarkable thing
about police work in Pakistan,
according to Mr.. Ahmad. is an
absence Of Juvenile delinquency,
narcotic addicts and drunken
drivers. He explains it this way:
Children are watched closely
by their parents and they are
children" until their parents
die. If caught at something they.
would prefer the punishment of
the police to that of their par
. nYitS
Evening star., 1955-01-22
By Robert E. BortIett

The little boy who decided
he wouldn't need his shoes any
more after receiving a tricycle.
for Christmas and showed one
Of them in a mailbox. has found
a friend IN Alfred Jones.
Mr.. Jones, head Of the City
Post Office loose in the mails
department, has the job of get
ting such mailed" objects back
to rightful owners.
In the little boys case, his
mother waited at the mailbox
Until a postman appeared, but
was told she'd have to claim the
lost shoe at the City Post Office.
She recovered it by merely show
ing the other shoe to Mr.. Jones.
When not dealing with little
boys shoes. Mr., Jones finds him
self occupied trying to tind the
rightful owner of such things as
toy guns, diapers. rolls of ex-
posed film, driver licenses. rings.
money. gloves, cuff links, ties.
pocketbooks. hats. and even
strips of commuter tickets. All
these things and more. at one
time or another, have turned up
in mailboxes.
Identification cards of Gov
ernment workers and seryicemen
pour in by the hundreds every
week from all over the Nation.
Afr a quick check of the depart
ment in question. the identifica-
ton cards are sped on the way
to their owner.
Often Difficult Task.
It is not always easy to locate
the owners of other items. Wall
let's are checked for identifica-
tion cards. If a laundry ticket is
found, the Post Office will call
the laundry in an attempt to
find the owner. Items are sent
to the latest address found, post
age due. But people move, and
Is per cent Of the things are
returned as address unknown or
unclaimed.
If there is no way to locate
the owner, items are filed and
held for so days. And If the own
ers don't claim them in that
time they are sent to the dead
letter Office and sold at auction.
The money is used in the mis-
cellaneous department Of the
Post Office.
In another rooms, John F.
Reinhart. head of the unad-
dressed mail section, struggles
Evening star., 1955-01-22
SIS. 900 Blaze Hits
Arlington Apartments

len apartment feSlQenCS were
left homeless and six others adj
vised to move to safer quarters
in the wake of a $4,000 fire yes
terday at the Harrington Apart
ments in South Arlington.
A call from Edgar w. Tullar,
maintenance superintendent at
darlington, sounded the first of
two alarms at 200 pm. The fire
had started in a basement rec
reation room at 4237 South
Thirty-sixth street-Mr. Tullar's
apartment.
The fire rapidly spread to the
two adjoining apartments as
more than Is pieces of equip
ment, including trucks from
Alexandria, raced to the scene.
One fireman was overcome by
smoke and several others cut by
glass. An Arlington motorcycle
officer, w. C. MacArdle, was
treated for bruises when his
motorcycle overturned as he
rushed to the fire.
Mr.. Tullar said his children,
o boy 5 and girl 212, were at
home with a colored maid. Miss
Inez Wanzer. when the fire
started. He said the maid called
him on a direct line when she
noticed smoke seeping up from
the basement and removed the
children to safety.
Occupants of the adjoining
apartments at 4235 and 4223
South Thirty-sixth street, Mr.,
and Mrs. David l.. Hanst and
Mr.. and Mrs. David Brennan,
were not home. Mrs. HanSt re-
turned to find fireman and
neighbors dragging their pos
sessions from the smoking apart
ment.
Fire inspectors who estimated
the total damage had not de-
termined what caused the blaze.
They said the l2-year-old du-
plex apartments are owned by
the Fairmac Corp. Damage
caused by smoke, water and heat
in three adjoining apartments
caused firemen to advise the
three families to find other shell
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Woman Dies
AsCigarefte
Ignites House
Bethesda Fire
Flares as She
Dozes in Chair

A Bethesda woman burned to
death last night when she ap-
parently fell asleep in a chair
and dropped a lighted cigarette
that set her home on fire.
The body of Mrs. Martha B.
Morders. AZ, of 5301 Bradley
boulevard. vas in the smoldering
living room chair when firemen
found her,
DR.. Frank j. Broschart, Mont
gomery County medical exam
liner, said death was caused by
extensive burns.
The blaze was discovered about
2 pm. when a passing motorist,
identified by police as Alex p.
Gordon, noticed flames through
the front windows.
The Bethesda Fire Depart
ment. which responded, said the
fire must have been burning
at least a half hour before it
was discovered. Flremen eStl-
mated the loss at $4,000.
Montgomery County Fire Mar
shal Charles Howe said the blaze
was started by a cigarette that
Mrs. Morders dropped into the
chair as she dozed. Her husband,
Howard Morders, an officer of
the National Auto Tops Co. in
Washington, was not at home
at the time.
The Morders had no children,
Besides her husband, Mrs. Nor
ders is survived by her father, w.
Frank Burrows, 7l16 Glenbrook
road, Bethesda: a sister, Miss
Mildred Burrows. Of the same
address, and by brother. Jo-
seph F. Burrows, 6844 Glenbrook
Rnol pnf1aclo
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Woman Found Frozen Stiff
Still in Critical Condition

4400 block Of Forty-sixth avenue,
Bladensburg, her clothes frozen
to the cement. James Brown, a
rescue squad member, said "she
grunted but seemed frozen stiff
when we put her on the
stretcher. She was ice cold"
The lowest official tempera-
ture Thursday night was "a de-
grees.
Mrs. Walls case is similar to
that of Chicago's deep freeze"
woman. 23-year-old Dorothy Mae
Stevens who was found lying in
an alley in February. 1851. Miss
Stevens survived though her
body temperature was officially
recorded at 81 degrees.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Man Killed by Truck
Backing 10 Platform
AT Shoreham Hotel

A coroner'S inquest will be held
Monday on the death of a 52-
! year-old Baltimore man who was
struck yesterday by a Railway
Express Agency truck that was
backing downhill to the Shore
ham Hotels underground load
ing platform.
The victim was pronounced
dead on the scene at about 8
pm. Police identified him as
A. o. Schuette, employe of a
Baltimore hotel equipment firm,
Driver Of the truck was George
Collinge. 40, of 224 Adams street
NE. Railway Express officials
said Mr.. Collinge had had no
prior accident in % years of
driving for the company, and
that recently he was given a 20
year safe-driving award by the
National Safety Council.
Not Traffic Accident.
The death was not listed as
an official District traffic fatal
ity. police said, since the acci-
dent did not occur on a public
street.
Mr.. Collinge told police he was
backing his truck to the hotel
loading platform from Calvert
street when he felt a bump and
stopped. He said he had not
seen any one in his rear-view
mirror
Mr.. Collinge was released,
without being charged, to the
custody of his employers for ap-
pearance at the inquest Monday.
Meanwhile accidents sent four
other persons to District hospi-
tails last night and today.
Two were injured at Sixth and
H streets NV. according to po-
lice, when sideswiped by a skid
ding car southbound on icy Sixth
street.
The injured, both pedestrians
who police said were crossing
Sixth against the traffic light,
were Ray H. Brown. 40, of Park
ersburg, w. Va, and Alfred Nc
Cloud, SO of Hartsyille, S. C.
Both were taken to the District
General Hospital, where Mr..
Brown was reported to have suf-
fered a broken left leg. Mr.. Nc
Cloud was treated for cuts on
the face and head and released.
Driver of the car, against
whom no charges were filed, was
Miss Dolores C. johnson, colored,
81. a Howard University student
who lives at Wheatley Hall. A
hearing before an assistant cor
| poration counsel has been set
| for February %.
Automobile Hits Tree.
In an earlier accident, at 6:25
am, Weston Thomas, jr., rs,
colored, of 1905 Bay street Sc,
hit a tree in the 1900 block of
Florida avenue NE, while driv-
ing west. Police said he appar-
emily fell asleep. Mr.. Thomas
was admitted to Casualty Hospi-
| tai for observation with possible
/ fractures Of the ribs, head and
left leg. No charges have been
filed.
| At 9:l5 pm. yesterday, Jo-
sephine Garfield, SO, colored, oi
lie D street Sc, was hit while
| walking across Canal street al
Delaware avenue S.W. She was
taken to Casualty Hospital ir
critical condition with arm, leg
and head injuries.
Police arrested the driver
whom they identified as johnnie
Carter, 81, colored, of 1919 K
street Sc. He was charged with
colliding, released on $500 bono
and ordered to appear in Mu-
nicipal Court Monday.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
MoveShapesUp
To Probe State
RoadsSpending
Anti Commission
Bills introduced by
Democratic Leoders
By Gene Goodwin
s,or sfeft Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS, Jan. %. - The
leadership of the Democratic
majority in the Maryland Legis-
lature seems determined, this
first session after the election,
to investigate the spending poll
cies of the Republican con-
trolled State Roads Commission.
A batch of anti-roads commits
sion bills in the hopper here SO
far seem to reflect Democratic
campaign charges made by DR..
H. C. Byrd last fall. The un-
successful Democratic guberna-
torial candidate alleged that the
commission was spending too
much money on special consult
ant fees. particularly on acquir-
ing rights-of-way for the Balti-
more harbor tunnel project.
Yesterday, Senate President
Louis L. Goldstein was Joined
by his two top lieutenants -
Majority Leader John Tlrnhull
and Judiciary Chairman Fred
Malkus, and Senator Mary Mock.
Democrat, of Wicomico--ifl in
troduEing the latest roads COM
mission investigation proposal.
12-Year Program Involved.
Under Senator Goldstein's
measure, the policies, practices
and procedures" of the roads
commission, particularly as they
pertain to the $3.50 million. IL
year road program. would be
prohed by special consultants.
An identical bill was introduced
in the House yesterday by Dele
gate Robert Cannon, Democrat.
of Wicomico. who earlier had
attacked what he called haste
and waste in the roads COM
mission"
Move to Defer Fee Increase.
The Senate got another chance
to needle the commission yes
terday when 1t accepted q favor
able Finance Committee report
on the Malkus bill postponing
for one year the motor vehicle
registration fee increases sched-
uled to take effect this spring.
The commission claims the l2-
year roads program will suffer II
it doesn't get the So million a
year it had counted on from the
higher registration fees.
These four other bills affect
ing the roads commission were
introduced yesterday:
/. A measure requiring that
| the State police appropriation
come from general funds rather
than from motor vehicle funds.
as has been the case under the
McKeldin administration. This.
the Democratic sponsors con-
tend, would restore to the roads
commission about So million in
motor vehicle funds which 1t
could use in place of the money
it would have gotten from
/ higher registration fees.
2. Senator Goldstein's peren-
NAL bin to increase the roads
commission from three to five
members to assure that Southern
Maryland has a member,
3. A bill by Delegate Cannon
1 to wipe out the commissions
power to condemn property and
begin construction on 1t before
| any owners protests are proc
essed in court.
i 4. Another Cannon bill to re-
quire State Senate confirmation
| of roads commission members
named by the Governor.
Evening star., 1955-01-22

sector OF LanS-
burgh's de-
p a r t m e n I
store.
The contest
entries totaled
! 1888 in 90
classincations
Mr.. Gray's en-
try was a lin
gerie window
featuring Ha-
waiian hues.
The face Of
the medal is
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aan an1 "
Evening star., 1955-01-22
2o3 in Virginia Droft

RICHMOND, Jan. % (R.-
State selective service headquar-
tiers here said yesterday Virginia
has been ordered to earmark 203
men for military service in
March. This quota is six more
than the February draft. call for
1877 men.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
GENERAL eHIDLAW
Calls FOR
More Skywatehers

Because the Soviet Union IL rapidly In
eressing It's cspabiliiy to launch sur
prise air stfsck upon our country the
u. s. Air Force urgently needs mere
volunteer civilian plane spotters, ac-
cording 10 General Benjamin W Chid-
law, eanmanderin-chiel Of Continental
Air Defense Command.
A minimum Of one million volunteers
IN the Ground Observer Corps il nov
required 10 supplement our radsr net.
Mgrk. Men. women and ieeU-sgeFs are
asked 10 call Civil Defense and solun-
ieer for two hours duty I week.
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A. psfsa,s csmnsss. csisrsss spfIsss. csl
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operation sffh The 1dperfians Council
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Board Reopens
.zoning Dispute
In Arlington
I'd Hearing Feb. lo
On Application of
GIebe Rood Builders

The Arlington County Board
today voted to reconsider the
rezoning 1t granted January 8
to permit construction of a SIS
million NJ. T. Broyhiil 81 Sons
apartment project on the former
Shirley Homes Federal housing
site south Of Shirley highway
on Glebe road.
The motion to rehear the
controversial rezoning on Febru-
ary 10 was made by Board Mem.
ber Alvin F. Kimel. who was
absent from the January 8 meet
ing.
The motion was seconded by
Wesley w. Cooper. who said
there were irregularities in pre-
vious hearings that are confus-
ing" He did not elaborate.
Two Oppose Motion.
Mrs. Leone Buchholz, who was
the lone dissenter when the board
approved the project. voted with
Mr.. Kimel and Mr.. Cooper.
Opposing the motion today
were the board chairman. George
M. Rowzee, jr., and Robert A.
Peck. -
Mr.. Peck said he felt the ques-
ton had been thoroughly COW
cred in the hearing earlier this
month and another hearing last
May covering a larger area when
! the application was denied.
| Mr.. Rowzee questioned whether
| the builder might be able to sue
| for damages if the board re-
yersed itself. y Commonwealth s
Attorney william j. Hassan said
he would have to study the ques-
! ton before giving his opinion.
Opposed by Citizen Groups.
Nearly 800 citizens of the area
attended the January 8 meeting
and a number Of citizens groups
and parent teacher associations
| in the area voiced opposition,
Before the board rezoned the
| property two weeks ago, most Of
the SO acres involved were in the
luxury apartment" classification
In this category. expensive con-
struction is required, including
underground parking.
In other action today. the
board denied an application for
rezoning of property at 2704
Marcy road, near the Potomac
River, from F-20 to R-10. R-2C
requires lots of at least 10000
square feet and Rio must be al
least 10000.
The vote was 4 to /, with Mr.
| Peck favoring the rezoning.
Evening star., 1955-01-22

World Award Tor Display
Achievement--1954.s On the
other side Is this inscription:
This medal Is presented for
outstanding ability-w. Arthur
Display World annual
contest--ie54.s
Mr.. Gray has been associated
with Lansbureh's for 26 years.
He has won numerous awards
for meritorious work.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Fire Leaves D. c. Man
In Critical Condition

A 30-year-old District man
was in critical condition to-
day with third-degree burns re-
ceived IN a fire at his home.
Police reported Powell Rich
ardson, colored. Of 1909 Windsor
court NV. was seriously burned
when an over-heated oil stove
caused q fire in his apartment
about 2 am. today. He was ad-
mitted at District General Hos
pital.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Two Silver Spring Fires
Seen Work of Arsonist

An arsonist who specializes In
department stores apparently is
at work again in the Silver
Spring shopping district, after
two blazes broke out simultane-
ously yesterday In the adjacent
Jelleff's and the Hecht Co. stores
in Silver Spring.
The same shopping district
was plagued by a series Of small
store. fires about three months
ago. Arson was suspected at
that time, but no arrests were
made,
One fire was at Jelleff's, $685.
Colesyille road. at 8 pm. Flames
were discovered in a rear stock
room.
The store was open and had
to be cleared of customers. The
flames were brought under con-
troll within 10 minutes, but every
thing in the storeroom was a
loss. flremen said.
One woman customer fell to
the floor and was helped outside
by flremen.
Bernard Buckley, store man
ager. praised firemen for their
efficiency. He said he was able
to reopen for business within an
hour. The flames set of two
sprinklers, damaging some mer-
chandise.
Mr.. Buckley said the blaze
must have been arson because il
started so quickly.
Firemen said they believed
arson was responsible for the
Hecht Co. blaze. and noted tina,
the flames started In a dressing
room adjacent to the same dress
ing room where one Of the earlier
suspicious blazes started.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
Origin Of Shusto Doisy

Los ANGLES. Luther Bur-
bank produced the Shasta daisy
in eight years by cross -pollina-
ting three varieties Of plant. two
English and one japanese.
Evening star., 1955-01-22
.lansburgh's Display Chief
Wins Gold Medal Award

A gold medal award in Dis
play Worlds international con-
test for 1854 has been presented
to w, Arthur Gray, display di-