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SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS —- WASHINGTON NEWS D
WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1946. _
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Army Orders
Evacuation of
Briggs School
Series of Transfers
To Release More Than
780,000 Square Feet
Hie old Briggs Elementary School,
used by the Military District of
Washington during the war, has
been ordered vacated and eventually
will be turned back to the District,
the War Department disclosed to
day.
The order releasing the 8.863
square feet of office.space through
the Public Buildings Administration
was given yesterday, according to
Capt. John S. Oppenheimer, who is
handling "evacuation” matters for
the military district. The building
is located on New York avenue, near
Twenty-first and C streets N.W.
Only about 40 Army and civilian
personnel have been occupying the
office space, and they will be trans
ferred to the Pentagon. Various
War Department agencies now are
in process of vacating approximate
ly 780,000 square feet of office space
in the previously announced "evac
uation” flioves.
This includes 380.000 square feet
of space occupied by the Army Air
Forces at Gravelly Point.
Capt. Oppenheimer said about
500 employes will be affected by
this move. Almost half of them wiil
be out by September 12 and the
remainder by November 1. The huge
Gravelly Point offices will be en
tirely vacated b\ the AAF by the
end of the year.
The other moves now in progress
Involve about 400.000 square feet of
office space in the buildings at 2
New York avenue N.W.. 300 I street
N.W. and 801 Channing place N.E.
About 100 employes have been
evacuated from the New York ave
nue address but the move from the
Channing place premises, involving
300 clerks will not be completed
until about October 1. The Army
has been occupying only 375 square
feet of space at the I street address
for storage purposes.
Some employes in these miscel
laneous units will be transferred to
the Riverside apartments occupied
mainly bv the Army Emergency
Relief. Others will be transferred
to the Pentagon Building.
Army Recruiter Proposes
Mass Enlistment of Friends
Men planning to enlist in the
Regular Army can demonstrate
their leadership qualifications by
gathering up a few friends to make
up a squad in the new platoon en
listment program, Maj. Richard J
Carmody, commanding officer of
the Army Recruiting Service's
Washington office, suggested today, j
The new system, he explained, is
to enlist a group of between 30 and
60 men who have lived in the same
neighborhood, gone to school to
gether, or otherwise been closely
associated in civilian life. En
trance into the Army as a group
would tend to alleviate the first
pangs of homesicknesses, the re
eruiting officer said.
The Army, Maj. Carmody ex
plained, agrees to keep the friends
together at least until they are
through basic training.
For a group of friends to enlist
together and remain together, he
said, they must all be enlisting for
the first time and in the same
branch of service and they must
enlist for three years.
Cashing of War Bonds Hifs
Low for Year in August
War Bond cash-ins during Au
gust dropped to the lowest figure
for any month this year, the Treas
ury reported today.
At $397,392,000, redemptions still
exceeded new purchases of the E
Bond series by $50,114,000, but that
is the narrowest margin in seven
months. Furthermore, the cash-in
total was 28 per cent below the peak
reached in March.
New purchases of all savings
bonds—the F and G counted in with
the E series—totaled $590,022,000
during August, exceeding cash-ins
of the three series by $141,514,000.
That brought total sales for the
first eight months of 1946 to $5,384,
673.000. topping redemptions bv $1,
103.624.000.
Novena Opens Tomorrow;
Father Calkins to Preach
The Rev. Francis Calkins, O. S. M..
of Chicago will preach at the annual
novena in honor of Our Sorrowful
Mother will begin at the Immaculate
Conception Church. Eighth and N
streets N.W., at 7:45 p.m. tomorrow
Hie novena will continue for nine
days, with the closing service on
Sunday, September 15.
The guest preacher, a former
Army chaplain, is a brother of the
Rev. Hugh Calkins, who has
preached a number of times at Im
maculate Conception in former
years. Two other brothers also are
members of the Servite Order, all
noted for their preaching of this
particular novena.
Greek-Americans Here
Protest Carrier's Voyage
The Washington chapter of the
Greek-American Council today pro
tested by telegram to President
Truman the sending of the carrier
Franklin D. Roosevelt to Greece as
a measure of intimidation of the
Greek people.
Hie protest, sent by Costas Alex
iou, chairman of the council, to
the President asserted: “'Future
historians will condemn this action
as a travesty of Roosevelt's policy
of struggle against fascism and
colonial subjugation. Your action
means collaboration with these
forces. We demand that you recall
the FDR immediately."
Engineers Elect Bronzonie
John A. Bronzonie, District
plumbing inspector, was elected first
vice president of the American So
ciety of Sanitary Engineering at the
recent convention in Boston, it was
^announced today.
Residence Rule
Tightened at
Central High
Board of Education
Presents 'Must'List
For D. C. Students
Stiffened residence requirements
for entrance to the ninth grade at
Central High School were announced
today by the Board of Education.
In making public its annual list
of “musts” for pupils planning to
enter District public schools Septem
ber 23, the board ruled that ninth
graders may go to Central only if
they live nearby.
Exceptions to the rule will be made
this year only in the cases of pupils
who live at a distance from Central
but have easy access to the school, it
was stated. Last year Central ad
mitted many out-of-area pupils.
All other ninth-graders will attend
the junior high school serving the
territory in which they live, the
board directed. They should make
application directly to the principal
of such school.
Must Bring Report Cards.
As in other years, all new students
enrolling in either a junior or senior
high school here must apply directlv
to the principal of the schools in
their own neighborhoods. The stu
dents must submit a copy of their
last report cards, together with birth
and vaccination certificates.
No new pupils living outside the
District will be admitted to the
Deal, Paul, Kramer and Taft Junior
High Schools. However, the other
junior high schools will take the
out-of-towners.
Regulations governing senior high
schools require that pupils eligible
for the 10th. 11th and 12th grades
apply to the principals of the schools
nearest their homes. Exceptions
will be made only in the case of
properly qualified students desiring
an intensive business course, who
may be admitted to the 10th grade
at Roosevelt High School, and in the
case of those desiring a major shop
or home economics course, who may
attend McKinley.
Non-Resident Requirements.
Non-resident requirements for
senior high schools are that pupils
from the Takoma Park-Silver
Spring aaas of Maryland must go
to Calvin coolidge, pupils from Vir
ginia may attend Central or West
ern, and pupils from Maryland liv
ing south of Massachusetts avenue
and east of the District line may
attend Anacoetia. No pupils outside
the Bethesda-Chevy Chase area of
Maryland may be admitted to
Woodrow Wilson, however.
All children desiring to attend
kindergartens must be 5 years old
or older by November 1, 1946. and
their parents must furnish birth
and vaccination certificates.
All pupils who did not attend a
District public school last year and
who want to enter elementary
schools nearest their homes. Prin
cipals will be at the school build
ings from 8 to 9 am., September
19 and from 4 to 6 p.m., September
20 to arrange for their admission.
Nursemaid in Ndnap Case
May Be Confined Here
Convicted of kidnaping and sen
tenced to seven years in the peni
tentiary after the disappearance last
February of 4-year-old Terry Taylor
of Charlotte, N. C., Rosemary John
son, 19-year-old nursemaid, may be
transferred to St. Elizabeth's Hos
pital here as a "mentally incompe
tent,” the Associated Press reported
today from Charlotte.
United States Attorney D E.
Henderson was quoted at Charlotte
as saying that Miss Johnson, who
also is known as Loretta Frances
Brozek, has been classified by a
psychiatrist as “mentally incompe
tent.”
The nursemaid was arrested last
February in Annapolis, Md., a few
days after the disappearance of the
child from the home of Dr. and Mrs.
Andrew Taylor of Charlotte, by
whom Miss Johnson had been
employed.
She was arrested at the home of
Capt. George Cameron Seay of the
Naval Academy, who suspected that
the child with Miss Johnson was
the missing Taylor child for whom
an intensive search was being con
ducted. The child and her parents
were reunited at the Mayflower
Hotel here.
Returned to Charlotte after a
long period of litigation in District
Court, Miss Johnson was sentenced
to the Federal prison at Alderson,
W. Va.
Only One Try j
Another in a series of jogs for
lagging memories regarding Dis
trict traffic laws.
The motorist above wants to park
his car on the hill. To keep it
legal, should he:
1. Cut off his motor and pull on
the hand brake?
2. Only cut off the motor and
set the gear In reverse?
3. Put chocks in front of the
wheels?
4. Cut off his motor put on the
hand brake and turn the front
wheels in toward the curb?
Answ-er 4 is correct. Section 16,
District traffic and motor vehicle
regulations, state*:
‘No person having control or
charge of a motor vehicle shall al
low such vehicle to stand on any
street unattended without first set
ting the brakes thereon and stop
ping the motor of said vehicle and,
when standing upon the perceptible
grade, without turning the wheels
of such vehicle to the curb, or the
side of the street, or highway." | j
NEW VETERANS’ HOUSING PROJECT IS DEDICATED—District officials expressed the hope that
housing projects for war veterans now would be speeded to completion as they presided yester
day at dedication ceremonies for the 80-unit project at Portland and South Capitol streets.
The type of remodeled Army buildings used in the project are shown in the background.
As the housing project was opened officially, Brig. Gen.
Gordon R. Young, Engineer Commissioner, presents the key to
the first apartment to Navy Veteran Charles F. Jullg, jr., as John
Ihlder, executive officer of the National Capital Housing Au
i thority (left) looks on. —Star Staff Photos.
Capital Garage Ready
To Reopen Here if
OPA ’Allows Profit'
The 1,100-car capacity Capital
Garage at 1320 New York avenue
N.W. will be reopened to the pub
lic as a parking center “as soon
as OPA grants a rate increase
which will let us operate at a
profit,” Joseph B. Schaaff, presi
dent of the company which owns
it, said today.
District OPA said the garage's
price-relief appeal was under study
by accountants, but could not pre
dict when wction would be taken.
Mr. Schaaff s statement followed
Traffic Director George Keneipps
revelation last night that the garage,
rented to the Government since July,
1943, had been turned back to its
owners, the National Mortgage &
Investment Co., on September 1.
Parking Facilities Needed.
Mr. Keneipp told a special meet
ing of the District Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency, which is seeking a
solution to the city's badly snarled
downtown parking problems, that
return of the garage to public use
would be a big step toward pro
viding off-street parking facilities.
He urged about 20 private build
ing contractors at the meeting to
consider putting up similar struc
tures as an investment.
Mr. Schaaff said his firm asked
OPA to approve a parking charge
of 40 cents for the first hour, 15
cents for the second hour, and 10
cents for each additional hour. An
increase of 75 per cent in labor costs
over prewar days was cited as the
principal reason for the price re
lief request, he said. Before it was
rented to the Federal Works Agency,
the garage charged 30 cents the first
hour, 10 cents the second and 5
cents an hour thereafter.
Oil and Gasoline Asked.
The owners have asked authorities
for a license to sell gasoline and oil
at the garage and have requested
Civilian Production Administration
approval of necessary interior re
conversion work, Mr. Schaaff said.
Rental of the garage to the Gov
ernment for $135,000 a year stirred
criticism during the war after it
was learned that much of Its badly
needed parking space was used for
the storage of files. At one time
as many as 48 Federal agencies were
parking automobiles in the garage,
but their combined total of about
500 vehicles left much space un
used.
It was pointed out that whole
floors remained vacant while rental
and operating costs drained off up
ward of $180,000 of the taxpayers'
money.
Arlington Home Owners Fight
WAA Sale of Fort Myer Drive
Homeowners and businessmen
along Port Myer drive in Arlington
County today were up in arms
against the War Assets Administra
tion's proposal to sell the road as
surplus property.
The present period of advertising
the property for sale is known as
the priority period, during which
Government agencies, the Recon
struction Finance Corp.. State and
local government units and nonprofit
institutions will have priority in that
order.
If none of those buy it, the road is
offered to private bidders.
So far there have been no bidders
for the road, which extends for al
most a mile from the noreast exit
of Port Myer to North Nineteenth
street. '
Leo Lloyd, a member of the
county board, said the board had
voted two weeks ago to ask WAA to
transfer the road to the county. He
said today that as far as he knows
the county has received no answer.
Port Myer officials said they de
clared the road surplus about a
month ago and that it was taken
over by WAA. They expressed the
opinion that the notice of sale was
"just a formality” and that it would
be taken over by the county.
Some of the approximately 30
home owners affected pointed out
that they would have no other way
of entering" their homes if the road
was sold.
Mrs. Jullanne I. Ayers, 1402 Fort
Myer drive, said, ‘‘We would have to
cross a creek in order to get in the
rear of our house.”
She was supported by Mrs. Laura
Rodgers, 1406 Fort Myer drive, who
explained that those living in houses
iilong the road would be forced to
cross private property, fences and
lawns in order to enter the rear of
their homes.
Arthur Zjnnamon, part-owner of
the Jack & Jill Diaper Service, 1659
Fort Myer drive, charged that ‘‘the
whole thing is ridiculous.”
‘‘If the road is sold to anyone
ather than the county,” Mr. Zinna
mon said, ‘‘the purchaser may de
cide to block it off and erect a toll
gate.”
WAA officials saw nothing un
usual in the proposed sale. They
>aid the agency has several pieces
Df property for sale on which there
■ire roads.
Girl Hit by Streetcar
And Hurled 20 Feet;
Condition Is Serious
Miss Helen E. King, 17, a clerk,
of 2410 Evarts street N.E., was In
serious condition in Emergency Hos
pital today after being struck and
hurled 20 feet by a streetcar on
Rhode Island avenue near Twentieth
street N.E., last night.
Police said Miss King walked be
tween two westbound streetcars and
into the path of an eastbound trolley.
She was taken to Emergency Hos
pital in a Fire Rescue Squad ambu
lance. Dr. L. B. Newman of the staff
said she suffered a possible fractured
skull, possible internal injuries and
contusions and lacerations of the
body.
Police listed the operator of the
streetcar which struck the girl as
Allen G. Wilkins, 45, of 2105 Fourth
street N.E.
In another accident yesterday,
William Henson, 31, colored, 1100
block Second street S.E., was re
ported unhurt after a truck and
small trailer, which police said he
was driving, overturned while mak
ing a turn and struck three parked
cars.
The accident occurred Just after
the truck, which was going west on
M street SH., turned into South
Capitol street. Police said Henson
climbed out of his cab and instead
of notifying police, went to his em
ployer, McGuire & Rolfe, paving
contractors at First and O streets
S.E., and reported the accident
there.
He was charged with failing to re
port an accident to police and
elected to forfeit $25 collateral.
3 Escape, One Caught
In 75-Mile City Chase
By Nine Police Cars
Four colored men apparently
escaped Injury early today when a
stolen car In which police said they
were riding crashed head-on into
a stone wall at high speed while
being chased by nine patrol cars.
By the time the first police car
reached the accident scene, three
of the men had fled. The fourth,
who is 22 years old and lives In
Cedar Heights, Md., wds taken into
custody while in dazed condition
and held for investigation.
The chase started at 3:30 a.m„
when Auto Squad Detective John G.
Williams and Detective Gordon B.
Colbert of No. 11 precinct spotted
the automobile, which had been re
ported stolen, while cruising at
Eighth and H streets N.W. .
When the occupants of the car
saw the police, they speeded up to
75 miles an hour and careened into
Fourth street. Meanwhile, the de
tectives had radioed headquarters,
and fbur scout cars and four head
quarters cruisers joined in the* pur
suit.
The car being chased reached the
viaduct at First and H streets N.E.,
just missed hitting a streetcar, and
sped under the crossing. The auto
suddenly went out of control shortly
afterwards, careened to the other
side of the road and struck the
wall of the building occupied by the
Little Sisters of the Poor, on H
street, between Second and Third
streets N.E.
Police said they did not know
at what speed the car hit the wall,
but that it must have been very
high. The car, which was badly
wrecked, had been reported stolen
in the 500 block of Division ave
nue N.E.
Reece Says PAC 'Stacked'
Box Score Against GOP
ly Associated Press
Carroll Reece, Republican na
tional chairman, asserted today the
CIO's Political Action Committee
"stacked” its box score on congres
sional voting in an effort to cast in
an unfavorable light GOP legisla
tors seeking re-election.
Mr. Reece made that contention
in the September issue of the Re
publican News, official party organ.
He questioned in an editorial the
CIO-PAC’s selection of subjects
when it compiled the tabulation it
is circulating of how lawmakers
voted on a dozen issues.
The Republican chairman com
mented that the compilation omit
ted votes on veterans’ legislation,
on “moves to curtail Government
extravagance” and on legislation to
aid farmers. He added:
“It was obvious that the selection
was made on a basis designed to
present Republican members in the
most unfavorable light possible—
from the viewpoint of the PAC.
"The entire performance appears
to have been staged with the idea of
seeking to rescue the present Dem
ocrat administration.”
The same issue of the Republican
News carried an unsigned story as
serting that primary results thus
far have “registered the American
political need as being definitely to
the right.”
McKeldin to Speak
At Montgomery Rally
Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin of
Baltimore, Republican guberna
torial candidate, will be the princi
pal speaker at a Montgomery Coun
ty Republican rally from 1 to 6 p.m.
tomorrow on the farm of Brooke
Johns on Georgia avenue extended
near Norbeck, Md.
Other speakers will include Brig.
Gen. D. John Markey, a candidate
for the Senate; Representative
Beall, who is seeking re-election
from the 6th congressional district,
and Dr. Roy Tasco Davis, a candi
date for the State Senate.
Leland Junior High Plans
Registration on Sept. 12
Registration for new students at
Leland Junior High School, Chevy
Chase, Md„ will take place Septem
ber 12 and 13 from 1:30 p.m. to
3:30 p.m., E. B. Mason, principal,
announced today.
A new student, Mr. Mason
specified, is any one who has not
been to Leland or another Mont
gomery County school before.
Classes for all students begin Sep
tember 16. ^
Faculty Workshop
To Open Monday
A three-day workshop for faculty
members of the Montgomery Junior
College will open at 9 a.m. Monday
at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase High
School. Regular class sessions will
begin September 19.
Topics to be discussed during the
first day Include ‘‘Planning the Col
lege Health Program”; ‘‘How Can
Recordings Be Used in a College
Learning Program?” ‘‘Our Orienta
tion to the Junior College Move
ment,” and “Is the Junior College
Secondary or Collegiate?”
A talk by Dr. Edwin W. Broome,
Montgomery County superintendent
of schools, on “The Montgomery
Junior College and the County Edu
cational Program”’ will feature Tues
day's meeting.
Wednesday’s meeting will be de
voted to discussions of college or
ganization and student activity
problems.
A meeting of all teachers will be
held at 7:30 p.m. September 13 ,to
plan enrollment procedures in prep
aration for registration of'students
from 4 to 10 p.m., September 18.
Orientation courses will be given
prospective students September 16
and 17.
Appointment of five new faculty
members was announced today.
They are:
Dr. John R. Riggleman, who will
teach economics and accounting;
Dr. Bernice P. Pierson, who will
teach English and serve as acting
dean of women; Miss Faith Taylor,
English; William W. Hinckley, who
will teach psychology and serve as
acting registrar, and Smith L. By
ham, athletic director and coach.
Police Association Plans
Meteting at Berwyn >
The third quarterly meeting of
the Maryland Police Association
will be held September 16 at Berwyn.
A business meeting and nomina
tion of officers will be held. Prin
cipal speakers will be Representative
Sasscer, Democrat, of Maryland,
and John White, Speaker xf the
Maryland House of Delegate®
D. C. Legionnaire Father
Gets Son, 18, to Join Army
Ovid E. Roberst III, 18, of 5113
Connecticut avenue N.W., is at Fort
Meade today to enlist for 18 months
in the Regular Army as the first
volunteer obtained by the local Vol
untary American Legion Army Re
cruitment Committee.
Young Roberts was urged to en
list by his father, Ovid E. Roberts,
Jr., a member of the recruiting com
mittee of Lincoln Post No. 17, and
a veteran of both World Wars.
Young Roberts, who is a graduate
of Woodrow Wilson High School,
told authorities at the Army Re
cruiting Office, 403 Tenth street
N.W., that he was enlisting pri
marily to receive the college educa
tion benefits for which he will be
eligible when he has completed his
service.
Although his application was the
first credited to the District com
mittee, a spokesman for the recruit
ing office said three youths had en
listed last month after being urged
to do so by an American Legion
post in Rockville, Md.
Brazilian Educator Gets
Post at American U.
Dr. HubeHto Rohden, Brazilian
educator and author, has been
named to the William Frazer Mc
Dowell chair of religion and philos
ophy in the College of Arts and
Sciences of American University, it
was announced today.
Dr. Rohden, well known for his
Portuguese translation of the Bible
and for his book, “Life of St. Paul,”
will fly to Washington for the
opening of the fall semester, Sep
tember 26, according to Dr. Paul P.
Douglass, university president.
FSA Aide Ends UNRRA Trip
Mrs, Ellen S. Woodward, director
of interagency and international re
lations of the Federal Security
Agency, has returned to Washing
ton after participating in the fifth
at
VeteranSues toRegain
Former Job Under
Draft Act Terms
•
In the first action of its kind in
this Jurisdiction, Harry L. Rosen
: baum, 48, of Roanoke, Va., brought
suit yesterday afternoon in District
j Court under the Selective Service
Act asking the court to require his
former employer to restore him to
i the positions of sales representative
j which he held before entering the
! military service.
The petition was brought in his
behalf by United States Attorney
Edward M. Curran, as petitioner. It
names as defendant the Ceco Steel
Products Corp., said to have been
formerly the Concrete Engineering
Corp., 2000 block of K street N.W.
Clifton Woodrum, jr.. of Roanoke,
Va., who appeared here as counsel
for Mr. Rosenbaum, said his client
had entered the Army as a major
and rose to the rank of lieutenant
colonel.
The petition says Mr. Rosenbaum
was employed by the corporation as
a sales representative in five States
from March, 1936, until shortly
after he entered the Chemical War
fare Service in the summer of 1942.
The petition adds that he was
honorably discharged from the
Army December 20, 1945, and that
on December 31, 1945, he asked for
re-employment in his old position.
Re-employment, however, was re
fused on January 19, the petition
said.
Mr. Rosenbaum told a reporter
his employment had been on a
commission basis entirely. Accord
ingly, the suit asks for an account
ing to determine the amount of
commissions he has lost as a result
of the corporation's failure to re
employ him and for payment of
that amount.
A motion asks the court to require
the corporation to re-employ him
while the case is pending. The
petition itself asks that the court
direct his re-employment for a
year after a final decision in the
case, unless he should be discharged
for legal cause.
Assistant United States Attorney
Daniel B. Maher said a number of
similar complaints have been made
at the United states attorney’s
office. All of the others, however,
he said, have been settled without
court action.
—
Lutheran Fellowship
Hears Ex-Chaplain
There is greater need for the
churches to keep in touch with
men in the armed services now
than during the war, the Rev. Luther
D. Schultz, a former Army chap
lain, declared yesterday. Mr. Schultz
spoke at the September meeting
of the Lutheran Laymen’s Fellow
ship in the Willard Hotel. Harold
Megstrom, vice president of the
organization, presided.
The temptations of gambling,
drinking and sexual immorality
facing servicemen are aggravated
by the monotony of armed service
life, Mr. Schultz asserted. He said
efforts are being made to overcome
this routine existence with enter
tainment being one of the means
used. The Lutheran minister also
expressed the hope that eventually j
the different synods in the Luth
eran Church would unite.
The fellowship passed a resolution
praising Miss Frances Dysinger for
her work as director of the Wash
ington Lutheran Inner Mission So
ciety. Miss Dysinger, who became
director in January, 1928, recently
resigned to accept a post as one of
the promotion secretaries of the
Women's Missionary Society of the
United Luthern Church in Phila
delphia. She will take over her
new post on October 15.
Dr. L. M. Zimmerman, 87-year-old
pastor emeritus of Christ Lutheran
Church, Baltimore, pronounced the
benediction.
Buses Needed to Serve
H St. N.E., Council Told
Public transportation on H street
NX, provided by the Benning street
car line, is poor because of the lack
of buses to replace the old street
cars that are operating on the route
now, according to E. C. Giddings,
assistant to the president of the
Capital Transit Co., who spoke to
the Northeast Council of Citizens’
Association last night.
Mr. Giddings said that to improve
this inadequate service, 150 buses,
costing $2,000,000, are needed to re
place the cars. He also told the
organization that it will be at least
another year before these vehicles
can be put in operation.
The council opposed the 20 per
cent tax increase ordered on District
real estate. The motion was made
by Tracey T. Madden. It accepted
a proposal to amend the Income tax
law of the District so as to talx excess
profits in real estate. The resolution
was introduced by Ralph Donnelly.
The council will discuss Commis
sioner Gordon R. Young’s six-year
plan at its October meeting. Last
night’s session was conducted by
Jerome P. Lynch, president, in No. 12
police precinct station, Twelfth street
and Rhode Island avr%ie NX
2 Held in $2,500 Bond
Each in Fatal Beating
Of Taxicab Driver
Two men were held today b;
Montgomery County police unde
$2,500 bond each on a charge o
manslaughter in connection with thi
fatal beating of a District cab drive
on August 17.
The two men. James R. Tinsley
22, of the 4300 block of Forty-firs
street. Brentwood, and George R
Carroll, 32, of Cherry Hill load, i
few miles north of Berwyn, weri
arrested yesterday by Montgomer
County Detective Corpl. Stanle;
Harding. County Policeman Frani
Griggs and State Trooper Paul A
Federline.
Both men are held in the count;
jail at Rockville in default of boni
and will be arraigned in the Rock
ville Police Court Thursday.
The cab driver, Robert L. Moore
47, of the first block of Fifth stree
S.E., died Monday in Gallinger Hos
pital as a result of the beating.
According to Corpl. Harding, thi
assault allegedly occurred at thi
Carroll home about 10 pm., Au
gust 17, after Tinsley and anothe:
passenger, a Capitol Heights man
had hired the cab at Ninth stree
and New York avenue N.W., ant
asked to be driven to North Beach
Police said the pair changed theii
plans and went to pick up a coupli
in the 1300 block of Massachusetts
avenue N.W., and then to the Car
roll home where an argument began
Corpl. Harding said Tinsley ad
mitted in a signed statement tha
he struck Moore at the Carrol
home.
After the assault. Corpl. Hardin;
said, the cab driver was taken t<
a lonely spot on Riggs road, abou
a mile from Carroll’s home, and lef
there In his taxi.
Arlington Woman
Is 77th Polio Victim
The 77th polio victim in th<
Washington area, a 26-year-olc
woman from the 3900 block of Fiftt
street north, Arlington, Va„ ha;
been admitted to Gallinger Hospital
it was reported today.
The case was the second reported
by the District Health Department
within the last 24 hours, both froir
nearby counties. A 6-year-old boy
from Berwyn, Md., began treatment
for infantile paralysis at Children'!
Hospital yesterday.
The stricken boy, whose hom<
is in the 8900 block of Forty-nintf
street, lives only two blocks froir
Alexander LaMarr, who died ol
polio July 11, one of the five fata
cases recorded here this year.
Total cases from the Berwyn ares
have now reached four, with an ad
ditional 13 in nearby Greenbelt
Md., and 28 from Prince Georges
County.
in me Metropolitan Area, 62 cases
have been reported from nearby
counties in Maryland and Virginia
and 15 from the District, compared
with 68 nearby cases and 81 in
Washington this time last year.
There were eight deaths in the
District and an equal number in
outlying sections in 1945, while all
of the five fatalities so far in 1946
have occurred among patients from
nearby areas.
No change was reported at Gal
linger Hospital today in the condi
tion of 18-year-old Lula Kussart,
professional dancer who was ad
mitted to the hospital as a polio vic
tim early yesterday while visiting
here.
Advisory Boards Will Help
Make Final WAA Decisions
Oy fh» Associated Press
War Assets Administrator Robert
M. Littlejohn yesterday set up a
system of five advisory review boards
to guide top WAA officials in mak
ing final decisions oA contracts, con
troversies and sales.
Mr. Littlejohn’s announcement
said a general review board will
serve directly under him. Disposal
aircraft, real property and acquisi
tions review boards will serve deputy
administrators, who will pick the
members.
Named members of the general
board were:
Prank Upman, jr„ Hartford, Conn.,
engineer; Malcolm J. Miller, Colum
bia, S. C., formerly assistant to the
director of the Production and Mar
keting Administration of the Agri
culture Department, and Edwin T.
Bowden, Martin, Tenn., former
Army officer,
Do You Know That
Children’s Hospital often must
set up beds in corridors to
care for patients overflowing
from wards?
Help Children’s Hospital
reach its goal in its new build
ing fund drive.
Amount needed _$1,300,000.00
Contributed to date. 1,027,20031
Received yesterday _ „ 293.77
Still to be raised_ 272,50532
Please send contributions to
Children’s Hospital, Thir
teenth and V stress N.W.
5 New Projects
May Ease Need
For Homes Here
Remodeled Barracks
Seen as Solution in
Housing 1,000 Families
With the veterans' housing proj
ect at Portland and South Capitol
streets dedicated and already occu
pied by 11 families, the early solu
tion of the housing difficulties for
nearly 1,000 additional families ap
peared near today.
Officially opened yesterday when
Navy Veteran Charles Julig. jr„ un
locked the door of a new apartment
for his wife and two children, the
South Capitol units are the first of
five District housing projects to be
occupied. By now, 10 additional
units have been occupied. In all,
the development will house 80 fami
lies and all are expected to move In
before October 1.
After District officials presided at
yesterday’s ceremony, Bernard E.
Loshbaugh, deputy executive in
charge of operations for the Na
tional Capital Housing Authority,
announced the schedule for the re
maining four housing projects
called for them to be completed by
December l. a total of 952 families
• will be hot»ed In the five projects.
The other four projects and th«
number of units are:
Camp Sims, near Alabama ave
■ nu« and fifteenth street SE 304
{units.
Oiue ruins, 400 units.
Port Dupont Park, Thirty-second
and P streets S.E., 80 units
; Lily Ponds, 88 units.
Remodeled Army barracks art
[ belnS used to provide the one. two
■ and three bedroom apartments.
, Date b Subject to Change.
Mr. Loshbaugh pointed out, how
ever. the December 1 date for the
completion of all the projects is
.'only tentative and is "subject to
11 change" because of the critical
shortages in some building material*
and equipment.
Hope that the housing project*
now would be completed rapid
ly was expressed by Dillon S.
Myer. commissioner of the Federal
, Public Housing Authority, who
\: spoke at the dedication exercises.
' He said erection of the temporary
homes had lagged since the project
was started on June 24, but added
1 that materials and transportation
shortagei were to blame
He emphasized that the housing
is "pureIf'& stop-gap measure, giv
ing the veteran and his family at
least a roof over his head and the
'1 minimum of reasonable living con
jditions.”
Young Cites Need for Housing.
The FPHA commissioner was on*
[ | four Federal and District gov
ernment officials who spoke at th*
/ dedication. Engineer Commissioner
/Gordon R. Young introduced th*
participants and also explained th*
. background of the dwelling project.
', The five projects are being opened
i under the joint sponsorship of
! FPHA. the District and the National
.Capital Housing Authority on park
land loaned by National Capital
Parks.
Gen. Young termed the settlement
a “small but very real contribution
and recognition of the city’s re
sponsibility to the returned fighting
men." He pointed out the dwell
ings do not represent a final solu
1 tion to the veterans' housing prob
lem and must, under law, be tom
down not later than two years after
declaration of the end of the war
emergency.
§Col. Waldron E. Leonard, director
'or the District Veterans Information
Center, asked patience on the part
of an estimated 25.000 or 30,000 vet
erans now waiting for housing in th*
District. John Ihlder, executiv*
officer of NCHA, which will manage
the dwellings, said the success of
the project depends upon the co
operation of the tenants who will
l occupy the units.
Gen. Grant Attends Ceremony.
The ceremony was attended by
Government and military officials
and by tenants selected by NCHA
to be the first to move in. Officials
included Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant III,
chairman of the National Capital
Park and Planning Commission,
Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis, com
mandant of the Potomac River
Naval Command; Oliver H. Wins
ton, director of the general field
office of FPHA; Maj. Harvey G. Cal
lahan, chief of the Metropolitan Po
lice Department, and Geoffrey M.
Thornett. secretary of the Board of
Commissioners.
Color guards of the Army, Navy,
Marines and Coast Guard partici
pated in the flag raising, and Maj.
Gen. Luther D. Miller. Army chief of
chaplains, pronounced the invoca
tion for the exercises. Music was by
the Metropolitan Police Band.
When Mr. Julig accepted the key
j to his dwelling, he said:
“This is a far cry from the one
room walk-up apartment my wif*
and two children have been living in.
We’re very grateful. I’m certain
all veterans who become tenants will
keep these homes as if they were
our own.”
In all. the District is spending
$250,00# on the five housing projects
President Truman authorized th*
expenditure last May and work on
the South Capitol project was be
gun soon afterward.
Suffrage Conference Plans
Election Night Rally
The board of trustees of the Cen
tral suflrage Conference last night
voted »o stage an organizational
rally here election night—November
5.
Site »nd plans for the rally will be
decided later, Wilbur S. Finch, board
chairman, announced following the
meeting at 700 Jackson place N.W.
Mr. Finch said ideas for the rally
would be considered at the quar
terly meeting of the full conference,
scheduled for 8 pan. Monday at 525
New Jersey avenue N.W.
One such plan, he said, involved
a “funeral parade” through the city
streets on election night to empha
size how "dead” the District is in
comparison with the voting parts of
the country.
The rally will be designed to at
tract additional organizations to
membership in the conference,
which now includes various local
civic, professional, business and labor
group* with a combined membership
of mere than 500,000,