SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS ” WASHINGTON NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. C. FRIDAY, DECEMBER .19, 1917
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Contract Is Let
For Grading to
Extend Parkway
Job to Cost $40,025;
1 Vi-Mile Stretch to
Run Under Key Bridge
A $408,025 grading contract has
Just been awarded to start work on
the proposed extension of George
Washington Memorial Parkway un
der Key Bridge for a distance of a
mile and a half to Lorcom Lane in
Arlington County.
It will provide a short cut to Ar
lington Memorial Bridge and down
town Washington. __
A Public Roads Administration
announcement lata yesterday dis
closed the award was made to the
Nello Teer Co. of Durham, N. C.,
a firm engaged now in grading
the Shirley Highway in Arlington.
A long delay in awarding the con
. tract resulted from the fact that
only the one bid was submitted.
Held Difficult Job.
Officials said the award seems high
for such a short link in the parkway
but explained it as a ‘^difficult’’ job.
A good stretch of the road will have
to be cut into the side of a rocky
bank.
This scenic four-lane divided
stretch of parkway will afford com
munities beyond Lorcom lane a
speedy and direct route to downtown
Washington via Memorial Bridge.
The route will carry the George
Washington parkway under the new
span of Key Bridge, thus avoiding
and lessening the traffic jams at
Rosslyn circle during rush hours.
Beyond the bridge, the parkway
will extend up the Potomac a short
distance to Spout Run. Following
both sides of the run, the parkway
will run under the Uhle street
bridge to the end of Lorcom lane,
where it will connect with the exist
ing road system.
Winter to Slow Work.
The parkway will touch Lorcom
lane southeast of North Edgewood
street and will connect with Lee
highway near Kirkwood road.
Officials said not much grading
work can be done during the winter,
but they believe some progress
should be made in cutting away
the rock.
As a part of the George Wash
ington Memorial Parkway, the com
pleted link will come under super
vision of the National Park Serv
ice. At the recent meeting of the
National Capital Park and Plan
ning Commission, it was decided,
with the concurrence of Maryland
park officials, to expedite the me
morial parkway on the Maryland
side of the Potomac.
Hotel Official Denies
Calling Pearce Sober
John F. Reardon, night manager
of the Statler Hotel, denied under
cross-examination today in District
Court he Msd testified in Municipal
Court that Justice Department At
torney Maurice C. Pearce was not
drunk at the hotel February 3, 1946.
Mr. Reardon is a defense witness
In the $35,000 damage suit brought
by Mr. Pearce against the hotel and
two policemen, charging false ar
rest. Mr. Pearce was arrested at
the hotel on February 3, 1946, and
charged with being drunk and dis
orderly. He was cleared of the
charges in Municipal Court the
same month.
Mr. Reardon told District Court
yesterday that Mr. Pearce was both
drunk and disorderly at the time
of arrest.
Asked today by Attorney Donald
S. Caruthers, counsel for Mr. Pearce
whether he had not stated in Muni
cipal Court that Mr. Pearce was
not drunk, Mr. Reardon said h<
had not, suggested he may have re
frained from making a definite af
firmative statement that the Justlc<
Department attorney was drunk.
The two policemen named defend
ants are Detective Walter E. Grovt
and N. L. Richardson.
A Statler Hotel telephone opera
tor, Miss Effie Hackley, testified
today she had been given instruc
tions by a hotel superior to cul
off telephone service to the room
in which Mr. Pearce was arrested.
A Jury is hearing the case befort
Justice Jenning Bailey.
Oil Supply Held Adequate
If Winter Is Normal
Officials of the Standard Oil Co
of New Jersey assured Washington
area residents yesterday there was
no cause for anxiety over fuel oil
and gasoline supplies this winter
but conceded the situation might
change if there is a colder than nor
mal winter.
The area will be able to pull
through the winter, if the public
co-operates, if there is an increase
in the availability of tankers and
the winter is normal, they said.
At a press conference yesterday
In Baltimore, company officials sug
gested householders using oil heat
keep their thermostats at 68 de
grees and turn them down at least
another 10 degrees at night.
Other suggestions included turn
ing off heat in unused rooms, keep
vents and fireplace flues closed wher
not in use, and have oil burner ad
justed and cleaned regularly.
They estimated It would be an
other three or four years befort
there will be an unlimited supply ol
petroleum products.
Officials did not comment or
whether prices of fuel oil and gaso
line would be increased In the netu
future.
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A. MURRAY PRESTON.
Murray Preston Wins
Congressional Medal
For Pacific Heroism
Arthur Murray Preston, 34-year
old Washington lawyer, today re
ceived the Congressional Medal of
Honor at a White House ceremony,
for gallantry In action in the Pa
cific.
Now a lieutenant commander in
the Naval Reserve, Mr. Preston was
honored for rescuing a Navy pilot
shot down by the Japs on Septem
ber 16, 1944.
Congratulating the recipient,
President Truman said: “Ha’s not
only an extremely brave young man,
but an extremely lucky one.”
The President also recalled that
he had frequently said that he gets
more satisfatcoin out of decorating
war heroes with the Medal of Honor
than in any other presidential duty.
Won Navy Cross.
Mr. Preston, son of Ord Preston,
retired Washington banker, received
;the Navy Cross from Vice Admiral
Thomas C. Kinkaid in the Philip
pine theater early in 1945.
Later the same year, he was
awarded the Silver Star for action
in which PT boats under his com
mand sank several Japanese ships,
including at least one destroyer.
This presentation also was made by
Admiral Kinkaid.
Mr. Preston lives at 17 West
Thornapple street, Chevy Chase,
Md., with his wife, the former
Elizabeth McBride, and their two
sons, age 4’i and 3.
Graduate of Yale.
He graduated from Yale Uni
versity in*1935 and received his law
degree from the University of Vir
ginia in 1938. He was with the law
firm of McKenney, Flannery &
Graighill before entering the Naval
Reserve. On his discharge from
the Navy, he returned to the firm.
Mr. Preston took his V-7 naval
training at Northwestern Univer
sity.
He was active in the President’s
Cup Regatta here in 1939 and 1940.
In the latter year, he was in charge
of the outboard speedboat pits at
Gravelly Point.
His brother, Ord Preston, Jr., was
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry in the Guam campaign as a
Marine Corps officer.
Their father, who has been liv
ing in La Jolla, Calif., since his
retirement from the Union Trust
Co. here, came East for the cere
mony.
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nrs. itene c. rrane,
District Native, Dies
Mrs. Rene E. Fraile, 60, a native
of the District, died unexpectedly
today at her home, 2222 Thirty
ninth place N.W.
Mrs. Fraile, the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John J. Callahan of Wash
ington, attended public schools here.
In 1907 she married Col. Rene E
Fraile of Washington, who survives
her. Col. Fraile retired from the
Army last year.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Fraile
is survived by two daughters, Miss
Mary Fraile of the Thirty-ninth
place address, and Mrs. Charles
Carson of Baltimore; five brothers,
John J. Callahan, foreman of The
Evening Star’s press room; Raymond
A., Paul E., Frank J. and Vincent F
Callahan, and a sister, Mrs. James
Smith, all of Washington.
Dinner to Honor Kerlin
Malcolm Kerlin, executive offlcei
of the Export-Import Bank, will be
honored by a group of friends at a
dinner at 6:30 o’clock tonight at
the Army and Navy Club, James U
Bennett, director of the Bureau ol
Prisons, will preside.
Eig Urges Raise
For Montgomery
Commissioners
Salary Increases for the Mont
gomery County commissioners an
recommended in a letter receivec
yesterday by County Supervisor Irv
ing G. McNayr from Sam Eig, build
er and owner of the Silver Sprint
shopping center.
Mr. Eig, describing himself as on<
of Montgomery's largest taxpayers
urged the county legislative dele
gation to advocate the increases al
the next session of the Marylanc
General Assembly. A copy of hi!
letter was sent to Gov. Lane.
All the commissioners receive basi
pay of $1>4>00 annually. Oliver W
Youngblood and Wesley I. Sautei
receive an additional $1,200 eacl
as suburban commissioners, anc
Mr. Sauter receives $1,200 more a:
police commissioner.
Supervisor McNayr read Mr. Eig’!
letter to the commissioners at t
meeting yesterday, but there wai
no official comment from the board
Ex-Officer Sues to Test Order
To Vacate for Army Tenant
A former Army officer planned tc
appear in Alexandria Civil and Po
lice Court today to test housing au
thority regulations under which h«
was ordered to vacate the home he
has occupied for more than twc
years.
John M. Webster, a lawyer witt
offices In Washington, said he wae
ordered out of the home at 142
Williams street, Alexandria, because
of a wartime provision which should
no longer have effect. His suit
names the Alexandria Housing Au
thority as defendant.
Mr. Webster said he ana ms lam
ily have occupied the house since
1945, when he was judge advocate
at Fort Belvoir. The regulation
now being invoked, he added, was
intended to protect Army personnel
during the emergency.
He contends that as a veteran he
is entitled to remain and not to be
evicted in favor of Department ol
the Army personnel, who may be
either civilians or service men.
Mr. Webster said he proposed tc
seek congressional action to protect
veterans in similar circumstances.
Red Cross Plans
100 Yule Fetes
In Hospitals
Participants Number
More Than 2,000 From
Many Organizations
Christmas activities in the Wash
ington area will reach hospitalized
veterans and other patients through
the District Red Cross Community
Service to Camps and Hospitals.
More than 100 special programs,
including caroling, tree-trimming
parties and special shows, will be
put on in hospitals through the Dis
trict Red Cross Entertainment
Bureau, a branch of the community
service.
They will be carried out by more
than 2,000 residents. Participants
represent many Washington civic
and benevolent organizations, as
well as groups from nearby areas.
District Red Cross volunteers will
help in many w-ays. The Red Cross
Motor Service will transport carolers
and others to the hospitals, and
Gray Ladies, canteen workers,
nurses’ aides and staf^ aides will
assist in other activities'
Hospitals Get Trees Soon.
The 350 or more Christmas trees
will be placed in the hospitals soon.
Tree-trimming parties are to be held
at Fort Belvoir and Fort Myer Hos
pitals today. Patients will do their
own decorating, with the aid of
the volunteers.
Mrs. Anthony Muto is entertain
ment chairman for the District Red
Cross. Mrs. Fred Reith is chair
man of the community service, and
Mrs. John Balfour of the Flowers
and Gardens Committee, in charge
of Christmas tree plans.
The District Recreation Depart
ment will sponsor two Christmas
presentations tonight—carols at 8:30
p.m. at the Central Center, Thir
teenth and Clifton streets N.W..
and a Christmas choir pageant at
8:15 p.m. at the Banneker Junior
High School.
rraicrniif MJ tjrive rarty.
Mu Chapter of the International
Delta Sigma Pi Fraternity, George
town University School of Foreign
Service, will give its first Christmas
party since 1942 tonight in its home,
3042 Cambridge place N.W.
In restoring the war-suspended
custom, Mu Chapter is inviting its
neighbors to the party. A committee
consists of Thomas Curran, Henry
Eiring and Harry Eisenbeiss and the
official hostess will be Mrs. Joseph
Zapolski of 1414 Downing street N.E.
At Southwest House, 501 Second
street S.W., a Christmas carol “sing"
will begin at 7:30 o’clock tonight for
all neighborhood children and adults.
Alberta Calloway, 16, will be soloist.
There will be tableaux on the Nativ
ity. Jean Carol, 13, will be reader,
and Clarence Bowie, Carl Harris and
George Gross are to represent the
three wise men.
A Christmas party is scheduled
at the house at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
for children and adults, with Dis
trict theaters providing refresh
ments and a Christmas movie.
Carol singing and gifts are to be
included.
Boy to Act as Santa.
Nursery and day-care children
of the house, a Community Chest
agency, will celebrate at 3 p.m.
Tuesday. A little boy will act as
Santa Claus and distribute gifts.
The noon meal at the nursery, 1725
First street S.W., will be a tradi
tional Christmas dinner.
The day after Christmas, at 9:30
a.m., District theaters are provid
ing tickets for the children to at
tend a movie at the Lincoln Theater.
Girls of St. Vincent's Home and
School, a Community Chest agency
at Fourth and Edgewood streets
N.E., will have a Christmas party
at 7:30 o’clock tonight, sponsored
by the ladies’ auxiliary of the home.
There will be refreshments and
gifts.
Six girls will present the “Christ
mas Miracle,” a play, and a 24
piece orchestra will play. A girls’
chorus will sing carols.
Saturday morning the girls will
sing carols, present a tableaux and
dance for patients at Providence
Hospital. The Tivoli Theater will
entertain them at 10 am. December
29 with a movie.
Party in School Tonight.
There will be a community Christ
mas party in the Patterson School
auditorium, South Capitol and Dar
rington streets, at 7 o’clock tonight,
sponsored by the Washington High
lands Citizens’ Association in co
operation with the District Recrea
tion Department.
The program will include a
Christmas play and variety show put
on by the Congress Heights Baptist
Church, under the direction of Miss
Louise Tinkelberg. The history of
the Jewish holiday will be told in
a “Chanukah operetta" produced by
the Washington Highlands Jewish
Center, under supervision of Mrs.
Esther Pickholz.
Those attending are requested to
bring a wrapped, inexpensive gift
to be exchanged with some one of a
corresponding age group. There
will be refreshments and carol
singing.
Emanuel Blumberg, Mrs. Louis
Cornwell, Mrs. John Courtney and
Mrs. William Mortimer are on the
committee in charge of arrange
ments.
Girls to Sing Carols.
A chorus of 12 girls from 8 to 14
; from the Southeast House, a Com
munity Chest agency at 324 Virginia
avenue S.E., will visit Freedmen’s
, Hospital and Stoddard Baptist Home
' today, starting at 4:30 pm., to sing
carols.
Nursery tots at another Commu
| nity Chest agency, the Northwest
House, 515 M street N.W., will*pre
sent a pantomime, “The Night Be
fore Christmas,” for their parents
and friends at 6 pm. today.
Preschool and grammar school
children taking part in recreational
classes in the Arlington Recreation
Center, in the 3700 block of Le^high
way, a Chest agency, will present a
Christmas program at 4:30 p.m.
today.
The public is Invited to attend the
program, which Mrs. Ruth Phillips,
director of the center, said would
represent a cross-section of the cen
ter’s youth activities.
At the Armstrong High School,
Lillian Evanti, the singer, will ap
pear at the pre-Christmas com
munity pageant at 8 o’clock tonight.
Prank D. McKipney, president of
the East Central Civic Association,
announced the pageant, "O Come
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LETTER TO SANTA—The emphasis isn’t on toys and fancy
gifts in some of the letters to Santa this year. In homes such
as this one, mothers are more interested in warm clothing and
food for the children. The Children’s Aid Society is working to
collect clothing and food to fill the many Christmas pleas reach
ing its offices this year. —Star Staff Photo.
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Car Hurts 4 Children,
Reported Standing on
Curb in Falls Church
Four children, waiting to cross the
street to enter St. James’ Parochial
School at Falls Church, were injured
today when struck by an automobile
as they stood on the curb, according
to one of the victims.
Three were taken to Arlington
Hospital where none was believed
in a critical condition.
Those struck were Barbara, 13;
Joan, 11, and Norma, 8, all daugh
ters of C. V. Payne, Vienna (Va.)
carpenter, and Billy Leishear, 8, s«i
of W. E. Leishear, a Government
employe, who lives near Vienna.
According to Mr. Leishear, he was
called by telephone at the hospital
by the driver of the car, who was
with Falls Church police making
an investigation. Police withheld
the name of the driver and said no
charges had been placed pending
completion of their inquiry.
Blinded by Sun, Driver Says.
Mr. Leishear said the caller iden
tified himself as Arval Erikson of
Falls Church. Mr. Leishear quoted
the caller as saying he was blinded
by the sun as he drove east on West
Broad street and that the children
had started across the street.
Joan, who received a bruised knee,
was taken home. Both she and Bar
bara, at the hospital, said the chil
dren had been, let out of Mr. Leish
ear’s car and were waiting at the
curb for traffic to clear to cross the
street. The two girls said Mr. Leish
ear drove away and another car
came up to the curb and struck
them. They said the car stopped
and Norma was underneath it.
Norma, Barbara and Billy were
taken to the hospital by a com
mercial ambulance. Norma was cut
on the arm and bruised; Barbara
was bruised about the body and
Billy was cut on the arm and had
multiple bruises.
No Patrolman at School.
Falls Church Policeman George
Moore said no patrolman was sta
tioned at St. James’ School in the
morning because of a lack of men.
In another accident in Falls
Church late yesterday Linden W.
Chambers, 4, of 411 West Rosemary
lane, Falls Church, was struck by a
car in the 1300 block of Seaton lane.
Police said the boy ran down a
bank and struck the side, of a car.
They did not charge the driver. The
child was taken to Arlington Hos
pital, where he was said to have
serious face and head injuries.
All Ye Faithful," under the direction
of Miss Esther Bentley, instructor
in sociology at Catholic University,
and Dr. Mary Waller, Instructor in
the Washington public schools.
The pageant was written by Miss
Irene Echman, instructor of Eng
lish at Catholic University. Several
choirs will appear.
naeaiiwiiue, me uisincx. recrea
tion Department announced a
streetcar equipped with a loud
speaker will carry young Christmas
carolers from the District play
grounds along the city streets Mon
day and Tuesday nights.
Route for Carol Car.
The gaily decorated car will leave
Fourteenth and Decatur streets
N.W. at 7 p.m. Monday. It will
go down Fourteenth street to F
street and then east to the Muni
cipal Center. The return trip will
be along the same route.
This car will carry about 70 chil
dren from the playgrounds. They
will be dressed in caroling costumes
—red and green capes With hoods.
At 7 p.m. the following night, the
car will leave Eleventh and Monroe
streets N.W. with children from
the District's colored playgrounds,
It will run south on Eleventh street
N.W. to E street, east to Ninth
street, south to Pennsylvania ave
nue and east again to Union Sta
tion. It then will go up New Jer
sey avenue to Griffith Stadium and
north on Georgia avenue to Euclid
street.
Community trees will be lighted
at the Sherwood Playground, Tenth
and G streets N.E., and at the
Takoma Park Recreation Center.
The Recreation Department and the
Metropolis View Citizens’ Associa
tion will hold a tree-lighting cere
mony Sunday at the Edgewood
Playground, Lincoln road and
Franklin street N.E.
Aged to Be Serenaded.
The playground children from the
Banneker Junior High School area
will assemble at Shaw Junior High
School, Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue N.W., at 1 p.m. Wed
nesday to serenade the Stoddard
Home for the Aged at Freedmens
Hospital.
Other caroling at the colored
playgrounds will be at Monroe Ele
mentary School, Columbia road be
tween Georgia and Sherman ave
nues N.W.; the Douglas Center,
Twenty-first street and Alabama
avenue S.E., and the Crummell play
ground, G&llaudet and Kendall
streets N.E. All of these groups will
gather Tuesday evening.
Needy Mothers' Pleas to 'Santa'
Ask Clothina as Well as Tovs
“Please omit toys and send them
some warm undies • *
That is the plea of & mother of
eight in her letter to Santa, care of
the Children’s Aid Society.
“Please help me to make my chil
dren happy on Christmas Day,’’ she
wrote. "I have eight children and
I am expecting another one in the
spring.
“By the time we pay our rent, buy
groceries and get some fuel, we
seldom have enough to get warm
clothing for the children. The ones
going to school sometimes have to
stay home on sloppy or cold days.
“I can’t get around to places to
look out for them because I am
anemic and can’t stand crowds, but
please inform me as to what help
you can give me. X am mdeed
grateful * *
Typical of Many Letters.
This mother's letter is typical of
those reaching the society's offices
at 466 H street S.W. at the rate of
about 20 a day.
“They want toys, to make the
children happy at Christmas, but
they also want food and clothing,”
Mrs. Pay M. Vawters, resident di
rector, said, yesterday. “The need
for clothing seems to be greater
this year than last.”
Mrs. Vawters said more than
360 pairs of shoes have been given
needy children by the society
since September.
Now collecting toys, food and
clothing for Christmas, the society
is pretty well fixed for toys, she said,
but enough food provisions are
needed to fill at least 50 baskets
that have been promised this year.
The society staff mends clothing
and repairs toys.
499 Registered for Party.
Already, 499 children are regis
tered for the annual Christmas
party at 3:30 p.m. Christmas eve,
and at least ‘600 are expected to
attend.
Mostly from mothers, the letters
reaching the society foretell a slim
Christmas morning for many fam
m
illes unless the society can collect
enough clothing and food to fill
their requests.
“My husband works every day,"
wrote a mother of three, “so we
can try and have something for
Christmas, but so far we haven’t
anything at all and the children
have to eat and we have to pay
$65 a month for rent. So you can
see where our money goes, and they
need some little clothes so bad * • •.
"So, please, any little toys or
clothing of any kind * * •; if you
can help us, try to, or I guess it
will be a sad Christmas for them
unless some one does.”
Husband Disappeared.
Another mother wrote: "I guess
you will think I have a lot of nerve.
But I have six children. My hus
band disappeared about six months
ago. I have had him in court a
couple of times. Since then, we
have been living on the public as
sistance.
“I just get enough to pay rent
and hardly enough to buy food with
each month. Was wondering if you
could help me get some toys for the
children at Christmas, as I won’t
have the money to buy them any
thing. I will be satisfied if I can
get one toy apiece for them, as I
can't buy them anything at all * •
Mrs. Vawters said while the let
ters usually tell their own stories,
all requests are investigated to be
sure there is need before they are
filled.
One day a little boy knocked at
the door of the agency long after
the daily hot meal, which it serves
at 4 p.m., was over, and was given
dinner from the ice box.
“What would you have done if
no one had answered when you
knocked?” asked the stall worker.
“I probably would have gone home
and forgot I was hungry,” said the
little boy.
Mrs. Vawters said the society is
trying to have enough this Christ
mas so no child it might have helped
will have to forget he is hungry or
cold.
Maryland Drops Case
On Liquor Import lax
Charges against a Silver Spring
man of bringing whisky and beer
into Maryland without paying the
State liquor tax have been dropped
by State’s Attorney Walter W. Daw
son, it was learned today.
The man, Kimmon Jones, 34, col
ored, 300 block of Ritchie avenue,
had appealed to Montgomery County
Circuit Court from a $200 fine im
posed August 27 in Silver Spring
Police Court.
Jones was accused of bringing into
Maryland five fifths of whisky and
three cases of beer in his car from
Washington. Under the law. a max
imum of two quarts of any alcoholic
beverage may be brought into Mary
land in any one month without pay
ing the tax.
Mr. Dawson said he had dropped
the case after the Circuit Court
suspended sentence recently in a
similar case on the ground that
county residents were unfamiliar
with the law.
At the time of Jones’ arrest, Mr.
Dawson said the law would be
enforced. He reiterated that prom
ise after dropping the case.
$2,000 in Gems Stolen
From British Officer
Burglars took $2,000 worth ol
jewelry yesterday from the home ol
Brigadier J. D. P. Chapman, a Brit
ish Army intelligence officer, at 1802
Corcoran street N.W., his wife, Mrs
Angela Chapman, reported to police
today. Two diamond brooches and
a traveling clock were taken, she
said.
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Tipsy Man Fell
In Lap, Woman
Says in Suit
A woman yesterday aftemoor
brought suit In District Court ask
ing for $25,000 damages because
she said, a drunken man fell lntc
her lap while she was watching e
movie in the Loews Columbia
Theater last August 12. The suii
names Loew's Inc., as the defendant
The plaintiff, Mrs. Miriam Al
brecht, who lives in the 2000 block
of F street N.W., said that as a re
sult of the incident her baby was
delivered prematurely.
Describing Mrs. Albrecht’s diffi
culty with the drunken man, the
suit said:
“When she attempted to push him
off, he being of heavy stature and
great weight, he arose and then
repeatedly sat down squarely on hei
lap.”
Mrs. Albrecht screamed and called
for an usher to help her, the suit
added.
Rockville Suit Is Filed
To Sell AHes Property
A suit seeking permission to sell
a $300,000 piece of property In
Bethesda, now held in trust for the
sister of the late Milton E. Ailes,
one-time Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury and president of Riggs Na
tional Bank, was filed yesterday in
Montgomery County Circuit Court
at Rockville.
The property, at 7212 Wisconsin
avenue, is held in trust by the Riggs
Bank for Miss Lulu M. AileSk, 70,
sister of the banker, who willed it
to his mother and two sisters when
he died in 1925.
The action was filed by Mrs. Mar
garet Ailes Wilmer, 1914 Connecticut
avenue N.W., daughter of Mr. Ailes;
Milton Ailes, jr., 3220 Prospect ave
nue N.W., his son; Miss Mary Ailes,
another daughter, of 2126 Connecti
cut avenue N.W.; Mrs. Eleanor Ailes,
former wife of the banker's son, and
Milton Ailes III, their son, both of
New Orleans.
Defendants are the Riggs Bank
and Miss Lulu Ailes.
Through their attorney, Joseph A.
Cantrel, the petitioners claim the
sister, sole survivor of the three
original heirs, lives rent-free on the
property.
If the petition is granted, accord
ing to the suit, all proceeds of the
sale would be invested by the Riggs
Bank. Income from the investment
would be returned to the sister.
After her death, the suit states, the
money would be distributed among
the five petitioners.
Home Decoration Contest
Winners Are Announced
Winners In the Christmas home
decoration contest sponsored by the
Bethesda Community Garden Club
were announced today.
Mrs. William J. Norfleet wan first
place for the front door decoration
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
eric P. Lee, 6915 Glenbrook road,
Bethesda: Mrs. Robert Ash foi* the
mantel decoration in the home of
Mrs. Charles D. Herron, 7211 Fair
fax road, Bethesda, and Mrs. Fred
Strine for the table arrangement in
the same home.
The awards were blue ribbons.
Judges were Mrs. Charles Bittinger,
Mrs. Ernest Davenport and Mre.
Clifford Luce.
New officers of the club have
elected as follows: Mrs. L. Welch
Pogue, president; Mrs. Preston
Groome, vice president ; Mrs. James
H. Robinson, corresponding secre
tary; Mrs. Herron, recording secre
tary; Mrs. Reginald Alexander,
treasurer; Mrs. J. B. Engle, pub
licity chairman, and Mrs. Lee, Mrs.
Joseph Guard, Mrs. Dickinson, Mrs.
, Robert J. Gutheim, and Mrs. Paul
Ferrero, directors.
Police Seek Bandits
Who Stabbed 2 Men,
Beat 2 in 3 Robberies
Police today were seeking bandits
responsible for three holdups last
night in which two men were
stabbed and two others beaten.
The stabbing occurred in the
holdup of a hardware store at 1004
First street N.W. Detectives were
not certain if the men responsible
also took part in the two beatings
or in the holdup of a filling station
manager.
Most seriously injured in the
hardware store holdup was Abraham
Weiner, 36, of 503 Carroll avenue,
Takoma Park, Md. His condition
was described as satisfactory today
at Sibley Hospital, where he under
went an emergency operation for
knife wounds in the abdomen. Mr.
Weiner, butcher at 101 K street
N.W., was stabbed as he attempted
to stop the bandits when they fled.
Louis Zeitz, 68, proprietor of the
hardware store said that the two
men entered at about 5:45 p.m.
while he stood talking to a friend,
Mbert Winer, 65, of 536 First street
S.Et The men said nothing and
attacked Mr. Zeitz as he came
around the counter to meet them,
police said.
$84 in Pocket Overlooked.
One of the men stabbed Mr. Zeitz
in the neck and head with a pocket
knife, he said, throwing him to the
floor. He took $5 in change from
one of Mr. Zeitz’s pockets, overlook
ing another containing $84, police
reported.
Mr. Weiner was also attacked,
beaten and choked, he said. The
bandits were interrupted in their
search for money by a passerby, who
saw the attack and ran to the gro
cery store around the comer for
help, police said.
As Mr. Weiner ran to the entrance
the bandits were making their
escape. One of them, knife still in
hand, slashed twice at Mr. Weiner,
wounding him in the neck and abdo
men, police said. Witnesses told
police that the men escaped through
Fenton court.
Emergency Operation Performed.
Both men were described as dark
skinned colored men, one of them
wearing green sun glasses.
Mr. Weiner and Mr. Zeitz were
rushed to Sibley Hospital, where
an emergency operation was per
formed on Mr. Weiner. Mr. Zeitz
was relased after his wounds were
treated. Mr. Winer was treated on
the scene.
In three other holdups or robberies
reported by police yesterday two
men were attacked by several col
ored men.
Louis Perlstein, 58, an attorney
of 2013 New Hampshire avenue,
N.W., was attacked from behind
while walking in the 1600 block of
V street N.W. about 8:45 p.m., police
said. Mr. Perlstein reported that
the three men struck him repeatedly
in the face and head, escaping with
an empty billfold and his house
keys. Mr. Perlstein was treated at
Garfield Hospital.
Man, 70, Is Beaten.
Ferdinand H. Brickwedde. 70, ol
1405 Twelfth street N.W., w&i
treated at Emergency Hospital las
night after being beaten and robbec
of $12 by thrA colored men in th<
1200 block of O street, police said
Armed robbers held up a ga
station at 2900 Nichols avenue S.E
at about 2 a.m. and made off witl
$112 from the cash register, polici
said. Shirley C. Hall, night man
ager of the station said he wa
talking with two friends when tw<
colored men entered and forcet
them at gun point to lie on thi
floor.
Hyattsville Clears
3 in Traffic Deaths
Three men were cleared of man
slaughter charges by Trial Magis
trate Arthur P. Owens in Hyatts
ville Police Court yesterday.
Two of them, Roy L. Brown, 43,
of the 1300 block of Holbrook street
NJE., and Phedoro J. Woods, Jr., 21,
colored, Fairmount Heights, Md„
also were acquitted of charges of
reckless driving. .
Both men were drivers involved
in a collision on the Washington
Baltimore boulevard at Berwyn,
November 11, in which Thomas J.
Woodyard, 48, of 309 Maryland ave
nue N.E., was killed. The victim,
who was riding in a cab, driven by
Mr. Brown, was a brother of Arling
ton County Police Chief Harry L.
Woodyard.
The third defendant, Cullin B.
Jones, 54, of Cheverly, a Pennsyl
vania Railroad engineer, was found
not guilty in the death of William
H. Thomas, 45, colored, of Bowie.
The victim was struck by a train
operated by Mr. Jones, as he sat on
the tracks near his home December
6, police said.
Tenants Charge
Health Menace
At Fairlington
Complain of Piling Up
Of Refuse as Company
Asks County to Help
Tenants of the 3.500-apartment
Fairlington project in Arlington to
day planned protests to the De
fense Homes Corp., former owners
of the project, contending a health
hazard has resulted from infrequent
garbage collections.
Meanwhile, the Fairmac Corp.,
which operates Fairlington, dis
closed it has appealed to Arlington
County a second time to assist with
collection of the accumulated gar
bage.
Several letters are being circu
lated for signatures in the develop
ment, it was learned today. They
ask that the Defense Homes Corp.
“take action regarding the health
hazard in Fairlington which has
resulted because garbage collection
has been so infrequent that garbage
overflows the containers and is a
breeding place for insects and an
attraction for rodents.”
Strike on Since December 8.
Residents, who asked that their
names not be used, declared the
bad conditions exist generally
throughout the development and
that basements have not been
cleaned since last week.
Service and maintenance em
ployes, members of the Building
Service Employes (AFL), went out
on strike December 8 because of
the management's refusal to recog
nize their union. The strike is still
in progress.
William Ziegler, president of Fair
mac, said the company had asked
Arlington County for temporary aid
in making collections, to avert a
health menace. He said collections
had fallen behind because of ab
normal pre-Christmas conditions.
Previously, company spokesman
had said all normal services were
being rendered by employe replace
ments and a private firm which con
tracted to dispose of garbage and
trash.
Claims Right to County Help.
Mr. Ziegler said most tenants had
co-operated with the company, but
that a few had allowed garbage
to scatter, complicating the collec
tion problem.
He held that Fairmac, as a tax
payer, was entitled to temporary
assistance from the county.
Arlington forces helped with trash
and garbage collections at the start
of the strike but were withdrawn
after several days. County officials
said this was a stopgap measure in
the interest of public health.
County Manager A. T. Lundberg
said today that about 32 complaints
had come from Fairlington residents
and that they were being "studied.”
i He said a Health Department in
• spector went to, Fairlington yester
: day and will make another inspec
tion today.
The Defense Homes Corp. sold
i Fairlington to the Fairmac Corp. in
■ October, along with McLean Gar
i dens in the District. Residents in
dicated today that they felt the
1 Defense Homes Corp. might be able
to intervene.
Hod Carriers Donate $100.
Local No. 74 of the Hod Carriers
and Building Laborers Union. AFL,
passed a resolution last night sup
porting the strikers and donating
$100 to their union.
Meanwhile, it was announced that
hearings on 19 warrants against
eight persons involved in strike
clashes at Fairlington have been
continued until January 16 in Fair
fax County Trial Magistrate’s Court.
The cases were originally set for
today.
A nonstriking Fairlington em
ploye was fined $100 and given a
one-year's suspended jail sentence
yesterday in Arlington County Court
on charges which grew out of %
picket line incident a week ago.
Sylvania Tucker, 40, colored, Alex
andria, was convicted by Judge
Hugh Reid of carrying a concealed
weapon. Another charge of threat
ening with a deadly weapon was
dismissed.
Denies Pointing Pistol.
Tucker was accused by Walsh
Robinson, 39, colored, Alexandria,
a striking employe, of threatening
him with a pistol just as Robinson
left a picket line last Friday. Tuck
er admitted carrying a pistol in
a shoulder holster under his Jacket,
but denied that he pointed the.
pistol at Robinson and threatened
; him.
’ Tucker was placed under $200
[ peace bond for one year and the
, weapon was confiscated by the court.
In another case growing out of
| the Fairlington strike, charges of
assault against Thornton Payne, 28.
[ colored, Herndon, Va., were dis
, missed when the complaining wlt
’ ness, Nathaniel Smith, did not ap
. pear. Payne was accused of as
| sault on William C. Jones, colored,
[ an employe of a trash-collecting
, firm operated by Mr. Smith, which
collects trash from the apartment
project.
Star Games Tickets
On General Sale
Tickets for The Evening Star
Games at the National Guard
Armory on January 3 are now
on sale at a number of con
venient points in downtown
Washington.
In addition to the business
counter in the lobby of The Star
Building, tickets are available at
Irvings, Tenth and E streets
N.W.; Andy Farkas Sports
Shop, 2131 Pennsylvania ave
nue N.W.; Kneessi and Adler's,
822 Fifteenth street N.W.; the
Junior Board of Commerce of
fice in The Star Building, the
I Army-Navy Club and the Uni
versity Club.
Mail orders are being ac
cepted in Room 724, The Even
ing Star Building.
Advance sale of the tickets,
which are set at $4 for box
I seats, $3 for reserved seats and
i $2 for general admissions, has
been heavy. Only about 4,200
i seats can be sold because of the
i limited seating permitted in the
Armory.
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