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VA Takes Steps to Halt
Essay Contest for Children to Help Make Streets Safer
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Tuition Fee Abuses
In Veteran Training
The Veterans' Administration last
night announced steps to stop
abuses in tuition charges to the
Government by private schools for
training veterans under the GI Bill.
During the last several months,
the VA said, many cases of excess
charges have been uncovered. "In
many cases, rates charged were
several times higher than charges
made for similar instruction by old
er. well-established private schools
in the same area,’’ officials said.
Most of the abuses. VA said, have
been committed by schools started
since June, 1944, when the GI Bill
went into effect. Effective July 1,
these schools and those established
‘ schools which have increased
charges more than 25 per cent dur
ing the last four years must negoti
ate contracts with VA before any
payment will be made.
Present VA policy is to pay the
private schools the ‘‘customary
charges" made to all students, as
long as they do not exceed $500 a
year.
The new regulations require the
schools to open financial records to
VA and negotiate contracts based
on operating costs. For the first
time, under the plan. VA will allow
schools to include advertising ev
penses In the costs, officials said.
About 200 private profit, schools in
this area now offer instruction to
veterans. VA said it had not. yet
determined the number that will
be affected by the new policy.
Marine Reserves Hear
Unification Appeal
A plea that, unification of the
armed forces be "thoroughly demo
strated at work" was made here last
night to more than 50 Marine re
serve officers by Vice Admiral Ar
thur Radford, vice chief of naval
operations.
Admiral Radford spoke at a ban
quet in the Washington Hotel con
cluding a day-long meeting of the
executive council and chapter presi
dents of the Marine Corps Reserve
Officers Association
"You can do much.'' the Admiral
as'erted. "to make clear that our
distinctive and complementary roles
are brought together by a common
purpose and that we can even work
together in the same building."
Earlier the group heard Maj. Ger,.
William T. Clement, jr., director of
the Marine Corps Reserve.
The volunteer enlisted reserve is
24.000 men short of its desired
strength of 70.000, Gen. Clement re
ported. On the other hand the
organized reserve is "approximately
107 per cent of what the Congress
appropriated for fiscal 1948 ’’
Melvin J. Mass, former Repre
sentative from Minnesota and na
tional president of the association,
presided last night.
Convict on Way Back
To Prison Kills Self
By the As*ocio*#el Pres*
CHICAGO. Mav 29.—A convict on
his wav back to San Quentin prison
from New York shot and killed him
self on a New York Central Rail-1
road train today.
Leonard M. Kaplan. 37. the pris
oner. shot himself in a drawing
mom aboard the Chicagoan as the
train was en route here. Q
Kaplan, who was being sent to
San Quentin for violation of proba
tion. wrested a revolver frorp a state
parole agent and shot himself be
tween the eyes.
Kaplan was on parole for passing
and forcing bogus checks. Detec
tive Joseph Newman of the Chicago
police department said Kaplan was
wanted for passing additional checks
since he has been on parole.
A city-wide traffic safety essay
contest for all children 14 years old
and under will be sponsored in June
by the Commissioners' Traffic Ad
visory Board and the District De
partment of Vehicles and Traffic.
Twenty-five prizes, including a
*100 savings bond, a bicycle, wrist
watches, roller skates, sporting goods
and games will be awarded to the
youngsters who, write the best 100
word essays on how children can
avoid traffic accidents. Essays mast
be submitted before midnight, ;
July -1.
Pul! details of the contest will be j
included in an illustrated traffic ed
ucation tabloid to be delivered Tues
day to nearly every home in the
District. A safety comic strip and
a cartoon puzzle illustrating mis
takes which lead to traffic injuries
will be featured in the tabloid.
Strip Is New Idea.
A. Julian Brylawski, chairman of
the advisory board's education and
public information subcommittee, i
said the comic strip is a new idea in
child safety education.
“We hope in this manner to bring
parents and their children together
on the subject of traffic safety,” he
said.
“If each mother reads the story
to her little children, explaining
the pictures as she goes along, we
will have them all thinking together
on the subject of traffic safety. And
that's what were driving for," he
added.
* The essay contest is part of the
advisory board and the depart
ment's summer safety program.
The second big move in the pro
giam will begin Wednesday when
distribution of approximately 15,000
bumper strips, urging drivers to
"Give the Kids the Brakes" will
begin. Distribution will be handled
by the District Inter-Industry High
way Safety Committee under the
direction of Roy Devereaux.
Essays should be mailed to the
Summer Traffic Safety Contest,
Room 1008. New Municipal Center.
301 C street N.W. Prizes will be
awarded in these age groups—under
8 years, from 8 to 11 years, and
from 11 to 14 years.
Blasts and Fire Destroy
3 Kansas City Buildings
By tb* Associated Press
KANSAS CITY. May 29.—Ex
plosions and fire destroyed three
buildings and damaged nearby
plants in the industrial district to
night.
Fifteen companies of firemen an
swered a three-alarm call. They
were battling the flames two hours
after the first explosion occurred at
the Sunerior Chemical Sales Co.
No injuries were reported. Fire
men said they thought the blaze
was enough under control to pre
vent spreading. It still burned
fiercely among chemicals stored in
the block-long Superior Company's
building.
Sulphur, manganese and ether in
dustrial chemicals were in the plant.1
Soviet Embassy Courier
Dies at Home Here
Sergei M. Kuleshov. 38. of 1349
Fark road N.W., described as a dip
lomatic courier for the Soviet Em
bassy. died suddenly last night, ap
parently as a result of a heart
attack.
Police said Mr. Kuleshov was dis
covered by his wife. Mrs. Vera
Kuleshov, in an unconscious con
dition in the bedroom at their third j
floor apartment. He was pronounced
dead an hour later by Dr. R. C.
Myers of Emergency Hospital.
The coroner's office was investi
gating the case early today.
The Soviet Embassy refused any,
further information axid no details
could be obtained from the home,
Energy given off by the sun is
estimated to be the equivalent of
3 000.000.000,000 atomic bombs per
second.
Johnston's Missing Car Runs
Into Arms of Law in Half Hour
An automobile belonging to Sena -
tor Johnston, Democrat, of South
Carolina, ran almost literally into
the hands of the law at 'rhhteei]th
and I streets N.W., last night, a half
hour after if was reported missing
from Ninth and I streets N.W.
Police arrested an occupant vho
gave his nam° as William Johnson,
26, colored. 400 block of First street
N.W. He refused to tell how he
happened to be in the car when It.
ran into a traffic island at Thir
teenth and T streets, police reported-;
Fire trucks had answered a call
to that neighborhood about 10 20
p.m Pvt Charles E. Mills was di
recting traffic when he saw the
sedan -ome -’long the wrong side of
I street, turn close to him and hit
the island after turning into Thir
teenth street.
Dissatisfied with the driver's ex
planation that he owned the car
and was "an Arlington contractor."
Pvt Mills said he looked into a
glove compartment and found not
only Senator Johnston's automobile
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courtesy badge given to Senators.
Johnson was held for further in
vestigation. Senator Johnston was
not in Washington last night but
his car was being driven by a
nephew, David Jennings, police said.
Mr. Jennings reported at 10 p.m.
that the car was missing after- he
parked it.
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REGULATIONS IN
this picture
that are being
disregarded
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This is the safety puzzle cartoon being distributed this week as part of a saftey program
aimed at boys and girls during June. _
Headaches Remain but $4,000
Vanishes in Clairvoyant 'Cure'
A spry, 70-year-old colored house
builder who hired a clairvoyant to
cure his headaches had a bigger one
yesterday, he complained to police.
John M. Hart of 1116 Forty
seventh place N.W., said the remedy
which didn't work cost him between
$4,000 and $5.000—the savings he
says the fortune teller took.
His trouble began when doctors
couldn't cure his headaches, he said.
The clairvoyant offered to randle
the project for $74, gave him a
magic root" and told him to plant
it in the backyard.
For the second treatment, Mr.
Boy Crushed to Death
By Tombstone as He
Plays in Cemetery
By the Associated Pres*
■ ESTHERVILLE, Iowa, May
29—Three-vear-old .Tames Mill
slagel was crushed to death by
a tombstone yesterday when he
went with his parents to the
cemetery to decorate graves for
Memorial Day.
The accident occurred at Arl
ington, Minn., about 60 miles
north of here.
Relatives said the child, while
playing, apparently brushed
against an insecure stone and
caused it to topple.
His parents are Mr. and Mrs.
Eugene Millslagel of Estherville.
Hart was told to put the root in a
glass of water. If It moved, he was
to make a wish.
“I'm sure it moved once and I
wished for good health.” he said.
He said the fortune teller looked
the Diace over carefully on each of
his two visits and apparently found
the money cache.
The money was to have pur
chased $3,000 worth of General
Motors stock, he told newsmen.
"Something told me I should have
sent that money off to General
Motors.” he mourned.
“But my garden needed atten
, tion and I just put it off.''
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Greeks Report Success
Against Guerrillas
. »y the Associated Pres*
ATHENS, May 29.—Premier ‘The
mlstokles Sophoulis said today
Greek army operations against
guerrillas in the last two months
had been highly successful.
In a statement he said there
would be no "deviation" from pres
ent military plans. These plans
were prepared with the help of an
American military mission and call
for operations largely in Northern
Greece.
When he said there would be no
deviation" Mr. Sophoulis probably
was taking note, political sources
said, of prospective trouble in par
liament, which reassmbles June 1.
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Urged to Help Trade
•y t*t« Auecistwl Pr«»
An eight-nation network of motor
truck highways extending from the
North Sea to the Mediterranean
was outlined last night by the State
Department as a step toward break
ing down Europe's economic bar
riers.
The routes were laid out by the
United Nations Economic Commis
sion for Europe. They span eight
nations which have agreed to free
dom of movement for truck trans
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Extensions reach out to Berlin
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pest and other capitals in Soviet
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formalities at frontier crossing
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Plans also call for road standards
and signs of uniform design in all
the countries. Routes selected for
the new international system in
clude much of the Nazi-built auto
bahn highways in Germany, and
the autostrasse system of Mussolini's
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| The countries which entered'into
j formal agreements for free move
I ment of international commerce
are all taking part in the American-!
backed European recovery program.
They include Belgium, Denmark.
Prance, Italy, the Netherlands,
Sweden, Switzerland and Bizonal
j Germany.
11 Die in China Train Fire
SHANGHAI. Sunday, May 30 (Axi
—Eleven Chinese were killed and 62
were injured when a train caught
Are yesterday near Taipei, capital
of Formosa, Central News Agency
said today.
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