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Two Arlington Judges
Disqualify Selves in
Board Ouster Case
Arlington Circuit Court Judges
Walter T. McCarthy and William
D. Medley have asked for another
jurist to preside over ouster pro
ceedings against two members of
the County Board.
The two jurists disqualified
themselves late yesterday and
asked the Supreme Court of Ap
peals to designate another to hear
charges leveled by a special grand
jury against Daniel A. Dugan and
P- Freeland Chew, the board
members.
In another development late in
the day, Sam Lano, Virginia- and
Maryland pinball and slot ma
chine distributor who now lives
In Northeast Washington, ap
peared at a brief Circuit Court
hearing to post $500 bond on an
indictment charging perjury. He
pleaded not guilty. He was ordered
to appear to have his trial date
set during the April term of court.
Says He Told of Gifts.
Lano told reporters that he had
not lied to the grand jury which
had accused him of testifying
under oath that he had not given
Mr. Dugan expensive shirts, ties
and cuff links.
Lano told reporters he had
made such a gift to the board
member and he had so informed
the jury. He said that he had
denied making other gifts to the
official, having in mind television
sets which the grand jury said
Lano purchased from the Service
Tire Corp.
Mr. Dugan hae admitted Know
ing Lano and described him as
“a pretty nice fellow." The board
member also told reporters that
he may have received birthday
gifts from Lano last year, but
that he could not be sure because
he had received about 300 gifts
at that time and could not re
member where all of them came
from.
Association Charged.
The presentment against Mr.
Dugan, calling for his ouster,;
charged that Lano was associated
with the board member as well
as with Joseph Leib, a member of
a special Police Investigatingj
Committee who was recommended
by Mr. Dugan, and Malcolm B.
Devers. president of the Congres
sional School of Arlington and
Alexandria.
In disqualifying themselves
from presiding over the cases of
Mr. Dugan and Mr. Chew. Judges
McCarthy and Medley said they
were “so situated in respect to
this case as to render it improper!
for them to preside at the trial."
This was believed to imply that
the judges stepped aside because!
of their personal acquaintancej
with the accused, who, as county!
officials, may have had a certain
amount of business ana social as-:
sociation with the judges
Both Mr. Dugan and Mr. Chew!
were charged with misfeasance,!
malfeasance and gross neglect of!
duty Mr. Dugan has attributed
the presentment against him to,
“politics" and said that three of'
the five grand jurors were his1
political enemies.
However, the law requires that
at least four jurors be in agree
ment before a presentment is
returned and it is understood that
all five were unanimous in re
turning the presentment against
him.
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John Hood, jr., Wins
Police Boys' Club Trophy
John Hood, jr.. of 1366 Harvard
street last night won a citizenship
trophy as the most outstanding
member of the Police Bovs’ Club
No. 10.
Young Hood.
18, known best
as Jackie, won
the trophy giv
en annually by
Post 6 of
AMVETS. The
award is given
for “outstand
ing attendance,
leadership, and
sportsman
ship." It was
presented by
John M. Mur
phy, past COm- John Hood, jr.
mander of AMVETS here, in the
gym of the Boys’ Club, at Fif-!
teenth and Harvard streets N.W.
Mr. Murphy said that the win
ner has been captain of the bas
ketball team for three years, each
year captaining a different weight
range team. The past season he
was also captain of the 120-pound
football team.
IN THEIR EASTER BONNETS—Three winners in the Easter
Bonnet Parade of the District Society for Crippled Children
yesterday were-(left to right): Perry Wentz, 34, of 5103 South
Tenth street, Arlington, prettiest hat; Billy Zimmerman, 5. of
138 W'orrell avenue, Lanham Park, Md„ special award for his
cowboy hat covered with Easter seals, and Gretchen Kropfl, 6, of
1641 Preston road, Alexandria, most unusual chapeau.
—Star Staff Photo,
Maryland and Virginia
-News in Brief
Fairfax to Get
$735,000 for Roads
Fairfax County will receive
$735,366 in State funds for road
maintenance and improvement
during the 12 months beginning
July 1.
Although this is more than
double the $357,092 allocated for
the current year, County Super
visor Arthur Shaffer said he be
lieved the county should have
gotten at least $1 million.
The county's share is part of a
$23 million allocation announced
today by the Virginia State High
way Commission for maintenance
and improvement of the State's
secondai^ highway system. There
are 39.189 miles of roads involved.
—AP.
* * * *
Higher Taxes Hinted
Montgomery County taxpayers
have received another hint of pos
sible higher taxes next year.
In a County Council discussion
yesterday of whether the old
county poorhouse should be turned
over to the County Historical
Society, Councilman Harold Ham
mond cautioned:
•‘We have to go easy. Some of
us are going to be surprised when
we find out how much it's going
to cost to run the county next
year.”
* * * *
No Woman Suffrage
Women may have the vote
in the rest of the country, but
not in Leonardtown, Md.
An old statute just discov
ered in the St. Mar.vs County
town prohibits women from
voting in municipal elections.
As a result, the county’s leg
islative delegation introduced a
bill in the General Assembly
yesterday to enfranchise women
and bring Leonardtown in line
with the rest of the Nation.
*
* * * *
New Maryland District
Legislation to give Maryland a
new 7tjj congressional district is
awaiting Gov. McKeldin's signa
ture.
The bill, passed by the House
of Delegates yesterday a few hours
after it was received from the
Senate, would set up the new
district in Baltimore. The city
now has two congressional dis
tricts.
The new member of Congress
will be elected by 1952—from the
7th district, if the bill becomes
law', and elected at-large if it
does not.
* * * *
Redistricting Group Named
A seven-member commission to
rearrange Fairfax County's magis
terial districts was appointed yes
terday by Fairfax Circuit Judge
Paul E. Brown.
The judge had authorized re-1
districting last Friday. At that!
time, he made it clear that any J
decision of the commission would
be final.
There are now six magisterial!
districts, each with one repre- j
sentative on the Board of Super- \
visors.
Baby Scalded to Death,
Sister Burned in Sink
By the Associated Press
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Mar. 14—A
mother visiting friends in a down
stairs apartment noticed water j
dripping through the neighbor's;
ceiling.
The mother, Mrs. Lee Summar,
rushed upstairs to her own apart
ment. There she found her 9-!
month-old son scalded to death j
and his older sister critically
burned in a sink.
The children—Michael and
Phyllis Lee. 21 months—had been
playing with a toy boat as they
took a bath m the double sink.
Phyllis Lee apparently had
turned on or had bumped against
the hot-water faucet. A hot
water tank was empty. The sink
and floor were flooded by scald
ing water.
The father was at work. Mrs.
Summar said she had been gone
for only a minute.
Woman's Given Name
Required on Auto Title
A married woman must use her
given name, rather than her hus
band’s, on the title certificate of
her car, according to a ruling yes
terday by Corporation Counsel
Vernon E. West.
Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp raised the question, after
Mrs. Robert E. Lee, 3d, of 2410
Wyoming avenue N.W., applied
for a certificate in that name.
He said he believed he could
not approve an application sub
mitted in a woman’s married
name and that the certificate
should be issued in her given!
name.
Mr. West agreed and held the
certificate should be issued in the j
name of Mrs. Mary M. Lee.
After gelignite had been ex
ploded to kill a shark at Parsley
Bay, New South Wales, Australia,
buckets of stunned fish were
gathered.
The Weather Here nnd Over the Nation
District of Columbia—Cloudy
and rather cold. Scattered light
showers or snow flurries and high
around 44 this afternoon. Cloudi
ness and continued cold tonight
and tomorrow. Low tonight
about 32.
Maryland and Virginia—Cloudy
and continued cold tonight and
tomorrow with occasional snow
in the mountains. Low tonight 25
in extreme west and 30 to 35 in
east and central portions
X 40 list
Snow and rain are expected tonight throughout the Mid
west, along the Canadian border and in the Northeast. Snow
flurries are predicted for the Central Rockies and in the Central
and Northern Plains. Elsewhere the weather is expected to be
generally fair. It will continue cool over the South Atlantic
States. It will be warmer west of the Mississippi to the North
Pacific Coast. —AP Wirephoto Map.
River Report.
(From United States Engineers).
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readings at Washington Airport.)
Yesterday— Pet. Today— Pet.
Noon - 70 Midnight_ 94
4 p.m. - 84 8 a.m._ 88
8 Pm. .. . 91 lo a.m. 88
High and Low of Last 24 Hours.
High. 47; at 1 :30 a.m.
Low, .‘19. at 7:05 a.m.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 72. on February 13.
Lowest. 11. on February 8.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished by United States Coast
and ieodetic Survey.)
... , Today. Tomorrow.
High -12:09 a.m. 12:58a.m.
Low; - 0:54 a.m. 7:47 a.m.
High - 12:30 p.m. 1:19 p.m.
Low - 7:43 p.m. 8:39 p.m.
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets,
i Sun, today . 6:21 6:14
ISun. tomorrow... 6:19 6:15
j Moon, today 9:38 a.m. 12:32 a.m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
j one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in Inches in the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1951. Avg. Record.
January _ 2.18 3.55 7.83 '37
February _ 2.65 3.37 6.84 '84
! Maich _ 1.41 3:75 8.84 '91
: April __ 3.27 9.13 '89
May __ 3.70 10.69 '89
June _ _ 4.13 10.94 'do
(July -- 4.71 10.63 '86
August __ 4.01 14 41 '28
September __ 3.34 17.45 34
October __ 2.84 8.81 '37
November _ _ 2.37 8.69 '89
December __ __ 3.32 7.56 01
Temperatures in Various Cities.
High. Low. High. Low.
Albuquerque 61 39 New Orleans 48 35
Atlantic City 42 40 New York 45 38
Atlanta 39 28 Norlolk _ 52 39
Bismarck . 9 -4 Omaha 24 22
loston 41 38 Philadelphia 42 39
Chicago 36 35 Phoenix - 80 44
Cincinnati. 34 24 Pittsburgh - 42 33
Detroit 44 33 Portld... Me. 44 .31
El Paso 65 36 Portld.. Oreg. 54 37
Indianapolis 37 26 Richmond.. _ 47 38
Kansas City 27 24 St. Louis 31 29
Los Angeles 81 49 S. Lake City 43 26
Louisville. _ 35 28 San Antonio 63 36
Memphis - - 36 30 S. Francisco 70 44
Miami .. 73 56 Seattle_ 48 37
Milwaukee- 34 33 Tampa_ 65 46
Police Probing Death
Oi Epileptic Run Over
By Autos After Fall
A 58-year-old epileptic found
unconscious in the 5100 block of
Sheriff road N.E. Monday was
listed today as the District’s 17th
traffic fatality of the year.
Police said Fred Sanford,
colored, of 1114 Fifty-first place
N.E.. apparently suffered an epi
leptic fall Sunday night and was
run over by one or more cars
which failed to stop.
He died in Casualty Hospital
about four hours after he was
found. His death was added to
the accident toll after an autopsy
showed his body had been
crushed.
Woman Killed in Race.
In a fatal accident early this
morning a woman was struck by
an automobile as she “raced” her
husband across Shirley highway.
Arlington police said Mrs. John
E. Toney, 23, colored, of 211 D
street N.W., was killed after the
D. C. Traffic Deaths
Jan. 1 to Mar. 14,1951 17
Jan. 1 to Mar. 14,1950. 15
Total for 1950 _72
Traffic violations reported
in official police records on
1951 fatal accidents: Speed
ing, 6; driver negligence, 4;
passing stop sign, 3; walking
into vehicle, 3; driver failure
to give right of way, 3: jay
walking. 2: child running into
street, l; bad breaks, 1; driv
ing without lights, 1; driving
on the wrong side of the
street, 1; hit and run, 1.
These persons died: Pedes
trians, 12; passengers in auto
mobiles, 4; bicyclists. 1.
car in which she was riding broke
down on the highway at the Arl
ington Ridge road cutoff.
Mr. and Mrs. Toney went across
the highway to stop a cab when
their car failed to start again.
Police said Mrs. Toney then de
cided she didn't want a cab, so
they decided to race each other
back across the road.
Mr. Toney, ahead of his wife,
told police he saw no automobile
on the road and crossed safely,
but his w-ife, a few feet behind,
was struck.
Sanford Death Investigated.
The hit and run squad of the
accident investigating unit be
gan investigating Mr. Sanford's
death when an autopsy showed he
suffered extensive injuries includ
ing a broken back, crushed chest
and a ruptured liver.
Police said the 5100 block of
Sheriff road is very dark and it
was possible that the drivers
of the cars that ran over Mr. San
ford did not see his body.
A 6-year-old boy suffered a pos
sible skull fracture and cuts about
the head qesterday when he ran
from a streetcar platform into a
moving car, police said.
Prank L. Wollard, son of Mrs.
Virginia E. Wollard, 5244 Forty
fourth street N.W., was reported
in serious condition at Children's
Hospital as a result of the acci
dent at Wisconsin avenue and
Harrison street N.W. Police said
the car was driven by Roland
Hall, 21, colored, of Sandy Spring,
Md. No charges were placed.
Teen-Age Girls Injured.
Two teen-age girls were treated
by private physicians yesterday
after the car in which they were1
riding collided with one driven by;
Oscar Invery, 60. Cuban naval1
attache here, police said.
According to police Mr. Invery's
car turned left into Park road in
front of the car driven by Francis^
X. McCabe, 18, of 604 Gallatin
street N.W, which was headed
north.
Injured were Misses Barbara
Bolen, 14, of 1909 Allison street
N.W., and Judy Mehalic, 14, of
5015 Thirteenth street N.W. Police
said Mr. Invery failed to give the
right of wray to the other car and
had an odor of alcohol on his
breath. He was not charged be
cause of diplomatic immunity,
police said.
Parked Cars Cause Crash.
Two illegally parked cars were
ticketed because Representative
Horan, Republican, of Washing
ton was involved in an accident
yesterday afternoon in the 700;
block of First street N.W.
Police said Mr. Horan’s car was
struck when a car driven by James
L. Horton. 54, coloYed. swerved
into him to avoid colliding with
the parked vehicles, causing $150
damage to Mr. Horan’s car. But
neither man was at fault, police
Far-Reaching Rent Bill
Covering Commercial
Property Prepared
By Francis P. Douglas
A proposed rent control law, I
reaching farther in some direc-j
tions than the World War II curbs
and even applying to commercial
rents, was in the works today.
Moving in another control di
rection. the Office of Price Stabili
zation issued an order which al
lows eating and drinking places to
raise prices on some of their menu
items. But they may not go above
the mark-up percentages they ap
plied before Korea and OPS said
it expected rollbacks where the
margins had been raised since last
June.
Approved by Johnston.
Housing Expediter Tighe E.
Woods told reporters about the
rent control program which he
said has been approved by Eco
nomic Stabilizer Eric Johnston.
The principal features of the
proposal are these:
General control of rents and ex
tending the controls to commer
cial rents which were not curbed
during World War II; possible
rollbacks of rents which are not
now under controls; ceilings on
rents of newly constructed build
ings and elimination of the pro
visions of the present law which
permit communities to lift con
trols under a local option arrange
ment.
Mr. Woods disclosed his plans
after the Senate had voted a
90-day extension of the present
rent-control law. This law expires
March 31 except in communities
which take affirmative action be
fore that date to keep it in effect
locally for another three months.
The House still must act.
Separate Law Here.
The District has a separate
rent-control law and many other
areas of the country are under
no controls at all through the
working of the local option pro
visions of the general law.
The restaurant price order is
effective April 1 but individual
restaurants are given until August
1 to come into full compliance.
In describing the order, OPS
said it requires a restaurant to
give “the same dollar value of
food per dollar of sales" that it
did prior to last July 1. The regu
lation applies to boarding houses,
cafeterias, taverns, soda foun
tains, athletic stadiums, hot dog
carts and other eating places in
addition to restaurants.
Marion W. Isbell, head of the
OPS restaurant branch, said in his
opinion fewer than half of the
eating places will raise prices in
April if food prices do not go up.
And he added that he does not
expect food prices to rise.
The pricing formula does not
apply to specific items but to the
restaurant’s whole food bill and
its total sales. This will permit
a restaurateur to raise prices on
certain items but to keep other
prices down in obtaining his gen
eral mark-up.
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Bullet Works Out
Of Heart Muscle
After Two Decades
By the Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Mar. 14.—Sergt.
Samuel J. Monkhouse was back
on duty at police headquarters;
yesterday, proudly showing a
steel-jacketed bullet that was next!
to his heart for more than 20
years.
The sergeant was shot in a gun- j
fight with a safe cracker October;
14, 1930. The bullet lodged ini
muscular tissue of his heart. Doc
tors decided it would be too dan
gerous to try removing it.
Sergt. Monkhouse carried the
bullet there with only an occa
sional twinge to remind him. But
a couple of months ago he had
some sharp pains in his back and
shoulders.
X-ray examination revealed the
bullet had worked its way into
the right shoulder blade. Sur
geons removed it a few days ago.
admitted, so they put tickets on
the illegally parked vehicles.
In another accident yesterday,
Park Policeman Byard E. Shaw,
38, of 4445 Xenia street S.E., was
injured when thrown from nis
skidding motorcycle on Independ
ence avenue near Delaware ave
nue S.W. He was admitted to
Casualty Hospital with a possible
fractured skull and scalp cuts.
His condition was described as
good this morning. 1
The Federal Spotlight
Straight Pay for Overtime
Considered by House Group
By Joseph Young
Serious discussions are going on in the House Appropriations!
Committee about the possibility of lengthening the Government's;
work-week where needed to 44 hours without paying premium over-'
time rates, it was disclosed today.
The situation was discussed in detail by the House Appropria
tions subcommittee handling they
1952 Treasury-Post Office money i
bill, as shown by transcripts of ]
the hearings, released today. The j
full committee
will report the
bill on Friday.
Although the
s u b c ommittee
members, head
ed by Repre-*
sentative Gary,
Democrat, of
Virginia, in
dicated by their
questioning of
Treasury and
Post Office of
ficials that they
favor a length
e n e d Work- Joseph Ioum.
week, it's not likely that the
House Appropriations Committee
will attach any such rider to the]
Treasury-Post Office and other!
subsequent bills. j.
The subcommittee members j
point out that current Federal’
employe overtime payment rates;
are a matter of substantive law
and cannot be changed through!
an appropriation bill amendment.]
Any such rider would be subject;
to a point of order.
However, it’s likely that the ap-j
propriations group will recommend ]
to Congress that regular legisla-;
tion be enacted to enable the j
Government to work its employes,
when necessary on a 44 or 48
hour week, with straight rates in
excess of 40 horns.
At present. Federal employes
earning up to $2,900 a year get;
time-and-a-half for overtime be
yond 40 hours a week. The over
time rate then decreases as the]
salary gets higher.
In questioning Treasury officials, ]
Chairman Gary expressed the ]
view that the Government should]
be able to work its employes over
time, when necessary, without
premium overtime rates.
"This country was not built on
a 40-hour week, and I am begin
ning to have serious doubts as to]
whether we can defend it on a
40-hour week,” the Virginian de
clared.
He was joined by another sub
committee member. Representa
tive Fernandez, Democrat, of New
Mexico, in advocating a revision
of present overtime rates in Gov
ernment.
Subcommittee members declared
that a 44-hour week would enable
many agencies to save money by
eliminating the necessity of hir
ing new employes.
Mr. Fernandez also expressed
the view that many Federal work
ers would be willing to go on a 44
or 48 hour week at straight time
Petrillo Removes Threat
Of Radio-Television Strike
By th» Associated Press
NEW YORK. Mar. 14.—Threat
of a musicians’ strike against New
York and Los Angeles outlets of
four radio and television networks
has been lifted by James C. Pe-!
trillo, president of the AFL Amer
ican Federation of Musicians.
The strike had been scheduled
for 6 p.m. tonight. But Mr.
Petrillo and his top aides over
ruled strike votes by the- union j
locals involved.
Mr. Petrillo, announcing his ac
tion last night, said an agreement
had been reached with the net
works for a weekly wage increase
of 15 per cent for both local and
network performances.
The union president made the
announcement in the presence of
presidents of the companies threat
ened with strikes — National
Broadcasting Co., Columbia Broad
casting System. American Broad
casting Co. and WOR, New York
outlet of the Mutual Broadcasting
System.
Mr. Petrillo said the Dumont
network will negotiate with the
union separately.
A strike had been authorized
by Local 802 of New York and
Local 47 of Los Angeles.
Tommies Like Beer
KUALA LUMPUR OP).—British :
servicemen fighting Communist
terrorists in Malaya like beer.!
They drank more than 3.3 million i
bottles purchased at armed forces’;
canteens in 1950. That works outj
at about 14 bottles for each sol- J
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* * * *
OVERSTAFFING DENIAL—The
subcommittee closely questioned
Treasury officials on the recent re
port of the Williams subcommittee
pf the House Civil Service Com
mittee, which charged overstaffing
in the Treasury Department and
pther Federal agencies.
Treasury Secretary Snyder
strongly denied the findings re
garding his own department.
“When you read the report . . .
you will find that the many factual
errors in the description of Treas
ury operations and procedures in
dicate a lack of knowledge regard
ing the Treasury Department,”
Mr. Snyder said. He also charged
the investigation lacked "objec
tivity” and that the investigators!
failed to spend enough time in j
the department to get the lacts.
* * * *
PAYLESS PAYDAYS—District
Rent Control Board employes, who
already have had two payless pay
days, face a third one, unless Con
gress acts scon to allev late their
plight. The board’s functions!
which W'ere due to be abolished,
have been extended by Congress,!
but the necessary appropriations
have not yet been voted. A move
to use the employes’ terminal
leave funds for salary purposes
until Congress appropriates the
necessary money for the board’s
operations, was blocked in the
House the other day.
-d.
PRAISE—Representative Reams,
Democrat-Independent, of Ohio
had some nice words to say about
Government employes on the
House floor the other day on the
anniversary of the civil service
law. He said:
"We should always remember
the many loyal men and w-omen
throughout the country who, un
der civil service, have worked
anonymously at their tasks to
build the greatest Government in
the world. They are the ones who
have made it possible for the Na
tion to carry on and prosper. They
are the ones v’ho have put into
action the laws w’hich this Con
gress made. They are tne ones
who have made the policies of this
country both on domestic and for
eign issues.
"We must not forget them nor
ignore them. Too often they have
been ridiculed by the press and
the public as lazy and inefficient.
But we should remember that the
greatest Government, serving the
most productive Nation and the
freest and happiest people in
the world, could not have been
conducted by a civil service of
second-rate people.
"If we are to continue to main
ain an efficient civil service and
create a desire among young peo
ple to enter Government work, we
must treat them fairly. We must
realize they constitute the motive
power of this Government. We
must face our responsibility to
them and bring the cost of living
dowm to w'here they can live, or
their income up to where they
can buy.”
School Bus Driver, 61,
Held After 5 Children
Die in Crossing Crash
By the Associated Press
FARMVILLE. Va., Mar. 14.—A
51-year-old school bus driver has
Deen charged with involuntary
manslaughter following the col
lision of his vehicle and a pas
senger train. Five children were
silled and 10 were hurt.
John Oscar Robinson, colored,
will face a preliminary hearing
on March 27 in Prince Edward
County Trial 'ustice Court. State
police say ne was the driver of
the school bus which was struck
late yesterday about 14 miles west
of here.
The rear of the bus, loaded
with 45 colored students, was
ripped open as an eastbound Nor
folk & Western train plowed into
it. Dead and injured children
were scattered along the tracks.
One-fourih of the dus was
sheared off and shattered into
pieces.
The collision occurred in a
driving rainstorm cn the N. & W.’s
tracks at Elam crossing.
Mr. Robinson told State Police
Sergt. L. L. Stanley he did not
see or hear the train and had
started across the tracks when he
fell the collision about 4 p.m.
“I never saw a tram at that
crossing at that time of day,’*
Sergt. Stanley said he was told by
Mr. Robinson. The train was due
in Farmville at 3:34 p.m., but was
running about 50 minutes late,
railway officials said.
Aerial Bomb Found
Near MacArthur Office
By the" Associated Press
TOKYO, Mar. 14.—A 1,000
pound World War II aerial bomb
was uncovered today within 100
yards of Gen. MacArthur's head
quarters.
It caused scarcely a ripple of
excitement. It was the second
found in the area.
Laborers constructing a hotel
and office building found today’s
dud. The bomb was trucked by
the 7th Bomb Disposal Squad to
Ikego, an ordnance depot about
25 miles from Tokyo.
Store Window Glass
Cut by Shoe Thief
A thief went to a lot of trouble
early today to steal one pair of
shoes from the show window of
Bruce Hunt, clothier, at 613 Four
teenth street N.W.
Police reported that about 1:30
a m. it was discovered some one
cut a round hole in the glass show
window and took one pair of tan
oxfords, size unknown.
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