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Evening star., 1948-11-13

TBos. J. OWENS T. son. .Auctioneers::
435 Southern Building E.-TTustees at;,n. Sais OF
valuable Two story Row Bick
Recorded, rex in Liber No. s593. Folio ,.9s et
seq the and records o. tne Of
secured thereby the undersisned trustees
will sell, at public suction tn front Of 1.-THE the
premises on Monday ne aSs at T%oa
Trtg qfS 9' ocioes The foowins described
land and premises. situate in the District
Gt Lot ios IN charI.s Buffers sabdivision
vision Of part Of Mount Pleasant ant and
Rssssn es snSd1on Rn 1s5 PIN N a0 IS
for fSt'V the District Of Columbia: being now
tasson f0s =. Ioa oe OF in saaare
Terms: Sold subject to q prior building
association deed Of trust for approximately
}iYNS'Gi viii be announced at time Of sale; the
purchase price above said try trnst u to De G paid
in cash A deposit Of 5000 90 reauirea'
Complied with within thirty days other
wise deposit forfeited and & the pSSopssfisy PFC sis
cretion Of the trustees LEO " CHORUS,
EDWARD s. SHERIDAN, Trustees.
no10.13.15.17.2O
TH0s. J. OWEN 4 SON, auesioneer;,' AZ, zSo
liable three-story row, brick dwelling,
known as premises number 1blI stree 1sd
duly tbn in hDsr .bs rseorss NC ss0 o
the District of Columbia, and at the Re. Re.
quest Of the party secured ii, thereby; ynutfe the
auction in front Of the premises, on Mon
day the twenty second day Of Noyember
following described land and d, prem lsss; eS
situate IN the District Of Solqm9,as, 5 IN ;,.. sna
Grofi's subdivision in seuare 100: as per
for the District of Columbia. in Liber 10.
at Folio g: Terms: Sol Sold subj subject to to-,
Tor approximately s6:S3l 90. further par.
ticulars. Of which win be announced at
said said trust to be paid in cash. A deposit
Of $4,000 required. Conveyancing, re-
to Be complied with within nt thirty ,sy days days
erty may be advertised and resold at the
dssretieR q rsaE n tESstiss Hs
no10, 13,15,17,2O.
Evening star., 1948-11-13
LEGAL NOTICES.
HARRY ]. KANE. Jr.. Attorney,
Sna Z n "

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT
Court for the District of Columbia
Heldina Probate court.-aIn re: ESTATE
OF HATTIE. M. ROACH. .Deceassd--Adm,
No. 6i,37l. Adm Doc 14s:-ORDER.-
Applic alton having been made herein Tor
probate of the last Will and Testament
Of said deeeoent and for Letters Natstse Itsta
Roach spensleT. It is: qRDERnD; laIS ih.t Phis TN
Roach Reynolds. Hennie Roach :. Virginia
Roach Kent, william H. Roach, Katherine
r. Strcbel and ali others concerned appear
i sald Court on Monday the .,os goth Day Dc fd 1l
show cause why such application should
not be .sranted Let notice he5eof g eodrt sr sr
and The Evening Star once in .ss each !. o. y
three successive weeks prior to the cate
herein mentioned, the first publication
to be not less than thirty days before sai6 sd
BofITHA j. LAWS, Chief Judge of said
Court. this 10th day Of Noyemher; , Ap
MARQUES, Deputy Register Of wins for
the District Of Columbia. Clerk oo q . the
Probate Court nO1o.Zu-1
Evening star., 1948-11-13

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Evening star., 1948-11-13

rHOS. J. OWEN 4 SON, Auctioneers, 435
Southern Buildins-Trustets' sale OF valu;
atle 2-story, semidetached brick ana
frame dwelling with modern improve
St Ct p v e By Byyeeo4dsd yTses % E,
Land Records of the District Of Columbia;
and at the request of the party secured
thereby. the undersigned trustees, VIII
sell at public auction, in front OF the
premises, on Monday the 22nd day OF
SeyeR0fs oeieee Pm. A the following described lsna
and premises. situate in the District OF
Lot numbered Three Hundred Thirty Five
13351 in Square Fifty-One Hundred and
Seventy-Six (5176) in the subdivision
mace by the Suburban Heignts Develop
ment Company. as per plat recoroed IN
the Once of he surveyor 1or the DIS DIS
Tet 81 Columbia in Li1es l@o at r9o
agreement set forth on plat recorded Il In
said Surveyors Once in L,ber 63 at Fo,io
rS not to build outside OF SAID hnes eX-
tions Of the District OF Columbia; sub:
2eeord rec, 10 reGms eqnsH's of sale: All cash de-
sale. All conveyancing. recording, revenue
stamps etc. at cost Of purchase Terms
Of sale to be complied with within thirty
days from day of sale. otherwise the
trustees reserve the right to resell the
property at the risk and cost OF de-
faultine purchaser after nye Gays aaves-
< sp wilson WILLIAM BOWIE, trustees.
no1O13t511,
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Evening star., 1948-06-27
by David Dressler

You follow the rules when the screws are
around. If you see guy cheating you
dummy up. You work when they watch and
you loaf when they don't. That's all
But Eddie wasn't having any, He wanted
to learn that trade, behave himself and come
out to make good
When guard was rough because Eddie got
in the wrong line, the boy took showing
around and kept quiet. When he failed to
police his cell according to Hoyle, and the
keeper spat tobacco juice on the floor and
ordered him to clean it up, he did.
Eddie thought he'd like to learn to be
machinist's helper. So he went into the
prison shop and worked hard for a while.
Then he asked the shop instructor. will be
able to get job working this machine on the
outside?"
He'll no. kidr' laughed the teacher
These machines went out of date ten years
ago."
So he got transferred to masonry. and soon
was laying as good brick as the next man.
But they didn't pace him fast enough to
entitle him to get union card on the outside
Evening star., 1948-06-27

.THls is the story of Eddie the Eel More
Il than that, it is the story of thousands of
other men and women passing through our
prisons. There are good and bad prisons
Even the best have some of the drawbacks
Eddie encountered. I'm not sentimentalist
or a jealous reformer, but experience as a
penologist has convinced me that all prisons
fail in one respect or another; most prisons
are complete failures.
Eddie" the Juvenile Court said, you've
been on probation for stealing bicycles. Now
you take car for joy ride and smash it up
Eddie hung his head
But" the judge continued, you're not
bad kid. You're only fifteen. You can still
get grip on yourself"
The youngster looked up, expectantly
I'm going to send you to a reformatory
Know what that is?"
Eddie shifted from foot to foot 'Yes, sir
"a jail"
NO" the judge shook his head. Its a
place where you can reform. You'll be treated
kindly. You will be taught good trade. how
to behave It's up to. you. Good luckr'
lIc HIST udy III the TcIUIldIIy CQQle lell
pretty good His cell wasn't much smaller
than the tenement room he had shared with
two brothers. The food wasn't like hot dogs
and hamburgers, but it would do. Maybe he
,cotld learn better!
~>You Gotta Steal Big''
lHEN his education began.
Hey! You with the big head" called an
inmate in the play yard.
"Yeah?"
"Whatcha in for?"
Stealing car"
The older boy chuckled. You'll learn!
You're punk! Know what that is?"
mo. But don't like it!'
Don't blow your top kid" the seasoned
informant grinned "A punk is small potato.
Don't be one. When you steal, steal big!
Come on, I'll show you the ropes. Relax,
kid"
As Eddie and his self-appointed mentor,
Tmmy, circled the yard, the older inmate
told him how to keep your nose clean"
Evening star., 1948-06-27

He entered the farm class. They put him
him learn
And then the Assistant Superintendent
sent for him. Say, what's the matter with
you, KIDD Why all the transfers? Aren't you
satisfied with nothin'? From now on you're
pushing mopv'
And the boy was hall porter from then on.
Resisting an Officer
WHEN he began to cut corners, they gave
him bad conduct reports. When he snapped
back at a guard, he was put in solitary for
insolence. When he emerged, bitter and sui
len, cursing the disciplinarian under his
breath. he was told to do the bends - squat
on the balls of his feet for an hour - until the
pain was so excruciating he stood up and
went to solitary for resisting an officer"
And from that day on he did his time as
Timmy taught him, shirked when he could,
worked when he had to. He listened to the
boys exploits and thought, Maybe I'm
wrong"
.He'was released in two years. 1t had cost
the taxpayers $685. year to maintain him in
the reformatory, 50 the bill for that bit of
rehabilitation came to $3.50. They gave
him suit of clothes and five dollars, too.
When he returned home, the old man was
drunk as usual. So Eddie went to live in a
furnished room with Timmy He got job
in machine shop, but they fired him because
he didn't know the work
So when Timmy urged him, he
shrugged, and helped cut lead pipe out of
an empty apartment. They got caught.
Eddie" the judge said, you're not an in
corrigible criminal. sentence you to term
of one to three years in the county peniten-
tiary"
Eddie didn't know it, but a penitentiary
is place where you are supposed to become
penitent. But how?
There was no classification of prisoners to
segregate the worst from the best. Eddie
rubbed shoulders with petty thieves and gun
men, drug addicts and burglars, pickpockets
and pimps. His cellmate was veteran
criminal, as Eddie soon found out Homo
Evening star., 1948-06-27
He Learned a Lot


fat with the Others. He listened, omen.
mouthed, to stories of big hauls in crime
He became ashamed of himself, and when
asked, What did you get dropped for2"
mumbled something about "larceny." II
sounded better than petty theft" He looked
up to the old-timers. and learned manv new
technique. He determined that next time he
would steal big
No one advised otherwise, for there was
no psychiatrist or social worker to trv IN
change his attitude, and the warden did,
mt have time to see prisoners.
So when Eddie was released at the end of "a
months, he was out for the big time. Mean
while, that term cost the taxpayers S731 %
And, oh yes, Eddie got suit of clothes and
so cents to start him off in good style on the
right road
He was bitter. Even in jails, he reflected
the rich get the gravy: if you pull strings YOU
get ahead. There was no justice in Justice.
Yet he still harbored the flickering hone
that he could make the big haul and turn
honest He rode the rods to another state
He specialized in flat burglaries Then he got
arrested again. While he was ransacking an
apartment woman awoke and screamed
Catch that man. He had wiggled out of
trouble so often, he'd won the nickname of
The Eel. but this time he didn't get awav
from the law.
Eddie" the judge intoned you are on
the road to becoming desperate criminal.
You were on probation and failed You had
the opportunity to reform in a reformatory
and deliberately chose the path of crime.
Penitentiary didn't change you I'm going to
sentence you to five to ten years in State
Prison"
He was in the big time. They sent him to
prison that cost the taxpayers eight million
dollars.
Well" he smirked, looking up at the big
house, If this place don't cure me, nothin'
willr
Mugged and Bugged
ok" growled the reception clerk, you're
jugged. Go get mugged and bugged"
"Huh?"
What are you. a wise guy? Mugged you
get your picture took. Bugged: the psyche
doc studies your brain. Got it?'
AT least" thought Eddie, ''in a classy
heap like this, you get chance to tell the
doc what bothers you"
The psychiatrist was as patient as possible.
But he had AZ other arrivals to see. He asked
all about Eddie's childhood Were his par
ents good to him? Did he wet the bed? Was
anything bothering him?
Eddie told him he had never had chance.
The going was too tough. He never had any
money. Not even in jails was he taught how
to make an honest living. Prisons had given
him raw DEAL They made him mad, desper-
ate Nobody cared about him. What 81
wrong with me, doc? Am nuts?"
Continued on page 10
Evening star., 1948-06-27

sexuallty, too, was rife in the institution
The cells stank because slop buckets served
as toilets. The food was terrible, and the
guards worse. They were politically appo;nt-
ed and ran the institution accordingly. If Won
had money you could buy your own food and
cook it in your cell. One inmate even hired
another as chef and valet Favoritism Wac
the rule. If you were ''in," you lived; if yo,,
weren't, you suffered
There wasn't much work, and Eddie Was
idle most of the time. He hated that, for
idleness, he knew, makes you stir crazy,
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Reynolds Party Takes Off
For Asiatic Exploration
BY the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Mar. a. Thu
Reynolds scientific party. bound fol
Asia in search of mountain higher
than Everest, took off at 1853 am
today.
Bill Odom, round-the-world flyer
was at the controls of the converted
C-87 transport.
The first stop will be Honolulu
The party plans ref1ueling landings
at Wake, Okinawa, Tokyo and
Shanghai 1t will establish an
operations base at Lang Chow and
proceed with its projected explora-
ton of the Anne Machin Mountains
in Hopeh Province.
Milton Reynolds, wealthy Chica-
goan whose fancies have turned to
aviation and exploration, says the
expedition hopes to find a mountain
which will top Everest, highest in
the Himalayas at 29,141 feet.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Police Ordered
|0n Double Duty
After ; Killings
Grocer Is Third Victim
In II Hours; Suspects
In Taxi Sayings Freed
Picture on Page BIZ

More than 200 additional DO
lice were ordered to work double
duty tonight in an effort to halt
the crime wave that already has
cost three lives in 70 hours.
Police Supt. Robert j. Barrett
also ordered police to concentrate
on gathering information about any
possible suspects who are known
to carry pistols or own pistols. All
persons arrested carrying such
weapons will be brought in for ques-
tioning on the three murders.
Latest victim in the weekend
wave OF crime was Meyer Meyro-
witch, 80. father of three mother
less children. The grocer was found
dead with a bullet wound in his
chest last night in his lighted groc-
cry at 80 o street NV.
In an effort to capture the killers,
Maj. Barrett alerted all headuuar.
tiers detective sergeants for double
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Taft Fayors Increase
OF $1,000, in
Funds for Air Force
But He Says Additional
Money Must Be Taken
From Army and Navy
BY the Associated Press

A billion dollar increase in the
Air Force budget was suggested
today by Senator Taft, Repub-
lican, of Ohio.
. Although Senator Taft said he
doesn't like to talk in abstract fig
ures, he said he is willing to spend
considerable more on building up
the Nations air power than Presi-
dent Truman has proposed.
In his $50 ,66s ,00O, 900 budget for
the year beginning July /, the Pres
ident suggested an outlay of $780,
TOO 900 for military aircraft.
Favors Cutting UNIT Fund.
Senator Taft, however, made it
clear that any additional spending
for the Air Force will have to be at
the expense of universal military
training and be deducted from Army
and Navy funds.
Il think we may be able to get a
billion dollars more for the Air
Force by cutting out $40O O,O00, 900 for
universal military training and shift
ing some Army and Navy funds
over" the Ohio Senator told a
reporter.
Senator Taft said he wants this
country to have the worlds most
efficient Air Force. But he said it
remains to be seen whether it will
be necessary. as the Congressional
Aviation Policy Board urged yester-
day, to have $4,000 war planes.
Taft Suggests Billions.
The board said such a program
would involve spending about $l0,-
900 900 900 a year on all aviation
projects, compared with about So
$50 100000 this year..
Senator Taft said he thinks 1t
may be necessary to increase these
expenditures to 5000 900, 900 when
delivery OF the new planes actually
begins.
The boards proposals-advanced
with the warning that this country
continuously faces the possibility
of attack-iooked pretty big to some
other lawmakers.
Byrd Calls Estimate Large.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of Vir-
ginia said that while he wants a
top notch Air Force, the estimate
of the Aviation Policy Board seems
large.
However" he added, II would
rather put some of that money into
air power instead Of foreign eco
nonlic programs
Senator Ball, Republican. of Min
nesota, said it Is all very well to
talk about an air force of that size
but where are we going to get the
money!
And Representative Engel, Re-
publican. of Michigan. chairman OF
the House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee handling military spending,
commented: I'VE cant keep up to
war strength continuously"
Among other things, the congress
sional boards report called for i'm
mediate action to set up unified
military plan. An advance copy OF
the report said there is no indica-
ton that such plan is in process
of determination"
The finel official report cnits
that sentence.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Mon Wanted

Police want this man to come
to headquarters to give them
information they need in cap
turing the murderers of two
cab drivers.
The man, who apparently
doesn't know he is a key wit
ness, drives a light red, Ave-
passenger convertible coupe or
roadster with light colored
wheels. Last Friday night, be-
tween 8 pm. and 8 pm. he
helped two colored men push a
stalled Diplomat cab in the
HOO block of New Jersey ave-
nue. NV.
The two men he assisted were
the murderers of Cab Driver
James Hardy, police believe.
Witnesses say the car pushed
the cab for some distance and
then departed. The same wit
nesses said the two colored men
then hailed a cab which an
swers the description of the one
driven by Howard Jones, the
second murdered cab driver.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
Snow Just Misses Capital;
Day, Niqhf Rain Forecast

Washington missed a day-long
snowstorm by the narrowest of mar
gins today, according to the Weather
Bureau.
The bureau changed its forecast
of rain or snow" to a fiat predic-
ton of rain. day and night" after
the mercury lowered near the freez-
ing point all last night.
About 60 miles north of here,
however, the. skies were yielding a
mixture of sleet and snow
Clearing skies and somewhat
warmer temperatures are expected
tomorrow
In Baltimore, spokesmen for the
fuel oil industry yesterday warned
that late February's balmy weather
had not averted the threat Of an
oil famine. -
Judge Emory H. Niles, emergency
fuel co-ordinator for Maryland. con-
ferred with distributors in an effort
to stimulate the Is per cent oil-sav-
ing campaign among householders.
Evening star., 1948-03-02
By Thomos 6. Buchonon

The two surgeons who super
wise most of the operations at
Gallinger Hospital issued a joint
statement today urging that the
Health Department be relieved
of control over the hospital.
Such a move, they said, would re-
suit in better treatment of patients
and saving to the taxpayer.
They suggested that the admin
istration of the city institution
should be placed under a separate
agency, to be designated as the
hospital department. Full respon-
sibility for the medical care of the
patients. they said, should be as
signed by contract to the medical
schools that now furnish the visit
ing staff.
There is an urgent need for dras-
tic administrative changes at Gall
linger, 70 keep patients from
Evening star., 1948-03-02

Four persons, including an
83-year-old woman were killed
and five injured in a flash fire
which early today swept through
"a two-and-a- -half-story frame
house at 1411 Alabama avenue
Sc.
The dead, all colored, were identi-
fed by police as:
Mrs. Matilda Chisley, SO; Mrs.
Bernice Mills, 40, and two of her 10
children, Evangeline, IA, and Bar
bara, u.
In serious condition at Casualty
Hospital was Richard Mills, A, hus-
band of Mrs. Mills. Neiglbors said
Mr.. Mills, who operates a garage in
the 1400 block of Alabama avenue
Sc, escaped from the burning
building by jumping from his sec
ond-story bedroom to the top Of
car parked beside the house. He Ii
Evening star., 1948-03-02
British and Jews Figh
Arabs in Big Battle
Outside Jerusalem
Heavy Weapons and
Grenodes Are Used in
Assault on Snipers
By the Assoeioied Press

JERUSALEM, Mar. british
troops battled beside Jews today
against Arab snipers dug in on
hillsides commanding the Jeru-
salem-Jaffa road, a Jewish
Agency source said.
The British vowed last night to
use their weapons henceforth i'm
partially against whichever side is
firing"
The informant said both British
police and Tommies moved into the
area, about IL miles outside Jeru-
salem.
A large-scale battle appeared to
be under way. Heavy automatic
weapons and grenades were heard
and the Jews were believed to be
bringing up mortars.
Powerful Weapons Threatened.
The British have threatened to
use weapons more powerful than
those available either to Jews or
Arabs to stem the bloody fighting
which has ragged in Palestine ever
since the United Nations decision to
partition the Holy Land was an
nounced in November.
The new battle is near point
where the Jerusalem-Jaffa road
leaves the Judean hills and enters
the plains. A three-mile stretch Of
road has been impossible for weeks
because of sniping.
No casualty reports were immedi-
ately available.
The British breakdown order in
Jerusalem came from Brig. c. P.
Jones, commander of the British
garrison, who told his troops that
force must be used impartially
against both Arabs and Jews.
Difficult to Pick Aggressor.
prolonged firing between Arabs
and Jews within Jerusalem makes
life intolerable for it's inhabitants,
his directive said Such disturb
ances will not continue. Force
will be used to incidents of this
kind. The army will, If necessary,
use weapons more powerful than
those available to Arabs and Jews
Brig. Jones said it is impossible
to determine who is the aggressor
in Jerusalem fighting.
"The army will therefore use its
weapons impartially against which
ever side is firing" he declared.
His statement followed one by the
British mandate government which
charged the Jewish agency with
condoning terrorism.
The governments charge all but
severed relations with the Jewish
Agency, political representative of
Palestine's 100000 Jews.
The governments statement to
the Jewish Agency apparently
stemmed from the blowing up Of a
British troop train Sunday in which
% British soldiers were killed. The
Stern gang, Jewish extremist un-