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Evening star., 1949-03-26

able commissioners Office. The
three lawyers, however, argued the
point throughout the evening.
The IA men, arraigned in groups
of four or five, were arrested at
William "Snags" Lewis place. Mr..
Ford, Mr.. Hughes and Mr.. Ehrlich
formed an informal partnership
as If to speed things up. Lewis,
one of the most colorfully dressed
of the defendants with light gray
slacks, open-neck sport shirt and
bright royal blue jacket, appeared
i'll at ease. A short, plump. bald
ing man, he continually mopped
his brow and when a reporter
asked his age, he said, I'm 16."
Says Receipt Wasn't Given.
IT want the record to show"
said Mr.. Hughes, that $4,000
was taken from Billy Mitchell
Zone of the men arrested with
Lewis) and he was given no
receipt for it,"
Their arraignments were con-
tinued until April 13. All the
lawyers said the men had been
kidnapped" because they were
brought across the District line
and charged Mr.. Fay with bad
faith in that the men would be
indicted before that time and
there would be no hearing.
Phil Harris, SO, whose real name
is Philip Samakow. also was
scheduled for an April 13 hearing.
He was charged with accepting
race bets at his place of business
in the 5000 block of Queens Chapel
road, Avondale. Md, from January
1947 on.
In the crowded turmoil, which
saw an average Of so people in the
commissioners two small rooms at
all times, a United States deputy
marshal walked in with a defend
ant in a case completely unrelated
to the raids. The prisoner was
shabby-looking individual whom
the marshal had been seeking for
several months on warrant
charging he made false statements
seeking to enter a VA hospital.
He had been rounded up unex-
pectedly in the lottery dragnet.
The commissioner quickly fixed
$300 bond in his case and contin-
ued it to next week.
Commissioner Runs Elevator.
Deputy marshals numbering be-
tween 5 and 10 in the commits
sioner's Office at all times dined
around 8 pm. on cheese sand
wiches brought in. Most Of the
Evening star., 1949-03-26
AnnuIment Is Studied
By Ldttd-L
Ito Offset Wife's Suit

The Latta-Lawrence matrimo-
nial tangle took new twist today
with the prospect that attorneys
for Capt. Harold A. Latta-Law-
renee will try for an annulment
to offset his wife's bid for separate
maintenance.
The proceedings would be based
on the contention that Mrs
Latta Lawrence did not reveal in
her marriage license application
that she had been married pre-
viouSly.
In suing the 47-year-old Navy
officer for $500 monthly support
Mrs. Latta Lawrence charged him
with dlscouraging mutual resi-
dence in Washington because his
future prospects would be ruined
Capt. Latta-Lawrence explained
to her that the marriage caused
great misery and suffering" to
Mrs. Edith Nourse Rogers, ST.
year = old Representative from
Massachusetts, Mrs. Latta-LaW-
renee said
Action Considered.
It was indicated today that at
torneys for the Navy officer were
considering annulment proceed
ings on the ground Mrs. Latta-
Lawrence fa1sif1ed her marriage
application last April IA, eight
days before the couple was wed
in st. Bartholomew Church, New
York.
Quick to counter to the possible
defense strategy, David Cobb, at
torney for Mrs. Latta-Lawrence,
said she was only complying with
the captains wishes and that he
had full knowledge of her former
marriage.
Statement Released.
The attorney released this state
ment for Mrs. Latta-Lawrence:
II disclaim responsibility for
any statement on the marriage
to the effect that I had
not been previously married.
Those statements were made at
the insistence of Capt. Latta-
who had full knowledge
that I had been previously mar
ried and that my previous mar
riage had ended in divorce.
"Since Capt. Latta-Lawrence
was to be my husband and was a
lawyer by training, I followed his
wishes in this matter. Apparently
my husband believed that it
would damage him in some way
if he disclosed my previous mar
riage. Responsibility for the state
ment on the marriage application
rests squarely on my husbands
shoulders"
Mrs. Rogers called the suit, filed
in District Court Tuesday, an
"unprincipled attack on me-" and
Capt. Latta-Lawrence said the
charges we're fantastic" Attor-
neys for the captain have not yet
filed their answer in court.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

District Code, a catch-all pro-
vision against gambling, the Com
missioner set Fish's bail at $500
and his arraignment for April u,
like the others.
AS the time wore on. Mr.. Hughes
said:
Let's hurry this up. There's a
good fight at 10 o'clock.
Arraigns Four at a Time.
II know it." said Mr.. Lawrence,
II was going to go, but now I'm
going to miss it.
The next arraignments were
made four and five at Q time.
Up to this point the three law
yers present had attached them
selves to individual defendants as
the latter voiced their wish for
counsel.
But as the question of the legal
ity of arrests arose over and over
again, Attorneys Ford, Myron G..
Ehrlich and Hughes presented a
united front. Standing together
with four or five clients at time,
the lawyers took turns focusing
their indignation of the Commis-
sioner.
"Subterfuge" Charged.
Upon Assistant United States
Attorney Richard Roberts quiet
insistence on postponing hearings
in all cases. Mr.. Ford accused the
Government of "subterfuge."
1.-THE Governments wants to put
off the hearings until after the
grand jury can return indictments
against these men," he charged.
IT want it on the record that the
Government has refused us a
hearing, even though, the way
some of the charges read, they
have been preparing some OF these
cases for Is months"
The commissioner countered
this protest by reminding the
lawyers that the United States
Court of Appeals two weeks ago
upheld his right to grant the
Government reasonable" contin-
uances in gambling cases as well
as any other felony case.
Cites Rules of Procedure.
Mr.. Lawrence tried to quiet cries
of illegal arrest and arraignment
by citing rule 40 of the Federal
rules of criminal procedure for
United States district courts.
This rule, he said, empowers a
United States commissioner to
hold arraignments for defendants
arrested in Jurisdictions less than
100 miles from the nearest avail
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Details Of Raids Cmaxng Grand Juys Long Gambling Probe
.5pingarn School Delay
Could Bring Charge Of
Bias, Corning Warns

Failure to build the proposed
Spingarn High School for colored
students may place the Board Of
Education in the position OF
"breaking the law" by not provid-
ing equal facilities for Negroes.
School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
warned today.
In a letter to the Commissioners.
DR.. Corning asked the city heads
to support vigorously the effort to
get funds for Spingarn High
School in the budget now under
consideration in Congress. If the
new school is not built soon, it
could be charged definitely that
equal facilities are not being pro-
vided colored students. he added.
The Board of Education, in the
budget estimates, did not ask for
any further funds for the schools
construction at this time. It asked
only that the authorized cost limit
be raised to $3,60O.000 so the con-
tract could be let and construction
begun Immediately.
House Took Back Funds.
The House not only refused to
raise the cost limit but took back
about $1,800,0O0 already appro-
priated for the building.
Efforts to get the item replaced
in the budget will be made when
the Senate takes up the city reve-
nue. bill.
AS the House-passed bill now
stands, the District is short, by
$2,500.000, the income needed to
make the budget balance. Already
cut from the minimum" city bud
get is more than $5,000,000 by the
House. The additional $2,500.000
will have to be chopped from con-
struction funds, unless more reve-
nue. can be found.
DR.. Corning explained that, II
Spingarn is not built soon, part
time classes and lowered stand
al 10 WILL 4CoulG III G1lC GIll &C SOl-
ored high schools. Dunbar, Car
dozo and Armstrong. All are oper-
ating now with an enrolment over
capacity.
Court Suits Possible.
The District appropriation acts
always carry language providing
that money for schools be spent
proportionately between the COL
ored and white schools, with the
intent that facilities offered be
equal.
If Spingarn is not built there
will be little room for school Off
cials to maintain that the facili-
ties offered in the high schools
here are equal, DR.. Corning said.
Court suits could be expected as a
matter of course, he added.
In the past number Of such
suits have been filed in an effort
to break the racial segregation in
the school system here. None has
been successful so far.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

with accepting bets on horses at
Barber'S newsstand in the 400
block Of Tenth street NV, on
January 6.
The next one was Harry Kopel,
81, proprietor of Hammel's res
taurant in the 400 block of Tenth
street, a steak house patronized
by judges of the higher courts and
most of the top officials of the
nearby Department of Justice.
He was manacled to q deputy
United States marshal.
Shakes Kopel's Hand.
Mr.. Lawrence departed from
custom by coming around the desk
and shaking hands with him.
Il don't know a blessed thing
about this" Kopel said with ap-
parent difficulty in controlling his
emotion. Il don't take bets. I'm
no bookmaker. There are 400
people come into my place for
lunch every day. can't be respon-
sible for all of them"
Il assure you, you will get a
fair hearing before me-" said Mr..
Lawrence, "and I assure you if
I do not find sufficient probable
cause to hold you for the grand
jury that you will be released.
I've eaten in your place many
times myself"
Kopel was charged with permit
ting gaming in that he allowed a
race track bet to be made in his
place on Wednesday. Mr.. Law
renee revealed that the warrant
against him was obtained by
sworn statement of Wllfred Bar
rett, an undercover agent I'M
known to the police reporters and
criminal lawyers present.
"Never Handcuffed Before"
Mr.. Lawrence asked Kopel his
age. The reply was:
"Sixty-one and never hand
cuffed before"
Walter c. Danny" Plummer,
81, of the 6200 block of North
Dakota avenue NV. a waiter
at Hammel's, was charged with
accepting a race track bet from
the same undercover agent on the
same day.
The fireworks started with the
arraignment of Frederick C.
Whiteoak, 81, of the 1900 block
of Oates street NE. Charles E..
Ford, his attorney, demanded an
immediate hearing and asked that
Bernice Franklin, the undercover
agent who had sworn out the war
rant, be produced to testify.
Denied an immediate hearing,
he asked for one this morning and
was refused. He posed a rhetori-
cal question: rs this something
they have grabbed out of the air?"
Whiteoak was charged with ac-
cepting race track bets at his
home between January l, 1947,
and September l, 1948. Like the
others preceding him. he was
scheduled for arraignment on
April IL. 1t was here that Mr..
Ford raised a protest that was re-
peated again and again as the ap-
pearances continued. It was that
his client probably would be in
dicted by the special grand jury
before April IL, which would
eliminate the hearing.
Swings at Photographer.
Although the anteroom was still
crowded with the men in coats of
many colors, the appearances
slowed down. There we're inter-
walls of Is minutes between them
No sworn complaints had been
prepared for a number of men
arrested without warrants.
The intervals were enlivened
with a great deal Of levity. in
Evening star., 1949-03-26

which Mr.. Lawrence joined. When
it continued into the occasional
sessions of his court, he threat
ened to call the marshals and
clear the court of lawyers.
Garner S. Barbour. 81, a stocky
man who took a swing at photog-
rapher in the hall. appeared next.
Barbour is proprietor Of the mag
azine store in the 400 block OF
Tenth street NV. The name on
the sign is Barber" and he ex-
planned to the arresting officers
thu: George Barber" is his busi-
ness name. He was charged with
permitting a race track bet to be
made in his place on January s..
When he swore to his bail bond
he gave the Commissioner q mock
military salute.
Irked at Handouts.
MIR. Lawrence's genial express
sion changed to one OF fury.
None of your funny business.
or I'll raise your bail to $4,000"
he said. The man apologized.
y On his entrance into the Com
missioner's Office, Barbour was
highly irked at being handcuffed
to a United States deputy mar
shall. Somebody take these damn
things off me. You make me feel
like murderer or something" he
gritted between clenched teeth at
no one in particular.
When Henry Fish, who was
listed by the police as one OF the
1873 known bookmakers." was
brought in with no paper to hold
him on, Mr.. Lawrence said:
"Mr. Mclaughlin (an assistant
United States Attorney was going
to take care of this but he's walked
out. I'm going to walk out myself
in a little while and dismiss all
these cases if nobody is going to
help me on it"
Mr.. Lawrence seemed a little
doubtful about holding Fish when
the latter's attorney, Denny
Hughes protested that the man
was arrested while seated at a
table in Hammel's without war
rant. Mr.. Hughes said that $95
and scratch sheet were taken
from the man and that was all the
evidence against him. The
scratch sheet is a daily horse
racing publication giving the Sc
lections of the prominent handi-
cappers and the probable odds.
But when deputy marshal
signed a complaint alleging Fish
had violated section 1904 Of the
Evening star., 1949-03-26
RossIyn Cos Accord Reached

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. 26 (P.-
The Governors Office was notified
Yesterday that Rosslyn Gas Co.
and its employees represented by
International Chemical Workers
Union, Local 1876. have agreed to
q new contract effective April !.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Ships Guided Missiles
Reach High Atmosphere
BY the Associated Press

LIMA, Peru, Mar. 26.-The
United States seaplane tender
Norton Sound and the destroyers
Agerholm and Richard B. Ander-
son arrived at Callao yesterday
after a series of tests with guided
missiles off the Peruvian coast.
During the experiments the
missiles were fired into high
atmospheric attitudes. Studies
also were made of cosmic rays
close to the magnetic equator.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

ktll USg DUIIUs
Mr.. Lawrence set the same bond
for all those who subsequently
appeared before him and all the
defendants made bond. No one
spent the night in jail as a result
of the raids.
Next came William Quinn, 81,
of the 1000 block of South Caro-
lima avenue Sc, and his brother,
John Quinn, Al. of the Harrington
Hotel, both husky men in hunting
style jackets. They were charged
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27

At the re-organizational meet
ing the eastern district board of
control for the Ohio high school
athletic association held at the
Union country club, New Phila-
delphia, J. Harry Colley, super
intendent of the Belle Valley
schools, was elected treasurer for
the coming year.
Mr.. Colley is serving his second
year of five year term on this
board, representing the class B
schools. The board has charge of
athletic events in all schools of
this district, which is composed
Of thirteen counties.
J. c. Wilson, superintendent of
Mt. Pleasant schools, is the dis
trict president; W. E. Laws, SUI
perintendent of Tuscarawas coun-
ty schools, vice president; H. B.
w d rf, superintendent of
Bridgeport schools, secretary, and
T. w. Caskey, faculty manager of
Steubenville schools, member.
Counties in the district are
Noble, Belmont, Monroe, Carroll,
Morgan, Coshocton, Muskingum,
Guernsey, Harrison, Tuscarawas,
Holmes, Washington, and Jeffer-
son.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27
Runs School Light,
But Tells Mayor

The first person to receive. a
fine for failure to stop a. the
traffic light in front of the grade
school building, North street, ap-
peared in mayors court, Mon
day, of his own Volition.
The defendent, who temporar-
lily forgot the light, walked into
Mayor Sam Secrest's office after
the school patrol had informed
him of his violation. He asked
the city official what the fine
was and paid five dollars and
costs.
Mayor Secrest pointed out that
other violators would be punish
ed if teachers, school bus drivers
or other responsible officials
would get license numbers and
come in and file an affidavit for
their arrest. Although several
outside complaints have been
registered with the mayor, none
has shown up to file for their ar
rest.
The city official also warned
motorists that they are required
by law to stop for school buses
that are loading and unloading
children in the village.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27
Dairyn,el, In
County Will
Hold Meeting
Earl Weller Will
Give Principal
Address Feb. ;

A meeting of Importance to
Noble county dairymen will be
held in the common pleas court
room on Thursday afternoon,
February 3, and at the Caldwell
high school building in the eve
ming.
In the afternoon, Earl Weller,
dairy specialist from Columbus
will address the meeting and the
group will select a delegate to
serve on the board of directors
of the Guernsey dairy service
unit. This unit is set up to furnish
artificial dissemination service to
all dairymen in Guernsey county
and at the present time is serv-
icing about seventy herds in the
Noble county area.
The main purpose Of the
Thursday afternoon meeting is to
discuss plans for the setting up of
a service unit in Noble county
and all farmers and dairymen in
the county are urged to attend.
Although some Noble county
herds are now being serviced by
the Guernsey unit, they are so
overworked that it is impossible
for them to accommodate all
Noble county herds. The setting
up of a local unit would not only
offer service to more Noble coun-
ty farmers but would make poss-
ible the setting up of a produc-
ton testing program for local
dairymen.
County Agent Floyd Hender-
son pointed out that tests have
proven the value of improved
blood lines in dairy cattle and
that milk production is linked
closely with blood lines through
heredity. Most Noble county
farmers cannot afford the luxury
of bull with proven production
records and this unit would of
fer farmers the opportunity OF
improving their herds and in
creasing their milk production.
The evening session at the local
high school will feature discus
sion of general dairy problems
and production plus a further
discussion of the work accom-
plished at the afternoon meeting.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27
Noble County
Farmers Had
S2,O00,Ol0 Gross
Income For 1947
According To
Economic Report

Noble county farmers had in
come of $3,091, 300 in 1947, ac-
cording to statistics compiled
by the rural economics depart
ment, Ohio State University col
lege of agriculture, and received
this week by County Agent
Floyd Henderson.
In addition to the above in
come, Noble county farmers re-
ceived total payment from the
U. S. government in various
benefits amounting to $46,600
making a gros income of $3,137,-
800, representing a gain over the
1946 income
Average gross income for each
farm in the county was 81 1856 or
$13.84 per acre. This puts Noble
county below the average for the
state which lists $4,552 per farm
and $45.79 per acre, the county
agent reported.
The report indicated that
Noble county farmers received
an income of $456,2OO from cattle
and calves, which includes beef
cattle, Gull dairy COWS and veal
calves.
According to the economic
table, Noble county derived Al
percent of their income from
sale of dairy cattle. County
Agent Henderson said this in
cluded about IS percent for COWS
and calves and that cattle in
Noble county should be listed at
18 percent as a source of income
insead of three percent as in the
table.
Poultry and eggs were listed
at 33 percent; sheep and wool,
seven percent; hogs, five per-
cent; forest products, three per
cent, and other sources, eight
percent.
AS a great variation exists in
the size of the counties, the total
gross cash income is unsatisfact-
ory as a means of comparing two
counties.
The low income per acre in
some of the counties is due in
part to the fact that the acreage
designated by the census as "all
land in farms" includes consid-
cradle acres of land not actually
under cultivation and some not
even used for pastures. The cen
sus number of farms" includes
tracts Of three acres or more and
if the value of agricultural pro-
ducts in 1914 was at least $3.50.
The data used as a basis for
this study was secured from the
Bureau of Agricultural Econom-
les, United States Department OF
Agriculture, census publications,
information compiled by the de-
partment of rural economics, at
Ohio State University and the
best judgment and opinions of
experts in the various agriculture
al enterprises.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27
Committee Scans
Bob Secrest's Bill

A bill, introduced in congress
by Rep. Robert T. Secrest, of
Senecaville, providing for re-
search in further development of
Ohio's fuel resources is being
studied by the house public lands
committee it was announced this
week.
Secrest's bill would provide
$1,000,000 for an experiment sta
ton in or near Marietta for the
study of production, refining,
transportation and use of oil and
natural gas. The bill also asks
$500,000 annually for mainten-
ance and operation costs.
The committee is also studying
a bill by Rep. Thomas A. Jen-
kins, of Ironton, providing a
$1,000,000 experiment station in
the Hooking valley for research
in producing and using petro-
leum and natural gas derived
from coal or oil shale.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-01-27
Pfc LAWRENCE SCHEHI

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Full military rites will be con-
Quoted this Friday morning at
St. Mary's Catholic church, Full
da, for Pfc Lawrence Schehl, 27,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Schehl,
east of Caldwell, whose body was
received Tuesday evening at
Cambridge by the William H. Es-
tadt funeral home, Caldwell,
The Rt. Rev. B. j. Mates will
be in charge of the services and
full military rites will be ac-
corded by members Of the local
patriotic organizations. Interment
will be made in the church ceme-
terry.
The repatriated veteran was in
Quoted into the service, August
Is, 1941, and received his basic
training at Ft. Benning, Ga. He
sailed May 80, 1913 with the para
troopers to North Africa, where
he saw action in this campaign,
as we'll as Sicily, Italy, England
and Holland. He was killed in
action October 7, 1914. Prior to
his death, he had received the
Purple Heart.
Surviving, in addition to his
parents, are the following broth
ers and sisters: Clyde, Edward
and Robert Schehl of Caldwell
route; William, of Canton; Mrs.
Helen Noll, ColdWater. and Mrs.
Bernetta Schoeppner, Canton.