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Evening star., 1950-12-18
Cobra Stops Detective Cold

When Capt. Blick arrived the
bellhop was not to be found and
the man had disappeared. But
the snake had not.
Quickly quitting the room, the
police captain put in quick call
to DR.. William Mann, director of
the Zoo.
DR.. Mann confirmed Capt.
Blick's worst suspicious: The snake
was a cobra, which strikes faster
than rattler.
He then settled down in the
lobby, six floors away from the
snake, to await the owner, who
identified himself as Louis Pasteur
of Grand Mere, Canada, and the
San Fernando Valley, Calf.
Capt. Blick advised the owner to
turn his snake over to the Zoo or to
leave town with it. He checked
out of the hotel with the cobra
housed in a black valise. He didn't
say where he was going.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Arctic Field Training
Announced by Army

Two Arctic indoctrination field
exercises are scheduled by the
Army this winter, Gen. Mark W.
Clark, chief Of the field forces
announced today.
Two groups of officer student
volunteers will participate in the
training. which will stress indi-
vidual survival and include tao
tical exercises.
The two training sessions will
be given in January and Febru-
ary at the Army Arctic Indoc-
trination Center, Big Delta
Alaska.
Big Delta is in central Alaska
on the banks of the Delta River,
100 miles from Fairbanks. The
Army said that the only habita-
ton near the Big Delta base is a
small village Of about a dozen log
houses and a few homesteaders'
cabins.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Methodist Club Award
Presented 10 Archie Davis

Archie w. Davis was presented
with the first annual Methodist
Mems Club Award of the Calvary
Methodist Church of Arlington
yesterday.
The award was given to Mr..
Davis for his outstanding "spir-
itual leadership. humble consecra-
ton and unselfsh service"
Mr.. Davis was presented with a
silver cup in addition to the
citation. The presentation was
made by the Rev. H. Wark Curry,
minister.
A native of Washington, the 79-
year-old church leader was a
member of McKendree Church for
many years, where he taught a
class of boys and served as a Boy
Scout leader for Is years. He
joined Calvary Church in 1889,
and is now a steward there. He
also served for time as assistant
superintendent of the Sunday
School and now frequently serves
as a Sunday School teacher.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
andria; Harrington is In Arlington

andria; Harrington is in Arlington
county.
Some darlington families took
inordinate pride in the fact they
had cellars while their Parkfair-
fax neighbors have none. Some
Parkfairfax families took mex
plicable satisfaction in the fact
that they were tenants of one of
the triumphs of private enterprise
one of Americas largest cor
porations They looked down on
neighbors across the line who not
only worked for the Government
but paid rent to it.
Last Difference Removed.
The last difference finally was
Strengthened out. The Defense
Homes Corp. sold its properties
and darlington also has private
ownership.
But differences developed
within the two communities. The
Shirley highway, a beautifully
Handicapped 4-lane divided thor
oughfare runs through the Fair
lington property, dividing it into a
North and a South darlington.
The North harrington buildings
are a little more CONSTRUCTED as to
space. Soon there were South
Evening star., 1950-12-18
GWU Debate Team Wins
All 3 Contests in New York

George Washington University's
debate team is back home today
after scoring eight wins in eight
contests, thereby winning the first
annual Hall of Fame intercolle-
giate debating tourney at New
York University.
Nancy Saunders and James
Robinson argued the affirmative
side of the proposition that non-
Communist nations should form a
new international organization.
They defeated pairs of debaters
from Lafayette. Rutgers, Bates
and New York University.
Eleanor Edlow and Barlow Wag-
man argued the negative side Of
the same proposition and defeated
pairs from Manhattan, Smith, the
City College of New York and
Dartmouth.
The winners are all freshmen
except Miss Saunders, who is a
sophomore. They are all from
Washington except Mr.. Robinson.
who is from Blackwell, Okla.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

he returns to his darlington or
ParkfairfaX apartment. Both
outfits have laundry rooms
equipped with coin-operated
washing machines and driers
located in every group of build
lngs.
One woman undertakes to put
up a schedule once week at a
time known to all and then the
others sign up for the period they
intend to use. The main difficulty
seems to be that many women
think they have a vested right in
the period they have been using
in past weeks. Routine is impor-
tant in the keeping of any we'll
operated household.
It's when they find that some
one else has signed up for their
time that the protests are made
to all ears but those of the Of
fender. And when the interloper
fails to use the stolen" time, the
Indignation becomes a dangerous
emotional disturbance.
Another flaw in this Utopia, a
flaw so serious that it causes
doubt that Parkfairfax-F -Fairling-
ton is Utopia at all, is the diesel
horn on the yard engine of the
freight spur of the Old Dominion
Railroad which runs through
-Four Mile Valley. Although planes
bound for nearby National Air
port sometimes fly so low over the
roof tree that you sit up in bed
and shout for them to pick up
their wheels, the diesel horn is
much worse. The engineer has
to blast it for every crossing,
Dominion road, Valley drive and
the Shirley highway.
This reporter, who has lived
for seven years at 1882 Martha
Custis drive in Parkfairfax, has
never been able to get used to it.
There are beautiful diesel horns
available for railroads. On sleep
less nights he has found the sound
of the diesel trains of the South
ern Railroad as they approach
Alexandria from the South to be
delightful.
If the Old Dominion doesn't
get a new and decent horn for
that yard engine, I am going to
organize a gang of Parkfairfax
little cops and robbers and have
them hold up the train and lynch
the engineer.
They'd do it too.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

a deadly snake
adventure.
AS a man who
would rather
be shot at than
+ ace a liv e
snake, " Capt.
Blick faced one
when the An
napolis H o t e |
m a n a g enent
called him to
i n v e S t i g a tie
IS o m e t h / n G
that can't be
mentioned on
the phone" !"
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Trucker Killed
In Oil Blaze on
Grain Highway
WouId-Be Rescuers
Unable to Save Mar
Trapped in Vehicle

The driver of a loaded oil
truck burned to death in the
flaming Wreckage of the vehicle
on the Grain highway early today.
The man, John Michael Hoff-
man, jr.. of 5000 Cheyenne place,
Branchville, Md. apparently was
dead when f1remen finally pulled
his body from the flaming tanker.
Anne Arundel police said the
big tractor-trailer, travelling south
on Route 301 near Pigeon House
Inn at the intersection with Route
so, struck the rear of a light
stake-body truck and plunged off
the road in flames.
Other Driver Held.
Isaiah Sweets, colored, of Bal
timore. driver of the light truck,
was making a left turn onto a dirt
road. He was held at the Edge
water police substation in Anne
Arundel County on charges of
manslaughter.
Traffic on Grain highway was
held up for almost two hours while
flremen from Bowie, Odenton.
West Annapolis and Herald Har-
Dor fought the fierce flames.
Owned by the Central Fuel Co.,
1924 Florida avenue NE, the oil
tanker operated between Baltimore
and Washington. Mr.. Hoffman
had been working for the firm
about month.
Had Infant Daughter.
Mr.. Hoffman, native of Natick,
Mass. was % years old. His
widow. the former Olive Virgin,
worked for five years at the David
Taylor Model Basin, prior to their
marriage in April, 1949.
He also is survived by a 7-month-
old daughter. Prior to moving to
the Branchville address in August,
the Hoffmans lived at TIC Erie
avenue, Takoma Park.
Mr.. Hoffman was in the Marine
Corps for several years until April,
1949.
First Accident of Type.
Clifton Hershberg. company
manager, said it was the first fatal
accident Of its type since the firm
was organized in 1909.
Three ambulances were rushed
to the scene, but high flames pre-
vented rescuers from reaching the
trapped man. He was pronounced
dead on arrival at Anne Arundel
General Hospital.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Similar Accident Kills
Trucker Near Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Dec. 18 (P.-
Fred Oberholtzer, 25. of Norris
town. Pa, was burned to death
today in the trailer truck he was
driving after an accident on the
Pulaski highway on the northeast
outskirts of Baltimore.
Mr.. Oberholtzer's truck rammed
into the rear of a dump truck be-
ing towed by another, Essex police
reported.
The cab burst into flames, trap
ping Mr.. Oberholtzer and driving
away would-be rescuers. Firemen
kept the flames from reaching the
trailer which was loaded with tires
and general freight.
Louis Fitch, 80, of Raspeburg, I
driver OF the dump truck, was
taken to hospital with a back in
jury. Earl Fitch, 80, of Fullerton,
driver of the towing truck, was not
hurt.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

A bellhop on a routine call for
milk had walked into a sixth floor
hotel room to be greeted by a man
sitting in chair patting a six
foot cobra on the head.
Evening star., 1950-12-18
Louise County Sheriff Dies

LOUISA, Va, Dec. 18 P.-
J. Frank Bickers. 84-year- old
sheriff of Louisa County for 20
years. died yesterday at his home
here.
Evening star., 1950-12-18

Capt. Roy Blick, head of Wash
ington's vice squad. is glad to be
back at his usual pursuits today
after a Saturday night filled with
Evening star., 1950-12-18
ALI Have Private Entrances.

And he varied them in color.
He made some all white and
varied the others by painting wide
panels on the brick face, panels
of pastel tints Of yellow, green or
blue. And with winding streets,
he managed to place them In a
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first sngy her audience Then she lifts her hands,
holds them poised above the keys if hush the rustic of
programs and finally she. begins to play.
AS she music from the ancient organ her bosom
and falls slowly rapidly she to
passionate passage At the end she eaxes drops her hands
her lap and mods her head gracefully smiling to
knowledge her applause.
Would They Come Alive?
HE chubby little boy who writes in any language, holds
his quill pen flexible fingers He dips its point carefully into
nkwe his desk It's real ink and the boy first shakes
the pen get rid of the then he gazes into the for
seeking inspiration Finally he bends his head to
the paper and pens his compositions carefully in beautiful
18th-century manuscript
his drawings with quick strokes of his pencil pausng
and then blow the pencil dust from his paper.
Old JacquetDroz relation to Edmond Droz, today's
guardian of the trio have finally given up the idea
that he made his eke enough they might
day really alive He had been ordained minister before
becoming Matchmaker and perhaps it was his earlier theo
logical training that made him at last leave the task of
ton to God alone
At any rate the three auomata made their inventors life
hectic rich and dangerous There rumbings of
anger and rites of excorcism among the Jua villagers when
the children performed JacqueDroz packed them off
France
For safety he travelled in sealed carriage galopng head
long with darened lanterns through villages where peasants
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One writes with quill pen and precocious he dash
off compositions almost any language in the world his
brother artist whose miniature portraits of royalty have
delighted European kings.
The three children live in private in Neuchates
municipal museum. Except sometimes in the early morning
and the single Sunday each month when they perform for
the public, they sit mmobe the girl at her armonum the
boys their desks. Only in the world make
them display their talents and he is M. Droz.
For inside their esh-tined eke, and extraordinarily
human bodies three of the complicated systems of
cams springs levers pins and metal muscles devised
Their inventor passed their secret along his sole assistant
nearly $50 years ago. and each generation since then
that has been given lone mortal Today young
named ean-Perre Wagner, echnican in Neuchates
But it will be years before he knows them thoroughly
1t isn't if the three children merely mechanical dolls
Not ALL They created in the 18th century, period
when scientists convinced that somehow reasonable
man. could life itself just the alchemss of the
Dark Ages amassed their lore in the hope of smelling gold
from grosser metals.
She Smiles. Then Plays
HE three children the to the search for es
that consumed Swiss theoogan named Pierre acquet
Droz of La ChauxdeFonds in the canton of Neuchatel
Old Jacquet-Droz sterneyed slightly mad genius almost
succeeded in giving his children the very of life
That dextrous bewigged Swiss inventor gave his musician
pair of blue eyes that still follow her flashing fingers
along the keyboard When she performs even today her eyes
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Satellites Form Units
For Korea, Berlin Says
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, July 10.-Formation Of
international brigades" in Soviet
satellite countries to fight with the
Communist North Koreans has
been reported by a West Berlin
anti-Communist newspaper.
The Socialist Berliner Stadblatt
said yesterday the brigades would
be marshaled at Warsaw and that
East Germany would be among
areas contributing.
The newspaper said its informa-
ton came from unidentified
sources in East Germany's Com
munist government. No conflrma-
ton of the reports were available.
At the same time the Soviet
Army official newspaper here,
Taegliche Rundschau, wrote of &C
tive intervention on behalf of the
North Korean Communists by
what it called the ld-girdling
peace front"
1.-THE peace 'front.'" said Rund-
schau g. is no longer dealing
with resolutions, but is going over
to active deeds in line with its
unshakeable decisions"
The paper did not elaborate
what these "active deeds" would
be
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Samuel DrakeIey Dies;
| Retired Brickmason

Samuel Drakeley, retired brick
mason who had worked on several
prominent buildings here. died
Saturday at his home, 1862 Park
road NV. He had been i'll for
two years.
Mr.. Drakeley, who would have
been 81 on August 81. had lived
in Washington for 40 years. He
had worked on the Washington
Cathedral, the Scottish Rite Tenn
pie and the Shrine of the Sacred
Heart Church. In New York City
he helped build the Empire State
Building and Grand Central Sta
ton.
Born in Philadelphia, Mr.. Drake
ley received his apprenticeship
training there. He was a former
member of the Moose in Philadel-
phia, and belonged to Bricklayers
Union No. here.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Edith G. Drakeley; sister, Mrs
Susan lie Compt, and a niece, Mrs
Elsie Crawford, both of Philadel.
phia.
Funeral services will be held al
10 am. tomorrow in st. Martin.
Catholic Church. Burial will bt
in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Wildcat Trucker Strike
Endangers London S Food
BY the Assoeieted Pres,


LONDON. July 10.-A wildcat
trucker strike denounced by un-
ion leaders as Communist-in-
spired endangered the food sup
plies of greater London's 8 million
persons today.
The dispute began II days ago
when 400 drivers walked out at
the Smithfield Market which ham
dies most of London's meat sup
plies. They blamed a delay in
settling their claims for $685.
a-week rise.
The army moved in 1,400 SOL
diers to handle perishable meat
shipments. A call for a general
sympathy strike by all truckers
in the London area followed Fri
day.
Arthur Deakin, secretary of the
Transport and General Workers
Union, told reporters "It is clear
that a number of Communist
agitatorS are behind this at
tempt"
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Colombia Quake Toll
UnoffieiiaIly Put at I'll;
$1,000 Hurt, Homeless
BY the Assoeioted Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, July 10
Unofficial reports today indicated
211 persons are dead and 1900
injured or homeless in seven
towns after five earthquakes that
rocked North Central Colombia
over the week end.
The presidential palace, in a
statement last night, indicated the
official death toll was at least 1873
The new figures were given in
the newspaper El Siglo.
El TEMPO said the number OF
dead reached 200, with 500 in
jured and 10000 homeless. FL
Siglo estimates the material dam
age at 6 million pesos, while El
TEMPO said the damage is about
40 million pesos.
Electric Power Fails.
Both papers said Arboleda, q
town of 10000, and Cucutilla, of
about $4,000 were almost de-
stroyed. Electric power failed af-
ter the shocks and the towns were
in darkness, which contributed to
the panic among the inhabitants.
Another town, Salazar de las
Palmas, with about 81 900 people,
was severely hit by the tremors.
The government flew troops,
police and doctors, food, drugs and
tents to the affected towns.
So far the government has
made no new announcement and
the Red Cross has no official in
formation because wires are down
and communications almost i'm
possible, except for radio.
Many Houses Damaged.
Ell Siglo said one house of every
four was damaged in Santander
del Notre Department. Ell Siglo
also said that five tremors were
registered: At $50 pm. and 1O:45
pm. Saturday and 4 am, 8 am
and $3.50 pm. yesterday.
Other towns affected were:
Barrientos, Quebrada Honda,
Monte Cristo and San Jose de
Avila. The shocks were also strong
at Mutizcua and Toledo, where
two churches were leveled.
Cucuta, Durania and Toledo
also felt the shocks.
All the nearby towns were asked
to help in the rescue work.
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Senate Crime Probers
Ito Question WoIfson
On Campaign Gifts
By Miriom Gutenberg

The Senate Crime Investigat-
ing Committee has issued a sub
poena for Louis z. Wolfson to
testify on his campaign contribu-
tions at the forthcoming crime
hearings in Miami. a committee
source reported today.
Mr.. Wolfson. 38-year-old jack
sonville industrialist, headed the
Florida group which bought con-
troll of the Capital Transit Co.
last fall. 4
Mr.. Wolfson's Office in Jackson
vile said he left over the week
end for a To-day trip. The crime
hearings open in Miami Thurs
day.
The committee is interested in
reports that Mr.. WolfSon con-
tributed $154,000 to Florida Gov
Fuller Warren's campaign in 1913
Named by Peterson.
Also subpoenaed for information
on campaign contributions. ac-
cording to the committee, are
William H. Johnston of Jackson
villee and c. v. Griffin. The latter,
according to newspaper reports
from Florida. broke with his
political friends last February and
talked about the campaign con-
tributions.
Mr.. Johnston's name cropped
up in the testimony of Virgil
Peterson. operating director Of the
Chicago Crime Commission, be-
fore the committee last week.
Mr.. Peterson said Mr.. Johnston
had been an associate of John
Patton who, the witness added,
"has long been associated with
members of the Capone gang"
Mr.. Johnston, according to Mr.
Peterson's testimony, is now listed
as president of the Miami Beach
Kennel Club. Inc. the Associated
Outdoor Clubs, Inc. of Tampa
the Jacksonville Kennel Club
Inc, and the Orange Park Kennel
Club, Inc. all Florida dog tracks.
Operates Chicago Track.
Mr.. Peterson said James Patton
son of John Patton, is listed as
vice president of the Miami Beach
and Jacksonville Kennel Clubs
and assistant treasurer of the
Orange Park Kennel Club. The
witness added that John Patton
was listed as stockholder of the
Miami Beach Kennel Club until
1941.
He identified Mr.. Johnston as
president of the club that owns
SportSman's Park in Chicago and
told the committee:
II think if you would check with
some racing people there, you
would find that John Patton
spends an awful lot of time il,
the penthouse there at Sports
mans Park with William H
Johnston in the operation of that
track"
Evening star., 1950-07-10
koreu
Continued From First Page.)

1O141 i 110t CsI
emy force that outnumbered it
10 to in men and armament.
Gen. Macarthur praised it for
its bold and most successful
holding, delaying and rearguard
action" The unit was not identi-
fed. 1t is now in good shape.
the United Nations commander
said.
The tough Americans cut their
way through the North Korean
1st Division to get out.
The battalion had been in a
forward position during the battle
when it was encircled by the Com
nuniStS.
There was no mention in Gen,
MacArhtur's communique yester-
day Of the battalion's losses. He
did not explain it's bold opera
ton"
Artillery Delays Advance.
The distinct lull" which Gen.
Macarthur reported in ground
fighting throughout Sunday fol-
lowed intensified delaying ac-
tion by American and South
Korean forces.
Associated Press Correspondent
Tom Lambert reported yesterday
from advanced American head
quarters that United States troops
had at least temporarily halted
invading columns somewhere south
OF Chonan with the largest con-
centration of artillery fire yet re-
ported at the front.
Four North Korean Communist
divisions were reported in the
Chonan area, where Communist
tanks and troops were apparently
concentrating their greatest
strength. Two other Red divisions
are operating against South Ko-
rean Republican forces roughly 40
miles east of Chonan.
There was still no indication
that American armor, tanks or
armored cars, had been commit
ted. An Army spokesman in Ko-
rea said Sunday these were moy-
ing to forward areas.
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Man browns in Potomac
As Moforboat Capsizes

A man identified by Maryland
State police as Franklin Hardesty
40, of Wicomico, Charles County,
Md, drowned yesterday when his
boat capsized in the Potomac
River at Rock Point, Md.
Police said Mr.. Hardesty was in
a small outboard motor boat with
Randall Robey, Fort Meade
(Mdo soldier. when it overturned.
MIR. Robey managed to swim
ashore and reported the drowning.
Dragging operations began last
night and were to be resumed to-
day by a Tidewater Fisheries
boat.
Evening star., 1950-07-10
Letter Calls u. ). Pilot
In Korea Murderer
BY the Associoied Press

GARDEN CITY, N. Y, July 10.
The mother of an American
fighter pilot in Korea has received
an anonymous letter describing
her son as a murderer" and
praising the Communists.
The letter. postmarked Hart
ford. Conn.,. was received July 8
by Mrs. Harold L. Wayne of Gar
den City, mother of 1st 1t. Robert
Wayne. "a, jet fighter pilot who
downed two Russian-made Korean
aircraft while conveying trans
port planes eyacuating Americans
from South Korea.
81 see by the paper that you
are proud of. your son killing other
people and destroying the world
Of paradise" the letter said.
"The Communist are not bao
people; they want all men to be
equal, but those rich Yankees
don't want to have them in theil
nest and don't want to share with
the poor man. that is why Com.
munist is fighting"
The pilots father last night de-
scribed the letter as Communis1
propaganda and said he woulc
turn it over to the FBI.
A fiber called caranday is being
extracted from wild palmettos by
! Argentine firms.
Evening star., 1950-07-10

Gen. Macarthur, the United Ma
tionS commander, in saying:
1--WE will take anything from
any source that will be made
available to u.s.
Gen. Stratemeyer said point
edly that he has no confirmed re-
ports that Soviet airmen have
been flying North Korean planes.
The North Korean pilots, he
said, have been good and brave
they stayed in a dogfight with
the result that some II of them
have been shot down."
Gen. Stratemeyer denied North
Korean and Moscow broadcasts
that the Northern capital of Ply.
ongyang had been bombed.