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Evening star., 1950-05-30
Suspect Is Seized
By Policeman as
He Drives to Work

An off-duty policeman who had
his car radio tuned to police
broadcasting frequency picked up
a robbery suspect while driving to
work last night.
The suspect, still unchanged, has
admitted the armed robbery Of q
Highs Ice Cream store at $3.50
Georgia avenue NV.
Pvt. Clarence w. Knots. OF the
Sd Precinct. was driving to work
when he heard the lookout for the
bandit. Five minutes later, after
a witness had pointed out the sus-
pect, Pvt. Knots arrested the man
two blocks from the scene.
The bandit forced Belonia
Adams. 80, colored, of 4525 DIX
street NE, to hand over $l8.75 at
the ice cream store. He still had
the nickel plated revolver on him
when Pvt. Knots made the arrest,
the policeman said.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
3-Day Holiday Death Toll
Rises 10 18 in Virginia
by the Assoeiotsd Press

Virginia's toll Of violent deaths
scared to 18 for the first three
days Of the Memorial Day week
end yesterday as five persons died
as a result of automobile acci-
dents. four Of them in one head
on collision. In Maryland, the
toll stood at five for the same
period.
The latest report of holiday
fatalities throughout the Old Do
minion attributed IL Of the deaths
to highway accidents. 2 to drown
ing, to suffocation and to elec-
trocution.
Killed in the head-on crash,
which occurred half a mile north
of Rocky Mount on Route 220
were the Rev. II. K. Courtwright,
80, pastor Of the Rocky Mount
Beulah Church; william Way
mond Law. 20; Rastus Hodges
"a. and Billy Cook, 81, all OF
Rocky Mount.
Four other persons were injured
! In the collision.
Evening star., 1950-05-30

we'll have q little less Of this sort
Of thing on the streets. We've
got to do something to stamp out
these vicious assaults"
In cases where a child is to
testify and the child cannot give
a satisfactory definition Of the
truth. Judge Scott is vehement
in his anger toward the parents.
This is incredible" he will
thunder. This child has never
been to Sunday School. We talk
about juvenile delinquents. The
whole source Of the trouble is
adult delinquents."
Many persons and groups have
felt the sting of Judge SCOTS
wrath since he has been on the
bench. During his tenure. he has
laShed out against lawyers who
solicit cases in the courthouse.
k policemen who fail to keep
the area around the courthouse
clear of drunks, Metropolitan po-
licemen who allow traffic Jams
around the court and policemen
who have been unnecessarily
rough in their handling of pris-
onerS.
No Stranger to Feuds.
The elderly judge has carried
on feuds with the United States
attorneys Office. because he
thought a defendant was dis
missed to save bondsman from
having to forfeit; and with United
States Commissioner Cyril s. Law
renee. because. he said. the COM
missioner's Office was a duplica-
ton of the Municipal Court.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Paintings hat Once
Belonged to Gar
To Be Shown Here

Six masterpieces of painting
which once belonged to Nicholas
II, Gear of Russia, are coming to
the National Gallery for exhibi-
ton in connection with the D. C.
SeSquicentennial celebration.
They are part of the collection
lent by c. s. Gulbenkian and have
been on display in the Tate Gal
lery in London since 1886.
Included in the list are Dirk
Bouts "Annunciation," Rem
brandt's ''PallaS Athene" and "Old
Man Seated" Rubens' Portrait
Of His Second Wife" and two
landscapes executed by Hubert
Robert for King Louis XVI OF
France.
ALI OF these were purchased
from the Soviet government in
1899.
Other treasures now the prop
erty of Mr.. Gulbenkian soon to be
shown here are: Manet's Head o1
a Boy Blowing Soap Bubbles,
Renoir's Portrait of Mime
Monet" Fragonard's "Fete al
Rambouillet," Boucher's "Cupic
and the Graces" and Lancert'.
"Fete Galante."
John Walker, chief curator Of
the National Gallery, is in Eng
land, arranging for the shipment
OF the pictures.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Army THEOLOGICAL Chief
Urges Early Tests 10
Curb Prostate Cancer
By GEORGE Beveridqe

The Importance OF simple
prostate gland checks as a part
of every physical examination on
men over 40 was urged today as
the best attack against deadly
prostate cancer.
The appeal to doctors was made
by Col. j. c. Kimbrough, chief
of urology at the Army Medical
Center, at the second session OF
the American THEOLOGICAL Associa
tion's conference at the Hotel
Statler.
The urologist said studies indi-
cate that cancer of the prostate
occurs in Is to 20 per cent Of men
over so years of age.
While there are no symptoms Of
the disease in its early stages.
Col. Kimbrough said. the cancer
can be easily found by simple
checks in any doctors Office.
Removal Is Best Cure.
when a man waits until Symp-
toms occur it may well be too
late" he declared. These ad-
vanced symptoms are pain and
urination disturbances.
For such cancers found early
Col. Kimbrough advised surgical
removal of the prostate as the
best hope for cure.
OF rs cases of prostate cancer
treated at Walter Reed during a
10-year study, 80 were found early
enough for the drastic surgery.
OF those treated more than five
years ago. two-thirds are "alive
and WE'LL" the colonel reported.
In the other 80 cases-too far
advanced for surgery-hormone
treatment was used. chiefly in or
der to prolong life and ease pain
The main form Of such treatment
the officer said, is use Of estrogen
the female sex hormone. Estro-
gen has the effect of neutralizing
the male hormone. which acts as
a cancer stimulant in such cases
X-Rays Also Help Ease Pain.
The hormonal treatment Is be-
gun at Walter Reed as soon as the
diagnosis of inoperable (incur.
able) cancer is made.
In advanced cases, the colonel
added, X-ray treatment also Ii
used to control pain.
The study was begun in 194t
by Col. Kimbrough and DR.. vii.
liam P. HerbSt, Washington urolo-
gist. While Col. Kimbrough was
overseas during the war, the work
was taken over by DR.. Lloyd Lewis
of Washington, wartime urology
chief at the Army hospital.
Motion pictures dealing with
various phases of urology were
presented this afternoon for ar
estimated 1000 doctors attending
Scientific papers will resume to.
morrow.
Evening star., 1950-05-30

A native of King George County,
Va. Mr.. King was educated in
schools in that area, then came to
Washington where he worked as
an attendant at st. Elizabeths
Hospital. After leaving the hos
pital, he worked briefly as a street.
car motorman. then joined the
police force.
He saw duty in the first and
second precincts, and in 1920 was
named a detective sergeant. He
was promoted to lieutenant in
1880. He received IL commenda-
tions during his career.
Before retiring to his Virginia
home near Colonial Beach, he
lived at 1842 c street Sc. During
the last few months of his life
he devoted most time to his hobby
Of raising foxhounds.
He was a Mason and a member
of the Shiloh Baptist Church in
King George County.
Besides his widow, MIR. King is
survived by a son, James B. King
9516 Evergreen street, Silver
Spring; two daughters, Mrs. An
ME T. Davis, 713 Seventeenth
street Sc, and Mrs. Virginia
Motley. 1S42 c street Sc: five
brothers, Wyyon King. Silver
Spring; Vernon and Thomas
King, Washington: Russell King
who lives in Pennsylvania, and
Washington King, Baltimore. He
Is also survived by seven grand
children.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Flying Sub Reported
Seen by Airline Pilot

Something new in flying saucers
"a fast-moving object resembling
q lighted submarine-was re-
ported whizzing near Washington
last night by an airline pilot.
Capt. William T. Sperry, COM
manding an American Airlines
DEG, radioed National Airport air
route traffic control that he en-
countered the object 7 miles west
of Mount Vernon at 10:45 pm.
The pilot told Controller Harry
Barnes that the submarine
circled the climbing DEG twice
at $500 feet and disappeared in
the direction of Washington.
Capt. Sperry maneuvered his
New York-San Francisco craft 50
as to silhouette the object against
the moon.
'It was wingless and looked like
O lighted submarine. the pilot
reported.
He asked the controller to pick
up the object by radar, but it was
impossible to spot either the Sub
marine" or the airplane.
Evening star., 1950-05-30

koma Park within several days for
a new home in California.
Elder McElhany said his retire.
ment will take effect in July at
the quadrennial World General
Conference in San Francisco. His
successor will be elected then.
Elder McElhany has lived in
Tagoma Park almost continuously
since 1925. That year he was
elected to head the work of the
church in North America. Ten
years later, he was chosen presi-
dent Of the World General Con-
ference.
Early in his ministry, he served
the church in the Philippine
Islands and in Australia. Later
he held important positions on the
Pacific coast as president of the
Pacific Union Conference, in the
Southern States as an executive
there, and in New York.
Taking part in last nights pro-
gram at the church were Elder
A. w. Cormack, associate secre.
tary Of the General Conference;
Louis X. Dickson. vice president
and Heber H. Votaw, religious
liberty secretary. The male
quartet Of the Takoma Park
Church sang.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
By Wallace {. Cloyton

In the autumn of his career. q
kindly, portly jurist-the Districts
only colored judge-daily dis
penses in Municipal Court a brand
Of justice favored with the philo-
Sophy and tolerance that. comes
to men who have studied the pass
ing human parade with eager in
tereSt for almost fourscore years.
He is Judge Almond w. Scott.
who assembled the bench IN 1884.
vowing that he would be the
champion of the underdog-the
impoverished defendant whom he
had so often seen get short shrift
in the lower courts because OF in
ability to afford a lawyer.
Through his years on the bench
Judge Scott has seldom ignored
an opportunity to speak out
against the things he finds dis
tasteful; to counsel the sinful,
forgive the penitent and sympa-
thize with the unfortunate.
Now in his 70S, Judge Scott has
decided to retire when his present
term expires IN 1858. and he finds
much to SAVIOR in looking back
over his hard and colorful career.
Forced to Drop Law.
He remembers the early days of
his law career. when clients were
so few and so poor that he was
forced to abandon his practice to
take a job as a hotel bellboy.
He worked at several different
hotels, and it seemed as If he was
destined to carry luggage instead
of a brief case the rest of his life.
During a summer at q hotel in
Saratoga. N. Y, he was told to
take some ice water to a certain
room. After he put down the pitch
er, he waited expectantly for tip
from its elderly occupant.
The man looked up, and the un-
successful lawyer turned ellboy
saw it was the chief judge of the
North Carolina Supreme Court
the Judge who had admitted him
to the bar. The chief Judge rec
ognized the bellboy and was harsh
in his recognition.
"Is this what we gave you Ii
cense to practice law for?" he
thundered. "T don't care If you
have had bad luck. Go back and
try again"
Still smarting from the criticism,
Judge Scott came back to Wash
ington, reopened his law office,
and eventually launched the sue
cessful legal practice which led to
his appointment Is years ago to
the Municipal Court bench.
Judge Scott delights in telling
this story. He conceded that, but
for the advice of the occupant Of
that Saratoga hotel room, he
might never have reached his
present position.
Pulpit and Stage.
During his colorful judicial
career, Judge SCOTS bench has
served him both as a pulpit and
a stage.
He thrives on crowded court
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Condition Of Boy, 5,
Very Critical After
Truck Runs Over Him

Run over by a truck near hi.
Arlington home. a 5-year -old boy
was in very critical condition
today at Arlington Hospital.
He is John Rodman, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Rodman, 70r
North Wayne street, in the Lee
Gardens apartment development
The hospital listed his injuries
as a broken right arm and unde-
termined internal injuries. The
accident occurred about 4:45 pm
yesterday. police said, in an alley
In the rear Of the apartment
building.
The truck driver was listed as
Vernon Roscoe Pearson, %, vien-
ma. Va. No charges were placed
against him.
Fairfax Woman Hurt.
A Fairfax County woman was
hurt last night when she fell from
a moving truck on Route 236 near
Alexandria.
She was Mrs. Mae Alexander
colored. OF Route S, Alexandria.
She was treated at Alexandria
Hospital for cuts. a possible broken
jaw and loss Of teeth, and trans
ferred to Freedmen's Hospital
here. Her condition was listed as
fair today.
Fairfax police at the Groveton
substation reported Mrs. Alexan-
der was riding in the front seat
OF a truck with her husband when
the door came open and she
fell out.
2 Pedestrians Injured.
In Washington. a motorist anc
two pedestrians were injured, none
seriously. in accidents involving 9
streetcar and two autos. Tht
injured:
William E. Terrell. 40, colored
Of 81 Virginia avenue S.W., who
is in Casualty Hospital with brair
conclusion and head cuts suf.
fered when his car struck a tree
at Second and M streets S.W.
Harley Morgan. 8, colored, o1
1007 Otis place NV, who wa.
struck by an auto driven BY
James e. Benedict, jr., IS, oi
1902 Warren road. Silver Spring
at Eleventh and Otis streets NV
He is at Children's Hospital with
a fractured left leg.
Julitt Porter. 80. Of 4433 Quarles
street NE, in Emergency Hos
pital with head and rib injuries
He was struck by a streetcar In
the 5000 block of M street NV
The streetcar was operated by
James z. Fristee, "a, Of Riverdale
Md.
Evening star., 1950-05-30

being passed out anyway.
Honor Man Named.
John T. Cox. athletic publicity
director. said that under q new
ruling the Navy will award IN"
blankets to men who win three or
more letters for varsity compete
ton in any sport or sports.
Midshipman Robert r. Monroe.
Knoxville, Tenn, was named
honor man Of the Naval Academy
yesterday.
A former seaman who won q
competitive examination for ap-
pointment to Annapolis. he will be
graduated as an ensign Friday at
the head Of his class. Charlotte
Anderson of Knoxville was his
choice to be June Week color girl.
Mr.. Monroe finished the four
year course with the highest aca-
demic mark in a class Of SOL.
Number two man was Charles
Dobony, "a. Buffalo. N. Y. Third
was David S. Boyd, %, Santa Bar
bara. Calf.
Highlight of Activities.
Capt. H. H. Caldwell. athletic
director, will give blankets to %
sports stars at a presentation Of
awards ceremony in Thompson
Stadium which highlight today's
June week activities.
Jim Oberholtzer of Indianapolis.
most lettered letterman Of 1850.
will be one of the is members Of
the graduating class receiving the
woolen trophies. His total includes
six letters awarded in the three
previous years of his academy ca
reer as well as the two being
awarded today for his final year.
Bill Hawkins Of Richmond. Va.
high scoring football fullback and
baseball pitcher. will receive seven
letters. He also won the award
for all-around athletic excellence.
Phil Ryan of Goodhue, Mimi.
winner of the Thompson Trophy
for the midshipman who did most
to promote Navy sports, also gets
seven letters.
The only three-sport letterman
and the only member Of the class
of 1852 to win a blanket this year
is Fritz Davis Of Lincoln, Nebr.
He Is being honored as football
tackle. basketball center and
weights star in track.
272 Letters Being Awarded.
Altogether 272 letters are being
awarded today in 20 sports. in
cluding a flock of N-stars denoting
wins over Army.
Needless to say, there are no NJ
stars being awarded for football.
Navy hopes to start handing those
out again next spring.
Intermittent showers and q
glum overcast failed to obscure
June Week sparkle yesterday.
Midshipmen in parade uniforms
marched in review before Vice
Admiral John w. Roper. Navy
chief Of personnel. of Worden
Field.
"Youngsters" staged their hop
last night in MacDonough Hall.
Youngsters are third classmen-
who would be sophomores at .
civilian institution.
At the same time first and sec
ond classmen (seniors and juniors)
danced with their June Week
"drags" in Dahlgren Hall, the
academy armory.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Quiz Of All Personnel
AT Boiling Continues
In Search for Slayer

Investigators reached the half
way point today in their man-by-
man search for a slayer at Boiling
Air Force Base.
They were determined to ques-
ton every one of the more than
1000 personnel for q clue in the
Staying of Gordon c. Brown, jr.,
24-year -old Government employe
who was shot to death on the base
Saturday.
Until evidence proves otherwise
they are assuming that the slayer
was an airman or a civilian at
tached to the base. It appears
likely Mr.. Brown was shot by a
passenger he brought to the base
in the taxicab he drove part time
Two shifts of District and Air
Force police have questioned 1,50C
personnel in the south area where
Mr.. Brown was found dying about
2:30 am. Saturday. The quest ap-
parently has turned up neither q
suspect nor a good lead.
Now the so men assigned te
the case have broadened the in.
quiry to include the entire estab.
liShment. They reported no sue.
cess in the questioning of q %.
year -old sergeant for whom 9
weekend lookout was broadcast
Returning on schedule yesterday
the sergeant could throw no light
on the puzzle.
Skimpiness Of the clues wa.
pointed up by the interest showr
in an ordinary beer can found
somewhere on the base. Detective.
refused to say where it was found
but checked it for fingerprints.
MIR. Brown, a typewriter repair.
man for the Post Office Depart.
ment, died in the base hospita
two hours after an airmen foune
him lying between two barracks
He was shot once in the back o1
the head and his scalp bore three
marks from a beating. His necl
was scratched and seemed to have
been choked.
Married and the father of a 4.
year-old son, he lived at 224 Car
mody Hills drive, Carmody Hills
Md,
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Col. 0urisman 10 Wed
Ex-Wife Of Publisher

Col. Benjamin Ourisman, prom
inent Washington businessman,
yesterday filed an application in
District Court to marry Mrs. We
ronica Annenberg of Bryn Mawr,
Pa, former wife of Walter H.
Annenberg, publisher of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
Col. Ourisman lives at TOOL
River road. Bethesda. Md. A wild
over, he is so years old. He was
awarded the Legion of Merit fol-
his services during the late war.
Mrs. Annenberg, who is "a, is a
member of a prominent Toronto
family. She was educated at
Smith College. Northampton
Mass, and at Emerson School ir
Boston.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
co and Fiery Champion of Underdog Looks Toward Retirement

The appointment was confirmed
in 1885. and Judge Scott began
"a career>which has been marked
by testimonials and laudatory
statements from colored and white
groups alike.
One Charge Of Prejudice.
Although the judge had de-
voted much of his life to a battle
for equal rights for Negroes. the
charge of prejudice has been levied
against him only once in his
judicial career.
In that instance, a woman
brought before him demanded
trial by a white judge. even be-
fore her case had been heard
Judge Scott fined her for con-
tempt of court. but later he re-
mitted the fine and ordered her
sent to Gallinger Hospital for
treatment. He rejected q demand
by the white prosecutor that q
high bond be set.
As his career draws to a close
Judge Scott has shown signs of
mellowing somewhat. and of grow
ing a little tired.
He no longer raShly promises
"A new deal for the underdog. y
as he did when, still a politician,
he was informed of his nomina-
ton to the bench. His speeches
from the bench are still full of
fire, but the flares don't last as
long.
Where he used to demand more
work. he is now glad to see the
working day end. When a day
has been long and a lawyer in
sists the judge try another case
he may try to influence the at
torney to ask for a jury trial at a
later date.
Ardent Fisherman.
What did you say. you want q
jury trial?" the tired judge asks
mo, your honor, want a trial
by the court" the lawyer repeats
THE jury trial calendar is cur.
rent" replies the judge. But the
lawyer insists.
Early in the hearing the lawyer
makes a motion. The judge thinks
it over and says. IT deny your
motion. Now you can renew your
request for a jury trial" The
lawyer finally catches on.
Judge Scott is still an ardent
fisherman and spends many week
ends exploring the waters around
his native home. He Is also busily
at work on his autobiography
which, he says, has been contract
ed for by publisher and will be
brought out after he retires from
the bench. He has titled it up
From He'll" and it will be the
story of the poor Negro who fought
prejudice and misfortune to be-
come one of the few colored judges
in the country.
Although the portly judge has
received many tributes and COM
pliments, the one he values per-
haps the most was made by @
lawyer who sat in his courtroom
one day and later observed, Judge
Scott deals out justice not from
the law books but from the heart.
Evening star., 1950-05-30
Demand for Pensions
Blamed on Initiation
BY the Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, May 30
The current demand for workers
pensions from industry is caused
by imitation due to the Govern
ment debt, q representative OF
United States Steel believes.
Company pensions are becom.
ing the vogue because information
had made those private pensions
which were IN effect. and public
pensions, under the Social Secur-
ity law, inadequate" Donald l.
Ande, district manager Of the
United States Steel Supply Co.
said yesterday. .
yet there are still people who
are not alarmed when the Gov
ernment spends more dollars than
1t receives" he told q joint meet
ing Of the Hagerstown Lions and
Optimist clubs.
THE Governments credit is
good, they say and it can borrow
the difference. They overlook the
fact that the Government bor-
rowing is the basic. historic cause
Of imitation"
Mr.. Ande rebuked "statistically-
minded theorists both in and out
of Government" for trying tc
create class distinction in bust
ness.
zone Of the most dangerous de-
Iceptions which has been practiced
upon US is the fallacy that our
whole economy can be divided
into two parts labeled big and
little business" he said.
In United States Steel's case, he
said, 10000 of its 10000 GUS
toners are in the so-called small
business class.