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Evening star., 1950-01-21

M. Stephen, jr., found him dead
several minutes later.
A member of an old Riverdale
family, he was the son of the late
Benjamin Day Stephen, clerk of
the court of Upper Marlboro,
where his son received much Of
his early legal training.
Columbian College Graduate.
A graduate of the old Columbian
Law College here, he first had law
offices with M. Hampton Ma
gruder.. Marlboro banker and at
torney. Later he maintained Of
fees in the District and Hyatts-
vile.
Mr.. Stephen. in. addition to
being a director of the Citizens
Bank of Riverdale, had served as
counsel for the bank since its
founding.
The oldest member in years of
attendance at the Riverdale Pres
byterian Church, which he joined
in 1901, he formerly served as a
trustee and for the last 80 years
had Internationally been an elder
and member of the sessions, rul-
ing board of the church.
The attorney was also a member
of the Odd Fellows and the Ma
sons.
Survived by Widow.
Besides his son, he is survived
by his widow, Mrs. Hazel ".
Stephen; two daughters, the
Misses Lucille Lillian and Doris
Virginia Stephen, both of the
Sheridan street address; a daugh-
ter by a previous marriage, Miss
Ruth Marian Stephen. 4510 Oliver
street, Riverdale, and a sister.
Miss Lottie Margaret Stephen of
the Oliver street address.
Funeral services have not been
completed. Arrangements are
being made at the Gasch funeral
home in Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Maryland and Virginia
Cite DIP Problems
Rx the Associated Press

Maryland, Louisiana and Vir-
ginia have told the House Judiciary
Committee they have had difficult
ties with displaced persons.
In other States, a subcommittee
said, the problems have been few
and the DPS generally well &C
cepted.
Practically all the complaints in
Maryland had to do with farmers
and agricultural workers. The
State has received 2,037 DPS.
Gov. Lane reported to the COM
mittee that about 20 per cent of
these "have either had no agri-
cultural experience whatsoever or
else have had a minimum of agri-
cultural background and have
shown themselves to be unwilling
to perform agricultural duties.
"The fact that approximately
30 per cent of the displaced per-
sons families have been satisfac-
tory would indicate that the pro-
gram has been successful so far"
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Maryland u. Requests
New Building Funds

The General Assembly had no.
tice from the University of Mary
land today that it wants at least
$l,550,000 for new construction.
The university's program calls
for a 100000 bond issue for 8
student activities building and 9
bond bill for construction of a
combination athletic auditorium
and physical education plant.
No estimate Of cost was made
public on the latter
State fiscal Offices have init
mated that financing of only
emergency projects would be con-
sidered at this short session, tc
begin February /. So far Gov
Lane has remained -committal
on bond issues for this session.
President H. c. Byrd didn't
make public the university's pro-
gram after the Board of Regents
approved it yesterday, but he did
say the university will ask $780,
900 in State money for physics
and mathematics buildings to
complete the new engineering
group.
Part of the known program
will involve use of the States
credit in a way similar to that
adopted for the $50, 100000 credit
pool for public school construc-
tion.
Evening star., 1950-01-21

Washington had slipped. The
oath year of independence was
1899, and his will was signed on
July 9 of that year, not 1790. The
will was completed five months
and five days before his death.
He also slipped on page %. The
last words on that page were not
go Washington" but "City OF
Washington" referring to a
square of District property he left
to one of his heirs.
AS for witnesses, none was re-
quired in Virginia. But they
were in the District, Maryland
New York, Kentucky and Ohio
where Washington owned alto
gether, more than 10000 acres OF
land.
Fortunately, the beneficiaries
agreed to abide by Washington s
wishes; he himself gave the cor
rect date in property list at
tached to the will, and the miss
ing signature on page % didn t
matter.
The will, along with that of
Martha Washington, who died in
1902, is preserved behind glass in
the present county courthouse in
Fairfax.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Man Scales Fence
For Cold Swim
In Reservoir

Police were still in the dark
today over how a 35-year-old COL
ored man managed to scale a
1o-foot fence topped with barbed
wire at the Mcmillan Reservoir
yesterday.
The man, who gave his name
as BENJAMIN j. Chick of 1904
Euclid street N.Wy was found
dripping wet between the big
fence and a smaller iron fence at
Fourth street and Michigan ave-
nue. NE.
The rescue squad had to use a
ladder to reach the man, who
police said, apparently decided on
a swim but found the water toe
chilly.
The man gave no explanation
for his act, and police sent him
to Gallinger Hospital for mental
observation.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Judge 10 kenna, 81, Dies
In Charleston Restaurant
By the Assoeioted Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Jan. 21
West Virginia Supreme Court
Judge 10 N. Kenna, 81, died of q
heart attack last night in a down.
town restaurant.
Judge Kenna was first elected
to the States highest bench ir
1881. He was serving his second
12-year term, which would have
expired in 1856.
Born in Charleston, Judge
Kenna graduated from Mount St
Mary's College at Emmitsburg
Md. and the University of Vir-
ginia law school.
In 1916 he married Louise
Montcastle of Knoxville, Tenn.
Survivors include his widow
and a sister, Mrs. Mary Kenna
Elkins of Washington, D. c.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Grand Jury Hears Evidence
In Fatal Abortion Case

The case Of Ralph Willard
Myers, 44-year-old Arlington CVa.)
window shade salesman, who is
accused of performing a fatal
abortion on Mrs. Nina Jean Camp
bell, 20, of Hillside, Md, yester-
day was presented to the District
grand jury for action. it was
learned.
Witnesses, who previously had
testified at the morgue appeared
before the grand jury.
Mrs. Campbell's body was found
brutally beaten, on January 5 in
the apartment of Miss Ruth
Childs, nursing education di-
rector of Children's Hospital, in
the 1900 block of Fairmont street
NV.
Myers has admitted he agreed
to perform the abortion, but has
denied he performed it, according
to police. He has said he knows
nothing about the beating, police
said. e.,
At about the same time the
Myers case was being presented
to the grand jury. District Court
Judge T. Alan Goldsborougt
turned down a request by Attor-
ney James j. Laughlan, represent
ing Myers, for a reduction of the
defendants $4,000 bond. Myers
has failed to make the bond.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Boy and Girl Killed
Leaving School Bus
As Parents Look On
Special Dispateh TO The Star

FREDERICKSBURG, Va, Jan
2l.-An 11-year -old boy and his
7-year-old sister were killed neal
here yesterday when struck by ar
automobile and hurled 80 feet
through the air while their horri-
fed parents looked on.
The children, Eugene and Maria
Olivia Brown, had just alighted
from northbound school bus on
route / about 5 miles north of here
and were crossing the road to a
restaurant operated by their IA
ther, Edison Brown.
The boy was pronounced dead
at Mary Washington Hospital here
and the girl died Of her injuries
about 80 minutes later.
Driver of the car was listed By
State police as Robert J. Spencer
27, Chester. Va, formerly of Alex.
andria. He was charged with
manslaughter and held under
$1,000 bond pending a hearing
February 2 in Stafford County
Trial Justice Court.
According to State Policeman
w. j. Townsley, the bus was car
rying about % children to their
homes from Montfort Academy, q
Catholic school in Fredericksburg
He said the two Brown children
were in the southbound lane when
Spencer's automobile, also south
bound, roared down on them. He
added the car passed another
automobile which had stopped to
permit the children to cross and
narrowly missed hitting a boy
patrolman who was waving q
warning flag. .
I So great was the impact, the
State policeman said, that the
two children were lifted out of
their Shoes"
Police quoted Spencer as saying
he did not see the children.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Woman Held for Grand Jury
In Staying Of Laborer

A 29-year-old woman was or
dered held for the grand jury and
District truck driver was exon
Grated in a traffic death at coron-
er's inquests yesterday.
Virginia Bowman, colored, was
held in the fatal shooting last Sat-
urday night of Onnie Lucas, 80
colored laborer He died Wednes-
day at Emergency Hospital. The
shooting took place in front OF
their home, 1247 Union street
S.W., police said.
Exonerated by the coroner's
jury was Nathaniel l., Clarke, SO
of 1101 o street NV, in the death
of Gloria Jean Parker, ), of 761
Howard road Sc.
Accident investigation unit Of
flcers testified the little girl got
out of an automobile in front OF
her home and ran behind it into
the rear wheel of the truck driven
by Mr.. Clarke. -
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Man Trapped in Freight Car
Almost Freezes, Glad for Arrest

Nothing made George F. Roth
happier yesterday than his arrest
on a trespassing charge.
That was what he intimated in
Municipal Court yesterday and this
is the story he told:
He got on a freight car at Har-
risburg, Pa, Thursday. AS the
train was pulling out of the yards,
there was a jerk and the door
slammed shut. He was trapped.
The weather got colder and
colder and so did Mr.. Roth. Every
time the train stopped, he pounded
on the door but got no action until
the train pulled into Benning
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Guy Harper Is Named
Boys Club Official

Guy G. Harper, jr., of 9504 W.
Stanhope road, Chevy Chase, Md,
is the first Washington Boys
Club alumnus to become an officer
of the club. He was elected yes
terday as vice president of the
clubs Eastern branch.
Others elected at the meeting
held in the Shoreham Hotel, were
E. K. Morris of 1880 Hillbrook
lane NV, reelected as president;
Woodrow D. Marriott, secretary;
Bruce Baird, treasurer; Oliver
Gasch, counsel; John w. Hech-
niger, assistant secretary; Don R.
Hutchinson. controller; George E.
Muth, board chairman, and Henry
P. Erwin, Boys Club Foundation
treasurer.
Edwin L. Davis, of 103 West
Montgomery avenue, Chevy Chase,
was elected vice president of the
Georgetown branch and r. j. A.
Kaemmerer, of 4216 Van Ness
oUA CSV, WIG Pl lCOl0Cllt-dG-ldlR6 R6 III
charge of the new camp to be in
operation by the summer of 1851
Frank r. Jelleff is president
emeritus of the Washington Boys
Club. Charles M. Fyfe is beginning
his 29th year as executive director
Mr.. Morris announced that the
new 110-acre camp site at Point
hotpoint, Md, has been named
Camp William r. Winslow ir
honor of William r. Winslow
well-known Washington business.
man, He also announced that
there are now 1000 members ir
the club. Three major projects fol
1850 set forth by Mr.. Morris. arr
expansion of the clubs new West.
ern branch, Wisconsin avenue ane
S street NV. development o1
Camp Winslow and the Boys
Clubs Of America convention MAY
14-18 at the Shoreham Hotel.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Snowstorm Misses D. e.;
Mild Week End Forecast

The probability of snow previ-
ously forecast for the week END
had vanished, the Weather Bu-
reau said today Instead, the Dis
trict and environs will have q
little milder weather.
Last night was on the chilly
side with the temperature drop
ping to % at 6:45 this morning
After moving into the 4Os today
it will drop to around 33 tonight
in the city and Is in the su-
burbs. Tomorrow will be milder
the forecaster said.
The snow veered off to the
north, he said.
Evening star., 1950-01-21

the same way as the approx
imately Is factory made sets
already in use for test purposes
including one belonging to Pres
lident Truman. The Columbia
Broadcasting System has been
making test" color telecasts
almost daily since December 81.
Here's. the way color televisior
works, according to Mr.. Flagle'!
gleanings from his own experience
and years of pouring over three
monthly radio-television maya
zines:
The color is transmitted by
whirling a three -colored trans
parent disc in front OF the camera
at LAO revolutions per minute
To receive. a similar disc is placed
in such a way as to revolve at the
same speed in front of the view
ing tube. The disc consists of six
sections of alternate red, blue and
green-the basic colors in tele.
vision.
Il started out last year to make
a transmitter that would send
color and planned to rig up the
receiver so I could send color TV
from one room of my apartment
to another" explained the youth
full electrician.
When he saw how good the color
reception was at a test showing
during an American Medical AS
sociation conference here in De-
cember. however. he decided to
finish the receiver first. He did, at
a cost out of his own pocket of
only 80 cents-30 cents for each
large sheet of colored cellophane.
A friend lent him the motor.
and another friend gave him the
sheet plexiglas from which he
cut his 2-foot wheel for the cello
Evening star., 1950-01-21
RobertsCoup|e!
To Get Sentence
Within 7 Weeks
Jury Convicts Pair
On Multiple Charges
In Narcotics Case

James M. Roberts and his wife
Evalina, convicted on all but two
counts of multiple indictment
charging drug law violations, prob
ably will be sentenced within two
weeks, following a probation re-
port.
A jury of five women and seven
men returned the verdict before
Judge F. Dickinson Let's, after
celebrating for more than six
hours.
Roberts. Al. colored, and his
red-haired wife. who is % and
white. showed no emotion as the
jury foreman, William r. Ed
wards, a 27-year-old craftsman
OF 1880 Shipley terrace Sc, an
nounced the verdict.
| Neither Took Stand.
Neither had chosen to testify
during the trial, which began last
week.
Roberts. known as "Jim Yellow
and described as "big- time oper-
ator by Assistant United States
Attorney Arthur Mclaughlin dur
ing the trial. was convicted on
these counts:
Four of transferring untaxed
marijuana in cigarettes to Fed
eral undercover agents, two of
transferring II grains of untaxed
marijuana to undercover men and
two counts of selling six grains
OF cocaine without an order form
and not in the original package
of the drug.
His wife was convicted with
him jointly on the charges in
volving the II grains Of mari
juana, as well as on two counts
charging she alone transported
untaxed marijuana in cigarettes
to undercover agents.
Acquitted in Hotel Case.
Roberts was acquitted of COM
pllcity in the case involving the
uncovering of more than four
ounces of cocaine and Is grains
OF codeine in a room in the Dun
bar Hotel last September. An
other man. tried earlier, was con-
victed on charges of selling and
concealing that cache, which had
been imported untaxed from Eng
land.
Roberts now faces a maximum
sentence of 40 years imprison-
ment and $4,000 in fines; his
wife. a maximum of 20 years
and $4,000.
Federal Narcotics Bureau agents,
assisted by a former friend of
the defendants, clinched the Gov
ernment's case with reports of
their undercover visits to the
Roberts apartment, in the 700
block Of Girard street NV, last
October,
Evening star., 1950-01-21
1ubercuIur Veteran Is Accused
OfVioIuting County Quarantine

A 28-year-old war veteran was
charged yesterday with menac-
ing public health through viola
tion of a quarantine imposed be-
cause he was said to have an
active case of tuberculosis.
Arrested yesterday on a COM
plant filed by the County Health
Officer, the former serviceman
William G. Osborne of Silver Hill
Md, was brought before Trial
Magistrate Arthur P. Owens in
Upper Marlboro Police Court.
After brief preliminary hear
ing in which the testimony con-
flicted, the court continued the
case to March 3 to allow time for
medical tests and a conclusive
analysis of the defendants con-
dition.
Thomas E. Englar, the health
officer, told the court the man
was suffering from tuberculosis in
contagious form while the de-
fendant declared he visited a vet
erans' hospital once each week and
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Invitations Ready
For Leland Concert
In Neighborhood Series

Cards of admission for the
Neighborhood Concert by the
National Symphony Orches-
ira, under the sponsorship of
The Evening Star, at Leland
Junior High School in Be-
thesda, Md, Thursday evening
now are ready for distribu-
ton.
They may be obtained at
the business counter of The
Evening Star and at Bethesda
Chevy Chase and Montgomery
Blair High Schools, at Leland
Junior High School, at BradI
ley Elementary School and
Our Lady of Lourdes Paro-
chial School in Bethesda.
The concert, which will
start at 9 pm, will be televised
by Station WMAL-TV, The
Evening Star station,
Evening star., 1950-01-21


phane. Mr.. Flagle set up a new
fronting made from the top OF
his mothers cedar chest to hide
the wheel from view.
To make a similar adapter
buying all materials, he figures il
would cost about $25-"to make
a good one" A cheap one, which
would show the color almost as
well, however, he says can be
rigged up for almost nothing
provided you have a motor.
Mr.. Flagle never thought abou
keeping his new receiver to him.
self. He's had crowds of friends
over almost every night, and i
was from one of them that Dor
Heberling, 33, of 4011 Bentor
street NV, got the idea to make
one of his own.
Mr.. Heberling. who works ir
the radio section of the Burea,
of Standards, promptly got speec
and other specifications from TV
Station WOIC and had no trouble
making an adapter.
MY colors come in as we'll al
theirs" he commented.
Mr.. Flagle admits the posi-
bility that other private televisior
experts may already have con-
structed similar adapters. His owr
example has set about six other
friends to making them.
He made it clear that the col.
ored wheel does not put color into
ordinary television. but that the
CHS color telecasts can be picked
up in black-and-white on a stand
ard set after a little juggling of
the mechanism. Then the wheel
brings out the color.
His verdict on the reception
It's just like technicolor-only
better"
Evening star., 1950-01-21
By Fred De Luno

With the spin Of a tri-colored
disc, Washington turned up its
nose today at the television first
of Roselle, N. j.
Since January l., a District
youth has been watching color
television through his own home
made adapter. And about a week
ago, one of his disciples put the
finishing touches on a similar set.
Both have been playing to packed
houses ever since. There have been
still others reported here.
A news story from Roselle yes
terday pointed to one of its
residents, a 27-year-old elec-
trician, as the first private person
watching color television-througfl
makeshift device made of colored
cellophane.
To 20-year-old Harry Flagle, of
1851 Lamont street NV, the
technique is old stuff. He saw
his first color telecast in his home
on New Years day. And COM
pared to Mr.. Flagle's device, the
one in Roselle is as f1imsy as
Marconi's first wireless.
Electronics Fan.
Anybody could do it," said the
youth. Anybody. that is, who
knows a little about the technical
workings of television and how to
rig up an electric motor.
Mr.. Flagle has been an electronics
bug since he built his first radio
crystal set at 10. He is now in
charge of television service at
the Mccarthy Bros. Electronic
Co. at TOT D street Sc.
The secret about this whole
color receiving business, said Mr..
Flagle, is that it's no secret. Both
his and the Roselle set work in
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Soldier Killed When Struck
By Auto in Arlington

An Army corporal was killed
early today when struck by an
automobile at Shirley highway and
Washington boulevard Arlington
He was Leroy j. Ayers, "a. a
member of the Sd Infantry sta
toned at Fort Myer. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Arlington Hospital. Il
Arlington police said the car
which struck Corpl. Ayers~ was
driven by Joseph A. Quigley. jr.
10, of the 1900 block of Otis street
NE. Police quoted young Quigley
as saying that the soldier stepped
out in front Of his car. He was
not charged.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
790, 900 Have Seen Art
From Vienna; Show Closing

A total of 790,516 persons have
viewed the Austrian art collection
now on display at the National
Gallery of Art, David E. Finley,
gallery director, announced today.
The collection which has been
on display since November 20,
will end it's showing here at 10
pm. tomorrow. 1t will go to the
Metropolitan Museum in New
York next.
Members of Congress and en-
ployes yesterday attended a special
showing of the collection. DR..
Ludwig Kleinwaechter, Austrian
Minister to the United States was
also present.
Gallery hours today are from
10 am. to 5 pm, and tomorrow
from 2 to 10 pm.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Bids Opened for Paving
Dupont Underposs

Bids were opened yesterday for
paving Connecticut avenue be-
meath the Dupont Circle Under
pass-fnal phase of work on the
project.
Low bidder for the 1,400-foot-
long paving job was Curtin &
johnson, Inc, who submitted a
price of $77,257. Three other
bids ranged upward to $84, ,972.
The contract will carry CO.
day time limit. The entire prof.
ect is due to be completed some
time in March.
Evening star., 1950-01-21

Yards here. Then a railroad de-
tective heard the pounding, opened
the door and arrested him.
II didn't care about the arrest,
I was just glad to get out" he
told Judge Milton s. Kronheim,
jr. TN still cold"
When asked if he had any rec
ord, Mr.. Roth replied, "This is the
first time I've been caught. judge" !"
Judge Kronheim took Mr.. Roth's
personal bond and allowed him to
continue his journey to Florida,
where it is warm and where Mr..
Roth has employment with small
circus.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Wafer System
23-Mi|Iion Loan
Studied on Hill
10-MilIion Immediate
Treasury Advance
Proposed by D. c.

District proposals for Treasury
loans of $23.00o,0O0 to help
finance a $67.ooO,Oo0 long-range
expansion of the city water supply
system today were headed for
congressional study.
The plans were laid. before the
Joint Fiscal Subcommittee of
House and Senate District Com
mittees yesterday by the District
Commissioners and were under
consideration today by District
leaders in Congress.
Senator Hunt, Democrat, of
Wyoming, head of the Senate Fis-
cal subcommittee, indicated he
was generally in favor of the idea
of borrowing and might introduce
a bill to authorize a Treasury loan.
He strongly favors, however, an
interest-bearing advance to the
city and would oppose an interest
free loan.
Smith to Make Study.
Representative Smith, Democrat,
of Virginia, chairman of the House
District Fiscal Subcommittee, who
heard the District Commissioners
present their case, said today:
II haven't gone into it, but
intend to make a careful study of
the proposal"
Mr.. Smith represents Virginia
congressional district, including
nearby Arlington County, which
gets water from the Washington
system.
The District loan proposal is for
an immediate $10,000,000 Treas
ury advance, to be following up
later by the remainder of the
$23,000,00o estimated to be need
ed. The District would begin
repayment to the Federal Gov
ernment in about 1861.
Balance OF the big program,
estimated to cost $7,605, 900, would
be paid for out of water rent from
consumers.
Officials believe no increase in
the present water rates would be
necessary to carry the costs, in
cluding amortization, if the orig
inal outlay could be provided by
Treasury loans.
The Federal Government, it is
understood, has not been paying
to the District the full cost of the
water it uses. Under present ap-
preparations the city is paid ST.
100000 for water used by Federal
establishments here. But last
year, for instance. city officials
estimate the Federal Government
used $1,215,000 worth of water.
So, instead of the fat rate of
$1,000,000 year, the city sug-
gested the National Government
pay for the water it actually uses.