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Evening star., 1950-06-26
Boiling Private
Held for Jury
In Staying Case
Reynolds Denies He
Took Wallet From
Murdered Colby

A coroner's jury today held Pvt.
Gilbert w. Reynolds. IS. Of Boil
ing Air Force Base for the grand
jury in the death Of Gordon c.
Brown. jr.. "a. of 224 Carmody
Hills drive, Carmody Hills. Md.
Mr., Brown. taxi driver, was
slain May 81 at Boiling.
1t. John K. Baker of the Police
Departments homicide squad took
the witness stand and testified
that Reynolds had said under
questioning that he had taken
Mr.. Browns wallet out Of his
pocket.
Reynolds was not represented
by an attorney and. therefore. was
permitted to question witnesses.
He directed this at 1t. Baker:
You said I took the mans wall
let out Of his pocket didn't"
1t. Baker insisted. however.
that Reynolds had said he took
the mans wallet and then became
frightened when he saw the lights
of an approaching car and ran"
Delays Statement.
This was the sole participation
by Reynolds in the questioning.
Coroner A. Magruder Mcdonald.
who conducted the hearing, told
Reynolds he had the privilege OF
making a statement to the jury II
he wished, but did not have to do
so.
Il wish to wait" Reynolds said.
Mr.. Brown died as a result of q
shot of a .38-caliber revolver.
Police said Pennsylvania police
are still looking for a blackjack
which Reynolds told them he had
disposed of at Sayre. Pa. home OF
his grandmother.
Sergt. John Sullivan of the
homicide squad testified police re-
covered the revolver at Sayre
after Reynolds gave us informa-
ton where it could be found"
Tells of Questioning.
The sergeant told of question:
ing the defendant June 81. He
said Reynolds had related that his
grandmother was quite a bit in
debt, had put a roof and storm
windows on her house and that
his grandfather was in a hospital.
Reynolds said that he decided he
would get some money by holding
up a gas station or a cab driver.
the sergeant testified.
After hailing Mr.. Browns cab
and being driven to the south end
of Boiling Field. Reynolds struck
the taxi driver and then fired a
shot to scare him. Sergt. Sullivan
testified. Then the sergeant said
Reynolds jumped into the front
seat after the cab driver had
rolled out onto the ground.
The first witness, Navy 1t.
Comdr. Arthur Gardner, on duty
at the airbase, testified that Mr..
Brown was brought to him and
that he treated the man for bleed
ing wounds of the scalp. He said
Mr.. Brown died at 4:40 am. May
81. There were three wounds on
the head. the officer testified,
death apparently being due to
skull fracture and destruction Of
the brain by gunshot wounds.
Coroner Mcdonald told the jury
that the autopsy showed the
death of Mr.. Brown was due to
gunshot wounds and brain In
juries.
1t. Baker told the jury that
Reynolds had been questioned first
about two weeks after the murder,
but he then denied having any
thing to do with it.
Police contend Reynolds has ad-
mitted killing Mr.. Brown, who was
a Post Office Department en-
ploye but who drove a cab to sup
plement his income. The alleged
was not mentioned in
today's testimony. and the defen-
dant himself declined to take the
witness stand.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Gront Circle to Meet

Women of the U. S. Grant
Circle No. l. Grand Army of the
Republic. Department of the Po-
tomac, will hold a special meeting
at 8 pm. Thursday at the home
of Elmon v. Carr, 923 Decatur
street NV.
Evening star., 1950-06-26
Bible Class Boot Ride

The Organized Bible Glass AS
sociation of Washington will hold
its annual boat ride at $50 pm
Thursday on the Wilson Line
boat, Mount Vernon.
Evening star., 1950-06-26

FIRST TICKET SOLD FOR FOURTH EVENT-The first ticket
for the July sold by Mary Jane
Hayes Miss Washington of 949 to Douglas Stalker
ager the willard Hotel Among early purchasers the trailer
booth front the District Building citizens bearing
sgners of the Declaration independence
They John Adams of 3303 Carolina Alexandria
Roger 2501 street NV John Wherpoon Route
Silver Spring. Samuel Adams 1872 Vernon street NV
Star STAFF Photo
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22

Jordan has proved himself a re-
liable and efficient boss.
At this period-with almost
half the 2O0,000,000 project fin
ished-the Highway Commits
sion is receiving fewer letters
of criticism than at any time in
recent history. For the first time
it has sufficient funds to I'M
prove county roads and divert
badly needed regular income to
primary highway improvement.
DR.. Jordan, who keeps his keen
business eye on all these expend-
itures, is a Methodist miSister's
son who grew up in parsonages
all over North Carolina. In the
opinion of many who know him,
he aptly illustrates the sermonly
text that the parsonage is wond-
erful soil for the upbringing of
men. The Highway Chairman.s
Methodist background gives him
an opportunity to claim many
Tar Heel towns as home. This he
does with some satisfaction on
his trips about the state.
DR.. Jordan contends that a
parsons son has right either to
be much better or much worse
than the average man. when we
moved to a new town." he re-
calls, Charlie, Everett. Frank
and 1 always had to fight the
neighborhood kids once or twice
to let them know we weren't
sissies. That's pretty good train
ing. We learned to take care of
ourselves"
Charlie" is Duke University's
Vice-President in Charge of Pub
lie Relations, a man rightly cred
tied with running" Duke be-
tween presidents. Everett" is
successful textile industrialist
Everett Jordan, Chairman of the
State Democratic Executive
Committee. Frank" is pastor of
the First Methodist Church of
Shelby and president of the
North Carolina Symphony So
ciety.
Evidence bears out the fact
that ministers sons do stay a.
way from the norm in career
patterns. The preachers boy run
wild is a familiar character in
fact and fiction. The preachers
son who strives nightly and
succesds also is familiar. The
many prominent ministers sons
in North Carolina-Chief Justice
Stacy, the Poteats, Judge E. Y.
Webb and the Rumples- make a
powerful testimonial for religi-
Gus training as a force in sue
cessful living. AS it's sons come
into their own, the Jordan joins
those distinguished names.
Henry Jordan was born on
August 81. 1898 in Ramseur
where his father. the Methodist
parson, dode horse called Joe.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22

business to his liking. Brother
Henry, seeing an opportunity to
enter a new field, decided to take
the same plunge. With his bro,
theirs help, he purchased an old
mill beside the Deep River at
Cedar Falls in Randolph County.
The war demand for textile pro-
ducts made this move an immed'
late success. At present. the
Highway Chairman is president
and general manager of the Jor-
dan Spinning Mill at Cedar
Falls, the Sellars Manufacturing
Company at Saxapahaw and the
National Processing Company OF
Burlington.
It might be we'll to note here
that on his maternal side DR..
Jordan has successful business
ancestry. His mother, Annie Sci
lars Jordan, came from a family
of textile manufacturers already
we'll established in that field. In
many ways DR.. Jordan merely
came back into the fold when he
moved from Belmont to Cedar
Falls, He had been on the boards
of directors of several mills for
many years.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22
DR.. Henry Jordan Tackling
Big Job AS Highway Head

Commenting on a recent speech
DR.. Jordan made in Randolph
County, v. c. Marley of the
ASHEBORO COURIER-TIMES
recalled those old days:
"Dr. Henry was born just a.
round the corner in the old Meth
odist parsonage while his father
was our pastor. I remember
we'll his coming to our home
down in the country, riding old
Joe, a fine bay horse. 1 rode be-
hind him from church and
thought Joe was the latest horse
I had ever seen. The preacher
must have visited a lot for they
didn't pay him but about 80 dol
lars a month and you couldn't
feed a horse very high on that.
He was a good preacher, and his
son is making us a good High
way Chairman; fair and straight
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22

for his son. Young Henry went
to Rutherford College (now Bre-
vard) before leaving for Emory
and Henry College In Virginia
A methodist Parsons Son - 81 2
to begin his higher education.
Later he attended Emory Uni
versity in Atlanta, Ga, where he
received his training to become a
dentist.
FROM TEETH TO TEXTILES
DIR. Jordan cites the opium OF
habit as a powerful influence in
his life. After graduating from
dental school, he went to Bel
mont and settled down to &c
years of administering to teeth.
While there, he courted and mar
ried Mary Ruth Rankin of Gas
tonia and probably would be
there today except for a serious
illness which sent him to the
hospital for many months. When
he recovered, he found it posi-
BILE to break away from the dead
ly routine of going to the office
every morning. That was in 1910.
His brother, Everett, had enter
ed the textile business in Ala
nance County and found that
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22

and honorable. We would be oet'
ter off with more Henry Jor'
dams"
Mr.. Marley's observation or
the integrity of Henry Jordan is
no more exaggerated than MS
commentary on the meagreness
of Methodist parsons salaries
Some of the Highway Chalr'
mans closest friends have OBJ
served that they never heard
anybody say anything bad about
DR.. Henry or ever knew any
body who didn't like him."
In the current Tar Heel politi'
cal picture, tn at statement
means considerable. 1t indicates
a lot about the personality and
character of the man Governor
Scott chose to administer his i'm
portant $2OO,00O,000 bond issue
program.
AS for education, young Henry
Jordan saw the inside of many
North Carolina public schools
He remembers schools in Marion,
Lenior and Morganton among
among others. In each locality
the elder Henry Jordan served
his church, leaving reservoirs OF
friends and pleasant memories
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22
BY. WILLIAM D. SNYDER
Information Director
State Highway Commission


State Highway Commission
AS Chairman of the State
Highway Commission. DR.. Henry
Watson Jordan probably super
vises the largest single construc-
ton program now under way in
North Carolina or the South.
During the last fiscal year. the
Highway Commission spent
S1170OO.0OO on Tar Heel roads.
During the current year it will
spend even more as the $780,
100000 secondary road program
passes the halfway mark.
In a gigantic organization en-
ploying $4,000 people and spread
out across a state like North
Carolina the character and abili-
ty of the general manager Tor
chairman of the board) plays
a big part in determining the
success of it's operation. AS a
member of the Highway Com
mission since 1915 land Chair
man since February. 1949) DR..
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1950-11-22

Mr.. Dan Goldsmith, 1924 Cur
ron Road, Louisville, KY, owner of
Coogla Cut Rate Store at 935 West
Broadway, says there just aren't
enough words in the English Ian
guage to praise HADACOL cor
rectty. He says he knows most
folks don't realize what a change
HADACOL can make in their life
if their systems are deficient in
Vitamins B., b, Iron and Niacin.
Here is Mr.. Goldsmith's state
ment:
Before 1 started taking HADA-
COL / was run down and nervous
and had a hard time sleeping
nights. With my work in the store
/ have to spend sometimes IA hours
a day on my feet. Since l am in
the retail business | saw how many
folks were asking for HADACOL
so l decided to try it myself. After
the first couple of bottles I could
tell a definite Improvement. Now
have all the pep and energy in the
world, my nerves are steady as
ever and / really do get a good
nights rest. HADACOL is won
derful i not only take it, but
recommend it to all my customers.
l praise the day Senator Dudley j.
Leblanc put HADACOL on the
market"
HADACOL Is So Different
Thousands are benefting from
HADACOL =. whose systems lack
Vitamins B., b, Iron and Niacin.
HADACOL is so wonderful be-
cause HADACOL helps build up
the hemoglobin content of your
blood (when Iron is needed) to
carry these great Vitamins and
Minerals to every body organ
to every part Of, the body.
Give remarkable HADACOL a
chance and if You don't feel better
with the first few bottles you take
you get your money back. Only
SIPS for Trial Size; Large Family
or Hospital Size, $3.50. If your
druggist does not have HADACOL,
order it direct from The Leblanc
Corporation, Lafayette, Louisiana.
Q Isss. H. LsBs... css1ss.asea.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Cornelius Brosnan Dies;
Transit Emp|oye d Years

Cornelius Brosnan, Al, Capital
Transit Co. employe for % years,
died yesterday of a heart attack
in George Washington University
Hospital, after a weeks illness.
Born in Ireland, Mr.. Brosnan
came to this country as young
man. He lived at 822 Missouri
avenue NV.
At the time of his death he was
a motorman on the Georgia avenue
line.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Mary Ann Sheehan Brosnan
of the Missouri avenue address;
two daughters, Sister Miriam Re
gina of Ocean View, Va, and Sis
ter Mary Cornelius of New York
City, both of the Congregation of
the Sisters of the Holy Cross; a son,
William Brosman of the Missouri
avenue address, and brother.
James Brosnan of Maryland Park,
Md.
Funeral services will be held at
9 am. Tuesday at the Church of
the Nativity, Georgia avenue and
Peabody street NV. Burial will
be in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Funeral Rites Tomorrow
For Miss Christine Weber

Funeral services for Miss Chris.
tine E. Weber, ST, director of sales
personnel at the William E. Miller
Furniture Co., will be held at Z
pm. tomorrow at the Lee Funera
Home, Fourth street and Massa
chusetts avenue NE. Burial will
be in Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Special funeral services will be
conducted at the same funeral
home at 8 o'clock tonight by the
Order of the Eastern Star, Elec-
ira Chapter No. 2. Miss Weber
had been a member of the O.E.S
for almost SO years.
Miss Weber died Thursday al
her home, 1898 Nash place SE.
after a brief illness.
Born in the District, she at
tended public schools here and
was a graduate of Strayer Busi-
ness College.
For almost 20 years she was
secretary to the president of the
Federal Auto Supply Co.. here,
before joining the furniture firm
in 1881.
She first served as secretary to
William E. Miller and later be-
came secretary of the firm. She
was appointed head of sales per-
sonnel about year ago.
Surviving her are a sister, Mrs
Mabel Shipp and brother, Philip
w. Weber, both of Hyattsville
Md, and another brother, Carl A.
Weber of st. Petersburg. Fla.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Funeral Services Held
For Ernest {. Gill

Funeral services for Ernest E
Gill, SO, member of an old Mont
gomery County family and former
restaurant owner here, were held
yesterday at the Church of the
Nativity, Georgia avenue and
Peabody street NV. Burial was
in st. Mary's Cemetery here.
Mr.. Gill, who died Thursday at
his home, 1889 Montague street
NV, was born in Norbeck, Mont
gomeTy County.
He came to Washington in early
life. He had owned several res
taurants here, including one at
Fourteenth and Park road NV
He was manager for the Sanitary
Stores here before he retired 16
years ago.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs
Caroline E. Gill, native OF
Washington, and three brothers
Herbert Gill, Silver Spring; Harry
Gill of Washington, and William
Gill of Indianapolis, Ind.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Rites for Frank Stephen
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Riverdale
Presbyterian Church for Frank
M. Stephen, So. Prince Georges
County attorney who died Friday
The Rev. William Keith Custis,
pastor, will officiate. Burial will
be in the family plot at the Ste
phen family home, Riverdale.
Mr.. Stephen died after suffering
a heart attack Friday night at his
University Park residence. 44O5
Sheridan street. At his bedside
were his wife; a son. Frank M.
Stephen, jr., and a daughter, Miss
Lillian Lucille Stephen.
Mr.. Stephen had been a director
OF the Citizens Bank of Riverdale
since its organization in 1928. A
graduate of National University
Law School, he first had Offices
with M. Hampton Magruder. Marl-
boro banker and attorney. Later
he maintained Offices in the Dis
trict and Hyattsville.
Besides his widow and the two
children listed, Mr.. Stephen is sur
Vlved by a daughter, Doris Vir-
glnla, and another daughter by a
previous marriage, Miss Ruth
Marian Stephen. A surviving sis
ter is Miss Lottie Margaret Step
hen.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Martin 6. Sweeny Dies;
In Hotel Business 50 Years
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 21.-Martin
G. Sweeny, 66. chairman of the
board of the Hotel Commodore
and identified with the hotel busi-
ness for the last so years, died
today at st. Luke's Hospital.
Mr.. Sweeny was host to his close
friend. Mayor William O'Dwyer,
and the former Miss Sloan Simp-
son, now Mrs. O'Dwyer, at Gideon
Putnam Hotel in Saratoga last No
vember. He operated the State
owned resort hotel. The hotelman
suffered stroke in his suite at
the Commodore last night and
was removed to the hospital. He
was long active in the~Democratic
Party in New York.
Survivors include the widow
two sons and a daughter. Funeral
services will be held Tuesday with
a solemn requiem mass at St.
Patrick's Cathedral.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
0. |. Alexander, 68, Dead
President of Fuel Firm
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 2l.-Oakey
Logan Alexander, 68, president OF
the Pocahontas Fuel Co., died
today at Roosevelt Hospital after
a short illness.
He was admitted to the hos
pital on January 9.
Mr.. Alexander, So, was born in
Parkersburg, w. Va. He was edu-
Gated in private schools and went
to Concord College. His early
business career was spent in Blue
field, w. Va.
In 1910 the Alexanders moved
to New England where he became
district manager for the Poca-
hontas Fuel Co., with plants in
New Bedford, Boston and Salem
Mass, and Portland. Me.
In 1918 he became vice presi-
dent of the company, one of the
Nations major coal producers. He
was elevated president in 1892
Some household appliance deal
ers in Venezula are sold out, in
the face of big demand.
Evening star., 1950-01-22

yer. Colo, 1t. Odom came to
Washington with his parents at
the age of 5. A graduate of Cen
tral High School, he then went to
Augusta Military Academy in Vir-
ginia. He studied a year at the
University of Virginia, and was
enrolled as a sophomore at George
Washington University here when
he enlisted in the Air Forces the
week after the attack on Pearl
Harbor.
1t. Odom went overseas July
II, 1943. and served in the North
African and Italian Theaters.
He was member of Sigma AL
pha Epsilon Fraternity.
Besides his parents, he is SUI
viVed by a brother, Edward E
Odom, jr.. 1909 Gladwyne drive
Bethesda, and a sister, Mrs. S. G
Blalock, of Jacksonville, Fla.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
George Orwell Dies;
Noted British Author
By the Associated Press

| LONDON, Jan. 21.-George Or
well, British author who wrote of
the terrors of life under a fictional
British dictatorship in a best
seller titled Nineteen Eighty
Four" died in a hospital today.
He was 46.
Long a victim of tuberculosis,
Mr.. Orwell worked on his best
Review of George OrweWs Novel Coming
Up for Air" Page C-3.
seller between trips to the hos
pital. The book sold widely in
both Britain and the United
States.
His earlier works included
Down and Out in Paris and
London" Burmese Days" The
Road to Wigan Pier" Homage
to Catalonia" The Lion and the
Unicorn" and Animal Farm"
The author, whose real name
was Eric Blair, married Miss
Sonia Brownell, 80, at the hos
pital last October 13. She is
assistant literary editor of the
magazine Horizon.
/ Educated at Eton, Mr. Orwell
served with the Indian Imperial
police in Burma in 1922-27, he
fought in Loyalist ranks against
Generalissimo Francisco Franco in
the Spanish Civil War. He worked
with the eastern service staff of
the British BroadcaSting Co. dur
ing part of World War II. He was
school teacher for a time.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Rites 10 Be Held TODAY
For Ernest BerkdW

Ernest DeMun Berkaw, ST, sec
retary to the board of directors
of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corp. died Friday night at Alex
andria Hospital after a brief ILL
ness.
Mr.. Berkaw came here in 1880
as representative for three
cement corporations, one of New
Jersey and two companies of
Pennsylvania. Three years later
he joined the Government, first
working for the Agricultural Ad-
justment Administration as an
auditor. He had been secretary
Of the Federal Crop Insurance
Corp, an agency within the Agri-
culture Department, for the last
seven years.
/ The crop insurance official, who
lived at 1907 T street NV, was
born in Roselle Park, N. j. After
taking business courses at the
old Newark IN. j. College, he
worked for the Hercules PaD
Cement Corp. for a number OF
years before coming here.
A 32d degree Mason, he was a
member of the Almas Temple OF
the Shrine here and was past
master of lodge in Nazareth, Pa
His widow, Mrs. Lulu M. Ber-
kaw, two sons. Bergen F. of Cliff
ton Forge, Va, and Ernest D., ir.
of Pittsburgh. and a sister, Mrs
James K. Meyers. Smyrna, N. Y.
survive.
/ Funeral services were to be helC
at 5 o'clock this afternoon in the
Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Burial will be
Tuesday in Forks Church Gene
! terry in Nazareth.
Evening star., 1950-01-22

z pm. tues
day in Arling-
ton Cemetery.
The 23-year-
old Army Air
Forces officer
was the son of
MI. and Mrs.
E d W a r d E .
o d o m , 3 l 3 |
North Vermont
street. Airing
ton. MI. Odom
is solicitor for
t h e Veterans
Administration.
Born in Den
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Oarn nf Thanks

DOCKET, MINNIE c. The family of
the late MINNIE C. DOCKET gratefully
atiyes sincere appreciation for their floral
pieces, cards of sympathy and all kind
nesses during her illness and death
THE FAMILY :"
!, DOWNS: WILLIAM A. The family of
the late WILLIAM A. DOWNS wishes to
Thank its many friends End relatives for
their kind expressions of sympathy and
me many cards during period OF
mourning THE FAMILY
FLEET. OTHA F. The family of the
II OTHA +. FLEET wishes to EXPIRE 8
Us sincere thanks to its many friends
for their kind expressions Of sympathy
ourins It's, period of mourning fer our
father and brother
THE FLEET FAMILY.
LANDERS, PARRALEE DYSON. We
gratefully acknowledge and deeply appre-
ciste the many kindnesses from relatives
and friends during the illness and at the
death of our, wife and mother
S. N. LANDERS AND CHILDREN 80
MORRIS. FRANK W. The family CT
th2 late FRANK w MORRIS gratefully
acknowledges and deeply appreciates the
many kind expressions of sympathy and
floral tributes received from his many
TRENDS. co-workers and the family.
WIFE: MRS; GERTRUDE NORRIS, AND
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Leon Henderson to Speak

Leon Henderson, former OPA
administrator. will speak on the
outlook for foreign trade at a
dinner meeting of the Washing
ton Statistical Society at 6p.m.
Tuesday in Barker Hall, YWCA.
Seventeenth and K streets NV.
Evening star., 1950-01-22
Letters Went COD

Before 1847 letters in the
United States were sent with
postage to be collected on deliv-
cry and letters were often re-
fused by the recipient.