davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1951-06-02
Child Proves
Money Does Go
Far These Days

BATH, Me-, June 2 (INS)-
Little Carolyn McEachern, 10,
disagrees with those who say
money does not go far these days.
So do her parents and the staff
at Maine General Hospital.
Carolyn partly swallowed a
half dollar while on an errand at
a store for her mother. She was
rushed with a State Police escort
to the hospital in Portland, where
DR.. A. C. Johnson, nose and
throat specialist retrived the coin
with an esophoscope.
, 1951-06-02
Super Hoodlum."

Joe always operates big: You
nail it down or Joe Jugs it off.
Him steal a loaf of bread? Don't
make Joe Taught! He hasn't pinch
ed a loaf since he high-jacked his
first load of prohibition booze
when he started working his way
up in the rackets.
There's nothing small about joe:
Chairman of the Board of Murder,
Inc, a big Brooklyn outfit that
was, in its time, and Joe was a
power in Brooklyn politics, too.
And the Kefauver Committee
found that Joe and Frank Costel-
10 pretty well control and direct
the New York-Miami racket axis,
as it exists today.
Until a few days ago, Joe liv-
ed in a 100000 home at Fort
Lee, N. j., on the other side of
the Hudson, a river always handy
for hiding unpopular gents truss
ed-up in concrete blocks.
At the end Of rs years in bus
mess, Joe could live like a king,
with a million tucked here, and
a million tucked there, and with
enough in the poke so that he
needn't take off his hat to Fort
Knox.
, 1951-06-02

The girl explained she had put
the coin in her mouth so she
could bounce her ball while she
was being waited on.
She said:
81 guess I must have bounced
the ball too hard. 1t hit me in the
mouth and l swallowed the coin.
It all happened like lightning"
Store clerks summoned an am
, 1951-06-02

How can you have any respect
for a crum-bum who steals a
loaf of bread? And leaves the
diamonds, the stocks, bonds and
cash in the bureau drawer?
You can't trust a man like
that. No telling what he'll do in
the pinch. A guy like that amt
normal, making off with a loaf of
bread when the sables and the
silver are in the next room. He
needs a psychiatrist.
BUT NOT A FELLA like Joe
Adonis. This Adonis doesn't need
any psychiatrist; all he needs is
an accountant and a couple Of
strong-armed aides de camp to
help shovel it into the bank.
You don't see this Joe Adonis
doing a nineteen year stretch in
the cooler; "Underworld Czar,"
they call Joe, and a lot of things
you can't print in a family news
paper. "Boss Racketeer," is an
other term for him, and likewise
, 1951-06-02
ASSIGNMENT America

NEW YORK, June 2 (INS)-
There wasn't a dry eye in III
house the winter Grandma read
-"Les Miserables" aloud and we
heard how Jean Vatican spent
nineteen years in prison for steal
ing a loaf of bread to feed his
sisters hungry kids.
I wept buckets over jeans
hard fate. But l was young then,
and the conviction has been grow
ing on me ever since that Jean
was a jerk who got what he ask
ed for.
Anyone who has grown to ma
turity in my time, or gotten his
peppers open in the last twenty
five years, knows that if Jean
Vatican had backed the truck up
to the front door and carted a.
way everything loose, he would
probably have gotten off with a
slap on the wrist and a warning
not to repeat his offense at the
same address.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
By the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW HOPE, Ala, July 17.-A
50-year-old rural housewife chose
death in agony from rattlesnake
bite, fearing acceptance Of medical
aid would show lack Of faith.
Coroner Bob Rigsby reported
that Mrs. Ruthie Craig. member
Iof small Holiness sect, was bitten
by the large reptile when she
tried to pick 1t up at q church
service Sunday night.
She died four hours later
spurning treatment while the
poison coursed through her veins
The coroner said the little Holi.
ness church near here was crowded
|by worshipers, who saw the angr,
RATHER strike Mrs. Craig between
the right elbow and right hand
She was taken to her home
where she died while members o
the congregation prayed nearby
The coroner said the snake
handling was the first case of it
kind reported recently in Madison
County.
Mrs. Wayne Gore, wife of tn,
operator Of q Scottsboro, funera
home. where Mrs. Craig's bod,
was taken, said q daughter-in
Evening star., 1951-07-17

committee will return to Florida
for more hearings.
Chairman O'Conor conferred at
length yesterday with Downey
Rice, an associate counsel of the
committee, who has just returned
from Florida. Neither would COM
ment on what Mr.. Rice reported.
The committee has been trying
to obtain the testimony of Florida
Gov. Fuller Warren, first by invi-
,tation and then by subpoena. Gov.
Warren, challenging the commit
tees power to summon him, has
Offered to confer with the Senators
in Florida but not as a swol n
witness.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c.


oming, told reporters he proposed
at recent closed meeting of the
committee that no investigations
be conducted and no witnesses
subpoenaed after August Is.
He also expressed concern, as
have other committee members
over tagging Congressional action
on recommendations the crime in
vestigators made in a May l re.
port asking new laws to combat
gambling and other
underworld operations.
One Of the chief goals set by thf
committee when its life was ex.
tended was to push along bills tt
control race wire service to book
makers. tighten tax laws against
gamblers. require sitter penalties
for narcotics peddlers and other.
wise strike at organized crime.
The committee has introduced
most Of the measures it proposed
but so far the bills have not beer
acted on by Senate Legislative
committees.
The, Senate Crime Committee
has also set q closed meeting fol
tomorrow to question more wit
nesses in connection with it
Maryland investigation, which 81
far has centered largely on gam
bling in Baltimore.
Still unsettled, and possibly tt
he decided then, is whether thl
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Picketing Was Legal,
Austin Tells MaIik
BY the Assoeioisd Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. July
17.-Those weren't "hooligans
who made the Russians see red
by demonstrating in front of Sovi-
ct U. N. delegation headquarters
They were peaceful pickets, says
Warren Austin.
The American chief q. N. dele
gate said yesterday New York po-
lice officials told him the demon
strations-which reused the ire OF
Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister
Jacob A. Malik and his chief as
sistant. Semyon K. Tsarapkin-
were run of in legal, orderly
fashion.
Mr.. Malik wrote a letter to Mr.
Austin claiming the demonstrators
had put on a rowdy display in
front of the delegation building
on June 80 and, what's more, that
they scratched up two shiny Soviet
cars. Mr.. Tsarapkin complained
a week later that another mob oi
''hooliganS" had carried on In
front of the Red headquarters.
Mr.. Austin said the police de-
partment informed him that the
June 80 demonstration was car
ried out by the American Hun
garian Federation in protest
against "the current persecution:
Of Roman Catholics in Hungary.
The scratches on the cars, the
police added, were discovered 4C
minutes before Mr.. Malik said the
pickets appeared. Must have beer
somebody else scratching, the po.
lice concluded.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
; Persons Hurt Here
In 2-Car Collision;
Both Drivers Charged

Three persons were injured yes
terday in a two-car collision at
Fourteenth and Taylor streets
NE.
Neither driver. Daniel Stien-
berg. ~, of 5700 Chillum road.
Chillum Heights. Md. nor Joseph
A. Capogrosso, 80. Of New York
City. was hurt. But three pas
sengers riding with Mr.. Capo-
crosse in q hired car were taken
to Casualty Hospital.
They are Agnes CapogroSso, SO,
of New York City. mother of the
driver, in fair condition with cuts
and bruises of forehead and pos
sible conclusion; Louis j. Capo-
crosse, 80, of 422 First street Sc,
brother of the driver. cut over
right eye, treated and released.
and Frances G. Capogrosso, 38,
wife of Louis. in good condition,
bruiSe of scalp.
Drivers Are Charged.
Mr.. CapogroSso was charged
with passing stop sign and Mr..
Stienberg was charged with col
liding.
Two sailors were injured. one
of them critically. when their car
smashed against telephone pole
and overturned three times on
route 416 near Lyons Greek Hill
In Calvert County early yesterday.
Wallace Olson, 81, of Racine,
Wis, is in Bethesda Naval Hos
pital in critical condition with a
broken neck. Daniel j. Longe-
vile. 20. Of Atkinson. H.. was re-
ported in good condition at
Bethesda. Doctors said he had a
back injury.
Also in the automobile, but un-
injured, was Donovan Mutt, 10,
of Atkinson. All three are sta
toned at the Anacostia Naval Air
Station.
Couple Hurt in 4-Car Crash.
A man ana Wlfe were injured IN
a four-car collision on the Grain
highway 3 miles north of Upper
Marlboro yesterday.
Admitted to Prince Georges
General Hospital at Cheverly
were Walter S. Keller, Ct, and
Mrs. Keller. IS. both of Atlanta
Their condition was described as
good.
Prince Georges County police
said a car driven by Mrs. Keller
collided head-on at the top of a
hill with one driven by Sterling
Rex, 81. colored, of Philadelphia.
The impact, police said, knocked
the Keller car against a third car
driven by Maj. Frederick P. Nc
Intrye, 35, O. Camp Pickett. The
fourth car involved was being
towed Mr.. Rex.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Senators Are Planning
To Wind Up Crime
Probe in Mid-August
BY the Assoeiossd Press

The Senate crime committee
laid plans today to wind up its
underworld investigation within
the next month after topping it
off with another round of public
hearings in New York City.
On its return to New York,
where its televised hearings last
March attracted an audience Of
millions, the committee probably
will focus on the narcotics traffic,
waterfront rackets and gambling
and political tieups.
No date has been set for the
New York hearings but a commit
tee source indicated they probably
will start late this month or early
in August.
The committee will hold three
days of public hearings here, start
ing Friday, on gambling activities
in Atlantic City. N. j., and the
Northern Kentucky area across
the Ohio River from Cincinnati.
Members hope to close out their
investigations by mid-August to
allow time to prepare a final re-
port.
Senator Hunt. Democrat. of Wy
Evening star., 1951-07-17

Ell Salvador has automatic tele-
phones.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, July 1.-THE Met
Iropolitan Opera resumed prepa-
rations today for a 50-city tour
of die Fledermaus" after har-
mony was restored between two
diScordant AFL theatrical unions.
A jurisdictional dispute between
the unions had led the Met to
announce the tour might have to
be called off. But yesterday one
of the unions, the American
Guild of Musical Artists, withdrew
its claim to Jurisdiction.
| The action left the Actors
Equity Association as the exclu-
sive collective bargaining agency
of the performers.
AGMA is the union that nor
mally represents all performers
at the Met. Equity claimed juris-
diction = over the "Fledermaus'
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Housewife Dies of Snake Bite
I'm Attempt to Show Her Faith

law Of Mrs. Craig and a minister s
wife gave this account:
The snake was brought into
the room in a large-mouth glass
jar which had to be broken to re-
lease the ten-rattle reptile. The
snake slithered across the floor
toward an open door.
Mrs. Craig picked 1t up. and
was bitten.
She was asked shortly after
wards If she wanted a doctor
and Is said to have replied. amy
thing for ease"
Then an unidentified person IL
the crowd told Mrs. Craig that il
she called doctor she would lost
faith, and Mrs. Craig rejected
help.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Adequate Lighting
Could Cut Accidents

NEW YORK.-Safety experts
believe use OF adequate lighting or
streets and dangerous sections o1
highways could cut traffic fatali-
ties by 5000 to 10000.
More than 10000 people a veal
are killed in traffic accidents
Twice as many persons are killec
at night as in the daytime.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
u. S. Synthetic Rubber
Provides Fourth of Need

AKRON. - In 1870 United
States consumption of rubber
totaled only 1000 tons. 1t bounced
to pre- war peak of $4,000 tons
in 1910 and now is about a mil
lion tons.
Before World War III all this
rubber was natural; now syn
thetic rubber accounts for q
fourth to q third of the demand
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Equity Wins Opera Dispute, Met TO Make 5O-City Tour

tour. however, contending that
the Johann Strauss work was an
operetta and not an opera.
After the settlement, the Met
said plans for the 28-week road
trip would be continued imme-
diately.
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Grated Corneas Restore
Siqht Of Woman and Man
BY the Associofed Press

DETROIT. July 1T knew
I was going to see," said a gray
ing mother of six after surgeons
performed an eye operation to
improve the sight that has been
failing for 20 years.
She was right. Doctors report
that Mrs. Lena Campbell will
have good vision from her right
eye in two months.
The same is true, they say, OF
the left eye Of William Lowe, a.
year-old resident Of White Lake
Mich.
Both will owe this to the
corneas from the eyes of Lawr-
ence Shannon, 80, a Detroit office
worker who died last week of a
brain tumor.
With the permission of Mr.
annon's mother, surgeons
grated his corneas onto the eyes
Of Mrs. Campbell and Mr.. Lowe
Evening star., 1951-07-17
Low-Cost Feed, BIZ
Boost Chicken Profits

PROVIDENCE, r. 1.-The new
economical feeds high in soybean-
meal content supplemented with
fvitamin BIZ now make it posi-
BILE to produce 3-pound broiling
chickens on about 2 pounds less
feed and in two weeks less time
than is usually required with a
more expensive diet in which all
the protein comes from animal
sources.
The Dominican Republic has
IeaSed oil taxes.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
ICoIored Servant
Leaves $3.50 to
Church, Charity
BY The A.soeiaied Press

ROANOKE, Va, Mar. 81
Three organizations are $3.50
richer because of bequests by q
kindly servant who died last April
it was disclosed here today.
Daisy Peasants was just what
her name implied during the 40
years she worked for the Robert
M. Thomas family.
, BY the time she died, she had
accumulated a little more than
$1,000, part of which went to pay
hospital expenses during her last
illness.
Attorney Jesse Meadows and
the Thomas family today dis
closed that the $3.50 which re-
manned was bequeathed as fol-
lows:
One fourth, or $1,387.50 each
to the American Red Cross and
the Southern Baptist Missionary
Board for work in Africa; and
half-$2,875-to the Mount Zion
Baptist Church at Hewlette, Va,
which she attended as a child.
But there was string attached
Mr.. Meadows said Daisy told him
MY people don't like to work
unless they have to. You fix il
so they get it if they raise as
much as I give"
Evening star., 1951-04-01
|vFW Post 10 Install
Officers at Berwyn

The Phillips -Kleiner Post, Vet.
|erans of Foreign Wars, and Its
Auxiliary will install officers jointly
after a dinner at 8 pm. tomorrow
lin the Wayside Inn. Berwyn, Md
Post officers to be inducted are
Roger G. Eyler. commander: Jerry
|T. Smith, senior vice commander;
Richard Sommers, Junior vice
commander; Marshall E. Miller,
quartermaster;; Fred Olsen, chap
lain; John c. Morris, judge advo-
cate: DR.. Guido Floria, surgeon,
and Charles c. Thompson, adju-
tant. $50.
Auxiliary officers are Mrs. Annie
Burnette, president; Mrs. Ruth
|Sauers. senior vice president; Mrs.
Jeanne Eyler. Junior vice presi-
dent; Mrs. Ruth Moss, treasurer;
Mrs. Maxine Miller, chaplain;
Mrs. Alice King. conductress; Mrs.
Ellen Read, guard, and Mrs.
Marion Thompson, secretary.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
M'KeIdin Appoinfees
Confirmed in Senate
BY . Staff cer.,pond.n, Of Tn. Star


ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 31.-The
Maryland Senate has confirmed
Gov. McKeldin's appointment o1
James B. Carrico Of Riverdale as
chairman of the Prince Georges
County Board of License Com
missioners. John S. Underwood
of Piscataway was confiremd al
a board member.
Also confirmed as part Of the
governors list Of Green Bag
appointments were two trial mag
istrates, a substitute trial mag
istrate. three committing magis-
trates and 10 justices of the peace.
The magistrates are Mrs. Nita
is. Hinman Crane, Rosaryville
and Theodore l.. Miazga of River
dale. The substitute named is
w. Britton Moore Of Cheverly.
Committing magistrates con-
f1rmed are Mrs. Helen Morris
Merrick. and Percy Duvall, both
lof Upper Marlboro. and Warren
w. James. Mount Rainier.
Justices Of the peace confirmed
are: r. Clifton Stello, Beltsyille;
William A. Boss. Cottage City;
Gilbert E. Wilson. Piscataway;
Samuel A. Mitchell, District
Heights, Leslie c. Darrow, Bowie;
Charles S. Davis, Laurel; Albert
c. Migeot. Brandywine; George
N. Cox, Oxon Hill: Harold r
Hodgson, Takoma Park, and Mrs
Ida l.. Acuff. Seat Pleasant.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Friends Building New House.
For Huntsville Fire Survivor

Friends and co-workers of Isa-
iah Harrod. who lost four Of his
six children when his Huntsville,
Md, house burned to the ground
March 6. are building him a new
home on the ruins.
Materials for the new home are
being donated by various firms. It
is being built mostly by men who
worked with Mr.. Harrod. colored,
on Washington Suburban Sani-
tary Commission laboring crews.
The job is being supervised by
James A. OLeary, 5508 Fortieth
avenue. Hyattsville. foreman in
charge of street repair for the
commission. The men are doing
the work in their spare time.
The new home will be consider
ably larger and more modern than
the four-room house destroyed by
Evening star., 1951-04-01

fire. It will contain three bed
rooms, a living room, a combina-
ton kitchen-dining room and q
bathroom.
MIR. OLeary said more wall
board and lumber will be needed
before the job is finished. He said
several firms and individuals have
contributed furniture and COOKING
utensils.
Mr.. Harrod hopes to report back
to work at the commission to-
morrow for the first time since the
tragedy. He and Mrs. Harrod and
the two surviving children. AL
lfreda, IL, and Kathleen. Is, were
Jail badly burned in vain attempt
Ito save the other four children.
The children who perished in
1.-THE fire were Geraldine, Z; Bar
lbara Ann, 4: Lucille. 8, and Ra-
mona. an infant.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
BeIvoir Personnel Hailed
For Red Cross Activity

Military and civilian personnel
at Fort Belvoir have been COM
mended for raising more than
$9,100 in the current Red Cross
campaign, according to Mrs. David
Wing, chairman of the Fairfax
County chapter.
Mrs. Wing said the figure repre-
sents almost three-fourths of the
amount collected in the entire
county. Last year Fort Belvoir
raised about $7.100. she said.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
St. Johns S Alumni Plan
To Ruise Over 500, 900
Special pi.poteh 10 The siur

ANNAPOLIS. Md. Mar. 81
st. Johns College alumni SCAT
tered over 43 States and 10 foreign
countries tomorrow will start a
l00-day campaign to raise at least
100000 toward an endowment
fund. John G. Donohue. campaign
chairman. said yesterday.
Termed as the most important
alumni drive in the colleges ass.
year history, Mr.. Donohue ex.
planned that alumni of st. Johns
would be asked to pledge at least
500 payable over Q three-year
period.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
MI. Rainier HoIdup Suspect
Seized in Philadelphia

A $4l5 holdup of a Mount Rain
ier loan company has been solved
with the arrest of q man in Phila-
delphia. according to Detective
Richard Pearson. OF the Prince
Georges County Police.
Mr.. Pearson said James Joseph
Patton. 2S. formerly Of the 61o0
block Of Forty-first avenue, Hy-
attsville. had been identified as
the man who took the money in
the March 2 holdup.
The identification was made by
Jack Newton, assistant manager
of the loan company at 3317 Rhode
Island avenue.
Mr.. Newton was held UP by q
man who first posed as q customer.
and escaped on foot.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Fairfax Women Voters
Honor Mrs. 0mer Hirsf

The League of Women Voters
Of Fairfax County yesterday hon.
ored Mrs. Omer Hirst of AMMAN
dale for her work in the county
manager campaign last summer.
Mrs. Hirst. who is action chair
man Of the league, was presented
a gift by Mrs. Pierre Palmer. for
mer county affairs chairman. in
behalf of the board members.
New league officers were elected
as follows: Mrs. Donald Rock,
president; Mrs. Walter Crater.
first vice president: Mrs. Donald
Mitchell. second vice president:
Mrs. Ruthellyn Mccormick. Sec
retary, and Mrs. Eugene Powell,
treasurer.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Women Of Moose Chapter
Is Formed in Bethesda

Women of the Moose will insti-
tute a new chapter in Bethesda
at 2 o'clock this afternoon.
Officiating at the ceremonies in
Bethesda Elementary School, 100
Wilson lane, will be Mrs. Ann
Rodgers, instituting officer; Mrs
Grace Clark, installing guide, and
Mrs. Frances Mitchell. installing
chaplain. AL are Of the Colum-
bia chapter.
Officers of the new chapter are:
Mrs. Mary Gossard. Junior gradu-
ate regent; Mrs. Mary Reichert
senior regent; Mrs. Edna Pelkey
Junior regent: Mrs. Frances
Oliver. chaplain; Mrs. Katherine
Ranard. recorder; Mrs. Marie
Polk, treasurer: Mrs. Dorothy
Profit, guide: Mrs. Marie Green
assistant guide; Mrs. Marie Coff-
man, argus; Mrs. Villa Mae
Loomis, sentinel, and Mrs. Doris
Keffer tpianist.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Arlington G. 0. ?. Asks
Full Police Probe Report

A complete transcript of testi-
mony taken by the Arlington
police investigating committee
should be made public, I. Lee
Potter, chairman of the County
Republican Executive Committee,
said in a letter to Mrs. Florence
Cannon. chairman of the County
Board.
Mr.. Potter said he read that
Mrs. Cannon had said summary
of the committees report would
be issued by the board.
Mr.. Potter said that, rimors are
flooding the county regarding con-
tents of the report and he believes
a summary would not be sufficient.
A transcript Of Is hours Of
testimony recorded by the COM
mittee has been turned over to
the board.
Evening star., 1951-04-01
Symphony to Present Work
Of District Piunist-C Composer

The nth annual series Of Neigh
5orhood Concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra will close
tomorrow night with a concert at
10 pm. in Woodrow Wilson High
School.
The concert, the tenth this sea-
son and ferty ninth of the series,
will be conducted by Howard
Mitchell, and one Of its. features
will be the premier performance
by an orchestra of work by a
native Washingtonian.
Invocation" by LaSalle Spier.
Washington pianist, composer and
teacher, has never been played
before in its orchestrated version.
Evening star., 1951-04-01

Mr.. Spier wrote the Invocation
for piano and flute in 1885 as the
opening section of a suite which
he has not yet completed.
Also on the program of the con.
cert. which is sponsored by The
Star, are '"Toccata" by Frescobald
and Kinder. Romeo and Juliet
by Tschaikovsky, selections from
"Porgy and Bess" by Gershwin ane
Bennett, and Perpetual Motion
by Johann Strauss. The STARS ant
Stripes Forever" march by Souss
will close the program.
The concert will be broadcast
by WMAL and WMAL-FM, The
Evening Star stations.