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Evening star., 1951-12-04


two days of increased arrests be-
cause of increased drinking over
the week end.
But the number is surprisingly
large when this is taken into con-
Isideration: The number arrested
lis twice the number that comes
before the court. Half of the
drunks are released at the police
precincts by forfeiture of collat-
.eral. In other words, somebody
brings $40 to the station house,
and the drunk gets out.
Arrests for intoxication have
been increasing in Washington
from a figure a bit above $4,000
at the end of World War II to a
figure that probably will go above
10000 in the current Government
year.
That puts arrests we'll over 100
a day. The cost to the taxpayer
of caring for alcoholics is mount
ing. This reporter attended yes
terday's court session. checked po-
lice and court records to try to
measure the problem. He talked
to representatives of the penal
system. the alcoholic clinic, Alco-
holics Anonymous and the Saliva
ton Army on what is being done
about it.
The District has an alcoholic
clinic. supported by an increase in
the fees for licenses to sell alco-
holic beverages in order to reha-
bilitate the victims of alcoholism
But none of yesterdays new cases
were sent to the clinic.
Just the weekend crop from
skid row and the courts and al
leys." said Judge Thomas C. Seal
ley. after stepping down from the
bench yesterday. None of them
was reported to me as a posi-
bility for rehabilitation"
A worker from the alcoholic
clinic and a probation officer in
terested irf possibilities for Alco-
holics Anonymous look over the
records and talk to men and wom-
en- in the cell block. They had
made no nominations from yes
terday's group.
To a reporter who sat through
the depressing session. the failure
to find candidates for salvage was
understandable. With one or two
exceptions, all were middle-aged
or elderly. Their physical condi-
ton was pathetic. Three men were
on crutches. One had a leg miss
ing.
But many without crutches
could scarcely walk. They clutched
the desk. hand over hand, as they
hobbled to the place In front of
the Judge, where they entered
their pleas of guilty. Many men
and women who could walk were
pathetically misshapen.
Home Rehabilitation Point.
The system that allows repeat
ing drunkards to be released from
the station house when family OF
friends pay the collateral ensures
that only the abandoned. the ones
for whom nobody has any hope
get to court. Yet the court is the
only place in the system where
any effort at rehabilitation can
get under way.
The majority of those who come
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Hang Over Court Dromatzes Problem of Increasing Alcoholism

man home, but he found the de-
fendant not guilty.
The number of arrests for in
toxication has increased every
year since 1945. Then it was 26.-
889. The following year it was
more than 10000; the year after
that almost $4,000. In 1949 it
jumped to 37,436, and in fiscal
1851 (the year ended last June
30 it was 1896.
Despite the large numbers and
the great increase, two classical
tions among those arrested have
remained relatively the same. The
number of Negroes has always
been about As per cent, and the
number of women, about 8 per
cent.
Five years ago DR.. E. M. Jel-
'linek of Yale estimated that there
were 5000 acute alcoholics in
Washington and an additional
$4,000 problem drinkers" Ac-
|cording to the number of arrests,
both these figures must be in
'creasing faster than the increase
in population.
Permanently on Skid Row.
r. E. Smell of the Salvation
Army's Harbor Lighthouse, who
has known the down and out
groups in several cities, first as
one of the derelicts and later as
a rescue worker, is of the opinion
that Washington's Skid Row is
not as rough and tough as other
cities. but that it has a more per-
manent population.
| They very seldom ask the Judge
for a 'floater, he said, explain
ing that the term means permis-
sion to get out of town. One man
did in Judge Scalley's court yes
terday. The judge asked him
where he was going, and the man
said he had enough money to get
to Alexandria. The judge gave
him Is days. ...
/ The shocking figures on the
number of arrests should not be
misread to mean that $4,000 per-
sons were arrested for drunken
ness last year. There are many
trepeaters who get arrested oftener
than 10 times a year. The figure
would be nearer 10000 persons,
taking into account the repeaters.
On the other hand, the alco-
holic problem is larger than the
! number of arrests would indicate.
Many persons die of alcoholism
who have never been arrested.
They, or their families, have
enough money to enable them to
stay indoors while drinking.
| Require S500,000 a Year.
! With the increased arrests, there
. is a corresponding increase of
commitments to the workhouse
and an increase in what it costs
the taxpayer. Inebriates in the
workhouse at Occoquan always
make up from 80 to 80 per cent
of the population.
DrunkS account for about two
thirds of commitments for all
Iofenses in the Districts penal
system. In i947, intoxication ac-
counted for SO per cent of COM
,fmitmentss in 1948, it was So pei
i cent; in 1949, II per cent; in 1850
'l66 per cent, and in 1851. 70 per
Itcent.
i While the cost of keeping pris-
/ oner in one of the District penal
institutions has been kept to 1884
/ a day by the rigidity Of appro-
Ipriations. the number of intoxica-
ton commitments has increased
so much that this group of pris-
oners now costs the taxpayer more
than 100000 year just to keep
them off the streets. And that
does not include the burden they
i place on the police force and the
courts.
Evening star., 1951-12-04

L. B, Murray.
Ralph D. Pitt
man was chosen
first vice presi-
dent and Leon
ard P. Walsh
s e CO nd vice
president. Both
are attorneys.
Mr.. Williams,
leader of the
Boys c | u b
drives for men,
berships for the
past t h r e e
years, told the
more than 100
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Companion Injured;
Series of Crashes
DemoIishes Auto

A spectacular automobile crash,
which police attributed to high
speed, claimed the life of young
Marine private here early today
and left his buddy in critical
condition.
Both were trapped in the wreck
age of their two-door sedan after
it struck a car-loading platform
on Fourteenth street NV, ca
reened wildly across Thomas
Circle and disintegrated against
a tree.
The dead youth was identified
by the police as Pvt. Robert Co.
zart, 90. He suffered a fracture
of the skull, a broken neck, frac-
lures of one arm and one leg and
many deep cuts.
Suffers Multiple Cuts.
His critically injured companion
Is Corpl. Doyle S. Brookshire. %,
who received multiple cuts, severe
bruises and probable internal in
juries.
Both men were stationed at
Dahlgren, Va.
Another accident victim died in
Casualty Hospital yesterday of in
juries received two weeks earlier
She was Mrs. Nellie Napper, 38.
colored, of the 900 block of E
street S.W.. who was struck by
an automobile November II while
crossing the street near her home.
The driver of the car, Robert
Crawford. 46, colored, of the 400
block of Eleventh street S.W., was
to appear today before coroner's
jury on q charge of negligent
homicide.
In an accident half a mile south
Of Manassas, Va, Clifford Cecil
Russell. 36, Of Fairfax was killed
yesterday when struck by an au-
tomobile. Police said his car had
run into a ditch on Route % and
he apparently was on his way to
get help when hit. The police said
the driver was Louis Greed Jones,
%, of Manassas.
The accident involving the
Marines occurred at 1890 am.
Police reported that Corpl. Brook
shire was driving south on Four
teenth street and that he first
ran into the rear of a taxicab at
the T street intersection.
The cab. driven by Napoleon
Hill. 80, of the 5100 block of Mann
street NE. had stopped for a
traffic light. According to the po-|
lice account. Corpl. Brookshire|
backed away from the taxi onto
q sidewalk, knocking over a trash
receptacle.
The police said the Marine then
continued south. apparently at
a high rate of speed" and hit the
streetcar loading platform just
north of Thomas Circle. The car
jumped the curb and plunged out
of control until it hit the tree.
Both Marines were taken to
Emergency Hospital by Fire De-
partment rescue workers and Pvt.
Cozart died at $50 am.
Bus Passengers Escape.
Passengers on a Greyhound bus
escaped injury early today in a
collision at a railroad crossing
on U. S. Route l at Woodbridge.
Va, about 20 miles south of
Washington.
Halls Funeral Home at Oc-
coquan reported that three per-
sons in an automobile which
struck the bus about am. were
taken to the Marine Base Hos
pital at Quantico. The bus had
stopped at the crossing as re-
quired by law.
The hospital said three persons
were treated for minor injuries
and released.
Evening star., 1951-12-04

board members that no goal had
been set for the 1852 membership
and fund campaign. The club,
organized in 1884. now has 153 ,526
adult memberships and more than
10000 boy members,
The new president is a director
of the National Bank of Wash
ington and of the Washington
Board of Trade. He is president
OF the congressional Country
Club and OF the Chatterbox Club.
He lives at Sill Broad Branch
road NV.
The club welcomed Maj. Robert
v. Murray for the first time since
he became superintendent of
police.
Evening star., 1951-12-04

Nelson of Municipal Court has
the reputation of giving the long
est sentences. Donald Clemmer,
head of the Department of Cor
rection. says that when Judge
Nelson is on the bench. the popu-
lation of the workhouse goes UP
noticeably.
This reporter was in Judge
Nelson's court on the Monday
after Thanksgiving. however, and
none of the sentences were for
longer than 80 days. Several of
the defendants who pleaded not
guilty were given the benefit of
the doubt and released.
Police Keep "Clean House."
Judge Scalley agrees with NUM-
clpal Court Judge Walter Casav
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Maj. Murray to Speak

Police Supt. Robert v. Murray
will be guest speaker at a meeting
Of Argo Lodge, B'nai Birth, at
$3.50 pm. tomorrow at the Jewish
Community Center, Sixteenth and
@ streets N. w. Also appearing on
the program with Maj. Murray
will be Cantor Jacob Barkin and
Rabbi David Panitz.
Evening star., 1951-12-04

that the police arrest too many
drunks. Washington police have
the reputation of being the best
municipal housekeepers in the
country in the matter Of tidyine
up the streets by picking lp
drunks. Sometimes they arrest
men sleeping one off right in front
Of where they live.
In Judge Nelson's court last
week. 9 policeman was asked how
he knew that a colored man he
arrested was drunk.
He said he was waiting for a
streetcar to go home" was the
answer. land he lived right around
the corner"
Judge Nelson did not ask the
policeman why he hadn't sent the
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Arlington Benefit Luncheon

The Arlington Hospital unit of
the Daughters of America will
hold a benefit luncheon for the
hospital from 1870 am. to 2 p.n.
tomorrow in the Ballston Fire
Hall. Oil North Stuan strcet.
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Hospital Given Aquarium

The newly-formed Dublin (Eire)
Society of Aquarists has given a.
fully-stocked aquarium to the
Temple Street Children's Hospital
and both children and DOCTORS
are reported to love it. al
Evening star., 1951-12-04
Wash Williams Elected
Head Of Police Boys Club

Wash B. Williams. Washington
civic leader, was elected president
of the Metropolitan Police Boys
Club last night, succeeding Joseph
Evening star., 1951-12-04
By George Kennedy

One hundred and sixty drunks
came before the judge in Munich
pal Court yesterday.
1t was Monday, the day the
court gets a two-day accumulation
Evening star., 1951-12-04

This is the first Of two articles on the
problem Of oIeholism in Washington.
The extent Of the problem is suggested
in this article. Whot is being done to
combot it will be discussed tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-12-04

of the District Attorneys office
He got nowhere, however, and
faces trial February Is.
| Next target was Olin E. Darby
one of the newer members of the
board and brother of a prominent
county supervisor. This time the
grand jury returned an indict-
ment charging three counts of
violating the government code of
California. Mr.. Darby was accused
of voting ice cream and printing
contracts to firms which rented
business property from him. His
trial is scheduled for January Is.
| At the height of the furor it
was disclosed that Mrs. Eleanor
B. Allen. president of the school
board, had indorsed a mechanical
medical device, with associated
long distance curing powers,
whose inventor was convicted of
violating the Federal Food and
Drug Act. No charges were
brought against Mrs. Allen, but
she resigned her Office as "a step
toward restoring public confidence
in the school system"
New Difficulties Arise.
The new president, Attorney
Paul Burke, and other new school
board members are embarked on
la course designed to accomplish
Just that. Working independently
toward the same end is 4 scitizens'
Evening star., 1951-12-04
503 Enrolled at Payne.

Payne School, with 500 children
enrolled, has 273 on part-time.
It's capacity Is 288 pupils. The
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Change owuy from the tooth paste that
has not been able to prevent your covities!
Can Your Present
Tooth Pusie Reduce
Tooth Decay For You ?

Can you expect fewer cavities,
brushing as you have been with
q non-ammoniated toothpaste? ?
The answer is "no!"-and the
proof is in your own mouth.
If your present toothpaste is
supposed to help prevent cavi-
ties, where did all Of yours
come from?
Since Amm-i-dent's success
others have claimed to reduce
decay, too. But you know how
very little they do to help pre-
vent cavities. Don't be fooled.
Change to Amm-i-dent for less
tooth decay.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

and Powder than any other dem
thrice in America. Yes, 9 out Of
10 dentists actually suggest the
ammoniated formula to patients
suffering from tooth decay.
So don't wait. Change away
from the toothpaste you were
using while present cavities oc-
CURED. Change to Amm-i-dent
ammopiated Toothpaste, and
help prevent cavities amy time
and every time you brush your
teeth.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Others got rid Of their ordi-
nary toothpaste and changed to
the new ammoniated formula.
They reduced their rate Of tooth
decay by almost half-and many
turned up at their next dental
check with not one single cavity!
Proof Of that comes out Of the
files Of dentists, with actual pa
tients.
2 out Of 10 dentists now
recommend ugnsnonlused dentifrice
Dentists have seen proof Of
Amm-i-dent's ability to reduce
tooth decay. More dentists rec
ommend Amm-i-dent Toothpaste
Evening star., 1951-01-07
No Cavities at Lost Check
Mrs. Robert Strohaeker, West
Ridge Drive, Waterbury, Conn.

says, my hus-
b a n d , m y
daughter and
/ have all been
using Amm-i-
dent for some
time. At first
we noticed .
definite reduc-
ton in amount
Of tooth decay
then, at our
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Help them to stronger, healthier
teeth by providing Amm-i-dent.
Think Of the pain and expense
you might have been saved, If
Amm-i-dent had been discovered
when you were . child.
Children love the clean, pleas
ant favor of Amm-i-dent-both
toothpaste and the powder. And,
remember, you can depend on
Amm-i-dent, for Amm-i-dent has
been tested and commended by
Parents Magazines Consumer
Service Bureau.
Evening star., 1951-01-07
Amm-i-denf
and your dentist!

Although Amm-i-dent's am
moniated formula is the
most effective known for
fighting tooth decay, no
dentifrice can guarantee alb
solute freedom from cavi-
ties, nor can it repair dam
age already done.
The professional help and
guidance of your dentist is
necessary for the complete
guardianship Of your dental
health. Make it q rule to visit
your dentist regularly for q
check-up.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Famous Model Pruisss Amm-l-dens
"My mouth never felt so clean
my smile never looked 80
bright" writes Wendy Wells,
a New York Model, after using
Amm-i-dent to safeguard her
pretty smile.
Evening star., 1951-01-07

last visit to the dentist, not one
single cavity for any Of u.s."
Evening star., 1951-01-07
CHANGE TO AMM-I-DENT
AMMONIATED TOOTH PASTE
FOR LESS TOOTH DECAY!

How many cavities did the dentist find in your family
in 1850? How many filings needed? Then why stay
with the paste you used when you got those cavities?
Evening star., 1951-01-07

Doesn't your child deserve to
have the dentifrice that dentists
recommend more than any other?
Evening star., 1951-09-04
CUSTOM CARPET INSTALLATION

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Evening star., 1951-09-04
Danish Auto Fence
Seen Cutting Accidents
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 4.-The Dan.
ish auto fence. a new type of high
way guard rail. now is in use in q
dozen places in the United States
The rail is concrete, shaped like
the sloping back of a couch. It
rests on massive concrete legs
which keep it from tipping back
ward.
The bottom of this couch-back
lis about seven inches above the
ground. The top is just little
below the average passenger car
tire top. When a car hits this rail
the wheel is turned in toward the
highway. The couch form leans
back far enough so that the car
body is not likely even to touch the
rail.
Seaboard Associates Inc, Green
wich. Conn. reports that on the
Wilbur Cross highway, car was
driven into this rail at As miles
per hour and at an angle of 80
degrees. The car turned back into
the highway without dents or
scratches.
1t is claimed that this rail will
materially reduce fatal highway
accidents.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Crusade for Freedom
Seeks SIS Million 10
Further Fight on Reds
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. A. The
Crusade for Freedom has opened
its 1851 campaign to raise $3.5
million for its drive to wipe out
totalitarianism and free the en-
shaved peoples behind the Iron
Curtain.
The Crusade for Freedom, a
private organization. says new
funds will make possible two more
powerful transmitters for Radio
Free Europe, which is beamed to
EeaStern European countries, and
will set up freedom broadcastS to
Asia to fight Communism in the
Far East.
Gen. Eisenhower launched the
.cruSade's campaign yesterday with
an appeal that Americans Sup
port wholeheartedly" the crusade's
efforts Ito use truth as our most
powerful weapon against Com
munistic domination of the world"
Gen. Eisenhower, who spoke
from Paris, was seconded by SIM
liar appeals from Gen. Lucius
Clay, national chairman of the
crusade; Walter Clifford, United
States Ambassador to Britain;
Harold E. StasSen, president of the
University of Pennsylvania, and
Earnest Reuter-. Mayor of West
Berlin.
Their remarks were carried over
a. Nationwide CHS broadcast and
to the Red satellite nations by
Radio Free Europe, which is oper-
ated by the crusade.
Evening star., 1951-09-04

this yeor7whn finally allow yourself the extrova-
sonee truly high quu eorpe Dners here presents Of todoys
umte uxurousness and beauty
everything but price In foe through advance stocking
pene has neon managed sowing Of So S. precious
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Evening star., 1951-09-04
Land Reform Urged
By u. 5. as Basis
For Sound Peace
BY the Assoeiated Press

GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept.
Sweeping land reforms to i'm
prove the lot of the worlds farm
erS and lay the basis for a SounC
peace were urged by the United
States in a resolution put before
the United Nations Economic anC
Social Council last night.
ISador Lubin, head of the United
States delegation to the council
declared land reform "can mean
the difference between explosive
tensions and stability, between
apathy and hope, between serfdom
and citizenship"
Mr.. Lubin recalled Secretary of
State Dean AcheSon's appeal to
the General Assembly for land
reform a year ago. At present,
he declared, there were sound
and pressing reasons" for the
consideration of such reforms
embracing all the social and
economic institutions surrounding
farm life"
"a nation of insecure tenants
and rootleSs laborerS. who see
little hope to better their lot, is
an unstable society. subject to
sporadic violence and easily per-
suaded to follow false leaders, -
Mr.. Lubin said.
"We in the United States are
Of the firm conviction that peace
and stability in many parts of
the world will require the elimina-
ton Of those economic and social
practices which work extreme
hardship on rural people"
The United States resolution
recommends that the govern
ments involved provide a chance
for the farmer to own his own
land, promote land division into
farms of sufficient size, and es-
tablish equitable tenure condi-
tions including opportunity for
ownership in family sized hold
ings on potentially productive and
newly-reclaimed lands.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Balloons Mark Opening
OF MARYLAND Cumpoion

BALTIMORE, Sept. 4 F.-
Helium-t1ll balloons added a
touch of realism as the States
second annual Crusade for Free
dom campaign opened yesterday.
Eight of the balloons, four round
and four pillow shaped, were
loosed from a parking lot in the
Woodberry section.
The balloons were similar 70
thousands being released in Ger
many for points behind the iron
curtain in Poland and Czecho-
slovakia. Those used in the propa-
ganda offensive carry Leaflets
which shower down when the bal
looms explode.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Air Force CorporoI's
Death Held Suicide

Deputy Coroner Christopher j
Murphy yesterday issued a certifi-
cate of suicide in the, death of
Air Force Corpl. Joseph Paul
Kusack, who was found hanged
Sunday night at his home, 33-A
Todd place NE.
He apparently hanged himself
with an electric extension cord
looped over a transom some time
Saturday.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
300 Enroll at Academy

About 800 girls have enrolled al
Saint Patrick's Academy, 924 G
street NV, which will open the
current school year at 9 am
Thursday. Halliday classes will
be held Thursday and Friday, with
the first complete session sched-
uled for next Monday.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Piu Lindstrom Returns
After Seeing Mother
BY The Associofed Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4. -
Twelve-year-old Pia Lindstrom,
daughter Of Actress Ingrid Berg
man, returned today with her
father, DR.. Peter Lindstrom, from
q Six-week trip to Europe.
Pia stepped smiling from an
airliner and said she was glad
and happy to be back home" DR..
Lindstrom said nothing.
The girl had a brief visit in
London with her mother, who is
now married to Italian Film Di-
rector Roberto Rossellini.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
5th Division Elects

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 4 (P.-
The Society Of the 5th Cred Dia-
monO Division closed a three-day
convention here yesterday by
|electing Henry Phlum of haywood,
ILL.,, as president.
Evening star., 1951-09-04
Ham Brings $13.75 Pound

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Sept. 4 (P.-
Boone County'S champion coun-
try-cured ham, weighing 1412
pounds, sold for $199.38 here yes
terday. That's $13.75 a pound.
The ham was entered by j. B
Mead, Harrisburg (Mo.), farmer