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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-12-06
Make Annual Inspection

State and Federal officers of the
National Guard were in Oakland last
evening to conduct the annual federal
inspection Of the local Engineer unit,
at the armory on High street.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1951-12-06
SWANTON

Members of Supreme Forest, Wood
men Circle No. 48, Swanton. were en-
tertained recently by Mrs. Amy Will
son at the home of her parents, Mr.,
and Mrs. Grant Friend, in Deer Park.
Attending We're Mrs. Sara Friend,
Mrs. Dolores Friend, Mrs. Mareva
Teets, Mrs. Beatrice Custer, Mrs
Louise Friend, Mrs Mary June Har-
Vcy, all of Swanton; Mrs. Amy Will
son, Alliance, o.; Mrs. Ildra Frantz
Westernport; Mrs. Doris Friend, Deer
Park; Mrs. Rachel Walter, Deer Park
circle, and other visitors.
The circle plans to enter the Scrop
Book contest. At the Christmas party
a box will be packed for a needy
family and a gift will be sent to the
home in Sherman, Tex. Members also
will exchange gifts.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
Dean Rusk, Assistant
 Secretary State For Far Eastern Affairs Resigns

KEY WEST, Fla, (P)-Presi- dent Truman today announced the acceptance of the resignation of Dean Rusk, assistant secretary of state for far eastern affairs. It IS effective immediately.
 RuSk has been chosen president of the Rockefeller Foundation, to succeed Chester I. Barnard when the latter retireS next June.
 Although Rusk is resigning, he will stay on as a consultant on the U.S.-Japan security pact, an exchange of letters with Presi- dent Truman revealed.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
CAPTURED RED SOLDIER ALL SET FOR COLD WINTER

CENTRAL FRONT, Korea, (P) - The captured Chinese soldier was all set for a cold Korean win ter.
 Over several layers of under wear and a warm quilted uni form he wore a fine double breasted overcoat; new combat boots and a new winter cap to keep his feet and head warm and dry.
 What's you job," asked an in- terpreter.
 Supply sergeant"
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
WEATHER FORECAST

Compiled by US. Dept. of Commerce.
 Weather Bureau
 Partly cloudy tonight and Sat- urday. NE surface winds 13-18 mph. Low temperature expected tonight 3, high Saturday 2. Data for other selected stations as of ' a m. today.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
A. F. R. 6. RADIO PROGRAMS
 MARKS AIR FORCE BASE, NOME. ALASKA

Friday. December 2. 1851 5:0o-Words With Music 5:l5-Jack Smith 5:30-Juke Box USA 6:00-NeWS Shapes Tomorrow 6:l5-Sportscope 6:3o-Ozark MountaineerS 6:45-Club Is 7:00-My Friend Irma 7:25-Something Think About 7:30-This is the Story 8:00-ArIhur Godfrey S:30-Liberty Theatre s:00-NeWS
 9:o5-Groucho Marx s:30-Crime Photographer 9:55-Time Out l0:00-Requestfully Yours l2:00-One Night Stand l2:30-Slumbertime 1:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07

According to US. Weather Blu reau records, the worlds record for the most rainfall in one min ute, 65 inch, belongs to Opid's Camp, Calf.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
Saturday. December 8. 1851

Saturday. December 8. 1851 5:58-Sign On
 6:00-Strike Up The Band 6:15-Melody Roundup 6::30-Rise and Shine 7:00-Overnight News 7:15-RiSe and Shine Cont 7:45-Morning Melodies 8:O0-Early Morning News 8:30-Morning Devotions 8:45-Organaires
 9:00-Let's Pretend 9:30-You Name It 10:00-NeWs 10:05-You be the Weatherman l0:30-HollyWood Roundup 11:00-RusS Morgan 11:30-Hoosier Hotshots Noon-News l2:l5-PIatter Parade
 l:0C-At Ease
 l:l5-One Old, One New | l:3o-Hillbilly Hit Parade 1:SS-NGWS 2:C0-Bookshelf of the World l 2:30-Piano Playhouse 3:oo-Waltz Time 3:l5-Spotlight on A Star 3:3o-Navy Hour 4:OO-News 4:l5-Solitary Singer Musical Wonderland 5:00-Report To The People 5:30-Halls of Ivy e:00-NewS Shapes Tomorrow e:l5-National Guard Show 6:30-Gene Autry 7:o0-Steve Allen
 7:25-SOmething Think About 7:30-Saturday Mite Serenade| s:0o-Grand Ole Opry s:25-Western Interlude s:30-Life With Luigi
 9:00-NeWs
 e:05-Ozark Mountaineers s:30-Phillip Marlowe
 s:55-Time Out l0:00-Requestfully Yours ll:00-One Night Stand ll:30-Slumber Time 1l:55-NeWs
 l2:00 to 500 a.m.-Ray's Place Reception Permitting
 4:05 to 6:30-Football by short wave.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
Sunday, December g, 1851

Sunday. December g. 1851 7:58-Sign On
 8:00-OVernight News 8:15-WingS Over Jordan 8:3O-Smilin' Ed Mcconnell 9:00-Hymns from Home 9:30-MuSic We Love 10:00-Greatest Story Fer Told 10:30-AngeluS 11:00-Sunday Serenade 11:30-Music America Loves Noon-News l2:l5-The Weeks Best l:o0-Broadway Playhouse 2:00-Music by Lombardo 2:30-Showtime
 3:o0-FelloWship Hour 3:30-Air Force Hour 4:00-News 0.AO 4:l5-That the Blind May See 4:3o-Big Show
 5:00-Music For Sunday 5:30-Symphonette 6:00-NeWs Shapes Tomorrow 6:l5-Enchanted Keyboard 6:30-Fibber Magee 6:55-Musical Interlude 7:00-Jack Benny 7:25-Musical Interlude 7:3o-Family Theatre s:00-Bing Crosby
 8:3o-Twenty Questions 8:55-MuSical Interlude 9:o0-NeWs
 s:l5-Serenade for Strings 9:30-The Whistler
 9:55-Time Out lo:00-Album Familiar Music .l0:30-Choraliers ll:00-One Night Stand ll:30-Slumber Time l2:00-Date With the Duke I2:3O-Journey To A Star 1:00-Sign Off
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-07
MondaYl. December 10. 1851

NOHodYh bSSSAnbei 1oS A0SA 5:58-Sign On
 6:OO-Strike Up The Band 6:15-Melody Roundup 6:30-Rise and Shine 7:00-Overnight News 7:15-Rise and Shine Cont 8:OO-Early Morning News 8:15-Morning Melodies 8:30-Morning DeVotions 8:45-Jack Berch
 9:O0-Clevelandaires 9:30-YOu Name IL 10:00-NeWs 10:O5-You be the Weatherman 10:30-Southern Shindig 1:00-Dave GarroWay 11:15-Music from s. America 11:30-Piano Portraits 11:45-Program Previews Noon-NeWS l2:l5-Platter Parade
 l:00-At Ease
 l:l5-Hillbilly Jambo1ee l:55-News
 l:30-Hillbilly Jamboree 2:00-Bookshelf of the World 2:30-Radio Music Hall 3:00-Just Between Us 3:l5-Spotlight on A Star 3:30-DoWn Memory Lane 4:00-NeWS
 4:l5-Curt Massey
 4:30-Musical Wonderland 5:0e-Jack KirkWood
Evening star., 1951-10-10

When the addict asked the doc
tor to visit some parishoner. who
of course, was the addict himself
the doctor would respond. And
because the addict also had
training in nursing, he'd know
how to fake the symptoms neces-
|sary for narcotic prescription.
That went on for years, the
lieutenant said. until once he
called a graduate and said he
was one of the professors. The
doctor knew the professor. how
ever, and told the police. And
that was the end Of one addict.
There have been several cases
Of doctors becoming addicts in
the District. 1t. Carper said.
THAT presents a ticklish prob
lem," he said. The doctors usually
prescribe narcotics for a patient
and keep them for themselves.
But nine times out Of 10, he con-
tinued. the doctors will consent to
q voluntary cure at Lexington
rather than face prosecution.
Druggists Help Police.
Druggists telephone the police
whenever they become suspicious
of a man attempting to get a
narcotics prescription filled.
And the addicts know it. The
addict never waits to have 1t
filed, he said. He goes outside
and watches, if he can, for the
druggist to make a telephone call.
Then he knows it may mean the
cops.
On calls like that. one police
man stays outside the drugstore
and waits for the other one to in
veStigate.
There are some $50 pharmacies
in the District, 1t. Carper said.
That means . lot Of work for a
small squad Of policemen.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Suspect in Murder
'0f D. {. Liquor Dealer
Arrested in Phoenix

A s-country pursuit Of a
murder suspect which failed once
when a Washington detectives
plane was grounded by bad
weather, has resulted in the ar
rest in Phoenix, Ariz., of q 23-
year r-old District man.
Inspector Robert v. Murray.
chief Of detectives, said today he
will dispatch a homicide squad
member to Phoenix to question
the man about the murder of
Samuel Cooperman. liquor store
proprietor. Mr.. Cooperman was
shot by hold-up man August 4.
About three weeks ago 1t.
Richard Felber Of the homicide
squad was told that a man who
answered the description of Mr..
Cooperman's killed had disap-
peared shortly after the murder
and had not been seen since.
Grounded at Kansas City.
1t. Felber learned the last word
received from the missing man
came from Phoenix and he imme-
Idiately headed there by plane.
/ At Kansas City. however, ths
plane carrying 1t. Felber was
grounded for several hours by bad
weather. When he finally reached
Phoenix. 1t. Felber learned that
the suspect had left town only
a few hours before. He was un-
able to pick up his trail again.
| Before returning to Washington
1t. Felber asked Phoenix police
to remain on the lookout for the
man. He was picked up last night
by the Maricopa County sheriff's
Office and homicide squad detec.
tiveS were notified.
Involvement Doubted Now.
! Meanwhile Inspector Murray
said detectives have been check.
ing the activities of the suspect
and are less inclined now to fee
he was implicated in the murde,
than they were when his nam.
was originally mentioned.
/ Mr.. Cooperman was killed as h,
fled from his liquor store at IL.
Florida avenue NE. with the day.
receipts. The killer shot him il
1.-THE back as he ran crying fol
help toward a street car.
Maricopa County authoritie,
said the man denied any knowl.
edge of the holdup and Offered
Ito return voluntarily to Wash.
lington for questioning.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Trial Board Asks 500 Fine
For Officer Drunk on Duty

The Police Trial Board yester-
day recommended a $100 fine fol
Pvt. Paul j. Posterino of the
Traffic Division, who pleaded
guilty to being drunk on duty on
October l. the anniversary of his
appointment as a motorcycle off,
Ger.
The board asked that $75 in
fines be assessed against Pvt. Cliff
ton j. Panciera of the Thirteenth
Precinct for failure to communi-
cate with the patrol signal sys-
tenn and failure to take action in
two fires, one on his beat and
another nearby.
The boards recommendations
are passed up to the District
Commissioners for review.
Evening star., 1951-10-10

or that a fellow worker and not
the employer was negligent.
Now these are generally recog-
'nized as invalid reasons for de-
nying compensation.
The Presidents Committee, in
an effort to make it easier for
employers to take on handicapped
workers, has appointed Col. John
M. Smith, director of the Insti-
tute for Crippled and Disabled in
New York City, as chairman Of a
special subcommittee to survey the
compensation laws.
In addition, the committee will
delve into pension and disability
laws and regulations. The men,
bers are to make recommends
tions for possible changes in the
laws.
Mr.. Banta said these could be
in the form of a model law. or
model sections for insertions OF
changes in existing laws.
Leaders Are Experts.
Vice chairman OF the subcom-
mittee is Stanwood L. Hanson
assistant vice president of Liberty
Mutual Insurance Co. of Boston
Both Col. Smith and MIR. Hanson
are top authorities in their fields
Mr.. Banta said.
The Workmen's Compensation
Law of the District of Columbia
was adopted in a unique fashion
It was a short law. making ap-
plicable to District employees ane
employers the regulations of the
LongShoremen's and Harbol
Workers Compensation. which
was a Federal law covering ship.
ping workers on a national basis
Some District employers feel 8
law more in keeping with the type
OF employment here should have
been sought for the District.
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Underworld Traffic Supplies u Dope Addc Police School ToIo

would have to say no. And If
could say yes. I'd have to solve
at least so murders"
Partners i'm Crime and Blood.
Members of Malta are people
"of very superior mentality" he
stated. What's more they are all
related by partnership in crime
and often in blood.
"Those Sicilians make the best
criminals in the world and also
the best police in the world" he
added.
Malta is spread out in every
large city in the United States, he
declared. It's members are past
masters at terror and intimida-
ton and remarkable at putting
on show Of humility"
"They know you need witnesses
for convictions" he explained
They kill them and do it with
a lot of finesse."
That's what the law enforce
ment officers are up against in
the battle against narcotics.
But the poorest police job in
the country is done with the
Chinese tongs. Mr.. Harvey said.
-Perpetuating Hierarchy.
While emphasizing that he was
referring to no particular locality
Mr.. Harvey said the members
have the protection of a different
Language and a traditional anti
police conception. They are gov
erned by self f-perpetuating hier-
archy, he declared.
The officialdom Of the tongs is
used In the operation OF many
rackets. he said. When member
is arrested for eyading the law, he
always has a lawyer on hand i'm
mediately, and the bond ready.
They learned long before the
Evening star., 1951-10-10

Communists about the laws of
self discrimination" he said. They
just sit there and say they don't
speak English" +" b
The tongs, he continued. are
eready-made distributing organi-
zations." They don't allow out
siders into their affairs, and they
have developed public relations to
| a fine art, he said.
However, Mr.. Harney said,
"tongs. as of the moment, are not
/ too serious"
That's due to the general polit-
ical situation and the police at
tention created by the killing of a
narcotics supervisor in st. Paul,
Mimi, in September, 1885," he
said.
| Sources Of Drug.
Where does the dope come from? ?
Italy, Mr.. Harvey said, is a
great source of heroin, an opiate
no longer legally manufactured in
or imported into the United
States. The opium often comes
from legal, controlled" fields in
Turkey and Iran. From the fields,
the poppies are taken to wild
cat chemical plants" and con-
verted into heroin. Often 1t is
sold to seamen or representatives
of Malta, Murder, Inc, or others.
Much opium goes to France
where it is converted into heroin
to be transported by various
means on large ocean liners di-
Erectly to New York.
/ Mexico is a secondary source
of heron. but the greatest source
Iof marijuana for the United
States.
Referring to statesments made
lby authorities in hospitals, Mr..
lHarney said he disagrees that the
i dope addict "is . mild man. |"
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Helping the Handicapped
Pressure Grows to Revise Compensation Law

similar special FUND should be
provided for aggravated injury
cases.
Another difficulty arose in COM
pensation laws following q court
decision which held that in ad-
dition to compensation. an en-
ployer is liable for the loss by a
wife Of the services of her husband
due to. an injury suffered on the
job.
Brought On Claims.
After the decision was handed
down, hundreds of such claims
were filed in the courts. The
Washington Board Of Trade
recommended changes in the law
which would eliminate the en-
|ployer's responsibility for both
compensation and damages.
Last week. Chairman Mcmillan
of the House District Committee
introduced q bill to amend the
law to carry out the Board OF
Trades recommendation.
Workmen's compensation laws
date back to the English common
law, which followed the principle
that the master Of the manor wa.
responsible for the care Of any
servant hurt while at work
Written laws here, however, are
comparatively recent. dating bach
to the earliest In 1911.
Sets S1l,000 Limit.
Many refinements have beer
included in the written laws. They
set fixed amounts to be paid
fixed periods for payment, anc
define when an employer is re-
sponsible and when he is not.
The District law, for example
spells out maximum periods ol
payment for loss Of sight. hearing
and various parts Of the body, in.
cluding fingers and toes. IT. ais.
limits total liability to $1,000.
1t makes provision for death
benefits to widows and dependent
Ichildren-about half of what
would be paid to a disabled worker
liz he lived. and including up ts
I$400 in funeral expenses.
The payments. as in State laws
are made through insurance. but
some companies are self-insured
The rates vary according to The
hazards of the occupation, the
number of employees and the acci
dent record Of the company.
Survey Of Laws Planned.
The written laws differ from
the common law view that the
employer had to care for the work
er only II he were hurt through
the negligence Of the employer
Defenses under the common Law
were that the worker himself
caused the injury through his owr
negligence. that he assumed the
risk of the j0h when he took IL
Evening star., 1951-10-10
Arlington Opponents
|0f State Milk Group
Agree 10 Submit Briei

An expected oral argument over
the constitutionality of price fix
ling by the Virginia Milk Commits
sion in Arlington failed to ma
Iterialize today.
Malcolm D. Miller. representing
the Arlington County Board,
agreed to submit brief instead.
Before this ending to the COM
missions hearing in the Bowen
Building. BIS Fifteenth street
NV. representatives of Wash
lington area distributors described
their operations in the Arlington
Alexandria market.
Mr.. Miller's contention is that
the commission lacks jurisdiction
because the milk sold by Wash
Iington distributors in the county
has moved in interstate COM
merce.
Roger Whiteford, counsel for
Chestnut Farms Dairy. read from
"a State milk commission study
figures showing his company sold
IA per cent of its product in the
Arlington area and that these sales
amounted to So per cent Of all
milk sales in the area. All the
milk, he said. is bottled at the
company,s plant at Pennsylvania
avenue and Twenty-sixth street
INV.
M. M. Burchell. president Of the
Alexandria Dairy Products Co.,
testified that all his milk is sup
piled by Virginia producers and
that it is all sold on the Virginia
side Of the Potomac. The milk
commissions study showed that
his sales also amount to 80 pei
cent OF the milk sold in the area.
Arlington County. which has no
milk producers and no distribu-
tors, has taken a 100 per cent con-
Sumer attitude about the milk
situation. Spurred by the October
l increase Of l cent a quart (from
|22k cents to 23k cents on the
doorstep), the county wants nc
more price fixing.
William e. Leahy. attorney for
the Maryland-virginia Milk Pro-
|ducers' Association. which supplies
IS per cent of the milk in the
Washington area. led off with a
defense of the Virginia commits
sion's jurisdiction in the closing
hour Of a day-long hearing yes
terday in the George Mason Hotel
in Alexandria.
B. B. Derrick. secretary-treas-
urer Of the Maryland-V Virginia
Milk Producers Association, pro-
duced IL of his members to tell
how serious the current drought
has been to milk producers.
Evening star., 1951-10-10

National Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week, said such laws
in some areas make it virtually i'm
possible for employers to accept
disabled workers.
Although District laws are not
as stringent in this respect as the
legislation in some States, en-
ployers here generally feel that
changes are needed to make il
more amenable for them to hire
the disabled. and to make the law
conform to the type OF employment
i'm the District.
Compensation Law Is Problem.
Vernon Banta, of the Presidents
|comittee, said compensation laws
present the biggest problem in the
committees efforts to promote the
placing of handicapped workers In
jobs they can do.
AS a result. q study has been
ordered to recommend change.
which will reduce liability of en-
Iployers when handicapped per-
sons are injured anew. A subcom.
mittee of the Presidents Commit
tee has been given the job.
In the District, the problem Is
this:
If handicapped person is en-
ployed, and that worker aggra.
Yates the same injury to the ex-
tent that he is forced to remain
of the job. his employer must
pay him part of his salary while
he is away from work. This is
done through insurance.
Proviso Stymies Hiring.
Employers are naturally reluc-
tant to hire the handicapped
when such a possibility exists.
Under some State laws, there
is an added problem.
If partially disabled worker
is employed, and that worker
through another accident, be-
comes totally disabled through a
combination of the previous in
jury and the new injury. his cur
rent employer must bear the full
compensation load.
This is not true in the District,
where a special fund is set up to
provide for total disability in this
respect. Some officials-business
and Government-feel that q
Evening star., 1951-10-10

Doctors, he declared, look at ad.
diets when they are in a con.
trolled. hospital environment.
Police Find II Different.
'But a cop might tind 1t diff
lferent." he told the class. "Only
a few years ago one of our agents
was horribly murdered by an ad.
dict shortly after his early morn.
ing pipe full and even though
he had been an addict for two
years."
Mr.. Harvey declared that I'll
could be Of serious consequence
for a police officer If he were
lulled into any sense Of security
about addicts."
Dope is a complex thing. Inter
woven with the dullness caused il
Ia stimulating quality and an alb.
sence Of fear. which are great aids
to any criminal. he said. Dope
can give a man strength he coulo
never have without it.
Although many people have
said opiates kill the sex drive, Mr.
Harney said panderers sometimes
use 1t to obtain a bigger cut from
their prostitutes.
"Marijuana is drug of seduc-
ltion," he declared, "and cocaine
is often used too."
Use Among Juveniles.
| Speaking Of dope among juve.
niles. he said that most young
laddicts have criminal records be.
fore they become addicts.
The only important way
know OF that youngsters become
addicts right out Of Sunday
school, he declared. "is through
bebop musicians. They start or
lmarijuana and end up with heroir
or some other opiate."
AddictS have ways Of obtaining
ldope other than buying 1t from
Evening star., 1951-10-10
By ChorIes G. Brooks

Far flung, international under
world organizations supply the
American dope addict with illegal
narcotics on a big business scale,
a Federal Bureau of Narcotics off,
cial said yesterday.
Heading the list of smuggling
groups in the underworld dope
traffic are the remnants of Muir
der. Inc, M. L. Harney, deputy
commissioner of narcotics, told
the special police narcotics school.
Next, he said, is the infamous
group known as Malta, a loosely
knit. tightly disciplined organiza-
ton of Sicilians that operates in
Sicily and throughout the United
States.
Third Great Menace.
The third great menace in the
field Of illegal dope is composed
OF the Chinese tongs, he declared
which "the Chamber of Commerce
in every city floods with good pub
licity each year."
Although Dewey and ODwye1
broke up Murder, Inc.," Mr.. Har-
ney declared. it was impossible to
get them all. That's probably the
major reason New York City is
considered the major source OF
supply for narcotics peddlers.
Malta, well publicized organi.
zation, but a group which ha.
never been proved to exist, is per.
haps one of the most curious un.
derworld groups in existence, Mr.
Harvey said.
1T Is certainly one of the mos
successful criminal ventures W,
know Of" he declared. "Theil
murders are never solved.
"And yet if I were askee
whether or not I could prove tht
existence Of Mafia In court.
Evening star., 1951-10-10

|peddlerS, 1t. H. H. Carper, chic
of the Narcotic Squad of th'
Metropolitan Police Department
told the class.
They often forge prescription
and get it from drug stores. It's
cheaper that way, If they can gel
away with it, he said.
"They can buy II morphine
tablets from drugstore for $1.24
when it costs $24 for IL tablet.
from a peddler," he said.
Difficult to Recognize.
It's difficult for a doctor to rec.
ognize some addicts. They come
to him and say they have kidney
trouble, or a migraine headache
ulcers or acute asthama. In thai
way, they can get their ak
Sometimes addicts will go to foul
or five doctors in one day anc
obtain prescriptions.
One addict, 1t. Carper recalled
had his leg burned so badly from
"a IRE caused by smoking in bed
1t had to be amputated. He used
to scratch the stump with a SHARP
instrument until it was bloody
Naturally the doctor believed he
was In real pain.
It's illegal for a doctor to pre-
scribe dope to a person because
he's an addict unless the man il
undertaking cure. the lieutenant
warned. But some Of them de
occasionally.
One Trained in Nursing.
One addict, 1t. Carper said
had studied unsucceSsfully for thu
priesthood and to be a mals
nurse. He used to watch the grad.
yates Of the Georgetown Univer.
sity Medical School. and wher
they were established he'd cal
them and pose as q priest.