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Evening star., 1951-09-23
Thousand Trees
Added 10 D. {.
Streets in Year
Bottle on Pests
And Elm Disease
Cited in Report

The District gained more than
1000 street line trees during the
year ended June 80, according to
the annual report of the Trees and
Parkings Division.
The report to the Commission
erS said that 3,739 trees were
planted. while 1886 were removed
Tor various reasons.
Most of the new trees were
placed on recently opened streets,
while replacements for trees killed
by gas, disease, traffic, vandalism,
storm damage and widening of
driveways and streets accounted
for the rest, it was said.
The division said it also trimmed
30,014 trees of low limbs and dead
and dangerous limbs.
In addition, 1852 were SPRAYED.
Spraying with DDT solution is to
combat perennial pests such as
tent caterpillars, elm leaf, elm
bark and japanese beetles. Special
attention went to the $4,000 elm
trees.
EImS Are Examined.
The division carried on a scout
ing program for locating elm trees
showing symptoms of the Dutch
elm disease. All elms were ex-I
amined periodically. When signs
of infection appeared, specimens
were sent for laboratory inspec-
tion.
Dead and dying elms found to
have the disease were removed
and burned.
A new project for prevention of
japanese beetles was undertaken
in the spring, the division said.
This involved treating the soil in
some areas with the milky spore
disease to prevent metamorphose
of grubs into beetles.
The division called results of
this work very satisfactory as
evidenced by the decrease of
beetles during the past summer"
The division is responsible for
propagation, maintenance and
protection of street trees and
those on public space in the Dis
trict, except in parks and reser-
vations under jurisdiction of the
Federal Government.
Evening star., 1951-09-23

the little Scotch village of George
town while on a preaching mission.
He used to go to the field of
honor to stop duelS and once
missed Sunday services because he
was trying to settle without
bloodshedD an affair between one
of his flock, John Randolph of
Roanoke, and a Mr.. Eppes.
Francis Scott Keys Church.
When the church was finished
the board of trustees wanted a
full-time rector. So they placed
an ad in the Washington Federal
ist and received an answer from
the Rev. John j. Sayre of Port
Tobacco, Md. who accepted "the
call"
How successful he was is at
tested by verses by Francis Scott
Key, a vestryman of the church
who wrote THE Star Spangled
Banner" They were carved on a
marble slab which was intended
to mark Mr.. Sayre's burial place
under the church floor.
1t was found in the reconstruc-
ton of 80 years ago and placed
on a wall near the chancel. It
reads in part:
Here lies he now-yet grieve not
thou for him,
READER! he trusted in that
love where none
Have ever vainly trusted -
Rather let
This marble speak to thee, and
shouldst thou feel
The rising of a new and solemn
thought,
Wak'd by this sacred place and
sad memorial,
Oh listen to its impulse! It's
divine
And it shall guide thee to a life
of joy,
A depth Of hope and endless
bliss hereafter.
Evening star., 1951-09-23
Public Hearing Begins
Tomorrow on Request
For Transit Fare Rise

A public hearing on a Capital
Transit Co. request to increase
weekly passes from 81 to $2.25,
abolishing token fares and re-
tanning a straight Is cent cash
ride, will start before the Public
utilities Commission tomorrow.
The hearing will begin at 10
a m. in the District Building board
room.
Will Keep Weekly Pass.
The company has announced
that it now proposes to retain the
weekly pass. which at one time it
sought to abolish. Great public
demand impressed the company
with the need for retaining it.
Opposition to any fare increase
is expected to come fro mcitizens'
group spokesmen. But the COM
pany is prepared to present wit
nesses to tell the commission it
needs more money.
Unless fares are raised, the COM
pany has said, it's overall earn
ings during the fiscal year ending
June 80 next will be 81 million
below the minimum 71a per cent
return established by the PUG as
necessary to preserve the carriers
financial stability. Accordingly, it
has asked the commission to sane
ton higher fares.
Says Costs Up IL Million.
Following the strike early in
July, the company's operating
workers were given wage increases
and other benefits. These, to-
gether with previously granted
wage boosts to salaried workers,
will add SIT million annually to
its operating costs, the company
contends.
Present fares are: So for a
weekly pass, three tokens for 40
cents and Is cents for one ride.
AS an added argument for high
er fares, the company points to
an increase of $226.000 annually
in its power bill to be charged
by the Potomac Electric Power Co.
Evening star., 1951-09-23
Maryland Republicans
To Rally al Banquet

A Republican dance and ban
quet sponsored by M. S, Baltimore,
GPO State Central Committeeman
for Prince Georges County will
be held at 7 pm. Saturday at the
ICE. Club, Suitland, Md.
From $50 to 10 pm, six prob
able candidates for the Senate
and House of Representatives from
Maryland are to speak over radio
station WMAL. They are H. Grady
Gore, possible Senate candidate,
and the following for the House
of Representatives: Gordon Louk,
Clifton L. Clevenger, DR.. Ralph
L. Morrison, Ned Waters and
John N. Torvestad.
Evening star., 1951-09-23
Addict Tells How Dope Got Grin on Him

fCly SSl1lSlt. "IleIl i COUlQ IlOb O6
the center of everything probably
I wanted to exclude things that
left me out.
So that. and a combination of
the music business which demands
a certain amount of stimulation
probably accounts for my early
dealings in marijuana, when
was exclusively only a mariuana
user, when age began to take a
little toll and when you don t
have that old zip that you have
when you are in the twenties.
just made small graduation into
the stronger narcotic, and I was
really hooked before I knew it.
was just using it on week ends, OF
an occasional stimulation when
I needed it. When you begin to
see drummers, for instance in my
case, that can't play as much as
you can, but are younger and can
play louder and can make a
better showing, you feel like, per-
haps, little stimulation of some
kind will straighten you out.
Double Cross Yourself
But you don't want alcohol, for
one reason or another. Maybe you
have an idiosyncrasy to alcohol,
or the leader can smell it on your
breath. When you use narcotics
he can't tell anything. So you have
double-croSsed him in way. You
have double-crossed yourself, but
you have fooled him.
| Mr.. Clemmer: Well, Joe, that
| is a; pretty frank statement, and
I appreciate it. Now, let us &c
back to your boyhood a little bit
You say you were selfish and
spoiled. and mentioned being the
only child. How old were you
when your home was broken?
Inmate: Well. I have no definite
recollection of Ii. My mother anc
father had a right rough time
with one another, ever since I car
remember. They put me in diff
Iferent institutions. Never more
than one year at a time did !
stay in these places.
Mr.. Clemmer: That is board
ing school?
Inmate: Bell Home, Charlotte
Nelly School, places like that.
only went to one place I was ever
proud of in my life, and that
was in the sixth, seventh, ano
eighth grades. I made it in two
years. That was the only chance
I ever had. Other than that they
were just bunch of fly-by- might
,get-as-much-as- they-can for as
little bit of effort expended.
Mr.. Clemmer: Do you think
that in your boyhood, Joe, youl
parents gave you as much affec-
ton as parents are supposed to
give their children?
Father Irresponsible
Inmate: My mother probably
gave me as much and more, in
an effort to make up for what
she thought was a lack in my
father. He was a comparatively
irresponsible character. yet he has
outlived her. .....
Mr.. Clemmer:: What did he do,
incidentally? What was your
economic status in your boyhood
home
Inmate: When he could work
and be big wheel. he would work.
Mr.. Clemmer: At what?
Inmate: At being an inspector.
for instance. He was an inspector
in the Navy Yard when I arrived
on the scene back in 1915 and for
a while, as long as he could be an
inspector-well, fine. He would
work. But when he had to accept
after the war :. 3. there was, as is
the case after wars, hux in the
employment situation, and he had
to take a step down because there
was no need for so many
inspectors.
/ He refused to do that-this is
what I can gather. my mother
ltells me later-and he was out OF
work for a good long time. a
Evening star., 1951-09-23
Jewish Center Fetes
New Pastor TONIGHT

The Jewish Community Center
of Greenbelt will honor it's new
pastor, Rabbi Seymour Zahn, at a
reception at $3.50 o'clock tonight
in the Greenbelt Center School.
Rabbi Zahn succeeds Rabbi
Morris A. Sandhaus, who has
moved to Washington.
Evening star., 1951-09-23


know. She had to work. The con-
lsequent change that she found in
men when she had to go out and
face the world. was probably more
than she could take. She began
to match him up against the other
gentlemen, and he began to run
little short, very likely.
Mr.. Clemmer: Joe, do you think
many people have such tensions in
their youth? Now. do you see any
connection with that and the fact
THAT you later used marihuana to
begin with?
Lack of Secure Feelings.
Inmate: It's possible, seeking a
resolution of those fears and lack
of secure feelings in myself. 1t is
very possible.
Mr.. Clemmer: I presume SO.
You have been reading some books
about this, too. Haven't you?
Inmate: I plead guilty to that
because / have been trying to
Istraighten myself out. 1 have got
to do it. Nobody else can do it
for me. I don't think. I have to
Istraighten myself out.
Mr.. Clemmer: You talked very
frankly then. You certainly SEEM
ed sincere. Joe, tell me a little
bit about it. Can you remember
the first time you smoked mari
juana?
Inmate: Yes, sir, can remem-
ber.
Mr.. Clemmer: Describe it. Go
ahead.
Inmate: Well. I expected the
top of my head to blow off, be-
cause I was victim of the propa-
ganda that I see in the paper
every day :. and the very subtle
effect that it had on me. At first,
when I noticed I did not even
know that anything was happen
ing. At the time I was playing
music. I had a drumming job at
the time and had a band of my
own.
Time Seemed Distorted.
should not have really used
it. actually, because it was my
responsibility to see that the band
took care of itself. But that was
neither here nor there. / do not
know as have ever been toe
anxious to avoid temptation. So
this was one of the times that
was not anxious to avoid it at all
So a boy offered me some REFER
and offered it to me in a rather
harmless. casual manner, and so !
tried it. Nothing happened right
away. Not until about half way
through the next dance group did
I notice that the feeling of time
as such, was distorted. Now,
don't know just exactly how to tell
lit to you but it was distorted.
Mr.. Clemmer: 1 can't under
stand what you mean by that.
Inmate: Also, after a while I
admit that the drum beat began
to become more pronounced to me
and the intervals between the
beats became to me, at least, fur
ther apart, so that I could i'm
provise a little better in there.
Now, just how much of that is
actually what I remember. and
how much of it is what I have
read since, I can't be actually
sure, but it is something like that
anyhow.
Mr.. Clemmer:: 1t sounds plau-
sible. About how old were you
then-l9 Or 20?
\ About "a Years Old.
Inmate: Oh no. sir. I was about
"a or 25.
Mr.. Clemmer: That was the
f1rst time you used a REFER?
Inmate: That was the first time
I had a run into it.
Mr.. Clemmer: Joe, what sort
OF work have you done in your life,
mostly?
Inmate: Well, have sold mer-
| Continued on Page A-32.. Col. 1.)
Evening star., 1951-09-23

DUIEuLu CteUtHcIS uHSCLOF "
the District Department OF Cor
rection, addressed the Metro
politan Police special narcotics
school last Thursday. 1t iUds
a speech on the sociological and
/ legal phases of the narcotics
problem. Then, he told the po-
icemen he Danted to let them
hear the human side. He played
a recorded interuie1D he had
made NTH an unidentified priS-
oner tDho told him hoW he
became dope addict and 1Dhat
it's like. This is a transcription
OF the recording:
Mr.. Clemmer: Joe, I appreciate
your coming in. for one thing,
and you have already agreed to
talk to me about your trouble a
little bit and maybe what is be-
hind it, and I have also agreed
mot to disclose your real name or
address. or any specific informa-
ton. What are you here for now?
Inmate: Violation of the Mari
juana Tax Act.
Mr.. Clemmer: What exactly are
you charged with? What does
that mean?
Inmate: I was charged with
possessing So grains of marijuana
Mr. Clemmer: Where was 1t
found?
Inmate: It was found in the
trunk of my automobile.
Mr.. Clemmer:: You did have it?
Inmate: It was there.
Mr.. Clemmer: Were you ped
ding?
| Inmate: No, sir. I was not.
Mr.. Clemmer: Was any one in
dicted along with you? Did you
have rap partner?
Inmate: No, sir, did not.
| Mr.. Clemmer: The assumption
was you were going to sell it. but
you deny that, I understand.
Inmate: I don't think that was
the assumption. The act just in
cludes any type of traffic with il
at all. 1t is blanket act and il
includes also, just possession.
Mr.. Clemmer: Were you using
lit at this time yourself?
Inmate: Yes, sir, I was.
Mr.. Clemmer: Heroin, too?
Was Using Opiates.
Inmate: I was using heroin
morphine. any type of opate that
I could get, by the nostril. I have
never put a needle in me. but !
was using enough through the
nose that I had quite a habit.
Mr.. Clemmer: Now, Joe, you
have been in a similar jam be-
fore?
Inmate: Before I was not a
narcotic addict. I was selling
marijuana.
Mr.. Clemmer: Oh, you admit it
and that was some years ago.
Inmate: That was some years
ago. I sold many pounds.
Mr.. Clemmer: You made pretty
good at it?
Inmate: I made a good deal of
money, yes. sir.
Mr.. Clemmer: I am not so in
terested in your offense now, and
what / am interested in, I apl
not sure myself except the old
question, guess, How do people
get that way" Now, as you sit
here across the table from me. you
look to me and I am sure you are
a very normal, healthy looking
young man. What happened in
your life that terminated into
this sort of thing? How did you
start in drugs? Tell me about it
in your own words.
Product of Broken Home.
Inmate: 1t is very difficult to
put your finger on any one thing
I am product of a broken home
but when I start saying that, ]
feel like the psychiatrist talking
to the patient, and it doesn't
necessarily make any difference
A lot of men have been products
of broken homes. There is a feel
ling of insecurity. of course.
was the only child, and I was also
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
ROBBINS CITIZEN FOUND
DEAD IN DIXMOOR LAST
SUNDAY;MAY BE MURDER

!. Levi Littlejohn Of l38th &
Sacramento ave nue. Wds
found dead on the Grand
Trunk railrodd tracks in Dix
moor last Sunday morning.
Il is alleged thdt he hud
been fatally be dten else
where by q person or persons
unknown and wds then
dragged or otherwise Carried
to. and placed upon the rdil
road tracks.
It is further alleged thdt
apparently his dssdilants or
ossdildnt had hoped q pass
ing train would mutildte the
the body dnd thus hide the
crime.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
news OF P.T.A.

The PTA of Lincoln Mem
orial School met with dp-
proximdtelY 70 parents dnd
teachers present. A m o ng
those present wds Mrs. Edith
DESCENDANT. district director,
who made timely remarks.
Our PTA. as did all others
sent the amount Of $l.O0 TO
help pdy for the Ndtiondl
Life Membership for Mrs.
DESCENDANT, also q bdr for
her presidents pin. She is.
being honored in this waY
for the work done by her in
the PTA.
A luncheon is to- be held
III the Stevens hotel MdY ;.
at 1900 o'clock noon. Our
president. Mrs. Oslo Smith
Brown. wds chosen to rep
resent and attend this lunch
con.
Mrs. Elinor White made
end donated three aprons to
the PTA. The amount Of $3.l5
wds taken in from the sdles.
Thdnks to Mrs. White.
The room count Wds token
by the hospitality chdirmdn,
Mrs. Bernice Childs FIdrris.
The room having the largest
Of parents present
wds Mrs. Ruth Hobson's kin
.dergdrten, which had q rep
reservation Of IA. We know
now that this will be the
winning room.
An operetta, -" BEHIND
CASTLE WALLS" is being
presented at the school on
April 9th. The proceeds
from this pldY will be used
in purchasing q piano for
the school. Admission is Soc
for adults; Csc for children.
we ask you to come outand
help us in this effort.
Continued on page p
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28

undshumed, cppdrentlY be-
lieving thut in q political
cdnpdign everything goes.
There was more of this then
in any other conpdign of
modern times.
It is hoped fhlt fhis poge
in Robbins history will not
dgain be repeated. But the
people cast their votes dnd
otter the count some Of the
officers were SO jubilaaat thut
they forgot their Official dut-
les pertaining to the bdllots
dnd election mdteridl.
The official count, accord
ing to the villdge clerk, wds:
Original Citizens Porty-
struiqht votes. SIS; Morcellus
Jones. 500; Lee Riston 362;
Victor Anderson. 1865.
Peoples PartY = struighi
votes. $50; VIM. Jones. 365;
Willie Bennett 357; Leroy
Boyd. 500.
The Improvement PartY =
tsroinght votes. 1872; Mathew
Roberts. l54; Odel Anderson.
l43; Williurn Wilson. 1873.
Non-Purtisun Prog. PortY-
stroight votes. Gil: Ulysses
S. Turner. ST.. 638; Ebert
(Zip)Johnson. 638; Leo Mdrsh.
628.
We hope for q cleaner
administration cled1er than
the campaign, dnYWdY. The
administration com bring re-
spect. and not disgrace. The
citizens ore watching for re-
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
NON-PART|SANS WINNERS
BY AN ALMOST 2TO1 VOTE!
NEW TRUSTEES TO TAKE
SEATS ON MAY lst 1851

The Robbins village board
will hold its regular monthly
meeting at the village hdll.
Tuesday,, MaY lst. 1851. AT
this meeting the newly elect
ed trustees, IT, S. Turner, ST.,
Ebert Hip) Johnson dnd Leo
Mdrsh, will take their seats
as trustees Of this yilldge for
q term Of four years.
AT this meeting the mayor
will rnake his committee dp-
pointments. Among the jobs
that these trustees will have
TO do ere: To sturt- q drive
on vehicle license, store Ii
cense. tdvern license end ell
the other duties Of their Off
ceS.
1t is expected thdt q ldrge
number of citizens will be
in attendance at this council
meeting. We think it would
be q fine thing if these meet
ings would be we'll attended
at all times. Citizens, this is
your business.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
SPECIAL NOTICE!

All T overn and Liquor
licenses in the village Of
Robbins will become due
and poYdble at the office OF
Mayor on or before MdY l..
1851. MdY 10 is the deudline
for oil liquor license. The
Liquor Commission stat e s
thut definitely there will be
NO CREDIT extended to any
one.
Signed:
]. S. RICHARDSON.
Liquor Commissioners
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
HERE'S THE SCORE CARD AND
FINAL RESULTS OF THE GAME

One OF the hardest fought cc1mpdigns ever wdged
in the village Of Robbins cmdxed here lost week.
With much hypocrisy and bigger dspluy Of ignorance;
mudsngng wos the order Of the campdign end urutls
were bruzenlY spoued by people who were cdllousy
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28

EUGENE A. BROWN
Choirmdn
1898 West l39th Street
Robbins. Illinois
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1951-04-28
COOK COUNTY CHAPTER
NATIONAL FOUNDATION
FOR NFANTILE PARALYSIS
INCORPORATED
tSuburbun Areu)
REPORT OF RECEIPTS

Coin Containers ---$ 1881
Coin Cords (smdll SCHOOL, = 306.79
Coin Cords Qorge) -------
Business Executives
Large Contributions --
From Personal Letters 1880 1856
Local Organizations --
Misc. Contributions -----
Coin Card Mailing --- 1910
On Local Deposit ----
Totol receipts -$394.86
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-17
COUNCIL NEWS

NOO1 WILL NAA w o
 We have been experiencing some cold weather the past few days. Two nights of minus 30 and some in the twenties.
 Pete Lee, Julius Tatpan, and David Henry have been cutting wood for the school the past few days in the Basin Creek area. There are several nice stands of timber left, but it is necessary to go back a few miles for it.
 This weather has been provid- ing good going for snowshoes, skis, and dogsleds, and the men have been taking advantage of it.. Several fishtraps are in the river and the trout are moving. The catches have been excellent. Ptar- migan have started moving too, Sut are so wild it is difficult to get within shooting range. Fox, wolverine, weasel, and m n k tracks have been spotted ire quently and Pete Lee has seen 'wo large rabbits.
 The rabbit has been almost ex- tinct in the Council vicinity for several years, but apparently is on its way back. Dave Henry saw tracks of young one below town recently. The prized land otter is coming back too. Fred Durocher, -qeI eQl p9sseul!M 'p9sgeo9p MoU bit migration from this region several years ago and estimated that there were hundred thou sand moving northward. He was prospecting northeast of Council at the time, and had just closed down mining operations. While mushing the dogs homeward through a small cut he saw the horde of rabbits approaching, ap- parently not intending to alter their course despite the fact that a dog team was in the way. Fred, only too willingly, drove the dogs up a hillside and watched the procession until it ended, two hours from start to finish.
 Nels Nelson and family left few days ago for Seward. This reduces Councils population to IT with seven children in school. That is quite a contrast from the several thousand that once inhab- ited the city. For some, though, it is still home, and as good a place to live as it ever was. They say there will always be a Coun- cil in this neck of the woods.
 Don Perkins
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-17
N o T I C E

Real & Personal Property Owners The Nome City Assessment Roll for 1851 has been acted upon by the Board of Equalization and the property tax rate has been sci at one percent u%).
 City of Nome
 By Carrie M. McLain
 City Clerk Publish Dec. IF, 19, 21, 1851.
The Nome nugget., 1951-12-17

lay-over for a plane to Anchor age by way of Edmonton, Can ada. The Bureau of Indian Af- fairs officials at Minneapolis ob- tained car and drove me around the city for about an hour. We left there at 8:30 pm. and ar rived at Anchorage at am. the next morning.
 At Anchorage I spent the day at the airport with the Nome Ma tional Guard, who were on their way back from Juneau and were waiting for a plane to Nome. Finally the plane scheduled for 9 am. took off at 6 pm. for Nome, where I arrived at g pm and completed my journey