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Evening star., 1952-12-17
Convict, 23, Dies
In Research Project
On Yellow Jaundice
By John McKeIwoy

Johnny Gavin was a quiet guy
who liked to roam. He never said
much. and, before he died Sunday.
he had been in lot of trouble.
Johnny was in a coma, and had
Evening star., 1952-12-17

b e en- for a
week. Then the
doctors at the
Federal Peni-
tentiary called
his mother.
Mrs. Gavin,
who lives alone
at IA Sixteenth
S t re e t Sc,
made the cold
SO taxi trip out
to the North
eastern Peni-
tentiary from
T,AWiShllrp pa
to Snn her. son
Evening star., 1952-12-17
Divnr pnnnpS

River Report
fFrom y. S. Englneers.l
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen-
andoah cloudy al Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Readings at Washington National AirportD
Evening star., 1952-12-17

When a thoroughfare is a four
lane limited-access means of
travel, it draws automobiles the
way sugar attracts flies.
That's one of the characters
Evening star., 1952-12-17

ProIeets IN VnSinio: Next Arlington
boulevard ~
tics of the Henry G.. Shirley Me-
mortal highway. Its very attrac-
tiveness has not only drawn a
substantial volume of inter-city
traffic, stunning U. S. Route l
through Alexandria, but contrib
utes to the steady home building
growth in the Shirlington-Alex-
andria area. This. of course
means more cars on the highway
And the daily volume ranges from
$1,000 to $4,000, as it is.
So the Regional Highway Plan
ming Committee has come up with
what it regards as the best feas-
ible solution: Widen Shirley high
ways four lanes to. six
Of first priority is that section
of the highway from the Penta-
gon road system to the Alexan-
Evening star., 1952-12-17

the legislation never got anywhere.
In the new Congress, the legis-
lation's chances seem much i'm
proved. Under such a program.
employees would be trained in
their own and other Federal agen-
Icies and in colleges and universi-
ties for more important assign
mentS in Government.
Employe training programs
have been a great success in pri-
Ivate industry. The Hoover Com
mission and others feel that it
would be just as beneficial in Gov
|ernment, both in improved and
more efficient operations and in
giving deserving employees greater
opportunity for advancement.
GUARDIANSHIP - It prob
ably will be at least several weeks
before PreSident-elect Eisenhower
names the new chairman of the
Civil Service Commission.
More than so names are being
studied by the Eisenhower staff,
and no decision has been reached.
The National Civil Service League
has urged that the appointee be
a man with wide experience in
Federal or State personnel mat
tiers. combined with private in
dustry personnel experience.
The latest one to be mentioned
for the job is Charles P. Taft of
Cincinnati, brother of Senator
Taft. However. MIR. Taft is more
likely to wind up as head of the
Governments housing agencies
than as CSC chairman.
TALENT WINNER-This COL
umn last Friday listed Blanche
Thompson of the Civil. Aero
nautics Administration, who is CO.
winner of the Federal Recreation
Committees talent contest, as a
singer. Miss Thompson may sing
a little, but she won the contest
for her talents as a violinist.
+ kA 4
INTERIOR AWARDS-six en-
ployes in the Interior Depart
ment's Washington office have
won awards for distinguished
service. They are Rudolph DEF
fenbach. John j. Forbes, Harry
7. Kelsh, Vernon D. Northrop,
and Michael w. Straus.
txH ~
OPS-Twenty- five per cent of
the Office of Price Stabilization's
employees will have to be dis
missed by the end of January be-
cause of budget cuts, the agency
has disclosed. About 400 en-
ployes in OPS's national office
here will get the ak.
The overall reduction will cut
the total number of employees from
Evening star., 1952-12-17

OF the Hoover COM
mission and the Citizens Commit
tee for the Hoover Commission
1t has the strong support of the
Evening star., 1952-12-17

Scattered expected tonight the Upper
region and also along the Central Rockies Rain and rz
will fall the Puget Sound the Columbia River
also expected in Southern California the
eastern slopes of the Southern Rockies The South Atlantic
will have slowly rising temperatures while colder air
will be moving into the Northern Plain States.
ZAP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1952-12-17

Third in series on indiyidyoI hishwoy
projects in Virginia: Next: Arlington
boulevard
Evening star., 1952-12-17
The Weather Here and Over the Notic7

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 101 on June 26.
Lowest, 15, on January 80.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, 81. at 3:25 pm.
Low 81 at , 40 am
Evening star., 1952-12-17
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation.

Monthly, precipitation in inches in tn
Capital tcurrent month to date):
Mnnth 1872 AVa Recnrd
Evening star., 1952-12-17

Low 81, at $40 am.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast ant
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Motorcycle Rider Die,
After Being Thrown
$50 Feet in Crash

| A motorcycle passenger was in.
jured fatally yesterday when thu
vehicle hit a traffic island anc
threw him and the driver $50 feet
| Arthur Trimmer, "a, of 3704
Bunker Hill road, Brentwood, Md.
died in Casualty Hospital. His
companion, James c. Heb5, Sd, %
Of 1872 Bryant street NE, was re.
ported in fair condition this morn.
ing at Gallinger Hospital.
District police charged Mr.. Hebt
with reckless driving and man.
slaughter. Prince Georges County
police charged him with speeding
They said he was doing about
30 miles an hour when he hit the
island in the 26O0 block of Blad.
ensburg road NE.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
D. c. Driver Is Hurt
South of WOODBRIDGE

Another Washington driver was
injured seriously early today in a
two-car collision on Route l 4
miles south of Woodbridge, Va.
He was identified at Alexandria
Hospital-where he was admitted
with a skull fracture and face
cuts-as Wallace E. Thompson, 27,
of 1416 Twentieth street NV.
Two Marines from Camp Le-
jeune, N. c., were in the other
auto. Virginia State Police listed
them as William J. Mullins. %. the
driver, and Kenneth A. Perkins,
10. The younger man suffered
face cuts and was taken to the
Quantico Marine Base Hospital.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Georgetown u. Student
Is Critically Injured

/ In another traffic island acci.
dent shortly before midnight, 9
Georgetown University junior wa!
critically injured.
He is Carl L. Schweinler, 20
/ West Orange, N. j., who lives or
the campus. He suffered skull
fracture and underwent surgery
at Emergency Hospital this morn.
ing.
Three other Georgetown stu.
dents in the car were released
after treatment at the university
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Red Menu in Hungary
Leaves Soldiers HunoN

PARIS (CDN .-Hungary's Red
ruled soldier subsists on a very
low-caloried diet. Here's his daily
menu:
Breakfast: Clear soup. slice of
black bread. Midday and evening
meals: Clear soup, vegetable and
dried fish, Russian-origin.
Being poorly paid and with food
expensive, soldiers can't do much
to fill out their diet.
Evening star., 1952-09-27

hospital. They are Richard l.
Bradley. 20. Baltimore; David
Bolger, 10. Chicago. and Frank
Kearnan, 20, Pittsburgh. All are
juniors and live at the school.
Police said Schweinler was turn
ing off Foxhall road onto Reser-
voir road NV. when the car hit
"a traffic island and turned over.
They said he told them he was
driving 80 to 40 miles an hour.
The accident happened in a 25-
m.p.h. zone. A corporation coun-
sci hearing was set for October 10.
Evening star., 1952-09-27
Soldiers Home Resident
Is Hit by Streetcor

Earlier last night, a resident Of
the Soldiers Home was Vertically
hurt when a streetcar hit him.
He is James I. McAlister, n
colored, a Spanish-American Wal
veteran. Police said he stepped
in front of the streetcar in the
1400 block of Fourteenth street
NV, about $40 pm. Emergen-
cy Hospital reported he suffered a
skull fracture.
The motorman was Pete c
Weber, 25, of 633 Farragut street
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12
~ .,.fsfss Veterans
To Receive Bonus

Montana veterans Of World
War II may obtain applica-
tons for the Montana bonus
by writing to the Adjusted
Compensation Division, P. O.
Box 612, Helena, Montana, j.
C. Dodd, service officer, Dept.
of Alaska, WV, wrote the
MIRROR, this week.
Veterans who were resi-
dents of Montana at the time
of entering service are eligible.
The bonus will be paid on a
basis of $40 per month for
domestic service and SIS per
month for foreign service.
Further information may be
obtained by writing Dodd at
box S72, Juneau, Alaska.
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12
NO ..E

Within the n xt two weeks
the City of Kodiak garbage
contractor will pickup and
discard all oil drums presently
being utilized as garbage re-
ceptacles.
Landlords are responsible
that all garbage collection
points under their jurisdiction
have proper garbage contain
ers with covers.
An inspection will be made
by the police department with
in the near future to deter
mine that the provisions of
this notice have been complied
with.
For health measures, all
citizens are urged to coope-
rate. NJ
CITY OF KODIAK
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12
s. 3
.NOTiCs
United Stat

United Stat
Department of the interior
Bureau of Land Management
| and Office
Anchorage, Alaska.
February Is. 1852
Notice of Publication
Notice is hereby given that
John McCord, entryman of
McCord, Alaska, together
with his witnesses Raymond
E. Krautter, and Emil Adoga
both of Old Harbor, Alaska,
has made final proof on his
homestead, Anchorage Serial
010394, for land embraced in
Plat of U. S. Survey No.
1898, situate on the southeast
shore of McCord Bay near the
head of Port Hebron on Sit
kalidak Island, containing
1925 acres, latitude $40 o.
%" N. longitude 1880 ~ rs"
W. at u. S. Location Monu
ment No. 1897, and it is now
in the files Of the Land Office,
Anchorage, Alaska, and if. no
protesttis filed in the local
land office, Anchorage, with
id the period of fpublication or
thitry days thereafter, said
final proof will be accepted
and final certificate issued 'a1
sE Chester w. Mentally,
his ae' Acting Manager
Date First Publication 3.22-52
Date Last Publication 5-17-52
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12
Js..Sr. Prom April rs

The annual Junior Senior
Prom of the Kodiak High
School will be given by the
Junior Glass on Saturday
evening, April 26.
The dance will take place at
the Elks Club, starting at 8
pm, and will be formal.
Admission will be by invita-
ton only. ;,
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12

A dinner party in honor of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay VOLTS 25th
wedding anniversary and Mr..
Kodiak mirror. [volume] (Kodiak, Alaska) 1940-1976, 1952-04-12
1ExefT s

and Mrs. Pete Ramalgia's
fourth was held recently at
the Montmartre Inn.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

Kula Gulf which at present is sta
toned in Norfolk, Virginia.
The third and youngest son,
Charles Esmond, SIN, 20, is serv-
ing aboard the PCS 1885 stationed
at the Naval Base, Key West.
Wheeler joined the Navy in the
fall of 1912 He enlisted in the Sea-
Bees as Carpenters Mate and re-
ceived his training at Camp Perry,
Virginia and also at Camp Pendle-
ton, California Upon completion
of training, He was assigned to
the 18th Engineers SeaBee Battal-
ion.
During World War Two, the 18th
Engineers we're assigned to the
Seventh Fleet in the Pacific. Dur
ing this period, Wheeler took part
in the landings Of the Philippines
the Marshall Islands and the East.
ern and Western Caroline Islands.
During the invasion Of Two Jima
his battalion was assigned to the
Fifth Marine Division.
Returning to the states in 1916
he was separated from active duty
and returned to work with the VIII
ton Wooden Mills, Wilton Maine.
Soon after separation, he enlisted
in the Naval Reserve Program. He
was recalled to active duty Sept.
ember 1851 and was ordered TO re-
port to Helicopter Anti-Submarine
Squadron One. Key West.
Recently father and son. Charles,
left Key West on leave together to
return home where the Seagoing
Wheeler family had a reunion for
the first time in several years.
Upon being released from the SER
vice, Wheeler plans to return to
his 200 acre farm where he special
izes in raising registered prime
beef.
He is married to the former Hill
da Turner. daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leuther E. Turner of Auburn,
Maine. They have three daughters,
Kathleen, Carol, and Janet.
Wheeler is authorized TO wear the
Philippine Liberation Ribbon. Asia
tic Pacific American Theater. and
the World War Two Victory Rib.
bon.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22
Hollywood Stars Take Varied
Stand On Presidential Race

no reason for actors to abstain
from politics.
81 say there are limits to the
campaigning which an actor should
do" he commented. Il have mar
rated film short for the Demo-
Gratis and have been making some
appearances at rallies. / think ]
am entitled to do so as citizen.
Eyes, / suppose / might ALLEVIATE
some Republican members Of the
movie audience. But I'm not wor-
ried about alternating Republican
motion picture producers"
Said Holden: II am member
of that dying breed Of people who
think they are entitled to private
life. Oh, l don't mean myself as
an actor; l expect to have my
professional life scrutinized by the
public. But as a citizen, ! expect
some privacy. And that includes
my political opinions.
81 think there is a dangerous
movement to destroy ones private
conscience. For one thing, l think
it is shocking that a candidate for
office must reveal his income tax.
This sort of thing could continue
until we have what George Orwell
described in 1913: complete
thought control"
Said Douglas: 81 see no reason
why an actor shouldn't be able
TO express his views-if he feels
strongly about them. Look-I like
it here in Hollywood. I've got q
good job, fine house, swimming
pool and wonderful wife. I'm
living much better than ] ever did
as boy or as young man.
but if l have to crawl in a
hole and keep my mouth shut in
order to keep these things-I'n toss
in the whole works and leave
town"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22
BY BOB THOMAS

HOLLYWOOD R-JuSt two more
weeks and we'll have something
% talk about besides politics.
But until the nation goes to the
polls, everyone will still be hash
ing over candidates and issues far
into the night. Hollywood is no diff
terent from any other community.
People aren't talking about TV,
box office and Jane Russell. ALI
you hear is: ibid you see Adlai
last night?" or What did you
think Of Ike's speech"
Since actors can talk about little
else these days. / followed the
trend when I visited the Forever
Female" set I found myself stand
ing between Paul Douglas, who is
campaigning for Stevenson, and
William Holden, who has taken no
public stand. So / pitted the pair
against each other.
Although they remained friendly,
both Douglas and Holden expressed
strong views about actors getting
into politics.
Holden said he hadn't loaned his
name to either campaign and didn't
intend to.
81 don't think a film actor has
any business antagonizing any seq
ment of the motion picture public"
he remarked. In the past, actors
have become associated with I'M
savory causes. and that has been
bad for themselves and the indus
try. | don't at all mean that either
the Democratic or Republican cam
paigns is unsavory.
''But the fact remains that people
on both sides feel very strongly.
An actor makes mistake to risk
censure from either side"
Douglas countered that he saw
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22
Local Sailor
Has Sons That
Are"Nayywiise''
Man Has Three Sons
In Naval Service
AT Various Posts

Bell bottom trousers have real
meaning for member of Helicop-
ter Anti-Submarine Squadron One.
Cecil Wheeler, Damage Control
man Second Class. is proud of the
fact that his family is definitely
"Navywise". Wheeler, father of
six children. now has three sons on
active duty in the Navy.
The Oldest son. Cecil Jr., %, was
serving in the National Guard and
has now joined the Naval Reserve
in Portland, Maine.
Hedley Edward Wheeler SN, %,
is now serving aboard the USS
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

with the stupidities and horrors
which result.
To say the book is depressing is
mild. This reviewer was ready to
throw in her own chips half doz-
en- times in the course of its thirty
four chapters.
A black cat has godmothered the
Athero's cradle. At Mr.. Bazin's
manipulation he was in bad luck
even before he was born. His mat
ernal grandfather and his mother
10th ended in mental institutions.
Involved in natural adolescent re-
bellion against his father. the boy
who only requires a few months
proper psychiatric treatment is
put into mental hospital. And the
fellow then becomes the pawn to
illustrate bad institutional manage
ment, bad legislation affecting the
mentally i'll, and general stupid
ity on the part of doctors, attend
ants, and families.
II any reader wants to get down
into another snake pit. this is it.
But he mustn't expect to emerge
from the pit with any cheeriness in
his soul,
(NEW WORLDS FOR NELLIE by
Rowland Emett, picture book for
adults and children. published by
Hareourt, Brace and Co., New York
City. 40 pp.)
The heroine Of this book Is an
antiquated train, consisting Of Mel
lie a rusty old locomotive. and two
coaches.
How sadly the world Of current
children'S literature needs Nelliel
A humorleSs Photographic real
ism in illustrations stalks thru
ninety-eight percent Of the book
store offerings. And the pictures
are usually interpolated by one syl.
labled sterile prose from which all
the imagination has been wrung.
But with Nellie, no child will run
TO the comic books for relief and
excitement. This book is one Of the
most completely delightful child
ren's books which has appeared on
the market In the past 50 years.
The intermittent prose passages
interlarded between the amazing
illustrations are pastel, simply be-
cause Mr.. Emett's drawings are
SO wonderfully comic and brilliant,
any prose would suffer. The great
cartooniSi for Punch has taken that
most masculine Of human mech.
anical devices, = locomotive, and
with delicate lines, and = pen dip
ped IN the highest English tradi-
! ton of nonsense In wonderland,
has made Nellie ! lady engine who
Is destined TO be a classic.
Nellie operates once day twice
. week in . forgotten corner Of
England through Cloud Cuckoo val.
lev, nuckwallow marsh. and But.
tergoose hill. to Starflsh point by
the sea. She carries hens and pigs
on market day and people 10 see
the paddle boats On Saturday after
noon. Albert Funnel is the driver
and Frederick Firedcov. the guard.
fireman ard porter.
Ia the ripping course q ire tale
Nellie goes an a trip "a the United
States. where she experiences SKY.
srrapegS. the Philharmonic. the
Deep South. . heYcine tied 10 TIE
tracks q sold rush in smoky Patch
mu0nsaiaS. and q fssl Erieght 10
0.sfash Cape.
Size 4 makiAE = lid Biz hSrs
We ualy Fegrss thai . Wsae0aial
committee wasn't 90 the docks y
meet her.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22
KEY BOOKS
BY A. de 7. cInsras

IA MOON FOR THE MISBEGoT-
TEN by Eugene 0'Neill a act play
published by Random House, 1T
pp.)
When playwrights like Eugene
0'Neill, Maxwell Anderson and
tennessee williams write a new
play, publishers now find it profit
able to publish the work immediate
" In book form. This considerably
9idens the enjoyment of the play,
and permits book reviewers to say
What they think Of it as dramatic
literature.
The moon which Eugene 0'Neill
gives with great largesse to the
misbegotten characters in the play
is a round, yellow harvest moon.
tie gives IL to them in Connecticut
in September Of 1923. And there is
still some question at the end of
the fourth and final act whether
they should have been given the
moon at all
Excepting in one long and de-
lighthh scenel Then they should
have not one moon, but six. Old
Phil Hogan and his daughter, Josie.
play conversationally with stuff
ed shirt millionaire. T. Stedman
Harder. and the scene is brilliantly
and wonderfully comical.
As always Author 0'Neill's crafts
manship is very able, and the play
follows all the Greek unities. The
action takes place at the home Of
tenant farmer Hogan between the
hours Of noon on one day and sun
rise the following day. With the
use Of lights and scrim 70 show
the interior Of the sitting room in
Act II. only one set is necessary as
all the action happens on the porch
IN front Of the farmhouse.
There are only three principle
characters the two already men.
toned, and James Tyrone, Jr.. the
man Josie loves. The most begot-
ten of the three Is Josie. She is
Gwcnty-eight and made in too gem
erous proportions Tor delicate fem.
lnine appeal. Her warm higneSs
Is an exaggerated Junocsque Yer.
sion bordering on the groteSque.
And as o'Neill did give these
characters the moon. he has made
them vivid and real under it's
light The two DRINKS who move In
Iosie's life and the big htllking girl
herself are portrayed with almost
ne authors usual excellencies.
But looking at the play only in writ.
Ten form. they do not seem to have
quite The spark of the Hairy Ape
and Electra Or maybe il is only
because this reviewer has added
years since the early plays.
tHEAD AGAINST THE WALL
novel By Herve BaSin. published by
Prentice Hall, New York City, 2sS
sp1
A novel about the peregrinaslons
u human being in any institution
may very easily take on elements
a. q case study. This tale Of q
Fonng Frenchman incarcevased in
some hall dozen state mental in.
stisntions during a lifetime. smaekS
internationally al = textbook or leet.
IRE on the need AZ intelligent rxy.
shlatrie treatment in mental in,
ttitutionS
The hero. Arthur Gegane. Is 81,
Eays a shade clinical. The author
ellmhS 90 the back Of his principal
character 10 rlsle bis aan lsFlszton
attn pre- Mogid Narl measSl IN.
stit0tl0Hs. TIE great sm0ti0aAl psn.
ssrasions VI Freud have 40 vel
reached these hospitals = show
that the chandelier SusaEing naeE.
tally diseased are rare ard tha'
proper pSyehlsgFy ear cure ga0sl
mentally disturbed persons Auth,
a. BARN 5 veEy oayloass sSTsous
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22
News Briefs

MIAMI BEACH R-Florida bot
tiers Of carbonated beverages
closed their saith annual convention
here Monday. rejoicing all Of
ficers. T. n. Henderson, Tampa,
Is president.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

KTSSIMMEE E-Thr thlrd AZ
usaal KlxSimmee hoatrasle il
scheduled 10 leave kere TharSd&y
ard arrive ia SmsFt S9adas
lie b1atgs1s 80 pgoeNea doWa
TIE Kssslmmee River "a Ezks Oke.
exhobse and d1un she 81 Laeas
River Ia SsnaFt vhevx an official
uesgeme nEl BE sxtsmde All
types ~ erafF wssf part psse mssh
" esssnesryss lFcgn ofisnss gesurn.
lnx 10 taag esy va Ire isame
halarway.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

MIAMI E-The American SoeIe.
" Of Travel Agents opened its an.
nual convention here Monday and
elected Laurence c. ToFnhs, Mon.
treal, Canada. president. He is the
first Canadian To be named TO the
post.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

MIAMI BEACH 6H-Sen. Estes
Kefauver ol Tennessee. unSnccess.
faI candidate Eor the Democratic
presidential nomination. win "a
dress = political rally II the Miami
Beach Auditorium On Ncx II
behalf q AdIai Ssevsnscn. Demo
cratic nominee.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-10-22

TIE annaai nstsk pxesSsesioa IN
ne Ia4ses states wuusd sili a river
spso usleA lank. e. Fees wsae and ,
ises assr.