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Evening star., 1952-02-07

business as a young man and
became a leading coal Supplier
flor the District and Federal gov
Iernments, including the schools
and fire department. Washington
children delighted in watching
his Percherons and shining coal
wagons pass.
Mr.. Werner was long active ir
the Baptist Church. He was ar
incorporation Of the Baptist Home
for Children and q charter mem.
Der of the National Baptist Memo.
rial Church, serving as trustee
| of both institutions for many
years.
Surviving Is his widow, the for.
mer Ruth Vesta Pope. Funera'
services will be at 8 pm. tomor.
row in the Hines funeral home
l290l Fourteenth street NV
Burial will be at Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
|KirkIond's Jury Attack Silly
|Ex-Prince Georges Aides Say

the grand jury OF that term
reported, that county police exer-
else eternal vigilance IN the pre-
vention of crime, and we lay par
lticular stress on that portion
adjacent to the District line. and
to see that no violations of law
are permitted, as it is possible that
numbers racketeers and gamblers
may try to locate in our county
due to the fact that they are being
driven out of Washington. We
believe that slot machines have
a bad influence on the youth Of
our county and we recommend
that the law be repealed"
More Police Proposed.
And to prove that this panel,
headed by Walter M. Grimes,
meant business, the report asked
that a larger and higher paid po-
lice force be equipped with four
lsawed-of shotguns and four high
powered rifles, two weapons Of
each type to be located at Marl-
Iboro and two of each at Hyatts-
willie" The report further recon-
lmended that a bell be installed in
the Marlboro lookup SO that the
Ijailer could be awakened when he
fell asleep at night.
Four years later a grand jury,
after urging a bigger police force.
told the court that zone John Rig
giles was examined at length on
his purported knowledge Of crime
and existing irregularities in law
enforcement and the administra-
/ ton Of justice in the county, which
examination, however, disclosed no
evidence whatever of the alleged
conditions"
Notwithstanding generally good
conditions" the jury called for
strict enforcement of liquor laws
and closing hours conforming to
those of the District as material
aids to elimination of disorder
and crime"
Long Report Filed.
/ A grand jury empaneled in
April, 1949, handed in what is
perhaps the longest report ever
filled in the county on the gam
..lbling situation. Signed by F.
Bowie Addison, foreman, the four
page document recited the moves
1.-THE jury made after becoming
|"cognizant of the courts charge
with respect to rumors Of wide
,lspread gambling activities and
4 improper conduct of law en-
'lforcement officials of the county. +"
/ Declaring that an exhaustive
investigation, aided by a special
examiner, was made in a period
covering several weeks, the jury
concluded that the reports were
without foundation in fact and
that gambling in the county "is
now at an almost irreducible min
rlimum."
/ The grand jury wound up its
report with an observation that
gambling cannot be entirely
stamped out and suggested a
State lottery as a means Of "ulti-
innate partial solution Of the
.Iillegal gambling problem.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

The 31-year-old officer, who
fought unscathed through France
and Germany in World War II,
had been in Korean combat
exactly eight hours when he was
wounded.
II was standing on a hill with
my observer, watching artillery
fire, when it happened" he said
today. Suddenly this faulty NOR
tar shell landed about five feet
behind U.s."
Capt. Blacks right leg was
severed at the knee. His left leg
was broken. His observer suffered
two broken legs.
The Arlington officer was blown
into large foXhole. Medical
corpsmen Immediately were on the
scene and started applying tourni-
ouets and giving morphine while
he was being lifted out.
BY jeep, ambulance train and
air ambulance he was evacuated
to Tokyo. After a month in a
hospital there, he was flown by a
Military Air Transport Service air
evacuation plane to Walter Reed.
During his stay at the hospital.
Capt. Black, a West Point grad
uate in the class of 1943, is study
ing business administration.
1--WE had a couple OF job offers
already" he said. II was an Army
brat'-it will be pretty nice to
settle down in one place for q
change"
Capt. Blacks father, Brig. Gen.
Garland C. Black, ST., died last
year. A Signal Corps officer. Gen.
BLACK had several tours of duty
lin Washington. Capt. Black is q
graduate of Gordon Junior High
School and Western High School.
Capt. Blacks youngest child.
Patricia, was born just before he
left for Korea. He and his wife.
Marjorie, also have two other
children, Garland, III, Z, and
Nancy, 4.
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Two Put on Bond.
In Safe Robbery
AfSimkinsH Home.
Juvenile Court Valves
Jurisdiction on Youths
Facing Other Charges

A pair Of 17-year-old youths
accused, among other crimes.
with the $4,000 robbery Of the
safe of Roger E. (Whitetop) Sim
kins, numbers operator, today
were placed under bonds Of $22,-
500 and $4,000, respectively.
Juvenile Court not only waived
jurisdiction in the case, but turned
over five cases pending on various
charges against Maurice Jones Of
920 French street NV. and James
A. Mason of tbs Fifty fifth street
NV, both colored.
Arraigned before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence,
Jones was held also in connection
with the $500 robbery of a safe
from the home of William C..
Whitehead at SOLO East Capitol
street on December Z. Police said
his fingerprintS were found at
the home.
Jones was remanded to Jail in
default of bonds totaling $22,500,
while Mason was held under four
bonds adding up to $4,000.
The robbery of the Simkins home
occurred Friday night. Police also
have charged two adults inecon-
nection with the safe-cracking job.
All the cases against the two
were continued until February 20
at request of the Government to
permit the roundup of witnesses.
Jones was held on charges of
snatching q pocketbook contain
ing $40 from Constance Hunter in
the cafeteria at Cardozo High
School last September and for an
attempt to rob a safe in a church
at COL M street NV. on Decem-
ber 20.
Held i'm 3 Robberies.
Jones was at liberty from Juve-
nile Court pending disposition of
the latter two cases when the two
successful safe robberieS occurred.
Cases pending against Mason in
Juvenile Court, and assigned to
the higher court, include three
robberies OF cash registers in chain
grocery stores.
Mason was held on charges of
grabbing $50 from a cash register
in a store at 356 Eastern avenue
NE. on December 81, $120 from q
store at 1921 Kenilworth avenue
NE. on November Is and 500
from q store at 4045 Minnesota
avenue NE. on May 8.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Assembly Acts Today
On McKe|din Veto Of
Teacher Pay Raise
By J. B. Zptmon
Stur Sfaff corraspondent

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. THE Cen
Ieral Assembly was to decide to-
day whether Maryland school
teachers should get $500 annual
pay raise.
After convening yesterday for
their 30-day session, the legis-
Ilators agreed to vote today on
whether to override Gov. Nickel
din's veto Of the teacher pay raise
bill and so other measures he re-
Ijected after the Legislatures 1851
meeting.
Earlier, So bills drafted by the
Legislative Council were dropped
in the hopper-30 in the Senate
and % in the House.
One of the major Senate bills
would cut the personal income
tax by Is per cent. Another
would double the present $100 an
nual salary increment for teach
ers. while a resolution calls for
a commission to study the States
public school system.
Eight bills introduced in the
Senate would modernize the
States budget machinery.
| Substitute Bill Drafted.
As the teacher pay fight neared
a showdown, Delegate Robert A.
wallace, Republican, of Mont
Igomery County announced he is
preparing a teacher salary bill to
be offered as a substitute in case
the Governors veto is upheld.
/ Mr.. Wallace'S proposal also
would provide $500 pay raise
but without the corporation taz
increase contained in the present
bill.
Gov. McKeldin yesterday sent q
record $176, ,888, 900 operating bud
get to the General Assembly, but
insisted individual income taxes
can be cut Is per cent.
Unlike his predecessors, Mr..
McKeldin accompanied his oper-
ating budget with a loan program
for capital improvements. The
bond issue measure heretofore
has followed the budget by weeks
The one-package plan was rec
commended by the Commission on
Administration Organization of
1.-THE State, headed by Simon E.
lSobelof, Baltimore attorney.
The capital improvement bud
|getN proposed by the Governor is
l$22, TBS 900.
S14 Million Over This Year.
The nearly 5000 million total OF
the two budgets exceeds the cur
rent years figure by $14 million
| He said the Is per cent tax
lcut and the increased budget could
1be accomplished by taking So mil
lion from an anticipated surplus
lat the end Of this year to make
Iup for the tax reduction.
| The University Of Maryland
would receive $8,698,01l Of the
lGovernor's proposed budget. This
represents a cut of 1855 .889 from
the amount asked by the school,
but it is more than SIS million
above this year.
In addition, the university ex-
1pects to receive over 50 million
from student fees and other in
tcome, making a total budget of
over $l8 million for the 1928
fiscal year.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Rate Expert Says
Jas Firm Needs
IS PET. Increase
Detroit Consultunt's
Comparisons Queried
By PUG Counsel

A financial consultant today
maintained under cross examina-
tion that the Washington Gas
Light Co. should receive at least
a z per cent return on its invest.
lment. .s
The witness was Ralph E. Bad
Iger, head of an investment counsel
firm in Detroit. He testified as
the Public Utilities Commission
resumed it's hearing on q gas
company application for a is per
cent rate increase.
The hearing has been in recess
since January Is, after the gas
company completed its case. The
company seeks to increase rev.
enues by $2.3 million a year. Mr..
Badger backed up the gas COM
tpany contention that its rate Of
return should be Z per cent in
stead of the 3.9 per cent expected
this year.
Lloyd Harrison, PUG counsel.
questioned Mr.. Badger on his
methods of arriving at the z per
cent rate. Mr.. Harrison attempted
to show that other gas companies
to which Mr.. Badger referred in
drawing comparisons were not
comparable in many respects to
the local firm.
! The gas company bases its plea
mostly on a 40 per cent increase in
the price of natural gas. It has
had no rate increase since 1912.
The company was granted a $780,
1000 increase by the PUG in No
vember, 1949, but that order was
set aside by the courts and the
company was forced to refund
about $1.2 million to its GUS
toners.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Three Western Athletes
Foce Juvenile Court :

Three Western High School
athletes have been charged with
housebreaking and released In
custody of their parents BY
Juvenile Court.
The students, each Of whom Is
n years old. are charged with
entering Bell Vocational High
School last Sunday afternoon. and
making of with sports equipment
valued at approximately $3.50.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

Blue Ridge Parkway. After an
investigation. he reported that
he did not believe it necessary to
close the roadway.
Four-foot fences are being built
along the two cliffs. which are
about $50 feet along the roadside.
The rock cliffs are almost perpen-
dicular in some places. In others,
the sides have been gouged out
as though by recent slides.
+ Cave Rumors Explained.
Park officials said the condition
had led to many wild rumors, one
being that there is a cave about
200 feet deep on the left hand
Evening star., 1952-02-07

sary for the Bureau Of Public
Roads to advertise several times
for bids low enough to keep within
the appropriation. That was be-
cause of the expense Of blasting
and cutting through areas Of solid
field rock. It was one OF the
toughest road jobs in the Wash
ington area for this reason.
Similar conditions to the one
in Spout Run are met in many
sections of the national parks,
when the winter elements cause
|crevices to appear in the rock
surface. About two years ago
Canal road near Chain Bridge
was blocked by . severe rock
l9lide. ME
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side, which formerly was a quarry
It was in this crevice. particularly
that people noticed small boys
playing.
Actually the cave was caused by
quarry blasts with huge rocks fall
ing on each other to make sew
eral wide openings. Park mainte-
nance workers have closed up the
largest of these with other boul-
ders and slabs of rock. Some OF
the loosened boulders deemed q
menace have been removed and
others will be as the work pro-
crosses, it was said today. @
When the Spout Run parkway
was first projected, 1t was Ieces.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

about $75 IN
East Riverdale,
Md, last night.
| Robert Nc
Hale, Of 5602
|Ffty-nint t h
street, E a s t
IRiverdale, told
Prince Georges
County police
at Hyattsville
the incident oc-
CURED about
BIS pm, as he
was about to
collect January
receipts from
Evening star., 1952-02-07

Park officials are resorting to
protective measures against dan
|gerous rock slides that have men
|aced motorists for several weeks
in the gorge of Spout Run on
the Virginia side of the Potomac
River, where creviceS have
loosened huge boulders on both
sides of the road. ~
The danger area, which has
been posted but not closed to mo-
torists while work is underway, is
that part of the dual roadway
leading from Key Bridge to Lor-
com lane-a section Of the scenic
George Washington Memorial
Parkway. s-.... as
Motorists instinctively steer
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Suit Challenges Right
|QflIFIington Board
Member 10 Draw Pay

A suit conteSting the right Of
Alan L. Dean to receive compensa-
zion as an Arlington County Board
member has been filed in Circuit
Court by six taxpayers.
The suit contends that because
Mr.. Dean is a Federal Govern
ment employe he is prohibited
from receiving salary or other
remuneration as a local or State
office holder in Virginia. Attorney
for the complainants is John
Locke Green, former county treas
urer.
Mr.. Dean is one of two Federal
Government employees on the FIVE
member county board. He took Of
flee January l.
The complainants. Rocco Paoli-
celeli, Howard w. Sharpe, Harvey
A. Williams, Eli Lurie, Raymond A
Miller and James E. Miller, base
their suit on section IA of the Vir-
Iginia Constitution. They also
name Board Chairman Robert w
Cox, Board Clerk Ruby Simpson
and County Treasurer Colin c
Macpherson as defendants, anc
ask they be restrained from sign
ling pay vouchers or warrants fol
Mr.. Dean. .... I
Mr.. Cox is the other Federal
employe on the board but the sui
does not raise q question concern
| ing his pay.
The complainants say that Mr.
Dean is compensated under terms
of an amendment to the Code oi
Virginia, which is special legisla.
ton. They cite section 2-27 o1
Chapter 4 of the Code which ex.
empts counties with population:
over 1000 per square mile from
the general statute affecting Fed
eral employees.
The suit declares that Mr.. Dear
receives an annual salary of abou
$4,000 as a Federal employe. MI
Dean is one of three non n-partisans
Including Mr.. Cox and Daniel A
Dugan. on the board. His pay a
la board member is $1,000 year.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

ton Of Park Supt. Edward
j. Kelly. Park naturalists in
vestigated, and maintenance engi-
neers examined the rock cliffs,
recommending that the area be
fenced for protection to the road
way and that some of the danger
Gus boulders and slabs of rock be
removed against possible slides.
Photographs made of the two
cliffs today show the condition.
Elwood E. Rensch Of Richmond,
in the regional Office of the Ma
tional Park Service, visited the
scene recently at the request of
the Washington Office. He has
had similar experiences along the
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away, some have said, from several
overhanging Troublesome or two
tons in weight-for fear of a pos
sible slides. The rock cliffs on
both sides of the road at this
point are IS to 40 feet high. criss-
crossed with crevices that already
have caused a number of large
boulders to spill onto the road
way. Fortunately, the National
Capital Parks Office said today,
no one has been injured.
Removal Recommended.
Complaints that boys were play
ing "Injuns" in some of the large
crevices of an old rock quarry on
one side of the road, first called
the matter seriously to the atten-
Evening star., 1952-02-07

a familiar sight
in early day
WAS h in g t o n,
| died unexpect-
Iedly here yes
Iterd ay. H e
W ould h av e
been 90 Sum
| day.
| Born In
! Wash in 6 t o n,
| the son OF q
| Union Ar m y
| cav airy m a n,
IMr, w ern e r
Itook over an
Iuncle'S CO q ]
Evening star., 1952-02-07

District Court Judge James II
kirkland touched "a sore spot
when he charged that Prince
Georges County grand juries. were
reluctant to take action agains1
gamblers.
4 officials in Office at the time tht
grand juries met termed tht
charges vague" and silly" ane
one declared:
Zone would think that recent
revelations in their own jurisdic'
ton provide District authorities 8
field large enough to satisfy theil
|investigative ZEAL"
Reports of three such granG
|juries show that when their meet
ings ended they respectively rec
commended eternal vigilance" ir
prevention of crime, pointed to the
need for a bell to awaken the
Marlboro jailer when he fel
asleep, found no evidence of irreg'
iularity in law enforcement. anc
declared that gambling in the
county was at IAN almost irreduci.
bic minimum"
Checks on Statement.
However, the present Prince
Georges States attorney, Carlyle
~. Lancaster. referring to thu
judges charge that the largest
gambling house south Of New
York "ludicrously" closed dowr
when the grand juries met, said
/ "That is true according to in
formation ! have been able to OBJ
tain"
Judge Kirkland's scathing at.
tack on Prince Georges granG
Ijuries was made yesterday wheI
he charged a special Distric
crime grand jury.
i The Judge referred to the "es'
tablishment with the high boart
fence"-a description which fittet
the huge gambling house operated
/ by the late Jimmy LaFontaine OF
j Bladensburg road just over tn
District line.
/, He said Prince Georges Count.
/. grand juries have ignored visua
evidence to obtain "a new fire en-
gine for the community" He salt
|he sometimes wonders whethe
the dragon seeds of crime wer
sown back in those other days
to come to fruition now.
Lancaster's Views Cited.
Mr.. Lancaster said he does no
think Judge Kirkland's comment
applied to the last two sessions o
the grand Jury in which he par
ticipated and that he does not be
Ilieve the Washington jurist mean
: them to apply to those occasions
!, II was not States attorney whel
; Jimmy La Fontaine was operating
lin the county" he said. "If I ha'
been, I would have closed hi
: place, as I would that of an,
i gambler of whose operations
!. have knowledge"
sl No one connected with count;
| administrations of the La Fon
{ |taine era would permit use Q
!, his name.
! They pointed out. however. tha
LA Fontaine's and other big-tim
s county gaming spots were force
Ito close in 1947 and that in 1874
s the Snags Lewis gambling gan
was indicted in the county an
y most of the members convicted.
t Search Warrant Defective.
I'll Those who were freed. they as
inserted, escaped because a scare
Warrant obtained in the DistriC
twas held defective by a Marylan
3 Icourt.
AS to how county. grand jurie
i lIsaw the crime picture through
nII0-year period. these excerpt
-lfrom their reports give some idea
II April, 1938-"We recommend.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

less than four
months after he
left for Korea.
! Capt. Black
sof 319 South
Florida street.
Arlington, is re-
covering from
mortar woundS
in Walter Reed
A r m y Med-'
cal Center -
: wounds inflicted
!: by a faulty
shell fired from
an American
gun.
Evening star., 1952-02-07
FolIs Church voriety Show

4 cast Of 100 amateur and pro-
Ifessional performers viii present q
Fails Church Hi Variety Show
lat 8 pm. tomorrow and Saturday
lin the Madison School. Falls
Church.
Evening star., 1952-02-07

find the answer
to yeur every
sports question
in the new All
Sports AImanoe.
It's on sale tor
81 ot the busi-
ness eounter IN
the lobby Of The
Star Building.
This 256-poss
iIIusstosed book
eonsains q sports
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Charles Werner Dies;
Former Coal Dealer

Charles Werner, of 1914 Morri-
son street NV, a leading coal
dealer here many years ago, whose
lcolorful horse-drawn wagons were
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Capt. Black Hurt
By Faulty She'll

It was a bitter trick Of fate
that sent Army Capt. Garland C.
Black, jr., back to this country
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Star Carrier Bound,
Thrown Into Greek
In SIS Robbery

A 13-year- -old Star carrier was
tiled up with wire and thrown into
10 creek, after being robbed Of
Evening star., 1952-02-07

news chronology for 1851. doto on
competition during 1851 and post rec
erds in oil sports, o special section on
college sports and "suIIery Of chom-
pions."
Evening star., 1952-02-07
Here's How to Find
Sports Data Quickly

Whether its about orehevy or GiF
soees, horse roeins or horseshoe pitch
ing, volIey ball or weight lifting, You'll
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-10-01

/ Swedish-made color feature, The
Firebird," with distribution rights
for the entire free world with the
exception of Scandinavia, G r
many and Italy.
The picture, produced by Terra
film of Sweden, is that countrys
first full color production and
stars Ellen Rasch, Swedish prima
ballerina; Tito Cobb, Italian opera
baritone, and Swedish acress Eva
Henning. Ballots and song num-
bers feature members of the Roy
al Opera of Stockholm.
Lesser will re-edit and condition
the film, which runs two hours
in its original state, before mark
citing it and will send a camera
troupe to Sweden for numerous ne
cessary additional scenes. Story
deals with Continental romance
between singing and dancing stars
with ballet presentation of THE
Firebird,' based on Stravinskys
famed number, climaxing the pic
ture. Lesser plans to have the film
ready for initial American release
early in 1858.
The picture was directed by
Hasse Ekman, son of Sweden S
most famous actor of stage and
screen, the late Goesta Ekman.
Son Hasse is known as the most
talented and provocative director
in Sweden. He proves it wi h
THE Firebird."
This writer has known Hasse
SOME twenty years, and it is sinln-
ly gratifying to see how he has
come up from a little boy, Goes
ta's boy" with a white cricket cap
and the worlds biggest ambition,
Il 4
That wonderful screen actress
Virginia Christine is taking a fling
at television like everybody else.
She has been signed for a feature
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-10-01
Stowaway Got
.DisillusiOned

I'm fed up" declared Knut I'd
void, 12-year-old Norwegian stow
away on his recent arrival in New
York aboard the M S. Ranen-
ford Obliged to stay aboard ship,
he said: Il thought l could walk
around the streets of New York,
ride in the subways and go to
baseball games. Now what am I
going to tell my friends? That I
was at sea for two weeks and
helped out in the Kitchen"
The frustrated adventurer, who
halls from Bergen, told a N Y.
Herald T r b n e reporter:
thought l would try it. 1 saw moth
ing but water and the sky. found
nothing romantic. Now we're in
New York and I'm still aboard
ship. I'd rather be home with my
family and my friends, though the
crew aboard the NorWegian-Am-
erica line freighter treated me
fine"