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Evening star., 1952-03-18

was paying bribes to 1t. Carpe1
during the period he was making
cash deposits in the bank"
Roberts said he got into the
dope racket on a big scale after
being released from a Federal
penitentiary in Michigan in 1947
In due course, he said. he was
informed that he could obtain
police protection by making a deal
with 1t. Carper. He stated he
was skeptical at first. but eventu-
ally decided to try fer the deal.
Tells of Big Order.
Roberts testified to meeting the
narcotics chief surreptiously on
several occasions and that the
lieutenant told him it would be
necessary first to prove Roberts
was square. AS q result, the wit
ness declared, the officer suggested
that Roberts go to New York for a
big order of dope. Roberts said
he did this. buying $4,000 worth
of pure heroin, "glue" "a variety
Of cut heroin), and cocaine.
When the protection payoffs
began, Roberts said. they were
first at the rate Of $500 q month,
later, $1,000 a month"; and In
some months even more.
duplicates Sergeant.
sDetective Sergt. Taylor, also
implicated in the testimony, is
second in command Of the Mar
cotics Squad.
Taylor ON Squad Eight Years.
Sergt. Taylor, 80, has been on
the force for IL years and on the
Narcotics Squad for 8. He became
q sergeant when he was assigned
to the squad. Earlier he served in
the Second Precinct and as radio
dispatcher at headquarters. He
has won II concentrations. He
once studied to become a phar-
maciSt.
Sergt. Taylor said he didn't
want to discuss the situation now,
but shook his head when asked if
Jimt Yellow's testimony was true.
He said he had seen Jim Yellow
maybe three times in his life.
1t. Carper suffered a lapse OF
memory yesterday when the SUBJ
committee wanted to know where
he got the cash to make deposits
Of from 500 to $3.50 each month
above his salary.
The squad chief was quizzed
sharply about his acquaintance
with known dope peddlers and
whether he had ever accepted
money or gifts from any of them.
He said he had not, but Senator
Neely said the committee had OBJ
tanned statements in executive
session that 1t. Carper accepted
Evening star., 1952-03-18
Schedule of Radio
And TV Broudcosts
OF Crime HEARINGS

The schedule of television
and radio programs on the
District crime hearings:
TV-Daily, 10 am. to noon.
Stations WMAL-TV and
WNBW.
Radio tonight - Station
WMAL. 8 to 10 pm; VOL,
1890 to II pm: WRC, mid
night; WWDC, 1925 to II
pm. VOL and WWDC may
extend the length if the ses-
sions are sufficiently interest
ing.
Evening star., 1952-03-18
Record Of Corper's Deposits

The memory Of 1t. II. II. Carper
head Of the police naycotics squad
failed him yesterday when Senate
crime probers produced records Of
regularly monthly deposits-total-
ing $4,l45in his bank account In
1948 and 1949.
The squad chief said he couldn't
recall where all that money came
from. Once he said it was bor-
rowed, and once he said it was
money saved" but later he said
he couldn't recollect its sourcee.
The amounts listed by the Crime
Committee were $2.735 In cash
deposited in 1913 and $1,41O in
1949. This was aside from de-
posits In another account Of his
regular paychecks from the Metro
politan Police Department.
The COMMITTEES record Of the
cash deposits follow:
Evening star., 1952-03-18
THE EVENING STAR AS
Washington D. G. sss
TUESDAY, MARCH 10. IDOz

appointed to his present position
lhy ex-Chief Robert j. Barrett
after he had been trained BY the
veteran Inspector Robert s. Bry-
Iant /
1t. Carper at present Is on sick
leave. He Is suffering from ulcers
which may require an early oper-
alton. In spite Of the attack
made on him by the Senate COM
|mittee, he maintained: II have
nothing to hide"
Evening star., 1952-03-18
numerous payments to protect

numerous payments to protect
dope peddlers.
The development led United
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
to launch an immediate investi-
cation Of the graft report.
Yesterdays proceedings also
brought an announcement from
Maj. Murray that he had In
lstructed Inspector Clarence E.
Lutz to study the hearing record
for possible action against 1t.
Carper.
Police Voice Bitterness.
Meanwhile. resentment and Bit
terness stirred the Police Depart
Iment over harsh comments attrib-
Iuted to Federal narcotics authori.
ties on the dope situation here
The police said the Federal on
lcials had suddenly changed Their
tune and were Kicking a whipped
dog"
It was indicated the crime COM
lmittee also would call known king
pins in the illegal drug traffic here
Those mentioned during yester-
days testimony.
One Couldn't BE Located.
One Of them, Mr.. Bauman said
couldn't be found. He was listed a.
Randolph (Catfish) Turner, col
ored, sought by the. committee
since February 26. when the sub
poena first was issued. Turner
was arrested in a roundup last
might.
Yesterday. 1t. Carper was ques-
toned about such figures in the
local dope trade as Roberts, Ernest
Daddy Twine) Twyman. Herbert
Buckle jaws johnson, Joseph
(Peter Rabbit) Smith, Joseph
Walter BLACK Sammy Davis
Lamar Polly) Brown and Nellie
Leach.
Others in Testimony.
Also brought into the testimony
were John Raymond Wetherbee
Emanuel Broussard, Robert b
Williams. Leon James, Eddie At
kins, Paul Robinson. Pat Malone
Hilda Smith, Ann Simcoe, Leon
ard Dickson, John Frye, John
(BulD Leach, John Kennison
Nose Parker. Lawrence Washing
ton and Jesse JefferS.
Roberts Is serving q 5-to-l5-yeai
term for violating the narcotics
laws. Wetherbee was seized here
last July. when police and Fed.
leral narcotics agents confiscatec
l19O pounds Of marijuana hidder
in the streamlined sides Of a late
model Buick.
Smith (Peter Rabbit) was, ar.
rested last month in q raid on hi.
Itriple-locked home, and at the
time police described him as the
largest dealer In narcotics here
Evening star., 1952-03-18
Partial Text Of Testimony Given BY Roberts

+ ~
Partial tert of the testimony
OF James M. Tim YelloDJ Rob-
erts, conOicted dope peddler,
before the Senate Crime m
Uestigdting subcommittee fol-
I0iDS:
@. You were convicted in jan
uary. 1850, of the charge Of sell
ling narcotics?
A. Yes, sir.
@. And from January, 1850
until February. 1852, you were
out on appeal bond. Is that cor
lrect?
A. I was, sir.
@. You have two prveious con.
Ivictions Of violating narcotics
laws?
A. That's right.
@. Are you a user of narcotics?
A. ! am not.
@. When were you released from
the Federal institution at Milan
Mich?
A. October 4. 1947.
@. And at that time you were
out on parole?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. When was it due to expire?
A. On November. 1913.
Owned Restaurant.
@. After your release from
prison, did you return to WASH
ington?
A. I did.
@. Did you have any business
here?
A. I had a restaurant at 1907
Seventh street NV.
@. And your wife was operating
that restaurant while you were
serving your sentence?
A. She did.
@. Do you know a man by the
name of John Frye?
A. Yes, SIR.
@. How long have you known
him?
A. We went to school together.
@. Is Frye seller Of narcotics?
A. Yes, sir.
@. About a week after you re-
turned to Washington from Milan
did you see Frye?
A. He visited me at my home at
so D street NE.
@. Did you and Frye have q con-
|versation at that time?
A. We did.
@. Please tell the committee
what that conversation was.
Tells Of Screen Light"
A. He visited me and we talked
and he told me he had q PROPOSE
ton. He said he had the green
light.
@. Green light to do what?
A. To sell narcotics.
Senator Nicely: Where?
A. In Washington.
@. Did he explain any further
why he was coming to see you?
A.. He said he had good connec-
tions that would be beneficial
to him.
@. Did he tell you what the
connections were?
A. He said he had been in busi-
ness with the head Of the narcotics
division of the Metropolitan Police
Department.
@. Did he name that man?
A. He did.
@. Who was it?
A. 1t. Carper.
@. Did he suggest you make
some arrangement with 1t. Car
per? a sEs
Felt Skepticism. r z
A. I told him ] wasn't inter-
ested. I was going to take care
Of my business. I didn't believe
him because I had never heard
of it before-any narcotics officer
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Choice Granted

WASHINGTON lR - If you're
about to be drafted, you can join
the service of your choice-pro-
vided you do it before your in
duction notice arrives.
That's been the case for several
months, but Friday the Defense
Department made it an official
permanent policy.
For the past year. the services
have been Suspending-from month
to month-an inter-service agree
ment which prohibited men from
volunteering for service after they
had their e-induction physical
tests.
The Army IS now the only >ery-
ice depending on the draft for
men. The Air Force and Navy
have kept at strength through vol
unteers. The Marine Corps brought
in drafteeS for a few months dur
ing a bulldup to It's present
strength Of 200, 600 but has noa
resumed It's traditional practice Of
accepting only volunteers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Court Denies
Rossellilli Plea

LOS ANGELES Up - Ingrid
Bergman'S attorney has lost his
plea for an extension of time to
permit Roberto Rossellini to come
to this country.
RoSsellini wants to come here
to testify in the custody case Of
Miss Berman's daughter, Pia, Is.
Superior Judge Mildred l.. Lille
had set Friday as the deadline
for Rossellini'S appearance and re-
fused an extension of time.
Gregson Bautzer, Miss Berg
mans attorney, argued that DR..
Peter Lindstrom, the actress ex-
husband, is a bitter, vindictive
man who seeks only to punish his
former wife. SO long as DR.. Lind
strom continues to keep the child
away from her mother, the child
will continue to have the same
attitude toward the mother that
she now has. Pla, if she went to
Rome. would find a house filled
with JOY. with Rossellini and his
wife Pia would be benefited.
Pa previously told the court she
did not want to go to Italy to
spend half the summer with her
mother.
In Rome, RosSellini indicated he
may seek to appeal Judge Lille S
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
1919 Are Unfit

WASHINGTON a. -- Just about
one out Of every 10 men classified
In the draft is turning up as unfit
for military duty.
Selectiye Service reported Fri
day that OF I2.4l6. 10 youths eN.
amlned from l94s mp 20 last April
80 total Of I.443 3t5 had beer
classified as AZ. That's ll6 per
cert.
Both the heaIthleSt and un-
healthlest Showlnes Wcre made
outside the continental United
States.
The Canal Zone rad the he>,
records rated AZ out Of ~
resistrants for a IS percc~.ee
Puerto Rico had TIE most units
= 32l cut Of 90 2&0 for 4 32 S
Percentage
Among the states South pako,a
made the best shovlaE only SIS
a IN IS 1T regis,rants classified
SIS percentage
t@c highest rate q rejection.
g. u ,ary duty lr re states vas
iT ~a.h CsroAna--~}ta e 95S oa.
O. Isl..oo for ga per cca,
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
BUILDING
PERMITS

Activity in the building and con.
struction field took a brisk up
swing this week. Building permits
issued show that the Otto Kirch-
heinerS applied for the largest per-
NIT granted, S12. 500. They plan to
build a c. B. S. residence on Flag
Ter avenue. johnson and Curry are
contractors for the job.
The same company, Johnson and
Curry, also applied for a permit
in their own name to build a c. B.
S. residence at 1929 Second street.
Estimated cost for this job will be
50 900.
Perma Stone Fla. Sales Co. have
contracted with a Mr.. Andrews to
build a $500 perma stone exterior
for their residence at 2200 Patter-
son avenue.
Roy Edwards. contractor, is re-
pairing the awning of the Key
West Drug Company, 500 Simon
ton street. Estimated cost, $780,
Other permits granted include:
Theodore Sands, 322 Truman
avenue. Construct 81, 500 C. B. S.
rooming house. This is an addition
to permit No. 1920 granted Febru-
AIRY l, 1852.
j. Aronovitz, 534 Duval street.
Repair sidewalk, estimated cost,
$50.
j. A. Berrero, S0S Simonton. $500
permit for general repairs to
home.
w. r. Sands, 1909 Staples ave-
nue.. Erect wire fence costing SIS.
The Preview Lounge, 700 Duval
street. Remodel club, $4,000.
George DePino, 624 Louisa St,
$1,000 permit to add room to pres
ent building.
Warren Pinder, $50 Elizabeth
street, repair porch and paint
front of house, estimated cost
$3.50.
John A. O'Brien, 22O1 Fogarty
avenue $500 permit to build porch.
Ben Russell, 7l9 Monroe County
Lane. $50 permit to construct con-
crete porch.
Jack Hayes, 1886 Ave. "E'. Con-
tractor: NJ. E. Bennett. $500 per-
nit to repair foundation of resi-
dence.
Tony Martinez, 1910 Truman ave-
nue.. $1,000 permit for general re-
pairs and changes in residence.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Japan Won't
Recognize


TOKYO IN - Previous officia
intimations that Japan recognize:
! Chang Kai-shek's government as
the legal representative of all %
China were dashed today by a
Foreign Office spokesman.
The spokesman announced that
Japan recognizes Chang as the
ruler of only Formosa and the
Pescadores Observation-Disclosures the
Nationalist actually occupy.
Last Wednesday, the Japanese
press reported Eiji Wajima. chief
of the Foreign Office Asia Bureau,
told Diet committee it would
be legally impossible to sign
peace treaty NTH Communist
China.
Wajima declared the signing of
peace pact with Nationalist
China on Formosa last April signi-
fled that a state of war between
Japan and China ceased TO exist.
Today Sam Masuda, officer in
the Information and Cultural AT
fairs Section of the Foreign Office,
said there has been a dispute over
precisely what Wajima told the
Diet committee.
In answer to query, Masuda
said Japan has not recognized the
sovereignty of the Nationalist gov
eminent over the Chinese main
land.
The Nippon Times quoted Wa
Jima as illustrating the relation
ship between the Nationalist and
the Reds as follows:
"A man owns a house consist
ing of two rooms, one S-mat Tin
siZe) and the other Ala mat. Even
If the bigger room is occupied
illegally by some other person, the
entire house still belongs to the
original owner
Masuda pointed out that a note
exchanged when the peace treaty
with Chang was signed said in
part: g. The terms of the
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Exits Barred
For baltimore
By State Dept.

WASHINGTON Up - The State
Department has ordered this coun-
try S customs exits barred to Owen
baltimore while it investigates an
official tip he was arranging a
visit behind the Iron Curtain.
baltimore is the John Hopkins
University professor who has been
frequent target of accusations by
Sen. Joseph Mccarthy (R.-Wis.D.
On the Senate floor, Mccarthy has
denounced him as an alleged Red
spy and "chief architect" of the
Truman administrators Far East
policy.
Lattimore's denials of such
charges have been vigorous. A few
months ago, under days-long queS-
tioning by Senate subcommittee,
he said again and again that he
never has had any Communist con-
nections. The Institute of Pacific
Relations, of which baltimore was
a trustee, was a focal point of
the committees search for posi-
BILE SubverSive influences on U. S.
Far East policy.
The latest development involving
baltimore was first reported by
the Baltimore Sun Friday. It said
the State Department had issued
orders baltimore should be halted
if he tried to leave the United
States.
All day long-until just before
office quitting time-the State De-
partment maintained a no-com-
ment attitude. Then it ackn0wl-
edged that such an order had gone
out.
Press Officer Michael McDer-
mott declined to say whether the
State Department had been told
baltimore had booked or sought
passage abroad. He said baltimore
was not asked whether he planned
a trip behind the Iron Curtain.
Such journeys are banned by the
department unless specifically au-
thorized.
baltimore. interviewed earlier in
the day by reporters in Baltimore,
said he was mystified. He said he
has not asked the State Depart
ment for a passport and has no
plans to 60 abroad.
Friday night, after the State De-
partment announcement, Latti-
more said he has no plans for
going anywhere out of the country.
Any such talk is nonsense" he
said, and he wondered how it got
started.
A Johns Hopkins spokesman
earlier said baltimore told Uni
versity officials several weeks ago
he might be asked by the Universe
ty Of New Delhi in India to teach
there for an academic year. The
spokesman said the university
agreed to grant him leave II the
offer materialized.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Train Derailed

CHICAGO - - Thirty persons
suffered minor injuries Friday
night when two coaches Of a Chi
eago and North Western Railway
s;reamliner were derailed during
switching operations in the North
Western Station.
Eight Of the injured were treated
at Psssavant Hospital and - al
the railroads dlspensary. TWO re-
NAMED overnight AZ the hospital.
Several other passengers in the Il
coach strea miner, City II Port
land. we're folted when a baggage
car Nas coupled 70 the front end
At the train.
A railroad spokesman said the
switch engine coupling The bag
gage car pushed II harder thar
Necessary causing tire derail.
ment Ct ths second and third
coaches. As they left TIE track.
they twisted a section a ral.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Federal Grand
Jury Attacks
Dept. Head

MIAMI IA special federal
grand jury Friday attacked what
it called "the centralized control
and veil of secrecy" on income
tax matters at the Washington
| level.
The jury said that washington
interference and delaying tactics
hamper prosecution of tax fraud
cases and added:
''If the trend continues to center
more and more in Washington the
direction and control over the lives
and affairs of our citizens. our
economic security and our indivld-
ual freedom can be destroyed.
The jury said it found nothing
to warrant any specific criticism
of the disposition of cases at the
local level, but added.
"At the Washington level, how
ever, in one instance we found
a case in which there appeared.
if not a technical violation of the
law, such gross improperly on the
part of the then chief counsel Of
the Bureau of Internal Revenue
in Washington as to shock the
conscience of this grand jury.
THAT case contained a written
confession of a plain and fragrant
violation of law.
"While the then chief counsel
had the prosecution under consid-
Grafton he and the United States
commissioner of internal revenue
we're house guests at the Miami
Beach home of the taxpayer
Washington lawyer and we're en-
tertained at a cocktail party which
many of the internal revenue of
ficials of this area attended and
at which cocktail party this case
was discussed.
shortly after such entertain
ment, prosecution in the case was
turned down by the chief cOunsel's
office on the alleged ground that
the mental health of the taxpayer
prohibited trial"
The grand jury added that the
regional office of the Internal Rev.
enue Bureau in Atlanta and the
office in Miami were not notified
of the action taken in the case
until six months later.
The taxpayer was not named in
the jury'S report but it added that
the chief counsel having since re-
signed and the health issue having
been abandoned in the case, 1.-The
taxpayer has now been indicted. "
Income tax fraud cases should
be handled directly by U. S. dis
trict attorneys in the areas in
volved, the grand jury said.
II also recommended improving
the system of the Internal Revenue
Bureau Ito expedite handling and
decisions at the local level and
impanelling federal grand juries
annually ito keep a check on the
handling of tax evasion cases"
The recommendations were con
tanned in a SPACE report of the
grand jury's consideration of tax
cases in the Miami area since
last March 5.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
War
ROUNDUP
BY GEORGE MACARTHUR

MUNSAN, Korea Up - United
Nations truce negotiators told the
startled Communists today that
Russia favored voluntary repatria-
ton of prisoners during World War
II
The Korean armiStice talks are
deadlocked by Communist de-
mands for return of all Allied
held prisoners, even those unwill-
ing to go home.
Maj. Gen. William X. Harrison
reminded the Reds they had ex-
pressed contempt for any nation"
supporting the principle of no
forced repatriation. The senior Al
lied negotiator declared:
at may therefore come as a
surprise to you if / inform you
that this principle has been utilized
by the Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics. nation for whom your
governments have upon occasion
expressed great admiration. !"
The Communists had no answer
to this, but they demanded another
session Sunday. Today's Commute
no progress session at Panmun-
JON ended a 3-day AlLied-imposed
recess.
Brig. Gen. William NuckolS, the
official United Nations spokesman,
told reporters North Korean Gen.
Nam II, the chief Red delegate
looked up from his papers with a
rather surprised" expression al
the mention of Russia.
Nam then looked around sort of
quizzically, first to North Korean
Gen. Lee Sang on his left anc
then to Chinese Gen. HSieh Fang
on his right" Nuckols related.
He said Nam II appeared TO
be paying an unusual amount OF
attention as Harrison told of two
occasions when Russia used the
principle of voluntary repatriation.
On Jan. s, 1943, Harrison said,
the Soviet army command offered
life and security" at the en- do
the war, TO German soldiers sur
rounded at Stalingrad, if they
would surrender to the Red Army
On another occasion, the Allied
negotiator continued, surrendering
German troops in the Budapest
area were guaranteed return to
Germany or any other country.
Harrison said the official publ
cation Of the Institute of Law OF
the L S. S. RS Academy OF
Sciences described the Budapest
guarantee as an act expressing
the highest act of humanitarian
ism.
Nam II did not reply TO Har-
rlson's statement. He repeated
charges of Allied brutality toward
| war prisoners and again bitterly
condemned the L. n. offer to re-
screen prisoners in Allied camps.
Harrison has repeatedly offered
to let the Reds participate in a
rescreening. The u, n. says that
only 10000 of 1863, coo Allied held
prisoners would rejoin the Com.
muniStS Of their own free will.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21
Youth browns

MIAMI ? 1880 Linda Joyce Baker.
s, fell into IS feet Of water n The
Miami River Friday and croR ned
while her l0year-old brother ard
two teen-age girls tried 70 rescue
her.
SherltiS road patrolmcc said
they believed TIE chld rr.et 81
handH ak on a taWser t,sm ne
shore TO barge and ss. her
grip.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-06-21

ruling. DR.. Lindstrom's attorney,
Isaac Pacht, said that Rossellini
is not party to the custody action
and had no right TO seek a con-
tinuance.
1T seems to me that a mother
who loves a child she left for
great passion could spare enough
money to come here TO see the
child" Pacht declared.