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Evening star., 1952-09-24
City Counsel Frees Man
Charged by Sergt. Beach

Corporation Counsel Clark r.
King today dropped a drunk and
disorderly charge lodged by sus-
pended tenth precinct Sergt.
James B. Beach last week against
Frank E. Altizer, 80, of 1859 Fair
mont street NV.
Sergt. Beach was suspended
last Friday pending investigation
of his conduct during off duty
hours. Police also have been in.
vestigating why he released Mr..
Altizer with the drunk and dis
orderly charge already lodged and
did not have him post collateral.
At hearing today, Mr.. Altizer
said he told the sergeant he had
to take his child to school the
next morning and he had to 60 to
work.
Sergt. Beach said he knew he
shouldn't have let him go, but he
did with the promise to return the
following day with the collateral.
Mr.. King dropped the charge
against Mr.. Altizer saying he is
satisfied the man was not actually
drunk. Mrs. Altizer said she called
the police because of her hus-
bands disorderly conduct but did
not say he was drunk.
The sergeant brother Of police
Inspector Beverly C. Beach, went
of duty at midnight Thursday
and used two scout cars to visit
various restaurants. according to
Inspector Charles j. Sullivan.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Post Office Worker Held
On Charge Of Stealing

A 25-year-old Post Office en-
|ploye was held for grand jury
action today by the United States
commissioner on charge OF
stealing from the mails.
Charlie Burney, colored, of the
1000 block of First street NV,
worked for General. Services Ad-
|ministration during the day as
Ia cook and for the Post Office at
might. He had been observed by
postal inspectors rifling letters al
a cancellation machine, they said
They said he took sums of money
from the envelopes.
A Post Office inspector said the
man had admitted opening the
letters nightly since July. taking
about 50 or So each day. Com
missioner Cyril Lawrence set bond
lat $500.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
10 D. {. Area Men Arrive
On Leave From Far East

Ten Washington area men from
the Far East Command arrived at
Fort Meade, Md, this week and
started 30-day rotation leaves
They will report back to camp
after completion of their leaves
for reasSignment.
The men are:
Corpl. Barron q. Harlow, 553
North Piedmont street. Arlington;
Corpl. Earl A. Goodwin, 903 II
street NV; Pvt. Cornelius Smith,
,1112 Montello avenue NE: Pfc,
James E. Lloyd. 1709 Seaton place
NV; Pvt. Alphonso Hancock, 153
Eleventh street NE.
Also, Pfc. Lamont Griffith, 1113
Nineteenth street NV: Sergt
Wylie D. Powell, 12271a' Duncan
street NE; Corpl. Calvin H. Pitt
man, 2105 First street NV; Pfc,
Walter B. jackson. 1923 Montello
avenue NE: Corpl. James D. Win
borne, 816 O street NV.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Gov. Stevenson S Record
Tornished, McKeIdin Says

BALTIMORE, Sept. "a (P.-
While Gov. Stevenson received
congratulations from Democrats
after his initiation speech last
might, Gov. Theodore r. McKeldir
pictured him as a man with q
furnished State record.
Gov. McKeldin, Maryland Re-
publican, criticized the Democratic
presidential candidate for ap-
pointing men under him who "have
been involved in briberies and un-
ethical profits"
The governors remarks were In
la speech intended for delivery over
Ia Nationwide radio network. But
instead the American Broadcast
ling Co. cancelled his time at the
last minute and substituted a re-
corded address by Gen. Eisenhow-
ler, who spoke earlier in Cleve.
land. The change was ordered by
the G.. 0. p. National Committee
Gov. McKeldin listed among the
shameful scandals" among Ste.
venson appointees the ''horse meat
and race track sordid chapters.
He added that 100000 was pai6
out in bribes to Gov. Stevenson,
administrative office holders, anc
noted that last week Charles w
Wray. the Illinois governors meat
inspection chief pleaded guilty
to accepting such bribeS."
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Officials Probe Story
by Green That Police
Loot Stores on Beat

Top police officials are investi-
eating story by a private await
ing sentence for three thefts that
other police made it practice to
break into stores on their beats.
No evidence of wrongdoing has
been uncovered so far. Inspector
Edgar e. Scott. chief of detectives,
said today.
The inquiry was touched off by
former Pvt. Doctor M. Green, Is,
of the 4100 block of Seventy Sec
|ond avenue. Landover Hills, Md.
Following Green's arrest last
May and his admission that he
looted a supermarket on his beat,
Green admitted other thefts. He
told police officials then that it
was a common practice" fol
police to break into stores.
After two days of questioning
Inspector Scott and Capt. Aubrey
M. Tolson of the general assign
ment squad began investigating
several of the incidents in which
Green said he had seen other
police loot stores.
In one case, Inspector Scott
said, the store had not been
looted. In the others, he said
Green had been elsewhere at the
time he said he saw the nurglaries
Last week, a report came from
the Court House that Green again
had been naming names and
places of alleged looting by police
These new reports are being
checked by Inspector Clarence
Lutz, head of the morals squad
and by Capt. Tolson.
Green pleaded guilty September
13 to three indictments accusing
him of breaking into three stores
on his beat.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Gen. Eisenhower Summoned
For Grummer Murder 1riul

Mr.. Federico said he expected q
deputy sheriff to serve the sum-
mons late Thursday when Gen.
Eisenhower speaks here at the
5th Regiment Armory.
Courthouse attaches said Gen.
Eisenhower probably would be ex-
cused from attending the trial be-
cause of the campaign and that a
letter from him would be accept
able.
Dorothy May Grammer. SO. was
found dead in her car after 1t
|careened down q hilly road In
North Baltimore. It first appeared
she died from injuries suffered Ia
the crash Of her car at the bottom
|of the hiIt but medical examina-
|tion later showed she had been
fatally injured before the crash.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
By ,he As,oeic,ed Pr,,s

BALTIMORE. Sept. 24.-Attor-
|neys for George Edward Gram
|mer. accused Of killing his wife
and trying to make It look like an
accident, have summoned Gen.
Eisenhower to appear as q char
|acter witness in the murder trial
beginning October s.
/. Anthony s. Federico, counsel for
the 36-year-old New Yorker, said
the Republican presidential candi-
date was among 26 witnesses called
because Grammer once served In
AN Army ounter-intelligence unit
which threw him into contact with
Gen. Eisenhower.
Gen. Eisenhower reportedIy once
gave Gran1fner q Recommendation
for employment.
Evening star., 1952-09-24

whether registration and voting
in nearby Virginia and Maryland
this year will set all-tin1e records
Young people. otherwise eligible
to vote for the first time, also
have an unusual chance to get of
to an early and a good start ir
the responsibilities Of active. alert
citizenship.
AS for the meil-a get-out-the-
vote worker declared that there's
still time between now and Octo-
ber 4 for thousands of men in this
vicinity to come to the aid of an
effective, representative system o1
government by registering before
October 4 and voting November 4
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Dismissal PIeu Loses
In Gombling Tox Case

Municipal Court Judge Mary
Barlow today refused q motion to
dismiss a gambling tax stamp case
filed on the grounds that the Rev
enue Act Of 1941 was unconstitu-
tional.
The case marks the first time
the statute has been contested in
the District. Involved is Joseph
"a. Lee. II. colored. Of the 1900
block Of Meigs street NE. who
was arrested last May.
Lawyer Myron Ehrlich ad-
dressed the court last week for
Lees defense attorney. Curtis
Mitchell. Mr.. Ehrlich maintained
that the law Is actually q penal
|izing statute and not . revenue
gaining measure.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Numbers Operator
Gets Out Of Jail and
Back Into Trouble

The long arm Of the law
reached out and tapped Edward
Joseph Harrison ON the shoulder
las he walked out of jail a free
man today. dragging him back
into custody.
Harrison, 80, colored, was freed
from the District Workhouse after
serving six months for taking
numbers bets. Police said that
wasn't enough.
They nabbed him, charged him
with failing to buy a Federal
gambling tax stamp to legalize-
Federally-the gambling he did
Illegally which brought his con-
yiction. They planned to arraign
him this afternoon before Muni-
cipal Court Judge Mary Barlow.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Home Rule Fund Meeting

A campaign fund to put home
rule across in the November 4
election will be discussed by the
directors Of the Prince Georges
County Citizens Committee for
Good Government at an open
board meeting in Ager Road
Methodist Church, Green Mead
ows. Md. at 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
How to Register
Alexandria

Office Of Alexandria Registrar,
118 North Fairfax street. next
to city hall.
Between 8 am. and S pm,
Monday through Friday. On
Saturday. October 4. from 8
am. to / pm.
Deadline for registration Of
qualified voters is October 4.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Liquor Hearing Today
To Decide Offer 10
Buy Brass Rail
By ChorIes G. Brooks

The Brass Rail Restaurant, one
time headquarters for former
numbers king Roger (Whitetop)
Simkins and scene of an under
world shooting in 1948, has been
sold with the proviso the new
owner can obtain a liquor license.
A hearing on the proposal was
scheduled for today by the Al
coholic Beverage Control Board.
Mrs. Yvonne Simkins. White
tops wife and formerly the tech
nical owner of the restaurant, at
1889 Seventh street NV. was re-
fused renewal Of her liquor IL
cense last February.
The ABC Board. after extensive
hearings, reaffirmed its denial in
May, alleging that Simkins was
the bars hidden owner and that
therefore it was owned by per-
son of unfit moral character.
Sold For $11,50O.
The hearings involved such per-
sons as Odessa Madre. convicted
dope peddler and gambler, who is
still serving in prison. Simkins,
himself, was later cited by the
Senate for contempt of Congress
during the recent crime probe.
The once highly profitable bar
has been sold to David r. Mar
gulies, 1906 Fourteenth street
NV, for $11,50O. Mr.. Margulies,
who said he was from out of town.
would not supply additional de-
tails about himself. He did say
he had never heard of Simkins un-
til he decided to buy him out.
The deal, he said. viii stand. ''i1
i get the license"
otherwise, ownership will re-
turn to Mrs. Simkins," he added
Mrs. Simkins was forced to sell
the business because she has been
losing money steadily ever since
her liquor license was denied. The
establishment is now known as
the Ebony Grill.
Shooting Involved Leake.
The headline making shooting
in 1913 involved Henry M. piggy
Leake, arrested in q trap by p0-
lice Friday night, who is now
awaiting grand jury action on
charges of attempting to bribe a
police officer.
Leake. in 1948. was a prominent
numbers backer in competition
with Simkins. He went to the
Brass Rail and shot 1t out with
Manager Charles n. Nelson. Since
then, he has been connected with
q drug firm. although at q pre-
hearing at Municipal
Court Monday q detective testi-
fed Leake had gone back into
the numbers game late last
month.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Eisenhower Committee
To Hear Stute Official

John r. Reeves. Maryland Sec
|retary of State, will address a
meeting of the Prince Georges
County Citizens for Eisenhower
Committee at 8 o'clock tonight
lin the County Service Building at
IHyattsville.
A representative Of the State
Citizens for Eisenhower group also
viii speak. Permanent cl1airmen
and district leaders Of the county
Organization win be named.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Pace Declares Nation
Must Be Big Inside
AT Chest Unit Rally

This Nation must be "big in
side" if it is to lead the world,
Army Secretary Pace told the
opening rally of the Government
Unit in the 1853 Community
Chest Federation-USO Campaign
yesterday.
"You have an opportunity to
build strength and character and
understanding in a Nation that
if it has them, can lead the world
to q period of happiness that has
never been known in history" he
told the campaigners.
The Secretary, who is chair
man Of the unit, declared that
to me, charity is a privilege and
not responsibility"
TN a Nation like ours, with
the things we have, with the eco
nomic benefits, with the good way
of life that is ours. the oppor-
tunity to pay back for it In many
ways is the greatest reward any
one can get" he said.
Points to STAFF Pledge.
The Secretary announced he
already has approached his own
personal office staff and It has
pledged 100 per cent In the Com
munity Chest drive. He urged his
co-workers to penetrate the shield
of BUSINESS" in working for the
campaign.
Another speaker at the rally was
Mrs. Howland H. Sergeant, wife OF
the deputy assistant Secretary OF
State and known in the movies as
Myrna 10y. She received Red
Feather oscar" for her Com
munity Chest work.
II think the Community Chest
is part of our way of life," she
said. "In UNESCO (of which she
lis a member of the United States
Commission), we have been trying
to express that in an interna-
tional way.
when we help some one needy
in another country, we are merely
doing the same thing we do in oul
community"
Job Is Simply to Explain.
When the Community Chest
begins its drive, she told the work
erS, it should not be necessary fol
the campaigners to plead, but
simply to explain "this has to dc
with our way of life"
This years campaign seeks tc
raise $3,815,455 for 102 Red
Feather agencies in the Wash
Iington area and $334,545 for the
USO and other United Defense
Fund services.
Hugh K. Duffield, president oi
the Community Chest Federation
said, in his talk. that every one
knows somebody who can enjoy
such Chest-supported agencies as
the Boy and Girl Scouts, the
YWCA and YMCA.
But there are others that not
every one knows, he went on
These include the child born OF
an unwed mother, the family who
wants a child and cannot have il
except through adoption, the aged
and the sick unable to pay med
ical bills.
Needed by 250,OOO.
| Edward j. Keyes, executive
director of the federation anc
1885 campaign director, told the
gathering there are ESQ, 900 men
women and children dependent
upon the campaign effort. Hi
called this effort 'organizee
neighborliness."
Other speakers were Malcolm
L. Daniels. acting supervisor o.
claims records for the Veterans
Administration and Miss Cathe.
rine v. Coleman, administrative
assistant to the director of ad'
ministrative services of the Treas
Jury Department.
The gathering In the Depart
mental Auditorium was ATTENDED
|by high Government officials
including Secretary Of Labol
Tobin and District COMMISSIONS
r. Joseph Donohue.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Candidates Laud
Stevenson at
Baltimore Rally
Governor Crosses
Eisenhower Picket
Line at Hotel
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Stoff correspondent

lands congressional candidates
today were welded to the presi-
Dental campaign Of Gov. Steven
son.
At a Stevenson rally here last
might this is what Richard e.
Lankford, fifth district candidate
for the House, said:
IT am proud to be on the win
ming team. The Democratic
lparty offers honest, efficient, ex-
Iperienced men. The Governor of
Illinois is one of these men who
is Offering his honest, untiring ef-
forts and his great wealth of ex-
iperience to our country"
Mrs. Stella B. Werner, the Dem
locratic candidate from the sixth
district. said. 81 agree with Adlai
IStevenson, our great candidate for
President, when he said The peo-
lple are wise-wiser than the Re-
lpublicans think I do not think
the people of my district will be
fooled"
Symbolic Of Change.
And George P. Mahoney. the
Democratic senatorial nominee,
said:
I'VE are told that the people
want change. Gov. Stevenson
land his running mate, Senator
|Sparkman, are symbolic of that
change"
About 1000 persons were on
hand when Gov. Stevenson's plane
landed at Friendship Information
al Airport. With the candidate
was Maryland's Democratic Sen
Iator O'Conor.
The Senator said he had been
invited to New York by Gov. Ste
venson to go over the Maryland
situation" Senator O'Conol
went to New York Monday, con.
ferred with Gov. Stevenson Mon
day night and lunched privately
with the candidate yesterday be-
ifore flying on to Baltimore.
When Gov. Stevenson alighteo
from his plane he was besiegeo
by a mob.
"If get through this alive" he
lsaid, "I'm sure I'll enjoy it. If
don't get through it alive, I'll have
to stay here, I guess. In any case
expect to enjoy it."
/ Tydings at Airport.
| Former Senator Millard e. Tyd-
ings, one Of those in the reception
party at the airport, said, IT think
it is . grand turnout. This was 9
voluntary thing, you know"
/ On the way in to Baltimore. re-
porters estimated that between
$4,000 and 20. 900 people lined the
streets as the Stevenson motor
lcade wended its way downtown
This was considered by Baltimore
newsmen to be a small turnout.
! One snag was encountered al
the door Of the Emerson Hotel
where Gov. Stevenson made his
headquarters. A group from the
Citizens for Eisenhower picketed
the hotel doorway.
Gov. Stevenson, however, kept
Ia smile as he passed through the
Eisenhower ''pickets" and entered
Ithe' hotel.
| In the hotel a reception, by in
vitation, had been planned fol
about 500 guests. Instead an esti.
, mated 5000 showed up.
] Later, a weary candidate called
Ia halt to the Misunderstanding and
bedlam. Gov. Stevenson thanked
those who had honored him by
looming to the reception. Their
1he begged of to get q few minutes
rest before he made his radio ant
televised speech last night.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
|leakeCharged
With GAMBLING
Tax Violation
$4,000 Lien Filed
Against Him; Lawyer
| Also Is Charged

A gambling tax lien was filed
today in District Court against
Henry M. piggy Leake, A, ac-
cused Of being a reactivated num-
bers operator, and co-star in the
notorious Brass Rail" shooting
case.
The lien stated that Leake.
whose address was given as 104 r
street NE, owes the Government
$4,352,19 on his take from No
|vember, 1851, through July. 1852.
Lawyer Gets Lien.
At the same time, Leake's law
Iyer. Curtiss Mitchell, was the re-
lcipient of a Federal tax lien. His
was for failure to pay withhold
ing taxes amounting to $915.27
from 1850 to date.
The lien was filed against Mr..
Mitchell and two other lawyers
with whom he is associated in his
firm. They are Leonard S. Hayes
and Frank D. Reeves.
Leake, a well-known figure in
the Negro gambling world, figured
lin shooting in 1948 at the Brass
Rail cafe at Seventh and s
streets NV.
He walked into the cafe, owned
Iby Mrs. Yvonne Simkins, wife Of
Ia big-time gambler, Roger, (White-
Itop) Simpkins. and wounded the
Icafe's night manager, Charles
Nelson.
Charged With Bribery.
Leake is also awaiting grand
jury action on recent charge Of
bribing a morals squad undercover
policeman.
At a preliminary hearing for
the gambler held last Monday.
police testified that Leake had
quit the numbers racket for sew
eral months and had just resumed
his activities in July.
Federal law since November,
1851, requires all gamblers to pay
a $50 yearly fee for license and
to pay 10 per cent tax on all
the monies they handle. It also
makes it mandatory for bookies to
list their place of business and the
names of all persons they employ.
Evening star., 1952-09-24
Could Have Last word.

According TO some Eet-Out-the-l
vote observers. women could we'll
have the last word IN determiningl
Evening star., 1952-12-17
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Evening star., 1952-12-17
|Sfraus Doubts Mckay
WiIlFire Him, Because
He Will Have Resigned
By the Assoeioisd Press

Michael w. Straus, a contro-
versial figure during most Of his
seven years as Reclamation Com
missioner, said in effect today:
You can't fire me, I'm quitting.
Mr.. Straus. in Government
service since the late President
Franklin D. Roosevelt's "New
Deal" administration took over in
1888, had been asked for COM
ment on statement by Gov.
Douglas Mckay Of Oregon.
Gov. Mckay, designated to be
Secretary Of the Interior, said fir
ing Mr.. Straus would be the first
or second thing he did after Re-
publican President-elect Eisen-
hower's administration begins
January 20.
Mr.. Straus recalled to reporter
that he said last November II at
Long Beach, Calf. that he would
submit his resignation to Gen.
Eisenhower but would stay on the
job until his successor was named
and qualified.
The resignation, he said, would
go through the Secretary Of the
Interior to the President. who ap-
points the Reclamation Commits
sioner. Mr.. Straus added:
"It will be the sixth resignation
I've submitted in Government
service. One was accepted, when
I resigned as First Assistant Sec
retary of the Interior and was
named Commissioner Of Reclama-
tion that same day. December IA.
t1945. Four submitted as new
presidential terms started were re-
jected.
1.-THE one time I was fired-by
the Republican) 80th Congress
when for 51a months 7 drew no
salary due to Congressional at
tainer-I refused to resign"
Reading news stories on Gov.
McKay's comments concerning
him, Mr.. Straus took issue with
statements that he had endorsed
a proposed Columbia Valley Ad-
ministration.
II have always been silent on
CVA," Mr.. Straus said. "This ad-
ministration and this department
have backed valley authorities.
But I personally had the theory
the people wanted development of
their natural resources-water and
power"
Mr.. Straus will submit a new
Six-year 50 billion reclamation con-
struction program to the new Con-
gresS early In January, at the
request Of the outgoing Democratic
one.
He entered Government work
in 1888 as information director Of
the Public Works Administration
and assistant to the late Harold
Ickes, who was then Secretary Of
the Interior.
MI. Straus said he plans to do
nothing" for some months after
leaving Office and does not contem-
plate returning to newspaper work.
in which he was engaged before
1893.
Evening star., 1952-12-17
Deoth Penalty Cuts
Number of Murders

WELLINGTON, New Zealand
Since the passage Of the Capital
Punishment Act Of 1850, which
reinstituted the death penalty for
murder, a decrease in the number
/ of murders IN New Zealand has
begun-12 in 1866 and six in 1851.
There were 20 murders reported
In 1945, 10 in 1946, IL in 1947. 13
in 1948, and IL in 1949.
The Key West citizen., 1952-08-26

Mght originally said Holmes alone
took the car and gave Kight ride
later.
When Holmes came to trial. how.
ever, he said both of them bor.
rowed the car to 90 ioy-riding.
This very impractical (juyenile,
law Is creating q group of indi.
viduals who consider themselves
outside the pale of the law" Gray.
son said.
''Fiye years from now the re.
suits win be seen and felt We
win have q new crop Of criminals
on our hands. These are the youths
who are being trained today in the
thought that they can do no wrong
merely because they are Is or un-
der"
kickliter had no immediate com
ment on Grayson's criticism Of the
juvenile law.
The Key West citizen., 1952-08-26

wife and I couldn't stand to see
her that way. We sent her to spe-
cialists but they told us she would
never be any better"
Sapp said Moskal told him: "I
won't De around much longer and
! did not want my wife to bear the
burden Alone"
Moskal related that it was nee.
essary for his wife and him to
bathe and feed their daughter, that
the girl was never able to do anv.
thing for herself.
Il stabbed her once" the de.
tective further quoted Moskal. .but
i did not bring death and / had tc
do it again. wanted to help nv
daughter and my wife. I think I
did the right thing"
Sapp said the father went On.
i felt ! would suffer the con.
sequences for doing il, but no mat.
ter what happens, 1t doesn't mat.
ter. Ny girl is all right now"
Moskal, the son Of a Polish farm.
er, came to the United States in
1913 and later settled in Newark.
N. J. He recently purchased an
apartment building here.
Sapp said Moskal was being held
for investigation of murder.