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Evening star., 1952-02-19
Crime Probers 10 Call
New Witnesses Today
In Gambling Inquiry

Additional witnesses supposedly
in the know as to some phases of
gambling activities here are sched-
uled for questioning today by the
special District crime grand jury.
Two of those to be called today
bear the picturesque names of
Sherman "Chink" Berry and "Lil'
Artha" Wilmer. Both are said to
be well known in the vicinities of
Seventh and o streets and Thir-
teenth and U streets NV. They
are colored.
Former Bondsman John w.
Carter, his stepdaughter, Mrs.
Lawrence Hall and her husband
also may appear, if a divorce
action involving the Halls, and in
which Mr.. Carter is a witness, is
ended in time.
Drug Problem Outlined.
The grand jury yesterday heard
an outline of the Districts
narcotics problem. presented by
Thomas Andrews, head of the To-
cal field Office of the Narcotics
Bureau and two undercover men.
Others who testified in connec-
tions with gambling aspects of
the investigation included Mrs.
Mary Simkins, a former wife of
Gambler Roger H. white .Top)
Simkins, and Wallace Goodwin,
who identified himself as a res
taurant proprietor of the $500
block Thirteenth street NV.
Mrs. Simkins told reporters she
knew nothing of Simkins' affairs,
having been divorced from him
for seven years. She said she was
engaged in the restaurant BUSH
ness and was kept busy looking
out for Mary"
Asked "Too Many Questions"
Mr.. Goodwin told reporters he
was asked too many questions"
about numbers betting and de-
clared he didn't know anything
about such activities. being him.
self purely and simply a cafe OPP
orator.
Meanwhile. United States At,
torney Charles M. Irelan an
nounced that number of good,
leads" have been sent in by the
public in answer to a request for
tips on crime. One received yes
terday seems exceptionally fruit
ful," Mr.. Irelan stated.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Senate Group May Ael
On District Daylight
Saving Time Today

District daylight saving time
probably was expected to get the
blessing today of the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
| But it appeared the perennial
issue of whether the Commits
sioners should be given continuing
authority to order the time change
or be limited to the current year
would come up again.
The Senate committee is to con-
slider a bill offered yesterday by
Senator Clements, Democrat, of
Kentucky. at the request of the
Commissioners. This would give
continuing authority. to avoid the
annual. Congressional battle.
The same bill was presented to
the House by Chairman Harris of
the House District Judiciary Sub
committee.
But Representative Klein, DEM
ocrat. of New York, said he doubts
that this measure can be passed.
So he offered a one-year compro-
mise, in advance of the contest, to
speed final action.
Mr.. Klein and his aides did a
bit of fast figuring and came up
with an estimate that it has cost
Congress something close to $780,
900 a year to pass the annual dis
trict daylight time bill-consider-
ing time devoted by various men,
bers of the House and Senate,
their staffs, time for chamber de-
bates, printing and other work.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Crime Issue Selected
BY Nahoney for Drive
In Opposing Sasscer

George P. Mahoney will file for
the Senate tomorrow and will CEN
ter his campaign attacks on "the
crime situation in Prince Georges
County"
I'm in to stay" Mr.. Mahoney
declared at a press conference
yesterday in the Mayflower Hotel,
where he again challenged Repre-
sentative Sasscer, Democrat, to
cross verbal swords with him on
|stumps throughout the State:
The Baltimore paving contractor.
whose announcement of his can
didacy set Democratic circles spin
ming, said he called in reporters
here because he felt Washington
newspapers have been sighted
They play a big part in Maryland
elections, he asserted.
II feel Mr.. Sasscer should de-
bate the matter" said the Mary
land Democratic national COM
mitteeman, who topped Gov. Lane
in popular votes in 1850, but lost
the gubernatorial nomination be-
cause of the States unit system.
'Mr. Sasscer has long had car
like control of Prince Georges"
Mr.. Mahoney said, land leader
must accept a certain RESPONSE
bility for the fact that the county
permitted crime and corruption to
exist for several years.
st shall continue to fight cor
rtiption.'s. he declared, "and my
record as chairman of the State
Racing Commission proves that,
as acrime fighter, I am man of
action and not words"
Mr.. Mahoney referred to the
Nelson. gambling case, tried re-
Gently in the District, and to Irwin
I. Main, who repeatedly made an
unsecured loan to Nelson interests
while connected with a Prince
Georges County Bank.
OF Mr.. Main, Mr.. Mahoney said,
she is a righthand Sasscer lieu
tenant and is still member of
the County Central Committee"
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Staff Photo.

This unity of blood-lined up
on a shelf, no SCIENTIST could tell
from which race it came-is one
of the convincing proofs of the
brotherhood of men," the organi-
zation explained.
Men of three faiths yesterday is.
sued a joint statement which was
read into the Congressional Rec.
ord. 1t said in part, in referring
to Brotherhood Week: I'm these
days of stress and strain, when SC
many of our young men of all
faiths are defending our heritage
in far-aWay lands, it is we'll that
we remind ourselves of the need
for true brotherhood"
The statement was read by Rep
resentative Hays. Democrat, of Ar
kansas. It was prepared Jointly
with Representative O'Hara, Re-
publican. of Minnesota, and Rep
resentative Javits, Republican, O.
New York.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
McGovern Brothers
Honored al St. Johns

The McGovern brothers, Its.
Robert and Jerome. who recently
were awarded high military honors
posthumously for heroic service in
in Korea, were described yester-
day as being typical" of st.
Johns College High School cadets.
Honored with the brothers at a
special assembly were the MEM
ories of all st. Johns College men
who have died in battle since the
Civil War.
st. Johns was founded in 1849
and more than 10000 cadets from
the school have fought in wars
since.
The Army awarded the Medal
of Honor to Robert McGovern,
%, who died after he charged and
sllenced machine-gun nest which
had pinned down his men of the
lst Cavalry Division.
Jerome McGovern, 81, received
the Silver Star while serving with
the I'd Division. Although wound
ed, Jerome reorganized his platoon
and led another charge until he
received a second wound, which
was fatal.
However, their father, Halsey
|McGovern of 461O New Hamp-
shire avenue NV, refused the
medals last December charging
these and other boys have not
been getting the backing, moral
and material, that they deserve"
The assembly at the school, in
the 1900 block of Vermont avenue
NV, was part of National De-
fense Week observances currently
held throughout Washington area.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Bill for Scent Gas Tax
Is Forwarded 10 CONGRESS

The Commissioners today for
warded to Congress proposed legis-
latlon to raise the Districts Accent
gasoline tax by l cent.
The Commissioners approved
the bill last month as means of
raising an estimated $1.2 million
to defray partially the cost of the
Districts proposed $14O million,
10-year highway program.
The bill came back to the city
heads from the Federal Budget
Bureau which approved the meas
ure a few days ago.
The measure calls for setting UP
a permanent scent tax. The
Districts presents Accent rate is
temporary, and the tax bill will
revert to the permanent Scent
per gallon level in July unless
Congress acts on the present pro-
posal.
Evening star., 1952-02-19

A pretty young Polynesian wom-
an was. among 18 persons repre-
senting the major races of man
kind, and religious and national
groups, who late yesterday gave a
Brotherhood Week blood donation
to the Red Cross.
The observance started Sunday
and runs through next Sunday.
There was nothing to it," said
Miss Laida A. Kreuz, 20, of 1853
Mississippi avenue Sc, a secre-
tary for a title company.
She was born in Pago Pago,
Tutuila. American Samoa, and
came to Washington to be with
her half brother, Peter Tall Cole
man, 80, who became the first
Samoan to receive a law degree
from Georgetown Law School last
September. Miss Kreuz's mother
is Samoan and her father, Milton,
a retired Navy chief machinist's
mate. was born in San Francisco.
What does the initial "A in
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Lawrence T


10, colored, of Baltimore, killed in
"a two-car collision on Route l at
Eldkridge, MI.
Fairfax police Pvts. Charles
Baskin and Julian Burke reported
that Mr.. Poland was struck short
ly after 4 pm. about 4 miles west
of Fairfax. They said he had just
left his station wagon and was
walking to the rear when he was
hit by the tractor trailer of the
type which hauls automobiles.
Driver Is Accused.
Jerome P. Murphy, "a, of Balti-
more, who police said was driving
the tractor trailer, was charged
with manslaughter. He was re-
leased in $4,000 bond pending a
hearing at pm. February 27 in
Fairfax Trial Justice Court.
Mr.. Poland had been distribu-
tor for The Star for % years in
the area including Herndon, Gen.
treville, Haymarket, The Plains
and other communities in the
Fairfax-Loudoun County area.
He was one of The Stars first
rural dealers. Last year, he COM
pleted 736,331 miles of safe driv-
ing and received a 15-year safe
driving award from The Star.
He is survived by his widow and
a son and daughter in their early
teens.
Darts Into Street.
Maryland State police said the
Shelton boy darted into the street
into the path of car driven by
Virginia Bratcher, 26. of Newburg,
Md. The boy was taken to
Memorial Hospital. at
La Plata, Md, where he died 35
minutes after the accident Of
fractured skull and internal in
juries. He was the son of MI. and
Mrs. James B. Shelton who. po-
lice said, are employees of the near
by Naval Powder Factory.
Police said no charges were
made, pending completion Of their
investigation.
Miss jolly was killed in an
accident in which six other Balti-
moreans were injured last night.
Girl, Trucker Injured.
A collision between a private
school station wagon and a truck
this morning in Arlington result
ed in slight injuries to a five
year-old girl and the truck driver.
The Fort Myer dispensary
treated Linda Lee zeller, daugh-
ter of Mrs. Catherine Zeller, lit
South Columbus street, Arlington.
She was released after treatment
of a lacerated forehead.
The child was in a station
wagon of the Cardinal School for
Children, Vienna.
Arlington Hospital treated the
truck driver, Joseph Marshall, 27,
colored, of Bailey's Crossroads,
for a cut over the left eye.
Arlington police said the ac-
cident occurred in the $500 block
of Columbia pike.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Brilliant Aerial Flash Seen Here
Identified as EXPLODING Meteor

A huge flash of light in the sky
spotted yesterday by ground and
aerial observers in the Washing
ton area has been identified as an
exploding meteorite.
It flashed across the sky over
the Virginia North Carolina bor-
der shortly before noon. The i'm
pact of it's explosion was felt
throughout the Norfolk, Ports
mouth and Suffolk areas, accord
ing to the Associated Press.
Report of Plane Crash.
Radio stations and newspapers
were flooded with calls of plane
crashes. Air Force. Navy and
Coast Guard aircraft were sent to
the Whaleyville area, near the
North Carolina line, to investigate
a report of plane smashup.
Meteorologist j. P. Molen of the
United States Weather Bureau at
Evening star., 1952-02-19
GSA Advocates
Belt Highway
Around DC.
Rood Would Be Great
Help in Time Of War,
Reynolds Testifies
By Harold B. Rogers

A Senate subcommittee today
heard a General Services Admin
istration spokesman declare the
proposed belt highway around
Washington would be of tremen-
dous value in event of war.
w. E. Reynolds, commissioner
of public buildings in GSA, strong
ly recommended approval of the
so-called Case amendment to the
pending Federal aid road bill to
authorize the circumferential
road.
Also approving the project in
the presence of Senator Case. Re-
publican. of South Dakota, spon-
sor of the amendment. was Max
well H. Elliott, general counsel to
GSA.
Support in principle came from
Ia witness from the Defense De-
Ipartment during discussion of the
entire aid bill.
Kenneth Chacey, highway en-
gineer of the Army's Office of
Chief Of Transportation, linked
the Case proposal with the Wash
n-Baltimore parkway and the
Shirley parkway in this area as
traffic arteries vital to national
defense.
The Senate Public Works SUBJ
committee, headed by Senator
Holland, Democrat, of Florida,
planned to hear other witnesses
later in the day. Scheduled to
testify were John Nolen, jr., di-
rector of planning, National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion; Fred w. Tuemmler, director
of planning. and j. Bond Smith,
general counsel, Maryland-Na-
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission, and S. r. Harrison,
District engineer of streets.
Mr.. Reynolds stressed the need
for a circumferential highway not
only to relieve the present traffic
congestion in the District, which
he said was becoming intoler-
able" but to provide a better
escape from Washington in case
of enemy attack. The witness
said the number of Government
employees in the downtown area
should be limited and that tenn
porary Office buildings from World
Wars I and II, now housing about
$4,000 Government employees,
should be razed.
Suitland Termed Good Site.
Office space for these groups,
he recommended, should be placed
in additional Government build
ings in the perimeter of WASH
ington. He mentioned Suitland,
Md, as a favorable site for these
new buildings. in line with pending
legislation for dispersal of Federal
buildings and employees.
The Case amendment would
authorize expenditure of $36 mil
lion for the circumferential high
way. The belt road would start
at the Washington Baltimore
parkway, form a crescent around
the city and connect with the
Shirley highway, also serving the
new Washington airport at Burke,
Va,
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Judith Cop|on Gives Birth
To Seven-Pound Dauqhfer
BY the Associated Press


NEW YORK. Feb. 19.-Judith
Coplon. 30-year-old former Gov
ernment employe accused as spy
for Russia, has given birth to a
7-pound, 11-ounce girl at Man
haitian General Hospital.
Miss Coplon. now married to
Albert H. Sokolov, one of her at
torneys. had been convicted in
Washington of taking secret gov
eminent papers. At a trial in
New York she was convicted of
espionage conspiracy charges.
Both convictions were upset on
appeal. but she faces a possible
new trial in Washington. She is
free on bail.
Both Miss Coplon and her
baby. born yesterday. were de-
scribed as in "very good" condi-
ton.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
City Heads Won't Back
Pharmacy Control Bills

The Commissioners today turned
down a Board of Pharmacy re-
quest for support of two bills for
stricter control of District phar-
macistS by the board.
The bills. on which a Senate
committee hearing will be held
Thursday. provide for tighter su-
pervision of pharmacists and
change the licensing practice from
SO for three years to 81 for one
year.
Evening star., 1952-02-19

Pleasant Valley
near Sterling,
Va, a distribu-
Z tor for The
Star, who was
struck by a
tractor = trailer
on Route 211
in F. ir f a x
County.
Joe Shelton,
4, OF Indian
Head, Md, who
W as knocked
near his home.
down by a car
Evening star., 1952-02-19

to the radio in an upstairs room.
He chased them but they got
away. They would enter by break
ing the glass in the door and turn
ing the knob inside.
Quick to Inform.
When the break came, the
youthful burglars and car thieves
were quick to tell on one another.
While they did not all go to
Woodrow Wilson-one attended
Georgetown Prep, one was at
Woodward Prep, YMCA school,
and another attended st. Johns
College High School until last
November--they all knew each
other and what the others had
been up to.
They were pretty cocky in con-
trast to their distressed parents
at. a conference in the Juvenile
Squad offices in Police Headquar-
ters yesterday. But they lost that
when they were questioned indi-
vidually. Most of them didn't
know why they had turned to
theft. But they told how they
spent the money-taking their
dates out in taXicabs and feeding
coins into the pinball machines.
They made things so easy for the
detectives that they were ap-
preciated in sense. "They We're
so honest with u.s." one put it.
Long discussion of the case
came during a meeting last night
of the Connecticut Avenue Citi-
zens' Association.
The association, In the eighth
precinct where the teen-agers
were rounded up, voted to ask
District officials to check commu-
nifty recreation and education IA
cilities in the area with, a view to
improving them.
Lack of Library Noted.
This is our one solemn and
earnest request" Mrs. Joseph L.
Miller. association president, said.
I'VE must face the problems where
we never thought they would arise.
"It is not. as the parents indi-
cate, the fault of pinball ma
Chimes" she added. ''It is the lack
of anything else to do. There is
not one halfway decent play
ground in this whole area. Nor
have we been successful in our
drive to obtain a library, despite
promises and despite our donation
of $4,000 to the District toward
erection of a library"
Mrs. Miller referred to a dona-
ton made in 1947 to promote a
library in the Connecticut and
Cathedral avenues area.
Mrs. Miller said teachers, min
isters and other civic leaders Of
the area plan to meet later this
week to decide what might be
done, with or without District sup
port, to curb juvenile delinquency
b the neighborhood. !
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Foirfox Redistrictinq
Commission to Meet

The first public hearing of the
Fairfax County Redistricting
Commission will be held at 7:3O
O'Clock tonight in the Circuit
Courtroom at the Courthouse.
The commission was appointed
by the court to rearrange the
county's six magisterial districts.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
Senate Group 10 Consider
Loop Highway Here Today

A Senate Public Works SUBJ
committee today was to consider
Federal and local needs for Fed
eral aid highway work in the next
two years, under bill that would
authorize $l.2 billion during that
period.
Among other features OF the
new authorization bill coming up
for attention is the amendment
of Senator Case, Republican, of
South Dakota, to earmark about
$36 million for development of a
"circumferential" artery around
most of the National Capital.
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Holland, Democrat, of
Florida, was to hear testimony
from Defense officials, Admins
traitor Jess Larson of General
Services and spokesmen for the
Bureau of Public Roads and the
District Government.
Evening star., 1952-02-19
; Persons Are Killed
In Traffic Accidents
On Nearby Highways

Three persons died in separate
accidents in nearby Maryland and
Virginia yesterday.
Dead are:
Tovr,ro,,oo TT n11zy xa
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-02
ILLINOIS TINES
TB ASSN. HAS
INCREASE

A total of $21, 317.26 has been
received for the 1861 TB Christ
mas Seal sale since the opening
of the Seal Sale on November
% thru March 81, J. f. Akin
son, president of the Champaign
County T b Association an
nounced today. This is an in
crease of only S354.06 over tho
previous years Seal sale he said
but some contributions are still
being received and it is hoped
Seal returns will yet reach S21.-
65O.OO to cover costs of program
planned for 1862.
And the first contribution was
from a mail man." said Akin
son pointing out that the Christ
mas Seal sale is conducted en-
tlreiy by mail. Post men deliver
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-02

which is done on a nationwide
level. Medical research being
done by a special medical group,
the American Trudeau Society.
Is financed with part Of the Ma
tional TB Associations share.
Over $4,000 residents of our
county have contributed their
money for Christmas Seals to
continue all these services in
1852, Atkinson said as he pointed
out that the success of the Seal
sale depends on contributions
from many people rather than
larger contributions from a few
Altho only two sheets of Seals
were enclosed with the letters
816 people sent more than $500.
Their contributions ranged from
S2.10 to three checks for $500.
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-02

the Christmas Seal letters to
residents of the county and res
idents, in turn, mail their contri-
buttons to the Association. There
is no personal solicitation at
home or at offices by school
children or others, he said.
Eighty three per cent Of
money contributed in our Coun-
ty for Seals remains here, At
kinson said as he stated afttr
deducting s367l.27 as Cham
paign County's share in the
State and National anti-TB pro
grams $17,654.99 is available for
the services financed by the
Champaign County TB Associa-
ton.
Of the other II per cent At
kinson said II percent remains
in Illinois to coordinate the
county programs and 6 per cent
is sent to the National TB AS
ISOLATION for the anti-TB work
The Illinois times. (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-19??, 1952-05-02
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The Illinois Times
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Evening star., 1952-10-19
U. 5. Outlay for Travel
To Top 81 Billion Mark
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 18.-The
amount spent by United States
residents for travel abroad will go
over the ST billion mark this year
for the first time, according to the
American Society of Travel Agents.
A preliminary report prepared
for presentation at the 22nd an
nual convention of the World
Travel Congress opening in Miami
Monday estimates the total Of
United States travel expenditures
abroad in 1852 at 81 .094, ,000, 900.
The society estimated that in
1852. Europe and the Mediterra-
mean area will earn $261 million
dollars from tourists, Canada 1862
million, Mexico $187 million. West
Indies and Central America $87
million, South America $28 mil
lion, and other areas SIS million.
Income estimates for steamship
and airlines resulting from United
States travel abroad were: Foreign
lines, $164 million, and United
States lines. $50 million.
Evening star., 1952-10-19

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