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Evening star., 1953-11-17
Lost Boys Mother Praises
Neiqhbors in Successful Search
FuIIs Church Child, 3,
Found as 500 Hunt
For Several Hours

"Falls Church is a wonderful
place." Mrs. Lawrence w. Smith
said yesterday after her 3-year-
old son Christopher, missing for
six hours, was found by house.
wife who joined hundreds of
other Falls Church people in a
search for the boy.
Christopher was safely home
at last. gorging on scrambled
eggs, toast and milk, as Mrs.
Smith, mother of three, praised
her neighbors.
Soon after the boy disappeared
around $3.50 am, Falls Church
police organized the hunt. in
which they said nearly 500 per-
sons-policemen off and on duty,
flremen, neighbors and schoolboy
patrols-participated.
It wasn't until 1888 pm. that
police received a call that Chris
had been located, more than a
mile from home, by Mrs. Francis
I Latrell of 9l9 Park avenue,
Falls Church. Mrs. Latrell had
been driving around the city for
an hour and a half, ever since
a patrol boy knocked on her door
and inquired about the missing
child.
Mrs. Latrell had the benefit of
one clue, from her foster daugh-
Evening star., 1953-11-17
DR.. Byrd Predicts
Democratic Vicforyin
'Non-PoIiticaI' Talk
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. Nov. 17.-Dr. H.
c. Byrd last night revealed cor
ner of his 1854 campaign plat
form in "non-political" speech
here.
The retiring president of the
University of Maryland spoke for
one hour in a question-and-an-
swer session with the City-Coun-
ty Democratic Club. He prefaced
his remarks by saying: cat a
board of regents meeting, it was
the agreement that I should not
talk politics prior to January l."
the day after his resignation be-
comes effective.
After stating that he could not
discuss political questions. DR..
Byrd gave these specific opinions
On "non-political" subjects:
The Democratic Party in
Maryland-"If there is one thing
wrong with the Democratic Party
in Maryland, it is the confines Of
it's leadership. I don't believe it
is split. Newspapers call for
harmony but we have an admir-
able majority in the House of
Delegates"
Gov. McKeldin-"I am amazed
at some claims of the present
Governor about the number of
Democrats who voted for him.
BY this time, those Democrats
must be convinced that the sins
we commit one by one we pay
for two by two"
Second term Governors-"A
man has no business serving as
Governor of this State for more
than one term. The Office has
too much power"
The Democrats chances in
1954-'"The Democratic Party is
going to pull itself together and
in the next election elect it's
ticket. If we have the right
kind of leadership, I have no
doubt about the outcome of the
next election"
Government spending-"The
is not one penny should be ap-
propriated except if it can be
shown it will produce something
for the people of the State"
Campaign promiseS-"I will
not promise a great many things
that can't be DONE"
Campaign contributions-"One
of the greatest evils of politics.
We should pass laws to prevent
abuses and elect the right
leadership to enforce them"
Segregation in schools-"It is
literally impossible to follow
present laws to provide equal
facilities for all. The question
must be decided by the people
themselves"
The Byrd approach to politics,
II am for open covenants
openly arrived at between those
expected to govern and those
to be governed"
Evening star., 1953-11-17
5 Abandoned Wells
Found by SuitIand
Leaders During Tour

Community leaders of Suit
land, Md, where a 31a-year- -old
girl was killed when she fell into
an abandoned we'll, today re-
ported discovery of five unsafe
pits in their area.
zone Of them is extremely
dangerous" said Daniel j. Nc
Gillicuddy, president of the Suit
land Citizens Association, after
he and other civic leaders made
a weekend tour of theiN area.
The most dangerous pit. he
said, was one located behind a
store "only few feet off Suit
land road in a spot where
children are likely to roam"
Temporary covers were placed
over some of the pits found on
the tour, Mr.. McGillicuddy said.
and Prince Georges County po-
lice were notified.
Alexandria Well Filled In.
Meanwhile, an abandoned
well behind the Second Presby-
terian Church in Alexandria is
being filled in to prevent any one
from falling into it.
The Rev. Benjamin Lynt, pas
tor of the church, said the dea-
con last Thursday became aware
of the well, and instructed the
sexton to fill it.
Alexandria Mayor Marshall
Beverley. unaware that the
church already was taking steps
to fill the well, yesterday called
it a death trap" and urged that
something be done about it.
Sixth One Found.
It was the sixth open well or
pit reported to Alexandria police
since Mayor Beverley took ac-
ton as a result of the drowning
of 3-year-old Jeryl Lyn Ridge
way in a septic pit at Suitland
on November 7.
Jeryl fell into the pit on the
property of her grandmother,
Mrs. Johanna Ridgeway, %
Glenn street, Suitland, Md.
A story in the Sunday Star
stated incorrectly that the pit
and another discovered Saturday
were on the property of Jeryl's
other grandmother, Mrs. Bessie
I. Kidwell, 13 Glenn street.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Alexandria Youth, Is,
Struck by Station Wagon

Donald Mckinney, 13, of 1881
South Stafford street, was in
jured last night when struck by
a private school station wagon
in Alexandria.
Donald was admitted to Alex
andria Hospital with head in
juries, a severe hand cut and an
injured hip.
Police said the station wagon
was driven by Mrs. Edna Bar
retta of 1017 Duke drive, Buck
nell Manor.
The accident occurred near the
intersection of King street and
Braddock road. Alexandria po-
lice said witnesses told them
Donald ran into the street from
between two cars. Police said
there were six small children in
the station wagon.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
New Boronet's S Son
Fined in Baltimore
On Hit-Run Charge
BY the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. ia son
of the Eastern Shore handyman
who inherited a British title and
rundown castle was fined $375
here yesterday on a hit-and-
run charges.
Jean Ivor Dunbar. 35, said he
was the son of Sir Adrian Dun
bar, who arrived in Scotland
last week to claim a centuries
old baronetcy the estate that
goes with it.
Police testified in traffic court
that young Dunbar left the
scene of an accident in East
Baltimore.
Magistrate Lester H. Crowther
fined him $25 for failing to give
the right of way. $3.50 for fall
ing to identify himself after an
accident, and 5000 for operating
on revoked license.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Second BeIVoir Soldier
Hurt in Crash Dies

A Fort Belvoir soldier died in
Walter Reed Hospital yesterday
from injuries received Sunday
in a traffic accident on Route /,
two miles south of Woodbridge.
Va.
The victim, Pvt. Willie L.
Beard, %, of Goodwill, w Va,
died from head injuries.
He was the second Fort Bel
voir soldier to die, as a result Of
the same accident. The other
was Sergt. Willie A. Best, %, of
Goldsboro, N. c., who was killed
instantly when the car in which
both were riding struck a bridge
abutment at Cow Branch Creek.
According to Virginia State
Police, the two soldiers and
another Fort Belvoir soldier. Pvt.
John j. Haythe, were riding in a
car driven by Sammy Williams,
%. of Fredericksburg, Va. Pvt.
Haythe was hospitalized at Fort
Belvoir for possible head in
jurles, and Mr.. Williams suf-
fered only cuts and bruises.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Drowning Of 3 Stirs Virginia
To Study All Movable Bridges

their car ran of the fog-covered
Barrets Ferry drawbridge. The
span had been opened to let a
cabin cruiser pass underneath.
The three deaths caused Gov.
Battle to call on the Highway De-
partment to provide a foolproof
safeguard against similar draw
bridge accidents.
Investigators said evidence in
dicated the bridge was opened
without the safety barriers first
having been closed to stop traffic
They were unable to determine a
definite reason why the barriers
were not closed. The drawbridge
attendant insisted he had thrown
the switch to lower the safety
rails.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Alexandra Traffic Group
To Meet With City Council

The Alexandria Traffic Board
has decided to confer with the
City Council before adopting one
of two new traffic plans proposed
for the downtown business area.
The traffic board studied both
plans for three hours yesterday,
but failed to decide. 1t was
agreed to hold a session with
the City Council to consider
both plans.
One traffic plan was prepared
by John Hanna, traffic engineer
of Richmond, who was en-
ployed by the city to study it's
traffic problems. The other plan
was drawn by Alexandria Traffic
Director Kenneth Smith.
Each plan provides a number
of one-way streets, but the
directions are reversed.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Crash Victims S Widow
CoIIapses al Hearing
By the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 1.-THE
widow of a plane crash victim
collapsed in court yesterday while
testifying in a damage suit re-
sulting from the tragedy.
Mrs. Violet S. Guyer, whose
husband died in the crash of a
bomber near Andrews Air Force
Base, fell from the witness stand
as she tainted. The husband,
Irving N. Guyer, and two chill
dren of Mrs. Guyer's sister were
killed in the April. 1851, crash
at Morningside, Md.
The plane was abandoned by
its crew when the landing gear
failed to function.
Eight civil suits claiming more
than 81 million were filed as a
result of the crash.
In the Federal court case be-
fore Judge William c. Coleman,
the Government had admitted
liability, but is conteSting the
amount Of damages sought.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Big Row Over |cebox
Costs Landlord $500
In Alexandria Court

A tenant won $500 from his
former landlords in Alexandria
Corporation Court yesterday in
a malicious prosecution suit that
started with arguments over ar
icebox and a bathroom.
The judgment was awarded
by a Corporation Court jury to
Robert F. Linville against Mr.
and Mrs. w. Norman Parks of
the 400 block of East Custis
avenue.
This is the story the jury
heard:
Mr.. Linville and his wife
rented an apartment in the
Parks home last August l. Mr.
Linville complained that some
one kept turning down the tenn
perature of the refrigerator in
his kitchen. He took the tenn
perature control knob off thG
refrigerator SO it would stay as
cold as he liked it.
Relations Strained.
That strained relations some
what. Things got more strained
when Mr.. Parks had the knob
put back.
Several weeks later, Mr.. Lin
vile told the jury he was in the
mutual bathroom Shared by the
two families and Mrs. Parks was
waiting outside to get in. Mr.
Linville said he was afraid he
would lose his priority in the
bathroom if he left to get his
comb and brush, so he called to
his wife to bring them to him.
He said Mrs. Parks showed her
way in the bathroom when he
opened the door to take the
comb and brush. He said Mrs.
Parks slapped him on the back
of the head. Mrs. Parks said he
showed her against the bathroom
door. knocking her to the floor
Warrants Sworn.
The Parks promptly got two
warrants against Mr.. Linville.
One charged him with disorderly
conduct for the bathroom Incl
dent. and the other charged him
with destroying private property
the icebox.
Mr.. Linville was locked up
about three hours until he ar
ranged bond. When the time
came to try the charges. the
Parks failed to appear and both
cases were dismissed for lack of
prosecution.
The jury yesterday heard
simultaneously the suit by Mr..
Linville against the Parks for
malicious prosecution, and a
counter suit by Mrs. Parks
against Mr.. Linville for assault
The jurors decided in favor OF
Mr.. Linville.
Mr.. Linville was represented
by Attorney William P. Woolls
jr. Judge Franklin P. Backus
presided.
The Linvilles no longer live at
the East Gusts avenue address
Evening star., 1953-11-17

ter, Mary Upperman, 18, a senior
at George Mason High School. A
child answering the description
had been seen earlier trotting by
the school, Mary said.
At about the time she found
the boy in a back yard in the
1000 block of West Green
wich street, his red tri-
cycle, on which he had begun
his jaunt, was found beside a
railroad siding a few hundred
feet from the Smith home at 300
Fulton avenue.
Mrs. Latrell said Chris was
tired out otherwise unperturbed.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
; Boys Held in Stoning
OF Alexandra Resident

Three teen-age boys were ar
rested in Alexandria yesterday
after a man complained that they
stoned him and tried to run him
down with their car.
Police said George Petit Of
424 North Payne street reported
the boys tossed stones at him
yesterday afternoon as he walked
in the 300 block of North Payne
street. Mr.. Petit said several
stones struck him in the chest.
He said the boys got in a car
and tried to run him down on
the sidewalk.
Mr.. Petit was treated at Alex
andria Hospital for bruises on
the chest. The boys, aged IA,
Is and Is, were taken into Gus
tody later and turned over to
juvenile authorities.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Shooting Victims
Condition Critical

Miss Elsie w. Lemke, wounded
by a bandits bullet Saturday
night, remained in critical con-
dition at Casualty Hospital
today.
The suspect charged with the
shooting Wilbert Albert Green.
colored, 25, of the 800 block of
Second street S.W., is being held
under $4,000 bond.
Miss Lemke Of 211 Delaware
street S.W., an aide to Senator
johnson, Democrat. of Colorado.
was shot in the lower abdomen.
The bandit snatched her purse.
Police say he has confessed the
robbery and the shooting.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Alexandra Council
Reaffirms Contract Award

The Alexandria City Council
last night reaffirmed it's award
of a contract to the second low
est bidder for construction of a
600-foot culvert over HoffS Run.
The contract was awarded to
Guy H. Lewis & Son of Mclean,
Va. on a bid of $209,624. The
Lewis firm promised to complete
the job in $50 days.
The lowest bid of $208. 8.607 was
submitted by Blackwell Engi-
neering Co. of Warrenton, but
the offer provided for 270 days.
Blackwell protested the award
to the next lowest bidder. but
the Council decided it was worth
the extra money to get the job
done quicker. City Attorney V.
Floyd Williams advised the
Council the action was legal.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Prince Georges Warned
Of High School Crowding

Prince Georges County schools
face their real push" in the fu-
ture in the high school grades,
County School Supt. William S..
Schmidt reiterated last night.
Addressing the Camp Springs
Parent Teacher Association, Mr.
Schmidt pointed out that the
county had been concentrating
more on elementary schools,
whereas the crowd is just be-
ginning to. hit the high schools. I"
Mr.. Schmidt advised that any
Federal money received by the
county next year would be ap-
piled to junior high school con-
struction.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Tukomu Democrats
To Meet Tomorrow

The Takoma Park Democratic
Club will meet at pm. tomor-
row at the Takoma Recreation
Center, Grant avenue near Piney
Branch road. A discussion of the
Allied Civic Groups analysis of
the cost of county government
will be held.
Officers of the recently-formed
Eastern Montgomery County
Democratic Club have been in
vited to attend. They are Charles
Irelan, president; James w. Gill,
vice president, and Charles
Buscher. secretary.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Central Delinquency
AGENCY Advocated

The main problem in con-
trolling juvenile delinquency, the
Inter-Federation Council was
told last night, is teaching par
ents where to turn for help.
Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff of the
Prince Georges Federation Of
Civic Associations. told the group
the real need is for one agency
to serve as a guide for all other
groups. In this way, she said,
parents would know what 10
available to them.
The group agreed that juvenile
delinquency is one of the most
important problems confronting
the community and the Nation.
The meeting, conducted by
Daniel M. Greene, chairman, was
held in The Star Building, Elev-
enth street and Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Murder Indictment
Among 80 Returned
In Montgomery

Thirty-nine indictments, in
Guiding one for murder, one for
rape and three for assault with
intent to kill, were returned yes
terday by the fall term Mont
gomery County grand jury.
The grand jury, which began
celebrating a week ago, is slat-
ed to be in session for at least
another week. When it recesses,
it will have considered nearly
100 cases.
Among those indicted yester-
day was 1t. Comdr. Thaddeus
w. Boyle, 81, a retired naval avi-
ator. of the 5400 block of Valley
place, Chevy Chase, Md. He was
charged with sodomy involving
a 9-year-old Chevy Chase boy.
The retired officer will face
trial on December 2. Five other
cases involving alleged sex as
sault on Chevy Chase children
are pending against him in Cir
cult Court.
Shooting Charged.
Two indictments charging as
sault with intent to murder and
to rob were returned against
Donald G. Allensworth, 19-year-
old AWOL sailor from Miami,
Fla. The charges grew out of an
attempted armed robbery of
Toms Auto Service in Wheaton,
Md, last April. An attendant,
Hubert r. Leverett, suffered two
gunshot wounds at the time.
Allensworth's trial also was
set for December 2. He pleaded
not guilty on arraignment yes
terday. Allensworth was arrest
ed at the home of his bride of
two days in the 700 block of
Belvedere boulevard. Silver
Springs.
Earl C. Graveley, 20. of Boyds,
Md, was indicted on a charge of
rape involving an ALLEGED attack
on a 12-year-old girl in a wooded
area near -Four Corners last
June IL.
Graveley. a laborer employed
by the Maryland National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion, will be tried on December /.
Truck Driver Accused.
! A charge Of assault with in
tent to rape a 17-year-old Rock
vile girl was returned against
Lindy M. Fisher, "a, a truck
driver of Marion, Va. Fisher
pleaded not guilty yesterday and
will face trial on December l..
An indictment charging rob-
berry and assault with intent to
rob was returned against Harold
Bruntmyer, %. cab driver of
the 2600 block of Wiseman road,
Wheaton. Police said he took
$106 from Richard T. Butler, a
passenger in his cab near the
Burnt Mills Dam of ColeSville
road on April IL.
Darnell Martin, IS, colored, of
Tobeytown, Md, will be tried
on November 80 on a charge of
murder. The indictment was
returned in connection with the
fatal shooting on September 80
of Violet Martin.
Indictments charging assault
with intent to kill also were re-
turned against Charles r. Page,
81, colored, of Washington, and
Gilbrt E. Lowe, 80, of Charles
Town w. Va. Pages trial was
set for next Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
sv the A.,oeio,ed Pres.

RICHMOND, Va, Nov. IT.
The death of three men whose
car ran off an opened drawbridge
near Williamsburg Saturday has
prompted James A. Anderson,
State highway commissioner, to
re-examine every movable span
bridge" in Virginia.
Mr.. Anderson said 1T will be
our purpose on, all power-oper-
ated movable spans" to provide
devices which insure the closing
Of barrier gates to oncoming
traffic before the bridge can be
swung out of place.
Three Williamsburg men who
set out early Saturday morning
to hunt ducks drowned when
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Westinghouse PTA
Plans Panel Tonight

A panel discussion on the work
of child guidance teachers will
be held at a meeting of the
Westinghouse High School
arent-Teacher Association at
8 o'clock tonight in the school
auditorium. 4035 North Thir-
teenth street, Arlington.
Panelists will be Miss Mary
Higgins. director Of guidance at
the school, her staff and two
parents.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
AIexondriun Arrested
On Morals Churqe

A 53-year-old Alexandria man
was arrested last night and
charged with contributing to the
moral delinquencye of two little
girls.
Alexandria police identified
him as Charles E. Baumgardner
of the HOO block of Colonial ave-
nue.. He is accused of inviting the
girls, aged Z and 8, into his house
and molesting them.
Baumgardner was released un-
der $500 bond and the case was
referred to Juvenile Court.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Two Policemen
Still on Duty
AfterConViCtion
Action Against Pair
In Beoting Is Up to
BIodensburg Council

Backed by town authorities,
Bladensburg police chief Bryan
M. Dorsey and Pvt. Elmer
Thompson are still on duty today
despite convictions and sentence
ingS for mistreating a prisoner.
A Prince Georges County all
male jury, after celebrating "A
minutes, yesterday handed in
guilty verdicts to Judge John B.
Gray, jr., in Upper Marlboro
Circuit Court.
Will Appeal Conviction.
Pvt. Thompson was convicted
OF assault and battery and was
sentenced to six months in the
Maryland House of Correction.
Chief Dorsey was acquitted of
assault and battery but was
found guilty of assault. He was
fined $3.50 and costs. Both
noted appeals and were released
on bond.
The complainant in the case
prosecuted by Assistant States
Attorney Wilmer D. Pyles was
Melvin L. Franklin, jr., 10, of
the 4400 block of Forty-Sixth
street, Bladensburg.
Franklin, who is colored, testi-
fed yesterday that Pvt. Thomp-
son beat him about the face
with a leather "slapstick" and
that Chief Dorsey intimidated
him while he was under ques-
tioning August Is in the county
police SubStation at Hyattsville.
BIames Police Feud.
Both officers stoutly denied
the charges, and their counsel,
Ignatius j. Keane, declared the
accusations Stemmed from fric-
ton between county and town
police.
Every one knows" said Mr..
Keane, shat such a feud is on.
This looks like an attempt to
bring it to a head"
Bladensburg Mayor Otis L.
Stevens and two members of the
Town Council, John P. Campbell
and Mrs. Felix E. Cristofane,
conferred in the courtroom at
the end of the trial.
What do we do right away?"
Chief Dorsey asked them.
Nothing, go fix your bond"
the Mayor replied.
"They are not suspended and
will not be-" Mayor Stevens told
reporters, unless and until the
Town Council so DEGREES" He
indicated that special meeting
will be called but said the date
Is indefinite.
Previous Records Praised.
Councilman Campbell, defend
ing the accused officers, said on
the witness stand:
"Chief Dorsey's service has
been excellent. In my opinion
he is an outstanding officer"
OF Pvt. Thompson, he remarked.
'He has never been in any
trouble at all "
The prosecutor held other
wise. He scored the BladenS-
burg council for not suspending
the accused men when charges
were preferred. 81 appeal to
you," he said to the court and
jury. some one higher than the
council must take action"
Judge Gray said before i'm
posing sentences that he found
it difficult to understand the
jury'S verdict as to Dorsey in
view Of the fact that no testi-
mony had been offered to prove
that he had struck Franklin.
1.-THE jury believed" Judge
Gray said. that Thompson
struck this man and the case re-
quires that the court deal with
sentence in very realistic fash
ion so that all persons may know
that when they are placed under
arrest they will receive fair treat
Evening star., 1953-11-17
BIodensburq PTA Meets

A discussion on how to teach
children responsibility will be
held at meeting Of the Bla-
densburg (Md0 Primary School
arent-Teacher Association at
8 o'clock tonight in the school,
Annapolis and Edmonston roads.
Evening star., 1953-11-17
Surveyors to Meet

The Northern Virginia Chap
ter of the Virginia Association
of Surveyors will meet at $50
pm. Friday at the Dardanelles
Restaurant, Hillwood avenue
and Lee highway. Falls Church.
Circuit Judge Arthur w. Sin
clair of Fairfax will speak.