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several names, police said, has
been charged with operating a
rooming house at the Euclid
street address without a license
Tenants there have received
notice to vacate, they told re-
pOrters.
Police said Mrs. Walker has
used the names of Reva Lawren-
son, Reva Silverman, Olga Alex
andria, Frieda Nathan, Rita Sny-
der and Reva Peglioier.
Learn of Whereabouts.
Warrants for Mrs. Walker and
Lawrenson were given to Pvts.
Charles Scott and E. G. Nc
Clanahan for service. The
officers went to the Euclid
street address Tuesday night and
were told that Mrs. Walker no
longer lived there.
They learned from a pregnant
woman there, it was said, that
Mrs. Walker had moved to Col
lege Park.
On Wednesday the officers
watched the University lane ad-
dress.
They saw Mrs. Walker leave
in a 1949 automobile and fol-
lowed her shopping errands for
several hours.
The policemen trailed Mrs.
Walker to the Euclid street ad-
dress. They stopped her car and
asked if she was Reva Walker.
She denied this. police said.
Pvt. McLanahan started to
get into the car. and Mrs. Walker
kicked at him, the officer said.
Pvt. Scott then pulled the car
keys from the ignition lock. He
read the warrant to her.
Denies Link to Racket.
Later at the station house
Mrs. Walker denied any knowl-
edge of the baby brokerage
racket She told police she
owned several rooming houses
and that she was living at the
Euclid street home.
She admitted that she ran the
nursery on University lane. in
College Park. Mrs. Walker was
asked about an obviously preg-
nant girl seen entering the home
by the officers, they said.
Mrs. Walker replied she was
trying to help the girl"
Authorities said there appar-
emily was a regular sale agree
ment-about $400 for young
babies, and $1,500 for children
of 3 years. The racket here
apparently has been going on for
little over a year.
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their differences while Mrs.
Hinkle was at a local hospital
before the birth of her third
baby early this month.
Mr.. Hinkle told reporters he
received a threatening" tele-
phone call yesterday morning at
the place where he works. He
said the man told him he was
LawrenSon, and that he wanted
to learn the whereabouts of Mrs.
Hinkle and talk to her because
"she is making a lot of trouble
for Mrs. Walker"
Mr.. Hinkle said that when he
refused to tell where his wife
could be reached, the caller
spoke threateningly.
Police say Mrs. Walker has a
daughter, Charlene, although
they did not know her present
whereabouts.
Police have information that
three other babies have been
shipped out of Washington under
somewhat similar circumstances.
Mrs. Walker, who goes under
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Buby
Continued From First PAGE.

NNOIlClIIuSQ FIOIu ruSG dSC.l
she operated at 1888 Euclid
street NV.
At the University Lane home
last night an artiStically-painted
sign, University Nursery" WaN
removed, along with the mail
box, Washington investigators
said.
Warrants against Mrs. Walk
er and Lawrenson were issued on
complaint of a young mother.
Mrs. Gladys Wilkinson Hinkle,
25, of the 1900 block of Tenth
street NV.
Mrs. Hinkle told police her
eight-month-old daughter was
taken last April by Mrs. Walker,
Lawrenson and a man repre-
sented to her as a New York
attorney. She was quoted as
saying she agreed to turn over
the infant because she was then
separated from her husband, FL
bert w. Hinkle, and in desperate
financial straits.
Mrs. Hinkle was pregnant at
the time. and gave birth to this
child two weeks ago. The couple
also had a three year old daugh-
ter Mr.. and Mrs. Hinkle, po-
lice said, decided to make a COM
plant after they were recon-
ciled.
In Mrs. Walkers purse police
found a book listing the names
and addresses of persons from
Miami to Bar Harbor, Me. They
believe the names are those of
parents anxious to adopt chill
dren. The names include a
number of wealthy persons.
Mrs. Hinkle told police she
agreed to let her baby daughter
go for $400 and a promise to
pay her hospital expenses. She
said this was on a temporary
basis.
Police, however, say the New
York attorney drew up perma-
nent adoption papers, and these
were signed by Mrs. Hinkle and
her signature verified by a no
tary public in the 5000 block of
Sixth street NV.
Didn't Collect Money.
Mrs. Hinkle told authorities
she never got the money prom
ised her.
The attorney, Mrs. Hinkle said,
communicated by telephone with
woman at National Airport,
described the child and told Mrs.
Hinkle her daughter was &C
ceptable if she could pass a
medical examination.
Mrs. Hinkle said she gave up
her daughter with this under
standing, and has not seen her
since.
Mrs. Hinkle told reporters
later that she never was offered
any money to compensate for
the loss of her daughter. She
said Mrs. Walker merely prom
ised her she would find the child
good home, and further sug-
gested she would do the same for
her unborn child.
Mrs. Hinkle has been living at
the nursery on University lane,
she said, with her 3-year-old
daughter.
The Hinkles decided to forget
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moral problems" inside and out
side the military bases.
In issuing the directive it was
stated that one of the reasons
was the deteriorating moral con-
ditions in areas Immediately ad-
Joining many of the military
bases.
The conference also questioned
the legality of the order since it
conflicts with the Canteen Act
of 1901 forbidding such sales on
military bases.
The second resolution COM
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Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
FoiFfox Fears
Voter Crisis

III "A fast-dwindling water supply
is shaping up as Fairfax Coun-
tvs No. / problem, according to
DR.. Harold Kennedy, county
health officer.
He told the Fairfax Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations
last night that some areas al
ready face critical situation.
Builders of new homes have
found wells going dry less than
;R year after they were dug.
The health officer warned that
the county ought to do some
thing about providing an inte-
grated water system. Some
areas of the county are served
sby central water systems which
are privately owned.
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mended President Eisenhower
for the moral reforms that have
already begun" and "his earnest
desire to carry out promises to
clean up, as far as possible, ex-
isting areas of general immor-
atty"
In this connection, Assistant
Press Secretary Murray Snyder
says White House refreshments
are normally non-alcoholic"
but he has no comment about
the Presidents private parties.
Evening star., 1953-10-16

stoned and commissioned
officers on Army and Air Force
bases.
The appeal was one of two
resolutions approved by the 500
delegates as the three-day con-
ference drew to a close today at
the Mount Vernon Place Meth
odist Church here.
The conference questioned
whether the order permitting the
sales, issued by the adjutant
generals Office, would have good
results" or would increase the
Evening star., 1953-10-16
World War | Veterans
To Gel That VA Dividend

The Veterans Administration
found out today what a vast
difference a little thing like one
"I'' can make.
Because of an error in an Eve
ming Star story yesterday, several
hundred World War II veterans
called to see when they would
get their insurance dividends,
The story announced a special
dividend for 100000 World War
II insurance policyholders. The
dividend applies to World War I
veterans, and to them alone.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity - Clear
tonight, lowest around 48. To-
morrow, sunny and mild
Maryland - Clear tonight,
lowest in the 40S. Tomorrow,
sunny and mild.
Virginia - Clear tonight, low
est 44-50 west and north and
50-55 southeast portion. Tomor-
row, sunny and mild.
Wind - Gentle and variable
tonight and tomorrow.
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Five-Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity, Oct. 1921.
Temperatures will average 5
or 6. degrees above normal.
Washington normals at this Pc
riod are a daily high and low OF
sc and At. Rather warm over
the week end, a little cooler
Monday. and warmer Wednes-
day. Little or no precipitation.
River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear
al HarperS Ferry.
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by the Atomic Energy. Commits
sion and the Defense Depart
ment for non-weapons work.
2. Increased use of the bureau
by other Government agencies
which need technical services.
I'm general, the bureau has dis
charged these responsibilities
we'll"
3. Reorganization of the ad-
ministrative setup to give sec
ond-rung executives greater COM
mand, thus giving Director Astin
more time to devote to policy
matters and associations with
the scientific world.
4. Reductions in the bureaus
routine tests on items purchased
by the Government. This work,
the committee said, could be
turned over to private testing
laboratories.
About AD-X2.
About the AD-X2 controversy,
the committee wrote:
THE committee makes evalua-
ton tests on the commercial
products of industry from time
to time at the request of other
agencies of the Government and
has done so, we believe, through
out its history.
This is service that the bu-
reau must render. 1t has a COM
petence for product evaluation
over a very large area of indus
trial products. Such competence
does not exist to a comparable
extent anywhere else within
Government. This competence
must be made available to other
departments.
while the volume of this
work is extremely small in rela-
ton to the bureaus total basic
programs, it is the area that
most frequently brings the bu-
reau to the attention of the
general public. The current
battery additive' evaluation is
typical of others that have spor-
edjcally occurred throughout the
bureaus history where it's find
ings have been challenged and
wide public attention directed to
them.
THE committee recommends
that policy and procedures of a
non-technical nature, particu-
larly with other agencies of Gov
ernment. for handling CONNER
cial product tests be reviewed by
the Secretary of Commerce and
appropriate members of his staff
with the Director of the Bureau
of Standards.
Division of Authority.
1.-The committee recommends
that the policy and establish
ment of the non-technical pro-
cedures on commercial product
tests be the responsibility of the
Secretary of Commerce. The
policy on the technical content
of the problem should reside
with the director of the bureau.
1--WE believe that the area OF
commercial product tests in
wolves policies and actions of a
non-technical nature on which
the Director of the Bureau
should not be required to make
the decisions"
The committee defended its
recommendation for getting the
Defense Departments weapons
development work out of the Bu-
reau of Standards. The parts
already transferred to Defense
concern guided missiles and
proximity fuses.
Concern has been expressed"
the committee said. that the
transfer represented a shift of
function from Government lab
oratories to those of industry.
No such shift is indicated or ex-
pected."
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Weeks Follows Science Group
In Proisinq Stondords Bureau

A scientific committees glow
ing appraisal of the Bureau of
Standards today touched off an
administration move to expand
and modernize the agency that
has served the Nation for So
years.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks,
who once criticized the bureau
and Bureau Director Allen v.
Astin, made clear he favored
more funds for the bureaus basic
work.
This was in line with recon-
mendations of a committee of
nine scientists. Secretary Weeks
appointed the committee in April
to evaluate the bureaus work.
The committee reported last
night that the bureau lis an
organization with a splendid
record and tradition stated
with professional men of compe-
tence, integrity and loyalty"
Would Regain Loss.
"Since 1850 the decrease in
basic programs must be con-
sidered' tragic" the committee
said. THE ground lost since
1850 should be regained in the
next two fiscal years and the
programs then expanded"
Secretary Weeks promptly an
nounced that the administra-
tion's budget plans "are taking
full account" of this recon-
mendation. He promised. Il
shall do all in my power to aid
in the strengthening OF the
bureau"
The evaluation committee,
headed by DR.. Mervin j. Kelly
of the Bell Telephone Labora-
tories, grew out of Secretary
Weeks dispute with DR.. Astin
over the bureaus tests on bat
terry 'additive AD-X2. The bureau
said AD-X2 was worthless, but
Secretary Weeks insisted it
would prolong the life of storage
batteries.
To head off such disputes in
the future. the committee recon-
mended that the Secretary OF
Commerce set the policy on nom
technical questions involved in
testing commercial products.
Technical details would remain
under the director of the Bu-
reau of Standards. Secretary
Weeks previously ordered such a
plan into effect.
Would Shift Weapons.
Secretary Weeks also has car
ried out another committee
recommendation - that weapons
development be transferred out
of the Bureau of Standards back
to the Defense Department. The
committee said this would give
the bureau more elbow room to
carry out its own basic func-
tions of scientific testing and
the preparation of standard
samples for industry.
The Federation of American
Scientists, one of the most out
spoken critics of Secretary
Weeks handling of the Astin
case, said in a statement:
"The Kelly report and its
strong Endorsement by Secretary
Weeks is welcome reinsurance
on the integrity of the Bureau OF
Standards and the prospect that
it will remain free of political
interference.
; 1T is especially reassuring that
Secretary Weeks has accepted
the reports assertion that. in
commercial products testing,
technical procedural and policy
questions are the province of the
director of the Bureau of Stand
ards"
Other Recommendations.
The committee also recon-
mended:
/. Continued use of the bureau
Evening star., 1953-10-16
.Uninvited Lootinq

! The Alexandria Traffic Control
Department last week publicized
the, forthcoming sale of i'm
pounded vehicles, and invited
prospective buyers to inspect
them at the city impounding
lot. Since then various acceS-
sories have been disappearing so
fast that police have been asked
to keep a watchful eye on the
lot.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Mdrylond Teachers Meet

One segment of Maryland's
public school teachers today
took up the problem of what to
do about emergency certifi-
Gated" teachers.
Nilsson C. Raver. executive
secretary of the Maryland State
Teachers Association, discussed
.'emergency certiflcated" teach
:ers at the associations 86th con-
Nention in Baltimore. He said
they may be the best source of
fully qualified teachers.-A. P.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Armhold Elected

Mayor Clifford r. Armhold of
Forest Heights, Md, has been
elected chairman of the Prince
Georges County chapter of the
Maryland Municipal League. He
succeeds Mayor Frank j. Last
ner of Greenbelt.
Evening star., 1953-10-16
Church Group Asks
Ban on Liquor Sale
AT Military Bases

A citizens planning conference
sponsored by the Methodist
Board of Temperance today
asked President Eisenhower to
reverse a recent order allowing
the sale of liquor to commits
Evening star., 1953-10-16

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 100, on Aug. 81 and Sept. q
Lowest. ~. on March. 2.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High. "A. at pm.
Low, 81, at 4:05 am.
Evening star., 1953-10-16

Regular Checking Accounts
" Special Checking Accounts
. Savings Accounts
. Christmas Savings Accounts
" Travellers Checks
Safe Deposit Boxes
Night Depository
. Trust Services
. Personal Loans
. Business Loans
. Collateral Loans
. Automobile Loans
. Insurance Loans
. Home Improvement
& Modernization Loans
Evening star., 1953-10-16

The Sun and Moon
Evening star., 1953-11-01
BETTY BEALE

Bob Anderson, says his wife
Ollie, never travels via Navy
plane except on official busi-
ness and he never let's a seat
on his plane go empty, whether
it's filled by officer or enlisted
man, white or colored.
Assistant President" Sher-
man Adams sat with the Presi-
dent in Box No. 13 at the op-
ening of the National SYM
phony but near as he was to
the, stage. he looked hard
through opera glasses at the
members of the church choir
that took part in the concert.
Was he looking at the femi-s
nine faces in the chorus, some
one asked? Certainly not"
answered a girl on the White
House staff. HE was looking
to see how the basses were
mouthing their vowels!"
The Washington Cathedral
still saves a place in it's choir
for" the hardworking New
Englander. He sang bass in
it regularly when he lived here
before and had some time on
his hands. The congregation
can't wait to see the Assist
ant Presidents" face appear
above those cherubic looking
robes some Sunday morning.
''He has a swell voice." says
Dean Sayre.
Box No. Is, the only box
that is next to the Presidents,
is still held by Bob Guggen-
helm though he is now 5000
miles away as Ambassador to
Portugal. A rabid Republican
who's sat next to Mr.. Truman
all these years, now that his
own candidates moved in, he's
not even within nodding dis
tance.
A card in the mail reads
Johnston Willard Northrop
-'Johnny'-a young son, 2
months old. adopted October
Oath" It's in pretty. blond
Abby Northrop's handwriting.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Mrs. Weicker Enquqed

Mrs. Beatrice Trostel Weicker
of Milwaukee, Wis, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert o. Trostel
is engaged to marry Mr.. j. Cor
neliuS Rathborne of New Or
leans, La.
Mr.. Rathborne is a graduate
of Yale University in the class of
1881 and served as a Lieutenant
in the Air Force in the European
theater during the last war. He
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Miss Hawkins
Is Brideof
Mr.Hdrris

The marriage of Miss Sheila
Hawkins, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardiner Hawkins of
Tenafly, N. j., and La Luz,
N. Mex, to Mr.. T. George Har-
ris, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Garland
Harris of Trenton, KY. took
place yesterday in the Episco-
pal Church of the Atonement in
Tenaf1y.
The Rev. John ROSebaugh Of
ficated at the ceremony, which
was followed by a reception at
the Knickerbocker Country Club.
Mr.. Hawkins escorted his
daughter, who wore a princess
gown of ivory satin with an off,
the-Shoulder neckline trimmed
with seed pearls and matching
appliqued satin leaves. Her
court train was one that had
been worn by her mother and
her grandmother, the late Mrs.
Samuel L. Shober.
Miss Nancy Bond Hawkins was
her sisters maid of honor. The
other bridal attendants were
Miss Mary Ellen Mackay Of En-
glewood, N. j.; Miss Jean Shot
ton of New York City, Mrs. Ely
CulbertSon Of Brattleboro, VT.
and Miss Janet McQuade of
Rockville Center, L. I.
The best man was Mr.. David
Busby of Ada, Okla. Ushers were
the Messrs. James Matthias of
Mamaroneck. N. Y, Hugh Hunter
of Trenton. KY, Fernando Va
lenti of New York City and
Roger Kennedy of Washington.
The bride was graduated from
st. GATHERINGS School in Rich
mond and Vassar College. Until
recently she was advertising di-
rector of the New York dress
firm. McKettrich- Williams. Mr..
Harris, an alumnus of Yale Uni
versity, served with the Army
in the European Theater dur
ing World War II. He now is
q correspondent IN the Wash
ington bureau Of Time maga-
zine.
Evening star., 1953-11-01

The problem of the "tepees
and the chiefs" still isn't set
tied, if you can judge by ap-
pearances. The shortage of a
house for the Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral
Arthur Radford. and his wife
caused a nationwide discus
sion last summer. How and
where the chiefs of staff might
be housed to provide room for
the top uniformed man in the
country was the question.
The problem even gave rise
to the false rumor that Mrs.
Radford had exchanged hot
words with Mrs. Carney, wife
of the Chief of Naval Opera
tions, because the latter got
Admirals House on ObServa-
tory Hill. The Radfords were
supposed to have coveted
same. Mutual friends believed
it: took to inviting them to
separate dinners to avoid an
embarrassing encounter.
But the rumor fizzled when
the RadfordS dined and cock
tailed with the Carneys and
didn't scowl at them, but
smiled like old friends.
1--WE not only didn't have a
disagreement" says Grace
Carney. eve didn't even dis
cuss it. To begin with, it's
something women can't de-
eide. If they could, I've been
missing a lot of tricks"
But now there's a new angle
to the picture. Although the
Radfords were finally assigned
the commandant's house at
the Naval Gun Factory, to be
available as soon as renovated,
not a single thing has yet been
done to it. The 100-year-old
house has now been vacant
since last summer, but to date
not a single can of paint has
been applied to it. All of which
gives rise to a new rumor.
Navy friends are beginning to
think that the Radfords will
do their top brass entertaining
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Housing for Admiral and Mrs Rodfod Still Looks Unsettled
Cathedral Has Place Choir Reserved for Sherman Adams

elsewhere. There must be an
other house up some ones
sleeve.
Secretary OF the Air Force
and Mrs. Harold Talbot are in
Madrid now, having first
dropped Air Chief of Staff and
Mrs. Nathan Twining in Paris.
From Madrid they will go to
Tripoli, Athens, Ankara, Istan-
bul, Rome and back to Madrid
before heading homeward
around the middle of Novem-
ber. Admiral and Mrs. Carney
left yesterday for a Pacific
tour and as soon as they get
back, around the 18th of this
month, Secretary of the Navy
and Mrs. Anderson will take
off for the Far East.
It used to be that wives
didn't get to 60 with husbands
on a lot of these "junkets" and
if they did they couldn't talk
about it. There were plenty
of occasions, no doubt, when
the husbands preferred whip
ping off by themselves to some
of the more fascinating and
exotic spots on the globe.
But now there's a new era.
Secretary Anderson and Ad-
miral Carney both feel very
strongly about it and insist that
their wives go along. Far from
just using up space in the
plane. they add measurably,
they say, to the success of the
mission. When a top United
States officials wife accompa-
nies him to foreign countries,
there's more entertaining in
homes, more condolences ex-
changed, f1rmer friendships
founded and better relations
result.
So at last the female is be-
ing appreciated in interna-
tional relations. The only
thing she gets free, by the way,
is a seat on the plane that's
going to carry her husband,
anyhow. She pays for her
food, her lodgings and her
tips.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Bradford Bachrach Photo.

is the former husband Of the
late Mrs. Nancy Nelson Huide-
koper Rathborne of Ruxton. Md.
Evening star., 1953-11-01
Supper Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. William Lewis
of Gaithersburg had as their
supper guests last Sunday Mr..
and Mrs. Russell House Of
Frederick.