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Evening star., 1953-08-17
New Law Curbs
ID. {. SOLICITING
|0f Passengers
Measure Restricts
Practices Called
Nuisance Here

The District Commissioners
today strengthened a regulation
restricting the soliciting of pas
Sengers for hire in bus or rail-
road stations and on public
streets and sidewalks of the Dis
trict.
The regulation is aimed at
what police, prosecutors and
transportation officials asserted
have been a long standing null
sance at local terminals.
Testimony at a hearing pre-
ceding the commissioners deci-
sion was that unauthorized So
licitation of passengers, especially
service men bound for their
nearby posts, around the term
inal was a hazard to the public.
The new regulation. to 60 in
effect 80 days after it is adver-
tiSed, replaces a former one
which the witnesses said was
Ineffective and which the u. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia had failed to uphold
because it was too vague.
Failed to Define Areas.
The old regulation had failed
to define adequately the area
or public space to which it
applied, the city heads were
told.
The new regulation says that
mo person shall accost, solicit
or make personal approach to
any person within any railroad
or bus station or depot, or on
the grounds thereof, or on pub
lie space in the District Of
Columbia for the purpose Of
securing a passenger or pas
sengers for transportation for
hire"
Assistant Corporation Counsel
Lloyd B. Harrison and Deputy
Police Chief Howard Covell said
serious congestion around the
terminals have resulted from
the practices of the unauthor-
lied solicitors.
Mr.. Covell said it has become
"a viSciouS thing" and has at
tracted an unsavory type OF
person in some instances.
COvell Cites Zeal.
Mr.. Covell said things actually
had come to the point where
solicitors took the luggage out
of the hands of service men
reaching the station in their
zeal to attract them as passen-
gers.
He pointed out there was also
the hazard of no protection to
travellers by way of insurance or
redress in some cases which he
termed strictly f1y-by-night af-
fairs"
Transport tion officials
pointed out that not only was
the unauthorized solicitation a
nuisance to passengers and
terminal authorities. but that it
took business away from their
companies.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Transit Union Says
II Will Participate in
Mediation Meetings

The transit workers union
formally notified the Federal
Mediation and Cancellation Serv-
ice today it will meet with the
Capital Transit Co. to resume
negotiations over improved pen
sions. But the union made some
reservations.
The resumption of negotiations
was requested after futile efforts
to have an inquiry into the dis
pute made by a fact-f1nding
board. The board was appointed
by the District Commissioners
and the mediation service. The
company refused to participate
in board hearings.
RecOnSidering Action.
In letter today to Director
Whitley P. Mccoy of the media
ton service, Walter j. Bierwagen,
union president, said:
"In view of the failure of the
public agencies to proceed with
Finding, our entire course
of action is now being reconsid-
cred. We reserve our freedom of
action. In view, however, of
your desire to attempt to find a
peaceful solution through other
avenues than act-f1nding we will
participate in the meetings you
mention"
Adds Stipulation.
Mr.. Bierwagen stipulated also
that resumption of negotiations
shall be without prejudice to
the unions rights under the
arbitration clause" Of the COM
pany-union contract. The union
maintains the clause requires
arbitration of the dispute; the
company denies 1t.
D. Yates Heafner of the medi-
alton service, who earlier was
engaged in mediating between
the two parties, has again been
assigned to the case. He is now
on vacation. Negotiations are
expected to be resumed when he
returns.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Man Wanted in Stabbinq
Surrenders 10 Police

A 32-year-old man, wanted in
the fatal Stabbing of another
man last night, walked into No.
13 Precinct today and surren-
dered to police.
Police identified him as Her.
man A. Campbell. colored, of the
200 block of Crimwell terrace
NE.
The victim was Katus Glenn,
"a. colored, of the first block of
S street NV. Police said he was
stabbed to death during a fight
in the 100 block of Rhode Island
avenue NV.
Campbell was held for action
of the coroner.
Evening star., 1953-08-17


Mr.. Rafferty, will be assigned to
the civil branch of the proSecu-
tors Office.
Mr.. Rafferty,, 27, was gradu-
ated with an academic degree
from Georgetown University in
1949 and received his law de-
gree there this year.
For several months in 1949,
Mr. Rafferty, was an accountant
for the United Mine Workers of
America. He later was employed
in the assignment Office of Dis
trict Court until becoming law
clerk to Judge Curran.
Mr.. Rafferty, is a son of a
prominent Washington attorney.
His parents. wife and two young
children witnessed the swearing
in ceremony in the United
States Court House. Mr.. Raj
ferty lives at 6601 Hillandale
road, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Special Numbers
For Planes toCost
S7OFron1 Now On

If you want a special regis
tration number for your airplane
it will cost you $40 from now on.
The Civil Aeronautics Admin
istration said today so many
plane owners have asked for
special numbers, it has been
forced to request a fee to defray
expenses of the extra work and
effort involved.
The convenience of having a
low number or simply a favor
ite number seems to be worth
SO to many owners, the CAA
points out, and they anticipated
continued business in this field.
Numbers become available when
they are turned in by previous
owners, when a plane no longer
is in service, or when a new
number series is introduced.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Franconia Suspect
Hunted in Woods as
Girl, 10, Is Attacked

Fairfax County police today
were searching the woods south
of Franconia for a man accused
of raping a 10-year-old girl
shortly after dark last night.
Detective David Eike of the
Groveton police SubStation said
a warrant charging rape has
been issued for Ernest Reid, %,
of Franconia. Reid was des-
cribed as white, about S feet 7,
weighing about 135 pounds, with
dark brown hair and brown eyes.
Detective Eike said the attack
occurred around 9 pm. when
the victim and a girl friend the
same age were walking down
Beulah road, midway between
Franconia and Telegraph road,
on their way to a store. Reid,
an employe of the store known
to both girls, came by on his
bicycle and offered them ride.
which they accepted, Detective
Eike said.
Other Girl Runs Away.
During the ride, he went on,
Reid first asked the little girl
riding on the handle bars to go
into the woods with him. When
she refused, he grabbed her and
dragged her into the woods near
the Windsor Estates subdivision,
where the attack occurred. The
other girl fled.
According to the victims story,
she broke away and ran to a
home several hundred yards
away, pursued by Reid, who
shouted that he would kill her.
She then ran to an aunt's house
nearby and was taken to the
Alexandria Hospital by the Fran
coma Rescue Squad.
Rooms Checked.
Detective Eike said Reid then
apparently hid in the woods for
about an hour, during which
police car checked the house
where he had a room. When
they returned to the house sew
eral hours later his landlady
said he had come by, picked up
his clothes and left.
County police believe he is
still hiding in the woods near
Franconia and are keeping a
constant squad-car patrol of the
area. They also have broad
cast a general alarm through
the State police.
They said Reid came to Fran
coma about six weeks ago from
Front Royal, Va.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Inquest Is Scheduled
In Shooting Of Patient
On Hospital Grounds

An inquest was scheduled to-
day in a policeman's fatal shoot
ing of man attempting to flee
District General Hospital where
he had been admitted with a
self-inf1icted wound.
Capt. Richard Felber of the
homicide squad said the shooting
followed a struggle on the hos
pital grounds in which the police
man., Pvt. Samuel L. Franklin,
%, was beaten with his own
blackjack.
Slain by one of two shots fired
by the policeman was Ralph C.
Brown, 38, colored, of 903 Fourth
street S.W. The fatal bullet en-
tered his chest.
Capt. Felber said the dying
words of the man, who a short
time earlier had stabbed himself
in the left side with a letter
opener, were: That's just what
I wanted"
EludeS Attendant.
The stabbing occurred yeSter-
day morning in front of the
home of Browns mother-in-law
Mrs. Bertha Broadus, 110 Tenth
street Sc, where he had spent
the night. Capt. Felber gave
this account of the shooting:
Pvt. Franklin, who had been
watching Brown in the hospital
corridor, left him in the hands
of an attendant briefly. Hearing
| the attendant shout that the pa
tient was escaping, the policeman
chased him to the grounds.
There was a scuff1e, both men
/ fell to the ground, and the pa
tient seized the policeman's s
blackjack and beat him over the
head and face. When Pvt,
Franklin finally arose, he drew
his gun, ordering the man:
"Stay where you are. don't
want to hurt you"
! Two Shots Fired.
/ Brown continued to advance
| toward the policeman. The Off
Ger fired twice. Suspended from
his post at the second precinct
pending the inquest, Pvt. Frank
lin was treated for. head and
face cuts and a black eye.
! Browns wife, Mamie, said he
had suffered deIuSionS of being
pursued. Friday night she was
awakened by her husband crawl
about the floor, carrying a ham
mer and butcher knife to "get
, those Chinese before they get
me-"
/ He had trouble keeping jobs
because of his hallucinations, but
recently had been employed at
q tailor shop.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
200 Carpenters Get Training
In Unusual Trade Class

Two nights a week during the
regular school year they hold
classes at Bell Vocational School.
The science of four branches of
the trade, carpentry, mill work,
floor, wall and ceiling covering
and carpet laying, are taught
in these sessions.
The students learn drafting
and blueprinting, finishing work
and other technical aspects of
the trade. In addition they are
given a course in labor manage
ment relations.
But the real forward looking
attitude of the joint committee
is demonstrated in its acceptance
of the aptitude testing program.
Mr.. Loope said test results are
one of the key factors, along
with character, physical qualifi-
cations, background and inter-
eSts, IN selection of new appren-
ticeS.
The United States Employ
ment Service in the District,
working with Mr.. Loope, devel-
oped a specific test battery for
carpenter apprentices. The bat
terry measures intelligence, man
ual dexterity, spatial ability and
numerical ability.
No other local craft has as yet
taken advantage of the USES
aptitude testing service but some
individual employers have used
the service and reported Satisfac-
tory results.
Management officials think SO
highly of the training program
that they contribute cents per
apprentice-hour on the job to
the training fund. The unions
have contributed total of $7,10O
plus some office equipment to the
| Joint venture.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Former District Resident
Injured in New York

Miss Anna Shibilo, 81, of 35
E street NV, was critically in
jured last night when she was
struck by an auto that jumped
a curbstone at Lyon Mountain
near PlattSburg, N. Y.
Miss Shibilo had been en-
ployed for II years at the Conti-
mental Hotel here where she was
manager of the coffee shop.
Recently she resigned her po-
sition because of i'll health and
returned to Lyon Mountain to
visit her mother, friends report
ed. Following the accident, she
was admitted to a Plattsburg
hospital.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Plane Crash in Germany Kills
D. G. Veteran of Korean War
Copt. Morgan Dies
Month After Flying
80 Combat Missions

A 34-year-old District pilot
and former member of the All
National Guard here was killed
last Wednesday when his F-86
Sabre jet fighter crashed near
Sembach Air Base in the French
zone of Germany, the Air Force
announced today.
He is Capt. David r. Morgan
formerly of $500 Erie street Sc,
and brother Of Albert M. Nor
gan. 5108 North TWenty-seventh
street, Arlington.
Capt. Morgan had passed
through Washington last month
after a three-month tour in
Korea in which he completed &c
combat missions. He had been
on assignment in Germany since
last September. His wife, Eve
lyn, and four children are in
Germany.
Was POW in Germany.
In World War II, Capt. Nor
gan was shot down over Europe
in the fall of 1914 and was a
prisoner of war.
Capt. Morgan was a native of
Portland, Me-, and received his
schooling there and at West
brook, Me. He moved to the
District after World War II,
living first with relatives at
Brookmont, Md, and then NOV
ing to Naylor Gardens five years
ago.
He was an engineering senior
at George Washington Univer-
sity when he was ordered into
active duty with the 121St Fight
er Squadron of the District Air
National Guard in early 1851. He
was stationed at nearby Andrews
Air Force Base until he went to
Evening star., 1953-08-17
By Tom Burke

More than 200 area young
men are engaged in an unusual
training program developed
through the combined efforts OF
union, management, the Dis
trict public school system and
the United States Employment
Service.
The trainees are apprentice
carpenters.
Unlike the apprentices of old
who learned their trades by on
the-job work, these young men
underwent an aptitude test, at
tend school twice a week, get
regular report cards and can
look forward to a full-scale grad
uation ceremony at the end OF
their training.
The Joint Carpentry Appren-
ticeship Committee for Wash
ington, composed of representa-
tives of the Master Builders As
sociation, the Mill Operators and
the Carpenters District Council
set the wheels in motion in
January, 1850. ...
They appointed Nicholas R.
Loope. Navy veteran, Journey
man carpenter and former con-
struction superintendent, to
direct the apprentice training
program.
Mr.. Loope has not rejected
the value of on-the-job train
ing. He has, however, dove
tailed the job-work with school
work so that the two phases OF
activity complement each other
Ten teachers, two of them full
time, are engaged in the class
room part of the program. They
are all craftsmen in their trades
as we'll as able classroom in
Structors.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Woman Frightens Away
Intruder With Screams

Miss Agnes Gautreaux, 2407
Fifteenth street NV, reported
to police that her screams yes
terday frightened off an intruder
who threatened her with knife.
Miss Gautreaux said she re-
turned to her apartment from
shopping about 4 pm. AS she
opened her door a colored man
slipped in behind her.
Warning her not to scream, he
told her, Il have a knife. Give
me your money" Miss Gautreaux
screamed anyway and tpe man
fed.
Evening star., 1953-08-17

Germany. He was sent to Korea
on temporary duty status last
April and returned to Washing
ton July !.
Urged for Award.
Capt. Morgan received his
pilots wings in February, 1943,
after completing air cadet train
ing in Mississippi. He received
the Distinguished Flying Cross
for his achievements in World
War II. He also was recon-
mended for the same award in
Korea, according to his family.
Survivors besides Mrs. Morgan
and his brother include the chill
dren, Michael, 8; Berry, S.;
Sharon, 8, and Richard, 8 months
and an aunt and uncle, Mr.. and
Mrs. David T. Burgh, formerly
of Brookmont but now living in
Clearwater, Fla.
His brother, Albert, is a for
mer Marine flyer and is a cap
tain in the Marine Corps Re-
serve. He works at the Navy De-
partment.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
UCS Will Hold Panel
Wednesday on Work

United Community Services
will sponsor a panel discussion
on it's activities at 8 pm.
Wednesday in the Washington
Gas Light Co. auditorium, Elev-
enth and H streets NV.
Speakers will include John B.
Duncan. Miss Rita Beuchert,
Mrs. Charles Runyon and Isa-
dore Seeman.
Evening star., 1953-08-17

of Columbia
in ce April,
1852, tod a y
was sworn in
as a new as
SiStant United
States attor-
ney.
The GA t h
was admins
I e r e d b y
Judge Curran.
u n i t e d
States Attor-
n ey Leo A.
r o v e I an
nnunced that
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Nations Aiding Greeks
In Quukes Are Praised

Praise for the nations which
have sent aid to the quake-torn
isles of Greece was voiced yester-
day in a sermon by the Rev.
c. N. Dombalis, assistant pastor
of StS. Constantine and Helen
Greek Orthodox Church, Sixth
and C streets S.W.
Father DombaliS hailed their
assistance as evidence of the
brotherhood of nations. He said
such an action could prove
highly helpful for the United Ma
tions. by giving an example of
cooperation based on love rather
than fear. 4
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Aide Indicted
In Misuse Of
Fund in Agency
Womun Faces TriuI;
2o Other Bills
Also Returned


on charges of embezzling $50
last year from the Internal Reve-
nue. Federal Credit Union while
employed there as clerk-cashier.
She is Miss Elizabeth c. Meath,
80, Of the 900 block of Westfall
place, Falls Church, Va. She was
accused of embezzling the money
after a shortage of 81, 500 in the
unions funds had been discov-
cred, it was stated by Assistant
United States Attorney Frederick
G. Smithson. Miss Meath also
is accused of forging two checks
for total of 5000. The indict-
ment was among 80 returned by
the grand jury of the U. S. Court
for the District of Columbia.
Jack Bernstein, 36, an Air
Force reserve lieutenant colonel,
once stationed in Washington,
was indicted on charges of caus-
ing forged checks of $500 to be
taken in interstate commerce
from this city to a bank in Fort
Sam Houston, Tex.
Multiple Indictments Listed.
Two persons were named in
multiple indictments on charges
OF forging and cashing checks.
One of them, Howard M. COL
bert, AZ, colored, of the Kenrod
Hotel, was indicted on charges of
forging and cashing three checks
for a total of $212 at three Ii
quor stores.
Mr.. Smithson said police had
presented statements in eight
cases regarding Colbert and that
the best three were presentd to
the grand jury. If convicted on
all of the cases Colbert could be
sentenced up to total of 60
years.
Richard j. Robinson, 20, COL
ored, of the 400 block of Smith
son court S.W., was indicted on
charges of forging and cashing
three checks totaling SAT.
Rayfield Carter, 81, colored, of
the 400 block of N street NV.
was indicted on a charge of first
degree murder in the fatal stab
bing of Viola Dobson, 40, COL
ored, of the same address.
Second Offense Charges.
Several persons were indicted
on second offense charges. One
of them. Hubert l.. Thomas, 30,
colored, of the 1900 block of
Marion street NV. was accused
of raping 43-year-old colored
woman in her home in the 600
block of I street NV. last July
18.
Leroy Evans, 81, colored, of
the 1400 block of Fourth street
NE, was indicted on three
charges of carnal knowledge in
volving an 11-year-old girl.
Police said the offenses were
committed at Rock Greek park
way and Waterside drive NV.
Benjamin H. Tucker, So, COL
ored, of the 1000 block of Fifth
street NE, was indicted on a
charge of assault with intent
to commit carnal knowledge in
volving a 12-year-old girl.
Two letter carriers were in
dicted on charges of stealing
contents of letters. They are
Frank j. Coley, "a, of the 400
block of Eleventh street NE.
and John w. Mccoy, 27, colored,
of the 1900 block of Simms place
NE.
Two persons were indicted on
charges of stealing checks from
residential mail boxes, forging
and cashing them. Landon S.
Ellwanger, 80, of the 14O0 block
of Girard street NV, was ac-
cuSed in connection with an $83
check. The other was Clemon
Burnett, 33, colored, of the 1900
block of Fourth street NV,
charged in a $50 theft.
The indictments were returned
to Judge Walter M. Bastian.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Virginia Surveyors Social

The Northern Virginia Chap
ter, Virginia Association of Sur
veyors, will hold a barbecue So
cial at its quarterly meeting at
$50 pm. Saturday, at Walnut
Hill, on the Falls Church, AMMAN
dale road, in Fairfax Co4nty, Va.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
6. O. P. Picnic in County

The Chllum Branch of the
Young Republican Club of Prince
Georges County will hold a fam
lily picnic at Area No. 4. Magru-
der Park, Hyattsville, from 3 to
8 pm. Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Marines Plan
Firearms Curb
After Shooting
Woundinq of Womo
Nay End PIX Sales
Or Tighten Controls

An investigation was under
way today to determine whether
to stop selling firearms at a
Marine post exchange or to
cope with the problem by tighter
controls.
The Investigation was
prompted by the Saturday
shooting Of a woman pedestrian
by Marine Pfc. Duane M. Greene,
who said he bought the. pistol
from the PIX at Henderson Hall,
where he is stationed. Police
said the Marine admitted the
shooting.
Violated 2 Regulations.
Col. F. L. Kilmartin, COM
manding officer of headquarters
battalion to which Pfc. Greene
is attached, said his investiga-
tion so far has indicated the
Marine violated two regulations
involving firearms.
Col. Kilmartin said he had
been informed that Pfc. Greene
did not register his pistol with
the post adjutant or deposit it in
the battalion Armory. Both the
registration and the depositing is
required under the regulations.
The commanding officer en-
phasized he was not limiting his
investigation to this case alone,
but was reviewing the entire Sys-
tenn of handling firearms to see
whether sufficient controls can
be established. He said he was
also reviewing the records to de-
termine if there have been pre-
VlouS incidents of this kind.
Urges Double Check.
One step he is proposing is
a requirement that duplicate
copies of the authorization to
buy pistol be sent to the ad-
jutant and the armory. BY that
system, he said, the failure of a
man to register or deposit his
pistol would be promptly spotted.
A decision to stop selling the
firearms probably would have
to come from the Marine COM
mandant.
Pfc. Greene and a fellow Ma
rine were seized shortly after
Mrs. Irene S. Ewell, SIS, colored.
of 1909 Riggs place NV. was
slightly wounded by a bullet
fired from a moving automobile
on Fourteenth street. Police said
the shooting was the aftermath
of brawl outside an after
hours club at which the Marines
had been drinking.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Lawyer Takes Oath
As Rover Assistant

Joseph A. Rafferty,, jr., who
has been law clerk to Judge Ed
ward M. Curran of the U. s.
District Court for the District
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
CATAWBA TO BUY
new FIRE TRUCK

Decision to purchase a new fire
truck for Catawba Island was
made Monday evening at special
meeting of the Catawba Island
Volunteer Fire Department at its
station in the Catawba Community
Hall.
To be purchased from donations
and benefits sponsored by the fire
men, the Model SGT Ward La
France pumper will cost in the
neighborhod of $4,000. 1t will be
equipped with three-stage pump
for low and high pressure fog,
electric reels for high pressure
hose and many other outstanding
features for modern fire fighting.
When delivered next summer,
the new truck will replace the
1927 American La France pump
with which the Catawba firemen
started operation several years
ago. The group will retain the 1947
Ford pumper which the firemen
constructed.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1953-11-20
zONINC MEET IS
DUE TUESDAY
BY ROBERT w. REIDER =

A large crowd is anticipated in
Port Clinton's Council Chambers
of the City Hall next Tuesday eve-
ming, Nov. "a, when the city's pro-
posed zoning code-ordinance will
be up for further discussion.
AS the first reading of the zon-
ing ordinance was an abbreviated
affair at the last council meeting
when only the title was read, Tues
day nights session will be lengthy
as the entire 42-page ordinance is
to be read.
With the Port Clinton zoning
code effective three miles beyond
the city limits, property owners in
the rural areas are becoming in
tensely interested in the zoning
proposals and will be well repre-
sented at Tuesday nights meeting.