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Evening star., 1953-09-14
Man Loses Arm
In Sideswipinq Crash

A District man is in serious
condition today and three other
persons were hurt as a result Of
separate auto accidents early
Sunday morning.
In District General Hospital
with his right arm amputated is
Harrison Timberlake, "a, colored,
of 80 o street NV. Mr.. Timber
lake, laborer at Walter Reed
Army Hospital, was a passenger
in the front seat of car driven
by Arthur Lee Banks, %, colored,
of the 1400 block of Fifth street
NV.
Police said Banks sideswiped
a parked truck in the 200 block
of o street NV. Mr.. Timber
lake had his arm outside the
car window. Banks, who re-
ceived minor cuts, was charged
with colliding.
A Fairfax CVa.) man, Ezra c.
Knowlton, "a, of 19 South East
street, suffered chest injuries
and face cuts when his car
struck a tree in the 500 block
of New Jersey avenue Sc. Po-
lice said Mr.. Knowlton had fall
len asleep at the wheel. He is
in satisfactory condition at Cas-
ualty Hospital.
In another accident Walter l..
Jones, 26. colored, and his wife,
Bessie, Is, of 1924 Illinois ave-
nue. NV. suffered minor in
juries when their car struck a
parked automobile in the 800
block of North Capitol street.
Evening star., 1953-09-14

One of four men arrested in a
bus holdup escaped today while
a lone policeman was attempting
to herd them into the 18th pre-
cinct station, but was picked up
later at work.
The four were to be charged
with robbing Melvin o. Lee, 43,
Capital Transit bus operator,
of about $35 at Bladensburg road
and Central avenue NE.
Shortly after the quartet, all
colored, walked west on Central
avenue they were picked up by
Police Pvt. j. j. Kradich at South
Dakota and Rhode Island ave-
nues NE, and hauled to the
station.
Gunman FleeS.
There one of them, the gun
man of the band. identified by
police as Raymond Cunningham,
18, of the first BLOCK of 1 street
NV, broke away and escaped.
On the others we're found a num-
ber of bus tokens and SIS in bills.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
BoyWounded by Shotgun
Recovering in Hospital

A 12-year -old boy is in salts
factory condition today at Dis
trict General Hospital. recover
ing with wounds from an acci-
dental shotgun blast fired yester-
day by a companion.
Metropolitan police said Jor-
dan Jeffries, colored, of 904
Forty-seventh street NE. was
wounded while visiting Frederick
A. Pope, IA, colored, of 4727 Jay
street NE. According to police.
young Pope was showing his
friend how to load a 12-gauge
shotgun when it discharged,
striking the Jeffries' boy in the
hip and side.
Sergt. Berbard D. Crooke of
the homicide squad said the Pope
youths father, John Pope, kept
an unloaded shotgun behind a
clotheSrack in the house. The
boy apparently found a shell to
fit the gun. He has been turned
over to his fathers custody.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Householder Faces
Lottery Charges in
Raid on Riggs Road

A Lewisdale CMd.) man is free
on $1,000 bond on three charges
after Prince Georges County po-
lice raided his home.
William A. Grant, So, colored,
Riggs road, postal route /, was
booked on counts of setting up
and maintaining a lottery, pos
sessing lottery slips and selling
food and soft drinks without a
traders license.
County Detective Sergt. John
Siddall said he watched Grants
house eight days before raiding
it Saturday. Seven other county
officers accompanied him.
A hearing was set for two
weeks from today in HyattSville.
Meanwhile, Metropolitan Po-
lice Morals Squad detectives to-
day we're checking on license
tag numbers of District cars
seen parked at Grants house by
county police.
Deputy Police Chief Clarence
Evening star., 1953-09-14

ment of Correction and then
spent about a year as counsel
to the Public Service Commits
sion. Later he became counsel
in Baltimore for the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
In 1947 he was charged with
attempting to evade $9,496 in
income taxes for the years 1943
and 1914. The jury recommend
ed mercy and Chief Judge Will
liam c. Coleman fined Mr.. Le-
Viness $4,000.
In November, 1851, he received
a full pardon from President
Truman. His petition for REIN
statement to the bar carried the
names of IS prominent lawyers
including former judges. The
petition is opposed by the Bal
timore Bar Association.
Mr.. johnson was ouSted by
the commission, which said he
showed poor Judgment" in deal
ing with a New York firm rep
reSenting railroads while he was
a State employe. The decision
was announced August 4, but Mr..
johnson previously had been on
leave from the public relations
post since last March.
He had been accused by a
group of Pennsylvania truckers
Of bribery and of giving out
false and distorted information
about the damage trucks do to
highways. They said he had con-
ferred with Carl Byoir Asso-
ciates, Inc, a public relations
firm in New York representing
railroads.
In announcing his dismissal,
commission officials cleared Mr..
johnson Of any wrongdoing.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Polio Strikes Boy;
.47th Case Here

The District reported its 47th
polio case today, a 14-year-old
boy living in the 300 block Of
Ridge road Sc. He has been
taken to District General Hos
pital.
The city had 81 cases at this
time last year.
Fairfax County health au-
thorities reported the county'S
29th case.
The new case is a 20-year-old
woman of FaircheSter drive in
Fairfax She has been taken to
District General Hospital. So
far, her case is non-paralytic.
The county also reported that
another case. at one time be-
lieved to be another disease, has
been re-diagnosed as polio. The
case was dropped and then
added to the polio count again
today.
Late Friday, the Prince
Georges County Health Depart
ment said a 40-year- -old woman
Of the 1000 block of Twenty
eighth street, Mount Rainier,
has been taken to District Cen
eral Hospital. She is the coun-
tvs 32d case this year
Evening star., 1953-09-14
-Four Hurt in Collision
In Tokomo Park

Four men were injured, two Of
them seriously. in a head-on col
lisfon between two automobiles
last night in the 1000 block Of
New Hampshire avenue, Takoma
Park, Md.
The most seriously injured were
R. Noel Longuemare, jr., 20. Of
Baltimore, driver of one of the
cars, and James l.. Mooney, %, of
1901 Connecticut avenue NV,
a passenger in Mr.. Longuemare's
car.
Both were admitted to the
Washington Sanitarium, Takoma
Park. Mr.. Longuemare suffered
lacerations of the head and .
broken leg. Mr.. Mooney was bad
ly cut about the head and neck.
The other victims were Doug
las Price, 26, of Baltimore, also
a passenger in the Longuemare
car, and Willy Lynch, 43, COL
ored, of 210l Jones lane, Silver
Spring, driver of the other car.
Mr.. Price was treated at WASH
ington Sanitarium for shock.
Mr.. Lynch was admitted to
Suburban Hospital, Bethesda,
with face and chest injuries.
Takoma Park police said the
accident occurred shortly before
10:30 pm. They said both driv-
ers were charged with reckless
driving.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
LeViness, Disborred Lawyer,
Named to Highways Post
Succeeds Johnson,
Ousted in Deal With
Railroad Publicity
By the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 14.-The
Maryland State Roads Commits
sion's new director of public re-
lations is Charles r. LeViness,
former assistant attorney general
of Maryland and a native of the
Eastern Shore.
Mr.. LeViness has held num-
ber of other public posts.
The roads commission an
nounced the appointment of Mr..
LeVineSs yesterday to succeed
Clinton H. Johnson, who resigned
recently.
Like Mr.. Johnson, Mr.. LeViness
will work on contract basis
which means he's not officially a
State employe.
DiSbarred In 1947.
Mr.. LeViness, who was dis
barred from the practice of law
after his conviction in 1947 on
tax evasion charges, has applied
for reinstatement and the Balti-
more Supreme Bench is to hold a
preliminary hearing tomorrow.
A number of lawyers are back
ing his petition.
Gov. McKeldin said: "I con-
slider the commission fortunate
in securing the service of Mr..
LeVineSS for this important
work. I have known him for
more than Is years. He has held
important State positions and I
have complete confidence in
him."
The commission noted Mr..
LeVineSs has had newspaper and
public relations experience and
also did legal work for the COM
mission when he was assistant
attorney general.
Native of Salisbury.
He is a native of Salisbury
After his graduation from
Princeton in 1923, Mr.. LeViness
was in newspaper work about
three years. He became as
sistant attorney general in 1885
and later was named to the Bal
timore City Board Of Liquor
Commissioners during the ad-
ministration Of Gov. Herbert r.
O'Conor.
Mr.. LeViness left the liquor
board in the mid-'40s, served
briefly as director Of the Depart
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Symphony Contest
Final Date Extended

Entries in the National Sym
phony OrcheStra'S mystery
voice" contest will be received
until September q, it was an
nounced today by Mrs. Jouett
Shouse, chairman. This extends
the original closing date, which
was September 16.
Mrs. Shouse cited mounting
interest in the $4,000 contest
shown by returning vacationers.
More entries of 25 words or
less on "I Like Music Be-
cause" and contributions of
81 or more have been arriving
daily at the symphony's Box 447.
The contest is open to every one
in the city and vicinity by simply
inclosing a contribution of 81 or
more with their 25-word state
ment.
On October the winners Of
the Cadillac, Mason & Hamlin
grand piano, Jandel 81, 900 mink
stole, Philco phonorama, Cold
spot freezer and $1,700 worth of
Westminster recordings will ap-
pear at 7 pm. on a city-wide TV
and radio pooled broadcast.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
.Wotchmun Loses
Hand, Griipped by
Cable 75Hours
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Sept. A.
A 63-year-old night watchman
was held captive for Is hours
over the week end by a shred
ding cable which nearly severed
his hand in the municipal
sewage disposal plant here.
The left hand of Albert John
ston was amputated after it was
caught in the cable some time
Saturday. He was found yes
terday afternoon.
Hospital authorities described
his condition today as good.
Plant Supt. August Damps
went to the plant after Mr.
Johnston's wife informed him
her husband had not returned
home Saturday. He found the
victim trapped by the cable
which had wound itself around
his wrist.
The cable apparently acted as
a tourniquet. cutting off the
bleeding. Mr.. Johnston was
standing up. still conscious, wher
found.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Pupil Increase Forces PART Time Schedule
At Simon, City's Biggest Grade School

Simon'S PTA, set up another
desk. Mrs. Gridley handed par
ents registration forms and sent
them into the auditorium. Then
Miss Williams and Miss Bush
proceSSed the new children.
Mrs. 'Gridley also handed each
parent a number, the kind you
get in a butcher shop, to serve
the customers in turn.
Today she had given out IS
numbers before noon. Last
Wednesday, in the first big reg
iStration rush, she gave out
nearer to 200. There were many
registrants Thursday, too.
A dozen other PTA members
have been helping with the reg
iStration.
Mrs. Gridley was cheerful, but
she didn't leave any doubt about
her feelings on the part time
matter.
Dislike Part-Time Setup.
Il have one son in the first
grade and another in the fifth, -
she said. The fifth grader used
to be on part time at Patterson
School before Simon opened.
Il hate my child going on
part time again."
Miss Williams said the influx
of new pupils has been partly
balanced by a departure of some
families for the suburbs. But
many new families have been
moving in.
The eight part-time first
grades themselves will be crowd
ed-some are already up to 43
pupils.
Il might have to set up an
other first grade here in the
auditorium" said Miss Williams.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Probe Is Begun
Into Drowniinqs
On FerrYS|ip
Auto Fell in Water
As Boat Shifted at
Old Point Comfort
BY the Associated Press

OLD POINT COMFORT, Va,
Sept. 14-State Highway De-
partment officials and the Coast
Guard today launched joint in
vestigation into the cause of a
freak accident at the Old Point
Comfort ferry slip that resulted
in the drowning of two persons.
The two, Rev. and Mrs. Al
exander Robinson, colored, of
Norfolk, drowned last night after
the ferry Jamestown drifted
away from its slip and the 40
foot loading ramp collapsed.
The Robinson car, crossing the
ramp from the pier onto the
ferry. plunged into Is feet of
water.
r. P. Ellison, executive as
sistant to the State Highway
Commissioner, said at Richmond
the investigation would be aimed
at determining what happened
and what can be done to pre-
vent similar accidents in the fu-
ture. The ferry is part of the
system operated by the highway
department.
Tied in Normal Manner.
Preliminary investigation last
night showed the ferry was tied
in, a normal manner with ropes
from the ramp mechanism hold
ing the ferry in the slip. Mr..
Ellison said that after the &C.
cident. the ropes were found
hanging in the water.
H. v. Langley, superintendent
of the ferry terminal here, said
three cars had crossed the ramp
onto the ferry ahead of the
Robinson car. These remained
on the boat until it could be Sc
cured, and then continued their
trip to Norfolk via the ferry at
Newport News. Mr.. Langley said.
He quoted Mate Marvin Hogg
as saying the ferry had been
moored securely with a four Inch
rope line at the time it docked.
Mr.. Ellison noted the mooring
gear used at the terminal is a
Standard type used on practi-
cally all ferries in Virginia and
other States.
But we'll have to devise some
thing that is foolproof," he
added. -.
Tried to Halt Drift.
Mr.. Ellison said the boat cap
tain tried unsuccessfully to move
the ferry forward, but could not
get the engines started soon
enough to halt the drift in time
to prevent the ramps collapse.
M. L. Burton, superintendent
of the departments ferry divi-
sion in Norfolk, said Francis M.
Collier, captain and pilot of the
jamestown, would make a full
report of the incident to the
Coast Guard today.
Divers recovered the bodies of
the couple hours before the car
itself was hoiSted.
The jamestown had been
scheduled to leave on her regular
run to Willoughby Spit, Norfolk,
at 10:15 pm, Is minutes after
the accident occurred.
Evening star., 1953-09-14

Southea Washington lost
another round today in it's run
ming battle against part-time
school classes.
In December. 1850, the OPEN
ing of Simon Elementary School
brought a temporary end to
part-time classes in white grade
schools in the far Southeast.
Today Simon-the city's biggest
grade school-went partially on
part-time itself.
Simon, at Fourth street and
Mississippi avenue near the
city's outer edge, is in one of the
few white neighborhoods of
Washington that still are grow
ing as fast as the city'S Surburbs.
School builders have been rae
ing with homebuilders, and for
the moment the homebuilders
once again have won.
300 Children Affected.
All of Simon's first grade
eight classes-started out today
on a halliday schedule. with
half the youngsters reporting
this morning, the other half this
afternoon. This involved more
than 300 children.
New children started piling in
last week, and this morning they
were still arriving.
Simon's teachers and parents
knew what was coming. They
could see the new dwellings 60
ing up, and the school was
crowded last year. But then it
had only 1,400 students-in a
building built for little over
1000. This fall Miss Edith Will
liamS, the principal, expects
something like 1850.
Miss Williams today moved
Evening star., 1953-09-14
II in Solitary
After Maryland
Prison Riot
Hoeerstown Revolt
Started by Dispute
Over Ball Come
BY the Asseeiuied Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md, Sept. IA.
"A riotous outbreak which fol-
lowed q softball game argument
put IL inmates of the Mary
land Reformatory for Males in
solitary confinement today.
More than 100 young prisoners
were involved in the destructive
riot which started last night,
was subdued and then broke out
again early today.
The first outbreak involved 63
inmates around bed time. Guards,
State police and county officers
quieted them with tear gas, fire
hoses and stern admonitions,
but not until most of the fur
niture, windows and lighting
fixtures in two recreation rooms
were ruined.
Second Disturbance.
A{second group started a flare
upthis morning but the men soon
were put under control.
Supt. Henry R. Raymond said
the cause was IAN umpire's de-
cision in a ball game"
Assistant Supt. James w. Cur
ran .described the events in this
manner:
Yesterday afternoon there was
g. championship softball game
between a white team and a
Negro team.
It was the third inning and
the Negro team led, 10 to 6.
The white team was at Dat.
Umpire Roger Slosser, recre-
atiohal director for the reforma-
toryi called a hit ball foul.
4 Game Is Called.
ThAre was a vigorous protest
and 1t ended with the game
called and the white team for
feiting the contest.
Nothing happened then, and
a second ball game, non-chamr
pionship, was played.
Apparently feeling had SIM
mered and late in the evening
the trouble started in the recre-
alton rooms.
In the second revolt a group
of 40 prisoners in a basement
dormitory tried to barricade
doors and started breaking lights.
Mr.. Curran said the men had
heard about the first riot and
staged one of their own when
lights were turned on all over the
prison after the first uprising
ended.
Officials said about 40 guards
were aided by 25 State troopers,
city police and sheriff's deputies
in putting down the first rebel
lion. They said no force was used
to quell the second disturbance.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
About 100 Reply
To Emergency Call
For School Teachers

About 100 persons today
responded to an emergency
appeal of the District public
schools for substitute teach
erS.
Thomas j. Holmes, asSo-
ciate superintendent, is
seeking teachers for various
grades and subjects. Espe-
cially needed are Junior and
senior high school teachers
in manual arts, physical
education, music. physics,
mechanical drawing, art,
biology, business, chemistry,
French, German, home eco
nomics and Latin.
Applicants should call Mr..
Holmes at Sterling 3-6111
between $3.50 am. and S pm.
Evening star., 1953-09-14

her desk temporarily to the au-
ditorium. Miss Grace Bush, an
other principal, set herself up
alongside. Miss Bush will take
over the new Draper School
when it opens.
Draper is expected to enable
Simon to end its part-time class
es, possibly next month, if it
is finished by then. But Draper
will also be full, so the end of
part-time classes again may be
only temporary.
PTA President Helps.
Outside the auditorium Mrs.
Darrin Gridley, president of
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Man
.DiesAfterC Crash
In Rhode Island
Is Second Victim;
Eight Are Injured
In a District Mishups

Edward F. Mickey Farley,
Is. of 1921 Tuckerman street,
Riverdale, Md, a sailor at th0
Quonset Point Naval Air Sta.
ton, died last night at a hospital
in Providence, r. l., or injuries
suffered in an automobile acci.
dent Saturday night.
Mr.. Farley was the second
person fatally injured in the ac-
cident near Coventry, r. l., tho
Associated Press reported. Frank
T. Smith, 80, of Anthony, r. l..
father of four children, died at
Kent County Memorial Hospital
an hour and a half after his
car. in which Mr.. Farley and
another sailor were passengers.
struck a guard rail and over
turned.
Mr.. Farley is survived by his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
F. Farley. jr.; h brother. Ken
meth; his maternal grandmother.
Mrs. Emily A. Watson, all of the
Riverdale address, and his pa
ternal grandparents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward F. Farley, ST., Of
Mount Rainier, Md.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Bar 10 Discuss Methods
OF Improving Justice

Members of the District Bar
Association will participate in a
forum discussion on ways of
improving the administration of
Justice in Municipal Court, when
the organization meets at SPIN.
tomorrow in the Mayf1ower
Hotel.
Before the forum begins, the
meeting will be addressed by
Chief Judge Leonard P. Walsh
of the Municipal Court and At
torney John L. Laskey, chair
man of the associations COM
mittee on relations with that
court.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Ellison Smith Quits NLRB

Ellison D. Smith, jr., son of
the late Senator Cotton Ed
Smith, Democrat of South Caro-
lima, resigned today as Associate
General Counsel of the National
Labor Relations Board. The
NLRB said Mr.. Smith intends
to return to private law prac-
tice at Columbia, S. c.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Sailor Is Indicted
In Death of Soldier
In Bridge Mishap

A sailor was indicted today
on manSlaughter charge. ac-
cuSing him in the traffic death
on August 7 of an Army SER
geant, who was struck by an au-
tomobile on the sidewalk at the
approach of the Eleventh Street
Bridge.
Charged with manS1aughter is
Photographers Mate SIC Lee A.
Olson, %, stationed at the Naval
Air Station, who was the driver
of the automobile.
The victim was Army Sergt.
Robert L. Taylor, %. colored,
assigned to the music school at
the Naval Receiving Station.
The automobile operated by
Olson also struck three other
pedestrians, according to police.
Among those injured was Mar
vim Bolton, %, also stationed at
the Naval Air Station, a passen-
ger in the automobile, who lost
an arm.
The automobile ran through
a railing and plunged from the
bridge, but Olsen was thrown
from the vehicle unhurt, ac-
cording to police.
VA Clerk Indicted.
In another indictment today,
Ralph C. Whiting, a clerk at the
Veterans Administration in
surance division was indicted on
charge of making eight false
entries in records. He is ac-
cused Of having mail sent to
him at a house in the 2300 block
of Thirteenth place NE. in
connection with dividends.
The indictment charges he did
this with intent to defraud the
Government. None of the checks.
however, were delivered, ac-
cording to a spokesman for the
United States attorneys office.
The indictment also accused
Whiting of destroying certain
records.
8 Held in Sex Case.
Three 19-year-old youths were
indicted on sex offenSe charges
in connection with the attacks
on two women on the Bundy
Schools playground last July 7
One of them, Franklin D
Sharpe, colored, of the 1900 block
of Sixth street NV, was charged
with raping a 47-year-old col
ored woman.
A second youth, Ben Beasley
colored, of the 800 block OF
Seventh street Sc, was charged
with raping a 39-year-old wom-
an companion of the first woman
The third youth, Reginald F
Townsend, colored, of the 1906
block of E street NE. was
charged with assault with in
/ tent to rape the 39-year-olo
woman.
Narcotics Indictments.
Several persons were indicted
on narcotic charges. They in
cluded Melvina O'Neal, 80, o1
the 400 block of K street NV.
Thomas E. Cherry of the 30(
block of K street S.W. and Julius
c. Brooks. 38, of Alley court
S.W, all colored.
| The indictments were among
81 returned by a grand jury
before Chief Judge Bolitha j
Laws of the U. S. District Court
for the District of Columbia.
The grand jury ignored 9
homicide charge against Herman
A. Campbell, 80. colored. of the
200 block of Cromwell terrace
NE. The grand jury's actor
cleared Campbell of the charge
of fatally stabbing Katus Glenn
"a, colored. of the first block OF
S street NV, last August.
Police quoted Campbell as
saying the stabbing was in self
| defense.
Evening star., 1953-09-14
Underground Man to ToIk

Ralph Hamburger, World War
II underground worker in Hol-
land. will give an illustrated talk
at 7:30 o'clock tonight at the
National Presbyterian Church
hall, Connecticut avenue and N
street NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-14

Lutz. head of the morals di-
vision, said he was investigating
about 13 Washington cars for
any possible connections with
District numbers operations.