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Evening star., 1953-10-01
Juvenile Raids Become Bottle
OF Destruction V. Construction

found a similar picture every
where. M
In Baltimore, Carl H. Bower,
of the Brady Realty Co. asked
me, did you ever see q pushed
in foundation'2' I hadn't-up
to then. But on Pilgrim road
young vandals descended on two
cottages the evening that the
cement block foundations had
been laid. The mortar was still
wet. They showed in the walls
so that well, ( as Bower put it,
st was even worse than having
to start over. We had to chip
each block clean f1rst-one aw-
full job-aIId then we had to
start overY'
Six New Homes Ruined.
In Syracuse, N. Y. six bright
new homes were waiting for
their finishing touches in a
newly opened neighborhood. In
stead they got the vandal touch
which all but finished them.
Forty windows were smashed,
nails were driven into the plaS-
ter walls. cellars were flooded,
drains were plugged up and
doors were Split-apparently
with an alright down the
middle
The children don't stop at new
houses. They rip the plumbing
out of old ones, put cement in
toilets--and let it harden-and
in Boston they even ripped an
entire stairway out of a build
ing.
One Baltimore owner finally
found way to out-smart them.
He had a house on BrehmS Lane
which had been standing vacant.
Juveniles smashed it up (even
destroying the radiators and fur
nace) and took just about every
thing out of it but the kitchen
sink. Then one day they took
out the kitchen sink. I'm going
to stop this!" insisted the owner.
He did. He tore the place down.
Hardly any variety of business
man escapes the blitz.
In Baltimore, the General
Supply and Electric Co. was in
vaded by four boys, Is and II,
who splashed the Office with
white paint, ripped up clothing,
and poured rubber cement over
the business records.
The Dixie Lumber Co., in
BayneSville, Md, has had it's
f1oodlights and neon sign shot up
with % rifles three times-at
5000 time.
A construction yard in the
Mission district of San Fran
cisco was hit by six youngsters,
8 to 16. last March. They started
up tractors, scoops, bulldozers
and ran them into each other,
then threw rocks through the
WindshieldS. sprung the hinges
on the doors, slashed the tires,
Evening star., 1953-10-01
eY the Assoeiaied Press

WHITE PLAINS, N. Y, Oct. /.
"A 9-year-old youngster has
taken stock of himself and de-
cided to give up a budding ca
reer of Safecracking and bur-
glary.
IT want to go straight" the
lad told police here yesterday.
II want to get on the smooth
road"
The boy, not named because of
his age. was picked up early this
week as the leader of a gang of
small boys who netted $3.50 in
90 burglaries since last February.
Detectives said the boy learned
the lingo of gangland from tele-
vision and acted at the station
house like a seasoned underworld
thug.
The blond 9-year-old cracked
a police department safe in a
demonstration that had veteran
cops wide-eyed.
''I listen to the tuImblers fall
in place." the boy explained.
In questioning the boy, the
police asked him:
''What were you taught in
Evening star., 1953-10-01
Leadership Training
Slated in Fight on
Juvenile Delinquency

Representatives of civic groups
here last night planned tangible
moves to combat juvenile de-
linquency.
Meeting at the Urban League
Building, 602 K street NV,
they announced a leadership
training program, beginning
October "a at Howard Univer-
sity.
The groups hope to show or
ganized units how to start fight
ing the problem. They will OUT
line orientation procedures to
those joining the crusade.
The basic purpose, as outlined
last night, is to prepare adults
and youths for enlisting poten-
tial delinquents into junior civic
associations.
Four civic associations already
have youth groups functioning
within their ranks. They are
Capital View, the Civic Better
ment Association, the Southeast
Civic Association and the Ivy
City Civic Association.
Mrs. Alma c. Hawkins, of the
Southeast group, reported it has
inducted 124 children into a
group called the Sejacs, standing
for the Southeast Junior Associ-
alton of Citizens.
A speaker last night was DR..
Philip T. Johnson, former men,
ber OF the Board of Education,
and chairman of the Education
Committee of the Federation of
Civic Associations. He originated
the idea of forming, in each
civic association, a Junior group
to promote civic responsibility.
DR.. johnson called for Coz
ordination of all groups inter.
eSted in juvenile delinquency.
Evening star., 1953-10-01
POWs.
Continued From First Page.)

climbing over the fence and
throwing rocks, the spokesman
said. He added that Indian troops
then moved in and broke up the
demonstration with guns and
clubs.
'"They killed one prisoner and
wounded five Others" he said.
A sixth prisoner was wounded
later, so seriously that he may
die. when the demonstration
presumably broke out again, he
reported.
The U. N command refused
to say where it obtained it's in
formation but the spokesman
said the report "is reliable. y
Information could have come
from allied soldiers delivering
supplies to the Indian guards
or from one of the neutral ma
tions' observers.
The allied spokesman said
that so far as he knew, no other
prisoner compounds took up the
demonstration.
Second Demonstration.
The demonstration was the
second by anti-Communist pris-
oners within a week. Chinese
POWs seized an Indian major
and held him hostage 11a hours
last Friday to protest the return
Evening star., 1953-10-01
Army Rejects Plan
For Mothers 10 Plead
With Sons in Korea
BY the Asseeiated Press

The Army has rejected as i'm
practical a suggestion that the
mothers of % Americans who
refused to come home from
Communist captivity be sent to
Korea to plead with their sons.
An Army statement yesterday
expressed regret but said the
proposal is out of the question.
Any face-tc-face meeting be-
tween the 23 Americans and
their mothers, it said, must await
the end of the 120-day period
during which "explainer teams
try to reason the men out of
their voiced refusal to be re-
patriated.
Will Convey Messages.
In the meantime, the Army Of
fered to accept any message
from any relatives of the men.
"The Secretary of the Army
will see that it is delivered to
the individual concerned" the
statement said.
But sending mothers to Korea,
it said, is neither practical nor
advisable" The Army's explain
alton:
L. The men are in the custody
of a neutral repatriation COM
mission.
2. The militarized zone where
interviews would take place is
not under the United Nations
Command.
3. Explainer teams, under the
Korea armistice terms, are lin
tied to seven members for each
1000 non-repatriates.
Are Under Own will.
mo man will fail to return
home unless it is by his own free
will" the Army statement said.
Under the armiStice terms. it
added, those who persist in re-
fuSalS to come home must be
released to a civilian status at
the end of 100 days.
Thereafter a meeting with his
mother, father, or any other
relative, will undoubtedly be a
matter which the man himself
can bring about when he desires
to do so." it said.
There was no explanation of
how such meeting could be ac-
complished. The American rela-
tives presumably would find it
difficult to get into Red-con
trolled territory. The soldiers
would risk arrest on charges OF
unauthorized leave or desertion
if they entered United States
controlled territory.
Evening star., 1953-10-01
d. c. Builders Find
Cost of Wotchmen
Cheap at Any Price

Builders here say it's
cheaper to hire watchmen
than to leave buildings un-
der construction to the
mercies of juvenile vandals.
Other evidences of vandal-
ism suffered by business:
Deliberate breakage of
street lights, 100000 an
nually.
Ripped seats, torn fixtures
and similar destruction in
one chain of movie houses,
$4,000 annually.
Broken windows, ripped
seats and cushions, broken
bell cords, scrawls on seat
backs of buses and street.
cars. 500 a week. Vandals
are rarely caught, but juve-
niles are suspected because
of the marked increase after
such events as high school
football games.
Evening star., 1953-10-01
Stevenson
Continued From First Page)

Club, dined with personal
friends, dropped in on the Dis
trict Young Democrats, and Gun
der reporters urgings) produced
a steady stream of pointed Ste
venSonian comments.
Praises Warren appointment.
Mr.. Stevenson heartily in
dorsed the selection of Gov. War;
FEN to be Chief Justice, calling
it an excellent appointment. He
took a swing at the idea of a
sales tax-"questionabl le"- and
a manufacturers excise tax
likewise questionable" >" He de-
MED that his sSSpeech to the re-
cent Democratic confe renee in
Chicago called for 4 'appease-
ment" when it suggested top
level conferences with the Com
munists, and remarked tartly
that ANYONE who read it fairly"
could hardly reach that conclu-
sion.
He said he thought party dis
cuSsions of the so-called Demo-
cratic loyalty oath" of the last
convention would result in
reasonable agreement for the
next convention. He suggested
that he might, take copy of the
new Democratic Digest to the
President and autograph it for
him. And, more seriously, he
said that "all want to do is
help" when he makes his report
to the President about his trip.
On politics and his own pos
sible candidacy in 1856, Mr..
Stevenson maintained his usual
noncommittal position. But when
he was asked what he in
tends to do as titular head of
the party, he replied thought
fully:
Il can only go ahead and do
what I can do within my own
limits and my own time. If
that is leadership, we'll and
good"
At $3.50 pm. today, the ex-
Governor was to fly on to New
York for personal business"
which, he admitted with a smile,
will include a World Series
game.
Evening star., 1953-10-01

of Chinese captive to the Com
muniStS.
The repatriation commission,
meanwhile, put the finishing
touches on an answer to a U. N.
command protest that it dis
tributed an aliegedly Com
munist inspired letter to anti
Red POWS Saturday.
An Indian spokesman said the
first draft of the letter-reject-
ed by the COMMISSIONERS
somehow distributed to the
POWs instead of a second ap-
proved version.
The U. N. command said the
letter was plainly pro-Com-
munist and clearly emphasized
that balky prisoners should re-
turn home rather than make
free choice"
The Indian spokesman said
the original letter was amended
by the neutral commission and
turned over to translators of the
five nations. These translators
somehow put out the original
document. the spokesman said.
Showdown on Time Limit.
A showdown loomed on
whether to extend the time
limit for interviewing prisoners
who refuse to return home as
the allies and Communists
waited for the twice postponed
meetings to begin.
The armistice terms spell out
that the explanation period will
end $50 days after the signing
of the cease fire-thus the in
terviews' would halt December
%.
Because of the delays, India,
which heads the repatriation
commission, has asked the U. N.
command to extend the time
limit.
The u. N. command fatty re-
fused once and is texpected to
hold firm even if India presses
the point. s
American officers regard the
issue as vital test of Indian
neutrality in making decisions
that affect the potentially ex-
plosive Korean armistice.
Evening star., 1953-10-01
Newspupermun Opens
Consultation Service
BY the Associated Press

KINGSPORT, Tenn, Oct. L.
j. w. West. general manager of
the Kingsport Times-News for
more than 13 years, left that
post today to open a newspaper
consultant service in Washing
ton, D. G.
Mr.. West will handle manage
ment, Typography, personnel, fl
nance, appraisals, consultations.
circulation. advertising promo
ton and other problems of the
newspaper industry. He is for
mer president of the Tennessee
Press Association.
Evening star., 1953-10-01

and filled the gas tanks with
sand.
What do they stop at?
In Chicago they even invaded
a pet shop on N. Pulaski street
and painted the pets white!
To the young vandals nothing
is sacred. I knew that when
saw what they've done-even to
churches.
Tomorrow: "What Have They
Got Against GOd?"
distributed by The Register and
Tribune Syndicate)
Evening star., 1953-10-01
Armour Grants Poy Raise

CHICAGO, Oct. l P.-Ar-
mour & Co. granted a 9l2-cent
hourly package increase to two
unions yesterday, ending the
threat of a Nation-w wide tieup of
meat production. The agree
ment provides for a scent hour
ly pay boost and another AZ
cents for a company-paid hos
pitalization-medical program. 1t
affects 5000 AFL employees in
II plants and 10000 CIO en-
ployeS in 21 plants.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Louis Levand, Publisher
OF the Wichita Beacon
BY the Assoeiosed Press

WICHITA, Kans., July 25.-
Louis Levand, 81. publisher of
the Wichita Beacon, died last
night. He was one Of three
Cincinnati-born brothers who
rose together in the newspaper
business.
Mr.. Levand was stricken with
pneumonia after an intestinal
operation last Monday.
For a quarter of a century
the Levand brothers-Louis, Max
and John-were associated with
the late Frederick G. Bonfils and
H. H. Tammen, publishers of the
Denver Post. In 1928 the Le-
vands joined forces in Wichita,
purchasing a IS per cent con-
trolling interest in the Beacon
from the late Henry ]. Allen,
former Governor and United
States Senator from Kansas.
Theirs had been a three
brother team since, with Louis
as publisher, Max as president
and John as circulation manager.
Surviving, in addition to the
two brothers, are the widow, the
former Irene FeltuS, and another
brother, Leonard Levand, a
Wichita attorney.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Mrs. William 7. Erb,
Ex-Resident Of D. {.

Mrs. William T. Erb, 81, widow
Of retired painting and paper
ing contractor here, died yes
terday in st. Mary's Hospital,
Huntington, w. Va, after a short
illness.
Born in Wayne County, w. Va,
she was the former Tina H. Fer
guson, daughter of Charles and
Jeanetta Ferguson.
Mrs. Erb came here with her
husband about 40 years ago.
They lived in the District and
later at SAIL North Washington
boulevard, Arlington.
Mr.. Erb retired from business
about a year and a half ago and
the couple moved to Huntington,
w Va, where he died about a
year ago.
While here, Mrs. Erb was &C
tive in the Epworth Methodist
Church in the District and later
in the Mount Olive Methodist
Church in Arlington.
Surviving are two brothers,
Philip s. Ferguson Of 250S North
Second road. Arlington, and
Charles w. Ferguson of Mount
Rainier, Md, and a sister, Mrs.
Gordon Taylor Of Huntington.
Funeral services will be held
at $3.50 pm. tomorrow in the
Pringle Carpenter funeral home
in Huntington,
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Col. Howard H. BaiIy,
Former Army Doctor
Stationed al Meade

Col. Howard H. Baily, 70, un-
til two years ago q resident Of
washington since his retirement
from the Medical Corps in 1892,
died Thursday in Fort Sam
Houston, San Antonio. Tex.
after a long illness.
Col. Baily ended his Army
career as medical officer at Fort
Meade, Md.
He was born in Cameron,
Utah. in 1874. He first joined
the Army Medical Corps in 1897,
after graduation from the Uni
versity of Virginia Medical
School In 1904 he was COM
missioned a first lieutenant in
the Medical Corps.
He organized and commanded
the first Medical Corps train in
World War I.
Col. Baily was q member of the
Association Of Military Surgeons,
the American Medical ASSocia-
ton and the Military Order Of
the Carabao. He is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Seth Williams,
wife Of Marine Maj. Gen. Seth
Williams. Newport. Long Island.
and Mrs. Logan B. Chandler Of
Santa Barbara, Calf. A niece,
Mrs. John r. Wardleigh, lives at
1920 North Powhatan street. Ar
lington. In addition, there is a
cousin, Mrs. l.. o. Mathews of
San Antonio.
Burial will be in Arlington
National Cemetery at 1880 am.
Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
U. 5. Sells Barge Line
II Operated 2o Years
BY the Asseciated Prsss

Federal Waterways Corp, a
private business, was the new
owner today of the Federal
Barge Line, run by the Govern
ment for the past 20 years.
The Government announced
the sale yesterday, for 50 million,
the line which hauls cargo from
New Orleans to Chicago and
makes trips to other river ports
including st. Louis, St. Paul
Minneapolis, Omaha and Bir-
mingham, Ala. Secretary of
Commerce Weeks said the Gov
ernment will realize another $2.7
million from cash and unpaid
bills the purchasers are not
taking over.
Among terms of the sale was
an agreement by the company
to carry on services "substan-
TALLY similar" to those rendered
by the line under the Govern
ment.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Teachers Become Godqeteers
ToMdke Science Entertaining

The volcano Sputtered quietly
in one corner of the room. A
model jet plane shrieked along
a wire at the other end. In be-
tween, wireless sets Sparked in
electric chorus.
All are science exhibits at
Monroe Hall, George Washing
ton University.
They are the work of 80 SCI
ence teachers who have just
completed a three-week course at
the university.
Headed by Albert Piltz of
Wayne University and the De-
troit (Mich.) public school sys-
tenn, the teachers had been
learning how to make science
Observation-Disclosures entertain
ing-to grade school children.
They came from Maryland,
Virginia and the District. Two
came from Montana and New
Hampshire.
And regardless Of their teach
ing background they all had bar
rels OF fun. They said so when
Evening star., 1953-07-25
w. A. Hendershot,
Painting Contractor

William A. Hendershot, IS,
who was engaged in painting and
decorating work for many years,
died of a heart attack yesterday
at his home at BIG E street NE.
Mr.. Hendershot came to WASH
ington in 1885 from Cleveland.
where he was born. He was a
member of the firm here Of
HenderShot and Gates, painters
and decorators.
During World War I he served
In the Army overseas.
He was a member Of American
Legion Post 81 and of Painters
Local 1853.
Survivors are his wife, Mrs.
Bertha F. Hendershot; two STEP
sons, Malcolm L. Jones of Hazel
hurst, Miss, and Buford Jones,
1901 Fifteenth road, Arlington,
Va. and a grandchild.
Funeral services will be held
at 2::30 pm. Sunday in the Lee
funeral home, Fourth street and
Massachusetts, avenue NE. Bur-
ial will be in Cedar Hill Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Frank Stephenson,
Bethlehem Steel Aide
BY the Asseeiated Press

ASHEV1LLE, N. c., July 25.-
Frank Stephenson, manager Of
sales of structural steel for the
Bethlehem Steel Corp, died un-
expectedly here yesterday while
attending a convention Of steel
executives. He had suffered a
heart attack.
The body will be returned to-
day to Bethlehem. Pa, his home,
by a private plane.
Mr.. Stephenson was a 1912
graduate of Yale. He joined the
Philadelphia Office of Bethlehem
in the early 1920s and specialized
in structural and plate sales. He
had been sales manager for the
structural division for the last
five years.
Evening star., 1953-07-25

they gave Mr.. Piltz a letter
thanking him for his guidance.
One of the outstanding exhib-
its was a gadget with a 50 name
that cost only nickels to make.
1t was called an thermometer. Its
builder was 23-year-old Irma
Waterman, fourth grade teacher
from Rindge, N. H.
II made it out of an egg
beater, the bottom of a tin can
and four measuring spoons" she
said. The device measures the
velocity of the wind.
To calibrate it, Miss Water
man and a friend drove along in
a car at a certain speed, the
device out of the window, and
measured the revolutions per
minute.
To Miss Waterman, the
strangest thing about her exper-
iment was that while she and
her companion drove down busy
Pennsylvania avenue, not a
single bored stare turned their
way.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Capt. en-. Hardison,
Ex-Nayy Governor Of
CaroIines, Dies al 49

Capt. Chesley Marshall Hard
ison. U. s. NJ, 40, of sos South
GARFIELD street, Arlington. Va,
governor Of the Western Caro-
line Islands in the Pacific from
1947 to 1949. died Yesterday in
Bethesda Naval Hospital after
an illness of two years
Capt. HardiSon was attached
to the Navy Departments Board
Of Examination and Appeal here
since l949, but had been unable
to work since last August because
of i'll health.
Before becoming governor of
the Caroline Islands, he COM
manded the battleship u s. s.
Colorado. He served as COM
mander of the Western Pacific
Submarine Area while governor
Of the Caroline Islands.
A native of Leftwich, Tenn,
he was graduated from the Naval
Academy in 1927. He later
taught physics there from 1885
to 1887.
From 1943 to 1945 Capt.
Hardison served as gunnery Of
f1cer on the battleShip u. S. s.
West Virginia and received the
Bronze Star for combat in the
Pacific.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Margaret Hardison: a son, John
A., 10. and three daughters,
Margaret Ann, IT: Sally. 16, and
Barbara, IA. He also has two
brothers and four sisters living
in Tennessee.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed. He will be buried
in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Frank ". Snyder, ~,
Labor Leader, Editor
By the Assoeiuted Pres,

CHARLESTON, w. Va, July
25.-Frank w. Snyder, 70, for
mer State labor commissioner,
died yesterday Of cancer.
After a career as labor leader
and editor, Mr.. Snyder was
named assistant State labor
commissioner in 1885. He was
appointed commissioner in 1899
by Gov. Homer Holt and served
until 1941.
A native Of Warm Springs, Va.
Mr.. Snyder began working in a
print shop when he was about
13 years old, and was appointed.
in 1894, an organizer in the In
ternational Typographical Union
by Samuel Gompers. then presi-
dent of the American Federation
Of Labor.
For Is years. Mr.. Snyder was
editor of the state Federation
iSt."
He was secretary-treasurer of
of the State Federation of Labor
from 1909 to 1912, and served
as secretary of the Kanawha
Valley Central Labor Union for
40 years. From 1888 to 1853 he
was chief clerk for the State
Federation of Labor.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
Mrs. Minnie Robins,
Lived Here 50 Years

Mrs. Minnie Helen Robins, 78,
q Washington resident for the
past half-century, died yester-
day at her home. 3014 Twenty
fourth street NE, after a long
illness.
She came to Washington in
1908 with her husband, the late
Elam w. Robins, who was en-
ployed in the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Interior Department.
Mr.. Robins died in 1945. They
were married in 1898.
Mrs. Robins was a member of
Sherwood Presbyterian Church
here for many years, and was
active in the Alpha Club.
Survivors are a daughter. Mrs.
Ursula Bowling of the home ad-
dress; three sons, Parker, also
Of the home address; Robert, of
1901 Mills avenue NE, and Wal
ter, of Miami, Fla; three grand
children, and two great-grand-
children.
Funeral services will be held
at 9:30 am. Mondya in the Lee
Funeral Home, Fourth street
and Massachusetts, avenue NE.
Burial will be in Fort Lincoln
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-07-25
William |. Eh|ers, 68,
Retired Engineer

William L. Ehlers, 68, a re-
tired railroad engineer, died yes
terday at IS Rock Creek Church
road NV. after an illness of
more than year. He lived there
with his son, Edgar L. Ehlers.
A native of Dubuque, Iowa,
Mr.. Ehlers came to Washington
as a small boy. He was edu-
Gated in the District public
schools.
Mr.. Ehlers first worked as a
baker in Southeast Washington,
but later was employed by the
Washington Terminal, He
worked there as a railroad en-
gineer for many years, retiring
about 10 years ago.
A widower. he is survived by
a son, William H. Ehlers of
Takoma Park, Md: a stepsou,
Robert o. Spiker Of Hyattsville:
two brothers, Raymond L. Ehlers
Of 1901 Longfellow street NV,
and Frederick L. Ehlers of Silver
Spring, Md, and three grand
children,
Funeral services will be held
at 2 pm. Monday in the S H.
Hines funeral home, 2901 Four
teenth street NV. Burial will
be in Prospect Hill Cemetery.