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Evening star., 1953-12-08
Fire Alarms Rout
Patrons at Hotel and
SnarI Traffic Rush

Downtown traffic was tied In
Commute knot early today
when threat of a fire brought
over 20 pieces of equipment to
the Hotel Harrington Eleventh
and E streets NV.
Dense smoke routed 100 per-
sons from their breakfasts and
brought scores of half-clad
guests to their windows before
flremen gave the "all clear"
A box alarm came at 8 am.
and the second came in at 500
almost at the peak of down.
town rush-hour traffic. Motor
cycle police were stationed as far
as three blocks away to detour
vehicular traffic.
The police radio summoned all
available policemen in the first
precinct to help handle traffic,
but tie-ups ranged as long as 80
minutes in some intersections.
Fire officials still were uncer-
tain of the cause even an hour
after equipment rolled back to
station houses. One said it could
have been a ventilating duct
which draws the heat off huge
mangle in the basement laundry
room. He blamed burning lint
in the duct.
Actual fire damage appeared
slight, but hotel officials were
concerned over smoke damage.
There was no panic among
guests. although a number ap-
peared in the lobby in night
clothing and robes. Many merely
stayed at the windows watching
firemen after assurance that the
blaze was under control.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
WoIfson's Testimony at Capital Transit Probe

or the controlling interests of
the company?
A. We feel that our Board of
Directors is so diversified that
they represent every phase on
this board that makes a good
board and a good company.
@. Can you recall when you
took over operation of the COM
pany you reached the conclusion
that an additional vice presi-
dency should be created for Mr..
u. A. b. BrOadwater?
A. Senator, I don't know the
exact time of Mr.. Broadwater's
coming into the company but
we did not change the principal
officers. We just added Mr..
Broadwater to the personnel and
to the top executives of the
company.
@. Had Mr.. BrOadwater had
any previous public transpOrta-
tion experience?
A. No, sir, but I have had him
brought to me on many occa-
SionS in other fields. Our great
President Eisenhower had no ex-
perience as President, but the
people of this country thought
he would make a great President
and elected him. Some of the
younger men don't have the eX-
perience, but we think they have
enough common sense to step
into any field and be successful.
@. Why did you feel it was
necessary to have a chairman of
the board receiving $4,000, a
president receiving $4,000 and
a vice president receiving 100000
when Mr.. (Edward) Merrill in
1949 was receiving $4,000 for
performing the duties of those
three officers?
A. Senator, I don't want to
take anything away from Mr..
Merrill. He is fine gentleman
with very much ability in the
transit field, but no individual
can do the job of chairman, sec
retary and vice president and
do it well.
@. (By Senator MOrse). What
Evening star., 1953-12-08
u. 5. Temporarily Admits
5 Czechs Who Fled Reds
BY the Associoted Press

Five Czechslovakians who fed
from their Iron Curtain home
land and few to freedom in the
Western zone of Germany last
March % have been granted
temporary entry into the United
States.
Attorney General Brownell an
nounced the action yesterday. He
acted under discretionary powers
vested in him by the Immigra-
ton Act.
The five, whose entry into this
country is sponsored by the U. S.
Air Force, escaped from the Reds
by seiZing a Czechoslovak ma
tional airlines CAT plane. They
are Miroslav Slovak, "a, the
pilot; Mr.. and Mrs. Helmut Ger
max, the 29-year-old navigs tor
and lis 31-year-old wife; An
tonin Volejnicek, 90. and Bo-
humil Suran, 46.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Delinquency Problem
Overemphosis Seen

Mrs. Allan o. Hedley. chair
man of the Southwest Citizens
Association juvenile committee,
last night told members that
children hear juvenile delin-
quency "a hours a day, and they
get into it just to find out what
it is all about"
Members generally agreed that
too much stress is laid on the
juvenile delinquentS, and too
little credit given those who are
good.
Attention was called to the
first meeting of the Southwest
Youth Council will be held on
Thursday.
The association also reaffirmed
its support of the Area B South
west Redevelopment project.
Peter Better. president of the
association presided over the
meeting held in the Jefferson
Memorial Library, Seventh and
H streets S.W.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Less Delinquency Seen
II Segregation Is Ended

The end of public school race
segregation should reduce juve-
nile delinquency, according to a
Board of Education member.
Mrs. Margaret j. Butcher, COL
ored board member, predicted
this last night in a speech before
the Washington branch of the
American Association of Univer-
sity Women.
Gall children in our local
schools suffer problems in terms
of facilities and teachers, but it
is certainly evident that the
Negro children are woefully lack
ing in terms of space, play
grounds and the other diverting
factors that lessen the restive-
ness and Illustrations that under
lie much of delinquency" Mrs.
Butcher told the group.
Integration, she predicted,
would be "a great psychological
and spiritual help to Negro par
entS and children alike"
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Mrs. Doyle Advises
Neiqhborhood Plan

The neighborhood approach is
the SoundeSt method of fighting
juvenile delinquency. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle. chairman of the
newly formed Commissioners
Youth Council, told members of
the Forest Hills Citizens ASSo-
citation last night.
In other business, the Forest
Hills group elected the following
officers: Charles A. BurmeiSter
president; Joseph N. McCollum
vice president; Franklin T. Bald
win, corresponding secretary;
Arthur H. Hahn, recording Secre-
tary; John L. Calomaris, treas
urer; Joseph A. Kaufman and
Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, delegates
to the Federation of Citizens AS
SociationS. and Mr.. BurmeiStel
and Mrs. Wright. delegates tc
the Northwest Council.
The meeting was held in the
Ben Murch School, Thirty sixth
and Davenport streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Clinics Proposed
To Guide DeIinquents

The Stanton Park Citizens
Association last night suggested
that clinics should be set up to
give juvenile delinquents and
poorly adjusted children voca-
tional and social guidance.
Miss Kathryn E. Bowers. presi-
dent of the association and
member of the area committee to
study juvenile delinquency in the
Northeast pilot project" was
asked to suggest to the commit
tee. at its first meeting, that the
clinics be set up the clinics as
soon as funds are available.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
PTA Congress Urges
More Mental Care Cash

The Board of Managers of the
District Congress of Parents and
Teachers today urged School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning to push
for more mental care in the
schools.
An immediate supplemental
appropriation to be used to hire
psychologists and psychiatrists
to work with school children was
advocated by the group.
1t also backed an adequate
sum each year" to bring the
mental health program to the
point where every emotionally
disturbed student will have treat
ment available.
Meeting in the Raymond
School. Tenth street and Spring
road NV, the group also went
on record favoring the teacher
pay increase suggested by DR..
Corning yesterday. Mrs. Ger
trude Strope, president of the
PTA, presided at the meeting.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
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all good faith" Mr.. Wolfson
said.
But he added that conditions
change.
He related that he had turned
over some of his stock to his wife
and to his children. He said
his recollection was they had
bought them. He told also of
making stock gifts to a charit-
able foundation known as the
Wolfson Foundation. He also re-
lated that he had sold 10000
of his shares to the Southern
Pipe & Supply Co. of which he
is the principal stockholder; and
of the sale of $500 shares to the
u. S. Wolfson Brothers Corp.
Sometimes, he said, his BROTH
ers ran out of ready cash but
still wanted to make charitable
contributions and so gifts were
made of stock.
Comedies Discussions"
He agreed under questioning
that he and his brothers and
such Florida associates as j. A.
B. Broadwater, Capital Transit
Co. president; Mr.. Weinsten. ex-
ecutive vice president; Jack
Surasky and E. B. Gerbert. did
of course, discuss CTC policies,
dividends and the like.
He insisted, however. that each
one was free to vote his own
way on any issue.
Mr.. Conradis wanted to know
if he could recall any single case
in which he and his associates
had voted differently.
Mr.. Wolfson replied. II am
happy to say these directors
never voted in opposition to me"
He said this was natural because
they had been associated in vari-
GUS ventures over a period Of
years and therefore think
alike"
Can Repurchase Gifts.
Near the end of the morning
session Senator Morse. Independ-
ent, Of Oregon discussed the pos
sible effect on taxation of the
WolfSon group from their prac-
tice Of making stock gifts to the
Wolfson Foundation. He said he
was not criticizing the practice
but observed that such donations
would reduce income tax.
Mr.. Wolfson agreed to that.
remarking that the Internal Rev.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Man Held for Grand Jury
In Fatal Street Stahhinq

A 29-year-old man was held
for action of the grand jury by a
coroner's jury yesterday in con-
nection with the fatal street
stabbing of another man on
Saturday.
Andrew Elkin (Gump) Hen
derson, colored. Of the 100 block
of Eighth street NV. has been
charged by police with the mur-
der of Rufus Fleming. 90 coll
ored. of 1911 East Capitol street.
The stabbing occurred during a
fight in the 100 block of Four
teenth street NV, according TO
police.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Boy, Is, Killed, Friend Injured
On Bridge by Runaway Truck
Driver, l9, Charged
As County Van Hits
Youths in Kensinqton

One Schoolboy was killed and
another injured critically yester-
day when a Montgomery County
beer truck ran out of control
and struck them on the Rock
Greek bridge on Knowles ave-
nue., KenSington, Md.
Killed instantly was William
Leonard. 13. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Gladeen Leonard of 10620 Park
wood drive, Kensington. The
accident occurred within a block
of his home.
Taken to Suburban Hospital
with head and internal injuries
and a fractured pelvis was Ron
ME C. Diehl, IA, of 4303 Warner
street. Kensington.
Both were students at Ken
sington Junior High School.
The driver of the Department
Of Liquor Control truck was
Harry William Thomas, 10, of
the 200 block of Reading ter
race. Rockville. County Police
reported.
Thomas was charged with
manslaughter, reckless driving
and exceeding 80 miles an hour,
police reported. Bond was fixed
at $1,000 and a hearing is set
for January 4 in Bethesda Police
Court.
Out of Control.
Police PvtS. Stanley Beltz and
Thomas HutchinS said the truck
went out of control on a hill
more than 300 yards from the
bridge.
The truck left the road twice.
tore off a power pole. skidded
along 800 feet of guard rail and
then crossed the road and hit
the bridge, police said.
AS it careened along the left
side of the bridge it struck the
two boys, overturned and came
to rest against tree some 80
feet past the bridge. police
added.
The Leonard boy was thrown
against a guard rail pole at the
end of the bridge. DR.. Frank j.
Broschart, county medical ex-
aminer, said he died of a crushed
skull.
The Diehl boy was thrown over
the bridge railing to the ground
some Is feet below.
Bethesda Chevy Chase and
Kensington rescue squad men
dragged the stream for nearly
two hours for a possible third
victim. The search stopped when
police became certain the other
of the trio who played together
had not been with the victims.
Ends Safety Record.
Police said the youths appar-
emily had gotten off a school bus
at the top of the hill and were
going home. The accident oc-
CURED about $40 pm.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Rddiunt Heating Topic

The practical aspects Of radi-
ant heating will be discussed by
the Washington Chapter of the
American Society of Heating and
Ventilating Engineers at 8 pm
tomorrow in the Sheraton Park
Hotel, 1850 Woodley road NV
The meeting will be proceeded by
a social hour at 6 pm. and a
dinner at Z pm. in the hotel.
Evening star., 1953-12-08
CoveH Cites Need
OF Early Troininq

Deputy Chief of Police H. v.
Covell told the Manor Park
Citizens Association last night
that responsibility for preventing
Evening star., 1953-12-08
Juveniles Aid
AnaCostia Talks
On Delinquency
Boys and Girls Meet
With Adults on
Youth Problems

The Anacostia plan-"Opera-
ton Cooperation" h er b y
that area hopes to fight juvenile
delinquency with every available
facility. was in full swing today
a pattern for other areas to
follow
The first community meeting
of the Youth Committee for the
Co-ordinating Committee of
Anacostia met last night in the
auditorium of Birney School,
Nichols avenue and Sumner road
Sc, and examined its capabili-
ties one by one. Several hun
dred persons attended.
There were lots of speakers
The basic problem was outlined
by Miss Winifred Thompson,
staff aide to the Commissioners
Youth Council. She told of the
new groups work and basic prog
ress to date.
This was not, in a sense, an or
ganizational meeting of the Ana
costa residents. But it was a
meeting that sought to pin
point, more accurately, some of
the things that should be ex-
plored. A discussion panel, COM
posed of adults and youngsters
of the community, had several
questions and answers along this
line.
Young Michael Beasley of
Turner Elementary School asked
why his parents frowned on him
if he asked to stay out a bit late
now and then, say until 8 or
10 pm.
Capt. Murphy Answered.
Police Capt. William Murphy
of No. II precinct carefully ex-
planned there was such a thing
as obedience to the rule of par
entS.
Barbara Barnes, young girl
from the Barry Farms Recrea-
tion Center, said that, if a young
person was correctly brought up
and made good use of time for
such things as study and recre-
alton, he or she would not be
adversely influenced by lurid
magazines and comic books and
sensational television programs.
Concurring with her was Mrs.
Edna E. Gordon, president of
the Turner Elementary School
PTA.
Frederick Saunders, another
teen-ager from Barry Farms,
suggested that, when adults are
assigned to recreation centerS,
they should be chosen because
they really have interest and en-
thusiasm for the work and not
just be made subject to routine
assignment.
Some Parents Too Busy.
June Stewart of Douglas Ju-
nior High School was critical of
parents who are too busy or in
different toward their growing
children.
Supervision over public dances
and social affairs would make
the children-participants behave
better. contended Joan Patter-
son, who introduced Miss
Thompson.
Cynthia Sealey of Birney
School, also was on the Junior
side of the panel. Other adults
were Mrs. Alice Bell Finlayson,
principal of Birney; Mrs. May
McBridge Knight, parent;
Veoda Williams. president of the
Southeast Business and Profess
sional League, and Mrs. F. R.
Dorsey. principal of Douglas
Junior High School.
, 1953-07-23

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Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18
Five City Employees Get
 Salary Increase For Year
apartment

nse of the city apartment above the fire hall.
 Mill Vokacek, city superin- tendent of public works re ceived an increase of $20, making his monthly salary $650. II. E. Spencer, wharfn- ger received a $20 increase making his salary $500 per month. He also receives the use of a city apartment at the dock.
 Willie Hynes, dump atten- dant had his salary increased from $50 a month to $75. Other city officials will re-
 ceive the same monthly salaries they received for the past year. The Chief of Police receives $500 per month, This position is held by Carter Sey- mour who has been in the states since the winter of 1851 following his receiving a gun
 shot wound in his right arm.
 He has been receiving hospital
 treatment. The city clerk said yesterday that the city pays 35% of Seymour's salary. The balance is paid by an insurance company.
 Ovid Mckinley, acting chief of police, receives $540 per month. His two patrolman get $485 each. The salary of the relief patrolman was not given.
 Anna May Vokacek, city
 magistrate. receives $100 per
 month for her services, Dr. A.
 Holmes Johnson, city health officer, the same amount. Paul Dupler. city attorney, receives
 a monthly retainer of $250.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18
Two Leave On Orient Cruise

Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg and Mrs. Glenn LOundree left Wednesday for Anchorage on the first leg of their journey to the Orient.
 The two women plan to tour the Orient for three months. They flew to Anchorage via PIMA and will there board a tNWA plane for Tokyo. From Japan they will go to Singa- pore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Manila and other ports. Mrs. Blankenburg is one of the owners of the Town Club, Mrs. Loundree will take over the operation of the kitchen at the club when they return.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18
Housing Work Comes To Halt

Work on the housing pro" iect in the east addition shut down again the first of the week. All workmen including the brush gang have been laid off.
 The contract for the housing project is held by Aleutlan Homes, Inc. Pacific Alaska Contractors have Q sub con- tract for roads and other work there.
 No announcement concern ing the shut down was made public nor for what length of time.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18

The salaries of five city of ficials were raised recently during a meeting of the city council. Those receiving i! : creases were the city clerk treasurer, fire chief, supt. of public works, dump attendant and wharfinger.
 Ordinance number I'll fix ing the salaries of city officials effective April 1, 1853 for the year ending March 31, 1854 was passed by a suspension of the rules whereby the first reading becomes the second. It passed unanimously.
 Bob Hedloff, city clerk, had his salary raised from $500 per month to $550; George Magnusen, fire chief was raised from $60 to $75. In ad- dition to the salary he receives
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18
Rowland Taken To Anchorage For Trial

Roger B. Rowland, 37, charged with the murder of a
 teen-age Marine last fall has
 been taken from the Kodiak Federal Jail to Anchorage. Rowland faces first degree murder charges in the death
 of Raymond Cruz, who was killed in the Civilian Cafeteria on Oct. IS. 1852. Rowland shot Cruz with a 7.65 auto matic during the luncheon hour over an allegeded five dollar debt.
 Following the shooting How land was taken into custody by the U. s. Deputy Marshal and has been held in the Ko- diak Jail until his removal to Anchorage Tuesday. U. S. Deputy Marshal Thomas Langford flew here from Anchorage to 1 escort Rowland to Anchorage. His trial will be held in Third Dis trict Court.
 ] Rowland is reportedly a former patient of the Neuro- ipsychiatric Hospital at Togus, Maine.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18
Cooper Tn p es,ds ffs Third Divisio1

J. Earl Cooper, district judge at Nome. is presiding in Third District Court Anchor age.
 Judge Cooper is filling in for Judge Anthony J. Dimond who will attend a statehood hearing in Washington, D. c.
 This is the first time the Nome judge has been on the bench in Anchorage. He was U. s. Attorney for the third division before being appoint ed as jurist in the northern most division of the territory.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18

Mrs. Marshall Crutcher, who was in Juneau during the territorial legislatures session, has gone to Spokane to visit her family. She will return shortly. Crutcher returned to Kodiak last week.
Kodiak mirror., 1953-04-18

The Alaska Steamship Com pany freighter Square Knot loaded scrap metal this week for shipment to Seattle. Tae freigbter was in port two weeks ago with cargo for town. After unloading here it went to villages out the Aleu- tian Chain to unload.
Evening star., 1953-12-11
|19-Year-0lds' Draft
Resumption Seen by
Director for Texas
BY the Assoeiosed Press

Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield,
Texas director of selective serv-
ice, said yesterday after confer
ences at draft headquarters that
his State and others will have to
resume drafting of 19-year-olds
in the last half of 1854.
Leaving here after a four day
session of State directors with
Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Sc
lective service chief, Gen. Wake
field said:
ut boilS down to a matter Of
supply and demand. Whether
we like it or not, the realistic fact
remains that the demand from
the armed forces to keep our
strength consistent with our ma
tional safety is diminishing the
manpower pool"
He explained that slightly
more than l million men will
reach the age of service liability
in 1854. deferments and rejec-
tions will take up about half
their number, and with the serv-
ices needing a million replace
ments another half million men
will have to be found.
Even if the armed forces are
able to cut their strength an
other 10 per cent during fiscal
year 1855, in carrying out the
orders of Secretary of Defense
Wilson. calls will still be larger
than they were this year." q
press release on Gen. Wakef1eld's
statement quoted him.
The release came out from Sc
lective service headquarters, q
circumstance which gave it ap-
parent added authority.
There have been published
reports of orders from Secretary
Wilson for a 10 per cent cut in
forces. but Pentagon officials
have denied there is any final
decision yet on the manpower
levels to be fixed for the coming
year.
The Texas draft director ex-
planned that the coming years
draft calls will have to be bigger
than this years because the serv-
ices are on an induction "cycle"
which makes next year a big one
for manpower intake. Replace
ments will be needed for men
taken in during periods of ex-
pansion, whose terms of service
will be expiring.
Evening star., 1953-12-09
Shortage Of Funds
For Training Called
Threat 10 Medicine
BY The Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH. Dec. 9. - A
critical shortage of operating
funds for the Nations 79 medi-
cal schools is threatening the
future Of American medicine,
according to Dean Stanley e.
Dorst of the University of Gin
cinnati College of Medicine.
In a talk at a meeting Of a
Medical Advisory Committee of
the American Medical Associa-
ton at Mellon Institute, Dean
Dorst said yesterday:
Something must be done to
remedy the situation, or the
Nation will have been found
guilty of one of the most costly
economies in its history. We are
neglecting the goose that lays
the golden eggs of the future. :"
Best Medicine in World.
Dean Dorst. president Of the
Association of American Medical
Colleges. said progress in medi-
cal education within the last 80
years has made possible the best
medicine that the world has
seen. He added:
"But today the entire achieve
ment is threatened. At a time
when the prospects for further
advancement seem brighter than
ever before, the schools of medi-
cine are threatened with a
critical shortage of nonrestricted
funds"
The meeting. one of a series
being held in industrial centers
throughout the country, brought
together IL medical school ad-
ministrators and "a corporation
medical directors.
More Industrial Medicine.
DR.. C. Richard Walmer. man
aging director of the Mellon In
stitute's Industrial Hygie n e
Foundation. called for more
training in industrial medicine
for undergraduate medical stu
dents.
Dean Donald G. Anderson of
the University of Rochester
School of Medicine and Dentis-
try told his listeners the basic
objective of undergraduate medi-
cal education is ito provide a
solid. foundation for the future
physicians development-not to
present the complete. detailed.
systematic body of knowledge
concerning each and every medi-
cal and related discipline"