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Evening star., 1953-12-21

tioning Juvenile Court Judge
Edith H. Cockrill by name, took
issue with what he referred to
as Friday testimony" on the in
crease in juvenile crime. Judge
Cockrill had told the subcommit-
tee that juvenile crime figures
we're distorted" because the
juvenile squad had changed it's
practices of referring cases to
the court and therefore statis-
tical rather than real increase
was reflected. She said further
that Chief Murray had made a
similar statement recently.
Stresses Crime Increase.
Chief Murray said that the
order to send to the court all
cases involving felonieS or ag-
gravated misdemeanors and to
hold back only the less serious
offenses by first offenders was
issued in the spring of 1851.
1--WE had a general increase in
juvenile crime in 1853 over 1882"
Chief Murray said fatty. There
also has been an increase in the
seriousness of the cases. More of
them are prone to commit crimes
of violence"
Judge Cockrill had said Chief
Murray was satisfied" with her
agreement to give dispositions in
Individual cases after police told
her personally for what purpose
they wanted the information.
Chief Murray said he believed
police should get dispositions in
all cases.
Asked for his recommendation,
Chief Murray called for a $500
man force, giving the United
States Attorney a voice in
whether juvenile felons should be
tried in juvenile or adult court
and making dispositions avail
able in all juvenile cases.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

The District moved another
step toward a regulation de-
signed to protect children from
being trapped in abandoned
iceboxes.
Testimony at public hear
ing by the Commissioners unani-
mously favored a proposal re-
quiring that discarded iceboxes
be methodically secured against
the possibility of a child's get
ting shut inside.
Today's hearing also brought
testimony favoring abolition of
outside water closets and water
hydrants and the removal of
sheds and fences which consti-
tute a menace to health or
safety.
Differ on Some Points.
On each of the regulations
there was some difference on
minor points, but all witnesses
applauded the intent of the pro-
posed rules.
Police Capt. Thomas Rasmus-
sen reported that police have
no records of any children dying
in iceboxes here. but urged the
passage of the regulation as a
preventive measure.
Public Health Director Daniel
L. Seckinger labeled the aban-
doned iceboxes and freezers
death traps" A child could
survive only about Is minutes in
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Potomac Search for 3 Youths
Lost on Hunt Goes Into 3dDoy

a farm formerly owned by the
father of the Burgess youth.
When they did not return home
Friday night, Mr.. Burgess set
out to look for them and finally,
about 2 pm. Saturday, found
their 12-foot aluminium boat
overturned.
Besides the boats motor, q
glove and a nat believed to be-
long to one of the youths were
found alongshore yesterday. At
the Burgess cottage the Ryon
boys car was found parked with
the keys still in the ignition and
the cottage beds undisturbed.
The Burgess family lives. at
$500 Branch avenue, Camp
Springs. Young Ryon is the son
of Mrs. Thelma Rice, 53ll Ken
wood drive, Camp Springs. The
Folsom youth is the son of Mrs.
Robert johnson of Dangerfield
drive, Clinton.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
; Officials Ask
More Facts on
Juvenile Cases
Raspberry, Murray
And Shea Urge End
To Court Restraints
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Continued From First Page)
said, Juvenile Court commitment
was recommended for only 209,
or less than l in 10 of the chill
dren.
Staff Is Limited.
Despite the success of this pro-
gram, however, the staff is so
limited that only the most crit
ical cases can be accepted.
1--WE should be getting into sit
uationS earlier and should be ac-
cepting more cases." Mr.. Shea
said. "AS it is now hardly a day
goes by that we do not turn
down requests because of the
pressure of more critical situa-
tions. This program must be
strengthened"
Mr.. Shea said service for the
unmarried mother is important
in the prevention of delinquency
but at present the only service
welfare can offer is adoption of
the child if she wants to give it
up and if welfare can find a
home.
"The tragedy u.s." he said. "is
that we do not have personnel
to help those unmarried mothers
who relinquish children nor to
help the unmarried mother who
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Wounded by Shotgun,
Woman Is Near Death

A 42-year-old woman, shot
point blank with a shotgun yes
terday, remained in critical con-
dition in Emergency Hospital
today.
The victim, Mrs. Dorothy Bry-
ant, colored, of 805 Twenty fifth
street NV, was struck in the
side by the blast.
Homicide detectives are seek
ing Cornelius Gibson. about As,
colored. for questioning.
Detective Sergts. A. D. Clark
and w. Grayston Chapman said
the shooting followed an argu-
ment over a watch which Gibson
said he lost at a party. They re-
ported that Gibson went to Mrs.
Bryant's home, argued with her
about the watch, and left.
He returned with the shotgun,
they said, and the shooting fol-
lowed.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

starting to work and getting es-
tabliShed. Right now, he said,
the city has only one such hos
tel, housing six colored boys. He
said hoStels are needed for at
least so boys and 80 girls at all
times.
Mr.. Shea said there was an
urgent need for more foster
homes. particularly city homes.
He said that the Districts hous-
ing regulations make no distinc-
ton on Zoning between foster
family homes and boarding and
rooming houses. He reported
that he has petitioned the zoning
commission for some change in
these regulations. He also called
for an increase in the amount
paid foster parents, which is now
$45 a month.
FavOrs Broader Program.
Because of lack of staff. he
said, foster parents and their
children are not getting enough
service and the children's own
Evening star., 1953-12-21

The search was to be renewed
today for three Prince Georges
County youths missing since Fri
day on a duck hunt along the
Potomac River off Charles
County, Md.
Their capsized boat was found
near the Virginia side of the
river opposite Riverside. Md.
Yesterday searchers found the
boats motor in about two feet
of water some 20 feet from the
shore.
The missing youths are Alton
P. Burgess, jr., II. and Richard
Ryon, II, both of Camp Springs,
Md. and Merle Folsom, 18, of
Clinton. Md. All are seniors at
the Surrattsville High School in
Clinton.
The three youths left the Bur-
CESS hame about 9 am. Friday
to go hunting in the river near
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Police and Firemen's S Pay
On Holiday Ewes Studied

The question of paying Wash
ington policemen and firemen
for time worked on Christmas
eve and New Years eve probably
will have to be determined by the
controller general.
District officials have been
struggling with the problem ever
since the Commissioners decided
to follow the plan of President
Eisenhower in making the two
pre-holidays a half day for the
workers.
Under the present law, police
men and f1remen have to work
six hours on a holiday to be-
come eligible for double pay. If
the Commissioners had granted
a full holiday instead of a half
day it would be easy to figure
out who should be paid.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Suspected Drug PeddIer
Held for Grand Jury

A 38-year-old suspected mar
cotics peddler today was held
for grand jury action by United
States Commissioner Cyril S.
Lawrence.
Held under a $500 bond was
Harrison A. Moore, colored. Of
the 400 block of Cunningham
court S.W. Police Pvt. Thomas
Didoni, jr., of the narcotics
squad testified he purchased
six capsules of heroin from
Moore on November 9. The sus-
pect is charged with possession
and sale of narcotics.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Outdoor Pipes
Called Worst
Health Threat
Seckinger lndorses
Bon on 20, 900
Wuter installations

The most serious threat to
public health in the District is
the 10000 outside water closets
and water hydrants in the older
sections, Public Health Director
Daniel L. Seckinger told the
Commissioners today. ?
He urged adoption of the pro-
posed regulation which would
outlaw such installations by
June 80. 1855.
DR.. Seckinger declared that
sewage from water closets is
easily sucked back into water
mains or into outside water
pipes. He cited an outbreak Of
typhoid fever in Alexandria last
September. caused by such OUT
door installations.
Sewer Worms Cited.
A visitor from North Carolina
carried typhoid to four members
of the household through infec-
tAon of the water supply from
the water closet, he said.
In the District itself, four in
stances have been reported of
sewer worms coming out of the
yard hydrants.
Infections from this source
could bring an epidemic of dis
ease to the entire city by con-
taminating the main water sup
ply.
The amendments to the plumb
ing code which DR.. Seckinger
supported would eliminate all
yard hydrants and all yard clos
cts by June. 1855. and require
interior plumbing for all homes
and places Of work by that time.
Lawrence I. Peak, testifying as
a citizen, called the Commission
erS' attention to the fact that
putting water closets inside some
small houses might violate Sec
tions of the coming code. He
urged that the regulation be
written to override the code.
Caution Is Urged.
Charles j. Bauer, executive
secretary of the Building Owners
and Managers Association of
Washington. favored the plumb
ing code amendment, but. urged
caution against making this a
hook on which to hang a COM
pulsory upgrading of living
standards If the regulations
made it necessary to include
such items as q bathtub or tile
floor in conjunction with the
interior water closet. it would
be a well meaning instruction
of the state" he said.
Other witnesses were:
Joseph A. Kaufman. presi-
dent of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations: John Ihlder,
president of the Georgetown Cit
liens Association; Mrs. Walter
N. Tobriner, League of Women
Voters; John A. Remon, chair
man of the District Redevelop-
ment Land Agency, and repre-
SentativeS Of other civic and
trade groups concerned.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

for Is years. He was. also a
news commentator in Norfolk.
His numerous civic activities
earned him the title OF Nor
folks first citizen in 1884.
Mr.. Harris has lived in Alex
andria since 1916. He, his wife
and two of their daughters live
at 207 South Fairfax street. Two
other daughters are married.
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Bishop Martin in Koreu

PUSAN, Dec. 81 R.-Metho-
dist Bishop William C. Martin.
president of National Council of
Churches of Christ in the United
States of America, arrived in
Pusan today with Gen. John e.
Hull, the allied Far East COM
mander.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

growing child to learn he is with
strangers who now do not want
him has contributed to delin-
quency."
Mr.. Shea said youth hostels
are an important preventive
measure for teen-age boys and
girls who have no adequate
home to return to after leaving
welfare institutions and who
need supervision while they are
Evening star., 1953-12-21
Man, "a, Killed
By Streetcar.
On u Street
Victim Wedged
Between Vehicle and
Loading Platform

A man crushed between q
streetcar and a loading platform
yesterday became the Districts
69th traffic fatality of the year.
He was Edward s. Waller. "a,
colored, of 49 w street NV.
pronounced dead at the scene in
the 100 bloch of u street NV.
At this time last year. there
had been So traffic deaths, and
theN 1852 total was IS.
Police said that a streetcar
operated by Thurman H. Clark.
%, of 1760 Euclid street NV.
had stopped at the loading plat
form for Mr.. Waller and an un-
identified woman. They did not
board the car and 1t started on.
they related.
Car lacked Up.
Police quoted the motorman as
saying he heard scraping noise
and car blowing its horn. On
investigating. he found the man
wedged between the car and the
platform, it was said, and the
woman was gone.
Mr.. Waller either stumbled
and fell against the streetcar or
his clothing caught on it. and
he was dragged, police believed.
The car had to be lacked up for
the body to be removed. The
accident took place about lis
am.
An inquest will be held. n
Pedestrian Hit in Northwest.
In an accident last night, a
pedestrian was injured critically
when he was struck by a car in
the 5000 block of Kansas ave-
nue. NV.
He was listed as Ernest STAN
ley Mckenzie, Sc, of AIS Riggs
road NE. who was taken to
Emergency Hospital with head
and leg injuries. Police said the
driver was Airman- Sd Glass
Robert L. Cook. 20, of 4O7
Greenlawn drive, West Hyatts-
vile. Md
A woman was taken to Freed
mems Hospital with both legs
broken after she was struck by a
car at Ninth and o streets NV.
early yesterday. according to
another police report. She was
identified as Mabel Pettiford, 46,
Of 1413 S street NV.
Caught After Chase.
Police Pvts. Anthony A. Mes
sano and Angelo S. Bonaccorsy
of No. 2 Precinct were at the
corner call box when they heard
an impact. They said they
turned to see the woman hurled
into the air.
The car did not stop, the
policemen said, and they chased
and apprehended John Preacher,
IS, OF 1921 r street NV. less than
two blocks away. He was charged
with leaving after colliding and
failing to yield the right of way
to a pedestrian.
. Park Policeman Hurt.
A park policeman apparently
fell asleep at the wheel while
driving in the 800 block of Michi-
gan avenue NE. in another ac-
cident early yesterday in which
the car ran of the road and hit
a tree, police reported.
Pvt. John j. Callaghan, jr., IS.
OF 1913 Tenth street NE, went
to Casualty Hospital with neck
and jaw injuries. the police said.
An accident Saturday night
sent Ann johnson, 40, of 237O
Champlain street NV. to Gar
field Hospital with head and leg
injuries, police said, when she
was struck by car in the vi
cinity of her home. The driver
was listed as Harry D. Jones. As.
of 2109 Eighteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-21

keeps her child willingly or un-
willingly -.
Infants Abandoned.
"What happens to these
mothers, we do not know. AS for
the children, we do know new
born infants are found aban-
doned. We do know that people
come to us to be. relieved of
children left with them recently
or years ago by these mothers.
We do know that the shock to a
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
ProwIer Takes Door Hinges

Phyllis Robinson, of Martinsburg,
w. Va, thought she heard a strange
noise the other night but she didn't
bother to investigate. The next
morning she discovered she was
right. A prowler had visited her
home during the night. But he
didn't bother to take much. All
that was missing were the front door
hinges.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Five In Family Die In Crash

A family of five was killed re-
Gently when the automobile in
which they were riding collided
with trailer truck on highway
II miles east of Reno, New. The
dead were identified as a ranch
worker, his wife and their three
small children.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Landlord Kicks Back $4,000

Fifty Brooklyn, NJ Y, apartment
house tenants cheered Justify in
court as managing agent paid
them back $4,000 in bonuses and
overcharges-and also paid a $15,-
600 fine. The agent, Bernard Lam
stein, SO, who manages IA Brooklyn
apartment houses, had admitted
that he collected the illegal $31, 900
by overcharging or demanding
bonuses for renting apartments.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Standing Of The Teams

x-Boonsboro protest on Boonsboro-
Gapland game of June 4, won by
Gapland, upheld by league. Boons-
boro thus shows one less defeat and
Gapland one less victory in stand
ings. Game to be replayed entirely.
Games Sunday, August 80
Sharpsburg at Funkstown
Gapland at Keedysville
Myersville at Boonsboro
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

The Potomac Edison Systems new
$4,000 transmission substation and
dispatching center at Marlowe, W.
Va (shown at top right above), the
largest substation in the System, is
now in service.
The new structure is directly
across the Potomac River from the
r. Paul Smith Plant in Williamsport
and is the final link in a $4,000 volt
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

transmission triangle, connecting
company generating stations at Riv-
erton, Va, Cumberland and Viii
Transport.
From the Marlowe substation,
which will serve as the operational
nerve center for the entire Pc Sys-
tenn, load dispatchers will supervise
and control transmission of power
to all points in the territory served
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
WIN A new WESTINGHOUSE
APPLIANCE THE EASY MONARCH way!

Monarch Finer Foods is giving
away 100000 worth Of new West.
inghouse Appliances to users of
the Company's Products. in cele-
bration of its Tooth Anniversary
Year.
These prizes include Laundry
Twins. Frost Free Refrigerators.
Electric Stoves, Tclevision Sets,
Rooster Ovens, Vacuum Cleaners,
etc. One-hundred prizes each month.
Final contes, ends December 81.
1858. Ask your grocer for Monarch
Limerick Contest Entry Blanks or
write for complete details to:
MONARCH FINER FOODS, CON.
TEST DEPARTMENT. 3l4 N.
CLARK ST.. CHICAGO, ILL. z,
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
News In Brief
Continued from Page ~
Bus Driver Acquitted

William S. Stanley, Jr., II, of
Bethesda, was acquitted recently of
manslaughter charge in connec-
ton with a fatal crash of a summer
camp bus. Stanley was driver of
the bus which struck a tree July
27, fatally injuring George Lombard,
8, of Bethesda, and hurting Il other
youngsters.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Estate Valued At S1,137,9

The late Queen Mary, grandmoth-
er of Britain's reigning monarch,
Queen Elizabeth II, left an estate
of 4O6,407 pounds Isl, 137.939), con-
Siderably less than had been ex-
pected. The net value after taxes
was given as 379,864 pounds ($1,-
o61,689). Queen Mary died March
"a at the age of IS.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

Fort Jackson, S. c., has eight
Army specialist schools. They
teach courses for supply clerks,
clerk-typists, light truck drivers,
auto mechanics, field wiring special
lists, radio operators, food service
supervisors and bandsmen.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Blaze Wrecks Huge Plant

A $35,000,000 fire swept General
Motors Corporations transmission
plant at Detroit recently, killing two
men and .iniuring several others.
Set off by an explosion, the fire
forced $500 workers to run for their
lives. Flames and smoke could be
seen Is miles away.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Well Armed

Police in Hartford, Conn, held a
14-year-old boy whom they stopped
in order to examine a valise he was
carrying. Inside they found a pis-
toll five boxes of ammunition,
blackjack, teargas shells, portable
light, glass cutters, pliers and a pair
of kid gloves.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
''Ma-Ma" Doll Routs Burglar

A thief dropped everything and
fled one night recently when talk
ing doll squeaked Mama" in a
silent house in Vigo, Spain. The
robber held the doll the wrong way
as he picked it up to drop it with
other articles into his bag. The
sound woke the little girl who own
ed the doll and she reused the fam
lily.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Of Interest To Hunters

Hunters are advised that the open
season for mourning doves in Mary
land for 1853 will be split. The first
open period will be September IS
30; the second period will be No
vember 1929.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

Marco Polo brought the first
knowledge of Japan to the western
world in 1895, five and one-half CEN
turtles before Commodore Perry sue
ceeded in opening the country to
western trade.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

Jonathan Goble, Marine Corps
private with Commodore Perry's ia
pan Expedition, later returned to ia
pan as a Christian missionary. He
is credited with inventing the jim
ricksha and teaching the Japanese
the art of cobbling.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

up 3 percent over the same period
last year. The National Safety
Council listed traffic fatalities in
the first six months this year at
17,30O-470 more than for the cor
responding period of 1852.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
.wAYnEssoao

by the utility company.
This newest and most modern in
stallation on the Potomac Edison
System represents another step in
the company's program of con-
tinuing policy of supplying better
regulated and controlled electric
service.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Warming To Farmers

Representative Clifford Hope Gre
publican) of Kansas has warned
wheat farmers that Congress won't
"bail them OUT if they reject Gov
eminent production controls and
knock the bottom out of the wheat
market.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Man And His Dog Die Together

William Cordero, AZ, of Santa
Clara, Cal, rushed from his cabin
when it caught fre-then remem-
bered that his cocker spaniel was
trapped inside. He dashed back in
to the building just seconds be
fore it collapsed, killing both Cor
dero and his dog.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

The Army, at cost of about ST.
800,000,000, has recovered and re-
built material worth $13,600,OO0,O0O
since World War II.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Circus Elephant Kills Boy, Is

An 18-year-old boy was fatally
injured at Danville, KY, when a
circus elephant picked him up and
threw him over a truck. The lad
was identified as Tommy Aldridge,
of Paris, KY.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Man, Ill, WEEDS Girl. %

Elliot Ogman, who gave his age as
Ill, applied for marriage license
recently at New Bern, N. C. His
bride, Clyde Mae Godary, gave her
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
BEHIND HOME PLATE
by H. S. Douglas

when members of the fair sex will
be admitted free, with the excep-
ton of the tax.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27

age as %. wait until my baby boy
hears about this" quipped Ogman.
He's TO-
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Standings of the Clubs
Games SUNDAY. August sO

Games Sunday, August 80
Security at Clear Spring
Keedysville at Antietam
st. James at Chewsville
Halfway at Sandy Hook
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
County Leagues
WASHINGTON
COUNTY LEAGUE

Sundays Results
Middleburg, 10; Hagerstown, 8
Williamsport, IA; Smithsburg,
Fayetteville, 8; Greencastle, 2
Saturdays Result
Williamsport, 3; Fayetteville, 2
Standings of the Clubs
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
INDEPENDENT LEAGUE
Sundays Results

st. James, 10; Keedysville, y
Antietam, 7; Halfway, 5
Sandy Hook, 2; Security, 0
Chewsville, 8; Clear Spring,
CFonJ;,oe, oF A. StJ,br
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Won Lost

flames Sunday, August 30
Smithsburg at Hagerstown
Williamsport at Greencastle
Fayetteville at Middleburg
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
RUBBER STAMPS

We make 'em in a Jiffy!
StOuffer Printing Co., Phone 1909
Advt.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
SOUTH MT. LEAGUE
SUNDAYS Results

Funkstown, 5; Gapland, 3
Boonsboro, II; Sharpsburg,
Keedysville, 8; Myersville, 0
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-08-27
Traffic Deaths Up go

Traffic deaths in the United
States in the first half of 1858 were