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Evening star., 1953-12-14
$500 HoIdup Suspect
Held for Grand Jury

A 20-year-old colored youth,
one of a trio wanted for the
holdup Saturday of Peoples
Drug Store, was held for grand
jury action today by United
States Commissioner Cyril Law
renee.
Bail for Jerome Merle of the
400 block of L street S.W. on
a robbery charge was set at
$4,000.
Merle was captured in Rock
vile, Md. early Saturday when
a car in which he was riding
was wrecked following a 10
mile-an-hour chase.
Two of Merle's companions
climbed from the damaged get
away car and escaped on foot.
Police said Merle has admitted
taking part in the $2,500 Stickup
at the drugstore located at Park
road and Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Is Rescued at Norfolk
As Navy Launch Upsets
By the Associoted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. IA
50-foot launch carrying 73 Navy
men capsiZed today in the wind
swept, choppy waters of Hamp-
ton Roads 500 yards off the
naval base piers.
The submarine rescue vessel
Kittiwake plucked SIS of the men
from the water and the aircraft
carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt
picked up "a handful" naval
spokesmen reported. Several
other ships in the vicinity picked
up an undetermined number of
men.
Two hours after the launch
capsized a spokesman for the
5th Naval District said lit IS
believed all hands aboard the
launch were rescued"
The launch carried SO passen-
gers and a crew of five from the
cruiser Pittsburgh.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
-Four in Family Killed
In Two-Car Collision
BY the Associated Press

SALISBURY, Md, Dec. IA
A car which police said sped
through a red light at street
intersection ploughed into the
side Of another automobile here
yesterday. killing the four per-
sons in 'it-a young ministerial
student, his wife and their two
daughters.
Police today arrested Charles
H. Roberts, colored, 35, of nearby
Delmar, Md, believed to be the
man driving the speeding car.
Witnesses told police the driver
fled after crawling from the
wreckage. He was picked up at
Laurel, Del.
Killed in the crash were Moses
Freda, a 31-year-old freshman
at the Eastern Bible Institute
near Green Lane, Pa; his 30
year-old wife, Marguerite, and
daughters, Mary Lou, 8, and
Janet, 6.
Police Chief William j. Chat
ham quoted Charles H. Pinkett,
colored. 80. of Salisbury. as say
ing he was riding in the car with
Roberts and that the latter fed
after the accident. Chief Chat
ham said Pinkett suffered only
superficial injuries.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Faulty Radio Blamed
As Fire Kills Woman

A woman was fatally burned
yesterday in a fire which appar-
entity started from a short circuit
in her bedside radio.
She was Mrs. Edward l.. King,
Al, who died in Emergency Hos
pital about eight hours after she
suffered third degree burns from
the early morning blaze IN her
third-f1oor apartment at 908
Eighth street NV.
The flames, which we're con-
fined to the one-room apart
ment, apparently were caused by
faulty wiring in the radio. ac-
cording to fire officials.
The dead woman was identi-
fled by her husband. Edward l..
King. SO, of 627 Pennsylvania
avenue NV.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Snowy Owl at Point Lookout
Hints Shortage of Jennings

That's when the big owls head
south. looking for anything re-
motely resembling a lemming.
Our common alley rats often
have been mistaken for them, a
coincidence for which the snowy
owl never has been given enough
credit.
The first snowy owl of the
season was reported by two
Audubon Society members re-
Gently. It recalled another vis-
itation in December, 1945. when
one loafed around Washington
so long a motorist mistook it
for a common pedestrian and
ran over it.
Three years later a snowy owl,
looking his very wiSeSt, for sew
eral days perched solemnly atop
the local temple of justice, the
District Courthouse.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Lack of Receiving Home
Facilities Shock Senators
Continued From First Page)

girls living in space designed sor
43. Senators asked Commits
sioner Camalier why funds for
completion of the building were
not included in previous budgets.
He replied that other prob
lens had been more pressing
until now an emergency had
been created.
Under the questioning of the
Senators and their staff mem-
bers, 1t was brought out that
the home receives a number of
children who are not known TO
be psychotics until they create
a serious disturbance at the in
Stitution.
The Senators. walking into a
dayroom where 40 older boys
were sitting on benches for lack
OF anything else to do, were told
by worried counselor: These
boys have more energy than all
the rest of us put together. If
they don't burn it up in the day.
time they get into trouble at
night"
The Senators were told that
outside of helping with domestic
chores the older boys have moth
ing to do.
Room Used AS "Jail."
The investigators peered into
a locked room without furni-
ture where a youth was lying
on a mattress on the floor. Will
liam Stone, superintendent of
the institution, explained that
the room was used for boys who
might run away if not kept un-
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Wright Trophy Made
By Navy EmpIoye, 81;
Presentation Near
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouoh

A man too young to have
known the Wright brothers and
who has never even been to Kitty
Hawk has made the trophy to
be presented in their honor here
Thursday.
When Representative Hinshaw.
Republican, of California, re-
ceives the award, he'll be getting
six weeks work by 31-year-old
Richard A. Vickrey, of 1241 New
Hampshire avenue NV.
Mr.. Vickrey, a civilian exhibit
specialist with the Navy'S Bureau
of Yards and Docks, put the fin
ishing burnish on the cleaning
brass trophy Friday, marking the
second year he has handicrafted
it for the National Aeronautic
! Association.
Presentation. possibly by Pres
ident Eisenhower, will be made
at the Aero Club of Washington
Wright Memorial dinner at the
Hotel Statler to highlight almost
a week-long observance of the
50th anniversary of powered
flight.
FOur-Day Program.
Many of those attending the
dinner will have been in on the
four-day program which gets
under way at Kitty Hawk-scene
of the Wrights' triumph-on
Monday.
The North Carolina observ-
ance, centered about the mas
Sive granite shaft atop Kill Devil
Hill, will include displays by an
air armada from the armed Serv-
ices. the Civil Air Patrol and
private flyers.
Representative Hinshaw, sixth
recipient of the Wright trophy,
is awarded it for:
service as member of
the House of Representatives in
fostering the consistent growth
of aviation. in all it's forms so
that it might become a deterrent
to war and that it might increas-
ingly become an important
carrier of people and the COM
merce of the world"
Started Six Weeks Ago.
Mr.. Vickrey began work on
the trophy six weeks ago in a
small garage workshop at Bal
ley's Crossroads, Va, doing it on
a part-tim basis. It is built on
a wooden base carrying a granite
miniature of the Kitty Hawk
memorial and topped by the
brass miniature of the Wright's
plane.
Although rightfully proud OF
being assigned the job, he
doesn't consider it his best. That
distinction. he says, goes to an
intricate plastic model of Ma
tional Cathedral's south tran
sept. Built to aid in window de-
sign and statuary placement, it
required 18 months.
Evening star., 1953-12-14

It begins to appear that the
Jennings are having bad time
of it around the Arctic Circle
this winter.
Or else, why was that snowy
owl spotted as big as life and
twice as frightening on the
mafshland near Point Look
out, Md?
The diversified birds (they
reach 2 feet in lengthy are
known to migrate South at any
time the food supply gets short
in their northern habitat.
They are never happier than
when they have a lemming to
nibble on. But once in a while,
some say about every eight
years, the Jennings either take
off for the sea in tabled fashion,
or in some other way disappear.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Owner Of SO Horses
On Farm Will Face
Charge Of Cruelty

The owner of some so thor
oughbred horses found wander
ing about 250-acre farm De-
cember 6 near Seneca, Md. to-
day was charged with cruelty to
animals, Montgomery County
police reported.
William Todd, 45, who gave
his address as a downtown hotel
in Washington, listed himself as
an executive and posted $102.50
collateral.
Reports at Police Station.
Capt. Marion B. Dayhoff said
Mr.. Todd came to the police
station this morning and was
charged on a warrant sworn to
by Stanford Chester, president
of the Montgomery County AMI
NAL Welfare League.
Capt. Dayhoff said the man
had neglected to provide food
and to designate some one re-
sponsible for the care of the
animals while he was on two
week trip to the Southwest.
Capt. Dayhoff said Mr.. Todd
told him he was president Of the
American Polo Association and
as such assumed responsibility
for the horses. The association
has a telephone answering serv-
ice in the Tower Building in
Washington.
Organized Polo Group.
The condition of the horses.
some of them suffering from lack
of proper diet, was reported to
police by members of the Ameri-
can Women's Polo Association
who said Mr.. Todd had Or
ganized the group here in recent
months. Most of the IS men,
bers are congressional secretaries
and Government workers. They
said they paid no membership
fees and no fees for riding or
polo lessons.
A hearing on the charge
against Mr.. Todd was set for
January 81.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Lorton League to Hear
Discussion of Bonds

Fairfax County's proposed $40
million sewer bond issue will be
discussed at a meeting of the
Lorton Community League at
s o'clock tonight at the Lorton
School.
Speakers will be Mrs. Anne
Wilkins and c., B. Jett, of the
Fairfax Board of Supervisors.
The bond issue referendum is
tommorrow.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Jesuit Schools Compete
In 1-Act-PIuy Contest

Five Jesuit high schools of the
Maryland Province will compete
at Gonzaga High School tonight
in an annual one-act play con-
test.
Participants will be Gonza2a.
Loyola of Baltimore. Scranton
(Pa.) Prep. Georgetown Prep
and st. Joseph's Prep of Phiia-
delphia. Judges will be the Rev.
Gerald Herman of Georgetown
University, Miss Barbara Won
Wald of immaculate Seminary
and Thomas Whalen of George
town Prep. Gonzaga won the
contest last year.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Juvenile Crime Rises
1917, May Get Out
OF Hand , Police Say

Police today reported a 19 per
cent increase in serious crime by
juveniles in the past fiscal year
and added that if this keeps up
''it is doubtful that present pro-
grams for suppression of juvenile
crime will be sufficient to cope
with the problem in future
years."
Juveniles. the report showed,
accounted for 36.5 per cent of
the arrests for serious crime
during the 1858 fiscal year. In
housebreaking and auto theftS,
more than half the arrests were
in the juvenile group.
Figures on juvenile crime were
part Of the Police Departments
bulky annual statistical report.
In an accompanying analysis of
population trends, the report
noted that the age group under
Is years had arisen from 18 per
cent of the population in 1910
to 20 per cent in 1850.
Problem May Get Worse.
Census f1guresp the report
added, indicate that an even
more serious juvenile crime prob
lem may occur during coming
years, for the number of persons
under five years of age in the
District Of Columbia increased
by 79 per cent during the 10
year period"
The upward juvenile crime
trends noted by The Star in it's
precinct-by-precinct survey of
Juvenile crime for the first six
months Of the fiscal year held
good during the last six months.
In all, there were 3,763 juve-
nile arrests during the 1853 fiscal
year for serious crimes, or 36.5
per cent of all arrests for serious
crimes. This compares with 3,152
juveniles arrests for serious
crimes in the 1852 fiscal year.
or 27 per cent of all arrests for
serious crimes that year.
During the 1858 fiscal year.
juveniles accounted for ALI per
cent of the arrests for criminal
homicide; 23.1 per cent of the
arrests for rape and attempted
rape; 34.1 per cent of the arrests
for robbery and attempts; 80
per cent of the aggravated assault
arrests; 51.2 per cent of the
housebreaking arrests; 1876 per
cent of the arrests for larceny
of goods valued at over $50; 36.1
per cent of the arrests for auto
theft
Homicide Arrests.
Juvenile arrests increased for
all serious crimes but grand
larceny during the past fiscal
year. There were five arrests for
criminal homicide, compared
with two the previous year; 80
for rape and attempts, COM
pared with 38 the previous year;
466 robbery arrests, compared
with 347 the previous year; 109
for aggravated assault, COM
pared with 1O2 the previous year;
1880 for housebreaking and at
tempts, compared with 1873 for
the previous year; 100 for grand
larceny, compared with 142 the
previous year; 964 for petty lar
ceny, compared with 814 the
previous year; and 480 for auto
theft, compared with 329 the
previous year.
The outlying fourteenth pre-
cinct had the highest number
of juvenile arrests for serious
crimes during the past fiscal
year, followed closely by the
ninth precinct and the second
precinct. The ninth precinct
the largest number of
juvenile arrests for felonies and
miSdemeanofS combined.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Theme Of 'Drognet'
Greets Senators
At Receiving Home

Senate juvenile delin-
quency probers turned a
startled glance toward the
girls dayroom at the Re-
ceiving Home for Children
today as an appropriate
theme heralded their en-
trance.
1t was the dunn -duh-dum
dunn of a "Dragnet"' record.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
North Tokomu Civic Group

The North Takoma Citizens
Association will meet at 8 pm.
Thursday in the Montgomery
Junior College auditorium, Ia
koma avenue and Woodbury.
drive. Takoma Park. Md. Zon-
ing and recreation problems of
the area will be discussed.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Ho|dup Victims
Fail 10 Identify
Gungiir|5 Suspect
Blond Arrested in
Tourist Hotel Here
Admits Using AIius

Three victims of a blond gun
girl failed today to positively
identify a suspect whom they
agreed Cooked enough like her
to be a twin sister,"
The girl was arrested last
night in a tourist hotel in the
14O0 block of Rhode Island ave-
nue. NV. shortly after a blond
clad in dungarees and bobby
socks had held up a downtown
restaurant-her third job in two
nights.
Police put the suspect through
a special lineup and continued
to hold her for questioning be-
cause she said she was a new
conner from Brooklyn and ad-
mitted she had used a name
other than her own on various
occasions.
Victims to See Suspect.
Called in to view the suspect
in the lineup were James H.
Wing, 81, owner of a Chinese
restaurant at 622 H street NV,
who lost $477 to the bobby-s -soxer
bandit last night, and a grocery
and hotel clerk, who were held
up Saturday night.
Police who were astonished by
first reports of a gun-wielding
female. were even more sur
priSed that she had the audacity
to pull another job so quickly
in downtown Washington.
Apparently gaining poise with
each episode. she found Mr.. Wing
alone in the front of the restau-
rant at 1920 pm. After stat
ing she wished to buy food to
take out, and examining the
menu a moment, she stuck an
automatic in the owners side
and threatened to shoot unless
he opened the cash register.
TOsses Back $5 Bill.
Taking $367, including $50 in
quarters from the register. she
demanded Mr.. Wings wallet.
She took out Sis as MI. Wing
pleaded for her not to take it
all then, after a moments hesi-
tation. tossed back a SIS bill.
Police believe she may have
driven off with a man and a
woman seated in a blue coupe
near the restaurant. The car
bore tags with red letters.
A waitress seated in the rear
of the restaurant became aware
of the holdup in time to run next
door to sound an alarm, but the
girl was gone before police ar
rived.
First Holdup Failed.
Her description Tailed in ev-
cry way with that of the gungirl
who made her first appearances
Saturday night. She was about
20 years old, her blond hair
partly hidden by a yellow ban
dana. She was about S feet S
inches and weighed 1870 pounds.
Her attire included dungarees,
bobby socks and short gray
coat.
In her first attempt Saturday
night the girl was turned away
empty handed by Thomas Myers,
clerk at the Circle Hotel, 1888
Fourteenth street NV, who
thought she was armed with a
water pistol. Mr.. Myers simply
refused to cooperate and the
girl left.
Later, however, she convinced
Aaron Sanderson. So, clerk at
the j. & L. Grocery at 1l25
Fourteenth street NV, that she
meant business. He surrendered
about $240 before she forced him
into washroom and fled.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
28 Electricians Form
Prince GEORGES Group

Twenty-eight master electric
ians last week formed the Mas
ter Electrical Contractors of
Prince Georges County.
Elmer Pyles was named presi-
dent; Frank Bowen, vice presi-
dent and George Belt, treasurer
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Purty for Children

The Mount Rainier (Md.)
Orthopedic Unit will hold a
Christmas party for children in
the unit from 1880 to 2::30 pm.
December % in the Mount
Rainier Elementary School.
Evening star., 1953-12-14
Junior COLLEGE Test

An examination for students
wishing to enter Montgomery
Junior College in February will
be given at 7:15 pm. tomorrow
at the school.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK lR-The stock mar.
kes vas narrowly mixed today. a
rather steady showing after two
DAYS If spirited snvance from TIE
low uf ire year.
Changes either way were mostly
ID TIE smaller fractions. and !
great many leading issues we're
laggard in appearsne ca the tape.
No single mai0f group stood
eoncertedly higher OF lower. and
there vas 40 apparent aetiilyfI
there vas 10 apparent activity
pattern In early deallnSs.
The reduction IN ths bank rate
b the Bank az England % ssa
per cent from = per cert had 10
immediate repereuseton an TIE
stock market here.
Higher stocks included Santa Ne
US. Steel. General Motors. Sin.
clair Oh. Allied Chemical. and
American Can.
Lower were southern RAILWAY
10th Century Fox. Chrysler. later.
national Paper, and American 10.
baeco.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17

fContinued from Pee one1
10 comply with ne ArmAstice end
face up 10 he problem Ct WITH
drswina their forces from Korea
ana creating Q united and inde-
pendent Korea"
Dulles spoke Tor ~ minutes BE-
fore q packed andienee. Including
lop-ranking diplomats from 90 na-
slons. Russla"s Andrsi v. vlshinaky
listened inlenfly end took notes,
bus shs Soviet bloc delegates did
not ioin In the applause when ne
secretary ef state concluded.
This was Dulles major policy
statement. IN behalf Of the United
states. before the assembly ses'
sion which began Tuesday. Visa
lnaky win present Ruaslan views
within q few days.
Dulles mentioned Premier Ma.
lenkoy's recent statements tAat ne
Communist and non Communist
systems ean eo-exist peacefully.
lie commented "sueh expressions
are welcome. |" But be added Mere
words DO not reassure us" IN view
of the fact that ''ainee is39, GO
million people q some IS nations
have been brought Into The Soviet
camp q dictatorships."
Saying there nevcr was Q time
when the need for harmony vel
mere urgent, Dulles told the a.
semhly:
The United states will seek "a
avoid any word or deed which
might needlessly aggravate ne
present state oE dangerous ten
sion."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17

fCoufinuea fr0m Pane Onet
more than . aprinEboard Tor TIE
u. 900 mile range Bses.
Il brings Russia In = retaliatoFy
bombing war within range oi tie
swifg.flying ntT ist bomhers OF the
elder plston-engined B1ss and bsos.
All three types Of the medium
hombers have operated into and
out Of Thule either In routine train
Ing operations or experimentaLiy.
Together with providing Q base
Cor resaliatory bombing Of Eurasian
targets, Thule and the other bases
Of The Northeast Command have
a. equally important military mis-
alon. Thule and the bases south Of
here In Greenland and Labrador
exist as O system Of warning for
strike BY Red long range bombers.
AZ Thule Ii based the 3isth Fight.
er-Inssreeptor Squadron q Fst
Jets.
Col. Richard T. Hernlund. Thule
base commander, showed reporters
he could scramble" the intereep-
tors and set them into the air al
most Instantly upon q flash from
the radar warning net that uniden-
tilted planes we're heading toward
Greenland and targets 10 the south.
The Jet fighters. like those At other
USAF forward bases. stand On
paFking areas with engines
warmed for immediate takeoff.
Reporters who arrived 81 Thule
this time after Q visit Q year aao
found al but some minor eonstrue-
ton completed. the field and its
intricate complex Of supply and
maintenance ready.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17
Catholic Church
Halls UsingO OF
Priest-LabOrers

PARIS R-The Roman Catholic
Church called = halt here 10 lie
program Of trying Ia fight eommu.
niam In France vita priests In
oVerails.
Word went out 10 end the novel
experiment begun N 1894.
Into the battle against the five
million Frenchmsn who vole TIE
Communist ticket the church elahs
years ago threw student priests
Who worked among TIE factory
hands a. the benches. dock hands
b ports and walters In the "a.
tion's myriad restaurants.
Many Influential Frenehmen--
politicians and clergymen-were
shocked during she BIC wave 81
strikes throughout TIE nation last
month 10 find some Of Ire worker
priests among The most ardent
strikers.
Last Saturday. Pope Plus XII
warned priests living and working
among laborers 20 Be wary q BE.
coming dupes Of Marxist and ctAer
social theories TIE Catholic Church
condemns.
The warning vas voiced IN q let
ter sent Ia TIE Pores name b. The
vatican % Italian ecrlestiaxtieal
assistants attached 10 ant. -Commu
mis- labor organizations n was IN
darsiood % have been prompted
however. By The experiences n
France.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17
LOCAL CHAMBER

fCouxInued tEum F04e 0nsi
have here" lie also suggested
thai q Florida Keys FISHING t0uFna.
meni BE- arranged 90 hat ''nnyona
catching Q flsh snywhere IN the
Keys could Be sligIbla. lie rs
offered 10 post q nullding boo
vahasd 81 sa.ooo Cor . prize %
start the bah rolling.
sadowaki has been active IN
promoting the Keya he h plan
mag a inf0rmats0a bootA near
his Key colony ard maintains -
offIce In Miami
He win suggest At Saturdays
meeting that all Chambers Il
Commerce il ths Keys 3oin togeth-
er In . unified organization."
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17

TAMPA - CFNsl Ia = survey
made among its 1900 members
u determine reaction II motorists
relative 10 the seriousness In their
opinion. of various motoring pro-
hlems, the Tampa Motor Club. a..
fAliate of the American Automobile
Association. learned tat g per
cent q those replying pointed 20
The failure Of automobile insur.
Ance companies 10 lower liability
rates Cor drivers via leng aeci.
deni.free records. As h stands now,
good earefui drivers ere being pen.
allied Cor the benefa Of careless
and reckless drivers.
Aa0ther point brought out On the
survey was The laxiN ~ Law en-.
ioreemens against reckless and
drunken driving and the tendency
% let eli such offsaders with .
small fine or a reprimand.
TIE Tampa Meter Club asked
ne last legislature 10 provide q
mandatory Today iaf sentence for
drunken drivers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-09-17

OKLAHOMA ciTf n - Alice
Louise Hart gos q heauflful rev
automobile Cor her tn hlrthday.
BIT shs doubts that she passed
her drivers test.
she drove TIE zee ear straight
% patrol headukarters here
Tor he license sxemination and
was doing fine untl she eollided
With angshsr sar. 0ly the exam-
inns truWR escaped inja.y.