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Evening star., 1953-11-21
Virginia Candidates List
Campaign Expenses
RY the Associniad Pre,,

RICHMOND, Nov. 21.-The
$1.815 spent by Delegate w. R.
Broaddus, jr., in his unsuccessful
campaign for reelection to the
House of Delegates was the high
est in the latest crop of campaign
expense reports made to the
State Board of Elections.
Other candidates reporting ex-
penses included j. Fuller Groom
of Arlington, $1,109 expenditures
and $100 contributions; v. C.
Shaffer of Shenandoah, $40;
Robert Whitehead of Nelson,
SAG: Norman C. Bailey of
Orange, $40: Ezra Bowman OF
Franklin, $3.50; Francis B
Gouldman of Fredericksburg
SOS; w. M. Sclater, jr. of Smyth
$496, and Vernon c. Smith OF
Buchanan, $486.
House candidates reporting no
expenses were William Roy
Smith and Arthur H. Richardson
of Petersburg and Dinwiddie;
Charles K. Hutchens of Newport
News; George H. Hill of War
wick: Sam E. Pope of South
hampton. H. B. Singleton of Am
herst. and DR.. j. w. Witten OF
TazeWell.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Women VotersH
Proposed Tax Cut
In Prince Georges

The League of Women Voters
in Prince Georges County is the
latest group to protest a pro-
posed fiat 10 per cent cut in
property assessments there.
The county commissioners re-
ceived the leagues letter yester-
day in Hyattsville.
"We believe that it is not to
the best interests of the county
to reduce all assessments 10 DER
cent" the statement said.
County Commissioner Edward
j. Waters was the one who pro-
posed the cut. The county board
must vote on it again before 1t
becomes effective.
The commissioners also re-
ceived communications yesterday
from the Berwyn Heights Citi-
zens Association and some 80
other College Park residents, &C
cusing an industrial plant of
creating SNAKE, SCOT and odor
nuisances.
The plant, on Branchville road
in College Parks Branchville
area, manufactures asphalt.
1t is operated by A. H. Smith.
who only Wednesday lost a
round to Branchville residents.
The county board refused his re-
zoning request to put up an elec-
tronics factory and laboratory
in Branchville. Neighbors de-
nounced his plan at stormy
session last month.
On the new issue, the commits
sioners voted to have the county
building inspector and State
health examiners investigate the
alleged nuisances.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
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Eastern Shore Slayer
OF Policeman Faces Life
By the Associated Press

SNOW HILL, Md, Nov. 21.-
F. Russell Regina, 32-year-old
former attendant at the Eastern
Shore State Hospital, faces life
imprisonment for the Staying of
a Cambridge policeman unless
attorneys can upset his murder
conviction.
They have been given four
days in which to seek a new
trial.
A jury last night found Regina
guilty in the death of Policeman
Daniel H. Bier. but returned a
verdict without capital punish
ment." making a life sentence
mandatory.
Regina. tried here on a change
of venue. was convicted by a
jury of II men and one woman
that deliberated / hour and 20
minutes at the close of the Ave
day trial.
The State contended Regina
shot Bier when the policeman
went to the Regina home to in
vestigate a report Regina had
cut his wife.
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Arlington Board Adopts Plan
On Pensions for County Stuff

as a result Of criticism expressed
by county employees at a public
hearing Tuesday.
The changes reduced the vol
untary retirement age from go
to SIS for policemen and f1remen
and from 65 to so for general
county employees. A provision
that would have limited pension
payments to half of the indi-
vidual's salary was changed to
enable higher pension payments
to those who work beyond the
voluntary retirement age.
The plan becomes effective
next January 2.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Women S Democratic Club
Hits Virginia Poll Tax

The new Women's Democratic
Club of the 10th congressional
district in nearby Virginia is on
record against the State poll tax
as voting requirement and the
automatic income tax reduction
law.
The club, at a meeting Thurs
day night. called the poll tax
IAN anachronistic survival Of
property restrictions on the right
to vote" The women objected to
the tax reduction law because
they said it had reduced the
State revenues by millions of
dollars over the past two years
money which could have f.
nanced more and better health.
education and welfare pro-
grams"
Another resolution was adopted
indorsing legislation to permit
service on local governing bodies
by Federal employees, and the
women went on record in favor
of a regional juvenile detention
home for Northern Virginia.
Evening star., 1953-11-21

A combination retirement and
social security plan was adopted
by the Arlington County Board
last night covering 1900 en-
ployes, most of whom had no
previous retirement coverage.
The board repealed an ord
nance providing retirement
plans for policemen, f1remen and
some general county workers to
blanket all workers under the
new program.
Board Chairman Robert A..
Peck said changes were made in
the new plan. before its adoption,
Evening star., 1953-11-21
POW Who Repudioted Reds
Reunited With Family Here

Corpl. Edward Dickinson, the
American prisoner Of war who
first embraced communism in
Korea and then turned against
it, is going to re-enlist in the
Army-but not just because he
likes the service.
The 23-year-old mountain boy
now has message to expound
to fellow GIs-Shy away from
Soviet philosophy, because "it's
made of whole CLOTH" he said.
Corpl. Dickinson, now the
hero of Crackers Neck, Va. near
the Tennessee border, arrived at
Andrews Air Force Base. Md,
at 2 am. today from Tokyo. A
short time before he landed he
was told his parents and a sister
were waiting here to meet him.
Dramatic Meeting.
The meeting was dramatic,
f1ood-lighted scene. Flash bulbs
popped. The soldiers mother,
Mrs. Bessie Dickinson, "A, prayed
aloud and raised her hands in
supplication when she saw her
son come down the ramp of the
evacuation plane.
Praise the Lord" she cried.
Bless the sweet name of Jesus.
Bring me my boy"
Sobbing, she held him in her
arms.
How do you feel?" she asked.
"Are you all right?"
Before embracing his son, the
father, Van Buren, Dickinson,
73. looked intently at the SOL
dier.
The young sister, Rose Helen,
cried as she. too. embraced
Corpl. Dickinson.
when did you all get here?"
ne asked.
I'VE got here after dark,
honey" the mother replied. The
family is staying at the Raj
eigh Hotel.
uCriticizes Communism.
Later, Corpl. Dickinson told
reporters American prisoners in
Korea who had repeatedly en-
braced communism. would de-
sert tiff they were only given
an explanation of what it was
all about.
Its no good" he said.
According to the Communists,
Corpl. Dickinson was one of the
% Americans who preferred to
stay with them rather than be
Evening star., 1953-11-21

repatriated in last AuguSt's pris-
oner exchange. But the soldier
later demanded repatriation and
said his captors had forced him
to stay with them under threat
of death.
He wore an Eisenhower jacket
with a single row of three rib
bons and the black-and- yellow
shoulder patch of the 1st Cav
airy Division.
rs there anything to the story
that you decided to stay behind
in Korea because you had been
jilted?" the soldier was asked.
NO" he replied. But really
don't know about the romance.
I'll have to talk to her when>
get home. Her name is Katie
Laney.
He Likes the Army.
'T'm going to re-enlist because
I like the Army"
II don't want him to re-en-
list" interiected the mother. "I
don't want him to. I want him
home"
Mrs. Dickinson told him about
a big celebration planned for
him when he gets to Crackers
Neck, but first he'll have to spend
few days at Walter Reed Hos
pital undergoing a routine med
ical checkup. Then there will
be the customary furlough. I
"We'll have big meal" the
mother told her son. Every
thing you want. Southern fried
chicken"
After sightseeing in Washing
ton, the Dickensons will return
to their Appalachian home.
The 450-mile trip of the Dick
ensons started early yesterday.
The. parents and daughter trav-
eled as the guests of the Bristol
(Va0 Herald-Courier. They
were driven to Washington by
John S. Riley, of Big Stone Gap,
a staff writer for the paper.
John Conrad. circulation man
ager, accompanied the party.
Before the trip, the Dickensons,
in their 26 years of married life,
the only places they had visited
were Knoxville and Kingsport,
Tenn. The mother said she had
never seen trolley car until
she came to Washington.
We're going to travel around
Washington" she said. land see
all the memorials.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Democrutic>CIub
Elects Officers

Frank E. Novotny has been
elected president of the Four
Corners (Md.) Democratic Club.
Other new officers are Edwin
W. Billhimer, jr., vice president;
Mrs. Jane Palmer, secretary;
Mrs. Miriam Proctor, treasurer,
and Mrs. Albert Mackey, SER
geant at arms.
Charles B. Buscher. Robert T.
Snure and Bryce Holcombe have
beer named to the executive
council.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Alexandria 5 Higher
Assessments Prompt
Move 10 Cut Tax Rate

Alexandria Councilman Leroy
S. Bendheim yesterday declared
that higher property tax assess
ments in 1854 should enable
Alexandria to slash its own tax
rate.
He said the present property
tax of SITS per 500 of assessed
valuation could be cut by 25
cents"
Mayor Marshall j. Beverley
seconded the tax cut suggestion,
saying "it is the duty of the
council, if large revenue increases
are anticipated. to reduce tax
rates."
This is the time to stop spend
ing and get along with what
we've got" the mayor said.
Mr.. Bendheim noted the higher
assessments are determined by
the State and cannot be inter-
ferred with by the city.
He said $3.50 rate may be
possible, "if rigid economy is
practiced and if the city under
takes to do only the essential
things"
The 1953-54 budget, he said,
anticipated only a 40 per. cent
increase in assessments, effec-
tive in 1854.
A report submitted to the
Alexandria City Council last
week by City Manager Ira E.
Willard forecast the high re-
assessment. The report indicated
the reassessment increases so
far average 1915 per cent over
the old evaluation.
Mr.. Willard pointed out, how
ever, the real estate assessor
stated the final increase will be
around As per cent.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Operator Of Nursery
Gets Up 10 ; Years
In Death Of Baby

Mrs. Arleen Daisy Tenant
yesterday was sentenced to an
indeterminate term not to exceed
three years in the State Reform
atory for Women on man.
slaughter conviction in the death
of a 7-month-old boy placed in
her Prince Georges County
nursery.
Chief Judge John B. Gray, ir.,
on the bench with Associate
Judge Charles c. Marbury
handed down the sentence in
Upper Marlboro Circuit Court.
The same judges, hearing the
case without a jury. convicted
Mrs. Tenant two weeks ago of
causing the death of James Ce-
Gil Henderson, jr., son of an
estranged District couple.
Sobs as She Hears Sentence.
Mrs. Tenant, Al, sobbed when
the sentence was pronounced.
Her attorney, Frank M. Hall
OF Upper Marlboro, said he had
at least 10 days to decide wheth-
er to appeal.
The sentence means that Mrs.
Tenant cannot be imprisoned
longer than three years, but she
can be paroled at any time with
in that period.
The court which sentenced
Mrs. Tenant has power to
change the sentence within 80
days. Such a change, however,
is rarely made.
In usual practice, the Depart
ment of Parole and Probation
requires that defendants serve at
least one-third of the term be-
fore parole is considered.
Judge Gray, in imposing sem
tence, said it was based primarily
mot as punishment to yourself,
but to serve notice to other per-
sons taking care of children that
they must be cared for prop
erly and not abused as this child
was"
Mr.. Hall told the court before
sentencing that Mrs. Tenant
had no previous record. He said
she has one child of her own
and another adopted child.
Mrs. Tenant answered "Nop
when the court asked If she had
anything to say.
A. The little victim was pro-
I1ounced dead April "a at Prince
Georges General Hospital, six
days after his mother put him
in Mrs. Tenants Maryland
Park nursery home, in the 400
block of Sixty-ffth avenue.
Unaware of Injuries.
Mrs. Tenant testified at her
trial that she did not know what
caused the boys injuries, but
she believed he had struck his
head against his crib.
Judge Gray said that the
court found no evidence of
malice by the defendant. But he
added. that there is inescapable
proof that the child's death was
brought about by your striking
him more than one blow"
"The court" Judge Gray said,
finds it difficult to accept the
hypothesis that death came
when you slapped the child IN
trying to bring him out of con-
vulSion, because the kind of
blows you might have struck un-
der such circumstances hardly
would have been severe enough
to cause the conclusion and
brain hemorrhage."
Judge Gray told Mrs. Tenant
that the child evidently was a
problem for you. Its crying
seemed to have gotten on your
nerves. The abuse, however, was
completely uncalled for and un-
justiflable and must have re-
suited from your loss Of self-con-
troll"
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Receiver Appointed

Judge William Woolls of AL
exandria Corporation Court yes
terday appointed Norman Bern
heimer. 37-year-old attorney. to
be general receiver of the Cor
poration Court. He succeeds the
late Randall Cation, who held the
receivers post for 90 years until
his death last year.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Armed Pair Gets $183
In Cos Stution HoIdup

Two armed men last night
held up and robbed the manager
of the Homoco Gas Station, 488
Maryland avenue S.W., escaping
with $183, he reported to po-
lice.
They quoted Charles L. Col
Inns. 48, as saying the men, both
colored. entered the station
about 10 pm, and announced
the holdup. One held a gun on
him while the other went
through his pockets, the man
ager said.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
BlddensbuTg
I Police
In Beating Case
requirements Sought
By Council After
Dismissal of Pair

Bla0enSburg had help
wanted" sign out today for two
new policemen to replace Bryan
M. Dorsey and Elmer Thomp-
son, who were convicted Monday
of beating a colored prisoner.
Disregarding pleas by Mayor
Otis L. Stevens to ignore the
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court conviction and retain the
two town officers. a three-mem-
her majority on the Maryland
towns council last night forced
their resignation.
The council softened the blow,
however, by voting 15-day sever.
a1ace pay to each Of the men.
Dorsey, who had been chief of
the towns four-man police force.
also was granted compensation
for two weeks accumulated an
I1ual leave. Thompson. q private
on the force. had no annual
leave coming.
Almost 400 persons attended
the two -and-a- half hour special
session of the council. The audi
ence seemed to be equally divided
on the question of keeping the
two officers.
Suspension Once Declined.
The council earlier had de-
clined to suspend Dorsey and
Thompson. That was after
county police last August charged
them with assaulting Melvin L.
Franklin. jr.. 10, colored, of the
4400 block of Forty-sixth street,
Bladensburg.
II can't see where these men
can be of any further use to the
town." Councilman Rider Penn
ington said last night in second
ing Mrs. Felix o. Cristofane's
motion to dismiss the two officers.
Personally, I hate to see these
two gentlemen taken down in
this manner" he added, "but
they have been found guilty by
a jury of their peers--a jury
which took only IS minutes to
make up its mind.
Mayor Doesn't Vote.
Leonard Simpson was the
other council member support
ing Mrs. Cristofane's motion,
which stated that if Dorsey and
Thompson did not resign i'm
mediately they would be con-
sidered dismissed. The officers
were present and resigned.
Councilman John P. Campbell
voted against the motion. Mayor
Stevens did not vote but he left
no doubt that he favored retain
ing the officers.
II don't think much of the
way the trial was handled" Mr..
Stevens declared, in presenting
what he termed an unbiased re-
view OF the court proceedings
which resulted in a six-month
prison sentence for Thompson
and a $3.50 fine for Dorsey.
Sentence Appealed.
Thompson was convicted of
assault and battery in the slap
stick beating of young Franklin
while he was being questioned in
the county police station in Hy-
attSville August Is. Dorsey was
convicted of assault. Both have
appealed and are free on bond.
Mayor Stevens was sharply
critical of the jury and of deputy
States Attorney Wilmer D. Pyles,
who prosecuted the case.
"The verdict was not based on
evidence, but on the glamor pleas
Of the States Attorney" he said.
I'm my opinion, the verdict was
not justified"
Strongest proponent of the dis
missal action in the audience was
Vincent A. Osterman, former
judge Of the County Orphans
Court. He called the beating, a
"blemish on the town of Blad-
enSburg," and asked: What
right have we to criticize that
jury and that court?"
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Traffic Is Issue
In Location Of
Potomac Span
Planners Say Area
To Be Served Must
Be Controlling Focto1

One of the big issues in de-
termining location of new Po-
tomac River bridge is whether
the area east or west Of Six
teenth street NV. is the more
important to be served, accord
ing to National Capital Plan
ming Commission officials.
The Importance of a decision
on this point was stressed by
the planners yesterday in a
bridge discussion during lunch
con meeting of two Washington
Board of Trade committees at
the Willard Hotel.
John Nolen, jr., Planning
Commission director, argued that
a river span at Reaches Run
downriver from the Fourteenth
street railroad bridge-would
perform a more important func-
tion than the E street bridge
proposed by District officials.
Broyhill Repeats Plea.
He made the statement in
commenting on a joint study
project between the planners
and highway officials to draw
cost and other comparisons be-
tween the two bridge locations.
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, reiterated
his plea that the issue be settled
so that a united front can be
presented to Congress in arguing
for new bridges both to serve
downtown Washington and at
Jones Point, Alexandria.
Mr.. Nolen told the gathering
he agreed that mo one gains by
taking a disagreement to Capitol
Hill"
I'VE are trying to resolve tech
nical problems, he said. "All
are in favor of one bridge for
the perimeter and one for the
central area. The question is
which is the best location.
Estimate Lanes.
He said a crossing from
Reaches Run in Virginia to
Tenth street S.W. in Washing
ton would add up to a total
of IA bridge lanes of traffic east
of Sixteenth street NV. in
Washington. with 10 bridge lanes
west of Sixteenth street.
On the other hand, a bridge
at E street NV. would provide
a total of 16 bridge lanes west
of Sixteenth street NV, with
eight lanes east of that street.
MI Broyhill said he is COM
mitted personally to the Jones
Point bridge and the E street
site.
AS to funds for the approaches,
the legislator said, in response
to a question. he foresees no
problem in getting money for
the Virginia roads leading to the
bridges
Bridge Plan Endorsed.
When the House District
Committee, of which he is a
member, opens hearings on his
bill for a bridge at Jones Point,
Mr.. Broyhill said, he hopes wit
nesses will bring no controversy
over a central bridge site into
the testimony.
The Board of Trade already
has Endorsed two bridges, one
on the perimeter of Washington
and one in the central area, the
luncheon meeting was told. But,
if only one bridge is to be built,
the trade body prefers the E
street site.
Two committees joined in the
session. They are the one on
railroads and transit lines, head
ed by John Mccormack, and one
on traffic and highway, headed
nv I M Sanders
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Virqiniun Appointed

Charles Bascom Waddell,
banker and Mayor Of Penning-
ton Gap. Va. yesterday was ap-
pointed director of the Farmers
Home Administration in Vir-
ginia.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Card Porty for Church

A card party. benef1tting the
Berwyn Heights TMd.) Holy Re-
deemer Catholic Church, will be
held at $3.50 o'clock tonight at
the Knight of Columbus Hall,
$500 Baltimore boulevard. Mrs.
Ned Waters is in charge of
arrangements.
Evening star., 1953-11-21
SEITE EDITION
'thd1hmen Ran
Neutra|ism' in
War on Reds
Martyrs Of 'BIoodiest
Persecution Hailed
By Catholic Bishops

History cannot be kind to
statesmen who retreated to the
refuge of polite neutralism"
while the bloodiest persecution
in all history" is being waged,
the Catholic Bishops of the
United States declared last night.
The persecution is a war on
religion and against "all men
who believe in God and His
Christ and against all~who dare
to claim for man the liberty of
the sons of God," they said.
The bishops statement, called
Peters Chains" was issued at
their annual meeting here.
Paralleling the sufferings OF
today'S martyrs with the i'm
prisonment of Peter, the bishops
declared: Peter is again in
chains"
Some Found. Wanting"
Referring to statesmen, they
asked:
What shall we say of those
ungenerous men, who in the
crisis of our times have been
found so sadly wanting-those
narrow sectarians who allowed
their petty or imagined griev-
ances to obscure the true great
ness Of our blessed martyrs?
"We shall leave them to God
and to the worm of conscience"
Their statement reflected on
the heroic constancy of the
martyrs" of the past and de-
clared modern martyrs are those
who are being prosecuted "in
every land now shrouded in the
gloom of communism.
Everywhere the Church of
God, her sacred ministers and
her faithful children are the first
targets of the persecution and
millions of them have already
died for the faith"
Ask Prayer for Leaders.
The statement was a bitter
denunciation of communism and
a plea for prayer and penance
all in one. Catholics must de-
vote themselves to asking that
Gods grace be poured out in
super abundant measure to
strengthen those who hold the
place of honor and of danger
in the new warfare launched
against the church."
They declared that persons
are hunted down, imprisoned,
debased. tortured and slain.
Sick and helpless sisters are
dragged from their converts,
condemned to the slow death of
forced labor on roads, in forests
and in mines, or to the quicker
death of starvation.
Peasants are slaughtered and
flung upon the pyres of their
burning churches Innocent chill
dren are torn from the arms
of their Christian mothers
and handed over to atheist
debauchers," the statement
charged.
This" the bishops said, "is a
war against the true religion of
Jesus Christ" 1t is story of
''epic nobility, of unsurpassed
human granduer and the death
less spiritual devotion.
DeplOres Indifference"
Zone would have thought that
the Western world would rise as
one man to do them reverence,
would write their deeds, of valor
in letters of enduring gold.
Instead" they charged, "in-
difference. scant notice or
silence. Only in the Catholic
press will you find the martyr
ology which the historians of
tomorrow will account the great
est glory of today.
In summing up, the statement
called for a unison of protest,
a protest that will penetrate into
the consciences of all decent
men, into all the chancelleries of
the world, against this new
scourge OF God and man"
Evening star., 1953-11-21
Governor Marks Birthday

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Nov. 81
Pl-Gov. Theodore r. Nickel
din last night celebrated his SD
birthday at a dinner party at
tended by 35 couples in the Gov
ernor'S Mansion.