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Evening star., 1953-04-22
Judge Ho|tzoff voids
D. {. Hacker Curb

Federal Judge Alexander
Holtzoff today voided a Com
miSsioners' regulation which pro-
hibitS solicitation of passengers
near a bus or rail terminal.
The ruling came in the case Of
Harry B. Weis, a cab driver who
had been convicted in Municipal
Court on a charge of violating
the ordinance.
The ordinance. adopted Janu-
ary II, 1852. reads in part:
mo person shall accost or
solicit another person on
public space adjacent to a rail-
road or a bus station for the
purpose of obtaining passengers
for public vehicle for hire"
This. Judge Holtzof held, "is
lacking in definiteness and cer-
tainty, in that it fails to ade-
quately define the area on public
space to which it applies and is.
therefore, nconstitutional and
void"
The case reached the U. S.
District Court for the District Of
Columbia on a motion for a WRIT
of habeas corpus to free Weis.
who technically was in the GUS
tody of the Municipal Court
clerk. Weis had been sentenced
to pay a fine of SIS or serve five
days in Jail.
About half a dozen similar cases
now spending in Municipal Court
probably will be dropped as the
result of the ruling. Corporation
Counsel Vernon West told re-
porters his Office would recon-
mend that the ordinance be
changed to comply with the
ruling.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
SIashed Man Found
Wandering in Chevy Chase

A middle-aged handy man
who had Slashed his throat and
wrists with a piece of glass was
found wandering this morning
near his place of employment in
Chevy Chase, Md.
The man, identified by neigh
bors as Paul EdmonSton, colored,
about 48, of the 1900 block of B
street Sc, was taken to Subur-
ban Hospital. His condition was
described as good.
A part-time gardener. he ap-
parently went into the woods
near the Chevy Chase bus ter
minal, cutting himself on the
neck and wrists. Neighbors said
he then ran into the street
shouting he wanted to die.
Ambulance attendants fol-
lowed him into a yard in the
$500 block of Western avenue
and got him into the ambu-
lance.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Woman Has Money
To Burn, She Finds
As She Lights Oven

An 80-year-old Arlington
woman turned on her oven for
the first time in two years yester-
day and almost burned up sew
eral hundred dollars which she
had hidden in the broiler and
forgotten.
Firemen found an old purse.
first thought to be rags, which
was Smoldering in the broiler
Of the electric oven. The purse
was tossed out an open window
by Fireman Melvin Courtney.
The wind stirred the Smould-
ering cloth enough to reveal some
of the greenbackS. Firemen re-
covered q total of 1884.
Mrs. Ida Sommerville, colored,
of 1928 South Queen street, ex-
planned she had hidden the
money about two years ago and
forgotten it. She estimated that
originally there was about $500
In the old purse.
Police said the damaged money
would be forwarded to the Treas
ury Department for replacement.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Ho|tzoff Rules
PHAMay Bar
Negro Tenancy
Judge Also UphoIds
Separate but Equal
Utilities Facilities
By Howord [. Dutkin

Federal Judge Alexander Holt
zof yesterday held that Negroes
may legally be barred from ten
ancy in Public Housing Admin
istration projects
He also held that public util-
itieS Subject to Federal regula-
ton or State regulation" may
require white persons and Ne
groeS to use separate facilities.
provided equal facilities are
furnished to EACH"
The case before him did not
involve public utilities and his
comment in this respect was
apart from the point at issue.
Judge Holtzoff'S ruling came Id
a case brought in behalf of 13
Negro families in Savannah, Ga.
According to attorneys for the
Negroes, the latter were being
evicted from their homes to make
way for a housing project, aided
by Federal funds, restricted to
white tenancy.
The Negro group sought an
Injunction to prevent the Public
Housing Administration lending
$22 million to the Georgia au-
thoritieS for construction of the
project and contributing further
funds annually. The plaintiffs
contended through Attorneys
Constance Baker Motley and
Frank D. Reeves that the racial
restriction violated their consti-
tutional rights. Both attorneys
are connected with the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People.
Attorney Donald B. Mac
Guineas of the Justice Depart
ment, representing the PHA,
asked Judge Holtzoff to dismiss
the complaint on juriSdictional
grounds and did not invoke any
constitutional question.
But the judge, in granting
Mr.. MacGuineas' motion, went
into constitutional matters and
held that:
l. The PHA has discretionary
power to determine for what
projects Federal funds shall be
used.
2. In any event the Georgia
Negroes have not suffered any
violation of constitutional rights
because there are housing prof.
ectS in Savannah which offer
equal facilities.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Truck Driver
Shot, Estranged
She Tells Police
He Threatened Her
And Daughter

A 29-year-old mother was
charged with assault with q
deadly weapon today in the
shooting of her truck-driver
husband at the Virginia Grill,
818 K street NV.
The victim, Charles Ward, jr..
SO, of 554 Portland street Sc,
was believed recovering in Cas-
ualty Hospital from a shallow
abdominal wound. The bullet
lodged under the left arm near
the skin.
Police said the wife, Mrs.
Lorena Ward of 1915 Tenth
street NV. had been separated
from her husband for 16 months.
She told police Ward had been
threatening her and her l3-year-
old daughter by anothter mar
riage, Norma Jane Thompson,
and that yesterday he telephoned
another threat.
Found Him in Grill.
Mrs. Ward said she went to
one restaurant looking for him.
then found him at the Virginia
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Winston-SaIem Pastor
To Address Conference

The Rev. w. Herbert Brown,
pastor of Calvary Baptist
Church, Winston-Salem, NC,
will speak at a Bible and mis-
sionary conference at 8 pm. to-
morrow and Fritay in Cherry
dale Baptist Church, Quebec
and Twenty first streets North,
Arlington, Va.
Other speakers at the con-
ference will be the Rev. Robert
L. Ryerse. Associated Missions
representative, April 1921; the
Rev. Coulson Shepherd, direc-
tor Of Message to Israel, Inc,
April 1929: the Rev. Donald H.
Ebeling, missionary to Africa,
April 80, and DR.. Robert E.
Ketcham, national representa-
tive. General Association of
Regular Baptist Churches, May
1-3.
The Rev. A. w. Jackson is
pastor of Cherrydale Baptist
Church.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
By ChorIes 6. Brooks

A house painter who four years
ago journeyed to Mount Ararat
in Turkey in search of Noah's
Ark was sent to Gallinger Hos
pital for mental observation yes
terday after be was charged with
assault and threats.
Edmund ]. Newton, 40, of the
first block of Tenth street Sc,
who stands about feet 4 inches,
was accused of beating Miss
Madge Austin, 17O4 Sixty-second
avenue, Cheverly, Md, last Octo-
ber and threatening to kill her in
February.
The incidents came to light
only recently in a strange series
of events which had kept Miss
Austin in hiding since February.
Only last December, Newton
had announced that Turkish
friends actually had discovered
the Biblical ship on the snowy
slopes of Mount Ararat near the
Soviet border of Turkey.
Offers Charcoal as Proof.
At the time he displayed some
pitch and bits of charcoal which
he said had been taken from the
partially buried vessel.
Miss Austin, who on Monday
Swore out a warrant for New
tons arrest, says that after the
threats to kill her in February
she was SO afraid that she fled
to a hideout in nearby Virginia
for safety.
Meanwhile. according to AS
sistant United States Attorney
Joseph Salisbury, Newton put
advertisements in local papers
with her picture asking her to
get in touch with him.
At the same time, Newton be-
gan plans to raise funds to fl
nance a second expedition to
Mount Ararat.
MT. SALISBURY SalQ ne was nrSt
approached by the Rev. Edwin
l.. Foot, of the First Wesleyan
Methodist Church. who helped
persuade Miss Austin to return to
the District to file charges
against Newton.
Trial Continued.
Judge Thomas c. Scalley yes
terday ordered mental observa-
tion for Newton and continued
the trial for 80 days.
Newton joined the Ark-hunt-
ing expedition under the leader
ship of Aaron j. Smith, a retired
missionary of Greensboro, N. c.,
in 1949 as the official photogra-
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Commissioners Defe|
Decision After Plea
For Family Court

The District Commissioners
today were non-committal on a
proposal that a family court be
established in Washington to
handle domestic relations cases.
The idea was put to the city
heads late yesterday by two of
its strongest proponents, Chief
Judge Bolitha j. Laws and
Judge Edward A. Tamm of u. S.
District Court for the District of
Columbia. Both juristS spoke for
six-member committee of Fed
eral judges here.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
said the judges wanted to de-
termine whether the city heads
would be interested in sponsoring
congressional legislation for such
a court.
The Commissioners views were
sought since the proposed court,
though now only in rough out
line form, would be strictly a
municipal, rather than Federal,
agency supported by District
funds. While the existing nom
Federal courts here are indepen-
dent bodies. all are subject to
budgetary control by the District
Commissioners.
Mr.. Spencer. speaking as
president Of the Commissioners
Board, said he thought it best not
to discuss the subject publicly at
this time. He said, however. that
he and his colleagues have it
under adviSement.
Judge Laws has pointed out
that family" cases-such as di-
vorce, non-support and custody
now require the services of two
and-one-half judges of District
Court. It is believed that the
proposed family court would be
stated by three judges, presum-
ably in addition to the number
now serving existing local courts.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Driver Is Charged
With Slow Drivinu
In Crash Hurting 4

A New York motorist was
charged with travelling too slowly
on Shirley highway after a pile
UP involving four cars injured
four woman Marines near Wood
bridge, Va, early today.
Charged with travelling too
slow was Samuel Chandler, So,
colored, Of Jamaica, N. Y. Vir-
ginia State police said Chandler
told them he was travelling 20
miles per hour on the 55-mile-
per-heur highway because he
had run OF the road back in
New Jersey and wanted to be
careful.
Police said a car driven by
Pfc Anita June Erickson, 20,
crashed into the rear of Chand-
ler'S car and overturned.
Pfc. Erickson and three other
woman Marines in her car were
taken to the hospital at Guam
tico in undetermined condition.
Police identified two of the riders
as Marjorie jain, 81. and Ma
rian Fowler. %, both stationed
at Quantico. They did not have
the name Of the fourth woman.
Pfc. Erickson was charged with
reckless driving.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Southeast Residents
Push Fight for More
Control Over Traffic

Residents of Southeast Wash
ington today carried their fight
for greater traffic controls in
the Randle Highlands area di-
rect to the District Building.
Nearly 100 homeowners and
representatives of neighborhood
churches and the Randle High
lands Citizens Association stated
their complaints to Engineer
Commissioner Louis w. Prentiss
and Traffic Director George E.
Keneipp.
Sore Spots Listed.
Particular sore spots, either
from standpoint of. fast-mov-
ing traffic or hazardous school
crossings. are the intersections
of Twenty-third and @ streets;
Minnesota avenue, Naylor road
and Twenty second street;
Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth streets and Pennsylvania
avenue. as well as stretch of
Naylor road between Twenty
fifth and r streets.
Offered as possible solutions
were the rerouting of non-area
tarftic along other thoroughfares
than those specified, installation
of more traffic lights and stop
signs and the conversion of at
least one street, Twenty-third,
to one-way traffic.
Urges Speedy Action
w. B. Castonguay, president
OF the group. declared in his plea
for speedy action that "if OBJ
lection is raised that traffic may
be delayed, we would rather hear
the howls of a thousand drivers
than the wall of one mother
whose child has been destroyed"
The citizens also presented a
petition bearing 425 signatures,
as well as Is statements prepared
by individuals who want correc-
tive action.
Mr.. Keneipp said traffic counts
already have been made on the
streets involved. He said the
figures will be analyzed and a
report made to the Engineer
Commissioner within two weeks.
Evening star., 1953-04-22

the back stretch pennsylvania
avenue). The mower blade
snagged a tire on a parked car,
slicing it in two. The car be-
longed to Mrs. Minnie Mitchell,
1911 Fortieth place, Colmar
Manor, Md.
AS the tire was cut, Pvts.
James Waddell and Benton
Roger were jockeying their scout
car about three lengths back.
The race continued almost
two furlongS before the scout
car nosed out the team.
Mr.. Cadington promised to
to pay for the tire and the racers
were put to pasture.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
East Central Group Backs
Scent Fare for Children

The East Central Civic Asso-
citation last night indorsed a
proposed increase from 3 to S
cents for children's fares on
Capital Transit lines.
The group agreed to the in
crease, provided the price of
adult fares and passes would re-
main unchanged.
The association also supported
bill by Senator johnson, Demo-
crat, of Colorado, which would
set up a commission to control
public transportation service in
the District and nearby Mary
land and Virginia.
Milton A. Lightfoot, q build
ing contractor, spoke at the
meeting, which was held in the
Winfield Scott Montgomery
School, AIS P street NV.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Body Of Fourth Youth
In Bay Tragedy Found

The body of Millard T. Atkin-
son, 18. one of four victims of a
Chesapeake Bay mishap on
March "a. was recovered at WILL
low Beach, about 5 miles south
of Chesapeake Beach late yester-
day.
The youths body was the last
to be recovered of the quartet
who met death when their boat
overturned. Young Atkinson
lived at 4713 Rittenhouse street,
Riverdale, Md.
+ His body was found by
Richard C.. Hopkins of Cam
bridge, Mass, who was walking
along the beach, according to
Prince Georges County police at
Waldorf.
The other victims were Jerry
Reese, II, of 6423 Baltimore
boulevard and Wayne Chinn, jr.,
10. of 1904 Riverdale road, both
Of Riverdale, and John Harris,
18, of Beltsville. A fifth youth,
Donald c. De Silva, 10. of 5000
Rhode Island avenue, Riverdale,
was rescued from a fishing net
stake about a mile and half from
shore.
Young Atkinson, who was
married in January, was a taxi
cab driver in Hyattsville. A
native of Washington, he at
tended Hyattsville High School.
In addition to his widow, he
is survived by his father, James
Atkinson. a guard with the
Government Printing Office: his
mother, Mrs. Grace Atkinson:
two brothers James, jr., and
Paul, and a sister, Miss Ruth
Atkinson.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Protests Seen
On Georgetown
Plane Route
CAA Sets Up New
Northwest Approach
For Noise Relief

By WilIium A. MHIen

Complaints from residents OF
Georgetown and vicinity are ex-
pected because Of q newly desig-
mated air approach to National
Airport which will give q meas
ure of relief to noise e-conScious
residents of Alexandria and Ar
lington.
An instrument approach pro-
gram of the Civil Aeronautics
Administration, announced at a
noise abatement conference yes
terday, will bring more planes
over northwest Washington area.
600 Flights Daily.
Flights in and out of the
sprawling airport total about
900 daily. equally divided be-
tween arrivals and departures.
CAA officials said that in the
winter months about 10 per cent
of the arrivals, and in summer
about Z per. cent. would use the
instrument approaches of a ra-
dio navigational aid which is
being built on the southeast edge
Of Georgetown Reservoir, near
Macarthur boulevard and ReSer-
voir road NV. on the Potomac
River side.
The project is expected to be
in full use within a short time,
after radar procedures have been
worked out.
The new aid already has been
commissioned and tested for me-
chanical perfection. CAA Of
f1cials said that the instrument
landing strip, Runway SO at the
airport, will continue to be used
when the ceiling is low and there
is no wind. This will relieve
Georgetown traffic, they said.
Range of Flight Limited.
Pilots will be required to fly
at a minimum height of 1,34O
feet over the new Georgetown
facility. Because the White
House-Capitol area is banned to
aircraft. the range of flight in
Mort h west is comparatively
limited.
The new plan is expected to
eliminate the former circling ap-
proach to the airport, over Alex
andria and Arlington, when
planes made more noise by fly
ing for several miles with their
flaps down, preparatory to land
ing, officials explained.
The latest program, following
complaints from Alexandria and
Arlington over plane noises, came
out yesterday during a noise
abatement conference attended
by representatives from the air.
craft industry, pilots, citizens
groups and the armed forces.
w. B. Sprague of the CAA pre-
sided.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
NostoI gic Return to Old Times
Puts Ex-Roce Nag to Pasture

An ex-race horse fell back into
his old ways yesterday. Regret
ably he forgot he was attached
to another horse and a grass
mower.
The owner of the horses, Wade
Cadington, 70, 1888 Prout street
Sc. had tied up the team in
Farlawn Park where he was
cutting grass.
The race horse took of, the
other horse got into the spirit
of the thing and they clattered
up Fairlawn avenue Sc. to
Pennsylvania avenue. with the
mower swinging behind.
They rounded the turn into
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Man Who Hunted Nouh's Ark
Is Held on Assault Churqe

pher. When the little group ar
rived in Turkey, Russia de-
nounced the search as a spying
mission.
For years reports had come
from the region near the Russian
border that peasants had seen a
ship on the 3-mile-high noun
tain. Then came the expedition,
which found nothing. The Turks
said it at least served the pur-
pose of killing the rumors.
Whether or not Newton will
ever travel again to Mount Ara
rat depends on the courts. If
doctors declare him insane, the
court will hold a lunacy in
quisition. If he is declared sane
he will stand trial on the assault
and threats charges.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
81. John S Church Elects
Foos as Senior Warden

Irwin D. Foos of 1867 Thirty
fourth street NV. was elected
senior warden of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church. 3240 o street NV,
last night. Mr.. Foos is Wash
ington correspondent for the
Buffalo Evening News.
Thomas M. Woodward was re-
elected junior warden.
Three new veStrymen elected
were Quincy Adams, William
King and John H. Donoghue.
Those reelected were Rhett Y.
Winters, r. Melvin Dowden. Car
roll Perry, jr., Charles F. Pentz,
Harcourt Sontag and Ivar H.
Peterson.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Gunman Gets $500 LOOT
Al COLLEGE Park Station

A holdup man got about 5000
at a College Park filling station
early today, the victim told
Prince Georges County police.
Kenneth w. Gillispie, %, of
1906 Farragut street. Hyattsville,
told officers the stickup man en-
tered the station at 1918 Balti-
more boulevard shortly after
midnight.
The gunman ordered him to
open the safe. Mr.. Gillispie said.
He told him he didn't know the
combination and the bandit took
the cash receipts Mr.. Gillispie
was carrying in his pocket and
left,
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Multiple Indictments
On Theft Charges
Returned Against ;

Multiple lnQlcCmentS were re-
turned yesterday against three
defendants charging crimes
ranging from housebreaking and
larceny to armed robbery.
Richard T. Young, 27. colored,
of the 100 block of G street
NV, who police said specialized
in "second-Story work." was in
dicted seven times on house.
breaking and larceny charges.
Edward S. Williams, colored,
%, of the 400 block of Eighth
street NV, also said to have
been an expert at "open win
dow" jobs, was indicted four
times on housebreaking and lar
ceny charges.
Leroy Wilson, 10, colored, of
the HOO block of Florida avenue
NE. was indicted four times on
robbery charges and once on
houSebreaking and larceny
charges.
Ticket Gives Clue.
It was a stolen round trip
railroad ticket to Harrisburg,
Pa.s that led to the arrest of
Young. The ticket, along with
$98 in cash and other property
had been stolen from an apart
ment at Mclean Gardens last
March 10.
Police watched the Washing
ton Terminal ticket booths and
arrested a woman when she
tried to cash the ticket. The
woman, police said, led them to
Young who was seated in a
nearby car. He was taken into
custody, and, police said, prop
erty identified as stolen was
found in his room.
Earlier, United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover. in speaking of null
tiple indictments, said that he
did not make the decision in the
Young case. However, he said,
"I'll adhere to it," He said that
presumably" Young had COM
mitted 20 crimes.
Police had 18 charges of house.
breaking against Young, four
charges of housebreaking against
Williams and three robbery and
one housebreaking charge against
Wilson. Three of the five indict-
mentS against Wilson originated
in the grand jury.
Thefts Listed.
Young also was indicted for
thefts from the residences of
Edward F.. Merva in the 1900
block of Twenty-seventh street
Sc; Ann Harnett, 5000 block of
Thirty-ninth street NV: Mel
vim Soper, 1900 block of Twenty
eighth street Sc; Vaughan Mac
Donald, of the 2700 block of Por-
ter street NV; John w. Branch
of the 100 block of Twenty
eighth street NV, and Robert
H. Amidon of $500 block of Min
nesota avenue Sc.
Wilson was indicted on charges
Of armed robbery of two High
ice cream stores. a frozen Gus
tard shop, a grocery, and with
breaking into a gas station and
stealing $23.
Williams was charged with
thefts of cash and other property
from the homes Of:
Alice s. Werner, 1886 Colorado
avenue NV: Mary Meyers, 53l0
Fourteenth street NV: Marjorie
I. Cope, 5201 Colorado avenue
NV, and Carrie A. War;, 1404
Longfellow street NV.
Police said that Williams, a
window washer, operated through
unlatching screens and windows
to enter the homes.
The indictments were among
48 returned before Judge Henry
A. Schweinhaut in the u. S. Dis
trict Court for the District of
Columbia.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
DR.. Burdette Heads Council

DR.. Franklin L. Burdette, head
of the department of govern
ment and politics at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, has been elected
president of the Middle States
Council for the Social Studies.
Evening star., 1953-04-22
Scouts Plan Metal Drive

Boy Scout Troop 124, spon-
sored by st. Paul's Episcopal
Church, Alexandria. will hold a
scrap metal drive Saturday.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Army Cuts Out 1O,SO0
Technical Positions

The Army has eliminated TO-
800 civilian and military jobs
in its technical services.
An additional 4,997 jobs which
had been untitled have been
abolished. All but 200 of the as
signments were held by civilians.
The technical, services include
medical, ordnance, quartermas-
ter. transportation, signal. chem
ical. medical and engineers.
A spokesman said area break
downs were not available.
Six survey teams made a tour
of 81 inStallations-in whcih rs
per cent of technical service per-
sonnel were employed-during
the summer looking for ways to
save manpower The Army said
these studies showed some re-
duction could be accomplished
by eliminating minor duplication
of jobs but that the major part
of the reduction was made by
adjusting manpower to workload
requirements
Evening star., 1953-10-28

Mrs. William N. Schaefer will be
advisers on Women's activities
for the District.
Officials of the National
Foundation for Infantile Paral-
ysis will attend the two-day
regional conference, planning
the March of Dimes drive in
January.
Evening star., 1953-10-28
Group Opposes Arbitrary
Ban on Alley Dwellings

The District zoning Commits
sion will be asked not to forbid
use of alley dwellings, arbitrarily
for human habitation.
The Burroughs Citizens AS
sociation held last night that
each alley should be judged in
dividually on it's merits.
The group also will ask the
Superintendent of Schools for
a fence around Burroughs Ele-
mentary School, Eighteenth and
Monroe streets NE, and its ad-
joining playground. The group
cited a dangerous" amount of
traffic at the intersection and
the need to curb vandalism to
the school.
William F. Wolfe, association
president, conducted the meet
ing, in Taft Junior High School,
Eighteenth and Perry streets
NE.