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Evening star., 1953-10-02
Toduy's vundcIism-N
Nothing Sacred Gangs
Defile Churches, Cemeteries

first let me tell you the story
His church, the Westwood First
Baptist Church of Denver, was
entered at night by a gang of
vandals. They ripped up the
newly acquired brass-bound BIZ
BILE, scattered pages on the floor
and threw down and apparently
Stomped on the beautifully
wrought covers. They pulled
paint out of a storage closet
and smeared gobS of it on the
peWs and the walls of the Sapct-
uary. Hymnals and pew Bibles
were hurled about and shredded.
The Rev. Mr.. Mcknight sur
veyed the scene with incredu-
lous eyes. This was all he could
say:
Il can't understand it. I
don't know of any one who is
mad at nle-and even if they
were, should they be mad at the
Lord?"
Many minister has Won
dered-' What have they got
against God" \"
Many Cemeteries Defiled.
Nearly every city in the coun-
try has had it's incidents of
unholy terror. Many. in addi-
ton, have had cemeteries de-
filed.
AT the Flatlands Dutch Re-
form Church Cemetery in Brook
lyn, N. Y, vandals tipped over
46 tombstones. Some were huge
ones weighing 500 pounds. APP
parently using croWbar, the
vandals battered "a tombstoneS
to pieces.
In the historic cemetery of
st. Paul's Church at Eastches-
ter, N. Y. (the national shrine
of the United States Bill of
Rights, vandals overturned %
tombstones. Several were bat
tered and smashed. Three,
which marked the graves Of
Civil War veterans, were torn
from their bases. Sixty tomb
stones were toppled at the Oak
Lawn Cemetery in Baltimore
County, Md: half a dozen at
Calvary Cemetery in ST. Louis;
So at Calvary Cemetery in Oil
City, Pa.-where flags were
trampled down on veterans
graves.
No, flags aren't sacred either
to the wreck-and-ruin young
sters-not even the historic
shrines or sacred mementoes of
the country which gave them
birth.
Adams Birthplace Defiled.
In Quincy. Mass. vandals broke
into President John Adams
birthplace. They stamped on the
Presidents bedstead, leaving
muddy footprints. They broke
the nose off a marble bust of
Adams and they slashed the can
vas of his portrait.
At the Fort McHenry Post of
the American Legion, in Balti-
more, vandals ripped down an
American flag, tore it to shreds,
and hurled glasses at a copy of
the United States Constitution
framed on the wall.
Last June II, Sunday. a brass
reproduction of the Statue of
Liberty was unveiled at the new
Mergenthaler Vocational School
in Baltimore. BY Wednesday
vandal gang-three girls and six
boys, IL to 15-had gone to bat
even on Miss Liberty. They cut
the flag rope and used it to make
a battering ram, smashing at the
statue until its brass was dented,
it's limestone base partially
wrecked.
In my own town of Westport.
Conn, last July "a, a dynamite
blast set by vandalS in the middle
of the night shattered a historic
monument, Revolutionary War
cannon used by American patri-
OTIS to fight British invaders in
the Battle of Compo Beach.
April %. 1777.
AS I looked at the ruins I
Evening star., 1953-10-02

heard a neighbor say, We'll,
crazy kids have done what an
invading army couldn't do. Can
you beat that!"
I felt it was time now to swing
my investigation to the question
which had been driving insist
emily to the front of my mind.
1t was a simple one-word ques-
ton: "Why?"
And I knew ! would have to
ask the juveniles themselves.
Next article Sunday: Why Do
They Do It?
distributed BY the Register and
Tribune Syndicate)
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Toduy's VundoIism-W
By Howard Whitmon

! People remember it as the
night of the unholy terror.
1t is doubtful that the town OF
Tonkawa, Okla, will ever for
get it.
1t was the night of November
20, 1852. Tonkawa was asleep
and when it woke the next morn
ing it found five of its churches.
of varied religions and denomi-
nations, vandalized, mutilated
and sacked. Two of them were
put to the torch.
I The town could hardly believe
what it saw in the charred en-
bers and ravaged interiors of
/ the houses it had erected to the
glory of God.
Bibles were torn up, their
shreds scattered among the pews.
Sacred objects were kicked on
the floor. pulpits desecrated,
books of worship defiled.
Motive Is Main Problem.
When the town caught its
breath, the Rev. j. M. Gaskin,
| of the First Baptist Church Zone
of the pillaged ones, acknowl-
edged that the physical damage
was f1agrant and shocking, yes
! But it is the mental and spirit
ual damage that we are con-
cerned with"
What spiritual bug, what men
tai virus is gnawing at the in
sides of our children when they
turn to destroying churches?
sat in the record room of the
police juvenile division in Los
Angeles, poring over report of
last February II. The facts, in
brief, were these:
The Church of the Visitation,
in the Westchester section of
Los Angeles, had been vandal-
lied. Ink had been spattered on
the walls and in the adjoining
church school chalk and supplies
were strewn on the floor. Mold
ings were torn off. The brides
room at the church, where sac
red religious objects were stored,
had been ransacked. Four cans
of wax we're dumped on the
floors. Obscene words were
scribbled on the walls. Not one
room was left unrif1ed.
Police Are Puzzled.
What do you make of it?"
asked Capt. Ben Stein.
Who can make any thing out
of that kind of insanity?" he
replied.
Police are accustomed to deal
ing with crime which-however
anti-social it may be-makes
some kind of sense. There is
a motive. There is a criminal
purpose.
What is the purpose of juve-
nile sacrilege?
The Philadelphia police shook
their heads as they told how a
boy of 10 set fire to the Holy
Name Church last February, and
how three youngsters of 4, 7, and
| II set fire to the Nativity Church
five months before
! The baltimore police shook
their heads as they told what
happened at the Trinity Assem-
bly, of God Church in the midst
of a service. Young vandals
bombarded the church with
stones, smashing the side win
dows and showering the wor-
shippers with glass. The wife of
the minister, the Rev. A. H. Clat-
tenburg, was hit on the face and
neck by splinters.
All Faiths Affected.
Ministers, priests and rabbis
(for houses of worship of all
faiths have been hit are as
baff1ed as the police. One OF
them, the Rev. F. w. Mcknight
of Denver, Colo, expressed the
clerics' bewilderment as poig-
nantly as any man could-but
Evening star., 1953-10-02
Cunodiun-U. S. Border

OTTAWA. - Almost three
fourths of the 4,000-mile long
boundary between the United
States and Canada is composed
of water.
Evening star., 1953-10-02
HuIf Goes for Defense

STOCKHOLM.-Ha of what
Swedish citizens pay in direct
taxes goes to national defense.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
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Evening star., 1953-01-06
Training School Inmates
Death Ruled Accidental

The death Of a 16-year-old
inmate at the National Training
School for Boys on Sunday was
ruled accidental by a coroner's
jury yesterday.
Victim Of the accident was
Melvin Coble, colored. who died
two days after being injured in
a sparring match with his 'locker
buddy" at the institution, Clar-
ence A. Hughey, II, also colored.
A report Of the autopsy showed
that Melvin's death was caused
by a blow to the abdomen last
Friday. That night he had COM
planned Of pain in. his lower
abdomen and was examined by
a medical technician at the
school. His condition was not
considered serious at that time.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

Is exceptionally tall, standing 6
feet, ~ inches. and weighs
165 pounds. He won the repu-
tation Of a brilliant scholar in
studies at Winchester and OK
ford, where he took an honors
degree in history. Later he
studied law, but after short
practice, he entered the foreign
service.
In addition to his Washington
assignments, he has served at
important posts in Europe and
Africa. In 1914. he was made
a Companion Of the Order Of
st. Michael and st. George, and
five years later he was raised
to a Knight Commander Of this
order. In the recent New Year.
Honors List, Queen Elizabeth
made Sir Roger a Knight Com
mander of the Order Of the
Bath.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Sir Roger Mokins, NewEnvoy
Of Britain, Is No Stranger Here

A shy and modest Briton who
thinks Americans are friendly
people has taken up residence in
Washington as his governments
top overseas diplomat.
Sir Roger Makins, the new
British Ambassador to the United
States, arrived yesterday with
Lady Makins and two of their
six children and promptly
pledged to help continue good
relations between the two coun-
tries.
Sir Roger, who succeeds Sir
Oliver Franks as Ambassador,
reached the Capital barely three
days ahead of his boss, Prime
Minister Churchill, for whom he
will give a dinner on Thursday.
Both arrived in New York yester.
day aboard the liner Queen Mary
The Makins were greeted at
Union Station by a State DE
partment delegation headed by
Deputy Undersecretary H. Free
man Matthews and Assistant
Secretary George Perkins. Brit
ish Commonwealth ENJOYS from
Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
India, Pakistan and Ceylon also
were there to extend welcomes.
Glad to Be Back.
The Ambassador, carrying q
bamboo cane, told reporters he
was glad to return to Washing
ton, where he had lived so hap
PLY in the past.
Sir Rogers first assignment
here was as third secretary at
the British Embassy, post he
held from 1881 until 1884. Be-
tween 1945 and 1947 he served
under Lord Halifax as economic
minister. He has attended all
recent major conferences be-
tween Britain and the United
States. accompanying leaders of
both political parties on trips to
Washington.
He came here in 1949 with
Foreign Minister Bevin. in 1850
with Prime Minister Attlee and
last year with Prime Minister
Churchill and Anthony Eden.
Sir Roger also has close family
ties with this country. Lady
Makins is American-born Alice
Davis, daughter Of the late
Dwight Davis. Secretary of War
in the Coolidge Cabinet and
donor of the famed Davis Cup
for international tennis. Her
sister. the wife Of William Nc
CheSney Martin, jr., chairman Of
the Federal Reserve Board, lives
at 1851 Woodland drive NV.
A group of old friends greeted
Lady Makins at the station yes
terday. She was busy, however,
keeping an eye on the two chill
dren. They are her youngest,
Patricia, 6, and 1-year -old
Dwight.
The other four Makins chill
dren remained in England so
their schooling would not be in
terrupted.
The family has a 50O-acre
farm in Hampshire, where Sir
Roger and Lady Makins like to
garden. The Ambassador says
his wife is the administrative
boss" and that he is sort of
a hired hand who drives the
tractor and pulls the weeds"
Popular for Good Humor.
At the British Foreign Office,
Sir Roger is known for tre-
mendous energy. an ability to
get to the heart of difficult
problems and make quick deci-
sions. He is popular for his
good humor.
Tho 40 1,aor o1A A.aL...Iz.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Bourd Member Named

RICHMOND. Jan. 6 (P.-Gov.
Battle yesterday appointed w.
Alble Barksdale of Charlottes-
vile to the State Registration
Board of Contractors for a five
year term ending June 80, 1857.
He succeeds r. P. Liphart of
Richmond.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
ABC lost money in 1852 and that
it sought out United Paramount
TheatArS. Inc To helm it nllt

it sought out United Paramount
Theaters, Inc. to help it out.
Attorney William A. Roberts,
representing Allen B. Dumont
Laboratories. Inc. told the COM
mission the merger should not
be permitted because of the dam
ger to free broadcastlng. He con-
tended this would turn control
over to the largest group Of the
ater owners.
Attorney Paul Porter, repre-
senting Paramount Pictures, Inc,
urged the commission to adopt
the examiners report.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

KEY-RELEASE DECK LID Is mounted on covntsrbol-
oneins hinges TO open automatically when you turn the
key. The engine compartment hood. too. Is counter
balanced to open automatically and to stay open.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

Here's the shrewdest new car invest
ment on the American Road!
It's a fact that. across the country,
Fords bring the greatest portion of their
original cost when you sell them .
greater than any other car at any price.
And no Ford ever held greater promise
of long-lived value than this sparkling
new 1863 Ford.
You get oad-ruling 60" in Ford's V-8
and SIX engines. You get Ford's new
Miracle Ride for new concept of riding
comfort on all roads. In Ford's quality
design Crestmark Body you get living
room that's the finest, most comfortable
in the low-price field. You get nearly
effortless handling, parking and braking.
And you get the style-setter!
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
TAMPA, FL0RIDA
THE JEWISH YEAR AT THE
UNITED NATIONS

bitter bit, and the Sons of the Pro-
phet emerged from the ensuing
international melee with their
honor saved only by a piece of
parliamentary trickery.
One of the most constructive
developments during the past
year at the United Nations was
Israeps release of a million
pounds sterling Of blocked Arab
accounts. Although this was nego-
tiated through the Palestine Con-
ciliation Commission, it was done
without any quid pro quo what
soever, and it made a deep i'm
preston on delegates here as a
generous act of craftsmanship.
Yet, the Arabs had the effrontery
to look this gift horse in the
mouth. and the Jordanian govern
ment refused to allow its INDECENT
refugees to collect their deposits
unless the wording on the appli-
cation forms was changed. Once
again, Israel demonstrated its
deep desire for Cancellation and
understanding by humoring the
Arabs and altering the wording
The money is being paid now.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

Sholom Aleichem's genius be-
comes evident once again in the
latest of his works to appear in an
English translation, his "Adven-
lures of Motel the Cantor's Son."
published by Henry Schuman GO
E. 10th, NY21.) It is the story of
Motel in Kasrilevke and Motel
in America. It is a tale which the
great writer began nearly so years
ago and continued it in this coun-
try-leaving it unfinished. The
final chapter as published in
Motel" represents the last words
of this genius. The story is I'm
finished: it is an incomplete SYM
phony, but it is thrilling and
entertaining enough to hold you
glued to its pages, even to desire
to read again what has already
been read.
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
BY ARTHUR LEWIS
UNITED NATIONS
Copyright. 1858. Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
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UNITED NATIONS
The past year was an eventful
one for Israel at the United Ma
tions, although, at the beginning,
it gave no sign of being such. In
fact, the question of Palestine was
left off the provisional agenda Of
the Seventh General Assembly,
the first time that this has occur
red since it arose. It's omission was
generally welcomed here, the
view being that yet another ran
corous debate on this perennial
issue would not advance the
cause of Cancellation and peace,
but, at the last moment and for
obvious propaganda purposes, the
Arabs insisted on its discussion.
However, it was a case of the
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Man Held for Jury
In Theft Of Airp|ane

A 81 year . old airplane
mechanic, accused of stealing an
airplane. was being held under
81 900 bond in Rockville Jail last
night pending his transfer to
Baltimore where a Federal grand
jury will consider the charge.
He is Gene Allen Swofford of
Greensboro, N. c.. who was ar
raigned before United States
Commissioner F. Archie Meat
yard, in Bethesda yesterday.
Swofford was captured in the
Dawsonville (MdD area Friday
by Federal Bureau of Investiga-
ton agents and Montgomery
County police. He had aban-
doned a plane stolen from Con-
gressional Airport in a field near
Jacksonville several hours earlier.
Police said Swofford admitted
taking a plane from South Hill.
Va, and abandoning it at Con-
gressional Airport before taking
the second plane. The formal
charge is transporting in inter-
state commerce a stolen motor
vehicle (airplane).
County police placed a charge
of larceny in the theft of the
second plane.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Hiring Handicapped
Award Due Annually

A distinguished service certi-
ficate will go each year to the
public employe judged to have
made the most outstanding con-
tribution toward hiring the phy-
sically handicapped.
The award, announced yester-
day by the Presidents Commit
tee on Employment of the Ply
sically Handicapped, is the high
est the group can offer. Compete
tion begins next July /.
The dinner launching the Ma
tional Employ the Physically
Handicapped Week, October
40, will be held this Saturday
at z pm. in the National Press
Club auditorium. 1t was erron-
eously stated in the Friday edi-
tion Of The Star the dinner was
to be held last night.
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, of
West Virginia, will be the main
speaker. Paul A. Strachan, pres
ident of the American Fedora
ton of the Physically Handi-
capped. will outline the organi-
zation's yearly program.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
LET Israel Run Itself,
Morqenthau Urges

Former Secretary Treasurer
Henry Morgenthau. jr., warned
last night that American Jews
must not use "the power of the
purse" to tamper with 1srael's
internal affairs.
"The way in which the State
of Israel runs its business is its
own affair."" Mr.. Morgenthau
told more than 800 delegates to
a National Economic Confer
ence for Israel meeting at the
Shoreham Hotel.
The conference is sponsored
by the State of Israel Bonds, a
private group headed by Mr..
Morgenthau. The group is back
ing the sale of a half-billion-
dollar issue of Israeli Govern
ment bonds.
Mr.. Morgenthau reported that
more than 100000 subscribers,
with total subscriptions of more
then $3.50 million, have taken
first issue bonds.
Abba Eban, Israeli Ambassa-
dor to the United States, and
David Horowitz, governor of the
Central Bank of Israel, are to
tell the conference today about
details of the Israeli cabinets
decision to float a second bond
issue when the three-year sale
period for the first issue expires
next May 81.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
Police Photograph
Persons Seized in
Illegal Liquor Spots

The Police Department has set
up a file of pictures on persons
found in illegal establishments,
it was learned last night, to
guarantee more convictions un-
der the new crime law.
The file came to light after
35 persons found in an illegal
place were photographed and
warned of their offense.
Morals Division detectives
raided a basement in the 100
block of G street NV. early
yesterday and charged Ornie L.
Phillips, %. colored, of the 200
block of U street NV, with
keeping and selling whisky
illegally.
James Pickney. 81. colored,
of the 200 block of Seaton place
NE, and West Sell. As, colored,
of the 100 block of F street NV,
were both charged with being
present in an illegal establish
ment. Pickney was also charged
with possessing brass knuckles
and Sell with carrying a deadly
weapon, an ice pick.
Names and addresses of the 35
others will be filed with their
pictures.
Deputy Police Chief Clarence
H. Lutz declared that pictures
will be taken so that if the Sus-
pect again is found in the same
spot after the warning he may
be prosecuted successfully.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
1000 Thrilled at Kids Day
Show at Andrews Air Base

National Kids Day was OBJ
served yesterday with a parade
and day-long demonstration at
Andrews Air Force Base. About
1000 children and their parents
took part.
Chosen as honorary base COM
mander was Robert Cell, II. of
Ala North Highland street, Ar
lington, who attends Washing
ton and Lee High School. Marie
E. Gahl. Is, of 211 North Wake
field street. Arlington. who at
tends Wakefield Senior High
School, Arlington, served as hon.
orary commander of the women's
unit, the Sd WAF Squadron.
With Col. Marshall A. Elkins,
base commander, they reviewed
the parade.
A helicopter pickup demon
stration by men from the Army
Engineers school at Fort Bel
voir, Va, in a simulated rescue
mission, was one of the days
high points.
But the roar of planes over
head gave the children a thrill
as BIS bomberS, Mustangs,
Evening star., 1953-09-27

Publication of a letter in
Thursdays Star protesting the
Canadian EmbaSsy's new military
installations building at 2450
Massachusetts, avenue NV. was
followed yesterday by disclosure
that as long ago as last July a
group of homeowners wrote the
State Department expressing
alarm at several embassies plans
to expand in the area.
A spokesman for The Canadian
Embassy said yesterday that the
Embassy cleared plans for it's
f1ve-story Office building with
both the Zoning Commission al,d
the Fine Arts Commission before
starting work.
However, such a building could
not be constructed by an Ameri-
can citizen in that location under
existing zoning regulations which
now class it as Restricted B
Residential" This designation
permits row-house, rooming and
boarding house construction.
The site would have to be re-
zoned as first commercial" be-
fore an American could put up
and office building there.
No Permit Required.
The Embassy spokesman said
the Canadian government noti-
fed the Zoning Commission in
September, 1852, of it's intention
to construct the building. He said
the commission replied that no
permit would be required since
the Canadian Government, like
I'll foreign governments. possesses
eXtraterritorial rights in the
g 2 matter OF reciprocity
between governments.
The Embassy spokesman said