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Evening star., 1953-03-24
Force Of $50
Park Policemen
In Area Asked
Early Addition Of
II Sought for
New Parkway

The National Park Service
wants Congress to provide for
at least $50 instead of the pres
ent 1872 policemen for parks in
the Washington area to assure
continued gains in crime preven-
tion and traffic control.
A House Appropriations SUBJ
committee report of testimony
on Interior Department requests
for the coming fiscal year dealt
also with District projects sought
by the Fine Arts Commission
and the Geological Survey, as
well as the Baltimore Washing
ton Parkway.
The only immediate request
by the National Park Service
was for an additional sergeant
and 10 men to police the new
section of the Baltimore WASH
ington Parkway soon to be
opened. Agency officials said
around-the-clock patrolling will
be necessary.
Sex Crimes Curbed.
Urging that the number of
mounted park police be increased
eventually from 10 to 25, AS
sistant Supt. Frank T. Gartside
told the subcommittee those po-
lice have contributed greatly to
preventing sex crimes in parks.
This prompted Subcommittee
Chairman Jensen, Republican,
Of Iowa, to comment:
Il have. long contended that
Washington should have
mounted metropolitan police.
There is something about a
mounted policeman that eman-
ates a mighty lot of authority.
They can get around in places
the motorcycle cannot, and the
bad people of this country re-
spect that man on horseback
with a big club in his hand"
AS for the traffic problem in
areas under National Park Serv-
ice jurisdiction. Mr.. Gartside
made special mention of Rock
Creek Park. He was asked why
there are few, if any. speed
limit signs in the park.
Fewer Accidents.
''The volume of peak-hour
traffic in the Rock Creek and
Potomac Parkway is approxi-
mately the same as on Thirteenth
street. which is a main highway
with speed limit" he said. Yet
the number of accidents on Thir-
teenth street exceeds those Of
Rock Creek Park and Potomac
Parkway, which has no speed
limit. We have very few acci.
dents for that reason"
Representative Fenton, Repub.
llcan, of Pennsylvania inter-
rupted to remark that he uses
the parkway every day and won-
ders why there are not more
accidents. He added that he
also wonders sometimes whether
he is driving too fast when he
goes 35 or 40 miles an hour
through the park or on the park
way.
Just how fast can a man go
in that area?" he asked.
Governed by Conditions.
Traffic conditions themselves
almost govern that" Mr.. Cart
side answered. "Of course, we
police that area from the stand
point of reckless driving, and it
has worked out very successfully.
l do not see how we could handle
the volume of traffic through
that congested area if we did
impose and attempt to enforce
a speed limit rigidly."
The Geological Survey request
for additional funds centered
largely on a proposed new build.
ing, with equipment, in WASH
ington. Agency spokesmen said
more than 1000 employees are
scattered in is buildings through
out the Metropolitan Area. The
proposed building would be in
the outskirts of Washington and
would prevent great loss and a
waste of public funds. officials
said.
Evening star., 1953-11-04

eral witnesses yesterday in
cluding a physician who said he
examined the girl and found no
evidence of assault.
D'AleSandro is one of IA youths
charged with having sex rela-
tions with the girl and her IL
year-old cousin during a week
they said they spent in a West
Preston street apartment last
summer. The older girl is now
IA and the younger IL.
Seven Await Trial.
The six defendants who were
tried before D'Alesandro, were
either convicted or pleaded
guilty. Seven others are still
awaiting trial.
The State also produced a
doctor yesterday to support its
charge the girl was assaulted.
DR.. jeanette r. Jeghinin, who
said she had been a police de-
partment physician for Is years
and had examined several
thousand" children under sim
liar conditions, testified she ex-
amined the girl on July 20.
The charge against D'AleSan.
dro is that he assaulted the girl
on July %.
DR.. Erwin Hecker, resident in
obstretics at Sinai Hospital here,
testified later that he also had
examined the girl. He said he
found no physical evidence she
had been assaulted.
Both the girls testified they
knew the defendant as Rudy"
The older girl testified that
she and her cousin left home
early in the evening of July 90,
accepted ride with two boys
known as George and Bobo"
and later picked up Rudy and
Bob Steel" She said after look
ing in vain tor a cabin on the
Pulaski highway. they brought
them back to town and obtained
a vacant apartment where the
alleged acts occurred.
Young D'AleSandro is charged
specifically with forcibly raping
the 13-year-old, assault with in
tent to rape her. having "carnal
knowledge" of her and assault
with intent to have carnal
knowledge.
Evening star., 1953-11-04

brary Of Congress. It marked
her seth birthday.
Mrs. Coolidge attended nearly
all the concerts she sponsored
until advancing age made it i'm
possible, Until about 1948, she
spent the winters in Washington
at the Hotel 2400. She had
spent most of her time in Cam
bridge since then.
Built up Collection of Scores.
She also has helped the Lii
brary build up an extensive col
lection of original musical
scores, including works in the
hand of Stravinsky, Ravel and
other famous modern compos-
erS.
She awarded numerous prizes
for composition and until recent
years annually presented one or
more Coolidge Medals for "emi-
nent service to chamber music .
The late DR.. Hans Kinder, con-
ductor of the National Symphony
Orchestra for years. was one re-
cipient of a medal.
The Library of Congress was
not the only repository of Mrs
Coolidge's philanthropy. She
gave 100000 to the Chicago
Symphony Orchestra some years
ago for a musicians pension
fund. She and her mother built
the music building at Yale Uni
versity.
! Contributions in Millions.
| It is estimated that her con-
tributions to music may have
totaled several million dollars.
Her decorations from foreign
governments include Legion OF
Honor, France; Order of Leo
pold, Belgium; Order of the
Crown, Belgium, and the Cob
bett Medal. England. She was
an honorary citizen of Frank
fort, Germany.
A bust of Mrs. Coolidge, by
10 Davidson, stands in the Lii
brary of Congress.
Her clubs include the Colony
and Cosmopolitan of New York;
the Chiffon, Boston; Friday
Fortnightly and Arts, Chicago;
the Sulgrave, Washington,
American Women's of Paris ano
London.
Mrs. Coolidge was hard of
hearing in her later years. When
she attended the concerts at the
Library of Congress, she dis
dained any embarrassment over
her need for a hearing aid and
used one of several such devices
installed in the Coolidge Audito-
rum at her regular front-row-
! center seat.
Mrs. Coolidge is survived by a
son, Albert Sprague Coolidge, a
chemistry professor at Harvard
She was not related to the late
President Calvin Coolidge,
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Coolidge
Continued From First Page0

NNOuGlIlucO rIOIu FlISG FdS6J
ing precedence to considerations
of quality over those of quantity
to opportunity rather than
to expediency."
Backing of Congress.
In a letter she offered to pro-
vide funds for the establishment
of an auditorium for the per-
formance of music and a trust
fund for it's furtherance. Gain
ing congressional blessing for the
project, she went forward with it.
The Coolidge Auditorium at
the Library of Congress cost
about 100000. Since then
something like $500,000 has been
spent to give more than 1000
concertS-many in other cities.
Only last Friday, the annual
Founders Day concert sponsored
by the Coolidge Foundation she
established was held at the Lii
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Reds Evasion ON Lugono Talks
Viewed as New Peace Setback

make discussion of peace a re-
ality.
It was pointed out that the
Big Three Western powers had
twice during the current ex-
change of notes with Russia
since July Is proposed a definite
date on a four-power conference
on German and Austrian prob
lens, and both times the Rus
slams. SHE'D away.
The Western powers first pro-
posed the Lugano meeting for
October Is. They renewed the
invitation for November 9 in an
October 18 note. The proposed
conference would be aimed at
trying to end dead1ocks with
Russia over the unification of
Germany and giving occupied
Austria her independence.
In evading the proposals for
a foreign ministers meeting on
Germany, the Soviet is insisting
that the Austrian treaty problem
be handled through regular dip
lomatic channels and not be a
conference topic.
Seen as Lack Of Good Faith.
Ofdcials here, regarding Ger
many and Austria as really key
spots in the cold war, feel that
Moscow's reluctance to talk
about them signifies lack of good
faith in any Communist peace
talk.
Before news of the Soviet
reply reached Washington, Sec
retary of State Dulles told a
news conference there is some
reason on our part to fear that
the Communists do not want to
have any serious talks about any
concrete subject"
He linked the German-Aus-
trian situation to a wooden
inflexibility" by the Chinese
Communists in negotiations
seeking to arrange a Korean
Peace conference and said
these things are perhaps all
of pattern"
"We hope very much" Mr.
Dulles added, that there will
be disposition to have political
talks with respect to areas of
tension, but there is, so far,
very little to encourage u.s."
Evening star., 1953-11-04
D. 'AIesandro S Son
Denies Knowing Girl
In Assault Case
BY the As.oeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Nov. 4.-The
son of Baltimore's mayor teSti-
fed today that the 14-year-old
girl he is accused of raping was
unknown to him until yesterday.
Franklin Roosevelt D'Alesan-
dro., 20, told an all-male jury
that he never touched the girl
and didn't know what she looked
like until yesterday when he con-
fronted her in court.
The night the alleged attack
occurred he was with his fiancee,
Mary Ann JankowSki, the 20
year-old son of Mayor D'Ales-
andre indicated, testifying he
was with her or her family every
night of the week in July when
his own family was abroad in
Europe.
Describes Police Lineup.
He said he sought out city
officials on the advice of his
f1ancee'S father when he twice
neard rumors that police were
looking for him.
He described how he went to
q police lineup and stood with
five other persons for the two
girls, then aged II and 13, to try
to identify.
D'Alesandro said one of the
girls said she never saw him be-
fore and the other said she had
seen him some place before"
The youth told of a conference
with his father in a bedroom
after the charges had been filed
Talked With Father.
He said his father looked very
i, serious" and said to him: "Tell
me the truth, did you have any
thing to do with those girls."<
D'Alesandro said he replied
that he had not.
The defense introduced sew
Evening star., 1953-11-04
By Gornett D. Homer

American officials today con-
eidered an evasive Soviet reply
to Western proposal for Big
-Four foreign ministers confer
-o1ence on Germany next Monday
las further disappointing evi-
-o~dence that Russian leaders do
not want any serious peace talks
with the West now.
The Soviet reply to the speci-
7..fic American-Br French in
- vitation to meeting at Lugano,
Switzerland, was delivered to the
Western ambassadors in Moscow
late yesterday.
80 On the basis Of brief sum-
-.l'mary of the rambling 18-page
note, the feeling at the State De-
partment was that it must be
::"ConSidered an evasion of the
-'dLugano invitation, adding moth
ling new to previous Moscow
.s2dodges.
~ Wait Study of Text.
.. American officials were not
.; prepared, however, to go so far
las French spokesmen in Paris
o :, who were quoted as saying the
Moscow note was rejection of
- the conference bid.
80 The feeling here was against
-; characterizing the reply as a
re.complete and fat rejection until
the text of the lengthy note
Sncould be given careful study
1.-The United States wants to keep
i,,the door open to the proposed
ycmeeting with the Russians, if at
=, all possible.
The immediate reaction here
-2was based on a brief summary
sof the Soviet note, cabled from
Moscow by Ambassador Charles
- E. Bohlen. A State Department
spokesman said the text had to
''i.be translated in Moscow before
y, being transmitted to Washing
ton.
Officials expected to have the
full text of the note available here
this morning and promised that
it would be given prompt and
full consideration.
= It was understood that the lat
est Soviet note is largely repe-
. tition of previous Moscow propo-
=, sails calling for two things:
oar l. A five-power conference in
cluding Communist China to dis
% CusS easing of world tensions.
~. 2. A four-power conference of
20 the Soviet and Western Big Three
foreign ministers to discuss Ger
many.
81 American officials feel sure that
the Soviet leaders know the
limited States could not agree to
-!tjoin in meeting with Commu-
mist China such as they keep in
10 sisting on. The Soviet's continued
10 linking of meeting with the
. Chinese Reds to the proposed
81 four power conference on Ger
many is taken here, therefore,
as evidence the Russians really
o4do not want to talk about Ger
many. t
q American officials believe that
,,tf their impression of the Soviet
crreply to the Lugano conference
Ibid as an evasion is borne out by
Thorough study of the text it
will be severe disappointment
Ito all free governments which
had hoped that the Soviet would
o,be willing to settle down and
Evening star., 1953-11-04
Factory Injury Rate
Reported at New Low
BY the Assoeioted Press

The Labor Department report
ed today that the injury rate
among factory workers sank to a
new low in 1852.
The departments Bureau Of
Labor Statistics said there were
1913 injuries for each million
man-hours of work, or 8 per cent
below the 1851 average of 1875.
A man-hour is the work of one
man for one hour.
The 1852 rate was described
as the lowest in the 81 years the
bureau has kept such records.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
Ralph Moody 10 Race
Friday Niuht al Lanham

Ralph Moody, one of the top
money winners in Florida last
year, will be back at West Lam
ham Speedway for the sports
man car races Friday night.
Moody, 34-year-old speedster
from Rehobeth Beach, Del.
again will drive his red *" in
which he set a season record at
Lanham in winning a qualifying
heat last week. Moody made a
great stretch bid, but failed to
overtake Ken Marriott, the win
ner, in the feature.
Moody has been racing for
more than II years. His nose
was severed in a crackup while
racing midgets in 1886, but was
reconstructed. AS a sportsman
and stock car driver, he was the
New England scoring champion
three times and in 1850 in
Florida he won Is consecutive
races.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
BrowneII Team Is Trailing
With Is at Congressional

The defending champions have
split up in the Congressional
member-guest golf tournament
and one-half of the team, BODY
Brownell, is in danger of not
qualifying for the championship
fight.
Qualifying was to be concluded
today and Brownell and George
E. Moore are on the border line
with a 70. Brownell and Jimmy
Grear won the title last year.
Tom Wheeler, the host club
golf committee chairman, and
Ralph Bogart led yesterdays
qualifiers with a best ball SO.
E. L. Dieudonne, jr., and Don
Sullivan of Argyle had 10 and
John Eisinger and Joe O'Brien
of Kenwood a 70.
It appears that u or 70 will
be the title fight limit. Match
play in all fights will follow with
one round a day through the
finals on Sunday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
BY the Associated Press

GLENDALE, Calf, May 81
It's no wonder a soft-spok
Californian will be among the
most interested spectators at In
dianapolis for Saturdays 500
mile speed classic. For Frank
Kurtis has % of his babies" in
the race.
You don't hear much of KurtiS
outside the inner circle of the
racing fraternity, but KurtiS-
built speedsters have won two Of
the last three 800" races-m
1850 and 1851.
This year the five fastest quail
flying times were made in Kurtis
cars. Billy Kukovich took the
pole position with an average of
1882 miles per hour. Bill Hol-
land. with 137.868; Johnny Par
sons, 1867; Freddie Agabash-
ian, 137.546, and Sam Hanks.
1881. all piloted sleek jobs
built by Kurtis.
In 1882, Frank started building
race cars with his interest in
the scientific aspects over
Shadowing his interest in driv-
ing. Since then, his by-word
has been to build the racers with
the best materials-"the boys
lives are at stake"
After turning the individually
designed cars over to the men
who order them, Kurtis provides
advice and technical knowledge.
During qualifying and trial runs
at indianapolis. the tall builder
can often be spotted observing
at the turns. Drivers say he can
tell just by watching if the roar
ing racers are performing prop
erly. He acts as unofficial adj
wiser for all KurtiS cars entered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
BIanda Plans 10 Fulfill
Contract With Bears
by the Associated Press

CHICAGO, May 27.-The Chi-
cago Bears have recaptured their
veteran quarterback. George
Blanda. from Canadian football.
Owner-Coach George Halas Of
the Bears announced that
Blanda, who recently signed with
Hamilton in the Canadian foot
ball circuit. had decided-with
outside help-to honor his con-
tract with the Bears.
Blanda was quoted by Halas as
saying:
After consulting with an adj
wiser. I became convinced that
the Bears contract and option
is valid. have a legal and
moral obligation to the Bears.
which I intend to fulfill"
! When Blanda first announced
his signing with Hamilton, Halas
said he planned a suit to OBJ
struct the jumping" Of his long
passing. point-kicking quarter
back.
Jim Hillman, North Carolina
State tackle, also was added to
the Bears roster. The 230-pound
lineman is an expert at blocking
on pass plays.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
Golf Sponsors Draft
New Program 10
End Rift. With PGA

ST. LOUIS, May 27.-Sponsors
of Is golf tournaments today
hoped to come up with a compre-
hensive program to offer the
PGA which will iron out a grow
ing unhappiness between the two
groups.
The sponsors and PGA officials
met here for four hours last
night in a closed meeting but
reported that no decision was
reached.
Before the doors were closed,
spokesman for both sides gave
their side of the controversy.
The sponsors, who are dis
turbed because competitive
events are taking = top players
away from the regularly sane
toned tournaments, said they
wanted guaranteed dates and
guaranteed players"
The golfers are asking that the
prize money, particularly on the
winter tour, be raised to a guar
anteed $4,000 for each event.
Some stops on the winter tour
now offer $4,000 in prize money.
I'VE run into resort prices dur
ing the winter tour" one spokes-
man for the golfers said. tits a
lot more expensive at that time.
Then some Of the golfers who
are on courses in the North run
into Southern professionals who
are playing every day. That's
rough competition"
One tournament sponsor said:
1--WE have to offer a reasonable
incentive to get the professionals
to come to our tournaments, and
that incentive can be either So
cial or financial. The problem
comes when one tournament Of
ferS one and another tournament
offers the other"
Horton Smith, acting as PGA
spokesman, said: I'VE can't con-
troll the professionals, we can't
tell them where to go in these
discussions, but we hope to come
to some agreement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
British Amateur
Continued From Page C-1.

L
right near the bank, but had
room for a full second and
reached the green.
AbrahamS is a 26-year- old
auto finance man who lives in
La Grange, Ill.,, and plays out
of the Addison, ILL.,, Country
Club.
In England for Vacation.
He came to England more for
a vacation than golf and not
until the 18th hole today was
he convinced that he could beat
one of the favorites. That was
where McHale three-putted and
Abrahams pulled even with him.
When I squared with Jimmy
on the 18th, I began to feel
good" he said. II didn't feel bad
when we halved the 18th. Then
got a real scare when my tee
shot almost jumped ditch on
the extra hole"
Twice Abrahams has tried to
qualify for the American Ma
tional Amateur but failed both
times. The only other important
tournament in which he has
played was the 1948 National In
tercollegiate. He was captain Of
the Northwestern University
team that year.
Ernest Arend, jr. of Deal, N. j.,
reached the fourth round when
he beat Ralph K. Duncan Of
Scotland, / UP on the Goth.
Bruce Thompson of England
eliminated 1t. Howard c. Cul-
breth of Greensboro, N. c., and
French Morocco. 1 up.
Sweeny Beats English Unknown.
Sweeny, British Amateur
champion in 1887 and runnerup
in 1916, defeated j. Bennett, an
English unknown. / up, in his
third-round match.
Harold B. Ridgeley of Phila-
delphia beat Ian Calder of Eng
land, 2 and l.
Joe Walter Case of Henderson
vile, N. c., defeated Charles B.
Darwin of Cookeville, Tenn, 6
and 4, in an ll-American match.
L. R. H. Gracey of England
defeated Capt. E. M. Stokes of
Garden City, N. Y, 2 and /.
Stokes is stationed at Mitchell
Field, New York, but his home
town is Tulsa, Okla.
w. S. Wise of England de-
feated H. T. Mathews of Atlanta,
3 and 2. and I. r. Harris, Eng
land, defeated w. S. Adams
Garden City, N. Y, / up.
Maj. j. F. Seals of New Haven,
Conn, and Wiesbaden. Germany
beat Mervyn A. Jones of Wales
3 and 2.
Capt. J. F.. McNeilly of Wies-
baden, Germany, and Lynn,
Mass, who finished just ahead
of Stranahan, was beaten, 6 and
5, by Ian Young of Scotland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-05-27
UnowedKessIer, Is, Big 7 hreot
ToOIder SchooIboy Golf Rivals

the full Is yesterday to beat
Deane Beman, cshoolmate of
Kessler's and younger brother of
the medalist.
Cullinane Easy Victor.
Cullinane, the youngster who
has initiated Ben Hogan in every
possible manner, was / under par
for IL holes in trouncing Blair's
Sam Harvey, 8 and 6. yesterday.
Semifinals will be played Fri
day afternoon at Woodmont and
the final match Sunday at $3.50
at Columbia Country Club.
Championship fight results:
Del Beman. Bethesda Chevy Chase. de-
| feated Dick Mason. Blair. 4 and 2; Jerry
Sherwood. and l: Jim Clark. st. johns.
I spellman. St. John 5. defeated Joe Joe
Sears, Jandon. 3 and /.
Glenn Mitchell; St; Johns, defeated
Gene Carlisle. Bladensburg, I and q;
Eire. Blair. 5 and ); Mike BroWn, De-
Matha. defeated Deane Beman, Leland,
| up: Perky Cullinane. St. Johns. de-
feated Sam Harvey. Blair. and g.
SECOND FLIGHT RESULTS.
Ben Chapman. Bethesda Chevy Chase,
| defeated Larry Voris. Sherwood. 5 and B.;
Gerry. Fritshmann. Washington-Lee. de.
feated Dan Myers. Washington-Lee, 8
and 8; John Cahill, Georgetown Prep,
defeated To mDailv. Georgetown. Prep. 4
and 81. Ronnie Engle, Bethesda: Chevy
Chase. defeated Stan Johnson. st. Adams,
4 and g..
Hank Mauz Washington-Le defeated
Curt Thatcher. Bethesda.Chevy Chase,
defeated Ed Baronowski. Fairfax. 4 and
3; Chris GilbertSon, Fairfax, defeated
| Bob Benson, 9 and 8; Robin Ehlert. Blair,
defeated George Burns. Bethesda Chevy
| Chase. up.
TODAY'S PAIRINGS.
Chapman VS.. Fritshmann; Cahill VS..
Engle: Mauz VS.. Thatcher; Gilbertson
| VS.. Ehlert.