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Evening star., 1953-01-26

street overpas about mile and half from the terminal The
train slowed a little but didn't hold.
Mr. Brewer threw emergency lever, which ordinarily
would have halted the train in its tracks This should have
made sharp reduction in air all along the train line
There effect at ALL
Then he threw the electric engine into reverse but she
didn't do good" That killed the engines power.
when under New York avenue, started blow
the horn the engine notify the people that couldn't
my idea"
CECONDS before Mr. Brewer yelled that he couldn't
the train, Fireman John W. Meyer by his side, had mo
tced speed hadn't gone down to what it had usually
gone" Throwing emergency valve his side of the
MIR. Meyer got the bad the engineer had.
Il didn't know what to do for the exact second he
81 went and stood by the engineer for awhile
~ Just little hazy at that point went back to my
side and looked ahead to see the signal
81 looked at the railroad coming around New York
and everything clear. OF couldn't do
anything then braced myself coming the platform
...
Mr. Brewer had no way t signal fellow crew members
Evening star., 1953-01-26

except by the bare of the kaxon engine He
"hung that horn He noted speed miles hour
The track had one-degree decline into the terminal
THREE back from the engine, Conductor Thomas
Murphey of Baltimore walking through passenger
coach when he noticed the unusual heard
of the horn
"He blew his warning whistle from around tower :.
short blast it he has brakes Then blew
the whistle in successive sounds when coming
station
I could hear blowing and running excessive speed
went out the platform and opened the emergency
valve that controls the get any action at ALL
There air in the train line"
Mr. Murphy didn't know whether there air in the
lines of behind the third. If there had been
emergency had been applied there the brakes would
gone Why didn't try for the next himself? got
knocked down the floor The distance of time that
wasn't sufficient to go from one car to another
g.. warned the passengers In this coach to lie on the
floor hold their seats that the train control
That was the best we could do -sss@s
TN THE fourth car, the the Mr. Murpheys
coach, Brakeman Fred E. King heading toward the
rear to lock the toilet when of the threw him
off balance.
after got myself Strengthened out . . headed right
on back to the of the platform could better
glanced outside and realized had brakes and
were not stopping. We were not slowing up.
Doesn't Know Whether He Got Valve On
81 made attempt for that emergency brake) valve
on the platform. By that time coming into the
interockng right there at Tower It threw around and
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Flying Dime Bank 10 Visit
WASHINGTON Wednesday

For the fifth straight year, the
"Flying Dime Bank" will visit
Washington Wednesday in con-
nection with the annual March
of Dimes appeal to help fight
paralysis.
The famous airborne "bank, "
a giant-sized copy of the March
of Dimes iron lung coin collector,
will visit 20 cities and will be
flown nearly 10000 miles before
the end of the campaign.
In five years. the 'bank" has
flown nearly $4,000 miles and
collected more than 100000 in
contributions to the March of
Dimes.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue. March Of Dimes director,
said the bank will be exhibited
at the American Airlines ticket
office, ITO Fourteenth street NV.
at $50 pm. Wednesday
Evening star., 1953-01-26
374 Children Confirmed
By Catholic Bishops

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Wash
ington, confirmed 312 children
at ST.. Francis Xavier Catholic
Church, Pennsylvania Avenue
and Twenty-eighth street Sc.
yesterday. The Right Rev. Msgr.
William E. Kelly, pastor, assisted
Archbishop O'Boyle.
Sixty-two children were con-
firmed at another service by the
Most Rev. John M. Mcnamara,
Auxiliary Bishop of Washington.
at st. Matthews Cathedral, 1725
Rhode Island avenue NV. The
children were from Calvert
School. The Right Rev. Msgr.
John K. Cartwright, rector, as
sisted Bishop Mcnamara.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Fight Victim HOspita|ized,
Man Held as AssaiIant

Harry Tippett, AZ, Of 203 Fiji
tieth avenue, Capitol Heights
Md, was reported in serious con-
dition today in Casualty Hospi-
tai after a fight.
Prince Georges County police
said they were holding Charles
Wright. 80. colored, of Mitchell
vile, Md, under 5000 bond on
an assault charge.
Officers said the fight occurred
yesterday at a filling station at
the intersection of Central ave-
nue. and U. S. highway 30l in
the county.
Mr.. Tippett suffered a posi-
bic skull fracture.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
3of I FugitiVes
Captured Near
Fairfax Camp
Search for z More
Centers in Region
Near Chain Bridge

Three of seven prisoners who
escaped from Virginia State
Prison Camp 80 near Fairfax
were recaptured today.
The trio was caught by Fair
fax County police, who found
them sleeping in a hayloft at
Legato. on Route 211 about four
miles west of the prison camp =
The search for two others
centered around the Chain
Bridge road area, where a woman
reported two men who looked
like convicts came to her door
this morning. Police said the
woman tainted, and the pair
fled. She called police when she
came to.
The prison break occurred
last night between dinner time
at 5 pm, and the change of
guards at 6:45 pm, when prison.
ers were counted for the night.
Sergt. M. C.. Russell, who is
in charge of the camp, said the
convicts sawed a hole about 2
feet by foot in the wooden floor,
dropped through to the narrow
space beneath the building and
squirmed to freedom. All the
cells at Camp 80 are in frame
barracks-like buildings.
None Is ShackIed.
There were 80 other prisoners
in the same dormitory who did
not attempt to get out. In the
entire building, there were 102
prisoners.
None of the men was shackled.
Camp 80 recently abandoned the
practice of shackling convicts.
Sergt. Russell thought the men
might have found the saws while
working on the road. He said
the fugitives took the saws with
them.
Three convicts, including two
who participated in last nights
break, sawed their way out of
the same building last Novem-
ber Is. On that occasion, they
cut through a mesh screen in
the window. All were recaptured
within a week.
The three recaptured this
morning were identified as VIII
bur j. Smith, 18, DanVille. Serv.
ing five years for armed robbery;
jackson Dobbins, 81, Norfolk,
serving five years for house,
breaking, and Robert Stephens,
10 Philhowie, Va, serving six
years for obstructing a railroad.
Stephens was one who partici-
pated in the November Is break.
Fugitives Separated.
The three said the other four
took off in another. direction.
Smith, Dobbins and Stephens
said they spent most of the night
running through the woods try
ing to elude the bloodhounds
that guards put on their trail.
They were sleeping in the hay
loft when they were captured
by Fairfax Police 1t. Lewis Shu-
mate and Sergt. James w. Maley.
The other four still at large
are:
Charles Edward Robert, 20,
Of Norton, Va, serving four years
for housebreaking; Julian Bur-
roughs, "a, Bentmouth, Va, serv-
ing one year for housebreaking;
William L. Willard, 81. Jones'
vile, S. c., serving Is months
for housebreaking, who also took
part in the November 16 break,
and George Rake, 81, Baltimore,
serving four years for house
breaking.
Evening star., 1953-01-26

the wreck he sad showed there leakage
one pound (of air pressure) per minute"
Does that mean Mr.. Stewart asked that emergency
brakes could have been applied farther back the a
if the angle cock the first had been
"That is correct it would have applied the brakes" he
said.
Isn't strange that there three
of msSet valves? ut is odd series of circumstances
when you think there millions of operations the
years. this is the first time 1t has my attention in
many, many years."
Does Mr. Stewart think the No cars angle could
have been closed by the crash? The fact that
lodged from the would certainly subjected
very strong forces Could the crash have shaken the
No. valve oose?. might some outside mem
ber hitting it; not vibration"
But suppose the valves both the first and third
had been operating perfectly Suppose they closed
result OF the crash Then what caused
THAT declared Mr.. Stewart accounted for
week after the crash Chairman Tobey of the Senate
Commerce Committee disclosed still another instance of
msset angle cock valve It occurred last Wednesday, when
valve the Colonial Express standing
ton, found in halfclosed position. incidents
coupled with reports of distractions tracks, hegen
speculation about the possibility of tampering sabotage
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Emergency Valves Cut Pressure Quickly

Emergency valves in each however make possible
for to snap all the brakes the engineer
has lost control certain emergency usually
end of each They timed to reduce pressure
applied in four seconds.
time Malta discovered closed valve on the
third car Mr. Ward the conductor examining angle
cocks at the OF the train Before worked his
far forward the third told the trouble
found few minutes later the brakes all released
Mr.. Malta had found the angle cock completely
to the closed position Could have worked that
through vibration? The engineer believed not Gould
have been moved while the train in motion? 81 believe
that it would be impossible. moved
during the stop in Providence? Ward conductor
thought that possible. Could do it without being
seen? Yes the conductor said Had the idea OF sabotage
occurred to Mr. Ward? "It really hadn't" But didn't the
incident look kind of fshy? Eyes" it did.
When Mr. Malta opened the Federars throttle and pulled
out of the Kingston swamp he Sc minutes late He
still At minutes late when he pulled into the station at New
Haven, his terminal point During the trip he used the
brakes number of times They worked perfectly
At New Haven the engineer switched his engine off the
train without seeing his conductor Neither did he make
report the Kingston trouble that station Instead
reported for the return trip to Boston.
ON MIR. WARDS arrival, the conductor asked by
" William Pannepaker the terminals chief inspector
why he late Mr. Pannepaker told that the two
Pullman brakes sticking He wasn't told he said,
that the angle cock found closed.
Inspectors Checked Each Car on Train
place of the Diesel engine and three
tona sepers added to the Federal at New Haven bring
ing its to 16 for the final laps Washington
In the Shung of the two of the original train
moved to the fourth and fifth positions Mr. Panne
paker and assistants checked The brakes the
two he had heard about worked perfectly And he
convinced, he Sa1d that each angle cock checked
Mr. PannepakerS experience that occasionally angle
cocks work loose they locked into position properly
But they are properly opened they can't close by them
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Jealous Suifor' Seized
In knife Staying Of Woman

A man police described as a
jealous suitor was held today in
the Staying Of a 24-year-old
woman in a Florida avenue
room.
The victim was Mary Lou
Hill, colored, of 1926 Florida
avenue NV, who died at Freed
mans Hospital of knife wounds
in the chest two hours after the
attack.
They charged Charles Edward
Garlic, 28. also colored, Of the
1900 block of Fourteenth street
NV, with murder.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
H. w. BROWER.

do not know whether really did get that valve on
could not stay my feet to be frank about it,"
Mr. King said he unable to say that he had heard
the warning blasts of the engine horn for certain.
HOWEVER, Rear Brakeman John H. Meng certain he
did not hear the blasts About haf-rninute out Of
the terminal he knew something wrong he swayed
violently causing me to lose my balance"
Why didn't he make an effort at the emergency? "It
impossible he said. II halfway in the middle of
the the approximately long,
second, cannot that far"
Back on the engine, Mr. Brewers airbrake gauge con-
tnued to show But the reading wasn't reflected
any results he got II had lin operating orde the brake
on the engine and thought the head -.
Il was Just hoping something would stop her and that
ALL AS the Federal roared final stretch of track
he added Il was guessing a lot of stuf-you know"
that same second Richard Outlaw Washington term
inal telegraph operator running from the Station
masters Office in the out of the Federas path
heard the whistle blowing, he said 1T seemed to
like it right suppose 40 so feet and
glanced back just when about to strike the (ackend
bunker) block.
There was screechng and terrible rumbing noise
looked back my shoulder and 1t probably
second before when it hit the block. When it hit
stopped and turned and looked afraid Of the floor and
ceiling. didn't know whether it steam engine not
and thought might have explosion"
Mr. Outlaw watched the electric engine crash through the
Statonmaser's Office, demoish the newsstand
through the floor pulling two behind IT.
Before pungng through the train didn't hesitate there
just a few seconds" he added.
removed from the of the near-catasro-
phe William Weightman Pennsylvania Railroad airbrake
inspector arrived from New York perform engineering
Immediately, he assembled the last 1S of the Federas
in the terminal yard Tests showed the brakes were all
in operative condition on those cars
Finds Brake Shoes Were Badly Burned
later investigation by Mr.. Weightman showed that
brake shoes of the three Immediately behind the engine
were badly burned This would indicate that they had held
Evening star., 1953-01-26
HoIdup Man Picks Shoes
Takes $50 From Store

A customer" at the Thorn
Mean store in the HOO block Of
Seventh street NV. today Sc
lected pair of shoes, then pulled
a revolver and made off with $40
from the cash register, police re-
ported.
Clerk Roy Tederick, 25, said
the robber held a nickel-plated
revolver and demanded "the
weekend receipts" police were
told.
The receipts already had gone
to the bank. The thief escaped
vim the new shoes.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Red Cross Selects
Blood Project officioI

DR.. j. N. Ashworth of 1910
Randolph road, Wheaton, Md,
has been appointed assistant di-
rector Of the Red Cross blood
program, in charge of all the
programs chemical aspects.
Among DR.. Ashworth's respon-
sibilities will be supervision of
work done under commercial
contract in plasma irradiation
and fractionation. This in
cludes the processing of blood
plasma into gamma globulin for
prevention Of paralytic polio.
DR.. Ashworth for the last three
years has been head Of the hui
man blood products department
Of e. r. Squibb & Sons
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Two Area Educators
To Give CIV Courses

Two area educators In the
public school system will teach
courses during the coming term
in the School Of Education at
George Washington University.
They are Mrs. LuVerne Crab.
tree Walker. supervisor Of ele.
mentary education in the Dis.
trict. and Rayomnd Reed. super.
visor Of music In Arlington
County and assistant principal
in Washington and Lee High
School.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Man FIees ST. EIizabefhs;
May Try White House Visit

Police today were searching
for an escaped inmate of St.
Elizabeths Hospital who. it was
believed, might try to visit the
White House.
The 51-year-old man, who has
expressed interest in stopping by
the Executive Mansion, has been
missing from the mental hos
pital since late last night.
A general lookout for the man
sent over police wires from
the 18th precinct-was signed
'Truman"-Pvt. j. T. Truman,
that is.
Evening star., 1953-01-26

But the brake remaining cars tere was
sign of excessive heat"
Checks by Mr. Weighman and others also disclosed that:
The angle cock valve ON the rear of the third car
the found closed at Kngstonwas found partially
closed after the Union Station wreck.
The angle cock between the first and second cars dis
lodged by the craSh was closed completely
Mr. Weghtman insisted however that partly closed
valve in the form it found open far enough
permit braking.
INVESTIGATION also disclosed that the pipe lines the
last 13 full of air. according to Carl D. Stewart
vice president of the Westinghouse after
Evening star., 1953-01-26
The Runaway Tran Was Sabotage Neglect or an Accident?
Continued From First Page.)


engineer is unable to reduce apply
anywhere beyond the shut-o point. This condition
discovered by Mr.. Malta.
In such instance the brakes remain of as long as
normal pressure in enough leaks
out, the brakes take hold.
Evening star., 1953-01-26
Finds Brake Shoes Were Badly Burned

later investigation by Mr. Weightman showed that the
brake of the three Immediately behind the engine
badly burned This would indicate that they had held
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Why Grow
Old?
By Josephine Lowmon


I know you men love gravy
and French fried potatoes and
fat meat and pie a la mode, and
any woman worthy of the name
loves to feed them to you.
I think it is really difficult for
a man to reduce than it is for
woman. for two reasons.
First, there is nothing which
gives such satisfaction to a
woman as to watch her man purr
as she fattens him up with all,
Of the foods he likes best. This
Is a natural feminine trait, and
also women are imbued with the
idea that at least one potent way
to a mans heart is through his
stomach. It is downright painful
for a woman to say to a man. If
she loves him, Darling, you
should not eat that. You know
it is not good for you."
Also, for some reason. some
time (the dark ages, I Think,
the idea grew that a mans ap-
pearance is not so important to
his success in love or life as a
woman's is to her. This may be
true up to a certain time because
men make the dates and also
the proposal for marriage. But
once the fog of daily living
settles down, a man is unwise If
he neglects this angle.
Anyway, your little lady knows,
If you do not, that the really
important impact of obesity is
on health and longevity. She
knows that overweight makes
you a fine candidate for the
chronic illnesses of middle age
and shortens your life expect
ancy. She knows that too many
pounds place a strain on every
organ in your body and on your
circulatory system. She knows
that they shorten the youthful.
most useful portion of life for
you.
Make it easy for your woman!
Why should she pretty herself
up If you are going to die young?
Take a look at your life insur-
ance policy and decide to enjoy
it with those you love rather
than leave the money to them.
Then read the statistics avail
able at your insurance company
about the effects of overweight
on longevity.
Men can lose weight without
painful starvation. Your re-
ducing diet should be built about
whole grain products, lean meat.
eggs, skinned milk, cottage
cheese. fresh fruits and vege-
tables. You should go very low
on fats and on carbohydrates
Sugars and starches).
There are many pleasant and
successful tricks in a scientifically
planned reducing diet. For in
stance, you can have a baked
potato every day if you do not
load the potato with butter or
oleo. This is just one example.
There are many more.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Breakfast Club

Miss Nell Stombs, interna-
tional president of the Credit
Women's Breakfast Clubs of
North America, will be the guest
speaker at the Washington
chapters breakfast meeting to
be held at 7:45 am. tomorrow at
the Willard Hotel.
Miss Alice White, local presi-
dent, will welcome Miss Stombs,
who is from Rock Island, Ill.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Coffee Cakes From Prepared Mikes
By Violet Faulkner

There probably isn't a home
in Washington this week that
isn't entertaining out-of- town
guests for the inaugural cere-
monies.
After the rush is over today
you and your house guests will
be right in the mood for a lei
surely breakfast in the morning
to talk things over. And what
goes better with coffee than a
freshly made coffee cake?
Coffee cakes can be made
quickly when you start out with
prepared mixes and they're
good hot or cold. If you find it's
more convenient to bake them
the night before it's easy enough
to reheat them in the morning.
Just wrap them in waxed paper
or aluminium foil and pop into
the oven for a few minutes.
OF the three recipes we have
for you today, one uses a pre-
pared hot roll mix, another a
prepared biscuit mix to simplify
preparation. The third one you
assemble all the ingredients
yourself. It's a typical quick
bread mixture using baking
powder. In the case of the coffee
cake using the prepared hot roll
mix you will need to allow time
(about / hour) for the dough
to rise.
COCONUT RAISIN RING.
"a cup raisins, ground or chopped
Dash of salt.
1a cup boiling water.
IA cup sugar
tablespoon lemon juice.
2 tablespoons butter.
"a cup coconut.
! package hot roll mix with
yeaSt).
cup warm water.
Combine raisins, salt, boiling
water and sugar. Cook over low
heat 6 to 5 minutes. stirring
constantly. Add lemon Juice,
butter and coconut.. Cool.
Prepare dough as directed on
package, Turn out on Toured
board and roll into 18x12-inch
rectangle. Spread with filling
and roll as for jelly roll, wetting
edges to seal. Place on creased
baking sheet or large shallow
pan, bringing ends together to
form a ring. With scissors, cut
1-inch slices almost through
ring. Turn each cut piece on
its side. Cover with a dry towel
and let rise in warm place l
hour or until double in bulk.
Bake in moderate oven (375
degree F. 25 minutes or until
done. While still warm, brush
top with glaze made of confec-
TONERS sugar and milk. Makes
] ring.
COFFEE CAKE.
Topping:
3 tablespoons melted butter or
margarine.
25 cup brown sugar (packed).
"a cup biscuit mix.
Cake:
"a cup seedless raisins.
2 cups biscuit mix. 4
] teaspoon cinnamon.
u cup granulated sugar.
! egg.
" cup milk.
Topping: Combine all ingre-
dients and mix well. Set aside
while preparing batter.
Cake: Rinse and drain raisins.
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Combine with biscuit mix, Gin
namon and sugar. Beat egg
lightly and add milk. Stir into
dry mixture, mixing well. Spread
half of batter in CREASED 8-inch
round baking dish. Sprinkle
half of topping mixture evenly
over batter. Repeat layers. Bake
in moderate oven $3.50 degrees
F) about 35 minutes. Cut into
wedges and serve hot: Makes /
cake.
KRUMMEL KUCHEN.
2 cups flour.
l " cups sugar.
2 teaspoons baking powder.
IA teaspoon salt.
u cup butter or margarine.
2 eggs. well beaten.
u cup milk.
Cinnamon.
Nut meats, chopped.
Sift dry ingredients together,
cut or work in butter. Reserve
l cup of mixture. To remaining
mixture add combined eggs and
milk. beat well. Pour into but
tered coffee cake pan (9-inch). {.
Cover top with reserved mixture.
Sprinkle with cinnamon and nut
meats. Bake in a moderate oven
(350 to 375 degrees F.) 80 to
As minutes.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Dinner Speaker

Clark Tibbitts. chairman of
the Committee on Aging and
Geriatrics of the Federal Secur-
ity Agency, will address a dinner
meeting of the Arlington Busi-
ness and Professional Women's
Club to be held at GAS o'clock
tonight in the George Mason
Hotel, Alexandria.
The program will be presented
by the Education and Vacations
Committee of which Miss Mar
garet Troxell is chairman.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
To Present PIuyIet

The SiSterhood of Temple
B'nai Jacob will present a repeat
performance Of a playlet, WED
ding Fantasy at the annual
'Mr. and Mrs" meeting to be
held at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
2504 Naylor road Sc.
Evening star., 1953-01-20
Morgan to Speak

Judge 10 v. Morgan Of the
District of Columbia Tax Court
will be the guest speaker at q
luncheon meeting of the Capital
Division, Woman'S National
Farm and Garden Association at
noon Thursday at the YWCA.