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Evening star., 1953-04-10
Dorden Elected to Bourd

NEWPORT NEWS, Va, April
10 (R.-Colgate w. Darden, jr.,
president of the University of
Virginia and former Governor,
has been elected to the board Of
directors Of the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co.
Evening star., 1953-04-10
Police Private
Indicted in Civil
Liberties Case
Action Is Sequel
To Arrests at Fire;
All Are Negroes

A Fourteenth precinct police
private was indicted by Dis
trict grand jury today on a
charge of depriving four men,
bers of a Southeast Negro family
Of their civil liberties.
Named in the true bill was
Pvt. Leroy Espeut, 40, colored
Of 1440 r street NV. His &C
cusers are Alexander Green, jr.,
20; his wife, Dolores. 20; Nina
Bell Green, Is. and Bertha Mae
Green, 81, sisters, all of 5206
Bass place. Sc.
According to the Greens, the
policeman manhandled them in
a near-riot at their home on
March /. 1852. According to the
indictment. the policeman went
to the home in answer to an
alarm for a small chimney fire.
Trio Cleared in Court.
Pvt. Espeut said he arrested
Alexander, Dolores and another
member of the family, James
Green, on charges of disorderly
conduct, stating they were in
terfering with the firemen. The
trio on March 81 were found not
guilty by Municipal Judge Ar
mond w. Scott,
At the height of the dispute
with the Greens, Pvt. Espeut
sent out a policeman in trouble"
call. He said he took the emer-
gency action because several of
the Greens had knocked him
down in front of the Green home
and caused him to lose his black
jack and flashlight.
However. the four Greens de-
MED striking the patrolman.
They said they did not throw
him down, or have any trouble
with him outside of the house.
They told the grand jury that
following his radio plea for help,
Pvt. Espeut rushed into the
Green house, leading from 6
to 10" other policemen who an
swered his call.
Four Are Struck.
Dolores, Bertha Mae and Nina
Bell. the indictment alleges, were
all slapped in the face. Alexander
said he was hit on the head and
body by Pvt. Espeut's fists.
Pvt. Espeut denied striking
any of the Greens. He said the
family attacked him while he
wSS trying to arrest a pasSerby in
the crowd that had gathered to
watch the fire.
The policeman's partner, Pvt.
Frederick D. Gray, and several
policemen at the scene all as
serted their fellow officer did not
strike any Of the Greens.
Maximum penalty for the
oHenSe is a f1ne OF 81 900 and
one year in Jail.
Groups Ask Inquiry.
The incident attracted wide
attention and the Federation of
Civic Associations and the Ma
tional Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People
called for an investigation.
During the trial against the
Greens on disorderly conduct
charges. two firemen testified
they saw Pvt. Espeut slap Mrs.
Green after he had dragged her
from the porch of her home.
The incident was touched off
by the arrest of a man who did
not live at the Green home. He
had been attracted there by the
fire, and Pvt. ESpeut arrested
him on the accusation that ne
was interfering with the firemen.
During the fracas the man
under arrest got into his car
and drove off.
Evening star., 1953-06-21

Most Of the residents are single loggers,
but one section of the camp is a string OF II
houses for married residents. Formerly plain
bunkhouses, they have been enlarged and
decorated to form neat bungalows with room
for children. All the houses have hot and
cold running water electricity and modern
conveniences with the exception of tele-
phone. Housewives with yen to garden fill
boxes and tubs with soil carried from shore
and plant flowers and vegetables, and the
kids can fish from their front porches.
With 80 feet Of salt water at their door
step, misstep often means an icy dunlking.
For this reason, children below the age Of 2
have to wear life preservers when outdoors.
With an 8-foot tide, the houses rise gently
up and down 16 feet a day, but after while
the residents don't even notice it. Stiff beams
lashed to the shore keep the camp from float
ing away, but boats are needed to get to
shore, and passenger -freighter brings in
supplies for the settlement once week.
Evening star., 1953-06-21
FLOATING Town

TN THE COMMUNITY of Holberg resident
i can get seaSick just by watching his neigh
bor's house wallowing around during storm
Built entirely on RATS and linked together
with cables and boardwalks, Holberg is the
worlds largest floating logging camp, COM
prising some 80 buildings and population of
more than 800 It's located on an inlet about
Is miles from the northern tip Of Vancouver
Island in the British Columbia section of
Canada.
The camp once was located partly afioat
and partly ashore about 20 miles from its
present SITE But when that area was logged
out in 1912, the shore installations were put
on RATS and the whole works hoated down
to its present spot. Shortages Of material
and labor then made it simpler to keep all
the buildings afloat, and they've stayed that
way ever since Besides, there was no room
to build on shore, for the great hemlock and
cedar forest crowded right down to the waters
edge.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Bobby GreenIedse Rites Held
As Kidn0pers Are Arroigned

manned open. An overflow crowd
of about 750 persons stood out
side, silent, with heads bowed
in prayer.
Shortly before the mass at the
church, IS pupils from Bobby'S
school, the French Institute Of
Notre Dame de Sion, filed into
the chapel in pairs.
It was from this school that
Mrs. Heady lured the boy Sep
tember %. He was slain before
the 100000 ransom was paid by
the child's father, Robert c.
Greenlease, wealthy Kansas City
motor car dealer.
No decision has been an
nounced on whether Hall and
Mrs. Heady would be tried on
kidnapping charges in Kansas
City or on murder charges in
st. Joseph.
After the arraignment the pair
was returned temporarily to the
St. Louis City Jail. Officials de-
clined, for security reasons. to
say what the next step would be
for the pair, OF where they would
be taken.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
ArmY's Finance Center
Opens Near INDIANAPOLIS
BY the Associated Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 9.-The
Army's new $19 million finance
center at Fort Benjamin Harri-
son was dedicated today.
The building, second in size
among military buildings only
to the Pentagon, occupies a 1412-
acre plot near the entrance to
the old military post northeast
of Indianapolis.
1t. Gen. George H. Decker Of
Washington, comptroller of the
Army, was the principal speak
er. Others on the program in
cluded Maj. Gen. B. E. Sawyer
of Washington, chief of Army
finance; Brig. Gen. Emmett J..
Bean, commander of the finance
center; Senator Homer E. Cape
hart, Republican, of Indiana,
and Mayor Alex M. Clark of
indianapolis.
Maj. Gen. Sir Peter Bednall.
paymaster- in-chief of the Brit
ish Army, was a guest of honor.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
British JET LEADING
In New Zealand Race
BY the Assoejofed Press

LONDON, Oct. 9.-Four jets
racing from London to New
Zealand roared toward Australia
today with the two leaders just
Is minutes apart.
Late reports showed Wing
Comdr. Lewis Hodges in a Brit
1sh RAF Canberra leading the
12.000-mile air sprint just sew
eral minutes ahead of an
Australian Canberra piloted by
Squadron Leader Peter Raw.
Reports indicated they we're
averaging speeds of better than
$50 miles per hour.
Two other Canberra jets were
less than an hour behind, and
the fifth entrant had been
forced from the race by tire
trouble.
Three transport planes, COM
peting in a handicap section,
flew along at a comparatively
leisurely pace. These three
came over scattered routes and
just who was in the lead was
hard to tell.
The race began yesterday from
London Airport. It was ex-
pected to end late this after
noon, London time, at Christ
church, New Zealand.
At stake is prize money Of
$4,000.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
District Police AIeried
ToLook for Kidnap Suspect

District police today were
alerted to watch for Thomas
Marsh, 34-year-old ex-convict
charged with murder in the
Greenlease kidnap-slaying, after
a report he may be en- route to
Florida through Washington.
Police in Camden, N. j., sent
out the alarm at $50 am. to-
day when a very nervous" man
of Marsh'S description stopped
in a filling station there to in
quire about routes to Florida
through Baltimore.
Description on the police tele-
type message was vague. 1t re-
ported the man was about 5
feet 7 inches tall, stocky build,
wearing gray trousers, and very
nervous" He was driving
1947 black Chevrolet, with auto
tags bearing white numerals on
a black background. The tag
numbers were given as 90974.
The message said the man
may be Marsh, wanted for the
Greenlease kidnapping, or a sus-
pect in the Pennsylvania Turn
pike murders. - -........
Evening star., 1953-10-09

the time of the theft, septem-
ber 26. I
The elder Simpson and Beahrn
are charged with taking $113,4S7
from the banks vault and driv.
ing to Canada with young Simp-
son at the wheel.
Two days later Beahm re.
turned to New Market and un-
burdened himself of story Of
how he helped Simpson go
through with the bizarre plot.
After police announced they
were searching for the Simpsons
in Canada they surprisingly
turned up at a Tampa motor
court. A warrant charging steal.
ing, embezzlement and misappli-
cation of funds was issued for
him in Virginia.
100000 Bond Set. *
In Tampa United States Com
missioner Paul Pinkerton set
provisional bond of 100000 for
the elder Simpson and $4,000
for his nephew, pending arrival
of the papers from Virginia.
Beahm is free under $4,000
bond.
Marshal Crumbley said both
Simpsons had expressed inten-
ton to return to New Market
voluntarily with the hope of
making bond there. If they do
post bond in Florida, they will
be delivered by a marshal to the
marshal at Roanoke, Va, the
marshal's Office nearest New
Market.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Zeiss Making New
Prague PIuneturium

BERLIN (CDN The famous
Zeiss optical works in the Soviet
zone of Germany is completing
its second planetarium since the
end of the war. It will go to
the Czechoslovakian capital,
Prague.
The first went to Stalingrad.
A third is planned for Peking
and a fourth for the Soviet sec
tor of Berlin. The ZeiSS works
now is a State-oWned concern.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
By the Associoted Press

KANSAS CITY, Oct. 9.-Fu-
neral services were held for slain
6-year-old Bobby Greenlease to-
day at the same hour as his
kidnapers, manacled together,
we're arraigned in st. Louis on
Federal extortion charges.
Carl Austin Hall, "a, and Mrs.
Bonnie Brown Heady, Al. were
ordered held on 100000 bail
each on a Federal extortion
charge pending determination of
the next step in their case. They
waived preliminary hearing
AS the grim proceedings we're
taking place before United States
Commissioner Edwin j. Bean of
st. Louis, services were conducted
for the murdered child in St.
Agnes Catholic Church in sub
urban johnson County. Kans.
About 100 close friends of the
family attended a silent prayer
service at funeral chapel, after
which a requiem high mass was
conducted at the church.
During the Mass of the Angels,
usually said for children, the
doors of the stone church re-
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Civil Service
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morale to sink to a dangerous
low.
The NFFE chief called on
President Eisenhower to take
positive action" Immediately to
reaSsure Federal workers that
the administration is on their
side. A clear and unequivocable
statement by the President on
the administrators job plans
and attitude toward Federal en-
ployes, plus constructive steps
to strengthen the displaced ca
reer employe program, would do
much to clear the air and re-
store employe morale, Mr.. Stew
ard said.
Predict More UniOnism.
Federal personnel officials here
predict an upsWing of unionism
among Government employees as
a result of the current unrest
and uncertainty regarding job
prospects.
A panel conference on union
ism in the public service brought
predictions that more employees
are likely to join unions during
the period of unrest.
Mr.. Short, who is retiring as
the Commerce Departments per-
sonnel director, but who is being
retained by Secretary Weeks as
his personnel consultant. was
honored by the assembly for his
40-year record of contribution to
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Reception Held Here
For Israeli Officials

An Israeli official declared last
night that his country will not
be daunted" by Arab efforts "to
defeat us economically"
Reuven Shiloah, minister plen-
ipotentiary to the United States,
made this statement at a recep-
ton for II members of his ma
tons parliament here to attend
the Interparliamentary Union.
The reception, sponsored by
the Washington Committee for
State of Israel Bonds, was held
in the Adas Israel Synagogue,
Connecticut avenue and Porter
street NV.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Alexandra Man
Killed in Car Crash

John Cabell Thomas, 80, of
2508 Davis avenue, Alexandria,
was killed last night in an auto
mobile accident at Chincoteague
Island, Va.
Mr.. Thomas was conStruc-
ton superintendent for the E. P.
Krollman Co., and was assigned
to a job at Chincoteague.
State police said his automo-
bile struck an abutment of the
causeWay leading to the island.
He was alone in his car.
Mr.. Thomas was member of
an old Alexandria family. The
Thomas family.once owned much
of what is now Braddock Heights.
The Thomas home now is part
of Circle Terrace Hospital.
Mr.. Thomas was graduated
from the old George Mason High
School in Alexandria. His father,
Roy C. Thomas. had been with
the Krollman firm for years. The
father, now retired, and his wife
live at 625 North Ivy street, Ar
lington.
The younger Mr.. Thomas was
a steward of Trinity Methodist
Church in Alexandria. He also
served AS president of the Blake
more Sunday School at the
church. He was a member of
Henry Knox Field Masonic
Lodge.
Mr.. Thomas is survived by his
widow, Mrs. Martha c. Thomas,
and their two children, Judy, IL,
and Randy, 8. He also is survived
by seven brothers and sisters.
Funeral services will be held
at II am. Monday at Trinity
Methodist Church in Alexandria.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Simpson Indicates
He'll Return 10 Face
Bank Theft CHARGE

A bank director charged with
the theft of more than 500, 600
from the New Market (Va0
Citizens National Bank in
dicated in Tampa, Fla. today
that he will return to face trial
without contesting extradition
Don R. Simpson, SIS, is sched-
u1ed for a preliminary hearing
in Tampa either today or Mon
day, depending on whether a
warrant reaches the Florida
city from Virginia.
His nephew, Charles Raymond
Simpson, 81. charged with aid
ing and abetting the theft, also
has indicated his willingness to
return to Virginia. Deputy
Marshal Walter c. Crumbley
said in Tampa.
Third Valves Hearing.
A third man charged in the
case that rocked the little Vir-
ginia town-Theodore r. Beahrn
waived preliminary hearing set
for him today at Harrisonburg,
Va. A former Mayor of New
Market, Beahm was vice presi-
dent and cashier of the bank at
Evening star., 1953-10-09

lieve it was a miracle that the
kidnapers were. caught SO soon"
On the question: of how it was
possible for the kidnaper to get
away so easily with the boy, the
nun said:
I'VE were tricked. It was the
emotional factor that threw the
very careful system we have set
up for scrutinizing all strangers
into confusion"
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Law Permitting FBI
ToEnter Kidnap Cases
Immediately Urged
By the Assoeiosed Press

Three members of the Senate
Judiciary Committee said today
they favor amending Federal
law to permit the FBI to step
Immediately into all kidnapping
cases-but a fourth member dis
agreed.
Senators Kefauver, Democrat,
Of Tennessee: Kilgore, Democrat,
of West Virginia, and Hendrick-
son, Republican, of New Jersey
suggested the change in the
wake of the kidnap-slaying of
6-year-old Bobby Greenlease Of
Kansas City, Mo.
However, Senator Johnston,
Democrat. of South Carolina
said the law was deliberately
written" as it is and he knew
of no need for changing it.
Under the Federal anti-kid-
naping law, passed in 1882 after
the kidnap-slaying of Charles A..
Lindbergh, jr., the FBI cannot
officially enter case for seven
days unless it Is known the
victim was carried across State
lines.
The law provides a maximum
penalty of death.
Seven-Day Lapse.
1t says that failure to release
a victim within seven days shall
create a rebuttable presumption
that such person has been trans
ported in interstate or foreign
commerce"
Senator Kefauver said that.
when Congress returns in Janu-
ary, he intends to introduce an
amendment to provide for an
immediate presumption that
interstate commerce is involved
in kidnapping, thus calling in the
FBI without any waiting period.
Senator Kefauver argued that
knowledge that the FBI would
Immediately swing into action
would be an additional deterrent
to kidnapers-a point also made
by Senators Kilgore and Hen
erickson in separate interviews.
State Laws Tough.
Senator johnson. however, OBJ
served that the FBI can and
does cooperate with State and
local police, on request. Most
State kidnapping laws are as
tough or tougher than the Fed
eral law, he said.
Both Senators Kilgore and
Hendrickson advocated giving
the FBI authority to tap tele-
phone wires in kidnap cases
and to use evidence thus OBJ
tained in court.
At present the FBI can tap
wires with the permission of
the Attorney General but such
evidence is not admissible in
Federal courts.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

the growth of the merit system.
Mr.. Short was given an honorary
lifetime membership.
Secretary Weeks sent a tele-
gram congratulating Mr.. Short
and praising Federal career en-
ployes generally.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Doubt WOman'S Story.

another bag of money while
drunk.
Doubt WOman'S Story.
Further doubt was cast on Mrs.
Heady's story that she didn't
realize she was participating in a
kidnapping when she lured Bobby
from his school on the pretext
she was his aunt.
The FBI said her. fingerprints
had been found on ransom notes
used during the kidnapping nego-
tiationS.
(The FBI yesterday asserted
that it had enormously identi-
fed the Mrs. Heady held at
ST. Louis with a lengthy police
record of another woman of
the same name, occurring fire.
quently in the bureaus arrest
files.
(The FBI said: "The record
on Bonnie Brown Heady re-
leased yesterday was based
upon the best Identification
data then available. Upon
receipt of f1ngerprints of the
Bonnie Brown Heady arrested
at st. Louis, it has now been
determined that the record
released yesterday did not per-
tain to the person now in
custody"
(The bureau said mo COM
ment" when asked if its files
contained any previous record
on the Mrs. Heady in the kid
nap case
Hall and Mrs. Heady now are
held on 100000 bonds on Fed
eral charges of extortion. How
ever. Attorney General Herbert
BroWnell said in Washington
they would be turned over to the
State of Missouri for prosecution.
Jackson County Prosecutor
Richard K. Phelps said they
probably will be brought to trial
here. He said that at this point
kidnapping charges against them
in Kansas City are stronger than
would be the murder charges
against them in st. Joseph, Mo.
Death is the maximum penalty
for either crime in Missouri.
Police in various parts of the
Nation have had numerous re-
ports from persons who believed
they saw the missing Marsh but
none of the tips panned out.
Has Long Record.
Marsh, who has a lengthy
criminal record. was described
as 5 feet 6 inches and of stocky
build. He has brown hair and
a ruddy complexion. His left
ring finger has been amputated
at the first joint.
He has various tattoos, includ-
ing a small heart at the base of
his left thumb, a skull and cross
bones on his left shoulder and
a dagger and snake on his left
arm.
Yesterday Hall was taken out
of Jail at St. Louis for about
four hours. Upon his return he
told reporters he had helped
FBI agents find the duffel bag
in which he received the ram
som money. There was no money
in it.
St. Louis police are attempting
to track every move Hall and
Mrs. Heady made from the time
they arrived in the city early
Officers said there was
nothing to a report that under
world figures may have taken
the missing 100000 away from
Hall.
Funeral Services Today.
Funeral services for Bobby
GreenleaSe were held this morn
ing.
At the French Institute Notre
Dame de Sion. from which the
boy was kidnapped, a spokesman
said yesterday she believed pray
erS were responsible for the quick
apprehension of the kidnapers.
Our prayers for Bobby were
offered too late" she said. "He
was already dead. But I be-
a Dw "A Mm~
Evening star., 1953-10-09

BOG, hound, young, beagle, female, vic
New Hampshire ave. and EaSt-WeSt
hwy. WA. f-S979.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

BOG, small, light brown, female; Naval
Gun Factory. Oct. z. EN- $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Kidnapping
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another bag of money while
drunk.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
FOUND.

WRIST WATCH. lady's, diamond and
platinum, Hamilton. Reward. WO.
$1,000. Ill
Evening star., 1953-10-09

WRIST WATCH; lost between the Home
for Incurables and Wis. ave. Reward.
Jackson advocate., 1953-02-14

(COHL1lueu ITOIH age One)
can state.
Their leader, Chief Somba of
Nyjsaland, warned as he boarded
an airliner that the chiefs nearly
2,5OO,0G0 people will resist the
project--central African fedora
tion-'at all costs"
He told reporters: "We have
been sadly disappointed and dis
couraged. The queen is our mother
and protector. 1t was most impor-
tant that we see her directly. That
is the custom of my people. But
the colonial secretary (Oliver Lyt-
telton) prevented us doing so. He
Jackson advocate., 1953-02-14
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representative of the Corporation
John tied with Michael Colicchio
st. Bonaventure University for
'op honors IN the December cam
paign.
Simpson cane to Jackson COL
'ege from DuSabale High School in
}hlcago and has distinguished
.lmself among the Student Body
A devout member of the Phi Beta
Sigma fraternity and many other
campus organizations he is better
known for leading male roll in
the presentation of the "Divine
Comedy" during the Diamond Jubi-
lee celebration. A wonderful stu
dent Of dramatics, John Simpson
has held the lead in many PLAYS
It jackson College. Working in the
Office of Public Relations. John
has a complete knowledge of the
athletic program and usually as
lists IN composing news releases
of this activity. John is the son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith w. Whet-
stone of 32S E. 10th Street, Chica-
go, Illinois. He will graduate in
he Glass of '54.
Jackson advocate., 1953-02-14
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ed to return to the Estates" and
find themselves barred from one of
the pools, encouraged" to 90 t.
segregated club and shunted to
separate barracks. They also found
that bus service between the base
and Albany was segregated
The NAACP also raised the
question on an automobile race
staged for the benefit of the air
men. Some servicemen feared that
the benefits were for white only.
The air force promised all wv.ld
share alike in the benefits.
Additional NAACP action will be
taken on the bus segregation anc
on charges that colored airmen
have been unable to obtain hous-
ing in an FILA development near
the base known as Turner City.
According to the air force some
segregation still exists in base bar
Der shops because concessionaries
refuse to serve colored patrons.
The NAACP is challenging the
right Of the concessionaires to op-
crate on the base if they do not
serve all personnel.
Jackson advocate., 1953-02-14
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Heventh District comprises chap
!. +ers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama,
nd Mississippi. Many of these
'elegates will be visiting Missis-
lppi for the first time.
At the meeting Sunday, Brother
:. F. Edwards, former basileus of
9eta Alpha Chapter and delegate
o the 1851 Grand Conclave at
Niami, Florida and the 1852 Dis
trict Regional at Tampa, Florida
vas elected as District Marshall
For the forthcoming Regional. Bro
her Edwards Immediately appoint
ed various committees to assist him
in making this the greatest Re-
glonal in its sixteen year history.
Following the meeting at Bro
ther Bells, who acted as host with
Brothers Blunt, Bradley, and Buck
lin,. the Q's were treated to a de-
icious meal at the Club Desire in
Canton.