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Evening star., 1953-01-28

earlier from the Food Products
Co. warehouse at 119 Seventh
street Sc.
They placed housbereaking
charges against William E
Brooks, Is, colored. Of the 700
block Of Virginia avenue Sc;
Clarence e. Thomas, IS, of the
100 block Of E street Sc, and
Milton Thomas, 10, of the 1900
block Of Hopkins street Sc,
They also charged the cars own
which a later count revealed to be
ored, Of the 400 block Of T
street NV, with housebreaking,
Blackburn. who was arrested
at home, denied the charge and
said he had merely loaned his
automobile to the others. In
Municipal Court today the cases
Of al four were continued until
February IL.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Two Charged With Gaming
After Separate Arrests

Police yesterday lodged gam
bling charges against two men
picked up shortly before noon in
separate arrests.
George H. Green, 81, Of the
5000 block Of Eastern avenue
NE. was arrested on q warrant
in a restaurant in the 800 block
Of Upshur street NV. He was
charged with operating a lottery,
possession Of numerous slips. ac-
cepting horse bets and setting
up q gaming table.
The other man arrested was
Richard Reeves. So. colored, of
the 200 block Of Kentucky ave-
nue. Sc. He was arrested on a
warrant at Seventh and p streets
NV. and charged with operat-
ing q lottery.
1t. Todd Thomen, Of the Po-
lice Morals Division. said Reeves
had been turning his numbers
bets In to Leroy Stephens, 43,
colored. Of the 1900 block Of
Fourth street NV. who was ar
rested by police on gambling
charges on January is.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
ChiseIer Works Way
Into Wrong Apartment

A man who chiseled his way
into an apartment, then tried to
chisel his way out in a different
fashion when police caught him
there, was held on housebreak-
ing and assault charges today.
Police said they caught Will
liam H. Kirk, 81, of the 1900
block Of Nineteenth street NV.
inside an apartment at 3036 Park
place NV, after suspicious
neighbors called headquarters.
Pvts. L. j. Faina, w. R. Holden
and Israel Nicholson of No. 10
precinct investigated the COM
plant and found chisel marks
on the door and heard noises
inside. They broke down the
door.
Kirk attacked Pvt. Faina with
the chisel, but did no harm to
the officer, police said. Police
reported that in addition to the
14-inch chisel, Kirk was carry
ing two screwdrivers, several
pieces of metal stripping, pass
keys, watches, rings and five
silver dollars.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Putting Your Eggs in One Cor
Doesn't Always Pay, Trio Finds

A trio Of burglars learned to-
day that it isn't wise to keep all
their eggs In one automobile too
long.
Pvt. w. e. Hudson Of No. 13
precinct was walking his beat
this morning when he saw three
colored men sitting In an auto
mobile in an alley in the rear Of
the 14OO block Of T street NV.
Pvt. Hudson peered into the
back seat and saw q lot of eggs.
which later count revealed to be
208 dozen. The policeman opened
the cars trunk and learned that
the three were butter as well as
egg men. He found 50 pounds of
butter and several pounds Of
oleomarsarine In the trunk.
Police said these amounts tai
lied with what had been stolen
Evening star., 1953-01-28
House Member Proposes
Study Of D. T.. Post Office

A Joint Congressional investi-
CATION of the Washington City
Post Office, with a view to de-
Gliding whether a new and more
adequate building should be con-
structed, is proposed by Repre-
sentative Hagen, Republican, Of
Minnesota.
He made the proposal in a
House concurrent resolution,
which was referred to the House
Rules Committee for action.
The measure said the present
building is outmoded, over
crowded and unbecoming to a
city which is 'the worlds
capital"
The structure near Union
Station, Mr.. Hagen said, "is one
of the largest matchmaking
places in the world" but it lacks
modern equipment.
If the investigation should
indicate new building is needed,
the lawmaker said, the present
structure could be used for other
Federal purposes.
Mr.. Hagen is a member Of the
House Post Office and Civil
Service Committee and the Dis
trict Committee.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Auto Owners Protest
Personal Check Ban
On So License Sale

Protests were swelling today
over the new regulation banning
personnel checks lin over-the-
counter sales of 1853 license
plates.
The order, announced last
Thursday by the Commissioners,
said that only cashiers or certi-
fled checks would be acceptable
for license plates sold over the
counter. but that personal checks
could be mailed in for tags.
Clubs Lead Protests.
Leading the protests were
representatives of two automo-
bile clubs-Washington I. Cleve-
land for the American Automo-
bile Association and Ernest r.
Brett Of the Keystone Automo-
bile Club.
The Commissioners, in an
nOuncing the new rule, pointed
out that license purchasers
bounced 1872 checks for purchase
Of 1852 plates. All but IL of the
bad checks were later paid.
Sees mo Merit" in Order.
Mr.. Cleveland said today the
Commissioners order ''has nc
merit. I see no difference In CIV
ing a check over the counter OF
sending it in the MAIL" he said.
Echoing that sentiment. Mr.
Brett added that the new rule
meant ''penalizing the majority
for the misdeeds of a few"
The AAA representative said
he planned to call a meeting Of
his organizations finance CON-
mittee and then refer that units
action to the AAA Executive
Board to further amplify the
protest against the rule.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Second Of q Series

.
ly wooded, one paragraph reads.
'Lexington's altitude is 1000
feet. The monthly average
temperatures range from 33 de-
greeS in January to "a in August.
There are no prolonged seasons
Of heat. cold, rain, wind or
snow"
The patients call this hospital
Marco" from the form r
name, the United States Narcotic
Farm. A difficulty with that
name was that it made some in
the area believe the institution
was a place where the Federal
Government raised narcotics.
Established in 1889.
The hospital was set up in
1889 for treatment of drug ad-
diets. It is in the center of
the tobacco country and the
thoroughbred race horse coun-
try, near the home of the Uni
versity of Kentucky, and in the
middle of what once was a thriv-
ing hemp industry. The same
plant that produces hemp pro-
vides marijuana, and the hos
pital still has a little trouble
with marijuana growing wild on
it's grounds.
The patients first contact with
hospital authority is at the. gates,
six miles out LeeSburg pike from
Lexington. He gets there him.
self, If he is a voluntary patient.
or is brought by a law enforce
ment agent if he is a prisoner
patient. The hospital provides
no transportation to the gates.
In a small brick guardhouse
just inside the entrance, the ad-
dict-we could call him John
Smith for convenience-gets his
first interview. He gives his
name, his age and his address.
The guard hands him a paper
bag.
Empty your pockets" he is
told.
Smith puts his personal pos
sessions into the bag, then gets
into a hospital car and is driven
to the main building. En- route,
he passes Cobb Hall, where
mental patients are housed, and
gets a view of the rolling and
moderately wooded" areas around
the hospital. The guard, mean
while, telephones that Smith is
on his way.
PriSonlike Doors.
To the uninitiated, the first
view Of the main building is
somewhat like a first look at the
maze of corridors and room des-
ignations and long halls encOlIn-
tered at the Pentagon in WASH
ington.
Smith enters at "ES"-the
East South wing-through the
first of a series of priSonlike
doors. In a small room at the
right he is interviewed again,
usually by a patient on the cler-
ical staff.
He may be confused, emo
tionally upset because he doesn't
know what's ahead of him,
hoped up on drugs, or in the
first stages of withdrawal. The
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Total Eclipse Of Moon
To Occur tomorrow Niqhf

There will be q total eclipse
Of the moon tomorrow night but
the first half of it will have to
be seen here from a high spot.
according to the Naval Observa-
tory.
The earth's shadow will al
ready have started to cover the
moon when it rises at 5:18 pm.
The eclipse viii be total at 6:05
pm.
The moon will start to emerge
from behind the earth's shadow
at 7::30 pm. The eclipse will
be over at $40 pm.
For those who want to take
look, the moon viii rise in
the eaSt-northeaSt.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Senator Johnson
To Push Bill for,
Transit Authority
By Don S. Wnrren

Senator Johnson, Democrat, of
Colorado announced today he
will push again for enactment of
a bill to create a metropolitan
transit authority here to solve
the complicated, interstate trans
portation puzzle.
He is the former chairman of
the Senate Commerce Commit
tee and now its ranking minority
member.
II can't see any other way out
OF this situation of split juris-
diction," he said.
"It would take forever and q
day to get anything done by
directing the Interstate Com
merce Commission to make an
investigation because, in the
first place, they have no money
for such an inquiry.
Outlines Delays.
First, you would have to get
the legislation passed and then
you would have to get the neces-
sary appropriation, and if all
that was accomplished, then you
would have to wait until they
make a study and file a report.
"And then you still would have
to wait until the Maryland, Dis
trict and Virginia commissions,
and maybe the Federal commits
sion. decided what should or
could be done about the recon-
mendations."
His bill Of last year called for
the creation of a metropolitan
transit authority, consisting OF
representatives of Maryland
Virginia and the District. II
would have power to deal with
fares and service crossing State
and District boundaries In this
area.
Hearings were held last year
and some notifications were
written into his original bill, but
Congress did not act on 1t.
Inquiry Moves Revived.
He was moved to revive the
bill at this time since members
of the House and Senate District
Committees have renewed move;
for an inquiry by the ICC. One
of these is Senator Beall. Repub-
lican, of Maryland, former House
member.
A companion to the Beall bill
was offered recently by Repre-
sentative Hyde, Republican, oi
Maryland, q freshman House
member. He was to have . hear
ing on his bill tomorrow BY thu
House Commerce COMMITTEES, but
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0CSdA dA III
veStigation of
the incident.
The m a n,
Candido Ril-
lon, a Filipino,
was discovered
shortly before
z o'clock by
his b brother
Nicasio hang
ing from the
b a S e m e n t
stat r W ay in
the h0m q of
3O6 South h
Carolina ave-
S.,,n @ u
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Symphony Fund Reaches
709S Of S24O,OOO Goal

The National Symphony Or
cheStra'S sustaining fund has
reached 90 per cent of its $780,
900 goal.
Chairman Carson G. Frailey
told q report meeting yesterday
$50 ,S58 has been pledged. The
fund campaign has been under
way for two weeks.
The $4,000 is being sought
TO balance the orchestra's budget
for the 1854 winter season. The
amount is $4,000 greater thar
last years fund.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Prober Reveals
Air Brake Valve
Was Dropped
Was Taken OFF
As Evidence, ICC
Inquiry Told

Federal officials delving into
the wreck of a runaway train in
Union Station January Is were
told today that suspected valve
in the air brake system had been
dropped to the tracks while be-
ing removed for evidence.
Experts had testified before
the Interstate Commerce Com
mission that a small difference
in the closure of the valve Cor
angle cock) between the third
and fourth cars of the 16-car
train could have spelled the diff
ference between operation or
failure of the brakes on the
last 13 cars.
Meanwhile, final witnesses
were being heard this afternoon.
1CC Commissioner William j.
Patterson said he honed the
findings growing out of the
three-day hearing can be re-
leased in about 10 days.
John w. Capino, a baggage
truck repairman at the terminal.
testified he dropped the angle
cock to the layer of stone be-
tween the cross ties after he cut
the valve free with a blow torch.
Didn't Notice Position.
The valve is controlled by a
hand lever which has a locking
trigger on top. Mr.. Capino said
he did not notice the position of
the lever either before or after
he removed it from between the
third and fourth cars. Mr..
Capino admitted it was possible
the valve may have been partly
closed or opened when it fell.
The mechanic handed the de-
vice to John Henry Smith, FORE
man Of car inspectors in the
terminal area. Mr.. Smith was
recalled to give an estimate on
the closure of the valve at the
time he received it and put it
under lock and key. He repeated
that the valve was approximately
half closed. He said it contained
markings from having fallen to
the roadbed.
Woodrow M. Smith, however,
a yard gang foreman, reiterated
his testimony Of yesterday that
he was the first man to see the
valve after the crash and he was
sure it was nine-tenths closed
before removal. Experts said
that this closure would have been
enough to have robbed the engi-
neer of braking cintrol of the
last 13 cars.
William B. Weightman, gen.
eral air brake inspector for the
Pennsylvania Railroads Eastern
region, said the valve or angle
cock was two-thirds closed when
he had it placed in a test train,
which consisted of the 13 rear
cars of the Federal Express and
three cars and a locomotive
similar to those damaged in the
crash.
The expert expressed the
opinion that the valve would
have to be closed more than
two-thirds to have caused the
failure.
Lever Action Stiff.
Witnesses were agreed that
the position of the lever was
not shifted after removal of the
valve until after Mr.. Weightman
staged his tests. The latter said
that, when the tests were COM
pleted, he tried the valve to see
If it operated easily. He added
he found the lever action stiff
and the valve in good working
order.
Mr.. Weightman testified the
brakes on all 13 cars and the
interlocking system on them
were in good order after the
crash.
In other words, these brakes
would have slowed or halted the
train if an emergency valve had
been thrown anywhere along the
13-car string.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Hospital Speeds Up Admission
To Start on Dope Cure Early
interview is conducted as rapidly
&c Y10SSih1o

Name?
Age?
Address?
What drug are you using?
How long have you been OF
the stuff?
When did you have your last
shot?
Smith is told that his treat.
ment period will last 1876 days
William F. Owlsley, genera
services administrative officer
the man who handles security
matters, may get look at ths
patient at this point to size hin
up as a potential trouble-makel
or as a good prospect for treat.
ment. Mr.. Owlsley-hospital Of.
ficials say he has way of gain.
ing a mans confidence and trust
tries to put Smith at east.
After the interview, Smith
goes to the shower room, dis.
robes completely and steps into
the shower.
Clothing Examined.
The clothing he drops is ex-
amined carefully for contraband
Then it is sent of to the
cleaning and repair shop to be
put in order and held-along
with his valuable personal be-
longings-until Smith is ready
to leave.
Except for a pair Of new black
or brown shoes, a plain color
sweater. unlined house slipper.
and black or white sox, he Il
permitted to have none Of his
own clothing. All that he will
wear at the hospital will be fur
nished to him.
If his clothing is in such shape
that it can't be repaired, it will
be destroyed. When Smith i:
ready to leave the hospital, the
institutions clothing industry
will turn out a new outfit fol
him. everything he will need, de-
pending on where he Is going.
When Smith steps out of the
shower, he is handed pajamas
a bathrobe and slippers-made
in the hospitals shops. He now
is a member of the "pajama set
and will wear nothing but the
pajamas and bathrobe until his
withdrawal treatment is fin
ished.
Curious About Shot.
The admitting doctor gives
Smith a preliminary physical
examination, much like the pre-
liminary cursory draft physical
and takes down his medical his
tory. Again he is asked when he
had his last shot.
This is his first contact with a
medical man at the hospital, and
Smith probably will ask the
routine question:
when do I get a shot, Doc?"
Speed is one of the keys to the
patients admittance to the hos
pital. The idea back of this is
to get him under treatment as
soon as possible.
While Smith is being taken
upstairs" the doctor begins die
tating the facts he has learned.
The report will be typed inn
mediately, so the treatment can
get under way at once.
Upstairs, Smith goes through
another barred door. He now is
in the shooting gallery" where
he will be taken of the drug
habit, usually in seven days.
Next: The shooting gall
lery," and the first steps in
treating drug addict.)
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Church Guild Bouquet

The Wesleyan Service Guild Of
Woodside Methodist Church, Sill
yer Spring, will hold its annual
banquet at 7:45 pm. today in the
Hot Shoppe. 8643 Colesville road,
Silver Spring. Radio commenta-
tor Mark Evans will speak.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Bureau Sets Up
Phone System
For Tax Advice
10 Experts Getting
900 Calls q Day
For Help on Returns

4ne 4nLernal Revenue Bureau
Is using the telephone to help
individuals and corporations fill
out tax returns this year.
The District field Office of In
terrlal Revenue has put 10 tax
experts beside 10 telephones and
told them to answer all the ques-
tions they get.
That Is plenty-about 900 per
day. AS the March Is tax dead
line nears, the calls are expected
to come in even faster, and
Internal Revenue will assign four
more authorities to man the tele-
phones.
The telephone service is avail
able in three nearby Internal
Revenue offices. as well as in the
Washington field Office. The
service now operates only during
business hours, but beginning
Monday will be available be-
tween z pm. and 9 pm, Monday
through Friday.
Numbers to Call.
For help in getting specific tax
questions answered, you can tele-
phone or visit these Offices:
demonstrating 3-840O, at
Constitution avenue and Twelfth
street. Alexandrj" - Temple g.
7615. in the Post Office Building
Arlington - jackson 8-0121, in
the Radio Building. Four Cor
ners, Md. - Juniper 7-6008, in
Woodmoor. The District office
pioneered the system of taxes
by-telephone.
Most questions are answered
on the spot. But often a tax
adviser consults the regulations
and court decisions before re-
turning the taxpayers call and
telling him what to do.
jackson w. Maslin and Harold
E. Hartstack of the local field
Office set up the special tele-
phone-answering service this
year. concentrating the opera
ton in one room. This marks
the first time workers have been
assigned full time to answering
telephone inquiries.
Cuts Personal Visits.
The field Office hopes this will
help stem the tide of taxpayers
who personally visit Internal
Revenue with worried looks and
incompleted tax forms. Already.
about 800 persons per day are
seeking help at Internal Reve-
nue. headquarters, Twelfth and
Constitution avenue NV.
Internal Revenue has SO
agents taking care of the visitors
and will use more than 200 If
necessary.
More than ever before, the
local field Office is trying to
screen taxpayers so they won't
make something complicated
out Of a simple question. Two
Internal Revenue tax specialists
one an expert on individual
income taxes and one on cor
poration taxes-stand just in
side the front door to help in
formation seekers. These men
often can answer a taxpayers
inquiry before he gets well inside
the building.
There's a general information
booth, too. It answers questions
Of some taxpayers and assigns
others to tax agents sitting at
desks. They give careful at
tention to each inquiry.
So far, almost no taxpayer has
had to wait in line. Internal
Revenue hopes the telephone sys-
tenn, and other Speed-up meth
ods will make it unnecessary for
any one to wait-even just be-
fore the tax deadline. That is a
hope; not a prediction.
Evening star., 1953-01-28

yesterday he asked for a post
ponement.
He said he had about con-
cluded than an ICC inquiry Is
not necessary and would only
mean Q delay. He said he was
drafting . new bill. providing for
some kind Of Q regional transit
authority.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
BY Jock Jonas
Star Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 2S.-
Prospective patients at the Unit
ed States Public Health Service
Hospital are handed a booklet
which reads a little like a
chamber of commerce ad.
"The land surrounding the
hospital is rolling and moderate
Evening star., 1953-01-28
.Unmoyed White
Hears Details Of
Blake Staying
insanity PIeu Seen
For Youth Charged
In Murder of Clerk

Details in the fatal beating of
Ralph T. Blake were recited to-
day while the 18-year-old youth
charged with his death sat i'm
passively in Federal Court.
William Roland White, the
blond, hatchet-faced defendant,
remained motionless at the
counsel table, staring fixedly
ahead as Deputy Coroner Chris
topher j. Murphy supplied facts
about how Mr.. Blake was stabbed
IA times and his face beaten to
a pulp.
White is accused of killing the
Marine Corps civilian clerk in a
13-cent robbery at the rear of
an alley in the 900 block Of D
street NV. last August 8.
Possession Identified.
DR.. Murphy was followed on
the stand by Roy Hageman of
Rockville, Md. brother-in-law of
the dead man. He identified a
Signet ring, gold wrist watch
and fancy handkerchief as Mr..
Blake's property. Police say the
articles were taken from White
when he was arrested.
Another witness, Probationary
Detective Charles H. Calderwood
OF the Juvenile Squad told of the
arrest In Whites home at II M
street NV. He also identified
a pair of trousers, a shirt and
a pair of socks, all blood -splat-
tered, which he said were hidden
under a bathtub in Whites
home.
Insanity Plea Seen.
Before the trial was an hour
old yesterday, two announce
mentS indicated Whites efforts
to escape the electric chair will
be based on an insanity plea.
The first came from Presiding
Judge Alexander Holtzoff during
selection of a jury.
Judge Holtzoff told the pros
pective jurors insanity would be
a defense and asked if any men,
berS were employed at mental
institutions. Two persons replied
they had relatives working at
st. Elizabeths Hospital.
During his opening statement,
Defense Lawyer John j. Dwyer
told the jury of seven men and
five women he would prove White |
is insane.
He said he would call as wit
nesses pSychiatrist and menu
bers of the youths family to SUBJ
Stantiate his statements that |
White sometimes acted irra.3
tionally."
Ruled Mentally Fit.
Recently. White failed in his
attempt to be declared insane.
He was ruled mentally fit to
stand trial by Judge Holtzoff,
after a 16-year-old cellmate tes-
titled White told him he planned |
ito go crazy"
At this hearing, White became
so disorderly Judge Holtzof or
dered him shackled.
In his opening remarks to the |
panel, Prosecutor Frederick
Smithson said he would prove |
White guilty of first-degree mur- |
der; murder in the commission
of robbery and carrying a dan
gerous weapon.
If found guilty of either first
degree murder or murder in the |
commission of a felony the
death penalty is mandatory.
Repeatedly Stabbed.
Mr.. Smithson said he would
show White left his victim for
dead, after robbing him Of 13
cents, his watch, a ring and
a pair of shoes.
He kept a date with a girl |
friend at a tavern, the prose-
cutor continued, later returning
to the scene to find Mr.. Blake
alive and moaning.
White finished him off, Mr.. |
Smithson asserted, by stabbing
the 46-year-old clerk several
times more to be sure he was
dead.
Evening star., 1953-01-28
Army Map Worker
Is Found Hanged;
Strange Note Probed

A ST. year old. Army Map
Service employe was found
hanged early today in the base
ment of his home and the Army
Evening star., 1953-01-28

Next: The shooting gall
lery," and the first steps in
treating q drug addict.)