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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

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Amtlicas best seller: Is it its high-com-
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fine craftsmanship Of its Crestmark Body?
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OF exterior and II, eric. color combinations Is
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make Ford Americas largest-selling con-
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features features which folks hno1c make
Ford worth more when they buy it, worth
more when they sell it.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24
Scottsville to Honor
Departing Couple

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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

Flynn has been transferred BY the
US Rubber comapny.
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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

Soviet plans to release 600 Aus
trlan prisoners
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-24

United Aircraft offers a 5000
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Evening star., 1953-09-11
Nursery School Head
Found Guilty, Fined
For Spanking Boy, 4

A nursery school operator yes
terday was found guilty of as
sault for spanking a 4-year-old
boy left in her charge.
She is Mrs. Dorothy s. Brice,
colored, of the 1900 block of S
street NV, who runs the Lin
coin Temple Nursery School in
the TOO block of Eleventh street
NV.
She was sentenced to pay a
$25 fine or serve five days in
jail.
According to complaint
brought by Mrs. Willie Mae
Bates, 1914 Thirteenth street
NV. Mrs. Brice spanked Mrs.
Bates son, Christopher j. Rob-
inson, on May Is.
A physician, DR.. Alonzo
Smith, 1916 New Hampshire
avenue NV, testified he had
examined the boy and had
found Eight to 10 bruises on his
legs"
Mrs. Brice denied that she
had spanked the child and tes-
titled no corporal punishment
is used at the school.
However, Municipal Court
Judge John j. Malloy said that,
in the light Of the doctors tes-
timony. he would find her guilty.
He said parents who bring
their children to nursery schools
expect to have them well treated
and added:
IF they, the nursery school
operators. cannot treat a child
in a humane manner, they
shouldn't accept him."
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Cab Crowds Police Car to Trap Three

Risking a shot in the back,
an alert taxicab driver helped
catch three ex-convict paSsen-
gers last night by forcing a
police car to the curb with his
cab.
The driver, George Calomeris,
Is, Of 3454 New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV, had just heard one
of the passengers call another
Chicken" for failing to shoot
the manager of a restaurant
they had tried to rob.
Seized by police were James
L. Ward. %. and William Easter
q, both of no fixed address, and
Joseph r. Dwyer, 80 of the 40O
block of Massachusetts, avenue
NV. All admitted records for
either robbery or housebreaking
Robbery Squad 1t. Ernest JEFF
ferSon Said.s
They were taken in. the 21OC
block OF Pennsylvania avenue
where Mr.. Calomeris, Spotting the
scout car alongside the cab
crowded into the curb. Pointing
meanfully at the cab, the driver
dashed for a drugstore.
PytS. Embrey G. Minor and
James M. McCune approached
the cab and two of the passen-
gers needed an order to raise
their hands, but Ward made a
move toward his back pocket and
Evening star., 1953-09-11

ton, Va, the night manager, said
two of the men had entered the
place and one, identified as East
er, had drawn a gun and de-
manded money. Mr.. Kavadas
refused and they left.
Mr.. Calomeris, a former copy
boy for The Star, is the son of
Henry Calomeris who recently
was fatally beaten in a street
corner attack. Aaron Perry, for
mer District boxer, is being held
for the grand jury in the case.
Ward, Easter and Dwyer were
held on $4,000 bond each for
the grand jury when brought
before Municipal Court Judge
John j. Malloy this morning.
Mr.. Kavadas, the night man
ager Of the lunchroom, testified
that he def1ed Ward and Easter
when they pulled a gun and
demanded money.
Il grabbed a beer BOTTLE" he
said, land told them to go ahead
and shoot" When they did not
reply, he went on, Il told them
again. I asked them why they
didn't shoot"
Turning to Defense Attorney
James K. Hughes. Judge Malloy
suggested that somebody should
talk to- the complaining witness
and advise him that discretion
is the better part of valor."
Evening star., 1953-09-11
THIS SUNDA US BEST READING
@e Sunday &tar

WHITTIER MR. less hon 4 hours lost week. the Secretary
Stote monosed oenote
countries How does he do wh An onoiyss
oims and methods Of Mr. Dulles. bosed his 71 office
presented by Sor Stoff Writer Eo H. Vo Editorial Section
PSYcHATRST LOOKS AT KNSEY-The Kny report
its first erieo uppro the
sole Dr. Winfd Ovehoe head Of St. Ezobeths
Of the Nations psychiot reviews the book medeos
background ond critics touch This mportont
criticism oppeors exclusively in The Stor Book Review
TOP POLITICAL PLUM-The political appointment
the of President the job Of Chief
1t devoves Gen Eisenhower choose for judic
post He undoubtedly will exercise the his pred
unfoing have DONE The story Of the chief uscehp
told in the EdiooI Section by Star Stoff Writer William
WHAT DON'T HUSBANDS AND WIVES TELL oTHER-A
fascinating reveals tho omos 90 Of huond ond
wives hold something back from their could be anything
from the price hot love offoi David Dresse
the Week Magazines
article.
WASHNGToNS CHANGING SKYLINE-Ths postwor building
the Washington odds impressive changes
only individual showpieces but also housing
Stoff Writer WIiom Meyer tells the story with the old Of So
stoH photos, in The Stor Pictorial Magazine
MINIS AND SUNDAY STAR HOME DELIVERY, $l.75 A MONTH";
(NIGHT FINAL EDITION. 10 CENTS ADDITIONALLY PHONE STER
. LING 5000.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
ProwIer Crashes Window
In Flight From Hecht's

A prowler in the Hecht store
on F street was surprised by a
night watchman early today and
made a hasty retreat-through
plate glass show window.
AS a result. police were seek
ing a slender colored man who
they think should be suffering
from cuts. They advised doctors
and hospitals to be on the look
out for a man about S feet 10
inches tall and may be garbed in
slightly tattered khaki trousers.
Night Watchman Charles H.
Schmackle. 81, of 2043 Park
road NV. told police he came
upon the prowler on the first
floor while making his rounds.
The prowler grabbed a long
handled duStpan and raised it
menacingly, then fled through a
large plate glass window on the
E street side of the building.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Man Slain in Cafe
After Stabbinu Affray

A man described by police as
an habitual criminal was shot
to death early today after he had
stabbed a woman during an
argument in restaurant.
The victim was Romeo Nc
Kenney, 80, >colored, of the 400
block of M street NV, whose
name has appeared frequently
on police blotters for charges
ranging from murder to robbery
and auto theft.
Police are holding Genora A.
Taylor, 40, colored, owner of a
restaurant at 1918 Seventh
street NV, who, witnesses said,
shot McKenney when he threat
ened to tear up the place after
he had stabbed his woman COM
panion.
The woman, ,Jacqueline Green,
80. also colored, of the 400 block
OF M street NV, apparently is
not seriously injured. McKenney
was pronounced dead at Freed
mems hospital about z am.
Police say his record, typed
single-space, covers a page-and-
a-half of the record sheet. He
was found not guilty of murder
in 1852 but has served time for
assault and has been picked up
on several robbery charges and
for rape and assault with a dan
gerouS weapon. He also has a
juvenile and an FBI record, po-
lice said.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Diplomat 10 Be Queried
On Auto Injury 10 Boy

Police were to question a
member of the Netherlands
Embassy today about a hit-and-
run automobile accident in
which a 6-year-old boy was in
jured yesterday.
The injured boy. Robert L.
Brooks, colored, of 1103 R street
NV, was treated for head cut
at Children's Hospital and re-
leased.
The police report said the driver
of the car which struck the boy
in front of his home. stopped for
a minute, looked back and drove
on.
Police PvtS. Paul j. Howgill
and John C. Vinson said wit
nesses furnished a license num-
ber which eoincided with that
listed for Anton B. Speeken-
bring, economic minister Of the
embassy. Their report included
the explanation: Diplomatic
immunity"
Evening star., 1953-09-11
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

The devil materialized in
Washington yesterday, but he
was promptly exercised by the
Metropolitan Police Department,
which fears not man, beast or
birthstone.
Regrettably, there was little of
the supernatural involved.
It seems Elder Lightfoot Solo,
mon Michaux is staging "The
Devils Funeral Sunday night
in Griffith Stadium. Wise to the
uses of publicity, the elder sent
out subsidiary elder, one
James Taylor, so, of Hampton,
Va, garbed as his satanic
majesty.
Elder Taylor, disguised in red
tights, red socks over his shoes,
red satin cloak, sequin-studded
horns and a rubber devils mask
(but an unfortunate lack of a
pointed taiD, set forth to bring
the message to the erring
citizenry.
The mask made it impossible
for him to communicate by
speech. But he had, in a suit
case, a collection of posters ad-
vertiSing Elder Michaux's spec-
tacle.
Elder Michaux did not under
estimate the value of comic re-
lief to such a dread parsonage
as the devil. The posters carried
such messages as:
my Position as Legal Counse
to the Communist Party Keeps
Me Here"
I'm Making Washington MY
Headquarters"
At Seventh street and Rhode
Island avenue NV, the devil
was spied by Pvt. Louis B. An
derson and a couple of hun
dred other God-fearing citizens
Walking slowly until q good au-
dience had been built up, Elder
Taylor stopped at Seventh and
r streets to make his poster pitch
Pvt. Anderson saw his duty
and he did it. Grasping the devil
firmly by the arm, he steered
him to the nearest call box
while the crowd cheered this
victory over its traditional
enemy.
WhiSked to No. 2 Precinct sta
ton, Mephistopheles was unable
to produce any permit to hold
a parade"
(The Elder Michaux, as
careful with laws as with pub
licity, had gotten one but neg
lected to give it to his red
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Fl. McHenry Battle
Noted Tomorrow on
Defenders Day

Tomorrow is Defenders Day in
Maryland, a legal holiday COM
memorating the battle that in
spired The Star Spangled
Banner.
1t is celebrated every Septem-
Der IL except when the date falls
on a Sunday. Then it's observed
the next day.
Not many persons will get an
extra day of this year. Schools
and most Government Offices
are closed on Saturday. Banks
which operate Saturdays decide
for themselves whether to stay
open or shut up shop in tribute
to the resistance from Fort Nc
Henry and Baltimore towns
people against the British in the
Var of 1912.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Forecast Of Survey
Forecast Of Survey
County yReassessmeni

Property owners fighting Mont
gomery County's recent reas-
sessment were told last night
that a closely guarded official
survey will show a rotten pic
ture" of discrimination and in
equity in assessments throughout
the State.
Attorney James P. Parker told
more than 100 members Of the
Homeowners' Tax League. Inc,
that State Tax Commission rec
ordS reveal Statewide variations
from an average of 81 per cent
of actual sale prices in some
districts to an average of 70
per cent in others.
He said the commissions own
records refute the contention by
Albert Ward, commission Secre-
tary. that uniform instructions
to assessors have reduced varia-
tions to 10 per cent.
The league is chafing at the
secrecy with which the official
survey is being guarded. Denied
access to data collected for the
commission by a three man team
since February, Mr.. Parker COM
piled his own figures from rec
ords OF the commission in
Baltimore.
Members of the league have
filed suit to have last years
reasseSSments in suburban Mont
gomery invalidated. The COM
MISSIONS move to dismiss the
case will be argued next Wednes-
day.
Mr.. Parker said "it appears
some forces are determined to
delay and divert (our) action
until it dies on the vine" If the
case is not dismissed next
Wednesday, he said, he will act
Immediately to subpoena the re-
suits of the survey before they
can be weighted and averaged on
a selective basis"
He said the head of the sur
vey, Wilton T. Allen, county
assessor. has told him that the
survey is complete as far as
Montgomery County is con-
cerned.
The league last night also
elected Wallace r. Hitchcock of
Silver Spring, chairman; Robert
S. Boynton of Westmoreland
Hills. vice chairman; Miss Eliza
beth Allen of Silver Spring, sec
retary, and William Blumenauer
Of Chevy Chase, treasurer.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Devil Gets Taste of Districts
LeqdI Birthstone From Police

garbed friend. Anyway, by the
time Elder Michaux turned
up, the police had released
the devil with a warning.)
Elder Michaux, meanwhile
had called The Star to spread
the tidings. Then he brought the
devil to The Star Office to be
photographed and give a first
person account through the i'm
penetrable rubber mask.
A Star elevator operator
summed it up neatly when, with
the devil aboard, she frightened
a young male employe by saying
Going down, watch your
STEP"
Evening star., 1953-09-11
New Students Report
At Blair Hiqh Monday

New students planning to at
tend Montgomery Blair High
School. in Silver Spring, Md,
are to report to the gymnasium
at 9 am. Monday for room as
signmentS and schedules.
Old students will not join
their new classmates until 9 am.
the following day. Room as
signments for old students will
be posted.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Traffic Safety
Drive Seeks
Public Support
zoo, 900 Motorists
Crusade Goal; Plan
Bonds as Prizes

The District Commissioners to-
day announced a Traffic Safety
Crusade" to combat what they
consider an alarming rise in the
number Of traffic accidents and
deaths here in the last eight
months.
The campaign will be formally
launched Wednesday, the day of
the second annual Commission
ers' and Governors Conference
on Metropolitan Area Traffic
Problems.
The goal of the crusade is to
get at least 100000 Washington
motorists to sign a pledge that
they will be safe and careful
drivers. Those signing the pledge
will receive a sticker to be placed
in the upper right corner Of the
rear window Of their cars.
Each sticker will have a serial
number. In each of the next
three months serial numbers will
be drawn and the holder will re-
ceive a $25 savings bond prize,
provided he has a spotless safety
record in that period.
The Commissioners hope to
sell the program to nearby traf-
f1c and law enforcement officials
during the conference.
At a meeting today in the
District Building board room the
city heads enlisted the co-opera-
ton of the Districts civic and
business leaders. The idea was
warmly received.
Brig. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss
stated the case for the crusade.
He pointed out that in the last
eight months the District has re-
corded 48 traffic deaths in H.
904 injury-producing accidents.
This represents IL more deaths
than shown in the first eight
months of 1852 and more than
1,100 additional injury-produc-
ing accidents.
Gen. Prentiss reminded his
audience that Washington only
last year won the top traffic
safety award among American
cities of 100000 or more popula-
ton. Deploring the letdown of
the current year, Gen. PrentisS
pointed out that the District is
heading for its worst raffic ac-
cident and fatality record in the
last 10 years.
"Since the early 1930S, when
1874 traffic deaths set an all-time
record here. we have been able
to reduce the number of fatali-
ties even though traffic volume
has increased tremendously and
we are now driving at higher
speeds" the general said. This
shows that we don't have to have
all these killings"
He credited the District traf-
fic and law enforcement authori-
ties with doing its best to keep
down the accident rate.
But the one element We can't
control" he declared, sis the
mind of the human being.
I'VE must try to place the
responsibility where responsible
ity lies-on the individual, who
must drive safely, observe traf-
fic laws and do his individual
part to reduce the toll"
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Staf Photo.

the policemen whipped out their
revolverS, they said.
Wards pocket contained a 81
caliber nickel-plated revolver,
the policemen later learned.
Later the cabbie accompanied
police to Everybody's Lunch, 1858
M street NV, where he had
picked up the three men and
where Sam Kavadas, 81, of Cliff
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Driving's an Art
So Teachers Must
Have M. A. Degree

District school officials
don't intend to see teacher
standards lowered.
School Supt. Hobart M.
Corning yesterday urged the
Personnel Committee of the
Board of Education not to
drop a master of arts re-
quirement for one category
of teachers. The committee
voted to keep the require
ment.
The teacher category: Au-
tomobile driving instructors.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
DeodIine Tonight
For Sunday Want Ads

Tonight and every Fidoy night the
following deodIines ore in effect for
occeptonee Of wont ods to be pub
Iished in The Sunday Stor:
10 pm. by telephone.
3 pm. at lobby business counter.
8 pm. at classified broneh offices.
Sunday deoth notices ond lost and
found ods will be accepted until 8
pm. Saturday.
PIeose ploee your Sunday wonts ud'
as eorly as possible. Just phone
Sterling $1,000 for prompt and effi.
cient service.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Killer Suspect
To Be Tried for
Assault First
Death to Be Asked
For BootbIuck Held
In Toqqort SIoyinq

The Government has elected
to try Clarepce L. Watson, jr.,
19-year-old colored bootblack,
on a charge of raping a 23-year-
old airline hostess before bring
ing him to trial on charges of
numbering Miss Alyce o. Tag
CERT in her hotel room.
This was announced today by
Assistant United States Attorney
Frederick G. Smithson, who is
assigned to prosecute Watson.
Watson's trial on the charge
Of raping the airline hostess last
May l in her room in the 1700
block of P street NV. has been
scheduled for November 16. The
trial will be in the U. S. District
Court for the District Of Colum-
bia.
To Ask Death Penalty.
Mr.. Smithson said he will ask
the jury to recommend the death
penalty on the rape charge. If
the jury fails to convict Watson
or to recommend the death pen
atty for the rape charge. he will
be brought to trial promptly on
the charge of numbering Miss
Taggert last July S in her room
at the Scott'S Hotel for Women,
Mr.. Smithson said.
A rape conviction carries the
death penalty only when recon-
mended by jury. Otherwise
the maximum penalty for rape
is 10 to 80 years.
Mr.. Smithson said he felt the
Government has strong evidence
in both the rape and murder
cases. He said one reason Wat
son will be tried first on the
rape case is that the offense
occurred first and Watson was
booked first on the rape charge.
Will Fight Confession.
It was recalled that defense
counsel have said they would
fight Watson'S confession in the
murder case on the ground that
he was held nearly II hours be-
fore he signed a confession.
Police and prosecutors have
said Watson confessed first to
the rape case and made his first
admission on the Taggart case
about eight hours after his
arrest. The length of time Wat
son was held before arraignment
has been defended by police and
prosecutors on the basis of the
number of cases in which he was
accused and had to be questioned.
The indictment charging
Watson with rape also accuses
him of breaking into the air.
line hostess apartment and
stealing $40.
First Degree Murder.
The indictment accusing Wat
son of first degree murder
charges that he killed Miss Tag
CERT by striking her about the
head and body with a blunt in
Strument.
It charges also that he killed
Miss Taggert while perpetrating
a housebreaking and also while
attempting. to perpetrate rape.
Another count in that indict-
ment accuses him of entering
Scott's Hotel for Women with
the intent to steal.
In addition to those two in
dictments, Watson also is named
in other indictments on charges
including housebreaking, rob-
berry, theft and assault.
Watson was named on the
various charges in four indict-
mentS returned against him last
July 81.
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Dance Series Opens

The Clinton CMd0 Volunteer
Fire Department will open its
weekly series of social dances
tomorrow from 8 pm. to l pm,
in the Firehouse. The dances
then will run through the
winter. Proceeds will pay for
fire equipment.
Evening star., 1953-09-11

machines used in the plants and
on the farm, $76,281.
A request is made for $45, 900
to purchase a Diesel-electric To-
comotive to replace one no longer
in service. The department op-
crates seven miles of tracks in
the Virginia institutions from a
railroad siding. -
Evening star., 1953-09-11
Crawford, PIuskett Reunion

The 18th reunion of the Gran
ford and Plaskett families will
be held Sunday at the Crawford
Memorial Methodist Church,
! Lorton, Va. {
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-04-17
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK 1.-THE stock mar
ket tipped lower today in quiet
trading.
The decline didn't get very far
around a point at the outside. Plus
signs were scattered widely.
TOday's sagging prices appeared
to be a carry-Over from the senti-
ment that prevailed at the close
yesterday.
Steels appeared to ignore the
comforting implications Of the
Armco Steel statement that it ex-
poets some upward adjustments in
steel prices soon.
Lower stocks included us. Steel,
Bethlehem Steel. Chrysler, Good
rich, Sears Roebuck, United Air
craft, Zenith, American Telephone,
Anaconda, Air Reduction, Santa
Fe, Standard Oil (NJ), and Johns.
ManviIle.