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Evening star., 1953-01-04
By John W. Stepp

Where Kingman Lake, at East
Capitol street, was once seven feet
deep, it is now % feet deep. Be-
for too long, there won't be any
depth at all. The bottom" will
rise some IS feet above present
water level.
This, of course, is no natural
phenomenon. It is mans work to
give Washington its newest river
crossing.
The alteration of Kingman
Lake, which is separated from the
Anacostia River by, a thin land
barrier, is one of the preliminaries
to actual construction of the East
Capitol Street Bridge. The prof.
ect, with others related, will cost
I1.6 million, or about one-tenth of
the xepected total cost.
AS a bridge project, the main
structure plus extensive and COM
Iplex land approaches Is the long
Iest-8,300 feet-of any the Dist
rict Bridges Division has ever un-
dertaken.
Bottom Taken Out of Lake.
To launch the project, the bot
tom muck of the seven-foot deer
lake had to be sucked out to 6
depth of % feet. In all, $4,000
cubic yards of ooze and rubble
came out in a dredging operation
that began last August and ended
last month.
Earlier last summer, bulldozer!
and trucks had begun gouging Out
huge lanes and building up higl
ridges where the west approach
roads will lead from independence
avenue Sc, East Capitol stree
and c street NE. These area
and the lake are being filled with
select" MATERIAL sand ant
gravel mixture-that will provide
a firm foundation for the road
ways.
Before the 16-acre fill job in tn
lake is done more than a milliol
cubic yards Of mixed sand ant
gravel will have been dumped
packed and allowed to settle. ]
will rise as pile at least q
feet above river level, all tn
way out to the edge of the King
imam Lake Islands where tn
bridge itself will begin and carr,
1,750 feet over lake and river.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
eze Two Htcer in Brutal Beating Of Sailor Found in Woods

boy has admitted helping them
on at least two of the other rob-
berries. The boy did not partici-
pate in the Banko case, he added.
He identified the men as:
Bartel E. Davis, 46, of the 100
block of North st. Asaph street.
Alexandria. He is a floor sander.
Henry M. Schofield, 20, of the
100 block Of South Alfred street.
Alexandria. He is a former guard
at Lorton Reformatory and now
roofer.
1t. Utz said they were charged
with armed robbery. The boy,
also a floor sander who worked
with Davis. will be held for juve-
nile authorities.
Hunters Find Man.
The rapidly moving story began
when three hunters found the
beaten man in the woods about
100 yards of Guinea road near
Burke.
The hunters were Ralph Curtis,
%. of Burke. Elvin Samuels, 20
and Monty Weed, Is. both of Fair
fax. Mr.. Curtis, a maintenance
man at the Fairfax County Court
house, said he and his companions
watched Mr.. Banko's car pull up
and stop alongside the woods
where they were hunting.
Three men got out Of the car
and started into the woods. They
stopped about so feet away and
two OF the men searched the third.
Then they walked deeper into the
woods and sounds Of q scuffle were
heard.
The hunters ran to the parked
car and took the license number,
then hid ON the opposite side OF
the road until two men appeared,
got In the car and drove OF.
After the car drove OF they
entered the woods and found Mr.
Banko semiconscious and ran tt
la nearby house to summon police
| Police Sergt. John Wahl ant
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Star Safety ToIks
Mansfield Lists
School Shows
For This Week

Inspector Dick Mansfield, direc-
tor Of The Stars School Safety
Program, viii give his Safety
Circus" chalk talks at the follow
Ing District elementary schools
this week:
Monday Rudolph. $3.50 am.
and 10.30 am.
Tuesday-Key. II am: Hardy,
q pm.
Wednesday - Brightwood, IL
am; Adams, 2 pm.
Thursday-orr, II am: KIM
ball, 2 pm.
Friday-Janney. II am. and q
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Peruvian Pair Robbed

NEW YORK, Jan. 3 (P.-Leon
Rosenshine, Lima, Peru, engineer,
and his wife, in the United States
on a holiday and business trip,
reported to police today the theft
of jewelry valued at $15,500 from
their Hotel Delmonico suite.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
House Delegate
For District Is
Asked in Bill
Several Measures
Seek More Suffrage
For Capitol Residents
BY Harold B. Rogers

A non-vot1ng delegate IN the
House from the District would be
provided by a bill introduced in
the House yesterday by Repre-
sentative Auchincloss. Republican,
Of New Jersey.
Announcing this was q first step
towards wider suffrage for resi-
dents Of Washington. Mr.. Auchin-
Gloss said he is not introducing
now his other legislation for home
rule.
Identical Measure.
The measure he dropped in the
hopper is identical with one he
filed In the House March IL, 1852
It died there.
Briefly. he explained. 1t provides
for the delegate and the ma
chinery in the national capital
for his election.
The legislator hopes that a
sympathetic Congress" will en-
act the legislation. "It is a step
in the right direction" he de-
clared. "and will avoid the compli-
cations ana MANY details involved
in a home rule bill"
Previous bills for limited suf-
frage on the local level had
passed the Senate twice, but died
In the House.
Other ID. C. Bills.
Other moves were made in the
House looking towards different
kind Of votes for Washington.
Representative Simpson, Repub-
|lican. of Illinois. slated to be
chairman of the House District
Committee, came out with support
of constitutional amendment to
give District residents a vote In
presidential primary elections. He
introduced again his resolution
providing for direct primaries fol
the nomination of President and
Vice President.
His joint resolution would au-
|thorize a system of such a .presi-
dental primary for selection ot
candidates for the two highest
offices, in each of the States. the
Territories of Alaska and Hawaii
land the District.
In the 82d Congress the measure
went to the House judiciary Com
Fmittee but no action was taken.
Constitutional Amendment.
/ Another measure to give Wash
ingtonians a vote was introduced
in the House by Representative
Powell, Democrat, of New York
It would call for a constitutional
amendment to give residents here
la vote for President and Vict
President in the November cleo
tions.
Mr. Powell also introduced
again his measure for equal rights
in the District. regardless Of rae,
or color. Full and equal privi'
leges for all would be authorized
lin public places. A penalty TO
1 violation would be fixed at 500 II
/ $500, the fine to 60 to the persol
: agrieved.
Long pending legislation to Civ
: the District a new law on corpo
: rations was introduced again b
: Representative O'Hara, Repub
: lican, of Minnesota, a member 9
: the House District Committee fo
years. The measure, perfected b
many amendments in co-opera
i ton with the District Bar Associa
ton has passed the House at leas
twice. but died in the Senate.
), Two bills were introduced in tn
! House to establish in Washingto
r a national theater and oper
. house. They were entered b
: Representative Kearns, Repuh
a lican, of Pennsylvania, and Repre-
sentative Howell, Democrat, G
: New Jersey.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
ForestvilIe Auditory Elects

Newly elected officers Of the
|FOrestville (Va.) Fire Depart
|ment's Ladies' Auxiliary are Betty
|Graninger. president: Marion
Reid. vice president: Lillian Wells,
secretary; Dorothy Gray. treas
Iurer: Mary Wesley. chaplain;
Mildred Bradford. guard, and
Rose Pierson, color bearer.
Evening star., 1953-01-04

picked up the 15-year-old boy and
started for Knoxville. Tenn.
1t. Utz said the two men and
the boy admitted robbing Carl
Head, IS, colored. Of 6910 George
Palmer highway, Seat Pleasant,
Md. a cab driver. on Friday near
Lorton.
Mrs. Banko said she and her
husband had moved to the Dis
trict area about a month ago. His
last station was Springfield. Mass
Evening star., 1953-01-04
|Avenel Gordens PTA

The Parent Teacher Association
LOT Ayenel Gardens (Md.) Ele-
|mentary School win hear a talk
lat 8 pm. Tuesday by Mrs. Louise
Walker. head Of the Visual Aids
Department Of the Montgomery
County schools. The group will
meet In the school auditorium.
Evening star., 1953-01-04

was announced
yesterday.
Figures from
the 1850 census
on District pop
ulation have in
dicated 86.5l2
p e ople here
more than so
years of age,
56,687 OF them
more than 65.
hey repre-
sented 1913 per
cent of the 1850
population. UCS
noted.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
Witness Home Burned

Following the receipt of.
threats, fire recently swept the
home Of q Hume. England.
woman who testified in the mur-
der trial Of two youths executed
months previously.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
.UCS Sets UP
Special Unit
For Old People
Represent 1913 Pct.
Of Population,
Group Notes

Mrs. Albert w. Atwood will head
"a new special committee for the
aging in the 1858 program OF
United Community Services. it
Evening star., 1953-01-04

four other policemen arrived
within minutes from the Grovetonl
sub6tation. Sergt. Wahl managed
to get q description Of Mr.. Banko's|
car and the license number before
the sailor dropped into q coma.
About IS minutes later. Police
Pvt. Paul Dove spotted the car
ION Route /, q mile south Of Grove
Evening star., 1953-01-04

ton. The policeman was in an
car so he began follow
ing the stolen car. which was go
ing south
At Fort Belvoir, the car stopped
to pick up q hitchhiking Marine,
later identified as Corpl. Howard
r. Bryan. Of Camp LeJeune, N. c.
/ South Of Lorton. Pvt. Dove
Evening star., 1953-01-04

A badly beaten sailor, able only
to mutter a description of his
stolen car before lapsing into a
coma, was found in the woods near
Burke, Va, yesterday by two hunt
erS.
His muttered words. however,
started Fairfax County police on
a grim game of hide and seek for
two hitchhikers he had picked up.
The game ended about two
hours later when they arrested
two men and a 15-year-old Alex
|andria boy in the stolen car near
Lorton. With them was a Marine
corporal. q hitchhiker not involved
in the beating and robbery of the
sailor.
The injured man was Frederick
Samuel Banko. jr., 20. of 207 DON
manton drive, Alexandria. He Is
an Aviation Electronics Mate, first
class. attached to the Military Air
Transport Command at Andrews
Air Force Base.
Beaten, Head to Toe.
Doctors at Arlington Hospital
said Mr.. Banko was beaten from
head to toe He has been semi
copscious since he was found at
about 2:45 pm. Occasionally he
shouted in q terrified voice:
Please, sir. Let me CO."
Doctors said he was suffering
from serious head injuries. pos
sible chest and internal injuries
land cuts and bruises over his en-
tire body. His left ear was dan
Cling by shred Of skin but was
sewed back on ct the hospital.
Admit Beating.
1t. Richard Utz, of the Fairfa,
Police substation at Groveton
! said the two men had admitted
beating and robbing Mr.. Banko
They also have admitted robbinf
four taxicab drivers in the pas
two months. he added.
1t. Utz said the 15-year -ole
Evening star., 1953-01-04
JUDGE BAsTIAN
MIR. GRISWOLD.

MR. GRISWOLD. MR. DODD. JUDGE BASTIAN
SPEAKERS AT TRADE BOARD DINNER-The of Trades
dinner for members of Congress will hear Senator
rswod Republican of Nebraska Representative Dodd Demo-
Judge Walter Basan Of the United
District for the District of Columbia.
program relations between members OF
latory messages, in residents.
housing visits by eve want them to feel they
Board of Trade members. of a community Mr.
Await pointed the Board Await declared AFTER ALL they
Trade program began 945 responsibility for the
business should
District of
understand other
enough. S. Fisher is chairman Of
O. then Welcome Washington"
oarked improve dinner
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
SETTLEMENT MADE IN
 GOVERNMENT SUIT AGAINST
 ALASKA TELEPHONE CORP.

A suit for $1S,219.53 against the Alaska Telephone Corporation, oper ator of the Wrangell phone ex- change, has been settled out of court. The amount represents a claim by the United States made on be. half of the Alasko Communications System.
 By stipulation between Elton B. Jones, company president, and U. S. District Attorney Patrick J. Gilmore the telephone corporation will pay $2,5OO of the stated liability on or before August g, and then $300 monthly starting September 1.
 The government contended thai most of it's $18,219.53 claim repre- sented charges for long distance ser vice made for the company by pre-. Vious arrangement and contracts with the ACS.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
SENATE STATEHOOD
 COMMITTEE COMING TO ALASKA THIS MONTH

Unless a last minute change in plans is made, five members of the Senate Interior and Insular Affairs Committee will go te Alaska to hold statehood hearings, according to Delegate E. L. Bartlett.
 The tentative schedule will have Senators Butler, Barrett, Anderson, Clements and Jackson leaving Seat tie August 16 and flying to Ketchi.- kan, where a hearing will be held .on the morning of August IT. A hearing will be held probably in Juneau on Tuesday with the. party flying to Fairbanks on Wednesday, August 19, with a hearing there the next day. On Friday, August 21, the plans call for a flight to Point Bar. TOW and Nome, staying overnight at the latter place, with the committee flying back to Fairbanks on Satur.- day, August 22. On Sunday, the party will proceed to Anchorge by train with a hearing at Anchorage on Monday, August 24.
 It was announced in committee that preliminary plans have been drawn up to exclude hearing in the Territory persons who have pre-. viously testified in Washington on the statehood question.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
HERMANN NAMED
 U. S. ATTORNEY AT NOME

JUNEAU-Russell R. Hermann 29, has been appointed U. s. Dis. trict Attorney for the Second Judi cial Division, headquarters at Nome
 Notice of his appointment was sent to him by J Earl Cooper, in terim judge of the U. s. District Court, Third Division, Anchorage.
 Hermann is a graduate of the George Washington school of law and received his juris doctor degrees there in 1852. He is a member of the bar at Washington, D. c.
 An Army veteran of five years service, he was in the ski troops in Italy where he was awarded the Purple Heart. He received his bach. elor's degree from Washington State College in 1949.
 A longtime resident of Juneau Hermann is known to familfars as Chee, a nickname he has carried from early childhood. He is a grad. nate of Juneau high school. Since his return from Washington, he has been clerk of the Juneau law office of his mother, Mrs. Mildred Her. mann.
 Hermann and his wife, the former Susie Vim of Juneau, plan to leave today for Nome.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
ALASKA MUSIC TRAIL
 CONCERTS HERE SPONSORED BY LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS

Representatives Of local fraternal and religious organizations and in terested persons will meet al the fire hall Sunday afternoon at 2:30 to make arrangements for the ap. peafanee of Alaska Music Trail ar tisls here this season and arrange for the season ticket sales.
 Last year all concerts were spon . sored by the Civic club but this sea son local groups will take turns sponsoring concerts. The Elbs will handle che first concert. the Civic Club and half the local church groups, the secondi the PTA. the third: and the Poeahontas and the second half of the church groups. the fourth and last.
 Season ticket sales for the con certs will be held between Aug. 15 and %. Adult tickets will be S7.50 and students, $500, the same as last year.
 Working on the concert committee for the various organizations are:
 The Elks-Leo Mccormack. Jim Nolan, Bob GarretsOn, Fred John ston and Don House
 The Civic Club=Mrs Doris M Barnes and Mrs. D. R. Sharnbroich.
 Church groups-Mrs F. Webb. Mrs P c. Mccormack. Mrs. Paul Evans. Mrs. George Smith, Mrs. Jul jus Mason, It. Ruth Maynard, Mrs. Herbert Bradley and Mrs. Hugh Hall.
 Pocahontas-Mr Art Ivy, Mrs. Morris Larson and Mrs. Winston Davies.
 Emblem CIub-Mrs. Dick Moore. and Mrs. Jack Krepps.
 Eastern star-Mrs. E. M. Camp bell
 PTA-Mrs Vern Smith. Mrs. c. l.. Anderson and Mrs. John Bange-. man
 Wrangel Institute-Mrs. Chris tine Monroe.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
BRUEGER DONATES CRUISER
TO HOSPITAL

That headline is absolutely cor. rect. A. R. Brueger, operator of the Farwest Wrangell canary, has do. mated a Is foot inboard cruiser to Bishop Rowe General Hospital.
 On the face of things that sounds like a strange donation to a hospital that doesn't even have a pharma.. cist mate. However, the hospital is putting the cruiser to good use al. though postal regulations banning stories about lotteries from the mail prevents us from saying exactly what that good use is. For particu. lars see Ned Zenger who is in charge Of disposition of the cruiser. He can tell other people how they may like wise contribute to the hospital, onIJ lon a smaller scale.
 The cabin cruiser, powered by a 10 h.p. Oman engine and ready for the water, is on display in Dr. E. U. Wheeler's lot next to the fire hall. It was moved here by one of Brue.. gers crews early this week.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
EISENHOWER CITES FIRST ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF NEW ADMINISTRATION

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Eisenhower declared that in the first months of the new Republican regime many steps have been taken towards goals of world peace and a better America although the ae.. complishments are "only a little more than a beginning"
 In a radio report to the nation last night on work of his adminstra tion and the first sessions of the S3rd Congress, the president spoke of such things as; Korean armistice, revised foreign aid plans, abolition of futile" economic controls, ex- tension of the reciprocal trade law, government reorganization moves and the growth of what he termed as finn spirit of good will between the president and Congress.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
WILLIAM SEMAR PASSES AWAY IN SEATTLE

SEATTLE =(AP)-William Semar, 66, of Seattle, former president of the Northland Transportation Con- pany died Sunday.
 He was born in Laconner, Wash. and came to Seattle 55 years ago. He founded the Northland Transporta tion Company, and operated pas, senger and freight service to Alaska until 1948 when MTG was absorbed by Alaska Steamship Company.
 He then entered the cold storage business, operating in Seattle and Alaska.
 He is a life member of the Elks lodge in Juneau.
 Surviving are his widow, Gene. .Yieye; daughter, Mrs. Harold In. .gersoll Jr., New Castle, Ind. and a sister Mrs. F. M. Judy, Seattle
 Semar came to Alaska about 1908 Ias fish buyer and lived in Juneau Ketchikan and Sitka. At one time he operated the Aleutian Cold Stor.. age Co., plant at Sand Point and the Sitka Cold Storage plant. After he founded the Northland Transporta tion Co. he first operated it out oi Ketchikan, moving from there tC Seattle.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
PRISONER EXCHANGE
 CONTINUES THIRD DAY

PANMUNJOM (AP) Today, communists in a silk smooth opera. tion turned back more American. British, South Korean and other al. lied prisoners of war on the third day of the big post.armistice ex- change. Dressed in faded blue pri son garb, the allied captives came back freed in stream that mount ed steadily toward the promised 400 repatriates by early afternoon. Eigh- ty~one Americans in one group were repatriated today.
 They came back under a broiling sun
 Most Americans and British ap peared to be in fairly sound condi- tion. Many South Koreans were in poor shape.
 The Communists announced they will return tomorrow to exchange 90 Americans, 25 Britons, B Turks and 250 South Koreans. In Contrast to North Korean dem. onstrations yesterday, the Red Kor can captives returned today were orderly. But Chinese Reds shouted and tossed away clothing as the trucks passed through the Commun- ist reception center gate.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
MOOSE STROLLS HIGHWAY i; SUNS ON PICNIC BEACH

A COW moose, reported by differ. ent Wrangellites to be anything from a calf to a monster, was stroll. ing zimovia Highway in the cary morning sunshine Tuesday. Mrs. Bob Gillespie, on her way to work at the Institute, was startled to have the animal trotting alongside her car, and more surprised when it crossed in front of the car and was hit, going down on one knee.
 The aniaml wasn't hurt as it took to the water and was watched by Ellis Davies until it landed on the sand picnic beach on Woronofski
 Because of conflicting reports as to size, local FWS agent Monte .Clemmons thought there might be more than one animal However, after examining the tracks in the area he reported there was only one moose, probably a young COW.
 (Ed note: He said COW. boys. No need to get excited about spending the moose season on Worouofski)
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
NO DOE SEASON FOR SOUTHEAST ALASKA WARNS FWS

Because of an over abundance of deer and a lack of hunters, one doe may be included in the two deer season bag limit of Prince William Sound area hunters this year, the Fish and Wildlife Service has an nounced. However this is in the Prince William Sound area only. The rest of Alaska, including Southeast. will have the same bag limit as last year, two bucks
 The season for deer and goats in Southeastern opens August 20 and runs one week longer, until Nov. ember 22.
 The season bag limit for goats is two adults per hunter.
 The moose season has been cut down in Southeastern from 30 days to two weeks. The limit per hunter is one bull, branch antlers or bet. ter.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
New Press Publisher

MT. and Mrs. Claire Wilder, own. CTS and operators of the Petersburg Press, announced in last weeks is sue that they are going to get out of the ink for a while and have sold their paper to their son-in-law Edward L. Bud" Clemmons, a Pe- tersburg man formerly associated with the Press.
 For more than a decade Claire and Ethel Wilder have been produc ing in Petersburg an excellent com munity newspaper, and, incidental ly, producing for the Sentinel a spare part on many occasions when we needed one in a hurry. We're going to miss that Wilder spare parts department or maybe Bud bought that, too
 While the Wilders announce nc definite plans for the future, Claire has been prominently mentioned fol the position of U. S. Marshal in the First Division.
 Bud Clemmons is we'll known fl the Petersburg community and more recently has been Outside brushing up with some courses in printing or, what's known in the trade a. the 'back shop. A young man witt lots of natural ability, he'll probab- ly do a thorough job of continuing to publish in Alaska's wealthies city a good newspaper
 To the Wilders and to Bud. Tn, Sentinel wishes lots of good fortune
 Lw.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1953-08-07
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERISCOPE
 
Still Confused

A couple of weeks ago we reported a state of confusion in connection with the opening, then abrupt clos ing of Anan Creek to commercial fishing. The situation hasn't changed except perhaps for a little more con- fusion.
 Last Friday afternoon when this venerable family journal was about to go to press, we were informed by FWS in Juneau that while there was a poor showing of pink salmon throughout Southeast Alaska no plans for closing any of the areas already opened were being consid- cred.
 Saturday morning comes a noti- fication that the Anan area would be closed forthwith for all this week, imperative, no less, they said be- cause there weren't enough fish getting into the stream. There were not any fish anywhere else in the Southeast according to FWS reports, so none of the other areas were closed But the situation was i'm. perative" at Anan; no fish, It had to be closed.
 Just why Anan has to be the guinea pig appears to be one of those deep, dark. perhaps confused, mys- teries.
 Oh well, maybe the fish are con fused, too. At any rate they haven't been showing up in any great abun- dance, according to reports. Or, have they? If our most recently gIeaned intelligence is on par with the no closure report we gave you last week there may be fish all over the place.