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Evening star., 1953-12-07
Seven Boys Admit
Stealing 70 Autos
For Joy-Riding Sprees

A gang of seven juveniles ac-
cused of stealing at least 20
automobiles to 60 joy-riding were
arrested by police yesterday.
Police said the youngsters ad-
mitted taking the autos, using
them for joy-riding, and then
abandoning them. All the cars
have been recovered.
Two of the boys are 16 years
old, three are Is years old and
one is II years old. juvenile
squad officers said.
The boys were among 81 ju-
veniles accused during the week
end.
Assaults Charged.
A 12-year- old boy and an IL
year-old boy were accused of as
sault on a 9-year-old boy. The
youngest told police the two old
er boys struck him at Butternut
street and Georgia avenue NV,
after asking him for money. The
assailants denied asking for
money, but said they struck the
boy when he called them "fat
stuff"
Police accused a 15-year- -old
boy of robbery and sought an
adult companion in connection
with a $40 holdup on the street
in the 1900 block New York ave-
nue. NV.
A 17-year-old colored youth
was held for housebreaking in
connection with a burglary De-
cember 6 at a liquor store in the
300 block of G street NV. Four
bottles of whisky and 10 cartons
of cigaretS were stolen.
A 14-year-old boy was charged
with stealing $40 from home
he was visiting in the 100 block
of H street Sc. Police accused
a 17-year-old colored boy of
houSebreaking November % at
the home of a sister. They
sought his adult companion in
the housebreaking.
A 17-year-old boy was accused
of assault after he struck a man
in a store in the 400 block of
Fourth street S.W. Police said
the boy told them he hit the man
because the latter was about to
strike the grocer.
Theft of Pass.
A 10-year-old colored boy was
accused of petty larceny after a
man who had hired him to de-
liver some groceries complained
the boy stole his streetcar pass.
Three boys accused of steal
ing Sunday newspapers while
On their way to church also
were held. Two are 13 years old
and the third II years old.
A 15-year-old boy and two
14-year-old boys were charged
with housebreaking in the theft
OF a watch from an apartment
at zoos Columbia road NV.
November %.
A 17-year-old boy denied a
charge that he stole $3.50 from
a service station in the 1900
block of L street NV. Police
said they saw the youth lettering
in the area Friday night.
Another 17-year-old boy was
accused Of having carnal knowl-
edge Of a 14-year-old girl.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Route 24O Plan Held
Threat 10 All Parks

Proposals to extend a leg of
U. S. Route 240 through Rock
Greek Park have been attacked
by the National Conference on
State Parks as a "calamitous"
threat to parks everywhere.
Without referring directly to
the Route 240 controversy, the
park group said proposals for
building highways through Rock
Greek should be national is
Sue."' 1t said in a statement:
use of Rock Creek Park as a
right of way would be in sundry
ways calamitous to Washington.
The precedent would endanger
every national. State, county and
municipal park. every scenic rec
reation preserve in the United
States, and subject United
States culture to well-founded
criticisms in capitals of nations
of the enlightened world"
The organization said such
park areas throughout the Ma
ton are threatened by exploit
ers whose argument is that
parks are free land and should
be used for roads and parking
lots"
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Group to Meet Tomorrow
ON School Bus Regulation

A station wagon, one of those
designed for eight passengers.
pulled out of the driveway of a
suburban Maryland kindergar-
ten and headed up the highway.
Crowded into the front seat
were a driver and four children.
and packed into the rear seats
nine other noses were counted
by a motorist who happened by
at the time.
Howard M. Startling, the mo-
toriSt, took note of the incident
because as chairman of the Com
miSsioners' Traffic Advisory
Boards Committee on Laws and
Regulations, he is campaigning
to end such risky business.
The board is pushing for
uniform regulation for the Dis
trict. Maryland and Virginia to
make all bus travel safe for
school-age children and to elimi-
nate hazardous vehicles such as
that which last summer ran off
a Maryland highway, killing one
of its young occupants and in
juring II others.
Twilight Zone" in Codes.
At that time The Star called
attention to a twilight zone" in
the traffic codes of the three
Jurisdictions which permitted
station wagons, large automobiles
or small, ill-equipped buses to
| carry children without special
licenses or equipment.
Since then traffic authorities,
legislators and civic groups have
called for corrective measures. In
the latest step forward, a SUBJ
committee of Mr.. Starling'S Laws
and Regulations Committee will
meet tomorrow to draft an area
wide regulation.
Agreeing unanimously that
something must be done, the
group was given the drafting job
at last months meeting of the
Traffic Advisory Boards Execu-
tive Committee.
''It was the consensus of the
Laws and Regulations Commit
tee that any vehicle which
transports children to and from
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Senate Agents 10 Study
Spy Activity in Erie Plants
By the Associoted Press

The Senate Investigations sub
committee said today it has as
signed staff investigators to look
into alleged Communist spy &C
tivities in defense plants in Erie,
Pa.
A subcommittee spokesman
said investigators probably are
in Erie now, and probably even
tually some public hearings will
be held in Erie or Washington.
The spokesman said it would
be premature now to name any
of the defense plants under
study, but that Erie industry
holds some contracts for the
production of electronics devices
for the armed forces.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Pvt. Bernard Geffen Wins
Policeman of Month Honor

late). but it is a notable ex-
ample of the protection accorded
the public by the foot patrolling
of the man on the beat. to whom
the people through dint of many
years of faithful and dependable
service instinctively regard as
their helper and friend"
The award will be presented
at a luncheon of the Eastern
Branch Kiwanis Club at noon
tomorrow in the Savannah Res
taurant. 1885 Savannah street
Sc.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Se|ph Staying
Suspect F|ees
Kentucky Jail
Maryland Fugitive
Escapes in Hail
Of Police Bullets

Thomas E. Dickerson, 30-year-
old fugitive wanted for question.
ing in the Staying of a loan
company messenger here, sawed
his way to freedom from a Ken
lucky jail Saturday night and
fled in a hail of police bullets.
Dickerson, taking five fellow
prisoners with him. sawed
through a window of his cell at
the Elliott County Jail, Sanders
Hook, KY.
They slid down a rope to a
waiting automobile, according to
John c. Knipt, night chief Of
police at Grayson, KY.
Three Shots Hit Fleeing Car.
Chief Knipt said the getaway
car was spotted by Kentucky
State Police Corpl. Jack Coburn.
who fired three shots in an effort
to halt the fugitives. All three
shots struck the auto, the chief
said.
DickerSon, an ex-convict from
Ohio, had been the object of a
Nationwide search since he fled
the Spring Grove CMdD State
Hospitals maximum security
ward in late September.
Police pressed their search
after Thomas N. Selph, mes
senger for the American FL
nance Co. of Mount Rainier,
Md, just across the District line.
was found shot to death Novem-
ber IL on a lonely road near
Davidsonville, Md. The $4,000
he was carrying at the time Of
his disappearance october 9 was
missing.
Two Escapes Captured.
Kentucky police said two Of
the men who fled with Dickerson
Saturday night have been re-
captured. One of them. Dicker-
sons uncle, Elmer Harper. told
police his nephew was armed
with a .38-caliber revolver.
Police said Dickerson's true
name is Thomas E. Harper. Chief
Knipt said he and DickerSon
grew up together" in the same
Kentucky community.
Police said Dickerson made his
escape about three hours after he
was arrested by Corpl. Coburn on
drunk driving charge. Corpl.
Coburn said he resisted arrest.
and in the struggle, suffered a
cut over his right eye.
All of those who fed with him
were in Jail on drunk charges.
FBI Joins in Search.
State police and the Fedelcl
Bureau of Investigation joined in
the renewed search for Dicker-
son. FBI agents at Louisville,
KY, described him as one of the
most dangerous men at large to-
day.
DickerSon was indicted in the
holdup of a Chevy Chase finance
company last July. At the time,
he was on parole from Ohio Pen
itentiary, where he had served
five years of a 25-year sentence
for a Columbus jewelry store
robbery.
Authorities in Montgomery
County sent him to Spring
Grove after he cut his wrists
and tried to hang himself and
had gone on a Today hunger
strike.
He took another inmate with
him when he fled the hospital,
but the second man was recap
tured a few days later.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Sunday School Roises
ST 900 for Missions

More than $1,000 was raised
by the Capital Memorial Sew
enth-day Adventist Sabbath
School, Fifth and F streets NV,
for foreign missions on Saturday,
it was announced today.
Earlier this year the school
gave $5.837 to the foreign mis-
SionS fund.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Draper School
With
Band and Flag
800 Youngsters Sing
As They Gother ot
Southeast Structure
By james 6. Deone

Southeast Washington cele-
brated the end of q. year-long
school building race today as 600
youngsters trooped into the new
Draper Elementary School with
colorful ceremony.
A brass band and an Air Force
color guard helped raise the new
flag outside the cleaning school.
And a throng Of parents lined UP
behind the ranks of pupils, some
of them joining the youngsters
in singing the national anthem.
Draper's pupils for the most
part moved from Simon, ending
part-time classes for many of
them and for many of those left
at Simon as well. But Miss
Grace Bush, the new schools
principal, began enrolling new
ones as soon as the children were
in their claSsroomS this morning.
And more are expected tomor-
row.
Housing Projects Nearby.
The new school - first for
white pupils to open here in
two yearS-is just at the edge
of a big Government housing
project and across the street
from a private one and new
housing has been rising rapidly
in both. The school builders
feared for while that the homes
would open first.
Miss Bush and Associate
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
presided at this mornings cere-
monies and Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Draper, widow of Henry w.
Draper, for whom the school was
named, was guest of honor. The
school is at Ninth street and
Wahler place Sc.
The children, most of them
carrying painted cigar boxes
containing crayons and other
supplies they used at Simon,
lined up on newly finished side
walks around the f1agpole at
one side of the building. Miss
Bush led them in two new school
songs. one written by 10-year-
old Walter Kenton, a sixth
grader. It began. Draper School
is the finest school in all of
Washington"
COlOrS HOiSted.
Airman SIC Harold Mugler
hoisted the flag as two other
Boiling men. SiSergt. Ronald
Briggs and Airman &c Robert
Rowland. saluted smartly. A 13-
piece band provided by the Dis
trict Federation of Musicians
(AFL). led by Toby Tyler, sup
piled the music.
Mrs. Draper. who is assistant
principal at Hine Junior High,
told the pupils.
IF you work hard you will
make this school the finest in
the city"
ClassroOmS Are Ready.
The principals from the other
elementary schools in the South
east attended the ceremonies.
Then the pupils marched in.
They found things already
looked thoroughly school like.
Teachers last week spent a day
decorating bulletin boards and
arranging supplies. Some rooms
already had Christmas decora-
tionS, and flags already were in
the corners.
The first thing some classes
did was tour the building.
Miss Marie Foehl's kinder
gardeners ooh'd and ah'd about
their shiny little tables and
chairs, the blackboards and bull
letin boards. Miss FoehPs class
was in the lunchroom at crowded
Simon. The youngsters took
turns trying the special-sized
drinking fountain and wash
room, then turned to singing
Jingle Bells, Rudolph the Red
NoSed Reindeer" and "Old Mac
Donald Had a Farm"
Miss Catherine Iascone's sixth
grade set about making souvenir
notebooks about the occasion.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Man Gives Up
In Shooting Of
Estrdnged Wife
Woman Wounded
During Quarrel
At Sisters Home

of two children was shot last
night during a quarrel with her
estranged husband, police re-
ported.
Mrs. Rosella Page, %, of 829
Quincy street NV, was reported
in good condition today in Gar
field Hospital after removal of
a .22-caliber bullet from her
chest.
Her husband, George w. Page.
80, of 1904 Sutherland road, Sill
yer Spring, Md, surrendered to
police at the 18th precinct seven
hours after the shooting.
In Municipal Court today
Judge Edward A. Beard set bond
at $4,000 on a charge of assault
with a deadly weapon, and con-
tinued the case to December %.
Police said the shooting took
place shortly before midnight at
the home of Mrs. Pages sister,
Mrs. Charlotte Stone. 4008 Kan
sas avenue NV, where Page
had waited for his wife to return
from work.
Called for Children.
Detectives said Page had called
at the Kansas avenue home
about / pm. yesterday to take
his children, Michael, 3, and
Sharon, 4, out, as was his Sun
day custom. He said he re-
turned about 6 pm.
Mrs. Page, who works for a
law firm, had been at her office
until about 10:30 pm, after
which she went out for dinner
before returning to her sisters
home for her children.
When she entered the house,
police said, she and her husband
exchanged angry words. Homi-
eide detectives said Page drew a
.22-caliber target pistol. fired one
shot. and ned.
Took Pistol From Car.
Police quoted Page as saying
that while he was waiting for
his wife, he went to his automo-
bile and got his pistol. He took
out the clip and gave it to his
children to play with. He put
one cartridge in the chamber
Of the gun, he said.
Police found the clip, with
nine loaded cartridges, when
thev arrived.
Page told detectives he had "a
beer now, a beer then" during
the day. but said that he was
not intoxicated. He told police
he had purchased the target
pistol some time ago in Arling-
ton, Va.
After the shooting, he said, he
took taxicab to the Virginia
side OF the Potomac River. Then
he walked across Fourteenth
Street Bridge back into the
District. En- route, he threw the
pistol into the river.
Goes to Nephew's Home.
From there, he went to the
home of a nephew, Hugh Alex
ander Day, Sd. Mr.. Day is
superintendent at the Uno
Excavating Co., Berwyn, Md.
Mrs. Stone said she received
a telephone call from Page
about 2 am, inquiring about his
wife's condition. She said he
did not answer her question
about his whereabouts.
She said Mr.. Day also called,
about AIS am, and told her
he had received a call from Page,
asking about his wife.
Separated in Summer.
Mr.. Day accompanied Page to
the 18th precinct when he sur
rendered at $50 am. Page told
officers he went there because it
was the closest precinct. He was
taken to the 10th precinct for
questioning.
The Pages have been sepa-
rated since midsummer. Police
said Page told them when he and
his wife separated, they sold
their house and made a financial
settlement.
Page was quoted as saying his
domestic difficulties arose over
finances and his drinking. He
told police he had been unable
to hold a job because of his
drinking.
Evening star., 1953-12-07
Optimists to Hear Minister

DR.. Charles w. Lowry, minis
ter and author. will speak at
meeting of the Optimist Club at
1915 pm. tomorrow in the May
flower Hotel.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
TIME TO BE BRAVE

Senator John J. Williams, Republican of Delaware, whose personal investigations led to revelation of the wholesale tax scandals in the Internal Revenue Bureau, and the wholesale firing of tax officials during the Truman Administration, is back in the news again.
 Sound fiscal policy, he thinks, will get the Eisen- hover Administration support at the polls next fall than "tax reduction at the expense of borrowed money" In other words Senator Williams, who IS a member of the Finance Committee, has not forgotten that prediction promise of balanced budget and sus- poets the people haven't either But he believes it's still possible to fulfill that other promise oo and through with scheduled tax reductions if the Congress has what it takes to cut appropriations.
 But every appropriation is somebody's pet. You might think about that next year.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
AIR SAFETY IS NO ACCIDENT

Several months ago. the Aeronautcal Engineering Review while calling for constant vigilance and con- tnuing research pointed with some pride to airline operating records for the preceding five years During this period the scheduled arlnes of the United States have flown 9999 percent of their passengers without accident GA pilot flying of these arners for l0OO hours year would have life expectancy of 400 years.)"
 The unremtting engineering efforts to make Am erica's reliable and high-performance aircraft the worlds safest have sometimes been overlooked-prl- mariy because it is the aggregate of nnumerable gains which results in the spectacular safety records achieved by air transportation.
 Most of these mechanical and technological ad- vances are apparent to the casual observer because they cannot De by the unraned eye They include such important airborne and ground developments as automatic feathering and reversible pitch propelors, an-sld braking steerable wheel, high-strength nyon cord tires very high frequency (weather-proot communications, omn-range navigation, ground con- trol approach, instrument landing systems thermal ant-cing systems electrical windshield de-1clng and defoggng underwing refuelng evolutionary improve ment Of engines cockpit standardization advances, inn proved exterior lighting, fire detection and extingus ing systems non-flammabe hydraulic fluid, fire-ress- tant materials, and host of others.
 Each of these developments has added it's impor- tant bit to the continuing increases in aviation safety
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
Gouzenko Agrees To Meet With US. Senate Committee

OTTAWA, tR - Igor Gouzenko has agreed to a secret meeting with representatives of the United States Internal Security subcom- mittee, the Canadian press report ed Thursday.
 Gouzenko is the former code clerk in the Russian embassy here who turned himself over to Can adian authorities in 1945 with a mass of evidence which broke open a spy ring with ramifica- tions in Canada, the United States and Britain. Since then he has been living under the protection of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
 Canada approved Gouzenko's meeting with the US. Senate sub committee headed by Sen. Jenner with the provision that the session be held under Canadian auspices and that this country have the power of veto over what informal ton would be made public as a result of the questioning.
 Gouzenko has been quoted in various interviews as saying that he had valuable information for the US. investigators, and alter nately that he had no new in formation to offer.
 It was not know when the ques- tioning will take place. It may be held in Ottawa, but this is not definite.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
Strike May Force Aleutian Charterers Out of Business

SAN FRANCISCO, R - A spokesman for the Hawaiian-Pa- cific Line, operators of the strike bound SS Aleutian, said Wednes- day the company might be forced to go out of business if the juris- dictional dispute is not settled quickly.
 He said, however, the company still had strong hopes" of settling the dispute so the passenger yes sel could sail on it's maiden voy- age to Honolulu.
 Tickets of the Independent Ste wards Union kept marching at Pier 56 where the Aleutians was tied up.
 Puerto Rico raises about a mil lion tonc If c11Oor annually
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11

A Polet. general chairman of inc Roof Garden Committee says everything is in readiness for inc big event: all the commit tee chairmen reported last night that not even inc ninutest detail he been overlooked. Tony says: "It looks like the greatest Roof Garden celebration in the history of Nome and I never missed par ticipation in any of them." Pd. Ad.
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
A T T E N T o N JUNIOR POLICE PATROL

All Junior Police Patrol mem bers will be guests of inc man. agement of inc local theater Sat- urdaY afternoon al inc matinee. Boys must have membership cards with them in order 10 be admitted free of charge.
 Clyde Glass. Leader
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11
N o T I c E

The Nome Common Council shall sit at a Board of Equaliza- lion between the hours of 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.. Dec. Is. IS. and IF. 1853. Taxpayers have this oppor- tunitY 10 make adjustments in their Real and Personal Property assessments.
 Nome Common Council
 By Carrie M. McLain,
 City Clerk Publish Dec. II, IA, 16
The Nome nugget., 1953-12-11

Puerto Rico raises about a mil lion tons of sugar annually.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1953-01-03
ST. PAUL AME CHURCH
NEW YEARS MESSAGE

The New Year will be what by
Gods grace, we make it. The
mighteSt influence for shaping the
new year Alright is only In the I'm
reserved surrender into the Life
Of Jesus Christ. The new year is
our glorious opportunity. Our
solemn obligation confronting US
at the opening Of the year. Let the
new year be the means Of an as
surance Of our conservation OF all
that is in us that will hep make
Is truer mSn and women, better
boys and girls. To do this we need
the guidance Of the intellect,
guarding our emotions, sharpen
ing our wills, and the proper uti-
lization of the powers Of our
minds and bodies. We are dawn
ing upon the first of the new year.
We are setting out on a journey
which we can have no knowledge
in advance. The road is one
which we have never Travelled
before. We know not what any
day will have for us, what our
duties will be, what burdens
shall be laid upon us. How can
we know the way? We don't ever
know what battles we. shall have
to fight. We can not see one step
before us. How de we know the
way? AS we sit in the quiet this
first evening in the new year, let
us ask ourselves a question, and
we will hear an anwer which Is
full of comfort, Jesus says to us,
81 am the way" Let us try and
stay with Christ during 1858:
Watch night services from $50 to
1890. Choir No. will sing. Three
different ministers will give short
sermons. Hear the Wonder Gospel
Singers at our watch night ser
vices led on by Rev. Butler OF
Brooklyn, NY.
We wish you all a very happy
New Year.
Lovingly,
Pastor r. A. jackson