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Evening star., 1953-11-03
Guard at Intersection
Saves Pupil, 6, From
Being Hit by Car

Mrs. Marguerite Simmons,
Montgomery County police school
crossing guard. is heroine to-
day in the eyes of children using
the intersection of Old Bladens-
burg and Colesville roads, -Four
Corners. Md.
It was Mrs. Simmons who
saved the life of a youngster yes
terday by pushing him from the
path Of an oncoming car.
The rescued boy was Fred w.
Heine, w. 6. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred w. Heine, III, of 9705
Sutherland road. Silver Spring
Misunderstands Move.
The boy. a first-grade pupil at
nearby st. Bernardette's paro-
chial school. was enroute home
at lunch time yesterday when he
apparently mistook a move by
Mrs. Simmons as a signal to cross
Old Bladensburg road.
AS he started across, a north
bound car made left turn from
Colesville road. Mrs. Simmons
saw it, gave Fred a shove and
then slipped and fell. She almost
got hit herself as the car came
to a halt after brushing her right
leg
II was scared to DEATH" Mrs.
Simmons related today. IT hope
I did a good job, but felt rather
clumsy"
Mrs. Simmons. a mother Of
four daughters, three of whom
also use the same crossing to go
to school. said she dropped her
arm for a second to put on a
glove. Fred, she said, apparent
ly misunderstood and thought
she was signaling to go ahead.
A number of other children also
were on the corner, but Fred
was the only one who started
across.
Has Some Bruises.
The 32-year-old housewife, a
recruit this year to the crossing
guard business, said she didn't
even get the drivers name.
II told him I was all right
and to go On. I didn't think
it was serious enough to report
it," she said.
Mrs. Simmons said, however,
she felt a few bruises and "a bit
stiff" today.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Steam Engine Puffs Out
OF Union Station History

The last scheduled steam en-
gine drew out of Union Station
last night. From now on diesel
electric and electric engines will
do all the work here.
Baltimore & Ohio's train %
pulled in from Cleveland at 6:45
pm. After letting off passengers
and taking on new ones it head
ed for Baltimore and retire
ment.
Thus ended an era of WASH
ington history 118 years old. On
August "A. 1885, the original
Atlantic" engine steamed into
a makeshift station at the foot
OF Capitol Hill to begin rail
service between Washington and
Baltimore. Steam trains have
been chugging back and forth
between the two cities ever since.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Muscular DystrophY
Drive Begins Tomorrow

A fund drive for research on
muscular dyStrophy will begin at
a dinner at $50 pm. tomorrow
in the YWCA, Seventeenth and
K streets NV.
Last years campaign enabled
the Washington Chapter OF
Muscular Dystrophy to set up
at Georgetown University Hos
pital, a clinic for victims of the
disease.
DR.. F. M. Forster, dean Of the
Georgetown University Medical
School, and DR.. Tiffany Lawyer,
in charge of the clinic, will re-
port at tomorrow's dinner. DR..
Pearce Bailey. director Of the
National Institute of Neurologi-
cal Diseases and Blindness at
Bethesda, will talk on the latest
developments in muscular dys-
trophy research there.
About 5000 canisters to receive
contributions are being distrib-
uted to business houses and
Government agencies,
The fatal disease attacks
muscles, wasting them slowly.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Two Missing District Girls
Return Home From Norfolk

Two teen-aged girls, missing
from their homes here since
october %, are safe, sound. and
back home today.
The two girls, Janet Germany
13, 5252 Forty-fourth street
NV, and Peggy Neal, Is, OF
Boyds. Md, had been baby-sit-
ting in Norfolk, according to
Mrs. Carl j. Germany.
A suspicious father in Nor
folk called police about the two
girls Sunday. They returned
home yesterday.
Mrs. Germany said the two
girls had used what money they
had to buy bus ticket to Nor
folk on october %. She added
both were glad to be back home
again.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
City Heads Learn Laws
On SheIIfish Are Planned

The District Commissioners
learned today that their legal
sharks are drafting a set Of
regulations to cover the opera
ton of "shellfish and shucking
houses" in the District.
Perking up at the information.
the city heads became interested
in the project to the extent that
they agreed to assign Health
Department personnel to the
corporation counSel's Office to
assist the lawyers in preparing
the new regulations.
Purpose of the shellfish code
is to require more sanitary
handling of oysters. clans, mus
sells and related species, mostly
in wharfside markets.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Police Privote Fined
On 2Churqes by Bourd

Pvt. Albert H. PiZzi of the 14th
Precinct today was fined $50 on
each of two counts of drinking
alcoholic beverages while on duty
and for failing to report off duty.
Trial Board charges brought
out that Pvt. Pizzi, while on his
foot beat, entered a restaurant
and drank beer. The policeman
also was found guilty of not re-
porting off duty until one-half
hour after his shift ended. ?
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Wonnan,24,in6
AssauItCases
Held for Jury
Now Faces Murder
Count in Fatal
Stubbinq of Friend

A coroner's jury today held
Mrs. Evelyn Sockwell, "a. for
grand jury action on a murder
charge in the fatal Stabbing Of
her boy friend.
Police and court records show
that Mrs. Sockwell, colored, has
spent only four days in jail dur
ing the last five years despite five
other charges of assault with a
deadly weapon during that time.
In the sixth case Mrs. Sock
we'll was accused of stabbing
Cornelius Reeves, 46. colored, of
the 900 block of North Patrick
street, Alexandria. near her
home in the 900 block of K street
S.W. yesterday afternoon.
Says He Struck Her.
Detective Sergt, Keith G Cos
man testified during the inquest
that Mrs. Sockwell and Mr..
Reeves were arguing near her
home. Mrs. Sockwell said Mr..
Reeves struck her with his fist.
Police said Mrs. Sockwell went
to her home and came back with
a pairing knife and stabbed Mr..
Reeves.
Neighbors took him in a taxi
to Providence Hospital, where he
was pronounced dead on arrival.
Records in Mrs. Sockwell's
case list her first arrest for as
sault with a deadly weapon
scissors-in 1948. The charge
was dropped. In March, 1949,
she again was arrested in an as
sault case involving scissors and
again the charge was dropped.
Sentence Suspended.
In September, 1949, she again
was accused of assault with a
deadly weapon-a knife. This
was later reduced to simple as
sault and she was sentenced to
80 days IN jail. The sentence
was suspended and she was
placed on probation for a year.
A month later. she was charged
with assault with deadly
weapon against her husband.
The charge was nolle pressed
when the husband failed to
prosecute. Last May she was
taken into custoday for mental
observation and later released.
Last July 10 she was accused
of assaulting two women with a
wine bottled. One charge was
reduced to simple assault. Mrs.
Sockwell was sentenced to spend
80 days in Jail or pay 5000
fine. She went to Jail. but four
days later her fine was paid and
she was released.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Police Miss Dope Suspect,
But Arrest Another One

Two police morals division off,
GERS trying to arrest a fugitive
narcotics peddler on a Commits
Sioner's warrant missed their
original quarry last night but
flushed another suspected mar
ccticS violator in their search.
The two men called at 638 o
street NV. When they identi-
fed themselves to the woman
who answered the door. she
turned and fled, they said.
The officers arrested the
woman, who they said was car
rving So capsules of suspected
cut heroin. She was identified
as Evelyn Bates. 80, colored, Of
the o street address.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Man Held for Grand Jury
On Narcotics CHARGE

A man charged with possess
sion and sale of narcotics yes
terday was held for action of
the grand jury under $4,000
bond by United States Commits
sion Cyril S. Lawrence.
Theodore L. HinSon. 40, of
1343 l. street NV. was arrested
early yesterday. after he sold
narcotics to an Undercover man,
police said.
Hinson was described by po-
lice as IAN addict with a very
strong habit" They said he was
arrested here three years ago
on warrant from Sulphur
Springs. Ark, charging the rob-
berry OF two Sulphur Springs
drugstores. When apprehended,
Hinson had a valise full of mar
cGeicS, police said.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Birds Seek 10 Replace
S64O Stolen at Benefit

Radio birds are coming to the
air of their species this week in
an attempt to replace the $64O
lost to thieves Sunday by the
National Cage Bird Society.
The money, proceeds # the
society's show here last week,
had been intended as a dona-
tion to the Cerebral Palsy Asso-
citation.
A pair of Radio Station
WWDC disc jockeys, Art Brown,
who uses canaries on his show,
and Milton @. Ford, who uses a
parrot, have been appealing to
listeners for small donations to
replace the money. Station Of
ficials said more than 5000 was
collected yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Outside Jobs
Ban Is Drafted
For D. Police
Order by Murray
To Allow Exceptions
In Hardship Cases

Policemen will be forbidden to
take outside jobs except in ex-
treme hardship cases, Police
Chief Robert V. Murray said to-
day.
Chief Murray said that since
police now have a pay raise,
they should be expected to de-
vote their full time to the Police
Department.
The effective date of the ban
on outside employment will be
specified in an order which Dep
uty Chief Howard V. Covell is
preparing.
District inspectors, Chief Muir
ray said, will review the outside
jobs to determine whether a
policeman has SO many family
, responsibilities and is so low
on the pay scale that he needs
the extra income. The District
inspectors will then make recon-
mendationS to the chief on what
they consider hardship cases.
Ban No Innovation.
Chief Murray's announcement
follows a survey he had made
recently to determine how much
time policemen spent on outside
work. A circular was sent to
every member of the department.
The district inspectors were
given the circulars to review.
Inspector Covell said this re-
view already has resulted in a
number of policemen being or
dered individually to quit their
jobs.
He said what he referred to as
information" had come in from
number of citizens that police
men had jobs as bill collectors.
These citizens, he said, felt obli-
gated to pay the bills because
they feared that because the bill
collectors were policemen they
might find themselves in other
trouble.
Policemen, he said, also have
been employed by companies re-
possessing property for failure to
pay. Citizens, he said, have
given headquarters "informa-
tion" about this, too. He insisted
on the word information"
rather than complaints"
Bill-collecting and property
repossessing policemen have au-
tomatically been cut off from
their outside jobs, Inspector
COvell said.
The ban on outside employ
ment is not new. 1t was in ef-
feet before World War II. In
wartime, however, the ban was
relaxed because of the manpoW-
er shortage. Thereafter, rises in
the cost of living deferred Off
Gals from forbidding policemen
TO hold OUTSIDE JOBS.
Taxi Driving Not Allowed.
Policemen have never been al
lowed to drive taxicabs or work
in places where liquor is sold. but
they have been allowed to hold
most other legitimate jobs from
jerking soda to painting houses.
Flremen are allowed to drive
cabs if they can get a hackers
license and they can hold other
legitimate jobs.
Informed of Chief Murray's
decision. Fire Chief Millard H.
Sutton said he did not plan to
follow suit at this time. Fire
men got pay raise at the same
time as the policemen.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Policemen Grab Man
Ready 10 Leap Off Bridge

Two policemen crept up be-
hind a man and grabbed him
as he was threatening to Jump
from the ledge of the Calvert
Street Bridge yesterday.
Police Pvts. John B. Jones and
Robert j. Long, said the 29-year-
old man had taken off his shoes
and was standing at the rail
when they coaSted to stop
behind him. The officers ap-
preached quietly and grabbed
him.
The man, who is colored and
unemployed, told the policemen
he had been feeling depressed
He was taken to District Gen
eral Hospital for mental obser-
lNtion.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Rover Assistant Quits
For Oil Firm Position

william j. Peck, SO, chief of
the appellate division of the
United States Attorneys Office,
announced his resignation today.
The former assistant United
States Attorney. who has been
in the appellate division since
April IA, 1852, said he was leav-
ing to take a position in the
Office of the general counsel of
Universal Oil Products Co. OF
DeSplaineS, Ill.
Mr.. Peck, who lives at 1923
Valley drive, Alexandria, will be
replaced temporarily by Assist
sntant United States Attorney
Oliver Gasch, United States. At
torney Leo A. Rover said.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Flanagan Is Appointed
To Porking Agency \

James H. Flanagan, vice pres
ident of Capital Transit Co. and
former chairman of the Public
Utilities Commission, today was
appointed a member of the Dis
trict Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency for a term of four years.
Mr.. Flanagan will succeed
Mark Lansburgh, who died last
week. I
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Methodists List S32o,152
In Drive for SSOO,0OO

Ninety-nine churches have
contributed 1929, ,152 towards the
100000 goal Of the Methodist
Baltimore Annual Conference
church extension crusade, it was
announced last night.
The Rev. F. Olen Hunt, of the
Methodist General Board of
Missions and Church Extension,
made the report to a meeting
in Hamline Methodist Church.
Sixteenth and Allison streets
NV.
Methodist Bishop G. Bromley
Oman of Washington spoke.
Another meeting will be held
at pm. today in Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, 900
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
Deadline for the drive is No
vember Is.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Pennsylvania Girl, ID,
SOUGHT in District

Washington police have been
asked to look for missing Har-
riSburg (PaD girl who has rela-
tives in the District.
The girl, Dolores PyleS, IA, has
been missing from home since
last Tuesday. She and a high
school friend, Nancy Toney, Is,
may have come to Washington
to look for work, according to
Mrs. Marie Copt, 4347 F street
Sc, aunt of Dolores.
Mrs. Copt said her niece is 5
feet 4 inches tall, weighs 120
pounds, has bleached blond hair
and walks with a slight limp.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Plea 10 Use Taft Name
On City Installation Fails

A proposal that the late Sena-
tor Robert A. Taft be memorial
lied by some municipal installa-
ton here was politely turned
aside by the District Commis-
sioners today.
The request came from Roy H.
MillenSon, chairman of the 10Th
Republican precinct. Mr.. Mil
lenson suggested that since SEN
ator Taft was "long a resident
of the city and devoted to it's
welfare" public building, street,
bridge or park should be dedi-
Gated to the late legislators
memory.
Commissioner Samuel Spencer
observed that he thought the
practice here was not to name
public works after congressional
leaders.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
If Players Protest
Mixup of Chips,
They're Gambling
By the Asseeioted Prssa

BALTIMORE. Nov. 3.-Chips
on a table are not prima facie
evidence of gambling. g.
So 1t. Joseph Byrne. chief Of
Baltlmore's vice squad, has his
own method of determining
whether it's gambling or merely
a friendly game of skill.
He mixes up the chips so no
one knows whose is which. 1t.
Byrne said in Central Police
Court yesterday. IF they aren't
gambling, it doesn't make any.
difference to them," he ~ex-
planned.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Open House at School

Rockville MD Elementary
School teachers will held an
open house at 8:15 o'clock to-
night for the parents as part of
/ . PTA meeting at the school, 4
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Speech Clinic
To Be Aided

The second annual Dub-U-
Tante ball. to be held tomor-
row at the Shoreham Hotel, is
for the benefit of the National
Speech Clinic Foundation, Inc
The II "Dubs" coming out this
season were selected by those
who came out last year.
The current group includes the
Messrs. Hobart Baldwin. Edward
Beacon, Ralph A. Cusick, jr.,
William Earnest, James Fassett,
David Hickenlooper, Thomas
Hunter, Merwin A. Mace, jr.,
Daniel Seckinger and Francis
Meade Tompkins III.
Seventeen current debutantes
have been selected to serve on
the floor committee. They are
the Misses Mary Chaffee. Judith
Clogg of Baltimore, Sandra
Cowen. Jan Corbett, Joan Crow
ley. Barbara Falge. Lucille Fer
guson, Betty Jane Johnson, EliZ-
abeth Johnson, Judith Lund,
Carol and Patricia Nation, Mar
garet Parsons, Patricia Priest
Virginia Thomas, Anne Weaver
and Margaret Yount.
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Miss Dolores Shaw.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Shaw an
nounce the marriage of their
daughter Dolores to Mr.. Edward
K. Blum, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Jack Blum of New York. The
wedding took place December q
at the Hamilton Hotel, Rabbi
Balfour Brickner officiating.
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|JoyC|ork
to
Capitalize

In an evening ceremony yes
terday at st. Adams Church,
Miss Margaret Clark Wetherill,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Convers Wetherill of Westmore-
land Hills, Md, became the
pride of Mr.. Jay Clark Nv of
Aberdeen. Md.
The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Robert S. Trenbath
of St. Adams Church. A recep-
ton followed at the Washington
Club.
Given in marriage by her
father. the bride wore a white
gown fashioned with a slight
off the shoulder neckline edged
with seed pearls and Sequins.
The bouffant skirt had tiers of
tulle edged with fine Val lace
which fell from a fitted bodice.
Her veil of silk illusion was at
tached to a cap of white tulle
trimmed with seed pearls and
sequins. She carried a prayer
book and white orchids.
Mrs. John Wallace McNeel,
sister of the bride, was matron
of honor and Miss Phyllis Clare
Ames was maid of honor. The
other attendants were Miss
Gloria Reside, Miss Diane NAL
Strom and Mrs. Prescott Pardoe.
They wore identical dresses of
white taffeta, with the neckline
edged in seed pearls and sequins
and with bouffant skirts, and
carried bouquets of holly
trimmed with silver ribbon.
Miss Ann Wetherill and Miss
Martha Mccormick were the
Junior bridesmaids.
Acting as best man was Mr..
Guy Thomas Steuart II. Ushers
were Mr.. Godfrey Alan Eckles.
Mr.. William Dial Perry, DR..
John Wallace McNeel and Mr..
Rlchard Johnson.
Immediately after the recep-
ton the young couple left for
a wedding trip to Sea Island,
Ga. They plan to make their
home in Aberdeen.
The bride is a graduate of
st. Mary's Seminary and studied
a year in Zurich. Switzerland.
She also attended George Wash
ington University.
The bridegroom, son of Mrs.
Charles T Wende of Paris,
France, and Mr.. Jay Clark III
of Waban, Mass, attended Ly-
coming College in Pennsylvania
before entering the United
States Air Force.
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WOOdWurds
Are Feted

The Honduran Ambassador
and Sonora de Vale entertained
at an 8 o'clock black tie dinner
last evening in honor of the Dep
uty Assistant Secretary of State
for nter-American Affairs and
Mrs. Robert F. Woodward.
Others present were the Am
bassador of Ell Salvador and
Sonora de Castro, the Colombian
Ambassador and Sonora de Zu-
leta-Angel, the Ambassador of
Venezuela and Sonora de Con-
zalez. the Brazilian Ambassador
and Nine. Muniz and the Do
minican Ambassador and Sonora
de Moya.
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Miss Stir|inq
IsHOnOred
-Hessler Photo

Miss Elizabeth Stirling, debu-
tante daughter of DR.. w. CAL
houn Stirling and Mrs. Tillman
Stirling, will be honored tonight
at a dinner being given by her
aunt, Mrs. Tillman Leigh.
The dinner will be at Mrs.
Leigh's Georgetown house and
will precede the dance at the
Sulgrave Club honoring Miss
Diane Moore.
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shipman John w. JamiSon, jr.,
a second classman at Annapolis,
was there, as was Nelson Beck
johnson. plebe at Annapolis.
and his sister Betty Jane, one of
this seasons debutantes. Miss
Johnson, the daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Nelson johnson, came
out at tea dance last Monday.
Other of this seasons debu-
tantes IN the group of $50 or so
were Miss Elizabeth Camper
Johnson, niece of Col. and Mrs
Lawrence Lally, who was pre-
sented December 10 at a dinner
dance; Miss Judith Lund. daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell
Lund, who will come out this
evening at a tea dance at the
Congressional Country Club; and
Miss Jan Corbett. daughter of
Col. and Mrs. w. James B. Cor
bett, who will make her bow to-
morrow at a tea dance at the
Columbia Country Club.
EorIy Stort
Yesterdays debutante activ-
tiles started early, with an II
o'clock in the morning invitation
to have coffee with Mrs. Stanley
Lonzo Scott, whose husband is
commanding general of Fort
Belvoir. The gathering which was
held at the SCOTS residence.
Quarters l, at Fort Belvoir,
was in honor of Miss Margaret
Reybold Yount, daughter of Brig.
Gen. and Mrs. Paul Fraily Yount,
who will make her debut at a
dinner tomorrow evening.
A late-evening gathering was
the 9:30-on party given by Mid
shipman William Pinkney Jones
at the Blackstone road home of
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Har-
vey l.. Mccoy Jones. Guests were
mostly debutantes and fellow
midshipmen of the host.
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Smith Photo.
MRS. ROBERT ID. connolly
The Former
Miss Marjorie HI. Roberts.
Miss Marjorie Howell Roberts,
daughter of Mrs. Walter j. Fra
zier, became the bride Deem
Der % of Ensign Robert David
Connolly, U. S. NJ. in the chapel
of the United States Naval Air
Station at Miramar. Calf. The
Rev. Vincent M. Smith, chap
lain, U. S. NJ, officiated.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her stepfather, Comdr.
Walter j. Frazier, U. S. N.
Ensign Connolly, a graduate of
the United States Naval Acad-
envy, class of '53. is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert C. Connolly
of Gurnee. III.
Mrs. Connolly was graduated
from Holton Arms School and
attended Vassar College.
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Society Dances

A New Years eve party open
to members of all State societies
will be held in the Shoreham
Hotel. Music by Dave McWil-
liams will highlight the dance
from $50 pm. to 1870 am.
Thursday night.
X X X
The Georgia State Society will
have a New Year dance at $50
pm. next Saturday in the Shore
ham Hotel.
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Couple Feted

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron S. HUE
entertained at a cocktail party
Sunday in honor of Miss Con-
stance Patricia O'Leary OF Ar
lington and Mr.. John Monrc
Watson of Bethesda, who will bu
married January 2. Guests in
cluded members of the wedding
party.
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Southall Photo.
MISS PATSY S. PANCOAST
Engaged to
MIR. Robert S. Cullen.
Announcement of the en-
gagement of Miss PancOaSt
to Mr.. Cullen has been made
by her parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Daniel F. PancOaSt, ST.
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PlatZ Photo.
MISS MAUREEN SCANLON
Engaged to
MIR. Terence ]. Shea.
The engagement of Miss
ScanlOn to Mr.. Shea has been
announced by the BRIDE
elects parents, MIR. and Mrs.
Maurice John ScanlOn.