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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Police Free
Jailed Victim
OF Fran1e-Up
Cos Stution Man
Held as EmbezzIer
In Holdup Hoax

A 34-year-old father, in Jail
six days on robbery charge,
was freed today after detectives
disclosed he was the victim of
an elaborate frame-up.
He is Freddie Thompson, COL
ored, of GOT Sixth street NE.
held since Tuesday because a fill
ing station attendant pointed
him out as holdup man.
Police have charged the at
tendant, Harry E. Lackey. %, of
269 Hawaii avenue NE. with
making a false report and with
embezzlement.
Admits Beating Story Lie.
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott,
chief of detectives, said Lackey
admitted lying when he said Mr.
Thompson beat and robbed him
of $137 on July 81 in the service
station at 1400 Florida Avenue
NE.
United States Commissioner
Cyril S. Lawrence set Mr..
Thompson free today. Last
Wednesday the commissioner
had continued the case until to-
day to give Mr.. Thompson time
to get an attorney.
I'm the loser" Mr.. Thompson
commented after his, release.
I'm not getting anything out
of this"
Mr.. Thompson, who said he
spent his six days in Jail sing
ing and praying" had been held
under $4,000 bond.
His attorney, John H. Fallon,
called the incident "a sinking
DEAL" and said it pointed up the
need for police to check out
stories before making an arrest.
In Municipal Court today, at
torneys for Lackey asked that a
low bond be set for their client.
1t is a terrible crime to send
an innocent man to Jail for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Civil Defense Planning
Surprise Alert in October

A surprise Civil Defense test
alert will be held in the District
and seven neighboring States the
last week Of October. it was an
nounced today by the Federal
Civil Defense Administration.
Although some States are plan
ming participation in the first
surprise alert since World War
II. officials of the Districts ONCE
Of Civil Defense said it was un-
decided whether the District
would confine the exercise to civil
defense workers or include the
public.
A series of one-day region
wide technical conferences will
be conducted September 8 in
Charleston. w. Va, in prepara-
ton for the October alert.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Boost in Phone
Rates Expected
Here Friday
No Opposition Voiced
At Hearing; Company
To Net $704 900

No opposition developed today
at a hearing on an increased
rates for Washington telephone
users. and the higher rate sched-
ule is expected to become effec-
tive Friday.
The new schedule. as proposed
by the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., provides for In
creased charges for residential
telephone users amounting to so
cents for single party lines and
rs cents for two-party lines. !.
The full schedule of increases
is expected to yield the company
81 ,625 900. This would give the
company a net of $704,000 after
taxes.
Order Due Soon.
Public Utilities Commission
officials, before whom 80
minute hearing was held, said
an order would be issued today
or tomorrow authorizing the in.
crease. They expressed no OBJ
lection to the plan of the COM
pany to make the increases eff
fective at the end of this week.
The commission approved part
OF the company's request for an
increase last July 80 and told
the company to file a rate sched-
ule which would produce the
authorized $1,625,000 boost in
gross earnings. The company had
asked for an increase of $4.4
million.
At today's hearing there was
no opposition to the rate sched-
ule proposed by the company
last Tuesday.
Details of Increase.
Business service rates would
be increased so cents a month
for individual line and first PIX
trunk message rates on the first
100 message units. On all others.
there would be a quarter of "a
cent per call increase.
Testifying for the company, H,
D. Fangboner said business aux
iliary lines and additional PIX
trunks will be priced at $2.75
each per month. an increase OF
rs cents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Eisenhowers Attend
Church Services

President Eisenhower attended
an early church service yester-
day and heard q sermon stress
ing the need for placing the will
Of God over political party unity.
Gen. and Mrs. Eisenhower,
who arrived four minutes early
for the 9 am. service at Ma
tional Presbyterian Churc h,
heard the minister declare that
good government comes from
placing "the viii Of God above
party idolatry."
DR.. Louis II. Evans, a Presby-
terrain minister-at-large. deliv-
cred the sermon. He is filling in
for DR.. Edward L. r. Elson. the
regular pastor, who is in Nova
Scotia.
The President. in a dark blue
suit, and Mrs. Eisenhower,
dressed in q white dress with
blue polkadots. sat in o pew
near the front. DR.. Evans and
the President chatted briefly
after the service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Bride, IL, Here for Rood-E-O, Loses Luggage

Somehow, her luggage con-
tanning dresses. skirts and blouses
got lost at the Pittsburgh air
terminal on her way to WASH
ington, A television appearance
tonight had her worried today
since she'll have to appear in
the same dress she's been wear
ing all day.
On hand this morning to offer
their consolation were three
other contestants who arrived
last night. They were Ty Car
son, II, of Tucson, Ariz.; Ronald
Hendricks, Is. of Bolton, S. c.,
and Horst Schmidt, 10, repre-
senting Nevada.
Young Schmidt calls Munich,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09

A bride of II, without her bag
gage and her husband, is in town
today to compete in the third
annual Teen-Age Road-E-O.
Mrs. Mary Lou Crum of East
Palestine, Ohio, is the only girl
entered in the contest and is the
first married contestant yet to
compete.
A former restaurant car-hSp,
comely Mrs. Crum hasn't sean
her 20-year-old husband since
he left for paratroop training at
Fort Campbell, KY, July Is.
They were married July II after
Mrs. Crum, nee McCown won the
Ohio contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09

something you have DONE" Judge
Nadine L. Gallagher said, and
set bond at $4,000. She pointed
out that this was the same bond
on which Mr.. Thompson had
been held. She ordered Lackey
held for the grand jury.
How Case Unfolded.
Chief Scott said the bizarre
case developed this way:
On July 81. police were called
to the Florida avenue service sta
ton. When they arrived, Lackey
told them he was alone in the
station about 1910 pm. when a
colored man. carrying a gun,
drove in and ordered dollars
worth of gasoline.
The man then got out of the
car. Lackey related. and pulled
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
TickIish Doctor Role
In Sending Patient 10
Psychiafrist Cited

One of the more ticklish situa-
lions a doctor finds himself in
breaking it to a patient that,
perhaps, psychiatric treatment
might be the answer - was
described to colored physicians
today at the annual meeting Of
the National Medical Associa-
ton.
About 1000 physicians from
throughout the United States
are attending the week-long
meeting held at Howard Uni
sity.
DR.. Charles B. Wilkinson, psy-
chiatrist of the Howard Uni
versity Medical School. said pa
tients still hold the feeling that
psychiatrists see only CRAZY peo-
pie" and have number of
prejudices against that branch
Of medicine.
The ticklish spot, then, for the
physician is in preparing 6
patient for referral to a pSy-
chiatrist.
Should "Raise a Doubt"
What the physician should
try to do, according to DR..
Wilkinson, is raise a doubt" in
the patients mind that maybe
he is disturbed mentally, after
all. This is best accomplished
by encouraging the patient to
talk as spontaneously as possible
about the various things on his
mind.
But all too frequently, DR..
Wilkinson believes, doctors will
ask a patient what is worrying
him" or advises him to stop
worrying"
This causes the patient. DR..
Wilkinson said, to ponder "all
the conscious external obstacles
of which is aware" Examples
could be upcoming bills or a
baby on the way. But these are
not the things causing the
trouble. just what is the trouble
is not usually known by the
patient while glancing over his
current set Of troubles. It's
something much deeper.
But given a chance to talk,
the patient will always reveal
to- the doctor. either directly or
indirectly, what is wrong.
Becomes Angry.
What often happens when q
patient is told he should see q
psychiatrist is that he becomes
angry, taking it as q personal
affront. In turn, DR.. Wilkinson
said, the physician gets mad
himself and his usefulness to the
patient is lost.
"His ability (the physician's)
not to become angry places the
problem where it beongs-the
property Of the patient" DR.,
| Wilkinson said.
/ Doctors should acquaint them
selves better with the fears pa
tients hold toward psychiatry-
then help them bridge the gap
to the psychiatrist, DR.. Wilkin-
son advised.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09

out a revolver, struck Lackey in
the stomach so hard it made him
ill, and then forced him into q
storage room. After that, Lackey
told police, the holdup man piled
oil barrels in front of the storage
room door.
Identified "Holdup Man."
Detectives Richard r. Gram
ford, jr., and John j. Wolf, who
investigated the robbery report,
said Lackey told them the holdup
man was about 6 feet tall,
weighed 185 pounds, and had a
4-inch scar on his face. He said
the bandit was wearing a white
sport straw hat with a green
visor. He also gave a detailed
description of the automobile he
said the holdup man was driving
Police found q man who recog-
nized the car. and this led them
to Mr.. Thompson. Lackey picked
up MIR. Thompson out from q
police lineup.
But police were not entirely
satisfied that they had the right
man, because Mr.. Thompson's
protestation of innocence had 9
true ring. They continued theil
investigation.
BY Saturday. police said, they
were convinced that Lackey was
not telling the truth and queS-
toned him further. When they
asked him to take lie detectol
test. Detective Sanford said
Lackey replied:
mo. ] might as well tell the
whole thing. That (the lie de.
tector) viii just make q fool Out
q me-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Hospital Seeks Kin
of Aged Patient

Emergency Hospital officials
searched today for relatives Of
a 7S-year-old patient who en-
tered the hospital yesterday and
was unable to give names Of his
next of kin.
Identified by the hospital as
William T. Perry. li49 Rhode
Island avenue NV, he was
brought to Emergency after a
stroke he suffered as he entered
a restaurant yesterday.
Neighbors Of Mr.. Perry-who
bears a striking resemblance to
James A. Farley-said Mr.. Perry
was a retired Army colonel. They
added he was believed to have a
niece living in the Silver Spring
area.
Mr.. Perry was reported in crit
ical condition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Manager Of Dairy
Hangs Self in Barn
On Farm in Fairfax

James King, ST., "A, Fairfax
County dairy farmer, was found
hanged today in barn at Fair
view Farm which he managed
for the last q years.
Fairfax County police ruled
the death a suicide after Mr..
King was pronounced dead by
DR.. Claude Cooper, county medi-
cal examiner.
Police said they could find no
explanation for Mr.. Kings act.
He breakfasted this morning
with his son. James King, jr.,
who arrived Saturday from At
ianta for a weeks visit. The
younger Mr.. King told police his
father seemed in good spirits.
Note Found in Car.
After breakfast the elder Mr..
King left for the barn and his
son prepared to go to town. Ten
minutes later the son found a
note on the steering wheel of
his car. The note was from his
father and it stated Come out
to the barn, I want to see YOU"
police said.
He went to the barn and found
his father hanging from a rafter.
His father was still breathing.
He cut him down and tried to
revive him with artificial res
piration. When his father didn't
respond. the son called police
and the Chantilly Rescue Squad.
Mr.. King was pronounced dead
at the scene after all efforts to
revive him failed.
Was Native of Fairfax.
Mr.. King was native of Fair
fax County and prospered in the
dairy farming business. He had
managed the 800-acre Fairview
Farm for a series of owners and
made his home there.
Besides his son, he leaves his
widow Mrs. Elizabeth King, and
daughter, who lives in Arlington.
Fairview Farm is one and one
half miles east Of Chantilly, OH
Route so.
Helped Form Association.
Five years ago Mr.. King helped
organize the Fairfax County
Artificial Breeding Association
which now has more than 800
members. A $500 check from his
farm was the first contribution
toward the now successful asso-
citation. He also put 1872 cows
into it the first day.
For many years Mr.. King
served as director of the county's
Dairy Herd Improvement Asso-
citation. Fairfax County Agent
Joe Beard said Mr.. King was
one of our foremost farm citi-
zens."
Mr.. King also had managed q
number of beef cattle farms, in
Guiding one that belonged to
WestInoreland Davis, former
Governor Of Virginia, at Lees
burg. At one time he managed
the 4000-acre Sunset Hills farm
near Herndon, Va, and also Oak
Hill farm at Aide, which once
was the home Of President
Monroe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Swimming Pool Opens
South Of AIexundriu

Pike Branch Club. neighbor-
hood. cooperative swimming
pool, had its formal opening
Saturday with a beauty contest.
The pool is on Florence lane
some IS miles south Of Alex
andria. Va. of Telegraph road.
The winning beauty was Miss
Linda Klaveness, 16-year-old
blond daughter Of Comdr. and
Mrs. r. A. Klayeness. a West
Walnut street, Alexandria. Z
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
300 Civilians 10 Convene
AT kenWood Country Club

About 800 Maryland and Vir-
GINA members of the Civitan In
ternational viii meet at the Ken
wood Country Club in Bethesda
this week end for the annual
summer council Of the organiza-
tons Chesapeake district.
Bethesda-area Civilians viii be
host Saturday and Sunday. Dis
trict governor-elect Is III. King
Mularkey Of Bethesda.
Roy Abagnale of Springfield,
Mass. international Civitan pres
ident, and DR.. Charles b. Wine
gar Of the Washington Theolog-
ical Seminary In Takoma Park,
viii speak ct . banquet Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
Purkinq Bunned at Project

The Department Of TRAFFIC to-
day announced q ban on parking
at any time in connection with
the construction of q sewer on
Benning road between Central
avenue NE. and East Capitol
street. This eliminates parking
on Central avenue. Forty seventh
street and Forty-ninth street
NE. IN the area.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-09
President Signs Bill
On Grade Crossing Funds

President Eisenhower today
signed a bill granting more than
$250.000 in Federal money to-
ward the cost Of railroad grade
separations on New York avenue
extended.
The Districts share Of the
Job win be $4,000. =
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18

Toned tools for farming that
are displayed in the museum.
Cups, forks, and spoons,
carved from shell, were used
for cooking and eating uten-
sils.
Remains of their homes
made from the virgin for
est trees, gathered along the
river were plastered with a
thick coating of moistened
sand and clay. Thatched
roofs were made of heavy
swamp grass. A hole was
left in the center to serve
as a chimney. The floors
were Of hard-packed clay,
frequently covered with
sand. These homes, although
primitive, were neat, COM
Portable and weatherproof.
This historical restoration
OF recent years has become
a site of primary Importance
to school classes, educators,
civic groups, and the gen.
eral public. 1t is a scenic
and archaeologic feature you
can i'll afford to miss if you
chance to visit the deep,
deep South.
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18
'lete bone structure.

plete bone structure.
Replicas have been restor-
ed to show the religion of
these Indians were of para
mount Importance. The
mounds on which they wor-
shipped are enduring monu-
ments to the strength and
fervor of their faith. Tons
and tons of clay, loan, and
sand were carried by them
to form these towering
structures. Atop these earth
pyramids they built great
wooden temples and special
dwelling houses for chief
tains and priests. Marked
evidences of their colorful
and elaborate ceremonies
have been unearthed. Many
beautiful breast plates were
buried with the deceased,
symbolic of their religious
beliefs.
Beautiful pipes som e
carved from stone, others
nodded of clay, have been
found there. These were
smoked through a long stem.
Other treasured belongings
such as beads, bracelets, and
other ornaments, were also
buried with the dead, and
may be seen on the skeletal
remains buried with them,
around their necks, arms, or
ankles.
Great quantities of pot
terry were manufactured for
domestic use, by the Indians.
Their skill and versatility
can be seen in the designs
and lines used on them.
Careful and lasting express
sions of their artistry leaves
the observer hypnotized. The
potters usually decorated the
vessels with some intricate
design painted from colors
derived from iron, ore, or
soil pigments,
Quite in keeping with to-
days vogue, the women
were fond of personal adorn-
ment. Ear plugs, bracelets,
and arm bands of copper,
and beads and pendants of
bone, stone. shell, and cop
per, were carved with intri-
cate and delicate patterns.
These resemble many that
are fashionable today.
For food, fish and vege-
tables were used mainly.
Many skilled artisans fash
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18
Mrs. Virginia 7. Lee, Roanoke
Librarian Acclaims Wonders
OF The Deep South

Corps started the develop
ment of this area in 1888.
Forty pyramidal structures
ranging from 3O-58 IL. feet
were cleared of trees, and
other wildlife. During this
time many of the workers
unearthed human skulls near
the earth, or picked up hui
man bones that made them
know a proud Indian civili-
cation had once roamed that
primeval forest.
These forty mounds re-
main as remnants of the
Moundville Indians gre a t
city. 1t was interesting to
learn that the mounds were
domiciliary, which distin-
guished them from burial
mounds or effigy mounds
found on other Indian sites.
These domiciliary mounds
which were erected as SUBJ
structures for temples and
other important buildings
a re rectangular truncated
pyramids. The largest covers
almost two acres, and is
SO 1-2 feet high.
Visitors will be especially
curious to see the weird and
gruesome burial groups. On
the North wing of the mu-
scum Ito the visitors left
as he enters the building) ,
seventeen in stu burials
may be seen. These burials
have been uncovered and left
in the ground just as they
were found.
The South wing of the
museum Ito the visitors left
as he leaves the building)
encloses forty such burials.
L h e s e fifty-seven burials
with their accompanying
pottery, ornaments, and 9TH
er artifacts are in a ceme-
terry area, not a mound. Most
of the burials were approx
mately one and one-half feet
under the surface of the
earth, although some were
only four inches under
ground, and others were
three feet. Since the Indians
believed that a Happy
Hunting Ground" awaited
them after death, they were
always buried with food and
water at their heads in pot
terry containers to sustain
them from hunger w h il e
away on their trip to another
world.
Studies of these prehis-
toric skeletal remains have
revealed the sex and individ-
ual age ii. e., how old the
individual was at the time
OF buriaD of each burial, as
well as the physical defects
which in some cases caused
the death of the individual.
The effects of head-flatten-
ing, a popular prac t i c e
among the Indians, are ap-
parent on many of the skulls.
The ingenious skill used
in embalming, or in the pres
ervation of the bodies has
left the skeletal remains
with practically all of the
teeth of the individuals, as
well as the perfect and COM
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18

South was influenced by
some very dear friends, who
were eager to have me share
the unusual comforts and
unique appointments of their
newly constructed h O m e.
Several years ago a promise
was made Mr.. and Mrs.
Hampton d. Lee, the most
progressive morticians, real
estate dealers, and civic lead
ers of Marion, Alabama, that
a visit would be forthcom-
ing upon the completion of
the new home they then eag-
erly anticipated as a future
reality. Time elapsed, and
their hopes and aspirations
bore fruition in the form of
what has become one of the
most striking homes.
AS their guest 1 enjoyed
numerous Inequalities, and
especially the friendly and
rare distinction shown by
them in presiding over their
home in the community.
While in Alabama, many,
other points of the state
were visited. One of the
most interesting was the
Mound State Monument in
Moundville, Georgia, which
has a fascinating story sur
rounding it. Some of the
highlights are contained in
the story that follows:
Many centuries ago, prior
to the discovery of America
by Columbus, there flourish
ed a prehistoric Indian Viii
lage on the banks of the War
rior river in Moundville, Ala
bama. A pleasant, contented
and peaceful people dwelt in
this great Indian metropolis
from 1200-14OO. Their story
was not one of warning
braves, but of industrious
artisans. Theirs were not
days of strife and treachery,
but of quiet toll and wor-
ship.
These people given to pot
terry making and the build
ing of fine temples, have
vanished long ago. The elo-
quence of their handiwork
endures among the decay
and ruins of their former
living.
In 1900 this village was
deserted by the Indians.
During 1897 the town of
Carriage replaced the desert
ed village with a white set
Element that later named the
place Moundville, because of
the numerous Indian mounds
within it's limits.
In 1905-19O6, the first
archaeological excavations
were made at Moundville by
Clarence b. Moore of the
Philadelphia Academy Of
National Science. 1t was
then that a Historical So
ciety was anized to
arouse interest in the pre-
servation of mounds. With
the aid of the Federal En-
Urgency Conservation Work
Agency, the 301 acres were
purchased which included all
the mounds on the prehis-
toric sight. A large-scale
development of the site was
The Tribune. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1951-19??, 1954-09-18
Citizens Undertaking Establishment
l n C o rp or a t e d

Ihlrty consecutive years O..
service to Roanoke and sur
rounding communities with
no extra charge within a
radius of 100 miles.
The loyalty of our friends
enables us to give the high
est type of service at the
lowest cost. Lady attendant
at all times. Free ambu-
lance service within the CITY
limits. Phone 2-8246.
Located at $50 Common
wealth Avenue, N. E., Roa-
noke, Virginia.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1954-05-07
Former GeslapO
Official Baptized
In Dutch Prison

THE HAGUE, Holland-(NC)-
Willy Lagos, leading official of
the German Gestapo who was sent
enced TO death by Dutch court
after the war but later reprieved.
was baptized in the Catholic Faith
at the Scheweningen prison near
here.
Lagos, who served the Gestapo in
Holland from 1910 TO 1945. was re
eeiyed into the Church by the chief
chaplain of the prison, and after
wards was confirmed by Arehbish-
op Paolo Giobbe, Apostolic Inter
nuncio TO the Netherlands.
Serving as his godfather was Mr..
Van RijckeVOrsel. a member OF
parliament who was Lagos attor-
ney at the trial. Mrs. RijckeVorsel
was godmother.
Lagos was condemned TO die
shortly after the German Surren-
der. on September "a. 1852, how
ever, the Minister of Justice com
muted the sentence to imprison-
ment, on the ground that although
Lagos had been proved one Of the
worst criminals of the war. len
iency was justified because the
prisoner had lived in uncertainty
+ for so many years"