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Park. Her husband had been
overseas three months. The
next month Dickerson moved in
with her, she said, and the
month after that they moved to
a rented house in Arlington.
She said she told her daugh-
tiers. IL and 8. Dickerson was
their Uncle Tom"
Assistant States Attorney
Thomas M. Anderson inquired
what money she and Dickerson
had.
MY money" she said.
The husbands CT allotment?
WELL" she retorted. "he was
sending it to me. I considered
it mine"
Sergt. Humphrey is her second
husband. Her first. the chill
dren's father, was a serviceman
killed in World War II.
She admitted knowing Dicker-
son planned the stickup. Il
knew he was going to take the
place eventually" she said. II
didn't know it, was going to be
that day."
Sergt. Whalen told the jury
she told officers she was through
with Dickerson and helped in
the $640 robbery 80 he could
get money to be on his way"
Mr.. Pugh later told reporters
he may appeal her conviction.
on the ground she was miSled by
Washington detectives prom
Use not to prosecute her in
Washington If she would testify
against Dickerson in a District
holdup case.
Won't Appeal Conviction.
Dickerson's lawyer. Bernard
T. Welsh, said he won't appeal
the mans conviction.
Dickerson probably will serve
his full 20 years, court aides said.
since the District and Prince
Georges County have detainers
against him. and Ohio wants him
as a parole violator.
He spent about a month in
Rockville jail after the July ar
rest. then was transferred. be-
cause of the insanity certificate,
to Spring Grove State Hospital.
He escaped from there. was
retaken in Kentucky and broke
out of Jail there. That's when
he was put on the FBI's most
wanted list. Agents caught him
in West Virginia four days Be-
fore Christmas.
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Arlington Women
To Discuss Custer

Inc Arlington WomenS Demo-
cratic Club. disowned by the
County Democratic Committee.
will meet Friday to consider the
committees action.
The club will meet at 8 pm.
at the home Of its vice president,
Mrs. Mildred B. HoweS, COL
North Dinwiddie street.
The committee announced
Sunday that it had voted to drop
the women's group from the
list Of Democratic organizations. "
The expulsion" announce
ment came after the club had
gone on record favoring a more
detailed loyalty oath for Virginia
teachers.
In a statement yesterday on
behalf Of the club. the president,
Mrs. Lucie Gauzza, and Mrs.
Howes questioned how the club
could be, expelled from IAN or
ganization to which we never
have belonged" They said their
group is affiliated with the Ma
tional Women's Democratic
Club, and not with the Arlington
Committee
The statement continued:
1--WE are overjoyed over having
the distinction of being con-
demned and criticized for favor
Ing the outlawing Of the Com
munist Party and all other sub
versive organizations. including
the proposal for a strong anti
Communist loyalty oath.
1.-THE people Of Arlington who
have been living under a mis-
conception Of our intentions now
will be able to identify those who
really are the true American
Democrats"
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took sentencing the same way.
When his weeping mother en-
braced him on his way back
upstairs to the Rockville Jail, he
pushed her arms away.
Husband Cries In Court.
Mrs. Humphrey. mother of
two, shed few tears. Her hus-
band, Sergt. 1/c Robert A..
Humphrey, cried harder in court
than she did. He returned from
Japan on an emergency fur
Tough after her arrest the day
after the holdup.
Dickerson did not testify. But
she did, trying to clear her
self. and blaming everything on
her co-defendant.
The woman's lawyer. James
M Pugh. called Dickerson "a
smart. fox-like. cunning and
treacherous criminal"
Mr.. Pugh argued that "this
little girl" was helpless when "a
big brute comes along like Dick
erson and rushed her off her
feet"
The four women and eight
men jurors were told by Sergt.
Lloyd Whalen. Montgomery
County detective, that Mrs.
Humphrey told police Dickerson
informed her beforehand that
they were driving to the loan
Office Ito hold the place up"
e Judge Convinced.
Judge Stedman Prescott told
her he had no doubt she knew
she was in on a holdup.
I'm thoroughly convinced you
did the same thing on other oc-
casions." he declared. "And you
probably still would be doing it
If you hadn't been caught"
The judge said she was get
ting off with eight years because
she had no prior record and be-
cause she probably would not
have turned criminal if she
hadn't become infatuated with
Dickerson.
Dickerson's only witness was
DR.. William Welsh, Rockville
physician. who certified him in
sane in August.
Cites Hunger Strike.
DR.. Welsh. not a psychiatrist.
said he was unable to determine
whether Dickerson is sane now
or was all right mentally in
July. He also testified under
cross-examination that Dicker-
sons hunger strike and suicide
attempt in August might have
been faxed.
DR.. Jacob Morgenstern gave
the testimony that convicted
Dickerson.
DR.. Morgenstern, chief psy-
chiatrist Of the State Mental
Hygiene Division, examined him
a week ago last Thursday
Dickerson was sane then. DR..
Morgenstern testified. adding
that he also concluded from the
examination findings that Dick
erSon was sane in July.
The Humphrey woman said,
she met Dickerson last April,
when her home was in College
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Here's One Lobby
Legislators Find
Difficult to Resist
BY the Assoe,oted Press

RICHMOND. Va, JAN, 10
The Virginia Federation Of
Women's Clubs has a program
it would like to see approved by
the current State Legislature,
and yesterday. the women got
a bit of candid advice from their
president on how to influence
the legislators.
go see your representatives"
advised Mrs, Stanley Bailey Of
Roanoke. land remember to use
your feminine wiles.
"Your new spring hat is, as
important as what you have in.
side it."
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Virginia Upheld
On Interstate
Milk Pricing
High Court Rules
Against Arlington on
D. c. RetuiI Imports

Arlington County has lost its
fight to prevent the Virginia
Milk Commission from fixing
minimum prices of milk sold in
the Arlington Alexandria area
by distributors from the District.
The Supreme Court. in a brief
order from which Justice Black
dissented. yesterday upheld a
1851 commission order, which
increased prices one-half cent q
quart in that area. The order
was attacked by the Arlington
County board. It was sustained
by the State Supreme Court.
The issue reached the United
States Supreme Court mainly on
a contention that the State Com
mission had gone contrary to
the Federal Constitution by plac-
ing a barrier" on the move
ment of interstate commerce.
Reasons UndisclOsed.
In oral arguments before the
tribunal only two weeks ago.
attorneys for the State not only
defended the validity of the
commissions action, but also
contended that the county board
had no legal standing to attack
the commission in the Supreme
Court.
The decision yesterday did not
disclose reasons why the eight
of the nine justices upheld the
State court and the commission.
The order, however, cited a
somewhat similar decision some
years ago. based on the inter-
state commerce angle. This ci-
tation indicated that the court
yesterday may not have ruled
directly on the jurisdictional
question.
The Arlington County board
contended that the commission
violated the commerce clause of
the Federal Constitution by fix
ing prices on a commodity that
moved in interstate commerce
between the District and Vir-
ginia.
Volume Cited.
The board informed the court
that about two-thirds of the
milk sold in the Arlington
County market came from Dis
trict distributors who obtained
the milk mainly from producers
in other parts of Virginia, Mary
land, West Virginia and
Pennsylvania.
Attorneys for the State, in
defending the price fixing power
of the commission. warned that
lack of such authority would
lead to ruinious competition at
the outset and eventually make
milk more expensive to con-
sumers not only in Arlington
County but in the District. q
Evening star., 1954-01-19
By Miriam ottenbero

The inability of police to find
out-without benefit of red tape
what happens to a youth once
he reaches Juvenile Court has
been one Of the bones of con-
tention in the controversy sur
rounding the courts operations.
Capt. John Ryan, chief of the
Police Juvenile Squad. put his
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Dickerson Gets
2O-Year Term
In Robbery
Mrs. HiIdo Humphrey
Also Sentenced; Jury
Acts in 2o Minutes
By Riehord RODGERS

Thomas E. Dickerson. recently
one Of the FBI's top 10 felons at
large, today began serving 20
years on an armed robbery con-
viction.
He tried to avoid it by plead
ing insanity.
Sentenced with him yesterday
was Mrs. Hilda Humphrey, with
whom he formerly lived and who
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rant the effort of bringing 1t
about.
"The committee believes that
individual social workers should
be urged to communicate with
the Juvenile Squad officer in any
case in which it seems likely that
the officers knowledge would be
useful. Individual officers Of the
squad should in turn be urged
to indicate to the Department
of Social Work of the Juvenile
Court those cases in which they
feel they can be helpful"
Evening star., 1954-01-19
Home Damaged by Fire

Fire yesterday caused $1,000
damage to the attic and roof of
the home of Charles Hoyl at
201j Lansdowne way, Silver
Spring. No one was in the house
when the blaze broke out about
2:30 pm. The damage estimate
was fixed by Silver Spring Fire
Chief John Cole.
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Legitimate Interest
OF Police Cited

The committee. turning to the
question of disposition Of cases.
found that the Juvenile Squad
has a Legitimate interest in the
subsequent history Of children"
it has arrested. The report con-
tinued:
"The Juvenile Squad needs
such information for use in fur
ther crime detection. Some
times. crimes appear to be the
work Of persons already known
to the police. This is often the
case. for example. with respect
to housebreaking and safecrack-
ing.
IF crime seems to be the
work of a child who was for
merly referred to the Juvenile
Court on a similar charge. the
Juvenile Squad would like to
know where that child is. II he
has been committed to an In
stitution and is still in custody.
he can be eliminated from the
list Of suspects.
"A prerequisite to knowing the
whereabouts Of such a child is
to know the disposition made
following his earlier referral to
the court. Moreover, when this
information is needed, 1t Is
needed in a hurry. Crime de-
lection is more effective as 1t
becomes swift.
"At the present time. this in
formation is made available to
the police only upon an indi-
vidual application and showing
of need to the Judge. a cumber-
some procedure and. for that
reason, one which is almost
never invoked. In all other
cases. the Juvenile Squad re-
ceives no information"
The committee said 1t under
stood that the courts refusal to
make the information available
in all cases was based on law
forbidding public inspection ex-
cept by. interested persons and
on the courts belief that police
might make the information
public. The report coped with
these objections as follows:
1.-THE committee appreciates
the desire of the Juvenile Squad
to learn the disposition Of the
cases it: refers to the court II
also appreciates the insistence
of the Juvenile Court that its
disposition of children's cases
should not be made public.
"Parenthetically. it seems tc
the committee that If there is
anything at all to the principle
that a child's record should be
kept confidential-and the COM
mittee believes there is II
should be improper for the
police department to make q
public record as it nov does Of
the names and addresses OF
children and the offenses with
which they are charged.
Beyond that. there seems nc
reason to withhold from the po-
lice the identity Of the children
who are found innocent Of these
charges. In any case the COM
mittee feels that the legitimate
desires Of both the juvenile
Court in this area can be recon-
ciled."
The committee voiced the
opinion that police are not re-
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had supported Mr.. Hetzer for the
Craftsmanship.
I'VE weren't for the meeting,
but when they had it, we were
for Hetzer." Mr.. Lee said.
Mr.. Hetzer portrayed himself
as a traditional neutral in pri-
maries. The only exception was
1850, when he backed w. Pres
ton Lane. jr.. a fellow Washing
ton Countian. seeking renomina- =
ton for Governor. Mr.. Lane is
chairman of the committee pro-
noting DR.. Byrd.
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BIodensbure PTA Meeting

Judge Alfred D. Noyes, of the
Montgomery County Juvenile
Court, will speak at a meeting
Of the Bladensburg (MdO Prim-
ary School Parent Teacher As
sociation at 8 o'clock tonight in
the school, Annapolis and Ed
monston road.
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Juvenile Squad Wants
Assistance of Court

The committee then discussed
the Juvenile Squads present
practice Of dismissing with a
warning the children who have
committed only minor offenSes,
The report went on:
"The Juvenile Squad believes
correctly. in the opinion Of the
committee-that it is pointleSs
to file q complaint against an
eight-year-old boy who has been
caught stealing a candy bar.
However. the squad has serious
doubts as to the propriety Of its
independent hearing procedure.
In these cases. the Juvenile
Squad desires and deserves as
sistance from the Juvenile Court.
The committee proposed that
a court social worker be ap-
pointed to review daily with the
Juvenile Squad all offenses COM
ing to its attention. The COM
mittee continued:
"The Juvenile Court repre-
sentative would be authorized to
approve dismissal with a warning
or other disposition by the po-
lice. In cases where he had rea-
son to believe that the child in
volved should come to the at
tention of the court. the court
representative could request that
a complaint be filed with the
court.
1.-THE Juvenile Squad would
still participate in sitting the
minor offender from the chill
dren needing rehabilitation. but
the experience of the Depart
ment Of Social Work Of the Ju-
venile Court would also con-
tribute to the decision. More
over, the participation Of a rep
resentative of the Juvenile Court
would. in the opinion Of the
committee, add the desired Of
ficial sanction to these proce-
dureS.
"Close liaison between the
Juvenile Squad and the court
would also improve the inde-
pendent ability Of the squad
officers twho have no special
training in work with children'
to separate the child whose be-
havior calls for the attention
of the Juvenile Court from the
child whose behavior is merely
mischievious and who needs only
Q warning from the police.
Furthermore. when an officer
Of the Juvenile Squad possesses
helpful information on specific
children as to whom complaints
have been filed. the proposed
court representative will be able
to see that contact is established
between the officer and the ap-
propriate social workers"
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Third in o Series

contradiction involved in police
and court policy.
It doesn't make sense. he told
the Senate Juvenile Delinquency
subcommittee, for police to
spread the names of juveniles
over its public arrest books and
for the court to make a secret
Of what happens to these juve-
niles. Even when a youth is alb
solved by the court. he pointed
out, the fact is not noted any
where in police records.
For the sake of consistency
and common sense. he argued.
the names Of juveniles should be
concealed by police as well as
the court. or the records of the
court should be opened along
with those of police.
Murray's Position.
Police Chief Robert v. Murray
has repeatedly stated his posi-
ton. He wants police to get the
disposition of every case in
Juvenile Court as a tool in law
enforcement.
Juvenile Court Judge Edith H.
Cockrill has said she would be
willing to pass personally on in
dividual requests for informa-
ton from police and, If there
were showing that the informa-
ton was needed, she would con-
slider supplying it.
Unwilling to waste time wait
ing for the busy judge to come
of the bench. reluctant to
awaken her late at night when
a crime is committed. police
have made no use of this limited
offer of cooperation.
Another aspect Of police re-
lations with Juvenile Court was
brought out at the hearings.
Capt. Ryan testified that the
man on the beat. or the Juvenile
Squad member. gets to know
the background Of children who
come in conflict with the law
facts "a social worker doesn't
know sitting at an Office desk"
Yet, he said. court workers never
ask polio for this kind Of in
formation - they don't think
police have anything to offer"
These examples of lack Of CO.
operation between the police and
Juvenile Court seriously con-
cerned the juvenile committee
of the Council on Law Enforce
ment. After studying 100 typi-
cal cases and interviewing all
the affected officials. the COM
mittee concluded these barriers
to cooperation are harmful both
to the children and the commu-
nifty.
Plan for Exchange.
The committee proposed ar
rangements for the exchange of
information that would maintain
the confidential nature of the
court records, while giving the
Juvenile Squad free access to
information. Under this pro-
posal, juveniles would no longer
be booked by police on precinct
records, and the Juvenile Squad,
the only point Of booking would
keep its records confidential.
Once this was guaranteed, the
committee proposed, the court
should make available to the Ju-
venile Squad information on the
disposition Of all court cases.
This court information would be
"figidly confined" to the Juvenile
Squad.
The committee also proposed
another form Of close co-opera-
ton. A court worker, on the one
hand, would advise with the Ju-
venile Squad daily on whether
cases should go to the court or
be disposed of by police with a
warning. On the other hand,
police would offer the court
whatever information they might
have on the background of the
child.
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Young Dutch Band
Greeted Here After
Sail With Mozart

A non-professional ships band.
composed Of young people who
are studying to enter profess
sions, is In town today from The
Netherlands.
They were guests last night Of
the Junior Chamber of Com
merce at a dinner in the Bur-
Hngton Hotel.
The band members. just off
the Holland-America liner zui-
derkruis, q rebuilt Victory ship,
are three men and two girls. The
men are Ronnie Bwek, 81. and
Johan Oey. %. of Amsterdam.
and ALERT Muller, Is, of Leyden.
The girls are Nariet Quint, %,
of Leyden, and Els Hondius. %.
Of Utrecht.
They had a very receptive
audience for their music on the
ship. The passengers were
American students. and Mozart
ruled supreme.
Ronnie, ALERT and Els play
violin: John the cello, and Nariet
the piano.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Howard Professor
To Occupy Pulpit

DR.. John Hope Franklin. pro-
fessor Of history at Howard
University will speak on "The
British Appraisal Of Anti Com
munism in America" in the Ply
mouth Congregational Church,
Seventeenth and p streets NV,
at 6 pm. tomorrow.
DR.. Franklin, whose talk is
being sponsored by the Plymouth
Forum, recently returned from
England where he participated
in the annual Fulbright Confer
ence on American Studies and
taught at Cambridge University.
Other guest speakers at Wash
ington area churches tomorrow
include:
The Rev. Hartwell F. Chand-
Ter, minister Of the st. Marks
Methodist Church, Easton, Md,
who will return as a guest to his
former pulpit at the Bethesda
Methodist Church, Huntington
parkway and Georgetown road.
for both the $50 and II am.
services.
DR.. Harry c. Marsh. super
intendent Of the Hagerstown
District Of the Methodist
Church, who win speak at the
II am. service of the Brookland
Methodist Church tomorrow.
Mrs. Edna Long. Of Bombay,
India. a missionary of the Con-
gregational Church. who will
speak at the II am. service
of the First Congregational
Church, Tenth and G streets
NV. Il
Evening star., 1954-11-06
Church Radio and TeIevisiion

The jolloUing religious pro-
grams tDiIl originate In local
stations tomorrow:
TelevisiOn.
/ am. Inspiration -
The Stories behind Famous
Hymns.
Radio.
l am, WRC-''In Inspiration
The Stories behind Famous
Hymns.
8 am, WGAY-"Religion for
Living"
S:55 am, WGMS-The Rev.
C. Leslie Glenn. Of st. Johns
Episcopal Church. speaks: again
at 9:53 am.
9:15 am, WMAL - How
Christian Science Heals" also
on WARL at 8:45 am.
$50 am, WEAM-"Let There
Be Light"
II am, WFAN - Petworth
Baptist Church services.
IL am, WARLr-Bethel Evan
gelical and Reformed Church
services.
1880 am, WEAM - Wilson
Boulevard Christian Churc h
services.
1880 am, WOL-The Rev.
Wilson Holder on "The Gospel
Wings Broadcast"
1880 am. WOOK = Trinity
Lutheran Church services. Also
on WFAN-FM at 1905.
z pm, WOOK-The National
Presbyterian Church services.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
The Human Side Of Religion
Cathedral Verger Describes
Secrets Of 3O-Yeur Success

the meeting house on its first
page, and contains individual
items about the congregation
that gives an outsider q good
glimpse into the numerous ac-
tivities going on there.
And while we're on the topic
of church publications, the first
edition of the Capital Baptist
News" made its appearance this
week. It is Informative and live
ly, and a welcome addition to the
local church. publication field.
X \ 4 ~
Jewish TV Show.
The first of four teleyision
dramas about high points OF
Jewish life in the United States.
by Morton Wishengrad. will be
shown at l::30 pm. tomorrow
over Station WRC-TV. These
telecasts, on the Frontiers Of
Faith" program are presented
in connection with the American
Jewish tercentenary, which is
being observed this year. The
anniversary commentaries the
settlement of the Jews in the
United States 800 years ago. The
first, THE Pugnacious Sailing
Master" will be presented to-
morrow and the other three on
subsequent Sundays.
Evening star., 1954-11-06
an Side Of Religion
By cospor Names
Religious News Editor Of The Ssur

When Queen Mother Elizabeth
Of Great Britain comes to
Washington Cathedral tomorrow
among those greeting her will
be the distinguished appearing
James Platt Berkeley. verger of
the Cathedral.
Welcoming the great, the near
great and others of eminence to
the Cathedral is a regular expe-
rience for Mr.. Berkeley. For the
past 80 years he has been en-
trusted with the delicate task of
seeing that things are carried
off smoothly when a president,
"a prime minister or an other
wise famous person attends a
service there.
Three years ago Mr.. Berkeley
guided the present Queen Eliza
beth, then Princess Elizabeth,
and the Duke of Edinburgh,
through the magnificent WASH
ington edif1ce. At that time he
showed them the altar given by
her father, the late King George
vi, to the Cathedral. 1t is now
used in the Chapel of st. Joseph
OF Arimathea, where prayers
were said for the King during
his last illness.
A verger's job is an unusual
one in American church life. The
word means IAN attendant on a
bishop: guardian of a cathedral,
or escort to the clergy" To be
effective, a verger must possess
qualities of dignity, clear-headed-
mes and quick wittendnesS.
Never let any one know when
you're upset." is a rule Mr..
Berkeley carefully observed.
Another rule he follows with
equal care is Never make an
unnecessary move during a serv-
ice."
Mr.. Berkeley first became as
sociated with the Cathedral as
a choir boy in 1907. In 1924 he
came to work as supervisor of
choir boys, and he has been
there ever since.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berkeley live at
2101 Linden lane, Silver Spring,
Md.