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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Court Voids Jury's
$4,000 Verdict for
Traffic Crash Injuries

A $4,000 damage verdict
brought in by jury in favor of
a cab driver and his wife late
yesterday was set aside by Judge
Alexander Holtzoff in the U. S.
District Court for the District of
Columbia.
The verdict had been against
the Capital Transit Co. But
Judge Holtzoff. in multiplying the
jury's action, declared there was
insufficient evidence to support
the jury's finding.
The litigation stemmed from
a collision on August 3, 1850. in
volving a street car. two taxis
and a private auto.
The streetcar was alleged to
have run through a red light.
after the motorman apparently
was stricken with an illness. The
transit company contended that
neither it nor the motorman had
any previous notice Of the all
ment.
Claims of six others injured
in the collision were settled out
Of court. as was the claim of
executors of the estate of one
who was fatally injured.
Plaintiffs in the current case
were Leonard j. Moore. 2714
Thirtieth street Sc, who suf-
fered head. arm and leg injuries.
and his wife. Audrey. who sued
for loss of her husbands COM
panionship. The Moores' at
torney. Alfred M. Schwartz. said
he will appeal Judge Holtzoff's
action.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Clear
and cold again tonight with
lowest around 10 in the city and
zero in the suburbs. Tomorrow,
mostly sunny with rising tenn
perature.
Maryland and Virginia-Clear
and cold tonight. lowest zero to
10 above in the interior and 10
20 along the coast. Tomorrow,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Z virginians Complete
Accountancy TESTS
BY the A.seeiotsd Press

RICHMOND. Jan. 22.-Twelve
persons successfully completed
the examination in accountancy
given by the Virginia State
Board of Accountancy last No
vember. the board announced
yesterday.
They are:
Barrett E. Caldwell, Charlottes-
vile. Alvah H. Eubank, jr.,
Staunton; William B. Hartman,
jr.. and Harrell r. Pratt, Nor
folk; T. Richard Holt. Murray
B. Lane. jr., Robert NJ. McAllis-
ter and Edward o. Whit, Rich
mond.
Also, Miss Jane E. Lyons, Falls
Church; Robert T. Stinnett.
Arlington; M. E. Williams, jr.,
Suffolk. and Robert G. Turnbull,
Hampton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Driver Taken in Chase
After Hitting ) Cars
Gets 7-Month Term

A, 22-year-old Washington
man who sideswiped' three cars
in q wild chase along nearby
Virginia highways, according to
police. was sentenced to q total
of seven months In prison
yesterday on reckless driving and
hit and run charges.
Robert Gibson. colored, OF the
400 block of Twenty-fourth street
NE, drew the sentence In Alex
andria Civil and Police Court,
after a Park policeman testified
Gibson's car crashed into his
three times on Shirley highway
and then hit two other cars on
Route 7 and Seminary road.
Arrested with. Gibson after
Park Police Pvt. Estel F.. Scott
fired eight shots at Gibson's
careening auto was John Fingers,
colored, "a, Of the TOO block Of
Sixth street NV.
Fingers told Judge James M.
Duncan he does not know how
to drive and was only passenger
in the car Gibson was driving
at speeds up to 80 miles an
hour, with Pvt. Scott in pursuit.
His case was continued, pending
an investigation.
The chase began when Pvt.
Scott, on his way home at il
pm. Thursday, in his own car,
was sideswiped by Gibson. The
policeman said he was finally
forced of the road and hailed a
passing citizen to continue the
pursuit. Gibson's car crashed
into filling station light STAN
chion after a tire was shot out
by one of Pvt. SCOTS bullets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Bill Seeks to Restore Stute's
Control Over BeIvoir Roads

was requested by former Gov.
Battle after the Army Corps Of
Engineers called his attention to
the situation. #
Col. Ray Adams. district en-
gineer. wrote Gov. Battle re-
Gently: Civilian offenders are
prone to question the authority
of military police, and in cases
in which civilians are appre-
hended, they must be taken to
the nearest United States COM
missioner, who is IL miles away
in the city Of Alexandria"
Last year Congress author
lied retrocession to Virginia Of
concurrent jurisdiction effective
upon acceptance by the General
Assembly. Besides Route l, por-
tons Of Routes 618. 613 and Sit
would be affected.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Ban on Commercial Cutting
OF Doqwood Proposed

RICHMOND. Jan. % tPl.-A
bill to prevent the commercial
cutting of dogwood in Virginia
was introduced in the Senate
yesterday by Senator Harry F..
Byrd. jr.
Senator Byrd said garden
clubs have been active in foster
ing such a measure as the re-
suit of a North Carolina corpo-
ration coming into Virginia and
buying up large quantities Of
the State flower for commercial
use.
The bill provides that dog
wood may not be cut for COM
mercial purposes if less than
six inches in diameter. The law
would not prevent an owner
from clearing his land. how
ever.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Fan Letters Tell Beverley
To Continue Enqine Fiqht

Alexandria Mayor Marshall ].
Beverley has won at least
moral victory in his fight to get
back an ancient fire engine he
says was stolen from the city
during the Civil War.
The case of the city's chief
fire buff against the Firemens
Home Museum, in Hudson. N. Y,
present owners of the old en-
CINE, was aired last week on a
Nationwide television program
of Edward r. Murrow.
Mr.. Beverley said yesterday he
has received dozens of letters
and postcards since then. urging
him to keep up the fight. He
charges the fire engine was seized
by Yankee troops from the Valley
Forge Fire Co. in Alexandria
when New York soldiers occupied
the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Play Area Planned
Al Booker I. Homes

The Maryland-N National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commits
sion has acquired a 5-acre tract
in the Booker T. housing devel-
opment near Seat Pleasant and
plans to develop the area for
recreational use.
Chairman Robert M. Watkins
said the tract will be included
in the agency's park develop
ment program next summer.
The 220-home development is
located along the George N. Pal
mer highway. The prospective
play area lies along Cabin Branch
in the rear of the housing prof.
ect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Montgomery Boy, 4, Dies
On Operating Table

A 4-year-old boy died yester-
day at Montgomery General Hos
pital just before he was to
undergo a tonsil operation, Mont
gomery County police reported.
The victim was James Michael
Treadway. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Hamilton Treadway. Ashton.
The police report said the boy
died on the operating table while
under an anesthetic. DR.. Frank
j. Broschart, county medical ex-
aminer, was to perform an au-
topsy to determine the cause Of
death.
James was the youngest Of
seven children. r...
Mr.. Treadway. an engineer
with the Navy Department. said
his son died just after doctors
started giving him an anesthet.c.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm Monday at the Ashton
Methodist Church. ,. .-t
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Quantico Marine Killed
In Aufo-Train Collision
Spseiol Dispatch 10 The sios

QUANTICO. Va. Jan. ga
21-year-old Marine stationed
here was killed yesterday. when
the car in which he was riding
skidded into the side, of a south
bound Richmond. Fredericksburg
g. Potomac train at the Guam
'tico crossing during the snow
storm.
He was Sergt. Ernest H.
Mowers of Hilton. N. Y.
His companion. Pfc. John
Oliver Perkins. jr.. %. of
Rochester. N. Y. suffered
multiple injuries and is reported
in a critical condition in the
base hospital.
The collision occurred at
10 am. during the snowstorm.
Both Marines were to be re-
leased Sunday after completing
a three-year tour of duty in the
Marine Corps.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Suffrage Group Thanks
Democrats for $1,000

Through a typographical error
The Star yesterday reported the
District Central Suffrage Con-
ference had decided to thank
the District Democratic Commit
tee for a 81 contribution last
year. The figure should have
been $1,000.
Herbert P. Leeman said the
suffrage group is asking the Re-
publicans to match the Demo-
cratic contribution. Mr.. Leeman
is former president Of the Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations
and a leader in the suffrage
fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Alexandra Driver Held
In Pedestrians Death

Charles Eugene Cockrell, %,
of 212 South Fayette street,
Alexandria. was held for grand
jury action yesterday in the New
Years Eve traffic death Of a To-
year-old pedestrian.
Cockrell was found guilty yes
terday of hit-and-run charges
growing out Of the accident and
was held for the grand jury
under $1,000 bond on a man.
slaughter charge Sentencing on
the hit-and-run count was con-
tinued, pending the grand jury
action.
The victim of the accident,
Alexandria's sixth fatality of
1853. was John Williams, colored,
of 1926 Columbus street.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Rejected Beer License
Was Sought for Grocery

A beer license application
turned down Thursday by the
Prince Georges Liquor Board
was sought for a grocery and
not for a tavern.
The headline Of yesterdays
story in The Star incorrectly
stated that the application was
for a tavern.
The applicants, Mrs. Yetta
Schrier, Irwin Schnapper and
Preston Gregory, sought to trans
fer an off-sale beer license from
a grocery at ala Twenty-ninth
street, Mount Rainier, to an
other grocery at $500 Riggs road,
West Hyattsville.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Fare Decision Accepted
By CupituI Transit

The Capital Transit Co. has
accepted the new fare schedule
granted by the Public Utilities
Commission Wednesday.
The company yesterday an
nounced it will not seek a court
review Of the new schedule
which will go in effect January
81.
The announcement came de-
spite the fact that the new 20
cent cash fare as base for the
new schedule is not the one re-
quested by the company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Department Store Sales
Drop 3 Pct. in Area

Department store sales in the
Washington Metropolitan Area
dropped sharply last week, the
Federal Reserve Bank of Rich
mond reported yesterday.
The weeks sales were down 8
per cent from those Of the pre-
vious week and 81 per cent be-
hind totals in the comparable
1853 period. Sales totals for the
four weeks ended January Is
were even with those of q year
earlier. however.
Downtown department store
sales last week dropped II per
cent behind figures for the pre-
vious week and were "a per cent
behind the comparable 1858
week. Sales for the four-week
period were 2 per cent behind
those Of q year earlier.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Posihul,ous Citation
Awarded 10 Shipper

The late William n. Shipper.
aviation editor Of The Star. has
been awarded q posthumous cita-
ton for distinguished service to
aviation by the National Com
mittee to observe the. 50th An
niversary Of Powered Flight.
Mr.. Shipper, who died sud-
denly 20 days before the actual
anniversary, on December II.
was honored both for his series
of articles on the anniversary
itself and for his long time in
terest and coverage Of air news.
One Of the pioneer aviation
editors, Mr.. Shipper was q re-
porter for The Star Is years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Delinquency probers
Hear Pleas for Curbs
On Radio and N

The Senate Juvenile Delin-
quency subcommittee has before
it today recommendations that
counter-steps be taken against
radio and television programs
that are suggestive of drinking
or make unwholeSome practices
attractive to youth.
The subcommittee, headed by
Senator Hendrickson, Republic
can. Of New Jersey, late yeSter-
day completed, for the time be-
ing, q series of hearings in
Washington. The committee
will open hearings in Boston on
Thursday.
Hearings in other cities as well
as the resumption Of hearings
here depend on Senate approval
Of a $175.000 allowance for the
subcommittee. The Senate Rules
Committee approved the allow
ance yesterday.
Control Of Ads Asked.
Control over radio and TV adj
vertiSing was recommended by
Miss Elizabeth A. Albert Smart,
representing the National Wom-
ems Christian Temperance
Union. She testified that on
Thursday night, as she watched
television. lone after another
beer ads were coming over, which
were made attractive to chill
dren."
She also said the Nation has
been subjected ito a type Of
brainwashing by some Of our
more sinister commercial inter-
eStS in their zeal to increase their
profits, and also probably to a
greater extent that we realize by
the subversives which congress
sional committees are now I'M
covering"
Judge Harry w. Lindeman Of
the Juvenile and Domestic Rela-
tions Courts at Newark, N. j.,
said radio and television pro-
grams may not cause delin-
quency. but such things influence
q child disposed to wrong.
Would Stress Decency.
A plea to find effective ways
to dramatic decency was made
by Monroe Drew. jr., extension
director Of Allied Youth, a ma
tional organization with head
quarters in Washington. and
David Armstrong, executive di-
rector of the Boys Club of Amer
lea.
AS has been true in other ses-
sions, witnesses yesterday rec
commended increased support for
the Children's Bureau, uniform
laws for handling delinquency
and research into the extent,
causes and means Of coping with
the problem.
Other witnesses were S. Sally
Butler, General Federation Of
Women's Clubs: DR.. Leonard
Mayo, National Council Of
Churches: DR.. Samuel A. Love-
man. American Legion; C. Roy
Breg. executive secretary, and
James Saunders, youth chairman
Of Allied Youth.
Also, Irving Kregfeldt, Ma
tional Federation Of Settlements
and Neighborhood Centers; Mrs.
Roy F. Layton, national presi-
dent of the Girl Scouts, and Miss
Martha Allen. national director
of the Campfire Girls.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Washington County
JobIess Claims Soar
Special Dispoich 10 The Stor

HAGERSTOWN, Jan. %. -
Claims for jobless benefits in
Washington County are at the
highest level since 1947.
The Maryland State Employ
ment Service Office reported 1900
claims filed in the past week
almost three times the number
filed during the corresponding
period in 1858.
Matthew j. White, manager of
the Office, said the active file of
job-seeking registrants totals
1900. compared to approximately
500 registrants a year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Pentoeon Worker Dies
After Changing Tire

Grover B. Cameron died yes
terday while changing a tire on
his car at the Pentagon's river
entrance.
Mr.. Cameron, who lived at
608 North Lane street, Falls
Church, Va. was coaling fore
man at the Pentagon's heating,
refrigeration and sewage dis
posal section. had been with the
plant since it opened in 1912.
A front tire on Mr.. Cameron S
car went fiat as he drove to
work with his wife, Mrs. Ruth L..
Cameron, a clerk at the bank
in the Pentagon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
By . stoff cerre.pendsnt q d. slaii

RICHMOND, Jan. 23.A-About
8 miles of Route through Fort
Belvoir, on which Virginia has
not enforced traffic laws since
1946. would revert to State police
jurisdiction under legislation
ready for the General Assembly.
State Senator John A. K.
Donovan Of Fairfax said heswill
introduce e bill giving Virginia
concurrent jurisdiction with the
Federal Government over this
stretch Of Route / as well as over
portions Of three county roads
that pass through the military
reservation. II
Mr.. Donovan plans to intro
duce the measure when the Leg
is|eture reconvenes Monday. It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Negro Sells Home
On Long Island After
Threatening Notes
BY the As.eeiaied Press

NEW YORK, Jan. %. - A
Negro manufacturer has sold the
home he built in Copiague on
Long Island because Of the hos
tility Of the white people there"
and receipt of more than a dozen
threatening letters. several
signed "Ku Klux Khan"
Clarence S. Wilson. 43. presi-
dent of Brooklyn barber shop
supply company, decided to build
a house because his present
four-room apartment is too
small for his family, including
three small sons.
A white business associate sold
him a plot in Deauville Gardens,
Copiague. in Suffolk County,
and he began construction Of a
$4,000 six-room ranch-type
home.
Two Suspicious" Fires.
Last November two fires caused
$500 damage to the house.
Police listed the blazes as sus-
piciouS.
Mr.. Wilson said he began re-
ceiving threatening letters and
turned the first of them over to
the FBI. Three of the letters,
he said, were signed "Ku Klux
Khan"
He said yesterday he hired a
white detective who reported
some of the residents Of the
Deauville Gardens area told him
the Wilson family would move
into their home only "over their
dead bodies"
Fight Has Just Begun
He said his detectives survey
showed roughly rs per cent of
the white people didn't want me
to move into the community;
they said they had spent a lot
Of money to keep Jews out and
they weren't going to let a
Negro move in"
Mr.. Wilson, native of ia
maica, British West Indies, said
his fight against "this type of
discrimination" has just begun.
Copiague is an unincorporated
village in the town of Babylon,
about IS miles east of New York.
Babylon Police Chief P. K.
Hampstead has been looking
into the Wilson case for several
months. An aide said. however,
that not enough information
has been uncovered to permit Of
any conclusions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Bill Would Permit
Falls Church PoIiceio
Issue Night Warrants
. stoH core.pond.n. q n. s,or

~ SiuU @OItesPoHuSHt " ms oI0p
RICHMOND, Jan. 23.-A po-
liceman to issue warrants dur
ing the night in Falls Church
is contemplated under a bill
now pending in the General AS
sembly.
Senator John A. K. Donovan,
Of Fairfax, said when persons
are charged with jail offenses
in the city during the night
police usually take the accused
to the Fairfax Police Station
to obtain warrants.
Two justices Of the peace per-
form this duty in the city during
the day. but must be reused
out Of bed If the arrests are
made at night. Mr.. Donovan said.
The bill, introduced before the
Assembly recessed yesterday,
would authorize the Circuit
Court to designate one or more
warrant issuers for the town.
Mr.. Donovan said his idea is to
permit the city night desk SER
geant to have the issuing au-
ti1ority,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Annapolis Judae Injured

ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan. %. up.
Circuit Judge BENJAMIN Michael
son, 81. slipped in the snow yes
terday and broke his right knee
cap, while walking on Main
street near the courthouse. He
was taken by ambulance to Anne
Arundel General Hospital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Rules Group Approves
Million for Probes
BY the Associated Press

The Senate Rules Committee
has approved use of about a mil
lion dollars for Investigations by
Senate committees during the
coming year.
The funds were approved yes
terday for Investigations of COM
muniSm, juvenile delinquency.
communications. transportation
and wildlife conservation prob
lens, defense, revision of the
United Nations Charter and other
governmental and international
functions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Install Officers

The Prince Georges Court of
the Order of Amaranth will in
stall George D. Cain as royal
patron and Mrs. Betty D. NAL
Tory as royal matron at 8 o'clock
tonight in Chillum Castle Lodge,
Chillum and Riggs roads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
OkIuhomu to Honor SINGERS

Ridge Bond and Florence
Henderson. stars of the musical,
Oklahoma" now playing at
the National Theater, will be
guests of honor at the Oklahoma
State Society dance at 8 o'clock
tonight in the Willard Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
County Candidates File

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan.
% (SpeciaD Clarence E. Beck
er and DR.. Max o. Oates, both of
this city, are the first to file for
Berkeley County public Offices
this year. Both filed for re-
election to the non-partisan
school board. ...
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Mrs. Stone Would Permit
Socchorin in Soft Drinks

RICHMOND. Jan. % R.-
Mrs. Kathryn Stone, lone woman
member of the Virginia Legisla-
ture. yesterday suggested that
bottlers be allowed TO take the
sugar out Of soft drinks.
She didn't mean for the drinks
to 60 unsweetened. Rather, that
it be legal to sell soft drinks con-
tanning saccharin.
The Arlington legislator said
she would introduce a bill to
make it lawful because there are
dieteticS who can't drink sugared
soft drinks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
PTA Dinner Postponed

A spaghetti dinner which the
Parent-Teacher association of
George Mason High School in
Falls Church planned for tonight
has been postponed indefinitely
because of the weather.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
Kinq Buudouin Hos Flu

BRUSSELS, Belgium, Jan. %
P.-King Baudouin was pre-
vented from visiting the Brussels
automobile show today because
he has the flu.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23

mostly sunny with rising tenn
perature.
Winds-Light and variable to-
night and tomorrow.
River Report.
tFfom q. 8 Ensineers.)
Potomac River cloudy ct Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls; Shenandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
tReadings WashinEtor National Airpcrt.l
Yesterday Pet. Today Pet.
Noon -- SO Midnight . 81
pm. $1,000 81 Sam. 1900 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23

Record Temperatures This Year.
Hishest. so, on January l and 20.
Lowest -. on January ~.
Nigh and Low OF last ~ Hours.
High, Is. at 3 am, January 20.
Low. ID, at 1.O5 an, January 20.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23
The Sun and Moon

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 1:2l $40
sun. tomorrow 5:21 5:30
Moon. today 1n:0S pm. 9.23 a m.
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-01-23

Tide Tables.
FURNISHED py United States Coast and
Geodetic Sur1eyD