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Evening star., 1954-09-30
Conference Outlines Program
To End Some of Traffic Ills

Steps to assure the prosecution
of traffic violators who cross to
new political jurisdiction.
More uniform handling Of
traffic cases in area courts.
COURTS.
Six month assignments to
traffic cases for judges in Dis
trict Municipal Court instead OF
.30-day assignments.
More study Of a proposal that
Maryland and Virginia courts
might pool traffic cases for
handling by one judge.
/ Uniform traffic tickets in each
jurisdiction.
Juvenile traffic offenders up
to the age of 18 should be re-
quired to appear in court with
at least one parent. Restrictions
on permit use are more effec-
tive" than fines. often paid by
parents.
More tie en- age automobile
clubs, supervised by parents,
throughout the area.
A thorough re-examination by
area judges of the adequacy of
existing penalties in traffic cases.
| UNIFORM LEGISLATION.
| Laws In each jurisdiction that
| permit drunk driving suspects to
request chemical tests to deter
mine intoxication. Laws should
state standards for interpreting
the tests. Eventually, tests
should be compulsory for drunk
driving suspects.
Work in each jurisdiction to-
ward a "fix-proof" traffic ticket.
SAFETY EDUCATION.
Stronger penalties for moving
traffic violations as a means OF
! making drivers more safety con-
sciouS.
Form citizen advisory traf1ic
groups in all suburban areas.
4 Devote more attention to the
safety of elderly pedestrians and
tchi1dren.
Evening star., 1954-09-30

Association, Inc: Requested
funds for a recreation center in
the Samuel Wheatley Public
School at Montello avenue NE.
and Neal street. Asked that the
Trinidad playground be fully
equipped and for an addition to
Crummell School on Gallaudet
street NE. at Providence street.
BENJAMIN Striner for the Fed
Grafton of Business Mems AS
sociation: Urged the budget be
held to it's current $170 million
level, including some 81 million
of mandatory increases, and
asked that no new employees be
added to the District payroll.
He also requested attempts to
obtain larger Federal grants,
elimination Of the grocery tax
and urged enactment of a pay
roll withholding tax On all sal
aries Iii the District. including
Evening star., 1954-09-30
caIkins Named First Chief
OF NAVY Medical Corps

Capt. willard c. Calkins, a
veteran of IS years Naval serv-
ice, has become the first chief
of the Navy Medical Corps. The
post was created by a law which
was signed by the President
late last month.
Capt. Calkins, 1880 Yuma
street NV, has commanded
the Naval School Of Hospital
Administration at Bethesda. He
was sworn in yesterday by Rear
Admiral Ira II. Num-. Navy
Judge advocate general. in O
Pentagon ceremony.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Chest WiII0pel1
Fund Drive
Tomorrow
Parade and Ceremony
Will Signal Stort Of
$685.. 900 compoign

The Community Chest tomor-
row will formally open its an
nual drive for funds to make
the Washington area a better
place to live.
A parade and a District Build
ing ceremony will signal the
start of the campaign for $3.-
$4,000 "plus" during October.
the Red Feather Month.
The parade will form at 1880
am. at Community Chest Feder-
alton Headquarters, l101 M
street NV, move west on, M
street and then south on Four
teenth street to the District
building.
Francis Kane, president of
the Washington Board of Trade,
will be parade marshal.
Two Bands i'm Parade.
The Army Band, the Metro
politan Police Band, and 100 au-
tomobiles representing the 100
Red Feather agencies will be In
the line of march.
A television show at z pm.
tomorrow on Station WNBW
win help launch the drive, which
seeks to raise more than $685.
600.
Bob Hope, Dinah Shore, Ray
Bolger, Tennessee Ernie, Bar
bara Britton and Art Linkletter
will star in the half-hour show.
ID. C. Building Ceremony.
At the District Building, Com
missioner Samuel Spencer will
officially proclaim October RED
Feather Month" General Cam
paign Chairman John S. Hayes
will explain the ''plus" part of
the goal as the additional
$1,368, 900 needed in order for
all agencies to provide maximum
services.
Operation Advance" covering
the largest downtown business
firms, has been underway all
month. The Small Business and
Professional Unit started Mon
day. Tomorrow marks the be-
ginning of general solicitation in
all other Chest units.
This years campaign, with
more preliminary work behind 1t
than ever before, is designed te
wind up by November 4.
Evening star., 1954-09-30

ber of the Secretary Of Wars
personnel board and later was
senior member Of the Joint
United States-Brazil Military
Commission.
Mr.. Dunlop was counsel for
Capital Transit and its prede-
cessor, the Capital Traction Co..
for many years. .
Mr.. Harvey now is executive
vice president of the Newport
Steel Co. of Newport, KY, where
he resides. He resigned as vice
president of Capital Transit in
April. 1854, to take his present
position. He has served as a
transit director since January.
1852.
Must Own Five Shares.
The 10-point understanding
reached by the CTC and the
Public Utilities Commission pro-
vided there will be changes in
the board of directors to include
additional local citizens. Under
company rules a person must
own at least five shares to quail
fy for election as director. A
company spokesman said he die
not know just how many shares
the two new directors held, but
was sure they would not amount
to any ''major" holding.
The agreement with the utili-
ties commission did not specify
how many public interest" di.
rectors would be named. It hac
been thought there would bt
three. There was no announce.
ment today as to whether an ad.
ditional one would be named.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Budget Hearing Witnesses

Sixty witnesses were to testify
during today's citizens hearing
on the District budget for next
fiscal year.
Following are some Of the
points made by early witnesses:
Hudson A. La Sale, president
of the Manor Park Citizens As
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Budget HeoIng Witnesses
Citizens Back School and Welfare Needs,
Oppose Another Increase in .. {. Taxes

the American Automobile AS
sociation, and Charles J. Bauer
of the Building Owners and
Managers Association: Strongly
supported the Districts fringe
parking program.
Mrs. David Bazel0n, for the
United Community Services:
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Engine Company No. II
To Gef Honor Award

Engine Company No. II to-
morrow will receive the first
annual award as honored COM
pany Of the District Fire Depart
ment.
The trophy, a pennant spon-
sored by the District Associa-
ton OF Insurance Agents, will
be presented by Commissioner
Spencer IN q ceremony at the
company quarters, 1888 Park
road NV, at 2::30 pm.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Capital 7 runsit Elects Donohue
And Gen. Morris to Board
Two Will Represent
Public, in Line With
Utilities Unit Memo
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mula for solution of any Of the
problems, he said:
"It is obvious that the way to
reduce the costs of streetcar and
bus riding is to find ways of in
creasing the riding. That will
be one of my prime considera-
tions as a transit company di-
rector. ~ se
I'm taking the directorship, he
said, he saw an opportunity "to
make contribution in the pub
lie interest in trying to get a
better understanding Of the
problems mutual to the COM
pany and to the public. will try
to pull my weight.
ST don't know of any organi-
zation in Washington" he told
The Star, "that is more essen
tial than the transit company,
for a metropolitan city can't
function without mass transpor-
tation."
He said he thought there is
great misunderstanding on the
public side as to the transit
company. He added: "And may
be the transit company has
not been fully aware of the pub
lies side."
"There is no problem that
cannot be solved by Joint effort. :"
he concluded.
Backs Regional Study
Mr.. Donohue said he was con-
vinced that a regional transit
study should be made before any
Washington metropolitan area
control commission Is estab-
lished.
"Otherwise it would be putting
the cart before the horse" he
said. This was in commenting
on the twin commission bill
passed by Congress shortly before
adjournment but vetoed by Pres
ident Eisenhower. That legis-
lation called for the creation
of both a regional transit and
traffic study commission and fol-
a regional transit control COM
mission.
Gen. Morris, who resides al
1901 Connecticut avenue, said
he saw in his election TO the
CTC board a "very challenging
job"
He said he planned to "do q
lot of studying" because the
whole problem was new to him
except that he had travelled or
Washington streetcars and buses
Calls ID. C. Transit One Of Best
He commented that he hat
Just attended his first meeting o.
the board and that previousl!
he had no direct connection witt
mass transportation problems
that is, aside from Army prob
lens. In the military service n
had a lot of experience will
tanks but he laughingly notet
that this was not the same a
transporting streetcar and bu
riders.
He said he entered upon hi
new work with the thought tina
Washington 'has one Of the bes
transportation systems in tn
world" That. he repeated, ha
been the reputation Of the CTe
Gen. Morris has made his resi-
dence here since 1880. He re
tired from the Army in March
1852. At that time he wa
commander in chief. Caribbea
: command. He finished Wes
: Point in 1911 and was battalio
commander in World War
: From 1880 to 1888 he was q
: instructor in the Army War Col
lege. In World War II he wa
+ q division and later o corr
commander. participating in til
8 final defeat OF Germany.
After the war he was o mem
Evening star., 1954-09-30
OccuItotion Survey Tulk

DR.. John A. OKeefe of the
Army Map Service will discuss
Surveying by Occultation" at a
meeting of the National Capital
Astronomers at 8:15 pm. Satur-
Gay m the Commerce Depart
ment auditorium. Fourteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
Condition Of Durkin
Reported Satisfactory

Former Secretary of Labor
Martin 2. Durkin was in "satis-
factory and unchanged" condi-
ton today in Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital. where he is re-
covering from an operation for
q brain tumor.
Mr.. Durkin. so. was operated
on Tuesday.
Evening star., 1954-09-30
BeardCarried
Big SunlsFrorrl
Bank, U. 5. Says
SIT Million in Cash
In 3l-Month Period
Traced to Gambler
By jock Jonas
Stor Sscff Correspondent

BALTIMORE, Md, Sept. 3d.
Washington gambler Sam Beard
carried $1,777,584 in cash away
from the Bank of Commerce g.
of Washington during a
81 month period, Federal rev.
enue agent said today.
Samuel w. Ford, agent from
Washington. read off the month
by-month tabulation Of Boards
exchanges when he carried
checks, coins and currency to
the bank and carted away 500
bills. Beard is being tried in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Maryland on charges
that he evaded a sum of SIS
million in income taxes during
1914, 1916 and 1947.
Mr.. Ford said that in the last
seven months of l945, Beard got
$443,593 from the bank, all in
exchange for checks, coins, and
other currency. In 1916, he said,
the figure was $925,379, and in
1947, it was $408,611.
Tried to Trace Checks.
The cash transactions ranged
from a high Of $132,000 in De-
cember, 1916, to a low of $4,000
in October. 1947. Mr.. Ford also
testified that he and other
agents did a mammoth job in
trying to trace Boards checks
in an effort to show what his
expenses were, but had been
able to come up with only two
checks.
These were photostatic copies
from Chicago bank, showing
payment to two race wire out
fits there for $4,000 and $4,000
respectively. The $4,000 check.
he said, was paid to the Trans
American News & Distributing
Co.
He said he also was able to
establish, by comparing amounts
paid out regularly by Beard, that
the gambler spent another $7,220
from 1914 to 1947 to the Howard
Sports Daily Corp, a Baltimore
race wire firm. These, Mr.. Ford
added, were in regular payments
of $50 and $65.
Drop in Balance Shown.
United States Attorney George
Cochran Doub yesterday SUBJ
mitted a summary of Boards
banking activities for the four
years. It showed a drop in bal
ances from $58,894 to $18,953.
Mr.. Ford spent the entire day
in the witness chair yesterday,
giving details of his investiga-
tion into Boards financial deal
ings and explaining the various
records.
He testified that, during the
years the Government says
Beard failed to report large
amounts of his income, 1,746
out-of town checks Endorsed
eventually by Beard, flowed
through the Lincoln National
Bank. .....
A listing of these checks
after 10 agents scrutinized nearly
is million checks pictured on
microfilm to pick out the 1,746
showed that they came from
about $50 different banks in 36
States.
Mr.. Ford said all checks in
dorsed with the names of Sam
Beard, Sam Blake and Sam
Slade were included in the list
ing, because agents believed that
the last two names were ALIASES
used by Beard"
Total of S1,2O6,972.
The Government is seeking tc
establish that Beard had a heavy
income from a Nation wide gam.
bling business.
Mr.. Ford said these check,
totaled $l,206.972.11 for the
years 1914 through 1947. Ir
addition, he testified, Beard anc
his wife, Mrs. Lillian M. Beard
deposited $800,328 in their bank
accounts during the four years
Evening star., 1954-09-30

Following are major commit
tee proposals approved yesterday
by the third annual Commission
ers' and Governors Conference
on Metropolitan Traffic Problems.
The proposals. agreed upon
after months Of study by COM
mittees covering all phases of
the traffic field, will be kept
active by a Metropolitan Area
Traffic Council. which meets
quarterly.
The major approved proposals:
TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS.
Immediate steps to seek ad-
ministration support for a presi-
Dental commission to study
area-wide transportation needs
and propose solutions.
A check by each jurisdiction
of off street parking needs, with
new spaces provided by private
enterprise.
A Maryland automobile in
spection system to match either
District annual inspections or
Virginia's six-month checks.
More extensive legislation to
protect highways from roadside
development which cut down
the roads effectiveness.
Programs to stimulate use OF
streetcars and buses to reduce
congestion.
LICENSING AND INSPECTION
Periodic renewal Of drivers
licenses in Maryland.
denominations in Maryland
| and Virginia of drivers over 65
| More funds for driving testers
to check qualifications more
closely.
Maryland and District laws
requiring that mental institu.
tions report patients names sc
their licenses can be revoked.
ENFORCEMENT.
Expansion of radar units tx
curtail speed violations In juris'
| dictions which don't have them
Evening star., 1954-09-30
ENFORCEMENT.

Expansion of radar units to
curtail speed violations In juris-
dictions which don't have them.
Evening star., 1954-07-21

LAFAYETTE, La. July IL
TWo-brown-eyed. dark haired
little girls Sianese twins at
birthwil puff at q single BIRTH
day candle tomorrow. But, they'll
celebrate as healthy. active chill
dren. no longer tied together at
the base Of the spine.
The little girls are L,ouiSiana's
Mouton twins, born last July 90
and separated last September II
by surgery at Ochsner Founda-
tion Hospital IN New Orleans.
Carolyn Anne and Catherine
Anne are the daughters Of Mayor
and Mrs. Ashton Mouton Of La
fayette. In South Louisiana.
Hospital officials said that as
far as they could determine this
was the first successful separa-
ton Of this type Of Siamese
twins.
New Operation Due.
Surgeons were very hopeful"
both will be completely normal. /"
All surgery has been completed
on Catherine. making a total of
i've operations--the last an
emergency when an obstruction
developed.
Carolyn is due to return to
the operating room this fall.
The lower Intestinal tract was
Joined at birth and the twins
were also fused at the fourth
sacral vertebrae.
Doctors say 1t is somewhat
speculative" whether Carolyn
can be given q normally func-
tioning lower intestine, but point
out that many people, even some
athletes. live normal lives with
intestine bypasses.
The twins can't walk yet, but
chamber around their play pen,
holding onto the sides and
make their way about the liv-
ing room with the aid of tables
and chairs.
Each Has Eight Teeth.
Their ever-growing vocabulary
is identical. They call their
father dada" but their mama"
for Mrs. Mouton sounds more
like "maWmaw."
They COO ''bye-bye" and wave
their tiny hands vigorously as
visitors leave.
Both have eight teeth, often
used to chew buttons on the
front of their dresses.
The Moutons, who have two
other children, Ashton. jr.. 6.
and Stella Rose. 8. rate the girls
as excellent babies"-normally
active. good natured and regu-
lar sleeperS.
Evening star., 1954-07-21
Chinese Reds Free
Six U. 5. Civilians;
| Two Are Priests
sy ihs Assoeiassd Press

GENEVA, July 21.-The Chi
nese Communists have agreed to
release six Americans held Ia
Red China following negotia-
tions in Geneva, the United
States delegation announced to-
day.
Those to be freed were named
as Ernest Hotz, Reuben Lenzer,
Linus Lombard. John B. Maye.
Lawrence Mullin and Alfred
Peter Pattison.
The United States announce
ment said:
1.-THE Chinese Communist
representatives have stated fur
ther that the cases of other
detained Americans are still
under review.
American officials here believe
the Chinese Reds are holding in
prison or otherwise OBTAINING
about "a additional Americans.
tMaye is the Rev. John B.
Maye. a Roman Catholic mis-
sionary from Scranton, Pa.
Catholic headquarters in Hong
Kong reported three weeks ago
that he had been held under
house arrest In Changsha for
10 months. Father Lombard
Is also a Catholic priest. He
was last reported waiting at
Ichang for permission to leave
Red China
American officials here notified
the Peiping regime that Is Chi
nese students now In the United
States. who have been detained,
have now been told they are free
to go.
American officials said that in
addition to the six persons to be
released and the "A other civil
ians still detained, there is a
number Of military personnel
held in Red China.
Evening star., 1954-07-21

j. 5. JET Bomber Crashes;
One Killed and 3 Hurt
~ the Assoeiossd Press

FARFORD, England, July 81.
"A United States Air Force
Stratojet bomber crashed near
here last night. killing one of
its four crewmen and injuring
the other three.
The Air Force said the bomber,
coming in for a landing at a
base near Oxford. undershot the
runway by about four miles.
The plane. q six-jet aircraft
with swept-back wings, was at
tached to the 68th Bomber Wing
based in Lake Charles, La. It
had been in England for a
month under a rotation training
plan.
Identities Of the crew were not
announced pending notification
Of next of kin.
Evening star., 1954-07-21
Twins Parted by Surgery Ready
ToRomp at First BirthdoyPurty

The parents plan i quiet
birthday party tomorrow with
only q few friends and relatives
present. The twins win greet
the guests In blue dresses with
white bows and white organdy
collars trimmed ii lace. and blue
and white shoes.
Evening star., 1954-07-21
Wet Namese Continue
To Picket White House

Wet Namese continued to
picket the White House today,
protesting partition of their
country.
Earlier the Committee Against
Partition Of Wet Nam wired
President Eisenhower from New
York that partition would give
the Communists "the large ma
jority Of the population, all
industries and mines, forests,
jungles and mountains which
are extremely important for
military actions, and last but not
least the rich rice bowl Of the
Red River Delta"
Evening star., 1954-07-21
Deaths Reported
tFrom b. &. Bureau 81 vital statistical

Frank white, 81. a1oi Connecticut ave.
H:ay nsa5 Iasssl g ss sSss aTs3 e ssra a
Alton Summers, "a. Clinton. Md.
Emma Sherwood. 10. Vienna. Va.
Harriet Alexander. "A. 1857 SHEPPARD
Etssl kimbsr. u. lsie New HanDsnirs
francis eii AiS. Poe. ". 212e Florida ave. NV.
Mary McCay, SO. 400 whittier 81. NV.
John Horsman. 81. 7447 walker Hill,
Tsss Ls%ss 81 saos sanfs9 fsa Hin Ii "a
MaTsares Hanlsy. Vi. s1os i. and st.,
ruth LaisnsL so, 1915 nth 1t. sc.
Milton Sims. 23, Miami. Fla.
Donald Houser, 8, 1909 18th ST. ne.
Sam James. SO, 25O7 Ege st. NV.
Joseph Perry. 6S. 20 e st. s.w.
okey Mosley. Sc, oil Independence ave.
Philip Harris, 81. 1889 9th st. NV.
Charles Scott. 81. 927 g st, s.w.
Elijah Mcdraw. so. ss4 Westminster st.
Henry Maddox. SO, st. Mary's. Nd.
Carrie Butler 3g. 315 x st. NV.
Margaret WASHINGTON, 10, Glenarden,
Md.
Evening star., 1954-11-05

A. Glitter Dress. Colo holiday fare
with new roll eoIIor, tinseI broid,
shirred skirt. Red, aqua. black. l4-2o.
B. corsose Dress. Bosie sIenderizer
with costly trim, foee- -flottering Wee
neck. Block with oquo or red; novy
with pink or blue. Ia to 20, 1914 to
241z.
c. 2o-Gore Rayon Crepe, softly
tucked book, full fIored skirt. Black,
navy. blue, brown. green. l6h to
24Iz. Also in cross dye royon crepe.
The Hecht Co.. Downstairs Store,
Washington. Stlrer Spring and PARKingtoa
Evening star., 1954-11-05
For Misses and Women!
"a Sleeve, Winter Cottons

The Hecht Co.. Downstairs Store, Washington,
Siluer Spring and PARKington
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-05
Air Force Adopts Bigger,
Faster Shooting Gun
For Its Combat Planes

ELMENDORF ALB - A new
20mm automatic gun with a con-
siderably higher rate of fire than
any aircraft gun now in operation
has been developed for use in the
latest combat planes Of the us.
Air Force, it was disclosed by
Secretary of the Air Force Har-
old E. Talbot. Named the M-39,
it is relatively light weight ell
ectrically fired, gas operated ma
chine gun. 1t fires an explosive
projectile with greater rapidity
and higher muzzle velocity than
the 1900 rounds a minute SO cal
iber machine gun now used in
many Air Force planes.
The new weapon is a product of
The close teamwork existing be-
tween private industry, the us.
Army and the US. Air Force.
Ford Motor Company accomplish
ed the major share Of research
and development following the
initial development by Armour
Research Foundation. The Pontiac
motor division of General Motors
is currently mass producing the
gun under contract.
The gun weighs approximately
ITO pounds. 1t throws a shell
which bursts after penetrating the
target. It's high firing rate is made
possible by the 5-chamber revol-
ver-type cylinder which moves
ammunition through the feeding,
firing and extracting phases at a
greater rate than a reciprocating
b0lt-type mechanism.
The Nome nugget., 1954-05-05
NEW AIRCRAFT GYROSCOPE

The most sensitive implement devised for
in aircraft is being produced in Minneapolis.
Named the hermetc ntegrating gyroscope, it is said
to be capable Of detecting motion which is 5000 times
slower than the hour hand on watch
The gyroscOpe is going into automatic flight
control systems for supersOnc aircraft and is also
designed for use on ocean-going vessels and heavy
tanks Engineers Of the MnneapoES-Honeywell Regu-
laor Co. say the gyroscope could measure the width Of
a city block the If there was city block on
the to be measured.
Other examples which show the fantastic effective
ness Of the instrument are most interesting It is
said that youngster sled could slide 1000 miles
down a one-fOot-hgh grade if he could succeed in
reducing friction much has been reduced in the
instrument
Work on this new device has gone on for five
years Despite its senstivy, the instrument is also
rugged and has been hammered with an ordinary
hammer and still remained effective.
The new gyroscope is thought to give US armed
forces advantage or lead those Of other coun-
tries just US bombsghts proved highly effective
and superior in World War II.