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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
Moves School Teacher
Injured in Traffic

A Noyes Public School teacher
suffered a fractured shoulder
yesterday when she was struck
by an auto as she alighted from
street car.
Police said Mrs. Elsie Mitchell.
81, of 1879 Adams street NE.
had Just left street car plat
form at Florida avenue and
lexington place Me-. when she
was injured. She was treated at
Casualty Hospital. Driver Of
the auto. police said, was Lewis
Biben Of Rochester, N. Y. He
was not charged.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
BY . stoff correspondent Of NE Sior

LEONARDTOWN, Md, June
19.-Carl Willis Strickland, IL
ear-old Navy airman, will face
grand jury action on a charge of
numbering WAVE Seaman Irene
Marion Conole, 26, whose body
was found on a beach near Point
Lookout.
Wilson H. Knight, st. Marys
County trial magistrate, ordered
Strickland held after a prelimi-
nary hearing yesterday.
Court-appointed attorneys en-
tered pleas of not guilty for
Strickland, who also is accused
of rape.
The next regular grand jury
is scheduled for September.
Judge Knight would not COM
ment on the possibility Of call
ing a special jury earlier.
Disclosure that a cigarette
lighter was found near the body
of the Patuxent Naval Air Sta
ton WAVE, who had been beaten
and drowned, was seen as a pos
sible aid to the defense of the
young airman, also stationed at
PatuXent.
Strickland's Story.
Earlier, Strickland had told
police that he left Miss Conole,
on the beach with hitch-hiker
he had picked up at Ter request.
Yesterday, st. Marys County
Deputy Sheriff Harry S. Lam
caster said he found the cigarette
lighter when he went to the
death scene early May 80, the
day after the murder. He said
the lighter bore the name
Dave"
Questioned by Judge Knight,
he said authorities have not been
able to determine ownership Of
the lighter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
jean HershoIt Honored

Los ANGELES. June 10 R.-
Actor Jean Hersholt. the DR..
Christian of radio and screen.
received the honorary degree Of
doctor Of humane letters in COM
mencement exercises at the Col
lege Of Osteopathic Physicians
and Surgeons last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

Her Majesty's Ship Vidal,
docked at the District Municipal
Wharf, yesterday was captured
by an army of children, abetted
by members Of the crew who
turned pirate.
The Vidal, here on a goodwill
visit before charting the coasts
of Jamaica, threw party for
"a children from the Industrial
Home School and the Christ
Child House.
Some jolly TarS dressed up as
buccaneers with costumes they
produced on board. They well
coined the small visitors. showed
them hurriedly over the ship
and then produced a carnival.
One Woodworking deck hand
hauled q line, which drew the
children in a bosun's chair from
the prov up to the bridge. Others
presided at ring tossing and a
game of skill which was pleas
antly crooked.
Everybody Wins.
The idea was to hit a spot
on the bottom of a tin can
With a sword point. That rang
a bell. The can, however, was
surrounded by an electro
magnet in the control of the
operator. Only those 'aS'e'd
allow could win. He allowed all
hands, sooner or later.
Ice cream and lemonade
flowed as soon as the sun rose
above the yard arm. The dis
pepsers' crys of I'm the queue! !
In the queue!" fell on uncom-
pretending ears, whose owners
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19

there. They said he was in
the Receiving Home. Afterwards,
she told the judge, the mother
came to Juvenile Court and was
sent to the Receiving Home but
was refused permission to see
her child.
The next day, Judge Cockrill
related. the mother again went
to the juvenile squad and
learned that, while she had been
there before, her boy had been
on the third floor of police head
quarters getting flngerprinted.
Finally. Judge Cockrill quoted
the mother as saying, the boy
was brought home, released and
subjected to a torrent of dis
paraging remarks about his
father, who was in Lorton.
Judge Cockrill quoted the boy
as saying that one officer told
him, while he was in the juvenile
squad room, that "they had a
machine in the back room to
break him of lying"
Case No. 3. I
8. A 14-year-old boy, the judge
said. was arrested by 18th
precinct police and brought to
her court. where he declared he
admitted a crime only after he
was told he would be sent to the
Receiving Home If he failed to
confess.
That is the type of intimida-
tons II hear of from the ma
jority of such cases. rather than
actual beatings." Judge CockriI
said.
4. In another instance a Z
year-old boy was accused Of set
ting fires. Judge Cockrill said. He
was held in a precinct station
from 9 am. until / pm. without
his parents being notified. Po-
lice took him home, where he
admitted he had set the fires, she
said. He was then taken back
to the station house and kept
until 3 pm. Judge Cockrill said
he told his parents he admitted
setting the fires only after police
threatened him with a lie-detec-
tor test and reform school.
Other Instances.
S. Judge Cockrill said a IA
year-old boy told her he was
forced to stand against a wall
in a station house while an
officer swung at him with his
fist But. Judge Cockrill added.
the boy ducked and the officer
smashed his fist against the
wall.
6. A 15-year -old boy. the judge
continued, told her he was ar
rested because they were out
to get me for other things" She
said the boy told her an officer
hit him on the head with q
blackjack and slapped him to
get him to admit to q stack Of
complaints fled on his desk.
Judge Cockrill added that often
boys come before her and admit
several charges. but police main
tain they have admitted 10 or is.
z. In another instance a youth
told Judge Cockrill officers
called him names because of his
race and slapped him in the
face. She quoted him as saying
officers in q precinct station used
q pick handle to punch him in
the ribs. kicked him in the shins
and when he stopped to rub
them, he was hit on the shoulder
with the handle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
$50 ROTC Cadets
To Train at BeIvoir

Six hundred and sixty Engi-
neer Reserve Off1cer Training
Corps cadets from IS colleges
and universities. soon will start
their six-week field training at
Fort Belvoir, it was announced
yesterday.
The intensive training sched-
ule, covering all facets of Army
engineer work. includes weapons
firing. explosives and demoli-
tons. mine warfare. military
bridging and combat area road
building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
LODGE to Hold Dance

The recently organized George
Washington Lodge of the Sons
of Italy in America will hold its
first dance at 8 pm. tomorrow
in the Cherrydale Hall, 5000 Lee
highway. The dance is open to
the public.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
Case Hopeful
For Bridge Plan
After Farley
Urges Compromise
In New York Visit to
Memorial Officials

Senator Case. Republican, Of
South Dakota, said today he was
hopeful Of getting agreement
on his new downtown bridge
proposal after he conferred in
New York last night with of
flcials Of the Theodore RooSe-
welt Memorial Association.
His proposed bridge would
lead from New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV. and cross South Island.
q small wooded tract Of land
near the Virginia shore which
legally is part Of Roosevelt Me-
mortal Island.
Opposed e Street Span.
Roosevelt association people
strongly opposed q proposed =
street bridge on grounds Its
crossing of the main part Of
the island constituted an illegal
encroachment. The Case bridge,
aside from missing the main
part Of the island, would be at
low level. so as to give the least
obstruction to the view Of the
nearby Lincoln Memorial area.
The Senator apd Robert Ale
brook, clerk Of the Senate Dis
trict Committee, met with aSSo-
citation officials in New York to
explain the proposal and discuss
aims for developing the island.
Also attending were Hermann
Hagedorn, executive director.
Roosevelt Association: Gilmore
D. Clarke. association trustee and
former chairman Of the Fine
Arts Commission, and Lyman
M. Tondel, jr.. trustee and attor.
ney.
Cites Friendly Reception.
Senator Case said today:
81 was delighted with the
friendly. open-minded reception
given my proposal. Mr.. Tondel
and Mr.. Hagedorn are going to
discuss the plan with other ON
GERS Of the association, and !
am hopeful something conStruc-
tive will come out Of our meeting
that will help break the long i'm
passe over location of the much-
needed central area bridge.
Some questions were raised
and suggestions made which !
intend to look into further.
1.-THE officials with whom
we met explained that they could
not speak for the association
and naturally we did not antici-
pate securing any commitments
last night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
|Kogod Calls for Curt
On Forcing Aged TO
Live at Blue Plains

Forcing some old people to
enter the D. c. Village at Blue
Plains, when they would rather
stay on relief. would put toe
much power and authority in the
hands of welfare workers, Fred
S, Kogod, vice chairman of the
Public Welfare Advisory Coun-
Gil, declared at q meeting Of the
council yesterday afternoon.
Gerald M. Shea, director OF
the Welfare Department, was
told to revise the plan, putting
more safeguards" around it.
There would be an appeal ia
the Commissioners if the relief
recipient did not want to go to
Blue Plains, Mr.. Shea said. But
Mr.. Kogod said the Commission
erS now have enough to do with
out hearing such appeals.
Mr.. Shea said actually no eff
fort will be made to force aged
persons into the D. c. Village
It is cheaper to have them stay
outside at $50 a month, than
to keep them in the home at
$3.50 a day. Mr.. Kogod said that
in rewriting the regulation, Mr.
Shea should make it possible to
appeal to the council.
14,795 on Rolls.
Last month, 676 requests for
public assistance were received,
Mr.. Shea told the council, and
there are now 14,795 persons re-
ceiving assistance, of whom T.
602 are children. These people
received 1851. O92 during May, of
which the Federal Government
contributed $302,419.
Plans for a large-scale volun-
teer assistance, to be sponsored
by the Welfare Department and
the District Red Cross chapter,
were announced. Volunteers will
be trained to serve at least one
night a week at the infirmary of
the D. c. Village, and trans
portation will be given by the
Red Cross from the Chapter
House, 2025 E street INV.
John Alexander, one of the
trustees of the Legal Aid Bureau,
said some changes should be
made in the system whereby a
person who applies to the U. s.
District Court for the District
of Columbia to force a husband
or father to support his family
should not be cut of relief until
the money actually is paid
through the court to the needy
person.
Lag of Several Weeks.
When a writ is issued, he said,
relief payments are stopped by
the Welfare Department, al
though it may be from four to
seven weeks before the court
can force the delinquent father
or husband to pay. He told the
council this may be remedied
somewhat by the establishment
Of the proposed Family Court.
The new Children's Center at
Laurel, Md. will be dedi-
Gated tomorrow at 3 pm.
and Commissioner Samuel Spen-
Ger and Renah F. Cam
alier have promised to at
tend with members of the coun-
Gil. Edgar Morris, chairman of
the council. will present the keys
to the institution to Mr.. Shea.
The Metropolitan Police Band
will play.
The new center will consist of
many cottages where the chill
dren will live in groups of "a.
Mr.. Morris told the council he
had written a letter to Commits
sioner Camalier, protesting
against a rumored plan to move
the Welfare Department and
council from their present quar-
tiers in the Municipal Center
Building to the old Cardoza High
School at Ninth street and Rhode
Island avenue NV, where the
public assistance division is now
located.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19
Orutorio Society

The Washington Oratorio So
ciety will give excerpts from
Elijah" at ( pm. tomorrow at
The Church In The wildwood,
Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19

Your forests and woodlands
give so much and ask 90 little
in return-only that you keep
fire from running wild. Then
these resources of yours can
keep on producing timber, wa
ter. and wildlife. keep on pro-
viding the wholesome outdoor
recreation you enjoy so much.
So please be careful with
matches, smokes, any fire.
Pledge your helpl
Remember Only You
Cen Prevent Forest Fires.
PubIisksd a. . public ssryics IN cOop.
eratioawitk 11e Advertising Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-19

2. Last February, Judge Cockrill
said, a juvenile squad detective
made disparaging remarks about
homosexual indications in a
youths appearance in front of
both the boy and his assistant
school principal.
Judge Cockrill said the officers
took the boy to the juvenile squad
but refused. to admit to his
mother that he was In custody
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12
MARYDEL

Miss Florence Sowada left on
Tuesday for a visit with her uncle
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Al
Sowada of Slatesburg, N. Y.
Mrs. Pearl LePore has been
quite i'll. We wish her a speedy
recovery.
Mrs 7. E. Heather and Tommy
have returned home after a
months visit with her sister and
parents On Long Island, N. Y.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Leslie and
Jean, spent part of last week
with friends and relatives in
Western Maryland.
Mrs. H. K. Shuts and John,
with Mrs. Paxton of Goldsboro,
enjoyed few days at Rehoboth
at Sea View, the guest house of
Mrs. Florence Scotten.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Bean of
West Virginia, visited her brother
and family last week, Mr.. and
Mrs. w. L. Harman.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. F. Richardson
had as their weekend guests, DR..
and Mrs. Henry Koch of New
Hyde Park, N. Y. They visited
Mr.. and Mrs. William Oxley and
family while here.
Mr.. and Mrs Hans Nix OF
Reading, Pa, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Col
lison.
Mr.. Price Kaler of Washington,
D. c., called on Mr.. and Mrs. t.
Olin Ford.
Miss Janet Heather of Philadel-
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

phia, Pa, enjoyed the weekend
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Harry Heather.
Mrs. Carl Heinle and daughters
Maryl and Susan of Orange, Nj,
are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Lydia Heather.
There will be no Sunday School
or services at the Methodist
Church on August Is, % and 20.
Rev. and Mrs. Covington will be
on vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Shew-
brook and family, with Mrs. Pearl
Jones and son, spent Sunday at
Sunset Park.
Mr.. John Meredith of Hender-
son spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. Leslie Meredith.
Quite a number from Marydel
and Templeville attended Open
House at the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Club House, Rehoboth, on
Sunday as Mr.. and Mrs. A. H.
Wyatt's guests. Those from
Marydel who participated in the
program were Mrs. T. Olin Ford,
"Recitations and Readings; Mr..
and Mrs. L. H. Collision, piano
and Violin; and Mr.. Hans Nix,
piano. The entire program was
well rendered and enjoyed by all
present.
The farm on the edge of town,
formerly owned by Mr.. Guy Stew
ems, has been sold to Mr.. Edward
Strauss of Marydel, and the Ed
Vorsack farm near Henderson,
has been sold to Mr.. Shae of Cal
ifornia. Both places were sold by
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

Mr.. H. K. SHUTS. Strout Agent.
Sgt. and Mrs. James c. Hal
vatz and sons, Jimmy and Dan
ney of Pittsburgh, Pa, are visit
ing Capt. and Mrs. Thomas Della
tire, while Sgt. Halvatz is in
training at New Castle Air Re-
serve.
Mr.. H. K. Shultz attended a
Soil Conservation meeting at
Westminster, Md, on Friday and
Saturday.
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12
Shifting Gears

Much strain on motor and other
parts of the car can be avoided if
the driver will shift gears before
the motor begins to slow down on
a grade. 1t is safer to shift be-
fore losing too much momentum
because, if anything should GO
wrong, such as jammed gears,
there is more time to correct the
situation before the car comes to
a stop.
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

our lives from now on, as much
part as public health, voting,
obeying traffic regulations and
all the other responsibilities of
citizenship in a Democracy.
Why not face up to it? And
begin now doing your part?
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12
WHAT TO DO IN
CIVIL DEFENSE
Do We Know What To Do
OF Are We Trying to
Learn?
MAY APPOINT WORKERS
BY D. Preston Lee

Among veteran Civil Defense
workers, there is an old adage:
An enemy attack will leave two
kinds of people alive; those who
need help and those who can help.
Like it or not, we all are in
Civil Defense. The only question
is: do we know or are we trying
to learn our job?
In Delaware, individual respon-
sibility is the heart of the CD
organization. The state CD office
was created by the legislature in
1851. The state director, whose
powers stem directly from the
governor, is charged with carry
ing out the states CD program.
But-and this is little under
stood-the state director cannot
set about naming county and city
directors to work under him. He
has no authority to do that. Sim
ilarly, he and his staff have no
authority to organize local CD
warden, firefighting or emergency
rescue crews.
This is up to each of the states
political subdivisions-town, city
or county-and its governing
body. Under Delaware's CD law,
each town, city or county is
legally required to set up its own
CD organization.
But the effectiveness of that
local defense depends in large
part on the attitude of the offici-
ais and their citizens. The law
says only that each community
may appropriate and expend
funds, may appoint a director,
may appoint without compensa-
ton block wardens, rescue teams,
auxiliary fire and police person
mel and other civil defense work.
ers.
Thus, the issue of whether
Delaware is to defend itself in an
enemy attack is, to a great ex-
tent, left up to the community
and its citizens. This localization
of CD authority is in the Ameri-
can tradition. 1t means that the
individual citizen must encourage
and help his local government to
prepare. Once local officials real
ize that their citizens want and
are ready to support CD, finan-
cially and with volunteer workers,
they will know what steps to
take.
And once county and local CD
groups organize effectively, the
state CD office is ready with
plans, advice and equipment. The
state office, which can draw con-
siderably on federal assistance, is
prepared to knit county CD or
ganizations into statewide
operational unit that can work
with other states and the federal
Civil Defense.
At the state level, CD is or
ganized, in large part, around
existing agencies the highway,
welfare, school, police and health
departments-all of which are
readying plans for defense in an
emergency.
But, to be effective, CD must
reach down to the neighborhood
and the neutrality-suspicious..
One thing is certain. Bombs can
and well may-fall in Delaware.
When that happens, everyone of
us will be civil defender. Each
of us should be ready to protect
ourself and help restore order.
1t may never happen-but at
the very least you and your child
rem and your grandchildren are
going to have to live in the dread
expectation of it. Civil Defense is
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

ADVANCED sTYLIHG-Styling ''frsts'' like the
transparent-top Sun Valley :. fresh ideas
in color combinations, fabric patterns and
textures =. new ways of unifying body lines
into a swift-Aowing design ;. all help make
Mercury one of today's most beautiful cars
-as well as one of the most popular.
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

NEW, MORE EFFICIENT 16l.HP s-Mercury's per-
formance lets you enjoy the advantages of
high horsepower without sacrificing operating
economy. You get an entirely new overhead
valve, low-friction engine with the latest
engineering developments for extra smooth
ness, response, and money-saving efficiency.
Smyrna times., 1954-08-12

NO. IN IT'S FIELD FOR RESALE vALUE-Mercury's
styling, performance, and optional features
like no-shift Merc-O O-Matic Drive are SO far
advanced that Mercury keeps its value higher,
longer. The proof? Mercury consistently
leads its class for resale value according to
independent, authoritative market reports.
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-03
STRANGE LIBERALISM

1t is a strange political indeed when beraI politi
clans who have heretofore vocferous denounced Mccarthy
ism attempt to outMcCarhy Mccarthy For that is the
of the Senate considered pelme drive to ouaw
the Communist party and party membership.
When hardened old reactionary like Nevadas Sen
Pat McCarran thinks liberals" like Mnnesoas Humphrey
Massachusetts Kennedy and Oregons Morse gone
far must wonder what happening in the word greatest
debating society,"
What is happening perhaps aptly suggested by the
title of leading article in the Socialist periodical THE NEW
LEADER, earlier this year was "Are the Liberals Killing
Liberalism? by Robert E. Fitch professor of Christian ethics
the Pacific School of Religion Fitch noted the growing weak
American political liberalism feel that whatever
problems confront uswheher of initiation
labor oil housing sickness peace-the federal
the sole instrument for solving the difficulty
Fitch quoted earlier article by Joseph Harsch Gin the
eftofcenter REPORTER magazne which entitled care
Liberals Obsoee? and which pointed the fxaton of those
who look to Washington for the all problems
There course for the of action into
which the beras stampeded both (and
shame the conservatives being ampeded But
they authoritarian arguments and not the of thing
should expect from those who profess to be liberals
Some time Senator Humphrey made impressive ap
guest the Invitaon to Learning radio pro-
Given his choice of world classic discuss
John Stuart Mills great essay On Liberty We earnestly
the reread that and reconsider his
STAR
The people's voice. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1939-1969, 1954-09-03
Free Groups Can Overcome
Hysteria, Author Says
NEW YORK CITY

NEW YORK CITY - (CNS) -
Bradford Smith, noted biographer of
colonial Americans, says one way to
rid ourselves of hysteria is to ZEN
courage every sort of voluntary as
ISOLATION from the local level on up"
Writing in the current SATURDAY
REVIEW, Smith says, "The whole
settlement of our country from the
earliest days depended on voluntary
group action. This freedom of asso-
citation is the backbone of American
democracy, the secret of our strength.
1t is being killed off by irresponsible
committees. Americans
are now afraid to join organizations,
for who knows what organization will
next be labeled Red? If we kill off
the enthusiasm, the genius for form
ing groups, we will have killed the
America we know. There are no vol
untary associations in Russia"