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make continuation of franchises
OF transit companies dependent
on their willingness to 60 to ar
bitration on labor issues.
Chairman Payne asked him if
the District Public Utilities Com
mission should be given author
ity to force arbitration in such
cases to compel transit compa-
nies and unions to arbitrate.
MIR. Bierwagen said If the COM
mission did not have that power
he thought it should.
Charges Called Serious.
Senator Morse characterized
as serious the union charges that
the Capital Transit Co. had re-
fused to live UP to the arbitra-
ton agreement. He said the
subcommittee should go further
into it and got a quick agree
ment from Chairman Payne that
company officials will be called
back to the stand to give their
views.
This probably will be done
next week. AS preparation, SEN
ator Morse called on Bernard
Cushman. union counsel, to sub
NIT instances of arbitration
board awards in various issues
between the union and the COM
pany during the past 10 years.
Senator Morse. reading from
the arbitration agreement, noted
that 1t was remarkably broad in
its scope. so much so he said it
was surprising that both parties
could have won agreement on it..
The question of tax relief for
Capital Transit was raised yes
terday in testimony by Robert
M. Weston. member of the Dis
trict Public Utilities Commis.
sion.
"The transit company needs
relief from local taxes" he told
the subcommittee. Taxes on
transit firms are onerous gen.
orally over the country. he added.
There was no detail Of the
kind or extent of tax relief, but
MIR. Weston suggested it would
be something like a subsidy since
mass transportation is a stand
by service for motorists who do
not regularly ride streetcars or
buses.
The question Of tax relief
comes up as the Commissioners
are seeking increased transit
taxes as part Of a program to
finance the Districts proposed
$306 million 10-year public works
program.
Morse Not Opposed.
Senator Morse commented
that he would not be adverse
to tax relief for Capital Transit
IF a case can be made out for
it." But he declared if transit
taxes are lightened. the COM
pany should display a heightened
sense of public responsibility.
Mr.. Weston agreed with that.
Earlier, Mr.. Weston agreed
with Robert E. Mclaughlin. COM
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mission chairman. in opposing
proposed legislation for the crea-
ton Of a regional commission to
regulate metropolitan area
transit services.
If an area regulatory authority
were created (as twice passed pS
the Senate), he said 1T would
Immediately become a battle-
ground for the demands Of, Eir-
ginia and Maryland residents 70
have uneconomic service sub
sidized out Of transit fares paid
by District residents" ..af
He added: THE creation OF an
area transit. authority would he,
to my mind. the first step lead-
ing to the creation of a publicly
owned metropolitan transit sys-
TEN. ,te, (,
Faced with the political me-
cesSity of keeping uneconomic
service going in outlying dis
trictS, the proposed Regulatory
authority would almost certainly
wind up with the suggestion that
this Congress give it the power
and the funds to buy out the
privately owned companies and
operate the transit lines itself"
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Inspection Siicker
For School Bus Found
On Impounded Auto

An inspection sticker police
said was issued for . Fairfax
school bus was found yesterday
on an impounded automobile
which had faulty brakes.
The owner Of the car. Lester
v. Marcy, "a. Of the 5000 block
of Park road. Falls Church,
Va, was fined $50 and given
q To-day suspended sentence in
Arlington County Court today
for unauthorized possession of
the inspection sticker. He ap-
peared for sentence before Judge
Paul D. Brown.
Arlington Police Pvt. william
G. Alexander said he impounded
the car yesterday when 1t was
blocking trafilc in the 1900 block
Of North Kenmore street and
was unoccupied. The car had
no brakes. he said, and the in
Spection sticker appeared dam
aged as though it had been
scraped OF the windshield and
reapplied q second time.
Pvt. Alexander said Marcy
told him he bought the sticker
from a man at q junk yard in
Falls Church or Arlington.
A Fairfax school official said
the school department had re-
ceived no information about the
case. He said an investigation
would be conducted today.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Money
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NSOAlVAAA0C0 CAOLIk + ~ oI dSC.J
90256000 A. In the seal on thu
face of the notes is a large "B.'
Discovered Yesterday.
The moneys disappearance,
was discovered yesterday morn
ing when an employe, Pau
E. Coakley of Suitland. Md. re.
ported that stack of bills HI
moved from a vault shelf fell
lighter than normal. The report
led to a quick check and off,
cials found that two pack
ages of Federal Reserve $2(
notes-totaling $l60.00O-wert
missing.
In their place were two SINH
larly wrapped dummy packages
containing blank sheets of paper
The bureau admitted that Sc.
curity regulations-under which
all packages carried by employe:
leaving the buildings are opened
and examined - were relaxed
somewhat" during the holidays
This led to speculation the miss
ing money may have been
wrapped in Christmas gift paper
and removed as a holiday pack
age.
Bitter Over Job Reduction.
Associate Director Henry j
Holtzclaw of the engraving bu-
reau, pointed out that some en-
ployeS were, bitter because o1
the reduction -in-force economy
program. He said 1000 workers
lost their jobs under the pro-
gram of 1853 and another 40C
are due to be dismissed within
the next two or three months
But, Mr.. Holtzclaw and Mr..
Baughman were baf1led by the
SUCCESS of the money lifting
maneuver.
5000 Banknotes Missing.
Each Of the two missing pack
ages contained 1000 Federal Re-
serve notes Of $40 denomination
Their absence was discovered
shortly after 8 am. yesterday as
workers in a second-f1oor vault
prepared to ship money to vari-
Gus Federal Reserve banks
throughout the country. The
missing money was for the bank
in New York.
Mr.. Coakley. a stockman, no
ticed that one package felt lighter
than the eight-pound normal
weight. He called the fact to the
attention of another worker,
Sewall A. Davis Of Arlington. who
agreed.
The package was broken open
and was found to contain blank
sheets of paper which the bureau
had prepared for routine tests.
The dummy package weighed
only 6 pounds. II ounces.
A hurried check led to the
discovery of a second phony
package.
Mr.. Holtzclaw told reporters
that money in this section Of the
bureau is packaged in a room on
the first floor. The first step is
to wrap 100 notes with a band of
paper. then another 100 notes,
and so on. Forty of these small
packets-totaling 1000 notes
are then bound together.
A composition board Is placed
on top of the stack and another
board beneath it. The steel pands
are placed around the package
and each band is spot-welded.
This leaves the ends of the
paper notes exposed. On each
end, a dated label is pasted to
denote the exact contents of the
package
The packaged money is moved
by hand-car and elevator to the
vault on the second floor. It is
stored there pending shipment
In the case of the two phony
packages. all four labels bore two
dates.
One Of the dummies labels
had been stamped with the dates
December 16 and December 81.
The other bore the dates OF De-
Evening star., 1954-01-05
.Gote on Tracks
In Britain Locked, ,
Delaying Train
sy shs Assoeiassd Press

MARBLETHoRPE. England,
Jan. 5.-The 7:lO evening train
for London arrived 40 minutes
late yesterday because 1t was
locked out Of the station.
The gatekeeper had gone on a
holiday leaving the gates at the
road intersection locked across
the tracks. This is normal in
rural England where trains don't
run very often.
The engineer of the 7:10,
backed up for q mile to another
crossing Station. borrowed q
hackSaw. chugged forward again,
then got out and cut the chains
locking the gate.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Disappearance
lContinued From First Page)


1t: and he wandered away, still
dazed.
Il saw q gasoline truck filling
up and asked the driver for q
ride" he continued. HE asked
which way was going. said
east"
He had burned his bridges
behind him: could not face his
family again. he thought. And
on he rode to Salt Lake City
sleeping on the truck. There he
caught another truck, to Omaha
then to Chicago.
Lived In Chicago.
In Chicago, the man who was
fleeing from himself found old
friends. For nearly a year and
half he lived with them.
Il did odd jobs around the
house, but my eyesight wor-
sened and once I totally lost my
vision"
Though he feared an opera
ton, he finally decided on one
on his right eye. The results were
amazing. and as vision returned
so did hope.
He got in touch with his wife
after nearly one and q half
years.
Mrs. Barbour, slim. youngish
Al. had given up her husband
for dead. and it took time for
the truth to penetrate. There
was another hurt - the one
which Mr.. Barbour tearfully was
still pleading forgiveness for
today-the hurt he had caused
those he felt he had deserted.
Mrs. Barbour went to Altoona
to live with her mother and
serve as librarian at a small
college. Once or twice Mr.. Bar
bour visited her and the girls.
Here Several Weeks.
Last November the wife and
children moved to Washington
and Mr.. Barbour Joined them.
He found work with a construc-
tion firm: she took a job only
yesterday as a secretary in a
bank. Mr.. Barbour's left eye is
totally blind, but he hopes for
another operation.
when you are up around the
top. you don't really know how
many friends you can count on, "
said Mrs. Barbour. But we
found we had plenty of them"
I'm so sorry for the hurt I've
done to my family. but so thank
full for all the friends who were
good to them" said Mr.. Barbour.
Il don't want sympathy. We
only want a chance to work our
way back"
Mrs. Barbour flashed back to
that dreary November day five
years ago.
Il thought he had only gone
to Los Angeles for the week end.
and was waiting for him." she
said. 1T was a long week end,
honey. but now you are back, and
that's all that matters"
Evening star., 1954-01-05

Va) noticed that another pack
age was too light.
Il opened part of one of the
packages in the presence of sew
eral people. and we noticed it was
full of the dummy paper. There
was glue all over the top and the
packages were banded with rusty
wire. I took the packages to Miss
Margaret Russell, a supervisor. ("
Mr.. Coakley was born in WASH
ington and attended Jefferson
Junior High School and McKin-
ley High School. He and his wife
have daughter Bonnie, o years
old,
Evening star., 1954-01-05

practice. but he hastened to add
You may be sure it will never
be done again."
Mr.. Holtzclaw said he was
certain the supervisors had not
opened everyone of the packages
because they could not have had
time for anything else If they
had.
The money packages that dis
appeared were IA inches long, 6
inches wide and 2l2 inches thick
Counted IL Times.
Mr.. Holtzclaw pointed out that
in the handling of the printing
and engraving. all money is
counted Is times at various steps.
Under the security regulations,
handlers initial record sheets.
The most recent previous loss
at the Bureau of Engraving oc-
CURED in August. 1945. At that
time. three men employed by the
Treasurer of the United States
and assigned to the shipping
room of the bureau annex. stole
1000 bills of 81 denomination.
They left the building with the
money concealed under their
belts. They were caught and con-
victed and more than $4,000 of
the money was recovered.
In l94l another employe stole
$1,000 in unfinished $40 bills.
Most Of this was recovered.
During World War I, someone
removed between $4,000 and
$50. 900 in unfinished bills but
the thief never was caught and
bureau spokesman said none Of
this paper ever was passed.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Vest Pleads Gully
10 Two Charges in
Arlington Bus Case

William C.. Vest. 80. former
director Of the Arlington school
transportation system. today
pleaded guilty to two charges Of
embezzlement at his trial in
County Circuit Court.
His trial on a charge of grand
larceny Of IL school bus tires was
to get under way later today.
Evidence on the embezzlement
charges. involving two checks of
$48 and $18, was heard yesterday.
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy ac-
cepted the change of plea shortly
before q noon recess and ordered
a probation report for the next
term of court before he imposes
sentences for the embezzlements.
Explains Use Of Funds.
Vest asked to make a state
ment after he changed his plea.
He said it had been his policy to
use his own personal funds to
meet certain expenses for the
transportation system when
money was not Immediately
available from the school system.
He would reimburse himself for
money taken out of his own
pocket. he said.
Meanwhile. a special grand
jury was hearing more testimony
regarding operation of the school
bus garage.
Witnesses before the grand
jury yesterday included Com
monwealth's Attorney William
j. Hassan. Detective Walter
Kadel and Roy Halquist, an
accountant. More witnesses
were to be heard today.
Admitted Sticker Violation.
Vest was dismissed from his
position after he pleaded guilty
to illegal use of State vehicle
inspection stickers and was
fined 500.
Judge Mccarthy yesterday
heard evidence that Vest had
received a check for $48 from
the Arlington Optimist Club for
q bus trip to the Winchester
Apple Blossom Festival. The
club sent it's drum and bugle
corps on the trip.
A former treasurer of the club.
Henry r. Duryee Of Landess
street. Lincolnia. testified he had
understood that Vest had offered
to bear the expense of the trip
as a contribution to the club.
Endorsed Check.
On June %, after the club had
urged Vest to pay his dues, Vest
sent Q bill saying that he had
borne certain expenses in con-
nection with the trip and pay
ment should be made directly to
him. Mr.. Duryee said. Mr.. Dur
zee said when he handed the
check to Vest. Vest Immediately
lndorsed 1t and turned it back
to him for credit on his dues.
Asst. Supt. Edward Braun
told Judge Mccarthy the School
Board never was reimbursed for
the trip.
Vest also was charged with
embezzling an $18 Optimist Club
check in payment for a school
bus outing for underprivileged
children to La Plata. Md. on
July Is.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Queen and Duke Swim
And Picnic at Lake
BY the Assoeioted Press

ROTORUA. New Zealand, Jan.
S. - Queen Elizabeth and the
Duke of Edinburgh went SWIM
ming again today and picnicked
in 80-degree heat on the shores
Of Lake Rotoiti.
It was their second day Of rest
from royal tour duties. They are
relaxing at Moose Lodge. q pri-
,vate home by the lake.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Judge Clark Arrives,
Breathing Defiance
OF State Department
Dy the As,oe;u,sd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 5.-William
L. Clark, former Chief Justice
Of United States Courts in Ger
many, arrived home today, char
acterizing his custer q "stpuid
performance"
He also accused the State De-
partment Of lying in their
teeth" in denying that his Dip
lomatic passport was forcibly
taken away.
The jurist said one Of his first
moves would be to confer with
Morris Ernst, counsel for the
American Civil Liberties Union,
on possible court action against
Secretary of State Dulles to get
the passport restored. He said he
wants to return to Germany to
study for q doctorate in juris-
prudence.
MIR. Clark arrived on the liner
Queen Mary. travelling on a spe-
cial passport good only for the
trip home. He was suspended
December 9 after he ignored a
State Department order to re-
turn to Washington for consulta-
ton.
Protests Passport Seizure.
II may go to Ellis Island be-
fore I'm through" Mr.. Clark told
newsmen after handing them a
six-paragraph statement. II say
that jokingly. yet a department
that takes your passport is capa-
bic Of anything"
In his statement the former
Justice said that his original
passport was removed from his
Frankfurt Office by a vice consul
and a Marine sergeant and that
he had protested the seizure
as the sort of thing done by
the GeStapo."
At another point Mr.. Clark
said, Il advise the Secretary of
State that the American people
do not like the drill sergeant
mentality, nor will they favor
the treatment of a Judge with
80 years honorable service as a
Pfc. absent without leave"
Insists on Independence.
He reiterated his previous as
sertion that he had been fired
and deported" from presiding
over United States tribunals in
Germany because refuse to
admit that judges are not inde-
pendent persons at all but only
Charlie McCarthieS."
Mr.. Dulles had become angry
at him. Mr.. Clark said. because
I have been doing what the for
mer (Mr. Dulles is expressly
charged with law by undertaking.
namely, upholding the right of
American citizens in Germany to
a speedy trial and to a reason
able bail.
In order to hamper my efforts
In that direction, he has inter-
fered with my judicial independ-
ence and has abrogated my judi
clal decisions by executive fat.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Wilson to Go to Norfolk

NORFOLK. Va, Jan. S (P.-
Secretary of Defense Wilson will
ny to Norfolk January 81, to
address the 14th graduating
class of the Armed Forces staff
College and pay his first official
visit to military commands in
the area.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Foirlund PTA to Meet

Miss Katherine johnson, as
sistant supervisor of the Public
Health Nurses of Montgomery
County. will discuss the health
program in schools at an 8
O'Clock meeting tonight of the
Fairland (MdD Elementary
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton in the school.
Evening star., 1954-01-05
Woman and Two Children
Die in Baltimore Fire
BY ths Assoeio.ed Preas

BALTIMORE, Jan. 5.-A 80
year-old mother and her two
baby daughters were found suf-
located today after a fire filed
their second-floor bedroom with
smoke.
The dead were Mrs. Elsie Muel-
Ter. whose husband, joseph
Mueller, was at work, and their
TWO daughters, jeanne, 3, and
Jean Ellen, 6 months.
Flremen said the mother and
the 3-year-old were found in
separate beds and the baby in
her crib.
Neighbors said four other chill
dren were at school at the time
Of the fire.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
MRS. LAURA c. WIEGANp

Mrs. Laura C. Wiegand, 70, wife
of the Rev. John Wiegand, retired
Lutheran pastor, died Monday
night at her home, 230 East Main
street, Oak Harbor, after suffer
ing heart attack. She had been
semi-invalid since 1886.
Funeral services were held
Thursday at 2 from Robinson flu
neral home and at 2::3O from st.
Paul's Lutheran church in Salem
township, where the Rev. Wieg-
and served as pastor a. er the
family returned to Oak Harbor
from Indiana in 1941. Born in Oak
Harbor March %, 1884, sic was
the daughter of Otto and Jose
phine Hephner Sealing. She taush,
school in the Oak Harbor vicinity
prior to her marriage October g
1912, to the Rev. Wiegand.
Surviving are her husband, one
daughter, Mrs. James Elder of
Oak Harbor; two sons, the Rev.
Gerhardt c. Wiegand of Malcolm,
Iowa, and Paul j. Wiegand of Au-
rora, Ind; q brother, the Rev.
John Sealing Of Kankakee, ILL.,;
and five grandchildren. The Rev
R. Nj. Corl, Jr., officiated at the
funeral and burial was made in
Union cemetery.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
cATAWBA TO GRADUATE

Catawba school will graduate Is
9th graders at a special program
next Thursday night, June 8. Tehy
will be Caroline Bredbeck, Do
lores Ohm, Betty Jean Dick, Mar
cia Davis, Charles Beaver, Carl
Knecht, Dale Wahlers, Daniel
Stull, Mary Lou Blaskis, Roger
Fetterman, Gary Rathbun, Dennis
Zelms, Barbara Rittenhouse, Joan
Ballard and Judy Bergman. Mrs.
Hilda Nelson is principal. Diplo-
mas will be presented by Roy
Drickhamer, Board of Education
president. Graduates will present
a special musical program.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28

FRANK L. DREIER

Funeral services for Frank
Louis Dreier, IA, Carroll township
farmer and the brother of Port
Clinton police radio operator
Louis Dreier, were held Tuesday
at 2 p. m. at Blackberry church,
Benton township, with the Rev.
Gerald Ferne officiating. Mr..
Dreier died Saturday at Magruder
hospital.
He is survived by his wife, Mar
tha; three brothers, Herbert and
William of Oak Harbor and Louis
of Port Clinton; three sisters, Mrs.
George Menier and Mrs. Martha
Ohm of Port Clinton, and Mrs.
Fred Harder Of Toledo. Services
were in charge Of the Gerner and
Wolfe Co.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
WILL MISS COMMENCEMENT

Mrs. Lillian Hess, who was the
only member of Port Clinton high
schools first graduating class in
1885, will miss the 1854 com
mencement, for the first time in
many years.
Mrs. Hess, slowly convalescing
since being stricken by illness in
December, was able to be out on
the porch in a wheelchair this
week for a short time She has
missed only a few commencements
here in SO years.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
MRS. CORA KLEINHANs

Funeral services for Mrs. Cora
E. Kleinhans, rs, who died sudden
ly at her Lacarne home Tuesday
night of heart attack, are Satur-
day at 1:30 from Lacarne Methodist
church. Her husbnd, Frederick E.,
three daughters, a brother and
four grandchildren survive. Body
is at Robinson Funeral Home.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28

Paul Buckley, Mrs. Burnen Low
elm and baby, Mrs. Elwood Klein
hans, Mrs. William Rofkar, Peter
Bennett, Mrs. Mitchell Anderson
and baby, Mrs. George Georgosian
and baby, Mrs Harold Connor,
Mrs. Leon Stetler and baby,
Charles Nelson, Alex Brauer, Pat
rick FelshaW.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
VISIT IN ITALY


For the first time since they
left their native Italy a quarter
century ago, Mr.. and Mrs. An
drew Bertuccoilli of West Sixth
street are back there to visit their
many relatives.
They arrived in Genoa last
week, sailing from New York,
May II on the SIS. Voluncia Much
Of their time will be spent in Cat
tolica, north of Genoa, where both
Port Clintonites have several sis
ters and brothers. Mr.. Bertuc<
cioli, who is employed at the Mat
thews Co. here, plans to dispose
of beach property he owns in
Italy during the trip They will
return around September Il. IA
visit with friends in Long Island
preceded their sailing.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
~ :YJ:YY'YTa
&. ! I
ADMITTED

May 20: Robert McCafferty,
Gypsum, medical; Mrs. Glen Pi-
att, 7O4 E street, medical; Louis
Mortus, Adams street, surgical.
May 81: Mrs. Harry Reuss, Gray
town, medical; Mrs. George My
lander, Route 3, Oak Harbor, med
ical.
May %: Mrs. Lillian Owen, OF
tawa Drive, medical; Mrs. Sarah
RAIDER, 129 Lincoln, medical
May "a: Mrs. Harry Wood, 306
East Sixth, medical; Mrs. Jose
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
ROY A. Ritter

Roy A. Ritter, 60, an EOD
worker assigned to Plumbrook
Ordnance Works, died Tuesday at
his SanduSky home. Services are
Saturday at 2 at the Lutz funeral
home, Sandusky. His wife, two
sons and sister survive.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
MRS. WILLIAM /. SMITH

Word of the death of Mrs. Will
liam L. Smith, 88, native of Bay
township and widely known at
Catawba, has been received by
nieces and nephews, Henrietta
Hineline and Forest Stuart of Port
Clinton, Ralph Smith and Mrs.
Marguerite Bredehoft of Danbury.
She was the former Mary Hine-
line, her husband preceding her
in death. A daughter, Mrs. Arthur
Marsh of RoSeburg, Oregon and
a son Wesley Smith of Harbor,
Ore, survive She was buried in
Hood River, Oregon.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28

Two Port Clinton Mfg. Co.
workers were treated at Magru-
der hospital on the same day for
removal of foreign bodies in their
eyes. Treated were William Wah-
lers, 116 East Sixth street, and
William Schmardebeck, 4O4 East
Third street.
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-05-28
PAINT-BY-NUMBER SETS.
WHILE THEY LAST - WERE SIS
AND $3.50. NOW $3.50 AND S1.6o.
MIScH CAMERA SHOP

Home from Bowling Green for
the weekend, Lee Hetrick had as
his house guests two college class
mates, Ray Fink of Arlington and
Kenneth Hahn of Berlin Heights.
They were guests of Lees parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hetrick.