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Evening star., 1954-12-23
Ala 1.-THE EVENING STAR Washington D. G.
THURSDAY, DEcE1fBER 1854
Policeman Faces Trial Boord,
Accused Of Guide Shokedown
Sightseeing Men
At White House
Sign Complaint

Police Pvt. william Neyin, 80,
was charged by his superiors yes
terday with operating a shake
down racket in the shadow of
the White House.
/ In a long list OF specifications
ordering him to appear before
q police trial board at 2 pm
December 81, the policeman was
accused In five shakedown
counts and one constituting
threats. He is accused of seeking
and getting money from sight
seeing guides for referring busi-
ness to them.
The racket. according to po-
lice officials. had gone on since
Pvt. Nevin was transferred from
a beat near Eleventh street and
Pennsylvania avenue NV, in
April to a similar post at East
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Parliament 5 Order 10 End
Siege in Chile Rebuiied
sy NE Associated Press

SANTIAGO, Chile. Dec. 23.
President Carlos Ibanez's govern
ment last night declared It would
ignore q resolution voted yester-
day by Parliament to lift Chile's
state Of siege. This is q nnodi-
fed form of martial law under
which Chile has been living for
just over three months.
Interior Minister Arturo Ola
varria told the nation after the
Senate voted 23-9 against the
state Of siege that the govern
ment would not obey Parlia-
nent's ruling. It was defeated in
the House earlier.
President Ibanez clamped
down the state OF siege last Sep
tefnber 20 at a time when the
country was plagued by strikes.
declaring it was necessary to
head on q Communist rebellion
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Chicoqo Livestock

CHICAGO, Dec "a, R9.--(UeDAl--
Saiable hogs 1900: fairly active: strnne
70 mostly 20 higher; most advances on
Meignts over go lb.i instances up more
On these weightG; mostly steady; around
one oeck choice No. = 600 Ib., ~ 1925:
sen sseveral decks choice No. and 2's 198-
I77slei ISe n ~ leG2; I9 m9st n @ @19o-S2O ~ q
1873: o few choice No. j and 2.s 130-
$50 u. at 17.25-18.25; most 800 2s9 III
le2Q-Ia.go: with bulk e90-325 is.
5.75-I6 30; lows under 400 Id. scarce
AZ ga,.s 5,.0sV-ad6.7b; ld.7b most sows 42B-600 ID.
saiabie cattle. 1000; salable caly..
300; prime cattle absent: steers and
neifers choice and below slow, steady 10
90 lower: cows steady 10 25 higher; bulls
and vealers about steady: . load Of
choice prime .O74-lb. steers, 5000; 4
good q low choice. %. .o0-25.50o:; choies: h;Gie:
heifers. 20 90; good and choice heiferS.
1g.DO-26.O0; load utility and comrner.
cial T0O.Ip. weights. 1880: utility and
commercial cows. g.50-12.25; Gamers
merciaI bulls 10 .5O-1b.50 good Ia prime
yealers. 70: :O0-24 90; load of GOOD Ia
choice 440-lb. Montana stock steer calves.
100; medium and good replacement
stfssii SsiasIs sed .Ssir ssiyss dSd. dd8S;oo.2o 0g
moderately acsiye' 'y about % steadg: laIhner oiher
classes steady; good 10 prime wooied
lambs Ito lbs. and lighter. iS.bO-gI .il0.
latter price for weights Up to IUb lbe.:
deck D1-ib., 21.25s o few mostly Choice
1O0-12b-lb. wooded skins, 1870. cuif n
low GOOD lambs. TOOLS 90; eull 10 choies
slaugiter ewes, 6a00-B.6O.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
H. c. Byrd, Jr., Joins
Realty Company

H. G. Byrd. jr.. former en1ploye
of the State Department and
the Department of Defense, has
been made an associate in the
Ralph s. Morrison and Sherman
II. Hollingsworth Realty Co.
MIR. Byrd will be in charge of
the property management and
insurance departments
He is the son of DR.. II. G..
"Curley" Byrd, former president
of the University of Maryland
and Democratic candidate for
governor Of that State last
month.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Fast Thief Gets
$50 Worth of
Christmas Gifts

L
CHICAGO, Dec. 23.-The thief
who broke into Mrs. Joan
Roche,s house yesterday was q
fast operator.
Mrs. Roche told police she was
gone from her home only one
aour and in that time some one
aad stolen $3.50 worth of Christ
mas presents.
She got right on the telephone,
she said. to cancel a SIS gift
certificate, one of the stolen
presents. But the store told her
she was too late--the gift GER
;ificate had been used to buy a
skirt and scarf.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

Executive and Pennsylvania ave-
nues at the northeast corner Of
the Executive Mansion grounds.
Pvt. Nevin remained on the
latter assignment until his
transfer in October from the
Traffic Division to a walking
beat in the outlying 9Th precinct.
Guides Complain.
The situation was brought to
light. police administrative of
ficers declared. by numerous
complaints from sightseeing
guides at the White House who
said Pvt. Nevin had been VIC
timizing them.
The complaint was signed by
eight guides.
It alleged the policeman, a
Evening star., 1954-12-23
More Sightseeing Reported

Sightseeing business in Wash
ington during the last year in
creased more than 10 per cent
from the previous year and 1855
promises continued gains. de-
clared President Henry Bur-
roughs of the Washington Gray
Line yesterday.
Increases In conventions and
organized school trips were ma
jor factors, he said. April was
the busiest month with October
q good second. Tuesday averaged
the best day. Sunday was the
poorest.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Buys Two FIorido Offices

Personal Industrial Bankers,
Inc, which owns and operates
small loan companies under the
name. Lenders. Inc, has pur-
chased additional loan Offices at
BrookSville and st. Petersburg
Beach, Fla, it was announced
today by Roland z. Clark. sec
retary-treasurer.
The company already had
Offices at Hialeah, Key West.
Miami, st. Petersburg and Vero
Beach In the same state.
Directors declared regular
quarterly dividends Of SITS a
share on the 500 par cumulative
preferred stock and Is cents a
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Foreign Exchunue

NEW YORK Dee c3 M.-Forelan
exchauee rates follow Great Britain II,
dollars others in cents tuncharlred nm
less otherwise noted.
Canadian dollar Id New YORK omen
market BIZ per cent premium Or I03 .AlN
y. 9. cents on n.
Europe: Great Britain fpoundD 2.7sa.
on II; Great Britain 30-dny futures
2.78fs. on 7g32: Great Britain t50-dsy
futures 2.7s 1882. on n Great Britain
g0-day futures 2.7ess, On 1882: belgium
.tssncl l.99... "a .O0.; France ltrancl
3.45. Holland tguilder} 26.4O, OF .O3:
italy nirai .l6h; Portugal tescud0b 3.6Q:
Sweden fkrOnal 1894: Switzerland ffranc,
free1 23.345z; Denmark fkrOne1 l4.6O.
,..,a Ls1in @ Amssics; - Argsntana fTse, za.
ezHela fb0ltvnr} 1908.
Far East: Hong Kong dollar 1850.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

Il s f
Net sales for the year aggre-
gated $6,177,655, compared with
$6,808.64 in the previous year.
and net income after taxes de-
creased to $l17.464 or SITS q
share. compared with $174.296
or $3.50 in the preceding period.
The net income was after de-
duction of $378.256 or $5.62 a
share for depreciation. Mr..
Swope pointed out.
"The Importance OF your
company's production In the
national defense has enabled us
to obtain certificates Of neces-
sity TO cover our plant expan-
sion in recent years." he said.
Evening star., 1954-12-23

D 0Gn $ q lie 5
and net in
G o m e o (
S o u I h e rn
Oxygen Co.
were reduced
in the year
end ed Sep
t e m ber 8 o..
r r e sid ent
r. o b e r t B.
S W ope an
nounced t o.
day in the
annual report
m allie d to
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Major Crimes in D. c.
Drop Is Pei. in lo54;
Homicide Cases Up

WaShington's major crimes de-
creased I6 per cent for the 1854
fiscal year. the Metropolitan Po-
lice Departments annual report
said yesterday.
All precincts reported overall
decreases except the Harbor
precinct. The seventh, or
Georgetown precinct, showed q
81 per cent decrease in the over
all figure.
The 1l8-page report noted q
26 per cent increase in criminal
homicide as ''the most striking
change revealed In the analysis.
But. it said. the change is ''the
least important to an interpre-
tation Of crin1s trends for the
increase results from an increase
in negligent homicides ltrafflcl
from II in 1853 to 80 in 1854"
The total figure under Grim
inal homicide for the 1854 fiscal
year was lot compared to IS last
year. However, excluding the
negligent homicide cases, the
figures are "a In 1858 and rs
this fiscal year.
Criminal Assaults Rise.
Rape. too, showed an I8 per
cent increasefrom 1913 reported
cases in 1853 to 234 reported
this fiscal year. The increase.
according to the report, ''pri-
marily results from the excep-
tionally low number OF those
offenses occurring in 1853. !"
However" the report con-
tinued, while the increase in
1854 does not bring this offense
greatly above normal, the grav-
ity of the crime demands that
serious consideration be given
any increase. however slight"
The Police Department lists as
Part l, or major crimes. criminal
homicide. rape, robbery. ag-
gravated assault, housebreaking,
larceny-theft and auto theft.
Decreases-from 4 per cent In
aggravated assault to booming
20 per cent in housebreakings-
were reported in all categories
except criminal homicide and
rape.
Clearance Is High.
The report shows 81 per cent
clearance in criminal homicide:
81 per cent in the reported rape
cases: IS per cent of the aggra-
waited assaults: 81 per cent of
the robberies: A per cent of the
housebreakings; IS per cent Of
the larceny-thefts and ~ per
cent of the auto thefts.
The department "feels justi-
fiably proud of the high rate of
crime clearance" Chief Robert
v. Murray said in the report.
A combination OF s'highly ia
vorable factors, as well as q
concerted effort on the part Of
the entire force. has rendered
the fiscal year 1854 as one of
the most successful periods in
recent history"
Factors Responsible.
Some Of the factors listed as
responsible for the favorable re-
suit during the 1854 fiscal year
were:
/. Increasing the number of
inspection districts from three
to five and making one inspector
permanently responsible for each
district, rather than rotating
the assignments periodically.
2. Assignment of lieutenants
experienced in crime detection to
supervise plainclothesmen in
each district and placing Of ex-
perienced detectives in charge OF
detective operation in each pre-
cinct.
8. Partial diminishing of "seri-
Gus personnel problems which
have plagued this department
during past years." largely due
to salary reclassification, a drop
in designations and an increase
in the number of qualified ap-
Evening star., 1954-12-23
By Donald 3. HodIey

AS q result OF greatly accel-
Grated depreciation charges and
curtailed equipment purchases by
industry and the Government,
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Chopter Registrar Numed
Bank Dividend increased

Directors of the First National
Bank Of Southern Maryland at
Upper Marlboro have increased
the semiannual dividend from
81 to $1.20, it was announced
today by l.. Nj. Mattingly,
cashier.
The latest dividend will be
payable January to stock
holders of record December %.
Mr.. Mattingly also announced
that directors authorized a
Christmas bonus to officers and
employees. amounting to half q
months salary.
Heods insurance Group
William r. Tooker, general
agent of the Berkshire Life In
surance Co.. has been elected
president OF the Life Insurance
General Agents and Managers
Association of the District.
Other new officers: Ernest E.
Codere. manager. Sun Life AS
surance Of Canada, vice presi-
dent; William A. Spiker, man
ager, New York Life. secretary
treasurer.
TinSley Adams of Continental
Assurance and Charles w.
O'Donnell Of Guardian Life were
elected directors. Joseph A.
Barbeau and Fred E. Hill remain
on the board for another year.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Mcluchlen Gives Out Maps

McLachlen Banking Corp. is
distributing to customers and
friends an excellent map of
Washington and its nearby Vir-
ginia and Maryland suburbs.
Thomas A. Murray has Joined
the Beachley Furniture Co. and
the Brandt Table Works, both
Of Hagerstown. Md, as factory
representative in Maryland,
Pennsylvania and Southern Vir-
ginia areas.
Until recently, Mr.. Murray was
associated with the p. ]. Nee Co.
here as buyer.
Julius Lansburgh Furniture
Co. has distributed Christmas
bonus to employees. based on
length of service.
Eiseman's has distributed q
Christmas bonus to employees.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Production Increasing

eve are glad to advise. how
ever, that this new modern plant
now is in operation and is sub
stantially increasing our pro-
duction. During the year our
new hydrogen plant at Kings
port, Tenn. was completed and
placed in operation"
Continued growth of the
medical division has further
diversified earning power and
the new inert gas welding divi-
sion now is well established and
will contribute materially to
sales and earnings in the COM
ing year, he said. New district
offices for direct sales to con-
sumers have been opened at
Charlotte. N. c.: Lynchburg. Va,
and Salisbury, Md, raising the
total to So.
The company balance sheet
on September 80 showed cur
rent assets of $3,029,531 VS.. $2,-
Gil .602 a year earlier, while cur
rent liabilities amounted to ST.
513,334 VS.. $1.209,596 Stock
holders equity amounted to
$2.500, ,088 VS.. $2,449, ,759. The
company has 67,284 shares Of
$l2.50 per value outstanding.
Earned surplus at the end Of
the year totaled $1.438,061, COM
pared with $l.387.s81 a year
earlier.
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Southern Oxygen Net Reduced
By Write-Offs and Sales Drop

share on the par value cumula-
tive preferred.
They also declared q regular
dividend OF 10 cents q share and
an extra dividend of cents o
share on the common stock.
All dividends are payable JAM
uary to holders Of record De-
cember is.
Chapter Registrar Numed
Miss Margaret A. Duva Of the
National Permanent Building AS
sociation has been named to the
newly created position of regis
trar for Washington Chapter,
American Savings and Loan In
Stitute.
Chapter President William E.
Grimm. jr., announced that Miss
Duva will take care Of chapter
bookkeeping. maintenance Of
membership and scholastic rec
ords and preparation of all re-
S1nY.tS
Evening star., 1954-12-23
Mutual Funds

NEW YORK, Dec. 81 Q9.--National
Association aecurities Dealers Inc
Evening star., 1954-12-23
ST Million Written Off

Under these certificates. ac-
CELEBRATED and normal deprecia-
tion charges have totaled more
than 81 million during the last
three fiscal years. The total
depreciation writeoff for the
last three years was equivalent
to $15.73 share. The book value
after these charge-offS was
$37.l6 a share on September 80"
The shares are quoted on the
er-the-counter market at Is
bid.
I'm spite of a heavy reduction
in Government purchases of
gases in the past period, our
total gas sales we're the highest
in our history. The generally
lower level of activity in indus
try and Government reduced our
equipment and supply sales.
Technical difficulties ex-
perienced by the manufacturers
of our new oxygen. nitrogen and
argon plant now installed at
Bladensburg, Md. prevented us
from having the benefit Of its
operation during the entire fiscal
year.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
THE COMMUNIST PROGRAM in THE U. S.

The Communist Party's National Committee recent
brlefed hundred delegates from twentyfour
states on their role in the coming elections The idea is
Tor these delegates to work for candidates. irrespective
OF their Party loyalty who favor co-exstence with the
Soviet Union
The delegates were told to support candidates who
believed in further negotiations with the Soviet Union
those who favored United Nations membership for Red
China and expansion Of trade between the West and the
Communist world.
The Communists - evidently abandoning hope of
building any strength in Congress will now concentrate
on supporting candidates who closest their foreign
policy proposals It obvious that the Communists have
failed to build party significance the United States
IN recent years. They to fail in their efforts to
influence u S. policy by supporting candidates closest to
their views.
In fact this policy will result in the kiss of death
Tor those candidates supported by the Communists In
most areas OF the country endorsement by the Communist
Party would be tanamount sure defeat and therefore
we believe the Communists will have no more success in
this line than they have had in trying to build party
strong enough to be represented in Congress
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
NEW FORM 1o4o

Enactment of new tax bill, revising the tax laws
Tor the first time in many years. that most citizens
VIII pay their taxes next form perhaps
Form 1040, for the most Of us.
The new tax bill, contrary I'd some opinion. does not
provide general tax cuts relief to most business
es and many individuals in various forms The new law
becomes effective of last January fs and in case of
income from dividends the first $50 Of such money is
excluded from taxes There Is an additional four per cent
cut on dividend income received after july 31st.
We believe revision Of the tax laws has long been
overdue, although is not vet apparent at this early
date what the strong points and weak points of the
new tax bill Undoubtedly many ineuuities were clear
ed up In the bill and many of these revsons were long
needed.
But the main meaning for many Americans will be
the fact that the tax form will have to be faced next
April 10th (the date has been moved back month In
stead OF the old form, form will be required and
many lawyers expect it to be Zulu Some lawyers be-
heVe the new form WILL of necessity be complicated
than the former and if this so believe the
suit VIII be boom for accountants and the like
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
By ToRsEN KRACH

COPENHAGEN (P-Niels Her.
man Schult put together a sports
car out of junk parts. Then it took
him 1s months of struggling with
red tape to get his dream on the
road.
He finally solved it by buying
the car from himself-but even
that ran into complications.
Niels, a 25-year-old mechanic
from Orbak, used such parts as a
motorcycle engine and gear box,
wheelbarrow wheels fitted with
special ball bearings and tries and
Ford. Only the headlamps were
new.
Sports car critics said you might
call the result short square.
nosed Ferrari type. The govern
ment inspector of motor vehicles
classified it as an excellent ja-
lopy."
Then-tS months ago-Niels ap-
piled for license plates. The au-
thorities said Niels' creation was a
new car, and to get the plates he
needed an import certificate and
purchase certificate from the gov.
eminent import-export agency.
Niels wrote dozens of letters. He
argued for hours with officials, who
finally said he could apply for per-
mission to buy his own car. But
the fact that Niels wanted to sell
the car to himself gnly made new
complications.
The Ministry of Justice wacted
| to know where and how Niels got
the car. The ministry assigned a
special engineer to make a de.
tailed sketch of the car for classi.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05

The question of relationship with
the Navy is creating quite a bit
of discussion locally. / honestly be.
lieve that most Key Westers rea-
lie that the Navy is our most i'm
portant payroll. However, both ci-
william and servicemen seem to be
at each others throat. This is so
foolish!
Few Navy men stop to remem-
Der that the only good station is
the one they have just left or the
one that they are going to. This
is an axiom in the service. At the
same time, few civilians stop 20
remember their own days in the
armed forces.
a There is hardly a man walking
in the street today who has not
served in. defense of our country.
Most of them have seen combat.
The Navy man who absent mind.
edly slams a civilian is acting chill
dish. The civilian who forgets his
own feelings while he was in the
service and fails to forgive the en-
listed mans jibes is also guilty Of
acting babyish.
I've used the word, enlisted
man" although officers are quite
often guilty of boorishishness. Per-
haps it is sufficient to mention that
when an officer Of the Armed For
ces conducts himself in a manner
unbecoming, every civilian feels in
suited - not in a personal man-
ner but as sort of deep shame
that our country could be repre-
scented in uniform by such an in
dividual.
Enough said. think over it.
College Extension
Gene Griener is employed by the
CAA locally. He is working to get
a division of the University of Mia
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
A Grain
Of Salt

This word. as it stands, means
as long as it is possible for a car
TO proceed on the street, regardless
OF now slow, or the condition 81
the street - just as long as il can
get by, the contractor has met the
contract obligation.
The contractors are not 10 he
blamed for being shrewd enough "a
get by with a vague word like
'passable."
Perhaps We should pay our off.
cials more money 50 competition
would force better performance
The city might take some of the
Illegal money made from car in
spections and buy street eouip.
ment. The present budget allows
an expense Of s., 900 to perform the
auto inspections. Last year the city
crossed approximately Sc, 900 from
the inspection receipts. The state
supreme court ruled that safety in
spections will not be conducted for
q profit. Need more be said?
In two years we viii probably
have completed the street program
This viii be fine except the cars
will be in such terrible shape from
driving on the previous roads that
1t won't matter much what condi-
tons are.
Citizens should not have to COM
plain to get streets repaired. Also
the street officials should not work
on the idea that when we get
enough gripes, we will fix a par
dcular item.
In spite Of all this criticism. the
city has managed to keep our main
thoroughfares in pretty fair shape
with, of course, a couple Of excep-
tons. The exceptions / have in
mind are the roads that lead into
the Naval Station through the Tru.
man gate, and also the GrinneIl
Street entrance to the Naval Sta
ton Annex. If memory serves me
correctly, these streets have also
been in bad shape for a long time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
Red Tape Ties Dane In Knots

fication. No one could classify it.
After four months the ministry
broke down and said Niels could
own and operate the car,
Then the Customs Department
took over. 1t decided Niels had to
pay taxes IN line with the regula-
ton calling for a tax on all cars
imported on government license.
But the customs men couldn't de-
eide how much.
Niels. finally agreed to deposit
the equivalent of SIS, and at long
last he got the license plates.
When he applied for his plates
he had promised to take his girl
for a ride. She showed up for the
big event, but as Mrs. Schult.
They had married in the mean
time.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-10-05
This Rock
Of Ours
By Bill Glib

mi established here in Key West.
Are you interested?
Personally, l tn4nk that classes
for adults would go over big here.
l know that there are many cour-
SeS which l would like to take. If
you're interested in this idea,
please drop. me a card - specify
ing your particular interests. Or,
if you prefer, write Gene at II
Main Road.
More on the details of this plan
later.
Writing Comes With Difficulty
1t has been so long since I've
written a column that this writing
comes with difficulty. q was mar
ried the other, day.. you know, and
have been industriously clipping
other peoples work for reprinting
whenever it was permissable.)
The Boss tells me now that I've
got to go to- work. So be it! He
is the Boss! Nevertheless, he can't
dictate the length of this column so
for today, I'm going to cut it short.
he Before closing, may l make a
request?
There are thousands of people
who have thought rather seriously
of the problems confronting civil
liarsi and Servicemen in their re.
latiopship with each other. l won
der If these thoughts were express.
ed, if - perhaps ~ they wouldn't
do some good.
1t is akng a lot, l realize, but
if you have ideas on the subject,
will you write "ThiS Rock?" I'll
use your signature or won't use it.
! according to your request but
think that we could all perform a
service to our country by saying
what we think on the subject -
'How Can Better Relations Be, Sc.
cured Between All People Here In
Key West?"