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Evening star., 1954-12-16
sy the Assoeie..d Pres.

RICHMOND. Va. Dec. 16.-A
Federal appellate court yesterday
refused to cancel a trust fund OF
a Charleston Is. Co. couple
which provided. among other
bequests. a 81 200 gift to Senator
Mccarthy. Republican of Wis
conSin.
The controversy centered
around an indenture OF trust
executed by the late Hans Koe-
big. q former Navy commander,
and his wife, Mrs. Helen Koebig.
It provided that $185.382 in
securities be placed in a trust
fund and that after TIE deaths
of the Koebigs gifts be distrib-
uted to several friends who are
not blood relatives.
Among the bequests was a
$25, 200 gift to Henry Edmunds,
attorney for the Koebigs, and
81. 900 to Senator Mccarthy The
agreement also stipulated that
after the gifts were distributed.
the net income from the fund
is to be turned over to the Medi-
cal College of South Carolina for
cancer and multiple sclerosis re-
search.
However. the trust agreement
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Bequests, Including s., 900
To Mccarthy, Are Upheld

was challenged by Mrs. Koebig
through her brother. w. Blair
Foster, listed as her guardian.
Grounds for cancellation Of the
trust were lack of mental ca
pacity" on the part of Mrs. Koe-
big and undue influence exerted
on her by her husband. who died
three days after the agreement
was signed.
A Federal District Court at
Charleston did not agree with
these charges and upheld the
South Carolina National Bank
OF Charleston, which is handling
the trust fund. The Court Of
Appeals for the 4th circuit here
agreed with the lower court jury
and declined to cancel the trust.
The appellate court here ruled
Mrs. Koebig was mentally COM
petent at the time and that her
husband did not exert undue in
fuence on her to sign the agree
ment.
Evening star., 1954-12-16

mounted on the rear for use in
shallow water.
Mr.. McClatcl1y and Or. Harry
r. Nordberg OF Salt Lake City,
the third member of the hunting
party. rushed Mr.. Hooper to the
hospital. but he died before an
emergency operation could be
performed.
Mr.. Hooper was president OF
c. E. Hooper, Inc, of New York,
which specializes in studies of
radio audience measurement. He
was known for his Hooper rat
ings-suryeys aimed at deter
mining the numerical size Of un-
seen radio audiences In given
areas.
He was in Salt Lake City to
confer with intermountain ra-
dio station managers on a future
survey.
His home was in South Nor
walk, Conn. He Is survived by
his widow and a daughter.
Evening star., 1954-12-16

reached a pitch Of Gallo some
thing other.
The inilkmaid-starlets were
providing club patrons with
Frances newest cocktail base
milk. Scurrying walters mixed
whiskey. rum. cfartreuse and
pernod with the milk.
General reaction: Milk might
be OK neat, but you can take a
good thing too far.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
French Move Cows
Into Night Club

PARIS. Dec. is (NANAo Film
starlets MIXED three cows in
a Paris night club recently as
the Drink More Milk" campaign
Of mier MendeS-France
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Ancient Bells Return

Six 360-year-old bells recently
were returned to the tower of the
Church Of st. Andrew Under
shaft, London. from which they
had been removed in wartime.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Push-Button RoiIwuys

Push-button control has been
applied to the handling of
freight cars in the railway yards
at Leicester. England.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
MATS Will Celebrate
lis Sixth Year Today

The Military Air Transport
Service, with headquarters at An
drews Air Force Base, will cele-
brate its sixth anniversary Tues
day.
The perfect passenger safety
record of MATS transport units
in 1853 is still intact thus far
this year. During the 17-month
period through 1853 to {. date,
MATS has airlifted more than
731 900 passengers and patients
without a single fatality.
1t. Gen. Joseph Smith, MATS
commander, said This contin-
uing safety record reflects the
constant emphasis placed on
training and safety discipline by
our three transport divisions.
Flying over 81 foreign coun-
tries. MATS planes touched down
on Artic icepacks, jungleS and
far corners of the globe In op-
Grating its 115.000 miles of air
routes. The planes airlifted more
than 2,427.000 personnel and
403,500 tons Of cargo and mail.
and logged nearly 5,265, 200. 900
miles in the six years Of opera
tions.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Girl, ?, Bitten by Family Dog;
Plastic Surgery Mends Face
Pointer Rescues
Child Attacked
In Silver Spring

Two-year-old Janice Helsel,
of Silver Spring, was in salts
factory condition last night at
Childrens Hospital. where she
is recovering from severe dog
bites.
Her family's pet Llewellyn
setter attacked her Friday. in
f1icting deep cuts about her
mouth, eyes and forehead.
Janice underwent plastic surgery
at the hospital.
Witnesses said the little girl
approached the dog as the ami
NAL was chewing on a bone in
the back yard Of her home at
9405 Caroline avenue. The dog
bit her. knocked her down and
was biting her again when a
painter working in the home
rescued her.
She was taken by the Silver
Spring rescue squad to Washing
ton Sanitarium at Takoma Park,
where she was given first aid
and transferred to Childrens
Hospital.
Mr.. Helsel. Washington rep
resentative for a fabrication
equipment firm, said the dog. q
family pet for four years, had
Evening star., 1954-05-30

Francisco earthquake and the
depression halted her plans for a
move. she explained.
Experts at NeedlewOrk.
The twins act alike, look alike,
talk alike and never argue. They
both have been experts at needle
work and crocheting, have held
high Office in the Colonel Tench
Tighlman Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution, and
are members of the Maryland
Historical Society.
Both have made their own
mark in the world.
Mrs. Cunningham in about
1911 managed the first switch
board of the Bethesda Chevy
Chase telephone exchange.
A one-poSition board, the job
was a 24-hour operation and had
only SO stations.
mo one ever asked for a num-
ber," she said. "They just asked
for the Joneses. "She managed
the exchange until 1925.
Mrs. Nollner was the first
woman secretary for a justice
of the Supreme Court. She was
secretary to Associate Justice
Edward Douglas White from
1896 to 1900. She also worked
for the Government from 1917
until her retirement in 1912.
There Are Two Differences.
Finding differences between
the two is not easy. But there
are two.
Mrs Cunningham likes cold
weather and television. Mrs.
Nollner likes it warm and pays
no attention to TV, especially
"the Mccarthy hearings"
Mrs. Nollner has one daughter,
Mrs. Wesley L. Smith. Mrs.
Cunningham'S children are Miss
Alma Cunningham, Mrs. j. Fon-
taine Hall, Robert D. Cunning
ham and William Brooke Cum
ningham. All live in the Wash
ington area.
Mr. Nollner died in 1918 and
Mr.. Cunningham in 1889.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Virginia Towns
Put on Honor Roll
For Traffic Safety
bv the Associafed Press

RICHMOND, May 29.-Twelve
Virginia communities with popu-
lations over 5000 have been
placed on the honor roll Of the
National Traffic Safety Council
for going through the year 1858
without a traffic fatality.
Winchester was the largest
town in the State to make the
list. It was Winchester's second
straight year without q traffic
fatality.
Other cities listed were Falls
Church, Big Stone Gap. Buena
Vista, Clifton Forge, Colonial
Heights, Covington. Lexington,
Salem. Waynesboro, Williams
burg and Wytheville.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

expected to be strong and volu-
BILE.
Mr.. Gwathmey graduated
from the Naval Academy in
1923 and resigned his commits
sion two years later after fur
ther schooling at the University
of Pennsylvania, where he re-
ceived a degree in architectural
engineering in 1925.
Between 1888 and 1943, Mr..
Gwathmey worked as a civilian
for the Engineer Corps in the
Norfolk, Ocala Fla0 and San
Francisco districts and in the
Office of the Chief of Engineers
here. His work included flood
control, Notifications and their
resistance to blast effect and gen.
eral construction inspection. He
had a top level job in each of
his assignments.
Served Here Before.
In the last war, Mr.. Gwathmey
was in charge of engineering con-
struction units in the Mediter-
ranean Theater participating in
the campaigns in Africa, Italy
and Southern France. He held
the rank of colonel when dis
charged in 1916. Since 1852, he
has held his present post with
the Eastern Ocean Division Office,
which in the near future will
probably be consolidated with
another farther north.
He is a licensed architect and
a member of the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, the So
ciety of American Military En-
gineers and the Penn Architec-
tural Society.
Mr.. Gwathmey has a wife and
two children, Margaret, IA, and
Owen, 3.
He says his interest in WASH
ington dates from two earlier
assignments the ONCE Of the
Chief of Engineers here, when
he lived first in Georgetown,
then in Bethesda.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Director Named
10 Top District
Inspection Job
CobeIl Gwothmey,
Army Engineer Aide,
Takes Post July

Cabell Gwathmey. an engineer
who has been connected with the
Army Corps Of Engineers
throughout his professional ca
reer, yesterday was named direc-
tor Of the District Department Of
Licenses and Inspections.
Mr.. Gwathmey, 50, a Naval
Academy graduate, has been chief
Of the engineering division Of the
corps Eastern Ocean Division in
Richmond. Va. He moves into a
situationtion that is generally
regarded as jumbled at best.
His appointment, effective July
/, fills the last major appointive
gap in the local government re-
organization pattern that has
been forming for nearly two
years. The job calls for $4,000
per year "super-grade" pay.
Vacant Since Last Summer.
The dictatorship has been va
cant since last summer when the
old licensing, inspections and
numerous other departments
were combined-on paper at
least-under reorganization. Col.
Giles L. Evans, Assistant Engi-
neer Commissioner. served part
time as acting director in that
interim. and the old operation
went on substantially as before.
AS consequence, one key off,
cial said yesterday. the old
tumble" has persisted. Reor-
ganization has suffered because
of certain reluctance of the
old-line officials to change, as
well as an inability to get all the
license-inspection branches un-
der the same physical roof. he
indicated.
In Mr.. Gwathmey, the District
finds just the qualities most
likely to succeed, first. in pull
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Peckham Convicted
In Abortion Case;
Gets Jail Sentence

DR.. Henry L. Peckham, jr., yes
terday was convicted of per-
forming an abortion on a 28-
year-old woman and was SEN
fenced to serve 20 months to S
years in prison.
The 46-year-old Washington
physician had won acquittal in
four previous abortion cases in
recent years. >
Federal Judge Edward M. Cur
ran brushed aside a plea by
Defense Attorney Albert Ahern
to allow DR.. Peckham to con-
tinue at liberty under bond pend
ing appeal.
The jurist ordered the physi-
clan committed, and he was led
away by deputy United States
marshal for removal to District
jail. Mr.. Ahern said it would be
Wednesday before he could file
the necessary motion with the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District, seeking bond
pending determination of appeal
from the conviction.
Jury Deliberates Fiv eHours.
The verdict was returned by a
Jury of nine men and three
women at 4:50 pm. after five
hours of deliberation in the U. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia.
DR.. Peckham had been found
guilty in the same case in 1852.
But the appellate court set aside
the conviction and ordered a
new trial.
Basis for the appellate re-
versal was frequent clashes be-
tween Attorney Dorsey K. Offutt.
then representing DR.. Peckham,
and Judge Alexander Holtzoff.
The appellate court held the at
mosphere> so disorderly as to
deny the physician a fair trial.
In denying the physician bond
pending appeal. JWge Curran
declared the defense had no
Substantial question" of law to
present on appeal.
Claims Judge Curran Erred.
Mr.. Ahern dopted a different
viewpoint. He told reporters later
that he believed Judge Curran
committed a reversible error in
telling the jury that under Dis
rict law, a person who attempts
an abortion on a woman, even if
she is not pregnant, is guilty of
the crime.
Mr.. Ahearn declared that
pregnancy has been deemed to
be relevant under other court
rulings.
The complaining witness, at
one time member of the Ma
rine Corps, had testified the doc
tor performed the illegal opera
tion on her in the basement of
his home, $40 Princeton place
NV, on May 2, 1851.
Later, she said, she felt i'll and
entered Mount Alto Hospital
where an investigation was be-
gun. The case was prosecuted
by Assistant United States At
torney Arthur Mclaughlin.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Special Disposeh 10 The Ssor

ORANGE. Va. May 29.-Har-
rison p. Spotswood, Orange
County Commissioner of Revenue
and a former delegate to the
Virginia General Assembly, shot
and killed himself this afternoon
in a rear room of his Office here.
His fty-fourth birthday was to-
morrow.
He was found shortly before 4
pm. slumped in a chair, a bullet
hole in his right temple and a
80 caliber pistol on the floor at
his feet. A certificate Of suicide
was issued by DR.. Davis H. Mil
Ter. county coroner.
A native and lifelong resident
of the county. Mr.. Spotswood
served as delegate for Orange
and Madison Counties from 1889
to 1943. He was elected to the
revenue commissioners post in
1947.
! The fatal shot was heard by
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Orange County Tax Collector
Shoots Self to Death in Office

County Treasurer James r.
Todd. whose Office also is in the
County Office building here. He
discovered Mr.. Spotswood's body
and notified police. Five bullets
remained in the cylinder of the
pistol.
Before his service as State
legislator. Mr.. SpotSwood was in
the hardware business here. A
sufferer from diabetes, he had
been in poor, health in recent
years.
Survivors include his widow,
the former Miss Edith Brown;
a son. Alexander T. Spotswood;
two brothers. Robert G.. Spots
wood Of Washington, D. c., and
Willie Y. Spotswood of Raccoon
Ford, Va. and four sisters, Mrs.
j. WiSter johnson of Locust
Grove. Va; Mrs. A. D. Dorey and
Mrs. Leila Meyers. also Of WASH
ington, and Mrs. Elizabeth s.
Brown Of Burr Hill. Va.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
River Dragged for Boy, 7,
Last Seen Near Wharves

Harbor Police last night be-
gan dragging the Potomac River
near the Maine avenue wharves
when it was learned a 7-year -old
boy, missing since Friday after
noon, was last seen playing near
the water there.
Lawrence Sanders, colored,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie Sand
ers of 338 L street S.W., diSap-
peared while playing with two
other children at the rear of the
900 block of Maine avenue S.W.
Police said the two boys with
whom the missing youngster was
playing did not tell anyone of
having been with Lawrence until
late yesterday. The boys. Will
liam Jackson, 8, of 1920 Union
street S.W., and Irving Douglas,
9, of 342 L street S.W., both COL
ored, told their parents the
Sanders child disappeared while
they were playing near the
water.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

the opera series. Bizet's "Car-
men," will be presented on June
IL. Next will be Verdi's La
Traviata" on June 26. Subse-
quent operas will be presented
on alternate Saturdays during
July and August.
Next will be Verdi's la Travi-
alta" on June 26. Subsequent op-
eras will be presented on alter
nate Saturdays during July and
August.
Mr.. Smith was narrator for
the opera festival at the Water
gate in 1851 by the Philadelphia
Civic Grand Opera Company
For the last several years, he
has taught courses in music ap-
probation for the District Recre-
alton Department and held the
post of music director of the
Washington YMCA.
Evening star., 1954-05-30

ing the newly-consolidated de-
partment together, and then ad-
ministering its vital functions
with the requisite engineers
know-how, in the view of the
District officials most responsible
for his appointment.
Secondary Posts Filled.
Two of these are Brig. Gen.
Louis w. Prentiss. District En-
gineer Commissioner. who knew
of Mr.. Gwathmey's reputation
in West Coast Engineer Corps
District, and General Admins
tration Director Schuyler Lowe.
who worked with the new ap-
pointee during the 1930s as a
civilian in the Engineer Corps
in Florida.
1t was understood that over
the months top-level screenings
of licenses-inspections officials
already in local government have
been going on. None considered
was found fully qualified for the
topmost job, however.
The most that came from
these studies was the naming of
handful of secondary execu-
tives in the department. Robert
H. Davis, director of the old in
spections department, was ap-
pointed deputy director of the
new outfit many months ago. Mr..
Davis former deputy, j. j. Ilgen-
fritz. was made head of The new
inspections division. Chatham
T. Nottingham. former superin-
tendent of licenses, became head
OF the new licenses and permits
division. Denver w. Warnock,
assistant superintendent of the
old central permit bureau, was
named administrative officer of
the new department.
No Municipal Experience.
How well the appointment of
an outsider to the top spot will
set with the old line employees
cannot, Of course, be foretold.
Mr.. Gwathmey has had no
municipal government expert
ence, much less an acquaintance
ship with the intricacies of in
Specting and licensing scores of
businesses, activities and objects.
"All he's got to do" said one
high-placed District Building
official. "is supervise everything
but things built out of erector
setS."
Among the actual duties lodged
in the department are admin
istering the laws and regulations
controlling new construction,
alterations or repairs and me-
chanical and electrical equip
ment installed in all buildings
Except those of Federal and
District governments), weights
and measures and the con-
demnation of unsafe structures.
Laws for the licensing of busi-
nesses and permits for buildings
and equipment also are admin
istered by the department.
More Inspectors Sought.
A budget request of about $1.2
million for the department is
currently pending in Congress.
This would provide about a
score more inspectors for the
existing staff. The request is
considered important to expand
the city's program of slum
clearance and rehabilitation and
to make general inspections
more efficient.
A typical problem that will
face Mr.. Gwathmey-and one
that he steps right into - is
pending plan to raise licensing
fees by SIS million annually.
Opposition to the proposal Is
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Naval Academy Alumni
Re-eIect Admiral Hussey

Vice Admiral George F. Hus-
sey. jr., U. S. N. retired. has been
reelected president OF the Naval
Academy Alumni Association at
a meeting in Annapolis.
A native of Norwalk, Conn,
Admiral Hussey was graduated
from the academy with the class
of 1916. During World War II,
he was chief of the Bureau of
Ordnance.
The group also elected Vice
Admiral Shafroth, U. S. NJ, re-
tired, of Washington, as re-
gional vice president for the
eastern area. He was a gradu-
ate with the class of 1908.
Capt. Roland H. Dale. U. s. NJ,
retired, of Annapolis. Rear Ad-
miral w. F. Fitzgerald. jr.. U. S.
NJ, retired, of Annapolis, and
Col. Jean w. Moreau, U. s. M. c.,
retired, of Alexandria. Va, were
elected trustees-at-large.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Agriculture EmpIoYe
Ends al Years Service

John Wesley johnson. 70, a
confidential messenger in the
Office of the Undersecretary Of
Agriculture, began his retirement
yesterday after Al years Of Gov
ernment service, 40 of them in
the department.
Mr.. Johnson. of 2027 Thir-
teenth street NV, received con-
gratulatory letters from Secre-
tary Benson and five former Sec
retaries Of Agriculture, Brannan,
Anderson, Wickard. Wallace and
Jardine.
In the old days he used to
pedal q bicycle in his work.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Identical Twins Tell Secret
Mark 87st Birthday tuesday

Identical twins of the Wash
ington area whose relatives and
friends haven't been able to tell
apart even when they speak, at
last are revealing their ages.
They'll be 81 Tuesday.
The twins are Mrs. Ada Brooke
Cunningham, of 4412 Ridge
street. Chevy Chase, and Mrs.
Alice Brooke Nollner, of 1915
Roxanna road NV.
Lifelong residents of the
Washington area, the women
were born at Friendship. the
Brooke Farm on what is now
Macarthur boulevard. Their
birthplace has since been re-
placed by buildings of the Army
Map Service.
The twins will celebrate their
birthday quietly. They will meet,
have a little talk, and go out to
one of the country clubs for
lunch with their daughters. Then
that night they will be with their
own families in their respective
homes.
Well Known in Bethesda.
That ceremony will be about
routine for the twins. Every
Tuesday and Friday Mrs. Nollner
comes to Mrs. Cunningham s
home and they go out for lunch
together.
The twins are familiar figures
in Bethesda.
Until last year, Mrs. Nollner
drove a 1929 vintage Ford busi-
ness coupe. She and her sister
always went to the Farm Wom-
ems Cooperative Market the
days of their luncheon engage
mentS.
If there is any one thing that
has marked the twins lives it
has been their constant compan-
ionship through the years, their
children say.
But it took an earthquake and
a depression to keep me in Wash
ington,' Mrs. Nollner said as she
quickly added she loves the area
There is nothing prettier than
Rock Creek" she said. The San
Evening star., 1954-05-30
District GroupsLau
Integration Policy;
Rap Corning's Plan

A number of Washington
organizations yesterday praised
the District Board of Education
for its announced policy which
will guide integration Of the
city's colored and white schools.
But, they all criticized the plan
offered by School Supt. Hobart
M. Corning which does not call
for immediate integration of all
schools this fall.
Write Letter to Board.
Nineteen groups signed one
letter sent to the Board of Edu-
cation. The letter declared:
"We find that this CDR. Corn
ing's) plan contains a number of
features which will be productive
Of confusion and consequent
postponement of real settlement
of the situation. In some
fundamental ways it fails to con-
form to the declaration of policy
adopted by the board. We be-
lieve it will not serve the best
interests of the total commu-
nifty"
The letter called for establish
ment of new school boundaries
by September which should then
be enforced.
Signing Groups Listed.
Signing this letter were the
American Friends Service Com
mittee. Catholic Interracial
Council, Council on Law and
Social Action. D. C. Chapter,
American Jewish Congress; D. C..
area branch, Women's Interna-
tional League for Peace and
Freedom; District Federation of
Civic Associations; Jewish Com
munity Center of Greater WASH
ington.
Also, Oldest Inhabitants, Inc. !;
Sportmen's Guild; st, Peter
Claver Center; Washington
Chapter. Americans for Demo-
cratic Action; Washington
chapter, Unitarian Fellowship
for Social Justice; Washington
Council, American Council on
Human Rights; Washington
Ethical Society.
Also, Washington Federation
OF Churches, Washington Eel
lowship, Washington Interracial
Workshop, Washington Pacif1st
Fellowship. Washington Urban
League and Washington Chapter,
American Veterans Committee.
The Woodbridge Civic Associa-
ton sent a telegram taking the
same general stand and urged
the School Board to reject DR..
Corning'S plan and adopt one
conforming with its policy.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Concert for St. Peters

The Youth Group of st.
Peters Evangelical Lutheran
Church will present a concert by
Marilyn Hochberg, pianist, and
Mary D. Pitts, soprano, at 8 pm.
Wednesday in Pierce Hall, Six
teenth and Harvard streets NV.
Proceeds will go to the st. Peters
building fund.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Forum on John Dome

Paul R. Sullivan, professor of
English at Georgetown Univer-
sity, will speak on John Donne.
Poetic Philosopher" at an open
forum at $50 tomorrow at the
st. Peter Claver Center, 814 Sew
enth street S.W.
Evening star., 1954-05-30
Cundidutes to Speok

Congressional and county can
didates will speak at an open
meeting Of the Montgomery
County League Women Voters at
8:l5 pm. Tuesday in the Mont
gomery Blair High School, Sill
yer Spring, Md.