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Evening star., 1955-10-28
|Rhee Declares Himself
In Exclusive Star Story

RHEE'S PHILOSOPHY OF GOVERNNIENT-Korean
President Syngman Rhee has often been accused
of being deSpot. What does President Rhee have
to say about this? To find out The Star sent
staff Writer Earl H voss to Seoul to get his
Read what the doughty octogenaran has to say for
himself In exclusive interview in the Sunday
Editorial Section.
THE NDEsTRUCTIBLE HORSEPLAYER Racing
Editor Joseph B. Kelly puts bettors under magnify
ing glass and proves nothing-but nothing-wll
dampen their ardor for picking winners.-The Star
Pictorial Magazine
SOLON'S-EYE VIEW OF RUsSIA--American legislators
visited Russia en- masse this year. Exclusively in
the Sunday Editorial Section recently returned law
makers give their impressions of conditions behind
the Iron Curtain
CLARK GABLE LOOKS BACK-Are American girls
getting prettier than generation ago? That's the
question college student asked Clark Gable. Be
sure to read his answer-sprinkled with plenty of
interesting comments-in This Week Magazine.
REFLECTIONS" ON HEART DIsEAsE-Are the duties
Of the President too demanding? Should more of
his tasks be delegated? DR.. Paul Dudley White, the
Presidents heart consultant answers these and
other important questions in his article featured
in the News Section
TOP SPORTS COvERAGE-In the Sports Section top
Star sports writers and photographers bring you
the-spot coyerage of your favorite games:
Notre Dame Navy by Charles M Egan (pus special
wirephoto coverage); Maryland-South Carolina by
Merrel Whittlesey action packed pictures by Jack
Koran and Ranny Routt); GWU-VPI by George
Huber; Va.-Vanderbilt by Bill Fuchs Boiling Field
Quantico Marines by Dick O'Brien with photo
drama by George Havens,. Racing fans will also
find colorful reporting of Laurels exciting opening,
featuring camera coverage by Francis Routt
HER FAvORITE ROLE-A movie star who gave up her
to marry Marine Corps officer lives
quiet suburban life in nearby Virginia Reporter
Ruth Dean spends day with the beautiful Irish
colleen who doesn't regret she traded kleig lights
for homemaking. -Women's Section.
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Evening star., 1955-10-28
Wilson Chapel
Stone Placed
AtCerenlony
Widow and Grondson
OF Lute President
Participate

A stone marking the pegin-
ming of the construction Of the
Woodrow Wilson Mem orial
Chapel in the washington Ca
thedral was tremendously put
in place today.
The white SHARED widow Of the
World War / president and his
grandson. the Very Rev. Francis
B. Sayre, jr.. dean Of the Cathe-
drai, both placed mortar to seal
the stone to its base.
Standing with them were the
Right Rev. Angus Dun, Bishop
Of Washington. and Joseph E
Davies, former ambassador to
Russia. A group nearby was
Joined by the girls of the Cathe-
dral School. coming from COM
munion services In the Cathe-
dral.
Prayer for Ideals Offered
Dean Sayre prayed for the
preservation Of the ideals to
which President Wilson dedi-
Gated his life. He asked also:
Grant that government of
the people. by the people. for
the people may never perish
from the earth"
The Verger. James P. Berkley,
presented the silver trowel which
has been used for about SO years
on important occasions Of
cathedral construction. The
stone. which will be at the base
OF a huttress on the outside wall.
was lowered into place.
The chapel win occupy a bay
In the south aisle Of the nave.
The body of the late President,
who died in 1924. now lies in a
tomb in the Bethlehem Chapel
In the lower level of the cathe-
dral. It will be moved to the
new chapel. and it is hoped to
dedicate November IL, 1856.
Action Taken BY Congress
The dedication would be short
" before the Tooth anniversary
of President Wilson's birth on
December 28. Congress has au-
thoriaed the commemoration OF
the Woodrow Wilson centennial
next year.
A Cathedral announcement
said: 1T Is hoped that the ball
ance of the estimated $50, 900
needed TO complete this shrine.
built to honor this great Ameri-
can statesman, will be raised 50
that the dedication of the Me-
mortal Chapel may take place as
scheduled. To date only one
fourth Of this sum has been
raised through many varied and
generous contributions"
Evening star., 1955-10-28
CANDID CAMERA PORTRAYS TAXPAYE

Here are some Of the witnesses airing their views
for and against tax increases and how they should
be achieved-at todays District Building hearing.
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Choking Spell Fotol
To Fuirfux Infant

A 4-month-old Fairfax County
child, stricken with a choking
spell. was pronounced dead on
arrival this afternoon at Alex
andria Hospital.
The child was identified as
Amy Schumar. one Of twin in
fant daughters Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Larry Schuman of 632 Belleview
boulevard, New Alexandria. The
infant was taken to the hospital
by the Mount Vernon Rescue
|CnI1ad
Evening star., 1955-10-28

ANY broadening Of the District
Income tax to hit lower-incofilt
Taxpayers should be balanced by
repeal Of the sales tax.
This was the plea at the Dis
ltrict Commissioners revenue
hearing today OF j. G. Turner,
lvice president of the Washing
ton Central Labor Union.
Proposals to increase the reve-
niue from the income tax by low
lering exemptions from $4,000 to
Isl 900 or $4,000 were gaining
strongest support.
Against Real Estate Boost
Opposition to any increase In
Ithe real estate tax came from
Charles J. Bauer. speaking for
the Building Owners and Man
lagers' Association of Metropolis
itan Washington. He contended
that "the real estate tax here
amounted to 361z cents per
square foot Of rentable ofiice
space compared with q national
average found In 80 cities and
was almost identical with the
1865 cent rate average for cities
|of more than 100000 popula-
|tion." He said only seven other
cities charge more, while 20 coll
|lect less than in Washington.
He backed a broadening Of the
Income tax and urged that 1t be
|put on a Withholding basis-like
Federal income tax--if the Fed
Ieral Government win withhold
the tax from its employees. He
urged that only $5 million Of
the needed additional revenue be
raised through taxes and that
the other IS million be put
l"squarely UP to Congress In a
demand for q $25 million yearly
Federal payment.
Urges Cost Cutting Probe
Milburn J. Donohue, jr., chair
man Of the Legislation and
Taxation Committee OF the
Washington Real Estate Board,
favored a scent increase In the
real estate tax rate, backed
broadening OF the income tax,
urged strict expense cutting and
suggested an investigation by d
|firm Of municipal management
specialists to uncover ways Of
cuttings costs.
DR.. w. Ross Morris, president
|of the District Medical Society,
opposed suggestions to levy an
earnings tax on doctors. lawyers
and dentists.
He was echoed by DR.. William
p. Herbst Of the Medical Society
and DR.. E. Milburp Colvin Of the
District Dental Society. DR.. Col
win charged the taxes would be
passed on to patients, and de-
|clared. Taxing misfortune Is a
poor way to raise revenue"
A Julian Brylawski. president
|of the Motion Picture Theater
Owners Of the District, objected
to q proposed tax on admissions
Ito movies and other amusernents,
declaring his industry sis fight
ing for survival against television
and this might be the straw that
would break the camel's back"
Bank Levy Opposed
c. F. Burton, chairman Of the
District Bankers Association
COMMITTEE on Taxation. opposed
suggestions to increase the tax
on gross receipts Of banks. He
contended 1t is Anticipated" and
that banks carry more than
their fair share of taxation now"
Evening star., 1955-10-28

Edward ]. Schmuck. general
counsel for the Acacia Mutual
Insurance Co., warned that in
creasing taxes on insurance
premiums OF Washington COM
panies would cost the firms many
times more In similar payments
to other States. He said 36
States have .'retaliatory" laws
under which District companies
must pay to them any taxes
their firms have to pay in the
District.
Testifying for the League OF
Women Voters Of the District.
Mrs Richard Simonson Endorsed
higher taxes to provide a ris-
ing standard of living for all Of
our citizens" She repeated
league intentions that in 1854.
before the District began its cur
rent round of tax increases, the
District ranked 18th out Of IS
in per capita tax burden among
cities with populations between
500, 900 and one million.
Avoiding Endorsement Of any
particular proposed tax, pending
outcome Of a current study. she
opposed increases In the sales tax
or its imposition on medicine and
drugs.
New Sources Suggested
The Commissioners were re-
ceiving a wide variety Of sug-
gestions for new sources Of
revenue, as well as warnings
against imposing heavier taxes
In areas considered already bear
ing their share Of levies.
Mrs. Edward B. Morris. preSi-
dent Of the Randle Highlands
Citizens Association, presented
several ideas from the Executive
Committee Of her group.
# possible. she said, the $50
cent down, 5O-cent d week" mer-
chant should be forced to investi-
gate their customers more thor
oughly so they would haye fewer
losses to cut down the profits
on which they pay taxes. and so
much work OF the Small Claims
Court would be eliminated.
Cab companies which keep
titles to cabs while selling and
reselling them to drivers so that
the District losses excise taxes
on the sales should be forced to
stop the practice, she went on.
Mrs. Morris backed a payroll
tax on nonresident District em-
ployes. She favored payroll de-
ductions in the collection Of
District income taxes. She OPP.
posed any increase In sales taxes
and any increase in the real
estate levy pending completion
OF the current reassessrnent pro-
gram.
Fair U. S. Share Asked
Clifford H. Newell. represent
ing the Arkansas Avenue Com
Association. joined Mrs.
Morris in the view that Federal
Government should pay a fair
share toward the cost Of running
the District.
i He also called for a tax on all
wage earners in the District and
for a lowering Of the exemptions
on District income tax from
$4,000 to $4,000. along with a
withholding tax arrangement.
Norman M. Glasgow, speaking
for the Hotel Association Of
Washington, warned that any in
crease In taxes on the hotel In
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Youth Rally Speaker

The Rev. Charles NJ. Holland,
pastor of Fountain Memorial
Baptist Church. 2214 Naylor
road s E.. will address the Chris
tian Youth Rally at 7::30 o'clock
tonight in Wisconsin Avenue
Baptist Church. Yuma street and
Tenley circle NV.
Evening star., 1955-10-28
Emanuel Benefit

The annual benefit fair Of
Emmanuel Episcopal Church will
be held tomorrow at st. Agnes
School, Alexandria. Va.
Evening star., 1955-06-26

las they groped for leads. These
included a man from Schenec-
ltady. N. Y, who showed up at
the HyattSville police station and
asked for a place to sleep. They
questioned q 24-year-old man.
larrested on another charge, be-
cause he once lived near the
Shomette family when their
home was in Landover Hills.
At weeks end. police were con-
centrating on the killers appar-
ent race against time. With the
Staying time fixed. re-enact-
ment was planned to see if the
slayer could do in five minutes
all Of the things that apparently
were done.
Young Hager and Miss Dillon
and Miss Pitt. according to the
story told to police and reporters
by the two girls, were at the
scene within five minutes, and
possibly within three.
Among the tests by police were
how long it takes to fire IA shots
from a 22-caliber Marlin repeat
ing rife. run SO feet, drag two
inert bodies more than 100 feet
each, drag a heavy picnic bench
rs feet. and gather a few twigS
and throw them over o body.
But despite the detailed in
vestigation and long hours Of
work, the main question-who
is the slayer?-remained unan-
Swered,
Evening star., 1955-06-26

were the IA shell castings and the
slugs.
Nancy Marie was shot in the
top of the head. in the middle
of the chest, in the abdomen,
the stomach, left forearm. right
thigh, under the jaw, in the
left calf, the spine and four shots
were grouped in the left chest
area.
Michael Ann was shot in the
left chest, in the left ankle and
to the left Of the spine. DR..
Boyd said that the shot fatal
Ito Michael Amin the chest
indicated that powerful bullets
were used. That slug passed en-
ltirely through the body. he said.
Grouping of the shells by the
tree led to one theory that the
slayer fired first from one spot
then moved toward the girls and
continued firing as they tried to
flee. Eight castings we're found
at the trees base, two further
away, and two more still further
away.
| Detective Sergts. Mark Gray
Of Washington and Emmett Gray
of Prince Georges County con-
Quoted an experiment near the
murder scene last week as a
group of nighborhood children
watched curiously.
Using a .22-caliber Marlin
semiautomatic rifle, Sergt. En-
NETT Gray crouched behind q
low bank at the edge Of North
west Branch and fired several
shots through a screen Of bushes
He noted that the elected shells
flying away alta n angle of sc
degrees, landed in the stream
about 10 feet away.
i Sergt. Mark Gray, meantime
standing at the edge Of the park
some distance away and with
his watch synchronized with
that Of the other sergeant, said
the shots were very audible. But
police received no calls from
!. neighbors unaware Of the ex-
pertinent.
Firearms experts pointed Il
the difficulties inherent In try.
Evening star., 1955-06-26

carrying q rife and a sheath
knife and wearing a bandolier
of cartridges the day of the
slayings.
Mr.. Shomette said he saw the
man twice-once going into the
wooded picnic area the night be-
fore the girls were killed, and
again the day Of the slayings,
when he stopped for q drink OF
water about 1880 am. and
chatted with some Of the work.
ers.
Police said young Hager told
them that he. too. had seen Q
man Of that description on the
morning Of the murders, sitting
on the rustic bridge with a rife
across his knees.
The mystery man was de.
scribed late Friday as a definite
suspect" and police put out 6
detailed description: Age $3.50;
height, 5 feet 10 inches to
feet; weight 100 pounds; thicl
dark hair, bushy at the front
weather-beaten compile xi o n
wearing khaki pants and a blue
shirt.
Saturday morning, police
thought they had him when they
picked up q man Of that de.
scription in Fredericksburg, Va
But it turned out to be thu
wrong man.
As many police worked on the
hunt for the rife. many Others
sought the key to a motive.
They scanned letters writer
Ito the victims and were porint
over the pages of two diaries
although they would not say
where they had obtained tht
diaries or whose they were.
Detective 1t. E. Lee Pumphrey
brought o sheaf Of letters intc
Evening star., 1955-06-26

the Seat Pleasant police head
quarters last Sunday. and a few
hours later he and Sergt. Pear
son left for an undisclosed spot
in New Jersey to question a
youth there. That visit, too. was
fruitless.
Robbery Possible
Complicating the motive pic
ture was a slim indication OF
robbery. When Nancy Marie
left the house. she had with her
her white purse, inside of which
was green leather wallet. In
the wallet was So she had earned
baby-sitting. The wallet was
missing from her purse when
it was found.
But police lean more strongly
to the theory that someone with
a different motive laid In wait
for the girls, and opened fire
from ambush. There also are
differing police theories about
the place Of the ambush.
One is that they were shot
from beside the tree where the
shell castings were found. This
tree was to the right of the girls
as they walked toward the foot
bridge. The other theory is that
they were shot from a densel
growth. near the streams banks
and from the other side. The
bullet fatal to Michael Ann en-.
tered her left side and passed
through her body, lending
weight to the latter theory.
Experiments at the scene have
shown that If they were shot
from beside the stream, the
elected shells would have fallen
into the water and may have
been washed downstream.
The two detectives on horse
back did not find the murder
weapon, but they did find what
Maj. Panagoulis termed an i'm
portant clue. In Fireplace No. 4.
the one with the inscription
Nancy g." they found a torn
jacket and some small notebook
papers.
The Jacket dirty. blue
gabardine garment - matched
the sleeve found earlier at the
scene. The papers, police said,
were not in the jacket, and
there was no definite indication
of what connection they might
have with the case. There was
Evening star., 1955-06-26

ing to determine the make ot
Igun solely from slugs and shell
castings, particularly with %
Icaliber weapons. They said sucl
slugs are normally made with
softer lead, making them suscep.
tible to more damage when they
strike something hard.
Minute rifiing marks on thl
bullets-made by grooves in.
side the barrel-are not distinc.
tive with Marlin weapons, they
also pointed out. Marks on shell
castings, made as they are in.
serted into the magazines o.
repeating rifles, also are q helr
in eliminating certain types o.
rifles. but not in definitely iden.
tifying the type, the expert!
said.
At any rate. police were ex.
Iamining all guns which came tt
their attention, no matter how
remote they might seem from the
Staying.
Other Guns Tested
They have, for example, testec
a revolver seized from a man ir
a telephone booth in Arlington
a rifle taken from a 14-year-olo
boy seen walking with it or
Route 202, far from the scene;
Ia single-shot .22-caliber rifle
taken from the home of a sus.
Ipect. a rifle confiscated during
a liquor raid in Washington anc
a rifle taken from q youth neal
Leonardtown, Md.
Linked with the search for the
rife is an intensive hunt for Q
man tentatively dubbed "Panche
Villa" by police.
Workers on a construction
project nearby-one Of then
Rodney Shomette, uncle Of Nan.
Icy Marie-said they saw q mar
Evening star., 1955-06-26

handwriting on the papers.
Neither the jacket nor the pa-
Ipers was charred.
Police theorized that the
heavy picnic table was dragged
toward the older girls body as
a part of the interrupted effort
Ito hide it. Fingerprint inn
pressions were lifted from the
table, but police would not dis
Icuss them. The bloodstains far
Ither away also pointed to an
attempt to hide the body.
Stories Checked
Detectives were checking the
Istories of several persons to see
how their information fitted the
clouded picture. These included:
| Ralph N. Wilson, 1922 STAN
ford street. a civilian engineer
with the Navy Department-He
called police from Kansas City
Ito say that as he and his family
prepared to leave on vacation
the day of the killings, he saw
what he believed was a man and
two girls in the park sometime
before 8:45 am. the time the
family left.
A 12-year-old girl-Questioned
at Washington police head
quarters, she told detectives she
saw a car in the picnic grove
with some one in it around 8 am.
She could not identify the oc-
cupant or occupants.
Joyce Pitt, 2508 Chapman
roadside said she and Rose
mary Dillon, who lives nearby,
saw young Hager at the bridge
that morning at 8:18 or 800
am. He took them to North
western High School, where they
arrived at 8:25 am. she said.
An anonymous telephone tips
ter. with the voice of boy
He told police he had seen some
one standing beside tree in the
picnic grove, firing a rife at
about the time the girls were
slain. He heard, he said. a burst
of about 10 shots, then silence,
then another burst Of shots.
That. too, lent support to the
theory that they were slain by a
killer firing from their right.
Activity at the scene has been
relentless. The mine detector
crews have gone over the grounds
again and again in a detailed
hunt for clues. Aside from a.
recently buried pairing knife with
no apparent connection to the
crime. they have turned up
nothing.
Many experiments have been
conducted as the detectives seek
to fit theory to fact. And the
investigators have been alert for
fresh ideas.
Last week, Capt. Richard J.
Felber, head OF the Washington
homicide squad, visited the spot
with top Prince Georges officials
for a personal look. He said he
wanted to view the scene so he
could more easily evaluate the
many telephone tips" he had
been receiving.
A Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation agent also visited the
scene and made a detailed ex-
animation, although he insisted
that the FBI is not officially
in the field with police. The
Federal agents job, he said, is
helping with laboratory tests of
the clues.
Police have checked many
stories with no seeming connec-
ton to the crime, not wanting
to overlook even the remoteStl
possibilities.
One Of these involved q visit
Of four boys 10 the scene last
week with a police sergeant. The
boys pointed out to the sergeant
the spot from which they had
been chased by an older boy two
days before the slayings.
| Police have questioned many
Milford chronicle., 1955-04-15
Bacon Health Center
Is Auxiliary Topic
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OF thirty-three is needed to care for
eighteen cerebral palsy patients be-
cause of the complicated care they
require.
DR.. Flaherty also said there are
100000 alcoholics in the nation and
sixty-four million social drinkers.
There has been admitted 14O5 to
/ the Health Center and 1860 dis
charged. There is close cooperation
with Alcoholics Anonymous, quasi
religious, fellowship group which
has had phenOmical success. AlcO-
holics can sometimes fool a doctor
but they never fool each other, DR..
Flaherty said.
With advance in medicine old age
will become an ever increasing
problem. At present there is a pop-
ulatiOn of 13 million over SIS years
of age. The ageing problem is fast
er in some than in others and a
scientific study is being made to de-
termine why this is. The new drug
Ro-2O43 is being used successfully
for epileptic patients, many Of
whom need not remain at the Cen
ter but return for treatment. A
comprehensive fOllow-up study is
being made of all epileptic patients,
many. of whom are practically
cured. In this category, when 2S
show exceptional recovery, 20 show
good improvement and 37 satisfac-
tory progress.
Mrs. Frank L. Frost, chairman,
solicited one hundred cakes for the
Bazaar at Delaware State Hospital
on April 20. Over seven hundred
attended the affair last year and it
provides a happy occasion for many
of the patients. Members of all
WOmen's Clubs in Sussex County
are invited to hear Dr. M. A. Taru-
miami speak at the Lord Baltimore
School in Ocean View, April 10. at
eight O'Clock in the evening. He will
discuss Mental Health and answer
questions. A comprehensive pro-
gram is being arranged for Mental
Health Week, the first week in Nav
and the various events will be pub-
lished soon i'm state papers. It is
hoped that all friends of Delaware
State Hospital, Governor Bacon
Center and Delaware Colony at
Stockley will support legislation
pertaining to these institutions so
that they may serve the people of
Delaware in a never more progress
sive manner. The next meeting of
the Auxiliary will be on May 5 at
ten-thirty, at the Delaware State
Hospital.