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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-21
Uncle Points to TwoMen
As Neqro's S Abductors

SUMNER. Miss, Sept. 81 tP)
Nose Wright pointed his finge
ct J. w. Milan today and sais
"There he Is" identifying hin
as one of the men who abducted
the sharecropper's nephew in thu
early morning hours of Au.
gust %.
Then the 64-year-old farmer
pointed out 24-year-old Roy
Bryant, Milam's alf-brother, a.
the second man who reused The
Wright family from bed ct
am. and took Emmett Louis Til
away.
Bryant and Milan, who is SO
are accused of numbering the
Chicago Negro boy because he
allegedly whistled at Bryant
wife.
District Attorney Gerald Chat
ham called Mr.. Wright as the
States first witness.
Six New witnesses
Testimony began in Circuit
Court shortly after MIR. Chatham
said he had six new witnesses
who would place the defendants
with the Negro boy several
hours after he was taken from
Moses tMr. Wright's) shack
He also said the witnesses would
place the accused men in the
area where young Till's body
was pulled from the Tallahatchie
River.
Mr.. Chatham said the wit
nesses have absolutely newly
discovered evidence" but he did
not elaborate further.
After MIR. Wright took the
stand In the crowded courtroom
Mr.. Chatham asked him to
describe the events of August %.
about two O'Clock =. some
one was at the door They said,
Preacher, Preacher
"'This is Mr.. Bryant" Mr..
Wright said the voice told him.
II got up and opened the door"
"Mr. Milan was standing at
the door with a pistol in his right
hand and a fiashlight in the
other" MIR. Wright testified.
Points to Milan
Mr.. Wright started to con-
tinue, but Mr.. Chatham inter-
rupted: Uncle Nose, do you see
Mr.. Milan in the courtroom"
The little Negro rose from the
chair and pointed at the defend
ant. There he is" he said.
Mr.. Wright then pointed out
Bryant as the man who stood
In the darkness of the front
porch with Milan.
Mr.. Wright answered questions
without hesitation in a loud
voice. Now and again he
pounded his right fist on the
table before him.
At first the witness said he
couldn't recognize Bryant as the
man he saw standing before his
screen door with Milan just
before young Till was abducted.
But, after vigorous defense OBJ
jections, MIR. Wright finally said
Bryant. sitting in the courtroom,
was the same man who identified
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-21
CYO Show SATURDAY.

The Catholic Youth Organiza-
ition,s fourth annual hobby and
pet show will be held at 8 pm.
Saturday at Mount Calvary
School, $500 Marlboro pike NE.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
|RoechIing, SteeLMognote
In Soar for Years, Dies

ter fight between pro-German
parties and Premier Johannes
Hoffman,. head Of the Christian
Peoples Party, who wants the
rich border territory put under
European control in a plebiscite
October %.
A statute drafted by France
and West Germany viii be voted
on then. 1t would put the Saar
under a European commissioner
and continue its economic union
with France until German
peace treaty is concluded.
The French and West German
governments propose to pay the
Roechling family 200 million
Swiss francs approximately
SAT, 500,000) for the Roechling
works. 1t would be decided later
whether to allow private inter-
eStS to participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
| District Gets Plaque
For Truffic Record
The District of Columbia today

The District of Columbia today
received a first-place plaque
given by the Association of
Safety Council Executives to the
city in the 75O,OOO-to-1 million
class having the lowest 1854
traffic death rate for each l00.-
900 registered vehicles.
The award was presented to
Engineer Commissioner Thomas
A. Lane and Traffic Director
George E. Keneipp in Gen
Lanes Office by John P. Rost-
meyer, regional vice president of
the organization and executive
director of the Baltimore Safety
Council. Mr.. Keneipp said there
were Sc traffic deaths last year
or 7 for each 100000 of popula-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
.Comdr. Brown
Dies at 80

1t. Comdr. William Edward
Brown. 80. who was with the
Bureau of Ships here when he
retired from the Navy in 1854,
died yesterday of cancer at Be-
thesda Naval Hospital.
Comdr. Brown came to the
Washington area two years ago
and did research on harbor de-
Tense and special devices for the
Bureau Of Ships. He lived at
1929 South Thirty-sixth street,
Arlington, Va.
Comdr. Brown was born in
Sacramento. Calf, but he spent
most Of his life in Honolulu
where his father, the Rev. DR..
E. Tanner Brown, was an Episco-
pal minister. DR.. Brown is now
retired.
Comdr. Brown was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1913.
During World War II he spent
most of the time on destroyers
in the Pacific and received the
Bronze Star for gallantry in ac-
ton while in combat on the de-
stroyer Osborn.
After the war he attended the
Naval Post Graduate School at
Annapolis and the University of
California. He was with the anti
submarine development detach-
ment in Key West, Fla, before
he was assigned to the Bureau
of Ships.
Survivors are his widow, Marie
C.; two children. Jean Alden. 8,
and Barbara Brown, 7; his par
ents who live in Los Altos, Calf;
a brother. Alden Tanner Brown,
Berkeley, Calf. and sister, Mrs.
David Dallas Thoma, Honolulu.
Services will be held at 2 pm.
tomorrow at St. Clements Epis-
copal Church. Alexandria. Burial
will be in Arlington Cemetery.
The family requests that any
tokens of sympathy be contrib
uted to the American Cancer So
ciety.
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T TRANSIT
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high level connection to Chain
Bridge are being studied"
Mr.. Robertson suggested, 1--WE
may use Macarthur Boulevard "
Mr.. Brnkley pointed out that
the National Capital Planning
Commission long ago prepared
plans for such a route through
parklands along the river. Also,
ne said, the district SURVEYED
the possibility of using Potomac
Avenue five years ago.
The need for expanding the
capacity of Chain Bridge has
long been foreseen, but work on
1t so far has been scheduled
several years from now,
The possible need of solving
the problem quickly was raised
last February when the CHA. con-
sldering location of a new head
quarters building at Langley,
asked whether Chain Bridge
could carry an additional 1000
automobiles one way during rush
hours.
A report by Mr.. Brinkley said
the bridge could handle only be-
tween LOO and 1000 more cars
under such circumstances.
The Highway Department off,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25

The span to six lanes, removing
sidewalks and building new ones
by cantilever construction of
the bridge proper and raising
the bridge deck an average OF
I3l2 inches.
District officials said some ap-
Iproach Improvements are slated
for this year. and that the wild
ened bridge could function well
until the other longer range
projects are carried out
The re-Study OF some other
highway projects-on the basis
Iof no streetcars-would result in
savings. officials said. because
some streets would not have to
Ibe widened as much as had been
planned. Other savings could
result from less elaborate traffic
control structures. they said.
Members of the Public Utili-
ties Commission said yesterday
they do not intend to make pub
lie names of firms expressing in
tereSt in the franchise until an
october 10 deadline on new bids
passes.
/ The members talked with at
least two out -of-town firms yes
terday, however. One was the
Mack Motor Truck Corp, which
anticipating inquiries about
availability of buses, wanted tc
know what might be required.
Capital Transit Declines
Capital Transit officials
meanwhile, declined today to
disclose figures on just how many
passengers have returned to bus
and streetcar-riding after the
strike end last week end.
A spokesman said the COM
Ipany compiled figures only for
the first-day resumption of serv-
ice Monday, but had decided to
hold them up "for probably a
month because these first days
are no true indication.
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VACCINE
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Pag'
temporarily while new produc.
ton standards were developed.
The service estimated 40l ,00(
children were vaccinated with
the Cutter product before it wa;
withheld from further use.
The report said 70 of these
persons developed polio withir
80 days. An additional 80 cases
of polio resulted within 40 day.
from household contacts with
persons who had received Cutter
vaccine. OF the 70 cases 70 &C.
Cured within a period of three
to 81 days. the generally recog-
nized incubation period for polio
following vaccination.
Specifically pinning its inves-
tigation on six lots Of Cutter
vaccine-in all 401,0 900 children
received the vaccine from II lots
the Service said 40 cases were
reported among individuals in
jected with the six lots.
In these cases. the Service said
the site of injection was the site
of first paralysis in a high pro-
portion. And. it added, As of the
40 cases occurred within the
incubation period OF the disease
following injection.
"These facts" the Service said
warrant a presumption that the
cause of the disease in some OF
the individuals who received
vaccine from those six lots was
infection with polio virus con-
tanned in these lots >"
Study Detects Virus
OF its laboratory study Of the
outbreak, the Service said Type ]
virus was isolated from three OF
the six lots of Cutter vaccine
over a 90-day study. Virus was
also isolated from the stools OF
% cases who had been vac
cinated with Cutter vaccine from
the six lots, and from the stools
of 80 cases developing in house
hold contacts of persons vac
cinated from the same six lots.
Type I virus-three types make
up the Salk vaccine--was identl-
fed from SO of these 60 indi-
yiduals. the service said.
The report added: This find
ing by itself would not ordinarily
be significant because it is not
unusual to isolate Type I virus
from a high percentage Of cases
of polio and their contacts in
natural outbreaks.
The significance of the lab
oratory Identification to Type ]
virus lies in the correspondence
between the type virus found in
the three lots of vaccine and in
the stools of the SO individuals"
Most Dangerous Virus
Type I virus, obtained from
the so-called Mahoney strain, is
considered the most dangerous
of the three which can cause
polio. Critics of the Salk vac
cine have argued the Mahoney
strain should not have been used
A current investigation seeks
to find another strain which can
be used but which will not re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
Administration
Big Mink Hit
|ByC|OOfficiaI

MILWAUKEE,. Wis, Aug. Is
B.-Director Jack Knoll Of the
CIO Political Action Committee
said today the Eisenhower adj
ministration is "the most cor
rupt administration this country
has had since the Harding re-
gime."
Mr.. Knoll called it "the Big
Mink administration" and said
'if it is allowed to continue in
Office, it will result in the COM
plete domination of our Govern
ment by Wall Street."
Mr.. Kroll's remarks were pre-
pared for the convention of the
CIO International Woodworkers
of America.
Referring to the now-cancelled
Dixon-Yates power project, Mr.
Knoll said that plan would have
resulted in the Government pay
ing for a SLOT million plant and
turning it over to the Dixon
Yates group after 25-yeal
period.
"All this loot would have cost
them (Dixon-Yates) is about St
million" Mr.. Knoll said. I'm cast
none of you have been pricing
mink coats lately. that SLOT mil
lion is one awful lot of mink
You might say that the Dixon
Yates deal is the big mink oil
all time"
Hells Canyon Decision
Mr.. Knoll also criticized the
administrations decision to let 9
private power company take ovel
Hell's Canyon in Idaho and sale
both Hell's Canyon and Dixon
Yates were "the direct RESPONSE.
bility of President Eisenhower.
Even in the area of well-in-
tentioned legislation such as
school construction and road
building" he said. "all the pro-
grams are slanted in the direc-
ton of business first.
Sure, we can have school
buildings for our kids provided
the bankers get their cut in the
form of interest on bonds. Sure
we can have roads provided the
bankers get their cut. Under the
Eisenhower proposal it would
have cost the taxpayers $1.55 for
every dollar spent on roads.
mo Cut, No Schools"
mo cut for the bankers, nc
schools. no roads. It's as simple
as that"
MIR. Knoll went on to say that
while all this is going on. while
this big mink administration
continues to hand over the Gov.
eminent to big business on a sill
yer platter. the newspapers con.
tinue to play their one-note
theme.
They continue to tell us how
popular Ike is, what his goli
score is and where he's yaca.
tioning this week"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25

HEIDELBERG. Germany, Aug.
Is (P.-Dr. Hermann Roechling,
80, greatest steel magnate in
the rich Saar Valley, died at a
Mannheim hospital last night
after a long illness.
He formerly was general di-
rector of the Roechling Iron
and Steel Works at Voelklingen
and head Of a German family
which dominated the Saar's
heavy industry for generations.
The Roechling family was
ousted from its holdings in 1915.
when American troops turned
the Saar over to France.
During World War II, DR..
Roechling directed large part
of the iron and steel industries
in the Nazi war economy. He
was arrested in November. 1916,
and turned over to the French
for trial as a war criminal.
He was sentenced in July,
1948 to seven years in prison for
crimes against peace and hui
manity.' The term was later
increased to 10 years. All his
Iownings were confiscated and he
lost all civil rights.
At the appeal of the Roechl-
ing workers, he was released in
August, 1851 after serving three
years. Banned from returning
to the Saar, DR.. Roechling spent
his last years in West Germany
Under French direction the
Roechling works have been pro-
ducing yearly 100000 tons OF
basic and special steel, 100, 600
tons of cement and large guam
titles of coke. phosphate and
nitrogen fertilizer.
Most of the 10000 people OF
Voelklingen depend on Roech-
ling payrolls for their livelihood
France and West Germany
still are dickering over the flu
ture administration of the vast
Roechling enterprises. The
French refused to consider let
ting the old owners resume con-
troll.
DR.. Roechling's death came as
the Saar was enbroiled in a Bit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
Teachers Score Gains

Salaries Of elementary schoo,
teachers in communities OF 2,50C
Ito 5000 population jumped
1888 per cent since the 1880
81 school year, and 201.7 per cent
since 1904. In urban districts
Of more than 100000 popula-
ton the salaries of such teachers
have risen 1913 per cent since
l920-31 and 1899 per cent since
/ 1904.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25

duce the efficacy Of the vaccine
Of its inspection of the Cutter
, plant, the service said live virui
could only have been present II
the distributed vaccine if thu
vaccine was inadequately inacti'
waited, 70 if contamination &C.
CURED before withdrawal of vac
cine for the final safety test
and in either case only If the
final safety tests failed to DEM
onstrate the presence Of live
virus. d.
No Contamination Found
! The service said nothing was
found in the plant to indicate
that the infective amounts OF
live virus in Cutter vaccine
were attributable to contamina-
ton.
/ A consideration of processing
data made available by Cutter to
the Public Health Service war;
rants. the service said, the pre-
sumption that a combination OF
inadequate inaGivation" and
failure of the safety tests per-
mitted the presence of undo
tected infective amounts of live
virus.
Inadequacy of inactivation--
or the cooking process by
which the virus was killed-was
not unusual in the experience OF
several Of the manufacturers
prior to the Cutter incident, the
health service has said.
/ Cutter laboratories said the
Health Service statement was 9
courageous report affirming oul
faith that no negligence or in
competence would be found. >
Cutter Labs Statement
/ The company in a statement
added:
while naturally relieved thai
possible vaccination accident.
cannot be attributed to careless.
ness on our part, this cannot re-
move our continuing deep con.
Germ for those who have been
affected.
This concern is also in the
hearts of those in our polio
myelitis laboratory. They are
highly qualified scientific worker.
who themselves, as we'll as theil
families. were vaccinated with
the poliomyelitis vaccine they
produce.
This vaccine had passed al
tests then prescribed by the Gov.
eminent. AS the report point:
out. the United States Public
Health Service has since drasti.
cally revised these tests"
Arthur Beckley, vice president
of Cutter, said in response to q
question that his company in.
tends to continue manufacturing
Salk vaccine. He said it has moi
yet applied for release of any oil
the vaccine it now has on hand.
352 New Polio Gases
. Meanwhile, the Health Service
reported today that new polio
cases listed by the States last
week totaled 2,138, an increase o.
352 over those in the week ended
August 13.
/ A spokesman said the increase
of about 20 per cent was a sea.
sonal jump which could be ex.
pected at this time of the year
Cases since the disease year
started about April l have totalee
10,799, compared with 1886 8
year ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25

Gals SAID that II Ola locates al
Langley it will not increase any
spending planned by the District
on Chain Bridge. However, they
. said, it might require the money
Ito be spent two or three 'years
earlier than had been planned
The Maryland phase Of the
problem is caused by plans to
extend Route 240 to Cabin John
These plans now are being COM
pleted for the State by Wilson
Ballard, former chief engineer
of the State Roads Commission
A bridge at that point is planned
Immediately.
/ Plans for bringing the addi-
tional traffic to be produced BY
Route 240 from Chain Bridge
to the District line are being
studied by H. J. Spellman of the
Bureau of Public Roads.
Mr.. Robertson pointed out that
If this traffic is brought to the
District line. the District viii
have to meet it. He said the
traffic cannot be carried on the
present Canal road and that
an additional right Of way will
have to be found.
Will Support Weight
/ Mr.. Brinkley said a study by
William Omand, a Highway De-
partment bridge design expert
lad shown that the Chain Bridge
pilings are capable of supporting
the weight of an additional deck
Engineer Commissioner Thomas
A. Lane decided on the re-
studies Of projects affected BY
streetcar tracks after conference.
with Highway Director J. N
Robertson late yesterday.
At the same time, the Com.
missioners formally notified Cap
ital Transit that the city will &C
ahead with a long planned Key
Bridge improvement project late
this year. 1t will force Capita
Transit either to % raise the
bridge tracks, at an estimated
cost of at least $3.50, 900. or 20
to tear up the tracks, at an
estimated cost of $4,000.
! Actually. these two alterna-
itives were not put up to the
transit company in this fashion
! Since the Commissioners have
promised not to direct" the
abandonment of any tracks this
year, they simply reminded the
company yesterday of its Legal
obligation to make tracks con-
formal its own expense-tc
any change in grade of streets
or bridges.
Company officials agreed that
the effect, however, certainly
was to raise the question Of
abandoning the bridge tracks
now because of % the differ
ence IN cost and % the pos
sibility that tracks might have
Ito be torn up next year anyway
Commissioner Robert E. Nc
Laughlin said he signed letter
informing Capital Transit that
the bridge project would GO
ahead this year, probably M
later than November /.
Comment Declined
i Capital Transit officials de.
clined any comment until after
conferences are held with
lawyers. Privately. however. al
least one official viewed the &C
Ition as a punitive move" ano
Icontended that the bridge prof.
ect should be neld up until APP
iproach-road projects are carried
lout on the sides of the bridge.
The project calls for widening
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25
Atlantic Disease Center

ATLANTA. - The communi-
cable disease center Of the United
States Public Health Service is
located in Atlanta, Georgia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-25

at Wash
for trip to his home
avoid strain of wei
spend most OF the autumn at Johnson CITY
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-09-16

days of the Jewish calendar. Fol-
lowing these two holidays is the
week long festival of Succoth. the
Feast of the Tabernacles. COM
memorating the forty years Of
desert wandering that followed
the Exodus from Egypt.
Succoth also marks the feast of
vintage and harvest. Passing by
the fields and farms of Israel,
from the lush Galilee and Plain
of Sharon to the once completely
arid Negev, where the fall harvest
is being gathered, the visitor will
become more aware than ever Of
the ancient bond that ties the
people of Israel to it's soil. The
fall harvest, and the religious and
national ceremonies connected
with it form an exciting contrast
to the industrial civilization that
the visitor sees rising in all parts
of the land.
The visitor will have no diff
Guilty finding first-class accommo-
dations to suit his taste and bud.
get. No matter where he stays.
the countrY's fine roads and well
developed transportation system
allow convenient access to the
different sections of Israel. Prices
are very reasonable. owing TO an
exchange rate of l.80 Israel
pounds for every dollar. The pur-
chasing power of the pound in
Israel is similar TO that Of the
dollar. For as little as $6.6S (l2
Israel pounds). the traveller can
enjoy the facilities Of a luxury
hotel atop historic Mount Carmel.
overlooking Haifa Bay and the
port. often acclaimed as one of
the most beautiful sights in the
world. Similar accommodations
can be had in Tel Aviv. Jeru.
salem. or at the popular seaside
resorts.
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-09-16

usual and enjoyable experience
in a setting of luxurious comfort.
Thes early fall visitor. regard
less of his religious persuasion.
will be imbued with the spirit of
festivity and good-fellowship that
pervades Israel during this sea-
son. For il is the time Of the He.
brew New Year tRosh Hashonahl
and the Day of Atonement (Yom
Kippurl. the two most solemn
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-09-16
Pensacola, Florida
FALL In ISRAEL
THE HOLIDAY SEASON

Early fall time of the in Israel The heat OF
the summer has subsded comfortable level though the
yet been marred by rain clouds
oono breezes are waited through and the time perfect
a Of The HOLY
The Southern Jewish weekly., 1955-09-16

The many tourists who do their
travelling in the fall will find in
Israel the answer" to a travellers
dream. The dynamic tempo of a
growing nation and the serene
inspiration of the Land of the
Bible offer the visitor a most un-
Evening star., 1955-06-29

Revolutionary War began with the battle Of Lexington
and Concord.
It touched of when British Gen. Thomas Gage sent
Concord Massachusetts, destroy stores Of powder
ammunition the colons had collected Paul Revere and
william Dawes rode through the countryside to that British
the thousand English soldiers marched
through night Early the morning of April 49, ITS they
band Of so go mlamen at Lexington Someone fired
heard the world it's sometimes called
there voey and the Seven mitiamen
killed British marched Concord captured
destroyed the stores But the farmers gath
and drove the British from Concord Bridge In the first major
engagement Of the The British fired from behind
trees and fences all the way back to Boston
The picture shows Of the embatled farmers called min
utemen because they gathered quickly ut the Concord
Bridge.
Color this picture like and add to collection
Violet Moore Higgins AP Nswfeatures)
Tomorrow: John Paul Jones