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Evening star., 1955-11-29
Suspect Held
In Bunk Theft

A man arrested in Boston has
been charged with the robbery
of the Security Bank. Ninth and
G streets N. W., last May 81
The FBI identified the suspect
as John Gomez Jones, IS. of
|Steelton, Pa. He also is known
as George Santos.
The Boston office of the FBI
said q Federal detairer had been
lodged against Jones on the basis
of a warrant issued here. He was
arrested in Boston November 18
under the name of Santos on
suspicion of breaking and enter
ing at night.
The FBT reported that check
of his fingerprints led to the
identity of Santos as Jones.
The main Office of the Security
Bank was held up by a lone rob-
ber who approached a window
and handed the teller a card on
which was penciled this note:
"This is a stickup. Put money
in bag"
= The robber handed the teller
q bag and kept one hand in a
pocket, as if he held a gun. The
teller put $1,178 in the paper
sack. The robber fed east on
G street.
According to the FBI. Jones
has been delinquent as a parolee
in Pennsylvania since May 80,
the day before the bank holdup
here.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Squad 10 War
On Shopliffing

A 125-member anti-shoplifting
SQUAD has been organized BY
metropolitan Police to make the
Ipre-C Christmas going rough for
those light-fingered folk who
don't believe In paying for the
items they remove from store
lcounters.
One Of the biggest such squads
ever set UP here, 25 of its nnern-
lbefs will concentrate on the
downtown area, according to
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott,
commander Of the detective
bureau The remainder will be
scattered among the outlying
precincts.
All will move into their. con-
lgested indoor beats Thursday
They win stay with the crowds
through the yule shopping
period.
A large portion Of the force
will consist Of uniformed men
changed to plainclothes status
to augment the regular detective
force, Chief Scott said.
On the downtown streets.
meanwhile. q force Of 85 uni
formed men. mostly rockies from
the police training school, will
endeavor to unravel vehicular
trafiic.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
PRIVATE TRUCK OWNERS URGED
TO AID YULE PARCEL DELIVERY

tremendous" fow Of early Christmas parcels plus
anticipation of record influx Of yuletide packages today
led Post Ofhce Department official to issue an urgent
appeal for public assistance In delivery Of holiday mail
Earl r May chief of records Post once garage
North Capitol and streets said It the rst time he
has had 70 ask the public to help him deliver Christmas
packages
Mr.. May said he would pay area residents who own
one-haf-ton or oneton truck any reasonable rental
fee for of the vehicle beginning December IL and
ending December 49,
He also said he would pay the $165 an hour If
he drove the truck himself he driver would deliver pack
directly to the to whom they addressed
Mr.. May explained that the department in the past
has been able to handle holiday mail by using trucks
rowed from other Government agencies But this year
he sad I'VE don't have enough and the mail pile
up unless we get help from private truck owners
Evening star., 1955-11-29
FEDERAL EMPLOYE
CAREER DAY SET
HERE FRIDAY

Chairman Philip Young
Of the Civil Service commis-
sion today received from the
District Commissioners q
proclamation naming Friday
as Federal Government En-
ploye Career Day.
The presentation was
made by Engineer Commits
sioner Thomas A. Lane. Re-
ceiving 1t, Mr.. Young said:
IT am most happy to re-
ceive this proclamation for
Federal employees. It is Mt
ting that the Commissioners
Of the District Of Columbia
should be the first TO recog-
nize Federal Government
Employe Career Day. It
would be my hope that TINS
recognition couid be carried
to all communities Of our
country.
"The first Friday OF De-
cember each year might be
regarded and set aside as .
tribute to the loyalty, faith
fulness, competence and I'M
tegrity Of our public servants
In the Federal establish
ment. On behalf Of all
Federal employees may ] ex-
press their appreciation OF
this tribute"
Evening star., 1955-11-29
.Aristo TrioI Neors End !,
May Go to Jury Today

Earlier yesterday Judge Nc
Garraghy overruled a defense
motion seeking to reduce the
!first-degree-murder charge.
The indictment on which tht
defendants are being triec
charges that, in perpetrating
|housebreaking. they "purposel!
did murder David Armhold. jr
by means Of striking and beat
ing him about the head and bod.
and by strangulation."
Other counts In the indicfmen
ACCUSE the trio Of housebreakin,
and stealing $40 from the Arist'
plant.
Yoking Admitted
Battle admitted on the stand
as he had done in a writer
statement to police. that hi
'.yoked" Mr.. Armhold at the
plant and held the watchmar
while Tucker, q light-heavy-
weight boxer. struck the 78-year-
old man.
Tucker. who had admitted the
striking in q written statement
testified he hit Mr.. Armhold once
with his fist. The purpose was
Tucker testified, to get the
watchman ''out of the way. Sc
we could tie him up" Tucker
insisted he did not intend to kill
Mr.. Armhold.
Battle testified he tied the
watchman'S hands and feet. But
Ter admitted he had put a neck
tie gag into the watchman's s
mouth and tied it back of Mr.,
Armhold's neck. The defendants
testified the watchman was still
tied up when they left the plant.
Defense counsel in the case are
Attorneys william A. Tinney,
Belford v. Lawson, jr.: John T
Reyes and Samuel C. Klein.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Suspect Held Sane
In Students Killing
Court TrioIs Asked
For Juvenile Drivers

representative Of the Corpora
ton Counsei's ONCE to serve In
traffic court for an tinbroken six
month period.
The rapid turnover Of prose-
Icutors. especially, In traffic court,
he said. may account for the rel
|atiyely small number Of prose-
lcutions in drunken driving cases,
ID. C. Reported Tagging
A study Of such cases in cities
over 750.O0O population shows
Washington tagging far behind
The following statistics were
quoted:
Los Angeles. 7,409; Detroit,
l3.2l7; Chicago, 1900; San Fran
cisco. 1851; Cleveland, l,349:
Baltimore, 592: Boston. 465, and
Washington, 178.
To Offset the situation, Arthur
~. Sundlun, chairman Of the
board. declared the group il
studying the possibility of rec
Iommending use of an "alcom-
leter," a breath-testing machine
in conjunction with the urine
test in cases where the arrestine
Officer feels the motorist was
drinking. y
Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Lane
Engineer Commissioner, opened
the session in the District Build.
Ign Board Room with a briel
address Of welcome.
The board did not get to heal
ia scheduled keynote address by
Col. Franklin NJ. Kreml oil
Northwestern University. the
man responsible for the estab-
Ilishment here of the Accident
Investigation Unit. Col. Krem
wired that his plane from Chi
3cago had been delayed. making
lit impossible for him to arrive
Evening star., 1955-11-29
|Bondit Gets sl3O
In Store HoIdup

A gunman held up and robbed
two cashiers Of a SafeNay store
In the $500 block OF Fourteenth
street NV. Of $3.50 last night,
police reported.
The bandit confronted Dale
Fagershone. %, Of 1882 Lamont
street NV, and Herbert Guz-
man, %. Of SOFA North Capitol
street. with .38-caliber revolver
according to the report.
Police were looking for a col
|ored man about 81 years of age
with a scar under his right eye,
who was wearing a green cap and
gray jacket. The -gunmah re-
portedly ran along Fourteenth
street to Parkwood place, where
q car was waiting, and made his
escape.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
District Mental Hospital
Approved by Gen. Lane

rather thana for use of the psy.
chiatric wards as a clearing
house.
Subsequently, the medica'
schools went into the psychia.
trio department and George.
town University Medical Schoo,
even contributes to supplement-
ing the salary of the depart
ment chief, DR.. John d. Schultz
The only obstacle In the way
of the envisioned treatment oi
the patients was an adequate
building. The.C Commissioners ap-
proved such a building as part
Of their public works program
and the money was appropriated
last year.
The final holdup came when
the plans had been completed
and the Commissioners were re-
quested to approve a $600.000 in
crease in the cost, to be trans
ferred from funds appropriated
for q new tuberculosis building
which the Commissioners have
decided not to build. That is
the approval Gen. Lane has now
given.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The White House Confer
ence on Education goes into
its second day at the Shera-
ton Park Hotel.
The 33d annual Agricul-
tural Outlook Conference
continues at the Thomas
Jefferson Auditorium at the
South Building of the De-
partment of Agriculture.
The American Public Well
fare Association holds an
other of its eight-day meet
ings at the Hotel Statler.
The American Hospital
Association Safety Institute
and Workshop will hold the
second of its five-day meet
ing at the Woodner Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Fuirfox Meeting Set
On SociuI Council

A meeting to make plans for
organizing a social planning
council for health. welfare and
recreation activities in Fairfax
County and Falls Church will
be held in the Old Court cham
Der At the Fairfax Courthouse
at 3 o'clock tonight.
Mrs. Nora Lamborne. from the
Alexandra Community Welfare
Council, viii discuss the setup
end functions Of such Q council.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Continued From First Page

C0ntlnuc0 FROM FlfSt rage
Ipsychiatric department will be
able to provide the segregation
Iof patients by illness. This has
been urged in every survey OF
the psychiatric wards since 1888
The Star. beginning in 1947,
labelled the present psychiatric
facilities a disgrace to Washing
ton" and particularly called at
|tention to the fact that young
|sters, alcoholics. peryerts, marco
tics addicts, senile, as well as the
suicidal and criminally insane
have all been thrown together
for lack of usable separate facil-
Mies.
The lack Of treatment for
patients as well as the refusal
of the medical schools to go into
the psychiatric department be-
cause Of tne bad practices there
cited In The Stars and other
surveys-have both been cor
rected
The Commissioners several
years ago went on record for
treatment of mental patients
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Two Downtown Streets
Light Up for Christmas

District Commissioner Samuel
spencer last night climbed a
small ladder on F street and
pulled a switch that should have
turned on 936 lights along r and
ID streets from Eleventh to Four
lteenth streets NV.
Actually. only TAI Of the small
bulbs came to life at Mr.. Spen-
GERS touch. But despite the fact
that everything didn't come on
--or onas planned. these
downtown blocks looked for all
the world like Christmas. Or
Las much as they could be made
$50, with Christmas. still four
weeks away. and st. Andrews
DAY between now and then.
Evening star., 1955-11-29

The lights we're coiored, some
what appropriately, red, blue
green and orange.
Besides the lights. there was
tinsel. From each lamp post
hung figures Of Humpty -Dumpty
Little Boy Blue. the Seven
Dwarfs and other figures IA
miliar to Christmastime.
Fairly reasonable facsimilies
Of Santas, hung by their necks
and lighted inside, also helped
along the effort to convince
passersby that someday soon
Christmas win be here again.
What with the $4,000 street
decorations and the usual neon
lights, the full moon was hardly
noticeable, rising In the east.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
MurcionetteA Able
To Stand Trial,
Experts Report
BY WILLIAM TALBoTT

Murder suspect Edward Mar.
cionette is sane and able to stand
trial for the November II stab-
|bing to death Of a University Of
Maryland student, psychiatrists
reported today.
Or. Isadore Tuerk. superiii-
tendent Of the Maryland State
Mental Hospital at Spring Grove
near Catonsville, where Marci-
Ionette recently completed two
weeks Of intensive mental tests,
said I'VE feel that the boy is not
psychotic (not insane) and that
he Is able to stand trial.
I'VE feel also" DR.. Tuerk said,
that he was sane at the time
(of the killing and that he is
sane now. He definitely can be
held responsible for his actions"
DR.. Tuerk said a report on the
mental condition of the 17-year-
old Fairland tMd.) resident viii
be forwarded today to laW-er-
tforcement officials of Prince
Georges County. where the youth
lis charged with the murder Of
Richard E. Gibson, 20.
Hospital Release Due
Marctonette is expected to be
released from the hospital soon
and returned to Upper Marl-
boro Jail. States Attorney Blair
n. Smith said his case will be
presented to a special session Of
the grand jury to convene on
December 5.
The hospital official said Mar
lcionette was normal, calm and
ico-operative during his mental
examinations.
The report was In sharp con-
Itrast 70 Marcionette's attitude
and actions following his appre-
Ihension in a Washington hotel
shortly after the stabbing.
The youth was committed to
Spring Grove for observation on
November Is on orders OF two
Prince Georges doctors. who
found him to have "delusions Of
despair" and suicidal tendencies.
Stabbing Followed Chase
The commitment by Drs. Paul
EC. Van Malta and James G..
Sasscer came after they were
Icalled to the Upper Marlboro
jail to examine the youth after
Ian apparent attempt at suicide.
lMarcionette had cut his wrists
with window glass, wounding
himself only slightly.
1 He was quoted, at the time, as
having said he wanted to die.
| During his short stay in jail.
Ihe refused food and repeatedly
spurned counsel.
He was frequently quoted,
after his apprehension, as de-
family admitting that he killed
Mr.. Gibson, who was a resident
tof 8l06 New Hampshire avenue.
Langley Park.
On the night of his death the
Gibson youth was staying with
his brother when he heard the
IIatter's car being started outside.
He gave chase in another car
and, when the stolen car was
abandoned. followed the auto
thief on foot. The stabbing took
place when the Gibson youth
icaught.up with Marcionette near
the intersection of University
lane and New Hampshire avenue.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Rambling

A panhandler on the Avenue
was getting quite play with thi;
line: Il. sir. am q bum. Would
you care to contribute to ms
daily take?n
A churi passing an engineer
peering through q transit at q
downtown intersection remarked
II see we're In for another siege
of Improvement" u.
The Uptown Theater Is only q
few doors further uptown or
Connecticut avenue than the
Midtown Restaurant. -.
Next year, Temperance Sunday
comes during National Wine
Week, according to the United
States Chamber Of Commerce
Wine Week is listed as "tenta.
tive
Al sign in big brazen letters or
q Seventeenth street stop pro.
claims. I'VE Have Awful XMAS
Cards" Inspection Of the fint
print reveals the gimmick, and II
reads, 1--WE Have An Awful Large
Selection Of XMAS Cards.
a forlorn sight: Air-condi-
tioners protruding from windows
IN winter.
Evening star., 1955-11-29

The trial of juvenile traffic
offenders in Municipal Court viii
be asked by members Of the Dis.
trict Commissioners Traffic Ad-
visory Board.
Attorney Nathan Lubar, chair
man of the boards Courts Com.
'mittee, speaking for himself anc
Municipal Court Of Appeals
Judge Thomas Dewey Quinn
vice chairman. said at a meeting
Iof the board last night:
aIn order to achieve the uni.
form use of traffic courts, for al
drivers. the committee recon-
Imends that juveniles Of drivers
permit age be tried In Traffic
Court in the District"
Mr.. Lubar said he and Judge
Quinn will ask Juvenile Couri
Judge Edith Cockrill to waive
her statutory jurisdiction in such
cases.
May Seek Law Change
Should she refuse to do so. he
asserted. he viii seek congress
sional action changing the Juve-
nile Court Act to permit the try.
ing Of juvenile drivers in TIN
regular Municipal Court Traffic
Division.
Mr.. Lubar said he feels a prec,
edent set now by Judge Cockril
would be hard for any successor
to upset and would do no harm
since traffic offenses do not in
volve moral turpitude.
He added the move probably
would be a good one. in tha'
Juvenile traffic offenders woulc
feel they were being treated a.
adults and would be less likely tt
fiaunt traffic regulations.
The lawyer also said his com
mittee is studying the advisable
ttv of designating a Judge and {
Evening star., 1955-11-29

A. jury Is expected to begin
deliberating today In the first
degree murder trial Of three men
accused Of Staying a B-year-old
night watchman last August "a
In the plant of the Aristo Dry
Cleaners & Dyers. Inc.
The jury of eight women anc
four men were to receive final in.
Istructions from Judge JOSEPH
McG GFarraghy Of the U. s. Dis.
jtrict Court for the District o.
Columbia immediately after INA.
arguments are completed by
opposing counsel.
Assistant United States Attor.
ney Frederick @. Smithson
opened his final argument yes
treday afternoon. He contended
the acts of the defendants and
the circumstances indicated in
tent to kill the watchman. David
Armhold. jr., Of the 100 block Of
Tennessee avenue NE. His
death was due to strangulation,
cerebral hernorrhage and shock,
according to trial testimony.
The defendants are Grantland
D. Butler, %. of the 1900 block
Of First street Sc: Raymond l..
Tucker, %. Of the 800 block of
L street S.W., and Walter L.
Battle. 81. of the 600 block Of
Kenilworth avenue NE. All three
are colored.
Each Testifies
Each yesterday testified In his
own defense. All readily ad-
mitted on the stand, as they had
in written statements to police.
that they entered the Aristo
plant in the 1900 block of South
Capitol street and stole money.
Each defendant, however. de-
MED he had any intention of
fatally irljuring Mr.. Armhold.
Evening star., 1955-11-29
Oyster-Shrimp Fete

The uniform units Of Kena1
Temple, Of Alexandria, will hold
an oyster and shrimp festival on
Saturday from 7 to 10 pm. at
AIS Motors. 1910 Wilson blvd,
Arlington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
President Made Aware
OF 2d-Term Time TobIe

squeezing out any other poten-
tial candidate. In New Hamp-
shire, Gov. Lane Dwinell an
nounced he would run as an
Eisenhower pledged delegate,
and it is expected that a full
slate Of Eisenhower delegate
candidates will be entered un-
less the President takes himself
out of that primary.
Senator John w. Broker OF
Ohio took the bull by horns
there. He announced himself a
Ifavorite son candidate for the
nomination, declaring himself
merely a substitute for Mr..
Eisenhower. ready to turn the
delegation over to the President
If the latter will run.
Senator Knowland has not
disclosed yet what primaries he
viii enter-if no word comes
from the President, or If the
President announces he will not
run. It seems certain, however
that California. his home State,
would be one. There he may run
head-on into a Nixon-fo r-Presi-
dent drive.
+ The California primary does
not come until June 5, the latest
date Of any of the presidential
primaries. Its result. therefore,
could not affect the voting in
any Of the other primary States.
1t is important. however, be-
cause California will have a big
delegation in the convention. !,
Senator Knowland's expected
candidacy. If Mr.. Eisenhower de-
clines, is interpreted here as
meaning that all hope of draft
ing" Chief Justice Earl Warren
for the nomination is out. Sem
ator Knowland. always a strong
supporter Of Mr.. Warren when
the latter was Governor Of Cali
fornia, would not get in the way
of the Chief Justice If he were
available. The Chief Justice has
said his decision to stay on the
bench is irrevocable.
Some Republican leaders, 1t il
Learned. don't go along with
Chairman Halls contention that
Mr. Eisenhower can win agar
with Just few television anc
radio appearances, plus one rail-
road trip. They believe that the
demand for Eisenhower "in per.
son" will be great, and that ire
mendous pressure will be ex.
erted by Republican candidate:
for Governor. Senator. represen-
tative and other offices on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18
Segregation Referendum
Is Approved by Byrd

deliberate" rather than on
speed"
"If segregation was illegal on
May IT. 1854. as declared by the
Supreme Court. then it was IL
legal in September. 1854, when
the Supreme Court permitted the
schools to continue on a segre-
gated basis.
Virginia must do all in its
power to prevent the destruc-
ton of an agency Of govern
lment-the public schools-which
is absolutely essential for the
welfare and future progress Of
our State.
II trust Virginia will take ade-
quate time to feel our way along.
Ten other States are confronted
with the same acute problem
These States are all seeking q
way to preserve their schools,
and it is possible that some form
OF action can be accepted as q
pattern for all.
"As developments occur, and
the resistance of the South con-
tinues, it Is possible, I believe.
that there can be some degree
of coalition between the IL
Southern States which will
strengthen the position of the
individual States.
Flexible Basis
Let us proceed firmly and
Icourageously. but, to my way Of
thinking, there is no occasion for
|precipitous action in the imme-
Idiate future. The conditions con-
fronting us are such that We will
succeed better by going forward
on q flexible basis or on a basis
of standby legislation than by
attempting at this time to enact
complete and final legislation
to begin with the school term of
next September.
II want to emphasize one more
thing: If the public school sys-
tenn in the areas of the State
where the Negroes predominant
is destroyed. it will be the Ne
groes that will suffer more than
the whites. as the cost Of schools
lis borne nearly entirely by the
white population
LET me repeat, the election on
January 9 is of great conse-
quence. because 1t will be the
first decision by the people Of
Virginia on this vital question.
To defeat it at this time will
unquestionably greatly prejudice
the future efforts of the Governor
and the General Assembly to
protect our citizens from COM
pulsory Indignation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-18

they had been assured of nee
essary loans from an out-of-
town bank. The applicants are I
William Stempil and Morris Fox
president Of B. g. F. Transports
ton, Inc.
Donald Mccormack, vice pres
ident of Riggs National Bank
and chairman of the boards
transportation committee, as
sured them local banks are in
terested, but called for a prop
osition in writing. He pointed
out that Mr.. Stempil, in a prev
ious approach two months ago
had failed to produce such ar
application.
Discussion of public ownership
recalled that several proposals
on the subject were suggested
though not advocated" in 1876:
by Louis E. Wolfson, Florids
multimillionaire and controlling
stockholder of Capital Transit.
He first put forth the idea Of
having Capital Transit buy out
all the transit companies serving
the Washington area to create 8
privately owned metropolitan
Transit Company.
Alternatively. however. % sug-
gested creation of a transit au.
thority under which the city
would buy out the owners Of
C. T. c. in return for $22.6 mil
lion in revenue bonds-tax free
Management of the authority
would remain in the hands OF
the owners for a fee until the
bonds were paid off in 20 years.
After that the authority would
De entirely in the control Of the
city.
In addition, Mr.. Wolfson pro-
posed creation of such an au-
to lease the management
to a charitable foundation. In
20 years, he said, the foundation
would have accumulated and
paid out approximately SIS mil
lion cash for welfare purposes
II the company merely main
its 1851 level Of earnings. "
Mr.. Wolfson also suggested at
the time that local businessmen
buy out the Wolfson interests
and operate the company "en-
tirely for the benefit Of the
public"