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Evening star., 1955-02-01
Eleven Jurors Picked
For Trial Of Marines
In Beating Death

Eleven jurors were picked in
Montgomery County Circuit
Court today to sit at the trial
of three Marines charged with
murder in the fatal beating
of Marine Sergt. Henry johnson,
jr., %, in Silver Spring last No
vember II.
With the panel of 80 jurymen
reduced to eight because of chal-
lenges by both the States Attor-
ney and defense counsel, sheriff's
officers rounded up 20 more
talismen to fill the jury box.
The defendants are Corpl. Paul
Coronado, 81. and Corpl. Ar
mando T. Estrada, 20, both of the
Naval Receiving Station. and
Pfc. Pedro A. Molano. 10, of the
Bethesda Navy Hospital.
The joint trial is being heard
by Judge Charles w. Woodward
The trial of a fourth Marine,
Pfc. Genaro Cano, 81. of the
Naval Gun Factory, who had
been charged at the same time
as the other three. was trans
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Scarlet Appointed
To Alexandra Post

A. John Scarlet today was ap-
pointed assistant to Alexandria
Commonwealth's Attorney Earl
Frank Wagner.
Mr.. Scariot, who has been
practicing law in Alexandria
since 1949, resigned as substitute
police court judge to accept the
appointment. John R. Willett
was named substitute police
court judge to succeed him.
The appointment of Mr..
Scarlet gives Mr.. Wagner a full
staff of two assistants for the
first time, but his other assistant,
Donald r. Selby, is leaving soon
to enter the Navy.
Mr.. Scarlet is a native of
Pittsburgh. For five years he
was under contract as a pitcher
for the Brooklyn Dodgers and
played with Brooklyn'S farm
ieam of the International
League. the Montreal Royals. He
also attended the University of
Pittsburgh before entering the
Army IN 1912. During the war,
he was stationed at Fort Belvoir.
After his discharge from the
Army he received his law de-
gree from Washington Univer-
slty.
Mr.. Scariot, his wife and their
two children live at 1400 Mount
Vernon avenue.
Evening star., 1955-02-01

club work, a member of the
Adrian High School basketball
team, willing worker at school
and at home and liked by every
body.
Wrote j. M. Wammoch. chair
man of the Emanuel County
Board of Education. in his letter
to Alexandria Corporation Court:
Gerald was reared in a good
Christian home. His life until
he entered the Army was under
constant guidance of his parents
and he was a happy healthy
likable boy"
Good, Christian Home"
Representative Preston. Demo-
crat. of Georgia took the trouble
to appear in court in person
when young Foskey entered his
guilty plea last week. He, too
said the youth came from a
good, Christian home"
Robert Henry Humphrey. who
is Superior Court judge for the
middle judicial circuit in Georgia
came all the way from Adrian
to describe young Foskey as IAN
outstanding boy" He said Fos-
key had led sheltered, farm
life in Georgia and perhaps was
not equipped to cope with the
big city temptations that con-
fronted him in the Army.
Judge Darius Brown of Eman-
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Judge Rops Lurid Magazines
At Baltimore Dealers Trial

Stems attorney argued the
old law abridges the, constitu-
tional guarantees of free press
and free speech. He said the
Suprema Court of the United
States already has declared a
similar law unconstitutional be-
cause of its vaguenesS.
Judge Byrnes did not make a
decision Immediately. He asked
attorneys to file briefs setting
forth their arguments.
Suggests New Law.
If the Maryland statute is un-
constitutional, he said, the Leg
islature should enact one that
will stand up. There must be
some protection, he said, for
parents who are trying to raise
their families in the right way
Melvin j. Sykes, attorney for
Stein. argued a strict interpreta-
ton of the Maryland law would
ban most of ShakeSpeare's plays.
Judge Byrnes disagreed. &
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Charles County Urged to Boost
License Fees for Slot Machines

pense to $400 for each machine
except those issues on a sea-
sonal basis. The jury urges aboli-
ton of seasonal licenses.
Other Increases Proposed.
Operators whose machines are
furnished by distributors would
pay $50 more than at present on
each machine up to three. On
more than three. licenses would
cost an additional $100 for each
machine.
The report said all of the five
distributors licenses appear to be
in order and that of 291 oper-
ator's permits representing l.487
amusement services" only IA
have been incorrectly issued.
Seven of these were voided be-
cause of business discontinuances
and the others were not prop
erly issued because the applica-
tions were not properly filled
out" Immediate correction of
the latter seven was recon-
mended.
The 291 licenses. the Jurors
said, returned revenues totaling
$2l3,307 in the nine-month pc
riod beginning last May /.
The jurors reported that they
checked the status of the case
of Louis A. Hicks. paralyzed war
veteran found dead in his car
last March, and feel that the
proper investigative officials are
pursuing the matter vigorously
and assure us they will continue
doing So"
Evening star., 1955-02-01

after a noisy introduction in
the House of Delegates.
The. State Insurance Depart
ment drafted 81 bills which it
says will help bring Maryland's
laws up to date, increase the pro-
lection of the insured and halt
certain vicious practices" in the
insurance business.
Their unheralded arrival in
one batch last night brought a
protest from Democratic floor
leader Gordon Boone that the
House was being flooded"
House Speaker Luber, Demo-
crat. of Baltimore and Delegate
Schweinhaut, Democrat, of
Montgomery co-sponsored the
bills on request.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Police Arrest Mechanic
As Hit-and-Run Driver

Robert B. Matthews, 81, a
mechanic. was arrested at his
home last night and charged
with hit-and-run driving after.
police said, he seriously injured a
truck operator.
Corpl. Michael Mccarthy of
the Accident Investigation Unit
said Matthews, colored. of the
1900 block Queen street NE,
struck William F. Jiguere. 80, of
32l Larkspur road. Morningside.
Md, a soft drink firm employe.
The mechanic was traced by
the auto license number fur
nished to police by witness to
the accident.
MI. Jiguere was reported in
serious condition at District Gen.
eral Hospital with hip and leg in
juries.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
BY J. [. MichoeI
Siar S,off Correspondent

LA PLATA, Md, Feb. L.
Grand jury recommendations for
legislation to increase slot ma
chine license fees and to legalize
Sunday liquor sales are on their
way today to Charles County's
delegation to the General As
semhly.
Law revisions suggested would
approximately. double the coun-
tvs slot machine income, now
about 25 per cent Of the gov
ernmental budget.
Special permits to allow the
sale of hard liquor after Q pm.
on Sunday would cost at least
$500"
Under present statutes, slot
machine distributors pay annual
fees Of $4,000 each to the county,
without regard to the number of
machines they distribute and
service.
Would Change Method.
The jury recommended that
the fees be changed so that a
distributors pay a fee of $1,000
for the privilege Of distributing
machines and an additional fee
of $50 for each machine he dis
tributes"
For operators who own their
own machines the jury suggested
a $50 fee for each machine lover
and above" the present $3.50
county license cost. Federal per-
mitS cost $3.50, bringing total ex-
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Friends Support
Youth Awaiting
Robbery Sentence
By Mary Lou Werner

A Georgia farmboy who went
into the Army and fell into a
life of crime is learning what
it means to have friends back
home All because they knew
him as a good boy.
Husky, blond evt. Gerald Eu-
gene Foskey. awaiting sentence
for three admitted armed rob-
berries, has been cheered in his
Alexandria Jail cell by flood
of letters and personal pleas
from outstanding public officials
and citizens in his native Eman-
uel County. Ga.
Everybody seems to want the
19-year-old boy to come pack
home where they would tiy to
lead him on the straight and
narrow again
Young Foskey got into trou-
BILE last November when he and
two other soldiers were am
bushed by police. One of his
buddies. Pfc. Thomas Card. 81,
was fatally wounded, and the
other. John Everett Vaughan.
l9. was hit in the leg.
Foskey says it was Card,
whom he met at Fort Myer. who
led him astray and into a series
of three motel robberies on Shir-
ley Highway.
Possible Death Sentence.
Caught red-handed, Foskey
pleaded guilty and faces a pos
sible death sentence for his Grim
inal fling.
Social workers are finding it
hard to explain how Foskey
went aWry. They have learned
the young man was the oldest of
two sons Of Norman Foskey, a
respected member of the COM
munity as his father and grand
father before him had been. Mr.
Foskey served on the Emanuel
! County School Board.
+ The host of friends who have
gone to bat for FoSkey remem-
] Der that he was apparently grow
ing in the same mold as his
forebears - outstanding in All
and Future Farmers of America
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Verdict OF Suicide
In Motel Hanging
Ordered Withdrawn

A suicide verdict in the death
of Thomas w. Connor. 29-year-
old Silver Spring beer salesman
who was found hanged in a
Waldorf (MdD motel last Au-
! gust 2, has been ordered with
drawn by Maryland's chief medi-
cal examiner.
DR.. Russell Fisher, the medi-
cal examiner. said in Baltimore
it was agreed to leave the find
ing as manner of death unde-
termined."
THE suficiency of evidence"
DR.. Fisher declared, was not
great enough to allow us to say
without question that is was
suicide" He added that neither
was there sufficient evidence
that 1t was homicide.
DR.. Fisher said he reached his
decision after reviewing the case
with DR.. Edward j. Edelen,
deputy medical examiner tor
Charles County. who issued the
original certificate.
The suicide ruling had been
strongly protested by Mr.. Con-
nor'S family, who insisted that
he had no reason to take his life.
They finally appealed to the
Governor and the investigation
was ordered reopened in De-
cember.
MIR. Connor's body was found
hanging by his belt in the motel
where he stayed while on a busi-
ness trip. He had been married
only five weeks. His mother.
Mrs. Thomas E. Connor of Ia
koma Park, insisted that her son
was murdered.
Two weeks ago. State police
concluded their new investiga-
ton with a finding that the
death was due to suicide"
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Accreditation Report
Private, Chairman
Protests 10 McKeIdin
BY . s,or s,aH Correspondent.

ANNAPOLIS. Feb. 1.-The
chairman of the association that
delivered the critical accredita-
ton report on the University Of
Maryland has written to Gov.
McKeldin. protesting the public
release of the controversial re-
port.
The report from the Middle
States Association of Colleges
and Secondary Schools had been
suppressed by the univerSity's
Board Of Regents for seven
months. 1t was made public two
weeks ago by legislative leaders
after it was delivered here in re-
sponse to a request by Senate
Minority Leader Robert Kimble.
Damage Seen.
In a letter to Gov. McKeldin,
made public last night by the
Governors Office the chairman
of the Middle States Association,
Ewald B. NyquiSt, states:
ut is a question of some mo-
ment whether the 'pitiless pub
licity' given the University Of
Maryland as a direct result of a
release of it's evaluation report
to the press has not resulted in
much damage in variety OF di-
rections, including misinterpre-
tation and distortion of the facts.
injury to the university's dignity
and standing as an institution of
higher learning and adverse ef-
feet upon the association which
l represent"
Mr.. Nyquists' chief purpose in
writing the Governor was not
to cry over the spilled milk of
the now well-publiclzed Univer-
sity of Maryland report, how
ever. Most of his letter was in
the form of a plea to Mr.. Nc
Keldin to stop Senate President
! Louis l.. Goldstein from carry
/ ing out threat to make all
other colleges receiving State
funds release their evaluation
reports.
Agreement Reached.
. Mr.. Goldstein and other legis-
lative leaders reached an agree
ment with administrators of the
four colleges involved yesterday.
however. and the evaluation re-
ports will remain confidential
The legislative leaders agreed
to inspection tours of Western
Maryland College, Washington
College. Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity and St. Johns College in
lieu of reading lengthy, detailed
evaluation reports.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
I'd Chance Urged for Gi Gone Wrong

suel County promised to keep an
eye on Foskey If he is placed
on probation and allowed to re-
turn home.
C. L. Gillis, sr.. chairman Of
the Board of Stewards of the
Adrian Methodist Church, who
, is a rural letter carrier well ac-
quainted with the Foskeys. wrote
the court that young Foskey's
family on his fathers side were
outstanding Methodists" and
on his mothers side were good.
old-line Primitive Baptists."
John r. Rountree. member OF
the Adrian City Council and as
sistant principal of Adrian High
School, coached Foskey when he
played basketball on the school
team. He knew him as a very
stable boy" who liked to have
fun but never got into serious
trouble-his character was above
reproach."
Won With HOnors.
Foskey's vocational agriculture
teacher at high school was Otis
L. Hayden. He knew Foskey
all his life and taught his par
ents. His letter to the Alexan-
dria court describes FoSkey as
an industrious" boy of good
character"
The letter tells how Foskey
won high honors in the Future
Farmers of America, earning a
trip to the organizations ma
tlonal convention in Kansas City
Mo. Foskey attained the rank
of Georgia Planter in the Future
Farmers - the highest degree
possible in the State.
Earl M. Warner, Emanuel
County farm agent. was i'm
pressed by Foskey's All Club
work: He worked well with all
of us. l felt he was a good boy
and looked forward to his at
tending the Abraham Baldwin
Agricultural College. Instead.
: he entered the Army"
And so the letters go-more
than court officials ever recall
seeing in behalf of some one
charged with such a serious
crime. A few of the letters sug-
gest that Foskey's entry into the
Army-followed by a brief. un-
successful marriage-might have
been the beginning of his
/ troubles.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Author John 0'Hara
Married 10 Divorce
By the Asseeietsd Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 1.-Author
John O'Hara and Mrs. Katha-
rine Barnes Bryan were married
yesterday.
The wedding was performed by
Special Sessions Judge Doris
Byrne.
Mrs. O'Hara's marriage to Jo-
seph Bryan Sd ended in divorce
last year. 1t was the third mar
riage for Mr.. O'Hara. His first
marriage to Helen Pitt ended in
divorce and his second wife,
Belle Wylie. died a year ago.
Mr.. O'Hara is the author of
a number OF novels. including
"Butterfield g. and Appointment
in Samarra" and many short
stories. He wrote the libretto
for the 1910 musical comedy hit,
Pal joey which was based on
one of his short stories.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
BY the Asseciotsd Pres.

BALTIMORE, Feb. /. - Judge
Joseph R. Byrnes says parents
are entitled to constitutional pro-
lection against magazines that
deal with crime and lust"
He made his comment when
Irving Stein, Baltimore magazine
dealer, came into Criminal Court
charged with displaying lurid
publications so they could be seen
by youngsters.
Stein was accused under Co.
year-old Maryland law which
prohibits the display of books,
magazines and papers devoted
mainly to crime, lust and blood
she'd"
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Delinquency Broadcast

A panel discussion on juvenile
delinquency, which has been
tape recorded under the sponsor
ship Of the Prince Georges
County branch of the National
Council Of Jewish Women, will
be broadcast over Radio Station
WGAY at 5 pm. Sunday. The
Star stated enormously yester-
day that the broadcast would
be Thursday.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Bill Urged 10 Raise
Alcoholic Licenses
In Prince Georges
By Gene Goodwin
Sto, Stoff CerrsSpendent

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. Prince
Georges County legislators to-
day are considering lifting the
freeze on alcoholic beverage Ii
censes in their county.
They are contemplating in
PRODUCTION of bill in the Mary
land General Assembly that
would attempt to regulate the
number Of liquor and beer es-
tablishments in Prince Georges
by election districts, based on a
population formula.
The aim of increasing the
number bf licenses permitted
in the county would be to stop
the buying and selling of license
privileges at eXorbitant prices.
Delegate Ernest A. Loveless.
jr.. of Prince Georges said some
licenses are selling for as much
as $4,000 or $4,000.
The highlightS of liquor law
reforms being considered by the
county delegation here were
disclosed in a meeting last night
with the county Liquor Board.
Would Curb Racket.
Liquor Board Counsel Ross G..
Porter said his board definitely
recommends abolishing or rails
ing the 353-license ceiling now
written into the county law.
I'VE want to end this traffic
In liquor licenses which is be-
coming a racket" he said.
Mr.. Porter and the liquor
board members emphasized their
belief that the law has ample
restrictions on the number of
licenses in the county without
spelling out a precise ceiling.
They said they thought the num-
ber of licenses ought to be a
matter to be decided by the board
and not frozen into law.
Questions put to board mem
bers by the county's Senator,
H. Winship Wheatley. jr., and
Delegate Hervey Machen indi-
Gated consideration is being
given to a population formula
for determining the number of
liquor licenses in each election
district.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Reached.
DR.. Powers to Speuk

The Rev. Dr.. Hardy c. Pow
ers, head of the Nazarene move
ment, will speak at the First
Church of the Nazarene at North
TWenty-frst and Taft streets in
Arlington at 7:45 pm. tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Industrial Promotion
Unit Urged in County

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. (Specian
The Prince Georges. County
Chamber of Commerce is seeking
legislative sanction for a COM
mittee to attract new industry
to its county.
The chamber has sent a pro-
posal to the county delegation
here to introduce a resolution
directing the county commission
ers ito appoint a committee of
citizens to study and promote
the industrial potentialities" OF
Prince Georges.
Evening star., 1955-02-01

ferred yesterday to Circuit Court
in HagerStown.
All four have pleaded not
guilty.
The charges grew out Of what
police said was a braWl which
followed a party celebrating the
anniversary of the Marine Corps.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
Bill to Add Prosecutor
Goes to Gov. McKeIdin

ANNAPOLIS, Feb. / tSpeciaD
The Maryland House of Dele
gates last night passed and sent
to the Governor legislation to in
crease the number of prosecutors
in the Montgomery County
States Attorneys Office from
three to four.
Evening star., 1955-02-01
u Insurance Bills Bring
Protest From Democrat
Ry the Assoeiefed Press

BY the Assoeieied Press
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. BILLS
aimed at streamlining Mary
lands insurance laws are due
for a quick hearing this week
Evening star., 1955-02-01

Prince Georges.
Evening star., 1955-10-17

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Evening star., 1955-10-17
Ed SULLIV AN
LITTLE OLD NEW YORK
A Reporter Remembers

Ham Robinson and Walter
Young.
This easily was the dRfaest
paper ever published. At one
time. his yes-men proposed Mac
fadden as q possible candidate
for President Of the United
States. Nothing much ever came
|of this.
Another time, when I was
sports editor, your reporter came
to his desk to find telephone
books ripped In half. It developed
that the guy who'd ripped them
|asunder was q disgruntled
|weight-lifter and strong man
who'd lost out In q Macfadden-
sponsored strength contest.
|aCome down with me TO 10th
ave, he pleaded. "I'n push q
loaded freight car 9 block. with
my head. to prove ] should have
been named the winner"
Only on Macfadden's Graphic
could q sports editor find him
self covering the Hall-Mills MUIR
der case, and meeting Jane Glib
Ison, the .Pig Woman of the
case, and Willie Stevens. eccen-
ltric brother Of Mrs. Hall, tried
land acquitted In New Brunswick.
IN. j., Of the double murder OF
lher husband, Rev. Edward Hall
Evening star., 1955-10-17

pm sKlyers and Don Cornell
rushed away from the pIeyiew
Of .sOkiahonna" to entertain the
n nm.-tc-midnight standing
roosn only audience ct the Ca
thedral USo Canteen. on Lex
ineton ave. 1T 54th. Naturally,
they stopped the show cold.
Hackstage. Silvers was dis
cuasing Cornell's singing with
Father Kelly, head Of the caIl-
teen. 1T al goes back to the
chanting Of the priests" said
Silyers. That Is true singing.
OF course. Father. you Catholics
stoie It from US Jews
Father Kelly let out . roar Of
laughter. '.Fiattery won't help,
Father interpreted silvers. I'm
delighted to be here. but ! warn
you now. ! won't be converted. "
Your reporter worked for Ber-
narr MAcfadden Tor four years
as sports editor. one year as
Broadway columnist, on the late
but not lamented New York
Graphic. whose alumni group
include John Huston. Emil
Gauyreau, Jerry Wald. Walter
Wincheil. Louis Sobol. Murray
Robinson, Norman Krasna, Jim
Kahn. Jim Jennings, Ken Smith
and Mike Casale. as well as VIII
Evening star., 1955-10-17
President Returns
A child's Bible

ALBANY \. X. oct. i7A
7-year-oid Albany girl wanted
very much 70 help President El-
senhoWer recover from his heart
attack. 20 she sent him her own
Bible.
Now she has the Bible back
plus 3 treasured letter from Mfs.
Eisenhower ID which MRS. Eisen-
hover confIded she was .con-
fident'' the President would
make . speedy and complete
recoysry.
Young Cheryl Ann Gardner
wrapped and mailed The Bible
herself. She addressed the
package simply to president Ei-
senhower's Hospital Room. I. The
postage cost her $1.14. And
with Il she sent this note: 4
am sending you my Bible be-
cause to make yon better. Please
send 1t back 10 me- when you
get wei. z
The Bible came back to Cheryl
In the mai. Accompanying i
Evening star., 1955-10-17

and choir singer Eleanor Mills.
That was hack around 1926
when new evidence started the
second investigation Of the mlr-
der. It was after midnight when
the story OF the new evidence
broke, and ] was In the Graphic
once. locking up my sports pages
Two Of us, the only ones avail
able. were rushed out to New
Brunswick: the other was VIM
chell.
MY targets for interviews were
Willie Stevens and Jane Gibson
It must have been about 2
am. when I rang the bell Of the
tree-sheltered Stevens home.
AS the gong 'resounded eerily,
looking through the glass parti-
tions bordering the front door,
I saw wild-eyed While Stevens
Tapping down the hall toward
me In an old-fashioned night
gown. But the nightgown didn't
me half 50 strongly as
the weapon he was carrying. q
shotguni mfr. Stevens, II said
Get away from here" " he yelled.
cor ] wont be responsible. :
I tried to ICON" him. He said
again, oninously: IN count t<
s." BY the time he'd counted -.
I was wen on my way to Jans
Gibson and DeRussey's Lane
where the murdered couple had
been found.
80 &A
After nightgowned Willie
Stevens aud the shotgun. Jant
Gibson was q relief. She ran I
pig farm, and was the stal
witness, having seen the murderel
kill the two victims in De Russey
Lane.
She told me the story all ovel
again, while feeding her pigs,
said she was prepared to tell hei
story on the stand. She littl.