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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
New York Jury Finds
10 Puerto Ricans
Guilty Of U. 5. Plot
18th Defendant Freed;
Party Was Linked
To Shootines Here
81 the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 10.-A
Federal Court jury early today
convicted 10 Puerto Rican Ma
tionalist Party members of sedi-
tious conspiracy after deliberat-
ing the case for nearly 16 hours
An eleventh man was acquit-
ted.
The group had been charged
with trying to bring about the
political independence of Puerto
Rico from the United States by
force and violence and armed
revolution"
Testimony at the trial linked
the Nationalist Party with the
1850 attempt to assassinate for
mer President Truman and the
wounding of five congressman
in the House of Representatives
in Washington March l, 1854.
In charging the jury Judge
F. X. McGohey said it must de-
eide whether the defendants
helped in these shootingS. II
the jury found that the shoot
ings were the isolated act of a
few persons unaided by the de-
PENDANTS, the jury could not
consider them against the de-
PENDANTS. he said.
The new convictions brought
to 81 the number of Nationalist
Party members who have been
convicted of, or pleaded guilty
to, seditious charges in the last
six months.
Sentencing Set March 81.
AS in previous cases. the 10
face up to six years in prison
and $4,000 in fines or both
Judge McGohey scheduled the
sentencing for March 81.
The defendant acquitted was
Serafin Colon Alovera, 40, Of
New York. Trial testimony
linked him with party men,
bership in 1949 and placed him
at a Nationalist dance in 1858.
Those convicted were:
Estaban Quinones Escute,
Santiago Gonzales Castro, An
tonic Herrara Moreno, Pedro
Aviles and Mrs. Carmen Dolores
Torresola. all of New York; Juan
(See PUERTO RICANS, Pig. A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
Lenten Reflections
Inspire CIV Teacher

PASTORAL SCeNe-A peaceful
herd browsing on q green hillside
mokes profound impression on Elmer
LOUIS koyser. George Washington
University deon, os he tells in to-
doy's Ienten thought on pose 81.
THANKFUL GERMAN-Sometimes
interesting stories spring from the
most unlikely sources. Crosby S.
Moves. The Stors European CORE
spondent toIked to q Germon girl on
q tram ond learned whot she thinks
OF US. The story is on poee A.3.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
Recorded Talk
Tells Of $500
Police Payoff
Thomun Testifies
Gambler Left Gosh
On Seat of Cor
By Jock Jonas

A gambler gave a gambling
squad police officer $500 as in
surance against raids, and prom
ised $500 a month to protect
his $4,000 a day numbers racket,
the policeman told a Federal
Court jury today.
Capt. Todd o. Thoman. jr.,
said Charles (Geechie Charlie)
PortioI Text Of Recorded Tolks. Poee AS
-~--->--
Anderson. 40, colored, made the
offer as the two sat in a de-
tective's automobile at Bladens-
burg road and Eastern avenue
NE. on April 16 last year.
They had just been introduced,
Capt. Thoman said, by George
C. Prather, probationary detec-
tive at the 18th precinct, now
under suspension.
Played for Judge
Later a recording of the talk,
which the Government says was
made by Capt. Thoman carrying
a vest-pocket wire recorder, was
played for Judge Burnita S.
Matthews of the U. S. District
Court for the District of Column
bia, so she could decide whether
to let the jury hear it.
Prather and Anderson, along
with Capt. John B. Monroe, sus-
pended head of the 18th police
precinct. are on trial with five
alleged gamblers on bribery and
conspiracy charges.
The others are Albert H. (Real
Estate) Smith, As; John Lefty
Winston, AZ, colored: Curtis M.
(Bozo) Taylor, 80, colored; Burnie
King, %, colored, and Roger
(Whitetop) Simkins. SIS colored.
Capt. Thoman said Anderson
told him as they talked in Mr..
Prather's automobile that he
would pay the $500 a month if
you can guarantee my places"
Dumped Cash on Seat.
At the end of the talk Capt.
Thoman testified, Anderson
dropped $500 on the front seat
Of the car as the first payment
to keep police from interfering
with his numbers business.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Edward T. Troxell then pro-
duced a manila envelope con-
tanning $500 in cash. Capt.
Thoman said it was the money
he got from Anderson.
Todays recording was not as
legible as one played yesterday.
The Government contends yes
terday's transcription was a talk
between Mr.. Prather and Capt.
Thoman, arranging for the
meeting with Anderson.
Guarantee Offices
Today's recording had two
voices speaking:
Voice-Just what do you ex-
pect me to do?
Voice-Well, not too much for
me. Just guarantee few Offices.
That would be a great help. No
body out on the street. You
can't protect everybody.
Voice-Who you got?
Voice. got three. Jake, Mac
and myself.
Voice-Mac?
Voice-Mac Eddy so that's
about all. Understand what I
mean?
Voice-How many places would
there be?
Voice-Probably one or two.
Continued on Page A, Col. So
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
Bond for 4 Reduced
AT Hearing in Attack
On Mrs. PotburyI
Commissioner Grants
Request by Defense
As Prosecution Protests,

The bonds of four m n
charged with the yoke robbery
of Mrs. Annie Potbury, II, near
the YWCA were substantially
reduced today by United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence.
The commissioner acted over
the protests of the prosecution
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
Late News
Bulletin
Road Probe Defeated

ANNAPOLIS (P.-The
Maryland Senate today de-
feated for a second time a bill
calling for a legislative investi-
cation Of the State Roads
Commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

Murray to Continue Dusk to- Down
Police PotroIs. Poee B-l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10
By james E. Roper
S,ar StaH Correspondent

TAIP E I, Formosa. - Belea-
guered Nationalist China. pre-
pairing today to fight for its very
survival, is at the same time
competing with the Red-domi-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10


This dispoteh wos oirmoled by M.
Roper while visiting the headquarters
Of Chang Koi-shek's Nationalist
Chino. On q tour Of Asion trouble
spots. he is now on his way to Indo-
Chino.
mated Chinese mainland in quiet
war for the allegiance of Asian
peasants.
The battles being fought in
volve land reform and improved
agricultural methods. The Ma
tionalists were slow starters in
this competition, but now they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

(See PUERTO RICANS, Pig. "A.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

Continued on Page A-10, Col. 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

Cloudy and mild tonight, low in mid-50s
Scattered showers likely tomorrow, windy
and warm. Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

(See TREATY, Page A-40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-10

An Associated Press NewspopeI
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Escaped Trusty
Shot in Leg

A Jail trusty who's walked out
of the Hyattsville lookup Satur-
day night with a stolen gun was
shot and recaptured in Balti-
more boulevard tourist camp yes
terday, police reported.
The fugitive, Robert G. Will
liams, "a, of Riverdale, was shot
in the leg by a Baltimore County
policeman, Damon Gerber. The
patrolman said he fired when
Williams wheeled as if to snoot.
The trusty, who was within a
few days of completing his sem
tence for auto larceny, had taken
a AS caliber automatic from the
automobile of Justice of the
Peace r Clifton Stello at Hy-
attsville. Police said Williams
had washed Mr.. Stello's car
earlier Saturday and apparently
noticed the gun at that time.
Police said that Williams as a
trusty was allowed to sleep in
an unlocked back room of the
Hyattsville Jail.
An ambulance took Williams
to St. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore.
where doctors said the bullet had
fractured his left leg.
Gerber and Patrolman Robert
Schloer, acting on an alert
broadcast by Prince Georges
County Police, found Williams.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
DC. Held Free
OF Segregation

The District of Columbia is
virtually free of segregation, 3"
Cabinet Secretary Maxwell M.
Rabb yesterday told more than
200 leaders of American Jewry.
Mr.. Rabb gave credit for the
progress in eliminating segrega-
tion here to President Eisen-
hower's leadership.
Speaking at the concluding
session of the American Jewish
Committees National Executive
Board meeting at the Shoreham
Hotel, Mr.. Rabb said:
Here in the District of
Columbia you can hardly have
been less than astounded at the
changes that have taken place
in the last two years. Restau-
rants, hotels. theaters, schools
our National Capital is virtually
free of segregation"
He added that the changes
have taken place under "Presi-
dent Eisenhower's resolute cad
ership."
Irving M. Engel of New York
AJC president, presented Mr.
Rabb with a scroll and specia,
citation "for his devoted efforts
and resourcefulness in carrying
forward President Eisenhower
high resolve that all Americans
regardless of race. color or creed
shall enjoy to the full thell
birthright Of equal opportunity
Evening star., 1955-05-09
LaSt-Ditch Effort
AT ROTC Day
Planned at Nd. u.

The University Of Maryland
will hold its first Air Force
RoTc Day at College Park at
10:30 am. Thursday.
An awards assembly will be-
gin the program in Ritchie Coli
scum. A ceremony and parade
of $500 student cadets will be
featured at 2 pm. on the north
drill field.
A public display of Air Force
exhibits will be held from 8
am. in the Armory and on the
north drill field. A Nike guided
missile will be among the ex-
hibits.
DR.. Wilson H. Elkins, presi-
dent of the University of Mary
land. will present the Cover
nor's Cup to the best drilled
squadron.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Montgomery Plans
Play Sofe' Contest

Montgomery County parents
are invited to participate in a
play safe" contest in which
they have the opportunity to win
cash prizes by building play
areas in their yards as pro-
lection for their children from
traffic hazards.
Sponsored jointly by the Mont
gomery County Council, Mont
gomery County Board of Educa-
ton, Police Department and
Montgomery County Safety
Board. the contest will be con-
Quoted until September l.
Eight cash prizes totaling $500
will be awarded to parents who
build the best and most attrac-
tive play yards.
Those interested in participate
ing in the contest are asked to
call Police 1t. Charles o. Seek.
at the Bethesda Police Sub-Sta-
ton,
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Suspension Of Two
Policemen Upheld

Alexandria City Manager Ira
F. Willard today upheld the
suspension of two police privates
who are charged with taking
three outboard motors from a
firm on their beat.
Jack Washington, %, and Lido
j. Sari, 80. we're suspended Sat-
urday by Police Chief Maj. Rus
sell Hawes, They were charged
with breaking into the Alexan-
dria Services, Inc, a boating
firm at 226 The Strand.
Mr.. Willard said he would con-
fer with the city attorney to see
if any other action will be taken
before the two officers have a
preliminary hearing Thursday in
Police Court.
The three motors and acces-
sories were valued at $1,284.
Washington also faces police
trial board action on a charge
Of gambling. His name wa.
found in a card file of a mar
arrested in a numbers raid last
January.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Trave|
Hears Of Bars

Man seems bent on building
barriers to communications as
fast as he improves communicat-
ing methods, Acting Commerce
Secretary Walter Williams said
today.
He addressed the opening ses-
sion of the World Touring and
Automobile Organization. It
opened a three-day meeting in
the Mayfower Hotel.
We improve radio transmits
sion, then build towers to jam"
reception, Mr.. Williams said.
New highways open travel routes.
then we erect customs barriers,
he said.
Group Hailed as Example
He hailed the touring group
as setting an example Of inter-
national friendliness. Diplomats
could learn a lot from tie Or
ganlZatlOn, ne said.
The groups official name is
Organisation Mondiale de Tour
isme ct de rAutomobile, usually
shortened to OTA. Some 125
delegates from 80 countries are
attending. The American Auto
mobile Association is host.
Andrew j. Sordoni. AAA presi-
dent, also addressed today's
opening session.
Activities Constructive
"The OTA is dedicated to the
Improvement and advancement
of international motoring, a
sphere which holds great oppor-
tunity for economic development
and understanding" he said.
THUS, though non-political in
nature, its interests and activi-
ties have an inherently con-
structiva political implication"
He predicted an unprecedented
flow of traffic on highways link
ing nations. AS governments cut
down on the numbers of docu-
ments needed to cross borders
the traffic will increase, he said
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Boy Hitting Mother With Bot
TOGO to Stote Training School

lice said. He was picked up and
held in custody for a short time
at the Arlington Juvenile Shell
ter.
Last Tuesday, after a hearing
on the housebreaking charges in
Fairfax Juvenile Court. the boy
was freed from the shelter pend
ing final disposition of the
charges against him. He was
returned to custody of his adop-
tive parents.
Two days later, he struck his
mother with the baseball bat and
fled the house on foot, police
said. The mother was not SER
iously hurt. Later, police dis
covered that the youth had gone
to see a psychiatrist who had
been treating him at the Fairfax
County Child Guidance Clinic
He was taken into custody again
for today's hearing.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
THE METROPOLITAN VIEWPOINT
Greater Washington
Now Embraces Area
"a Times Big as D. c.

neighbors or permit children to
attend blracial schools.
However, it also is clear this
is but one of many reasons for
the growth of the suburbs.
Census estimates show that the
District, for the first time in
history, has fewer than one-half
of all the people living within
the Metropolitan Area.
$4,000 Now In City
In 1850. the city population
stood at 802,l78. Experts now
figure it at 100000.
Reliable estimates place the
present population in the sur
rounding counties and cities at
$4,000. Just five years ago. the
outlying area had only 100000.
Thus it trailed the District in
1850 by $4,000 and now leads by
126, 900.
Here are the present esti-
mated populations for each
jurisdiction within the Metro
politan area:
Maryland - Mont tgome cry
County, 100000; Prince Georges
County, $4,000.
Virginia - Arlington County,
1856 900; Fairfax County, 154.-
900; Alexandria, $4,000; Falls
Church, $500.
1t is interesting to note that
the Fairfax County population
increased $4,000 within the last
five years although it lost ia
square miles of populous land
to Alexandria in annexation
proceedings.
Problems and Reaction
While many families settling
in the suburbs are newcomers
from afar, very high percent-
age represents people who pre-
viously lived in the District.
Some leave town for affirma.
tive reasons: They seek houses
instead of apartments, more ell
bow room, fresher air, modern
facilities and chance for COM,
munity participation. Some leave
for negative reasons: To get
away from old conditions, de-
caying neighborhoods, city traf-
f1c, noise and odors.
What do they find? How do
they react? Do the advantages
outweigh the disadvantages?
What is their impact upon the
communities they select?
These and other questions will
be discussed in a series of ar
ticles to be published in The
Star. They are questions that
involve transportation and
highways, school facilities,
shopping habits, tax costs
and personal expense, opportu-
nifty for recreation, neighborhood
activities and cultural pursuits.
The nert inStallment in this
series aDiH appear in The Star
Wednesday.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
New DAV Group
Elects Anderson

The newly organized Mount
Vernon area chapter of the Dis
abled American Veterans last
week elected Alvin Anderson as
commander.
Also named as chapter officers
we're Eugene Columbus. senior
vice commander; Lloyd Arm
strong, Junior vice commander;
Jack P. Warner, treasurer; Ran
dolph Butler, chaplain, and Rob
ert Krumm, adjutant.
Arnold H. Sells, senior vice
commander of the DAV Depart
ment of Virginia, presided at the
installation of officers. The
chapter plans to sponsor enter
tainment for hospitalized serv-
icemen at Fort Belvoir, Va, on
the third Sunday of each month
Evening star., 1955-05-09
400 at Dedication
'OfArIinqton School

An estimated 400 persons
toured Williamsburg Junior High
School in Arlington yesterday in
dedication services sponsored by
the school Parent Teacher AS
ISOLATION.
The new building has 48 teach
ing stations, including 80 con-
ventional clasSrooms.
DR.. H. Westcott Cunningham,
dean of admissions at the Col
lege of William and Mary. VIII
liamsburg, Va. was guest speaker
School board members and
other county officials participated
in the event on the school
grounds at 5000 North Harrison
street.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Bethesduns to Protest
Arlington Rood Plan

A delegation of Bethesda resi-
dents representing the Edgemoor
Citizens Association will appear
before the Montgomery County
Council tomorrow to voice the
groups opposition to the pro-
posed widening of Arlington
road.
The association for several
years has attacked plans to widen
Arlington road, which runs par
allel to Wisconsin avenue be-
tween Bradley boulevard and Old
Georgetown road. Recently,
however, Bethesda business
groups have been pressing for
street improvements to alleviate
congested traffic in the Bethesda
business district.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
BicycIist, IS, Hurt;
Motorist Churqed

William Brotherton, Is, of 1923
Baltimore avenue, Hyattsville,
was hurt critically last night
when he was struck by a car as
he was riding his bicycle at Bal
timore avenue and Emerson
street.
Hyattsville Town Policeman
Frank Baggett said the boys
body was dragged so feet by the
automobile. The policeman
identified the driver of the car
as Joseph Morrow, "a, colored,
of Wilmington, Del.
The man was jailed in default
of $1,000 bond on charges of
reckless driving, speeding and
having no permit or registration
card in his possession.
The boy was taken to Prince
Georges General Hospital.
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Arlington PTAs Press
Public Kindergortens

In a move aimed at winning
Endorsement Of Arlington's pro-
pohed kindergarterf program, the
county's Council of Parent
Teacher Associations today called
on all parents of children eligible
for the program to register at
their local schools.
Council officials last night
completed arrangements for the
mass survey with School Supt.
T. Edward Rutter.
Registration will be conducted
tomorrow and Wednesday. Lo-
cal PTA's have been asked to
assist by having members on
hand to record the information.
School officials have mimeo-
graphed 12.500 letters asking
parents to cooperate in the sur
vey. These letters were being
given to children in the first
through the sixth grades to take
home this afternoon.
Last-Ditch Effort
James G. Stockard. retiring
council president, and James
Taylor, incoming president,
asked that parents report to the
elementary school in the district
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Kensington Storts
Baptist Church

DR.. Clifton C. Thomas, execu-
tive secretary of the Maryland
Baptist Union Association. was
the principal speaker yesterday
at groundbreaking ceremonies
for the new Kensington Baptist
Church at Connecticut avenue
and Dresden street, Kensington
Also participating in the cere-
mony were the Rev. j. Guy
Saunders, pastor; the Rev
Thomas F Shreeve, minister oi
the Georgia Avenue Baptist
Church. and the Rev. John C
Ledbetter, minister of the Viers
Mill Baptist Church.
Construction of the $400.00(
church will begin this month
1t is scheduled to be completed
in February,
Evening star., 1955-05-09

cable was lowered from the top
by rope, reeved through a wheel
at the base of the shaft and
pulled back up and attached to
the next length. Each cable is
1880 feet long.
The elevator makes between IS
and 80 trips a day, hauling an
average of 80 passengers. 1t
travels between II and 20 miles
q day.
Although this is the peak of
the tourist season, the elevator
is carrying fewer persons per-
hundred visitors to the monu-
ment. A few more than 5000
persons rode the car last Satuf-
day while $4,000 walked up.
Most of the mixers are children.
Evening star., 1955-05-09

in which they live. Those un-
able to register in person were
urged to call the school.
Under Virginia law, to be eligi-
bic for kindergarten this fall a
child must reach his fifth birth
day by october /.
The surprise action by the
council and school officials came
in a last-ditch effort to tip the
scales in favor of the kinder
garten program for Arlington
Chances that kindergartens will
be established this year were
considered slim with at least
three County Board members
indicating that they are opposed
to the program.
Attempt to DisprOve Peck
Specifically, the council hopes
to disprove an estimate by Board
Member Robert A. Peck that
only about 500 children would
use the kindergartens if they
were set up. Mr.. Potter's budget
request of $235, 900 to operate
the kindergartens is based on
an estimated enrolment of 1,700
The County Board will meet
at 8 pm. Friday to approve
county and school budgets,
Evening star., 1955-05-09

A 13-year-old adopted boy
who hit his mother over the
head with a baseball bat today
was committed to custody of
the Virginia State Welfare De-
partment at his own request
The boy told Falls Church Ju-
venile Court Judge William T.
Finley that he thought he would
stand a better chance of get
ting Strengthened out If he went
to State training school, Falls
Church police reported.
Commitment to the Welfare
Department means that he will
be placed in a training school
for an indefinite period.
The boy, described as an un-
usually bright student in school,
first got into trouble recently
when he ran away from home
and broke into some houses. po-
Evening star., 1955-05-09
New Cables Being Strung
For Monuments Elevators

The delicate job of threading
the worlds biggest needle is being
completed by five burly seam
stresses who are using gloves in
stead Of thimbles, and cable in
stead of thread.
Workmen for the Otis Elevator
aren't bothering with fancy
stitches. Their job is to finish
stringing the Washington Monu-
ment's five new elevator cables by
this evening. The Monument
will be closed to the public to-
day but will reopen tomorrow
morning.
They started at S pm. yester-
day with five reels of five-
eighths-inch cable. The first
Evening star., 1955-05-09
Man Pulled to Sofety
By Wife as Home Burns

A Vienna (Va.) man was
wakened by his wife and pulled
to safety just before flames en-
quilted their two-room dwelling
early today in Fairfax County.
Dunn Loring firemen said the
house, in which Ernest Queen,
about IS, colored. and his wife
lived, burned to the ground. The
fire, of undetermined origin,
broke out shortly after midnight
on Rural Route 3, Vienna.