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Evening star., 1955-02-15
Treated Like Animal
While Imprisoned,
Proyoo Complains
BY the Asseeia.sd Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 15.-John
David Provoo, seeking his free
dom and dismissal Of treason
charges against him, complained
in United States District Court
yesterday that he had been
treated like an animal" at times
during his lengthy imprison-
ment.
The ex-Army sergeant. a pris-
oner of the Japanese following
the fall of Corregidor. was con-
victed of treason in New York
February IL. 1858, and sentenced
to life in prison. But an appel
late court upset the conviction.
ruling he should have been tried
in Maryland.
Reindicted here, Provoo is
scheduled. for a second trial
March IA. He continued to
testify today at a hearing on his
quest for dismissal of the indict-
ment and his freedom.
Wasn't Told of Charge.
Provoo, a former San Fran
cisco bank clerk. testified yes
terday that at no time during
his confinement by the Army
after his release from prisoner
of-war camp in August. 1945.
was he advised of any specific
charge against him. .a..- r..
He said: 1T had no opportunity
to inquire to anyone (about the
charges). was treated like an
animal. I received no mail and
could send no mail"
He said Counter Intelligence
Corps agent told him at Sugamo
Prison in Japan that "if I did
not sign it "a statement) I
would never get back from over
seas" ..
Thought He Was Cleared.
When he was finally released
from Sugamo on April 4, l946,
he said. an Army colonel told
him to "allay all fears, go home
and forget about it."
Provoo said when he later
received an honorable discharge
at Fort Dix, N. j.. August II,
1916, he understood all charges
had been dropped. He re-en-
listed 18 days later in Califor-
mia, he said. because he believed
he had been cleared.
The Government has charged
him with seven acts of treason
while prisoner of the japanese.
They include making propa-
ganda nroadcasts for the enemy
and causing the execution Of a
fellow prisoner.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Gov. Meyner Gusts
Two Hoffman Aides
By the Asseeiated Pres.

TRENTON, N. j., Feb. 15.-
Gov. Robert B. Meyner has dis
missed two top aides of the late
Coy. Harold G. Hoffman in the
New Jersey Division of Employ
ment Security on charges of
misconduct and neglect of duty.
The Governor issued an order
Yesterday dismissing William S
Lutz as chief fiscal and personnel
officer of the division. and Thom-
as B. F'aherty as supervisor of
purchases and stores.
The two men, both of Tren-
ton, had been under suspension
since June Is. 1854.
They were charged with help
ing rig bids on contracts to pur-
chase supplies for the employ
ment security division in order
to favor certain vendors.
They also were accused Of
using false purchase orders to
cover purchase of personal equip
ment and services for themselves
and Hoffman. who was director
of the division until his suspen-
sion by Gov. Meyner last March.
Hoffman died while still under
suspension, and in posthumous
letter admitted embezzling
100000 from State accounts
in a South Amboy bank.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

if the congressional salary boost
goes through. Otherwise, the
prospects favor about z per
cent classified and postal pay
raise.
Meanwhile, the House Civil
Service Committee win Wind up
it's Federal pay raise hearings
this week with classified em-
ploye leaders testifying. The
group will start its closed ses-
sions next week to report its pay
legislation. The Senate Civil
Service Committee also hopes to
wind up its Federal pay raise
hearings this week and begin
executive sessions ss soon as pos
sible to approve classified and
postal pay bill.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
National Customs Service Associ-
atoms executive committee has
sharply criticized downgrading Of
Federal employees, in post-audit
actions. and has asked Congress
to protect employees against SAL
ary cuts when their jobs are
downgraded. Great strides
have been made in improving
and simplifying Government ac-
counting methods. according to
the sixth annual progress report
under the Joint Program to I'm
prove Accounting in the Federal
Government made by Treasury
Secretary Humphrey, Budget
Director Hughes and Controller
General Campbell. Public
Printer Raymond Blattenberger
is being honored at a dinner at
8 p. m. Friday in the Mayflower
Hotel, given by the Washington
Pressmen'S Union No. l and Phil
adelphia printing groups. i.
Federal employees from New York
State are invited to attend a
dance given by the New York
State Society at $50 p. m. Satur-
day, February 26, in the Shore
ham Hotel. The Office of
Naval Research needs a super
visory budget specialist, GS-1l,
at the Special Devices Center.
Port Washington, N. Y. Address
applications to the industrial re-
lations officer there. Salary
increases for outstanding work
performance were given to Tony
S. Savage and Elizabeth Gibson
of the Navy Department. i.
Seven employees in the Nays
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts
have been given promotions.
They are William S. Dinsmore,
Bernice L. Harris, Patricia A.
Hutchins, John F. Pellant, Mrs.
Martha D. Roberts, Mrs. Mary E.
Werner and Frank G. Wolf. i.
William G. Shipman of the Po-
tomac River Naval Command has
received a cash award for out
standing performance. The
American Society for Public Ad-
ministration's Financial Man.
agement Roundtable meets at
1880 o'clock tonight in the audi
torium of the GAO Building. AL
G street NV.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Physician Accused
OF Hiding Patient
Pleads Noi Guilty

DR.. Harry J. Haynes was ar
raigned today on. a charge OF
hiding mentally disturbed Mar
vim Kitayewitz from his parents
in the doctors fashionable North
Arlington home.
Arlington Circuit Court Judge
William D. Medley set bond at
81, 900, after DR.. Haynes entered
a plea of not guilty. The case
was continued until March "A,
An Arlington grand jury
handed down an indictment
against the doctor yesterday.
DR.. Haynes. AZ. Of 45O3 North
Thirty-second road. also faces
a hearing March 16 In Arling-
ton County Court on a mis-
demeanor charge Of practicing
medicine without a license. This
accusation, also handed down
yesterday by the grand jury.
was remanded to the lower court
today by Judge Medley.
The case came to light after
the patients parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Sam Kitayewitz of Los An
geles, complained to county off,
cials that DR.. Haynes refused to
let them see their son unless they
gave him money.
Battered Down Door.
Marvin, 26, was released from
the Thirty-second road home on
January 20, after county police
officials, armed with a writ of
habeas corpus. battered down
the door.
A hearing before Arlington
Circuit Court Judge Walter T.
Mccarthy followed. and Marvin
was turned over to his parents.
DR.. Haynes was then arrested
by the FBI and charged with
attempting to defraud the
parents. The basis of this charge
was a telegram to Mrs. Kitaye-
witz from Warrenton. Va, signed
by the doctor. telling her she
could see her son if she deposited
money in an Arlington bank.
A grand jury in Newport News,
Va, is now considering the Fed
eral charge.
In the custody petition, it was
said Marvin suffered a break
down In 1858. He was given
shock treatments in Los Angeles
by DIR. Haynes When the doc
tor moved to the Washington
area in September of that year,
he took Marvin with him, with
the parents permission.
Injuries Unexplained.
Beginning in November, 1853,
the couple tried unsuccessfully
to see Marvin.
After police moved in with the
writ. they found Marvin had suf-
fered ear injuries and had lost
about SO pounds since he left
California.
Marvin is now in Arlington
Hospital, where he has under
gone two ear operations. The
cause of the injuries has not yet
been explained.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Roads Program Due
In Congress Shortly
By the Associated Press

The White House announced
today President Eisenhower, will
send his sfnulti-billion dollar
highway program toF Congress
early next week.
The announcement indicated
agreement is near. or has been
reached, on how to finance the
Federal-State highway construc-
tion program which the Presi-
dent will recommend.
A study group under 1t. Gen.
Lucius D. Clay proposed in jan
uary a 10-year, $101 billion pro-
pram to which the Federal Gov
ernment would contribute $25
billion for an interstate trunk
system while continuing aid to
the States on other highways.
simultaneously with the White
House announcement, the Sen
ate Public Roads subcommittee
scheduled for February 81 the
start of public hearings on a
bill by Senator Gore, Democrat,
of Tennessee, proposing increases
in the regular Federal aid high
way program.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
One Dead, t3|njured
In Blast and Fire al
Linseed Oil Plant
By The Associated prsss

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 15.--
One of IA victims died today
and five remained in critical
condition as a result of an ex-
plosion and fire which wrecked
the Cargill. Inc, linseed oil ex-
traction plant yesterday.
John Sloppy, 26, died at hos
pital early today.
! In addition to the five in criti-
cal condition, four were listed in
poor condition and four in fair
condition.
/ The blast touched off a blind
ing fire which fed on chemical
solutions and fax meal. Some
Fof the injured were burned over
almost all their bodies.
Fellow ployes fought
through flames and choking
smoke to carry out workers who
weren't blown out of the four
story building by the blast, which
tossed out huge sections of the
corrugated metal walls.
The explosion, at 10 am. was
followed by shock wave which
lifted an employe so feet away
a foot off the ground.
Screams filled the air and
those of us who weren't hurt
grabbed blankets, tarpaulins and
whatever protection we could
find for the men," Joseph Wryk.
a State grain weigher, said.
The explosion apparently was
triggered by a spark near a large
vat where maintenance men
were draining hexane, a liquid
solvent used in extracting lin
seed oil from flax.
The four story structure shud-
dered as hexane vapors were
ignited and exploded. The build
ing and equipment. valued at
$500,000 was almost q total
wreck.
The workers were members of
maintenance crew readying
the extraction vat on the third
floor for operation.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
TrimbIe' S Grandson
And 1871 Others Pass
District Bar Tests

Among the 1872 who passed the
December bar examinations here
was South Trimble III, whose
father formerly was Commerce
Department solicitor and grand
father was a Representative
from Kentucky and later clerk
of the House.
A total of 352 took the rugged,
three-day test and 50 per cent
of them, about average for the
course. came through for admis-
sion to practice before the U. S.
District Court for the District of
Columbia.
They will be admitted in mid
April, after each has been given
"a character interview by the
Committee on Admissions and
Grievances. Il
Mr.. Trimble, 20, studied law at
George Washington University
after service in World War II.
His grandfather of the same
name had record length of
service as Clerk of the House,
having served the Democratic
administration from 1911 to 1918
and again from 1881 until his
death at the age of 81 in 1916.
Clark's Secretary Passes.
Employees of judges also came
through with flying colors.
Among the successful ones were
Miss Alice Louise O'Donnell,
secretary of Supreme Court JUS
tice Clark, and Miss Elizabeth
Bunten, who fills the same posi-
ton for District Judge Richmond
B. Keech.
When Justice Clark expressed
concern lest he was losing an
efficient secretary. Miss D'Don-
nell assured him she expected to
continue working for him. So
the jurist gained a legal adviser
instead of losing a secretary.
Another who passed the exam
was Julian Burke, law clerk for
still another jurist, Judge E. Bar
rett Prettyman of the U. S. Court
Evening star., 1955-02-15
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

normal high of 46 and low Of
20. Warmer Thursday, somewhat
colder Saturday and Sunday.
Scattered showers about Friday,
totaling one-fourth to one-half
inch.
Road Conditions (AAA).
Pennsylvania Turnpike - Snow
and ice-covered, being cindered.
New Jersey Turnpike-Wet
and slushy.
Merritt Parkway-Wet and
slippery, speeds reduced to Is
miles per hour, being sanded.
West via u. S. 40-One to four
inches of snow between Fred
erick and Hagerstown. chains
needed,
Evening star., 1955-02-15

District and vicinity-Falr to-
night with low about 30 in the
city and "a in the suburbs. Fair
and mild tomorrow.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
low around 80 near the coast
and in the low or middle 20s
in the interior. Some cloudiness
and a little warmer tomorrow.
Virginia-Fair tonight with
low 24-30. Fair tomorrow and
mild in the afternoon.
Wind Southwesterly $40
miles per hour tonight and 10
20 miles per hour tomorrow.
5-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity. February 1920.
Temperatures will be near the
Evening star., 1955-02-15
-AP Wirephoto.

Of Appeals. Joining Miss O'Don-
nell as another new barrister
from the Supreme Court was
George Edwards Hutchinson, who
serves as crier to announce the
arrival of the justices.
Three Municipal Court of APP
peals judge clerks were among
those admitted. They are Wall
ter j. Bonner, clerk to Judge
Nathan Cayton; l.. Mccormack.
clerk to Judge Thomas Quinn,
and Thomas S. Sullivan. clerk
to Judge Andrew Hood.
Another who passed was
Charles F. Warren, son Of for
mer Controller General Lindsay
Warren.
Those Who Passed.
Ralph A. Curtin, secretary of
the Committee on Admissions
and Grievances, announced this
list of those who passed:
Evening star., 1955-02-15

SAA~ - =
plans.
Others said the proposals were
worth looking into. but that a
lot of study should be made OF
the proposals before any action
is taken.
Veterans organizations and
Federal employe unions were
openly critical of some of the
Hoover plans. The veterans or
ganizations appear strongly OPP
posed to the proposal to change
the Governments layoff system
to give more job retention rights
to nonveterans with Is or more
years service.
Federal employe unions OPP
pose the proposal that more
classified employe jobs be placed
under area wage boards. They
declare such a move would re-
suit in pay cuts for many en-
ployes.
A number of Democrats on
Capitol Hill said they are OPP
posed to creating large numbers
of new noncareer jobs in the
upper echelons of Government,
as proposed by the Hoover unit.
They say this would be just an
other way of increasing political
patronage at the expense OF
career employees.
The Hoover plan for an "elite"
senior civil service, with higher
salaries, which would consist OF
5000 hand-picked career Off
cials, drew mixed reaction.
Some members of Congress OBJ
jected that the proposed senior
civil service board. which would
administer the program, would
be a political unit, since the
members would be appointed by
the President and confirmed by
the Senate. This would tend to
inject politics in the selection of
employees for the elite service,
they said.
The Hoover plan to abolish
the Governments performance
rating system was both praised
and criticized. Some members
of Congress agreed with the pro-
posal. declaring the present sys-
tenn was useless. Others said
some sort of rating system had
to be maintained. The Hoover
group recommended that super
visors turn in a report once a
year only on those employees
whose work was deserving of
commendation or promotion,
and on employees whose work
needed a warning or reprimand
or. dismissal from the service.
PAY-Government employe
leaders have a dual purpose in
strongly supporting a $500 to
$4,000 pay raise for members
of Congress this year.
First. they sincerely believe
members of Congress deserve a
pay raise and that a larger con-
gressional salary will help attract
and retain the best on Capitol
Hill.
Second, from a self-interest
point of view, they feel sizable
congressional pay raise will in
sure an adequate pay increase
for classified and postal workers.
AS one employe leader put it:
after all, If Congress votes itself
a $4,000 pay raise. or even
$500 increase, it would look
mighty cheap in the eyes Of the
public If it voted classified and
postal workers only a S per cent
raise that averaged about $3.50
per employe."
Employe leaders feel they have
a good chance for a 10 per cent
classified and postal pay raise
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Smithsonian 10 Get
Stokes Collection OF
Art on Polar Regions

Frank Wilbert Stokes, famous
Arctic and Antarctic painter
and writer, who died in New
York Saturday at 81. has left
his collection of pictures Of the
Polar regions to the Smithson-
Ian Institution.
This was disclosed today by
Thomas M. Beggs, curator Of
the Smithsonian Collection of
Art, after a conference with
Emmett Poindexter. attorney for
the artist.
Thirty-seven of Mr.. Stokes
Arctic canvases already are on
exhibition in the New National
Museum Building, Constitution
avenue at Tenth street, and 285
additional paintings are to be
brought to Washington for per-
manent preservation in the
Smithsonian's care. The latter
group. Mr.. Beggs explained, are
dLGICuidIly VdludDle.
BenefactOr Aided.
An unidentified benefactor
made possible the fulfillment of
Mr.. Stokes desire to enrich the
Smithsonian gallery, dating back
to a will he prepared in 1915.
Financial reverses later cancelled
the endowment provisions of the
document, but the painters
anonymous friend gave the
Smithsonian regents a sum of
money permitting them to buy
the pictures from the artist.
Mr.. Stokes works include por-
traits, crayon drawing and char
coal drawings.
Born in Nashville, Tenn, Mr..
Stokes was educated in the pub
lie schools of Philadelphia,
studied music under Hugh Clark
and painting technique under
Thomas Eakins of the PennSyl-
vania Academy and under Ge-
rome. Collin, Boulanger and Le-
febvre in Paris.
Paris Exhibits in sos.
His early pictures were shown
in the Paris Salon in the sos.
Returning to America, he heard
of the Arctic voyage then being
planned by Comdr. Robert E.
Peary and, seeking out the ex-
plorer. arranged to accompany
him to the North Polar zone.
He thus became a member of
the Peary expedition of 1892 and
returned to the Arctic with Peary
expeditions twice afterward.
The two parted company long
before Peary announced his uis-
covery of the North Pole in 1909.
Mr.. Stokes, meanwhile, went to
the South Polar region with DR..
Otto Nordenskjold in 1912. He
was with Roald Amundsen in the
dirigible flight to the Arctic in
1926.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Half Of Expenses

OTTAWA.-According to a re-
port of the Canadian Bureau Of
Statistics. almost half of the
money Canadians spend OH re-
tail commodities goes for food
and automotive products.
Evening star., 1955-02-15

Of the recon-
mendations of
the old Hoover
Connmi S ssion
which W ere
re j C ted by
Congress four
or five years
ago. Others
said the COM
mittees had
more pressing
work on their
agenda at the
moment than
to conside er.
AIT
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Goroqe Holds Flying Boot

A flying boat so small that.
with wings folded, it can be kept
in an ordinary garage, has been
tested successfully at, Helsinki,
Finland. 1t has a top speed of 95
miles an hour.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
Fear IS q foe that
Can be conquered

Human courage is not always enough. But
fear unfailingly yields to spiritual understand
ing which tells us, BE not afraid"
How can gain this understanding? The
Evening star., 1955-02-15
The Federal Spotlight
Hooyer Groups Proposals
Get Cool Congress Reception
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

Hoover Commissions proposals for widespread changes in
the Governments has met with generally cool
reception In Congress.
Initial reaction Capitol Hill to of the proposals
Evening star., 1955-02-15

Some members said most of
the proposals were just rehash
Evening star., 1955-02-15


Precipitation the Nation tonight will be limited rain
in the Lower Mississippi Valley and in the North Pacific region
light the Upper Great Lakes Temperatures
will show little change with readings expected range
10 above the Upper Mississippi Valley to the in
Southern Florida.
Evening star., 1955-02-15
''T@ kite
k@@z% daN
| 0%S!"

Millions are reading and talk
ing about Ethel Merman's
own story! This week she tells
how she met her first pro-
ducer lat a shipwreck0 y -.
how she acted as "cannibal
bait" in the movies . how
she stopped her first show
singing 81 Got Rhythm"
Don't miss her bold and brassy
story. Get your copy!
M @aaW.. an al xe4lodm5
Evening star., 1955-02-15

uine and lasting freedom from fears of every
sort. thankful multitude testifes that Science
and Health has restored Christian healing to
the modern world 1t can bring healing and
fearless freedom to~you
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Mare Power for Towns

Maryland'S cities and towns have
gained prestige and power through legisla-
ton recently signed by Governor McKeldin.
The so-called municipal home rule" law
passed by the recent General Assembly
puts into effect a legislative system at the
local level. The State Legislature was glad
to be relieved of lot of the trivial prob
lens brought to it by municipalities
throughout the State-trivial that is, to
the people at large but important to the
townspeople concerned. Under the new
act the towns will be able to enact most
of the purely local legislation which for
merly required Assembly action, including
levying of town taxes, issuance of bonds
and expanding Of boundaries. The State
still will control the amount of debt that
may be incurred and maximum tax rates
that may be imposed The new arrange
ment should contribute toward more eff
cient local government in Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Cheers for Murder

1t is hard enough to understand the
depraved minds responsible for Friday
nights vandalism at the Districts Health
School for Crippled Children. But this
incident, bad though it was is not in the
same category with New York City's most
recent contribution to the appalling story
of teen-age crime
A clean-cut, l5-year- old boy, on his
way to the movies, was shot and killed by
17-year-old hoodlum. When the smirk-
ing killer was led away to police station,
a group of young girls gathered around and
cheered him.
Small wonder that the heartbroken
father of the victim says that he is going
to bury his boy in the Blue Poconos Of
Pennsylvania, where the lad was born, and
then ''leave this CITY," For the murder of
his son is no isolated affair Instead, 1t
is symptomatic Of viciousness which is
becoming the rule rather than the excep-
ton in many Of our bigger cities. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
Heurt-S

Bring her no pity that the
sense OF sight
Has left her eyes; she still
sees UiDidly
All north While things By
heart: the Easter unite
OF gold fecked daisy fields;
a grdSs-Shored sea
OF tulips. RAINBOW gay. Her
hecrt-eyeS DieW
Remembered daDns, bird
things, a symphony
OF sunset clouds, stars and a
moon brdnd-neD
Splitting its magic on the
troSt-lit flames
October oaks and naples make,
small blue
Checked ptnatores and faded
Jeans. No frames
OF. space or season eper inter
tere
To limit paths her memory
recldimS.
Her heart-Sioht sees each
treasure she holds dear
And loDed ones neUer change,
year after year.
Myrc Burnhom Terrell