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Evening star., 1956-08-26
Scruppy Woman
Fights Off THUG

The spunk of a 52-year-old
woman grocery owner yesterday
resulted in the arrest of a colored
youth on a chargeof assault with
intent to rob.
After waving a hearing on the
charge in Municipal Court, Isaac
Ruffin, 81. of the 200 block of
P street NV, was held for the
grand jury under $4,000 bond.
Mrs. Nellie Gamerman reported
that at 8 am. the suspect en-
tered the store at 442 o street
NV. and ordered bread and
bacon. She said that when she
turned toward the refrigerator
the youth grabbed her by the
neck and clapped a hand over
her mouth.
Mrs. Gamerman said she
fought free and ran from the
store screaming. A neighboring
storekeeper, Barney Peiton, called
police who arrested the suspect
as ne was about to leave the
place.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Petty Thieves Get
Stiff Sentences,
One of $40 Duys

A pair Of petty thieves yester.
day was handed stiff straight.
time sentences-one totallins
$40 days-by Municipal Court
Chief Judge Leonard P. Walsh.
Noah T. Nelson. "a. of the zoe
block of Fourth street Sc, re.
ceived $40 days on two charges
He was convicted of stealing a
purse containing SO from a
tourists automobile parked near
Jefferson Memorial last Sunday
and stealing SCI last May from
a grill where he had been en-
ployed as counterman.
Edwin T. Hoar, Al, Of the 900
block Of Fifth street NV, re-
ceived a 180-day Jail term for
serving as Nelson's lookout in
the tourist pilfering case.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Cumberland Fete
Picks Fire Queen

MARTINSBURG. w. Va, Aug
25 R).-Lois Jean Albert Of
Shenandoah. Va. was chosen
queen of the Cumberland Valley
hremen today.
Miss Albert was selected from
among six contestants.
She appeared in this after.
moons parade at the 55th an.
nual convention of the Cumber.
land Valley Volunteer Firemens
Association.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Schools Open Warning
Broadcast to Motorists

story reproduction Of the lAAA
poster in the glass front Of the
Hecht Co. store, Parkington.
Giant. Acme. Safeway, A q p.
and District Grocery Stores are
displaying the posters in their
area stores. and several Sears.
Roebuck outlets have included
the reminder in their back to
school" clothing displays.
The District Department Of
Motor Vehicles has posted 500
similar Schools Open Drive
Carefully" warnings on District
thoroughfares. The poster has
been distributed also via real
estate boards.
Mr.. Hammond said a record
number Of safety patrol boys and
girls would be on duty Septem.
Der 4. when many schools open.
There will be 1875 active patrol
members at street corners. on
September 4, 5 and 6, they will
have a Schools Open" overseas
cap to add to their customary
belt and badge.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
School Probe
To Start Soon

The House subcommittee in
vestigating the District public
school system probably will hold
some hearings between now an6
September TO-" Representative
Davis, Democrat of Georgia
said in Atlanta yesterday.
The Associated Press quoted
Mr.. Davis. who heads the SUBJ
committee, as saying he would
come to Washington Tuesday to
confer with the staff on material
it has assembled and discuss with
other members the dates fol-
public hearings.
Mr.. Davis, also chairman of a
subcommittee on utilization oi
manpower. said he would confer
with that staff as well while here
He plans to go from Washington
to Knoxville Thursday to at
tend the meeting of Democratic
leaders with Adlai Stevenson.
The special six-man House
District subcommittee set Up tc
check into Juvenile delinquency
and lowered school standards
has a staff of special investiga-
tors headed by William Gerber
attorney from Memphis, Tenn
1t has been conducting prelim-
mary interviews for more thar
a month.
Charges that their main inter-
est is in the results of District
public school race integration
have not been challenged by in
vestigation leaders. The majority
of the subcommittee members
and all the investigation staff
are Southerners.
Representative Davis has been
in Georgia campaigning for an
election primary September IL.
Evening star., 1956-08-26

A Schools Open - Drive
Carefully" campaign to protect
school-bound youngsters next
month has been launched by
the District Division of the
American Automobile Associa-
ton.
Police, merchants, real estate
boards, parking lot operators
and the District Department Of
Motor Vehicles have joined with
the division in the effort, the
AAA club said.
George r. Hammond, traffic
safety manager of the motor
club, said police in Arlington,
nearby Maryland and United
States parks have distributed
nearly 1000 posters reminding
motorists that school zone speed
regulations will be in effect
beginning September 4.
In downtown Washington,
most parking lot operators have
placed the posters at exits.
At the Wilson boulevard and
Glebe road intersection in Ar
llington, there will be a three
Evening star., 1956-08-26
SOW BIRD SEED
YOU REAP GRASS,
LAD DISCOVERS

CHARLESTON, w. Va,
(P.-The State Industrial
and Publicity Commission.
which gets all kinds of
questions was still puzzling
today over how to answer
this one:
A youngster wrote in for
help. He complained he had
planted some parakeet seed
but nothing grew except
just plain grass"
Evening star., 1956-08-26

production. The orchards were
hard hit by a severe freeze on
May II.
Several members of the Byrd
family and associates own the
various orchards. The organi-
zation employs about $50 regular
workers all year. This figure
lis swelled to / 500 for a six-week
period during the height of the
season.
While the name Byrd in syn
onymous with apples in Virginia
and fruit circles, it is equally we'll
known in State and national
politics.
After his success in the fruit
industry. Senator Byrd entered
Virginia politics and was elected
to the State Senate in 1915. He
became Governor in 1925.
Fro mthere he went on to be
elected TO the United States Sen
ate in 1888 and has been over
whelmingly returned TO that
office every six years since.
The Senator also has been
successful in the newspaper pub
fishing field. At the age of Is
he took over the operation OF
the Winchester Evening Star,
which today has a circulation OF
about 10000. Harry F. Byrd. jr.,
is editor Of the Star.
A second newspaper owned by
the elder Byrd is the Harrison
burg Daily News-Record, pur-
chased in 1923.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Man WoundsSeIf
After KiIIinq Wife

CHESTERTOWN, Md. Aug. q
(R.-A man shot a woman tc
death at noon today near a
crowded supermarket area anc
later shot and critically wounded
himself. sheriff's officers said.
Sheriff Bartus o. Vickers saiC
James johnson. colored. 30, q
laborer, shot himself in the heac
just as Sheriff Vickers and STATE
police arrived in Ewingtown ir
nearby Queen Annes County. HI
was taken TO Kent-Queen Anne,
Hospital.
Killed In the shooting at Ches.
tertown, sheirff's officers said
was Jean Brown. described al
JohnSon's oommon-law wife. who
was shot tive times.
Sheriff vickers said the couple
had one child a few months old
The shooting was on Chester.
towns Calvert street, only q
block from a crowded super.
market.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Byrd Aims Fire
Al Eisenhower
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
ence Governor Stanley had wired
his regrets at not being able to
attend the annual outing, say
ing that he was preparing for
important business next week.
Most of you know that the
important business is the special
session of the Virginia General
Assembly" Senator Byrd said.
I'm that business I wish him
Governor Stanley much sue
cess"
Senator Byrd said Virginia will
lead the South in an all-out fight
to preserve the segregated school
system which he said is in jeop-
ardy from an illegal decision of
the Supreme Court"
He warned that 'if virginia's
segregation line is broken" all
of the other Southern States will
be broken also
Answering criticism from some
quarters that the Supreme Court
decision is law and should not
be fiouted, Senator Byrd said he
does not believe the Court should
be sacrosanct. He said great
statesmen of the past, including
Presidents Jefferson, Jackson,
Lincoln, Theodore and Franklin
Roosevelt. all had leveled strong
criticism at the Court during
their lifetimeS.
Senator Byrd'S second refer
ence to the President was in his
remarks of foreign aid. Giving
his audience what he termed a
"Byrd'S eye view of the last Ses-
sion of Congress-" he said the
time has come when we have
got to stop wasting and squan-
dering money" through foreign
aid.
Evening star., 1956-08-26

change from 1000 to $4,000 was
drastic enough to assign a Judge
to an early review Of the rases
to weed out the certifiable ones
but if members of the bar feel
the question should be explored,
the District Bar Associations
Committee on Relations with
District Court might well take
it up with the judges Committee
on Expediting the Calendar.
Bar Association President
Thomas Raysor said Judge
Walsh's proposal had merit on
the face of it and he will refer
lit to the associations court COM
mittee for study.
Agree on One Point
Judges and attorneys agreed
on one point; There is no way
of knowing what the effect Of the
new law will be in the way Of m
creased business for Municipal
Court. One attorney predicted
that more cases will be SETTLED
out of court on the theory t.lat
when the advantages of delay
are removed, many cases are
settled without trial.
Municipal Court does have the
judges for the other new bust.
ness which has descended on it.
the domestic relations. cases.
Three judges will open the
Domestic Relations Branch Of
Municipal Court on September
III.
Until that day, attorneys will
continue to file divorce, custody
and other domestic relations
cases in District Court. Some
court aides noted a last-minute
rush to file the cases there but
had no immediate explanation
for 1t. AS Of August !, there
were approximately 1850 domes-
tic relations matters in District
Court out of a total pending case
load of 1888 non-jury cases
there. Pending jury cases
amounted to 2.002 on August /.
Judge Laws said no move is
contemplated at this time to
speed the disposition Of the do
mestic relations matters. He said
there was a general feeling
against giving them preferential
treatment.
Waiting Time Cut.
District Court during the past
court session cut the waiting
time for jury cases from ~
months in october. 1855, to 10
months at the end Of June. 1856.
With two judges operating the
settlement calendar, with the
domestic relations caseload grad
ually dwindling and with an un-
known quantity of damage suits
shifting to Municipal Court.
some court attaches predicted
yesterday that the time lag be-
tween calendaring and trial Of
jury cases may be cut to IL
months by next June.
Judge Walsh said. meanwhile,
if his court starts falling behind
with the load that's been shifted
to it. he will bring the congestion
Immediately to the attention Of
the Justice Department.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Boy, z, Severely
Injured by Auto

Harry Dickerson, 2 colored. Of
1911 Montello avenue NE. suf-
fered head and possible internal
injuries yesterday when he
walked into the side Of an auto
mobile and was dragged II feet.
police reported.
Pvts. Earl B. King and George
Rado7ich said the child walked
into a car driven by Reddick
Dewitt. 40, colored. Of 1909 Z
street Sc, in front OF 725 Fifth
street NE. The child was taken
to Children's Hospital where Of
flcials said his condition had not
been determined.
Police said no charges would
be fled against the driver.
Evening star., 1956-08-26

apples grown in Virginia and
about / per cent of those grown
in the Nation.
There are 5000 acres contain
ing 100000 trees in the organ
ization. Paintings vary some-
what, but there are roughly 40
trees to the acre. Principal
varieties grown are Red De-
.licious, Golden Delicious, Rome
Beauty. Stayman. Winesap, York
Imperial, Northwestern Green
ing, Jonathan and Lowry.
Canning Plant 9Th Largest
The Byrd canning plant at
nearby Berryville is the sixth
largest such operation for apples
in the country. Out of it come
such products as apple sauce,
sliced apples. apple concentrate
and vinegar stock.
A youthful 10 when he started
in the apple business. Senator
Byrd planted his first orchard
at the age of 25. This one is
known as Rosemont No. /, To-
Gated near the Senator's Berry,
Vile home.
Today the organization has
orchards in Clarks, Shenandoah
and Rockingham Counties in Vir-
Iginia and Jefferson and Berkeley
Counties in West Virginia. In
the vast setup, the Senator's son,
B. Beverly Byrd, is vice president
In charge OF production. An
other son, Richard, is vice presi-
dent in charge Of the canning
plant. A third son. State Sen
ator Harry F. Byrd. jr.. is secre-
tsry. General sales manager for
the Byrd organization is Lester
d. Arnold. who has held that
position since 1922.
l-MiiliOn Bushel Yield
Last year the Clarke County
and Jefferson County orchards
alone produced IA million
bushels Of apples. Average pro-
duction for these orchards is
considered to be / million
bushels.
The 1856 apple crop is ex-
peeted to be about half the 1855
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Police Seekinq
Fur Theft Clues

Police yesterday began a check
of New York fur wholesalers on
the theory that thieves who took
$4,000 worth of mink coats,
Jackets and stoles from William
Rosendorf Furs. 1213-1215 G
street NV, Friday night may
have attempted to sell them.
Capt. Joseph Shimon said de-
Iscriptions of the garments have
been or are being sent to author
tiles in every State.
Police said they also hoped to
Iget a better identification on
some of the furs from the New
York wholesalers. They said some
of the furs had been sent here
only recently on consignment
and could not be identified in
detail by store officials.
The fur haul is the biggest in
the memory of detectives. Louis
Kalichstein. store manager, said
the furs are valued at about
$75.000 wholesale and $4,000
retail.
Capt. Shimon said clues in the
burglary. apparently the work of
professionals, are scarce, and
that the methods used indi-
Gated the theft was well planned
The thieves broke into the
rear door Of a vacant store next
to the. fur shop not connected
Ito a burglar alarm. They at.
tempted to chisel through the
wall to the fur shop. found the
wall too thick, moved on to an
other section and hacked out a
1880 inch hole into the fur shop
Deputy Chief Edgar E. Scott
said the gang apparently loaded
the loot into a car parked behind
the vacant shop. The theft was
discovered by Mr.. Kalichstein
when he opened the shop yester-
day morning.
The thieves took every mink
garment in the store. They took
the furs from a rack and two
cabinets. passing them through
the hole in the wall and carry
ing them out through the back
of the vacant store.
Police said all the garments
bore the stores labels, but
pointed out that they would be
easy to remove. Police said the
furs could be identified by their
colors-natural. wild, ranch and
silver-blu mink.
| Police and Mr.. Kalichstein said
the thieves took between 100 and
l25 furs, including eight coats
and about 100 stoles and capes.
Two men were seen peerlng
into the vacant store about 11:I5
pm. Friday by Harry Shapiro.
owner of Maison's. Thirteenth
and G streets NV. He said both
men were white and had their
hands cupped over their eyes as
though attempting to see deep
into the empty room.
Ironically. the burglars might
have been foiled had they at
tempted to burglarize the store
a week from now. Store officials
said they planned to expand into
the vacant store and then il
would have been wired to the
burglar alarm in the present fur
shop.
The fur shop has been hit by
burglars twice in recent years.
In both cases. the haul was not
great. The thieves broke in
through the front door and took
what they could before the bur-
glar alarm brought police.
William Rosendorf, 5607 Six
teenth street NV, owner of the
store, is in mourning for his wife
who died a week ago yesterday.
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Kefuuver Planning
Speech in Viruiniu

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 25 (P)
Senator Kefauver Democrat
of Tennessee. the Democratic
vice presidential candidate, ten.
tatively has accepted an invita-.
tion to speak in Crewe Sep.
tember 8.
Charlie Hooper jr., general
manager of the Southside Elec.
trio Coop, said that if Senator
Kefauver speaks at the Co-op's
annual meeting Hell talk about
rural electrification and farm
problems"
Evening star., 1956-08-26
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The United States Navy
Bomb and Mine Disposal
Alumni Association COM
pletes a three-day session in
the Sheraton-Park Hotel.
The American Federation
Of Government Employees
opens a four-day meeting
in the Willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1956-08-26

than $4,000, the judge certifiei
the case to Municipal Court re-
gardless of how long they hav'
been waiting.
Previously $1,000
Previously. the amount below
which a case could be sent Il
! Municipal Court was $1,000.
Judge Walsh said nobod!
knows how many cases will b.
affected by the new law. A checl
by The Star brought estimates
ranging from so to 900 a year.
No new judgeships have beer
created to handle this increased
business in Municipal Court anC
Judge Walsh warned that
backlog might build UP in hi
virtually current court.
Judge Walsh feared that 6
bunch of boiling mad" attorneys
and litigants might be about tt
Invade his court. He said they
would be annoyed for two rea'
sons: First, because they hac
waited a long time only to bt
told they were waiting at thu
wrong door. Second, because
their hopes of persuading a jury
their injuries we're worth a judg.
ment of $4,000 or $4,000 hac
been dashed by a judge whC
didn't think they could recover
even $4,000.
Urged Screening
To give such litigants a chance
to have their cases heard earlier
in view of the new law. Judge
Walsh said he had proposed thai
1.-THE backlog Of District Court
cases be reviewed by some meth.
cd to screen out the cases boune
for Municipal Court.
The proposal drew a mixec
reaction.
Chief Judge Bolitha j. Law;
of District Court said that this
fall, two judges of his court will
be assigned to the special set
ltlement calendar This is the
procedure set up last spring
where parties for both sides vol
UNFAIRLY go before judge to see
if their case can be settled out
of court.
The settlement judges, Judge
Laws said. have full authority tt
certify the case to Municipal
Court If the value of the case
seems low enough to warrant it
He acknowledged that these case.
have to be at issue at least sis
months before they could go be.
fore a settlement judge and bott
parties have to agree before il
gets there.
Called "Abuse"
Speaking presumably of tht
cases that have been sent to Mu'
nicipal Court in the past because
a District Court judge decideC
less than $1,000 could be recov'
cred. Judge Laws said, 1.-THE case
that are sent down are an un.
pardonable abuse of this court
at least they are SO regarded
If they didn't want to trifle with
the court, they shouldn't havt
filed the cases here in the first
place"
He said he did not think thu
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Walsh Fears Speed Up
May Jam Municipal Court
By MIRIAM GUTENBERG

Chief Judge Leonard Walsh of Municipal Court warned
yesterday that the laws adpoted speed
justice District Court slow Municipal Court
Particularly affected the accident victims who have
sued for than $4,000 in damages District and have
been waiting up to 19 months to have their heard
Under law, District Court Judge decides now that
Evening star., 1956-08-26
Byrd Apple Orchards
Mark 50th Anniversary

WINCHESTER, Va, Aug. rs -H F. Byrd Inc. the worlds
largest producer apples observing its golden anniversary
Its story is of phenomenal in the fruit industry
Starting in 1906 by purchasing the fruit packing
reselng it, Senator Byrd Democrat of Virginia has built
organizaon to point where it produces good
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-27
School Fight
to Hire Lawyers
Forces NAACP

NEW YORK.-Thurgood Mar
shall announced the addition of
two lawyers to the hard-pressed
staff of the NAACP Legal De-
Tense and Educational Fund.
Inc. They are Miss Irma r. Rob-
bins and Waite H. Madison, Jr
The addition was made neces-
sary by the increasing number
Of school cases in the South
and the continued challenges of
the pro-segregationis's who in
sist on defying federal laws out
having segregation, Mr.. Marshall
said.
Since ire United States Su-
preme Cour; rendered its de-
c'sion two and half years ago
we have tokor legal action n
more than 60 school cases alone. "
Nir Marshall explained. This
does not include cases involving
in'er AMI infra-st7'e travel
housing and other litigation in
vclving other rights of Negroes.
Re added.
NJ Marshall who is director
counsel OF the NAACP Legal
Defense and Educational Fund.
Inc. said he expects the num-
her Of requests for legal assist
ance from Negro students and
parents 70 increase probably 100
per cent in the coming year.
Our people look 20 us for
help and we must have the staff
to help them" ne added.
Miss Irma r. Robins. "a. Is
naive OF Baltimore. Md; at
tended elementary. junior and
senior high schools in New
York City. She Is a graduate
OF Hunter COLLEGE. 1853. and
received her LIB. from Yale
Law School this wear.
Atty. Madison. 80. is a native
o! NJ ssouri He attended ele-
mentarv and high school in Mar
shall and Sedslia Mo. receiving
his All degree from West Vir-
einia Sac College in 1919 and
his LIB. AZ Howard University
Law School in 1855.
The two additions 10 the staff
will he added strain on the
NAAcP Legal Defense Funds
already harassed budget. Mr..
Marshall pointed out.
He SAID the Fund still needs
more than $500 5000 20 carry n
through the rest OF the year.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-27
BTW Commission
Observes tooth Year

ings of this great America
Mr.. Phillips recalie- 'na' y
was a little more than 81 wears
ago. in an address at the Coi'on
States Exposition in A,lan'a'
Ca. that Booker T. WaSn'hs'on
SAID. There is no defense o.
security for any of US eXcep' II
the highest intelligence ana oe'
velopment o. all.
This admonition delivered pe'
fore a critical audience IN lsso'
pplies with equal force TO-DAY.
Certainly the need for uni'y
just as strong as ever. =
Urging commun ties 70 pun
together for the solution OF iacs
problems. Mr. Phillips S'ae.
tina. Hate and mistrust may Os
wiped out il Representatives u
various groups will meet discus
and work together TO f,nn sn y.
swers TO the problems tna' . az
causing racial sores TO tester
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-27
A GOOD THOUGHT TO REMEMBER

Fret myself because Of evldoers neither be thou
envious against the workers of niquity.
For they shall be down like the grass, and
wther the green herb.
Trust in the LORD, and do good shalt thou dwell
in the land, and verify thou shalt be fed.
Delight myself also in the LORD; and he shall give
thee the desires of thine heart.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1956-10-27

Sidney ]. Phillips. president,
Booker T. Washington Centen-
NAL Commission. released the
first in a series of messages TO
the American public.
He reminded them that "A
house divided against itself
shall not stand" and pleaded
for goodwill between the races
while solving problems affect
ing the nation as a result of
the Supreme Courts decision.
The Booker T. Washington
Centennial Commission came in
10 existence in April OF this
year TO pay tribute TO the One
HGrdredth Ann ve~sarv OF the
birth Of Booker T. WASHING on
who was born in Franklin
County. Va, April 5 1896. A
year-long program has been AZ
ranged to focus the attention Of
the nation upon the present dav
value of the fundamental teach