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questioned most Of Sunday by
Juvenile Detectives Otis E
Troupe and o. E. Brown.
The barrels Of the two target
air pistols had been bored out
and brass pipe was welded into
the barrels. Then a bit had
been used to make rifling in the
hollow brass pipe. and firing pins
were built on the guns SO they
would fire the .22-caliber shells,
Pvt. Hanft and Detective
Troupe said the boys told them
Sunday was the first day they
had shot the fabricated pistols
The officers said several bullets
had been fired. adding that the
imperfect construction of the
brass barrels could have caused
a bullet to explode in the cham
Der at any time,
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Southern Maryland Unit
Opposes Hurbor Tex

The Inter- Community Council
of Southern Maryland last night
opposed the proposed three
tenths of a cent gasoline tax to
finance the Baltimore Port Au.
thority.
Meeting at the Upper Marl-
boro Courthouse. the group said
the gasoline tax should be used
to maintain and improve high
ways.
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Street Scenes .

The first straw hat of the
season, worn by a man on
Thirteenth street NV. 80.
A soft-drink machine, vend-
ing its wares in the center of
the clutter of a construction
job on Twelfth street NV.
Two squirrels fighting over
an obviously choice morsel in
Lincoln Park.
A taxicab, with an "Off
Duty" sign in its windshield,
being towed by a wrecker on
Nichols avenue Sc.
A man, three-fourths Of the
way across the Eleventh and
F streets intersection, turning
abruptly as the light changed
to Don't Walk" and hustling
back in the direction from
which he had come.
A girl using a broom for a
Stick-horse on Arlington road
h Bethesda. E.
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DC. Voted $4,000
For May l Election
House Agrees
To Amendment
Without Debate

Congress today appropriated
1000 to pay for the May /
election here and sent the bill
carrying this money to the
White House.
In an unexpected move, the
House shortly after it convened
at noon agreed to a Senate
amendment without debate.
The $4,000 is $500 less than
the election money approved by
the House when it passed the
bill February Z.
A proposal made by the Sem
ate Appropriations Committee
to spend $4.5 million for pur-
chase of a square and a half
adjacent to the New Senate
Office Building was stricken
from the appropriation bill on
the Senate floor.
Hayden Plans Later Bill
Chairman Hayden of the
Appropriations Committee, an
nounced he would introduce soon
a legislative bill for the same
purpose to be referred to a, diff
Iferent committee. but not the
Appropriations Committee.
The bill carries $4,000 for
repairs and improvements to the
Senate restaurants. This item
was inserted by the Senate and
agreed to by the House.
Meanwhile. the Board of Elec-
tons announced the rules by
which District citizens may be
nominated as candidates for the
election May /.
Chairman Newell w. Ellison
pointed out that the law requires
candidates to be nominated by
petitions signed in each case by
at least 100 registered voters.
Copies Of the new regulations
and Of the form Of nominating
petition are available at the
board Office on the ground floor
of the District Building.
Any citize mean run for the
offices open in the political par
ties If he has registered as a
Voter here and has lived in the
District continuously for the last
three years.
! Regulations Detailed
/ Mr.. Ellison said the regula-
lions set out in detail how the
nominating petitions should be
filled out and submitted to tho
board. In order to be valid they
must be filed wit hthe board not
later than March 30.
| The chairman emphasized,
however. that it is advisable and
would be helpful for petitions to
be filed as early as possible. At
the May l election. both the
Democratic and Republican Par
ties will elect delegates and alter
mates to the 1856 national con-
ventions, District members of the
national committees and mem
bers of the local party committees.
In order to qualify, residents
must register in advance of the
election. This may be done in
the Office Of the Elections Board
at the District Building.
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parents awaiting Juvenile Court
action.
Inspector John E. Winters OF
the Youth Aid Division called the
conversion Of the BIB pistols sin
genious. He said: Its too bad
their talents aren't directed to
more constructive channels"
He said this is the first time
"in several years" police have
run into zip guns"
Sixth Precinct Pvts. P. w
Hanft and N. G. Yeager said
they heard shots coming from q
wooded area near the 5000 block
Iof New Hampshire avenue NV
Sunday morning and stopped tc
investigate.
Pvt. Hanft said the boys were
shooting into the woods. The
boys were taken into custody and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-14
BY FRANCIS P. DOUGLAS

The Tri-State Commission
which has been studying the
Washington areas transit facil-
titles, today recommended tenta-
lively a central downtown ter
Iminal for suburban bus lines.
The commission also saw as
la desirable ultimate goal "a CO.
Iordinated transit operation for
the entire Metropolitan Area OF
Washington, with transfer priv
Iileges between all present and
future city and suburban routes
Meanwhile. the commission
suggested. the various transit
companies serving the area
might work out inter-line trans
fer arrangements. 1t said these
would result in some savings to
the passengers from Maryland
land Virginia.
The commission includes rep
resentatives of the District
Maryland and Virginia. 1t was
set up in 1854. The Maryland
and Virginia members reported
today to their respective legisla-
lures.
| A resolution to extend the
commissions life two more year,
was offered in the Virginia Gen.
eral Assembly last week. Tht
Maryland members also recon.
mended that the commission b.
continued.
Terminals Now Scattered
In suggesting a central ter
minal for the suburban lines. tn,
commission pointed out that thu
present terminals are scattered
throughout the downtown dis
trict.
I'm some instances" the com
mission reported, ut is necessar!
for an individual passenger Il
use the vehicles Of three indie
pendent carriers and pay thret
separate fares to complete a tril
within the Metropolitan Area.
1.-THE alternative to the transi
rider is long walk to reduce tn,
number of carfares to two. TIL,
more probable alternative. O
course, is the abandonment o
transit altogether and the use o
q private automobile to maxi
such trip"
In addition to recommending
transfers, the commission had ;
second recommendation for max
ing transit service more attrac'
tive to passengers from Mary
land and Virginia. This woult
be a. through routing Of buse
90 pR sengers would not have h
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CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The Cooperative Food Dis
tributors of America continue
their meetings in the Hotel
Statler.
The Tax Executive Institute,
Inc. goes into its fourth day
in the Shoreham Hotel.
The National Association Of
Supervisors continues its
three-day meeting in the
Shoreham Hotel.
The American Hospital As
ISOLATION continues its Sem
mar Workshop on Hospital
Planning in the Sheraton
PNk Hotel.
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$4,000 to Get Raises

MIAMI BEACH. Fla, Feb. IA
(P. - The Railway Express
Agency. Inc, and the Brother
hood of Railway Clerks reached
an agreement yesterday on a 91a-
cents-an-hour pay increase for
80, 900 employees. plus an en-
ployer-paid welfare plan.
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81 New Citizens Sworn,
Hear Warning on. Soviet

There title than that Of American citizen Gen
Graves Erskne USC retired said today at naturalization
ceremony at the United States Courthouse
Ninety-one persons natraized American
citizens Judge Charles Mclaughlin Of District Court presided
at the ceremony
Among the citizens Constance McAndrew
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-14
BOYS Convert BIB Guns
Into .22-CoIiber Pistols

Northwest boys arrested shooting target
guns they had converted into deadly 22caber pistols police
revealed today.
The boys, H. IS and IA years of age,
charged with of deadly and dschargng fire.
the District They released to the custody Of their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-14
The
Rambler
Almost Enough to
Breuk q Man Down
By JACK JONAS

A fellow in the express bus
mess here recently got a long
distance shipment Of fine fur
niture from Atlanta, destined
for a plush Washington home.
When it arrived, the ship
ment was inspected to see how
it had stood the trip. Every
thing was tip-top, except an
antique mirror, that was not
quite in one piece.
The express man, properly
appreciative of antiques, was
aghast.
But he knew an expert who
repaired broken glass so that
the mends were invisible. The
expert came high, but the ex-
press man knew, through
years of hard knocks in the
business, that satisfied Gus
toners are important.
So he meticulously gathered
up the broken pieces and took
them to the expert.
The mirror man did q fine
job. The bill was $50. The
mirror was put with the rest
Of the stuff, and the shipment
was delivered.
The next day the recipient
called the express company.
"Your SERVICE" she said,
twas excellent. I'm very well
satisfied. Why, you've even
fixed my broken mirror!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-14
Biosed

Lawyer Joe Sitnick was
working beaver-like on a
telephone case for q mer-
chant who had been left out
Of the Yellow Pages. The
merchant was unhappy and
thought the lawyer could do
something in court.
$50 what happens?" Mr..
Sitnick said. Here l am,
working on this case, and q
friend calls.
"Hey, Joe,' he says.
What's the matter? / can't
find your number in the new
book
$50 I check, and sure
enough my own numbers
been left out Of the Yellow
Pages. Now I've got to turn
this mans case over to an
other lawyer. I'm too biased
to handle it."
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Unfrocked

A minister here sticks by
the long frock coat. His wife,
when occasion demands, sends
the coat OF to a reliable
cleaner.
When some clothing came
back from the cleaners not
so long ago, she was unable
to find the frock coat.
She called the establish
ment and was told the coat
had not been received. She
was polite, but insistent. 1t
had been sent there.
The cleaners, being a most
reliable firm, bought another
frock coat, a $l85 model, to re-
place the missing garment.
Recently, the minister's wife
was rearranging a closet and
there, on a hanger at the reat,
was the original frock coat.
Sentiment
A woman just out of the
hospital after a minor OPP
Grafton tells about her room
companion, a work-worn
lady Of about go with a
deeply lined face.
The lady, a charwoman,
had no relatives here, but
her colleagues in the clean
ing ranks were regular visi-
tors. The woman there for
the operation said she over
heard this touching COM
ment from one Of the visi-
tors:
1--WE miss you, Bessie.
We're keeping your bucket
for you. Nobody else gets to
use 1t. You ought to see it,
30 shiny and clean"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-19
Newsmon Pays Off AL Star Bet
BY GoIfinq to Crater on 'Fuji'

the edge of the crater. He sank
his putt at APO p.m.-10 min
uteS short Of IL hours after he
teed off.
Most of the time Schuck had
to use a runnerup iron and
gently scoop-hit the ball over
rocks and lava crevices. A good
many shots were under 10 yards
and a few resulted in net losses
when the ball would bounce back
into a playable position. A hook
or slice and the ball would dis
appear into the misty cloudy at
mosphere hanging over the upper
part of the mountain. In such
cases, Schuck would drop a ball
in playable position at the near
est point where the ball was
last seen.
Nov I'm not saying I proved
anything by this. except maybe
that I don't know how to pick
baseball winners" Schuck said.
81 was so sure the Americans
Qeague team would win the ALL
Star Game that I got foolish
and said I'd drive a golf ball
up Fiji if the Nationals won"
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TOKYO, July 10 (R.-An
American newsman who bet on
the wrong baseball team teed of
at the base of Mount Fujiyama
at $50 am. Tuesday.
Ten hours so minutes, q golf
balls and 1,275 strokes later.
Don Schuck sank a 150-yar6
putt" in the crater of the
12,395-foot dormant volcano.
ut was the best drive of the
day." Schuck unused as he
nursed his blistered hands, land
the one putt in my life knew l
couldn't miss-that's the biggest
golf cup in the world"
Schuck, "a, came to Japan
five months ago as a civilian
newsman after working on the
Sarasota News, Sarasota, Fla
He was accompanied to the top
by Air Force SiSergt. Lee Tor
liatt of Petaluma, Calf, who
kept score.
Amazed Japanese climbers
shook their heads and muttered
about those crazy Americans
as Schuck drove the bali up
wards in the 11-miie climb to
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Colt Rockies
Open Drills

WESTMINSTER. Md. July 10
(P.-The Baltimore Colts issued
football equipment today to 80
rockies, including the highly
touted Billy Vessels. as preseason
drills began at Western Mary
land College.
The rockies are getting a
week-long Jump on Colt veterans
who will not report until July Is
Vessels and Bernie Flowers
both 1852 All-Americas, are the
biggest names among the rookie
crop. Both were outstanding in
their single year of Canadian
professional football before 60
ing into service.
Three others reporting tc
camp are not rockies. Buck
McPhail. Vessels running mate
at Oklahoma and in the Army
played the 1853 season with the
colts. So did Ed Moduszewski
also fresh from service.
Two-a-day practice sessions
will begin tomorrow with two OIL
three daily classroom lecture
sessions squeezed in.
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RossIyn Club Qualities
For SoftbulI Tourney

RICHMOND. July 10 (Spe-
ciaD The Rosslyn Engineering
Co. softball team is one Of II
which have joined the Virginia
Amateur Softball Association
and qualified for district tourna.
ment competition next week
end.
A district must have at least
three teams to hold a tourna-
ment. In order to meet the
quota, the various districts have
extended the entry deadline un-
til midnight Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-19
U. S. Bows to British
In Court Tennis PIuy

LONDON, July 10 up. "A
combined oxford Cambridge
court tennis team defeated a
United States college team, IA
in a three-day match which
ended yesterday.
The British players won the
challenge cup presented by
James H. Van Allen of Newport
R. 1, Winthrop Aldrich. United
States Ambassador in LONDON
presented the cup to the win.
ming team at a reception at the
Guards Club. London.
The Oxford Cambridge team
led, 5-3, at the start of yester'
days play.
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LITTLE SPORT
Home Plate Club
.PIuYs Rotary Nine

Home Plate Club and Rotary
Club meet at $50 pm. today on
the North Ellipse. both seeking
to tie Federal Storage for the
second half lead in the Clark
Griffith Me m orial Baseball
League.
Federal Storage took COM
mand yesterday with a 3-1
record by beating Washington
Gas Light Post A, 12-1. in eight
innings. Tony Baker allowed one
hit in the first six innings and
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of the Metropolitan Golf Associ-
alton. said yesterday.
The French tournament is
scheduled July 1925 with the
International Seniors July 90
20.
Others on the United States
team are Egon F. Quittner of
Rydal, Pa, Frank Edwards of
ISpartanburg, S. c., Col. C. D.
McAllister of Orlando, Fla. Wal
ter D. Peek of New York City.
Walter PerderSon of Wilton,
Conn, William N. Lane of Chi
cago, Or. William A. Hills of
Greenwich, Conn.,. Frank E.
Jones of CoShocton, Ohio,
Adolph Skinner of Nashville,
Tenn, and William Guse of De-
Itroit.
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D. C.. PLAYER Ousted

FOREST HILLS, N. Y, July
10 (P.-Frank Murphy of Wash
ington, D. c., was eliminated
from the boys division yesterday
by second-seeded John Bolts III
of Bronxvile. N. Y, 60, 81
81, in the Eastern Junior anC
Boys tennis championships al
West Side Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-19

Gordon Kissner none in the last
two.
Gary Miller slammed a two
run homer in the sixth and
batted in three runs. and Buddy
Montgomery also knocked in
three with a double and a single.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-19
Kansas City Golfer
Heads u. S. Seniors

NEW YORK, July 10 up. =
Maurice Smith of Kansas City
has been named captain of the
team of United States senior
golfers who will compete in both
the French Senior tournament
and the International matches
at Deauviile. France, Ed Knapp
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15
Teachers Bonus
Helps Portugal

LISBON, Feb. Is CNANA) ~
Two out of three of Portugal's OIL
million inhabitants could neither
read nor sign their names Is
years ago. In 1880, only three out
of 10 Portuguese children went
to school.
Today. with education free
from 2 to II years and compul-
sorry from Z to 10, 40 Of every so
attend school. What is more. if
they haven't learned reading.
writing and arithmetic and his
tory and geography at the age
of II, they have to stay on and
attend evening classes until they
do.
1850 New Teachers
To make such education pos
sible, 1855 new state schools
have been built and some 17,600
teachers recruited. To find so
many teachers was no easy task.
but recruiting was aided by the
fact that special qualification
seldom was required and that
most educated Portuguese have
not one but two or three jobs
simultaneously. Teachers are en-
couraged by a SIS bonus for each
pupil who passes his primary
exam. -
BY 1850, only one Portuguese in
three. most Of them adults. was
illiterate.
In 1852, with comparatively
few illiterate teen-agers left.
Portugal COULD turn her atten-
ton to adult education. Within
three years more than 10000
adults have been encouraged,
cajoled and bullied into literacy.
Many Women Pupils
Though all are welcome (the
Oldest pupil is 1887, it is the
under-35s on whom the cam
paign for adult education is con-
centrated. Instruction is free
and at hours between 9 am and
10 pm. chosen by the pupil. In
a country where women are
deemed of little Importance ex-
cept as wives and mothers 1t is
noteworthy that one adult pupil
In three is a woman.
In 1850 there were about
million illiterates under IS, to-
day there are some 100000. OF
the latter, around 100000 are
now attending adult classes.
Adult curriculum includes in
struction in cultural subjects.
To stimulate an interest in
education in adults the law bans
those who have not passed ele-
mentary exams from state or
municipal employment. Hitter
ates also are banned in public
utilities, from trade and in
dustry. from possessing a driving
license, and even are stopped
from emigrating. Finally. draft
ees must remain in the army
until they have learned to read
and write.
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|YouthConvicted
lin Girls Death

A 19-year-old youth was con-
victed last night by a District
Court jury of first degree MUIR
der in the beating and drowning
of a teen-age girl in an apart
ment where she lived in the 1900
block Of Georgia avenue NV.
He is Russell e. Carter. 10,
colored, listed as having no fixed
address. The victim was Caro-
line Nelson, Is, colored.
The jury found Carter guilty
on a first degree count which
accused him of "purposely" kill
ing the girl on May 81 while per-
petrating the crime of house.
breaking. The first degree con-
viction carries a mandatory
death penalty. The date of exc
cution is to be set later.
Acquitted on One Count
The jury also found Carter
guilty on a charge of entering
the apartment with intent to
steal. The panel acquitted him,
however. of another first degree
murder count which accused
Carter Of premeditated murder.
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Mrs. Goodwin, James Harrison,
20. colored. of 1927 Kendall street
NE. Mrs Goodwin said she was
driving it without his knowledge.
Police absolved Mr.. Harrison in
the case.
A domestic whose husband
died two years ago, Mrs. Goodwin
had not worked, but remained
at home from the time OF the
accident until her arrest. She
said she had not given herself
up because she did not wish to
hurt her children or her mother.
whom she was on the way to
visit at the time of the accident.
In addition to negligent homi-
eide, she was charged with fail
ing to yield the right of way to
"a pedestrian, and leaving the
scene of an accident. She also
said she had no drivers permit.
An inquest was to be held today.
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place N. W., told police she had
meant to remain at the scene
but lost her head.
She was arrested at her home
after police found an abandoned
1858 green and cream-colored
Buick in the 1900 block of Ken
dayy street N. E. The right front
grill and headlight were smashed
in.
Admits Being Driver
1t. Albert B. Nicholson Of the
accident investigation unit said
Mrs. Goodwin admitted she was
driving the car at the time Mrs.
Pinn, the wife of a retired jail
chaplain, was knocked down at
Park road and Warder place
NV.
This was the account she gave
after her arrest by Pvts. H. w.
Carmichael and Harold F. Gipe,
police said:
She was driving with four Of
her children at the time of the
accident. Mrs. Pinn was cross
ing the street in the crosswalk,
but the driver did not see her
until she was hit.
Mrs. Goodwin halted the car
and started walking back to-
ward the victim, together with
two of her children, both girls.
She was about to bend over
the injured woman when some
one advised her not to touch
the victim and volunteered to
call an ambulance.
Her car was parked on an in
cline, and she noticed it start
rolling. One witness called to
her that the brakes were not
holding. and she had better stop
the car.
Sought Parking Place
Mrs. Goodwin said she returned
to the car and began searching
for a parking place. This led
her around a corner. and there
she lost her head and ran away.
Later she had someone drive the
car to the spot where it was
found.
Pvt. Carmichael, hit-run ex-
pert of the AIU, said it was after
Mrs. Goodwin's children were
questioned and told conflicting
stories that Mrs. Goodwin ad-
mitted she was driving the car.
The car belongs to a friend of
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or defect when they examined
Carter.
Several Government witnesses
testified Carter admitted the
crime to police and re-enacted it.
Government witnesses quoted
Carter as having said that he
struck the girl with a telephone
and that he turned the water on
when the girl fell into a bath
tub. Carter did not testify at
the trial.
Carter was prosecuted by As
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

sistant United States Attorney
Frederick G. Smithson. Judge
Henry A. Schweinhaut presided
at the trial.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-02-15

It's easy to register and
qualify as a District voter. Go
TO registration headquarters
on ground floor Of the District
Building and sign up.
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Hit-Run Death Charges
Face Mother of 7 Here

mother of children the eldest years. today faced
negligent homicide charges growing out of the handrun acct
death of Mrs. Cecilia Pnn 49, colored Of 42s Kenyon
street N. w.
Arrested three days after the accident the tip of another
woman Harriet B. Goodwin coloed of Deahed