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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
Young Thrill Bomber
Held on Arms Chorqe

One of the 1854 teen-age
thrill bombers" in the Be-
thesda Chevy Chase area has
been arrested in Warwick. r. l..
on a charge of possessing loaded
firearms which police said were
stolen.
He was identified by police
there as David B. Saunders. 10.
son of Benjamin H. Saunders,
a Washington attorney, of the
$500 block of Sunset lane. Ken
wood, Md.
The Saunders youth and two
other teen-agers, one of them
a 17-year-old girl. were stopped
by Warwick police on a routine
check yesterday, and four fully
loaded guns we're found in their
car, 1t. Inspector Joseph Gal
lucci of Warwick police told
The Star by telephone.
Stolen in Concord
Inspector Gallucci said the
guns-a 30 .30-caliber rife,
two .22-caliber pistols and a
.32-caliber revolver-were part
of an assortment of IL guns
stolen Friday night from a
store at Concord. N. H.
He said the trio had admit
ted stealing them and were on
their way from New Hampshire
to New York when they were
stopped about 2::40 am. yes
terday. On the way. the in
spector said, the group dis
posed of seven guns by leaving
them in Cambridge, Mass. with
a Harvard University sopho-
more.
Inspector Gallucci identified
the youth with Saunders as
David P. Newell. 10, of Concord.
and the Harvard student as
Blair Bigelow. 10. of Pomfret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
3 Generations Gather for Baptism
Of Baby Who Inougurotes Fourth

grandmama Mrs. Elizabeth
johnson had to miss the church
service. her handiwork at the
christening was clearly evident.
Cynthia was wearing the same
lacy white christening. dress
which Grandma johnson made
60 years ago for her son and
daughter, and which was later
used by her daughters daugh-
ter. Karen Bamberg Cas-
who, to straighten the family
tree at this point. is one
month-old Cynthia's mother.
Mrs. johnson lives with her
grandson-in-law at 1921 Pine
way.
Busy Hostess
Mrs. Mamie Vekrakas was
the "youngster' among the as
sembled great grandparents.
Cynthia's fathers grandmother,
Mrs. Vekrakas is only 81. Born
in the Bethesda area and the
widow of a Washington restau-
rant man. Mrs. Vekrakas now
lives at the Sheridan street ad-
dress with her daughter and
Son-in-law.
This daughter-Mrs. Charles
Gass, the post-christening host
ess. If you will remember -
served buffet-style dinner,
complete with a big cake in
scribed Cynthia" and spent
most of yesterday trying to
keep the many boughs Of the
family tree in proper order.
I'm glad for one thing" she
said as the day drew to a close
amid the laughter and cries of
the various family sprigs. I'm
glad we have house as big as
1t is. We needed every inch
of all eight rooms and the base
ment."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

Conn. He withheld name OF
the girl, who lives in a suburb
of Concord.
Saunders. Newell and the
girl were charged with pos
session of loaded firearms, a
felony in Rhode Island, and
face a hearing there tomor-
row. Inspector Gallucci re-
ported.
Receiving Stolen Goods
Cambridge police charged the
Bigelow youth with having re-
ceived stolen goods. They found
the guns in his dormitory room
They said Bigelow was the son
of the head of Rectory School
in Connecticut.
Saunders was one of five
youths. all from prominent
Bethesda area families. who
we're found guilty in connec-
ton with the series of bomb
ings there in the spring Of 1854
At the time. Saunders was a
student at Western Suburban
High School.
The Montgomery County Ju-
venile Court on June IS. 1854,
ordered him committed to a
private psychiatric hospital tor
treatment after directing that
he remain under court juris-
LECTION for an indefinite period.
1t could not be learned i'm
mediately when he was re-
leased. but Saunders more re-
Gently has been serving in the
Army. according to Inspector
Gallucchi. He said Saunders is
a private stationed at Fort
Md. and has been in
the service for the last 10 or
IL months. He is on a Today
leave until Friday, however, the
inspector said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
Accord Near on Site
For Sib|ey Hospital
12-Acre Tract
At DuIecorIiu
Is Expected

Army and General Services
spokesman said today they
were near agreement on the
precise site" of a new Sibley
Hospital on a 13la-acre tract
OF Dalecarlia reservoir grounds.
Precise boundaries will not
be officially announced until
Army Secretary Wilbur M.
Brucker approves the layout,
according to the GSA.
But it was learned that staff
engineers are ready to recon-
mend the hospital be given IL
acres bounded by Macarthur
boulevard on the west; Lough-
boro road on the south; and
Dalecarlia Parkway and a por-
ton of Little Falls road on the
east.
Army engineers would be left
a long, narrow l12-acre along
Little Falls road, the northern
boundary of the tract.
Request by President
Conferees have had little
difficulty in approaching ten
tative agreement" GSA off,
Gals said.
They have met in compile
ance with a request of Presi-
dent Eisenhower that Secretary
Brucker pass on the final
layout" of the land. The Presi-
dent made this request Septem-
Der 2 when he signed a bill
authorizing the GSA to trans
fer a reservoir site mot to
exceed IL acres" to the hospital.
The President acted in re-
spouse to an attempt of the
District Engineer to save at
least some of the land slated
for the hospital for pipes, stor-
age facilities or other construc-
ton of the Army Engineers.
They are responsible for supply
ing drinking water to the city.
The tract to be transferred to
the hospital is strategically To-
Gated because a main filter
plant is Immediately to the west
and the major reservoir to the
north of the site.
Maps Being Prepared
USA and Army Engineer
Staffers said maps of the pro-
posed land division were being
prepared. To aid mapping, hos
pital architect Louis Justement
has drafted sketches Of the $50
bed hospital set into the land
scape. according to the District
Engineers water supply chief.
j. C. Smith.
LII. JOHN NJ. Ofem, president
OF Sibley, said he was satisfied
with the reports of the GSA
and engineers negotiations.
Most important. the hospital
appeared to be assured the full
IL acres. he said. This was in
question because the authoriz-
ing legislation called for hos
pital land merely mot to ex-
coed IL acres"
If hospital site plans clear
Secretary Brucker's desk by the
end of the year, hospital off,
Gals hope to break ground at
the reservoir location by early
spring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

cedure in court trials prohibit
a defendant from objecting to
a judges charge to the jury
after the jury has started to
consider its verdict. In short.
the objection must be timely
and not held back as insurance
for a possible future appeal If
the man is found guilty.
In Tatum's case, involving
his confessed rape Of a 9-year-
old girl in 1949. he pleaded not
guilty by reason of insanity.
He was cnvicted once, APP
pealed the verdict, and this was
reversed by the appeals court.
After a second conviction
Tatum's attorney went to the
appellate court again with an
objection to the trial judges
charge to the jury.
Such dragged out cases could
lead to a breakdown of all law
enforcement in a system al
ready plagued by multiple
trials" according to Judge Bur-
gers opinion of Wednesday.
"Tatum's next plea. if we
gave him one, could we'll be
that he has been denied a
speedy trial." the opinion said.
Judge Burger referred to the
case of Dallas o. Williams,
tried five times and convicted
three times on charges he shot
a man during a fight in l949.
Tried Five Times
On November /, a three
judge panel of the appeals
court, with Judge David L.
Bazelon writing the opinion,
reversed Williams 1856 convic-
ton on grounds he didn't get a
speedy trial. Williams, too. had
pleaded insanity.
The United States attorneys
Office here has a file of some
'16 cases of the last five years
that have been taken to the
appellate court more than
once. The charges range from
robbery to murder and several
Involve insanity pleas.
All these cases have con-
sumed years in their slow course
through the courts. Some aren't
through yet.
Take the case of Kenneth
H. Gunther. in a court on
charges he raped a woman in
1852. He was convicted twice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
/ Killed, ; Hurt
In Car Crash

One person was killed and
three were injured last night
when a car jumped a curb and
clipped off the base of a tele-
phone pole at Alabama avenue
and Suitland road Sc. police
said.
Matte Milburn, 80. was pro-
nounced dead at District Cen
eral Hospital. She was thrown
partly through the cars right
windshield by the impact.
She became the Districts
58th traffic fatality this year,
as compared to 48 to date last
year.
Husband Driving
The car was driven by her
husband. William, 40, a Pull
man Co. car cleaner, police
said Their address was listed
as l23 Forty-nlnth street Sc.
Mr.. Milburn is in critical
condition in District General.
Two of Mr.. Milburn'S bro
theirs, Preston, 81, and Clar-
ence. As. also were admitted to
the hospital. Their condition
was satisfactory. police said.
The accident occurred about
6:15 pm, police said.
Lost Control
William Milburn told police
he lost control of the car when
he turned to talk to his
brothers in the back seat.
He was charged with homi-
eide pending coroner's in
quest, driving while drunk. COL
liding and failure to have Dis
trict license tags and a Dis
trict permit.
Meanwhile, police identified
a pedestrian killed Saturday at
Georgia avenue and Shepherd
street NV. as Charles H. Dor
Sey. n, of 7l2 Taylor street
/ NV.
Mr.. Dorsey, a retired Gov
eminent employe, was hit by
a car driven by Howard R.
Dent, 80, Of 609 Orleans place
NE.
Dent was charged with homi-
eide pending a coroner's in
quest, driving while drunk,
leaving after colliding and
reckless driving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

Most young ladies of the
tender age of one month have
lots of doting family members
around at christening time.
Few, however, enjoy the dis
tinction that one-month-old
Cynthia Elizabeth Gass en-
joyed when the holy water was
sprinkled upon her upper
ceptive but happy brow yes
terday.
For, close by and specially
gathered for the occasion. were
at least one representative of
each of the three generations
that preceded her.
1t is true that the three
fourth-generationistS who fore
gathered could not do so in the
st. John the Baptist de la
Sale Church. Chillum, where
the sacrament was solemnized.
Since they were a mite too
delicate to venture into the
winters winds, they stayed at
home until the church service
was over. and then Joined in
the celebration with Cynthia.
The infant is the first child
of William and Karen Gass.
who are not very old them
selves-l9 years. Bill is an APP
prentice steamfittter. The
couples home with Cynthia
is at 1913 Chillum Heights
drive. Chillum. They. of course.
a TENDED the christening,
wreathed in more smiles than
there were relatives.
Grandparents There
Then there were Bills mother
and father - Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles +. Gass. whose home
at 4408 Sheridan street. Uni
versity Park. later was the
scene of the post-ceremony
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

and appealed twice. The start
of his third District Court trial
is awaiting a finding that he
is mentally competent to stand
trial.
And there is Willie Lee Stew
art, first convicted in June,
1858. for the Staying of a grocer
in March of that year. He APP
pealed, and the Court of APP
peals reversed the conviction
A second trial and convition was
followed by another appeal and
a second reversal. His third
trial is yet to come.
"PrOcedural Rule" Hit
Law enforcement officials
here admit they are almost at
their wits end in knowing how
to cope with such situations,
and they frankly resent what
they regard as use of "proce-
dural rule" is bringing on so
many appeals.
They admit Illustration when
juries convict. only to have the
verdicts reversed time after
time in the appellate court on
the basis of objections not rails
ed in the trials by defense at
torneyS.
What worries the prosecu-
tors. particularly in cases in
volving insanity. is that adj
mitted criminals may later be
found sane and-under Dis
trict law be released-free to
commit other horrible crimes.
In an effort to make the law
clearer and perhaps avoid some
of the multiple appeals in in
sanity cases at least, United
States Attorney Oliver Gasch
has asked for a rehearine OF
points in the Russell e. Carter
murder case by the full nine
man bench of the appellate
court.
A three-judge panel of the
court reversed Carriers con-
viction last December. uphold
ing objections to the judges
instruction in the District
Court trial last year.
The Governments petition
for the rehearing also seeks to
have the appeals court clarity
law relating to admission of
confessions in evidence where
a delay between arrest and ar
raignment of the accused is
involved.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
10 Make
$4,000 Study
For Stadium
Survey to Fix
Cost Of Building
By February !

Inc DlStflcL ArmOry boarc
has hired the engineer-archi
tect firm Of Praeger. Kavanagt
and Waterbury, of New York
City, to make an economic-en-
gineering survey for Washing
tons proposed new stadium.
George F. Shea. chairman OF
the board, said the New York
company will file a report nc
later than next February /, al
which time the study will be
presented to the Senate and
House District Committees.
Congress authorized the board
to borrow $4,000. from the
Housing and Home Finance
Agency to pay for the engineer
ing study. The 50,000-seat sta
dium will be located on the ap-
proximately 200 acres located
just northwest of the National
Guard Armory.
Bond Issue
Pending results of the engi-
neering company's study, Con-
gress had specified a Sc million
bond issue to pay for the sta
dium. However, the legislation
also specifies that Congress
must grant the armory board
permission to proceed.
The engineering study is cal
culated to determine a precise
price tag for the stadium and
specify its dimensions and spe-
cial features.
Mr.. Shea said it is hoped
parking for 10000 to 1900 cars
will be provided.
On Advisory Group
Members of the advisory
group that interviewed various
engineers before selecting the
New York firm included Floyd
D. Akers, Leo Casey, Francis j.
Kane. William N. Mcleod, jr.,
John A. Reilly. Fred A. Smith,
Engineer Commissioner Alvin
c. Yelling and Arthur j.
Dutch" Bergman, chairman of
the armory board.
Other members of the Ar
mory board are Commissioner
Robert E. Mclaughlin and Mai.
Gen. William H. Abendroth,
commanding general of the D.
c. National Guard.
Other projects by the COM
pany include the $35 million
Washington street subway in
Boston; Norfolk Naval Air
Station projects; Vero Beach
Stadium in Florida and the
proposed Dodger Stadium in
Los Angeles. - 49,
Emil H. Praeger, a partner
in the firm, was consulting
engineer of Madison Square
Garden and to the White House
Renovation Commission. He
prepared the structural design
of the General Assembly meet
ing halls and underground
garages at the United Nations
headquarters and soil Stabi-
lization report for La Guardia
Airport in New York.
Some of Mr.. Praeger's ideas
for a stadium here we're made
known when he discussed the
project with Mr.. Mcleod and
George Preston Marshall. owner
of the Washington Redskins
He suggested a bowl-type sta
dium last year with a sunken
playing field and all permanent
seats under c0Vpr
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

and medical ignorance to create
a new and higher standard of
health. Despite the hardships
he's already planning to return.
DR.. Dooley had a taste of
what he was to encounter in
Laos when he worked with a
Navy team to evacuate thou
sands of refugees in Southeast
Asia in 1854 This was after
the fall of Dienbienphu, and
Communists added to the nat
ural hazards of the mass move
ment from Northern to South
ern Wet Nam.
Determination that South
east Asia should get a medical
break. DR.. Dooley wrote a best
seller about his Wet Nam ex-
perienceS. entitled Deliver Us
from Evil" With the royalties
from this book, plus aid from
private sources. he acquired
enough money to form his own
medical mission.
Widely Sponsored
He went to Laos under off,
cial auspices of the Interna-
tional Rescue Committee, with
an assist from CARE, United
States pharmaceutical houses
and the Navy. which trans
ported his equipment overseas.
He did not represent this coun-
try in any official capacity and
worked directly under the ma
tive Ministry of Health.
Laos, said DR.. Dooley, is one
of the few remaining countries
where the natives rarely see a
white man, much less a doctor
Poverty, lack of sanitation. and
disease take a daily toll Of
thousands.
When he arrived, he found
only IA other doctors with
varying degrees of training anc
experience. And inhabitants OF
the Northern Laos jungles were
to all practical purposes, be-
yond medical help.
But that was where he
headed-north, to the small
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

THE MANAGEMENT of the
shoot provides the 12-gauge
shells. This is a saving of
seven or eight cents to the
shooter. But the intention
is not to save him money.
1t is to assure fair play. Men
have been known to reload
their shells so that they
would throw a tighter pat
tern-more chance of making
a perforation at the bulls eye
of the target.
A we'll laid-out turkey
shoot has 20 firing positions
and 20 posts for paper tar
gets. Twenty contestants,
who have paid a dollar each,
fire. more or less simultane-
ously. The targets are
brought in and the judge
sorts them, throwing most of
them away, but retaining
three or four with a perfora-
ton close to the center. Then
he gets out a pair of calipers,
the measuring instrument
that resembles the draft
mans compass.
With contestants looking
over his shoulder, he meas
ures the close ones. The cali
per is a very exact inStru-
ment. 1t is a rare occasion
when he has to order a shoot
off.
The Rambler's awareneSs
of this fun with a which
can be experienced of any
road out of Westinghouse
not a matter of egressing
from the highway. In 1882
40, he was a member OF the
Fairfax (Va.) Volunteer Fire
Department. He wasn't much
help at putting out fire, but
on one occasion he did very
we'll at a turkey shoot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
Judue Warns of PeriIs
In Technically Appeals
Opinion Says Dragged Out Cases
Could Breuk Down Law Enforcement
BY PHIL THOMAS

Are defense attorneys playing Russian roulette" with
by making continued appeals convictions
of dangerous criminals?
Judge Warren Burger of the United States Court Of
Appeals question last week opinion attached to
decision affirming the rape conviction of Ernest Tatum
Judge pointed that Federal rules of criminal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
DC. MedicoI Missionary
Enlisted Witch Doctors

Washngons DIR. Thomas A. Dooey medical missionary
with a one-track mind
The track leads straight into the junges Of Laos Of
the last frontiers for modern medicine
DR.. Dooley Just back from the little country between
Wet Burma, where fought witch doctors filth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11
The
Rambler
-. Hos q Timely Tip
For q Good Time
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

The m odern improved
roads which allow motorists
to travel through our won
derful country at a constant
speed of a mile a minute
that was impressive when
the Rambler was a boy-are
called limited access.
The motorist always has a
planned trip, and the plan
usually calls for more mileage
an hour than he can make.
He is driving the greatest
time saving device in COM
mon use-and he has no
time.
SO the city man, even after
so years of the automobile,
hasn't got to know the coun-
tryman and is unaware of
some of his simple seasonal
pleasures.
Take the turkey shoot.
Many of my friends who have
guns on their racks both for
the upland shooting of quail
and rabbits which opens
Friday in Maryland and next
Monday in Virginia and the
duck hunting which opened
Thursday, are not aware of
the rules and the fun of a
country turkey shoot.
They have sped past signs
Turkey Shoot Thursday,
Friday and Saturday" and,
either their attention was en-
tirely taken up by the con-
crete ribbon ahead or their
city standard of only speak
ing to servitors or to people
they don't like after an in
PRODUCTION, keeps them from
realizing they could turn of
and have fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-11

TO THE LITERATE, mean
ing those old enough to have
read James Fenimore Cooper,
the turkey shoots suggests
Natty Bumpo, 1.-The Deer
slayer" Natty insisted, with
remarkable craftsmanship,
that the smooth bore was
better than the rifle.
THE inside of the rifle
barrel has spiral grooves that
give the projectile, whether
1t be a .22-inch bullet or a
16-inch naval shell, a spin
that means more accuracy
When Natty won turkey
shoots with his smooth bore
gun, turned on his own lathe,
he shot the head off a turkey
tied behind a log 100 PAGES
(ori maybe it was 1907 away.
I am told that there are
places in the Pennsylvania
backwoods, within easy driv-
ing distance of Washington,
where the turkey shoot, old
American plan, is still carried
on.
But you have to be an aw-
fully good shot to win a tur-
key; and humane societies,
and the prevailing sporting
spirit of fair play, find fault
with using a live turkey with
his feet tied as a target.
The turkey shoots here
aboutS which have been a
bonanza to volunteer fire de-
partmentS and Izaak Walton
Leagues do not call for skill.
Winning a turkey is a matter
of luck. All you have to do is
to perforate a target, 100 feet
away, with a pattern of pei
let's from a shot gun.
Anyone can hit the target
from that distance. What de-
termines the winner is the
perforation nearest the CEN
ter of the target.
Because of inflationary'
presSures it now costs 81 to
take a shot at most turkey
shoots. 1t was 35 cents be-
fore the war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-02
Boptists Open
BuiIdino

Opening services and dedica.
ton for the new Silver Spring
building of the Petworth-M Mont
gomery Hills Baptist Church will
be held tomorrow in the building
at 9727 Georgia avenue.
First services will be held al
III am.
At 7:45 pm. dedication of the
building will take place with the
congregation of the Petwortt
Baptist Church, parent body Of
the new church, attending the
service.
DR.. M. Chandler Stith, execu-
tive secretary of the District
Baptist Convention, will be the
principal speaker.
The new structure. designed
by Architect Elmer Cappelmann
is an educational unit and in.
cludes a temporary sanctuar,
which will accommodate some 4OC
persons.
According to the pastor, thu
Rev. S. Lewis Morgan. jr., the
new church's congregation is ar
integral part of an enlarged
Petworth Baptist Church. HI
will alternate with the associate
pastor. the Rev. r. Brown
Hughes on the preaching duties
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-02
Conference Will Open
Tuesday in Arlington

More than 100 ministers and
laymen from the State Of Vir-
GINA are expected to attend
the three-day Mid-Winter Re-
treat of the Virginia Conference
of the Evangelical United Breth-
rem Church which opens Tues
day at st. Marks E. U. B.
Church. North Glebe road and
Twenty-flfth street, Arlington.
Among the speakers sched-
uled for the retreat are DR.,
Frederick E. ReiSsig. executive
secretary of the Washington
Federation Of Churches: DR..
Albert Shirley. pastor of Mount
Vernon Place Methodist Church
and president of the federation;
DR.. Harry Denmen. executive
secretary Of the General Board
of Evangelism of the Methodist
Church, and the Rev. William
Basom. pastor of the Beverly
Hills Community E. U. B.
Church.