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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

investigators, is taking over a j
Todd o. Thoman, as one Of the
toughest in the Police Depart
ment.
Ten years ago, experts in
gambling detection estimated
around 500 million circulated
annually in numbers opera
TONS" Capt. Thoman said. You
can multiply that figure today
by three or four times"
Capt. Thoman, who retired
last week and became chief Of
the National Airport Police,
first served with the Gambling
Squad in 1851. His observations
that gambling operations in the
District were at a peak despite
vigorous work was seconded BY
his former superior. Deputy
Chief Clarence H. Lutz. head Of
the Morals Division.
1.-THE field is wide open fol
anyone with enough money to
get into it," Chief Lutz de-
clared. Capt. Layton is ex-
pected to succeed Chief Lutz as
commanding officer of the divi-
sion when he retires on April /
The captain, who has beer
head Of the first precinct
which covers the downtown
area, headed the gambling
squad before that.
Given Special Cases
Capt. Layton, As, won his
reputation through his work on
the gambling squad and as
head of several special investi-
cations assigned him by Chief
Murray. He also handled cases
assigned him by Congress and
the District Commissioners and
one involving gambler payoffs
to policemen.
Capt. Thoman, So, is a vet
eran Of 81 years on the Metro
politan Police force.
He was the principal witness
against Capt. John B. Monroe
and Detec tive George C
Prather, who were convicted oil
conspiracy to accept brides
from number operators in 1855
Capt. Thoman, with the knowl.
edge Of his superiors in the
Police Department, posed for II
months as a participant in the
conspiracy.
81 was threatened and my
family was threatened after thu
case" the retiring captain re.
called. 1T did not bother me-
Chief Lutz praised Capt. Tho.
man as a good administrator
which is what such a job needs
He was able to lay the ground
work to get arrest warrants anc
to prove guilt" he said.
Increasing Difiiculty
Capt. Thoman and Chief
Lutz agreed that the new head
of the gambling squad will not
only face expanding number:
operations but increasing diff.
Guilty in detecting operators
and an apathetic public.
The captain predicted a con.
tinued rise in the amount Of
gambling activity in the Dis.
trict as the population con-
tinues to expand.
Police Department figure:
show the number of arrests In
Washington has been steadily
increasing in the postwar years
For example, in 1852 a total oil
1878 persons was arrested fol
gambling; in 1856. a total Of
1858 was arrested. From June
through September, 1856, a to-
tai of 301 arrests was made
compared to 1886 for the same
period this year.
But the increase in the num-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

THE NEW LITTLE FALLS
INTAKE and pumping sta
ton is planned to take care
of things from now until the
year 1000 AID.
Samuel E. Nicely, civilian
resident engineer for the
Corps of Engineers, United
States Army, showed us
about.
Learn something every
day! The dam they have
been constructing across the
river for the past couple of
years will not change the
level OF the river.
1t is the same height as
a century-old rock rip-rap
dam a 'few feet below the
new one. The only differ
ence is that the new one is
going to be efficient. The
old one always leaked, even
when they put a concrete
cap on it.
I'm the summer" said Mr..
Nicely, "the water is some
times way below the level of
the dam. We'd be in a fine
fix with a pumping station
costing several million dol
lars and not enough water to
keep it in operation"
We walked across it. The
dam is finished from the
Maryland shore to Snake Is
land in the middle of the
river and for a few hundred
feet beyond. Then all is
excavation, a few feet deep
and many feet wide in the
rock bed of the river behind
a Golfer dam of rocks and
earth.
The Golfer dam is far
larger than the concrete
dam under construction.
When the concrete dam is
completed, the contractor,
James McHugh of Chicago,
will remove the Golfer dam.
In fact he has removed it
from above all the completed
portions of the concrete. dam.
This work must add greatly
to the cost of the project.
1--WE couldn't leave that in
the river" said Mr.. Nicely.
1T wouldn't be tidy"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

rdCSO ny Ills pIcucCcSSOIs Odpb
Der of arrests has not kept
pace with expansion of gam
bling activities, because detec.
ton has become more difficult
Chief Lutz and Capt. Thomar
agreed.
while the gambling rings
are still around, counting
houses, which We used to be
able to raid, are now quickly
disappearing" the captain said
Phones Hide Operations
The chief reason for this
has been increasing use of the
telephone by numbers hacker.
and writers. he observed. The
professional g a m blers have
done away with the daily con.
tact that used to give polio.
the chance to observe the op.
Grafton and make the case,
he added.
Capt. Thoman pointed out
that writer's and pickup mer
can go on for a week or more
without having to contact thei,
hackers.
This is a new system-'keer
in number'-by which a person
plays the same number, some.
time for a month, thus elimi.
mating the daily contact be.
tween player and bookie," h,
said.
The new system has made il
more difficult for the occasiona
player to place bets, formerl,
an inroad for undercover police.
men to observe and apprehend
Capt. Thoman said.
The telephone also has pro.
vided more protection for tn,
financial hackers who guaran,
tee the payoffs or bets, he said
Police investigators cannot Ia,
telephones to build up cases, HI
added.
THE hacker is now calm,
his number writer's and pickup
men sinstead of having then
contact him." Capt. Thomal
said. Until recently, he noted
detectives could often trap tn,
ba ckers through telephon,
numbers found in the posses,
sion OF the pickup men anc
writer's.
Change Operation Hours
Detectives now are also facec
with cannier operators, who
have learned caution over thu
years, Chief Lutz said. In the
past, he said, his undercovel
men could follow pickup mer
into their offices, where the
tickets are processed, with rel.
ative ease.
The bookies have spread out
their hours of operation, Capt
Thoman noted. They used tt
operate from 10 am. to about
2 PM. before the race tracks
opened, he said. Now. he noted
they start their work as early
as 6 am.
Friction between gamblers
which once helped detective.
make arrests. is now at a min.
imum. he observed. This may
be due to the increase in the
number of players, he said.
Chief Lutz said, however. tina
police pressure on the large
operators has created a new
problem-the expansion of op,
erations by the small-scal,
bookies. because they are nj
longer afraid of the larg,
operators.
Another reason detection hal
become more difficult, he said
is that some Of the larger oper,
ators have moved their head.
quarters outside the District
away from the jurisdiction O.
the gambling suuad
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
TODAY'S VOLUNTEER
Captain Leads 7 cam
Toward 2OO96 of Goal

civic-minded United Givers Fund team captain. who
offered to contribute the entire himself he couldn't
raise than his quota today close to 200 cent Of
his goal.
Alec jacobson of Vienna, Va, is captain Of a seven-man
team who covered all Of the small businesses-gh less
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

The Capital Spelling Club
will hold its monthly spelling
bee at 1880 O'Clock tonight at
the Mount Pleasant Library,
Sixteenth and Lamont streets
NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
Happier, Healthier Zoo
Expectedin Diet Change
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr

There's culinary deal in store for the animals at
the Washington Zoo.
The triumvrate of young animal experts-Acting
Director Theodore Reed Assistant Director j. Lear Grmmer
and Veterinarian DR. James F. Wright-are working
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
DC. Health Head Acts
In Equipment Mixup

The District Health Department today trying to find out
how much equipment has been ordered for the psyca
building at the District General Hospital.
Opening the 210-bed structure, meanwhile will
delayed after administrative mistakes at the hospital threw
confusion Health Director
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
|Loyton Resumes Attack
On Gambling Rocket
Police Department TroubIeshooter
Moves Beck to Gaming Squad Post !.
By CARL IRVING and ARNALDO OTER'

Police Chief Murrays No trouble shooter went back
head gambling squad this week. faced with numbers
operations estimated at than third Of billion dollars
a year.
Capt John B. Layton rated one of the forces abest
investigators taking job rated by his predecessor Capt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
The
Rambler
Gets Absorbed
ia Water Problems
By GEORGE KENNEDY

If there's anything the
Rambler likes on a brisk fall
day, it is to get into the out
of-doors where men and
machines are tanning nature.
That seems a bit old-fash-
toned with those things beep-
ing and barking their way
around the world, doesn't it?
: At any rate, yesterday
provided an opportunity,
and he went out to the Dis
trict line where a new in
take is being constructed on
the Potomac.
"The water you get from
your tap is a manufactured
product" an engineer once
told him. I'VE take the raw
material and process it."
The Rambler remembers
when his grandmother care
fully boiled the drinking
water and left it to cool in
crockery pitchers on a kitch-
en- table near a window.
Boiled water tasted fiat
and, when no one was look
ing, he drank the raw ma
terial direct from the tap.
But up the street on one
occasion there were two,
then three, typhoid signs on
houses, and one boy in our
class at school died from it.
That was in the fourth grade,
when death both dismayed
and puzzled us.
You have to credit these
sanitary engineers and their
manufacturing process. That
doesn't happen any more.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07

IF today's community can't
take this kind Of thing on itself
as part Of its normal way o.
life, we're in a bad way"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-11-07
More Expensive Items

Already a series of errors has
appeared. the psychiatrist re-
vealed. The number of diff
ferent items requisitioned has
greatly increased. The types
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

(, porch d . dead giveaway that
no one Is at home.
2--Be certain TO lock all doors
and windows.
3--Never. never pull down all
the blinds, or close the shutters,
Also a dead giveaway.
Arrange with a good. trust
worthy friend, neighbor OF
relative to look in" on your
house occasionally while you're
gone to see that everything's ok
Give one Of them a key so they
can get in. II necessary.
6--If you have q garden you
prize. ask a friend to water 1t a
couple Of times so. 1t won't 60
to pot.
Same applies to your indoor
plants you've cared for the year.
around.
II you're planning to be away
for awhile. better arrange to
have the lawn moved SO it's kept
neat. and tidy.
6-Leave your vacation ad.
dress with Q friend-in case Of
emergency.
7--Arrange with the postofiice
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

TO have your mail forwarded for
|a definite period.
8-Make q last-minute and
final check before heading to
the great outdoors. Lighted
cigarettes left in ashtrays? ALI
lights turned on? Any faucets
dripping?
i i 80
THINGS TO DO--An i'm
portant thing to remember q
couple of weeks before taking
on is that you may have to buy
q few things to cart along.
It's always wise to make a
before hand" list so you can
avoid too much time shopping
on vacation days.
II you're going to the sea-
shore. remember to take a couple
Iof beach towels, beach shoes.
bathing cap, beach robe. sun
tan lotion. The entire family
must be prepared
How often have you seen 1t
happen "a. families tearing
hastily to the beach without
forethought. then ending UP by
buying articles at expensive re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

couple OF weeks or so OF sheer
heaven away from clock-watch-
ing, dull chores and shattered
nerves.
But don't run away from it
all too hurriedly in your natural
enthusiasm to escape.
You won't really enjoy your
self away from your home IL
1t hasn't been left in some sort
Of order.
Not that we want to take
things TOO seriously these hot
weather weeks but we'll re-
gret it on the way to that vaca-
ton spot If we haven't made q
few necessary arrangements
4
DOS AND DONTS-Here are
. few dos and don'ts to aid in
leaving some troubles behind:
Cancel regular deliveries by
notifying the milkman, laundry
man. newspaper delivery boy, etc.
SYou can have your newspaper
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

sort shops. And you may not
find exactly what you want.
When it comes to other APP
parel-dresses, sweaters. suits
=. listen to the travel experts
Travel light.
The female in us makes us
want to take along practically
everything we own -. and we
often find we didn't need all
that stuff at all.
With all the so-called miracle
fabrics on the market. we need
to take fewer things. Today we
can wash out a dress. hang it
on the shower-curtain rod. wear
1t next day, and not have to
bother with lot Of luggage.
But all clothing, naturally. is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

not of the non-wrinkling type,
So it's wise to carry 4 small.
light travel iron.
Heavy suit-cases are burden
some to lug around. So think
carefully about wedding out as
much as possible. That way you
won't end up with a hotel, mo-
tel, or cabin-full Of suitcases
TO fall over whenever you take
a step or two.
No one ever leaves for q va
cation without some amount Of
scurry-hurr tension. But It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29
New Firm Formed

BENJAMIN P. Elliott. and An
drew H. MacIntire have formed
a new architectural firm to be
known as Elliott a. MacIntire.
The firm viii have Offices In the
Citizens Savings Building, Silver
Spring, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

forwarded to your vacation adj
dress)
Thieves are on the lookout"
for telltale signs that a house
is vacant, as police authorities
are forever warning US.
A weeks supply Of news
papers or milk bottles on the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29
rATTIc TO CELLAR
Vocation Bound?
Take Things Easy
BY BETTY TREXLER

At long last you the lady of the house, are going
away for that ongawaited and much-needed vacation
Your head is spinning with ast-minute plans. Ali
this escape from routine to the woods, mountains
or beach!
No more boring household or office tasks Just a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-29

Yes. 50 much voIue OF such low
prices! The kind Of d home you'll be
proud Of. Investment in Brookville
will grow in the years. because this is
one Of the finest communities "cIose"
to the Copitol. Drive out TODAY!
See this beautiful spot and the ire
mendous voluel YOU'LL STAY A
llFETlMEl
, 1957-01-24
35OO.OOO-D Dollar
Factory Being Built
In Cubd

CUBA Work has begun on
a three and a half million
dollar factory on the southern
coast Of Cuba, that will use
sugar cane bagasse in the pro
duction Of building board of
all grades, including hard
board, tileboard and decora-
tive panels for marketing in
Cuba and the greater Carib-
bean area.
The factory will employ a
newly developed process for
making a commercially prac-
teal cardboard from t h e
hitherto waste product of the
sugar industry. Previous ba-
gasse board products have
been low density soft board
and insulation board.
Earlier, the company built a
distillery to produce alcohol
from blackstrap or invert mo-
lasses. The alcohol is used in.
Cuba as a motor fuel when
mixed with gasoline.
, 1957-01-24

tons Expert on Population
Problems visited Barbados to-
wards the end of last year and
the beginning of this year,
and undertook an investiga-
, 1957-01-24
u. N. Expert On
Population 10 Advise
Barbados Govt.

DR.. Chris
topher Tietze, expert in demo
graphic statistics arrived IN
Barbados recently to advise
Government o n population
problems, according to an ar
ticle in t h e Barbados
Advocate.
The services of DR.. Tietze
have been made available
through the United Nations
Technical Assistance Admin
istration. This is the follow-up
of a visit here by DR.. Marga-
ret Hagood who carried on
certain Investigations.
DIR. Hagood, United Ma
, 1957-01-24
Export Marketing
Agency Established
In Montserrdt

MONTSERRAT : The Legis
lative Council Of Montserrat
recently passed an Ordinance
establishing a statutory ex-
port marketing agency for the
colony. This follows the for
nation last year Of the Mont
serrat Produce Export Agen-
cy, whose efforts are directed
to the building up of exports
to Caribbean territories.
The passing of the ordinance
must be regarded as a big
step forward for Montserrat,
because the colony will have
an organisation run on COM
mercial lines which will be
devoted to the promotion of
their fruit and vegetable ex-
port trade, primarily to other
territories within the Carib-
bean and also wherever they
can find a profitable market
for the growers which, it is
hoped, will encourage more
efficient production.
With the establishment Of
the marketing agency plans
are now being made to de-
velop the grading and pack
ing station into a modern unit
with grading belts and sizing
machines, the aim of which
would be to put up produce
well graded and well packed
for its export trade.
In addition to undermining
the packing station, Montser-
rat is expanding and modern
izing its cold storage plant
which when completed would
be one Of the best in the area.
, 1957-01-24

ton into the over-population
question in this island, includ-
ing the social and economic
aspects of the problem. Her
visit was made under the aus
pieces of the United Nations
Technical Assistance Admin
istration.
, 1957-01-24
FOR SALE

Project 4-Door Sedan
4 New Tires and Tubes
New Battery Exhaust pipe
Just thoroughly overhauled
Good Running Order
$4,000
Write Box $50
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-04-06
Fla. A & N Gets
Bldg. Program In
Excess 81 Million

TALLAHASSEE. - The Cabine,
Budget Commission has recon-
mended a $2,679,45O building pro-
granl-including $1,947,45O for a
health and physical education ia
cility-for the next two years for
Florida A. and H. University.
The Budget Commission action
is in the form of a recommendation
to the Legislature which will draw
up the final appropriation bill.
Florida A. and M. had requested
$4,642,311. However, the Commits
sion cut deeply into the original
requests of Florida A. and M, the
University of Florida, Florida
State University, and other insti-
tutions.
In addition to the 81 ,947, 45O rec
commended for the health and phys
ical education facility at A. and
M. the Commission recommended
$4,000 for renovation and re-
furnishing Lee Hall Administra-
ton Building and nine dormitories.
Requests by A. and M. which
were defeated by the Commission
included $297,550 for completion
of the proposed new athletic sta
dunn, $345,300 for extension of
campus facilities, and 100000 for
a technical agriculture building.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-04-06
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dential' for its May 1857 article,
what Dorothy cambridge Did in
the Woods"
Complaint differs from any other
libel suit filed in the State, it lis
believed, because it seeks to hold
retail sellers of the magazine in
addition to it's publisher libel. Be-
sides the magazines publisher,
managing editor and author of the
article, Sunset News company dis
tributors, the suit names one
through one thousand John Does.
In her complain Miss cambridge
charged the magazine article,
which she branded false and mallc-
ious, will seriously effect her po-
tential annual income of more than
$250,O00.
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-04-06
AndersOn-Prichard
Profits Increase

Oklahoma City - Earnings of
Anderson-Prichard in 1866 equal
ed $3.41 per share, compared to
$3.05 per share in 1866, according
to Roland V. Rodman, president.
He stated in the company's an
nual report that total earnings for
last year were $5,880,382, compar-
ed to $4,965,220 a year earlier.
Earnings for 1866 did not include
special credit" Of 1851, 764
resulting from sale of the COM
pany's stock interest in Col-Tex
Refining Co.
He said the company plans to
spend $15,250,O00 this year for the
development of crude reserves, i'm
provement of refining equipment,
extension Of gathering lines and
additions to marketing facilities.
Outlays for similar purposes in
Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1957-04-06
oil Industry Plans
Safety Congress

Kansas City, Mo.-Safety prac-
tees in the petroleum industries
will be discussed and analysed in
three sectional meetings as a part
of the Central States Safety Con-
gress to be held here April 18th
and 18th in the Municipal Audi
forum.
Elmer G. Behrens, assistant divi-
sion employee relations manager,
Standard Oil Company, Kansas
City, Mo-, and H. P. Mccormick,
supervisor, Claims and Safety, So
cony Mobil Oil Company, Inc,
Kansas City, Mo-, are in charge of
the program.
Subjects to be featured by indi-
vidual persons include safety in
pipeline maintenance, storage, tank
claiming, disaster planning for the
petroleums industry and problems
current in the transportation, stor-
age and dispensing of flammable
liquids.
Advance registrations indicate
attendance of more than $500 dele
gates to the Congress attended an
nually by accident prevention lead
ers from Missouri, Kansas, Iowa,
Oklahoma, Nebraska and Illinois.
R. L. Mosiman, director of safety
for Kiss & Co., Inc, heads a COM
mittee of 80 members representing
public utilities, private industry,
law enforcement agencies, rail-
roads, and women's groups.
Nationally prominent speakers
scheduled to address general and
particular sessions include Major
General Gerald E. Galloway, divi-
sion engineer, Missouri River Dr.
vision, Corps of Engineers, U. s.
Army, Omaha; General G. C. Stew
art, executive vice president Ma
tional Safety Council, Chicago;
Paul H. Blaisdell, executive secre-
tary "Slow Down and Live" pro-
gram, New York; c. w. Morgan,
chief Pathological safety branch,
Atomic Energy Commission, Oak
Ridge, Tenn; DIR. Mitchell K. "a
Won, Shell Chemical Corp, Cincin-
natl; and Roy L. Warkentin, COM
missioner of labor, State of Kansas;
Mrs. James T. Blair, jr., first lady
of Missouri, will welcome delegates
to the women's sessions.
In addition to hearing top speak
ers, delegates will witness demon
STATIONS, films, and participate in
panel discussions, designed to re-
duce the staggering manpower and
financial losses facing industry
each year. Mosiman pointed out
that the growing success of the
Congress is due in part to the OPP
portunity it presents for study
and discussion to safety representa-
ties unable to attend the weeklong
National Safety Congress held in
Chicago, Ill. each October.
George M. Burns, director of the
Kansas City Safety Council who
is in charge of arrangements, said
reservations for the two day meet