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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
District, Cincinnati Tie
For Pedestrian Sofety

/ population. the AAA said. A
total of 1850 cities and IS
States sent reports to the AAA
for analysis and scoring.
Statesville. grand winner for
cities under $4,000. had no
pedestrian deaths and only a
single injury. 1t attained a per-
feet contest score on pedestrian
casualty record. and earned SAL
points out of a possible 900 for
program, which includes such
activities as maintenance Of an
accident records system. legisla-
ton and enforcement, engineer
ing. organization. school safety
and public information.
The largest community in the
country to 60 the entire year
without a pedestrian death was
Utica. N. Y. with a 1850 census
population of 100000.
Annapolis. Md. received a
special citation among cities OF
10000 to $4,000 population. and
Westminster, Md. among cities
under 10000.
Maryland tied for second place
with New Jersey and Delaware
among 10 states in Group w
The states pedestrian death rate
was so per 100000 population
compared with an average rate
Of So for others in the group.
Sparrows Point tied with NAL.
verne. N. Y, for third place fol
cities under 10000.
i Special citations will 60 to An.
napolis. Salisbury, Westminster
and Frostburg. while seven othel
cities will receive excellence Of
record" certificates for no pedes.
TRAN fatalities during 1856 anc
previous years.
Annapolis ranked seventh and
Salisbury 10Th in competition
with 524 cities in the 10000
$4,000 population group. and
Westminster was 18th In the
under 10000 group.
Frostburg. also in the under
10000 group. ranked 9th and
will receive an honorable men,
ton award for its program ac-
tivities
Certificates will go to seven
cities for the fatality-free rec
ords. They include: Hagerstown
and Havre de Grace, one year;
Elkton and Rockville, three
years; Hyattsville and Takoma
Park, five years, and Greenbelt
seven years.
In Virginia Roanoke has won
the first place award among
cities In the $4,000 to one million
population class.
4 Virginia received an honorable
mention for program activities
ranking third in its group OF Il
States.
The State had a pedestrian
death rate OF as per 100000
compared with 4.3 for the grout
in which 1t competed.
Other cities in the state TO wiz
awards we're:
Petersburg. honorable men.
ton: Galax. honorable mention
Radford and Salem. special cita,
ton: Virginia Beach and From
Royal. honorable mention.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
Man Hurt in Bridge Leap D. {. Probation
Isl uizzedin Girls Killing rhancp Voted

A young man hospitalized after
"a leap from the Massachusetts
Avenue Bridge was questioned by
police today about the Staying
of 8-year-old Valerie Lee last
April 10.
Detectives assigned to the
rape-stabbing case became in
tereSted after the 22-year-old
'colored man said he jumped
from the bridge about 8 am.
yesterday because he had done
"a terrible thing"
The man appeared remorse-
full over intimacies he confessed
with 12-year-old girl living
in the same neighborhood as
Valerie. Capt. Richard Felber Of
the homicide squad said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
U. S. Says Actor
Owes on SO Tax

Movie star Kirk Douglas is
quarreling with Federal tax off,
Gals over $4,000 they claim he
still owes on his 1858 income tax.
In 1853 Mr.. Douglas reported
an income of $50.270. but the
Internal Revenue Service figured
his income was $260.360.
Mr.. Douglas bought So million
worth of Government bonds in
that year. 81 million Of 1t with
borrowed money. he said in a
United States Tax Court petit
ton filed last week.
But the Internal Revenue
Service said that the S200.8 he
paid in connection with the loan
was not interest and therefore
not deductible from his Fed.
eral income tax.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
|P|unges XIII,
|0ne Is Injured

Two men died and another
was injured seriously in a series
Iof plunges over the week end.
A fourth man was seized as he
dangled by his hands from a
trail at the Taft Bridge.
The dead are:
John Pigford, 30. who jumped
to his death from Taft Bridge
at $50 pm. yesterday.
Elmer Chapman, AZ. who was
injured fatally Saturday night
when he plunged of a second
floor fire escape at 1895 Twen-
tieth street NV.
The injured man is Joseph
Bollo. 30. who leaped or fell from
a second-story window at Cas-
ualty Hospital at $50 am.
yesterday.
The other man was identified
by police as Daniel r. Create.
ljr.. 81. Of Haddonfield, N. j.,
who was dragged back over the
Taft Bridge rail by police and
sent to District General Hos
pital for mental observation.
Mr.. Pigford. according to
Homicide Squad Detective Sergt.
Roy Schwab, was driving with
a girl friend, Juanita Crosby, on
the bridge when he stopped the
car suddenly. Sergt. Schwab said
Mr.. Pigford told her the car had
stalled. He got out as if to fix
lit. but instead ran to the rail
and dived over.
Miss Crosby said Mr.. Pigford.
who lived at 1929 B street S E.,
had been respondent because he
had been suffering from tuber-
culosis. He was pronounced dead
at the scene. 140 feet below the
bridge in Rock Greek Park
Deputy Coroner Richard M. Ro-
Isenberg issued a certificate OF
suicide.
Mr. Chapman. who lived at
1884 Twenty-second street NV,
plunged to his death shortly be-
fore 1880 pm. Sunday. He had
been at a party at the Twen-
tieth street address. He was
found unconscious beneath the
fire escape and was pronounced
dead at Emergency Hospital,
Coroner Rosenberg withheld a
death certificate pending fur
Their investigation.
Mr.. Bollo. a one legged man
who was being treated at Cas-
ualty Hospital for a heart all
ment, apparently rolled his
wheel-chair to a second story
window at the hospital yester-
day and then fell rs feet to the
ground. police said. He suffered
severe cuts and bruises.
Mr.. Create was pulled to safety
at 200 am. yesterday as he
hung py his hands from the
outside Of the Taft rail by Park
Police Pvts. John j. Callaghan
and j. T. Butler They we're
sent to the scene after Charles
Ross, Of 3l5 Kennedy street NV,
saw a man swinging there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

The District tied with Cincin-
natl for first place among cities
of 100000 to one million popula-
ton in the American Automobile
Associations pedestrian safety
survey for 1856, it was an
nounced today.
The Nations pedestrian death
toll for last year slipped to the
lowest on record. said Harry /
Kirk, president of the AAA. The
grand awards go to the State
of Connecticut and the cities of
Detroit and Statesville, N. c.
In a year when automobile
accident fatalities reached a new
high. it is encouraging that one
phase of the traffic accident
problem recorded a new low
Mr.. Kirk said.
According to the best cal
lculations. 1850 pedestrians lost
their lives last year, so fewer
than the previous low OF 5000
in 1854" ne reported.
During the 20 years the AAA
has operated a formal pedestrian
safety program. the annual
pedestrian death toll has been
seen to decline 40 per cent. while
the toll for all other types OF
vehicle accidents rose 33 per
cent, according to the figures
During 1856. the District
counted 80 pedestrian traffic
vehicle fatalities and 2.148 in
juries. The number of fatali-
ties. which mounts to So II BIZ
cycle and streetcar deaths are
included. constitutes the city's
best record since the present
recording system of the police
department began in 1889.
Washington was one Of the
cities receiving major considera-
ton for the grand award, which
Detroit won for the best COM
bined record. and program
among cities of more than SOC, 900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

However. he told police he
could not remember what he had
done the day the girl was slain
He said he had relatives in the
vicinity of Valerie's home in the
5000 block of Jay street NE.
Searching the mans home,
detectives found a pair Of girls
underpants. Valerie's parents did
not identify them as hers, end
they were described as too large
for an 8-year-old.
Suffering cuts and bruises, the
man was treated at District Gen.
eral Hospital. He was saved from
more serious injuries because he
jumped about 10 feet into a tree
top. and the rest Of the fall was
broken by tree limbs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

The House today passed ant
sent to the Senate a bill to pu
the U. S. District Court for thu
District of Columbia under thu
Federal Probation Act.
The measure by Chairman Gel
Ter of the Judiciary Committee
4 is designed to bring the loca
court Under the uniform code
1t had the backing of the Judi.
cial Conference.
The bill carries out one Of tn,
recommendations of a 44-point
plan to revise the probation rule
statutes of the District submitted
by an ll-member group headed
by District Commissioner Davic
B. Karrick.
Specific provision for proba.
ton in the District was made By
Congress in 1910 before rules ir
this field were adopted for Fed
eral courts generally. In 1925
however. Congress enacted pro.
baton controls for other Federal
courts and specifically excepted
the District Of Columbia Court
The Judiciary Committee re-
port on the measure says:
1T should be pointed out thai
the United States District Courl
of the District Of Columbia no,
only handled those cases which
are ordinarily handled by United
States Courts throughout the
country but have a greater num-
Der Of criminal prosecutions
perhaps than any other distric
in the Nation since. by statute
the Attorney General is au'
thorized to institute prosecu.
tons in wider range Of crimins
cases here in the District Of
Columbia.
The bill as drawn will repes,
the probation provisions OF the
District of Columbia code. lns0.
far as the United States District
Courts are concerned. but II
leaves in effect the probation
laws insofar as the Districts
Municipal and Juvenile Court'
are concerned"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
Rent Rate Decrease
Sought for Market
District Boost
Is Opposed by
1000 Patrons

Some 1900 customers OF the
Icity's Eastern Market at Seventh
street and North Carolina ave-
nue. Sc. today urged the District
Commissioners to reduce, rather
than increase. rental rates for
dealers there.
City officials have voted to
boost the rental for average
stands from $45>to $50 monthly.
beginning July /. This is an
attempt to cover the 1888 an
nual deficit in operations.
Petitioners asked the. Commits
sioners to change their phi
losophy about the old Eastern
Market The facility should be
regarded as service. just as
parks and Fairgrounds, Miss
Cora B. Key. of 628 A street
Sc. who delivered the petition
to Offices of Engineer Commits
sioner Thomas A. Lane. said.
Ask Tax Consideration
Food is extremely important"
she added. THE Eastern Market
Is one Of the few places where
you can buy four tomatoes and
be sure that not one Of them
will be bad"
! She said that the petitions
we're distributed to rentorS of
Eastern Market space Friday
and offered to customers over
the counters. Signers requested
city heads. in assessing the
value Of the market, to consider
sales tax revenue from food
sales and the space used in the
building by the Fire Department
and the Weights and Measures
Division of the District Govern
ment.
/ Denver Warnock. Licenses and
Inspections Department admin
istrator. said there was no
doubt" that both Congress and
the Board of Commissioners felt
the market should pay its way.
If the fate Of the market is
to be determined by public re-
action. then all the people in
the District should be given a
chance to be heard at a public
meeting" Mr.. Warnock said. He
predicted that residents from
sections other than the South
east would be unwilling to. go
on substituting the deficit opera
tons of such a market serv. ng
customers from only one part of
the city.
1 Seek TO Break Even
No act of Congress requires the
market to be self-suStaining, he
NOTED. But the goal of the Gem
missioners for years has been to
break even.
Another municipal enterprise.
the Western Market, at Twenty
first and K streets NV. neeGs
only one more tenant to put it's
books from the red into the
black. Mr.. Warnock said. He
pointed out that all but two of
the l9 rentorS at Eastern had
indicated to the city their inten-
ton of vacating.
Our plan now is to give these
Eastern rentors time to move, +"
Mr.. Warnock said. IF even one
of them moves to Western. we
seem to be assured of its success
from a business standpoint.
Average monthly rentals of
stands at the Western Market
now runs at $29. The rates have
been kept lower because this
market over the past few years
has maintained 80 per cent
level Of occupancy, Mr.. Warnock
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

turn. would be named by the
Circuit Court.
Last year. the entire Arlington
delegation successfully supported
IA compromise amendment to thu
Moncure bill which authorized
the present School Board setup
The original bill called for ap.
pointment through the schoo
electoral board-circuit court sys.
tenn. 1t also would have termi.
mated the School Boards electiv,
status Immediately. upon its en-.
Iactment. rather than allowinI
members to serve out their terms
Oppose Key Laws
In addition, the Arlington
delegations compromise maneu
yer succeeded in killing the Boat
wright bill, which would havI
prohibited Federal workers from
holding School Board seats o.
other Virginia Offices.
On the school racial issue, al
four said in reply to the ques'
tionnaire that they are opposed
to two Of the States key anti
indignation laws. One statut,
calls for closing public schools
where indignation occurs. ant
the other provides for withhold
ing of State funds if a school re,
opens on an integrated basis.
Mr.. Winston said, in order Il
keep classrooms open. he would
favor having Arlington appropi.
ate additional school money i.
State funds are withheld.
Mrs. Stone predicted that, Il
funds are held back, the Schoo
Board would sue under thu
doctrine of equal protection
under the laws. There is already
a precedent in a Texas case
she said.
Mr. Mann replied that h,
would never favor shutting dowr
public schools. except to avoit
violence or II the resident
called tor such a move.
Mr.. Broyhill said he would d.
all in his power to maintain I
free public school system.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
CONVENTIONS
TODAY

The National Association
OF Television and Radio
Farm Directors continues It's
Washington Hotel conven-
ton.
Ending a two-day meet
ing, the National Housing
Conference. Inc. holds final
sessions at the Statler Hotel.
The Institute OF Radio
Engineers commission on
electronics goes into its sec
ond day at the Sheraton
Park Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
CAMP FUND FACTS

How To send a Kid TO
camp.
Make out your check or
money order to The Evening
Star Summer Camp Fund.
Mail 1t to The Evening Star,
Washington 4. D. c.. or bring
cash to The Star cashier.
The cost-$36.40 for IL
days, Sl8.2O for six days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

THE STARS exposure led to
to an exchange Of statements
between Crandal Mackey,
commonwealth attorney Of
Alexandra NOV Arlington
County, Va. and M. H. Magru-
der, states attorney for Prince
Georges County, Md.
Mr.. Mackey said that II a
Virginian even waded into
the Potomac to shoot craps Ia
dif1icult way to play the
game) he could do nothing
about 1t. The jurisdiction
was Maryland's.
Mr.. Magruder said that
under the agreement Of l785,
II q Virginian committed a
crime on the Potomac. 1t was
up to Virginia to prosecute.
II a Maryland citizen COM
mitted a crime on the river, 1t
was up to Maryland. Until
the citizenship Of the pro-
prietor Of this houseboat who
was never identihed) was
established there was moth
ing he could do, Mr.. Magru-
der said.
Protests Of the Presby-
terrain Brotherhood Of Alex
andria led to an exchange Of
letters between Gov. Swanson
OF Virginia and Gov. War
field OF Maryland. Finally, in
the summer Of 1907. 1t was
reported in The Star, the ark
was boarded. The gambling
paraphernalia had been re-
moved. The floating casino
had gone out Of business.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

oSAeSOe
boards announcement of a
tentative desegregation program
| A renewed fight in Richmond
next year over the method OF
filling Arlington School Board
seats has been promised by a
lpro-segregation organization.
Asked for Position
In a QUESTIONABLE drawn up
by The Star. Arlington's five
Democratic primary candi-
dates for the House Of Dele
gates were asked for their post
ton on staining the school
board.
In response to the question OF
whether the candidates in the
July 8 contest favored returning
the board to an elective setup
only one. Delegate Kathryn H
Stone. gave an unqualified yes
An opposite stand was ex.
pressed by Thomas j. Broyhill
who said he favored the present
system. He explained that be-
cause ''the County Board i:
charged with the responsibility
of raising revenue to meet bud
get needs, it is important that
there be close harmony between
the school and county boards.
Mr.. Broyhill added:
Appointment of school,
Board members by the County
Board is a satisfactory means OF
achieving harmony and is the
system used in every city in Vir-
/ ginia."
Would Stand Pat
The only other challenger In
the field of i've candidates, Miss
Betty Thompson. did not reply
to the QUESTIONABLE.
Delegate William L. winston
said he feared that any attempt
now by Arlington to win back
the boards elective status woulc
prove unwise. Such a move, he
said, would be likely to bring
enactment of legislation (which
would deprive the community Of
any voice whatever in the Sc
! lection of the School Board"
Mr.. Winston went on to say
that he therefore believes that
the wisest course "for the pres
ent" is to stand pat on the exist.
ing system.
Delegate Harrison Mann's an
swer was that the General AS
sembly has made it plain by
an overwhelming vote that it is
contrary to State policy to have
elected school boards in any
county or city"
No Indication Of Change
Mr.. Mann said there is nc
indication of q change of sem
timent by the General Assembly
"in the near future" He added
that the present system is 'beine
successfully used in all the cities
and those counties which have
executive forms Of government.
The Arlington Defenders Of
State Sovereignty and Individ.
ual Liberties has announced that
it has lined up sponsors for @
bill to be introduced at the next
General Assembly session. which
would take School Board APP
pointmeIits out of the hands oil
the County Board. Under the
proposed legislation. these board
seats would be filled by a schooI
trustee electoral board. which. in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
Arlington Candidates
Split on School Issue
Renewed Fight Pledged in Controversy
Over Election Of Members to Bourd
By SAM EASTMAN

Candidates in Angtons legislative primary have taken
conflicting stands the controversial question Of selecting County
School Board members.
Last the General Assembly took
elect its school board in favor of appointment County
Board
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17

The STORY about the
Heath Ark was one that any
city editor would take pride
In today. There was a layout
Of pictures, one entitled "Rou-
lette and Sweat Room" an
other Keno Room"
Il was quite evident that
. reporter and photographer
had managed to board the
gambling craft, which was
anchored on Alexandria "a
pistol shot from Jones Point
Lighthouse" The lighthouse
is near the present Hunting
Towers Apartments.
1T should have been easy
enough To- get on the gam
bling barge because a small
steamboat named the Ba-
tholdi left Washington every
afternoon carrying passen-
gers to the ark.
But the surreptitious pho
Biography was q feat. There
were no miniature cameras in
that day. :
About in the. shadow Of
the dome Of the Capitol" the
story started. That was
stretching it a little. The
Capitol dome could throw a
long shadow in that direction
only II the sun went down
directly north Of it.
There was a craps table.
The reporter reported. But
rolling the dice was not en-
couraged. THE gentlemen
who run the ark" he wrote,
regard craps as only a pas
time for gamblers of the OPP
poSite color"
The description Of keno
left no doubt about the ma
ture Of the game. Numbered
balls fell by chance from a
whirling receptacle. A man
called the numbers. The play
ers put markers on cards be-
fore them-Bingo!
The big play was on the
roulette wheel. The writer
speculated that this small be-
ginning might make Alex
andria another Monte Carlo.
The ark, The Star noted,
was moored at a point where
the watery boundaries of the
District, Virginia and Mary
land met. Enforcement offic-
ers always reported that it
was out Of their jurisdiction
when they boarded 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-06-17
The
Rambler
-. Recalls Oh
Floating Casino,
By GEORGE KENNEDY

All this fuss between the
Governor of Virginia and the
Governor of Maryland about
an excursion boat moored OF
the Virginia shore with a
Maryland liquor license and
soon to be equipped with slot
machines. brought a tele-.
phone call to the Rambler.
It was from his old friend,
Tom Fitzgerald, 54l5 Connec-
ticut avenue NV. How old
was not realized until Tom
told him that, when he was
studying law so years ago,
there was a similar situation
on the Potomac.
That called for research.
Milton Prensky, The Stars
research director quickly
came up with the date. His
memo read: On Sunday,
August 26: 1906, The Star
carried a spread on a
gambling barge in the Poto-
mac called "the Heath Ark"
This was just a start on
the research. Many ex-news-
papermen may not know how
1t is carried on today. No
longer do you get out the
old frayed volumes and flip
through them. You ask a
technician to put the micro
film for a particular month
on the Recordak reader.
Mrs. Edna Roach quickly
obliged. Then all you have
to do Is to turn the crank
until you get the right page
and read the enlargement on
the ground-glass screen.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1957-07-06
Good Morning Judge
5v ELLIOTT }. PIEzE. Times Staff Writer
News from Mamis Municipal Precinct Court
JUDGE JOHN D. JOHNSON. PRESIDING

Margaret Wood, charged with
disorderly conduct by u-ing pro-
fanity-fined $25 or ten days.
Ollie Mae Hudson and Ellis
Davis - both charged with dis
orderly conduct by fighting with
each other. Hudson fined sos or
ten days, and Davis, SIS or 80
days.
James Colston, charged with
failure to obey a traffic signal,
speeding and driving with a bad
muffler, fined $50 or 80 days on
the three charges.
charged with being drunk - dis
missed.
Solomon Thomas, charged with
assault and battery with hands
on Mcdaniel McCullom. Cose
continued.
Evelyn Riley, charged with as
ssult with gun on Sammy Lee
Range-fined $50 or 20 days.
Horace Mathis, charged with
carrying concealed weapon, fined
$50 or 20 days.
Raymond Carr, Jr., charged
with assault and battery with a
whiskey bottle on Ethel Carr -
fined $50 or 20 days.
Murphy Jones, charged with
interfering with a police officer
while in the performance Of his
duty-fined $35 or IA days.