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going of elsewhere in the school
and there was no trouble.
To the recreation director
what happened at Douglass is
'symptomatic" of a city-wide
problem.
TITS something that cuts
through racial lines and sections
of the Metropolitan Area. The
mobility of juvenile gangs today
is noteworthy. They can travel
from one section of the city to
another and disrupt other COM
munities. The gangs from areas
without the best recreational IA
cilities sometimes travel to the
better recreation centers and
horn in.
I'VE can't let juveniles buff
falo us. All of US, in and out of
government. must face the
problem. Perhaps we need to re-
Ievaluate our present proeSams
along with the needs of our
youth and try other solutions"
The police also regard this as
a city-wide problem.
We've given these trouble
makers their last warming" said
Inspector John E. Winters, head
of the departments Youth Aid
Division. when they pull this
sort Of thing, they're going to
be arrested and brought in. And
If they get violent while they're
being brought in, they're going
to be subdued. We have had
enough of these disorders"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Machine Age Catching Up
With D. C. Tax Evoders

Continued From First Pag,
ing, the sales taxpayers will be
checked against employers re-
porting withholding taxes.
Self-EmplOyed Checks
What Of the self employed
The income and franchise taS
division of the assessors office
has enlarged its investigative
and auditing staff. These ex-
.perts. Mr.. Back said. will comh
the Federal tax returns in Bal
timore. check the registries OF
the various professional associa-
tons and go through the license
files to locate any District resi-
dents not paying the tax.
If anybody not subject to with.
holding tax or sufficient with.
holding tax fails to file a decla.
ration of estimated tax and pay
on it during the year, the ma.
chimes at the end of the veal
will determine whether the dec.
laration should have been flee
and automatically compute the
penalty.
Mr.. Back explained that by
mechanizing the operation, the
tax experts will be free of cleri.
cal chores and checking on SIM
pie mathematics. They will be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Bridegroom, l8, Shot
At Wedding Fete. Dies

An 18-year-old bridegroom
shot at his wedding reception
March 8. died yesterday in Dis
trict General Hospital.
He was Paul Jackson of the
1900 block of independence ave-
nue. Sc, who was shot after an
argument in the home Of his
brides mother, Mrs. Roberta
johnson, Of the 1400 block of
Half street S.W.
Police charged Martin Luther
Coleman, jr.. a 39-year-old stock
clerk at Walter Reed Hospital,
with assault with a dangerous
weapon at the time.
Detectives said MIR. Jackson
had attempted to stop an argu-
ment between Coleman. his best
man. and another guest when he
was shot. Police said Coleman
turned himself in to police.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17

at least three more rowing lead
ers should be provided as re-
quested in the fiscal 1858 Dis
trict budget. He said more funds
have also been requested to ex-
pand the nighttime recreation
center programs so that six of
the centers can be open three
nights a week instead of the
present two. A House Appropria-
tions subcommittee considering
the District budget heard testi-
mony in closed session last week
on the need for more rowing
leaders and other recreation
improvements. The legislators
seemed favorably inclined to
grant money for more of the
rowing leaders in view of the
constructive though limited work
along these lines to date.
Mr.. Christensen said the de-
partment's program has been
very successful with no trouble
even remotely resembling last
Mondays incident. Two days
later. a acknowledgement
basketball game was held in the
Douglass auditorium while other
hobby and crafts classes were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17

able to devote their time, he
said. to detailed auditing, COM
pliance. enforcement and discov-
ering of delinquents.
Before the machines. Mr.. Back
said, the auditors might be nudg-
ing the end of the three-year
statute of limitations before mis-
takes or evaSions were uncoy-
cred. Now, he predicted, even
though the process is brand-new
and bugs are inevitable, the Dis
Itrict will be able to get the ac-
counting done. refunds made.
and suspicious returns into the
hands of the income tax audi
tors by June.
For the taxpayers, the ma
chimes provide one hopeful note:
The District will be able to find
mistakes in favor of the tax
payers like those who forgot to
divide their 1856 taxes in half
and return their money in a
hurry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Plane in Trouble,
.Thurmond Shruqs
And Resumes Nap

WILMINGTON. N. c.. Mar. Is
ItR.-A twin-engine plane with
two United States Senators
aboard landed here today with
one of its engines dead, an Incl
dent one of the Senators ignored
to the point of mapping through it.
Senators Thurmond, Democrat
of South Carolina, and Lausche,
Democrat of Ohio, were aboard
the National Airlines craft when
the engine failed north of Will
mington. They were en- route
from Washington to Charleston,
is. c.. to address the 156th an
Inual banquet of the Hibernian
Society.
When the plane captain told
passengers of the difficulty, Sen
ator Thurmond, a reserve brig
adler general. was asleep. Sem
'ator Lausche awakened him to
tell him of the trouble.
Passengers said Senator Thur
mond shrugged and went back
to sleep.
After f1ve-hour delay. the two
Senators continued their journey.
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conscious Of youth problems and
have worked at them. The incl
dent happened there. Could il
happen elsewhere?
Yes, said Recreation Director
Milo Christensen and Mrs. Nina
Trevvett. staff director of the
Commissioners Youth Council
Danger of Explosion"
Gang activities are going on
all over town with the possible
exception Of most of the areas
west Of Rock Creek Park" said
Mrs. Trevvett. There is a dan
ger OF explosion at any time
1.-THE benefit of the so-called
rowing leader of the Recreation
Department has been clearly
shown in the Youth Councils
Neighborhood Area l. tthe Sec
ond Precinct where the expert
mental gang control program
has been underway. There is
only one of these leaders in the
District today. We need more to
work with the juvenile gangs to
channel their energies along
worthwhile lines or activity"
Mr.. Christensen agreed that
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
institutions to Get
Medical Aids

Medical equipment viii be
presented to four institutions
Tuesday night when the Met
ropolitan Heart Guild celebrates
its eighth annual founders night
Mark Evans, radio and tele.
vision personality, will act al
master of ceremonies at the
meeting at $3.50 pm. in the Eie
Auditorium. B'nai Israel Syna-
gogue. Sixteenth and Crittender
streets NV.
The group will present q
microscope machine to the He
brew Home for the Aged, q
freezing point osmometer to the
renal laboratory of Georgetown
Hospital, a pacemaker to the
George Washington University
Hospital. a wheel chair and two
bedside tables to the Christ
Child Home for Convalescent
Children. and money for emer-
gency oxygen to the ChildrenS
Convalescent Hospital.
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must reach if We are to do any
thing about the behavior Of our
children"
Does More than Talk
To Mrs. Ella Foster. president
of the Garf1eld-Douglass Civic
Association. the episode lis a
reflection against all our COM
Imunities."
Every association all over
Washington will have to busy
itself to understand youth and to
find ways to guide their activ-
titles. We can't. any of us. turn
our backs to the problem. We
can't let children rule our COM
|munities." said this longtime
Southeast resident who has been
president Of her association for
the past six years.
Mrs. Foster does more than
talk. Under cher leadership. her
association won The Stars civic
award in 1855 for,
among other things, undertaking
"a positive program of putting
the areas known bad boys to
useful purposes.
So. citizens of this area are
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
A Community Confronts
Juvenile Gang Violence

with a boy who had been hit on
the head by a brickbat. He was
bleeding profusely so I headed
toward the school with him to
wash out the wound.
Taken TO Hospital
Before we could reach the
building. the first scout car drew
up. I yelled. For Lords sake,
get that cruiser out Of here.
They'll ruin it. They hadn't a
chance to move before the first
rock landed with a terrific bang
on the roof of the car"
AS reinforcements kept arriv-
ing and headlights glared into
the darkness. the mob dissolved
and the rock-throwing ceased,
The injured boy was taken to
the hospital, where six stitches
were required to close a cut in
his face.
The incident produced these
reactions.
Said Mrs. Fanny R. Dorsey,
principal at Douglass: What we
had outside the school was a
mass of children out Of control"
Mrs. Dorsey. estimating that
80 per cent Of the children in
the mob were her students, called
special assemblies the next morn
ing.
Il talked to them for 20 min
utes." she said Il told them they
had disgraced themselves and
the name of the school. told
them that some of you feel that
you are too tightly controlled.
Well. this shows what you will
do when you get out OF control"
Many children, she said, were
shocked and Mortified" by what
had happened but a small per-
Icentage thought the whole
thing was funny"
1t is this hard core of trouble
makers that damage any school
and community, Mrs. Dorsey
said. Then she added:
You know. in the IA years
have been a principal. it seems
i have come into contact only
with the troublemakers.
Il think to myself as / hand
out diplomas to the good, decent
and capable students each year ::
Why, have never even seen
you before"
Mrs. Dorsey felt that episodes
like this one should arouse the
concern of all parent-teacher
groups. but she added: Those
parents who make it their re-
sponsibility to attend these
meetings are not the ones We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Continued From First Page

shouting. Let him go, you -
and things like that, mostly
dirty.
II kept on going with the
boy. BY that time. the crowd
was damned in so close we were
being showed along without any
control at all.
Then things started flying
through the air. I was hit twice
on the back-once by a stick,
think. and once by rock. Kids
in the crowd were being hit. too.
The stones and sticks seemed to
be coming from the outer edge
OF the mob. They were too
packed near me to throw things.
felt very helpless.
I'm what little time had to
think. I thought about pulling
out my night stick. But ! de-
cided no. I guess I also figured
that if I'd done that, they would
only have grabbed it away from
me and beat me with it. So ]
just kept my hand on it so they
wouldn't grab it of my belt.
Boy Hit by Brick
mo. I didn't even consider
reaching for my gun. After all
they we're kids.
"A little boy standing close to
me was hit by a brick on the
forehead. He fell to the ground
The whole crowd kept showing
on. AS the stones few thicker
everybody started trying to get
away from the middle. About
five boys grabbed the boy l was
holding and tore him away.
by that time, I was pretty
close to the police cali box. / got
around behind wall in front of
church across the street.
where the rocks couldn't hit me.
and then worked my way over
to the box. l told the precinct
there was lot of disorder and
rock throwing. They asked me.
Are you in trouble?' I said No.
not at the moment. but you'd
better send couple of cars and
expedite Expedite is the word
we usually use for hurry up.
Il began walking back toward
the school when l heard a
parked motorist call for help.
Stones were still flying and a
number of juveniles were gath
cred around the mans car.
The motorist told me the
kids were breaking his windows.
One window had already been
smashed. I was trying to help
him when a little girl came up
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17
Southeast

BrontIey's Firestone Store
1908 Silver Hill Rood
District Home 9 Auto
1870 Good Hope Rood
Glossmonor Firestone
1870 Indian Heed Hishwoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-03-17

MARYLAND
Bethesda
Jefeo Corporation
1856 cordeII Avenue
divers Rodio g Appl.
1908 Wisconsin Avenue
Silver Spring
Heeht Company
Fenton 9 Ellsworth Streets
Washington TV g AppI.
9423 Georgia Avenue
SopItoI Appliance Co.
SS27 Georgia Avenue
Langley Park
Lonsbursh's
University Lone g N. n. Avenue
Goithersburg
Goithersburs AppI. Co.
AIS n. Frederick Avenue
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
MOVES AHEAD OF SILT
Forte, 5-Foot-9, Takes
Nations Scoring Lead

heads So rebounds and topped
the scoring with IS points. Char
lie Tyra scored 81 points as
Louisville slipped to a 14-4 sea-
son record.
Another of the Nations elite,
14th-ranked CaniSius. came a
Icropper when Marquette tumbled
the Grifins. 81-80. Canisius.
down 81-72 with little more than
a minute remaining. hit for eight
straight points before time ran
out. Soph Mike Moran of Mar
Iquette hit for "a points.
Dayton Wins in Overtime
Conference battling was on the
light side with Penn beating
Brown. 67-66. in a lower echelon
Ivy League encounter. Prince
tons Ivy rulers suffered first
period shakes but Gained to over.
take Rutgers, 1888, in nom
league game for the Tigers sixth
straight victory.
Dayton went to a double-
overtime before quelling Miami
of Ohio, 68-67. and Temple foiled
ia Villanoya comeback to beat the
Wildcats, 81-72.
! Cornell sagged to PIP record
in losing to arch-rival Colgate.
1853: Bowling Green choked q
Loyola of Chicago threat, 83-75.
and Amherst spanked Harvard.
I 64-55. The service academies
Jared well. Army stopping AL
bright. 90-74; Navy solving Penn
States zone defense. 53-48. and
the Air Force Academy drubbing
Colorado College. 104-53.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Hoyos Lose Mes
For Rest of Season

! Georgetown University today
lost the services of Sophomore
Jack Mes for the remainder OF
the basketball season because OF
scholastic difficulties.
( The 6-foot. l75-pounder from
Jersey City failed two subjects
the first semester and has been
placed on probation for the rest
Of the school year. He must
bring UP his grades during the
spring semester or be dropped
from school.
Pete Schmeling, tallest men,
Der Of the freshman team at g.
foot-7, also was lost to the fresh
man squad because of marks.
Mes was q regular, although
he didn't start every game. and
is regarded as a as or 20 point
man" by Coach Tommy Nolan.
Il feel confident Jack will be all
right" Nolan said today. Hes
q smart boy: he just got behind. !"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
Pirates Sign
7 rojon Star
For Big Bonus

! PITTSBURGH. Feb. 7 P.-
The Pirates announced today
the signing of 21-year-old Harold
Buddy Pritchard, a shortstop
on the University of Southern
California team, to a Stable"
bonus contract.
The amount of the bonus was
not made public.
I'VE have been following this
boy closely for four years." a
club spokesman said. Eleven
other major league clubs were
after him."
AS a bonus player. Pritchard
must be retained on the Pirates
roster two full seasons. He will
report to the Pirates training
camp at Fort Myers, Fla, Febru-
airy 81.
/ Pritchard is 6 feet. weighs 165
pounds and bats and throws
righthanded. He was graduated
from high school in Bell, Los
Angeles suburb. in 1858.
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just about every man now play
ing in the MIA.
Few Crowd Pleasers
The crowd-pleasing antics.
however. are confined to only a
lfew-Bob Cousy Of the Boston
Celtics, Sweetwater Clifton Of the
New York Knickerbockers. a for
mer Harlem Globetrotter, and
perhaps one or two others.
Combine his basketball and
Glowing abilities. Lapchick says.
and some pro team will have q
potential gold mine in a year or
two.
II read where said he's the
greatest college player I've ever
seem" Lapchick said. II don't
believe | quite said that. but
there's no question that the guy
really showed us something"
With Hundley at the controls,
the Mountaineers are sweeping TO
another Southern Conference
title and probably post-season
spot in the NCAA tournament.
| They've won 16 Of 10 starts.
All three losses came In success
sion--to Duke, Utah and Iowa
In the Dixie Classic at Raleigh
late In December.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
BY the Associated Press
Little men. take heart!

A5AttAC AAANAAg b0hC
You, too, can be an athletic
whiz like Chef Forte of Columbia,
the Nations leading college bas-
ketball scorer as of today.
All you need is a repertoire
that includes an unerring shot
from anywhere on the court, q
wrong -foot jump shot. and a va
riety of driving lay-ups. That
lplus a total disregard of towering
opponents.
Forte pronounced Fort-ee)
raised the spirits of the elevator
shoe set by Pumping home sc
points as his Lions lost to Yale
103-87. last night.
The performance gave the
5-foot-9 pre-med senior tota
Of 451 points in Is games for ar
average Of 30.67, compared to
Kansas Wilt Chamberlain's 29.7t
average for IA games. The Silt
at z feet, is the current "gooc
big man. VS.. Forte. the "gooc
little man" in basketballs perm
NAL argument.
Louisville Upset Again
Despite Forte, Yale used 81
point shooting by Larry Down:
and a 30-point contribution from
John Lee to squelch the Lions
and become runnerup to Prince
ton in the Ivy League race al
ST. while Columbia (4-2)
dropped to third.
Elsewhere. the night was made
notable by the second straight
defeat of Louisville, rated sixth
nationally in the Associated
Press weekly poll. Little More
head. the Nations leading re-
Founders. applied the boot tc
the Cardinals, 1914. And il
was rebounding. particularly
that of the Eagles Steve Ham
ilton. that undid Louisville
Hamilton grabbed 81 of More
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
BY DICK O'BRIEN

The debut of Len Kanthal's
protege. Jimmy Chaconas, will
feature the quarter final round
of the Golden Gloves Tuesday
night at Capitol Arena. Six
teen bouts will be presented
that night in the tournament
sponsored by The Star.
The young heavyweigh t
trained by the former local and
national champion will make
his debut by meeting Larry
Woodson, 220-pound Airman
from Boiling Air Force Base.
This is only one of the evenly
matched contests scheduled for
Tuesday. From the quarter
finals the contestants will GO
into the semifinals Thursday
night. February 81, with the
scene shifting to Uline Arena,
The finals will be held there
on Thursday night, February %
Three defending champions
also will uncork their wares in
the quarter-fina sessions Tues
day night. They are Joe Stewart
of the Merrick Club: Ralph
Wolfe. of the Falls Church Jay
Gees and Jimmy TAFT, of the
Catholic Youth Organization.
These boys were in the big
show in New York last year..
the Eastern Tournament OF
Championship although ali
won f1rst-round engagements
and Stewart went to the semi.
finals. they were not satisfied
They are out TO better their rec.
lords this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
HonuIok to Rejoin
Browns This Fall

CLEVELAND. Feb. z (R.-
Halfback Chef Hanulak, former
Maryland star who was a Cleve-
land Browns rookie in 1854. will
be back with the club this fall
after serving two seasons in the
Air Force. The Browns an
nounced receipt of his signed
contract today.
Hanulak. who will be "a next
month and is from Hackensack
N. j., had an impressive fresh
man season, averaging yard:
a carry. In his final season. al
Maryland in 1858, he averaged
9.8 yards.
In 1855 Hanulak played for the
Boiling Air Force Base team OF
Washington, but a knee opera
ltion sidelined him last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07
OF GLOVES CARD
Len Kontho|'s Proteqe
To Battle Boiling Heavy

Few fans will forget Tait's
memorable encounter in last
years final round of the Gloves
against Billy Better when he
came of the floor to win the
welterweight championship.
Tuesday night he draws Billy
Madden of the Optimist Club
who is making a comeback ir
the Gloves after several years
of inactivity. He is beine
groomed by Lew Hamburg. for.
mer Gloves featherweight cham.
pion.
Joe Stewart has drawn Irving
Stewart of the st. Joseph Club
which will be a rugged test fol
him. while Wolfe will square
of against Jimmy Biggs of tn,
Northeast A. c., winner in /,
preliminary trial over QUAINT,
cos George Williams.
Mike Loucas of Marylant
University, former holder of tn
South Atlantic AAU bantam
weight championship, also will
be in Tuesdays lineup. TIL,
Terp boxer is to be pitte,
against Alvin Uzzelle of tn,
Merrick Club.
Meanwhile, Boiling will pre-
sent another of its stars in Johi
Granger, a former Syracus
University boxer. Granger.
welterweight, will meet Bill,
Ellis of the st. Joseph Club.
The senior team race is wild
open with the CYO, Merricl
CLUB. Boiling, Quantico. St. 10
seph's Club and the Northeas
A. c. in bitter six-way race
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07

the overflow crowd sat along the
fringe OF the court.
The pro rookie" only once
reached deuce against Sedgman's
serve. That was midway in the
second set, when he passed
Sedgman at the net. But Sede-
man took the game and moved
into the finals with ease, giving
himself a guarantee of at least
$1,000, the second place prize.
Rosewall's defeat bore out the
prediction of Gonzales that
Sedgman would win, although
he later toned down that pre-
diction. saying he rated the
rookie even money" against
the Aussie veteran.
Gonzales, heckled by the
crowd in his losing match with
Rosewall Monday for predict
ing in a Sydney paper that he
would beat the Aussie night
after night. flared up and called
one heckler a "horsehead." He
also threw a racquet at an UNI
pire.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-02-07


he has had a change of mind
and might like to stay in base
ball after his playing days.
Williams displayed a beaming
grin after signing ga one-yeal
contract for about 100000
baseball's highest salary. But he
became serious when asked il
he would like to remain in base
ball when he has to quit as q
player.
After my playing days are
over / will do everything pos
sible to help the game" he said
"Other than that. I want to fish
any time in any place want"
He thought the matter ovei
carefully for a few more second:
and added:
Put it this way: would stay
in the game if I'm wanted. A.
you get older, you start realizing
there isn't a whole lot of thing;
you know better than baseball.
Ted indicated he would prefer
to become coach or an execu-
tive when he said: I'm not Sc
sure a man can come right out
of the player ranks and become
Ia manager"
Williams, who Is noted for CIV
ing an honest answer even to his
Iharshest critics. once blurted Out
he would rather be a fireman
than play baseball. That was in
his early days with the Red Sox
Another time. in a tempera-
mental outburst. he said he was
through with baseball when his
playing days were over. The
reason: He wanted to go fishing
Williams has a .348 lifetime
batting average, highest among
active major league players. He
ranks fifth among the all-time
home run hitters with 418. has
driven in 1852 runs, scored 1888
and collected 2,l89 hits.