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Evening star., 1957-12-29

one month ago two men took
q sentimental journey to Lor-
ton Reformatory.
Last night these two men
were fleeing for their lives
the object Of q 4S-State man
hunt.
Russell Wayne Carpenter.
~. and Henry Clay Overton.
a., wanted by the FBI for the
double murder Friday in the
Jo-Del tavern. went TO Lorton
TO see william Russell "Coun-
try" Carpenter. the father Of
the Younger fugitive and an
old running mate Of overtoii.
who has done time in Lorton.
Country" an old-time safe
cracker. rum runner and
housebreaker. never knew his
son very well.
Didn't Know Him
Mrs. Fred Kirsch. former
wife Of country" and young
Carpenters mother. said yes.
terday the prisoner did not
recognise his son.
Jack tOvefton) and my
husband were old pals" Mrs.
Kirsch said. They knew each
other more than 20 years ago
how or why I couldn't tell
you. / met Jack myself once
when ! was about Is. but then
] didn't see him again until
recently.
Wayne never had too much
use for his father. and one
time even asked me never
mention his name" she said.
Mrs. Kirsch said she thought
this was because the youth felt
his father had never done any
thing for him. "He never even
bought him q pair Of shoes. "
she said.
She told reporters yesterday
that about three months ago
when she and her husband.
Fred Kirsch. an import-export
agent. were getting ready to
move. she heard from Overton
again. He said the apart
ments out here were nice. and
maybe we should come out. "
Evening star., 1957-12-29

by Egypt and Syria. which have
solidified ties with the Soviet
Union.
A Communist North Korean
delegate accused the United
States Of making South Korea
an atomic base and called for
an Asian conference TO insist
on unification OF Korea.
The tone OF the conference
was defended by DR.. Anup
Singh. one Of the Indian Or
ganizers Of the meeting. He
told news conference more
than 95 per cent Of the dele
gates are nom Communists so
to dub 1t as Communist is
utterly unfair"
Asked by Western reporters
Why attacks focused on So
called Western imperialism and
not on Soviet imperialism, Mr..
Singh replied;
Domination in Asia and
Africa came from Western
countries. This conference
was not designed to attack any
bloc. In this area most inter-
ference came from the West.
so the West is attacked"
Final C0mmunique Coming
He said the conference final
commuf1ique will show II 1t is
dominated BY Communists.
Asked why the North9korean
Communists attacked the
United States for its role in
South Korea while the Soviet
Union occupies North Korea.
Mr.. Singh said:
what We are trying TO do
here about Korea is to unity
that country. not determine
who should get out"
Mr.. Singh spent two years
in Korea as q U. N. observer.
He asserted that Arab coun-
try delegates in closed meet
ings that whatever the motives
Of the Eisenhower doctrine 1t
worked against Arab unity and
expressed fears that their
countries would be used as
NArO bases.
Many OF the delegates here
are fugitives from their own
countries. exiles conducting ac-
tivity abroad against their
home governments.
The conference ends Janu-
airy /.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Tennessee Bor Asks
SchooIfieId to Quit

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec. 20
R-The Tennessee Bar Asso-
cations governing body asked
Chattanooga Judge Raulston
Scheduled today to step down
until charges against him are
proved or disproved.
The associations central
council was one Of two groups
meeting today to consider. re-
cent charges before the Senate
Labor Rackets Committee that
money was passed to fix cases
IN his criminal court.
Told OF the Bar Association
action. Judge Schoolfield said:
Il definitely won't step down.
I am not responsible to the
Bar Association"
Evening star., 1957-12-29
MISSILES

Continued From First Page
expected 70 be made public.
the actual text OF the complete
agreement is not expected TO
be released.
The British American execu-
tive agreement may become a
prototype for other bilateral
arrange ents for basing
IRBMs in Europe.
High American officials say
the NATO principle that an
attack on one nation Ia an
attack upon all will be applied
Advance Consent
II there we're an attack on
any NATO nation, 1t is UNDER
stood that the British -Ameri-
can agreement provides In ad-
vance that consent TO FIRE the
IRBMs would be given both by
Britain and by the United
States.
This consultation in ad-
vance provision is roughly the
way the United States itself
has worked out the problem OF
presidential authorization for
field commanders TO use nu-
clear weapons.
American comma iers do
not now pave discretion TO use
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Murder Fugitives Paid
Sentimental Lorton Call

She said she guessed Country"
had asked Overton to get in
touch with her---"Maybe be-
cause he needed cigarettes"
Friends From First
She and Mr.. Kirsch took up
residence on the third floor Of
422S First street S.E.--just two
doors down from the apart
ment Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Overton.
"Jack came over here after
we got settled and met Wayne.
They were friends from the
first. and I think Jack must
have talked the boy into going
out to Lorton." Mrs. Kirsch
said.
Less than q month ago. Mrs.
Kirsch said, she and her son
had their last argument.
"He didn't like the way I
was fixing his hamburger and
told me so. He said ! wasn't
pressing 1t fiat enough. I
asked him; why do you treat
me like a dog7' Wayne didn't
answer, but Just packed up his
things and moved over to the
overtons down the hail." she
said.
Absent on Christmas
"fie used to come In once in
a while to listen to the radio
or have q glass OF milk and q
sandwich. But he must have
some kind Of inferiority COM
plex. because II anyone else was
here. he'd leave" she said. Her
son did not join her for Christ
mas. although she had O holi.
day dinner prepared. Mrs,
Kirsch added.
Thinking over her sons past,
Mrs, Kirsch could only recall
his making one mistake. "When
he was in California. he got in
a mix-up with some other teen
ayers in q drive-in-but he
isn't really a bad boy" she
said.
Maybe he's afraid OF Jack
4 guess now they're both
afraid" she said. II hope
they're caught before they hurt
anyone else"
Evening star., 1957-12-29
REPORT

Continued From First Page
spies, Jack Sohle. Myra soble.
Jacob Alham and Rudolf Abel,
earlier this year was seen by
Mr.. Hoover as dealing q severe
blow TO the Communist con-
spiracy.
Abel was convicted after trial
while the other three pleaded
guilty to conspiracy to commit
espionage.
The work Of FBI informants
was singled out for special
praise by the FB1 director
Through the efforts Of FBl
informants 1t has been possible
not only to penetrate vast SUBJ
versive conspiracies against the
entire country but also 10 AFFORD
better protection to the lives
and property Of individual citi-
zens." the director stated.
Arrest Record Stressed
He said that information fur
nished by informants resulted
in more than 1.400 arrests In
FBI cases during 1857. 1nfor-
nation from informants which
was passed on to other authori-
ties was responsible for nearly
l.500 arrests by other law
agencies.
Convictions in FBI cases In
creased by about 800 over the
ll.074 returned in 1885. The
preliminary figures showed
that fines. savings and recov-
cries in FBI cases will total
nearly 500 million.
Federal kidnapping convic-
tons increased more than 20
per cent and convictions under
the Federal Bank Robbery Act
were up more than 10 per cent
over 1856 statistics. There was
twice as many convictions for
fraud against the Government.
More than $4,000 stolen cars
which had been transported
across State lines were recov-
cred by the FBI. the preiimi-
nary report said. while new in
roads we're made against the
multi-million dollar porno-
graphy racket.
Police Training Courses
The FBI Identification Divi-
sion received an average OF
22.200 fingerprint cards for
processing each working day
during 1857. Its files now con-
tain about 147.600.o00 sets oi
fingerprints. OF these. 3i,470.-
900 represented the finger
prints Of about i2.250.0 900 ar
rested persons.
The FBI aided the training
Of other law enforcement per-
sonnel in about 2.e00 police
training schools and sessions oi
the FBl National Academy
here.
During 1857. 100 officers were
graduated from the National
Academy making a total oi
3.452 who have completed the
l2-week course.
More than $500 FBI fusi-
tives were found during 1857
including nearly l,l00 criminals
who were being sought after
fleeing to avoid prosecution OF
for similar reasons.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Related to Economics

Apart from the speech Of
this relatively small. ingrown
gropp, Mr.. Daley said. Wash
ingtonians who live here long
develop a rather cosmopolitan
speech. He does not think that
the slightly-Southern accent
mentioned by many people is
general in Washington.
Instead. he said. this South
ern tinge is related directly TO
Evening star., 1957-12-29

South, Miami. up in New Eng
land. A real Washingtonian, a
poisson who's been here all his
life and hasn't been around
people. he has q real, heavy
accent. ] think"
Keeps on Trying
Still trying, we went to Ted
Mcdowell, program director of
WNAL-TV. Mr.. Mcdowell said
his station hadn't had any
trouble making announcers out
of Washington boys.
"All our announcers sound
very much alike" he said, "and
they come from all over-Ver-
mont. Georgia. Florida. New
York. Texas, Buffalo. Come to
think Of 1t, we don't have any
who come from Washington.
Even so, / don't think there is
much Of q Washington accent.
except that there are q lot OF
Southerners in town and you
can always tell them"
Desperate at last, we turned
TO a linguistic expert and finally
got the scientific lowdown. in
GLIDING that post-nasal drip.
Paydirt at Last
Professor William Daley of
the Catholic University Speech
Clinic was our man. He has
studied this question for years.
He said flatly. Eyes, there is q
Washington accent" We sighed
with relief and waited for him
to continue.
To begin with, Mr.. Daley
said. the books on American
speech patterns usually classify
Washington speech In the cate.
CORY Of General American.
This is the most prevalent
speech in the United States"
he said. both in numbers Of
people who speak IL and in geo.
graphical area covered. It runs
clear across the country from
the East Coast to the West.
II is very similar to the speech
OF radio and television an
nouncers.
"One Of its DISTINGUISHING
characteristics is the pronunci-
alton Of the consonant- r and
the vowel sound err In both of
the major regional dialects
New England and Southern
the r sound is slurred or omit
ted altogether. Err comes out
as 'uh'."
But. Mr.. Daley explained.
when the textbooks classify
Washington speech as General
American. they are referring to
the speech Of the most-cul-
ttvated, the best educated
people
Minority Has Accent
The real native Washington
accent. he said. is something
else. 1t is the property Of only
a minority of the people here.
These people are for the most
part natives whose social con-
facts are confined mainly to
others Of the same group.
Technically. Mr.. Daley said.
these people use a speech that
is "sub-standard."
1T is a fiat. nasal kind of
speech. slightly whining. Vowels
are fiattened instead Of being
given their full value. Words
ike House. About. Down. are
pronounced Haouse. Abaout.
Daown."
Professor Daley accused
Washington's prevailing wealth
er. Sinus conditions are gen.
eral here" he said. "and are
often associated with a post
nasal drip. This means that
the soft palate or velum doesn't
close completely and some air
escapes through the nose on
non-nasal sounds"
In a word like name" he
said, "a person with this WASH
ington accent will nasalize the
"A sound"
Related to Economies
Apart from the speech of
this relatively small. ingrown
gropp, Mr.. Daley said. WASH
ingtonians who live here long
develop a rather cosmopolitan
speech. He does not think that
the slightly-Southern accent
mentioned by many people is
general in Washington.
Instead. he said. this South
ern tinge is related directly TO
Evening star., 1957-12-29

nuclear weapons except under
imminent peril and In order
to save themselves from de-
struction. There is an elabo-
rate mechanism provided. cit
ing conditions under which the
nuclear weapons could be used.
Presumably some OF these
provisions will be adopted In
the British American agree.
ment on IRBM bases.
British Prime Minister Har-
old Macmillan told the House
OF Commons a week ago Friday
that I'VE have a complete veto"
on activation Of missile bases.
I'VE have complete negative
control: absolutely" he said.
This is true apparently in the
sense that Great Britain is Civ
ing advance consent only under
conditions which she herself
specifies.
Another problem believed to
be touched on in the British
American agreement is the
question Of how far down the
chain Of command the author
ity extends to release nuclear
weapons.
vagueness Preferred
Secretary Of State Dulles is
said to prefer to leave the au-
thority vague. because effects
OF an enemy attack are unpre-
dictable.
The administration will seek
no change in American law to
provide for delegation Of powers
TO release nuclear weapons. or
Of turning them over to allies.
In the case Of NATO. it Is
possible in time of war that a
commander who Is not an
American might be left with
the decision on releasing Amer
ican nuclear weapons.
II. for instance. the President
and the Supreme Allied Com
mander in Europe. Gen. Nor
stad. we're killed. the successor
to Gen. Norstad's command
would be British Field Marshal
Lord Montgomery.
If both Gen. Norstad and
Lord Montgomery were inca
pacitated. officers of other ma
tionalities would be In charge.
There IL some disposition
among Washington officials to
provide that control Of Ameri-
can nuclear warheads. now TO
be stockpiled in Europe for
NATO use, would always re-
main in the hands Of Ameri-
cans.
Whether the British-Ameri-
lean executive agreement on
IRBM bases will try to preserve
American control. and whether
pertinent provisions will be re-
leased II 1t does. officials here
would not say.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
SLAYING

>
and q car answering the general
descriptions were sighted
caused a furry near Charlotte.
N. c.. but after a thorough
check-out. the FBI dis
counted it.
The Bureau said that the
number Of telephone tips to
authorities had increased no.
ticeably after the Wanted"
posters were televised during
some Of yesterdays football
games.
A confirmed report placed
the two suspects in Charleston,
3. c.. at 6 am. yesterday
Charleston police said several
persons had seen the pair eat
ing breakfast in a restaurant.
The spokesman here said that
In many cases. false. leads are
not even being reported TO
headquarters here from field
ofiices.
Kidnapped Couple Freed
The first kidnap victims fell
into the hands Of the gunmen
shortly after the shooting. Pvt.
Larry Monteith, 81. Of Fort
Myer. and Miss Doris Mating
", 10. of 1928 Seventeenth
street NV. were taken from
in front of her home about 2:30
am. Friday and driven to
Richmond at gunpoint. She
was released and Pvt. Mon
tieth was locked in the trunk
Of his own car while the killers
sought another auto.
They overlook Miss Asonia
G. Altman. 81. of Richmond.
driving her 1858 Buick on Route
/ between South Hill and Pc
tersburg. Va. about 8 am.
Yesterday.
They abandoned the Mon
teith car and ordered Miss ALI
man into her car and sped
south. The soldier cut his way
out through the rear seat.
Miss Altman said the two
Dragged about how they'd shot
three people one Of them
had q bloody shirt. I begged
them not 70 kill me-"
She said they had q sawed
OF shotgun and a postol and
that one said he knew a good
hideout in Texas
They took the $50 from her
when they stopped near Cheraw
about 2 pm. yesterday. She
was tied TO a tree in a wooded
area and the men fed in her
car. She worked herself free
about 8 pm. giving the fugi-
tives q four-hour start.
Carpenter. son Of Country
Carpenter. Washington crimi-
nal now serving time at Lorton
Reformatory. is a powerfully
built blond. S feet. II inches
tall and weighs 1875 pounds. He
has q scar under the heart and
"a burn scar on the back Of his
left hand.
Overton is 5 feet. Q inches
tall. about 200 pounds. has
brown hair and eyes and has
the initials "HcO" tattooed on
his right forearm. He has been
convicted Of malicious assault
HOUSEKEEPING and larceny. un-
authorized use Of an automobile
and liquor law violations.
Evening star., 1957-12-29
Moist Cfinnote Is foctor
In Washington Accent

Continued From First Page
Eleventh street and Pennsyl-
vaniA avenue NV. Mr.. Fergu-
| son was born In Swampoodle,
the old section north Of Union
Station.
II hear plenty OF accents" /"
Mr.. Ferguson said. But they
all come from out OF town.
I can spot q guy from N'Yawk
or Bahston or Atlanta from
the way he asks for q paper.
"But I don't think people
here have any accent at all.
Except that you 60 North and
people say you're o 6outherner.
Go South and they say you're
q Northerner."
| Put in Southern Region
Next on the list was q man
with wide International ex-
perienee. We interviewed Rob-
ert Woods Bliss. millionaire
former ambassador to Argen-
tina. minister to Sweden and
holder Of many other diplo-
matte assignments. Mr.. Bliss
has lived in Washington of
and on since 1885 and con-
tinuously since 1888.
I've never been conscious
Of q Washington accent" Mr..
Bliss said. Il believe there are
regional accents. however, and
Washington speech may be-
long. IL anywhere. TO the
Southern region"
Mr.. Bliss own speech Is
family British the was born
in St. Louise In his travels
through this country. he said,
his accent has never been
peGged as "Washingtonian.
Feeling a little frustrated. we
began TO wonder about tele-
phone operators. After all, they
make their living talking and
listening 10 other people.
Negative on Accent
Gertrude Bailey. staff super
visor in the telephone COM
pany's trafflc department. was
negative. Il don't think there's
such a thing as a Washington
accent" she said.
We're interested in an OPP
orators accent only from the
standpoint Of intelligibility, Z"
she said. I'VE had a girl from
Ireland recently who had quite
a brogue. She was perfectly un-
derstandable and we put her
on. We encourage the girls to
speak naturally"
What about all the people
the operators have to listen to-?
We hear everything" Mrs.
Bailey said. Now that you
mention it. some of the hardest
( people to understand may be
native Washingtonians. I know
It's not the foreigners. People
with foreign accents are usu-
ally careful TO speak distinctly
and We don't have trouble with
them"
Unidentifiable Label
Venturing hopefully into the
theater world. we spoke to Zel-
da Fichandler. managing di-
rector Of Arena Stage. She has
lived in Washington since she
was 4 years old.
ats crazy" Mrs. Fichandler
said. I'm practically a native
Washingtonian and everyone
thinks I'm from New York"
Washington speech" she
said. isn't British. it isn't
twangy. it isn't fat. it isn't
drawing, 1t isn't STACEY, it's
sort of like radio speech-un-
identiflable." The only city
which speaks purer "Ameri-
can" she said. is Chicago.
We thanked Mrs. Fichandler
and looked up another WASH
ingtonian often taken for a
New Yorker. boxing promoter
Goldie Ahearn. Mr.. Ahearn has
lived here since he was 6. but
he ran away to New York as a
kid TO learn the fight game.
You hang around the East
Side" he said. land you steal
a soitin amount of the accent.
When ! was in the gyms in
New York. they thought I was
q Southerner. They all called
me. Hey. Washington Now
I'm international. / fought all
over the East Coast, in the
!
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
Makes Deans List

Nancy C. LOOMS, of 2410 Park.
er Avenue, Silver Spring, has
been named to the Deans list for
outstanding scholarship at Drexel
Institute of Technology, Phila-
delphia, Pa.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
81 Banks Say
They'll Close
On Saturdays

The managers of q suburban
Maryland banks this week jointly
announced that, in keeping with
the general practice of District
banks, they would not stay open
on Saturdays this winter.
They said they would compen-
safe for the familiar, extra"
service by staying open a little
later on Fridays.
The banks and their branches
cooperating in the curtailment of
hours are:
. Only the main office of The
Bank of Bethesda will be open
Friday from 5 until 8 pm, while
the branches will continue from
8 am. until 2 pm.
Q The Bank of Silver Spring
will remain open the regular
hours, and from $50 until 8 pm.
on Friday.
. The Farmers Banking and
Trust Co., of Montgomery Coun-
ty, Rockville, will be open from
$3.50 until 2 pm. daily and from
6 until 8 pm. on Friday.
. The Kensington F'B and T
Co., Kensington, will be open
from 1880 until 2 pm. daily and
from 6 until 8 pm. on Friday.
. The Poolesville FB and T
Co., Poolesville, will be open from
$3.50 until 3 pm. daily, and from
6 until 8 pm. on Friday.
The ID branches of Suburban
Trust Co., in Montgomery and
Prince Georges County will be
open from $50 until 2 pm. daily
and from 5 until 8 pm. Friday.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
Help Sought
By Wheaton
Rescue Unit

The Wheaton Rescue Squad
needs rescuing.
AS it embarked on a fund drive
for new building last week, one
of its $4,000 ambulances burned
to a crisp, charred hunk of junk.
That leaves two other ambulances
and one rescue truck.
Members of the squad went
ahead with their plan Saturday,
and are now knuckling doors in
the Wheaton area, asking for con.
tributions. But they are going to
have to ask for a little more,
now.
The squad answers an average
of five sick or emergency calls
every day. Curtis Rodgers is
chief and he, like the other mem
bers, works free.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
HI. A. Yocon1
Dies at "a i'm
Connecticut


Herbert A. Yocum, former
Rockville resident and an active
member of the volunteer fire de-
partment, died last Friday in
Springdale, Conn. He was 81.
Mr.. Yocom "a newspaper man
and a public relations expert on
oil subjects, once lived in Rock
crest and later on Great Falls
Road.
His widow, who served as The
SentinePS correspondent from
Rockcrest, also was a past presi-
dent of the Richard Montgomery
High School PTA.
Besides his widow, Mr.. Yocom
is survived by four children.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
DuckIUOrth Tipped

Harry Duckworth, of Rockville,
a graduate of Richard Montgom-
cry High School, has been made
head parole officer of Clinton
County, New York State. He re-
ceived his B. S. degree at Cham
plain College, New York.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1957-08-29
Whittier Denies
Aides Claim:
He Fired Me-

Despite her press conference an
nouncement that she was fired"
by School Superintendent DR.. c.
Taylor Whittier, Mrs. John Daw-
son will be offered another job
with the school system when she
returns from a 39-day annual
leave, DR.. Whittier said Tuesday.
Mrs. Dawson called a press con-
ference Tuesday when she
learned that her job as admins
rative secretary to the board was
abolished and replaced by anoth-
er, titled Administrative Assist
ant. The new title, and job, went
to Gerald G. Reymore, former
Sherwood High School teacher.
DR.. Whittier said he would of.
fer Mrs. Dawson another secre-
tarial job when she returns. Her
experience is valuable" DR.. Whit
tier said. She has been with the
school system 20 years.