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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Flu Seriousness
Held Overruted

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Sept. Q
Re-Dr. Thomas O. Ward,
University Of Notre Dame ply
stefan and scientist who di-
rected tests Of the new Asian
flu vaccine for the United
States Public Health Service,
says he wouldn't take the vac
cine himself. The seriousness
Of the new flu strain has been
over-emphasized. he added.
DR.. Ward. associate profess
sor Of Notre Dame, said yes
terday he would rather build
up immunity to the flu virus
through a mild illness than to
accept the limited protection
Of the vaccine.
This is a mild sickness,
worse than a cold but In the
vast majority Of cases not at
all serious" DR.. Ward said.
"The real danger is to persons
over go and to children un-
der g."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Duomrr Gaining
After Operation

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (R.-
Dagmar. blond night club and
television actress, underwent
an operation for removal Of an
ectopic pregnancy in Presby-
terrain Hospital last night, it
was disclosed today.
Her condition was described
as good.
A medical spokesman, who
asked not to be identified, said
the operation was performed
q few hours after she was adj
mitted to the hospital because
the pregnancy could have en-
dangered her life.
The former Virginia Ruth
Egnor is married to Danny
Dayton, an actor. They have
no children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Army to Try 81
In Korean SIuyino

SEOUL. Sept. 9 R.--Pfc
Martin Mills Of Brooklyn, N. r.,
viii be tried BY q general court.
martial late this month for the
fatal shooting Of q Korean
civilian. an Army spokesman
said today.
Mills is charged with in.
voluntary manslaughter and
failure to obey a lawful order,
Mills was a guard on a pipe.
Line in the port city of Inchon.
Inc Army said he fired warn.
ing shots on August rs to pre-.
vent several Koreans from
climbing on the pipeline.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
COURT FREES WIFE
WHO PUT ARSENIC
IN HUSBANDS BEER

ANN ARBOR. Mich. lP1.
"A. 30-year-old housewife
was cleared yesterday Of
malicious intent in the
spiking Of her husbands
beer with arsenic ito cure
him of the drinking habit"
Acting Municipal Judge
Stanley O. ! Thayer ruled
there was no evidence Of a
crime being committed by
Mrs. Lucy Wireman. She
was charged with intent to
injure or kill.
Mrs. Wireman was ar
rested May 10 after her
husband, Oron. So. was ad-
mitted to a hospital here
suffering from stomach
poisoning,
He left the hospital later
in May showing no Ill eff
fects and appeared in court
with his wife.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Veteran Accused
OF Aiding Reds
D the Associated Press

The Senate Internal Security
Committee has disclosed testi-
mony that william Hood OF
Philadelphia. has been turning
his veterans compensation pay
ments over to the Communist
party each month.
The committee said yesterday
Senator Hruska. Republican OF
Nebraska. acting as chairman
received testimony on July %
that Hood was the section
organizer for the Communist
party In the Lehigh Valley, Pa.
area from September 1913, un.
I'll March or April Of 1883"
This testimony came from
Herman E. Thomas Of Allen.
town. Pa. identified as a former
undercover agent for the Fed.
eral Bureau Of Investigation in
the Communist party.
The committee quoted Mr.
Thomas as testifying:
Hood was drawing some kind
OF a disability allotment from
the Government and he turned
this check over to the party.
was surprised at the large
amount Of money that Hood
used to contribute. . :"
The committee said be was
paid $40 monthly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Republicans Start
Neiehbor' Drive
To Ruise Funds

An annual ''neighbor-to-
neighbor" campaign to stimu-
late wider interest in the Re-
publican Party and raise funds
for its activities has been an
nounced by Meade Alcorn,
chairman Of the Republican
National Committee.
He said the first campaign
would start October l and end
on october IA. President Eisen-
hower's 9th birthday anniver-
sary.
In q letter to the campaign
ers. made public By Mr.. Alcorr
yesterday. the President said
Il am sure you share my con-
viction that this type Of person
to-person campaigning is es-
sential II our party is TO become
ever more effective as an in
strument to serve the best in
terests Of our country"
Mr.. Alcorn said 81 States and
the District Of Columbia would
participate in this years drive
He said the campaign would be
aimed at:
1. Establishing q national
plan for annual Goor-tO-door
canvassing for funds and voter
support.
2. Promoting the Republican
Party. its principles and OBJ
jectives by personal contact
with every home.
3. Finding and urging all
nonvoters TO register Republic
can. =
4. Further widening the A.
nancial base Of support for the
party.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Naturalization
Of Industry Asked

BLACKPOOL. England, Sept.
6 R).-The Trades Union Con-
gress. parent body Of S.5 million
British workers, insisted last
night on a full-scale nation
alization Of Britain's industry.
A resolution adopted at the
annual TUG conference urged
that future Labor Governments
get back to the old Socialist
program Of outright nation
alization begun under former
Prime Minister Clement Attlee.
The resolution came as an
abrupt slap at present policy
makers Of the British Labor
Party. They, have urged a
watered-down naturalization
program--taking control Of a
rev industries by buying UP
stock market shares.
In other resolutions, the TUG
voted to campaign for q 40
hour week for all manual
workers and 10 reject govern
ment demands for continued
restraint on pay increases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
New X-Roy Device
Developed by VA

The Veterans Administration
announced yesterday that It had
developed a machine which fol
the FIRST time permits Xsray
films to be made safely while
a patient is on the operating
table.
The VA said the machine
would enable doctors to cut the
time for presureery x-ray dag
nosis TO 2 or 3 minutes in crit
ical cases.
Up to now X-ray apparatus
has had TO be used with great
caution In operating rooms in
the presence Of explosive anes-
thetics. the VA said.
The new unit Is safe for use
In the operating room, It said
because the x-ray tube and
cables supplying $4,000 volts
to the tube are designed Il
eliminate the danger Of setting
on an explosion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

Eichelberger went to Emer-
gency Hospital.
Charged were:
Robert w. Princeler, a.. of
the 600 block Of Shadyside
avenue, Capitol Heights. Nd.
with assault on q policeman.
They said he told them he is
on parole in q robbery case
and four counts Of assault with
Q dangerous weapon.
Charles E. Compton, 10, of
the TOO block Of q street Sc,
assault with . dangerous
weapon.
John p. Pom. 20. OF the 200
block Of Maryland avenue Sc.
disorderly conduct.
Alvin l.. Hankins, 81, OF the
500 block Of Eleventh street
Sc. disorderly conduct.
Poff and Hawkins each posted
t25 collateral.
Called by Waitress
The two detectives had been
talking with Lounge Manager
Joe Burdoo when he was called
to the front Of the place BY
the waitress. It was Mr.. Bur-
DOCS call which brought the
two policemen into the alter
cation.
The charge against Compton
grew out Of q kick which the
manager received In the groin,
police said.
All four Of those arrested
deny the charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Small Lettershops
Pay Illegal Wages.
Labor Official Saws

A Labor Department spokes-
man said today that many
small letter shops were vio-
lating Federal law by paying
below-minimum wages for typ
ing and clerical work per-
formed at home.
Samuel CAM. assistant to
the departments waee-hour
administrator. said that the
small lettershops were COM
peting unfairly with legitimate
mail advertising firms because
Of the differences In wages.
In q speech prepared for de-
livery before a meeting Of mail
advertising executives; Mr..
CAM said that owners Of mar
ginal lettershops usually con-
tended that housewives and
students working at home were
Independent contractors.
Mr.. CAM said that court de-
cisions. however. held such
workers to be employees, and
thus covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act. Covered en-
ployes are entitled to S1-an-
hour minimum wage, plus time
and one-half for work in excess
OF 40 hours a week, he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Oyster Cleaning
Regulation Scored
AS Ridiculous

PRINCESS ANNE. Md. Sept.
6 @.-A legislator from oyster
country says q new State regu-
lation requiring watermen to
wash muck from the oysters
they catch insults an already
ailing industry.
Delegate Lloyd L. Simpkins.
Democrat of Somerset, wrote
the State Department Of
Health that. the regulation is
unreasonable and bordering
on the ridiculous"
In q letter to DR.. Robert M.
Brown, chief of the Bureau OF
Environmental Hygiene. Mr..
Simpkins said:
"As Is known to practically
all. oysters live and feed in the
mud and silt Of our tidewateI
bottoms for their entire lives.
To request that the outside
shell be washed free Of mud
and silt by the catcher before
his catch can be marketed in
order that the shell will be
reasonably free of mud durina
the last few hours Of the
oysters existence. seems. to
layman like myself. to be un.
reasonable and unjustified."
Mr.. Brown on August 20,
notified the State Department
of Tidewater Fisheries that
Maryland oyster packers had
been directed to refuse to ac-
cept oysters from watermen
unless the shells were reason
ably free Of mud and silt.
The regulation was recon-
mended by the United States
Department Of Health. he said.
John p. Tawes, who heads
Tidewater Fisheries. replied
that 1t would be difiicult for
his men to enforce such q regu-
lation unless they were backed
up by a specific law. He
recommended the State De.
partment Of Health discuss the
matter with the Legislative
Council.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Detective HospitoIized;
Free-for-AII Halted

Unmindful that discretion is
only sometimes the better part
Of valor. a detective last night
stepped into a free-for-all and
helped arrest four young men.
Then he went to the hospital
with both jaws fractured.
Detective Sergts. Robert 8.
Eichelberger and James K. Nc
Carly were in the Redskin
Lounge. 1923 L street NV, on
ofiicial business when the melee
Jared as q juke box blared.
Waitress Shirley Sandal
said later she had refused to
serve the belligerents for two
reasons. One. they'd had
enough before they arrived.
Two. she didn't like the dun
garee and T-shirt attire they
wore.
Sergt. Eichelberger stepped
into the fray. was struck once,
seized one man and took him
outside. AS the alteration SUBJ
sided Sergt. McCarty went
outside, found the other SER
geant on the paving without
his prisoner.
-Four Pile Into Car
-Four Of the battling group
had left the lounge on the run
and piled into a car. which
the two detectives finally
stopped. The four. a l9-year-
old among them. were sent to
h eadquarters and Seret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Sept,
g R.-Seven former prisoners
at the Jacksonville Naval All
Station brig testified at q court
martial yesterday that instead
of their usual Sunday recrea-
ton period March 10 they were
forced to run around a bull
pen until several collapsed from
exhaustion.
The witnesses testified In the
trial Of Marine Corpl. Eugene
w. Osick. 81. of Luzerne, Pa,
10 former guard at the brig
charged with hitting prisoners
ordering them to hit each other
and requiring excessive exer-
else.
Corpl. Osick is one of 10 brig
guards accused of mistreatine
prisoners and the first 20 60
before q court-martial. II con-
victed he could be sentenced To
a maximum Of four years and
dishonorahle discharge.
Witnesses agreed they ex-
pected a routine Sunday recre-
alton period after the midday
meal March 10 but instead were
ordered to double time around
the enclosure. There were Diff
ferences in the testimony about
how far and how long they
had to run.
Three Identity Guard
Three identified osick as the
guard who ordered the run.
ming.
Harold D. Jolley Of Dallas
Tex. a 2O-year.old airman
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
.SergeantFreed
.InS|appiingCase

| FORT CARSON. Colo, Sept.
s 'tR.-A special court-martial
yesterday acquitted 26-year-old
Army Sergt. 1/c Alexander
Brown Of mistreating an in
fantry basic trainee.
Sergt. Brown of Warrington,
Fla. denied charges that he
had struck Pvt. Maurice vii.
lis. %. Of Kansas City, while
Pvt. Willis was q trainee under
his supervision with Co. /. 39th
Infantry Regiment.
Pvt. Willis testified that
Sergt. Brown hit him in the
stomach and slapped him after
calling him to q barracks room
August 4. because he had been
absent the day before when the
company was preparing for
geenral inspection. Pvt. Willis
said he suffered q nosebIeed
when Sergt. Brown slapped him
but did not have to 60 to the
hospital.
Sergt. Brown. testifying In
his own defense. said he re.
garded 1t as his duty as o nom
commissioned officer to disci-
pline trainees. He said he felt
q special obligation as 4 Negro
to work harder with other
Negroes to keep them behaving
as the Army wanted them to.
Pvt. Willis also is a Negro.
Defense witnesses, which in
cluded two master sergeants
and Q former commander OF
the training company. all ties.
titled Sergt. Brown had an even
temperament and that he han.
died disciplinary problems out
side his jurisdiction by taking
them to the first sergeant.
Sergt. Browns trial was the
second Of eight enlisted men
charged with mistreatine
trainees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Big Fire in Bronx

NEW YORK, Sept. 6 (R.-
Some 200 persons were made
homeless in the Bronx today
by AZ fire which destroyed q
lumber yard. two tenements,
two frame dwellings and Q fisli
market. The flve-alarm blaze
threatened an entire city block.
Six firemen we're injured. none
seriously.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

network extending to all parts
Of Greenland which now can
be reached only by quite inter-
mittent air transport or by
extremely slow and perilous
progress Of various kinds Of
snow vehicles over the surface.
The under-ice system would
be completely independent Of
weather. The widest tempests
would sweep harmlessly over
head. The temperature would
hardly change at all from sea-
son to season. Most Of North
Greenland now is closed to
shipping most Of the year be-
cause Of ice and storms.
Very Inexpensive
Such a road. the engineers
here believe. would be very in
expensive and fast to build.
Extensive experiments with
this objective now are being
carried out here. The road
certainly would be much less
expensive than even q mediocre
hard surfaced road in the
United States. According to the
calculations it would have a
lifetime Of about 10 years.
The construction is made
possible by an apparatus known
as the Peter Snow miller, re-
Gently introduced from Swift
zerland where it has been in
use for some years in clearing
deep Alpine passes. It can
be described as a deep snow
plough.
It can slash q trench about 8
feet wide and 5 feet deep at a
rate Of about q mile a day.
Then a second trench Of equal
dimensions can be dug under
the FIRST. and so on until the
required depth is reached. All
the time 1t is underwriting"
on each side of the trench bot
tom. providing q wider, ter
raced road bank.
AS the plough progresses, the
snow or ice Is ground into q
rather fine powder and shot
from a vent to the sides Of the
trench. This so-called peter
snow" has an important part
in the road building program.
No Ice in Cap
The material through which
the miller works is snow, but
specifically indistinguishable
from ice. Actually, the engi-
neers say. there is no real ice
in the Greenland ice cap-ice
being considered as solidified
water. The cap is made UP Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06

compressed snow under the
weight Of thousands Of tons.
Each snowfall adds to the
weight and hence to the hard
ness Of the material under
meath. The deeper it goes the
harder the material becomes.
But always this material has
somewhat different qualities as
ice per Sc. At the depth pro-
posed for the roadbed 1t Is
quite similar In texture and
properties to soft sandstone,
As soon as the trench Is dug
| 1t Is covered over with rounded
roof forms. On top of these
the ''peter snow" is shoveled.
II hardens quickly into an ice
like sheet which, with sufhcient
depth. forms q self-supporting
bridge over the trench. The
forms then are removed and
used for the next section.
Sixof these snow miIlers are
in operation at this camp
as yet purely on an experiment
tai basis. but with q distinct
eye on q possible very practical
future.
Indistingulshable
At first there would be o
mound over the road on the
surface. but this soon would
be obliterated by snowfall.
Soon the surface would be-
come perfectly nat. and indis-
tinguishable from above.
The road could be made. Of
course, as wide as desirable
even to super-highway width.
1t could be used by any sort
Of vehicle. Preferably tracks,
along which either separate
cars or trains would be pro-
PEELED by electricity. would be
laid. This would eliminate the
danger from exhausts. Also
there would be no wearing
down of the roadbed.
The interior Of the covered
experimental trenches here pre-
sents q scene Of enhancing
beauty. The snow roofs are
translucent. Sunlight comes
through in rainbow-like colors.
At times the vehicles would
move through q never-ending
rainbow.
Admittedly such q road would
not be permanent. The great
icecap constantly is tossing and
heaviiag and IN about ten years
the roadbed would become too
distorted for use. But then q
new one could be constructed
for much less than the cost
! of q hard-surfaced road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Bull Pen Race Session
Recitedot Court-MortioI

estimated the bull pen was IS
to SO yards wide and so to rs
yards long. Marine Pvt. New
ton Hicks, 10. Of Tampa, esti-
mated he ran 43 laps or about
4.3 miles.
Airman Jolley said prisoners
who collapsed were revived and
forced to run again., The num-
Der Of prisoners running was
estimated at 40 to go.
william p. Monaghan. 10,
airman apprentice from Balti-
more, said a couple of men
passed out. But. he said. he
and some others played bas-
ketball during the recreation
period. He estimated the run
at 20 laps.
One Reported Delirious
James Bamberger. 20, Of
indianapolis, Ind, said a pri-
soner named Miller fell out
twice and the third time "he
was delirious and didn't know
where he was"
However. Bamberger said
under cross examination he
didn't consider the running ex-
cessive. He estimated he ran
so to so laps.
Charles w. Vaughn, 20 q
sailor from YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio,
and Calvin w. Brown, 10. AIR
man apprentice from Orange
vile. Pa. testified they were
ordered to slug each other in
the stomach with their fists
and the loser had to clean up
after the brig mascot, q dog.
Brown said he lost the contest.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Check Passer
Active in D. {.
Finally Caught

The police Of 40 states and
the District breathed easier to-
day with the news that a
super hot check artist known
|as "The Traveller" finally had
met his Waterloo at Cleveland,
Ohio.
Sought for years BY police
everywhere, Charles r. Speedie
81. Of San Francisco, Calf, is
credited with cashing an esti-
mated 100000 worth Of bogus
checks.
1t. David A. Higgins Of the
Washington police said "The
Traveller" was believed to have
cashed about Is checks here
totaling more than $4,000 since
1851. He Is writing Cleveland
police for photographs and
Handwriting samples prelimi-
nary to asking detainers on
ISpeedie.
Most Of the checks here were
less than 500. written on care
fully printed blanks bearing
names Of bona flde washington
firms.
Headed This Way
In July last year police
heard THE Traveller" was
headed this way and warned
merchants. The sly fellow
came all right. but he was a
bit behind schedule and after
dropping his hot checks, moved
serenely on.
At the Cleveland Jail last
night. 1t. Edwin c. Schroeder
OF the Indiana State Police
confronted Speedie in what
was for him q triumphant eli
max to a personal 1i-yeIr
search.
I'm glad it's over" 1t,
Schroeder said. Speedie smiled,
but did not speak. The police
man carried a portfolio con-
tanning 80 pounds Of evidence.
He had kept a carefully docu-
mented account of Speeches
ll-year career. including pho
tostats and facsiniles Of the
check passer's work.
Didn't Know His Face
Il don't know his face, but
I'd recognize his handwritins
anywhere" 1t. Schroeder said
A policeman for % years anc
a handwriting expert. he hac
rounded up Speedie's handi.
work as he crossed the country
at least 30 times passing checks
under nearly $50 aliases.
1t. Schroeder. Capt. John
McCrosy Of the Indiana STATE
police and Cleveland detective.
questioned Speedie for three
hours during which, they said
he spoke thousands OF words
saying nothing"
He readily admitted his
guilt" 1t. Schroeder said, "but
he refused to discuss details. :
Speedie finally offered an ur.
usual proposal. He would plead
guilty II all the States who
wanted him would lump Their
charges together into one Fed.
eral charge.
II they refused. he said, he
would plead not guilty anc
night any attempts to extraditt
him.
/ Police said Ohio. where he
passed between rs and l00 81
checks. would have FIRST car
on prosecuting him. California
would probably be next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-06
Greenland Moy Get
Roods Under Icecop

UNITED STATES ENGINEER CORPS CAMP Greenland
lcecap tBy Mai There possibility Of building railroads
truck roads through tunnels 20 to 80 feet deep under now
ice"
may picture eventually without great stretch Of
the imagination entire completely invisible and rail
, 1957-10-30
Judge Morris Assigned
to u. S. District Court
In Virgin Islands

Judge Albert B. Maris of the
United States Court of APP
peals has been assigned to the
District Court of the Virgin
Islands to take over the work
here upon the retirement of
Judge Herman E. Moore on
November IS, 1857.
Judge Maris will arrive in
st. Thomas in time to attend
the testimonial reception at
Bluebeard's Castle Hotel for
Judge Moore on that date. He
will then sit in the District
Court and handle the work of
the December term here and
in st. Thomas. He will remain
until the first week in Janu-
airy when he must return to
Philadelphia to sit in the
United States Court of APP
peals. Judge Austin L. Stanley
If the United States Court of
Appeals will replace him, if
Continued on page A.
, 1957-10-30
Virgin Islunds Soldier
In Religious
Parachute Jump

N Private Cedric
Swan, q, son Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Ubaldo Swan, of st. Thomas,
V. l., recently participated in
a religious parachute jump in
Germany with members Of
the Saint Michaels Society.
More than one hundred men
parachuted onto a drop zone
in Munich and reassembled in
the area to hear a special
Mass.
Swan, a rifleman in Com
pany E of the 18th Airborne
Divisions 5O2d Infantry, en-
tered the Army in July 1866
and arrived overseas last
February.
, 1957-10-30
Milky Way edY
Hit Coming to
ST. Croix Saturday

A comedy that has made a
tremendous hit not only on
Broadway but more recently
in st. Thomas will be featured
here at the High School audi
forum on Saturday, Novem-
Der 2 by the Virgin Islands
Repertory Theatre.
The play will star David
(Sparky) Puritz, Jr. who is
making his debut in the thea
trical world, and doing a very
good job of playing Speed
Nc Farland, worlds heavy
weight champion. His father,
Alfred Puritz, stars as his
honest" manager, G a b b y
Sloan. Nancy Baumgarten and
Alicia Fellner, take the female
leads, Norman Chelquist, an
old hand at this, plays the
milkman Burleigh Sullivan.
Spider, who is Cecil Baum
Continued on page A