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Evening star., 1958-07-06
Code Book Bores
81 MiIIion-o-Yeor
Abortionist Rings
Police Expose Interstate Tie-in;
Key Figures Already Convicted
cOpyrisht 1868, By The Evening Star Newspaper Co.
BY MIRIAM OTTENBERG and SAM EASTMAN
Star stan Writers

The breaking of code has proved the key to exposing
what washington prosecutors and police described
yesterday the largest chain of interockng abortion rings
uncovered in recent years.
Trading on the misfortune of Washington girls
abortion rings tanning out from the Nations Capital have
had combined take conservativey estimated by
enforcement officials at close to million dollars annually
The number of girl victims is only guesswork It is
known however that ring alone performed at least
four abortons six nights week for 18 months
Girls hosptalized with subsequent infections the
ones who usually to the attention of police District
General Hospital alone treated 189 of infected abor
tons last year. In ALL $40 had to be hoSpalized
Evening star., 1958-07-06

circles that Mr.. Adams is on
the way out is largely based on
the gravely embarrassing sit
uation caused by demands of
some Republican Senators and
Representatives that Mr.. Adams
resign, or be asked to resign.
Most of those making such
demands are up for election in
November. Among them is Sen
See ADAMS, Page AT
Evening star., 1958-07-06
A NEW TREND
IN MARRIAGE

BRIDES troditionoly ore younger
thOn their husbonds, but there's
q growing trend in the opposite
direction. Psychologists soy thot's
good. See todoys THIS WEEK
Mosozine, Pose 8.
cARTooNING con be learned.
like anything else. In Beetle
BoiIey" In todoys big color comic
section, Mort woIker takes you
behind the drovins board.
THE GREAT SMOKES ore q top
tourist ottFoction these days. For
o word and picture visit 10 this
fobuious NotionoI Pork, see Poss ;
Of SUNDAY, The Stor Masozins.
FUN At THE FAIR is the happy
lot Of five Washington areo girls
oetins os guides this summer OF the
Brussels Worlds Fair. Aad they're
getting paid for il. Story and pic"
lures on Page II Of SUNDAY, The
Stor Mosozine.
Complete Index, Page Az
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Sputnik Nearer
Earth, Toss Says

MOSCOW, July 5 (R.-Rus-
sia's 1h-ton Sputnik III is
dropping closer to the earth,
the official news agency Tass
said tonight.
The agency said the time
taken for the satellite to circle
the earth had decreased to
1853 minutes, and the time
for its rocket carrier to 1898
minutes. The first report on
the launching on May is said
Sputnik his circuit time was
LOG minutes.
Tass said the braking action
Of the earth's atmosphere was
decreasing the period for each
circuit. This was another way
Of saying the satellite is drop
ping lower and thus decreasing
the distance of each circuit.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
MYSTERY FEATURE
BEGINS TUESDAY

u you like to solve enismos.
you'll hove o real time Of il notch
ing wits with Americas newest
super sleuth, HoIediiOn. in The
Stars Two Minute Mystery" series
which begin on the lecture poee
next Tuesdoy.
Appearing three times q week
Tuesday, Thursday ond Fridoy-
You'll hove fun reodins the toets.
picking up the clues in eoeh Two
Minute Mystery" and then finding
out IL you con spot the eulprit. Al
oil times you will Know vhot
Holediion knows see it you ore
os shorp q detective os he is.
For q change Of poee. O ehonse
yOf scene, be sure to reod every one
Of the "TWn-Minute Mystery" Who
dunits, stcrtins Tuesday in The
Evening Stor.
Call Sterling 5000 for home
delivery.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Cuban Rebels
Free ; More
Americans Flown
To Guuntunumo

GUANTANAMO, Cuba. July
IS (P.-Three more United
States civilians were flown
back here from Cuban rebel
captivity today. They were
sunbronzed and cheerful as
they stepped down from the
Navy helicopter that landed
them at the United States
Guantanamo naval base.
The copter Immediately took
of again on a flight toward
rebel mountain hideoutS where
40 Americans and two Cana
dians still were in the hands
of Fidel CaStro's insurgents.
But the copter returned from
its second trip with no passen-
gers and officials said no fur
ther deliveries of liberated
captives were expected tonight.
The rebels seized so persons,
Including 80 United States Ma
rines and sailors, in a kidnapping
campaign that began last week,
Five men were returned
"Wednesday.
Had Juky 4 Party
United States Consul Park
IWollam left the base during the
day without saying where he
was headed. He came back here
from Havana yesterday to re-
establish contact with the rebels
who freed the five men Wednes-
day after Mr.. Wollam's inter-
cession.
The three freed today are
United Fruit Co. supervisors
Alfred F. Smith, 81, of Laconia,
N. H.; Harley F. Sparks, Sc, OF
Frankfort, Ind. and Jesse G.
Ford of Dillon, S. c.
They said the rebels threw
a July 4 party with roast pig
rice and beans and plantain
salad yesterday for their hos
tages. The rebels told them the
fourth was United States Inde-
pendence Day land they wanted
independence too" Mr.. Smith
related.
The men had been kidnapped
Tuesday from sugar fields near
Guaro, on the north coast of
Oriente Province. j. P. Steph-
ems of Edmond, Okla, who was
kidnapped along with them. was
not in the returning group.
Talked to Raul Castro
They said they were flown
back from a mountain air strip
When they left Mr.. Wollam was
comforting with Raul Castro,
See CUBA, Page A-6
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Another A-BIust
Fired in Pacific
BY the Associated Press

The United States touched off
another test nuclear blast yes
terday at the Eniwetok Proving
Ground in the Pacific.
The test detonation was the
18th announced by the Atomic
Energy Commission in the cur
rent series at the Bikini atoll,
1t was the fifth in the last eight
days.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Adams Seen as Cleared
In Probe But May Quit
Administration Officials Believe
He Won't Leave Until Exoneruted
BY GOULD LINCOLN
Star Staff Writer

High officials of the administration looking at the evil
far developed in the House investigation of the
between Presidential Aide Sherman Adams
Bernard Godfne, believe:
l. That Mr.. Adams will emerge from the investigation
without any taint of corruption.
g. But that Mr. Adams, after the investigation is COM
Evening star., 1958-07-06
DC. Revenue
Shows Jump
0fS4.7 Million
Tuxes, Fees, Fines
In Year Net City
$167,280, 200 TotoI

The District government
overcame the recession pinch
to net $l67, ,2SO 200 in taxes. fees
and fines during the fiscal year
just ended-a jump Of $4.-
727.321 over the previous years
figures.
Finance Officer Kenneth
Back noted that, in contrast
to reports that the recession
curtailed revenue collections in
several States, District general
fund collections - exclusive of
sewage, motor vehicle parking,
highway and water funds
climbed nearly 81 million over
those in fiscal 1857.
Small drops in sales taxes
attributed mostly to lower coll
lections from department stores
and in auto excise taxes were
more than compensated for by
boosts in other revenue, espe-
cially individual income tax.
Major Fund Increase
Among the other funds,
water revenues ran ahead of
fiscal 1857. but sanitary sewage
works, motor vehicle parking
and highway funds fell behind
those of the previous fiscal
year.
The major general fund in
crease was in the individual
income tax, which yielded $21,
100000, or $4,344,000 more
than the year before. This
yield reflected the first full
years operation Of the city's
withholding and estimated pre-
payment system.
During fiscal 1857, half a
years liability was forgiven
taxpayers as the new system
went into effect. The 1858 yield,
however, was $1.S million
above District estimates as re-
Gently as last May.
Franchise Yields Rise
Real and personal property
taxes also increased, principally
because of new construction
and larger business inventories.
Realty taxes for fiscal 1858
totaled $45,355,85S, as COM
pared with $44,692,274 for the
previous year. Personal prop
erty taxes brought in $8,296. .931
as compared with $7,968,671 in
fiscal 1857.
Corporation franchise tax
collections went up from ST.
SAL 1858 in fiscal 1857 to $8,044,-
405 in 1858, principally be-
cause of several large one-time
payments. Gross receipts tax
collections reflected the pay
ments of some $527.000 by the
D. c. Transit System.
! Inheritance and estate tax
collections totaled $2.887,12
for fiscal 1858, or about $780,
900 more than in 1857. Alcoho-
lie beverage taxes brought ir
$5,505,394, as compared with
$5,419,935 in 1857.
The exceptions to the up
ward climb lay in the sales
tax and motor vehicle excise
tax receipts. Sales taxes dip
ped more than 100000 below
the $20,383,751 taken in dur
ing 1857. Mr.. Back attributed
this mainly to lower collec-
tions from department stores
during the fiscal year. Auto
sales Jagged with the national
trend, and excise tax collec-
tions went down from $l,970.-
358 to $1,770,363 in 1858.
Besides the general fund, the
city's water fund revenues rar
about 100000 over collections
for 1857, totaling $5,974,364
Revenue from sales to Arling-
ton County totaled about $780,
900 more and water service
! See TAXES, Page At
Evening star., 1958-07-06

produce great quantities of
aluminium ore. which the
United States acquires avidly.
Mr.. Emanuels left Surinam
as a youth to study law at the
Universities of Leyden and
Utrecht. Graduated in 1884. he
went to Indonesia, where he
served as q judge. =
When war hit the South Pa
cific, he became a captain in
See SURNAM, Page A-6
Evening star., 1958-07-06
THE ALLIANCE
MissileAge
HeruIds New
NATO Role
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
Star staff Writer

After a trip of 12,515 nauti-
cal miles covering seven coun-
tries in something less than
three weeks, the traveller may
be forgiven a certain tagging
of spirit and wearineSs of mind,
The Air Force, for whom
such missions are apparently
Evening star., 1958-07-06

AA@SAN@sN@
ton with abortionS last year,
of which an unSpecif1ed num-
ber were induced.
Year-LOng Investigation
With the second conviction
of abortionist Helen Grimes in
Arlington, Va, on June 26, law
enforcement officials felt they
could disclose for the first time
their year-long investigation
that tied together operations in
the District. Prince Georges
County, Md; Arlington and
Fairfax Counties, Va; near the
Pennsylvania border in Mary
land, and in Ohio and West
Virginia.
Some Of the key Iigures in
the interlocking rings have al
ready been convicted. Among
them are Mrs. Grimes, 56-year-
old Fairfax real estate sales
woman; Thomas P. Martini.
45-year -old self-styled WASH
ington gambler, and Lawrence
A. Shaw, 58-year-old self
styled Brentwood (Md) "ex-
terminator."
Others have been indicted
and await trial. One is Chris C..
Campbell of Reistertown, Md.
indicted with Martini in Car
roll County, Md. Campbell was
described at one of the Grimes
trials as a "top-notch" oper-
ator.
More Indictments Loom
Some others known to be
performing abortions have not
yet been named publicly. OF
these, Arlington Common
wealth's Attorney William j.
HasSan said yesterday:
I'VE are continuing our in
vestigation. Additional indict-
ments may be sought against
the same and other individuals
Also. we have been in recent
contact with various authorities
in other jurisdictions and
further action is probably i'm
minent."
Any one ring includes scores
Of contacts ranging from doc
tors to mattresses. Then, there
is the person who sets up the
arrangements, the driver who
picks up the girls, the other
drivers who may be used on
long trips for changes of cars
to elude police, the abortionist
and his or her assistants and
operators of a nursing home"
where girls may be taken to
complete the operation. Some
rings naintain lookoutS or
guards to insure against police
raids.
Police Get Anonymous Tips
Some Of the anonymous tips
supplied during the investiga-
ton have been traced to drivers
Short-changed by one ring
now working for another ring
and eager to pay off their
former employers.
Leaders of the rings Squab-
bling among themselves have
helped to bring about their owr
downfall. Because they are sc
familiar with each others ac-
tivities, they have been able tc
supply police anonymously with
accurate tips in futile efforts
to divert attention from theil
own operations.
Both Maryland and Virgins
authorities emphasized the close
teamwork of law enforcement
officials in developing the in.
vestigation as far as it has al.
ready gone.
This has been in spite OF
continued rumorS - some oi
Continued on Page Ala, Col.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Shortage of Rings

BUDAPEST, Hungary, July
IS (R.-Hungary has been hit
by a wedding ring shortage.
About $4,000 couples get mar
ried annually but only about
10000 rings are put on the
market each year.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
France Will Get A-Bombs>
De Gau||e Tells Dulles
Both Agree
On Other
Issues
By RICHARD FRYKLUND

By RICHARD FRYKLUND
European Correspondent Of The star
| PARIS, July 5.-Premier de
Gaulle and Secretary Of State
Dulles split on the question Of
atomic weapons for France,
but saw eye to eye on other
topics in their one-day confer.
ence here today.
French spokesmen said Gen.
de Gaulle told Mr.. Dulles that
France intends to have the
atom bomb whether or not she
lis given access to American nu-
clear secrets.
Mr.. Dulles told the French
Premier that Congress has
made it impossible for the
United States to furnish France
now with atomic secrets.
AS a matter of fact, France
is supposed to be ready to test
her first atomic bomb at q
secret range in the Sahara
Desert any day now.
The two leaders held a 2Iz-
hour talk with aides present
and a 45-minute meeting alone.
According to an official Ameri-
can spokesman. they talked
about every problem of foreign
policy which two major powers
would have on their minds dur
ing these troubled times.
They also found an area Of
agreement far wider than the
United States had ground to
hope for when Gen. de Gaulle
first came to power.
Most Views Agree
A French spokesman agreed
after the one-day meeting that
I"the views of the United States
and French Governments are
Extremely close to each othera
Except on the atomic question.
Mr.. Dulles left Paris for
Washington late tonight in the
personal plane of Gen. Lauris
Norstad, supreme Allied COM
mander in Europe, when his
own plane developed minor en-.
gine trouble.
During his conference with
Gen. de Gaulle, it was revealed,
MIR. Dulles brought the premier
a cordial message from Presi-
dent Eisenhower which ex-
pressed the hope that Gen. de
Gaulle could visit Washington
for further talks soon.
Eisenhower Message
Mr.. Eisenhower's message
said in part:
II know that the American
people join me in the hope
that the man who symbolizes
the liberation of France, and
who guides its present destiny.
will pay this country a visit in
the not-too- distant future.
"You are deeply preoccupied,
realize, with pressing prob
. lens at home, but when such
a trip may seem feasible and
desirable to you, ! would be
happy if you would inform me
so that we could arrange a mu-
tually convenient date"
The disclosure of French
moves to build A-bombs high
!, lighted the one-day confereneS
in Paris. America wants to con-
fine atomic capability to the
three countries which now have
it: the United States, Britain
and Russia.
Its reasons are two. The
fewer countries that have the
atom bomb. the easier it will
be to find East-West nuclear
disarmament agreement some
day. And the fewer that have
the bomb, the smaller the
danger of an unnecessary
atomic war.
French Position
Gen. de Gaulle said today,
! however, that France would
have atomic arms if any coun-
| try had them. He said the only
choice was between making her
own and getting bombs, or the
See DULLES, Page IA
Evening star., 1958-07-06

Mr.. Noyes recently completed q tour
Of mony Of the installations Of the
North AtIontie Treoty Organization,
the military cooperative Of the
Western oIIionee. This is the first
Of three articles on whot he found.
Evening star., 1958-07-06
Hebert Spurs
Arsenal Probe
Indiun Head Case
Points Up Inquiry
BY JOHN A. GILES
Star Staff Writer

The military's investment in
new production facilities at
privately-owned plants is in
creasing at the rate of upwards
of $400 million a year, Chair
man Hebert of the House
Armed Services Investigations
Subcommittee said yesterday
1 The louisiana Democrat
made the statement in COM
menting on plans for his sub
committee's inquiry, beginning
Thursday. into the award of
multi-million dolla.' missile
fuel contracts while Govern
ment-owned facilities are being
closed down.
The subject came to light in
connection with the Indian
Head (Md.) Powder Factory
where some 1000 workers have
been laic of as modern weap-
onry progressed from powder
for guns to propellants for
missiles.
Mr.. Hebert said that an
earlier investigation by his
subcommittee had shown that
the Governments investment
in facilities for IL airplane
manufacturing compa ME S,
alone, was in excess of $500
million.
Indian Head Case in Point
Meanwhile. we want to find
out what is happening to Gov
ernment plants, such as Indian
Head" he said. Indian Head
is a specific case in point but
our inquiry will not be confined
to Indian Head alone.
There are many other arse.
nails in the system which are
similarly affected" he said
This is not a question of Navy
Ordnance facilities alone.
eff such facilities are in ex-
cess of the needs of one bureau
such as the Navy's Bureau oi
Ordnance. why can't they bt
used by some other bureau Of
some other military service?"
Mr.. Hebert said that the
whole problem of rapidly idline
Government plants was the
basic policy of utilizing what
} we have before we go out anc
build new plants"
The subcommittee expects tC
go Immediately into the Navy''
situation beginning specifically
with the Indian Head Powder
See INDIAN HEAD, Page Al
Evening star., 1958-07-06
THE WEATHER; ;. .'II -. ..''S &,

WASHINGTON - Cloudy, showers, thunder
storms, high S6 tOdoY. Showers tonight, low u.
REHoBoTH- OCEAN clTY-SeottsFed showers,
thuhdsniOEms tOdoy, high S. Cooler Mondoy.
MACS HEAD-VA. BEAcH-Seattsrsd showers.
thundentorms todoy and tomorrow, high S4-SS.
cHEsAPEAKE BAY-Seottsrsd showers, thunder
storms, high in middle Sos Winds SW 1910 m.p,h,
Evening star., 1958-07-06
French Position

Gen. de Gaulle said today,
however, that France would
have atomic arms if any coun-
try had them. He said the only
choice was between making her
own and getting bombs. or the
See DULLES, Page IA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Autopsy Set
In StrunqIinq

An autopsy was scheduled
today in the death of Mrs.
JuniuS NJ. Davis. IS. She was
found by her son yesterday
afternoon lying face down on
a bed in her third-fioor apart
ment at 906 Shepherd street
NV.
Police reported signs of a
struggle were everywhere in
the ransacked apartment. Nine
year-old James Leroy Davis
found his moJher's body when
he returned from school.
Coroner A. Madruder Mac
Donald said death probably
resulted from an electric ap-
pliance cord wrapped tightly
around the victims neck. He
said death occurred about $3.50
pm, shortly before the young
Ster returned home.
Police said an inventory by
the victims husband. Junius
Davis, supervisor of the animal
surgery suite at Howard Uni
versity's medical school. would
be necessary to determine if
anything had been stolen.
Mrs. Davis had two other
sons. Paul. 6, who was at school
when the tragedy occurred, and
John, 10, who was at work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
Snow Cancels
Civic Events

The District of Columbia Ma
tional Guard has been forced
by the weather to postpone its
awards and decorations cere-
mony to April 10.
The ceremony, which attracts
local civic leaders as we'll as
friends and families of the
GuardSmen, was to have beer
held tonight.
Other cancellations of to-
days events include:
The Marine Band concert, to
have been held at 8:15 pm
in the Department of Com
merce auditorium.
The medical meeting of the
office of the Army surgeon gen.
eral, scheduled for 8 pm. ir
the Walter Reed Army Medical
Center. Supreme Court JUS
tice Douglas was to have beer,
the principal speaker.
The District Public Library's
bookmobile trips for the day.
Night classes at the Northern
Virginia branch of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Also Cancelled tonight were
the lecture of DIR. Daniel Pres
colt at Chevy Chase Methodist
Church and the Federation Of
Citizens Associations meeting
at Amman d ale Elementary
School, which was reschedulec
for next Thursday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
SCHOOLS OPEN
. D. &C., SHUT
IN SUBURBS

Public schools in the Dis
trict were open today, but
the snow forced closing of
most schools in outlying
districts.
In the Metropolitan Area,
all public schools were
closed in Alexandria and
Falls Church and Airing
ton, Fairfax, Prince Georges
and Montgomery Counties.
Although Maryland and
Virginia Counties farther
from Washington followed
suit, there we're exceptions
in Maryland's Frederick
and Calvert Counties and
Virginia'S Stafford County.
District schools stayed
open under a Board of Ed
ucation ruling. adopted
this month which calls for
schools to close only when
Government and business
Offices are closed.
The ruling states in part.
Public schools will not be
closed in the District of
Columbia in inclement
weather except when con-
ditionS are so severe as to
necessitate the general clos
ing of business and Govern
ment activities"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
BUT TO PUNISH THEM

"BUT TO PUNISH THEM
in order to discipline them
would undo all the work Of
the three months I have
spent here. I've got to have
their confidence. They never
forget a traumatic expert
ence. Say you're training an
elephant in circus work,
teaching him to draw a
wagon. Let that wagon roll
against him apd hurt him
and you have to get another
elephant. AL the hurt one
has to do is to see another
wagon and he quits cold.
IL have to walk slowly in
the pen or Shanti, the
female, will go all to pieces.
III do anything that offends
her, she will start kicking
against the steel door in the
back wall of the pen, which
vibrates with a terrific clang,
and she will squeal and
trumpet"
AS he talked, Shanti was
happily taking up an empty
Durlap feed bag with her
trunk and throwing it on her
head; then picking 1t off and
throwing 1t away. Finally she
threw it between the bars in
front of us. She tried to
recover it, but she put her
trunk through the wrong
aperture, then worked the
wrong way.
We walked around the
room to see the other
animals, CRATES, hippos and
rhinos. When we came back,
Shanti had recovered the bag
Rnd had it over one ear
which she was wiggling glee-
fully.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20
STORM SIDELIGHTS
Signs of Spring EIude
Eventhe Weothermon

1t will be spring tonight, but
you couldn't prove it by the
weather.
Spring officially begins at
1906 pm. Instead of chirping
birds and balmy breezes to
usher it in, there will be mostly
snow and slush in the Wash
ington area.
Commenting on the ironic
twist to the advent of the new
season, the Weather Bureau
said in a teletype transmission
today:
while aStronomically speak
ing spring is to be officially
uShered in shortly after 10
O'Clock tonight. much of the
mid-Atlantic, caught in the
throes of q late wintry storm.
was blanketed under q heavy
cover of snow this morning"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-03-20

VI WLOAAB w NC bOACA dllI!
Remember the words from
the Gospel of st. John, LET
him who is without sin among
you be the first to cast a
stone," and see IL for this
lenten season you can re-
member that the Word OF God
is not an advertising slogan,
but rather the way Of life.
The lenten season is &C
tually a season Of penance,
the perfect time to appraise
ourself in front of our own pri-
vate mirror. 1t would be we'll
in this period OF penance and
reappraiSal to seriously repeat