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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

MURRAY NAMES
3 TO STUDY RISE
IN STREET GRIMES

Three top police officers
have been named to study
Washington's increase In
street crimes.
The three, appointed by
Police Chief Robert W
Murray at the request Of
Commissioned Robert =.
Mclaughlin, are Deputy
Chief Edgar e. Scott. chief
Of detectives; Inspector
Aubrey M. Tolson. assist
ant chief Of detectives. and
Inspector Richard Felber,
co-ordinator Of detective
activities "
The officers will seek to
analyze patterns and
causes of serious crime.
They will give special at
tention to violence in the.
streets, which has been In
creasing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

Hyattsville city police said he
was confident Backover would
turn himself in voluntarily
after seeing his daughter. On
that basis. he said. no fugitive
warrant had been sought.
I'VE feel he will turn himself
in" Chief Dennis said. He Il
pretty well known in this COM
munity."
Backover. after he Is charged.
can be released on bond while
awaiting q hearing. Chief Dem
mis- said.
Meanwhile, Jack Leonard, q
Miami restaurant owner. Of
fered 1000 to help the father
remain with his dying daugh-
ter. He offered to give the
money to the bowling alley II
the management would not
press charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Mrs. Friedman
GetsCoujrt Post

Juvenile Court Judge Orm w.
Ketcham today appointed Mrs.
Leah L. Friedman. wife OF q
Justice Department attorney,
to a newly-created post Of
management assistant at the
court.
Mrs. Friedman. who will
begin her new duties Monday,
has been associated since 1850
with the Public Housing Adj
ministration, where she is q
management analyst.
Judge Ketcham said she
would take over some" of the
duties Of Mrs. Alice B. Freer,
former administrative assis-
tant at the court whose job was
abolished by Judge Ketcham
last October. She will serve as
chief assistant to the judge.
Most Of her duties, however,
will be to continue a review
and reorganization Of court OPP
erations, 1t was said. She also
will direct the putting into ef.
feet Of administrative improves
ment programs as approved BY
the Judge, 1t was added.
The new post Is q civil serv-
ice job classified as GS-l2.
which carries a starting pay Of
$3.50. Addition Of this post
and another Of legal assistant
was announced last October
by Judge Ketcham. Mrs. Franz
cine Temko was appointed to
the legal post In November.
Mrs. Friedman, the wife OF
Daniel M. Friedman, lives az
1911 Fourty- fifth street NV.
She attended Randolph Macon
Woman's College at Lynch
burg, Va. and received q bach-
elor Of arts degree at Fairmont
College. Fairmont, w. Va, In
1885. She is q native Of FAIR
mont.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

Judge and provides for research
and training by students and
interns.
It would replace the present
operation by one psychologist
from the National Institutes OF
Health. The one-man clinic,
which has been in operation
since 1943, has been termed
inadequate by the Judge. DR..
Frost and other court officials.
DR.. Frost estimated he now
is able to see only $50 to 200
delinquents in q year and for
far shorter periods than he
would recommend.
As proposed, the clinic would
provide psychiatric and psyche
logical evaluation Of about one
fourth Of the juveniles vino
come under the Jurisdiction of
the court.
The plan would reduce sig
nificantly the number Of ju-
veniles who now must be sent
to the District General Hospital
for observation. DR.. Frost OBJ
served, because psychiatrists
would be available at court.
The clinics major task would
be emulation Of juveniles re-
ferred by the probation officers.
Research projects could be
carried out by the clinic at
the courts request, the doc
tors suggested. Some Of the
subjects they proposed for
study included family relations,
school problems. interpersonal
communication, comparative
culture and motivation.
The clinic could provide
training opportunities for psy-
chiatric residents. graduate
students Of psychology and
staR members, the report said.
The clinic would be estab-
lished on the third floor Of
the court building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Pride Goeth .

Nanny Horowitz Of Irving's
Sport Goods Shop at Tenth
and + streets NV. calls
everyone Cousin" There's
q point to this. When any
of his acquaintance come in
the store, they get the family
discount.
Naturally, Nanny has come
to be known as Cousin
Horowitz.
The other day he noticed
two boys come into the store
with bullying Hecht's shop
ping bags. They selected
some merchandise and went
into dressing rooms to try
It on.
Cousin Horowitz became
suspicious and called Hechts.
A lady store detective and an
assistant arrived, and sure
enough. the contents of the
shopping bags had been
stolen. She took the boys
into custody.
did they get anything
from your" she asked Cousin
Nanny.
mo-" he said, I'm too
smart"
An hour later she tele-
phoned him.
80 you're 80 smart" she
said. They both were wear
ing . pair Of your sports
Stacks under their trousers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

very glad to see one another
and 1t was very emotional"
Paula Ann had said she
would get well IL her father re-
turned.
The missing assistant mana
ger Of b Hyattsville bowling
alley learned through the news
papers Of his daughters appeal
for his return. He wired his
wife during the week end that
he would return today. A grand
larceny warrant is out for his
arrest In connection with the
missing money.
Ben Backover said his son
had agreed to give himself UP
to police at Hyattsville later
today. The family said II had
engaged a lawyer, Sam Ianni.
to represent them.
Chief Silas Dennis Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Fother Is Reunited With Dying Girl,
Plans to Give Self Upin$2, 3OOThefi

Six-year-old Paula Ann Back
over. who is dying OF leukemia
in Children's Hospital, had q
fearful but joyous reunion to-
day with her father. who had
been missing since before
Christmas In connection with
S2.300 stolen from hts employer.
Robert L. Backover. %, Of
400 v street NE. arrived from
Los Angeles by train at e:45
am. today and went directly
to the home Of his father, Ben
Backover, at $40 v street NE.
Where's the baby?" he asked.
The child's grandfather told
his son the little girl was In
Children's Hospital. The IA
Their and his wife, Irene. went
directly to Paula AIMS bed.
Everybody cried" the
grandfather said. They were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
On Lincoln Duy

Three ceremonies are
scheduled:
Twenty : three wreaths
will be laid at the memorial
at noon. Mai. Gen. John
G. Van Houten, COM
mander of the Military Dis
trict Of Washington, will
place the first wreath
for President Eisenhower.
Others taking part will be
the District Commissioners,
the Interior Department,
the National Park Service
and a number Of patriotic
and veterans groups.
The Gettysburg Address
win be delivered by Walter
L. Tobriner. chairman Of
the District Board Of Ed
ucation. A concert by the
Marine Band will precede
the ceremony.
At pm, the Gen. Will
liam H. Beck Circle of the
Ladies Of the Grand Army
Of the Republic will lay a
wreath at the marble
statue Of Lincoln in front
of the Selective Service
System, 451 Indiana avenue
NV.
At 2:30 pm. Sunday,
National Capital Parks and
the Lincoln Group Of the
District will sponsor q
memorial service at the
Lincoln Museum, Sill Tenth
street NV. Representativ
Nimtz. Republican Of In
diana, will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Psychiotry Clinic Urged
For Juvenile Offenders
BY CARL IRVING
star stan Writer

clinic to provide psychatric treatment for Onefourth
Of the juveniles who appear before the Districts Juvenile Court
proposed today by four prominent psychiats
than 500 would be handled by the clinics
proposed stair Of two psychasts four clinical psychologists
and speech therapist.
The sixpage draft prepared at the request Of Juvenile
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

bodies Of the dead and injured,
He was never injured but re-
members as his worst fire q
waterfront blaze in the early
twenties that destroyed q
steamboat and q lumber yard
on the Water street now
Maine avenue-docks.
Sonsln-iaw i Marine
The older man has a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Lorraine Morrison
wife of Marine Mai. Gene Nor
rison. of Camp Lejeune. N. c.
The Morrisons have two chill
dren, Robert S.. 9, and Neff A..
q.
John Shallcross, jr.. and his
wife, Marion. live at 6512 Leyte
drive, Southlawn. Oxon Hill.
Nd, with their two children,
Jacqueline, 8. and Mariana, 8
months. John, jr., is a fire in
spector at the Fire Prevention
Bureau.
Are there any ceremonies
when q father and his son re-
tire from the Fire Department?
NO." said the senior Shall
cross. cts a very cold and In
formal thing. You just don't
go to work that day."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

never completely recovered
from injuries suffered in the
District Fire Training School,
The younger man seems to
follow his father everywhere,
During World War II. the
father volunteered for the
Coast Guard and served more
than three years as 9 chief
petty 0fdcer. Young John,
thereupon joined the Seabees
and the two men had at least
one joyful reunion in Hawaii,
Multiple Fractures
Young John was badly hurt
when q training ladder fell and
he suffered nine fractures that
have now brought about his re-
tirement. 1t seems likely that
both families will soon be
pulling up stakes to start new
lives IN Florida.
The senior Shallcross, who
lives with his wife. Verniece, at
432 Orange street Sc, was q
Marine in World War !. One
Of his last duties as q Leather
neck before joining the Fire
Department was q 4S-hour
stint at the scene Of the Knick-
erbocker Theater snow disaster
in 1922. He unloaded acetylene
equipment used to free the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
The
Rambler
Scufries Out
To Wctch BoreuIis
By GEORGE KENNEDY

ny GEu1uE AENNEO1
When the Rambler arrived
at The star TO write his
column last night, he found
the city desk besieged with
calls asking about the red
glow in the northern sky.
Perhaps 1t was a fire, but
under the impression that
anything can happen in this
Arctic weather, he called the
Naval Observatory.
Sure enough. It was
Aurora Borealis. seldom seen
In this latitude.
Bob Rhynsburger, the as
tronomer on duty, said:
IF you want to see it,
away from the glare Of down.
town lights, come on out
here"
The Rambler certainly did
want to see it.
The last time he had seen
the northern lights was in
the fall of 1910, the year of
Halley's Comet.
His mother woke him one
winter night, told him to
dress and he would see some
thing unusual.
She took him by the hand
and led him beyond the
fruit trees behind the house.
She didn't have to point.
The northern sky, a little
west Of north, was all aglow.
The glow was sending out
streals like q Gustave Dore
sunrise.
This was not only years
ago. it was in . small town
near the Canadian border.
The aurora is much more
visible IN the north. While
the Rambler spent many
more years in that latitude,
the ensuing years were
city-bound. Aurora Borealis
has q hard time competing
with city lights.
Last night this quondam
watcher of the skies wasted
no time in getting out to the
Naval Observatory hill.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

But day after day, ordinary
people by the thousands come
to pay their own tributes to
Abraham Lincoln. AS at no
other shrine here, they seem
to capture and carry away
something of the spirit and
character. something of the
strength and serenity of the
man here honored.
Many Of them come for the
FIRST time, from over the coun-
try and all over the world.
Many come again and again.
A middle-aged Washing
tonian said:
Il don't know how many
times I've been here. 1t gives
me a feeling of comfort and
peacefulness and confidence.
Particularly at night, when
those soft lights make him
seem so real and close to you."
Some Bow Heads
Men stand before the massive
figure Of Lincoln, then i'm
pulsively uncover their heads.
Women sometimes bow their
heads.
They turn to the South Wall
and scan the immortal Gettys-
burg address. They read on
the North Wall Lincoln's second
inaugural address. with closing
words so applicable to the pres
ent: -. Let us strive on /.
to do all which may achieve
and cherish a just and lasting
peace among ourselves and
with all nations"
The gray-haired Minnesota
farm wife remarked softly: "He
based his philosophy so much
on studies of the Bible" Her
husband was jotting down his
impression in a notebook: THE
most impressive thing I've seen
In Washington"
81 believe he was the greatest
man this country ever pro-
duced," he said. because he
was humble"
The woman from q little
town in Montana finished read
ing the Gettysburg address and
remarked: He thought we
were all created equal. We
don't all feel that way nov.
do we?" -
Enshrined Permanently
Trooping in q moment later,
In orderly pairs, black and
white, came a class Of first
graders from one Of Washing
tons racially mixed schools.
The young lady from Atlanta,
with the thick Georgia drawl,
was on her first visit to WASH
ington.
Putting her camera aside for
q bit. she said:
"A lot Of us down South
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11

Court Judge Orm w. Ketcham,
was submitted today to the
courts advisory committee.
It was drawn up by DR..
Robert H. Felix, director Of the
National Institute Of Mental
Health; DR.. Reginald Lourie,
chief psychologist at Children's
Hospital; DR.. Marvin E. Per-
kins. chief Of the psychiatric
services division Of the District
Health Department. and DR..
Edwin Kessler, former director
Of the Washington Institute Of
Mental Health and DR.. Lau-
renee L. Frost, court psychol-
ogist.
The proposal includes dag
nostic service for social work.
ers. probation ofhcers and the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Dr.. Morgan Approved
For tuberculosis Job

The Commissioners today
approved the appointment OF
DR.. A. Truxton Morgan to sue
coed DR.. Donald Sickler as the
Districts tuberculosis Control
onicer. DR.. sickler recently
resigned. DR.. Morgan has
been deputy chief Of the Health
Departments Division of
Chronic and Preventable .Di-
seases.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
PSC Slices
Request by
SIS Million

BALTIMORE. Feb. II d.
The Public Service Commission
today authorized a Sc million
increase in telephone rates In
Maryland.
The commission. by its deci-
sion. granted about two-thirds
Of the rate raise asked by the
Chesapeake q Potomac Tele-
phone Co. Of Maryland. The
company had asked for about
SIS million more than what
the PSC allowed.
Rate Schedule Ordered
The commission order in
structed the telephone COM
pany to submit a revised rate
schedule which would bring not
more than the $6,O48, 300 in
crease authorized.
When the cap submitted its
new rate schedule last Au-
gust. it said it needed $3.50, 900
for new equipment and to carry
out its proposal to increase the
number Of exchanges that
could be called on q local basis.
The company at the time
said the rate boost would mean
an average increase of less
than 3 cents a day" to Mary
land customers.
Left UP in the air was the
question of whether the com.
lpany would place into effect its
original proposal for extending
the range for local calls, since
it was not authorized to col.
lect all the money it said it
needed to put the proposed
program into effect.
Funds for Pay Rise
Several months later, IL
asked for an additional $1.<
million for what it said was
needed to cover q general pay
increase just granted employees.
It was the sixth rate increase
granted the telephone company
since the end Of World War II.
The commissions opinion
noted that more interest has
been shown in this proceeding
by public authorities. civic,
community and other groups
and individual subscribers than
in any case involving the rates
of this or any other public utili-
ty IN recent years"
Official Comments
w. @. Morrel, Cap vice pres.
ident, made this statement re.
garding the commissions de-
cision:
when we originally filed for
adjusted rates last summer, it
was pointed out that we were
asking for the minimum
amount of revenue needed and
that the additional revenues
were needed promptly.
THE commissioners order
allows us less than three.
fourths of the minimum
amount needed, and it comes
five months too late.
Naturally in the face Of
the service job we have to do
We are extremely disappointed
in the order and we are now
studying all Of our. operations
to see what adjustments must
be made"
A company official later ex-
planned that Mr.. Morrel was
considering the original $780,
900 and the additional $1.4
million as one overall request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
In FuIIcy

Levity. In fact anything
but the strictly functional,
IL discouraged on the police
radio channel. But the other
night when the man talk
ing into the micrOphone on
No. Z Scout Car reported that
the car was following . fox
which was running along a
Georgetown street, . police
man with the microphOne in
another car could not resist
the temptation, With "caIl-
ing all cars" excitement, he
shouted:
"Tallyho, Number Seven!"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Lincoln Shrine Leaves
Visitors Solemn, Serene
BY DOUGLAS b. CORNELL
Associated Press star Writer

Chatting and laughing. they by twos and
bscads to the imposing marble Lincoln They
leave most Of them solemn and subdued. 9
Tomorrow the 14sth anniversary Of the birth Of
martyred special ceremonies will take place at the
glistening white memorial beside the Potomac
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
IL was soMETHING mo-.


1T WAS SOMETHING TO
REMEMBER Bob Rhyns-
burger, the astronomer, was
dressed as If for duck hunt
ing, parka, boots and al. He
pointed out Polaris, the
North star. The red glow
was totthe left, or west Of It.
Under the North star.
east 81 ID the right 81 the
red glow across the north
ern horizon. the sky was a
luminous green something
like the predawn 4 the Fest
but q different. never-never
color.
While we were watching, q
streak went from the red
glow right up across the sky
to the stars overhead.
What we were witnessing,
Bob Rhynsburger said, was
something resulting from the
11-year cycle of sunspots
and quite Ia keeping with the
international Geopl1ysical
Year. He agreed with the
encyclopedia explanation the
Rambler had read before
coming out-that the aurora
is the result Of entry into
the atmosphere Of particles
emitted by the sun.
At any rate, it was q lovely
sight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Hearing Slated
On Salary Raise
.ForScIlooIHead,

Senate hearings on legislation
to raise the District school
superintendent salary from
$4,000 to $22. 900 annually have
been scheduled.
Senate District Fiscal Affairs
Subcommittee Chairman Bible,
Democrat of Nevada, today in
vited testimony on the bill at
10 am. Thursday in the SEN
ate District Committee rooms.
Hearings were set amidst q
furry of activity within the
full committee, also headed by
Senator Bible. Seven local bills
are slated for hearings tomor-
row and Thursday. An organi.
cation session to name new SUBJ
committee chairmen is sched-
uled for 10 am. next Monday.
Conflicting Proposals
Two conflicting proposals for
home rule-one to set up 4 ter
rit0rial government and the
other to organize an elected
Mayor City Council form =
probably will be considered by
the fun committee at the Mon
day meeting
Formal business Monday will
include consideration of the
recess appointment Of Harold
A. Kertz to the District Pub
lie Utilities Commission. He
has served since october.
The superintendent pay bill
was sponsored by Senator
Morse, Democrat Of Oregon,
acting for the Commissioners.
The city heads have urged
speedy action because Supt.
Hobart M. Corning is due to
retire on March /.
Clearance by then could
guarantee his successor the
| $22, O00-a-year, considered es-
sential by city officials to re-
cruiting a competent educa-
tional administrator.
Other Bills Coming Up
Other bills to come before
the Thursday morning session
would:
Allow the Commissioners to
take out insurance up to $780,
600 to cover municipal en-
ployes who drive District We
hicles. Such employees are SUBJ
ject to suit in case they injure
persons or property while driv-
ing on duty. This bill would
free them from payments on
insurance most Of them now
buy themselves.
Exempt from property taxes
the National Association Of
Colored Womens' Clubs. Inc,
at 1901 r street NV. The
National Council of Negro
Women, which occupies the
quarters. pays the District $84O
in annual taxes now.
Make technical changes In
the police and flremen's salary
act so that inspectors and pri-
Yates in the IRE department
could compute their service at
those ranks in determining
longevity.
Senator Bible. named last
week full District Committee
chairman. said he wanted to
talk over all so pending local
bills with members on Monday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-02-11
Fireman Son Follows
Father in Retirement

John Shallcross r 81 is retiring from the District Fire
Department Just month behind his father and
there's lot of Florida literature being read in both their houses
Pvt Shallcross 81. retired for disability
February after that started In the Fire Department
in 1923 Pvt Shalcros IT, Joined the 1850 and