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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
Lack Of Exereise-


CONTINUED from Back Psge)
THE WORDS THAT SPEAK UNTO YOU. THEY ARE
SPIRIT AND THEY ARE LIFE"l-John 500, re. "a.
AND BASIC, PROTECTIVE TRUTH VIA MY GREATEST
MARY, MRS. EDDY. IN MY MASTERPIECE, THE
c.s. TEXTBOOK. NM ONLY INFALLiBLE PASTOR,
SUPERSEDlNC FALLIBLE, ADAM-EVE PASTORS
OF TE5 FLESH. WHO iNvoLUNTARILY FREQUENTLY.
SERVE The DEVIL I'M THE NAME or GOD!
S&H BASIC PROTECTIVE TRUTH:
TINE EXERCISE OF WILL BRINGS ON A
HYPNOTIC STATE. DETRIMENTAL TO HEALTH
AND INTEGRITY OF THOUGHT!
Now, PoNDER TIA STATEMENT A MOMENT.
AND CONSIDER HOW THE DEVIL HAS TAKEN you
VIA WILL, IN ALL DEPARTMENTS OF
ACTIVITY, THE UNScRUPULoUs SALESMAN
SHIP AND ADVERTISING WORKING FOR THE
DEvILS BILLION S RAckETS. Use ALCOHOLIC
BEVERAGES. TOBACCO, IMPURE THERAPEUTICS,
INVITING PREMATURE DEATHS = BUT OFTEN
'DEcEivINc. IF POSSIBLE, THE VERY ELECTS
CONSIDER, TOO, THE DEML OPERATING VIA
WILL IN THE MuLTi-BILLIoN 5 STEALS! VIA
CROOKED POLITICS! THERE is A STEADY
EVOLUTION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
LEADERS OUT OF SATAN BOUND" THEOLOGY,
THERAPEUTICS, EDUCATION, CULTURE, POLITICS,
ENTERTAINMENT RECREATION. INTO MY ONE,
PURE, TRUE. HONEST, COMPLETE, WHOLLY
ACCREDITED, AM CHURCH, THE CHRIST,
SCIENTIST MANY FINE CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS ARE
TO BE FOUND IN THE BUSHES AND PROFESS
SIGNAL WORLD. BUT TO FIND A cHRISTuKE
CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST AMONG THE DEVILS
RAcKETEERINc LABOR LEADERS, IS LIKE SEARCH
INC FOR A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTAcK!
LABOR LEADERS, THE NoN-cHRIsT SCIENTIST,
ARE OF A BREED OF HEBREWS. ROMAN CATHOLICS,
PROTESTANTS, NJ OTHER PRISONERS OF THE
DEVIL !, WHO WOULD FIND IT MOST DIFFICULT TO
HAVE SUCH POWER AS THEY WELD. GAME
HONESTLY IN THE COMPETITIVE WORLD OF BUsl-
NESS, THE PROFESSIONS. ETC!
LACK OF EXERCISE CALLED KILLER
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
Religion In Schools

(ConfinJed from Back Page)
THE SATAN BOUND, CHRIST-REJECTlNC
RABBINATE WERE BOUND HAND AND FOOT!
THE SPIRITUAL ~DIScERNMENT OF JOSEPH.
MOSES. AND ALL THOSE OLD T. WORTHLESS PRoPHESY-
INC THE CHRIST MESSIAH, WERE UTTERLY
LACKING IN THE HEBREW RABBiNATE OF GERMANY
AND THE US. VERY MUCH. TOO.
PULLED R00SEvELT'S LEG PLENTY
BUILT UP THE COMMUNIST MONSTER!
so MAN HEBREWS UTTERLY UNWORTHY OF
JESUS AND MY, GODS, MARVELLOUS o Mi OF
PROTECTION. PEACE. PLENTY: BEHOLD,
HAVE GIVEN YOU P-O-W-E-R -. OVER ALL THE
SO-cALLEDl power OF THE
MATTER" WORLD CREATION, MYTH L"AND
NOTHING SHALL BY MEANS HURT YOU!
WE REITERATE:
SO-CALLED JEWS ARE NOT JEWS AT ALL:
THEY ARE HEBREWS
THE WORD JEW FROM JUDAH, ONE OF
THE IL IONS OF JACOB.
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The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22

"%SUSoC- f"
Nentpvsd from Back pso.
RACkETEERlNC LABOR LEADERSHIP
CREATED 1853 RECESSION
49,. hsE NILS REuTHER, PRopsp,v
ensD. GAVE THE WORD TO CONTINUE woov
ING IN THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY w'+v monN'
CONTRACT WISDOM is TRULY. OFTEN s"nv.n
N HARD WAYl : IeARNED
0Ofr SIDES SWAP BLAME IN STEEL
STRIKE lMPASsE
'nsik RESPONSE TO MITCHELL Ri Asr.
JOINT SESSION BRINGS NO cHANcs
BY Robert A. Bedolis my. Trib. ga,
me stee' industry and the United steeIworkers ot
l.nss'ea p'sned one another yesterday for failure 70 SETTLE
's 'vepfy-nay-o'd nationwide steel strike. The Counter.
aeeosa''ons were in response 10 charges bv Secretary of
.s9or James ?. Mitchell on Saturday that both have failed
70 make serious settlement efforts.
- Io'nf mediation session between both sides IN ,hs
Hofei Roosevelt before they issued their statements bro,ch,
no enange IN the entertainment of either side. Iasenh :
r'nnessn, director OF the Federal Mediation and cone;I;a.
non service. who conducted the meeting said he did not
u,seern any particular impact" on either side bv Mr..
M''ehe''s statement. Another joint meeting will be held at
10 am. today.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
JESUS AND |. GOD. MADE THE WORD
LEW OBSOLETE.

JESUS BECOMING The fIkSi CHkIS IAN.
He, HIS DISCIPLES, N THEIR PoSTERiTY CON-
VERIFIED ALL REAL JEWS AND WORTHY HEBREWS;
AND THEIR PosTERiTY. DURING THE CENTURIES,
DOWN THROUGH ToDAY.A ARE KNOWN AS CHRIS
TIANs ! AND HEBREWS. so-cALLED JEWS,
REACHING MANS EXTREMITY -. GODS oPPoR-
TUNITY', BECOME CHRISTIAN SCIENTISTS tR-E-A-L
JEWS y AND ARE FREED OF THE DEVILS r. c.
ATTEMPTED, GIcANTIc STEALS, CALLING JESUS
COD AND MARY THE MOTHER OF GoDI
OF JESUS HUMAN ORIGIN, He SAID: WHY
cALLEsT THOU ME GOOD? NONE IS GOOD BUT ONE
AND THAT IS GOD. WORSHIP HIM."
AGAIN: Z CAN OF MINE OWN SELF DO NoTHlNc;
1T IS THE FATHER WITHIN NE WHO DoETH THE
WORKS BUT OF HIS DIVINE. SPIRITUAL SON.
SHIP, voiD OF THE EVILS AM-E FRAUD AND
MYTH, SPEAKING OF THE CHRIST, He SAID:
II AM THE WAY. THE TRUTH, AND THE LIFE!
mo MAN NETT UNTO THE FATHER EXCEPT
BY ME"!ETHE CHRIST, THE RIGHT IDEA AND IDEAL
OF PERFECT CREATOR. ONE PARENT, cREA-
TON, UNIVERSE. VERY cooDT-cen. 1871.
RELIGION IN SCHOOLS CALLED PERIL
free Press 8/8)
NEW YORK AP(-Secfarian religious practices in pub
lie schools threaten the religious liberty of all faiths, a
Jewish leader told the annual convention OF the Jewish
War Veterans Of the U.S.A. Friday.
"ReIiuious, public education and democracy are safest
when we adhere to the principle of separation OF church
and state" said Jules Cohen.
He is national eo-ordinsfor of the National Community
Relations Advisory Council, which is a eo-ordinaf'ns agency
for several Jewish groups.
Cohen criticized emphasis upon Christianity in public
school Christmas programs.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1959-08-22
LACK OF EXERCISE CALLED KILLER
OF MANY AMERICANS

N.I. IribUne go
Americans. according to Or. Wilhelm Raab, a professor Of
experimental medicine at the University Of Vermont. He
URGED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RE-
CONDITIONING HEALTH cENTERS BECAUSE, he said.
THE LACE OF MUSCULAR EXERCISE IS cONTRiBUT-
INC SUBSTANTIALLY TO THE ENORMOUS DEATH RATE
FROM HEART DISEASE"
DR.. Rsab, who spent three years studying the nervous
meehanisms which chemically iniure the heart metabolism
in physically inactive persons, said the ultimate answer
lies in a nationwide program of expanded physical exer-
cises."
Working with nearly $50 healthy men, Or.
Raab subjected them TO an elaborate test designed to re-
veal the state of balance between the two mutually opposed
nervous systems. the sympathetic and the vagus, which
govern the metaboIism and function Of the heart.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
U.S.. Reds Nov Wear
'NewLook, 'Probers Say

ments in what the report calls
an attack on the free enter
prise system.
The committee also noted a
change in the party line re-
garding Negroes. Instead of a
Soviet Negro nation" the new
goal is described as one Of
helping Negroes more nearly
realize aspirations of becoming
an integrated part Of American
life.
THAT the party has been
impeded In its efforts to in
fiuence any substantial portion
Of the Negro population is un-
questionably due to the innate
integrity and common sense Of
this minority" the report said.
The committee said other
changes in tactics involve an
invigorated drive to lure youth
into the party. and an effort to
re-establish a welcome for the
Communist Party in organized
labor.
The committee said the main
emphasis in remodeled Com
munist tactics is on a program
Of direct action to infiltrate
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
b the Associated Press

80 ~ the ,Aa1orlAbru FfcAh
Communists in the United
States are now reported under
orders "towear . new look.
The House Committee on
Un-American Activities, telling
Of this today. said:
ITO q degree unmatched in
party history. Communists are
now promoting themselves as
loyal to the United States,
peace-loving and humanitarian
in purpose, and anxious to
work in harmony with Social
lists, liberals and even capital
lists for the good Of the Ma
ton"
This picture of communism
portrayed in a 120-page report
on Communist activities in
Southern California. This area,
the committee said, is now the
special target Of resurgent Red
efforts,
Investigators said q new
Communist tactic is to pose as
q crusader aainst monopolies,
thereby bidding for co-opera-
ton Of labor and other ele-
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Ipected 70 produce additional

Ipected to produce additional
charges.
Three United Mine Worker,
Of America pickets were charged
with murder yesterday in the
death OF Woodrow Smith. a.
They were;
John Henry Warran. 80
Array. who signed . written
statement saying he shot Mr.
Smith in self-defense Tuesday
near Mr.. Smiths mine al
Sinking Greek. :.
Bailey Perry. ~. Of Straight
Creek.
Fred Gregory, 81. Of -Four
Mile. He was the first man
arrested and denied any part
In the shooting.
Mr.. Smiths mine had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Mine Staying
Probe Widens

BARBoURvILLE. Ky. April
. (AP)y-Two high-rankine
State police ofiicials indicated
more charges may be placed to-
day in the staying Of q nom
union mine operator in the
strike-bound Eastern Kentucky
coal fields.
Public Safety Commissioner
Don Sturgill and Major James
W. Hughes. a State police exec
utive director, said q continuing
court Of inquiry here was ex-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

legitimate community affairs.
The role Of the indirect front"
organization has been largely
abandoned. investigators said.
The Southern California
situation was discussed in detail
by the committee.
It said this area was second
only to New York as the largest
concentration of Communist
strength in the United States
1t has become the target Of q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02
Tukes Bride at TT

NASSAU, Bahamas, April 2
(AP).-Sir Victor Sassoon, IT.
year-old multimillionaire Eng
lish Derby winner. married his
nurse, Evelyn Barnes. 80. of
Dallas. Tex, yesterday at his
Gable Beach residence. Ewes. I"
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|picketed two days before the
shooting.
The UNIV wants miners
daily pay raised 10 S24.25 q
day. an increase Of 81 over the
old contract. The strike began
March . In Harlan County and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

has spread over . seven-c0untV
area.
Mr.. sturgill said the situa-
tion is extremely tense. | Many
mine owners fear for their
lives"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-02

massive effort to capitalize on
booming postwar. potentials,
the report added.
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SHOOTING
Spectacular Battle
Attracts Thronq

been shouting every time the
police took cover, quoted to a
whisper when the shot was
heard.
Sergt. Wilfang, still yelling,
came to the window, held the
gun out and fired again.
The policeman armed with
the rifle, Pvt. M. C. Griffin, of
the Civil Disturbance Unit, was
ordered to fire. He was sta
toned diagonally from the win
dow in an apartment across
the courtyard.
A yell from the crowd went
up.
Hes hit" said a policeman
standing just below the win
dow.
Struggles With Police
watch out" warned an of
f1cer. HE is down but he isn't
out yet"
Before the group Of Metropol-
itan and Armed Forces police
men rushed up the winding
stairs, they asked the wounded
sergeant to throw his pistol
down. When he did not answer,
they went up.
With blood gushing from
his wounds, he continued to
struggle with police as he was
brought down.
He was given first aid at the
scene and taken to District
General Hospital.
Police said he was charged
with assault with a dangerous
weapon, gun; robbery with a
gun, Gin connection with the
liquor store delivery and as
sault on a police officer.
Sergt. Wilfang was born in
Cedar Falls. Iowa. He had
served in the Navy from 1947
until 1856 when he joined the
Air Force.
He was assigned to Boiling in
November, 1856, and was as
signed to the HOO Flight Line
Maintenance Squadron as a
flight mechanic, Air Force Of
ficialS said.
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Heod-On Crash in Rain
Kills Couple, Injuries

daughters, Theresa, II, with a
cerebral conclusion and deep
cuts of the leg and body, and
Viola May, 8, with compound
leg fractures and multiple cuts
and bruises.
The other driver, Bernard D.
Antoville of Lynbrook, N. Y,
was taken to Quantico Hospital
with a broken arm and later
transferred to Alexandria Hos
pital.
Police said it was the third
multiple-death crash on Route
l north of Richmond within
five days.
According to Trooper L. B.
Regain, the accident occurred at
the height of a storm when
visibility was poor and the y0ad
slippery. The Ewing car was
going south in the inside lane
and the other car crossed the
road. colliding with it, he re-
ported
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A head-on crash on Route
l near Woodbridge, Va, during
a rainstorm yesterday killed an
Alexandria couple and seri-
ously injured their daughters.
The driver of the other car also
was injured.
The accident occurred at
AIS pm. about a quarter of
a mile south of the State
truck-weighing scales and 3
miles south of Woodbridge in
Prince William County.
Leslie l.. Ewing, 43, of 804
Cherokee avenue, Alexandria,
was killed instantly, State po-
lice reported. His wife, Clara
Louise Ewing, 43, died in the
Naval Hospital at Quantico,
Va. about three hours later.
Police said she had been driv-
ing.
Inc serious condition at the
hospital today were their
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
TWO FAMILIES
TRAPPED BY
LONG SIEGE

Two families, including
four children, were trapped
when 42l4 Fourth street
Sc. became a battle-ground
last night.
The only one to escape
during the fusillade was
Bruce Skane, IL, who was
stranded on the third floor
with his brother, Keith,
10, and their parents, Mr..
and Mrs. John F. Skane.
Bruce was evacuated by
ladder before officials de-
cided the method was too
risky.
Also trapped were Mr..
and Mrs. Louis 10th and
their children, Louis, 6,
and Katherine, 4. The
Toth'S Second-f floor apart
ment is adjacent to the one
in which Staff Sergt. Floyd
Wilfang barricaded him
self.
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Boiling Field airman who had
barricaded himself in his sec
ond floor apartment at 4214
Fourth street Sc. and about SO
policemen last night.
II should have. turned the
gun on myself but I didn't have
the CUTS" the 3o-year-old vet
eran of IA years of military
service said.
"Stuck Fifth in My Hand"
His gun first menaced others
when a delivery man appeared
with whisky Wilfang had or
dered.
1.-THE guy stuck a fifth in my
hand and I stuck a gun in his
face" he said, scratching his
bandaged shoulder.
From that moment (about
6:15 PM events kaleidoScoped.
Wilfang remembers firing one
shot near his roommate, Will
liam Roy, also a Boiling SER
geant, and then calling his first
sergeant, M/Sergt, Thomas S.
ireland.
Sergt. Ireland arrived with
the first units of police, and
tried to reason with his trooper.
part of me wanted to throw
the gun out, but I fought it, "
Wilfang said.
Wilfang said he bought the
gun-a nine shot German P-38
with the idea of killing him.
self when his wife left him in
April and took their child,
Mitzie, 2, with her.
Thine after time I used to sit
on the edge of, the bathtub and
point the gun at my head-the
barrel looked big enough to
crawl inside, and I couldn't do
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it," the stocky airplane me-
chanic continued.
He said he had been taking
courses at the University Of
Maryland since 1858, but anan-
doned them when his marriage
ended. Debts. drinking and loss
of confidence in his military
ability added to his intention
to take his life.
Were all just a stones
throw from the edge" Wilfang
went on. Il just threw the
stone"
Phone Rang Often
when I started shooting I
was over the hump-Somebody
had to die" he said.
Wilfang, who transferred to
the Air Force from the Navy
several. years ago, said he had
combat experience in Korea
and is "a trained markSman."
IF I had wanted to shoot
any of the cops, I would have
hit them-but I wasn't making
any grandstand play
just wanted them to come up
and kill me-" he said.
Police tried to distract him
by arranging for his wife and
little daughter to talk to him
by phone.
1T rang every five minutes
they must have had Is people
on the line, and was getting
more and more nervous" the
wounded man said.
Finally, I went to the stair
way window, fired a couple of
shots outside and just waited,
AFTER that there was the
biggest flash I've seen in my
life and it was all over"
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Stuunton-Woynesboro
Milk Hearing Set

RICHMOND, Va, July 80
(AP).-The State Milk Com.
mission has scheduled a public
hearing for 1890 am. (EST)
August 10 at the Augusta Coz
operative Farm Bureau build
ing in Staunton.
Up for discussion will DO
whether the commission should
exercise its authority in Augusta
County and surrounding coun-
ties, and on how to redef1ne
the market sales area of the
Stanton and 'Waynesboro mars
ketS.
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Crane Hits Live Wire,
Worker EIectrocuted

Killed was Billie E. Thon1p.
son, 81, who lived in a trailer
camp near Andrews Air Force
Base before moving yesterday
to Fairfax, Va.
In good condition at District
General Hospital were Russell
Ferris, 33, of 1851 Trenton
street Sc, and Richard Nolan,
81, of 6501 Marlboro pike.
Gable Swings Loose '
Witnesses said the crane
operated by Rudolph r. Meyers,
jr., of Norfolk had just lifted a
concrete finishing machine
into place for a road paving
job when the accident occurred.
Workmen were holding each
of the four cables attaching
the machine to the crane. Joe
Shine, so. one of the four, said
he unlocked the cable he was
holding and the cable swung
loose. He said that either the
cable or the derrick itseN
struck the electrical line while
the other three workmen still
were holding onto the other
cables.
Joe Dillon, Al, Of District
Heights, driver of the crane,
said the electrical charge lifted
him two feet in the air and
he was thrown Is feet when
contact with the high-voltage
wire was broken.
Saved by Gloves
IF I hadn't had my gloves
on" he said, - would have
had it, too"
The accident occurred on
the paving extension of Penn
Sylvania avenue into Maryland.
The machine itself was in
Maryland and the high voltage
wires were on the District side
at the time of the accident.
The workmen are employed
by the T. E. Ritter Corp. Of
Norfolk, which is paving a 7.
mile stretch Of Pennsylvania
avenue extended.
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bill that would be discharged
by Mr.. Multer's petition.
Hour of Debate
The resolution calls for one
hours debate to be divided
equally between sponsors and
opponents Of the territorial
bill.
Subcommittee Chairman
Davis, Democrat Of Georgia,
condemned the petition for
"thwarting the time-honored
committee system of the
House" He reminded his COL
leagues that his subcommittee
had only begun to hear testi-
mony on bills that members
believe may be unconstitutional.
Under the resolution, the 81
page bill could be amended
only by friends of the territorial
measure. Their amendments
could not be amended.
The last time home rule was
debated on the House floor in
1913, Congressman talked for
two days. But the matter was
never put to a vote.
Since then, the Senate has
passed home rule legislation
five times, the last time this
month. The House committee
has not reported any of these
bills to the floor for debate.
Those Signing
Signing the letter and ex.
pected to sign the petition
Immediately were Democratic
Representatives Flynn of Wis
consin, Kastenmeier of Wis.
consin, Gray of Illinois, Foley
of Maryland, Stratton of New
York, Meyer of Vermont, Hech.
Ter of West Virginia. ..
Also, ReuSs of Wisconsin,
Vanik of Ohio, Coffin of Maine,
Ashley of Ohio, Rivers Of
Alaska, johnson of Colorado,
Miller and Kasem of California,
Wolf of Iowa. Udall of Arizona,
Metcalf of Montana and Nc.
Govern of South Dakota.
Also, Smith of Iowa, O'Hara
of Michigan, BrademaS of In
diana, Yates of Illinois, Quigley
and Rhodes of Pennsylvania.
Thompson of New Jersey,
Giaimo of Connecticut and
Macdonald of Massachusetts,.
Republicans pledged to the
petition were Representatives
Pelly and Tollefson, both Of
Washington, Robson Lindsay
and Mrs. Weis, all of New York;
Baldwin of California, Widnall
and Mrs. Dryer, both of New
jersey; OKonski of Wisconsin
and Bass of New Hampshire.
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WHEN ORVILLE WRIGHT

WHEN ORVILLE WRIGHT
came here in 1908, he hadn't
flown in two years. The
WrightS had been working
on their motor. His older
brother, Wilbur, was in Paris
demonstrating. another ma
chine.
The crash came after sew
eral successful flights. When
Orville recovered, they re-
turned to Dayton and built
a smaller, faster machine.
Both came here with it in
July, 1909. On July "a, Bleriot
made his. successful cross
channel flight from France
to England and there was a
general realization that a
great change was impending.
Orville did the flying at
Fort Myer. On July q he
made the endurance flight,
10 minutes, with 1t. Frank
P. Lain on. board. On the
30th he made the cross
country flight, Alexandria
and back over the treetopS,
with 1t. Benjamin FouloiS
on board.
1t was quite dramatic. The
crowd was worried. Would
they come back? They were
gone Tor several minutes and
then there was a great shout
as the little plane appeared
over the treetops.
Wilbur Wright died in 1912.
Orville lived to 1913. Lain
and FouloiS are living-re-
tired generalS-but they will
be unable to attend today'S
ceremonies.
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Dispatcher
Kept Cruzed
Flyer Talking
BY ARNALnO OTERO
Star Stafi Writer

A veteran policeman talked
for nearly 21a hours by phone
last night in an attempt to
keep a crazed airman from
killing someone.
Pvt. Robert L. Gray Of the
Communications Bureau kept
S/Sergt. Floyd F. Wilfang
on the line at his apartment,
where he barricaded himself
and pumped bullets at police
men.
Pvt. Gray, SO, who has been
on the force for more than 10
years, first reached Sergt. Will
fang at around $50 pm.
you are not in big trouble
yet" he told the airman after
asking him to surrender. II
can promise you no one will
hurt you if you come down.
Just throw the gun down and
come out.
Almost Sold Him
cat one point I had him al
most convinced. I felt, but all
of a sudden something hap
pened and he would change his
mind.
HE also thought he had
heard someone outside say he
had shot a policeman. I had
to convince him again he had
not.
HE seemed to feel that he
had to hurt someone to get out
of it. He even threatened me-"
BY this time police had the
names of two relatives-his
wife, Julia Marie, who was in
State College, Pa, and his
mother, Mrs. Fred Wilfang, in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
In a three-way telephone
conversation, Mrs. Wilfang told
her son:
please do what the police
man tells you. Don't worry
about the money, we will get
it for you and send it."
Police were told Sergt. Will
fang had debts and had tele-
phoned his family earlier
yesterday asking for money!
His younger sister, Charlene,
also talked to him but he would
not listen," Pvt. Gray said.
Wife Talks
"Just at that the telephone
operators connected us with his
wife in Pennsylvania. We tried
to have them discuss it among
themselves but were unable to
complete the connection.
when that failed, we had
to disconnect the Iowa call and
had his wife talk to him."
(Pvt. Gray said he would
put the phone down, apparent
ly to answer pleas from police
below, and then resume the
conversational
Suddenly he became irri-
tated and talked obscenely to
his wife. Their conversation
wasn't too coherent because of
the interruptions"
But Pvt. Gray stayed on the
phone until a voice from the
other side said it was all over.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-07-30
HOPED TO DIE
Sergeant Wanted
Police to Kill Him
BY MICHAEL MOK
Star STAFF Writer

The sergeant said today he fought police because he
wanted to die under their gunfire.
n figured if I out blasting would have
to kill me-" Staff Serg Floyd Wfang said the locked ward
of District Hospital where under treatment
wounds from police riot gun.
Its blast ended wo-hour exchange of shots between the