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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-08
The Artist

The imitator is poor kind of creature
II the man who paints only the tree, or
flower, or other surface he sees before him
were an artist the king of artists would
be the photographer 1t is for the artist to
do something beyond this: in portrait paint
ing to put on canvas something more than
the face of the model wears for that one
day; to paint the man in short, as well as
his features.-WhistIer.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1960-01-08

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Evening star., 1960-01-28
Court Dignitories Honor GU Regent
Who Secretly Yeorns to Try q Case

Some of his beliefs are these:
Every case is a human in
terest story"
Every case. If you push II
back far enough. involves some
principle of philosophy"
Role as Regent
AS regent of the law school,
Father Lucey did not have to
become a lawyer or, indeed,
know very much about the in
tricacies Of legal affairs. MY
job is an administrative one. "
he says, land deals mostly with
matters Of no intellectual con-
tent"
But he realized he could do
a better job If he should be-
come a lawyer. After becoming
regent in 1881. he started to at
tend classes at his own night
school. He was already teach
ing Jurisprudence, but this is
a practical philosophy course
which requires no specific legal
training.
Il go where I'm sent" says
Father Lucey. They could ac-
tually send me to missions in
India, but they probably won't" "
The principal speaker at to-
nights dinner will be Chief
Judge E. Barrett Prettyman of
the United States Court of
Appeals here.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

and that I'VE have had trouble
with it weaving before"
school today because of a teach
er training program led the
parents of some of the young
people to permit them to go out
last night. Donald Rotramel
told his mother, a management
analyst for the Air Force, that
the boys expected to take the
girls to a movie.
Larry Moehring had been
excused from work at the fam
lily bakery shop on Telegraph
road about $50 pm. Donald
and Larry were fraternity
brothers and were planning to
organize teen-age dance band,
Donald playing a saxophone
and Larry the piano.
Miss Milaknis, the third fa-
tality in the crash, was a senior
at George Washington, having
transferred last September from
Chicago.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

1t was one chance in 10000
but somebody managed to take
of today with a sleek black
Secret Service car-one Of the
feet that escorts the President.
The miXup, all the result of
a mistake. occurred this morn
ing and it wasn't long before
the Secret Service got its two
way-radio-equipped 1860 Mer-
curry back again, hardly the
worse for wear.
This is how it happened:
John E. Campion, a Secret
Service agent who lives at 1902
North Pershing drive, Arlington,
parked the car near his home
last night.
Parked about two spaces
away on the same street was
a black late model Ford be-
longing to an Arnold Lines
bus driver. The bus driver gen.
orally parks his auto there be-
fore relieving a fellow driver
on a nearby bus route.
The driver relieved his COL
league and asked him to drive
his car up to the Arnold bus ga
rage at North Randolph street.
He gave him the keys. But the
second driver mistakenly found
the Mercury-it was about 2
a.m.-and the key fit the lock.
Thinking his co-worker had
bought a new car, he drove It
Evening star., 1960-01-28
KEY WORKS TOO WELL
Secret Service Car
Driven Off in Error

to the garage, parked it on the
street nearby and left the keys
in an Office to be picked up by
his friend later this morning
About 7:30 m. Mr.. Campion
discovered the Secret Service
car missing. He contacted F. V.
Ferguson, a Ford company rep
resentative handling the Secret
Service contract.
Mr.. Ferguson said he then
began cruising the Arlington
area. Shortly after 8 am. he
discovered the car parked where
the second bus driver had left
it.
Mr.. Ferguson called police
who came and started looking
for f1ngerprintS. A small crowd
gathered.
At this point, the second bus
driver showed up and asked
what was going on. Still be-
lieving it was his friends car,
he told police that it wasn't
stolen and that the keys were
in the garage office.
But a check showed the keys
were gone.
The first driver had arrived
picked up his auto keys and
looked for his car. When he
couldn't find it, he finally had
another driver take him to the
Pershing street spot. Then he
simply drove of In his own
Ford.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Glover Freewoy Foes
Win Right to q Trial

court to dismiss the suit, since
not even preliminary plans for
the highway had been agreed
upon. But Judge Matthews re-
fused.
Affects Future
The case has national sig
niflcance. The National Parks
Association has warned that the
outcome will either encourage
or deter future civic-minded
persons from donating land for
public use.
The District had made an
agreement in 1948 with the
National Park Service to get
the right-of-way for a high
way through Glover-Archbold
But Judge Matthews said yes
terday it is questionable wheth-
er such an agreement can be
made.
In addition, the judge ques-
toned whether the District
Commissioners had the author
ity to convert the parkland to
highway use.
City plans are to construct
a freeway from Tenley circle,
at Nebraska and Wisconsin
avenues N. w., to near Canal
road. where another freeway
along the Potomac River would
carry traffic to and from down.
town. The project is designed
to reduce the traffic congestion
on Massachusetts avenue.
Say Violates Intention
But the plaintiffs contend a
highway through the narrow,
2.5-mile-long park just west of
Georgetown violates the inten-
tion of the donors. The plain
tiffs include the District Audu-
bon Society and the Committee
Of 100 on the Federal City.
Only the plaintiffs action
in filing suit, said the judge,
stopped the Distict Commits
sioners from converting the
parkland. The effect will be a
lengthy delay in highway plans
for the park, because now the
case must await trial.
Past law cases generally show
that the Government which
accepts land for park uses can't
divert it to other purposes ex-
cept through condemnation,
said the Judge.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

City plans to put a super
highway through the Glover
Archbold Park have been set
back by a District Court ruling.
Since the proposed parkway
would eat up more than half
Of the l05-acre park, the donors
and other citizens have a right
to take the case to court, Judge
Burnita Shelton Matthews ruled
yesterday.
Mrs. Anne Archbold and
Charles C. Glover. jr., and others
are trying to prevent the city
from constructing a highway
through the land which they
gave to the city in 1888.
The District had asked the
Evening star., 1960-01-28
D. 6. Pushes
CurAuction
Licensing
BY ROBERTA HORNIG
Star Stan Writer

Licensed auctioneers in the
District must apply for permits
from now on before they can
sell automobiles at auctions
away from their own businesses,
The Department of Licenses
and Inspections is today send
ing out notices to this effect by
registered mail to 10 auction
eerS, c. T. Nottingham, SUPER
intendent for licenses and per-
mits in the District, has an
nounced.
The regulation will not apply
to those who regularly conduct
auctions at their regular place
OF business and have annual
permits, Mr.. Nottingham said.
The mailing of the notices
followed the refusal by Assist
ant Corporation Counsel Clark
King to prosecute an auctioneer
who sold an automobile with
out a proper permit last De-
cember 3.
The auctioneer, who is also
a licensed car dealer and whose
place of business is in South.
east Washington, sold the car
at a lot in the Northeast.
At a hearing in Mr.. Kings
office in Municipal Court yes
terday, Conrad Cardano and
John Spiess, investigators for
the enforcement branch of the
Department of Licenses and In
spections, asked Mr.. King to
charge the auctioneer with
failure to obtain a permit.
They asked Mr.. King to en-
force a section of the District
Code requiring anyone selling
merchandise to first acquire a
permit.
Mr.. King, who held this deci.
sion over to today, refused to
prosecute on the grounds that
there is no evidence the de-
partment has ever enforced this
ruling before"
Consequently, it should serve
notice to the auctioneers before
initiating legal action against
them.
Mr.. Spiess said the depart
ment was trying to test the de-
partment's powers in seeking
legal action in this case as the
first step in cracking down on
unlicensed auctioneers.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Auto Kills Louis Urow
District Trial Lowyer

Louis Urow. 40, Washington
trial attorney. was killed yes
terday when struck by an auto
while crossing rain-Swept Con-
necticut avenue NV. at Brandy
wine street.
Police reported that Mr..
Urow of 4538 Reno road NV.
was hurled 70 feet. At 5:55
pm. 20 minutes after the &C
cident, he was pronounced dead
at GEORGETOWN Hospital.
The driver, Frank L. Emo, Sc,
of the 5000 block of Calvend
lane. Kensington. Md, was
moving north on Connecticut
avenue. Mr.. Urow was crossing
from the southeast to the
southwest corner.
Investigators said there are
no signs or traffic lights at the
intersection, but that Mr.. Urow
was walking in the crosswalk.
Driver Charged
Mr.. Emo was charged with
failing to yield the right of
way to a pedestrian, and homi-
eide. He posted 500 collateral
and was released in custody of
his attorney for appearance at
10 coroners inquest tomorrow.
Mr.. Emo is a special assistant
to the assistant director of the
ONCE Of Civil Defense Mobili-
zation.
Mr.. Urow. a native of Lynn,
Mass. come to Washington
about IA years ago after COM
bat service with the army in
Africa. Italy, and the Pacific.
A graduate of Harvard COL
lege and Harvard Law School,
he served with the Justice De-
partment's alien property di-
vision.
He was a member of the
Canter and Urow law firm, with
Offices in the Barr Building.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

His widow, the former Edythe
Canter Urow, Is also a men,
Der.
PrObed Wiretapping
In 1852. Mr.. Urow served on
a special three-man civilian
trial board investigating wire-
tapping charges against Police
1t. Joseph w. Shimon.
Mr.. Urow cast the dissenting
vote when the board, in a 81
decision, acquitted the officer.
Mr.. Urow was vice president
Of President Truman's inaug-
ural committee in 1949. He also
was a member of the American
and District Bar Associations
and a vice president of the
American Rail and Steel Co.
Besides his widow, he leaves
a daughter, Jacqueline, 7, and
his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Sam
uel Urow of Lynn.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Checkinqs
Planned
BY BETTY MILES
Star Stan Writer

More medical checkups and
better care for public assist
ance recipients is the goal of
a new program being planned
by the District Public Welfare
and Health Departments, the
public welfare director said
yesterday.
Gerard NJ. Shea told the
Public Welfare Advisory Coun-
Gil the examinations would
provide up-to-date data on re-
lief recipients whose physical
condition is a factor in their
eligibility. and would also help
the department plan health
services for them.
80 Patients Daily
About 80 patients would be
seen daily at the Northwest
Health Center at Thirteenth
and Upshur streets NV, he
said.
At present. about five or six
are examined daily at the GEN.
ter, at District General Hos
pital and at private facilities.
Mr.. Shea said a meeting with
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, direc-
tor Of the Health Department,
and other health officials was
set for today. with a formal
agreement expected as soon as
details have been worked out.
The proposal would then be
sent to the District Commits
sioners for their approval.
The center would also see all
patients on relief now being
treated elsewhere for specific
disorders, he said. A complete
report on m edical findings
would be sent to the Public AS
sistance Division. At the pres
ent time. only a judgment on
the patients physical limita-
tions is forwarded, he said.
Bigger Need
This has been one of our
biggest needs" the welfare di-
rector declared.
Its our hope that with this
as a beginning we will be able
to tie in a more effective treat
ment program for the aged and
disabled"
DR.. Finucane said the exam
nations would come under the
center's chronic disease SCREEN
ing program.
In other action. Miss Mary
Bourke. chairman of the Pub
lie Welfare Advisory Council,
received the members permis-
sion to ask the District Com
missioners to increase the size
of the council. Expanded from
nine several years ago, the
council now has IL members.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
BY ANDREW w. BINGHAM
Star Staff Writer

The Rev. Francis E. Lucey,
regent Of the Georgetown Uni
versity Law School for nearly
80 years, has an ambition
which he never will be able to
fulfill.
I'D love to plead a case in
a court" he says, somewhat
wistfully.
Father Lucey was admitted
to the District bar in 1941; he
has been teaching courses in
Jurisprudence, torts and other
legal subjects since 1929. But
he has never handled a court
case.
AS a Jesuit priest he never
will, either. This doesn't stop
him from wishful dreaming,
however. when he sees such
star pupils as Edward Bennett
Williams finish their academic
legal work and build up a sue
cessful law practice.
FrustratiOn Compounded
Father Lucey's Illustration
Us compounded when he recalls
that more than so years ago
he had to choose between be-
coming a Jesuit or q lawyer.
BY becoming one he almost
Evening star., 1960-01-28
MotherweII Trial
Judge Is Named

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. %
(AP).-Superior Judge War
rem Steel Of Yuba County yes
terday was assigned to the
murder trial of Larry Lord
Motherwell, accused of Staying
a wealthy widow, Mrs. Pearl
Putney, 70. of Washington,
D. c.
Judge Steel will replace Su-
perior Judge Winslow Chris
tian, challenged by defense
counsel as being prejudiced
against Motherwell.
Motherwell's trial is sched-
uled to start February ID at
Downieville, Sierra County.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

but not quite-became the
other.
His basic beliefs about the
law, and about people, help to
explain why he would have
liked to become a trial attorney.
They also explain why four
Supreme Court justices, 26
local judges and more than
TOO friends and former students
will honor him at q special
dinner tonight.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
3 een-Agers Die,
3 Injured in Crash
AIexondriuns' Car Skids Into Tree
Off Mount Vernon Boulevard

Three Alexandria teen-agers
were killed and three others
injured when one lost control
Of a car that skidded 121 feet
before striking a pine tree of
Mount Vernon boulevard last
night.
Demolished in the accident
a quarter mile north of Col
lingwood road was a two-door
1860 Ford sedan in which the
group was travelling northward
about 9:45 pm.
The fatalities were listed as:
Donald C. Rotramel, 16, of
3515 Mount Vernon avenue, a
Junior at George Washington
High School and son of Mrs.
June Rotramel.
Lamar Moehring, 18, of 448
Argyle drive, also a George
Washington junior and son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle E.
Moehring.
Sue Irene Milaknis, 18, a
senior at George Washington,
of 1902 Edison street, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Boleslovas
Milaknis.
List of Injured
The injured, all of Alex
andria, included:
James c. Ward. II. of 124
East Raymond street, a sopho-
more at George Washington,
who, police said, was driving
the family car.
Judy Ann Railey, Is, Of 204
Aspen street.
Peggy Ransdell, IS, of %
Kennedy street.
All three were admitted to
Alexandria Hospital. The con-
dition of the two girls was listed
as serious.
Police said they were told by
young Ward that he was driv-
ing at a moderate speed when
the car swerved on the rain
wet pavement.
AS the car cut across to the
left side of the road, he des-
perately tried to bring it under
control, finally slamming down
his foot on what he thought
was the brake. Instead, he hit
the accelerator, and the car
bolted ahead up a low en-
bankment and into the pine
grove.
The wrecked car was so
twisted rescue squads from
Penn Daw and Mount Vernon
Volunteer Fire Departments
were hard-put to remove the
pinned victims. 1t took As min
utes to free one of the fatally
injured in the back seat.
Walks to Road
Although he suffered injuries
to the left leg and cuts and
bruises over the body, young
Ward was able to walk to the
road to summon help.
William r. Ward, father of
the cars driver, said he had
been given use of the car last
night as a reward for studying
he has done for his mid-term
sophomore examinations at
George Washington.
Mr.. Ward said James has a
good driving record and never
before had an accident. He
said the car had power steering
Evening star., 1960-01-28
ToyIer jailed
With Spears
Here in 1893

Two mystery figures in the
crash Of an airliner in the Gulf
Of Mexico last November were
arrested and jailed in WASH
ington together in 1888, police
records have revealed.
They are DR.. Robert v.
Spears, a Dallas (Tex0 naturo-
path, and William A. Taylor.
a salesman from Tampa, Fla.
DR.. Spears name was on the
passenger list of the National
AlrlineS plane which crashed
mySteriously on November Is,
killing all AZ persons aboard.
However, DR.. Spears was ar
rested earlier this month in
Phoenix. Ariz.. and is being
questioned about the crash by
the FBI, Taylor, a longtime
companion of DR.. Spears. has
not been seen since the crash.
Police and Jail records show
that Spears, under the name
Lionel Byam. and Taylor, as
Albert Thompson, were arrested
by Washington police on April
8, 1888, on charges of larceny
after trust.
The records give no details
OF the offense. Spears was re-
leased on April IA to be turned
over to police of another ju-
risdiction. Taylor's case was
dropped on October 10, 1888,
and on November 81, he was
released after he was found
not guilty of an additional
charge of being a fugitive.
The two were also arrested in
Baltimore on February 18. 1887,
on charges of false pretenses.
Both were sentenced to five
years in the State penitentiary
in Baltimore. Spears was dis
charged November 8, 1910, and
Taylor was released February
IT, 1910.
Investigators believe that
Taylor took Spears place on
the plane.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
The
Rambler
Would
Lobby if He Could
BY JOHN McKELWAY

Netherlands Ambassador
]. H. van Roijen was quoted
in the public press as saving
his embassy lis falling
around our ears"
The Substitute Rambler,
trying to stay even with re-
development, shot up to 1470
Euclid street NV. and found
he was in luck. The building
was still there. But it is a
cold, auStere building that
seems in need of some tulips
or something around its
edges.
The main entrance, once
on Fifteenth street, is now
on Euclid. 1t is a wide,
wooden door that makes one
think twice before entering.
The visitor punched a door
bell and noticed a small sign
which said: When Buzzer
Sounds Please Push the
Right Door" There was a
sound, a groan. The door on
the right pushed open, and
the Substitute Rambler had
forced his way into The
Netherlands embassy, which
later turned out to be the
chancery. But it was the
building the Ambassador,
who lives at 2347 S street
NV. that's the embassy
had been talking about.
A big, serious guard in a
blue uniform asked the in
truder to come up a long
flight of stairs and wait. His
office is on the second floor.
He controls the buzzer. But
when someone enters, he has
to go to the top of the stairs
and politely yell down tothe
front door and tell a visitor
to come up the stairs and
state his business.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
Ballet for Children

The Prince Georges Ballet
Will present a program of
dances designed primarily for
children in two performances
Saturday at Oxon Hill Junior
High School. on Indian Head
highway. Performances begin
at 2:30 and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1960-01-28

THE CHANCERY is not
falling down. Crumbling
walls were not found. But
the chancery is probably the
most confusing building in
Washington. There is a tiny
elevator in the middle of
the building that seems to
grope upward in the middle
Of several rooms. There may
be three floors in the old
embassy. Then again
There is a secret stair
case leading from the en-
bassy to the chancery. You
squeeze through. 1t is no
longer secret and is used
regularly by the 100 persons
who work in the chancery.
1t should have been taken to
The Netherlands and used
by the Dutch underground
during the occupation.
People typwrite in what
was once the banquet hall.
They seem out of place and
so do the file cabinets.
One friendly door opened
Into a hot black room where
the furnace is reported to
be. The visitor had expected
to find an attache.
Pointing to the ceiling in
what was once the wide and
handsome room where guests
were received, Mr.. Elsakkers
said the section had fallen
down one night.
The garden has been
paved over for parking. Still,
employees regularly circle the
building each morning,
searching. The traffic along
Fifteenth street is terrible.
They can't use the main en-
trance.
Convinced of the need for
a new chancery, the Substi-
tute Rambler was ready to
lobby in The Hague. But he
couldn't find 1t in the tele-
phone book.
Evening star., 1960-01-28
SafetyDoubt
Bars Fans at
Leland Gym
Architects Lack
Dutu on Balcony;
Team Still Wins
BY ANNE H. CHRISTMAS
Star Staf Writer

Spectators are barred from
witnessing Leland Junior High
Schools home basketball games
in Chevy Chase. (Md.) because
architects refuse to approve
occupancy of a balcony over
looking the gymnasium, which
has been in use 80 years.
John w. Mcleod, of the
architectural firm of Mcleod
& Ferrara, assigned to make
a safety check of the build
ing, constructed in 1928, said:
1T would be a major job Of
tearing out walls to make a full
scale analysis of the stress fac
tors involved. No records exist
of the original construction,
and we simply don't know
enough to guarantee it. For
that reason, we have advised
the school not to use the bal
cony."
Principal John King was
notified Of the decision by the
firms engineers at pm. Tues
day, just As minutes before the
seasons first home basketball
game was to begin, and made
an announcement over the
schools public address system.
Painful knowledge
"The youngsters were good
sports about it, but naturally
it was painful to everyone con-
cerned." Mr.. King added. I'VE
have sold TAO budget tickets
granting pupils the right to
see the games, and tradition
ally there is a great deal of
school spirit here"
Playing to an empty house,
Leland's eighth grade team
scored a victory over Western
Junior High of Bethesda, which
was some comfort to the alb
Sentee roofing section.
I'VE are exhausting every
means to arrange for the use of
gym facilities at neighboring
school for our home games"
Mr.. King said. Our ninth
grade team plays Newport
Junior High today. and it's
most disappointing to all OF US
that there is not sufficient room
around the edge of the basket
ball court to accommodate the
spectators. However, we hope
to have something worked out
as soon as possible.
Refunds Planned
Money for the games which !
cannot be witnessed will be
refunded to the students who
purchased budget tickets, Mr.. !
King said.
"The loss will be felt keenly
in the athletic program. which
receives the proceeds from the
tickets" he said. Also, it is a
blow to everybody at Leland
where support of the teams
always runs high"
The balcony is a long. narrow
'one running the length of the
gymnasium. It's front side
rests on a brick wall, but Mr..
Mcleod said the part in doubt
overhangs the stage of the
auditorium, which adjoins the
gym.
1--WE hated to advise the
school to close off the balcony,
but we feel that we can't give it
a clean bill of health" he con-
tinued. He made a personal
inspection. accompanied by
several other representatives
Of his firm.
Leland's antiquated buildings
have been the subject of PTA
concern for some time. and the
Montgomery County Board of
Education has heard numerous
complaints and requests from
parents for more adquate
quarters.
Another balcony over the
auditorium has been closed off
since last year because it, too,
was labeled unsafe for occu-
pancy. 1t is now being used
for storage.