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Evening star., 1961-03-31
Mon Captured Here
Gets Life as Slayer

A North Carolina jury today
returned a guilty verdict ir
the murder trial Of Harold A
Smith, who was arrested by
Washington police last July on
a holdup charge and later
linked to the brutal Staying oi
a Marine sergeant.
The Associated Press re-
ported that Smith, who turned
81 yesterday, was sentenced to
life Imprisonment after his
conviction by Q Kinston IN. c.
Jury. The jury had recon-
mended mercy.
Apprehended in Washington
in connection with a restaurant
holdup July %, Smith was
charged in the kidnap-murdel
Of Sergt. Robert e. Schroeder
IS. The sergeant was fatally
shot July 81 near Camp lie.
jeune, N. c., after stopping tc
give Smith and two companions
a hand with their stalled car.
Ten-year prison terms were
meted out to Smiths COM
panions. Jesse Eugene Perry,
"a, Of Memphis, and Eugene
Jacobs. 81, Of Durham, N. c.,
who had pleaded guilty to be-
ing accessories.
Smiths sentence was pro-
nounced by Judge Susie Sharp,
who praised the work Of law
enforcement agencies which
Evening star., 1961-03-31

co-operated IN the murder in
veStigation.
Shortly after their capture
here, the trio were questioned
by Detectives Donald Allen and
Douglas Smith of the Wash
ington robbery squad and Of
ficers Of the North Carolina
State Bureau Of Investigation
and Of the Armed Services Po-
lice.
The investigators linked the
three youths to the Staying BY
means Of a high school class
ring and a .45-caliber pistol
Smith had tried to flush the
ring down a drain in a WASH
ington jail cell. Later, the slain
sergeant's fiancee identified
the ring as one she had given
him.
The pistol was taken from
the trio when they were cap
tured in q gun battle with DO
lice here after the July holdup
Ballistics tests linked the wea-
pom with the three bullets fired
into Sergt. Schroeder.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

"a l9-year-old youth Of the
1900 block Of U street Sc.
Tuesday. Harris was held in
$500 bond pending Municipal
Court action.
Police said the roundup
netted about rs youths, in
cluding the 13-member girls
auxiliary. The drinking parties
repeatedly have been going on
for about six weeks, with
refreshments purchased by
friendly adults.
Originally. Detective Darnell
said, all the boys involved, in
Icluding the 10 and 20 year old
youths, were members of the
"Arribas" gang. He said the
Little Mafias was q recently
organized group for teen-aged
boys l6 and under.
A hearing for all gang mem
bers, and their parents, viii be
held by Youth Aid Division Of
ficials Wednesday in Metro
Ipolitan Police headquarters.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

gang will do anything ! tell
them to-"
The gangs drinking head
quarters, investigators said,
was an old shack on an aban-
doned used car lot on Good
Hope road Sc, opposite the
AnacoStia Naval Station. The
shack's furnishings included q
baby's crib mattress and some
bedSprings.
The youthful party set held
their drinking bouts on Mon
day, Thursday or Saturday
evenings and bought beer, wine
and cans of malt liquor by
pooling their allowance or
lunch money. On one or two
occasions the Eprees were held
in a burned-out house near the
1900 block Of w street Sc.
Detective Darnell said the
assault charge was placed
against Elwood Harris, 20, OF
the 1900 block Of w street Sc.
Harris was charged with as
saulting-and biting the ear OF
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Police Investigate Activities
Of Teen-Age Tipping Gangs

Washington police said today
they have begun an investiga-
ton Of the social" activities
Of three gangs Of teen-agers
who pooled their resources to
finance q series Of wine and
beer drinking sprees at a
Southeast used-car lot.
Detectives Of the police youth
aid divisions gang squad said
q roundup Of the juvenile tip
piers began this week with the
arrest Of q 20-year-old youth
accused Of striking and biting
the ear Of another youngster.
Gang squad Detective Rich
ard =. Darnell said the teen
ayers, all white, were members
of three recently reorganized
gangs -t the "Arribas,'' the
Little Mafias" and the Links. =
The Links membership con-
sisted Of IS girls aged IL to is.
He said the leader Of the
girls organization was o l3-
year-old who told police: my
Evening star., 1961-03-31
The Jig Is FindIIy Up
For the Cookie Gang

Washington police today
cracked one Of their most
battling cases. which in crime
annals win be recorded as the
cookie and pop caper.
Since March is, the South
east fourteenth precinct and
nearby Maryland had been
ravaged by a series Of house.
breakings. Some Of the de-
partment's best minds boggled
as the loot rolled up. First one
box Of cookies, then another.
And oh, so many bicycles.
On three separate occasions,
Davis Elementary School was
victimized. AS in many Of the
residential burglaries, much
ransacking was in evidence.
What was missing each time?
Cookies and soda water.
Today Capt. George z. Causey
Of the 14th had an announce
ment. The jig was up for these
fast-striking bandits.
The whole gang was in Gus
tody-one 8-year-old and two
7-year-old boys. One was white
and two others, brothers,
colored.
The brothers long had been
known to the 18th as sort Of
wards Of the precinct. Often
they had been reported missing
from home. Some policeman
would run into them and send
them back to their parents.
Today 1t happened again. but
this time the guardian OF the
law became curious about their
two bicycles. They couldn't
account for them. So the
questioning began and in time
the cookie-soda pop-bicycle
caper began coming out.
The boy burglars admitted
they had been very active, had
borrowed" many more bikes
then they could remember, but
always abandoned them at the
end Of their rides.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
MEMO FROM THE EDITOR
The Youth Peace Corps:
How Will It Work?

A HISTORY-MAKING AMERICAN NHSSION-For an
inside look at one Of the most exciting and bene-
ficial programs that this country has ever under
taken, the Youth Peace Corps plan, see This Week
Magazine In The Star this Sunday. Learn how and
why the plan will work as shown by Senator Hubert
Humphrey, an early sponsor of the project
POETRY IN PAINTING-The Corcoran Gallery Of Art
next week will exhibit the paintings of Albert Pink
ham Ryder and SUNDAY, The Star Magazine brings
you word picture study of how Mr.. Ryders
paintings are POLITICALLY tiged with unique quality
of haunting loneliness
FISHING, EXOTIC STYLE-A true fisherman may
spend astronomical sums to hunt elephant in Wild
est Africa, but when he hears fish jumping there's
only one thing to do: Go fishing Outdoor Editor
Charles Covell tells you about two Area anglers
adventures with Somalan catfish on The Sunday
Stars Leisure Sports Page. AA8
THE EARLY DAYS OF THE CIVIL wAR-Beginning
this Sunday In The Stars big color comic section
see the first Of new 13-week continuity in "The
Old Glory Story" a series that ranges from Fort
Sumter through the removal Of the Confederate
capital from Montgomery, Ala, to Richmond, Va. In
The Stars own Civil War Story SUNDAY, The star
Magazine, brings you recount Of pre-war activities
in Charleston, s. c..
A NEW DISNEY CLASSIC--Nikk Wild Dog of the
North, is the subject Of the latest dramatic Story
in Walt Dsney's Treasury Of Classic Tales Taken
from the James Oliver Curwood story, "Nomads of
the North, look for the first instament this sun
day In the comic section.
Phone Lincoln $4,000 for Home Delivery
Evening star., 1961-03-31

Their housebreakings always
terminated at the same goal
the refrigerator.
Police remember almost
catching up with the gang on
one Of the Davis School epi-
sodes. They chased the culprits
into the woods, lost them but
picked UP the EVIDENCE half
empty cookie box.
The two brothers have been
turned over to the Welfare De-
partment. The third boy has
been returned to his parents
pending q Welfare Department
report.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

HIS ANSWER to the fire.
quent question, who wrote
the King James Version" is
that the noble language of
this 1911 publication came
largely from VILLA m
Tyndale, who translated the
Bible almost a century be-
fore.
The much earlier Wyclif
Bible, translated in the late
1300s, has little in common
with Tyndale's or the King
James Bible.
The Passion according to
st. Matthew has some of the
most quoted lines of the New
Testament, "for ye have the
poor always with you," "for
all they that take the sword
shall perish by the sword"
the kiss Of death, the 80
pieces of silver and Pontius
PLATE washing his hands.
No theologian, the RAM
bier is unable to assess the
significance Of the Substitu-
ton Of the Hebrew word
Messiah, meaning deliverer,
for the Greek word Christ,
meaning the annointed. This
is consistent throughout.
Some Of the changes seem
meaningless - "three times"
for thrice" Others are un-
derstandable but unimpor.
tant - bandit" is a better
word for a robber and
"thief." When Peter is ac-
costed for the third and last
time before the cock crowed,
his accusers say (King
James) your speech betrays
you," and (New English
Bible) "your accent gives you
away"
Both are powerful, NOV
ing, accounts Of the story
that eventually conquered
the Roman Empire down
to the darkness Of the sixth
to the ninth hour and the
pathetic cry Of Ell, Eli,
lama sabachthani?"
Either is good Good Friday
reading and 1t matters not
whether "Jesus again gave a
loud cry and breathed his
last" (NEB) or yielded up
the ghost"
Evening star., 1961-03-31

disputed fact that Kansas
leaped into 3Sth place Wednes-
day. And that New Hamp-
shire, by unanimously revok-
ing its 37th ratification, stole
3Sth place yesterday.
You can have an opinion,
too. Constitutional lawyers in
the Federal Government say
which is in 38th place is a
moot" point. The Supreme
Court is a little fuzzy on the
point, too, which is under
standable since the Supreme
Court never rules on moot
points.
Here is, the sequence Of
events confusing the experts.
Wednesday Lineup
On wednesday. the ratifica-
ton lineup looked like this:
No. 81, New Hampshire.
ratified at 1859 pm.
No. 38, Kansas, at 1:14 pm.
No. 80, Ohio. at 1856 pm.
Yesterday morning. the 400
IN ember New Hampshire
House, biggest. in the country,
unanimously revoked ratifica-
ton. Then, House members re-
ratified at li:0l am.
The turnahout viii make New
Hampshire the 3Sth State to
ratify and 'give US $500, 900
worth Of free advertising, -
Yankee Representative Arnold
Clement reasoned.
At the House session, Rep
resentative Stanley H. William
son wanted to know why the
State couldn't reap o million
dollars worth Of publicity by
mot passing this blooming
thing" Action was substituted
for talk In response to House
Minority Leader John w.
Kings warning that only haste
could save the Ssth place for
New Hampshire.
New Hampshire Gov Wesley
pBwell omptly wired Kaia
Gov. John Andersen jr.. that
New Hampshire has this day
become the 3Sth State to, ratify
tlie 4 ktlif 4 dnSTil I
Kansas was plenty ranked
Evening star., 1961-03-31

the Recommendation Is In an
annual jail inspection report
now being printed for his office.
The comment echoes a report
made by the Federal Bureau OF
Prisons last September calling
for an increased guard force,
training, more pay and a re-
duction in the work shift from
12 to 8 hours. Neither depart
ment has the authority to en-
force their recommendations,
County Sheriff J. Lee BAH,
jail director, said his proposed
1861 -62 budget contains no re-
uests I'd ralse guard pay
or increase the present 15Imafi
force.
y Z, - a,
llfas llity
The iail is the sole RESPONSE
bility Of the sheriff, an elected
officer, and no one else can
interfere with its operations,
county officials say. The Prince
Georges States Attorneys Of
flee said it will look into the
beating incident and talk to
Sheriff Ball. Past grand juries
have made housekeeping rec
concentrations for the Jail.
The beating victim, James
Daras. of 6317 Kennedy street
Riverdale. awaiting grand jury
action on a charge Of auto
theft. was attacked Sunday
night by two prisoners in his
cell block.
Kicked and beaten, Daras
suffered a bruised kidney be-
fore jail guards responded to
the cries for help from other
prisoners. DR.. Dayton o. Wat
lkins checked the boy Monday
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Drive Begun
For Beaches
In D. c. Area

A drive to provide bathing
beaches in the Washington
area was launched last night.
The Citizens Council for a
Clean Potomac adopted a re-
solution urging development Of
Irecreational areas with SWIM
ming facilities.
This action followed a panel
discussion on the subject;
Where are washington's bath
ing beachesPp
One Of the panelists. william
Carey. chief Of the Bureau Of
Enyironmental Health Of the
trict lealtla pep suaent.
Said that he thought It should
be possible for the National
Park Service 10 provide swim
ming facilities ii o,l
LOT the Potomac River between
Chain Bridge and Little Falls.
Mr.. Carey said that to avoid
natural hazards and pollution
and silt in the river, it might
be possible to construct river
side pools which could use
treated water from the Potomac.
However. George Olcott, CHIEF
of the national plans section
Of the National Park Service
commented that establishing
pools and bathing beaches or
Gao canal land along the river
would be Inconsistent" with
the objective Of developing the
canal as an historical monu-
ment.
He explained that If pools
are built, bathing houses and
other facilities inappropriate tc
an historical monument would
have to be provided for tbs
swimmers.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Guye Awoy
FBl Dotd,
Officer Soys

A washington policeman to-
day pleaded guilty to trial
board charges Of turning over
Federal Bureau Of Investiga-
ton arrest records to private
detective.
The Police Department trial
board took the case under ad-
visement after hearing the only
witness, Capt. Michael j. Ma
haney, head Of the special in
Vestigation squad.
The accused officer, Precinct
Detective William j. ,zerwick,
4S. Of the special Investigations
squad. is charged with four
counts Of passing the records
70 ul1antl1ugized person,
tIaie Dufits uG giving false
statements TO his supsrior
Capt. MahaneYuand four counts
qf cQil rfe ilfi ficial "a tfie
Police Depaf tinent. The cha ees
involve the FB1 records Of four
persons.
Capt. Mahaney testified he
received a complaint from the
FBI last July 20 that an arrest
record had been copied at a
Connecticut avenue firm and
that the copy was in the pos
session of the private detective,
a company official.
F. Joseph Donohue, counsel
for Detective Zerwick, said the
private detective was a friend
who wanted to check on pro-
spective business associates.
The trial board is made ur
Of Deputy Chief John E. Win
ters. head Of the Youth Aid
Division; Capt. Karol L. Kra.
tochvil, commander Of the sixth
precinct. and Capt. Milton C.
Reed, commander Of the 18th
precinct.
Evening star., 1961-03-31

night and advised q further
examination at Prince Georges
Hospital. He was transferred
the next day.
The assailants, one under
indictment for murder, have
been charged by Sheriff Ball
with assault and battery.
Another beating occurred in
the jail last fall when four
prisoners attacked another In
mate as part Of a kangaroo
court sentence. Jail guards In
December. 1853 were forced "a
|ls eef gas Cd aGleIl five III
pris0fiers, two Of whom were
foiled IN an escape attempt
about two weeks earlier.
M. Cuffait sad tl1e kliniiS
inspection Of county jails. re-
quired Of his office by law, was
made by Joe Dellinger Of the
Prisoners Aid Association Of
Marland. He quoted the ref
erence to the guards as saying:
$2.64O to Ss,2OO
'The guard force should be
increased to the extent that
never should less than six men
be on duty day or night.
In this regard a new ap-
praisal should be made Of all
salary schedules to bring the
schedules in line, more in keep
ing with other progressive
counties. The present salary
schedules viii not attract OF
keep qualified officers"
The report notes the pay
scale as $2,640-$3,200 with In
crements Of $120 over q q fivel
year period, Mr.. Curran said.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Poll on Memorial

The committee Of 100 on the
Federal City yesterday decided
to poll its membership on
whether the proposed Franklin
D. Roosevelt Memorial should
be placed in West Potomac
Park. The memorial itself is
not at issue, just the site.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
MOOT DISPUTE
Ohio DefiniteIyNo.3 SO
(Or 39) to Rotify
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star staff Writer

Ohio the sSth State to ratfy the District vote
amendment.
This is just opinon-competely subjective-of who
watched amendment crawl at turtle for three days
and nights to ratification the Ohio Senate 1856 pm.
Wednesday
We're sticking with the Buckeye State despite the
Evening star., 1961-03-31

In Washington, Republican
Senator Carlson Of the Sum-
flower State, took the Senate
floor to attack New Hampshire
for devious tactics.
Now, as for an opinion
Kansas was in q huff because
it had cultivated Ohio, effec-
lively and stubbornly, since
Monday to win the distinction
of being the State to make the
amendment law. Is that a
neighborly and Midwestern
thing to do?
And New Hampshire has q
filbberty -gibberty. kind Of rec
ord on constitutional amend
ments. Nobody knows to this
day if New Hampshire ratified
the Twelfth Amendment fixint
presidential election proce.
dIres in 1909. The Goyernol
vetoed ratification, and the act
failed to pass a second time.
Another Case
In 1913. New HarnpshirI
waited to act until after tn
10th amendment empoWerinI
Congress to tax incomes hat
been ratified. Then, the Stat,
rejected it and five days later
accepted 1t.
Meanwhile, Ohio plodde,
through the routine of tn,
District vote ratification. TIL,
Secretary Of State wired Fed
eral officials Wednesday tina
ratification was complete. Sen
ate and House leaders signet
the ratification certificatiol
before noon yesterday.
The Supreme Court has hell
AL procedures, signatures
vetoes aside-an amendmen
becomes Operative whel
passed by the last State Legis
lature Of three-quarters of tn
States Of the union. The Kan
sas Legislature ratified at III,
pm. Wednesday to be 37th
Ohio at us pm wednesda.
to be 38th; and New Ezanap
shire at l1:01 am. yesterday Il
be 3othss ,rss;sssssss 80; sI1s, q
Taat 6li tory and =
Evening star., 1961-03-31

OVER THE YEARS I have
heard it both as:
ForgtDe us our trespGsses
as tDe forgiUe those loho tres
pass against US.
Or:
Forgtue US our debts as ,De
torgtDe those Uho are In
debted to US.
The word trespass suggests
the ''No Trespassing" sign,
meaning keep out or keep
off the grass.
And this forgiying our
debts as we forgive those
who are indebted to US is a
difficult doctrine In a capi-
talistic society. .,,,
u .
The word In the original
Greek of the New Testa-
ment Cit is amazing how
many Americans think the
New Testament was written
in Hebrew is ophelena.
Spelled out It is Omicrcn,
Phi, Epsilon, Lambda, Eta,
Mu Alpha. The dictionaries
translate it both into Latin
and English as debts.
But here's the way the
New English Bible translates
it:
ForgtUe Us the sDrong ne
haze done. As 1De haze
forgiven those iDho haze
iDronged us.
ana Cnen instead OF:
And lead rs not INTO temp
tGtton but .deItDer US from
eUiI.
1t concludes with:
And do nj Ra rs to sthe,
test, but sd1 a rom tlse'
evH one. ,-as~nss
The subj Of tie
evil One" Tor tie abstract
Evil" suggests Old Nick. AS
to this, The Rambler merely
wishes to quote Hamlet:
Let the CALLED jade ,Dtnce,
our trtthers are unUrung.
One Of Washington's secu-
lar institutions, the Folger
Shakespeare Library, re-
Gently published a booklet
on "The Bible in English
1525-1611" by Craig r.
Thompson.
Evening star., 1961-03-31
Loan Refusal Seen
Jolt to Junior Highs
Hansen Cites
Probability Of
Half Sessions

District School Supt. Carl F.
Hansen warned today that re-
fusal Of House conferees to
allow the city to borrow $5.7
million from the Federal Treas
ury for public building projects
will have "a staggering effect"
on operation of the city'S
schools.
There is little doubt, he said,
that it will force the District
School Board to order junior
high schools to return to half
sessions.
On the % Junior highs, few
have had to contend with split
shift schedules since l949.
Some of them would be forced
to do so under the House re-
fusal because part of the $5.7
million was to go for school
construction.
So unexpected was the
House conferee decision that
DR.. Hansen was meeting this
afternoon in a special confer
ence with John M. Riecks, as
siStant superintendent in
charge Of buildings and
grounds, to determine its full
effect on school operations.
The superintendent said he
viii relay the findings to school
board members later today
probably by telephone - so
they. too, can know what it
viii mean. !.
borrowing Vetoed
Denial Of the borrowing au-
thority Wednesday followed on
the heels of the House Appro-
lpriation Commuters refusal to
meet the District Commission
lers' supplemental public works
request for an addition Of $6
million to the Federal payment
ito the District.
Yesterday, the Commission
ers told DR.. Hansen to start
cutting, not only in terms of q
supplemental request which
would affect school operations
immeiia but in next years
school construction budget as
well. r--,-
This means that some buildI
ing proposals the school board
has designated as absolutely
necessary" viii have to 20,
school officials explained, pos
sibly two new elementary schools
and two school additions.
But the effect may be feli
even llsng DE Hansen said
Every one of our 1862 items
(some qf them junior highs)
Ieqsll q q placed in jeopardy, /"
he
Ille Sti fintendent said he
PLANNED to make the detailed
effect Of the House conferee
action public as soon as he and
Mr.. Riecks finish the job today,
The confereeS' action was
not expected to affect two major
construction jobs listed in the
fiscal 1861 program, however,
They are the new Backus Junior
High School in Northeast and
an elementary school at
Eleventh and Clifton streets
NV. Funds for those projects
already have been allocated.
Projects In Peril
Proposed school construction
which no doubt will be affected
include q $1.2 million addition
to Eliot Junior High School,
Eighteenth and B streets NE
and the new $2.7 million Evans
Junior High School, $500 East
Capitol street.
Delay of the Eliot addition.
DR.. Hansen pointed out, would
mean assigning more junior
high students to classes at
nearby Eastern Senior High
not only overlooking it, but
mixing the two schools levels.
If the project were shelved-
rather than simply delayed
there just would be no school
space available, period, he
added. ~
Officials pointed out that the
three junior highs now in the
Eliot area - Miller, Woodson
and Sousa - already exceed
their capacities, and are ex-
pected to enroll about 800 adj
|
Evening star., 1961-03-31
More Guards Urged
For Jail at Marlboro

Maryland prison official yesterday said guards
needed at the Prince Georges County Jail in Upper Marlboro
inmates. ~ NNss So
James w orran State superintendent Of prisons said
Evening star., 1961-03-31
The
Rambler
Pays Tribute
To St. Matthew
BY GEORGE KENNEDY

= @~>~A &@4S4NANAAD4
The Rambler, who is no
angel, can't resist rushing
into print.
This is Good Friday.
He spent last night read
ing the Passion according to
st, Matthew in the King
James and the New English
Bibles.
Right here and now he
wants to express a thought
that has occurred to him
again and again.
st. Matthew was one Of the
great reporters Of all time.
It was st. Matthew who
reported the BeatitudeS from
the Mount.
1t was st. Matthew who
gave us the Lords Prayer.
The translation of the
Lords Prayer in the new
English Bible seems to be
better than previous ones.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

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