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Evening star., 1961-09-20
BY CHARLES PIERCE
Star Staff Writer

ANNAPOLIS, Sept. 20.-The
Gordon L. Contee rape case was
expected to go to the jury to-
day.
The State rested its case yes
terday and defense counsel took
over. Today, there was more
defense testimony and then
several witnesses were recalled
by the State in rebuttal. Clos
ing arguments by opposing at
torneys was expected to begin
by early afternoon.
! Contee, "a, Who is being tried
| for the second time on a charge
of raping a mental patient, said
he knew the patient real well''
and had intimate relations with
her on two previous occasions
before the alleged rape on June
20, 1859, in a Rockville (Md.)
apartment.
He said that he had visited
the apartment at her invita-
ton.
Denies Nurses Story
Contee flatly denied the tes-
timony yesterday of a nurse
that he had raped the patient
in her presence at the Rock
vile apartment.
Miss Jeanne Alleman, 27,
now a first lieutenant in the
Air Force, told the jury that
Contee had forced his way into
the apartment and had threat
ened both her and the patient
with a knife before attacking
the victim on a sofa.
Contee said that he did have
sexual intercourse with the pa
tient at the apartment but that
1t was with her consent. He
added that 1t. Alleman was not
present at the time.
| Miss Alleman was one of tn,
rebuttal witnesses today anC
contradicted testimony by Con.
tee that she had left the apart
ment before he arrived. Sht
said today that she did no
leave the apartment that eve
ming nor did she go into any
other part of it while Contet
was there.
He also testified that q
friend of his had previously
carried notes between him and
the patient on several occa-
sionS.
Contee explained that hi
used this method of communi.
eating with her because "l
didn't want her to call me or
the phone since I was mar.
Iried."
The friend, Elmer Tally oi
Rockville, testified today that
he had delivered notes between
the two when he had worked
in the snack bar of the institu.
ton.
Under cross examination, Mr.
Tally said he had never seer
Contee and the woman "out
together, but 1 had seen then
talking together"
Conviction Reversed
The mental patient. who i:
now in a Michigan institution
and who has been found in.
competent to testify at the re.
trial, was visiting a friend!
apartment in Rockville while
on a weekend leave from {
Maryland sanitarium at tht
time OF the alleged rape.
DR.. Michael Woodberry, clin'
ical administrator and chic.
of services at the Chestnu
Lodge Sanitarium, where thl
woman had been a patient a
the time of the rape, was an
other rebuttal witness callec
by the State.
He testified that the woman
was not an outpatient unit
June 26, three days before tn,
alleged rape, and was not al
lowed to leave the ground
unescorted during the previou
March and April when ConteI
claimed he had dated the pa
tient and had sexual inter
course with her on two occa
sions.
Under cross-examination b,
defense counsel, DR.. Wood
berry said the patient had beer
absent without leave on occa
sion from the hospital durinl
her stay there but did no
leave during this period" A
the States request, he reat
a nursing report showing tn
Evening star., 1961-09-20

For high and low tides at the follow
ing points subtract times indicated
from the above:
Annapolis, 3K hours; Bloody Point
Light, 4k2 hours; Colonial Beach,
hours; Deale 4Hz hours Solomons
Island, ga hours; Point Lookout, Th
hours
Evening star., 1961-09-20
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
Tn. Sun and tn. Moon

The Sun and the Moon
Rises Sets
Sun today 1854 am. 700 pm.
Sun tomorrow 6:55 am. 1907 pm.
Moon today 4:43p.m. 2:10 am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
"a hour after sunset
Evening star., 1961-09-20
Five-Day Forecast
For Washington and Vicinity
September 21-25

Temperatures will average
2-7 degrees above the normal
high and low for Washington,
76 and SO. Warmer tomorrow
and Friday. followed by cooler
the first of next week. Rain,
occurring as showers the first
of next week, will average be-
tween 1/10th and 5/10th of an
inch.
River Report
Potomac River clear. at Harpers
Ferry and slightly muddy at Great
Falls; Shenandoah River clear at Har-
pers Ferry.
Temperatures for Yesterday
Midnight - 63 Noon - 81
4 am. 63 4 pm. -- II
3 am. 63 SPIN. 90
Record Temperatures for the Year
Highest 95 on September 8.
Lowest on February 2.
Tide Tables
FURNISHED by the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey
Today Tomorrow
Hieh - Ala am. 5:34 am
Low - 1l:46 am. 1901 am
High - SOB pm. GIL pm
Smyrna times., 1961-04-27
Alert
To Be Conducted
Friday, April 2S

Captain Robert N. DowneS,
State Director of Civil Defense,
today announced the plans for
the annual Civil Defense Oper-
alton Alert Training Exercise.
The Training Exercise will be
held on Friday, April %, 1861,
and will consist of four parts
series of siren tests which
will be used to signify various
parts of the training exercise;
public participation in a traffic
stoppage-take cover exercise; a
Conelrad test exercise; and a
staff exercise in the control
centers throughout the State.
The siren tests will consist OF
three tests of the statewide sir
en- system in cooperation with
similar tests throughout the
states. of New York, New Jer-
sey, and Pennsylvania. At 300
pm, EST, the Alert Signal, a
steady blast of 3 to 5 minutes,
will be sounded on the sirens.
The meaning of this signal is
ATTACK Probable Take Action
as directed by local govern
ment Listen to your Conelrad
radio for instructions" This
signal is being sounded as part
of the exercise not only to FAM
iliarize the public with the sig
nal, but also to call their at
tention to the necessity for re-
Iflecting as to what action they
would take in case it signified
an actual attack. At. 400 pm,
JEST, the Take Cover Signal, a
warbling tone or short blast for
l3 minutes, will be sounded on
the sirens. The meaning of this
signal is Attack Imminent
Take Cover Immediately in the
best available shelter" Famil-
Iiarizing the public with the sig
nal is also the primary purpose
of sounding this signal, but il
is also hoped that it will cause
the public to consider whether
they have suitable shelter il
which to take cover in case O
Smyrna times., 1961-04-27
Two Psychiatric
Aides to Receive
National Honors

Two Delaware residents, both
aides at state mental health
hospitals, have been singled out
for national honors by the Ma
tional Association for Mental
Health.
Miss Edna Elizabeth Smith, a
native Delawarean and resident
of Millsboro, and Mrs. Rachel
Antonio, New Castle, will re-
ceive the 1861 Psychiatric Aide
Awards this Sunday at Open
House ceremonies at the Hos
pital for the Mentally Retarded
at Stockley, Delaware. The Hon
orable William Marvel, vice
president of the Mental Health
Association of Delaware and
Vice-C Chancellor of the Della
ware Court of Chauncery, will
make the awards, Fred G. Sing
er, Mental Health Association
president, announced today.
The awards will be presented
to Delaware's winners at 3:15
pm, during the Open House
program. The public was invit-
ed earlier this week to attend
the activities at the Hospital at
Stockley, Route lib, just south
of Georgetown.
The National awards are made
to psychiatric aides who have
shown sustaining performance
over a period of time to pa
tients who have demonstrated
skill, initiative and imagination
in the discharge of their dut-
les, with kindness and devotion
Ito patients and courtesy and
consideration to patients fam
lilies and visitors.
The Open House at Stockley
will mark the beginning of Del
aware's observance of Mental
Health Week.
Smyrna times., 1961-04-27
Emily M. Weber
Seeks National
Honors for State

Miss Emily M. Weber, of
Odessa, winner of the annual
essay contest sponsored by the
Governors Committee for En-
ployment of the Handicapped,
is in Washington this week,
seeking additional honors. With
her are the best wishes of the
chief executive of her state and
a host of friends. Last week,
Miss Weber and four other win
ners in the statewide contest
were guests of Governor Elbert
N. Carvel at luncheon in the
Treadway Inn, Dover, and later
in his executive offices. In con-
graduating Miss Weber, Cover
nor Carvel expressed the hope
that in the competition with
contest winners from the other
49 states, the Padua Academy
senior would bring additional
honors to The First State" Miss
Weber is in Washington as the
guest of the Delaware Council
AFL-CIO, having been present
ed by Clement P. Lemon, presi
dent of the labor group, with 6
check to cover her expense:
while in the Nations Capital
Other contest winners were
Betty Ann Genevicz and Rebec
ca H. Knox, both of Mount
Pleasant High School; Sybi
Cole, Padua Academy; anc
Kathleen A. Ambrose, Corpu.
Christi High School, Elsmere
The Essay contest winner.
were introduced to the chic.
executive by James H. Sears
chairman of the Governor!
Committee for Employment o.
the Handicapped and commit
tee members Edward w. Mul
rooney and Colonel Edward T
Campbell. Others who attend
ed the luncheon and accom-
panied the contest winners tt
the Governors Office were: Sis
tiers Jeanette Clare and Fidel
ma, Padua Academy; Mrs. Mar
|garet Wingo, Mt. Pleasant Higl
School; Miss Eleanor ]. Bader
of Curative Workshop, Wilm
ington who served as one of the
essay contest judges; Edwars
w. Clarke of Dover, state com
mander of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, and ]. Gooden Cal
loway of Harrington, state com
mander of the American Legion
The American Legion, v. F. w
and the Disabled American Vet
Grams provided the u. S. Saw
ings Bonds that were awarded
the contest winners. Following
the visit to Governor Carvel''
office the contest winners were
taken on a tour of some o.
Dover's historic spots by Davit
S. Hugg of the State Develop
ment Department.
Smyrna times., 1961-04-27

an attack. For convenience this
siren signal is synchronized
with the beginning of the Traf-
fic Stoppage-Take Cover exer-
else and the Conelrad exercise.
At 4:l0 pm, EST, the Alert
Signal will again be sounded.
1t is hoped that the second
sounding of the signal will
again cause the public to stop
and take stock of what they
would have done in case there
had been an attack. For con-
venience, this signal also indi-
Gates the end of the Traffic
Stoppage-Take Cover Exercise.
The public is requested to par
ticipate in the Traffic Stoppage
Take Cover Exercise from
400 pm. to 4:l0 pm, EST,
similar to the ones which will
be conducted in New York,
New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
On the sounding of the Take
Cover Signal at 400 pm, traf-
fic will be stopped on the Del
aware Memorial Bridge and in
those communities and localit-
les able to participate. In ac-
cordance with the meaning of
the signal, the public is request
ed to take the best shelter avail
able. On the sounding of the
Alert signal at 4:l0 pm, the
movement of traffic may be re-
sumed. From 400 pm. until
4:30 pm, EST, a nationwide
Conelrad exercise will be held.
Conelrad, the Control of Elec-
tromagnetic Radiation, is desig-
ned to minimize the naviga-
tional aid enemy aircraft or
guided missiles might obtain
from radio stations. Under this
plan, all broadcast, FIN, and TV
stations leave the air. Certain
broadcast stations, who hold
emergency authorizations, may
return to the air on $40 kilo-
cycles or l240 kilocycles, as
designated, for the broadcast of
emergency survival information.
Those broadcast stations which
have been designated by the
Federal Communications Com
mission will be the only sta
tions on the air during this
period, and will carry messages
from National, State and Local
leaders. Friday afternoon a
through Saturday morning, staff
exercises will be carried out in
the Civil Defense Control Gen.
ters throughout the State. Dur
ing these staff exercises, the
State Control Center, the three
County Control Centers, and
the Wilmington Civil Defense
Office will be manned for par
ticipation in co-ordinated exer-
cises to simulate the actions
which would be carried out if
it were an actual attack. The
time of the attacks and the ex-
tent of the simulated attacks
will not be revealed in advance.
The staff exercises will con-
tinue through the night to de-
termine the effects of the SIM
ulated attacks and the prob
able effects on the State. Re-
ports will be received from the
counties and forwarded from
the State Control Center to the
REGIONAL Off1co of tho Offico of
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Roy P. Johnson,
PEPCO EmpIoye
For Is Years

Roy P. Johnson, 81, a retired
Potomac Electric Power Co.
employe, died Saturday at CAL
vert County Hospital in Prince
Frederick, Md, after a brief
illness.
Mr.. johnson retired from
PEPCO in 1855 as an electrical
engineer after some IS years
with the company.
A native of Washington, he
lived at Tracy's Landing, Nd,
and maintained a winter home
at Orlando, Fla.
He was a member of the
Army Air Service during World
War I and belonged to the
American Legion.
He leaves his wife, Julia, of
the home; two stepchildren,
Holly Keller. ir., of Orlando
and Mrs. William j. Barnsley,
Gil Monroe street, Rockville:
his father. Elmer johnson. 1925
Piney Branch road, Silver
Spring, and seven grandchil-
dren.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Wednesday at the Hine S
Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. with burial in
Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
John B. Griffith,
Red Cross Aide
For 20 Years

John B. Griffith, SO, an ad-
ministrative assistant with the
Red Cross for the last 20 years,
died yesterday in Suburban
Hospital of cancer. t
Mr.. Griffith came here in
1912 from Pennsylvania, where
he had held several jobs with
the State government.
He worked at first at the Red
Cross national headquarters,
but recently went to the eastern
headquarters in Alexandria as
an administrator in the disaster
service.
Mr.. Griffith once served as
president of the District chapter
Of the National Office Managers
Association.
He leaves his wife, Cleo, and
two children, John and Cleo,
all ofsthe home address at 8516
Irvington avenue, Bethesda
and his mother, Mrs. Benjamin
Griffith and brother, William,
both of Bethlehem, Pa.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Wednesday at the Pumphrey
funeral home, 1857 Wisconsin
avenue, Bethesda. Burial will
be in Parklawn cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-08-28

power, he fled to Turkey with
his wife, Maryia. and their
young son, Anatoli.
Later he settled in Belgrade,
Yugoslavia, where he attended
Belgrade University, receiving
an electrical engineering de-
gree. He later worked for the
YugoSlav government.
During World War II, Mr.
Jerochin and his wife we're
captured by the Nazis and did
forced labor in Germany until
the liberation. Their son, fight
ing with the Free French, was
reported missing in action.
In 1949 the Jerochins came
to this country and were nat
uralized several years later
They lived at 1925 N street
NV. Mr.. Jerochin was asso-
ciated with Goodwill Indus
tries.
Besides his wife, of the home
address, he leaves a sister, Mrs
Olga Grinioff- f-Setchkin of 515O
Thirtieth street NV.
Services were to be held to-
day in Gawler's Funeral Home,
with burial in Rock Greek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Duthus Michael,
Ron Christiun
Brothers Farm

Brother Dathus Michael, S3,
purchasing agent and farm
manager of the Christian
Brothers Ammendale (Md.)
Normal Institute, died Satur-
day in Baltimore after a long
illness.
He had served with the in
stitute for many years, having
spent most of his life in Am
mendale. He formerly managed
farms in Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia for the brotherhood.
Three years ago he was
honored at the institute on the
50th anniversary of his recep-
ton into the Christian Brothers
Order. He was a native Of
Baltimore.
! He leaves a sister, Mrs. Anne
Hoffmeister, and three nieces
all of Baltimore.
A requiem mass will be Of
fered at 9 am. tomorrow at
the institutes chapel. Burial
will be in the Christian Brothers
Provincial Cemetery, Ammen-
dale.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
William S. Hunt,
Carolina Official

RALEIGH, N. c., Aug. 2s
(AP).-William S. Hunt, SIS,
chairman Of the North Carolina
Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board, died Saturday night at
the home Of relatives in Aurora,
N. c., where he was visiting
while on vacation.
During the afternoon Satur-
day, while fishing, he COM
planned of pains. The fatal
attack struck during the even
ing, and he died As minutes
later.
Mr.. Hunt served for % years
as a highway patrolman before
Gov. Luther H. Hodges, now
Secretary of Commerce, sum-
moned him in 1858 to do a
housecleaning job in the ABC
board. At the time, Mr.. Hunt
was a patrol lieutenant. He
had moved up steadily through
the ranks since joining the pa
troll in 1885. He was born in
Richmond, Va. but he grew up
IN oxford, N. c., where his par
entS moved when he was very
young.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Actress Gail Russell
Found Dead in Home

probation. She vowed never
to drink again.
Explaining a year ago how
she had stopped drinking, Miss
Russell said:
I'm an alcoholic. You don't
get over alcoholism. You just
don't drink"
While trying a comeback in
1856 she told an interviewer
of her problems:
Everything happened so
fast. I was going to high school
and the next thing I knew I
was being groomed for a
picture.
Sense of Pressure
There was this terrific
mountain Of work and no time
to catch up with myself.
1T was that way for 10 years
always a sense of pressure, no
time to think, to relax, to take
stock.
Il guess the answer is I
didn't know how to be temper
ate. I was so afraid people
would think I was a bad sport. I"
Mr.. Madison said in divorc-
ing her in 1854 that she re-
fused to have servants in the
home and discouraged visitors.
Since 1856 she had had only
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Clara }. Brogon, Counselor
At Oxon Hill Junior Hioh

tary of the Navy during the
War of 1912, at the University
of Pennsylvania.
A native of Yonkers, N. Y,
Miss Brogan received her bach
elor's degree at the University
Of Buffalo and a masters de-
gree in history from the Univer-
Sity of Pennsylvania. Before
coming to Washington she
taught at Buffalo and Rich
mond. While at Oxon Hill, she
also gave extension courses in
history at the Pentagon for the
University of Maryland.
She is survived by her
mother, Mrs. w. j. Brogan OF
the home address; a sister; Mrs.
w. R. Van NoStrand of Ken
more, and a brother John Of
Jeffersonville, Ind.
Services will be held tomor-
row in Kenmore.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
I. 5. Adams
OF AP Staff

T. S. Gack Adams, SO, a
veteran Associated Press news
man, died today at Suburban
Hospital. He had suffered a
heart attack August II.
Born in New Orleans, Mr..
Adams had been on the news
staff of the Associated Press
for 80 years. After a five-month
tour of duty in Atlanta in 1927
%, he rejoined the service in
Baton Rouge, La, in August.
1929. Since then he had worked
in New Orleans, Little Rock,
Ark, where he was chief of
the bureau; Chicago and Wash
ington.
For more than a dozen years,
Mr.. Adams had covered the
Justice Department, Federal
Communications Commission,
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, and Post office Depart
ment.
He was a graduate of Loui-
Siana State University.
Mr.. Adams was a member of
Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity
and a former member of the
National Press Club.
He lived at 4704 Morgan
drive, Chevy Chase, Md.
He leaves his wife, Amanda:
four children, T. S., jr., of
Rockville; Edward, 1919 Park
road NV; John, of the home
address, and Mrs. Roger H.
Spencer, SOB Alden avenue,
GaitherSburg. Nd. and eight
grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements are
being handled by the Pun
phrey Funeral Home in Be-.
thesda. Burial will be in Ba-
ton Rouge, La.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
William Murray,
Terrell Graduate

William Mckinley Murray,
SO, a native of Alexandria, died
yesterday in Chicago after a
long illness.
Mr.. Murray, who practiced
law in Alexandria in the '30s
and early '40S, was a graduate
Of Terrell Law School here. He
moved to Chicago to serve as
foreman of the composing room
of the Chicago. Defender.
In addition to his wife, Mrs.
10 Murray of Chicago, he leaves
his mother, Mrs. F. H. M.
Murray of New York; a brother,
F. Morris Murray of the 17OO
block of New Hampshire ave-
nue. NV; and two sisters,
Mrs. Florence Murray Sherv-
ington of New York and Mrs.
Kathleen Luckett of 405 NONh
Alfred street, Alexandria.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Miss Mary H. Corbett, 90,
Of Geological Survey

Miss Mary Howard Corbett,
a former restaurant manager
and United States Geological
Survey employe, died at Resmor
Hospital in Bethesda yesterday,
one day after her Goth birthday.
Miss Corbett worked for the
Geological Survey from 1897 to
1917, and again from 1885 until
her retirement six years later.
Between 1917 and 1885 she
managed dining rooms in the
old Dresden and Westmoreland
Apartments at 2400 Sixteenth
street NV. and in the Bellevue
Hotel.
The daughter of Charles and
Mary Howard Corbett of Arling-
ton. Miss Corbett was the
granddaughter of Samuel P.
Howard, the pilot of the Moni-
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Mrs. William Dinwiddie,
Active in Civic Affairs

Mrs. William Dinwiddie, rs,
a second-generation Montgom-
cry County resident who was
active in county civic affairs,
died Saturday at Montgomery
General Hospital after heart
attack.
Mrs. Dinwiddie lived in the
county all her life, mostly on
her family estate, Green
bough," on Batchellors Forest
road near Olney.
She maintained Gree
bough" as one of the county's
largest poultry farms for many
years, retiring from the busi-
ness about five years ago.
Mrs. Dinwiddie, who was
born Alice Brooke, was the
widow of a former editor of the
New York Herald Tribune and
Evening star., 1961-08-28

governor of one of the Philip
pine provinces. Mr.. Dinwiddie
died in 1882.
Mrs. Dinwiddie, active in
many phases of county civic
life, was the first treasurer of
the Women's Board of Mont
gomery General Hospital. She
also engaged extensively in
county Red Cross work.
She leaves a brother. Alan
Farquhar Brooke of Sandy
Spring, Md.
Services and burial will be at
11:30 am. tomorrow at the
Friends Meeting House, Sandy
Spring.
The family requests that eX-
pressions Of sympathy be in the
form of contributions to Mont
gomery Ge neral Hospital,
Sandy Spring.
Evening star., 1961-08-28
DR.. james Brown, Dentist,
Pructiced Here Many Years

DR.. James w. Brown, SO, a
dentist in the Washington area
for 42 years, died Saturday
after a heart attack at his
home, 128 North Fairfax street,
Falls Church.
DR.. Brown was educated in
the public schools of Falls
Church and the. District. He
attended the University of
Missouri and was graduated
from Georgetown University in
1917. He practiced in the Dis.
trict until his retirement two
years ago.
He was a former president of
the District of Columbia Dental
Society and a fellow in the
American College of Dentists.
He also was a past president of
Evening star., 1961-08-28

the Arlington Rotary Club and
a past member of Kemper Ma
sonic Lodge of Falls Church.
He leaves his wife, Mrs.
Grace v. Brown of the home
address; three sons, James w,
jr., of 5000 Maryland avenue.
Falls Church; Edmund T., Of
408 East Jefferson street, Falls
Church, and Frank R. of Holly
wood, Fla, and six grandchil-
dren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow at Falls Church Pres
byterian Church. Burial will
be in Oakwood Cemetery.
The family requests that ex-
pressions of sympathy take the
form of contributions to the
Heart Association.
Evening star., 1961-08-28

Miss Clara j. Brogan, 81,
guidance counselor at Oxon
Hill Junior High School, died
Saturday at the home of her
sister in Kenmore, N. Y, after
long illness. She had been
in Providence Hospital here
earlier in the year.
A resident of Washington
since 1850, when she became
guidance counselor at Oxon
Hill Senior High School, Miss
Brogan lived at 2119 Suitland
terrace Sc. She began work at
the junior high school in 1858.
At the time of her death she
was on a years leave of absence
to finish her doctoral disSerta-
ton on William Jones, Secre-
Evening star., 1961-08-28
Alexander Y. Jerochin, 20,
Officer in Cars Armv

Alexander v. Jerochin, 10,
who was an officer in the Army
Of Nicholas II, last Car of
Russia, died Friday at George
town Hospital after a heart
attack. He had been in this
country for IL years.
AS a young man Mr.. Jero-
chin attended the Imperial
archaeological Institute in St.
Petersburg, now Leningrad. He
was graduated in 1917 with a
degree in engineering and be-
came a lieutenant in the I'M
perial Corps of Engineers.
During the revolution, he
joined the White Russian army.
After the Bolsheviks took