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Evening star., 1961-11-05

on a lonely Prince Georges road
They've arrested him?
Where?" she asked. There was
a catch in her voice. "On what
charge? Kidnaping?"
She sighed. To a reporter for
The Star, from whom she first
learned of the arrest of her son,
she said quietly:
II knew they were looking
for him. But I know he didn't
do it. I don't know who did it. 3"
Then Mrs. Ocie Trumble
poured out a story of a mother
who has lived with trouble most
of her later years.
I'm going to do all I can for
him. I haven't done all I could
for him in the past.
81 couldn't. We didn't have
the money"
She had last heard from her
son, Joe, last spring from Flor
ida. Joe is the middle of three
sons.
She had written to him, in
care of General Delivery, in
Miami, she said. There were
several letters, and in none of
them, she said, did he tell
what he was doing.
1T wasn't on account of what
Evening star., 1961-11-05

not judge and jury. They Just
hound you and hound you and
hound you"
Alvey had lived with his
mother for a year at 3402
Newton street, Mount Rainier,
she said. before he left for
Florida. After h departed she
moved to Lortos a week later.
on a Sunday, she recalled.
Why? Because my rent was
up" she said.
Joe was still a good boy"
to her, despite an official rec
ord of assault, robbery, house
breaking and commission Of
an indecent act.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
Tip to FBI
By rooper
Led to Arrest

A surprised Virginia State
trooper learned yesterday that
his tip to the Federal Bureau
Of Investigation helped break
the Condetti case.
well, I'll be darned," Trooper
Ray E. HoskinS of Woodbridge,
Va. said. He said the same
thing again, several times.
Reached by telephone at his
home. Trooper Hoskins was
told that Joseph H. Alvey, Al,
had been arrested by the FBI
in Miami and charged with
kidnapping Michael Condetti a
year ago.
Trooper Hoskins at first was
diSbelieving. You're kidding
me, aren't you?" he asked.
Assured that he was not be-
ing kidded, Trooper Hoskins
said: We'll, you never know"
Then he shouted excitedly to
his wife to tell her the news.
Trooper Hoskins said he had
forgotten all about Alvey.
About two weeks after the
little boy was found dead, ]
recalled Alvey and his past rec
ord. I checked around the area
and found out he was gone and
probably was in Miami paint
ing cars" he said.
After I passed the informa-
ton along, I forgot all about it
I think even tore up my notes
on the case a long time back
Il figured they'd checked
him out and that was the END
of it. I'm glad it's solved. II
was a terrible case"
Then he unused, half to him
self, Il can't get over it."
Evening star., 1961-11-05
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Continued From First Page
said, 81 decided to bring him in
myself"
The FBI did not disclose
what information led them to
suspect Alvey. However, it
was learned that Virginia State
Trooper Ray E. HoSkinS, who is
stationed in Prince William
County, told the FBI and
Washington police he consid-
cred Alvey a man who ought to
be questioned because of his
record.
Trooper Hoskins said last
night he also passed on the
Information two weeks after
Michael was slain that Alvey
had moved to Miami.
Investigators said the slim,
iark-haired suspect had lived
1T 3402 Newton street, Mount
Rainier, Md, at the time Of the
kidnapping last November. In
vestigators said Alvey left the
Washington area Immediately
after the kidnapping became
known
However, Alvey's mother, Mrs
Ocie Trumble, of Colchester
road, Lorton, Va, told The Star
last night her son left for Flor
lda on a Sunday, the day before
Michael was kidnapped and
slain.
Michaels British born moth
er, Mrs. Joan SmitherS Con-
detti, is in London, but his
father, Augustine j. Condetti,
has been living with his mother,
Mrs. Ethel Anderson Of 1924
Twelfth street NE.
Children in England
Win Mrs. Condetti in Eng
land are the other three Con-
detti children: Theresa. IA;
Christoper, 13 and Kathleen
almost 2.
Mrs. Condetti became
alarmed when Michael did not
return from his visit to the
shopping center by 6 pm. last
November IA because he was a
little boy who was afraid of
the dark. Police began search
ing all railroad yards, sewers,
woods and apartments near his
home. AS the hours heightened
into days, pictures of Michael
we're printed and shown all
around the neighborhood in
hope that someone would re-
member seeing him.
Mr.. Condetti gave up all
thought of his job as a tea
salesman to look for his son.
Then, at $40 pm. on No
yember II, Delano S. Agpoa, a
z5-year-old District Highway
inspector, who was hunting
rabbits in the Ardmore area,
made the gruesome discovery
that shocked the area.
Mr.. Agpoa saw what he
thought was a bundle of rags
ina thicket near a trail just
800 yards off the George
Palmer highway in Prince
Georges County. He found Mi
chael's body, bruised and partly
nude, lying face down in the
dirt.
Discovery of the body across
the line in Maryland added
the Nationwide forces of the
FBI to the intensifying investi-
cation.
Evening star., 1961-11-05
HE DIDN'T DO 1T
Mother to Stond By
Son in Kidnapping
By ROBERT GRUENBERG
Star staff Writer

The 65-yearod mother Of Joseph Alvey lifted the ele-
phone receiver off the hook in her two-room home
on Va last night with hafSense of dread expectancy
Alvey A. in trouble much of his life had been arrested
in Miami Fla and charged with the kidnapping of 7year-od
Michael Condetu, who found slain nearly year age
Evening star., 1961-11-05
in CARPET MADE with
ACR|LAN*

The simple Dienes, with "a years of SuIes and
Service the Washington Areu buys and sells tremendous volume
and the savings you And Cupe mode with Acu has
always been big seller Dene You will find only Nationally
Advertised Competing Denets prices you afford puy Re-
member costs for the best at DIENERS!
"AcRtANo-Reg m. Cherstrond
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
GUARANTEE or QUALITY

Early this June the New York
Times carried q dispatch which
said: Communist China has be-
come brand-naIne conscious, with
newspapers supporting the trend
In an effort to improve the quality
Of consumer products"
Red China is thus taking a
worthwhile leaf from the capital
ist book. A well-lnown trademark
Is one Of the best guarantees OF
quality. II the producer doesn't
measure UP to his claims, the Gus
toners soon turn to competitive
brands, and he's out Of business.
Oddly enough, however, an ef-
fort is underway in this country
TO undermine trademark names In
the vital field Of prescription
drugs. Should this idea be adopted
the prescribing physician would
write his prescription using only
the generic or general name Of the
drug. He would not use the trade
mark name.
The dangers In this are evident.
Such a system Of drugs anony-
nous" would allow drugs Of vary
ing quality to be dispensed. More
over, It has always been a basic
assumption Of our American free
enterprise system that a man has
a right to be rewarded for a super
ior skin that results in a better
product. This has had much to do
with the advent Of new medicines
that have SO greatly reduced III
ness and prolonged life.
If trademark rights are Inn
paired, the drug industry win lose
much Of its incentive for research
and the public win lose a guar.
antee Of quality.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
Respect More Important Than Ala:
Ghaniun SaYs US.
Ruee Bios M0kes
Aid Meaningless

Washington (ANP) - An Afri-
can diplomat said last week that
continued racial discrimination in
the United States is making Amer
lean foreign aid meaningless" to
Africans.
Z. M. Debrah, counselor Of the
Embassy of Ghana, said that Az
ricans, like American Negroes,
seek dignity and equality above
all.
Economic well-being comes sec
ond, ne told the opening session
of a 3-day Colloquim on Africa
presented by the Georgetown Univ
ersity history department.
Debrah said It was In Amer
ica's own best interest to call for
immediate abolition Of discrimina-
ton.
Behind the much-talked-of Afri-
can nationalim, said Deborah, Is
"a passion for liberation from the
degrading subsection of man to
man"
1t is important to Africans, he
said, to throw off European Gus
toms, such as European names,
European dances, European food
and European dress - tail coats
in the tropical summers"
Debrah himself wore a vermil-
lion toga with a diamond design,
draped over the left shoulder and
falling in folds well below the knee.
He also wore black sandals.
Despite the unhappy history of
white supremacy in Africa, said
Debrah, race hatred Is not q part
Of African nationalism.
Asked, "Can a white man be-
come an African and be accepted
as such?" Debrah answered, why
not?"
The developing countries Of Az
rica need foreign aid, said Debrah,
but win not accept 1t II it attaches
strings to African liberty. On that
basis, he said Ghana would accept
Soviet aid as readily as American.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18

OSA, Inc, Is the claim OF TWO men
to the presidency Of the 5000, 900
member religious boyd
jackson w. Taylor
Both Rev. J. H. Jackson, pastor
Of Chicago's olivet Baptist church,
who claims he was reelected at
the Philadelphia convention and
Rev. Gardner c. Taylor, pastor Of
huge Concord Baptist church in
Brooklyn, also q claimant to lead
ership by an election held in Phil
adelphia have their followers.
Ironically, the National conven-
ton itself is split from the Amer
lean Baptist Convention, but Is
larger than its parent body which
holds its annual session in San
Francisco in September.
Rumors persist that the con-
vention scheduled to meet here
next month win be a renewal Of
the bitter factional feud that
brought a sudden and violent end
to the 1860 session.
However, outstanding members
Of the denomination including DR..
Taylor have been active in efforts
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18

Valparaiso. Ind. CANP) - Em-
ory jackson. managing editor Of
the Birmingham WORLD, told
delegates attending the 18th An
nual Valparaiso University Human
Relations institute that "the Deep
South today is more a thing Of
state spirit than geographical re-
gion - as such, IL Is many things
|. defiance, revolt, resistance,
militancy, confusion, Illustration,
and hope"
He spoke at q panel presenta-
tion called Voices From The
South"
There is now," he said, "a spir-
itually nixed-up South"
He pointed out that Alabama
and Mississippi represent the Deep
South in spirit. Alabama Is not
a mixed state but a mixed-up state
in race relations. The word mix
is explosion in Alabama"
Frustrated Resistance And Raw
Appeals
Jackson said the political voice
Of Alabama is one Of frustrated
resistance which has voiced raw
appeals to the ugliest of emotions.
These appeals have been 50 ex-
treme that the segregation-advo-
eating daily press has had to re-
mind their readers Of the gravity
Of such irresponsible appeals.
"on the state level. the present
political leadership has made the
least contribution toward desirable
human relations" he said
Tensions Based On Fears"
Many Of the tensions in Birm-
ingham and Alabama stem from
fears brought on by an almost
lack Of information. There IL no
place people can get reliable In
formation on change, the American
crede of equal opportunity. and
human fellowship.
He pointed to the daily press
and the church as failing in basic
responsibilities. Almost every medi-
um available Is at the disposal
of the segregstionist and this
places the Negro contingent at a
huge disadvantage In trying to
combat racial propaganda
Rev. Joseph EIlwanger, also Of
Birmingham, told the institute
that probably less than i've per-
cent of the Southern whites would
actually resort to violence to up
hold segregation.
Rev. EIlwanger made the state
ment as he described one Of four
types Of general thinking which
prevail in the changing South to-
day. The four classes were the VOL
emit segregationists, committed
non-violent segregationists, the
moderates or fearful status
queers", and the committed integ-
rationists.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
BUYS $50, 90 FARM
TO AID TENNESSEE
NEGn0 sRaARRGnG

somerville, Tenn. (ANP)-The
final payment was made on free
dom Farm" in Fayette County last
week.
The 100000 farm was bought by
the National Baptist Convention,
U.S.A., Inc, as the first step in
a long range plan to help Negro
sharecroppers to become independ-
ent farmers.
DR.. ]. H. Jackson Of Chicago,
said the 404-acre farm was bought
on an eight-year plan but was paid
off in six months.
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
to prevent any unpleasantness.

~ RASNSAS oNAy N~AR@~e~pe~AASAASD1.
Rev. Andrew j. Hargett, former
.ly executive secretary Of the Re
tirement Fund sought unsuccess-
fully to arrange a meeting between
DR.. Taylor and DR.. jackson In st.
Louis last June during the Ma
tional Sunday School and BTU.
Congress.
King supports Taylor
Not only did DIR. Jackson refuse
the invitation, but the breach be-
tween the two factions was Wild
ened when the Chicago minister
and DR.. Martin Luther King be-
came involved in a row over the
techniques used by King in his
drive for civil rights.
DR.. King was a supporter Of DR..
Taylor at the Philadelphia conven-
ton.
Rumors last spring that Taylor
followers would be denied accom-
modations set aside for delegates
and prevented from attending ses-
sions of the convention brought q
heated reaction from Rev. Ralph
Abernathy who was quoted as say
ing he was willing to go to jail fol
the cause of religious liberty as he
had done before for the cause Of
civil rights in Alabama.
However after visiting Kansas
City last May. DR.. Taylor said h
had found a more objective and
Continued on Page ABB
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
Went ''FOir" EIocflOn For Prosldsnfs
National Baptist Leaders
Strive For Harmony
At K.C. Convention

Kansas City, Mo. (ANP)-Embarrassed by "Amos and
Andy convention last year followed by trail of vendetta law
to restore peace and dignity and unity before the scheduled
September meeting here
The issue which rocked the National Baptist Convention
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
HOW MODERN ARE Y0U7
rIMn nIrT WITH TuIS cIIESSINC GAMEI

Just guess quickly - how many electric
appliances and convenlences you have mot
counting Ights). Then use this checklist and
count them =. all of them. uf you have Two
radios, for example, count bOth) Compare
your guess with the actual count then SEQ
how modern you arel
Minneapolis spokesman., 1961-08-18
Todcy's Strides HGvO
~ All Over M0Shor

So writes Hazel Underwood
In her weekly hOmeIy foIk-cOI-
umn This N That I'm this edI-
tiOn.
Many readers find Hazel Un-
derwOOd's column weekly COM
fort.
Just another Of the substan-
tial features available weekly
to readers Of this paper.
Evening star., 1961-05-24
Drug Fights
Lung gFungus

A new antibiotic, not ever
named yet. has been shown ef-
fective against fungus diseases
of the lung, two Bethesda scien.
fists report.
1t works particularly well
against histoplasmosis, a fungus
infection that initiates tubercu.
losis and has baffled science for
years, they said yesterday.
The report was made to the
American Thoracic Society, the
medical section of the National
Tuberculosis Association, meet
ing in Cincinnati. The scientists
are DR.. John P. Utz, head Of the
Infectious Disease Service, Ma
tional Institute of Allergy and
Infectious Diseases, and DR.
Chester w. Emmons, head OF
the Medical Mycology Section
Of the institute.
The antibiotic, discovered re-
Gently by chance in New Jersey
has been designated only as
A-5079X.
The scientists reported that
four Of five patients with dis
sc m in ated histoplasmoSis-
which is usually fatal-re-
covered after treatment with
Evening star., 1961-05-24
NewDrugin Foam Form
Cures Poison Ivy Fast

II of dichloriSone foam than with
that of conventional lotions,
such as phenol and calamine,
and wet dressings" he said.
Most patients were able to
use their hands on the second
or third day of therapy, as
compared to the six to eight
days generally required with
other therapeutic regimens.
1T is also interesting to note
that all but four patients re-
ported they were able to sleep
well beginning with the first
night of therapy."
Because the foam is "cosmeti-
cally acceptable" patients don't
mind using it at work. The
foam, obtainable only by
prescription, is applied four to
six times q day.
Poison ivy, the physician
said, is a contact dermatitis
which affects more than a mil
lion persons yearly in this
country. 1t will subside and
disappear by itself in one to
four weeks usually but in
severe form may incapacitate
a person for days or even
weeks.
Evening star., 1961-05-24

"A new drug, sprayed on the
skin as a light foam, can cure
poison ivy far faster than con-
ventional treatments, a Wash
ington doctor reported today.
It's a new corticosteroid
known as dichlorisone. It was
given to So poison ivy patients
by Dr.. James @. Cant, jr.,
assistant clinical professor Of
dermatology and Syphilology at
George Washington University
Medical School. These patients
had mild to moderate" poison
ivy dermatitis principally on
the hands, arms and legs.
"All So cases in our series
responded satisfactorily" DR..
Cant wrote in the current issue
Of Medical Annals, published
monthly by the District Medi-
cal Society.
''MoSt patients reported that
marked symptomatic relief oc-
CURED within IL hours after
application of dichloriSone
foam" Healing had begun in
the majority of cases by 48 to
So hours, the doctor said.
"It is my impression that
Symptomatic relief is signifi-
cantly more rapid with the use
Evening star., 1961-05-24

the Ohio and Mississippi River
valleys.
The Bethesda scientist, how
ever, proved it also exists in
Washington and other areas.
The fungus is often found near
the remains of chicken GOODS
and other spots on farms.
Evening star., 1961-05-24

the antibiotic. The fourth was
not given the drug for a period
long enough for its effective
ness to be evaluated.
DR.. Emmons has worked for
years In the field of histoplas-
mosis. 1t was long thought that
the disease existed primarily in
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Mrs. Armstrong;,
27-Yeur Resident

Mrs. Thomas M. Armstrong,
81, the former Lucille McRoyal
Thacker, died Monday in Provi-
dence Hospital after a long
illness.
A native of Cedartown, Ca,
Mrs. Armstrong had been area
resident since 1884. She lived
at 4 Chesapeake street S.W.
and was a member of the Con-
gressional Heights Methodist
Church.
Besides her husband, of the
home address, she leaves four
sons, George w. and Robert
E., both of the home address,
William p, of 8905 Oneida
lane, Bethesda. and Luther G.,
Of 1902 South Capitol street,
and three daughters, Mrs. L.
Catherine CLANCY Of 212 Au-
drey lane, Oxon Hill; Mrs.
Margaret E. Gentry of 340S
Eighty-first avenue, North For
estville, Md, and Mrs. Doris
J. Morrisette Of Mount Rainier.
She also leaves two sisters,
Mrs. Elizabeth Grounds of st.
Petersburg, Fla. and Mrs. Laura
Belle Goedert Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and IL grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 am.
Friday at the Chambers Fun
eral Home. SIT Eleventh street
Sc, with burial in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-06-28


which he was associated.
want to say personally that I
am extremely sorry to have
heard the news" the President
said.
Mr.. Koterba lived at 9200
Persimmon Tree road, Be-
thesda, with his wife, Dorothy,
and 10-year-old son, Eddie. He
was to have Joined them later
this week for a vacation at
Ocean City, Md.
A native Of Omaha, Nebr.,
Mr.. Koterba's newspaper expe-
rience began in 1945 On the
Waynesboro (Pa9 Record Her
aid, owned by Mrs. Koterba's IS
family.
He Joined the Washington
Times-Herald as reporter in
1851 and remained for q year.
Mr.. Koterba with his wife's
aid then syndicated q column,
"A Bit Of Washington" serv-
icing 100 newspapers. He took
q 25,000-mile tour Of the
United States In 1858, writing
travel pieces for Hall Syndi-
cate.
After the death of Columnist
Fred Gilman, Mr.. Koterba In
1859 Joined United Features
Syndicate for distribution in
Scripps-Howard newspapers.
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Mrs. Copen, "a,
Former GAO
Claims Clerk

Mrs. Daisy WEIGH Capen, "a,
retired General Accounting Of
flee claims clerk, died Monday
at Marshall Woods Nursing
Home, Vienna, Va, of leukemia.
Mrs. Capen, a native of King
George County, Va, came to
work for the Government Just
after World War I and retired
in .1947.
Although she worked In
Washington, Mrs. Capen always
retained close ties with her
Virginia connections. She was
a regent Of the Falls Church
Daughters Of the American
Revolution and was an honor
ary vice president of the Fair
fax Chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy.
After she retired, Mrs. Capen
lived at Fairfax Station, Va.
She was a member of the Truro
Episcopal Church of Fairfax.
She leaves three nieces, two
nephews and seven grand
'nephews.
Services will be held at / pm.
tomorrow in the Truro church
chapel.
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Kuiser's Estate
Set at SAB Million

OAKLAND, Calf, June %
(AP).-Henry j. Kaiser, jr., left
an estate estimated at $48 mil
lion, most of it in trust funds,
the industrialist's attorney told
the court today.
The estimates were made by
Paul S. Marin in seeking a
IS, 900 monthly allowance from
current cash assets of the
estate for the widow, Barbara
Elsie Kaiser.
Superior Court Judge A. j.
Woolsey granted the request to
supplement her net annual IT,
come Of $4,000 from one OF q
series of family trusts Mr..
Kaiser established in l949.
The attorney, said Mr.. Kaiser
had had a net income, after
taxes, of $214,765 a year. He
died May 2.
Evening star., 1961-06-28
Nixon DepIores
u. S. Timiditv

NEW YORK, June % (AP) .
M. Nixon charges
the Kennedy administration
with timidity, causing Soviet
Premier Khrushchev to become
more arrogant, more cocky
and more contemptuous" than
ever before in dealing with the
West.
The administration, tn e
former Vice President says, has
talked strong but acted tim
idly"
Mr.. Nixon cited Cuba and
Laos as examples yesterday in
an address before leaders of
the pharmaceutical industry.
He said President Kennedy
knows the United States needs
action rather than talk" and
he declared the international
situation is not beyond remedy.
Mr.. Nixon said that if this
country is to impress Mr..
Khrushchev with the fact that
it is not bluffing. Mr.. Kennedy
must obtain the billions for de-
fense which he says the country
needs.
Evening star., 1961-06-28
S. G. Worthum,
Futher-in-Luw of
Textile Muqnute

GREENSBORO, N. c., June
% (AP).-Samuel cole m a n
Workman, 90, retired insurance
man and father-in-law of tex
tile magnate Benjamin Cone,
died here yesterday.
Mr.. Workman, in declining
health for several months, died
at the home of his daughter.
Mr.. Workman, a native OF
Richmond, Va, moved to
Greensboro in the l920s, when
he worked with the home office
agency Of the jefferson Stand
ard Life Insurance Co.
Later he was transferred to
the agency department In
Roanoke, Va, returning in 1928
to Greensboro as manager Of
the Jefferson Building. He held
this post until his retirement
in 1948.
Survivors include his daugh-
ter, and a sister, Mrs. Thomas
N. Sparks Of Orange, Va.
The funeral was scheduled
at 4 pm. today in Holy Trinity
Church, with the Rev. John
Chiffon Mott. rector, officiat-
ing. Graveside services will be
held at 4 pm. tomorrow in
Warrenton, Va.
Evening star., 1961-06-28

Divine Comedy" 1850; "The
Holy Spirits Seven Gifts"
(l956); "Sonnets from For
eign Lands" (1957; and "Son-
nets to Remember" (195D.
Studied in Germany
DR.. Swiggett, a native Of
Cambridge City. Ind, began his
studies at Indiana University
where he received his bachelor
of arts degree in 1888 and his
masters degree in 1893. He
then studied at John Hopkins
in Baltimore and later went to
Germany, where he attended
the universities at Gottingen,
Marburg and Berlin. In 1901
he was granted his Phd. from
the University of Pennsylvania
where he had been a Harrison
travel fellow.
DR.. Swiggett at one time
knew IL languages fluently. In
a 1856 interview he told re-
porters Il try to keep myself
fresh by reading all the time,
especially In foreign Ian
guages." He had become rusty
in some Of them, he admitted,
"but they pop back again if
called on"
He leaves his wife, Emma, Of
the same address.
Funeral services and burial
will be in Martinville, Ind,
later this week.