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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Swimming to Freedom

Young East Germans on this
country's Baltic coast sometimes
try to swim three miles through
the Baltic's cold and choppy wa
tiers to reach international ship
ping lanes.
'They hope vessels from neutral
Western countries will pick them
up" said q teen-age member of
the Free German Youth (FDO,
the Communists youth organiza-
ton.
But they're usually shot by our
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15
Some Hove Been Captured

SS"S tseN~ 0SSH sSPtetGU
"They would like to see us In
formless chemises or in overalls
as more befitting their ideas Of
Socialist morality "a young girl
in Jena said.
Nevertheless. there are some
East German young people whose
minds have been captured by the
Reds.
One of them, q blond, buxoTn
FDJ leader in her late teens
wanted to have me arrested after
she discovered ! had taken her
picture on an outing near Wei
mar.
NO Westerner Is going to take
my picture and get away with
it" she snapped.
Only the intervention OF an
East German Communist Party
member acting as my guide pre-
vented the girl from pressing
charges.
To curb the craze among young
people for Western dances, the
party has established . commits
sion in Leipzig that devises new
social Dances Somehow they
fail to catch on.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-09-15

dents were accused Of saying Com
nunist theories of physics degrad-
ed man by making him an object
Of natural forces. unable to think
or act for himself.
The party also was said to have
accused the students of West.
ern snobbishness" by attempting
to stress their individualism In
refusing to wear pins showing
membership in the FDJ.
Other signs of so-called snob-
bishness the party wants to
stamp out are short Western
haircuts and acknowledged trou-
sers favored by German teen-age
youths and curve huggi1g
blouses, sweaters and skirts pre-
ferred BY amply formed East Ger
man girls. ~
, 1963-04-06
Senator Dowdrd
Lectures at He Alma
Muter.-M Morgan State

Augustin DoWard, member
of the Senate of the US. Vir-
gin Islands, spent Monday and
Tuesday at Morgan State Coz
lege as its first Visiting Pcli-
tician," . new program which
will invite a practicing politi-
clan to spend a day or mere at
the college. Senator Doward
was graduated from Morgan
State in 1860.
In formal programs, Sen.
Coward on Monday lectured
to the classes in Political par
ties and international Rela-
tions. He was also the guest
at a coffee hour discussion
group, and in the evening
went to Annapolis, where he
was introduced to the Mary
land State Senate in session.
Still later, he was the guest
Continued on page AZ
, 1963-04-06
Ped Cross Blood Bdnk
Committee Makes
PIun for Campaign

The Red Cross Blood Bank
Committee met at the home OF
Mrs. Norman Skeoch at Castle
CoakIey on Thursday after
noon at 4 pm. and discussed
plans for a canteen. The first
will he on May 3rd.
Sandwiches and juice will
be served to all donors, AL
the food required, including
coffee, milk, cream, also cups,
napkins and everything that
may be required on that first
day, will be supplied free OF
all costs by Rasmussen'S. Hope
has been expressed that other
merchants Will make similar
contributions for the other
days. on which~blood will be
donated.
Present at the meeting were
Mrs. Katherine McDonald, Mrs
Anita Reynolds, Mrs. Ruth
Skyllberg, DR.. Agnes Fiack,
Mrs. Olive Rogers, Mrs. Arch
Gillies, Mrs. Beth Francis,
Mrs. Douglas E. Brown, Mrs.
Everett Richard, Mrs. William
Gricsom, Miss SybiII Barrow
Continued on Page a
, 1963-04-06
COMMISSIONER FELIX SUGGESTS PLAN
FOR CONTROL VICoRP ALIEN WORKERS

Commissioner of Safety,
Otis Relix sent a communicate
to the Honorable Robert T.
Cramer, President of the Vir-
gin Islands Corporation under
date-of March 18th following
series Of disorders
''The Department OF Public
Safety has become greatly
concerned within the past days
with the deplorable condition
existing at the labor camps
of the Virgin Islands Corpo-
ration on the Island of ST..
Croix, he wrote
On Monday and Tuesday OF
this week, the police had been
summoned to several of these
camps to quell arguments
fights, and close calls of riots.
It is this close riot call that has
caused this office to address
this letter to you.
On the days already men
tened, gangs of these workers
had been engaged in stone
throwing, stick fighting and
even ambushing of each other
which ended with one of the
workers b~eing'Wounded above
the ankle of the left foot by a
% shot during the night time.
Although our police officers
are here to render the neces-
sary assistance and protection
to all people within the com
munisy, this office feels that
the Virgin Islands Corporation
has a number one responsible
ty to see to it that the camps
are fully and properly con-
trolled in order to avoid incl
dents such as those already
enumerated.
Our department was sur
prised to find that the camps
are fortified backgrounds
even after working hours in
that each and every worker
sleeps with one or more ma
cbetes under his head.
In a camp with such a vast
number of men, this IS a dan
gerous and unwelcomed situa-
ton. This condition also poses
a threat to any minority OF
police officers who are gener-
, 1963-04-06

ally there at nights to break
up disorders.
| had occasion to confer with
Mr.. Proverbs yesterday about
the same conditions I am now
writing about and he seems to
be highly undecided as to what
controls can be put into effect
to preserve law and order in
the camps.
This Office suggested to Mr..
Proverbs that he should at
tempt to get one of these war
ring groups back to their coun-
try as soon as possible in order
to eliminate the present condl-
tion as well as to avoid the
occurrence of a major catas-
trophe taking place which will
tend to give the Virgin Islands
a terrific black eye abroad.
In order to bring about
some type Of control in these
-
camps, / am taking the liberty
OF making the following sug-
gestions.:
|. All workers coming to
these camps now and in the
future should be thoroughly
and professionally screened by
the authorities of their country
together with a representative
of the Virgin Islands Corpora
tion in order to avoid US re-
ceiving in these Islands, the
dregs who can do nothing else
than carry up the crime rate
of the community.
2. That these labor camps
be supervised by a local person
on a twenty-four hour basis
and that said supervisor be
given sufficient personnel at
these camps to assist him IN
these camps to assist him in
maintaining law and order
therein.
3. That a depository be es-
tablished at the various camps
for the purpose of depositing
the tools used by these men
after work in order that they
may be safely locked and kept
under control until time fol
work. This will avoid the meT
from keeping SO many wea
CONTINUED on Page n
, 1963-04-06
Boy Scout Cumporee
At ST. John Sunday
Tremendous Success.

A record of over 400 Scouts,
Explorers, Leaders and Com
mitteemen participated in the
largest Scout gathering in the
history of the Virgin Islands
at the Camporee held at Coral
Bay, St. John. Over $50 tents
were set up for housing. The
boys did all the cooking over
wood fires. They ali seemed to
enjoy their cooking.
1t was a thrill to see all the
boys converging on Coral Bay.
The St. erik Bows arriving on
2 Navy Vessels, anchoring in
the bay and the boys embark
ing on a small landing craft
to the beach. The boys from
st. Thomas and Tortola arriv-
ing on the campsite after ira
yelling across the billy wind
ing roads of st. John. The St.
John boys greeting their visit
ors as they arrived.
During the event the tent
city was the largest city on St.
John.
One Of the highlights was
the 9 mile hike from Coral Bay
to Mahoo Bay. This hike was
very strenuous over King
Mountain which has a steep
incline. The boys and leaders
proved themselves to be physi-
cally fit as there were no casu-
alities.
The campfire, program was
terrific with "a different acts.
The Staff even gave out with
song which the boys gave a
rousing send off. A steel band
led the entire camp in singing
the song Matilda. The boys
gave cheers that echoed off
the mountains surrounding
tha campsite.
The boys surely learned
more about citizenship by hat'-
ing to do things together on q
democratic basis, all doing
their share to make the camp
community homogeneous. The
fact that they were sharing ar
experience with their brothers
from all the Virgin Islands
was gratifying. Scouting in the
Continued On Page a
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Wet Nam CoPter Crash
Kills Foirfox Officer

1t. Stone was commissioned
a first lieutenant last February
Before that he had been a war
rant officer, according to the
Army.
He received the Purple Heart
in August for wounds inflicted
in Wet Nam.
He joined the Army in jan
uary, 1949, at Fort jackson,
S. C. He then was stationed at
the Army Ordnance School in
Germany, returning to Fors
Bragg, N, c., in August, 1853.
He went to Korea in 1858
with a light helicopter COM
pany for about a year, then was
sent to Fort Belvoir, also with
a helicopter company.
1t. Stone was born in San
ford and attended the Univer-
Sity of North Carolina.
The Army said the helicopteT
crashed due to malfunction of
aircraft controls"
The others killed were: Capt
Donald B. 10th Of Arlington,
Tex; 1st 1t. Charles M. Fits
Of Carlsbad, N. Mex; CWO
Raymond C. Wilde, Daleville,
Ala; CWO Lawrence C. Ham,
mond, Columbus, Ca; Pfc.
Boyce E. Lawson, Wise, Va, and
Specialist James D. McAndrew,
Santa Ana, Calf.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Violence Prober
Urges Edicts to
Curb LuWIess

The Thanksgiving Day disor-
ders at D. c. Stadium could
serve as a blessing in disguise"
if it is faced factually, the chair
man of the citizens investigat-
ing committee said yesterday:
Shane MacCarthy, inter-
viewed on Station WRC-TV's
Dimension -Four" program,
warned, however, that the citi-
zens' report will mean nothing
unless it's recommendations are
followed up concretely.
Some of the recommended
tions could have been pursued
in the past week after the
report was issued last Tuesday,
he pointed out.
For example, he cited the
first major recommendation on
the Commissioners, the School
Superintendent and the Police
Chief to issue Immediately" an
edict that students and
hangers-on engaging in delin-
quent or other forms of unlaw-
full activity will be subject to
disciplinary action"
In answer to another ques-
ton, Mr.. MacCarthy said
school integration is working
"imperfectly" in Washington.
The report brings out some of
the problems which must be
faced.
But he said he thought inte-
grafton can and will work. He
disagreed very vehemently"
with the statement of Repre-
sentative Williams, Democrat of
Mississippi, that the report is
evidence that District school
integration had been a failure.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Norman H. Ash,
Ex-VA Official

Normal Haskell Ash, retired
Veterans administration Off
cial, died yesterday at his home,
1901 Brennon lane, Chevy
Chase, Md. He was 55.
A former construction man
and graduate of the University
of Pennsylvania, Mr.. Ash served
in the Army Engineers in World
War II. He attained the rank
of major, and Joined the Veter-
ans Administration when he
was discharged in 1916.
When he retired in 1860, he
was regional field director of
the canteen service for VA hos
pitfalls in eight States and the
District of Columbia.
Mr.. Ash is survived by his
wife, Katherine; a daughter,
Mrs. Charles P. Duvall of Bran
forl, Conn.,; two grandchildren;
a brother, DR.. Donald w. Ash of
Oakland, Calf, and a sister,
Mrs. Richard K. Caldwell of
Center Harbor, N. H.
Funeral services will be held
at IL am. Wednesday in the
Fort Myer Chapel. Burial will
be in Arlington Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Mrs. Heather,
Visited Shut-Ins

Josephine Jane Heather, who
visited thousands of shut-ins
during her life in connection
with her church work, died
Saturday at Arlington Hospital
after a short illness.
Mrs. Heather, a native of
Franklin, Pa, had been active
in work at the First Baptist
Church, Sixteenth and o streets
NV, since coming to the Dis
trict IS years ago.
She was graduated from In
diana Teachers College, Indi-
ana, Pa, and taught school in
Franklin until her marriage to
John Heather, a lawyer with
the Southern Railroad.
In addition to her husband.
of 14O6 North Glebe road, Ar
lington, Mrs. Heather leaves a
daughter, Mrs. Norman H. Po-
land of Gloucester Point, Va.
a sister, Mrs. C. A. Mckinney
of Franklin, and two grand
children.
Services will be at 1880 pm.
tomorrow at Ives Funeral Home,
2847 Wilson boulevard, Arling-
ton, with burial at Franklin
Cemetery, Franklin.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Retired Customs Chief
Gets Service Award

There's many a slip 'twixt the
port and the ship, and agents
Of the Bureau Of Customs are
ready to catch them.
Alertness of custom inspec-
tors is the undoing of many an
ingenious Smuggler, Chester A.
limerick, who retired as deputy
commissioner of customs on
December 81, said the other
day.
Mr.. limerick was presented
with an exceptional service
award for his service to the
bureau by Secretary of the
Treasury Dillon in a ceremony
at the Treasury Department
today.
Until the end of the year Mr..
limerick directed the bureaus
police force" the division of
investigation and enforcement.
Whenever an inspector suspects
g cheat. a division agent is
summoned.
The recent arrest Of an
Italian who tried to sneak five
pounds of vitamin Biz into
the country illustrates Mr..
Emerick's points. "A customs
inspector observed the man act
Ing suspiciously," Mr.. limerick
Evening star., 1963-01-14
9. Otho Wenner,
Operated Farm in
Loudoun County

PURCELLVILLE, Va, Jan
IA (SpeciaD C. Otho Wenner
SIS, active churchman and
farmer, died of pneumonia
Saturday night at Loudoun
County Hospital in Leesburg.
Born near Purcellville, Mr..
Wenner owned and operated a
farm near this community for
many years.
He was superintendent of the
Sunday School at Arnold Grove
Methodist Church in Hillsboro
for rs years and was a trustee
for the church for 20 years.
He leaves his wife, Elizabeth,
his mother, Mrs. Annie R.
Wenner, a daughter, Mrs
Wanda Wenner Beans of IL
Teton place. Alexandria, a sis
ter, Mrs. Emma Miller OF
Mount Jackson. Va, and two
grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2
pm. tomorrow at Hall Funeral
Home, here with burial in
Hillsboro Cemetery.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Mona Lisu's
Crowd Put
At $4,000

Washington area residents
have developed a sudden crush
on the Mona Lisa-so great was
the crush yesterday, in fact,
that the doors of the National
Gallery of Art had to be closed
to control the crowd.
1t was the second day in a
row that more than 10000 per-
sons piled into the gallery in
contrast to the first three days
of the Mona Lisa showing
when visitors averaged only
about $4,000.
At / pm. yesterday, there
were so many people inside
waiting to see the Da Vinci
painting that police ordered the
outside doors closed. From
then on, people we're let in only
as the inside line moved ahead.
At Q pm, museum officials
decided to channel everyone
into one line using the Consti-
tuition avenue entrance, and the
main door on the Mall was
closed.
At its longest, the waiting
line started at the foot of the
Mall entrance steps, went to
Seventh street, north to Consti-
tuition avenue, east to the en-
trance opposite Sixth street,
into the museum and up the
stairs, and then wound through
10 picture galleries before
reaching the Mona Lisa.
A total of 32,109 persons
visited the gallery yesterday,
compared with 35,872 on Sat-
urday. Counters at the Mona
Lisa itself tailed 23,702, just
"a more than passed the paint
ing Saturday.
Alt Ugh the weekend
crowds were undoubtedly a
record for a single painting,
there is some doubt that the
Mona Lisa can claim an all
time National Gallery record.
A total of 43,795 persons was
announced as having visited
the museum on November q,
1949 for the HapSburg art
treasures exhibit.
Gallery officials now main
tain that the counting methods
of that era were more primitive
and not as reliable as the pres
ent system, which involves a
strong-thumbed guard punch
ing a mechanical counter, sup
posedly once for every person
he sees entering the building.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
178 Couples
Honored as
Long-Wed

The Roman Catholic Arch
diocese Of Washington yester-
day honored l78 couples cele-
brating their 25th and 50th
wedding anniversaries in the
preceding l2months-and one
couple celebrating their Goth
Or diamond anniversary.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of WASH
ngton. presented citations to
he couples at a service at st.
Matthew's Cathedral. The serv-
ce was sponsored by the Family
life Bureau OF the archdiocese
Among the couples were Mr..
md Mrs, John Davis OF 1908
Third street NV. celebrating
heir diamond anniversary Mr.
and Mrs. Gustav A. WeckeI Of
2022 Roanoke street. Green
Meadows, Md, are also cele-
brating their Goth anniversary
but could not attend because
Mr, Weckel is recovering from
an illness.
The 10 couples celebrating
their 50th anniversary included
Mr. and Mrs. Giro A. Flora
monti Of 426 X street NE, who
were accompanied by their
daughter, Mary and their SON
in-law, Philip Marchetti. who
are celebrating their 25th an
niversary The Marchettis live
at 5340 Chillum place NE.
A spokesman for the arch
diocese said this ceremony. In
which the couples again pledged
their fidelity, was the first Of
rs kind here but may become
IN annual celebration.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Berthe FIetchuII
Services Held

Bertha E. Fletchall, who re-
tired from the National Office
Of Vital Statistics in 1855, died
January 3 while visiting her
sister, Mrs. Charles w. Wood
ward. Ill North Van Buren,
street, Rockville.
Miss Fletchall was a member
Of the Francis Asbury Method
ist Church here. She lived at
4817 Forty-fifth street NV.
In addition to her sister, she
leaves her brother, John T.
Fletchall, of 4831 Davenport
street NV.
Burial was January 5 at
Monocacy Cemetery, Bealls-
vile, Md.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

District and vicinity - Clear
and cold tonight, lowest about
l8 in the city and IL in the
suburbs. Sunny and continued
cold tomorrow.
Maryland - Clear and quite
cold tonight. lowest ranging
from IL to l8 in the south and
6 to IL in the north with near
zero in the mountains. Mostly
sunny tomorrow and continued
cold.
Virginia-Clear and very cold
tonight. lowest 10 to l8 with
low 20s along the coast and 5
to 10 in the mountains. Fair
tomorrow and cold.
Lower Potomac and Chesa-
peake Bay - Variable winds S
TO 10 knots tonight and 8 TO l2
knots tomorrow. Clear tonight
and fair tomorrow with yisibil-
ity at 10 miles.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Red ShipsOff
u. S. Coasts
In Hundreds
BY the Associated Press

Hundreds Of Soviet fishing
vessels operated In waters off
the coasts of the United States
last year, the Bureau of Com
merical Fisheries reported to-
day.
United States officials regard
Russian fishing trawlers as
probably serving a double pur-
pose: Catching fish and using
high power electronic equip
ment to transmit intelligence
information.
Among the highlights of the
bureaus review:
A peak of about 200 Soviet
fishing vessels was sighted in
the North Pacific and Bering
Sea area in mid-June.
More than 100 sightings re-
ported in the Gulf of Alaska in
late November.
Two Sovet exploratory fish
ing vessels reported off the
coasts of Oregon and Washing
ton in early summer.
A peak Of about 16 Soviet
fishing vessels sighted on Geor-
ges Bank in the northwest At
lantic in August.
Several vessels recently re-
ported engaging in exploratory
fishing along the North and
South Carolina and Florida
coasts.
Five trawlers believed to be
operating out Of Cuba in the
waters of the Caribbean and
the Gulf Of Mexico.
The bureau noted that Rus
sia and Cuba agreed recently
to build a Joint fishing base in
Havana Bay and said it lis
expected to facilitate Soviet
fishing operations throughout
the Western Atlantic"
Evening star., 1963-01-14
E. B. Schriftgiesser,
Newspaper Editor

RUTLAND, VT, Jan. ID
(AP) Edward B. Schriftgies-
ser, so, city editor of the Rut-
land Herald since 1856, died
yesterday in Rutland Hospital
after a long illness.
Mr.. Schriftgiesser began his
newspaper career on the old
Boston Transcript, where as
yachting editor he covered
some of the early Americas
Cup races.
He was a member Of the As
Sociated Press Boston staff
for three years and subse-
quently served on the Boston
Record, American and Sunday
Advertiser, The Washington
Evening Star, the old New
York PM and the Burlington
Free Press.
He leaves his widow, Elsie;
a brother, Karl, of London
derry. VT, and New York, and
his mother, Mrs. Hetty B.
Schriftgiesser of Londonderry.
His late father, Berthold, also
was a newspaperman. -..
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Legislators
Start Session
In Georgia

ATLANTA, Jan. IA (AP) -
The 1868 Georgia Legislature
begins a 45-day split session to-
day with the Senate newly re-
apportioned and its first Negro
member in 80 years.
Almost half the SO new legis-
lators in the 259-member legis-
lature are from urban areas
and there is speculation they
might form the basis of what
some described as a new kind
of legislature for Georgia.
The Senate was reapportioned
on a population basis after a
three-judge Federal court ruled
the old setup Disseminated
against those in the more pop
ulous areas.
Leroy johnson, a 36-year -old
Atlanta Negro, was elected a
State Senator as a direct re-
suit of the reapportionment.
He said last night that "ur-
ban legislators intend to work
closely and harmoniously with
men from smaller areas and
counties" Urban delegations
will make special efforts mot
to give the impression that we
are infatuated over our new
found strength" Mr.. johnson
said.
The legislature will work IL
days, take a break for a couple
of weeks and then return for
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Housing Agency
Lacks Jurisdiction
In Barnes Case

The Federal Housing Admin
istration has found itself with
out jurisdiction in the first
complaint filed under President
Kennedy's executive order bar
ring discrimination in the sale
or rental Of Government-as-
sisted housing.
The agency turned down the
complaint of Roland E. Barnes,
principal ofTravilah Elementary
School near Rockville.
FHA Commissioner Neal j.
Hardy notified Roland E.
Barnes that the agency could
not act in his complaint, filed
against developers Abraham S..
Sind of Chevy Chase and Israel
Cohen of Bethesda.
Mr.. Barnes had accused Mr..
Sind and Mr.. Cohen with re-
fusing to sell him a house in
their Seven Locks Meadow sub
division because he is a Negro.
The FILA ruling said Mr..
Barnes had been denied the
opportunity to buy a house be-
cause of his race, but the facts
in the case did not confer juris-
diction upon the agency under
the terms of the executive order
issue Nov. 20. FILA sanctions
may be applied only to COM
mitments after the Nov. 20
cutoff date.
Mr.. Hardy reported his de-
cision in letters to Mr.. Barnes,
Mr.. Sind and Mr.. Cohen before
he left his FHA post Friday.
Il was disappointed that this
was the decision" Mr.. Barnes
said today. He lives at 31C
Allison street NV.
Evening star., 1963-01-14
Transit Planning
Course Is Slated

The Nations first course in
Rapid Transit Planning" will
begin February 4 at Catholic
University, Donald E. Marlowe,
dean of the university's school
of engineering, announced to-
day.
Dean Marlowe said the grad
uate course will be scheduled
for early evening for the con-
venience of employed persons
who desire to continue their
education in this field on a
part-time basis. 1t will be
taught the full second semester
Frank Biberstein and DR.
Paul j. Claffey of the univer-
sity's department of civil en-
cheering will teach the course
Evening star., 1963-01-14

First 1t. Lewis L. Stone, 81,
of Fairfax County was one of
seven men killed Friday in an
Army helicopter crash in South
Wet Nam, the Army announced
today.
1t. Stone was the husband of
Mrs. Anne L. Stone. Their home
was at 25 Fairglen drive. He
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Stone of Sanford, N. C.
According to a neighbor, 1t.
and Mrs. Stone had lived in
Fairfax County about three
years.
The couple had no children.
They had been married about
10 years. Mrs. Stone is a native
of Germany.