Evening star. [volume], April 29, 1948, Page A-5, Image 5

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Police Seek Bandit
In Holdup of Second
Loan Company Here
A lone bandit, who robbed the
Mutual Credit Co. 901 Tenth street
N W„ of nearly $1,000 at revolver
j*oint yesterday, was the object of
a police search today.
It was the second holdup of a loan
company in the Washington area
this week. On Tuesday, a Silver
Spring company lost $700 to an
armed bandit, who. although
answering the general description of
yesterday's robbery was not believed
by police to be the same man.
• The office manager of the Mutual
Credit Co., Herbert Becker, 37, of
437 Manor place N.W.. and his
wife. Mrs. Rena Becker. 35. were
alone when the holdup man came
in around 2 pm.
• Even before hr pulled yi old
fashioned nickle-plated rrvolvrr,
Mrs. Becker said she became sus
picious and tried to telephone po
lice. The robber warned her away
from the phone and then forced
her husband to give him the money
m the cash drawer, which amount
ed to about $30.
. Not satisfied, he then forced Mr.
Becker to the rear of the office,
where he demanded the money
from the open safe. Mr. Becker
handeo him a brown envelope con
taining more than $900.
The bandit examined the money—
to make sure it was enough—and
then walked out of the office and
(fisapppared after warning the Beck
ers not to follow him or he would
shoot.
; Mrs. Becker said they had been
held up once before—in 1945 when
Another holdup man obtained $300.
. The holdup man was described by
die Beckers as about 25 to 30 years
old. about 5 feet fi inches tall’ and
bflrtlv in need of a haircut. He
wore a gray hat. green pants and a
gabardine topcoat.
Festival
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!arp suit, was Jamps Kenneth Rob
inson, jr„ 6.
. Thp queen then set out with her
party for the pageant ground, where
her court of princesses awaited her,
fpt the coronation.
- Tom Baldridge, director general,
said that despite wet grounds, the
pageant would be held outside as
scheduled unless it rains'. In that
event the coronation will take place
in the Handley High School audi
torium and the pageant will be post
poned until tomorrow.
The rain yesterday forced the
rehearsal of the annual pageant.
"Our Heritage—A Pageant of
Springtime," indoors to the audi
torium of thp school. The rehearsal
usually is held in the Handley
School Bowl scene of the pageant.
The rain, however, failed to
dampen the spirits of Winchester
residents, visitors or festival per
sonnel. including the blond, brown
rvpd Miss Merrill, who arrived in
town Tuesday night, after having
dinner with Senator and Mrs. Byrd
their Berryville home.
Fresh from the thrill of meeting
President and Mrs. Truman during
a two-day stay in Washington. Miss
Festival Program
WINCHESTER. Va . April 29 —
Following is this afternoon's pro
ram of the Shenandoah Apple
Blossom Festival.
Today.
7 p.m — Fireman's torchlight and
mummer's parade.
9 p.m — Fireworks display, Hand
lev School bowl.
10 p.m Queen's ball at armory.
Tomorrow.
9 a m. Opening of Navy radar
exhibit. Valley avenue, adjacent to
Handley School grounds.
9 a m Opening of Army atomic
bomb exhibit. Handley boulevard.
10 am—Band concert. City Hall
pavilion.
10:30 a m.—Repeat pageant pres
entation. Handley High School bowl.
10:30 a m—Band concert.
11 a m.—Band concert.
12:30 p.m.—Luncheon for Queen
Shenandoah XXI and her court.
1 p.m.-Band concert.
1'43 p.m.—Apple blossom parade
b.v Naval Air Reserve training squad
ron, Anacostia.
2 p.m.—Grand feature parade,
Ring Crosby, grand marshal.
4 :30 p.m.—Twenty-band mass con
reit, Handley High School grounds.
3 to 7 p.m.—Band concerts. City
Hall pavilion.
10 p.m.— Blossom ball at armory.
Merrill was looking forward to being
crowned in ceremonies at the Hand
ley High School bowl by Gen. Hoyt
S Vandenberg. Chief of StafT
designate of the Air Force.
Miss Merrill, a native of Boston,
said she likes Virginia so much that
she is "going to develop a Southern
accent and start wearing flat heels
and low-neck dresses.”
Miss Merrill said apples are her
favorite fruit and that she occas
ionally goes on apple "binges.” eat
ing as many as five or six a day.
Poses With Apple Pie.
She posed for photographers with
an apple pie in the kitchen of the
George Washington Hotel, but she
said she doesn't even know how to
boil water, much less cook or bake.
Miss Merrill attended a party
given for the press last night.
The hostess was a former ap
ple blossom queen, the former
Gretchen Thomson of New Orleans,
now Mrs. Harry Flood Byrd, jr.
The official chaperone for the
queen is Mrs. Joseph A. Schroth,
who has acted in the same capacity
ai past festivals for princesses but
never for a queen.
Activities Slated Today.
Activities today for the queen
and her court, comprising princesses
from schools in the District, Vir
ginia. Maryland and West Virginia,
were to include a luncheon at noon
and a ball at 10 o'clock tonight in
the Winchester Armory.
Also on the program are a num
ber of band concerts, torchlight
mummer's parade and a firew'orks
display. High light of tomorrow*,
program will be a parade at 2 p.m.,
of more than 30 floats, 40 bands.
20 drum and bugle corps and 10
drill and marching units.
Bing Crosby will be grand mar
shal of the parade.
An air parade featuring a Naval
Air Reserve training sauadron from
Anacostia Field in Washington is
scheduled for 1:45 p.m. tomorrow
Afterwards there will be a mass
concert by 25 bands in the Handley
School Bowl.
Atomic
'Continued From First. Pape.'
to five years beginning August 1.
The President named Chairman
Lilienthal for the full five-year
term and the other commissioners—
Robert F. Bacher. Sumner T. Pike,
Lewis L. Strauss and William M.
Waymack—for the other staggered
terms.
Tlie nominations, as the President
pointed out in his statement, went
forward April 20 after the members
themselves had decided on their
respective tenures and have since
been tied up before the Senate
members of the Joint Committee
on Atomic Energy, headed by Sen
ator Hickenlooper, Republican, of
Iowa.
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, who opposed the orig
inal Lilienthal appointment has
again been antagonistic, pursuing
a course which the Republicans have
adopted of holding up action on
nominations generally on the pos
sioility that a change of adminis
tration in November will permit
the GOP to make their own ap
pointments.
The White House statement today
was the first cognizance taken by
tne administration of Republican
attitude on the Atomic Commission
appointments. The President point
ed out that the five men were "ap
pointed without any reference to
their political affiliations.” and said
that since the commission was es
tablished on August 1, 1946. a
gigantic atomic energy program has
been put in motion.
It is imperative that our pro
gram in this field continue to ad
vance and that there be no uncer
tainty in the continuity of the ex
perienced leadership esential for
the Nation's pre-eminence” in this
field. Mr. Truman said.
The President added that the re
appointments were based on his
“firm conviction" that under the di
rection of the five "real progress has
been made in all phases of our
atomic energy program and that
under their continued leadership
even greater progress will be made."
Suggestion Assailed.
“T am informed," he continued,
"that a suggestion has been made
that the Senate should not act on
these nominations, but that instead
the Congress should enact a law
extending the terms of the present
commission for one or two years.
Such a proposal would restore the
pall of uncertainty which surround
ed the development of this country's
atomic energy program from the
Japanese surrender until the spring
of 1947. when the present commis
sion was confirmed. Such a pro
posal would have an adverse effect
on the urgent business of pushing
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Declaring the atomic energy' pro
gram must be kept on a non
partisan basis, the President said
“ Istrongly urge that these nomi
nations be considered on the sche
dule originally set by Congress.”
When a reporter said “You are
against any compromise then?", the
President responded that he was for
carrying out the law along the
lines laid down in Congress and
that there should be no politics in
connection with this situation.
Another reporter told the Presi
dent that more than 1.000 postmas
ter nominations were being held up.
Mr. Truman announced he did not
know what the Senate had against
the postmaster appointees because
they were serving as acting post
masters anyway.
Another reporter wanted to know
the President's views on Senate ac
tion in delaying continuation of the
reciprocal tradee agreements. In
condemning the move. Mr. Truman
said it would hurt the foreign relief
program and the American farm
program. He told another ques
tioner that unless the trade treaty
legislation were continued, foreign
nations would not, be able to pay
back any of their Marshall Plan aid.
Pensions
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military service after the five-year
period should be retired without
further question. But an officer fit
for service should return to active
duty.
3. The income tax exemption on
disability pensions should be
abolished except for those granted
for combat wounds.
After these corrections have been
made, the committee said. Congress
should look into a wholesale revamp
ing of the military retirement sys
tems. When it does, the committee
recommends:
1. Equalizing disability retirement
plans for officers and enlisted men.
2. Giving retirement credit to re
serve officers and enlisted men for
inactive duty in reserve units.
Officers retired for physical dis
abilities now receive 75 per cent of
the pay for the rank they held
when retired. It is a life-time pen
sion, and is exempt from income
taxes.
Disability pensions for enlisted
men are figured according to the
percentage of disability. Also,
former enlisted men are subject to
periodic examinations to determine
whether their disability still exists.
Employes
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Flemming said. "We promised them
that they would have the oppor
tunity to compete for jobs after the
war, and we would be breaking our
promise if this bill were enacted."
Waiting to testify were officials of
varioits Government departments.
most of whom are in favor of the
measure.
Mr. Flemming took notice of this
when he remarked: “I appreciate
the fact that many war service em
ployes are highly competent and
have rendered good service to the
Government, and it is understand
able that departments would like to
retain them.”
The Civil Service Commissioner
added that war service employes
were specifically told when they
took their pobs that their appoint
ments w'ere of a temporary nature,
and that they would have to take
competitive examinations for per
manent jobs once the war was over.
bamblmg
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closing down. He said he knew of
no gambling operations beyond the
petty type and was anxious to re
ceive reports indicating there were
I large-scale operations in progress.
Chief Charles M. Orme of the
Montgomery County force said
what little bet-collecting was done
in that county was done by em
ployes of gambling interests in "an
other jurisdiction.” He emphasized
no big gambling centers were known
to be operating in Montgomery.
Capt. Edgar Sims of the Alexan
dria police said there was some
numbers writing in his city, but on
a "very small scale.” The punish
ment, he said, was too great to at
tract big-time operators to Alex
andria. He said he had caught a
number of small operators in the
past, few months and obtained con
victions in every case.
Lt. Roy Blick, head of the vice
Squad here, said arrests during the
first three months of this year for
gambling offenses included 23 fo»
setting up a gaming table, 157 for
operating a lottery. 144 for posses
sion of lottery slips and two for per
mitting gaming.
Truscott Gives Figures.
Asked for other figures on gam
bling cases. Inspector Truscott made
available these for the 1947 fiscal
year, said to be incomplete:
Permitting gaming—46 arrests, 26
convictions, 8 pending at the end of
the year.
Permitting sale or possession of
lottery slips—712 arrests, 432 con
victions. 62 pending.
Conspiring to violate gaming
laws—15 arrests, 3 dismissed, 12
pending.
Setting up a gaming table—89
arrests, 14 dismissed, 13 nolle
prossed, 62 pending.
Promotion or operation of a lot- j
tery—503 arrests, 92 dismissed, 107
nolle prossed, 304 pending.
While they have admitted, from
time to time, that few major gam
bling operators are haled into court,
police officials have insisted they
were hampered by the fact these
persons stayed outside the District, \
leaving only their runners and
secondary turn-in points as prey
for authorities here.
Fihellv Cites Problems.
Citing the difficulties of making
arrests and prosecuting numbers
cases. Mr. Pihelly presented this
picture:
At a traffic light, one car pulls up
beside another and tosses the money
into the second car which promptly
speeds off into Maryland.
Changing the pay-off spot con
stantly in this way makes it difficult
for police to keep up. If the police
act on a tip, however, and stop the
Maryland-bound car, they may find
money or numbers but in many cases
the courts have thrown the, cases out
of court on the ground of “improper
search and seizure."
Mr. Pay pointed out it might
be possible for the grand jury in
vestigation to develop evidence of
violations here by the outside op
erators which could lead to their
indictment.
Numbers playing is the type of
gambling most widely indulged in
here. It offers the inducements of
small investment and long odds.
Persons not'able to afford a daily
$2 bet on a horse often patronize
numbers runners regularly with
plays of a nickel, dime, quarter
or more.
But the long odds aren't as long
as they should be by the mathe
matics of chance. A ratio' of 999
to 1 would be about right. The,
numbers runners pay off at no more!
than 630 to 1. The balance is
“gravy” which bolsters the opera-;
tors' comfortable position.
The runner, lowliest functionary!
of the numbers business, often!
quotes his customers odds of 700 to j
1. explaining he gets 10 per cent of|
all hits, thereby bringing the payoff!
on a successful dime play, for ex-}
ample, to $63.
Obtained From Results.
The number is obtained by total
ling the mutual payoffs on three I
selected races at a selected horse j
track. The numbers game has noth
ing to do with betting on individual
horses. The race track figures
merely supply the three digits.
To get the number, the operators
add all payoff prices of the three
money horses in the first of the 5
selected races. The digit to the left
of this total becomes the first digit
of the lucky number—the “7” in a
total of $37.90, for instance.
Then, the operators go through
the same addition process for the
other two selected races.
At much shorter odds—still gyp
odds—operators usually permit play
on a single digit or a "combination,"
;n which a payoff is made if three
chosen digits “come out,” no matter
what their order in the day's
number.
The horse bet bookies also cut
corners on their payoffs. They pay
track prices—up to a point. Most
enforce limits of 20 to 1 on win bets,
8 to 1 on place wagers and 4 to 1
on show bets.
If a long shot comes home at 50
to 1 at the track, therefore, the
person who bet "on the nose” with
a bookie, rather than at the track,
would receive only 20 to 1 on his bet.
Both number and horse bet men
close down on heavily played num
bers or horses from time to time
to "balance the book.”
2 Convicted in Montgomery
Of Bookmaking File Appeal
By th* Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. April 29—Two men
convicted of bookmaking in Mont
gomery County asked the Court of
Appeals today to reverse the verdicts.
Pete Hill and William Morrow,
both arrested last August in Silver
Spring, appealed from sentences im-'
posed by Circuit Court Judge Charles
W. Woodward.
Morrow was fined $1,000 and
sentenced to one year in Maryland
Penitentiary', the maximum for
bookmaking, which is a misdemeanor
in Maryland.
Hill, a Silver Spring electrical
appliance dealer, also was fined
$1,000 and sentenced to nine months
in the House of Correction.
Hill said when he accepted money
from a Montgomery County police
man he understood it "was to be
taken to the track and played on
selected horses.”
In sentencing the two, Judge
Woodward emphasized that the
court would not "tolerate” gambling
in the county.
Argentina Deports
Former U. S. Attache
By the Associated Press %
BUENOS AIRES, April 29.-John
Griffith, former Cultural Attache of
the United States Embassy, was de-1
ported today. He had been accused j
of helping foment the bank clerks’:
strike. Four others, including three
former employes of the Overseas '
News Agency, also were expelletj.
Mr. Griffith, 58. became an im
porter after leaving the Embassy. |
He was arrested April 8. A Federal
judge ordered his release, but he
and the others were deported on a
presidential warrant. '
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into something,” she said. ‘‘The
next minute they were lying all
over the floor in piles. My ankle
turned under me and I fell, too.”
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felt the shock when the train pulled
in at 9:40 a.m. But none of the
dishes was knocked off the tables,
they said.
The railroad began an investiga
tion into the cause of the accident.
Railroad officials said the locomo
tive had been tested and found to be
mechanically sound.
Those removed to Casualty Hos
pital were Mrs. Olive Habbersett, 49,
Media, possible spine fracture: Mrs.
Albert Pfeiffer. 47. Larchmont. in
jured right leg: Mrs. Ethel Bohl
fing, 40, Media, nervous shock: Mrs.
Esther Caudill. 52. Wawa, possible
right kneecap fracture; Mrs. Walter!
Scott, 67, West Chester, cuts and
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Committees
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to accept the decisions of the joint
committee. The joint committee has
been given the full powers of a
standing committee of the Senate
in order that it may operate on a
permanent basis and act as a legis
lative committee whose proposals
need not be referred to any other
committee in the Senate or the
House."
Result of Long Study.
The report points ou that the
proposed amendment is the result
of a long study by the Expenditures
Committee.
The bill makes several other
"minor” changes in the Legislative
Reorganization Act. As explained
in the report, the bill "more closely
circumscribes the introduction of
private bills and removes the re
quirement that the controller gen
eral make management studies of
the executive departments and
agencies."
Senator Aiken's bill also carries
the names of all other members of
his committee. Under legislative
procedure the measure was referred
to the Aiken committee which
means that the measure will go
direct to the Senate floor.
In addition to Senator Aiken, the
other sponsors of the bill are Sena
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looper, of Iowa: Bricker. of Ohio:
Thye. of Minnesota; McCarthy, of
Wisconsin; Ives, of New York, Re
publicans: McClennan, of Arkansas:
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