Evening star. [volume], June 28, 1948, Image 18

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

Image provided by: Library of Congress, Washington, DC

                
WASHINGTON NEWS
MONDAY, JUNE 28, 1948
B
SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS
WASHINGTON, D. C.
2 Policemen Get
Fines in Escape
At Death House
Payment Suspended
For Davis, Sanderlin,
Duped by Prisoners
Two Metropolitan policemen who
were convicted in May, 1947, on
charges of negligently permitting
Joseph Medley and Earl McFarland
to escape from District Jail in April,
1946, today were sentenced by Jus
tice Alexander Holtzoff in District
Court to a $500 fine each, but pay
ment of the fines was suspended.
The two are Pvt. Hubert C. Davis
and Pvt. Oscar C. Sanderlin.
The two who were assigned to
guard the convicted murderers, had
been playing cards with Medley and
McFarland shortly before they es
caped from the death house.
Duping the policemen, the two
murderers locked them into death
house cells and then made their way
to the jail roof by cutting through
a ventilator pipe with a can opener.
They then dropped to the ground
and fled.
Both Since r.xecuieu.
Both were recaptured, Medley the
same day in a sewer pipe beside the
Anacostia River and McFarland
several days later in Knoxville,
Tenn. Both since have been exe
cuted, Medley lor the murder of
Mrs. Nancy Boyer and McFarland
tor the murder of Dorothy Berrum.
Sanderlin and Davis were con
victed for responsibility in the es
cape by a jury in District Court, but
Justice Holtzoff set the verdict aside
through granting an “order in ar
rest of judgment.” His order gave
the Government the right to ap
peal and the United States Court
of Appeals last February reversed
Justice Holtzoff and ordered the
Jury's verdict reinstated.
The Supreme Court refused to
review the case. As a result the two
policemen came into court today
for sentence.
Justice Holtzoff pased his order
last year on common law and cited ]
a Tower of London case dating back
to the Seventeenth Century.
Held Custodian Responsible.
In going back to English common
law. Justice Holtzoff said:
* * Authorities would indicate
that th^ only person who was sub
ject to prosecution at common law
for negligent escape was either the
sheriff or the person in charge of
the institution in which the prisoner
was committed and to whom, there
fore, the lawful custody of - the
prisoner was entrusted.”
In reversing Justice Holtzoff the
Court of Appeals declared:
“it would be distinctly unreason
able in our view to say that the
superintendent of the Washington
jail was alone responsible to the
government of the escape of prison
ers occasioned by the negligence of
police officers regularly assigned as
guards at the jail."
Tavern Theft Suspect
Shot by Policeman
Robert G. Hunter, 22, colored, of
the 700 block of Fourth street N.E.,1
was in a critical condition at Gal
linger Hospital today with a bullet
wound in his spine, received, police
said, when he fled from two police- i
men investigating a tavern burglary.
Another man believed to have
been with Hunter in the reported
theft from the Camden Tavern.
Thirteenth and H streets N.E.. is
still being sought. M. I. Wayne,
operator of the tavern, told police
the back door had been broken open
and nine bottles of whisky were
missing.
Hunter was shot by Pvt. Sherwood
H Herring of No. 9 precinct about
2:30 am. yesterday. Pvts. Herring
and William Dameron said they
saw Hunter apparently reading a
comic book in the lighted rear door
way when they drove up an alley
in answer to a radio call that the
tavern was being robbed. The two
policemen had checked the building
a short time earlier and found the
doors locked.
Hunter, who according to police
records was released from Lorton
Reformatory last April after serving
four vears for a series of house
breakings. started running. Pvt.:
Dameron jumped from the car and
missed a flying tackle. Pvt. Her-1
ring took up the chase and aimed
a shot at Hunter’s feet, he said.
The wounded man was treated at
Casualty Hospital and transferred
to Gallinger.
Armory Board to Meet
Tomorrow, Pkk Manager
Commissioner John Russell Young
announced today he had set the
first meeting of the new District
Armory Board for 3 pm. tomorrow
at the Armory.
The first and mast important task
facing the three-man board will
be the selection of a full-time man
ager to handle the affairs of the
Armory. This is expected to be the
first item of business the board will
take up.
Serving with Mr. Young on the
board are Brig. Gen. Albert L. Cox,
commanding the District National
Guard, and "Leonard P. Walsh,
Washington attorney.
Mr. Young said six applications
had been received for the job of
manager and he thought the selec
tion would be made as soon as
po. idle to open the hall to public
and private functions.
The Armory Board was set up by
Congress in an effort to setle the
long dispute between the Com
missioners and the Guard over
control of the hall.
Jelleff to Complete Shop
In Silver Spring by Fall
A Silver Spring unit of Frank R.
Jereff, Inc . women's specialty store,
will be completed by September 1,
Frank R. Jelleff, president, said
today.
The store, at 8635 Collesville road,
w. i ha\V two stories and basement,
w i. h provision for future addition
of two more floors.
Six Japanese Miners Killed
TOKYO. June 28 <iP'—Six Japa
nese coal miners were killed and six
In.mred in Kyushu Island mine acci
dents over the week end.
VICTIM OF ROCK CREEK PARK SLAYING—This is Carol
Bardwell, 11. of 1635 Webster street N.W.. whose body was found
in the park near Seventeenth street and Colorado avenue late
yesterday. The picture was made last Christmas.
Daniel W. Johnson, 4409 Seventeenth street N.W., who iden
tified the body, points to the spot where the child was found.
(Story on Page A-l.) ■—Star Staff Photos.
Awards to Be Made
To Soap Box Derby
Contestants Tonight
Presentation of awards won by
contestants in Saturday's Soap Box
Derby will be made tonight in the
auditorium of the Department of
Commerce starting at 8 p.m.
The Derby was the eighth spon
sored here by The Evening Star
and the Chevrolet dealers of the
Washington area in co-operation
with the American Legion, Depart
ment of Washington.
In addition to the prizes won
racing, there will be five special
awards. Robert Lee Knight of
Alexandria, won the Exacto Tool
Chest given by the Shell Oil Co.
for the best workmanship and de
sign. Jeffrey Stewart, jr„ was
awarded the table vise presented by
Lollins and Aikens for the best
upholstered racer, and John Rosen
berger won the Bill Jennings Me
morial Trophy for the best designed
brakes, awarded by Arthur Sundlin,
president of a A. Kahn. Inc.
A Philco portable radio presented
this year by Esso Standard Oil for
the fastest time in Class A, was
won by Jack Broyles, city champion.
Traveler portable radio presented
by Lubar, Inc., for’the fastest time
in Class B. was won by Alfred Ash
ton. Class B winner and runner-up
for the city championship.
Ground Breaking is Set
For New Methodist Home
Dr. Karl P. Meister. executive sec
retary. General Board of Methodist
Hospitals and Homes, will deliver the
address at the ground-breaking
service at 3 p.m. tomorrow for
Cassell Hall, one of the new build
ings for the Asbury Methodist Home
for the Aged at Gaithersburg, Md.
Methodist Bishop Charles Wesley
Flint of the Washington area will
give the prayer at the service and
Dr. Lowell S. Ensor, president of
Western Maryland College, will give
the call to worship. The benedic
(ion will be said by Dr. John W.
Rustin. pastor of Mount Vernon
Place Methodist Church, Washing
ton.
Cassell Hall will accommodate 25
guests. After it is completed, work
will be started on the second of the
four buildings for the Asbury Meth
odist Home for the Aged. When the
project is completed the home will
be one of the best equipped of its
kind.
The Rev. Herman M. Wilson, su
perintendent of the home, has been
associated with the work since its
start 22 years ago. Walter H Davis
of Westminster^Md.. is president of
the board of trustee*.
Son of D. C. Fireman,
Navy Veteran, Drowns
Diving From Boat
A young Navy veteran, son of a
District fireman, drowned in the
South River yesterday afternoon
when he dived from a boat at Riva,
Mr. Cameron.
Ann Arundel
County.
He was Robert
Joseph Cameron.
20, the son of
Mr. and Mrs.
Willis Cameron,
605 Gallatin
street N.W.
Relatives said
Mr. Cameron
apparently was
stunned when he
struck an under
water obstruc
tion. Several
friends who ac
companied him
on the swimming party tried unsuc
cessfully to rescue him.
Anne Arundel police said the
water is 20 feet deep at the point
he dived.
The body was recovered by county
firemen about an hour after the
drowning.
Mr. Cameron served in the Pa
cific with the 3d Fleet during the
war and had combat stars for three
major engagements. He was a ma
chinist's mate, third class. Since
his discharge he had been serving a
plumber apprenticeship.
His father has been a District
fireman for 25 years and now is
attached to the administration di
vision at headquarters.
Survivors, in addition to the par
ents. are two sisters. Mrs. David H.
Dukerson. 10027 Greenock road.
Silver Spring, and Mrs. Raymond
R. Disanti, Pittsburgh.
Burial w-ill be in Arlington Ceme
tery Wednesday.
Navy Veteran Drowns
At Maryland Beach
BALTIMORE. June 29 UP!.—Ed
ward Patrick McGuire. 27-year-old
Navy veteran from Rye. N. Y.,
drowned yesterday while swimming
at Bay Ridge. Md.
Two Members Sworn In
By Welfare Board
Two Board of Public Welfare
members, A. J. Driscoll and Mrs.
Radford Moses, were sworn in at
the District Building today for new
six-year terms on the board.
The oath was administered by
G. M. Thornett, secretary to the
board. It will be the third term on
the board for Mr. Driscoll and a
aecond for Mrs. Moses.
Capitol Guard,
Shot by Captive,
Critically Hurt
Fred Crenshaw, 66,
Wounded on Grounds;
Young Man Held
A Capitol policeman was In
critical condition today from
two gunshot wounds apparently
inflicted by a robbery suspect he
was taking to the Senate Office
Building guardroom early Sun
day.
The officer is Fred J. Crenshaw.
66. 1429 B street N.E., a former
Capital Transit streetcar operator,
who is in Casualty Hospital with
wounds in the chest and abdomen.
Police held a suspect identified
as Cleveland Shrad, 22, colored, of
the 300 block of Virginia avenue
S.W., who has been charged with
assault with intent to kill. He has
made no confession, according to
Detective Lieut. Jeremiah Flaherty,
but has been identified by Mr.
Crenshaw.
The policeman was found, semi
conscious, about 3 am. on the
grounds at the west front of the
Capitol building by a Marine cor
poral who said he heard five shots.
Lounger* were Questioned.
Mr. Crenshaw, who had been on
duty at one of the doors, had been
relieved temporarily and had
walked out for air when he en- j
countered a detail composed of Lt.
Bernard L. Flanagan, Sergt. Har-:
ley Hylton and Pvt. George Tre
hern. The detail was questioning
loungers on the grounds.
| They had two men in custody:
when a third man, believed to have
been Shrad, police said, appeared
and became belligerent.
Mr. Crenshaw was asked to take
the man to the guardroom.
Capt. William Broderick, chief of
the Capitol police force, quoted the
wounded policeman as saying “I
fired three times. He shot me
twice.”
Suspect Was Carrying Weapon.
Police are still studying the theory
that Mr. Crenshaw’s own gun was
turned on him. Five shot had been
fired from it, police said.
When arrested two hours after
the shooting by Lt. Carl Schamp of
Capitol police at Second and D
streets S.W.. Shrad was carrying a
.38-caliber revolver fully loaded in
his belt, the officer said. Shrad
told police he had won the gun in a
Saturday night card game.
The two men who were arrested
by Lt. Flanagan s squad immediately
before the shooting, broke away
from the three policemen as they
were being led away. One escaped
and the other was recaptured and
later released.
The three policemen apparently;
were led too far away by the chase
to hear the gunfire between Mr.
Crenshkw and his assailant.
Mr. Crenshaw, a native of South
Carolina, has a wife, Mrs. Roberta
Crenshaw, and a son Albert.
David W. Sweet Rites
To Be Held in Arlington
Funeral services for David W.
Sweet, 63, retired Federal evaluation
engineer, were to be held today at
the W. E. Fitzgerald funeral home
in Arlington. Burial was to be -in
Fort Lincoln Cemetery.
Mr. Sweet died Saturday at his
home, 135 North Wakefield street,
Arlington. He had been in ill health
for about a year and was retired,
from Government service last
month.
A native or Fillmore, N. Y.. Mr.
Sweet was educated in public
schools there and attended Cornell
University. He entered Government
service in 1918 and served with
several Government agencies, in
cluding the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the Navy Depart
ment.
Before his retirement, he was em
ployed with the War Assets Ad
ministration here. He had lived in
the Washington area off and on for
the last 20 years.
Mr. Sweet is survived by his
widow. Mrs. Jean Sweet and a
daughter. Nancy Jean Sweet, both
of Arlington; two sons, David S.
Sweet, of Staten Island, N. Y., and
Robert W. Sweet, Arlington; two
sisters, Mrs. Margaret McGarity,
of Washington, and Mrs. Mildred
Schad, of Evanston. 111., and two
brothers, Stanton Sweet, of Buffalo.
and Bruce Sweet, of Fillmore.
_|_ i
Police Club Camp Opens
As 175 Boys Arrive
Camp Ernest Wr. Brown of (he
Metropolitan Police Boys’ Club at
Scotland. Md., was in full swing
today with the arrival of 175 boys
from the District, the first group
to attend this year.
The boys left by bus this morn
ing from the fifth precinct. Fifth
and E streets S.E. Lt. Forrest L.
Binswanger, director of the club, is
in charge of the camp, wnich has
its own special fire department this
year and its own fire engine. Boys
will stay at the camp for two weeks
in relays during the summer.
Application forms for the camp
may be obtained at any police pre
cinct or the Police Boys’ Club. The
: camp, which is free, is open to boys
: between 8 and 16 years of age.
j Officials who have taken a lead
ing part in this year’s camp pro
gram include Maj. Robert J. Bar
jrett, police superintendent: Robert
;c. Simmons, club board president:
Charles B. Dulcan, sr.. first vice
president: Morris Cafritz. Camp
Committee chairman: Max Farring
ton. executive secretary, and Harry
Child, club supervisor.
NEW JUSTICE—District Court’s newest justice, Edward Tamm,
is congratulated by Chief Justice Bolitha J. Laws (left) after
being sworn in today. Also on the scene are Mrs. Tamm and
their two children, Grace, 10, and Edward, 12.
—Star Staff Photo.
FRED J. CRENSHAW.
65 Newsboys Coining
Here for Centennial
As Prize in Contests
Some 65 youngsters will come to
Washington for the Washington
Monument Centennial celebration
this week end. with the trip their
prize in a newsboys' contest back
home.
Back home to many of the 65 also
is Washington, but not Washington,
D. C. They come from Washington.
Iowa: Washington, North Carolina;
Washington. Pa., and Washington
Court House. Ohio.
Other <?ities where newspapers
have conducted contests with trips
here as the prize are Greenville,
N. C.: Atlanta. Ga.; Jamestown. N.
Y.: Evansville, Ind.: Lynchburg. Va.,
and Madison. Wis.. according to
Leon Chatelina, jr., chairman ot.the
Board of Trade's Certtennial Obm
mittee. J .' $
They’ll Join Big Parade.
All the boys are winners of three
.da.v, all-expense trips, a part of-the
centennial celebration which begins
bit Saturday and extends through
Monday, July 5.
The boys will be in the big pa
rade down Pennsylvania avenue and
over Fifteenth street N.W. to the
reviewing stand on Constitution
avenue where they will pass before
President Truman. The President
will make a Nation-wide radio ad
dress following the parade Saturday
afternoon.
A banquet at the Raleigh Hotel
is scheduled for the boys on Satur
day. On Sunday, after attending
church services, they will go sight
seeing. In the evening they will
attend the first summer symphony
concert, the big monument centen
nial event of the day.
More sightseeing will come on
Monday, ending with the cere
monies at the Monument grounds.
This will include a musical program,
entertainment and the fireworks.
Halsey to Lead March.
Reports from all cities up to to
day indicate, Mr. Chatelain said,
the boys are especially looking for
ward to the parade which will be
led by Fleet - Admiral William F.
Halsey. , Arthur Godfrey of the
radio, will give a running commen
tary on the parade and ceremonies
on Saturday.
The normal Fourth of July crowd
at the Monument grounds and sur
rounding area is about 250,000 peo
ple. Mr. Chatelain said. Because of
this year's extra centennial pro
gram, commemorating the laying of
the Monument's cornerstone, a much
larger crowd is expected.
Tickets for reserved seats for both
the Saturday and Monday celebra
tions are on sale at the major ho
tels, Government Services snack
bars, the D. C. Information Center
in The Star Building lobby and at
all Peoples Drug Stores. A trailer
booth was to be placed today in
front of the District Building for
i,he convenience of those who wish
tickets. They are $1 each for Sat
urday and Monday, including tax.
On the days or the events tickets
wfil be sold at the grounds.
Motorboat Destroyed
By Fire on Anacostia
An 18-foot homemade motorboat
belonging to W. T. Daniel, a
plumber, of 1008 New Jersey avenue
S.E., was destroyed by fire on the
Anacostia River, near the Pennsyl
vania Railroad bridge, yes*erday.
Firemen of Engine Company, No.
18, who responded to a call to the
fire said it was caused by a defective
bilge pump which apparently ig
nited oily water around the Sea
farers' Boat Club where thfe boat
was tied up.
The burning boat was cut loose
from its moorings to protect other
ooats tied up at the club. The
charred hull floated across the
river.
Important Notice
The telephone number for THE STAR is now STERLING
5000.
Telephone traffic at THE STAR increased to a point
which demanded additional trunk lines to provide prompt
and efficient service to customers. These trunk lines were
> available immediately on the new STerling exchange.
So, to call THE STAR for any reason—remember,
STERLING 5000.
Laurel Police Use
Ad in Star to
Fill Vacancies
The Star's classified ads had
another satisfied customer today in
the person of the Laurel chief of
police.
A 4-line ad first inserted Friday!
has brought 20 applications for two
jobs as town policemen.
• And it’s a good list to pick from,”
declared. Chief George S. Barkman.
"I’m very much satisfied and pleased
i with the response. Most of the ap
plicants have good experience and
furnished fine references."
Chief Barkman. who took office
this month in a department reor
! ganization, said the policemen W'ill
be paid $180 a month at the start.
After three months they will be
| raised to $190.
The vacancies were created when
several members of the department
resigned in a department dispute
under the former chief. The force
will consist of five regular policemen
and seven part-time members, Chief
Barkman said.
D. C. Official Urges
Doctors to Aid Fight.
On Venereal Disease
Dr. R. Ross Taggart, head of the
bureau of venereal diseases of the
District Health Department, today
called on private physicians for an
all-out effort in the fight against
gonorrhea in Washington which has
risen nearly 600 per cent here since
1941.
Speaking at the opening of a
year-long campaign to stamp out
the disease, Dr. Taggart said that
13,000 new cases were reported in
Ithe area in the last year. There
.are an estimated additional 13,000
: unreported, he said.
According to a survey taken by
• the department, private physicians
■'treat approximately as many cases
as Health Department clinics. How
ever. last year's reports from pri
vate physicians total only about 5
per cent of the cases on record, he
said.
The Health Department cam
paign which started today will con
centrate on informing the public
of the symptoms of the disease. Dr.
Taggert said. •
The campaign also stresses the
fact that a specific cure for gonor
rheal has been developed recently.
The treatment is inexpensive,
painless and completely confidential.
The Health Department official
spoke today to a -group which in
cluded heads of organizations whose
help the department has enlisted
to get its message across. Invited
were managers and representatives
of taxi fleets, restaurant and tavern
owners, drugstore associations, re
tail liquor dealers, hotel and bar
kers’ associations.
Through them 450.000 pamphlets
will be distributed to the public
throughout the drive, describing
the symptoms of gonorrhea and ad
* vising prompt treatment.
The speakers at the meeting, held
in the Municipal Center, were: J.
Edgar Caswell, director of health
education for the District Health
Department, and Dr. Theodore
Bauer. Director of the Venereal
Disease Division of the United
States Public Health Service.
Health Service Increases
Grant to Children's Hospital
The Public Health Service has
increased a grant to Children's Hos
i pital to *21 000 to combat diarrhea,
which kills more children than
other ailment, It was announced
today.
The original grant was *8,000.
Purpose of the fund is to study
therapeutic measures, including
streptomycin. The study is to note
the effect of the new antibiotic on
the bacteria which flourish in the
intestinal tract of infants and note
any benefits in management of the
! children.
According to hospital officials
diarrhea still takes a heavy toH
among infants, but the mortality
rate here has been substantially
reduced.
A new virus research laboratory
has been set up at Children’s Hos
pital. Members of the study group
include Dr. E. Clarence Rice, Dr.
Frederic G. Burke, Dr. Sidney Ross,
Dr. John A. Washington and Dr.
Harold Bischoff.
Children Receive Thanks
For Food Gifts to France
Marcel Flory, first secretary of the
French Embassy, in a letter released
today thanked the primary grade
children of the Chevy Chase Ele
mentary School on behaif of the
French’ people for their gifts of
money and food.
! He said "gifts of that sort do not
merely touch the persons who re
ceive them." but "are told in France
to all the families of the neighbor
hood and repeated from village to
| villagfi.”
The primary grade children of the
1 school raised *509.02 through a food
j fair, plays, sales and home chores.
The money was used to send 75
packages of food overseas.
Two Shot in Cafe Brawl
Are Witnesses Today
In Gambling Inquiry
By Chris Mathisen
The special grand jury investi
gating gambling operations here was
tontinuing today its exhaustive
study of the “Brass Rail case.” an
exchange of shots in a cafe last
January in which two men were
wounded.
The men who were shot, Henry
M. Leake and Charles Henry Nel
son, both colored, were among wit
nesses scheduled to testify this aft
ernoon. They are awaiting trial on
charges of assault ylth intent to
kill, assault with a deadly weapon
and carrying a dangerous weapon
arising from the fray.
Police Officers Testify.
Witnesses today include Capt.
Robert V. Murray, assistant chief
of detectives, and Pvt. Jacob L.
Rinker. of No. 2 precinct. They
would not discuss their testimony
with reporters, but it was under
stood Capt. Murray made a special
investigation of the Brass Rail
case by direction of Police Supt.
Robert K. Barrett.
Presumably, the special grand
jury has been attempting to deter
mine the truth or falsity of rumors
that a numbers game dispute played
a part in the altercation in the
cafe, situated at 1739 Seventh
street N.W.
An Army nurse, 2nd Lieut. Anna
M. Amos, colored, attached to A
Station Hospital at Fort Bragg
N. C„ also was heard. She said she
had been summoned to Washingtor
for the inquiry and had been asket
about circumstances surroundinf
the treatment of the two woundec
men at Freedmen's Hospital, where
she was on duty at the time.
Witness Said to Be Doctor.
Another witness, a colored mar
who would not give his name, was
understood to be a private physiciar
who treated at least one of the mer
later. As Leake and Nelson awaitec
cails to the grand jury room in the
District Court Building, their attor
neys indicated to reporters the men
would give little assistance to the
investigation.
Curtis P Mitchell. Leake's lawyer
said he had advised his client to
refuse to answer all but routine
identifying questions on the grounds
his answers might incriminate him
Bernard Margolius, representing
Nelson, said he did not think his
client would have much to say tc
the special grand jury.
Baby Bird 'Beauty Contest1
Sponsored by Canary Club
This year's crop of canaries yes
terday came into its own in a
baby bird "beauty contest," spon
sored by the National Capita
Canary Club, at Tent Hall, 7 Fourth
street N.E.
The birds were graded solely or
their appearance. They ranged frorr
deep yellow to burnt orange.
The best bird of the show war
the Red Factor border cross enterec
by John Reidy, 4906 Seventh stree:
N.W. Mr. Reidy also won firsts ir
the Norwich first cross hybrid
and Red Factor canary classes.
Other winners were:
Fonce Ford. Rockville, the bes
Yorkshire and the best Red Facto:
first cross border; Andrew Damana
kis, 1601 Argonne place, N.W.. bes
border fancy: Charles F. Adams
657 K street N.E.. the best America!
canary and the best parakeet; Wil
liam Useliny, 1921 Thirty-fifth placi
N.W., the best wild bird; Carli
Finokiaro, 227 Thirty-fourth stree
N.E., the best cinnamon and whit<
ground and the best Red Facto:
crested canary: Mrs. William Bu
chanan. Riverdale, second cros
siskin canary, and Mrs. Lillian G
Martin. 4813 South Dakota avenui
N.E., the best Red Factor secont
cross border.
D. C. Area Boy Scouts Take
Lease on Rapidan Camp
Washington area Boy Scouts soor
I will camp and fish at former Presi
! dent Hoover’s Rapidan camp in Vir
ginia.
Acquisition of the 200-acre site
from National Park Service on a
lease was announced by the National
Capital Area Council of the Boy
Scouts here through Ralph A. Van
Orsdel. president of the council.
Opening of the camp, situated in
Shenandoah National Park at the
headwaters of the Rapidan River,
depends ori how soon facilities can
be provided. Mr. Van Orsdel said
efforts will be made to open the
camp by August..
Since President Hoover last used
the camp, buildings and other facil
ities have been maintained by the
park Service.
Another recent acquisition by Boy
Scouts is a 174-acre tract on Mason
Neck, below Port Belvoir on High
way 1. It will be developed as a
week-end camp and training center.
Camp Fund subscriptions from
area residents now total $45,000 of
the $125,000 goal set by the Scouts.
Tamm Sworn In
As Justice of
District Court
Difference of Opinion
Found on Pay Status
Of Interim Appointee
Edward A. Tamm, former FBI
official, today took the oath of office
as an associate justice of District
Court.
As he took the oath, the status of
his salary remained in doubt.
The new justice took the position
under an interim appointment by
President Truman after the Senate
Judiciary Committee failed to act
on his nomination for a regular ap
pointment.
A difference of opinion developed
over the matter of salary, but, ac
cording to one high authority, it
appears that Justice Tamm can be
paid the full $14,500 annual salary.
However, should he fail to get con
firmation from Congress next year,
he would be compelled to return the
amount he has drawn, it was be
lieved.
sworn Before Jurists.
He was sworn In before the 11
jurists, sitting in general term of
District Court, in a courtroom
crowded with court officials, friends
and associates of the new justice.
Mr. Tamm took the oath in a solemn,
firm voice, repeating the words pro
nounced by Chief Justice Bolitha J.
Laws.
The Department of Justice, where
Mr. Tamm was an assistant to FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover, was well
represented at the ceremony.
Mr. Tamm's immediate family
witnessed the ceremony and posed
with him afterward for pictures.
They included his wife and their
children, Edward, jr., 12. and Grace,
10. Also present was Mr. Tamm's
brother Quinn, an inspector for
the FBI.
Court Soon to Recess.
As a new associate justice, Mr.
Tamm probably will follow the tra
dition of all new jurists and sit on
! the bench alongside veteran judges
for a while watching the procedure
of elder justices.
District Court, however, soon will
go into its recess for the summer
when only a few cases will come up.
Mr. Tamm was presented to the
court by Solicitor General Philip B.
Pearlman. After he repeated the
oath he was gowned in the black
robe of a jurist.
Attorney General Clark witnessed
the ceremony.
Salary Issue Debated.
On the question of Justice Tamm's .
salary, wide difference of legal
opinion exists.
Officials of the Department of
Justice, contend that Justice Tamm
i can be paid now and retain his re
numeration even if the Senate fails
to confirm his nomination.
On the other hand, other author
| ities insist that if the new judge is
paid now and the Senate fails to
confirm him he would have to re
fund his salary to the Government.
I Still * another authority insists
I that, under certain circumstances,
a judge appointed by the President
during a recess of Congress could
] not be paid at all.
Man Held for Action
Of Grand Jury in Attack
A Culpeper <Va.) farmer was held
for the grand jury under $10,000
bond in Municipal Court today on
a charge of attempted rape in
volving an employe of the French
Embassy in Rock Creek Park Sat
urday night.
He is Daniel M. Burke. 24, ar
rested by park police shortly after
the alleged attack.
According to police, the woman
j and a friend were strolling in the
park near the Massachusetts avenue
Bridge about 9 p.m., when a man
| attacked them. The woman was
thrown to the ground, the report
said, and her friend ran to the
road for help.
Police said the frienc: stopped a
pasing motorist, Frank Tippett, of
the 2100 block of Twenty-seventh
street N.W., who chased the as
sailant into the bushes. He was
arrested a few minutes later by
Pvt. John L. Hoffman of the park
police, who was cruising in the
vicinity.
The woman told police she had
bitten her attacker as he tried to
choke her. One of Burke's fingers
was bleeding at the time of his
arrest, police reported.
Bethesda-Chevy Chase Post
Elects Shaub Commander
’ D. R. Shaub has been named
. commander of the Bethesda-Chevy
Chase Post of the American Legion.
; Other new officers are Gar Cham
; berlin, senior vice commander; Wil
liam Greenville, junior vice com
! mander: Edward Cogan, adjutant;
’ Leslie Bell, jr.. finance officer; the
; Rev. William F. Creighton, chap
, lain; John M. Mclnerney, judge
Advocate; Irving Bienvenue, ser
geant-at-arms; Harold Ale. service
! officer; Dr. Edward R. Cook, his
1 torian.
| Members of the Executive Com
; mittee are James R. Miller, William
Hoover, Joseph A. Cantrel, F. H.
; Creeh, Charles H. Merrick, Lewis B.
Pusey. jr., and Frank Spicer. Mem
bers of the committee without vote
are Past Comdrs. T. M. Dull and
Tom Elward.
I Star Movies
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star, the Recreation Depart
j ment and "The" Film Center, are
| scheduled for 9 p.m. today. Pro
grams of comedy, sports, cartoon
and travel shorts will be shown at
the following playgrounds and rec
reation '■enters:
Bald Earle. Nichols atenie and Joliet
street S.w
Chevy Chase. Forty-flr*! and Livingston
streets N.W
Hoover. Second and N stree's S W
Kenilworth. Kenilworth avenue and Ord
streets N E.
Rudolph. Second and Hamilton street*
N E
Doug lass-Dwelling. 2000 Alabama ave
nue S E.
Francis, Twenty-fourth and N atreetg
! N.W.
Howard. Fifth and W street* N.W.
Lana*ton Bennln* road and Twenty
fourth atreet S I.