SOCIETY AND GENERAL NEWS WASHINGTON NEWS 0
WASHINGTON, D. C. ' * TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1948 _**
Fay Will Speed
Bardwell Case
To Grand Jury
James Pleads Insanity
And Denies Guilt in
Baltimore Murder
Evidence pointing to a Baltimore
Janitor as the slayer of 11-year-old
Carol Bardwell will be presented to
the grand jury here as soon as pos
sible. United States Attorney George
Morris Fay said today.
The decision came shortly after
the janitor. Eugene H. James, 31,
pleaded not guilty in Baltimore
Criminal Court t,o three indictments
charging he murdered Marsha Brill,
11, ir. the Maryland city last Tues
day, and raped and robbed a 38
jear-old woman there June 15.
All three pleas were made "by rea
son of insanity. ’ The prisoner's at
torney asked for and was granted a
bpnch trial at 10 a m. August 3.
Mr. Fay said it was decided to try
for an indictment against James
after an initial review of the Bard
well slaying June 27 in Rock Creek
Park.
Remains Silent in Court.
For two hours, Assistant Detective
Chief Robert V. Murray and Assist
ant United States Attorney Charles
B. Murray conferred on evidence
gathered by police, including a
signed confession by James.
The colored janitor appeared be
fore Judge John* T. Tucker in the
Baltimore courtroom today flanked
by two guards. Dressed in a tan
shirt, open at the neck and khaki
trousers, he remained silent
throughout the 15-minute session,
bowing his head while his attorney
William H. Murphy, colored, pleaded
for him.
Mr. Murphy requested a trial by
judges and it was indicated that
the Supreme Court of Baltimore
would appoint a panel of three
jurists to hear the case.
Just before the short arraignment
opened at 10 am., there was a
whispered conference between James
and his attorney.
State's Attorney J. Bernard Wells
made a personal court appearance,
together with two assistants, Anselm
Sodaro and Alan H. Murrell.
3-Week Delay Needed.
After the pleas were entered, Mr.
Wells insisted on as speedy a trial
as possible and asked Mr. Murphy
when the defense would be ready.
The defense attorney replied that
it was not possible for him to be
ready before three weeks.
With that, the State's Attorney
demanded to know whether the de
fense actually could go to trial in
three weeks, or would afr-k a post
ponement then. When Mr. ’'■’"nhy
replied he would be ready, Juugi
Tucker set the date exactly three
weeks from today.
Mr. Wells said it w7as not certain
whether the three cases would be
disposed of simultaneously, but if
not, he would insist on the murder
case first.
The defense attorney told report
ers he had been retained by the
James’ family and not by any civil
rights organization.
May Not Be Returned Here.
It appeared that Washington
police had all but abandoned the
idea of having James re-enact the
Bardwell crime here.
Even if Baltimore authorities
should consent to return James
here long enough to reconstruct the
crmie on the scene, his attorney in
dented today he would object to
such measures
Mr. Murphy said such a sugge.s
tiop was "fantastic” in view of what
James had told them. The colored
janitor had denied being in Wash
ington since he was sent to prison
in 1940. Mr. Murphy said.
One Baltimore official said today
he thought it unlikely that any
Washington request for James
would be denied, but added that
it would be a matter for the Su
preme Bench of Baltimore to de
cide.
As to the written confession
Washington police obtained in the
Bardwell case. James remembered
signing something but did not know7
what it was, Mr. Murphy said.
Murray Silent on Progress.
Capt. Murray, who was in Balti
more yesterday seeking ‘‘some an
gles” in the Bardwell rase, had
nothing to say about Success of the
venture.
In the face of certain contra
dictory evidence. Washington police
are certain James is the Bardwell
tiller.
Before departing on a 12-day
leave, Police Supt. Robert J. Barrett
laid two or three things were known
(o police, but not by the general
public, which definitely implicated
lames.
He was reluctant to reveal these
facts because of the censure heaped
on the Police Department bv a
trant jury hearing evidence in the
Nancy Boyer murder case in 1945.
Mai. Barrett said. He recalled that
:!ip jury dispatched a biting letter
in the Commissioners, reprimanding
ihe Detective Bureau, which he then
headed, for disclasing certain per
tinent bits of evidence to the press
Asked if police had found any per
tnns who had seen James in Wash
ington the dayT of the Bardw7ell slay
ing. Capt. Murray said he Voulc
father not answer that at this time
Out would have something to say
ibout it later.
Police Issue 97 Warnings
fo Traffic Violafors Here
District police issued 97 warnings
10 traffic violators last week, police
Headquarters reported last night.
Two of the warnings were Issued
io drivers who left their cars in "Nc
Parking” areas and who explained
latisfactorily, they were making ar
■angements for funerals.
In addition to w-arnings issued
Jve traffic violation tickets were
ianceled.
This week's list included, for the
Jrst time the new No. 14 Precinct
rhich issued three warnings. One
licket was canceled each by No. I
ind No. 13 Precincts and three
tther by the Traffic Division, it wa;
•e ported.
No. 1 Precinct issued 9 warnings:
Bo. 2—5; No. 3—7; No. 4—7; No. £
-1; No. 6—6; No. 7—3; No. 8—4
Bo. 9—8; No. 10—6: No. 11—5; No
12—5; No. 13—5, and the Traffle
Division—23.
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Lawyer Calls Rabies Injections
Useless and Harmful to Dogs
Dolores Youngblood, 12, of 1652 Fortieth street S.E. holds j
her pet, Rascal, while Dr. Harold Melman gives him a shot of
anti-rabies serum. The dog was one of 58 inoculated yesterday
at the Beers School in the first hour of the District’s anti-rabies
program —Star Staff Photo.
Inoculation of dogs is a “useless
and expensive endeavor" which
serves no useful purpose, the Com
missioners were told today by Rob
ert W. McMillan, attorney for a
group of dog owners.
Mr. McMillan appeared before the
Commissioners at their regular
meeting today and asked them to
rescind their order to inoculate dogs
in the District against rabies or at
least to postpone the inoculation
until a case of rabies is reported
here.
The meeting was attended by Dr.
George C. Ruhland, District health
officer; Dr. Reid R. Ashworth, chief
veterinarian of the Health Depart
ment, and Dr. James G. dimming,
head of the Bureau of Preventable
Disease. They told the Commission
ers that records of the last three
years proved that inoculation of
dogs has been a benefit to the Dis
trict. They said that last year there
was not a single case of rabies re
ported from the District. Before
the inoculation started about three
years ago there were more than 100
-oses a year.
ivir. McMillan told the Commis
sioners that only licensed dogs were
inoculated, while the danger of
rabies would come largely from
stray dogs. He said neither Mary
land nor Virginia compelled the
inoculation of dogs.
He said he had been reliably in-1
formed that the vaccine is harmful
to the dogs and may cause death or
paralysis. Many dogs became ill
after inoculation, he said, and had
to be disposed of.
He gave the Commissioners a list
of 17 persons who claimed their
dogs had died as a resylt of inocu
lation.
Commissioner Young remarked
that this was the first protest the
Commissioners had received on the
inoculations.
The anti-rabies program got un
der way yesterday when dog own
ers brought their pets to clinics
set up at 12 schools for free
inoculation. The program will con
tinue through August 12.
All dogs in the District, except
those less than 3 months old, or
those immunized during the 10
months preceding August 13, must
be inoculated.
Owners who fail to comply with
the regulations are liable to 90 days
in jail or a $300 fine.
Montgomery Approves
140-Apartment Plan
For Takoma Park
Construction of a 140-unit Ta
koma Park apartment project to
cost about $1,500,000 has been ap
proved by the Montgomery County
commissioners in one of 34 zoning
decisions.
The commissioners, who acted
yesterday in closed session at Rock
ville. denied five petitions which
contemplated construction of a
total of 2.400 apartment units at
a cost.of more than $12,000,000. Of
the 34 petitions, 18 were denied, 14
approved and action on 2 was
; deferred.
Plans for the Takoma Park proj
ect were disclosed by Roy R. Hunt
at a recent hearing on his request
to rezone from residential A to C
property on Piney Branch road in
the area bounded by Old Blandens
burg road and Long Branch.
Apartment Plans Rejected.
The five petitioners whose re
quests for large-scale apartment
I house zoning of land were rejected
j include:
Samuel Kushner, who contem
plated construction of a five-story
apartment hotel and two garden
type apartment buildings at a cost,
of about $2,000,000 on four acres
along Wisconsin avenue.
The Bannockburn Heights Im
provement Co., who planned to erect
700 apartment units on 57 acres
between Massachusetts avenue ex
tended. Goldsboro road and Mac
Arthur boulevard.
Other Petitions Denied.
Other petitions denied include:
Avon Shockey. residential A to com
mercial D of about 10 acres on the Rock
ville pike north of the White Flint Country
Club
Vernon M. Dorsey, residential A to C
of three lots on the south side of Chevy
Chase drive between Offutt lane and
Bradlev boulevard. Chevy Chase.
Thomas E Hampton, residential A to C
of a lot adjacent to Mr. Dorsey s property.
Leo I and Dorothy M Donovan, resi
dential A to commercial D of land at Old
Georgetown road and Del Ray avenue.
Bethesda.
Those approved included'
Abe and Irvine Miller, residential A and
rommercia D to industrias E of land on
the cast side of River road about l.id feet
south of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
tracks.
88 Children Leave for Camp
Operated by Mission
The first of four groups of 88
boys and girls, 8 to 12 years old. left
; Washington yesterday for two weeks
of camping at the Central Union
Mission's Camp Bennett, near Ol
ney, Md.
The children who left yesterday
were transported to the camp by 12
Premier taxicabs with police escort
The next group will leave from mis
, sion headquarters, 613 C street
N.W., July 26.
The youngsters will have oppor
tunities for swimming, outdoor
sports and handicrafts, and there
will be a Bible class each morning
Movies will be shown at night.
The camp is under the direction
of Mrs. Herbert Eberhardt, director
of the mission's emergency home
and is staffed by 12 counsellors.
Cochran Gets U. N. Post
President Truman today ap
pointed H. Merle Cochran, a career
minister in the diplomatic service,
as American representative on the
United Nations Security Council's
Committee on Indonesia. Mr. Coch
ran replaces Coert Du Bors, whc
: resigned last month because of ill
health.
8 More Face Court
As Manthos Continues
Anti-Vice Prowlings
Pvt. Frank If. Manthos’ third and
fourth consecutive nights of anti
vice prowling in the downtown area
led to the appearance yesterday
of eight more defendants in Mu
nicipal Court.
The cases rounded out 17 arrests
for the policeman since last Thurs
day. He presented five cases in
court on Friday and four more on
Saturday. The remaining defend
ants were picked up over the week;
end.
For the first time in the. four
day span, Pvt. Manthos, who is on
an anti-vice detail for No. 3 pre
cinct, ran into violence in his week
end patrolling.
Yoked While Making Arrest.
According to his testimony be
fore Judge George D. Neilson, the
policeman was "yoked” by James
Mason Collins, 22, of the 900 block
of M street N.W. as he was making
arrests in a disorderly house case
in the same block on Saturday.
He reported the man grabbed him
from behind as he was arresting
John H. Smith. 58, and Margaree
Glover. 20, both of the 1200 block
of Ninth street N.W, on charges
of operating a disorderly house.
Collins was held for the grand jury
under $1,000 bond, charged with
assaulting an officer. Smith was
placed under $1,000 bond, and the
Glover woman under $300 bond,
pending jury trial next month.
In the same raid. Pvt. Manthos
charged Estelle Washington. 23, of
the 1200 block of Ninth street N.W..
and Marion Anderson. 20, of the
1100 block of Sixth street N.W, with
being vagrants in the M street
address. Both were fined $50 by
Judge John P. McMahon.
One Held for Grand Jury.
Earlier the same night, he testified,
he was accosted in the Greyhound
Terminal, Twelfth street and New
York avenue N.W, by Homer Burns,
26, of the 500 block of Q street. N.W.
The policeman said Burns offered to
get him’ "dates” with girls. Burns
denied the charge but was held
under $1,000 bond for grand jury
action on a pandering charge.
Somewhere in the course of the
evening, the policeman said he was
solicited in the bus terminal by
James W. Purnell, 20, of the 700
plock of Hobart street N.W. In
; court, Purnell was fined $50.
On Sunday, in the same terminal,
Pvt. Manthos said he was in the
process of investigating possible new
cases, when Paul Mincino, 22, of
Clarksburg. W. Va, intervened and
hit him with his fists. The police
man, whose forehead was cut in
the scuffle, charged Mincino with
simple assault, for which the de
fendant was fined $25.
With the exception of Mincino
all the defendants are colored.
Body of Man Missing
From Boat in Bay Found
The body of Lawrence L. East,
64. of 733 Sixth street N.W, who
disappeared from a rowboat at
Breezy Point Beach, Md„ last Thurs
day, was recovered yesterday from
Chesapeake Bay.
Mr. East rented a rowboat at
Breezy Point on Thursday. The
empty boat was found later by
fisherrfien. The body was discovered
near Cedarhurst by the crew of a
Naval Academy crash boat.
Parents Pledegd
!
Voice in County
School Courses
Montgomery to Hold
Curriculum Session;
100 at Protest Meeting
Parents who are disturbed by
what their children are being taught
in Montgomery Cotlnty public
schools had assurance today that
they can help decide the courses of
study.
A protest meeting in Bethesda
last night led to a statement today
by James W. Gill, member of the
Board of Education, that the board
had failed “to take all parents into
its confidence.”
As an aftermath of last night's
meeting, which three members of
the Board of Education attended,
the board announced that a work
shop for teachers, parents and pro
fessional groups will be held
throughout next month to study
curriculum changes.
Night Meetings Planned.
"I believe the meeting (last night)
resulted from failure of the Board
of Education to take all parents into
its confidence,” Mr. Gill said. “We
just haven't kept parents informed
of our objectives, and the quicker
we give out accurate information
and acquaint the public with our
plans, the quicker this board will be
better off."
The workshop will be held from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through
Fridays, beginning August 2, in the
Rockville Elementary School. School
Supt. Edwin W. Broome announced
plans will be completed soon for
night meetings to accommodate
those parents unable to attend day
sessions.
Mrs. Curtis Walker, another board
member, said much of the criticism
of the present curriculum has re
sulted from the failure of new
teachers to receive proper training
in the "new” method of teaching.
The board received several letters
indorsing present teaching methods
and denying charges that the coun
ty's educational system is "radical.”
One of the letters, signed by Mrs.
Ruth G. R. Nadel, president of the
Eastern Suburban Area Parent
Teacher Association Study Group,
made the following recommenda
tions:
"More adequate financial support
of education; elimination of over
crowding in schools: better physical
facilities and improvement of
teacher personnel.
Other organizations indorsing
present teaching methods Included
the Lcland Junior High School PTA:
the County League of Women Voters
and the County Child Study Group.
100 Parents at Meeting.
Mr. Gill, Mrs. Walker and H.
Stanley Stine, school board chair
man, ' were bombarded for three
sweltering hours by the protests of
100 parents at Bethesda last night.
The parents demanded more em
phasis on "fundamentals like read
in’, ’ritin’ and ‘rithmetic, and a lot
less time on rope skipping, jelly
making and bowling lessons.”
They also called for the ouster
j of Dr. Broome as superintendent of
schools and one suggested, to heavy
applause, that Mr. Stine resign
from the Board of Education.
I The board members made , little
effort to reply to the criticism, say
ing that they had come to listen and
not to debate. Mr. Gill objected,
however, to a statement by E. G.
Adams. Bethesda real estate oper
ator. that the people “have lost
confidence and faith in Dr. Broome.”
Mr. Adams demanded Dr. Broome's
removal. The board member said
Dr. Broome is highly Regarded by
leading educators.
The patrons discussed at length
their plans to obtain 5,000 signa
tures to a petition calling on the
board to concentrate on basic stud
ies and discontinue some of the
"newfangled” instruction.
The parents furthered their or
ganization by choosing John H.
Hiser, Bethesda theater owner, as
chairman, and electing the follow
ing other officers: Robert B. Parke,
vice president; Emil . Pessagno,
treasurer; Mrs. Frances Acton, re
cording secretary, and Mrs. Duncan
Brooks, corresponding secretary.
Group Urges Alternative
Plan to Avoid 15-Cent Fare
Opposing the fare increase to 15
cents requested by the Capital
Transit Co., the Minnesota Center
Citizens’ Association last night pro
posed a three-point solution for the
District's transportation problems.
The proposal included "freezing”
the bus and streetcar fare here at
10 cents, abolition of the weekly
pass and allowing other transit
companies to enter the District in
competition with the Capital
Transit Co.
"Give Capital Transit some com
petition,” asserted G. Walter John
son, association president, "and
we ll see the greatest improvement
ih bus service the District ever
saw.” .
The group also requested the Dis
trict Engineer to provide an ade
quate fence along the tracks of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad between
Benning road N.E. and East Capitol
street.
I The group met in All Saints
, Episcopal Parish Hall, 4094 Minne
sota avenue N.E.
Admiral Lyle Honored
By Staff on Retirement
Rear Admiral Alexander Gordon
Lyle, the only Navy Dental Corps
officer to be named an admiral and
one of two dental officers ever to get
the Congressional Medal of Honor
was guest of honor at a dinner ten
dered by members of his staff at
the Army and Navy Club last night.
Admiral Lyle, who is 58. has been
in the Navy sice he was 25 and is
slated for retirement in the near
future.
A native of Gloucester, Mass., Ad
miral Lyle served through World
War I and received the Congres
sional Medal for extraordinary
heroism and devotion at Verdun in
World War I. He was attached
then to the 5th Regiment of Ma
rines.
Admiral Lyle, who is married and
has two growm children, lives at
13411 Thirty-third place N.W.
CAPITAL TRANSIT CO. ASKS HIGHER FARES—Public Utilities Commission Chairman James
H. Flanagan Heft) and James Lauderdale (center), a commission member, listen at the Dis
trict Building today as J. E. Heberle, company vice president (right), explains why he believes
streetcar and bus fare^ should be raised here. (Story on Page A-l.)_ __
PUC
hearing was Michael Layelle, 11, of 4619 R
street N.E., who seemed somewhat puzzled by
the pages of statistics prepared by the transit
company.
Among 19 organizations represented at
PUC hearing on transit fare rate request was j
the Washington Industrial Union Council, CIO,
whose executive secretary, Mrs. Gertrude Evans,
is shown as she followed the arguments.
—Star Staff Photos.
New Meat Price Jump
Due Here This Week;
$1.35 Steak Possible
Meat prices will go up again in
retail stores late this week as a
result of increases from 3 to 8 cenfs
jin wholesale prices, Washington
dealers said today.
Dealers said they could not qsti- j
mate the probable further jump in
costs to the consumer but they noted
that wholesale quotations here and
in New York today could increase
the price of choice steaks and roasts
as high as $1.35 a pound.
Customer resistance and "the psy
chological factor,” however, might
tend to keep the cost of such cuts
from zooming as high as might oth
erwise be expected, a dealer re
marked.
While steer and hog prices were
soaring to record highs in Midwest
livestock centers, the wholesale
price of good and choice beef was
quoted here at 58 to 62 cents a
pound. Wholesale prices for pork
loins ranged from 62 to 65 cents a
| pound.
Prices Also Apply Here.
Sidney Kolker, chairman of the
wholesale meat division of the
Merchants and Manufacturers’ As
sociation. said those prices apply in
the Washington market as well as
New York and are from 3 to 8
cents above last week’s quotations.
“These changes haven’t been re
flected yet in retail stores here, but
they will be before the end of this:
week,” he said.
Retail dealers indicated that ap
preciable further increases in meat
prices will not be listed in stores
before Thursday or Friday. The As
sociated Press reported that New
York market observers forecast pos
sible retail prices of $1.25 to $1.35
a pound for choice steaks and roasts
and $1 a pound for top pork.
A Washington retail dealer de
clared “there is no way of knowing
today what the exact effect of the
wholesale price rise will have on
retail costs.
Poultry Supply Adequate.
Despite an unusually heavy de
mand for poultry as a result of
steadily increasing meat prices, the
poultry supply in the Washington
market is “adequate" and prices
are "equalized.”
"There is no shortage in poultry
here except in some large sizes,”
Max Bressler, chairpian of the poul
try division of the Merchants and
Manufacturers’ Association, report
ed. “Prices on large chickens are
somewhat higher this week, but that
is offset by lower prices on smaller
chickens. We look for no real
change in the poultry situation At
this time, even though meat prices
are continuing to go skvhigh.”
An all-time record price of
$30.50 was paid for one load of hogs
at Chicago yesterday. A record of
$30.25 A hundredweight was set in
East St. Louis for two lots of choice
hogs. A still higher record was re
ported at Buffalo, N. Y„ where a
few select lightweight hogs sold for
$31, an increase of 50 cents over the
previous week's peak there.
Sale of a carload of choice steers
for $38.75 a hundredweight set a
record in the East St. Louis yards.
Three loads of steers brought *40
■ in Chicago.
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!D. C. Police Join Search
For Ft. Meade Fugitives^
District police today were aiding'
I Federal and Army authoriites in a
search for Pvt. Leonard Beasley, 23.
a Washington resident who escaped
yesterday from the Fort Meade pris
on stockade.
Pvt. Beasley, colored, was awaiting
trial on a desertion charge. Army;
officials said he deserted the Army in
April, 1947. He was arrested here
July 6 by agents of the Fedeial Bu
reau of investigation.
Army authorities said Pvt. Beasley
has a wife, whose last known address
was in the 800 block of Thirteenth
street N.E.
Child Society Extends
Reorganization Time
The National Society for Crip
pled Children has .extended for
another 30 days its deadline for
the dissension-ridden Washington
society td ‘'reorganize’’ or be ex
pelled, it was announced today.
Originaly the deadline w-as set
for Sunday by the parent organi
zation.
I Mrs. Beulah Drake. District presi
dent, said a report w-ill be made as
soon as possible.
Demands for a reorganization of
the District society, supported by
the sale of Easter seals, erupted
last April, when five employes re
signed in protest against the so
ciety's operating methods. Subse
quently two directors resigned, and
a third announced she will follow
them if the society fails to reor
ganize.
Mrs. Drake recently appointed a
five-member committee to make a
survey of the local organization's
operations. She did not reveal the
names of the persons appointed
to the committee but did say, at
that time, the study wduld take
until at least August 1 to complete.
Ex-Newsman to Wed
Danish Embassy Aide
Application for a marriage license
was filed yesterday by Olav Seiden
faden, 33, of 5049 Macomb street
N.W., and Miss Magrethe Neilsen,
28, special secretary to the agricul
ture counsellor at the Danish "tm
bassy.
Mr. Seidenfaden, who is a former
correspondent here for Danish and
Swedish newspapers, is a first cousin
to Gunnar Seidenfaden, commercial
attache at the Embassy. Miss Neil
sen has been employed with the
Embassy since coming to America
about two years ago from Denmark.
They met in this country.
The couple plans to be married
before the end of summer, Mr.
Seidenfaden said. _
Two Television Sets
And 21 Radios Stolen
Thieves with an apparently over
whelming desire for entertainment
today looted an appliance store of
radios and television sets.
Henry C. Presson, sales manager
for the Economy Refrigerator «Sc
Appliance Co., 3524 Twelfth street
N.E.. told police the store was en
tered by forcing the front door early
today. Two television sets and 21
radios were taken. Wholesale value
i'of the merchandise was estimated
at *1,375.
Peacetime Record Set
As Gainfully Employed
Rise to 600,C33 Here
An increase of 25,000 to 30,000 in
the number 'of gainfully employed
workers in the Washington area
since last summer has set a new
oeacetime record of approximately
600.000 workers, District Director
Fred Z. Hetzel of the United States'
Employment Service reported today.:
TTie number of job seekers listed
on District USES rolls also dropped
from 23.000 last summer to about I
19.000 now, the smallest total on
record, he said.
Explaining that he has no authori
tative estimate of the peak wartime
employment in Washington and
nearby Maryland and Virginia, Mr.
Hetzel declared that the 570.000 to
575.000 employed in this area last
summer set a peacetime record up to
that time.
Less Than Third Veteran*.
Less than one-third of the 19.000
listed today as looking for jobs
are veterans. About 4,585 are [
women, as compared with 3.689 at
this time last year but thete has
been a considerable overall increase
in employment of women in recent
months. Mr. Hetzel attributed this
largerlv to the cost of living.
Totals on the number of women
are not available but there is no
doubt that more women are work
ing now than last year and per
haps at any time since the end of
the w’ar. he added.
The favorable employment trend
here probably will continue for
some time, Mr. Hetzel said. Any
further increases in the near future
are likely to come in Government
job oportunities instead of in private
business, he said. Among Govern
ment agencies expected to talfe on
additional civilian employes are the
Economic Co-operation Administra
tion and the Army, Navy and Air
Force.
Sgcj. Employed by U. S.
Government employment In
Washington, Mr. Hetzel reported,
accounts for about 38 per cent of
the total. During the war as many
as 60 per cent of the employed
people here worked for the Gov
ernment.
Construction work and farm jobs
have swelled employment totals In
nearby Maryland and Virginia, but
there have been few openings for
persons other than those living in
those localities, Mr. Hetzel noted.
Gen. Hanneken Retires
From Marine Corps
By the Associated Press
The Marine Corps has announced
the retirement as of July 1 of Brig.
Gen. Herman H. Hanneken, Con
gressional Medal of Honor winner
and colorful "bandit catcher" in
the years after World War I.
Gen. Hanneken, 55 a native of
St. Louis, is now living in Skn
Diego, Calif.,
During his nearly 34 years of
service in the Marine Corps, Gen.
Hanneken was decorated 20 times.
He spent the entire World War IX
period with the 1st Marine Divi
sion in the Pacific Theater.
Gen. Hanneken won the Medal
of Honor for capturing the Haitian
bandit leader, Charlemagne Per
jalte, in 1919.
Rocway Raider
Tells of Finding
$20,000 in Bag
Takoma Park Man
Admitted Ownership,
Gaming Trial Hears
By Charles J. Yarbrough
Star Staff Corr«tpond«nt
ELLICOTT CITY, Md.. July 13 —
A State trooper testified today in
the Rocway Towers gaming trial
that Walter Novak of the 1200
block of Jackson avenue. Takoma
Park, was the owner of $20,000 in a
brown paper bag which State police
found behind a radiator when they
raided the turreted casino June 5.
Novak and Theodore A. Meyers
are on trial in the Howard County
Circuit Court, charged with operat
ing the establishment. Another of
the 21 defendants on trial i» Patrick
J. Clarke, identified as the owner of
the Towers and charged with per
mitting gambling there.
The witness who told of the
$20,000 was Corpl. Thomas S. Smith,
one of the 30 State troopers who
raided the roadhouse on United
States htghway, No. 1, about a mile
north of Laurel.
Gave Money to Superior.
Corpl. Smith said after he discov
ered the paper bag full of money
he went over and talked to Novak.
"He stated there was $20,000 in
the bag I had picked up,” Corpl.
Smith testified. "I asked him why
he would leave that amount of
money in a paper bag. He said at
first he thought it was a hijacking.
He admitted ownership."
Corpl. Smith said he saw a couple
of $500 bills in the bag and de
cided he had "better get rid of it
fast,” so he gave it to his superior
officer.
ixicr wiiiicaa w»u ui uuuunn
a “watchman" at the place who was
"sort of shaking."
Was Trying to Dislodge Pistol.
•T told him he had nothing to
worry about,” the witness con
tinued. "I put handcuffs on him
because that was an easy way to
hold him. I found out later he was ?
shaking to let a concealed .45 slide
down and out his pants leg."
Daniel M. Murray, State's attorney
for Howard County, introduced two
sawed off shotguns in evidence. He
said these and two revolvers intro
duced in evidence yesterday were
kept at the Towers for defense
against possible hi-jacking attempts:
Another witness today. State
Trooper First Class Preston Row
land, the first man to enter the
Towers when it was raided, testified
"30 or 40 men were standing around
the craps table."
He was cross-examined by William
H. Forsythe, one of four defense at
torneys.
“That is a lot of people around a
12-foot table, is it not?” Mr. For
sythe asked, referring to the "30 or
40" Trooper Rowland had men
tioned.
Saw No Play at Table.
"They were pretty thick,” Trooper
Rowland replied. He said he saw no
plav and no money on the table.
Two of the defendants were tardy
in reaching court today and As
sociate Judge James Craig, presid-i
ing at the trial, threatened to for
feit their bail.
The two, Joe W. Helmich of the,
3000 block of Bladensburg road N.E.!
and Edward Kali of the 3400 block;
of Newton street N.E., both of Wash-'
ington. walked into the court room
five minutes late. Before they ap
peared Judge Clark informed their
attorney that if they did not appear
he would order their bail forfeited.
When they did turn up the judge
asked no explanation nor did he
reprimand them.
When Trooper Rowland was on
the stand he was asked to identify
photographs he made at Rocway
Towers. One of the pictures was
of a metal-sheathed door. .
Metal Door Brought in.
William Curran of Baltimore,
chief defense attorney and former
Maryland Attorney General, asked,
“Why offer this photograph in evi
dence when they've brought the
door in.”
The door is included in a mass
of gambling equipment and other
articles brought into court, but it
has not yet been offered in evi
dence.
Witnesses at yesterday’s session
most of them Maryland State po
licemen—and the 21 defendants
more than half-filled the courtroom.
Also in the courtroom was Sheriff
Frederick Kramer of Howard
County, whose department was left
out of the Rocway Towers raid and
who protested later that "as high
sheriff, I should have been notified."
Introduction of gaming equip
ment and the small arsenal seized
in the raid took up most of the
afternoon’s session and produced
some humorous sideplay on the
identification of some of the ar
ticles
At one point Mr. Murray pro
duced the working tool used by a
croupier—“a stick” in some locali
ties; a "rake" in others,
j "What is it?” the judge asked,
i "I don’t know,” Mr. Murray re
plied.
"Then to me it will be a rake,*'
the judge decided.
Two wooden boxes in which, po
lice said, dice are kept, were pro
duced and went into the record
without an official name. A mi
crometer used in measuring dica
also elicited the judge’s curiosity.
Firemen Plan Carnival
The Capitol Heights (Md.) Volun
teer Fire Department will hold It*
annual carnival from Friday to July
24.
| Star Movies
Community movies, sponsored by
The Star in co-operation with the
Recreation Department and “The
Film Center, are scheduled for 9
pm today. Programs of comedy,
sports, cartoon and travel shorts
will be shown at the following play
grounds and recreation centers:
: HillcrAt. Thirty-second »nd Denver
5trLarfgd^>n P»rk, Eighteenth snd Prsnk.
lin streets N.E.
Rosedale. Seventeenth and Gales
*tTStoddertE Thirty-ninth and Calverl
^Thomson. Twelfth apd L streets
Twin Oaks, Fourteenth and Taylor
streets N-W . _ _
Barry Farms. 1230 Sumner road 8 8.
Monroe. Georfia arenue and Column
bia road N W. _ . , m w
Pa me. F: •■•nth and C street! 81
Vv-r Twenty-fifth and 1
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