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Four Officials at Revere, Mass.,
Accused in $75,000 Bribery
By tn« Associated Press
REVERE. Mass., July 17.—Scandal
In high place has broken in this
beach carnival city whose loyal citi
zens hoped the Nation had forgotten
its “Little Cicero" tag in the prohi
bition era of gangland murders.
The City Council president and
three city councilors are awaiting
trial on charges which a Massachu
setts prosecutor says involve $75,000
in bribes.
Those were paid, he said, to get
the council's recent 8-1 favorable
vote for a $1,250,000 veterans' hous
ing project.
Assistant Attorney General George
F Fingold said the arrests of the
city councilors were "only the begin
ning” and that his staff is checking
two shooting incidents which he said
were not reported to police.
Free on bail of $2,000 each for trial
August 27 were Council President
Charles F. Freeman, 46; Councilors
Roland A. Merullo, 32; Thomas J.
Dawson, jr., 31, and Andrew Ca
taldo, 48.
Also arrested was a wealthy Bos
ton real estate dealer, Benjamin
B. Siegel, 42, released in $2,000 bond.
He is under Federal indictment in
Boston on charges of offering bribes
to Veterans Administration officials!
in order to obtain VA training
equipment.
Freeman pleaded innocent to
j charges of offering a bribe to Mer
j alio in an attempt to influence his
council vote and with attempting
to induce Merullo to commit a fel
ony.
The others all pleaded innocent
; to charges of requesting and ac
cepting a bribe.
Solid citizens of this resort city
of 36.000 have repeatedly organized
; “vigilante’ cleanup attempts. They
I started in bootlegging days when
outsiders linked the city with Chi
cago gang tactics by labeling Revere
“Little Cicero.’’
Shot or bludgeoned corpses were
found again and again during pro
hibition years in Revere outskirts.
At least a dozen of the murders are
unsolved, authorities report._
Virginia Boy, 14, Held
In Half Brother's Death
Special Di»patcH to The Star
SHENANDOAH, Va„ July 17.—
Roy Tipton. 14, today shot and
killed his 12-vear-old half-brother,
Ronald Paul Slather, after an ar
gument in their home at Comer
town, according to Sheriff Abram
Brubaker of Page County.
Roy was being held in the county
jail at Luray tonight and no charges
were placed against him pending
completion of the investigation,
Sheriff Brubaker said. Comertown
is about 5 miles from here.
The dead boy’s father, Paul W.
Slather, is a sheet-metal worker who
at one time had worked in Wash
ington. D. C, for about 20 years,
Sheriff Brubaker said. Roy, ac
cording to the official, made a state
ment after being taken into custody
which gave this account of events:
Mr. and Mrs. Slather, whose three
other children were not at home,
left the two boys washing floors and
drove to a grocery. While gone,
Ronald took a ,22-calibei rifle down
from the wall and Roy took it away
from him. Ronald struck his half
brother and then w-as shot during
the scuffle. The bullet pierced Ron
ald’s neck and lodged near his
shoulder.
Ronald's body was taken to the
University of Virginia Hospital.
Charlottesville, where an autopsy
was to be performed.
Dr. Hugh Glasgow Dies;
New York Entomologist
By the Ajsociated Pres*
GENEVA, N. Y„ July 17—Dr
Hugh Glasgow’. 68, chief of the en
tomology division of the New York
State Agricultural Experiment Sta
tion, died today.
Dr. Glasgow was a fellow of the
American Association for the Ad
vancement of Science, a member o)
the Entomology Society of Amer
ica and the American Association
of Economic Entomologists, of w’hicb
be was vice-president in 1944-1945.
Curran Leads 2-fo-l
For NMU Re-election
By the Associoted Pres*
NEW YORK. July 17.—A sweep
ing victory in the giant port of New'
York today gave Joseph Curran a
better than two-to-one national
lead for re-election as president of
the CIO National Maritime Union.
A right-wing slate running with
Mr. Curran also w’as victorious in
New York for other top national
offices.
Votes cast in the New York port
area constitute * 40 per cent of the
nationwide NMU total, a ballot of
ficial said.
Mr. Curran received 11,575 votes,
■ and his opponent, Frederick N.
tBlackiet Myers, received 4,813. The
figures were given by George
Abrams, an official of the Fair Bal
lot Association, an independent
vote counting organization.
One candidate running against
I the Curran slate admitted “the
way in which the ballots are run
ning, the Curran forces have a
definite edge.”
The New York vote also gave the
Curran slate national leads for sec
retary, treasurer, port agent, and
for three vice presidencies, Mr.
Abrams said.
Auto Trode Outing Set Today
The Washington Automotive
Trade Association holds its annual
summer outing today at the Prince
Gorges Country Club. Dinner will
be served at 7:30 p.m. Entertain
ment at the outing will include golf,
tennis, swimming, horseshoes and
music.
4-H Agent Assumes Duties
CHARLES TOWN, W. Va., July
17. (Special)—Raymond Zinn of
Ritchie County, has assumed duties
as Jefferson County 4-H Club agent
here.
Shaw Named to Vestry
Stanley N. Shaw of Vassar road.
Seminary Hill, has been named to
! the vestry of Immanuel Church
on-the-Hill, Alexandria, it was an
! nounced yesterday by Senior War
den Robert E. Latham.
Man Near Parked Car
Is Shot by Policeman
A man was shot twice by a third
precinct rookie policeman last night
as the man fled, police said, after
being surprised during “suspicious
actions” next to a parked automo
bile.
The wounded man, Harvey Lee
Robinson. 23, colored, was taken toi
Emergency Hospital and later'
transferred to Gallinger, where his j
condition was reported to be fair.
He suffered one wound in the left :
shoulder and the second on the
right side of his head, the hospital
said.
According to Inspector Clarence
H. Lutz, night superintendent of'
police, the policeman, Pvt. Elmer,
C. Adams, 24, of 426 Eleventh street;
N.E., said he saw Robinson on the:
sidewalk side of a parked car on
Twenty-first street near F street i
N.W., shortly after 11 p.m.
When Robinson saw the officer
approaching, he ran down Twenty
first street and up an alley near E
street, Inspector Lutz said. Pvt.
Adams called after him to stop and
then fired in the air three times, the
police inspector said. The police
man’s next shot hit the man in the
shoulder and he fell.
When Pvt. Adams came up, the
inspector reported, Robinson grabbed j
him by the arms, whereupon Pvt.
Adams fired again, with the bullet
hitting Robinson’s head.
Robinson lives with his mother,
Mrs. Lily Robinson, in the 2100 block
of E street N.W., police said. In
spector Lutz said Robinson had
served sentences after house break
ing and larceny convictions.
Pvt. Adams joined the police force
last May.
Reburial of 4 War Dead
From D. C. Set Tomorrow
Four war dead from Washington
and one from Hyattsville will be
reburied at 5 p.m. tomorrow at Ar
lington Cemetery, the Military Dis
trict of Washington announced to
day.
The men will be among 20 casual
ties of World War II to be reburied.
The men from this area and their
next of kin, are:
M, Sergt. Bernard F. Hickman,
Mrs. Susan V. Hickman, 4831 Thirty
sixth street N.W.; Seaman 1/c Al
bert J. Cordani, Mrs. Mary M. Cor
dani, 908 East Capital street; Avia
tion Machinist’s mate Clyde Eugene
Rodgers, Willie D. Rodgers, 415
Tenth street N.W.; Motor Machin
ist’s Mate Richard I. Frere, Frank
lE. Frere, 2330 Twenty-fifth street
; S.E., and Seaman 2/c Ray A. Wheel
er, Ruel S. Wheeler, 6107 Queens
Chapel road, Hyattsville.
Rail Wreck in Scotland
Kills One, Hurts Eight
By the Associated Press
BLAIRGOWRIE, Scotland, July
17.—The night mail express train
from Aberdeen to London collided
with a local train nesr here today,
killing one engineer and injuring
j eight other persons.
| The two engines were wrecked
! and four coaches were splintered.
It w'as the second accident of the
day on Scotland-London lines. A
passenger express from Edinburgh
was derailed just outside of London
early this morning, killing the fire
; man.
600 Hungarian Teachers
Reported Dismissed
By the Associated Press
VATICAN CITY, July 17.—A
Vatican source reported today that
600 teachers in Hungarian element
ary Catholic schools have been dis
missed because they refused to swear
allegiance to the Communist-dom
inated government.
The dismissal followed the arrest
of the director general and the cul-;
tural secretary of Hungarian Cath
olic Action, the informant said.
Bomb Victim's Partner
" ' I
Faces Arraignment
Billy L. McDaniel. 32, former
business partner of William Dene
kas who was killed by an auto bomb
in front of his Arlington home June
7, will be arraigned in Arlington
County Court tomorrow on charges
of grand larceny and housebreaking.
Mr. McDaniel, who earlier had
been questioned in the Denekas
killing and then released, is being
held in Arlington jail for the theft
of machinery he and Mr. Denekas
used while they were partners in a
neon sign business.
His bond was fixed at $5,000.
Mr. Denekas was killed in the ex
plosion of a bomb apparently rigged
to the starter of his automobile.
McDaniel was questioned because
he and Mr. Denekas were reported
to have had differences which led
to the dissolution of their partner
ship. He was held in jail tem
porarily, without charge. Police
released him later, saying he had
established an alibi. He was charged
with grand larceny and house
breaking When he surrendered at
police headquarters Friday morning.
Mrs. L. P. Stafford Dies
At Home of Daughter
Mrs. Lillian Poston Stafford, 76.
a resident of the District for almost
75 years, died yesterday at the home
of a daughter. Mrs. Josephine M.
Robey, 2016 Thirty-seventh street
N.W., where she had been living
since 1933.
For many years after the death of
her-husband, James R. Stafford, in
1800, Mrs. Stafford worked as a
saleswoman in the old Palais Royal
department store.
She was a native of Clifton Forge,
Va.
Mrs. Stafford came to Washington
with her parent#, Mr. and Mrs.
James Leonard Poston, when she
was two years old, and for many
years the family lived at 1760 K
street YV
In addition to Mrs. Robey, Mrs.
Stafford is survived by another
daughter, Mrs. Emma Hurley; two
sons, Guy C. and Ralph A. Stafford
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of Washington; 10 grandchildren
and 3 great grandchildren.
| Funeral services will be held Tues- j
; day morning in the Chambers fun
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Adjutants of Guard
Meet Here Tomorrow
National Guard adjutants general i
will attend a one-day conference at >
the Pentagon tomorrow to discuss
current problems, Maj. Gen. Ken
neth F. Cramer, chief of the Na-j
tional Guard Bureau, announced
yesterday.
Maj. Gen. Harold R. Bull, acting
director of Army organization and
training, will speak at the opening
session.
Zanzibar plans to become a tour
ist center. '
Chest-Council Merger
In Arlington Drawn Up
The executives committees of the
Arlington Community Chest and
the Arlington Community Council
have agreed on a proposed merger
of the two agencies. An agreement
will be presented to the trustees of*
joth groups in the near future, it>
was announced yesterday.
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