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An Associoted Press Newspoper
100th Year. No. 348.
Writ Is Denied
7 Convicted of
Peddling Dope
Indictments Not Based
On Legal Evidence,
Attorney Claims
Defense attorneys’ efforts to
free seven persons convicted yes
terday of conspiring to violate the
narcotics law failed today as the
court turned down a habeas
corpus plea.
Attorneys for Randolph (Cat-'
fish> Turner, leader of Washing
ton’s biggest dope syndicate, and
the six others asked the United
States District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia to issue the
writ
Judge James R. Kirkland denied
the plea. Attorney T. Emmett
McKenzie said in his petition
that the grand jury which brought
the indictments did not act on
“legal evidence and testimony and
that therefore the court had no
authority to try the case."
Went to Jury Thursday.
A petit jury of four women and
eight men. which took the case at
3:33 p.m. Thursday, ended the
sensation-packed five-week trial
at 6:20 p.m., when Judge David A.
Pine announced they had reached
a verdict.
In addition to Turner, those
found guilty of pushing $1 million!
worth of heroin here annually
were:
Richard Manfredonia and Law
rence Carrado of New York,
the wholesalers from whom the
spindle-thin Turner obtained his
“stuff.”
Leon James, Eddie (Meat Head)
Atkins and Joseph (Peter Rabbit)
Smith, his top lieutenants, and
•Allen (Turk) Williams.
All were found guilty on all six
counts in the indictment. How- 1
ever, in the case of Williams the
jury asked for leniency.
Two Acquitted.
Two others were acquitted.
They were Sam (One Eye > Palmer
and Warren Williams, represent
ed by Mr. McKenzie and Domenic
Tasauro.
All are colored except Manfre
donia and Carrado.
Those judged guilty were ordered
committed to jail without bail,
pending sentencing, for which no
date has been set. They face
maximum terms of 40 years.
Immediately before the verdict
was read, Judge Pine warned the
handful of spectators he would
brook no demonstrations. He
added that the courtroom doors
would be locked until the pro
ceedings were over.
With painstaking care. Panel
Foreman Jules Passeltiner, 49. of
1669 Columbia road N.W., referred
to a chart the jury had pre
pared.
As each defendant was named,
he pronounced the verdict on each
of the six counts alleged. Inll l
minutes the drama of delivering
a verdict was over.
All Nine Unemotional.
The seven convicted men faced
the jury impassively. The two
freed were equally unemotional, j
“I want to express my personal
gratitude for your public service,”
Judge Pine told the jury mem
bers. “Also. I want to thank you
in behalf of the community.
"I think the verdict was very
discriminating and reflects the
care of your deliberations. Frankly.
I cannot see how you could have
conscientiously reached any other
verdict.”
Mr. Passeltiner. a floral designer i
for Blackistone Florists, disclosed
later the jury had taken 17 bal
lots in its two days of delibera
tions. He said a conclusion of
guilt on the top three—Turner,
Manfredonia and Carrado—was
reached early.
Next came guilty ballots for
James. Atkins and Smith. The:
better part of yesterday afternoon
was devoted to Warren Williams
and Palmer.
Earlier the panel had deter
mined that Turk Williams, while
a “little man.” was, nevertheless. 1
guilty as charged.
Irelan Sees Warning.
Proud of his victory was United I
States Attorney Charles M. Irelan
and his two young assistants,
Thomas A. Wadden, jr., and Rob-1
ert Ackerly, who spent months
working up the case.
Mr. Irelan, obviously referring
to Manfredonia and Carrado, said
the verdict would serve notice that !
hoodlums from distant States
could no longer escape punishment I
for participating in crimes in
Washington.
“This proves those from far
cities can be brought across State
lines for prosecution where the)
crime was actually committed.”!
he asserted.
Originally, 14 persons were
named in the indictment, the big- 1
best ever returned here.
Heading the list was Harry
Tantillo, reputed leader of the!
New York importing ring that
serviced Turner. He has never
been captured.
Paul Robinson pleaded guilty
before the trial began, and
charges against Esther Wright
were dropped. Both later appeared
as Government witnesses.
Pearl Woodward won a directed'
verdict of acquittal at the con
clusion of the Government’s case,
and Letha Simpson, girl friend of
Catfish Turner, has not been tried,!
due to illness.
Thieves Break Into Court
PIACENZA. Italy. Dec. 13 (>?).[
—Thieves broke into a local court
room here last night and stole
300,000 lire (about $500) from a
safe
Phone ST. 3-5000 ★★
America's Charters of Liberty
Moved Safely to New Home
Armed Service Guards Escort Declaration
And Constitution to Archives From Library
By James G. Deane
The Nation’s most precious doc-
I uments were moved with military,
pomp today to a new resting place
at the National Archives.
Several thousand persons
watched as the Constitution and
Pictures on Page A-24
' Declaration of Independence were
‘ transferred from the Library of
' Congress to their new shrine in a
colorful parade.
Smartly uniformed men and
women of all the armed services
1 marched in the procession, and
others lined the route. The his
toric documents were transported
in a Marine Corps armored in
fantry carrier, surrounded by
marching men with fired bayonets.
The parchments have been dis-j
played in the main foyer of the
Library since 1921, except for
three years during World War 11.
Congress decided they belonged in
the archives, however, and their ■
| new shrine will be dedicated in :
‘ceremonies Monday by President
Truman.
One Tank Left Behind.
Two Army tanks were to escort
the big olive-drab infantry carrier
with its priceless cargo, but
when the parade started the Army
suffered some embarrassment.
One tank wouldn’t start, so it
was left sitting in front of the
library.
Otherwise, the move was ac
complished without incident. Six
wooden cases containing the
glass-inclosed documents—one for
the Declaration, five for the pages
Shotgun Blasts Fell
Merchant and Wife;
Four Boys Captured
Police Accuse Youths
Os Holdup Attempt in
Store Near La Plata
By o Staff Correspondent of The Star
LA PLATA, Md., Dec. 13.—Shot
gun blasts fired by four teen-aged
bovs last night seriously wounded
a merchant and his wife in their
store at Newtown, Md., on Route
6. 4 miles east of here, police
reported.
1 The injured are Theodore Wil
liam Boswell, 52, and Marie Vir
ginia Boswell, 51.
The husband is in Physicians’
Memorial Hospital here in fail
condition. Mrs. Boswell was sent!
to University Hospital, Baltimore,
in a critical condition.
The four boys, all colored, from
13 to 16. are in custody. Police
would not reveal where they are
held in fear of possible reprisals.
The youths all live in the area.
Admit Series of Thefts.
State Police Sergt. Richard E.
Stallings said the four have ad
mitted a long series of breakings
and enterings in the area.
The four, each armed with a
shotgun, stolen in previous esca
pades, approached the store about
7:30 p.m with the apparent in
tention of robbing Mr. Boswell
and his wife Two boys entered!
the store and the others went to
the back of the building, police
said.
One youth asked Mrs. Boswell;
for a few slices of cheese, and
she cftlled her husband.
As Mr. Boswell walked toward
the front of the store, one boy
fired his .20-gauge shotgun, hit-,
ting Mr. Boswell in the back. He:
fell behind the counter.
Mrs. Boswell dashed for the
telephone. She got the receiver
off the hook but before she could
complete a call she was hit by
another charge fired through a
pane of the back door.
Victim Calls Doctor.
Mr. Boswell staggered to his
feet, reached the telephone and
called Dr. Edward J. Edelen at
La Plata. Dr. Edelen called police.
The boys were rounded up
shortly afterward. They led police
to two shotguns hidden at a saw
mill. The other two guns have I
not been found. Two of the!
weapons. Sergt. Stallings said,!
were stolen from a private home
earlier in the week. The other!
two were taken last Sunday from 1
a hardware store here.
Embezzlement Laid
To Arlington Man
A 34-year-old Washington office
manager, father of three children, ‘
was accused of embezzlement to- j
day and has refused to waive:
,■ extradition from Arlington to face
:the charge here.
! Police Lt. David A. Higgins said)
the amount may be in excess oft
$8,500.
The suspect is Richard C. Hoi-!
lins of the 2400 block of South!
Oakland street, Arlington, office!
manager for the Mallorey Office!
Supply Co.. 732 Ninth street N.W. \
Relatives reported him missing;
;last Tuesday and asked police!
help in finding him. His wife
feared he had suffered a mental
lapse and told police he had been
j “awfully upset.”
; A hearing on his extradition to
{Washington is scheduled for Mon
day. He was arrested last night
at his home.
Specifically, he is charged with
one count of embezzlement of
$l2O. Lt. Higgins said the other
suspected amounts involved pay
roll transactions.
Morning
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WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1952—THIRTY-SIX PAGES.
of the Constitution—were carried
out of the library and again into
the archives building by military
policemen, as others walked by
■ them with submachine guns.
Eighty-eight servicewomen lined
i the library steps and 32 more
1 formed a cordon on the Constitu
tion avenue steps of the Archives
j Building. Eight hundred un
armed servicemen lined the route
of march, along First street, Mary
land drive and through the Capi
tol plaza to Constitution avenue.
The Army Band and Air Force
Drum and Bugle Corps were in the
parade and a flag detail of service
women carried the flags of all 48
States. The Marine Band was sta
tioned at the archives entrance.
Spectators at Archives.
Most spectators gathered at the
archives. Several hundred others
were at the library, and a few
watched along the parade route,
i Senator Green, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, chairman of the
Joint Committee on the Library
iof Congess, was among officials
who saw the documents off from
| the library. It was the committee’s
decision which brought about the
transfer.
A special uombproof vault has
been built under the shrine at
the Archives Building to which
the documents can be moved in
times of danger. They normally
will be on public display in their |
helium-filied glass cases from 9
a.m. to 10 p.m. daily except
Sunday and from 1 to 10 p.m.
Sundays.
The exhibition hall will be
closed this week end. It will open
to the public at 2 p.m. Monday.
Five Sailors Are Killed
When Bus Hits Auto
Broadside in Virginia
Victims Apparently
Were on Way to Homes
On Week-End Leaves
Five sailors were killed and a
sixth injured last night when
their car was struck broadside j
by a Washington-to-Norfolk Grey
hound bus near Saluda. Va.,i
which is about 40 miles east of
Richmond.
The six sailors apparently
were en route home for week-end
liberty from ships docked at
Norfolk. Va. The home addresses
of four of the dead were in Bal
timore, Md.
Five bus passengers, one from
Washington, were treated for!
minor injuries.
The only surviving sailor, John
Francis Czeka, jr„ 20. of Phil
adelphia, was in satisfactory
condition at the Medical College
Hospital in Richmond and is to
be transferred to the Naval Hos
pital at Portsmouth. Va. State
police said he was the owner and
operator of the car.
The crash occurred at 7 p.m.
on U. S. 17. the main highway,
about 55 miles north of Newport
i News.
Those Killed in Crash.
State police identified the crash
victims as John Edgar Falter, 20.
Baltimore: Donald Lester Barlipp.
20. Baltimore: Thomas Alvin Mar
tell, 19, no home address given;
Charles Leroy Baker, no age listed.
Baltimore, and Harry Mathias
Benzinger. jr.. 19. Baltimore.
Young Benzinger, w’ho was at
tached to the U. S. S. Grand Can
non, died en route to the hospital.
The others were killed instantly.
Young Czeka was attached to
the U. S. S. Tidewater. Both the
Tidewater and the Grand Canyon
are repair ships servicing other
ships at Norfolk.
The Washington bus passenger
who suffered minor injuries was
listed by police as Estella Parks,
colored. 48. of the 1300 block of V
street N.W.
State police identified the bus
driver as Aubrey L. Morrison, 42, •
of Norfolk.
Auto Hit Broadside.
! Mr. Morrison reported that the
sailor’s car had pulled out to pass!
!another car on the crest of a hill!
when the driver saw the bus and!
attempted to get back in line. Mr. j
Morrison said the car skidded side- ■
ways and the bus hit it broadside.'
Three of the sailors were pinned i
in the back seat of the wrecked!
car. One was thrown from the!
car.
Police estimated 500 service
men, using the main highway to
go home for the week end, nalted
at the scene and added to the
confusion. For two hours, the
wreck blocked the road and traffic
.had to be directed around it in
single file.
L " r
Four Killed in Mine Fire,
Others Feared Trapped
By the Associated Pross
; SALYERSVILLE, Ky., Dec. 13.
'The bodies of four men were re-,
ported removed a burning!
! ooal mine in a remote section
near here today. A telephone
operator said other miners were
feared to be trapped.
The fire raged out of control
at the entrance of Pocahontas
Mine No. 3 of the Island Creek
Coal Co.
Details could not be learned
immediately. A spokesman for
the United Mine Workers said he
could not learn if other miners;
were behind the flames when It
broke out about 1 ajn. *
Bradley so Give
Truman Report
On Korean Trip
General May Find
i Self in Middle in
Eisenhower Dispute
* Gen. Omar Bradley was ex
‘ pected to report to the White
; House today on the military sit
’ uation he found while in Korea
' with President-elect Eisenhower,
■j The chairman of the Joint
‘Chiefs of Staff returned to Wash
ington last night. With him were
' six other high military and civil
ian officials who conferred with
' Gen. Eisenhower in the Pacific.
They arrived here as arguments
mounted over President Truman’s
. denunciation of the Eisenhower
; trip as a product of campaign
“demagoguery” and suggestions
for a congressional investigation
•of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's
! views about winning the war in
! Korea.
. Gen. Bradley, who was invited
t by Gen. Eisenhower to make the
. trip with him. faced the pros
! pects of finding himself in the
middle in the tiff between Mr.
. Truman and the President-elect.
Bradley Is Taciturn.
Usually taciturn, he was even!
more so when he stepped from
! his plane. He said to a reporter I
,|that it had been a long trip and!
,'in talking with an aide remarked
[that those who conferred with
Gen. Eisenhower in Hawaii, on
' the return trip, were “plenty
busy.”
Maj. Gen. Wilton Persons, re
tired Army officer who will be a
White House adviser to Gen
Eisenhower, described it as an
[ informative trip which “provided!
|: a lot of opportunity to talk about
; problems with the men who have
[to handle them.”
Herbert Brownell, to be the At-j
torney General, and George Hum-:
phrey, the Treasury Secretary-des
ignate, headed for a hotel, plan
ning to stay in the Capital until!
tomorrow after attending tonight’s
annual Gridiron Club dinner. 1
That social gathering and what
ever meetings might come during
today provided the two cabinet
members with opportunity for po
litical and administrative shop
| talk with Republican congressional
Readers who happened to be in the
Capital.
Watkins Opposes Inquiry.
Also coming back to Washington
with the party were Joseph Dodge,
Gen. Eisenhower’s liaison man on
the budget, which is being pre
pared for a Republican-controlled
'Congress by a Democratic adminis-!
tration; Gen. Lucius Clay (re
tired) like Gen. Persons an adviser
of the President-elect, and Emmett
Hughes, who will be in the White
; House staff.
Meanwhile. Senator Watkins,
Republican, of Utah, lined up with
those opposing a congressional in
quiry about Gen. MacArthur’s
views.
“I’m afraid an investigation of
that nature might involve grave
risks of some inadvertent disclos
ure of matters which should be the
most closely guarded secrets,”
Senator Watkins told a reporter,
j Several congressmen, however,
endorsed proposals of Senator
Hunt, Democrat, of Wyoming, and
Representative Wickersham, Dem
ocrat, of Oklahoma, for congres
sional questioning of Gen. Mac-
I Arthur.
Senator Watkins earlier had
suggested that Mr. Truman ex
plore any MacArthur Korean
peace plan at once with President
elect Eisenhower and Gen. Mac-
Arthur. His proposal drew a tart
rejection Thursday from the Pres
ident.
Committee Session Proposed.
Mr. Truman told a news con
ference (1) he doubted Gen. Mac-
Arthur really has thought up a
new plan, despite the general’s
recent statements: (2) he believed
| Gen. Eisenhower’s trip to the
Korean war zone was the result
of campaign demagoguery, and
<3) he had no intention of invit
ing either man to a meeting such
as Senator Watkins proposed, al
though he would see either or
[both if they asked for an inter
view.
i Senator Hunt appealed to Chair
man Russell of the Senate Armed
;[ Services Committee to call that
j group into an immediate extraor
dinary session to consult with
I Gen. MacArthur.
Representative Wickersham, a
member of the House Armed;
[[Services Committee, went further.!
He proposed a joint session of!
both the Senate and House!
Armed Services Committees be
hind closed doors.
1 Senator Russell, however, said
iin Atlanta: “I doubt very much
that such a meeting . . . would
serve any useful purpose while'
the Congress is not in session.”
Senator Russell presided in 1951 j
at a Senate investigation of Presi
dent Truman’s firing of Gen.
MacArthur after a disagreement
with the general over policy for
fighting the war.
Senator Bridges, of New Hamp
shire. Republican Senate floor
leader and a member of the
Armed Services Committee, said
he saw no value In a congressional '
study of any MacArthur plan be- 1 ;
fore the next Congress convenes, i
James Farley Pays Call
On President Truman !
•y Associated Press I
James A. Farley, former Post
master General and Democratic 1
national chairman, called on Pres- n
[ident Truman today.
He told reporters later there!]
was no news in his visit and that!
ihe came here from New York forji
‘tonight’s Gridiron dinner.
Arnold Saturday Service Cut,
No Buses to Roll Tomorrow
Today's Rush-Hour Schedule Halved in Strike;
Clarendon Business Seeks to Aid Shoppers
:
Arnold bus lines, crippled by a
strike since Wednesday, geared
[its emergency schedule down to
[thinner traffic today and no buses
will roll over the Arlington-Fair
fax routes tomorrow.
The commuter system, which
normally operates 130 buses dur-
Injunction Foils to End Transit Strike
Threat in Philadelphia. Page A-4
ing weekday rush hours, was
seized by the State Wednesday
after some 300 drivers, mechanics
and maintenance men walked off
the job. State Highway Commis
sion drivers have been operating
about 40 buses since on a strictly
rush-hour basts—6 to 9:30 a.m.,
and 3 to 7 p.m.
Only 20 buses were on the
routes today, using that time
schedule.
As no immediate end appeared
in the dispute. Clarendon busi
nessmen were developing a plan
to charter Washington sightsee
ing buses to provide free transpor
tation for Christmas shoppers
from normal bus stops into the
Clarendon shopping center.
Union Action Needed.
Their plan was keyed to union
action. Officials of the union’s
local 1079, Amalgamated Associa
tion of Electric Railway and Mo
tor Coach Employes of America,
AFL, said the matter would have
to be referred to the international
office Monday.
A spokesman for the Claren
don Businessmen's Association
said the strike on the Washington,
Virginia & Maryland Coach Co.
has slowed Christmas shopping.
The line normally carries about
50.000 commuters each weekday.
The sudden strike Wednesday
morning left thousands or Wash
ington-bound workers stranded at:
Late News
Bulletin
Red Barred by U. S.
! UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(A*).—A Russian citizen, personal
assistant of the highest ranking
Russian in the U. N. secretariat,
has been barred from re-entry
j into the United States on suspi
cion of spying, an authoritative
source said today. Nikolai
Skvortsov, political affairs of
ficer of the Security Council De- *
partment, was barred.
Navy to Lay Keel Tuesday
For Second Super Carrier
The keel of the Navy’s second
[super aircraft carrier, the Sara
toga, will be laid Tuesday at New
iYork Navy Yard, Brooklyn.
Secretary of the Navy Dan
Kimball will officiate as a keel
plate for the 60,000-ton sister ship
of the Forrestal, now being built
at Newport News, Va., is lowered
into place.
j The new class ships are flush
deck flattops capable of carrying
[heavy jet bombers. The estimated
cost of the Saratoga is $209.7 mil-j
lion, about $8 million more than
th* Forrestal.
Acheson Reaches Paris
For NATO Session
By H»o Associated Pross
PARIS, Dec. 13.—United States
Secretary of State Dean Acheson
arrievd today to attend a North
Atlantic Treaty Organization i
council meeting beginning Mon
day. He commented: “I'm sorry
this will be the last time I shall
be taking part in this work.
“I’ll do what I can when I re
turn to private life to help further
the work of the North Atlantic
[Treaty Organization.” he added.
He was accompanied bv Secre
tary of the Treasury John Snyder
[and Mutual Security Administra
tor W. Averell Harriman.
r I
i bus stops. Share-the-ride plans
1 popped into operation. Buses op
) erated by the State employes have
3 been ending their runs at Rosslyn
■ Circle and the Pentagon, instead
of coming on into Washington.
i They will continue on that basis
. until a settlement is reached.
■j Other Service Expanded,
j Capital Transit has expanded
. its service to and from Rosslyn
5 Circle to help with the commuter
r trade. Buses of the A. B. & W.
3 line make Washington connec
[ tions at the Pentagon.
• i Although wages and fringe
; benefits are the basic motives be
r hind the Arnold line walkout, the
, strike came on the union’s charge
that the company has refused
> arbitration.
• Union officials say the men will
; return to work immediately on
1 company agreement to accept
. arbitration.
ii Through their union, the
. strikers have filed suit in Rich
. mond, attacking the law which
; permitted the State to seize and
> operate the system.
See Taft-Hartley Violation.
They charge it is a violation of
the Taft-Hartley law and of the
• Federal and State Constitutions.
No date has been set for hearings
on the union's request for a tem
porary and permanent injunction.
|An answer to the petition must be
filed within 21 days, but il a
hearing on the request for a tem
porary injunction is granted, the
i State would find itself in court
, defending its seizure law.
The United States Supreme
. Court recently refused to review
a case in which the Virginia
Court of Appeals had ruled in
' favor of the Commonwealth. That
action was brought by a ferryboat
workers’ union.
Air-Raid Drill Makes
New York'Ghost City'
By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 13.—The Na
tion’s largest metropolis became a
ghost city for 15 minutes today in
the biggest air raid drill since
World War 11.
At 8:30 a.m. <EST> 579 sirens
wailed out in the clear morning.
• District Air Raid Test Spurs Move to
j Improve Plans. Page A-4
jThe all-clear was sounded 15 min
jutes later.
I Civil defense workers went into
; action, waving pedestrians into
I building shelters. Policemen halt
, ed traffic, ordering drivers to leave
‘ their cars and get inside.
Only the subways kept moving
underground as New York went
all out to try to act as if a bomb
really had been dropped.
1 There was one “unscheduled”
1 incident. In the Bronx an un
identified man lunged at a patrol
man with a foot-long butcher
knife when the policeman ordered
him to take shelter. The police
man pumped four bullets into the
man, killing him.
Nearly everywhere in Manhat
tan and the Bronx the picture
was one of utter silence.
Rockefeller Plaza, normally well I
traveled, even on a Saturday 1
morning, was absolutely deserted.!
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Rescue Service Row
Is-Revived as Woman
; Dies Alter Blaze
s Takoma Park Ambulance
Not Called for Resident
j Os Nearby Chillum
A 26-year-old woman died early
s today after a fire at her home in
j nearby Chillum, Md., as the
wrangle over rescue service there
. forced an ambulance to make a
four-mile run to the scene.
Mrs. Eunice Estep, of 6800 Tenth
avenue, Parklawn, died apparently
; of smoke exhaustion after a blaze
*! of undetermined origin burned a
s bed and part of the bedroom floor
';in the home where she and her
[[husband roomed.
; i The Branchville Rescue Squad
answered the call from four miles
■away. The Takoma Park Fire De
. partment’s rescue squad—a mile
j I away—never was called.
. The fire service wrangle stems
■from a Takoma Park City Council
, order not to answer primary calls
[ in the Chillum area. The order
’ came after residents there turned
| down a fire tax referendum last
‘ year which would have helped pay
for service they were receiving up
to that time from the Takoma
f Park Fire Department.
Primary Call Rejected.
; The Takoma Park department
’[turned down the primary call—
’ the first fire alarm—at 12:30 a.m.
It had been relayed by the Silver,
' Spring Fire Board. After its re-[
fusal, the Prince Georges Fire:
| Board sent five companies from;
. Hyattsville, Brentwood and Mount
' Rainier.
, When Mrs. Estep was carried
'from the building unconscious,!
t the Branchville rescue squad was!
j called. Brentwood's squad, which
t would normally have received the
t call, was already out on a traffic
accident.
Glen Minton, a full-time Ta
koma Park fireman, stopped at the
; scene on his way home from
[work.
He said the Branchville firemen
i were using an inhalator, and their
ambulances had no resuscitators.
A resuscitator forces oxygen into
a patient’s lungs and then with
. draws it. An inhalator merely
furnishes oxygen as the patient
demands it.
Offered to Call Takoma.
Mr. Minton said he offered to
call the Takoma Park squad.
5 which has a resuscitator. but the
• offer was refused.
,[ About a half hour later, he re
j lated, the Hyattsville rescue squad i
. arrived, and resuscitator treat-!
.[ment was begun. Mr. Minton said!
Mrs. Estep appeared to rally, but;
> | then her heartbeat faded and she
i could not be revived.
.j Takoma Park Fire Chief M. E.
.[Mcßride today angrily defended
ihis rescue squad, and declared:
rj“l want to get off the hook on
t 1 this one.”
, He said that on December Ihe
wrote the Prince Georges Fire
• Board, reminding it that Takoma i
Park s squad would respond when
ever Brentwood’s was busy. Ai
• case like that early today, he said,
I would have been considered exact
ly as a second alarm.
The Prince Georges Fire Board l
said its policy of not calling Ta-!
koma Park to the Chillum area
cannot be changed until the coun- 1
ty’s fire chiefs consider the pro-i
posal. A spokesman said they
[have not had time to consider the!
[change.
j Mrs. Estep roomed at the home
jof Mrs. Lucille Ryan. She was
[employed by the Kraft Food Co.
of the 2100 block of Queens Chapel
road N.E. Her husband was not
home w r hen the Are began.
'Shocking' Earthquake
Felt in Oakland Area
By »h« Associated
OAKLAND. Calif.. Dec. 13
An earthquake descrited as <
“shocking” by residents hit here <
late last night.
No damage was reported. ‘
No reports have been received
; of any shock outside the city.
Heavy Snows
Clog Northeast,
Isolate Towns
Ten Deaths Reported;
Utility Lines Down;
Rescue Trains Sent
By th* Associated Press
j NEW YORK, Dec. 13.—Northern
;New York and New England strug
gled today to dig out from under
heavy snowstorms which cost 10
[lives and cut off power and tele
jphone service in many communi
-1 ties.
j It still was snowing early today
in Upstate New York, where State
[police said it was 2 feet high in
[places. Telephone service was re
ported “hit or miss.” with second
ary roads clogged and crews bat
tling to keep main highways open.
New England, with most of the
10 reported fatalities due to high
jway accidents, had a foot of snow
[yesterday in Northern Vermont
while 3.96 inches of rain deluged
[South and Central Maine and
[Northern New Hampshire,
j Two relief trains headed.toward
snowbound Vermont. One. with
[22 trucks, supplies and emergency
jCiews. left Boston. The other car-
Iried crews and equipment from
[Worcester and Holyoke.
Specially equipped telephone
crews were mobilized also from
[the Boston and Maine areas,
i The Weather Bureau predicted
[clear and cold for southern New
[England today, with snow flur
ries and cold in the northern sec
tion.
New York Areas Flooded.
Heavy rains Thursday added
woes to upper New York’s Salmon
River and Black River lowlands.
The Salmon River was reported
early today at high flood level
even though it had receded five
feet. The Black River flooded five
crossings between Carthage and
Lyons Falls alone.
The heaviest New York snowfall
: was in the Adirondack mountains
and near the Canadian border.
■ The snowstorm skipped around
Plattsburg, N. Y., while dropping
some 18 inches in the surround
. ing Clinton County area. Platts
burg had about an inch of snow
. which melted as it fell.
Falling trees and snapped tele
phone wires disrupted highway
I and communication systems.
> 15,000 Phones Out of Order.
’ About 15,000 New England tele
- phones were reported out of order.
The wet, blinding snowfall in
northern Vermont made it hard to
[ determine just how badly hit that
’ area was.
The New England rain, how
ever, had come as a welcome relief
[jto Southern and Central Maine,
[which had been plagued by a long
'[drought.
Power trouble around New
York’s Lake Placid and parts of
Saranac Lake, caused by falling
, wires, blacked out the areas for
about seven hours.
Harry, Zoo’s Baby Giraffe,
Is Dead After Breaking Leg
Harry, the Zoo’s 7-month-old
[giraffe, is dead.
He was found in his cage this
morning with a broken leg. Dr.
William Mann, the Zoo director,
said.
Veterinarians said the leg was
beyond repair, and Harry was de
stroyed.
The young giraffe was born
June 17 to Helen and Bob. two
adult reticulated giraffes at the
Zoo. He was the sixth giraffe
born there—four of which have
been reared successfully.
The Zoo lost another baby
giraffe two years ago when Tem
porarily Alice died after getting
chilled. That giraffe was called
Temporarily Alice because Zoo
officials had not had time to name
her formally.
Dr. Mann said Zoo attendants
had no idea what accident befell
Harry.
|
Crash Kills Woman;
Husband-Driver Held
Mrs. Julia Green, 30, colored,
of 5314 Dix street N.E., died in
Prince Georges Hospital from
traffic injuries early today.
Her husband Preston, 53, was
charged with manslaughter, drunk
driving and reckless driving.
County police in Upper Marlboro
said the husband ran off route 4
there about 2 a.m., hit a utility
pole and came to a stop 57 feet
away.
• The wife died about two hours
later Green was released on S9OO
bond Hearing was scheduled for
Monday.
Proper Bostonian
j Conies to Congress
BOSTON BORN—A proper Bostonian
j •* Laurence Curtis, who succeeds Chris
tian A. Herter as Representative from
Massachusetts' 10th district. See a
copsule profile of his life in The Star
: series, "New Foces in Congress," on
page A-7
ELECTION RESULTS—Officiol fig
ures on 1952'* record-breaking presi
dential election ond comparison with
1948 returns on page A-3 presage Mon
; day's formal Electoral College vote.
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