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THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. C.
8 ATI’ED At- JUKI It. I»SS
A-2
Wabash River Rising;
Flood Threat Ominous
A cold front swept the cloudbursts and tornadoes out of
Indiana today, leaving ominous flood crests and debris.
The Wabash River was rising for the second time this
week. The City of Wabash expected a crest today of 23 to 23.3
feet, just short of the record set 15 years ago.
Mayor J. Robert Mitten of Wabash declared a state of
emergency and asked the Na
tional Guard to help evacuate
families. At least 64 families
left their homes, and 100 more
were alerted to move out. Two (
of the three bridges in the city
were closed. i
Lafayette, which had 3.3
Inches of rain yesterday morn
ing, expected a crest today of
26 2 to 26.4 feet, a foot higher
than Wednesday's crest. Lo
gansport awaited a crest of
18.5 feet.
Farther downriver, the Wa
bash was expected to crest at
31 to 31.5 feet at Montezuma
tomorrow and at 27 feet at
Terre Haute Monday. That
would be 13 feet above flood
stage.
The Mississinewa was on a
new rampage at Marion, and
the west fork of the White
River was approaching crests
at Anderson. Noblesville and
Indianapolis. The White was
expected to reach 17 to 17.5
feet at Anderson and 18 feet
at Indianapolis today.
A tornado struck north and
east of Crawfordsvllle. It de
molished a section of the Life-
Time Gate Corp. plant at
6martsburg, 5 miles east of
Crawfordsvllle, and blocked
Ex-Mental
Patient Finds
Hospital Job
NEW YORK, June 14 (JP).—
Dr. Joseph Uttal, who posed as
Dr. George Wolfe in a city job
to hide his past as a mental
patient, says he has a new job
as resident physician in a small
hospital in Manhattan.
He is looking forward hope
fully and cheerfully to starting
in his new post Monday, he
told the New York Mirror.
Meanwhile a warrant was
out for his arrest. Dr. Uttal is
accused by his housekeeper of
stealing $45 and her savings
account book from a cash box
■he kept in his Yonkers home.
Dr. Uttal was asked whether
the fact he mailed his medical
license back to the State could
bar him from future practice.
“A doctor cannot give up his
license.” he said. “It can only
be taken away by court action.
Now I look hopefully and
cheerfully to a new life.”
He asked that the hosptal not
be named.
Dr. Uttal became a center of
attention recently when city;
authorities learned he had ob
tained a job as psychiatrist at 1
the Raymond Street Jail in
Brooklyn under the name of
Wolfe to conceal his back
ground as a mental patient.
Dr. Uttah said he had been
discharged from a mental insti
tution as competent, but never
theless was unable to obtain
employment under his own
name.
He resigned his city post
June 3, less than a month after
taking the job, protesting that
conditions in the jail were a
disgrace to civilization.
His dual identity came to
light during routine investiga
tion of a traffic charge against
him.
Sun Size
BERQELEY, Calif—Diameter
of the sun is 864.100 miles. Its
average distance from the earth
Is 92.9 million miles. It is about
one and one-half times as dense
as the earth at water level.
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT
District and vicinity—Sunny. |
today. Clear, low 64 tonight. l
Mostly sunny, high 80 tomor
row.
Maryland—Fair tonight, low
85-60 over the west and 60-65
over the east. Partly cloudy
and cooler tomorrow.
Virginia—Fair tonight, low
60-55 over the northwest and
60 over the east and south.
Sunny tomorrow, high in the
80s, except in the 70s on the
coast and in the mountains.
Resort Forecast
Long Island beaches Fair,
high 75 tomorrow with a
northeast breeze.
New Jersey beaches—Over
cast, high 70-75 tomorrow.
Wind N.E., 20 m.p.h.
Skyline drive—Fair tomor
row, high 75. Visibility good.
1 50 P/ W Data from US. WtATHIft tUKIAU
Jv
BSQ3SSI %'■
Sunday Mamin* .i '
Figaros Shaw law Temperatures Expect oS
WEATHER FORECAST—Temperatures are expected to be lower tonight
over the Middle Atlantic States and New England. Showers and thunder
storms are forecast for the Great Plains, eastern slopes of the Southern
and Central Rockies, Central Mississippi Valley and Ohio Valley. Tem
peratures will be higher in the Northern and Central Plains.—AP
Wirephoto map.
i. 1. I
I t
U. 8. Highway 231 with fallen
trees north of that city.
Preliminary survey reports of
crop damage caused by the
floods earlier in the week were
ready to go to Washington
when the new storms struck.
The additional damage to com,
soybeans and tomatoes was ex
pected to be heavy.
Winds clocked at 70 miles an
hour whipped a narrow path
several miles long across Ma
con County in Central Illinois
last night, smashing numerous
farm buildings, uprooting trees
and downing utility lines.
A violent wind squall, at first
believed to be a tornado, un
roofed buildings, uprooted trees
and hospitalized one person at
Bordentown, N. J.
Trees were uprooted, utility
lines snarled aiNI hohses dam
aged by a twister which struck
Concordia. Mo., 60 miles east
of Kansas City. A small twister
also churned out of a thunder
storm and did some damage to
a farm some 15 miles east of
Tulla, Tex., yesterday.
There were reports of high
winds, heavy rain and hail
from several communities in
the Jefferson City, Mo., vicinity.
Verdict Hopeless,
Cohen Jury Says
LOS ANGELES, June 14 </P).
—A jury trying former gambler
Mickey Cohen on a charge of
assaulting a Federal officer was
discharged yesterday after re
porting that it was hopelessly
deadlocked.
United States District Judge
Thurmond Clarke asked the
jurors individually if there was
any hope for a verdict. The re
ply was negative.
Judge Clarke fixed July 21
for setting the date of a new
trial.
Cohen was arrested after he
and Howard Chappell, head of
the Los Angeles Federal Nar
cotics Bureau, fought March 26
in Mr. Chappell’s office. Each
accused the other of being the
aggressor.
The trial took eight days.
The case went to the jury
Thursday.
Officers Elected
By Georgetown Group
Mrs. Santlno Arnold was
| elected president of the George
town Business and Professions
• Association at its meeting
'Tuesday in Georgetown.
Other new officers are Paul
Hochman. first vice president;
Herbert R. Sohwarthout, sec
ond vice president; Henry Rfcu
; wer, third vice president; Staf
, ford L. Jones, treasurer, and
Neal Lynch, executive secretary.
Forger Back in Jail;
Has 57-Year Record
CHICAGO, June 14
Joseph Langdon, 78. whose
police record goes back 57
years, was sentenced to a year
and a day in prison yesterday
for tutoring novices in. passing
SIOO,OOO in counterfeit checks
and stolen money orders.
An assistant United States
attorney said Langddn sought
out promising young accom
plices to aid in the forgery op
erations, which extended to the
West Coast. Langdon pleaded
guilty.
| River Report
I From 0 3 Engineers*
| Potomac River clear »t Harpers
Ferrr and clear at Great Falla: Shen
andoah dear at Harpers Ferrr
Teaserattree for Vesterder
'Readme Washington National Airport)
1 Midnight 711 Noon . _ Si
i 4 a m. 73 4 p.m. 81
is am. 75 8 pm. 85
Record Temperatures This Tear
S Highest. 94. on June 11.
Lowest. 5. on February 17.
High and Lew of Last 24 Hours
Hl(h, 88. at 2:15 p.m
Low. 72, at 3:30 a m.
Tide Tables
i ; (Furnished be the United States Coast
and Geodetic Survey >
• Today Tomorrow
High 0-41 am. 7:24 a.m.
U>w 1:00 am. 1:52 a.m.
( High , 7:00 p.m. 7:51 p.m.
| Low r ._ 1:48 pm. 2:33 p.m.
Tbs dun and Moon
Rises Sets
Sun. todar 5:42 a.m. 8:35 pm.
Sun. tomorrow 5:42 am. 830 pm
•IMoon. today 3:51a m. 6:oßpm
t' Automobile llahts must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation
Monthly precipitation In inches la
the Capital. (Current month to date ■
Month 1958 1967 Avs Record
January 2.61 2.61 8.24 7.83 '37
February 4.14 2.78 2.44 884 'M
- March 58 5 22 3 3.03 864 '9l
Aorll 492 2.73 3.06 913 *9
May 2.77 1.40 3.98 10 69 'S3
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A PAIR OF QUEENS
Two “Queens” from South America relax in Miami during the “Festival
Os the Americas.” At left is Sonia Alaria Araujo, Queen of Brazil. At
right is Kyria Cotes, Queen of Venezuela.—AP Wirephoto.
Two U. S. Priests Freed
From Chinese Prison
HONG KONG, June 14 UP).
—Peiping radio announced the
release today of the last two
American Catholic priests im
prisoned in Communist China.
The Rev. Joseph P. McCor
mack of the Maryknoll Semi
nary, Ossining, N. Y., and the
Rev. Cyril P. Wagner of Pitts
burgh, Pa., and Chicago, were
released at Shanghai, a broad
cast heard here said.
They were freed “on the ex
piration of their prison terms,*
the broadcast said. The two
priests were arrested June x 5,
1953, and sentenced to five
years in prison on Communist
charges of espionage.
There was no immediate in
dication when—or even if—the
two priests might leave China.
Their release leaves four!
Americans known to be still in
Chinese Communist jails on
spying charges.
They are businessmen Robert
E. McCann of Altadena, Calif.,
and Hugh Francis Redmond
of Yonkers, N. Y., and John
Thomas Downey, a civilian em
ploye of the United States Army
from New Britain, Conn., and
Richard George Fecteau, also
and Army employe, from Lynn,
Mass.
A third American Catholic
priest, Bishop James Edward
Walsh of Cumberland, Md„ is
still in Shanghai. He had been
held under various forms of
house arrest and detention but
never been imprisoned as far
as is known.
Bishop Walsh long has been
reported free to leave China if
he wants to. In 1955 he told a
British newspaperwoman in
Shanghai, “My 'Work, my post
is here. ... I want to stay if
I can.”
Reached by telephone from
June 1.17 2.50 3.41 10.94 'OO
July ... 1.06 4.26 10.63 86
August 242 4.75 14.41 '2B
September ... 2.57 4.12 17.46 '34
October 2.49 2.85 881 37
November ... 2.87 2.73 7.18 77
December 502 261 758 01
Temperatures In Vsrlous Cities
H. L. H. L
Albany 09 55 Key West 86 80
Albuquerque 89 00 Knoxville 96 76
Anchorage 66 46 Los Angeles 77 02
Atlanta 98 74 Louisville 95 72
Atlantic City 73 06 Memphis 94 74
Baltimore 86 71 Miami 86 80
Billings 54 47 Milwaukee To 44
Birmingham 97 75 Montgomery 98 78
Bismarck 07 50 New Orleans 89 79
Boise 72 52 New York 77 64
Boston 72 84 Norfolk 93 71
Buffalo 71 48 Okla. City 95 71
Burlington 71 49 Omaha 73 53
Charleston 94 79 Phll’delphia 85 70
Charlotte 97 76 Phoenla 97 70
Cheyenne 72 53 Pittsburgh 78 54
Chicago 71 54 P'tlend. Me. 09 50
Cincinnati 87 05 P'tland. Ore 04 58
Cleveland 76 53 Rapid Cltv 56 49
Solumbua 82 57 Raleigh 94 73
alias 97 76 Reno 87 40
Denver 80 54 Richmond 93 70
Dee Moines 74 53 St. Louts 93 67
Etrolt 79 48 Salt Lake C. 80 46
iluth 65 33 San Antonio 66 71
rt worth 98 77 S Francisco 76 55
Fresno 81 69 Savannah 97 75
Houston 91 77 Seattle 66 54
Huron «8 47 Tampa 91 7}
Indlanap'lts 86 58 Washington *9 72
' Jackson 94 76 Wichita 101 72
I Kansas City 92 67
Hong Kong, Bishop Walsh 1
said the two priests “seemed 1
cheerful and looked fairly well j
but a little oldish.” He said (
he met the two after their
release. j.
Asked about his own plans, <
Bishop Walsh said he did not l
know because he is under or- <
ders from his superiors. i
Peiping Radio said Father ’
McCormack was arrested for '
espionage consisting of “col
lecting Chinese political and '
economic information under 1
the cover of being a priest.” ‘
The broadcast said Father i
Wagnet was arrested "for sab
otaging China’s financial ordi
nance.”
, The Communist Radio re- :
ferred to the priests as “two ,
American criminals.” Father ;
Wagner’s first name was given
as Cyril although records out
, side China have carried the
name as John.
Their release today had been i
expected, since the Chinese
Communists have in the past
been punctual about releasing
American prisoners at the end
of their terms.
Both priests received their
religious training in the United
States, although Father Mc-
Cormack, 65, was born in Ire
i land.
; After attending schools in
Ireland, Father McCormack
; came to the United States and
entered the Maryknoll Sem
inary in 1918. He was ordained
1 to the priesthood in June, 1924,
and in 1925 he left for the
' Catholic mission at Fushun,
1 Manchuria.
’> His mission was overrun by
Japanese troops early in World
, War II and he was repatriated
to the United Btates in August,
1942.
He returned to Manchuria
, after the war but Communist
, advances there forced him to
[ withdray to China proper. In
' 1951 he moved to Shanghai.
\ He was arrested there with
seven other missioners in 1953.
Reports at Hong Kong say
i a brother, Edward McCormack,
: is living in Detroit.
i
' Sentences Listed
| Father Wagner, 51, was or
| dained at Teutopolis, 111., In
[ 1934 and first went to China
i the following year. He is from
J the Chicago province of the
Franciscan Fathers.
5 The four Americans in Chi
nese prisons are serving sen
-9 tences ranging from 15 years
l to life.
i Peiping has charged that Mr.
J Downey and Mr. Fecteau were
5 Central Intelligence Agency
i men captured when their plane
was shot down In 1952 while
dropping supplies to anti-Com
munist agents during the Ko
rean War. The United States
has denied they were attached
to the CIA and said they were
passengers on a routine flight
between Tokyo and Seoul
when their plane disappeared,
they were sentenced in 1954,
Mr. Downey to life and Mr.
Fecteau to 20 years.
Mr. McCann, who got 15
years, and Mr. Redmond, who
was given a life sentence, were
private businessmen In China
when they were arrested in
1951.
Methodist College
Bars Schenley Gift
NEW YORK. June U UP).—
Hendrix Methodist College of
Conway, Ark., has declined a
grant-in-aid from Schenley
Wholesalers Foundation. No
reason was given.
The foundation announced
yesterday that Hendrix was
one of 10 colleges named to re
ceive granta-in-aid for the
1958-9 scholastic year. Amounts
of the awards were not an
nounced.
Auto Pricing
To Be Probed
DETROIT, June 14 UP). —A
Federal Grand Jury of 17
women and six men will begin
probing Wednesday into alleged
price-fixing by Detroit area
automobile dealers.
Edward Feeney, chief of the
Justice Department’s Detroit
anti-trust division, said sub
poenas were served on 52 new
car dealers, representing all
makes, and five associations.
They were ordered to bring
their books and records.
The grand jury was impan
yesterday as United States
District Judge Thomas P.
Thornton carefully screened
out persons directly connected!
with the automobile industry.;
“We’re going to call retail
auto dealers to testify.” Mr.
Feeney said. "Right now we’re
only interested in the dealers.
If anyone has any information
for us we wouldn’t turn them
down, but as of now we’re not
planning to call anyone from
the automotive production end
of the business.”
Judge Thornton said the in
quiry will last about three
months, with jurors meeting
two or three days a week.
Mr. Feeney said a prime pur
pose of the inquiry is to check
into whether there is any agree
ment among car dealers to uti
lize so-called “price-packs.”
Under a “pack,” list prices
of cars and accessories are bal
looned and then large discounts
and trade-ins are offered as in
ducements to buyers.
Personnel Group
Elects Banker
Donald W. Mowbray, assis
tant treasurer of American Se
curity and Trust Co., has been
elected presideht of the Wash
ington Personnel Association.
Vice presidents are C. Cal
vert Hines, Jr., Richard D.
Early, Ernest V. Connolly and
Luther S. Beale.
9
Jilting Preceded Death
In Stolen Plane Crash
PETERBBOROUGH, England.
June 14 (ff). —A United States,
airman stole a Jet bomber and|
crashed to his death after j
drinking five pints of beer and
being Jilted by a 16-year-old
English girl, the girl said.
After plump, red-haired
Yvonne Talbot told of breaking
an engagement with Airman
2/c Vernon (Chuck > Morgan
shortly before he died early
Friday, the United States Air
Force said its records showed
he was already married.
The 21-year-old aviation me
chanic has a wife and l'/a
year-old son in Elizabeth. Ind..
ÜBAF headquarters in London
said. However, records of Hai
rison County Circuit Court in
Corydon, Ind., showed the Mor
gans were divorced March 29.
In the confusion Just after a
United States Jet trainer col
lided with a British jet bomber
ATTENTION
CHILDREN'S WEAR MERCHANTS
Far Lease
Wildwood Manor Shopping Center
OM Georgetown Read end Gretvonor Lana, tetbetde, Md
Stores available In this beautiful new shopping center
for gifts, children’s wear, family shoes, etc. large stores
leased to Food Fair Supermarket Co.. Peoples Drug, Blue
Ribbon Valet, Peoples Hardware, Variety Five and Ten.
Women's Wear, and others. Parking for over #OO cars.
Now under construction. Possession early fall.
Count! tocsins Poet.
Realtors
Itsclustvo Asoats
724 14th St. N.W. NA. 8-234 S
Oar 53rd Annlvtriary Year ->*_
CHEMISE DRESS
IS VERY LATEST,
1924 STYLE
LOUISVILLE. Ky. UP).—
Hettie Craddock showed
up for work yesterday
wearing a chemise dress.
Her co-workers admired
her choice of clothes.
Then Mrs. Craddock dis
closed she found the dress
in an attic trunk. It was
made in 1924.
Businesses Urged
To Fulfill Quotas
For Tourist Fund
Washington's business com
munity was exhorted yesterday
to bear down in drive for more
funds to support the activities
of its convention and visitors
bureau.
Campaign workers seeking
$200,000 for the work were told
collections to date total only 60
per cent of the goal, with
$119,400 in the till. The drive
has only two more weeks to go.
Harry L. Merrick, general
chairman, reported that as of
the same date last year a drive
toward $160,000 had achieved
all but $25,000 of the total.
So far this year, Mr. Merrick
added, only two of 38 divisions
of the bureau have attained
their quotas. These are the
hotel association with $30,000
and the public utlliUes group
with $13,375.
“A large segment of Wash
ington's business enterprises
apparently don't seem to real
ize that the success of this
campaign is the bread and
butter of all of this city's
businesses.”
Phone Official
Renamed to Post
In UGF Drive
H. Holmes Vogel, senior vice
president of the Chesapeake
and Potomac Telephone Co.,
has been appointed vice chair
man of the 1958 United Givers
Fund campaign.
His appointment was an
nounced by John T. Barnett,
general chairman for the third
annual drive.
Mr. Vogel will be serving his
second consecutive year as vice
chairman of the campaign that
last year raised $6,318,610 for
140 health, welfare and char
acter-building agencies in the
area. He was chairman of
the Metropolitan Unit in the
first UGF campaign.
A native of Baltimore, Mr.
Vogel started in communica
tions work in 1923 with the
American Telephone and Tele
graph Co. in New York. He
; held various positions with the
i company in Baltimore and
West Virginia before coming
to his position here n 1952.
Mr. Vogel is active in many
community organizations. He
i is president of the Washington
Criminal Justice Association, a
| member of the executive board
lof the National Capital Area
Council and Boy Scouts of
| America, and a director of the
Union Trust Co., the Better
Business Bureau and the Sal
vation Army. He lives in the
Westchester Apartments.
Marie McDonald
Takes Pill Overdose
LAS VEGAS. Nev., July 14
(/P). —Actress Marie McDonald
was reported in satisfactory
condition today after an acci
dental overdose of sleeping pills
sent her to a hospital.
Miss McDonald was taken by
ambulance from her hotel to a
hospital in neighboring Hen
derson last night. Her stom
ach was pumped. A hospital
spokesman said she was ex
pected to be released today
The spokesman said he was
told that Miss McDonald, in
tending to take a coupie of
aspirin tablets and a couple of
tranquilizers, swallowed half a
dozen sleeping pills in the
darkness of her room.
, near Alconbury Air Base, killing
11 four persons, Airman Morgan
| stole an obsolete B-45 Tornado
| light bomber from the base. Al-
I j though he had never flown be
;! fore, he took off and flew sev
eral miles before crashing.
II Yvonne said they h%d been
i to a pub together and Airman
i Morgan drank five pints of
i beer, “a little too much, I
r | thought y
On the way home she broke
I their six-week-old engagement
because she had decided she
■ was "too young to marry.” the
■ stonemason's daughter told
.; newsmen.
1 ; ‘ I’m certain he took the plane
in a fit of temper.” she said,
i "He was like that.
"I don’t think he Intended to
kill himself, although he was
t very moody. We parted very
■ friendly. I think he was crazy
-about planes,”
i
VICE RECTOR—The
Very Rev. Joseph B.
McAllister, Catholic Uni
versity announced today,
was named as vice rector
of the school. Fattier
McAllister has acted as
assistant to the rector for
the past several months.
He is a member of the
faculty of the school of
philosophy.
Two Sailors
Asphyxiated
SAN DIEGO, Calif., June 14
UP).—' Two Navy sailors were
asphyxiated last night when
carbon dioxide from the fire
smothering system of the de
stroyer Cogswell was released
Into a closed compartment, the
Navy said.
Three other sailors were
treated for carbon * dioxide
poisoning at the Navy Hospital.
A spokesman said they were in
satisfactory condition.
Names of the dead men were
withheld pending notification
of next of kin.
The Cogswell was berthed
alongside the destroyer tender
Dixie in San Diego Bay.
Rear Admiral Frank Fenno,
commander of the Pacific de
steroyer-cruiser force, said the
accident occurred in the emer
gency diesel generator room,
one deck below the main deck.
He said it appeared the five
men were accidentally locked in
the inner compartment by a
slamming door and carbon
dioxide was released from the
fire-smothering system. The
carbon dioxide did not escape
to other part of the ship.
Admiral Fenno said the car
bon dioxide was apparently re
leased somehow from inside
the compartment. It could not
have been released from out
side. He said.
“The five men had been play
ing cards in the emergency
diesel generator room,” he said.
“At routine inspection about
7 p.m. they were all right.
About half an hour later the
accident was discovered.”
Admiral Fenno said an in
vestigation began immediately
after the tragedy was dis
|covered.
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Flyer Found;
Says He Went
To See Girl
DALLAS, Tex., June 14 UP).
-“Airman Donald Keeton was
picked up by police here today
after a mysterious flight from
Mississippi In a light plane
Thursday. He aaid *1 just
wanted to se my girl; It was
kind of crazy Idea.” •
The 19-eyar-old airman, who
left a suicide note before going
aloft In the rented plane at
Gulfport, Miss., was picked up
at his mother’s home.
“I landed the plane In a
swampy field near Tyler.
There’s not a scratch on it.” he
said. He said he had expected
to make it to Dallas, but had
run out of gas because of low
flying and evasive action to
escape detection.
The young airman, who
seemed well-composed, said he
left the suicide note as a ruse
to give him extra time after
leaving Gulfport. He safd he
felt the search would be di
rected out over the Gulf of
Mexico In the expectation he
had plunged the plane Into the
sea.
The object of his flight,
which set off a search over the
two States, is pretty Doris
Bowling, 17. of Dallas, his child
hood sweetheart. She said “I
feel terrible” for having twice
consented to marry young
Keeton and then changing her
mind in the belief she was too
young.
Mrs. L. C. Cantrell, police
dispatcher, said officers picked
him up when they made a rou
tine check at the home of his
mother, Mrs. Anna Keeton, to
see whether she had heard from
him. An Intensive search was
to have resumed today.
The airman was stationed at
Keesler Air Force Base near
Gulfport. Police said he would
be held for military authorities.
DAY Unit Elects
New officers of the Klng-
Clark Chapter No. 4 of the
Disabled American Veterans are
Col. Russell B. Barratt, com
mander; John A. Connolly,
senior vice commander; Harold
Gilbard, junior vice com
mander; Ellen M. Kelly, treas
urer, and Albert F. Woods,
chaplain.
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