Alexandria Man Held In Robbery-Slaying of Boss Last November

An Alexandria ice plant worker was held without bond today in the murder-robbery November 29 of his boss, Raymond B. Dodson, at the plant near Potomac Yards.

Abe Lawson, 47, colored, a plant worker for more than 20 years, was held for grand jury action after he pleaded not guilty to the murder charge yesterday in Alex- andria Civil and Police Court.

Last night, however, police said, Lawson admitted striking Mr. Dodson over the head. They quoted Lawson as saying he thought Mr. Dodson would have five or six pay envelopes belong- ing to other employes, but that he was carrying only his own con- taining about $70.

Mr. Dodson. 49, died of a crushed skull 10 hours after he was found unconscious in the parking lot of the Mutual Ice Co.

Police said charges were brought against Lawson after he w'as im- plicated by a former co-worker, Row Lee Browley, 47, colored, for- merly of the 1000 block of Oronoco street, Alexandria. Detectives Thomas Woods and Francis John- son, who questioned Browley about the case in Fredericksburg where he is under arrest on a house- breaking charge, said he gave them this account:

Browley asked Mr. Dodson to hire him the night of November 29, but told no additional help was needed. As he was about to leave. Lawson called to Browley and related his plans to “tap” Mr. Dodson over the head and rob him.

They went to the plant black-; smith shop, where Lawson se- lected a crowbar. Then they waited at the rear door of the plant and Lawson struck Mr. Dodson one blow from behind as he left work about midnight.

Lawson removed two billfolds from Mr. Dodson's pockets and gave Browley $25—instructing him not to tell any one about what had happened.

A warrant also charging Brow- ley with murder has been sworn by Alexandria police, pending dis- posal of the Fredericksburg charges against him.

Montgomery Deaths In Traffic Up Sharply

Highway accidents in Montgom- ery County last year took almost tw'ice as many lives as in 1948.

Police Chief Charles M. Orme, reporting last night to the Mont- gomery Safety Board, said a total of 23 persons died and 625 were

injured in 1949 traffic. Of the.’ dead. 4 Were victims of accidents I in suburban areas, white 19 lost their lives in crashes on the “open road.”

In 1948, Chief Orme^gaid. 14 persons were killed and 551 'were injured. Suburban accidents were the cause of 4 deaths in that year, too, and 10 fatalities resulted on the highways.

The number of accidents inves- tigated rose from 1,275 in 1948 to 1,543 last year. The chief said two of those kiHed in ,1949 were pedestrians and 66 of the injured were pedestrians.

The Safety Board, which met in the courthouse at Rockville, re-

iterated its stand for periodic in- spections of automobiles by the State and not by private garages, j

Han Complains Ex-Wife Beat Him, Stole Son, 11

By the Associated Press

GREAT NECK, N. Y„ Jan. 6.— Mark Matthews, wealthy delivery service operator, charged today that his divorced wife, Dorothy, and three men overpowered him at his home early today and took away his 11-year-old son, Stephan, still clad in pajamas.

Nassau County police sent out a teletype alarm asking that the wife and three men be picked up on charges of assault and burglary.

Mr. Matthews and his wife aired their domestic troubles in Supreme Court for months. Mr. Matthews won a divorce and custody of the son.

*\ Capt. Howard Demott of the, detective division of Nassau Coun- ty police, said Matthews tele- phoned police that early today he; heard a noise at the front door; of his home.

Capt. Demott said that Mat- thews repotted that when he went to the door he was overpowered by his Wife and three men, who beat him, entered the house and took Stephan with them in a dark sedan.

Under the divorce decree, Mrs. Matthews won the right to visit her son.

Two District Institutions Get Polio Fund Grants

Two grants to Washington in- stitutions are among 29, totaling $849,738, announced today by the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis.

The two Washington grants for research projects on the disease include $15,540 to the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, and $5,500 to Catholic University.

A 19,332 grant was awarded to NfV York University to set up a reference center for information on aids and appliances for handi- capped persons. Another impor- tant giimt is $28,000 to the Boston Children's Hospital to continue studies of the growth of human polio virus in test tubes. The work is aimed at development of a vaccine for polio.

Horse Is Here to Stay TUSCOLA HI. W.—The horse

is neither gone nor forgotten in this community. T£ie city has j leased a piece of land to be used as a parking lot for horse-drawn vehicles. Plans include a 75-foot; hitching rack.

Resident 'Bequeathed' Three Dancing Girls Wants Verification Before He'll Comment

These Egyptian dancing girls are reported to be among the bequests of a wealthy Greek archeologist to George Janus of Chevy Chase and his brother, Christopher Janus of Chicago.

—AP Wirephoto.

If George Janus has inherited an estate which includes four gen- uine, live Egyptian dancing girls, he wants to know it.

Wouldn’t you? Mr. Janus, 8415 Lynwood place,

Chevy Chase, Md., has known for some time that he and a brother, Christopher Janus of Chicago, were beneficiaries of the 'estate of an uncle, T. Z. Aristophron, wealthy Greek archeologist, who died in Egypt in 1944.

But until last night, when the Associated Press queried him on

Christopher's announcement about the dancing girls, Mr. Janus said:

“I knew nothing about it. Like my wife, I’m stunned.”

In Chicago. Christopher, who bought Hitler’s armoTed car for $100,000 and toured the country with it for charity, has evidently received the ungarbled word— about the dancing girls.

‘‘I might bring them to Chicago to act as baby sitters, but I don’t! think my wife is keen on the Idea!

'Mercy Death' Doctor Silenced by Counsel

By the Associated Press

MANCHESTER, N. H., Jan. 6,— j K young doctor charged with! murder in the “mercy Slaying’’ of! •i cancer-plagued patient went into seclusion today—silenced by his counsel.

Dr. Hermann N. Sander, 40. father of three children, was under instructions not to discuss the case iwfth any one except members of his legal staff.

He left for an undisclosed destination yesterday after plead-

JUDGE HAROLD E. WESCOTT. May preside in mercy case.

—AP Wirephoto. ing not guilty to an indictment charging murder in the first- degree in the death of Mrs. Abbie Borroto, 59, wife of a Manchester oil salesman who still remains loyal to the physician.

The State charges air injections administered by Dr. Sander caused the death of the pain- ridden woman December 4 at Hillsboro County Hospital.

Under a court-approved stipu- lation, Dr. Sander was obliged to abandon his wide rural practice for the time being at least.

In precedent-shattering action, he was allowed to remain free in bail of $25,000. It was the first time a defendant in a New Hamp- shire capital case had beep granted liberty after arraignment.

Superior Court Judge Harold E. Wescott, who presided at yester- day’s arraignment, also may be on the bench at the trial which is expected to be set before April 1.

Dr. John S. Wheeler, secretary of the State Board of Registration in Medicine, said last night that a hearing will be held in Con- cord January 18 on the question of whether Dr. Sander’s license to practice should be revoked.

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of bringing them here at all,” he told the Associated Press.

He said the uncle left one-third of his estate to Janus’ mother, who died recently. Included in the estate were several cotton plantations in Egypt, and, under custom of the country, Mr. Janus said, a property owner is re- sponsible for everything on his land—the workers and their fam- ilies. The families include 12 dancing girls, he said.

In Chevy Chase today, George Janus, a representative of the Ad- vertisers’ Art Studios, was vir- tually noncommittal.

“I want to get all this veiified first—as to the amount of money involved and if it includes such things as dancing girls—before I start talking about it,” he said.

The Egyptian Embassy today expressed indignation over the story and said it would have a

statement later in the day. A spokesman said the reports were ‘‘quite absurd.” In Egypt, he said, ‘‘we do not own people.”

3 Children Injured In Traffic Accidents

Three children, injured yester- day" in Washington traffic acci- dents, were in Casualty Hospital today.

Carol Hubert, 7, of 634 I street N.W., suffered possible head in- juries when struck by a taxi as

she crossed Massachusetts avenue

at Sixth street N.W. Police listed Wade $ Hampton, 44, of 811 Jef- ferson street N.W., as the driver and charged him with failing to yield the right of way to a pedes- trian.

Ozeta Gaskin, 4, colored, of 732 Balls court N.W., was admitted to the hospital for X-rays of the right foot after he was struck by an auto in the 600 block of Balls court. Police said the car was op- erated by P. William Valicenti, 35, of 234 F street N.W., an attorney for the Federal Com- munications Commission.

Richard Page, 7, of 1210 Mary- land avenue N.E., suffered a com- pound fracture of the left leg when struck near his home by an auto police said was operated by Marcin R. Wyozalkouwski, 40, of 5902 Euclid street, Cheverly, Md.

In a fourth accident, Leon E. Kelley, 34, of 204 Eastwood ave- nue, Silver Spring, was taken to Garfield Hospital with possible internal injuries after his car col- lided with a parked truck in the 6500 block of Sixteenth street N.W. Police said he would be charged with failing to give full tiipe and attention to driving.

Divorcee's Death Ruled Suicide in Los Angeles

■y fht Associated Pr»j«

LOS ANOELES, Jan. 6.—Joy McLaughlin shot herself to death in hfer bedroom as the climax of a gay night of drinking, a coroner’s jury decided yesterday.

The 39-year-old divorcee’s body was found in her home early last Friday. Subsequently, John A. Smith, 55, wealthy oil man, was questioned by police and then re- leased.

On the stand. Mr. Smith said he and Miss McLaughlin reached her house at 3 a.m. He was get- ting in his car when "I heard a shot,” he testified, continuing:

“I ran back into the house. She was half-sprawled against the bed. The gun lay near her body-”.

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Rheumatic Fever Control With Penicillin Reported

ly th# Associated Pres* CHICAGO, Jan. 6.—A Chicago

research group has had complete success from the use of penicillin in preventing a recurrence of rheumatic fever in children.

Dr. Kafcp H. Kohn, Albert Mil- zer and Helen MacLean of Michael Reese Hospital selected 126 chil- dren for the study. They were divided into two groups equal in sex, race, age and economic level. One group received penicillin tab- lets for periods covering a week or more of each month during three school years. The second group received no medication.

“The recurrence rate was zero In the penicillin-treated group compared with 11 and 19 per cent in control groups," they said to- day in an article in the journal of the American Medical Associa- tion.

Appalachian Growers Told to Improve Fruit

By Associated Press

HAGERSTOWN, Md.. Jan. 6.— Apple growers In the Maryland- West Virginia-Pennsylvania fruit belt were urged to improve their

; marketing procedures if they want to block an invasion of Western fruit.

An apple service field repre- sentative said Western apples are being marketed within 50 miles of the tri-State area.

James F. Laise told members of the Maryland Horticulture So- ciety that many area grocers con- tend they cannot get sufficient quantities of really good local apples.

Mr. Laise, field representative of the Appalachian Apple Service at Martinsburg, W. Va.. was a

speaker yesterday at the society’s annual convention here.

He told the growers that some area fruit is not graded properly and that fruit is being bruised through rough handling. He recommended that producers un- derestimate the grade and quality of their fruit, if necessary, to keep the local market

At the closing convention ses- sion, John P. Caspar, an orchard- ist of Hancock, Md., was elected president to succeed Marshall T. Heaps of Cardiff.

Other officers named included Samuel Dillon, jr., Hancock, first vice president, and William C. Main, Hagerstown, second vice president. Continuing as secre- tary-treasurer is Albert F. Vier- heller, associate professor of horti- culture at the University of Mary- land.

The society adopted a resolu- tion urging growers to concen- trate on a few varieties of fruit instead of producing a little of everything. Hagerstown was picked for the 1951 convention.

Three Elected Directors Of Symphony Association

Election of three new members by the National Symphony Orches- tra Association’s board of directors was announced today by Raymond E. Cox, president.

Named were Mrs. Warren S. Ege. 3056 R street N.W., Orme Wilson. 2406 Massachusetts ave- nue N.W., and Charles B. Dulcan. sr„ of the Westchester Apartments.

Mrs. Ege, wife of an attorney, is chairman of the Children s

Concerts Committee of the associ- ation’s Women's Committee. The symphony this winter has arranged its first free school concert series, which is being broadcast as a service to the schools.

Mr. Wilson, former Ambassador to Haiti, is a one-time investment banker and vice president of the Seamen's Church Institute, New York.

Mr. Dulcan is vice president and general manager of the Hecht Co. Active in civic affairs, he also is first vice president of the Metro- politan Police Boys’ Club.

The thre appointments are to fill vacancies on the 36-member board.

Jay Claude Wilton Dies At Harrisonburg Hospital

•y the Auociatcd Pr««

HARRISONBURG. Va., Jan. 6. —Jay Claude Wilton, 45, a mem- ber of the stall of the Daily News-Record for 20 years,* died unexpectedly last night at a hos- pital here. He had been taken to the hospital only a few hours before.

Funeral services were to be held here today. A member of the Episcopal Church, Mr. Wilton is survived by his widow and two children.

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