The Virginian-Pilot from Norfolk, Virginia • 17

SAILOR THE WEEK? 4 NATIONAL HOME WEEK OPENS 5 AMUSEMENTS PP 14 1 5 (RECORDING THE RECORDS 12 RADIO AND TELEVISION PP 12 13 Training in Tax Service Scene of Murder in Norfolk County Toll Hazard Seen Need by A ndrews ails to Stir erry Probe Berkley Ire Coleman Andrews Days to Arthur Motley interested 'S George Coleman expects to name campaign a are to bevcol be made im November general county Democratic changes guar the bond in was admitted to Station dispen square bv the since air in 15 11 15 11 22 and both of Station offered at the Murdered at drive in John Washington Baker at 7 OOth in the anniversary Navy Ensign Crawls Quarter Mile to Aid Searchers I re's Drive In was murdered and robbed early esterday Preliminary Hearing Scheduled Thursday Before Tribunal itself has matter It Uproar from Residents Not Evidenced After ederal Prosecutioi Hinges on i tidings Concerning flooring the stage for Autumn lin hours (Offi George Coleman Norfolk County dairyman and political leader has been appointed to conduct the campaign in Norfolk County of Democratic party nominees lor tne election A resolution adopted recently by the John Washington Baker 65 Victim of Beating Police Without Weapon or Suspects this afternoon toppled on to a' The Navy said a search for Crajven has been conducted ashore and at sea without success The body of I tancock which was picked up by the Coast Guard was taken to" the Portsmouth Naval Hospital and later shipped to his home for burial i Deaths This Year Same Date Last Yean Same Date in 1951 Same Date in 1950 Dairyman Will Direct Campaigning for Party Committee Pledges Drive Dinner Speech October 1 Will Precede Norfolk Good Neighbor Days Sale Operator Killed As Crane alls Damaged Pride Nothing More A two year bld Negro girl top pled two and a half stories from an upstairs porc yesterday after noon landed on concrete and set up a howl later when she was examined by a doctor Sophia Speller of 427 Church Street was found to be unin jured after her fall to the side walk at 3 Her mother Mrs Mary Speller said that the child was sitting in a chair when the accident happened She was rushed to Norfolk General Hospital where she was examined and released didn't lecni particularly disturbed by tne tvhole thing un til the doctor began to examine her" a nurse in the emergency room of the hospital commented man committee members Coleman said during a meeting of the Democratic committee Thursday night: primary (is See Coleman Page 2 I 88 Peak Anticipated As Summer Takes 3 Sailors Hurt None Seriously In 2 Accidents Three sailors were slightly In jured yesterday in two accidents one of which involved one mov ing car and three parked ve hicles police reported David Babingfon Donald Isaacson 30 the Norfolk Naval Air suffered injuries at about 3 a when the automobile Bablngton was driving on irst View Street collided with a parked car and drove it into two other parked vehicles Babington "who suf fered lacerations of the face was returned to duty while Isaacson who Sustained head injuries and a broken nose the Naval Air sary a Shortly after of the Detail Merchants Associa tion and launch' the official pro gram In connection witl the ob servance of Good Neighbor the following tub days In the interim various Navy Body ound i One Missing The body of one of two seamen who disappeared late (Tuesday from the destroyer Robert Wil son was recovered late Thursday off Cape Henry He was identified by the Navy as Marvin Hancock fUSN of Route 3 McComb Miss Han body encircled by a life preserver was picked up about a mile and a half off the Cape Henry Eight after it was spotted by Dawson a pilot aboard the Virginia Pilot boat 'irginla Still missing according to the Navy is letcher Craven of Greensboro The Wilson was anchored in Lynnhaven Roads preparatory to going to sea early the next morn ing to participate in Operation Mariner when the two men disap peared i VariniIuniid With Rainfall Newport News Sept If) (P) Sydney Robert Pulley 38 of Hampton an employee at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company was killed al most instantly when a crane shipway A shipyard whirier type crane operated by Pulley was being used to disman tle another crane when it crashed Pulley has been working in the shipvard for 15 years Cause of the accident was not made publicl a Shortly after 1 jn yester day? Ridges 23 of the USS Ray suffered lacerations of the face and head and a possible eve injury when an automobile in which he was a passenger struck a utility pole in the flSOO block of Hampton Boulevard Ridges also was admitted to the Naval Air Station dispensary lier Injured In "Leap from lamingPlane WTOV i WLOW streets Initially the transmitter will have 22400 watts video and 19200 watts audio The television tower for the new station (the old tower acquired from WSAP) is 410 feet high and located at the foot of Spratley Street in Portsmouth near the Elizabeth River just a quarter ofs a mile removed from downtown Norfolk Transmitter equipment alo will be located at the tower Matthews said the ABC affilia tion insures Norfolk television viewers of the opportunity of see ing completely new programs in cluding the Notre Dame football games George Jesse Walter Winchell starring Bran don DeWilde own movie and TV star) and many others hope to have our test pat tern on the air by October Matthews said have ordered completely RCA equipment for both the transmitter and studios which should be delivered next Jack Siegel WTOV tech nical director said that the sta tion's cox erase area was expected to be up to 30 at a mini on installation for stations similar to WTOV TV a substantial partner in Publication Inc as he is known in pub circles is in complete of Parade the Sunday magazine A speaker much in de mand he traveled over 80000 miles in one year to address 117 meetings during his recent term of office as chairman of the board of directors of the National Sales Executives Ii He is also 4 member of the Ad vertising Advisory Committee to the Secretary of Commerce as well as a member of the newly established committee that na been informed to advise the Stat' Dpnartment how to better it press and publications operations in foreign countries More rcertlv lie was elected to the national hoard of the Cham ber of commerce of the United States I official said a OnAimexing To Be Taken which 'prevails while the decisions are being made a spokesman could prove anything but quiet if on January 1 the bridge traveler suddenly finds he is confronted by a toll collector Drive in Operator Slain $900 Taken in Robbery Committee recognizes a ticket of Thomas Stanley for gover nor A Stephens for lieuten ant governor Lindsav Almond for attorney general and Walton and Deary for dele gates to the House to represent the 50th Legislative District Coleman managed the couritv campaign for Stanley in the Demo cratic primary in July He also was a campaign manager in August 1951 when he conducted the campaigns of White county clerk A Robertson county treasurer and Hugh John ston commissioner of the rev enue was chairman of the County Board of Supervisors from 1925 to 1929 Coleman said: I feel honored that the Democratic com mittee of Norfolk County should elect me as campaign manager for the Democratic ticket in the current campaign I fell that we have a splendid ticket with Stanley Stephens Almond Wal ton and Leary All of these men have had extensive experience ingovermental matters and wher ever 1hev have served they have acquitted themselves A meeting of workers is planned for Tuesday when Cole Coleman Picked by Democrats To Lead Norfolk County Race ABC Network Signs TV Pact With WTOV 1 ryi i a Iilo Photo by Mays at 1658 East Sewells PointRbad where JohntAV Baker 63 ear old operator If any crewman aboard the ferry Jamestown is found grossly negligent by a Coast Guard Board of Inquiry ederal prosecution my result United States Attorney I Shields Parsons Jr esterdav ex pressed a in the findings of the thre man board which has been probing the facts surrounding the fatal plunge of two persons from the Jamestown late Sunday Meanwhile Marvin Hoggimate aboard the Jamestown oh the night the Rev and Mrs (Alex ander Robinson Negroes of Nor folk fijll from the boat has been ordered to appear before a Coast Guard hearing examiner Septem ber 29 at 10 a pi for possible revocation or suspension of his license Hinges on acts of Mooring The threat of ederal prosecu tion hinges on facts surrounding the mooring of the ferry If the board feels that Hogg is correct' in stating that tlie vessel was tied to the Old Point sllpi ferry piling wiii ii the antes to win drift ed anl allowed the Robinson's car to plunge overboard between the ferry deck and the loading ramp then ederal action (in all probability would not be consid ered i If on the other hand thelboard feels that deckhand George Lee 18 Negro was correct in hts state ment that the vessel was not moored on the night of the tragedy nor on other nights after 9 vlien a sister ferry tics up ederal action undoubtedly would result If a finding of gross or crimi nal negligence ik returned by the Coat Guard board then charges as st long as involuntary'1 man laughter could be piesentcd to a edeud giand juiy under the ederal code One ederal sta tute pertaining to tlie sending of a'ship to sea in an un eaworthy condition has wide application both as to mechanical or human failures in tile case of fatalities Parsons Present Parsons was present during part of the Board of Inquiry testi mony Tuesday ederal jurisdic tion is seen possible on two counts under admiralty law or in regards to a crime on govern rtient property The Old Point ferry slip is adjacent to (govern ment owned ort Monroe! and' is leased from the government: ac cording to a ferry spokesman The decision to call Mate Hogg before a Coast Guard examiner a civilian was outgrowth of made during line four day inquiry into tlie trapedy a Coast Guard spokesman said The hearing was an nouncod after an independent in vestigation was conducted by Comdr Conley USCG offi cer in charge of marine inspec tion The Hogg hearing) at the Coast Guard landing on York Street will be held before a civilian examiner and not before the 'three man board! which probed the tragedy Commandant Gets indings It is expected to lie a matter of weeks or months before the Coast Guard findings iare re leased The findings first hre sub mitted to the commandant of the Coast Guard in Washington for approval or rejection hollowing this approved the findings of fact are released to parties The Coast Guard broad powers in the can revoke or suspend licenses and it can order sweep ing changes in the matter of equipment or procedure! anticipated rains didn't pan out yesterday as the weather pattern slowed tempor arily Chances are though need your foul weather gear to dav Sabbath or no Sabbath why The forecaster pre dicts a warm and humid day(peak near 88) becoming over cast and punctuated' by scattered showers and thundershowers The threat of rain will continue until late tonight when a belated and weak cold front from the west should slither into Tide water routing the warm souther ly air The leading edge of the cool air mass from Canada should cause a recession of temperatures to (near 60 by tomorrow morning Monday bids to be fair and a lit tle cooler setting the entrance of Wednesday's wee daily at 3:07 a EST) Last Gasps of Summer resurgence of tempera ture bids to be the last gasps! of a fast dying Summer which has beeh pleasantly Autumn like for more than a week The new debut Wednesday at 3:07 a will mark the "precise moment whn the sun in its apparent annual motion among the fixed stars crosses the celestial equator in its southward journey Since i at this time the axis is I at right angles to the directlomof the sun day and night are equal the orld over Generally Autumn is character ized by cool nights heavyj dew the advent of frosts and the dn creasing frequency of radiation fogs The storms of early Autumn bred as the general atmospheric circulation accelerates i gives a boisterous preview of Winter A popular belief of long stand Ing sometimes terms these storms However weather Bureau records fail to substantiate this belief Meteor ologists point out that rainy and stormy conditions occur at the equinox just as it does at any time of the year based on atmos pheric circulation justino physical reason why the crossing thel equator should ibe associated with storrns they said They further pointed out: reason for a belief in an equin octial storm is probably the fact that about this timet of year the first Storms of the Winter type with steadily falling precipitation make their appearance They stand in sharp contrast to the Summer type with the sultry weather and In a week or so nights will (be gin to be noticeably longer than Ithe davs in this hemisphere and ilbe dudv mean temperatures will Uullltu Lillie vf a delaved reaction The quiet drop off faster On Wednesday it on wl 1 1 vi ca i i Int i duo aoct tinal land will set uue west Yesterday in Norfolk! was mite warmer than the last sev eral days with the mercury 'ris ing to 81 at both the Airport and See Weather Page 2 i Arthur II Motley president of Parade Publication Inc and publisher of Parade the Sunday Picture Magazine will deliver the principal address at a dinner meeting October 1 Monticello Hotel which will commemorate the USAttorney Interested in I com mittees in charge of ofher func tions will complete tlieir respec tive parts of? tht Good Neighbor hood Days program whiah will be preceded by a 400 mile motorcade in which city officials and top mercantile representatives of the city will make a goodwill trip September 29 tri various commu nities in the trade area located botli in North Carolina and Vir ginia within the 100 mile radius acceptance of the top speaking honor was announced by Harry Price! RMA chair man and Joseph Wood chair man of the Goqd Neighbor Days promotion who! will figure in the dinner program Attendance at the dinner will be limited to 500 RMA memtiers and guest? Phi Beta Kappa Originally interested in produc ing Broadway plays when he first came to New York Motley soon decided that college dramatics was not a good enough back ground for tackling a highly com petitive business Instead through his college contacts at the Uni versity of Minnesota where he had received a I BA degree and a Thi (Beta Kappa key he became secretary to a (fraternity organi zation traveling extensh civ in the united States and Canada Later he gdve up his secre tarial role to spend a year travel ing and studying on the continent climaxing this phase of his career by returning to the United States to enter Columbia University as a law student Another profession however interested him more so he dropped law and went to work for the Smith Brothers whom he represented in tlie distribution of a new cough syrup i iY i His background including a period as a door to door salesman for the uller Brush Company and his showmanship came in good stead with the Smith Brothers and paved the way for his next job as an advertising space sales man in 1928 for the Crowell Col lier Publishing Company publish ers of the Home Companion and the Amer ican Magazine Parade Presidency He rose rapidly in the publish ing field and in 1946 when he assumed his present position with Parade he held a vice presidency and directorship in the Crowell Collier organisation Now i Parade Motley li shing charge Negotiated for Affiliation Another development in Nor rapidly changing television and radio picture came yesterday with' the announcement by WTOV TV that it has signed a primary television agreement with the American Broadcasting Company TV Network and hopes to air a test pattern by October 15 on UH Channel 27 The agreement was negotiated riday by Ralph Hatcher and Al fred Beckman for ABC and Jo seph Matthews afid Robert Was don of WTOV TV WTOV TV operated bwWIOW was granted its television peimit in July to become Norfolk's first new television station WTAR TV went on rthe April 1950 Temporary studios for TV will be in the present studios 21st and Manteo By George Kelley Tlie chance that differences be tween the Norfolk city govern ment and the Elizabeth River Tunnel Commission could result In tolls for the Berkley Bridge ap parently has failed to stir an ex pected uproar from Berkley resi dents Tlie differences are the price the local govern ment is having to pay the keep the bridge a freeway between Norfolk and Berkley' Early last week the Citv Council announced that unless the costs are reduced it will stop all payments and the tunnel authorities can depend on tolls for amortization of the fa cility A surprise announcement last Monday disclosed that the 'mu nicipal administration had de cided to resolve the differences with the drastic move It came )ftera conference between Coun citmen and representatives the tunnel commission Reports of what went on in the conference indicate that the pros pect of severe political repercus sions was raised The Cotincilment was reported decided the amount of money involved made It worth the chance of risking political disfavor although City Council elections are only nine months away Administrative officials in Citv JIall yesterday reported the ex pected traction from Berkley thus far has not been reflected in tele phone complaints or letters In stead there is optimism in offi cial circles the matter will be resolved and the bridge kept free of tolls Commission Holds Key Whether this proves to be the final result rests at the moment with the Tunnel Commission and ft does not meet to take official action until September 29 If tolls are collected for bridge traf fic it will be the commission not the city that does so The cost for maintaining the Berkley Bridge as a toll free cross ing has bothered the municipal administration for almost a year Back in 1950 the city govern ment was faced with the prospect of tiding a new city owned bridge between Norfolk and Berk eley At the same time the Tun nel Commission was in the midst of planning to finance its own over water under water link be tween Norfolk and Portsmouth When traffic consultants made a report that use of the Tunnel Commission bridge by Berkley traffic would represent an esti mated 28 per cent of the overall load l' the city and the commis sion decided to make a deal It came in the form of a con tract which called for the city to pav a percentage of the annual amdrtization charges equal to the percentage of traffic using the i bridere for Norfolk Berkley crossings The local government hought it would cost about $190 Estimates Off Balance Soon after the bridge tunnel opened for traffic however the traffic estimates jvere shown to be way off balance At the end of the first year the cost to the taxpayers was up to 8 100000 and with the traffic count still climb ing it is estimated the bill next vrar will be approximately $443 boo The City Council has taken the position that the unexpected cost is too much for the taxpay ers urthermore with Bram bleton Avenue soon to be closed for a widening program city ot ficials feel more traffic will be diverted from the Campostella Bridge Io the Elizabeth Rivet Tunnel Bridge running the city payments beyond the $500000 mark To cotinter this the City Coun cil already has adopted a resolu tion which notified the Tuftnel Commission that payments for i the bridge will end as of January 1 A second notice however was sent to the bridge tunnel authori i ties saying the city would be will ing to consider a maximum of $300000 per year as the price for keeping tolls off the bridge The question before the Tunnel Commission now is whether it would prefer to accept 000 maximum in payments Or put in toll booths and get the needed revenue from motorists using only' the bridge Several eatures Involved Several factors confront the commission in considering the action it must take irst two thirds of the people who have in vested In the $23000000 bond issue to finance the bridge tnnnel must approve any anteed initially in denture i Secondly if tolls lected plans must mediately to make the physical changes in the traffic control pattern coincident with setting up a toll system An unknown factor is what ef fect tolls would have on the vol ume of traffic now using the bridge Would resistance to tolls be so great as to turn an exces sive number of motorists to alter nate routes? What would the toll charge have to be under such Circumstances? And for the municipal admlnls tration there still is the prospect) Geneseo III Sept 19 A 1 Badly injured Navy flier who had parachuted from his flaming jet plane in a thunderstorm last night crawled nearly a quarter of a mile to help searchers find him He was spotted from the air today nearly 12 hours after his plane crashed Rescuers said he might have been found too late for help if he had not dragged himself approximately 400 yards from a brushy area tn a clearing despite two broken legs and in ternal injuries The pilots Ensign Meder 25 of Pittsburgh dropped with a torn parachute some 10 miles from where his plane crashed hear this northwestern Illinois town Meder was found bv a Civil Air Patrol pilot and taken by ambu lance across the state to the hos pital at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center near Chicago Naval medical officers described bis condition as serious Meder had abandoned hi plane at 20 thousand feet hen the en gine caught fire in a thunder storm A rescuer said the oung pilot related his parachute opened too soon after he pulled the mechanism vhidi propelled him from his plane The chute rinped causing him to' drift down faster than normal He' landed In an area covered with bushes and weeds Realizing he probably would not be found there he dragged himself to the cleared area where he was spotted about: 12 hours later The plane crashed on a farm about eight miles northeast of Geneseo exploding as it hit iMeder was flying one of two Navy Banshee planes en route from Oceana Naval Air Station near Norfolk Va to Minneapolis When his plane crashed the pilot of the other plane James Graham of Detroit landed at the Glen view Naval Air Station northwest of Chicago plovees was described yesterday' by Coleman Andrew loner or internal neveuue in yin 1 Norfol kHasBeen 4 Days Without a 'Traffic atality SECTION If i Sunday 1953 Norfolk City and Norfolk Coun in asrreement after four years of legal start what is expected to be the final steps In making Tanners Creek a part of the city at a preliminary hearing i before an annexation tribunal sit ting in the Norfolk County Circuit Court Thursday at 10 a Citv Attorney Jonathan Old Jr said yesterday' that confirma tion of the September 24 hearing date has been received from the three judge court assigned to hear the Norfolk annexation suit The session was requested by Old after an agreement between the Norfolk Citv Council and the County Board of Supervisors over territory to be acquired by the Citv The agreement stipulates that Norfolk will drop claims to all territory except heavilv popu lated Tanners Creek District lo cated between the city and Prin cess Anne County In turn the county has agreed to stop legal maneuvers which have frustrated the expan sion efforts since 1919 The hearing Thursday annexa tion attorneys explain will be for the purpose of offering new mo tions before the court and seeking a date for arguing the aging an nexation case on its merits Counsel for Tanners Creek While the city and the county are in apparent accord for push ing the annexation proceedings into the final stages a new' force is scheduled to enter the picture Residents of Tanners Creek all well aware of the agreement on annexation have retained legal counsel to intervene in their be half Attorneys involved In the case would not speculate as to hethcr the intervention move will result in a of the an nexation schedule The citv would like to acquire lhe 1116 miles of Tanners Creek first of the year Expected motions to be bv the countv and stv Thursday hearing include: A move by Norfolk County withdrawing a motion made dur ing the past Summer for dismis sal 'of the annexation suit Under tlie annexation laws the county could force the dismissal bv pay ment of costs accumulated bv the city but Norfolk would be eligible to" file a new suit immed iately Move to Amend Suit A move by Norfolk City amend its suit bv excluding quests for territory in addition I to tile Tanners Creek District Be I fore the agreement between the 1 two political subdivisions the city had insisted it wanted to take in the northern portion of the Washington District also A motion the cily to hich the county would not object for the court to schedule the suit for acquisition of Tanners Creek for arguments on its merits Municipal officials say they would like to have the formal arguments scheduled for comple tion during the all I Arthur Motley Publisher To Address Norfolk Merchan ts John Washington Baker 65 operator of Drive In at 1658 East Sewells Point Road was fatally beaten and robbed of approxi mately S900 early yesterday in the bedroom of a three room resi denee at the rear of the drive in Norfolk County police last night i had made no arrests ana weie without suspects in the crime 1 according to Sheriff Ar Ithur Hodges no murder eapon had been found Evidence was uncovered he saM that the killer or killers gained entrance to the bedroom by a window on the side of the building A door which leads into the bedroom on the same side of the building as the was locked when police arrived Baker was found by Mrs Arbel la Barlow a cook at the drive in who said she and other em ployees Mri Yvonne Elder and Mrs all Negroes living at 3203 East Sewells Point Road were cleaning up the area in front of the establishment which had closed at 3 a m' Went into Bedroom At approximately 3:05 a she said Baker went" into his bed room through the door on the left with a small bottle of medicine which he had intended to take At approximately 3:25 a in the trio decided to investigate why Baker had not returned A light was on in the bedroom and Mrs Barlow said she went to the small window' and peeked in She said that the glass in the window' was dustv and that she climbed up on a wooden packing case in order to get a look looked she said he was I see his head but I could see he was breath ing He had his hand on his heart and the blood Oh Lord that blood was everywhere I just ran We all went home Then she said she called police who were reported to have found Baker lying on the floor a six inch cut and a large hole in his head Taken to De Paul Hospital in an unconscious condition he died at approximately 6:10 a i Police said the sum of money believed to have been taken from Mr Baker was the figure employ ees said he had with him He re portedly was robbed of $500 sev eral weeks ago The drive in one room with counter and stools is located in a predominantly Negro neighbor hood Told to Be Careful A bread man at the drive ln yesterday at noon to pick up un used bread said: told him (Baker) to put gauze on the windows and be careful He knew somebody was going to get him They already robbed once It was somebody ne Knew Initial investigating officer: were Linton and Sears urther investigation was being made last night by Sgt Louis Albertia and Onicer George Murphy Operator of Drive In for several years Baker had been a resident of Norfolk for 10 years A native of Atlanta he was the son of the late Amos and Mrs Mittie Baker He is survived by two daugh ters Mrs Carl Johnson of Nor folk and Mrs Cecil Lankford of Gainesville Ga two grandchil dren and one brother George Baker of Atlanta 1 The body was taken to the II Oliver uneral Apartments Commissioner of Internal Revenue Given Ovation Reviews Steps to Recover Integrity A more intensified and formalized training program for new em I 1 UUllHtb tna rrrnntPT nnoHS or me UUC 03 UUX address before the closing session of the annual all conference ot me Maryland Utilities Association The 400 utility executives at tending the two day conference at the Cavalier Club came primed to hear Andrews a new ederal of ficial who has been the subject of much discussion since he took over the Internal Revenue Serv ice early this year and started making changes Andrews a former Virginia State auditor and prominent in certified public accounting circles of Richmond his home town and the nation did not disappoint the audience in reviewing steps he had taken to recover the integrity of the bureau and promote effi ciency among its 54000 employ ees He was given an ovation at the end of his talk Kenneth Haagensen direc tor of public relations for the Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Company! who was the conclud ing speaker xvarned delegates to the convention against taking a negative approach that may re sult in selling only 1 or per cent Haagensen who had as a theme Can Our Salesmen Do for This Country of said a positive approach that will result in selling 98 per cent of this 'marvelous country vf Both speakers were intrewkned by rank Blake Jr of Elkton Aid first vice president of the See I Andrews Page 2 A' 'W i 7' i 4' if" 4 i yi ci 1 pns 2 OnH 131 whSW" T' yr iWf I Story St A jV 1 wf I i nn Uh I W'l 1 i Bl a.