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Evening star., 1948-09-20

investigation priorities are given
In every case where requests are
made. It is the duty of the en-
ploying agency to request such
priority in investigating any derog-
atory information against any en-
ploye working in a sensitive posi-
tion, he explained.
He added that preappointment
checks Of the records of the House
Committee on Un-American Activi-
ties, the FBI and the Civil Service
Commission are made for the Eco
nomic Cooperation Administration,
the Central Intelligence Authority
and the National Security Resources
Board.
In Detroit today Senator Fergu-
sons once released written reply
to Mr.. Clark which read:
"At long last Mr.. Tom Clark ad-
mits that the threats of Communists
within our Government is not just q
red herring
II am delighted to know that in
spite of his red herring utterances,
he now admits that he has the evi-
dence and has been working on 1t
for months. In my wire to him last
Friday, I released nothing conf1den-
tial. My information was not based
on leaks or tips. 1t was based on
facts.
That we have had Communists in
America, attempting to undermine
our Government and institutions, is
we'll known.
That the FBI was working on it
Evening star., 1948-09-20
ADVERTISEMENT.
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Evening star., 1948-09-20
Air Force Orders New
NuviqotionuI Device
Dy the A,sociotsd Press

Air Force officials said today q
$23, ,000,O contract for bombing
navigational equipment has been
awarded to AC sparkplug division
of General Motors Corp.
The equipment will be made in a
war-built plant at Milwaukee, Wis.
being leased to AC for the purpose.
The new navigational device Is an
Evening star., 1948-09-20

has been released by J. Edgar
Hoover in a speech Of warning be-
fore the American Legion at San
Francisco in 1946.
The only thing is that Mr.
Clark, the Attorney General. says
today that he is going to act against
the Communists.
THE purpose of my wire to him
last Friday was to get him to act,
even though the hour was late. Ap-
parently my wire has accomplished
its purpose.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

meeting Of the spauldins Council
No. AT, Knights Of Columbus, q
ODonnell's Restaurant, 1921
street NV. next Sunday
The breakfast will be held follow.
ing attendance of the council mem.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Fast, slIssfuI Relief from
Itching Skin Misery

Wouldn't be without IT," Say Resinol
ssess when telling how amazingly this
soothing ointment comforts the fiery
krh Of dry eczema. commnn rash. PIN.
piles. externally caused. Wellworthtryinx.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

improvement over wartime equip
ment and was developed by Sperry
Gyroscope Corp, an oficer said.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

bers ut IN . am. mass ut -
Patrick's Church. The msmbers
will receive holy communion IN .
body at the mass as part Of the
Inauguration Of the councils golden
jubilee year. d
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Currun Will Address
K. of c. Council All

Judge Edward M. Curran of Dis
trict Court, will address q breakfast
Evening star., 1948-09-20

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Evening star., 1948-09-20

Dealer viii call and
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to his store demon
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Evening star., 1948-09-20

Just phone your
Westinghouse dealer.
Tell him you want to
see the Laundromat
wash q load Of your
clothes tyes.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
Tree Decorations
Swnbolize Muhs

You may not realize it, but most
Of the ornaments on your Christmas
tree are symbols Of myths and leg
ends that were popular three thou
sand years before the birth Of
Christ.
At that time the Aryian race. liv-
ing In the foothills Of the Himalaya
mountains. saw in the rays Of the
rising sun. bent as they passed
through the humid air. the image Of
q gigantic tree. These sun poets
added to the tree image suggestions
from the more distant heavens: the
sun, the moon and the stars be-
came the golden fruit that hung on
the branches. The larger clouds
suggested birds. swans and doves
flying in and about the tree. The
golden fash of heat-lightning be-
came the mystical flower that grew
on the tree, the celestial miStletoe.
The showers that watered the tree
CAME from the streams at its base.
From these fragmentary old leg.
ends in folklore we get the tree it.
self, the golden tinsel to represent
the rising sun. the golden fruit for
stars and the moon. swans and
doves fer clouds, mistletoe for light
ming and showers or streamers of
silver tinsel for water.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
National Guard Adds
Five New Men;
Drive Continues

Five new men were added to
the local unit of the Mississippi
National Guard during the past
week, according to Emmett Reese,
acting executive officer, who
told that "a vacancies still exist.
Seven units of the Guard have
gone oyer the top in the about
campaign to raise state forces to
full strength Included in these
are Tupelo, Decatur, Philadelphia,
and four air force detachments
stationed at the Meridian Nation
al Guard air base.
Adjutant General William p.
Wilson recently commended the
commanding officers and men of
each of the units for their activity
in the statewide recruiting drive.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
Our Christmas Date
Started By Romans

The first celebration Of the birth
OF Christ on December Is took place
in the fourth century. Before that
date the commemoration Of Christ's
Nativity and Baptism was held on
January 6.
The first mention of Christmas is
found in Roman document known
as the "Philocalian Calendar" in
the year 354, and the first time the
festival was celebrated in Britain
was 500. when St Augustine bap-
TIED 10, 900 converts.
In the year SGT the Council of
Tours declared twelve-day festival
from Christmas to Epiphany. and
in 99l-l0l6 the laws ordained that
all strife should cease at Christmas.
Christmas was established in 813
In Germany and in Norway in the
year $50.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
Thousands of Bulbs
On Largest Tree

Three thousand multi-colored elec-
trio bulbs and tons of Spanish moss
decorate the worlds largest Christ
mas tree located in Hilton Municipal
Park at Wilmington. North Car DINA.
The giant. s0e-year-old water oak
rises to . height Of z75 feet and
it, branches spread 10 feet.
tt masnihcance has been en-
HANGED by q radio station construct
ed beneath the spreading limbs
from which emanates Christmas
music that reaches the crowds from
loud speakers concealed in the
branches and m apparent voice
from the heavens that comes from Z
speaker mounted atop q nearby g.
ant water tower.
Throngs Of people gather around II
each night during December to listen
or Join in the Christmas caroling.
The tree won its title as the largest
Christmas tree in a contest held sew
eral years ago
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
Animal Costumes
For Christmas

Polish children masquerade in ami
NAL costumes on Christmas Eve
It's done to honor the legend that
attributes the power Of speech to
birds and animals during the mid
night hour Of Christmas Eve in rec
ignition Of the animals who, shar-
ing the stable of Bethlehem, warmed
the Holy Infant with their breath.
The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-12-23
FIGHT Tb
Buy Christmas SeoIs

Recruiting for all units Of the
Guard began December l and
will continue through June 80,
1949, or until such times as
National headquarters decides the
strength of the Guard has be-
come sufficient. An open house
was held at the Armory Thurs
day night, in order to get recruits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

under pressure other witnesses had
altered their testimony"
Everywhere" ne said, "there VIA
secrecy and suppression"
The Michigan Senator also found
Ian attempt by the Government for
secrecy in the case Of the work OF
the Security Advisory Board, which
was created by the State-War-Navy
ORIGINATING committee. to which
was later added . spokesman for the
Air Force. In this regard he de-
scribed 3 restrictive information sys-
tenn which he said was developed for
the inter-departmental group, in
the spring Of io47 by Hamilton Rob-
inson.
Credits Newspaperman.
In this regard he gave credit to
Nat Finney, Of the Warrington Bu-
reau Of the Minneapolis Tribune, for
having exposed this attempted press
gag.
Reciting other instances in which
he said the executive department
had sought to impose secrecy on
bureau oficials and to deprive Con-
gress Of necessary information, SEN
ator Ferguson declared: There has
been an attempt to impose CEN
sorship on every single department
and agency in the executive
branch.
If every Communist and fellow
traveller were discovered and ex-
PEELED from the Government. he
continued, there still would be the
problem Of executive secrecy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Youth Arrested
Twice in Day on
Drivinu CHARGES

A 16-year-old Washington youth
was arrested yesterday for the
second time within "a hours on
series of traffic charges, including
driving while drunk.
Raymond E. Spears Of the $500
block of Eighth street NV. ran into
his first trouble Friday when two
9th precinct policemen charged him
with speeding, passing two'stop signs
driving his car without lights. He
was released in custody of his par
ents for appearance In Juvenile
Court.
. Yesterday still driving a 1885
roadster, he was nahbed by Henry
j. Nobel, Bladensburg Jolice Chief.
and charged with driving while
drunk and speeding. His bond was
set at S1.l00 and the case set for
IHyattsville Police Court tomorrow.
He was being held pending arrival Of
his father from Delaware, police
said
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

did not limit its questioning to the
mysterious Mr.. Koral. It also called:
Earl Browder. deposed head Of
the Communist Party, who spent so
minutes in the Federal building
where the subcommittee met but
refused to disclose what was dis
cussed. He did say. however, that
he old not intend to cooperate
"in any fashion with the purposes
that this committee has displayed"
Chambers Heard Again.
2. Whitaker Chambers, an as
sociate editor of Time Magazine
and avoWed former espionage asent
whose previous testimony that Aiger
Hiss, former State Department
official, was a leader in a prewar
Communist underground brought
a denial under oath from Mr.. Hiss.
Committee investigators were as
cigned to check further into the
stories of both Mr.. Chambers and
Mr.. Hiss. Mr.. Chambers New York
appearance apparently was part OF
that checkup.
3. Victor Perlo accused by an
other witness of being the leader
of an espionage ring Of Govern
ment employees during the war. Mr..
Mundt Told reporters last Thurs
day that two agents were out lock :
ing for Mr.. Perlo who, the acting
chairman said, had gone into hiding.
Mr.. Perlo is scheduled to testify
Ct the open session tomorrow alcng
with Mr.. Koral.
While continuina to be reticent
ahoSSfs Koral iSsast cksrounG, Mr.,
Mut11t told reporters yesterday that
Mr.. Koral was supposed to lead to
another witness mot yet mentioned"
He did not say whether that witness
is now available.
The reticence extended to Brow
der's role In the inquiry. Mr.. Nixon
said only that Browder had not
been ordered to appear in Washing
ton but is remaining under SUBJ
poena.
MI. Mundt told a press conference
that when the uranium shipments
inquiry comes up, 1t will be handed
by Representative Mcdowell, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania.
Statement Dc1.cd.
The ecting chairman said lie had
talked With MI Mcdowell ana
Robert E. Stripping, chief investi-
gator, and that both had denied
making statement to a reporter
that a New Deal cabinet officer was
involved in the shipment of atomic
supplies to the Soviet Union.
Mr.. Mundt said it would be dan
gerous to speculate either way on
the subject. Reports persisted, how
ever, that the committee believes
a Cabinet officer did have some
thing to do with the shipments.
Mr.. Mcdowell, at a previous
meeting with reporters, said: "Onei
highly important man was pushing
and showing this thing and was
finally successful in getting the
Russians the stuff they wanted. This
nan no longer is in the Govern
ment."
A second person, Mr.. Mcdowell
said, approved the shipments. Both
men, he added, will be questioned
of y,,Iiolir hearings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08

had heard nothing more Of Mrs. Ko-
senkina until yesterday. when she
telephoned asking II she could meet
Inn and made an appointment for
Sunday.
During the interview Mr.. Zenzs-
nov talked by telephone with some-
one he said was at the New York
office of the FBI.
He told reporters that the FBI
knew the whole story. had two men
ct Reed Farm and had assured him
it was all right to tell his story.
Mundt Tells Of New York Call.
Representative Mundt told re.
porters he got his information on
the case in telephone calls from
New York this afternoon.
First, he said, he was informed
the woman was taken away forcibly
in . car which rolled up to the
Tolstoy farm early this afternoon.
Then he said. he was informed, the
woman went away. under protest
after the men in the car had talked
to her in Russian in threatening
tones.
"The FBI," he said, sis checking
to see If there was q kidnapping"
Mr.. Mundt said the committee on
un-American activities had wanted
to question the woman because 1t
thought she might have informal
ton that would throw additional
light on its investigation of Soviet
espionage in the United States.
Not Contacted by Committee.
He said an informant he is not
at liberty to name told him this:
Mrs. Kosenkina taught In a
school for Soviet children in New
York city. She had planned to
leave for Russia July 81 but de-
cided that she did not want to.
Instead, she was going to go to
American authorities with story
about the whole Soviet system OF
world control and aggression, repu-
diate it, and seek haven in this
country"
The woman went to the TolStoy
place, dppdIclltly OcucFAlS S1iC
would be safe there.
Then this afternoon the car. pre-
sumably from the Russian consul
ate, came up and Mrs. Kosenkina
was taken away.
Mr.. Mundt said the House COM
mittee never had contacted Mrs.
Kosenkina.
He said 1t had obtained lead"
on her and figured she might be
able to supply some valuable in
formation. since a woman permit
ted to teach Soviet children would
be in the confidence of Russian Of
flcfals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
CIay's Stand in Berlin
Gives New COURAGE
To Anti-Communists
By GouIt Mac owon
North American Newspaper Alliones

'NS'" StfiSfteSH t<SwSPoPGf tHl0HCG
HEIDELBERG. Aug. 3 tBy Air
maiD.-Gen. Lucius D. Clay's
demonstration of courage in the
teeth of Russian threats has caused
the first revolt of anti Communist
opinion since the Red Army occu-
pied East Germany.
According to reports from inside
Red Germany, Mecklenburg anti
Communists publicly destroyed pic
lures of Marx, Engels. Thalmann,
Lenin and Stain and in the state
parliament the minority Liberal and
Christian Parties openly protested
against the refusal OF the Com
munist-controlled SED Party to CO.
operate with the ERP.
In Leipzig, the city Council
banned the Red flag from official
buildings and ordered the black.
red and gold flag of Weimar to be
flown instead. A Communist pro-
posal for a vote of confidence In
the new Russian two-year plan for
East Germany was rejected, and SO
was another SEQ resolution in
favor of economic cooperation with
the Eastern bloc.
Inspired to New Courage.
German Democrats seem to have
been inspired to new courage and
outspokenness by the dramatic de-
tense of Berlins freedom. The
Soviet military administration is
said to be losing its sensitive
Asiatic face" and its key Communist
stooges in the SEQ Party are no
longer able to command blind obedi-
erce and fear.
Leipzig's Red newspaper, Volks-
zietung writes: THE events in
Berlin are encouraging pro-Western
elements to aggression against our
new democratic order" This Is a
virtual confession of the failure of
Red propaganda which has been
working overtime to minimize the
Western effort to feed Berlin-and
they even said the food carriers were
only a blind to camouf1age the eyac-
uation to the West of quantities OF
industrial equipment and military
gear in preparation for the COM
plete evacuation of the city.
Study in Contrasts.
EYEWITNESS reports by radio from
Frankfurt testifying to the ships
returning empty have nullifled this
propaganda among nonpartisans in
Red Germany All along the air
corridor, the inhabitants hear the
rear of engines overhead on their
daily missions of mercy and con-
trast the air freight system with
tie sowing Ivan driving his old
fashioned military two-horse along
the country roads to requisition
food for the Red Army from the
German farmers.
Even the Russian soldier is in
fluenced by the roar along the air
bridge He has seen no airpower
comparable with it and is said to
realize that ships that now carry
fcod instead of bombs may one day
carry bombs instead of food If Red
Army tactics become too provoca-
tive The ruins of cities in Red
Germany are silent testimony toP
what su-h an armadai can do il
anyone wants to start shooting
war. The democratic rebels" in
Red Germany show no signs of
believing Russia will dare provoke
a new war.
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came from Mr.. Zenzinov, who des-
cribed himself in an interview as q
67-year-old journalist and author Of
books about Russia.
| At his Riverside drive home Mr.
zenzinov denied all the references
to forcible abduction. the hypoder.
mic and the detention.
He told this story:
On July 20 Mark Weinbaum
editor OF a Russian newspaper
called Zenzinov and said a Soviet
woman" had asked Mr.. Weinbaum
for help.
The editor said she had been or
dered back to Russia with 1872 chill
dren of Russian United Nations
delegates whom she had been teach.
ing. She was "hysterical with fear,
Mr.. Weinbaum told him, and wanted
to stay in the United States.
Mr.. Zenzinov arranged for the
teacher to come to his home, Their
telephoned Countess Tolstoy. who
told him she would help the woman
At his apartment, the teacher
verified what Mr.. WeinEaum hac
told him and then told Of her life
in Russia.
Watched Constantly, He Says.
She told him her husband,
mathematics teacher in SlaViansk
a small town in the Ukraine. hae
been suddenly taken away BY thu
OGPU In 1887 and she HAD never
seen him since.
Later. she, said, she was advised
to marry come ore else. She had {
19-year-old son who fought in thu
defense of Leningrad, aKd she wa!
later told he was missing" How
ever, she discovered he was a dis.
placed person in Europe. Mr.. Zen
zinov said she did not explain how
she learned this.
Mrs. Kosenkina, he said, hae
been watched constantly by the
Soviets, but he told her that II she
could avoid the watchers, she woulc
be taken to the countess farm.
The next day she telephoned hin
and, weeping. told him she was still
constantly watched but would gel
away somehow" Later she came
to his home with part of her lug
gage. '2''
She said she had told cab driver
to take her to the pier from which
she was to sail, but after she was
out of the hearing of consular at
PENDANTS had told the driver to take
her to Mr.. Zenzinov's home.
He said he had planned to let
her stay in a hotel for the night
because the countess New York
Office was closed, but the woman
became historical again and pleaded
with him to take her to security
II felt sorry and realized it would
be cruel to leave her alone over
the week end" Mr.. zenzinov said
so we in.'neois ely went to 165th
-t.'cot eld Broadway, where We took
a rus for the farm.
II v.1-.-,'ed carefully that we
-ho;id not be fo'io-cd. I think We
were not
1t the farm. he said. the countess
introduced the teccher to others
there unGer false name. Many of
the people have to live this way, y
Mr.. zenzinov said.
He said he left the farm soon and
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Russiuns
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when all its occupants showed dip
lomatic cards,
Shortly afterwards, Clarkstown
police said, Reed Farm officials said
they no longer believed that the
woman had been forcibly taken,
and a police alarm for the get
away car" was cancelled.
Countess Denies Kidnapping.
Later, Countess Tolstoy denied the
woman was kidnapped by White
Russians.
The countess said she was stand
ing near Mrs. Kosenkina today
when the Soviet officials arrived
at Reed Farm.
7 "She turned white" the countess
said.
Then Mrs. Kosenkina said, &C.
cording to Countess Tolstoy, never
mind. They have found me. I will
be shot. I'd better 60 of my own
accord. If they shoot me, maybe
it Is the best way out. I have no
other way"
The countess said Mrs. Kosen-
kina arrived at the valley cottage
retreat by bus "a week ago Friday
in the company of Vladimir Zenzi-
noff," whom she said was a Russian
writer.
II reported the whole matter to
the FBI." Countess Tolstoy said.
They Investigated and ordered me
to prepare papers and turn the re-
port over to immigration authori-
ties.
The papers were completed to-
day." she added, land are on my
desk for submission to the immi-
grafton authorities Monday morn
ing"
The countess said she had re-
ported today's incident 'immedi-
ately' to the FBI and local police.
Woman ut News Conference.
The Soviet account of the expedi-
ton to Reed Farm was given at
news conference at the Soviet con-
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| "A. r. WlISpIiUtO.
sulate in New York by Vice-Consul
Zot I. S.leournykh. Mrs. Kosen-
kina was present during the confer
! ence.
Mr.. Chepurnykh told the confer
ence that he and several other men
went to the farm. He said that
over the resistance of another man
in the room and Of Countess Toll
stoy they took Mrs. Kosenkina from
the farm
He said q number Of men at
tempted to prevent them from
leaving the colony, approximately
30 miles from New York City. He
said they tried to throttle the driver
of the car in which they went te
tie farm, tried to open the dooi
of the auto as 1t started up, and
then threw stones at it.
Mr.. Chepurnykh said Mrs
Kosenkine had told him she was &C.
ccsted July 80, the day before the
sailing of the Pobeda. by man
in New York City who told her:
you shouldn't 60 to Russia. They
will send you to Siberia. II you
stay here you will be killed here
You are spy"
Continuing, Mr.. Chepurnykh sale
the man asked Mrs kosenkina tt
remain with him to be safe, but Shit
refused and left him. She then wa'
followed by some other men. one O.
whom seized her right arm ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-08
Drive on Illicit Radio Net
Results in Bangkok Raid

BANGKOK.-As a part of what
they call campaign to break up an
illicit radio network between Bang
kok, Hone Konr. Singapore and
probably other cities of Southeast
Asia. police reccrtlv raided trans
hitting plant in the Yawarat Dis
trict of Bangkok and arrested two
operators.
Police said the station was taking
private messages for traders. Most
messages dealt with foreign ex-
change rates. goods, shipments and
ships schedules. A police spokes-
man said a dozen such stations ara
operating illegally here. They large
ly are used because of the slowness
Of the official radio service In Siam.
The traders use the private net
works to get the jump on COMPETE
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