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Evening star., 1948-12-23
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Evening star., 1948-12-23
Mother Granted Custody
OF Girl During Holidays

A Washington mother who lost
custody of her 11-year-old daughter
at least will have the child with her
during the Christmas holidays, under
q ruling yesterday by District Court
Judge Alexander Holtzoff.
The mother is Mrs. Mabel Steele
Of the 1000 block of Belmont road
NV, who will be allowed to keep
her daughter, Alice Rae Steele, with
her from pm. Christmas until
4 pm. next Tuesday.
The father. Charles Ray Steele of
Cheverly, Md, had won custody of
the child after legal proceedings that
continued for about five years. In
recent months, the court had re-
fused to permit the child to visit her
mother. Mrs. Steele was represented
by Attorney James J. Laughlin.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Nationalist Warships
Repu|se Red Attack
On Tientsin's S Port
by the Assoeiotsd Press

NANK1NG, Dec. 23.-National.
ist warships at Tangku, isolated
Tientsin's port city, drove of,
attacking Communists today
killing $500 of them, government
sources said.
ASSOCIATED Press Correspon-
dent Spencer Moosa in Peiping
said many small Red attacks on
the outskirts of Tientsin had
been repulsed. Last night alone,
he said, 300 Reds were killed or
wounded, and as a result today
the Communist were inactive.
CMr. Moosa quoted Gen. Flu
Tso-yi's headquarters in Peip-
ing as saying the Reds were re-
pulsed in almost every North
China attack. Gen. Fus head
quarters said the Communists
dared not attack Peiping directly
beAause they know 1t is strongly
fortified and the 2,000, 900 inhab-
itants support the defenders
wholeheartedly.
(Mr. Moosa added that whether
these residents would show their
support was another question.
In his opinion the pople of
Peiping want peace above ALL
New Defenses Erected.
Nationalist forces in the Nanking
area took advantage Of bad weather
which has eased the action north
of here to throw up defenses south
of the Yangtze, toward which the
Reds are creeping steadily. The
pro-governrhent Kiangnan Evening
Post said the Nstionalists had in
creased the number Of watchposts
along the eastern reaches of the
Yangtze.
There was little military actor
Immediately north of here.
The quiet was taken in som,
quarters to mean that peace feeler!
had been put out to the Com.
munists by members of Premier Sur
Fos newly formed cabinet. Blu
there was no official word from any
source.
At least two of the cabinet
ministers, former Premier Chang
Chun and Wong Wen-hao, com.
mander Of the northwest headquar.
tiers, are known to favor quick
peace with the Reds, who hav.
overrun almost half of China.
Premier Sun described the cabinet
members as men who would fight
on until we can secure an honor.
able peace" This was widely taker
to mean the government is warm
10 a dicker with the Communists
despite their insistence that peace
can be achieved only if Chang Kai-
shek steps out. However, Gen
Chang has not SO much as hintec
he will move aside.
Red Retreat Reported.
Dispatches from the Pengpu
front northwest of Marking merely
mentioned continued Red attacks
toward Pengpu," which presumably
still was in government nands.
Some papers even said Commu.
mist units were retreatng north.
ward from the Pengpu front, but
gave no details. Military sources
here took this to mean the Red.
were regrouping for possible furthe,
attacks toward Nanking. - - = " 2
The Kuomintang's Central Daily
News carried a story attributed Il
Communist war prisoners that one.
eyed Red Gen. Liu Po-cheng hae
been killed in an air attack ano
his body taken to Suhsien. There
was no confirmation. and govern
ment quarters expressed Skepticism
Evening star., 1948-12-23
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Information concerning free pub
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Evening star., 1948-12-23
West Preparing Bill
To Provide Sick Leave
For District Teachers

A bill setting up sick-leave plan
for public school teachers here is be-
ing drawn up by Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West and will be in
the hands of the Commissioners
within the next 10 days.
Mr.. West said the plan-as pro-
posed by the Board of Education
has the approval of the Commission
ers. II will give teachers 10 days
sick leave a year, cumulative to go
days.
The annual cost of the plan is
estimated to be about $188,000, school
officials said.
Last lear similar plan was voted
down by the Commissioners who
were trying to balance the city's
budget and felt it would cost too
much. The School Board, backed by
various teachers organizations, re-
opened the fight for a sick leave
plan this fall.
At present, teachers who are i'll
must pay for substitute out of
their own salaries.
The bill being drawn by Mr.. West,
in addition to granting 10 days an
nual leave. would give each teacher
an immediate backlog" of leave by
granting day for each years ex-
perience in the school system up to
20 years.
Details of the sick leave problem
were thrashed out by a committee
sleaded by Budget Officer Walter L.
Fowler and including Auditor A. R.
PilkGton and Adelbert w. Helm
miller, associate school superintend-
ent in charge of business administra-
tion, and other school officials.
1t was found that teachers during
the last school year lost an average
of four days because of illness or
other emergencies.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
IMrs. Fohy Named Head
IOf Porents' Committee

Mrs. Jack B. Fahy, 1912 Thirty
first street NV, has been appointed
fexecutive director of the American
Parents Committee. She has been
associate director.
In the new Office of executive
director, Mrs. Fahy will take over
the duties of Mrs. Sidney Thomson,
1901 Biltmore street NV, who has
resigned as Washington director of
the committee.
The American Parents Committee
is nonprofit. public-service organ
ization. The Washington Offices are
at 1872 Third street Sc.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
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Evening star., 1948-12-23
u. N. Diplomats Matching
Chinese Crisis Closely

LAKE SUCCESS, Dec. % R.-
Diplomats here are watching the
Chinese crisis closely because OF
China's important position as q
permanent member OF the United
Nations Security Council.
Any change in Chinas govern
ment may lead to a revision of her
foreign policy and that, in turn,
may vitality affect the U. N.
1t is assumed that If China comes
under complete Communist domin-
alton she will align herself with
Russia. This would represent the
first significant change in the po-
litical lineup of the U. N. since its
birth more than three years ago.
In the Security Council the vot-
ing alignment would be 8 to on
most questions instead Of the Gus
tomary Q to 2. There would be two
permanent members of the Council
in the minority instead Of one, and
each has the veto power.
Russia already is able to thwart a
majority decision by the veto-and
has done so % times-but she would
have the moral advantage of having
another big power join her in each
future veto. At present Russia Is
supported in the Council only by the
Soviet Ukraine.
The Soviet bloc also would gain
an additional vote in every major
organ of the U. N. because China
as big power, is widely represented
throughout the organization.
China is a member Of the Eco
nomic and Social Council, the Trus-
teeShip Council and numerous other
bodies such as the Commission or
Human Rights and the Economic
Commission for Asia and the Fal
East.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
LuveIIe Named to CIO Post

William Lavelle of Columbus,
Ohio, was appointed yesterday as an
assistant in the legislative depart
ment of the Congress of Industrial
Organizations. He now is secretary
treasurer of the Ohio CIO Indus
trial Union Council
Evening star., 1948-12-23
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Evening star., 1948-12-23
New Firm Chartered

RICHMOND, Va, Dec. % (P.-The
State Corporation Commission has
issued charter to Wilkinson g.
Peter, Inc, of Charlottesville, in
stallers of bookkeeping and account
| ing systems
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Czech AirIiner Debris
Is Sighted in Greece
BY the Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece, Dec. 23.-Amer-
ican searchers said a Czechoslovak
plane which disappeared with "a
persons Tuesday night on a flight to
Palestine was spotted wrecked today
in the Peloponnesus.
There were no signs of life, said
Capt. Arthur G. Ray of Amarillo,
Tex, commander of an air-sea
rescue unit.
The wreckage was seen on a hill
in the Taygetos Mountains miles
northeast of Kalami (Kalamata). /.
Capt. Ray said efforts were being
made to get an amphibian plane to
take group to the port of Kalamai.
from which the group could proceed
overland to, the hill.
The chief of Czech airlineS oper-
atiOns, Josef Hubacek. arrived from
Prague and said five Brazilians, two
Greeks, three Czechs and nine Pal
estinian passengers we're aboard the
plane. The DC-3 disappeared en-
route from Rome to Athens.
The wreckage, burned out, was
spotted from an American BIZ
piloted by 1t. Stanley J. Magusiak
of Newmarket, N. H. 1t Magusiak
said he was certain there were no
survivors.
A dispatch from Tripolis, head
quarters of the Greek Army's
Peloponnesus command, said troops
in the Taygetos section had been
ordered to 60 to the scene at once.
Observers said the urgency of the
order Indicated the Greek govern
ment's concern over dispatches In
a pouch carried by a diplomatic
courier who was aboard.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
ForrestuI Convinced Air Force
Didn't Make Intelligence Error

scure reference in the report which
read as follows:
Testimony was presented before
the committee that in the spring OF
194S, a mistaken intelligence esti-
mate, prepared by a departmental
intelligence agency. stimulated rec
lamentations which, if followed
might well have had serious conse-
quences. Fortunately, in this in
stance the Central Intelligence
Agency and other intelligence groups
correctly evaluated the available in
formation in good time"
The report was released last week
and at the time high Govern
ment source told The Star that
the estimate was made by the Air
Force and referred to Russian mill
tary plans. An Air Force spokes-
man then said he had mo knowl-
edge" of the estimate, and pointed
out the committees statement was
couched in general terms and did
not name the air arm.
The estimate, the high official
said, came just before President
Trumans appeal to Congress for
universal military training, which
the legislative branch failed to
provide; a peacetime military draft,
which became law, and increased
armed forces appropriations, which
also were voted.
This source said that If the Pres
ident had followed the intelligence
estimate, which was corrected by
CHA. he would have asked for al
most complete mobilization instead.
Evening star., 1948-12-23
By John A. Giles

That mistaken" intelligence esti.
mate-which 4 Hoover Commission
study reported could have caused
serious consequences"-took on an
air of mystery today after state
ment by Defense Secretary Forrestal
that he had become convinced"
that it did not come from the Air
Force.
Mr.. Forrestal's Office refused to
say what department he had found
made the estimate. Nor would de-
fense officials comment when asked
whether it was possible that Mr..
Forrestal could be speaking OF one
estimate while the Hoover Commis-
sion was referring to another.
The defense establishment issued
this statement late yesterday:
"In response to inquiries, Secre-
tary of Defense Forrestal said today
that, following an investigation. he
is convinced that Air Force intel
ligence was not responsible for the
error in intelligence estimates men,
toned in the Eberstadt Report" (on
military reorganization, made to the
full commission).
Asked who MIR. Forrestal credited
with responsibility in that case, a
spokesman said: "The Eberstadt
Committee took the testimony in
confidence"
Nor would the commission shed
any further light on the rather OBJ
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Fighting Is Resumed
By Israel and Egypt
In Palestine Desert
Hope for Armistice Talk
Shattered by Renewal
Of Operations in Neeeb
By the Associofed Press

TEL AVN, Israel, Dec. 23.-
Fighting broke out today be-
tween Jewish and Egyptian
forces along the Negeb front.
Both air and ground forces were
reported involved, shattering hopes
| for armistice talks soon between the
two nations.
The Negeb is the southern desert
area of Palestine. 1t was assigned
to Jews under the United Nations
partition plan of 1947. An Israeli
October offensive drove back
Egyptian troops astride roads into
the area and a brigade Of Egyptians
was bottled up at Faluja.
1srael notified the United
Nations December 10 she was
ready to negotiate a step-by-step
release of the Faluja garrison,
and to discuss demarcation lines
throughout the area0
Clashes Began Last Night.
The clashes began late last night
between infantry and some armored
forces in the vicinity of Nirim, q
Jewish settlement within sight of
Mount Sinai and about II miles
east of the Egyptian frontier base
at Rafah, an Israeli military spokes-
man said.
"Air forces were used by both
Sides" he added.
After dawn today planes-pre-
sumed here to be Egyptian-bombed
"a large Jewish community southeast
of Tel Aviv. Censorship did not
permit the name of the community
to be disclosed.
The extent of the fighting could
not be judged from here immedi-
ately, but apparently it threatens to
shatter the fitful truce which has
been in effect along the desert front
in recent weeks, from the Egyptian
border to the Faluja pocket, where
5000 Egyptians are held in an Israeli
trap.
Immediate Release Demanded.
The Egyptians were said by Israeli
spokesmen yesterday to have de-
manded immediate release Of all
5000 as a condition of armistice
talks. rather than a step-by step
release, as offered by Israel.
There was no indication yet that
the Egyptians were attempting to
break. through the Faluja ring and
free the trapped Egyptians. The
Jews, however, were reinforced in
defense positions there for just
such an attack, should it develop.
The Israeli government an
nounced rejection today of the
Egyptian demand for immediate re-
lease of the Arabs in the Faluja
pocket as a precondition to armis-
tice talks. (Thirty-two words de-
leted by censor)
Evening star., 1948-12-23
j. ParneII Thomas Stricken
By Stomach AiIment Again
BY the Associated Press

ALLENDALE, N. j.. Dec. 23-
Representative j. Parnell Thomas,
So, was i'll at his home today. suf-
fering from recurrence of an all
ment with which he was stricken
earlier this year.
The New Jersey Republican, under
indictment for conspiracy, was de-
scribed in satisfactory condition by
his physician, DR.. Fred S. Kanning.
The doctor said Representative
Thomas is suffering from a gas
trointestinal hemorrhage Stomach
bleeding.
Representative Thomas is chair
man of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities. He was
indicted last November 8 by a Fed
eral grand jury on charges Of
padding" his congressional ONCE
payrolls.
He is accused of conspiring with
his former secretary, Miss Helen
Campbell. to defraud the Govern
ment. Both have pleaded not guilty..
Evening star., 1948-12-23
Security Council Gets Report
rom Good Offices Committee
Accusation Based on Stories Of 18, Back
In Botovio After Four-Doy Isolation

use of the torch by Indonesian Re-
publican forces to lay waste to areas
they could not hold.
(This is the first general ac-
count from neutral sources of
events within Republican terri
tory to pass through Dutch Gen.
sorship this week. The Dutch
have barred newsmen from the
areaD
Throughout 10. 20, 81 December
numerous explosions were heard and
large columns of smoke were wit
messed at many points in the valley
below Kalioerang," the committee
report said. 0f
During the ride down from Kalio-
erang wednesday, it was observed
that most houses were closed. Few
or no workers could be seen in the
fields or along the road. A num-
Der of bridges had been demolished.
A feminine secretary Of one of the
Good Offices Committees delega-
tionS said Dutch soldiers in Jogja-
karta. the Republican capital, tolc
her heavy fighting developed at two
Central Java towns, Soerakarta ano
(See INDONESIA, Page A-4D
Evening star., 1948-12-23
NovyPetty OfficerWHh2WWes
Walks Out of Court q Bachelor
Judge Gives Brunette Divorce and Amony,
Rules Marriage to Blond Was Not Valid

has been living with two women and
fooling them both"
The jurist then awarded Margaret
an absolute divorce, alimony and
custody of her 14-year-old daughter
Helen on the grounds that Chief
Garrett committed adultery with his
blond 40-year-old wife, Mrs. Ruth
Arnold Garrett of 2544 Seventeenth
street NV, with whom he lives.
In handing down his decision
Judge Let's made 1t clear that he
attaches no validity to the marriage
of Ruth and Laurence in California
in March, 1886. because at that time
CARROTS divorce from a first wife.
named Nanette, had not become
final.
The judges decision left the three
(See DIVORCE. Page A-8.D
Evening star., 1948-12-23
WhiteChriistmas
Forecast Here;
First Since IS
Snow Is Expected to
Sturt Late Tomorrow;
Rain Prediction Out

Washington's first white
Christmas in 13 years appeared
likely today as the Weather Bu-
reau predicted snow late Christ
mas Eve.
The Weather Bureau this morn
ing amended an earlier rain or
snow" prediction to a definite pre-
diction of snow beginning late to-
morrow.
Forecasters said it was too early
to predict the size of the expected
snowfall.
According to the prediction. the
storm should last through part of
Christmas morning at least.
The Weather Bureau said a more
definite forecast of the intensity of
the snowfall could be made late
today.
Transportation Companies Ready.
If the prediction of snow holds
good, it will be Washington's first
real white Christmas since 1885.
Not since then have there been any
thing but patches of snow left over
from earlier storms. Fresh snow Of
any consequence came a day late
last year, when 3 inches fell on
December 26.
Meanwhile, all transportation COM
panies said it was necessary today
to add extra equipment to the care
of the pre-Christmas exodus, even
though the biggest rush is expected
after noon tomorrow. At that time,
Government Offices will close by
Presidential proclamation, and a
rush to leave town is expected.
The major airlines out of WASH
ington reported they were booked
solid today and tomorrow, and said
all available planes were being
utilized.
Bus Lines Add Equipment.
At Union Station this morning, at
least one extra section was being
added to all regular trains, as Gov
ernment workers taking a day of
annual leave and other travellers
hastened to beat the last minute
rush.
Bus companies said as many an
four extra sections were being added
to regular runs in face of a surge
of travellers which began two days
ago.
For Washington residents who
don't leave town the Christmas OBJ
servance will be inaugurated for
mally tomorrow afternoon with the
traditional lighting Of the National
Community Christmas tree on the
south lawn of the White House.
President Truman, vacationing at
his Independence (MoD home, will
press a button lighting the tree at
I5:l6 pm. The ceremonies, featur-
ing carol singing and a CONCERT by
the United States Marine Band,
will be broadcast on a national net
work. The annual observance also
will be televised. ..
"Caroling Streetcar" Out.
The southeast gate of the White
House will be opened to the public
at $50 pm tomorrow, and the pre-
broadcast activities will begin an
hour later.
Christmas carols filled the air in
(See WEATHER, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1948-12-23

Expressing amazement that a
man would dare undertake to
maintain two wives Gin these
days when it costs so much" "
Judge F. Dickinson Let's today
in District Court made a bache-
lor of Chief Petty Officer Lau-
renee Cash Garrett, IS, whose
marital adventures with three
women have been aired this
week.
The annulment suit brought by
the handsome Navy veteran against
his diminutive brunette wife, Mrs
Margaret Compton Garrett, "a, of
814 Marietta place NV. was dis
missed by Judge Let's who declared:
I'VE are dealing with a man who
Evening star., 1948-12-23
By the Associated Press

BATAVIA, Java, Dec. 23.-Re-
ports that Dutch troops are kill
ing Indonesian civilians were
relayed to the United Nations
Security Council today.
The U. N. Good Offices Commit
tee cabled the charge after the re-
turn to Batavia of Is of its person
mel from Kalioerang, mountain re-
sort above Jogjakarta, where they
had been isolated four days.
"A number of shots were fired by
the advancing Netherlands forces,
the committee said. ''Gunfire was
heard intermittently during the days
following (the Dutch invasion of Re-
publican territory Sunday.
There were reports of the fatal
shooting Of civilians. The shooting
of an. unarmed boy by an Ambonse
soldier of the Netherlands forces
was personally witnessed by a men,
ber of the secretariat> staff and his
young daughter"
At the same time. U. N. observers
emphasized indication of widespread