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Evening star., 1949-04-28
Trap for Miss CopIon
baited With Atomic
Secrets. Jury Is Told

Continued Prom FirSt Page
the same false atome energy mem
orandum which had oeen shown
10 her earlier IN the cay.
Mr.. Whearty launched his open
ing address after Judge Albert
Reeves denied four defense mo-
lions intended 10 dismiss the
espionage charges against the
diminutiYe defendant.
Data Ne Lsnker Restricted.
Although the Atomle Energy
Commission mad never released In
formation on the Use Of seophones
in atomic bomb production. II had
been determined that the informa-
tlon was no longer OF a restricted
nature before it was placed in the
memorandum which Was made
available TO Miss coplon. Mr.
Whearty said. The existence OF
seophones for other purposes WAS
known generally.
Mr.. Whearty told the Jurors
also that Miss Coplon had been
relieved Of her assignments in
volving review OF secret internal
security reports soon after Ii was
established that she was meeting
Gubitchev. a 32-sear -old Soviet
engineer employed by the United
Nations in New York.
After she returned TO Washing
ton from a February lS meeting
with the Russian engineer. Mr.
Whearty said. she protested
against her transfer from han
ding highly classified documents
at the Justice Department.
She said she regarded the
transfer as q reflection on her
ability and integrity" Mr..
Whearty told the jurors.
Although she was under in
Structlons not 10 review secret
documents. Mr.. Whearty said. Miss
Coplon went TO woman attorney
In the Justice Department and
persuaded her to make available
vital security reports. and under
cover reports dealing with the ae-
tivities OF foreign personnel in EN-
bassies and consulates.
Tells Of Government Career.
Mr.. Whearty described in open
ing his statement how Miss
Coplon started working for the
Department Of Justice in 1s43
shortly after she graduated
cum laude from Barnard College.
After two years in the Justice De-
partment Offices in New York. Miss
Coplon was transferred to Wash
ington and assigned to the foreign
agents registration section OF the
Internal Security Division of the
Justice Department.
MIR. Whearty charged that she
filched secret papers from JUS
tice Department files and planned
to transmit the confidential in
formation TO Russia.
The defense motions denied by
Judge Reeves were based on pleas
to suppress evidence. seized from
the defendant, 70 quash the in
dictment. to expHfige from the
record an affidavit submitted by
the head of the Federal Bureau.
Eof Investigation IN New. York and
to declare a n1istfial. The de-
fense's major attack were on the
Evening star., 1949-04-28

contention that Miss Coplons ar
rest was Illegal.
Yesterdays session Of the uria.
was marked by the reading Of al
affldayit sworn 10 by Robert II
Granville, the FBI New York chief
as the prosecution unfolded ths
bulk of its case against Mis-
Coplon.
Did Not See Papers Passed.
Mr.. Granville and other FBl
agents testified they had not seer
Miss coplon pass any documents u
Gubitchev. nor did they have
any inkllng that secret documents
allegedly lifted from FBI flies
would be found IN her purse,
The most damaging piece OF
Government evidence. the atfl =
davit revealed. Is typewriter
statement explaining Miss Cop
Ion 5 failure 10 obtain a top secret
FBI report on activities OF Rus
sian espionage agents in this
country.
Miss Coplon told reporters she
had typed the statement. which
was found in her purse following
her arrest She said, however
that the statement was intended
as part of the romantic novel
with political overtones which she
was writing about Washington
when she was arrested.
Tells Of Top Secret Report.
The statement said:
II have not been able tand don't
think ! will1 to get the top secret
FBI report which l described tc
Michael on Soviet and Communist
intelligence activities in the United
States.
When the moment was favor
able I asked Foley where the re-
port was He'd previously re-
marked he'd had such a report :
he said that some departmental
officials had it and he didn 3 expect
to get ii back.
Foley remarked there Was moth
ing new in 1t. When Isaw. the
report, for a minute. IasbrA&zed d
through it. remembering rcSy lit
ole. 1t was about lis pages in
length, summarized first. mtelli-
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Tn American Activities Cnm.
mittee
An those names acre In cid
newspapers Miss Conloa added
with a dlsarming smile
Summaries Reported Feana.
The FHI agents affldastt also
stated that 10 data sheets sum.
marking reports from under
ground FBI countefes splofaass
agents were found In Miks Cop
Ions purse
Mr.. Palmer eontrnded the
agents charges against Miss
coplon and 0ubitrhsy are bassd
upon The documents teund in her
p,irse He demanded the return
Of the documents and aald The
Justice Department Nosald be
forced 10 ask for directed Net-
diet of acan!ttai II Ia prosecutors
are denied use Of the documents.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Greeks Claim Capture
'Of Strategic Height
BY the Associated Press

ATHENS, Greece, April 2s.-
Government forces suffered 1Se
casualties to capture a strategic
height near the Albanian borde,
from Communicated rebels. a
communique said today.
Twenty-Five Of the 1856 were
killed and 161 wounded in the
fighting for 1900 foot high Mount
Pyrgos less than five miles from
Albania.
The communique also said q
group Of Greek Communists and
Albanian soldiers" clashcd with
government forces inside the
Greek border and were driven
over into Albania. 1t said II rebels
were killed and 20 captured in
fighting north of Konitsa.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Girl Evacuee, 7, Arrives
In Seattle From SHANGHAI
By the Associated Press

SEATTLE, April 28. - Her
cheeks streaked with tears. 2
| year-old Adrianne Pinder arrived
last night by plane from war
beleaguered Shanghai.
The daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Alwyne Pinder, who remained in
China. the young evacuee was sent
here to Mr.. Finders uncle and
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Crosse
of Seattle.
She twisted in the arms Of her
military escort. Mai. Richard j.
Wade of District Heights, Md.
then lunged for Mrs. Ruby Chow,
owner of a Chinese restaurant
here. Her tears started to dis
appear as Mrs. Chow talked to her
Adrianne knows only a few
words of Chinese and speaks no
English. On her 33-hour trip on
a Northwest Airlines plane she
cried for her mother and for
"Amah," or Chinese nurse.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Truman Believes Russians Act
In Good Faith in Berlin Moves

CONTINUED From First Page)
Tass, that they have offered TO lift
the blockade II the WesternerS
will lift theirs and bring the entire
German issue to four power dis
cussion.
IndentieaI With Vetoed Terms.
These terms seem identical with
those vetoed by the Russians In
the u. N. Security Council last
fall. Until the TaSs announcement,
the Soviet Union had insisted
that the four-power meeting pre-
cede lifting of the blockade. a
condition which the West rejected.
DR.. Jessup returned yesterday
afternoon to Washington, where
he is expected to report personally
to President Truman and the
State Department. He met with
French and British diplomats and
Herbert v. Evatt. U. N. general
assembly president. before de-
parting.
Informed quarters at Lake
Success said British Minister of
State Hector Mcneil, American
Assistant Secretary of State Dean
Rusk and Mr.. Gromyko had an
hours private talk with U. N. Sec
retary General Trygve Lie at the
latter's home in New York Tuesday
night. The nature of those dis
cussions was not disclosedAn iri4
formant said the three were aosas
EMr. Lies guests at dinner party
the same evening. at which there
was a frank exchange of views
concerning broad field of inter-
national problems. including the
North Atlantic Alliance s@
Russians Believed to BE Losing.
Observation-Disclosures appear to
Evening star., 1949-04-28

! Angela Calomiris. for armed revo.
luton against capitalism and i'm.
perialism-are used as guide post,
of Communist teachings here.
2. Party members meet regu-
larly for study in private apart.
ments and homes. Some arr
assigned to attend special leader.
ship schools, after which they lee
ture to small groups.
/ 3. In March, 1948. the party
launched special educational
drive to teach members the prin.
ciples Of Leninism. The slogan
for the drive was:
Two hours of study a week fol
every Communist"
! j Stain Books Studied.
/ Miss Calomiris. on the stanc
for the second day as prosecu.
ton witness, said, I'VE studied
the fundamentals of Leninism
by Stain from cover to cover
page by page, paragraph by para.
graph"
At one gathering. she said, tn,
following paragraph in the bool
was stressed:
The United States is no ex.
ception to the law that socialism
can only be established by tn,
revolutionary method by tn,
overthrow of the existing capi'
talistic government"
The young woman said another
book. The History of the Com.
muniSt Party of the Sovie
Union" was described by an In.
structor, Ben Siminovsky. as tn.
bible of Communism"
A section of the book, reae
in court, called on workers tt
convert an imperialist war inte
civil war, in which workers anc
peasants in uniform were to turr
their guns against their OWE
bourgeoise."
fartyS basic BOOK.
Miss Calomiris said Siminovsky
called the book "the most impor.
tant and basic book" Of the party
| AS a branch organizer for thu
party. she said. she was urged IL
1948 to push sales of 1000 copie,
fof the textbook, lone for every
six members" in Manhattan -, 80,
| She said she was told last yeal
THAT q Nation wide campaign Mai
underway to sell Communicable
the American people, and thAt2-
Special writer's were being
trained to write in the language o,
the people, because there had beer
complaints that the party writer!
had been too highbrow."
Miss Calomiris said She at
/ tended party schools here -wher,
she was taught that the Com,
munists should cooperate with
liberal reformers who favored
peaceful changes only If the Com.
munists could use the others te
promote an eventual Communist
revolution and link legal with
illegal work"
Intellectuals USED"
Communists also were taught
the witness said, to use libera,
intellectuals to sell the idea tc
the masses that eventual break
down of capitalism and establish
ment of communism were in
evitable.
Pay of the jurors hearing the
case, in which the defendants are
accused of conspiring to advocate
the forcible overthrow of the Gov
ernment, was raised yesterday
from $5 to $40 a day.
Federal Judge Harold r. Medina
ordered the increase under a law
passed by the 80th Congress
which provides that a judge may
grant such an increase to Jurors
who have sat in the same case
for 80 days or more. Yesterday
Was the 31St trial dav
Evening star., 1949-04-28
S1S,5 500 Pledged in County
For Hospital Improvements

More than $l8,500 of a So. 900
goal to complete new maternity
department and other improve
ments to the Montgomery County
General Hospital at Olney. Md,
has been pledged, Mrs. Eugene
w. Scott, chairman of the Spe-
cial Gifts Committee. announced
today.
This figure includes $10.0 900
from the Woman's Board Of the
hospital from proceeds Of annual
hospital dinners, donation teas
and from operation Of the Thrift
Shop in Bethesda, Mrs. Scott re-
ported.
Work on the additions. includ-
ing modern nursery and \
solarium, already is under way.
t The entire project will cost An
estimated $i38, 900.
Evening star., 1949-04-28

be generally convinced Of these
points:
i. They believe that the Berlin
blockade is hurting Russia more
than 1t ever harmed the West:
that the men In the Kremlin must
have realized that the success OF
the sirlift i'm supplying Berlin has
become q symbol OF Western power
all over Germany. The Russians
therefore are believed to have de-
cided to end the blockade.
2. In thus trying to close out
the losing deal the Russians are
nevertheless anxious to salvage
some advantage for themselves.
II possible, they would like to
snarl up the Western German
government project. At the same
time they are expected to claim
credit for a great new peace move
as a result of the easing of ten
sions over Berlin.
Some political and propaganda
experts fear that even the holding
of q four-power foreign ministers
meeting to reopen the old East
West arguments on the future of
Germany may create such un-
certainty in the minds OF German
political leaders that their efforts
to form q government will be
half hearted.
/. However, the State Department
seems to have decided that Is q
risk which must be taken In the
Interests of carrying out the
larger policy-to explore any
avenue leading toward brighter
prospects for world peace.
But basioalg the American
Government Is highly suspicious
Of the whole Soviet maneuver and
there seems to he no real hope
in washington for an. early end
In the cold war. Il. 1ss
Evening star., 1949-04-28

gence activities, including Ma
tens. Lore royni1. Al;4hu!rr
SllgeTmasteg. si A..
'is had heading OF Sos ae, L u
delegation. but that Mas AL ] re,
member
The rest Of the report ] thlnl
SaS Oil Polish, Yuso. etc. Aetls,
tiles and possibly soine in.ogmA
sion OF the { r, ,commgnls'
Party Z, $. A
Laughs at Question.
Miss Coplon iaaghted heartily
after court adjourned Tor The da>
When reporters asked her 4. Mas
could ter them the identify of tne
Michael named ia the duC amenl
Defense Attorney Archibald
Palmer searched hiS Mes anu
came Up wlth = Blhlr marked NJ
II. Revelations. MlsS Copiou
pointed ot!t the paragraphs which
MIR, Palmer said were applicable
to the present case. The ftrsi
paragraph said
And there appeared &noshel
wonder ia Heaven. and behold q
great red dragon, having sever
heads and ten horns and sever
crowns upon his head
Miss copion explained that In
the novel she Is writing. she uset
the red dragon" as an alleeori.
cal figure representing Russia anc
her satellite countries.
Called Aiiegericai Figure.
The second biblical paragraph
pointed out by Miss Copion said
And there WAS war In heaven
Michael and his angels fought
against the dragon; and thu
dragon fought against the angels
The Michael referred 10 in the
statement found in her purse
Miss Coplon explained. Was the
Archangel Michael, In her novel
Miss Copion explained. Michael
is an allesorical figure.
There Is nothing slleeorical
however. she said. about the other
names listed in hsr statement,
The reference 10 the f1ve men
whose inteiligenee actin tiles are
sad 10 be sumnlnrtEsq TN the top
seosst FBrerepca'ts Mise Copion
explained. ARE all persons who
figured In investigations by the
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Continued Prom FIRST Page ;
Evening star., 1949-04-28

leaders.
Miss Angela
Calomiiis. slen-
der, brunette
p h o t o grapher
who spent sew
en- years as an
FBI informant
in Communist
ranks, gave this
picture yester-
day Of tn e
party:
/. Writ ings
by Stain and
Ienin -- calling
Evening star., 1949-04-28

Later Capt, o'conneil said police
plan to question Miss Grinde again
today. Her sister, Joan. %. is q
school teacher at Columbus. Wis.
Mrs. Grinde was the widow of Ole
M. Grinde, q Chicago loan COM
pany official. who was killed in q
fall from a horse in 1943.
Evening star., 1949-04-28
Stain, Lenin Tracts
Guides for u. ). Reds,
FBI Witness Says
~ the Assc<;ofsd Press

NEW YORK, April 28.-The
academic life of Communists has
come up for detailed scrutiny In
the conspiracy trial of IL party
Evening star., 1949-09-04
By Malcolm lomborne, JE
Stor Stoff Correspondent

GALESVHLE, Md, Sept. s.
Potomac River shippers tonight
held leads in five or ten classes
that raced a double-header here
today in the West River Sailing
Clubs goth annual regatta. The
series concludes tomorrow morn
ing.
This was the score for Washing
ton area sailors after a day OF
light going for 96 sailboats:
Frank Marquardt's White Sha-
dow, first in the Thistle class
which saw national champion
Walter lawson Of Washington In
third place.
Harvey Lekson's Sleipner. Comet
class leader, with a first and a
third in today's racing.
Frank Krafft's Olde Drum, Pen
guin leader with q third and a
first.
Norman Schaller's Schnitzel,
Lightning class, second and a
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Timonium Results
By the Assoeioted Press

FIRST ,RAcE-Purse. $1,000: claiming
aa a,yssrzolds 1dd and up; about 3 furlongs;. .,
Matoaka Lawless) $50 go
Rowing Moose Ballenser) 800
Fortune. Raylieht, Golden Brown. ~ 0'
SECOND RACE-Purse, 81 900: claim
inE: 4-year-olds and upward about Il
ziss., zziSss t.ssa sss5po, 4'o ssS ssS ss! i!
Also Also ran9Ieitersburs, Raiment, rirs
DAILY Double Paid s12.sW.
THIRD ,RAcE-Purse. 81 600; claiming
4-year-olds and upward; about 5 furlongs
6ns 6issidsns saa (ssTrdl'o' {ssrd5 $50 4so aso 81
Jato (ArduinD 22(
Also ran-Phara Doll, Fiddlers Three
FOURTH RAcE-Purse. 1000; claim
| Tiz Tiz 1t (Hanes) 4s0 500 2.4(
Water Melon Baird $50 3.4t
Also ran@oneloch, Cedar Magic, Brim,
tul. Cotton Foot, Taskie Miss.
FIFTH .RAcE-Purse, $1,000; claiming
s.zssps d.Hiess she p0' a000s go ' s4s Rs'
Barrani Fire (Servis) $50
Time, 1 1:53.
Also ran-Constantinos.s Some Where
Pendragon, Worldwin, Weather OK.
SIXTH RACE-Purse, S1,3OO: claiming
4-year-olds and up; 6E2 furlongs.
High Heart tU1mert $50 $50 2.6t
Sobfe Todos (Carrillo) 700 400
She's Scotch (Rivera 3.6(
| Time, 1:23b.
Also ran-Oresandy, Dridas, Whiz;
Happy and Dust Raiser.
SEVENTH RAcE-Purse, $1,000 claim.
| ing; 3-year-olds and up; abo6t 70 miles.
Perfect Charge CMcD't) 2400 500 $40
Beau Briar Lawless) $40 2.6t
Honoured Baird $50
Time, 1885
Also ran-Devirs Guide, Rex Avis, Bui
| v. g.. Skip Bid, Halgas.
EIGHTH RACE-Purse, ST. 900; claim
ing; 3-year-olds and up; about lss miles
No Melody (Grifhth) 1880 $50 4.2t
Travelalong tMcDermott) 1880 $50
Little Pistol Regalbuto) 800
| Time, 2:59.
Also ran-Wintime. Miss okapi, Petel
De Boots, Silver Tower, Rollo.
Evening star., 1949-09-04

with his stirrups several inches
shorter than those of the English
jockeys. Riders here sit up fairly
straight in the saddle. but Johnny
uses the American crouch-the
monkey -on-a-stick approach.
He scored an easy victory here
aboard Whim The Two, an odds on
choice, in the three horse last race
of the day. His only other mount
ran out of the money at 5 to In
the preceding event.
Won In Ireland, Too.
Longden, who is here on a three
week holiday, now has won races
in two strange lands on consecu-
tive Saturdays. He went to Ireland
last week and had a winner in his
first trip over the Curragh track in
County Kildare.
The announcement that he
would ride for the Aga Khan
caused a stir in racing circles. The
St. Leger. week from today, is
the third and last Of the seasons
three-year-old classics, CORE
spending to the Belmont Stakes
in the United States.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Potomac Skipper Leading
In S Glasses at GdIesviIIe

first-with a 45-minute lead II
the second race.
Bill Harwood's Typhoon, TEN
pests, two first place.
Other series leaders were Buddy
Hartge's Endeavor, of West River
Chesapeake 20s; DR.. Joe Veith's
Duchess of Fairhaven, Chesa-
peake 16s: Rudy Smiths Spray OF
Annapolis. Hamptons; Tom Kelly
Annapolis. Dolphins.
The regatta closes tomorrow
afternoon with the colorful free.
for-all race, in which shippers are
permitted to carry extra canvas
with no holds barred.
Today's racing was slowed by q
light and shifting breeze that gave
shippers a hard time.
Meanwhile. a feet Of large cruis-
ing yachts was making slow time
down the Chesapeake tonight In
the annual, 10-mile race from
Gibson Island to Cedar Point buoy
and return. This fleet was not
expected to finish the race until
sometime tomorrow.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
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| thumb and is Dragging about the
way stuff grew under his guidance
Further questioning brought out
that the harvest wasn't much
however. Seems that deer ate
the corn, chipmunks did likewise
to the peas and suchlike. On
one occasion Roger got overam-
bilious with a scythe and had to
have nine stitches taken to close
up a cash in his leg.
Count Villain II. the wildcat
mascot of Villanova athletic
teams, died last week. This par
ticular mascot was considered fal
more successful in bringing vic
tory to Wildcat teams than his
two predecessors and is being
properly mourned around the Yil.
lanova campus.
He was the one pilfered by
Georgetown students just before
the Georgetown-Villano game
last year and the Hoya undergrads
found it quite a task feeding ano
caring for a homesick wildcat
They happily returned him to the
Vi1lanova students before the
game in which the Hoyas took
a 36-7 lacing.
George Carroll of Maryland and
Tom Coleman of George Washing
ton both married during the sum-
mer, leaving Bill Rach of George
town the only bachelor among
local college sports publicity men
There was talk of 10000
seating capacity at the enlarged
Byrd Stadium where University
of Maryland plays all it's home
games this year, but when they
got the extra bleachers up and
counted seats it came' to only
1887. George Washington
U. has bought two new buses
to transport its athletes and re-
place the old Blue Beetle which
was one of the first buses ever
built and which has long and
honorable and sometime hilarious
history.
Ray Krouse, Maryland's 240-
pound all-America tackle pros
pect. isn't the heaviest tackle
on the Old Line squad. Beef
honors 60 to 247-pound Charley
Treiber, a sophomore from Cum
berland. Maryland has 81
Igriders claiming Pennsylvania as
their home state.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
Cook With 1883 Trails
In National Rifle Meet
BY the Assoeioted Press

CAMP DODGE. Iowa, Sept. 3
Steady as a rock despite rain and
a trick wind, Robert McMains of
Dallas, Tex, forged into the lead
at the halfway point in the ma
tional small-bore rifle champion
ships today. A gusty Is o'clock
wind"-one coming from directly
behind the contestants and blow
ing toward the targets-held the
scores down. This is the trickiest
kind of wind for riflemen to judge.
McMains, Southwest regional
champion scored 1896 points out
of a possible 1000 total.
Defending champion Arthur
Cook of Washington. D. c., trailed
with 1883, fired between sneezes
caused by a severe attack of hay
fever.
Evening star., 1949-09-04
ennis
CONTINUED from Page B-1)

most faultless tennis in giving
Mulloy the works. The trim vet
eran is playing much more Of an
attacking game than ever before
in his long career-and playing 1t
well.
Crowd Gets Fine Show.
In the Gonzales match, Larsen
a colorful character with an un-
stylish game but a great deter
mination to win, gave the crowd
a fine show with his antics. They
included toasting himself in soft
drink between games. interviewed
over the loud speakers after the
match ended. he brought roar
with the remark: "Pancho played
a fine game. but he was lucky as
usual"
Lucky or not, the big Mexican
American always was able to take
over when he got down to busi-
ness, and there was never much
doubt of the eventual outcome.
His match tomorrow with
Parker, always a big favorite at
Forest Hills, figures to help pack
the stadium to its limit Of over
900. Several able critics who
watched Parker humble Mulloy
today went out on a limb and pre-
dicted the 31-year-old ex-cham-
pion would take Pancho's measure.
Mrs. Dupont Semi -Finalist.
The women's semi-f1nals will
find Mrs. Margaret Osborne Du-
pont of Wilmington. Del, facing
Mrs. Betty Hilton, ace of the Brit
ish Wightman Cup team, and
Louise Brough Of Beverly Hills,
playing one of her old rivals, Doris
Hart of Jacksonville, Fla.
Mrs. Dupont. the defending
champion, stayed in there with a
somewhat dull victory over Mrs.
Pat Canning Todd Of La Jolla,
Calf, 6-3, 10-8. The two
played for q long time in the sta
dium. Mrs. Todd led 5@ and
6-5 in the second set, each time
with her own serve coming up,
but she faltered in the clutch.
Mrs. Hilton won out in a long,
spirited encounter with Mrs.
Helen Pastall Perez of Los An
geles, who yesterday upset fourth
seeded Shirley Fry Of Akron, Ohio.
The scores were Ga. 4-6. 6-3.
The British star won finally be-
cause she never ceased attacking
from the net. She was very tired
when it ended.
Miss Brough, the Wimbledon
champion. and Miss Hart played
their quarter-final matches yes
terday. Mrs. Dupont defeated Miss
Brough in last years final.