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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 15.-Eleven
of the Nations top Communist
leaders were behind bars today
with their Communist Party in
America facing a fight for it's life.
They were convicted yesterday
as plotters of violent revolution
against the country they professed
to love.
The historic verdict. which de-
Tense lawyers said would be
promptly appealed, cast a heavy
shadow over the future of the
Communist Party in this country.
However, the Communist Daily
Worker of New York said the
party has not been outlawed"
and that the American people
would defend it's absolutely con-
stitutional right" to continue to
function.
In an editorial for it's week end
edition. the Worker said pro
Fascist forces" would use the
decisions for further assaults
on American liberties, and added:
THE press is already saying
that this verdict outlaws the Com
munists Party, but this is not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Burglary Suspect Shot Fleeing
With Goods Corryinq Price Toqs

A policeman shot a fleeing
burglary suspect in the back early
this morning. critically wounding
him, after the man refused to
halt, police reported.
The shooting took place near
the Central Library at Eighth and
K streets NV. after Police Pvts.
Kenneth M. Trundle and Leonard
M. johnson saw man carrying
bundle of clothes with price
tags flying in the breeze.
Pvt. Trundle said he jumped
from the scout car and shouted
for the man to stop, but in
stead he ran around the library
building.
The policeman said he fired his
revolver into the air three times
as a warning, but when the sus-
pect kept running-and was be-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Man Kills Policemen
With Their Pistols
By the Assoeiofed Press

ST. LOUIS, Oct. ia prisoner
disarmed and killed two policemen
at headquarters in suburban Over
land late last night.
The prisoner escaped after the
shooting, but was captured about 7
am. today after an all-night
search in which scores of police
men took part. He offered no re-
sistance when he was taken into
custody at house in St. Louis.
Police Chief Brown Hairgrove of
Overland identified the man as
John D. johnson, 26. a Negro.
Victims of the shooting were
Sergt. Pelham C. Scott, 48, and
Patrolman Edward c. Juettemeyer,
80, Sergt. Scott died en- route to
q hospital. Mr.. Juettemeyer died
about two hours later.
Police said Johnson grabbed
Sergt. SCOTS revolver from it's
holster, ran outside after police
clerk scuffled with him, and emp
tied the weapon at Mr.. Juette-
meyer. The patrolman fell. NOR
tally wounded, and johnson took
his gun and shot down Sergt.
Scott when the sergeant ran out
side, police reported.
johnson and another man had
been brought to the station to be
booked on a car theft charge.
The other prisoner did not try to
escape.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Military ExpIoins--in Brief
How Twill Meet PuyroII

The Defense Department was
asked yesterday how it could meet
its payrolls without its appropria-
ton since the huge military fund
bill is still tied up in Congress.
This is the answer reporter
for The Star received after watt
ing six hours:
Under Executive Order 8512,
Budget Treasury Regulations No.
l, and Accounting Instructions In
the Department OF Defense SAL
aries and the cost Of consumable
materials required for the ensu-
ing month are established as OBJ
legations on the first Of each
month. Public Law sos gave au-
thority to incur obligations
through October i. Therefore,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

ginning to get aWay-he fired one
shot at the mans back.
The wounded man was removed
to Emergency Hospital. He was
identified as Arthur Jordan, %,
colored, of the 900 block of Sixth
street NV.
Police later learned that Hearns
clothing store, 800 Seventh street
NV. had been broken into by
some one who smashed a plate
glass door. Police said the clothes,
valued at $157, were the ones car
ried by Gordon.
Pvts. Trundle and johnson re-
ceived the Policeman of the Month
awards in July for their rescue
of an Army private who threat
ened to Jump from the top floor
OF the Willard Hotel. The two
policemen talked to the soldier
until they were close enough to
pull him back from the railing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Small Hurricane Moving
Northward in Caribbean
BY the Associated Pres.

MIAMI, Fla, Oct. 15.-A small
tropical hurricane was expected
to continue creeping northward
during the day, but it offered no
threat to land.
The storm, with winds up to IS
miles an hour near the center, was
located at S am. about 610 miles
southwest of Bermuda. At that
time it apparently was remaining
almost stationary, the Weather
Bureau here said, but was ex-
pected to progress in a very slow
northerly movement for the next
IL to 10 hours.
Heavy rains and squalls extend
outward 200 miles to the east and
north of the disturbance.
Shipping in the path of the
storm was advised to use caution.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Hungary Hangs Rajk
And 2Co-Defendants
In Tito Plot Case
Executions Carried Out
Soon After Appeal Court
Confirmed Convictions
BY the Asxocioied Press

BUDAPEST, Oct. Is. Laszlo
Rajk, 40, Hungary's former No. 2
Communist. died on the gallows
today for treason.
A Foreign Ministry spokesman,
announcing Rajk's death, said two
other men sentenced with the
former foreign minister also were
hanged. All three had confessed
abjectly before a five-judge Peo-
pies Court that they plotted to
overthrow Hungarys Communist
regime with American help and
substitute for it a government
which would knuckle under to
Premier Marshal Tito of Yugo-
slavia.
Their trial ended September "a.
The death sentences were con-
f1rmed only yesterday by the Court
of Appeals. The same court last
July confirmed the life sentence
imposed on Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty on treason charges.
Upheaval Follows Trial.
The Rajk trial was followed by
an immediate upheaval against
Yugoslavia among Hungary's Com
inform neighbors. Russia, five
days after the trial ended, scrapped
her 20-year mutual aid treaty with
Tito, citing the evidence and con-
LESSONS adduced in the Rajk trial.
Other Cominform countries took
the same step. A purge, attributed
by some sources to the testimony
in the Rajk case. is now going on
in Czechoslovakia.
(Tito'S government declared
the evidence was faxed and the
Americans named in the testi-
mony unanimously denied any
connection with the alleged
plot)
|. Rajk, who once headed Hun
gary's police as the nations In
terror Minister, refused to ask for
clemency, but his defense attorney
took the plea to the Court of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Late News
Bulletin
80 Pet. Parity Wins

Senate and House cOnferees
on the farm bill voted, II to 3,
today to keep price supports ut
80 per cent Of parity whenever
controls over planting and mar
keting apply to the six basic
crops-cotton, wheat, corn, to-
bacco, rice and peanuts. 1t was
. smashing victory for hackers
Of high level price props and =
defeat for Senator Aiken, Re-
publican, of Vermont.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Truman Signs Bill
Raising Pay Of
7 op Executives

President Truman today signed
legislation increasing the salaries
of 253 top Government executive
positions.
The measure was sent to the
White House only yesterday, after
the Senate approved the final ver-
sion drafted by House and Senate
conferees.
The bill provides salary in
creases of $500 a year for cabinet
members, raising their annual pay
to $22,500.
Other salaries provided range
from $4,000 to $4,000 a year.
Most of the executives covered in
the measure now make $4,000 a
year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
BY the Associated Press

Gen. Bradley was quoted today
as saying that Russia is capable
of putting 800 divisions into COM
bat within so days.
Gen. Bradley, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, gave this
estimate of Russias military
strength, Senator said, in urging
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee to approve the 1924, 010,-
900 foreign arms money bill. The
measure was approved by the
House yesterday on voice vote.
Bradley told us Russia could
put 300 divisions into combat in
so days and could muster 502 divi-
sions within a few months" q
committee member said.
He quoted Gen. Bradley as say
ing a total Of 81 900 200. 900 worth
of arms for Western Europe would
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Future of Communists in u. S.
May Lie in High Court Appeal
Daily Worker, Party Official Soy Conviction
Will Not Drive Members Underground

true. All such talk is intended to
frighten the people"
Miss Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a
national party committee men,
Der, denied that the verdict would
drive Communists underground.
She said the party will still "oper-
ate as usual"
But some reaction in Washing
ton was that the verdict put the
party outside the confines of law.
There also were demands for
stronger crackdowns on Commu-
nism.
1t appeared that the customary
appeals would forestall the hour
of decision for the Communist
Party. The final say rests with
the Supreme court.
The Smith Act, under which
the II were tried, may come in
for review by the Supreme Court.
Passed in 1910, 1t makes it a
crime to advocate the violent
overthrow of the United States
Government.
Leveled at the 30-year- old Com
munist Party for. the first time,
the statute brought it's leaders face
to face with the possibility of up
See COMMUNISTS. Page A-3 .
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

with the exception Of major pro-
curement, the minimum needs for
the month of October are pro-
vided for. Subsistence, fuel and
transportation expenditures are
authorized by basic law and are,
therefore. not affected by the
present situation. However, af-
firmative action by the Congress
will be necessary before the an
nounced tentative date for adj
journment or the department will
face real difficulties"
Translated. the above statement
means:
The department had authority
on October to meet the entire
months payroll. Next month will
be- q big problem If something
isn't done between now and then.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Police Save Schacht
From DuesseIdof Mob
BY the Associated Pres.

DUSSELDORF, Germany, Oct.
15.-About 500 Germans here
don't want Hitler's financial wiz
ard, Hjalmar Schacht, around
Schacht and his wife arrived in
Dusseldorf on a visit, from their
home near Lueneburg, in the Bri-
fish occupation zone. Thereupon
500 local residents staged riotous
demonstration yesterday protest.
ing Schacht's presence.
There is no room for war cri-
minals here" "Schacht shall dis
appear" These were among the
slogans displayed.
With his wife. Schacht locked
himself in a hotel room and called
the police. A strong escort took
the couple to headquarters for
protective custody. Later they
were released on condition that
they leave the area Immediately.
Acquitted of war crimes charges
by the international Military Tri-
bunal at Nuremberg, Schacht has
since been convicted and acquitted
in German denazification trials.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Vandenberg Goes Home
To Rest After Operation
BY the AssoeiatsG Press

ANN ARBOR. Mich, Oct. IS
Senator Vandenberg was released
today from University Hospital.
He was ordered, however, to rest
without interruption for 80 days.
The Republican foreign affairs
leader was operated on October 3
and half of his left lung was re-
moved. His condition today was
described as excellent"
Senator Vandenberg planned to
go to his home in Grand Rapids
by automobile. There a hospital
statement said. he will remain in
retirement until his convalescence
is completed"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Bradley Says Russia Can Put
800 Divisions Into Combat
Senator Quotes Generals Testimony
On Foreign Arms Money Bill

be worth the cost if only to boost
the morale of the European coun-
tries.
The general spent an hour with
the committee discussing the mil
itary situation in Europe.
The committee turned to the
foreign arms bill as this Nation S
own armed forces went technical
ly broke in a stubborn row be-
tween House and Senate over a
$735 100000 Senate cut in All
Force funds.
The Defense Department said
it had money to meet the regular
October Is payroll, but said things
might be different pext month.
The Senate amendment, which
would hold the Air Force to the
4S groups President Truman ia.
vors instead of the 58-group leve
tSee APPROPRIATIONS, Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Czech Political Purge
10 Continue, Prague
Newspapers Declare
Aim to Liquidote Hostile
Elements and ImperioIist
Agents, Red Press Says
CZECH LITTLE PEOPLE Dis
appear by Thousands in Reds
Purge. Page Az.
BY the Associated Press

PRAGUE. Oct. 15.-The con-
trolled press declared today police
roundups and political purges will
continue in Czechoslovakis until
hostile elements and imperalist
agents are liquidated." The state
ment obviously was government
inspired.
Published on front pages, it
purported to explain the happen
ings of the last 10 days during
which thousands have been ar
rested and sent into forced labor.
Other hundreds have been dis
missed from their jobs. These
things have been done, the state
ment declared, to protect the ma
ton against agents of foreign
powers.
Lies Charged to Foreign Press.
These foreign powers were
identified as the Western i'm
perialists" and Yugoslavia.
The official press agency issued
the article for internal and for
eign broadcast and captioned it:
Answer to Liars" The foreign
press. the article said, was invent
ing lies about the recent police
roundups to hide the beauty" of
life here.
1t said Czechoslovakia's Com
munist government had to clean
house after the plotting against
this country had been exposed in
last months trial of Laszlo Rajk
in Budapest. Rajk, former No. 2
Communist in Hungary, was con-
victed of plotting to overthrow the
Budapest regime with the help of
American agents and substitute a
regime subservient to Premier
Marshal Tito Of Yugoslavia. He
was executed today.
At the same time the govern
ment extended its drive for the
confiscation of private business.
The official Gazette announced
that nine more export Arms and
% wholesale enterprises had been
seized for naturalization. SINH
lar conf1scations were ordered by
the Ministry of Industry and
Health to apply to 'Czechoslovak
mineral springs and spas.
The official Gazette also an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Plone Crashes in Norway

OSLO. Norway, Oct. Is (P.-A
British plane crashed into Veden
Mountain near Mandal, at Nor
ways southern tip, today and
three Britons and a Norwegian
were believed killed. The accident
was blamed on q thick fog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
German Porotroopers'
Reunion Is Forbidden

HANOVER. Germany, Oct. is,
"A planned reunion of former
German paratroopers, scheduled
to take place at Vessel today and
tomorrow. was banned today by
the British commissioner of lower
Saxony.
About so men, all members of
the Green Devil Division which
invaded Crete early in the war,
had arranged to attend the re-
union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Star Presents
Football Roundup
Tonight on WMAL

The Star presents another
15-minute weekly Football
Roundup tonight on Station
WMAL at 8 o'clock.
The Stars Football Roundup
brings you the most complete
report of the days scores and
highlights of the most inn
portant games.
Don't phone The Star for
scores. Tune in Football
Roundup for latest results.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Nee orron Asks Quick Action
To Curb Immigration

ROME. Oct. Is Ex-senator
McCarran. Democrat, of Nevada
said today the United States is
virtually wide open to thousands
OF dangerous aliens and urged a
speedy Tightening of immigration
controls.
Present immigration methods
permit the entry of many thou
sands who are prejudicial to our
way of life," the Senator said in
an interview.
Senator McCarran said he had
been told by an immigration ex-
pert that fully IS per cent of the
10000 displaced persons who en-
tered the United States since the
war were recent infiiltres from
iron curtain areas and others who
did not properly belong to the DIP
group.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Reds Take0ver
Canton,Adyance
earHongkon
More Than $4,000
British Troops on
Guard at Frontier
By The Assoeiatsd Pres,

HONG KONG, Oct. Is
Chinese Communist conquerors
walked into Canton today. Their
spearheads shot beyond the late
Nationalist capital toward the
boundaries of Britain's crown COL
ony of Hong Kong.
The pro-Communist newspaper
Wen Wei Pao said green-clad Red
troops completely liberated
Canton this morning after an
orderly and peaceful" entrance
into the South China metropolis,
cradle of the revolution that over
threw the imperial Manchus.
Hong Kong was flooded with
reports of Cantons occupation
But full details were not avail
able because normal communica-
lions have not been restored.
Communist troops slashed down
the Canton-Kowloon Railway lead
ing to the mainland borders of
the crown colony. Hong Kong
calmly awaited the approach of
the Reds, expected sometime to-
night. No trouble was expected.
Rail Town Occupied.
Military dispatches reported the
Communists occupied the big East
River rail town of Sheklung, IS
miles southeast of Canton, early
today. BY midmorning they were
at Cheungmiktau, another rail
town only 20 miles from the
British frontier.
Unconf1rmed reports said Com
munist guerrillas had occupied
several points along the 14-mile
border.
More than $4,000 British troops
were on guard in a broad security
belt just south of the frontier.
They were backed with tanks, ar
tillery. naval power and air cover.
Nationalist troops garrisoning
the Kowloon border last night
began withdrawing in the familiar
pattern just enacted by Canton S
defenders and before that at
Shanghai, Marking and many
another city. They fled west
ward, apparently hoping to escape
by sea.
Fate of $4,000 Unknown.
The fate Of the 10000 Nation
alist troops who had garrisoned
Canton was not known. The city's
fall imposed a virtual news black
out on the progress of their re-
treat.
Communist claims probably will
be the first word on how success
full the Reds were in trapping
them. The bulk of the garrison
fed West from Canton. Only a
few succeeded in escaping by boat
down the Pearl River to Hainan
Island and FormoSa.
AS Nationalist South China died,
Acting President Ii Tsung-jen
pledged to fight to the finish
from the new refugee capital at
interior Chungking. He talked
about a counteroffensive against
the Reds in the great southwest.
Word of the Communist entry
of Canton came from the Chinese
customs Office and Chinese press
dispatches. Telephone communi-
cations with Canton were out.
CThe last dispatch filed from
Canton was written yesterday
before the Reds entered. 1t was
delivered II hours later.)
Red Laws Posted.
Chinese banking circles here re-
ceiyed reports by secret radio that
Communist underground agents
appeared on Canton streets last
night. They posted temporary
laws to be observed by the 1.000,-
600 population.
These reports said citizens re-
(See CHINA, Page A-2.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Milun Printers End Strike

MILAN. Italy. Oct. 15-P-M-
Ian printers voted today to end q
strike which has tied up this in
dustrial city's 10 newspapers since
Tuesday night. Their walkout had
been scheduled for 48 hours, to
enforce demands for higher wages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
Lucas May Try
Again Today for
Voteon DPbiI|
New Opposition Move
Due on Recommittinq
Measure Till January
BULLETIN

Opponents of the displaced
persons bill were gaining ground
in the Senate today in their
efforts to have the measure laid
aside until January. It was
still undecided whether the post
ponement vote would come today
or Monday. but one supporter
of the bill conceded the opposi-
ton probably would win.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15
BY J. A. O'Leory

"A oIldl ply ulVlueQ SENATE carried
its fight over the displaced persons
bill into a Saturday session today,
with the adjournment of Congress
still tied up by this and two other
major issues.
The first test of strength on the
DIP measure will come on an OPP
position move to send it back to
the Judiciary Committee until
January, but there is no certainty
vote can be reached before next
week.
Even If the displaced persons
bill was out of the way, leaders
could not adjourn until the two
houses reach some agreement on
farm bill and on the big ma
tional defense appropriation
measure. which is deadlocked by
a dispute over the size of the Air
Force.
Both Parties Split.
Both major parties in the SEN
ate are split over the issue of
whether to liberalize the displaced
persons law to let more war refu-
gees come to the United States,
and each side is trying to have
the test vote come when it be-
lieves most of its adherents will
be present.
The opponents. led by Senator
Cain, Republican, of Washington
and Eastland, Democrat. of Mis-
sissippi, wanted to vote late yes
terday on the recommittal mo-
ton.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
Of Illinois proposed the vote be
taken at 4 or pm. today but
Senator LANCER. Republican. of
North Dakota. an opponent. OBJ
jected and the Senate quit for the
night with no agreement. Senator
Lucas may renew efforts to get an
agreement today.
Senator Taft, Republican, of
Ohio spoke out yesterday in sup
port Of the bill, which would let
an additional 1000 refugees en-
ter the United States.
1T is extremely important that
action be taken now" he said.
Leaders Want Showdown.
If the motion to recommit wins,
the fight would be over until jan
uary. If it fails, the opposition
could continue to debate amend
ments to the measure all next
week. Administration leaders have
indicated they do not want to
adjourn without definite show
down on the bill.
Minority Leader Wherry, in
denying there is a filibuster over
the bill. which was taken up for
debate Thursday. pointed out
there are Republicans and Demo-
Gratis on both sides of the issue.
Chairman McCarran of the Jul
dietary Committee. who opposed
action on the bill at this session,
was in Europe studying the prob
lem when the committee voted, Z
to 3. to report the measure with
out recommendation. Senator
McCarran repeated his opposition
in a speech read for him yester-
day by Senator johnson, Demo-
crat, Of Colorado.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

(See CZECH, Page A-2D
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

(See HUNGARY, Page Az
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

(See APPROPRIATIONS, AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-10-15

(See COMMUNISTS, Page AS
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