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Evening star., 1949-11-30
District Court Jury
Gets Gambling Case
OF Kope|, P|ummer
HommeI's Restaurant
Proprietor and Waiter
Accused on Two Counts

The gambling charges against
Harry S. Kopel, proprietor OF
Hammel's restaurant, and one Of
his walters, Walter c. Danny
Plummer. were in the hands OF
. District Court jury today after
q 36-minute charge by Judge
Richmond B. Keech. The jury Of
six men and six women retired
to the jury room at 10:47 am.
and, after two hours work. re-
cessed for lunch.
The trial resulted from raid
on the restaurant, q well-known
steakhouse 1t AIS Tenth street
NV, in a widespread strike at
gambling in a series of raids on
March Is directed by United
States Attorney George Morris
Fay.
Both defendants are charged
with two counts. Kopel is charged
with permitting gambling in the
establishment and possession of a
numbers, slip and Plummer is
charged with accepting a SO bet
on a horse race and violation of
the catch-all section against
gambling in the District code
which starts with setting up
gaming table"
Entrapment Defined.
Judge Keech instructed the jury
that their verdict should be guilty
or not guilty on each of the counts.
The judges charge included
definition of legal "entrapment."
Plummer's lawyer made this his
defense after his client testified
that he had taken bets on three
occasions "as an accommodation"
for customers. The customers in
the three incidents were employees
of the United States Attorneys
Office.
AS to entrapment, Judge Keech
said. "decoys may be used to en-
trap criminals and to present op-
portunity to one intending or
willing to commit crime.
But decoys are not permissible
to ensnare the innocent and law
abiding into the commission of
crime. When the criminal
design originates, not with the ac-
cused, but is conceived in the mind
of Government officers, and the
accused is by persuasion, deceitful
representation, or inducement
lured into the commission of a
criminal act, the Government is
estopped by sound public policy
from prosecution therefore"
=, Jury Asks for Exhibit.
AS the judge finished his in
structions one Of the jurors asked
If the jury could see Government
Exhibit 8. The exhibit is a slip of
paper with pehciled notation on
1see HAMMEL's, Page A-4)
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Eniweiok A-bonlb' Test
To Be Private Show
In Interest Of Security
Exclusion Of Press
And Foreign Observers
Appeors to Be Likely
By John A. Giles.

The United States. pressing the
atomic bomb race with Russia, will
explode some more. and probably
even deadlier, weapons at Eniwetok
Atoll in the far Pacific.
A joint announcement by the
Defense Department and Atomic
Energy Commission last night said
only that President Truman had
been advised" that "a new series
Of tests of atomic weapons is
planned" at the commission S
proving grounds 5000 miles west
of San Francisco.
Full security restrictions as
required by the Atomic Energy Act
apply to all aspects of the test
preparations, including the time of
the tests" the announcement said.
Press May Be Excluded.
This statement was taken to
mean that the experiments would
be witnessed only by United States
military men and scientists-with
no foreign observers or the press
present. The same policy pre-
vailed at last years tests. also
held at Eniwetok, but at the 1916
blasts at Bikini atoll foreign OBJ
servers, including the Russians,
were present.
The operations will be conduct
ed by personnel from the Army,
Navy and Air Force and Atomic
Energy Commission. under COM
mand of 1t. Gen. Elwood r.
Pete) Quesada of the Air Force,
a native of Washington.
It was clear that the forthcom-
ing Eniwetok experiments are to
test-f1re weapons improved in de-
sign and efficiency even since the
explosions in April and May. 1948
The Acc has pointed out that, in
addition to the computations OF
scientists and laboratory-room ex-
periments, "the need for proof
testing or the need for full-scale
=, . -~r
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Bulletin
Cochrdne to Reioin As

PHILADELPHIA R.- The
PhiladeIphia Athletics an
nounced today that Mickey
Cockrane, former Detroit man.
ager, and Bing Miller, One-time
Chicago White Sox coach, have
been signed as coaches for the
1850 season. Both were former
stars on the AS championship
clubs Of 20 years ago. The ap-
pointment Of Miller had been
anticipated, but the naming Of
Cochrans was . distinct sur
prise.
Evening star., 1949-11-30
II Rebels in Butonqus
Yield to ConstobuIury
By the Associated Press

MANILA, Nov. 30.-Seventeen
Batangas rebels surrendered today
after government planes dropped
leaflets demanding their uncondi-
tional surrender.
A Gordon of constabularymen
has been thrown around the noun
tain where 600 rebels have been
fighting government forces sire
November 10. Bombs and artillery
were used against the rebels. who
were dissatisfied with the Noven1-
ber 8 election in which President
Elpidio Quirino was returned to
Office, ,..
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-AP Photo.

plea to "nolo contendere" which
means that he does not contest
the Governments charge.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff i'm
mediately set December 9 as the
date for sentencing. Meanwhile,
Thomas was allowed his continued
freedom under the present bond
of $1,000.
Has Nothing to Say.
Penalties up to 80 years in
prison with fines that could total
$40, 900. are the maximums which
the lawmaker could get under the
four counts of the indictment.
One count, which carries two
year and $4,000 fine maximum,
accused him of conspiracy with
his secretary to use the names of
three women employees" of his
Office to pad the Federal payroll
Three other counts against
Thomas alone. each carrying 10
year and $4,000 maximums,
charge he collected about $3.50
on three fraudulent payroll vouch-
ers- signed as chairman of the
House Committee on Un-Amer-
ican Activities, which he headed
when the Republicans controlled
the Both Congress. The vouchers
call for three Government pay
roll checks to be issues to Mrs
Jacqueline Hill, who formerly had
been employed in Thomas office
Thomas had nothing to say to
reporters after the sudden end OF
the trial but referred questions to
his lawyer, William H. Collins. He
left the court Immediately after
wards with his wife.
Mr.. Collins told reporters the
original plea of not guilty was
changed to one of no contest "out
of consideration of the health ano
family of Mr.. Thomas"
The surprise move came at II &c
=,
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have prevented them from COM
municating with their families or
others interested in their vel
fare" #
A new letter demanding infor-
nation about the men and their
release has been sent to the top
authorities Of the Chinese Com
munist regime at Peiping. Mr..
Acheson announced. He said the
Communists have ignored previ-
ous efforts for release Of the men
or. even to ascertain their exact
whereabouts and welfare.
The Communist action, he said.
is "in contravention of all &C
cepted principles and practices OF
international behavior"
These men," MIR. Acheson
added, "have been held for over
4 year completely incommunicado
from their consular representa-
TCan m vTRG pa0A A.kl
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Thomas Drops Not Guilty Plea
To Payroll Nckbock Charges,
Puts Himself at Courts Mercy
Sentence Set Dec. 9;
Court Dismisses Case
Aquinst Ex-Secretuy
By w. n. Shippen, Jr.

The trial of Representative
J. Parnell Thomas on charges of
padding congressional payrolls
came to a startling conclusion in
District Court today when the
54-year-old New Jersey Republi-
can withdrew his plea of not
guilty and threw himself on the
mercy Of the court.
Immediately after the Govern
ment accepted the plea, counsel
for Miss Helen Campbell, 81, for
mer secretary to Mr.. Thomas, re-
quested and obtained a dismissal
of the charge that she conspired
with her employer to rig kick
back" racket said to have netted
him more than $4,000.
The Congress member, who was
reelected last year, changed his
Evening star., 1949-11-30
LaboritesBeaten
In New zea|and;;
"A Years
Voters Turn Out Party
Thut Passed Advanced
Social Legislation
By the Assoeiofed Prasa

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Nov.
30.-A Labor government which
brought advanced social legisla-
ton to New Zealand in the past
IA years was turned out of Office
today.
/, The government of Prime Min
lister Peter Fraser went down to
defeat at the hands of the opposi-
ton Nationalist Party, which said
the people were tired of govern
ment controls and would eliminate
them where possible.
The new prime minister will be
Sidney George Holland, 56-year-
old former businessman who has
been opposition leader in the We'll
lington Parliament since the Labor
government took office in 1885.
Nationalists Win As Seats.
Final standing of the parties in
a Parliament of 80 members
showed the Nationalists will have
46 seats to Labor's "a.
Labor had majority of four
in the previous Parliament.
The result was surprising to
many. It may have some bearing
on forthcoming elections in Aus
tralia and Britain, which also have
Labor governments. Australian
elections are scheduled for De-
cember 10 and the British election
is expected to be held next spring.
ION learning the results of
the New Zealand elections, Lord
Woolton, chairman of the Brit
ish Conservative Party, said the
defeat of the New Zealand La
Dor Party is "a sign of the
times"
tHe told reporters in London:
"The political issues in New
Zealand are basically the same
as those existing here. When
the time comes the people of
this country will not lag behind
their kinsmen in showing the
world the right road to fol-
low.'D.
EASING cf Controls Pledged.
The New Zealand result was
interpreted as an indication that
the pepole had grown tired of the
continuing process of nationaliza-
ton In these tight little isles which
have led the British Common
wealth In many phases of social
legislation.
The National Party promised to
lift controls on free enterprise and
reduce taxation. 1t also under
took not to reduce wages nor i'm
pair social benefits.
The Nationalists increased their
support in industrial areas which
have been labor-led for many
years.
One Of the Labor Government
casualties in the election was the
Minister of Industries and Com
merce A. H. Nordmeyer whose de-
partment administers price con-
trolls, target of opposition cam
paigners.
The Labor Party gained power
Evening star., 1949-11-30
BY the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 30.- The
strike truce in the Nations soft
coal dispute went into its last
hours today.
Only a last-minute move by
John L. Lewis United Mine Work.
ers' Policy Committee seemed
likely to avert a new walkout at
midnight.
But new hard coal wage talks
were scheduled in the meantime.
Ralph E. Taggart, chairman Of
the Anthracite Operators Wage
Agreement Committee, announced
that he and Mr.. Lewis have agreed
to reconvene the talks here De-
cember 6. They last met in Phila-
delphia on July 7.
Policy Makers to Meet.
In the soft coal dispute, the
200-man UNIV Policy Committee
was scheduled to meet here at
4 pm. today. Mr.. Lewis, whose
moves in the last few days have
been shrouded in secrecy, was in
New York for the eleventh-hou
session.
Mine owners were reported
standing solidly against any con-
tract concessions, and there was
no indication of Government in
tervention.
Reports from Key West, where
President Truman is vacationing,
said presidential advisers ap-
parently were clinging to the hope
of resumption of negotiations be-
tween Mr.. Lewis and the operators
which would permit extension Of
their three-week truce, expiring at
midnight.
Sessions Postponed.
The Policy Committee had been
directed by Mr.. Lewis to meet
here Monday. but at the last min
ute the session was postponed
until yesterday and then again
until today. Mr.. Lewis was busy
elsewhere.
The UNIV chief abandoned his
old-time policy of mo contract no
work" when the miners agree
ment with the operators expired
last June 80.
A short work week and a 81
day strike were interrupted on
November 9 by Mr.. Lewis 6rder to
go back to work. The truce order
was issued after a meeting of the
Policy Committee in Chicago No
vember 8.
The miners leader sent word
Monday and again yesterday that
he would prefer to have his fol-
lowers mark time while he tried
to forge new contract out Of
the very cool negotiations which
have occupied the soft coal oper-
ators and union officials for
months.
Mr.. Lewis offered no explana-
ton for postponing the meetings.
But he apparently decided yes
terday that another 24-hour post
ponement was justified, as direct
talks, with major coal operators
were reported in the making.
rnrfnro~n~ Dn~a-A~l
Mr.. Lewis was reported to have
held an important conference
with Harry M. Moses, president
of the H. c. Frick Coke Co., prin-
cipal negotiator for big Steel"
mining operations.
The steel company vigorously
denied that Mr.. Moses had met
with Mr.. Lewis.
The UNIV chief remained in
Washington Monday and yester-
day while his Policy Committee
assembled here and waited for his
instructions on the possible ex-
tension of the present three-week
truce or for resumption of the
strike of at least the $4,000 min
ers east of the Mississippi River.
Should walkout occur again.
most union officials believe it
would include all of the mine
workers across the Nation-the
anthracite diggers In Eastern
Pennsylvania and the soft coal
miners west of the Mississippi as
we'll as the bituminous coal min
ers who were idle east of the Mis-
Evening star., 1949-11-30
Coal StrikeDue
Tonight as Lewis
Delays Action
UNIV Chief Puts OFF
Policy Conference
Until Tomorrow
PIIll ETIh
BULLETIN

NEW YORK (P).-John L.
Lewis again today postponed a
meeting of his United Mine
Workers Policy Committee un-
til tomorrow morning-too late
to avert a new Nation wide soft
coal strike due tonight.
Evening star., 1949-11-30

(See ITALY, Page A-5.)
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Continued on Page A, Col. IL
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(See BULGARIA., Page A-5D
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Continued on Page A-4, Col. S..
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(See NEW ZEALAND, Page AS.
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(See FLYERS, Page Alb
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(See ATOMIC, Page A-4.)
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tSee PROTEST, Page A-5.)
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(See CHINA, Page A-4)
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Iote New York Markets. Poee A-19
Evening star., 1949-05-22

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Evening star., 1949-02-09

mittee but no action was taken
on it.
E. Hilton Jackson of Washing
ton, chairman of the organiza-
ton, presided at the meeting,
which was held in the Baptist
Building at 1923 Sixteenth street
NV.
The statement declared Pro-
testants are being prosecuted in
Spain, that Baptist missionaries
are being accused of promoting
capitalism and Western ideas in
Burma, that the issue is not clear
in China and uncertain in Bel
gian Congo.
Voicing sympathy for Cardinal
Minds7enty, DR.. Stuber said it
was difficult ito rush to his de-
fense," because more factual in
formation must be received be-
fore the situation is clear.
DR.. j. M. Dawson, executive
secretary of the committee. called
for increased funds for the Or
ganization so it could broaden
Evening star., 1949-02-09

ued av ABOUT $l8I,O44, and caSn
and securities estimated at $780,
900.
In another document filed yes
terday, it was disclosed that An
drew Wilson, "a, Washington at
torney who died January Is, left
an estate valued at about $50, 900.
His widow, Mrs. Margaret Will
son. of the Ontario Apartments.
Eighteenth street and Ontario
road NV, asked that she be al
lowed to renounce her right to
be executor and that the court
appoint alternate executors named
in Mr.. Wilson's will and codicils.
They are Lewis F. Colbert and
William H. Ramsey.
Mr.. Wilson, attorney for the
Central Union Mission, Washing
ton City Bible Society and the
Disciples Home, was for year,
president of the Anti-Saloor
Leagues District unit. He was
a practicing lawyer here from
1923 until his DEATH. His will
left his estate to his widow.
Evening star., 1949-02-09
Estate Of $500,000
Left Without Will

A former Washington business
man who died on January 10, ap-
parently leaving no will, left an
estate valued at more than $780,
900, papers filed in District Court
yesterday disclosed.
A petition to administer the
estate of Martin Roth. SO. retired
real estate man, was filed by his
son, George Martin Roth, of 234
Twelfth street Sc. The elder
Mr.. Roth was a widower. and his
son is the only surviving child,
the papers said.
The petition said the late Mr..
Roth owned real estate here val
Evening star., 1949-02-09
| Missionaries Plight
Told in Baptist Parley

Religious freedom in many
parts of the world is fast de-
teriorating, DR.. Stanley I. Stu
ber, chairman of the commission
on religious freedom, Baptist
World Alliance, yesterday told
the annual meeting of the Bap-
tist Joint Conference Committee
on Public Relations. DR.. Stuber's
paper was received by the COM
Evening star., 1949-02-09
ZobIocki Speaks Tonight

Representative Zablocki, Demo-
crat, of Wisconsin, will address a
meeting of the Polish Club of
Washington. Group 848, Polish
National Alliance. at S:15 O'Clock
tonight in Stansbury Temple,
1892 Georgia avenue NV.
Evening star., 1949-02-09
Randolph to Give Talk

Jennings Randolph. former
member of the House of Rep
resentatives, will discuss effective
public speaking at 8 pm. tomor-
row in the Washington Gas Light
Evening star., 1949-02-09

Auditorium, at a meeting of per-
sons who will make speeches for
the Red Cross during the coming
campaign.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
SURVEYORS NOTICE

BY virtue of d special warrant
issued out of the Land Office of
Maryland on the nineteenth day
of September, 1949 unto Louis A..
Poole and lola C. Poole, his wife
both of the fifth election District
of Montgomery, Maryland, for
about one acre of vacant land sit
uate, lying and being in the fifth
election district of Montgomery
County, Maryland bounded and
described as follows: On the north
by the Patuxent River; on the east
by lands of the applicants; on the
south by lands of the applicants;
and on the west by unclaimed
land, l hereby give notice to all
parties having claim on the said
land that l will proceed to make
the survey on the same in the
name of the above parties on the
18th day of December, 1949.
R. X. MADDOX,
Surveyor for Montgomery
County, Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24

In the Matter of the Mortgage
from Nina w. Upham and Helen
+. Toller to Ella b. Cue,
Assigned to f. Barnard Welsh,
for the Purpose Of Foreclosure.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AS
A COURT OF EQUITY.
No. 14304 Equity.
ORDERED, this eighth day Of
November A. d. 1919, by the Cir
cult Court for Montgomery Coun-
ty, as a Court Of Equity, that the
sale made by F. Barnard Welsh,
Assignee for the purpose of fore
closure, TO Ella b. Cue and H.
Madeline Fretz, joint tenants and
reported in the above entitled
cause, be ratified and confirmed,
unless cause TO the contrary there
Of be shown on or before the 9Th
day Of December next: Provided a
copy Of this order be inserted in
some newspaper published in said
Montgomery County, once in each
Of three, successive weeks before
the said 9Th day Of December, 1919.
The Report states the amount
Of sale TO be 81 10000.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk Of the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1897 Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
Albert M. Bouic, Attorney
Rockville, Md.

Albert M. Bouic, Attorney
Rockville, Md.
Order Nisi-
Daniel F. Trout and Harry F.
Trout, partners trading under the
firm name and style of TROUT
BROTHERS,
VS..
Scott o. Moring and Margaret M.
Moring, his wife.
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR
MONTGOMERY COUNTY,
AS A COURT OF EQUITY
No. 1892 Equity
ORDERED, this 14th day of
November AID. 1949, by the Circuit
court for Montgomery County, as
a Court of Equity, that the Aud
itor's Report filed in the above
entitled cause, be ratified and con-
firmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the
18th day of December next: Pro-
vided a copy of this order be in
serted in some newspaper published
in said Montgomery County, once
in each of three successive weeks
before the said 18th day of Dec
ember, 1919.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk of fine Circuit Court for
Montgomery County.
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
1885 Clerk
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-11-24
ORDER OF
PUBLICATION

The object of this Bill of Com
plant is to procure a divorce a
Uinculo matrimoni from the de-
PENDANT, John r. Meyer, who was
last known to be in the State of
Virginia and whose address is I'M
known to the plaintiff. The Bill
states that the plaintiff is a
resident of Montgomery County,
Maryland, and has been for more
than one year; that effort has been
made to locate the defendant
whose whereabouts are unknown;
that the parties were married at
Frederick, Maryland, September
26, 1877; that no children were
born of the marriage; and that the
defendant abandoned the plaintiff
in the month of January, 1913,
without just cause or reason and
that such abandonment has con-
tinued to the present and that the
separation of the parties is be-
yond reasonable expection of re.
Cancellation.
1T is THEREUPON, this 21st
day of October, in the year 1919,
by the Circuit Court for Mont
gomery County Sitting as a Court
of Equity, ORDERED that the
plaintiff by causing a copy of this
Order to be inserted in some news
paper published in said Mont
gomery County, State Of Maryland,
once in each of four successive
weeks before the 28th day of Nov
ember, 1919, give notice to the
said nonresident defendant, John
r. Meyer of the object and sub
stance of this Bill Of Complaint,
warning him to be and appear in
this Court in person or by solicitor
on or before the 18th day Of
December 1919, to show cause If
any he may have why a decree
should not be passed herein as
prayed.
CLAYTON X. WATKINS.
Clerk Of the Circuit Court foi
Montgomery County, Maryland
True Copy-Test:
CLAYTON X. WATKINS,
Clerk liz