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Evening star., 1949-12-08
U. 5. Cotton Crop Forecast
Boosted 10 Is Million Bales

The Agriculture Department, in
it's final report of the year, today
estimated the 1949 cotton crop
at 1904, 900 bales of 500 pounds
gross weight.
This estimate is $4,000 bales
more than the 15,524,000 bales
forecast a month ago. 1t COM
pares also with 14,877, 900 pro-
duced last year and with 10-year
Q938-4O average of 11,306, 900.
This years crop has produced
a surplus supply above market
needs and a reserve deemed by
law to be ample. AS a conse-
quence, Secretary Brannan has
set planting allotments calling
for a 20 per cent reduction in
1850 production.
Mr.. Brannan also has proposed
rigid marketing quotas on the
1850 crop. Quotas will be sub
mitted to growers at referen-
dunn December Is. They must be
approved by at least two-thirds
of the growers voting before they
can be put into effect. -
Evening star., 1949-12-08
picture on Page A-3J

The red-hot ghosts of jump
and 1--WE ran amok ip a rambling,
deserted dance hall high on a hill
above Capitol Heights early this
morning and volunteer firemen in
five Prince Georges County COM
munities spent a sleepless night.
The eerie business started about
q am, when Capitol Heights
town officer interrupted party
on the parking lot of the Club
Hillbilly, 5000 block Central ave
nue., Seat Pleasant. Md, and told
four teen-agers to go home.
The moon was almost full. It
was the kind of night when inter-
ference with teen-agers and ghosts
is not to be taken lightly.
Twenty minutes after warning
of the youngsters, the town officer
returned to the parking lot. He
saw q red glow inside the two
story wooden dance hall and
sounded an alarm.
Eiremen from Seat Pleasant,
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Government Girl Shift
To Permit C|earinq Of
Sesqui Site Weighed
Us at CoIored Residence
Hall Would Go to Vacant
Arlington Forms Building

The possibility of moving ITS
colored Government girls into
Arlington Farms so the Langston
Residence Hall, where they now
live, can be cleared from the Ses-
quicentennial fair site is under
consideration, it was learned to-
day.
Alabama Hall, which is now va
cant at the Arlington Farms de-
velopment for Government girls,
has a total of 610 beds. It was
closed last October is.
The shift of the colored Gov
ernment girls into Alabama Hall
apparently would help solve the
virtual impasse which has been
reached over the clearing of tenn
porary buildings from the Ana
costa park land.
Dwelling Units Occupied.
Officials of the Sesquicenten-
NAL Commission are striving to
have the land cleared of the Lang
ston Residence Hall, Census Blu
reau Building and 81 temporary
dwelling units occupied by col
ored families since the area is
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Ousted Czech Official Vdnishes
As Reds Press Purgein 7opRonk
Deputy Foreign Trade Minister Disappears
With Entire Family; Successor Named

Frantisek Jonas, now is installed
as his successor.
The party organ Rude Pravo
said the calling in of all member
ship cards for examination and
certification was the first step
toward purifying the party and
creating Iron discipline" in its
ranks.
When this task has been COM
pleted, by the end of January. new
certificates will be issued to "re-
liable members" To prove re-
liability Communist must show
that he has been attending party
meetings and evening Marx-Len-
mist instructions regularly. pay
ing dues and participating In
shock worker" movements, above
quota production.
The Czech Communist Party
still has about 2,250.00O members.
including some 100000 "candi-
dates" or probationary members.
It now accepts no new full-status
except factory workers
and farmers and even these have
to undergo lengthy preliminary
instruction and investigation.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Hiss Attorney Gril|s
Wad|eigh on Source
Of Secret Documents
Ex-OfficioI Admits Giving
Doto to Chambers, but
Not Papers in This Case
By NewboId Moves, yr.
By NewboId Noyes, Jr.
Sfor Stoff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-Attorney
Claud B. Cross today began one
of the key defense operations of
the Alger Hiss perjury retrial-a
biting cross-examination of Henry
Julian Wadleigh, designed to dis
credit the former State Depart
ment official and show that he
may have been the source of secret
documents which Mr.. Hiss is
accused of turning over to Whit
taker Chambers in 1887 and 1888.
Mr.. Wadleigh admits he was
one of Mr.. Chambers State De-
partment sources. But under
direct examination by Thomas F.
Murphy, assistant United States
attorney, he said he did not think
that he had supplied any Of the
material which had been produced
in evidence against Mr.. Hiss.
He said he might have seen
some of this material in the State
Department and could not state
positively that he had not turned
over part of it to Mr.. Chambers
himself. But he said he did not
remember having done SO with
any of the 81 secret messages
which are involved in the case.
Argument Over Word "Steal."
The first minutes of the defense
lawyers cross-examination con-
sisted of a duel between witness
and attorney over the meaning
of the word "steal." Again and
again Mr.. Cross referred to Mr..
Wadleigh's having stolen" from
the Government and each time
Mr.. Wadleigh' solemnly corrected
him.
Mr.. Wadleigh insisted that what
he had done was to pass over"
some material to the Russian spy
machine, but that this was not
stealing.
Mr.. Wadleigh said he started
cooperating with the Commu-
nists, although not himself party
member, while working for the
Agriculture Department in 1885.
He told the lawyer he made this
statement with reservations as
to your use of the word steal
lSee HISS Page A-3nl
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Truman Questions Reporters
In Press Conference Tukeoff

eral Register"-the Governments
official bulletin-the President
asked, among other things, How
many of you fellows have written
to your wives at least once?"
The bedtime hour, breakfast
habits and financial status were
other items covered.
There were some other things
he might ask, Mr.. Truman said,
but he didn't want to get per
sonal."
The President was working with
notebook and pencil. but whether
he took notes was not quite clear.
Secretary William D. Hassett,
an interested observer. suggested
it was good thing the answers
(see TRUMAN, Page A-2J
Evening star., 1949-12-08
BY the Associofed Press

PRAGUE, Dec. 8.-Czechoslo-
vakia has begun a new purge of
it's ranks and official sources said
it has reached the top man in
the Ministry of Foreign Trade.
The purge is being staged to
insure that mo class enemy holds
a membership card" according to
the party press.
The official source. said Even
Loebel, deputy minister Of foreign
trade, has been purged from his
job and apparently has vanished
with his family. The official said
Loebel has not been at his ofiice
since November IS, and that moth
ing is known Of the whereabouts
of him, his wife or his family.
Mrs. Loebel is an Austrian who
earlier this year was reported to
have been turned back from the
border when she tried to 60 to
Austria. .
The government has refused to
comment on reports Of Loebel's
disappearance. He had been gen.
orally regarded as the real boss
of his ministry. A new man, DR..
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Coolest Weather Of Fall
Hits North Central Area
BY ths Assoeiotsd Press

The coldest weather this fall hit
the North Central part of the
country today. The mercury
dropped to q low Of Is below zero
during the morning hours at
Minot, N. Oak.
The cold Canadian air spread
|southward into Oklahoma and
North Texas. Temperatures fell
below zero over most of North
Dakota and Minnesota, Eastern
South Dakota. Northwestern Iowa
and Northwestern Wisconsin. Not
much relief from the cold was
expected until Friday.
The Northeastern section Of the
country had some chilly weather.
but no subzero marks were re-
ported. Snow fiurries fell in
Northern New England and also in
the Great Lakes region.
Temperatures were about nor
NAL from the Plains States to the
Pacific Coast and In most Of the
Southern States. There was some
rain in Southern and Central
California.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
2 Mystery BIozes in Dance Hall
Give County Firemen Busy Night

Capitol Heights. Hillside, Boule-
ward Heights and District Heights
fought the blaze for an hour and
half and then went home.
The volunteers had just snug
gled down in their blankets when
the sirens screamed again. Only
the charred front Of the Club
Hillbilly was standing when the
f1remen left for home a second
time just before dawn.
Acting Fire Chief Charles l..
Dunnington Of Seat Pleasant is
positive the second fire could not
have started from overlooked en-
bers of the first. Police said they
are investigating the possibility Of
arson.
Operating as the Dixie Tavern.
the dance hall began calling jump
and 1--WE addicts to its. dark In
terror in 1889. About two years
ago the Club Hillbilly Corp. took
it over for mountain music, city
style. The club closed about .
year ago.
Police estimated the fire dam
age at 10000.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor Stoff Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 8.-Pres-
ident Truman today paid an un-
expected visit to the press room
set up for coverage of his vacation
here-and put reporters and pho
tographers through cross-exami-
nation as to the manner in which
they are spending their time.
The smiling Chief Executive ex-
planned that II have had several
wires wanting to know what you
fellows are doing" and that he
consequently would try to get an
honest count.
He received varying answers.
introduced by Press Secretary
Charles G. Ross as "the distin-
guished contributor to the Fed
Evening star., 1949-12-08
JUDGE MARBURY JAIS Two
Gamblers, Warns Others to
Quit. Page A-25.
By W. n. Shippen, Jr.

Bernice Franklin today ad-
mitted at the threats" trial of
Attilio Acalotti that she had made
a statement to a newspaper which
partially contradicted some of the
charges she had made against
Acalotti in connection with his
alleged gambling activities and his
efforts to intimidate her as a Gov
ernment witness. Acalotti Is on
trial in District Court.
The attractive redhead, who has
said she lived with Acalotti and
informed on him only after he re-
fused to get out of the numbers
and horse race betting business.
admitted under cross-examina-
ton that she made a signed affi-
davit to the Times-Herald in
Evening star., 1949-12-08
pur-Day Wildcat Strike
Oak Ridge Plant Ends
By the Associated Press

LAX RIDGE, Tenn, Dec. B.
r. W. Cook. manager Of Oak
Ridge operations for the Atomic
Eneagy Commission, said today a
four day wildcat strike of con-
struction workers on this giant
atomic project site has ended.
"It looks like a wholesale back
to-work movement this morning.
he said.
He added that all 10 striking
crafts of the AFL Knoxville Build
ing Trades Council were repre-
sented in the return-to-Work
movement at Maxon Construc-
tion Co.
Maxon is the Government con-
tractor building two new atomic
plants here.
Not all the workers are back
as yet. but they are returning
FAST" Cook said.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Wreckage Of Air|iner
Siqhfed in California
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Dec. s.
Wreckage Of a missing CONNER
cial airliner with seven aboard
was sighted today from the air
near Napa. authorities announced.
A Coast Guard pilot reported
he could see no signs of life about
the plane. There was crew Of
three and four passengers on the
California Airlines two-engins
DC-3 plane.
Ground rescue crews were rush.
ing to the area.
The plane, from Burbank, dis
appeared yesterday in a heavy
rainstorm shortly after It took of
from Oakland airport for Sacra-
mento.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Late News
Bulletins
9th Alcon Plant Reopens

PITTSBURGH (P. - Nine
Aluminium Co. of America
plants, strikebound since Oc-
tober II, reopened today under
a new contract with the CIO
Steelworkers' Union. Eight
plants resumed this morning
and were followed a few hours
later by the ninth at AIcoa,
Tenn, where differences
caused the added delay.
Chest Drive at 86 Per Cent
Alexandria today topped its
$67,228 Community Chest goal
to become the first area COM
munity to achieve 100 per cent
since 1914. New reports Of
$91,313 brought the drive for the
entire area to 86 per cent Of the
goal Of $3,S91,71s.
Earlier Story on Page A-22.)
Evening star., 1949-12-08
'AMAVotesD Dues
To Fight Truman
Health Program
Compulsory SIS Fee
Set to Get Funds for
Education Drive
By George Beveridqe

In an unprecedented action the
American Medical Association to-
day set s25-a-year compulsory
dues for membership, with pay
ments to begin next year.
The dues will finance the AMA's
campaign against "socialized med
icine" and provide financing for
other ANA activities.
About IS per cent of the AMA's
142, 900 present members will have
to pay the levy, officials estimated.
with the threat of expulsion hang
ing over those who become delin-
quent in payment for one year.
The dues were ordered unani-
mously today by the AMA's power
full. house of delegates, whose
members represent doctors in local
medical societies throughout the
country, at the final house session
of a four-day meeting here.
To Accelerate Campaign.
About $2,000,000 next year Is
estimated as the amount the new
funds will bring in to aid the
fight on President Truman's COM
pulsory health insurance program.
The dues payments, officials
said, will mean sharp accelera-
ton next year in the AMA's vast
educational campaign" against
"socialized medicine" The all
out drive was started this year by
a voluntary" $25 assessment on
the Nations doctors.
Dr.. George F. Lull. ANA general
manager, explained that about Is
per cent of the AMA's members
are honorary, and do not pay dues
in their local or State medical So
cieties.
The dues, the house decided.
will be collected by the local So
cieties and forwarded to ANA.
To Be Dropped for Non-Payment.
Doctors who subscribed to the
ANA Journal will continue to pay
$12 a year for the magazine.
Doctors who become delinquent
for one year will be dropped from
ANA membership if they fail to
pay within 80 days after delin-
quency notices are mailed. They
can reinstate. however, with pay.
ment OF the SIS.
/ Doctors also will be dropped Il
they move to a new area and
fail within six months to apply
for membership in a new, local
society. Membership In these To-
cal groups is q requisite for ANA
membership.
In another action, the policy
making house registered oppose
ton to bills in Congress which
would provide Federal aid to
medical schools. While the schools
need the money, officials said, the
ANA contends that the bills in
their present form give the Gov
ernment too much control over
operation of the institutions.
Legion Commander Speaks.
In surprise visit, George
Craig, national commander of the
American Legion, pledged support
of the Legion to the fight against
compulsory health insurance.
In other actions, the House:
l. Voted down a proposal for q
national referendum of doctors on
their feelings about the health in
surance issue.
2. Voted to ask the Defense De-
partment for a full report on the
status of civilian defense plans.
especially regarding medical care
provisions.
3. Gave a unanimous vote Of
Evening star., 1949-12-08
U. S. Pilot Porochutes
To Safety in Germany
By the Assoeiofed Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Dec.
8.-An American fighter pilot
parachuted to safety over Ger
many today when his FAT Thun-
derbolt plane caught fire at 10000
feet.
He was Maj. John G. Barry, jr.,
of Baltimore, Md. Maj. Barry
was uninjured in the jump, near
Fuerstenfeldbruck Air Base in
Bavaria.
Evening star., 1949-12-08
u. n. Calls on World
To Respect Political
Freedom Of fChina
Problems Of NotionoIists
Given Little Assembly
For Continual Watch
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 8.-The
United Nations Assembly today
called on all the world to keep
hands off China and to respect
her treaties. The Assembly also
decided to keep a continuing
watch over the Chinese problem
and Nationalist charges of Soviet
intrusion-by referring it to the
year. round little Assembly.
The hands-of policy was initi-
ated by the United States with
four others powers as co-sponsors.
Nationalist China had urged
strong action condemning Russia
as an aggressor and urging all ma
tions to refrain from diplomatic
recognition of the Chinese Com
munists. The Chinese delegation,
however. agreed to shunt the
problem to the Little Assembly
after it became apparent it faced
certain defeat on its own reso-
luton.
The quick disposition of the
Chinese problem came as a sur
prise. Most delegates had ex-
pected the debate to continue
throughout the day. This made
adjournment of the 1949 Assembly
by tomorrow virtually certain.
Jerusalem Issue Delayed.
The Assembly put over until to-
morrow its final action on a COM
mittee-approved plan to make
Jerusalem an international city, a
project that has failed in the last
two years and is opposed by the
occupying powers, Israel aud
Hashemite Jordan.
The Assembly adjourned at
1888 am. after meeting only 81
minutes. 1t will meet again at
$50 am. tomorrow when it hopes
to clear it's calendar.
The American plan-also spon-
sored by Australia, Mexico, Pakis-
tan and the Philippines-made no
specific mention of Russia.
The f1ve-power resolution was
approved first by a vote of % to 4,
with 3 abstaining, and many of
the So national delegations absent.
Chile challenged the vote on the
ground that no quorum was pres
ent. On the second ballot the
proposal was approved by vote
of As to S with no abstentions.
The negative votes were cast by
the Soviet bloc.
The five-poWer resolution ap-
pealed to the world:
/. To respect the political in
dependence of China.
2. To respect the right of the
people of China now and in the
future to choose freely their polit-
ical institutions and to maintain
a government independent of for
eign control.
3. To respect existing treaties
relating to China.
4. To refrain from (a) seeking
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Contradictions in Statements
Admitted by AcoIotti's Accuser
Waitress Testifies on Newspaper Affidavit;
Another Witness Backs Threat Charge

which she described the situation
as "all politics as far as I am
concerned"
Acalotti is accused of having
threatened Miss Franklin after
she had appeared before a special
grand jury that was investigating
gambling in the District area.
She was a key witness before the
grand jurors whose investigation
in widespread raids here
and in nearby Maryland. Her
charge that Acalotti threatened
her was corroborated by second
witness today.
Miss Franklin said she first
went to the Washington Post in
February, 1948, and made sworn
statement which was later re-
peated to the District Attorneys
Office and to the grand jury. Yes
terday she named three police
CONTINUED on Page A, Col. ~
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Third Sofia Defendant
Admits Espionage and
Treason 10 Aid Tito
Testifies on Connections
Since '46 With YueosIov
Commercial Attoche
KOSTOV'S REPUTATION Of
Confession First In Red Trial
n~~~
By the Assoeioted Press

SOFIA, Bulgaria, Dec. "a
third defendant in Bulgaria s
Titoist trial pleaded guilty today
to charges of treason and spying.
Boris Christov Joined Nikola
Nachev. former deputy construc-
ton minister, and Ivan Stevanov,
former finance minister, in admit
ting he plotted to make Bulgaria
a vassal of neighboring Yugoslavia.
Christov was a former Bulgarian
commercial attache in Moscow.
AS a special court resuwed its
trial of II former government
and business officials, Christov
testified he had connections since
1916 with the Yugoslav commercial
attache in Moscow and. under the
direction of Traicho Kostoy, for
mer Communist deputy premier,
gave the Yugoslavs espionage in
formation.
Kostov is the main defendant
in the trial.
AS in the Hungarian trial of
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Court Clears ARLINGTON
OF Discrimination in
County High Schools
Carter Case Dismissed;
Judge Rules Negroes
Get Equal Facilities

Arlington County was cleared
today of a charge that its school
authorities discriminate against
Negroes in public education.
Judge Albert v. Bryan entered
an order in the Federal District
Court. Alexandria. dismissing a
complaint brought in the name
Of Constance Carter, a colored
high school pupil.
Judge Bryan said the evidence
in a long hearing failed to sup
port the discrimination charge.
The girl. through her mother
accused the Arlington School
Board and its officers of giving ar
educational advantage to white
students at Washington-Lee High
School over Negro pupils attend
ing the Hoffman-Boston School.
Called Substantially Equal.
The case was important not
only in Arlington but other Sec
tions of Virginia. The complaint
was pressed by the National AS
sociation for the Advancement of
Colored People, which is attacking
the State practice of separate
schools for the races.
The plaintiffs argued that COL
ored children are denied nu-
courses provided at
Washington-Lee and do not have
facilities equal those at the white
school.
The county contended that,
while courses and facilities are
not identical, they are substan-
TALLY equal. It said white chill
dren enjoy some advantages over
colored pupils, but that the
Negroes also have some advan,
tages over whites.
No Intent to Discriminate.
In dismissing the complaint
Judge Bryan said it is "clear from
the evidence" that there was
intent, purpose nor policy
in Arlington to neglect or discrim-
mate against Negro pupils.
He said "unchallenged testi-
mony" had been presented that
some elementary Negro children
are housed better than white chill
dren of the same class and he de-
clared this reveals an entire alb
sence of intent to discriminate
between races in the schools"
The opinion said in part:
The court recognizes that
neither the State constitutions
mandate OF segregation, nor econ
omy to avoid the greater expense
arising from the duplication of
facilities necessary for segregated
education, can excuse discrimina-
tion.
Equality of treatment Is un-
Evening star., 1949-12-08

G h oS en- as
the long"
+ q n & e
bomber for
t h e A ir.
Force.
Gen. Ar
mold speaks
up for the
Air Force in
his current
series Of ar
ticles. Don't
m iss them
every Tues
day and Fri
Hav In The
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Next Article
By Gen. "Hop" Arnold
On "Why the B-36?"

Tomorrow in The Star Gen.
"Hap" Arnold, wartime cons
mander Of the U. s. A. A. F..
writes on why, the B-36 was
Evening star., 1949-12-08
Body Found at Niagara Falls

NIAGARA FALLS, Ontario, Dec.
8 (R.-Police said last night they
were investigating the finding of
the torso of a man in the tur-
bines of the Ontario Power Co.,
below Niagara Falls.
Evening star., 1949-12-08

day in The Gen. H. II. Arnold.
Star-news authority for tho
Nations Capital. Phone Ster.
ling 5000 for home delivery.
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See U. N. Page A-2O
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See BULGARIA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See SESQUI, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See DISCRIMINATION, AID.
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See ANA, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See ATOMIC, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-12-08

(See HISS, Page A-30.)