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Evening star., 1949-03-02
ID of Pro-Soviet Party
Go on Trial in Iran
BY The Associated Press

TEHERAN. Iran. Mar. O.
Fourteen leaders of the pro-Soviet
Tudeh Party went on trial today
on charges of engaging in activ.
tiles against the Iranian mon
archy and propagandizing in fav-
or of MarXiSn.
Iran dissolved the Tudeh Party
recently, following an attempt to
assassinate Shah Mohammed
Reza Pahlevi. The government
charged the party was implicated
in the February 4 assassination
attempt.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Australia Aid Pledge
Denied by Gen. Trovis
BY the Asseciated Press

SYDNEY, Australia. Mar. o.
Brig. Gen. Robert Travis denied
today he had said the United
States would come to the aid OF
Australia in event that country
were attacked.
II said" Gen. Travis continued.
"English-speaking peoples had
been allied in the past and !
thought they would continue to
be allied in any crisis which arises
in the future"
Gen. Travis, commanding gen.
eral of the United States Paciflc
Air Command, came here on
goodwill mission.
Evening star., 1949-03-02

T a l / y GOOdS
He lived at
6906 Glendale
road, Ch e v y
Chase, Md.
Mr.. Gass lived
here all his life
Son of a Smith
sonian employe
he W. n t to
work there In
1880 as q mes
seneer and rose
to acting chief
clerk of the
Bureau Of In
fortnatiOna1 nY-
Evening star., 1949-03-02

~ 011l ANCW L Va n,
died last night
in Georgetown
University Hos
pital after a
long illness.
Mr.. Dempsey
represented the
10th New York
district in the
H Sc from
1915 to 1881 as
a r e p ublican
and for several
y ars headed
the Rivers and
HarborS Com
Evening star., 1949-03-02

Students were suspected when
roses disappeared from the resi-
dence of the Governor General in
Bloernfontein, South Africa, but a
watch was kept and the culprit
proved to be a steenbuck (ante-
lopez living on nearby hill.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
PTA Variety Show Set

The Parent Teacher Association
of Westinghouse High School,
Arlington, will sponsor variety
show at $50 pm. tomorrow and
Friday at the school. Bill Herson
and Johnny Brad will be masters
OF ceremonies.
Evening star., 1949-03-02
S. Wallace Dempsey,
Ex-Congress Member
From New York, Dies

Former Representative S. Wal
lace Dempsey. 86, who practiced
law here after his retirement in
1881 as a member of Congress
Evening star., 1949-03-02
Frank {. Gass, 79, Dies;
Ex-Smithsonian EmpIoye

Frank Edward Gass. 10. an en-
ploye of the Smithsonian Instltu-
ton for 60 years, died Of heart
ailment in Suburban Hospita!
Evening star., 1949-03-02

Australia is to get some OF the
worlds rarest animals - Chinese
Pere David's deer - from the
Whipsnade Zoo in England.
Evening star., 1949-07-01

Printed Waffle Pique
Printed Fine Vale Pique
Fine Printed BroadcIoth
Luxurious Printed PopIin
Printed Stub BroadcIoth
GIamorous Printed Ponqee
Printed Cotton PIisse
Printed 80 So. Perca|e
Solid Color PercaIe
Woven Plaid Ginghams
Flock Dot Cotton Voi|es
Plain Stub Broadc|oth
Evening star., 1949-12-11
By the Assoeiotsd Press

PARIS, Dec. 10.-Reports that
the average Frenchman knows
little about the Marshall Plan anC
dislikes what he knows were con-
firmed today in a poll organized
by the Marshall Plan itself.
The Dutch and Norwegians
know and like the plan better
the survey showed. Danes anc
Austrians also were checked. but
the results of these samplings are
not yet available.
This mirror of public opinion
indicated that only. four French
men in every 100 credited the
European Recovery Program as
"a factor in French recovery from
the war and the German occupa-
ton, though the United States
has given France about $1,700,-
100000 in aid.
What are the strings attached
to it?" full 81 per cent of the
Frenchmen wanted to know.
Only 38 per cent of those who
had heard about the plan believed
it was good for France.
Thomas K. Hodges. chief of the
plans Information Research and
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Unidentified Woman Dies
In VIRGINIA Auto Collision

An unidentified woman passen.
ger in a car bearing District o1
Columbia license plates was killed
last night when the automobile
collided with a tractor trailer al
Gainesville, Va, on Route I'll.
A man believed to be the driver
of the car was admitted to Ply
sicians' Memorial Hospital, War
renton, suffering from head in
juries. His condition was listed
as critical. He was identified AZ
Roy Ellison Morris, Is. of Elkton
Va.
The driver of the truck was
Edward r. Eubank, %. Of Madi-
son Heights, near Lynchburg, Va,
He suffered a sprained back.
Mr.. Eubank said the car skidded
suddenly in front of him on the
slippery road. The truck jack
knitted in the crash, blocking the
highway and holding up traffic
for more than two hours.
The body of the woman was
taken to the Baker & Son funeral
home, Manassas, where attend
ants described the victim as being
In her early twenties.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
North Korea Frees
Only One American
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL. Korea, Sunday, Dec. II.
One of two American officials
held in Communist North Korea
nearly seven weeks was reported
released today.
Defense Minister Shin Sung-mo
said Korean outpost at Yoyan
reported the liberated American
crossed the boundary between
North and South Korea at 1924
pm. Go pm. Saturday, EST.
The message did not say whether
it was Alfred T. Meschter. %, of
Kinderhook. N. Y, or Albert E.
Willis, 40, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Arrangement had been made to
deliver both men. employees of the
Economic Cooperation Admins
tration, to an official American
party at II am. today. There was
no explanation for the report that
only one was released. .,
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Quaker Oats Official Succeeds
Kemper as COP. Treasurer
R. Douglas Stuart
Also on Boy Scout
Executive Group
BY the Associated Press

The Republican National Com.
mittee last night announced that
r. Douglas Stuart of Lake Forest
H.. has been named its treasurer
Mr.. Stuart succeeds James s
Kemper of Chicago, who resigned
November because the party's
reserve funds had dwindled to only
500, 900.
Announcement Of the appoint
ment was made by Guy George
Gabrielson, chairman Of the Re-
publican National Committee.
Mr.. Stuart, SO. is vice chairman
Iof the board of the Quaker Oats
Co. OF Chicago. He is a member
|of the National Executive Com
mittee Of the Boy Scouts Of Amer
lea and honorary president Of the
Chicago Council of the scouts. He
Is also active in other civic circles.
In q statement accompanying
the announcement. Mr.. Stuart
said:
II have never had any previous
Evening star., 1949-12-11
By Joseph A. Fox
Stor S&oH Correspondent

KEY WEST, Fla, Dec. 10
Miss Mary c. Barlow, an attache
of District of Columbia Municipal
Court, is likely to get one of the
three new $4,000 judgeships in
that tribunal. 1t was learned to-
night.
According to informed sources
the Barlow appointment is the
only one that seems reasonably
"firmed up"
For one of the other, two Judge
ships, which are for a 10-yeal
term, President Truman is said tt
plan appointment Of a Negro. but
there have been no names men,
toned.
Out Of q long list Of recon-
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Corning Defends Ban
On Russian Magazine
In Schools as Routine
Follows Policy, He Says,
After Boord President
Coils for Full Report

School Supt. Hobart M. Corning
yesterday defended the removal OF
the Soviet Information Bulletin
from school libraries here as an
action that followed an estab-
lished policy of the Board of Edu-
cation.
A full report on the incident
and review of the action barring
the Soviet publication from the
schools was asked by C.. Melvin
Sharpe. board president. when he
heard about it. Mr.. Sharpe and
most other board members knew
nothing of the action until it was
revealed in The Star Friday. =.
It was disclosed then that copies
of the magazine, published by the
Soviet Embassy in Washington,
had been arriving by mail in the
city's schools, addressed to the
libraries. School principals were
ordered to intercept the magazines
and send them to the Franklin
Administration Building where
they have been collecting in the
Office of Norman j. Nelson, first
assistant superintendent.
Corning Cites Policy.
DR.. Corning said that the Board
of Education has a definite policy
that no textbooks. reference books
and periodicals can be used. in the
schools unless they are on the
board-approved list.
The Soviet Information Bulletin
was not on that list and when it
was discovered it was being mailed
to the schools, the order was is.
sued to intercept the magazines.
he explained.
1T seemed a perfectly routine
matter" DR.. Corning stated.
Considered Routine.
DR.. Corning said possibly he
was in error in not mentioning it
to Mr.. Sharpe but that he con-
sidered it a routine administrative
matter. Much other material from
many sources is withheld from
school libraries. he pointed out,
for the same reason-not on the
approved list.
Mr.. Sharpe made it clear that
he was concerned with the man
ner in which the action was taken
by school administrative officials
without calling it to the atten-
tien of the Board Of Education.
He expressed no opinion on the
wisdom of the action, pending a
full study.
He added that efforts Of the
(see MAGAZINES. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1949-12-11
French Know Little About ERP,
Dislike Even That, Poll Shows
What Strings Are Attached to 1t? They Ask;
Dutch and Norwegions Are Better Informed

Analysis Section here, said in an
interview:
1.-The low percentage favoring
the plan is all the more striking
because, in a survey conducted
approximately one. year ago, the
number of respondents favoring
the Marshall Plan in France was
So per cent"
Mr.. Hodges explained the ap-
parent drop by these factors.
among others:
/. The Communist coup in
Czechoslovakia. fresh in French
minds a year ago, has been partly
forgotten.
2. The Communists anti-Mar-
shall Plan campaign, on which one
American official estimated they
are spending at least $50, ,000. 900.
was not we'll under way a year ago.
"A spokesman for the Economic
Cooperation Administration said
1t had hired DR.. Eric Stern of the
New York organization called
Foreign Opinion and Market Re-
search" to make the poll. DR..
Sterns investigators had some
freedom in thinking up questions
(See MARSHALL PLAN, Pg. A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Yunnan Revolt Strips
NationaIists Of Last
FoothoIds in China
Guerrilla Warfare Era
At Hand as Organized
Resistance Neors End
BY the Assoeioted Press

TAIPEH, Formosa, Dec. TO-
Chang Kai-shek flew to Formosa
tonight from the chaotic main
land. where a Yunnan Province
revolt was stripping the National
lists of their last major footholds
Large-scale organized resistance
on the mainland is ending. A
new era of Nationalist guerrilla
warfare Is at hand.
Tao Hsi-sheng. Chiang's spokes-
man, admitted the Yunnan situa-
ton was grave. Nationalist quar-
ters held a faint hope that the
revolt could yet be localized. They
have counted on that south prov
ince for a base.
(Air crews Of planes reach
ing Hong Kong from Running.
Yunnan Province capital, said
it was believed the whole prov
ince had gone over to the Com
munists. Turncoat National
lists held Kunming.)
Tried to Keep Yunnan Loyal.
Chang laid his plans for guer-
rilla warfare before he left Cheng-
tu. The city served for 10 brief
days as a refuge for the National
list government before it's removal
to this island 100 miles off the
mainland.
The generalissimo also made a
strenuous effort to keep Yunnan
loyal. He called in three Yunnan
generals for conferences shortly
before he left.
When Chang left Chengtu the
streets were filled with soldiers
of Gen. HUI Tsung- mans 350,000-
man army. They were withdraw
ing to the mountains beyond,
there to take up the burden of
guerrilla warfare in Western
China.
The headquarters for the Ma
tionalist operation will be Sichang
in mountainous Sikang province
200 miles southwest, of Chengtu
Some of the soldiers rode in
trucks, but for the rest it was a
weary, plodding march, Some
troops were barefooted in the the
bitter cold.
Reds Reported so Miles Away.
The Communists were behinc
them. The last reports to Chengt,
put them still SO miles from the
city.
(Press reports in Hong Kong
said the Communists now were
only six miles away. This might
refer to guerrillas or vanguards.
(Other press accounts in
Evening star., 1949-12-11
CONTINUED on Page A-l0. Col. y
Midnight Closing Of Bars
Holds for New Years Eve

No exception can be made for
New Years Eve in the Saturday
midnight closing requirement for
District bars, Chairman Alan
Payne of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board said yesterday.
The Restaurant Beverage As
sociation last week adopted a
resolution asking that the bars
be permitted to stay open after
midnight, since New Years Eve
falls on Saturday night.
All establishments selling alco-
holic beverages here must close
at midnight Saturday and at 2
a m. other weekdays. under the
alcoholic beverage control law.
Only Congress. which does not
convene until next month, has
authority to change the law.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Permits 10 Purchase
Long-BIade Knives
May Be Asked in DC
U. S. Attorneys Office
PIons to Seek Law to
Curb Assaults Here
By Wallace {. Clayton

The United States Attorney s
Office plans to ask Congress for
legislation requiring that permits
be issued to persons who buy
sheath knives or switch blade
knives, it was learned last night.
Under the plan, which has not
been fully worked out, persons
would be required to make appli-
cation with a licensed dealer at
least 48 hours before buying a
sheath or a switch blade knife.
In the application. the prospec-
tive buyer would be required to
state his reason for wanting the
knife. During the waiting period,
the persons record would be
checked by police. The sale would
be completed only after police ap-
proval.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney j. Warren Wilson, in charge
of prosecution at Municipal Court.
said the proposal had been under
Evening star., 1949-12-11
6. Goes 10 Alaska
For Gold (and Votes)
In Gridiron Satire
Truman Administration,
Pentogon and loborites
In Britoin Share Jibes

Victory starved Republicans
heard the answer to their prayers
as Fishwheel. Alaska, locale Of the
new gold rush. became headquar-
ters for a COP gold rush in one
of the skits at the annual winter
dinner Of the Gridiron Club al
the Hotel Statler last night.
Republican National Chairman
Guy Gabrielson, as impersonated
by the club for the entertainment
of Vice President Alben w. Bark
ley and 500 other guests, reorgan-
lied the Grand Old Party as the
Fishwheel Gold Mining, Treasure
Seeking and Vote Hunting Ex-
pedition.
What Chairman Gabrielson got
at the Fishwheel rally of his
party was a wall that:
Dollars are not dropping
In the Grand Old Party's bank,
And the checks we're getting,
they are mostly blank"
The Truman administration,
the Pentagon, and Britain's social
ist government shared the Grid
iron Clubs soaring grill with the
COP, junketing Congressman,
and the sons of the late Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt. James
and Franklin. jr.
Barkley Speaks.
Vice President Barkley spoke
for the administration in the
absence of President Truman,
who is on working vacation in
Florida.
Henry Ford II. young president
Of the Ford Motor Co., talked of
the problems business has In get
ting along with a Democratic
administration.
BY tradition dating back nearly
81 years, reporters are never
present" at the dinners. So what
the speakers said was off-the-
record.
The dinner was opened with
the classic speech in the dark, :"
delivered by Richard L. Wilson,
Gridiron Club president for 1949.
At the clubs annual meeting
during the day. Thomas L. Stokes,
Continued on Page A-25. Col. II
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Mary C.. Barlow Likely to Get
Municipal Court Judgeship
Two Other Seats Remain To Be Filled;
Truman Moy Pick Negro for One

mendations, the White House has
culled all but about a half dozen.
The President will not make his
final choice until after he returns
to Washington December 20. 1t is
possible that the matter may go
over until after the first Of the
year. inasmuch as Mr.. Truman
will be in Missouri during Christ
mas.
The Barlow appointment has
the Endorsement Of Chairman
Nicely Of the Senate District Com.
mittee, who sponsored the legisla.
ton adding the three judges tt
| the 10 now sitting in Municipa.
Court.
The appointment also is backed
| by Mrs. India Edwards, head OF
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Reds on Ship 10 See
Ward Party Removal
Nv the Assoeictsd Press

ABOARD THE LAKELAND
VICTORY AT TAKU BAR. Dec,
10.-Chinese Communist officials
today boarded this American ship
to supervise the evacuation from
Red China tomorrow of the Angus
Ward party.
The American consul general
and his staff, ordered out Of Muk-
den by the Communists, will pro-
ceed from Tientsin down river to
Taku Bar by tug.
Capt. Paul r. Sexton of the
Lakeland Victory was advised from
Tientsin that the party of 20 or
more will board the tug at Tien-
tsin at noon. It will take about
10 hours for the trip.
That would put Wr. Ward
aboard at about 8 am. Sunday
(E.S.TO.
Two Communist quarantine and
custom officials boarded the ship
about two hours after it docked.
With them were nine Russian
cargo checkers and Robert Puck,
who Is the Tientsin agent Of the
Pacific Far East Line which owns
the Lakeland Victory.
They are staying aboard to-
night. One Communist will sleep
in Capt. Sexton's quarters.
The Russians, some wearing
United States Army clothing, fol-
lowed the Chinese aboard, carry
ing their luggage. The officials
told them to take the luggage
back to the barge which brought
them until arrangements were
made to stay aboard tonight. They
did. About so Chinese stevedores
are unloading cargo consigned to
Tientsin.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Assembly Quits,,
Jared by Reds
Attack on West
Briton Rebukes MoIik
For Charge Of Black
Plot Against Peace
U. N. SESSION SUPPORTED
West, But Failed To End Cold
War. Page Alb
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 10.-An old
Russian charge that the United
States and Britain are preparing
a "black plot against world peace
Jared the closing session of the
u. N. fourth General Assembly to-
day. 1t was knocked down by a
salvo of cheers for Western
answer.
The Soviet blast. delivered by
Deputy Foreign Minister Jacob A.
Malik. drew a rebuke from Sir
Alexander Cadogan of Britain.
Cadogan told the Assembly the
Russian had unnecessarily injected
certain mount of poison" into
the final speeches of the session.
After the Malik- -Cadogan ex-
change, Assembly President Car
los P. Romulo said in his closing
speech that the peoples Of the
world are determined that every
possibility should be explored that
can lead the nations out of the
Russian Western deadlock.
He then declared the Assembly
adjourned finally at l:21 pm.
Repetition of Last Year.
The Russians pulled the same
stunt this year that they did in
the closing session in Paris last
December II. They attacked the
Assembly at that time. Today, Mr..
Malik gained the floor during the
final send-of round and said:
Instead of making the fourth
session of the General Assem-
bly, an assembly for the strength
ening OF peace, the Anglo-Amer-
lean bloc exerted all efforts to-
ward converting it into a session
to cover up aggression and the
preparations for a new war.
While, at the fourth session Of the
General Assembly, the represent
atives of the United States and
the United Kingdom exerted ef-
forts to prevent the adoption of
the Soviet Union proposal direct
ed toward the strengthening of
peace and the security Of peoples,
the Anglo-American imperialists
and warmongers, preparing be-
hind the back Of the United Ma
tions a black plot against peace,
worked out strategic plans Of ag-
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Atomic Probers Seek
Glue 10 Red Supplies
In Chemical Service
House Committee Seeks
Records in DeIving
Into Uranium Source
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

Congressional investigators dis
closed yesterday they have asked
for records Of the Chemical War
fare Service Is they sought to
run down the whole story of how
the Russians were able to get
precious atomic materials during
the war.
Louis j. Russell. chief investi-
gator for the House Committee
on Un-American Activities, said
he sought to learn whether the
Russians got any of the supplies
through the Chemical Warfare
Service. The committee has
learned that shipments went tt
the Soviet Union in 1943 wher
this country and Russia were al
lied against Hitler.
I'VE know" Mr.. Russell said
that the Russians communicated
with the armed forces about
uranium supplies. They might
have obtained the heavy water
through them"
1000 Grams Licensed.
This referred to 1000 grams
of an atomic experimental mate
rial which the committee said
showed up in old lend-lease rec
ords. The shipping license was
recorded in the last quarter OF
1943. The committee regards this
as proof the Russians got 1t, but
wants to find out for sure.
Mr., Russell said the Chemical
Warfare Service records are re-
stricted and may not be available
to the committee.
The investigators plugged away
at their task Of determining what
was back of RI ssia's ability to OBJ
tain such highly secret materials
and expressed belief they will
come up with the answers some
time next year.
Political Fight Brews.
In the midst of this, they were
caught in a political crossfire as
a fight brewed in the committee
between Democrats and Republi-
cans. It promises to get hotter as
the 1850 congressional campaign
picks up.
Whether this might in some
way stymie the investigators re-
NAMED to be seen.
But they believe that, If given
the chance, they can find out:
/. Whether anyone was tipping
off the Russians on sources OF
uranium compounds.
2. Whether anyone was cutting
corners to assure transmission OF
the material.
8. The source of maps, depart
mental data and other records
which a witness claims was
shipped to Russia.
4. How much vital atomic ma
terial the Russians actually got.
The investigators claim to have
lCaa AT0A6IN paoa A.1nl
Evening star., 1949-12-11
f.. BeIyoir Sergeant
Dead in Traffic Crash

A man identified as Sergt. 1st
Glass Charles Ravida, 80, sta
toned at TT. Beivoir, was injured
fatally shortly after l am. today
in an auto-truck collision at the
intersection Of u. S. Route l and
Glebe road In Arlington. He was
pronounced dead on arrival at
Arlington Hospital. Two other
men, Sergts. w. r. Spence, ~ and
Harold j. Wilson. also ~, were
injured.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
9 Children Burn 10 Death
In PENNSYLVANIA Blaze
BY the Asseeiofed Press

WnLIAMSPORT. Pa, Dec. 10
Nine children burned to death
tonight In a fire that destroyed
the two-story frame home of Bert
Edkin at Cascade, 18 miles north
west Of here.
Police reported two other chill
dren were burned seriously. One
was hospitalized.
Some of the victims were STEP
children of Mr.. Edkins', police
said.
Ages of the children ranged
from l to 13 years.
Other details, including how the
fire started, were not Immediately
available.
Evening star., 1949-12-11
Winter Vacations?

For the convenience of
those who are planning a
winter vacation, or are toying
with the idea, The Star to-
day contains a special Winter
Vacation Sectior1-filled with
suggestions of balmly resorts
in which to pass the cold
months in comfort, or places
where snow and ice abound, il
you like it that way.
A, complete index OF today's
Star appears on Page AZ.