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Evening star., 1949-12-10
Study Of Bar Of Soviet
Information Bulletin
In Schools Is Sought
Boord President Sharpe
Declares Issue Will Be
Reviewed Without Bios

G. Melvin Sharpe, president OF
the District Board of Education,
today called for a review of action
barring the Soviet Information
Bulletin from high schools here.
He made it clear that he was
primarily concerned with the man
ner in which the action was taken
by school administrative officials
without attention by the response
BILE school board, expressing no
opinion on wisdom of the action
itself pending further study.
Mr.. Sharpe told reporter that
efforts of the Russian Embassy to
distribute it's slick-paper magazine
in the schools should be consid-
cred without bias and with fill
attention to Government policy Of
freedom Of international informa-
ton as we'll as to the nature Of the
magazine itself.
Copies Pile Up in Office.
Norman j. Nelson, first assistant
superintendent of schools, dis
closed yesterday that high school
principals had been instructed TO
intercept copies of the Soviet
magazine addressed to their Ii
braries and send them instead to
the Franklin Administration
Building. where they have piled
up in his Office.
Mr.. Sharpe said he wanted 1t
known that he knew nothing
about this action until he read,
about it in The Star last night.
He emphasized that the matter
had not been brought to his at.
tention as president of the school
board.
He asserted that he was re-
questing a full report, Asked If
the whole matter would be recon-
sidered by the school board, he
said sharply. That's where it
should have been considered in
the first place." and made it clear
there would be a full review.
The magazine is published twice
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them back to their homes in the
doctors car when the accident
occurred. ......
Police reported the car was
travelling "at a very high speed"
south on Reno road. The sedan
jumped the curb where Tilden
street forms "Y" intersection
with Reno road on the border of
the Bureau of Standards. The
automobile was demolished as 1t
overturned down the embank-
ment. @
Mr.. Harding apparently was
killed instantly, and Mr.. Giragi
was pronounced dead at Emer-
(See ACCIDENT. Page A-3,)
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Yunnun Province Falls to Reds
As 40, 1000 Desert NotionoIists
Communists Sweeping Over Chiong's Lost
FoothoIds on Mainland; Chenetu Fall Near

at Running Airfeld. Later. one
of them, flown by Capt. F. E
Birkman, San Francisco. roarec
away under fire. Only one bullet
hit the plane. a Skymaster of the
Pacific Overseas Air Service. . II
carried 81 passengers to Hong
Kong. Another took 20 passengers
to Hong Kong.
American Consul Larue Lutkins
of Port Chester, N. Y. Just had
been given a farewell dinner by
Gov. Lu Han. He was being flown
to Hainan. There was no indica-
ton how many Americans were
at Running.
A communist dispatch reported
the Reds spearhead was only 6
miles from Chengtu.
But in Chengtu, Associated
Press Correspondent Spencer
Moosa, reported the National
lists stubbornly maintained the
Communists were no nearer
than so miles-at Tzeyang, to
the southeast.
OHowever, Mr.. Moosa said,
(See CHINA. PAGE A-4)
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Jews Mayor Warns
Of Fight Against
International Regime
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

JERUSALEM. Dec. 10
The mayor Of the Jewish Sec
ton of Jerusalem today said
his government would fight
with all the means at our
disposal, and If necessary
with arms"-any attempt to
establish an international
regime in Jerusalem.
The Jewish mayor, DR..
Daniel Auster. said there
would be mo entry for any
one coming to Jerusalem to
implement the International
ization decision" of the United
Nations Assembly in New
York.
"One hundred thousand
Jews in Jerusalem. In whose
name I speak, cannot recog-
nize last nights vote" DR..
Auster declared.
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it will cost in cash. It was warned

it will cost in cash. It was warned
the cost in blood may also be
heavy.
Both Israel and Hashemite Jor-
dan. which now control separate
sections. Of the city under a mil
itary armistice. have said the
population will fight rule by a
U. N. trusteeship.
Israel said King Abdullah OF
Hashemite Jordan had told his
Arab people the United Nations
would rule the old walled part of
the Holy City that he occupies
only over my dead body" That
quotation Of the King came to the
Assembly from Israeli Foreign
Minister Moshe Sharett.
= Israel and Jordan are in tenta-
tive agreement that they will keep
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Storm Hits Philippines

MANILA, Dec. 10 R.-A new
tropical storm-fourth in a month
was, moving toward the South
Central Philippines today. The
Weather Bureau said its maximum
winds were of IS miles per hour.
It was about 100 miles to the
east.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Menzies Due to Get
Premiership; Record
5000, 900 Vote
BY the Associated Press

SYDNEY, Sunday, Dec. Ii
The Australian people turned out
their Labor government in a gen.
eral election yesterday.
The Liberal-Country Party CO.
alition, standing for a return to
the free enterprise system as op-
posed to continued Socialism. has
won-or as good as won-64 seats
in a lower house of 121 voting
representatives.
The ruling Labor Party, which
has been in.power eight years, has
won-or as good as won-50 seats.
There is no reasonable doubt about
these results, although the final
count in some of them is not yet
in. Seven seats remain in doubt.
In London the Australian
News and Information Bureau
said the Labor government has
conceded defeat. Crowds of
Australians living or stationed
in London thronged Australia
House On the Strand to hear
the results. Australia House is
the Australian government
headquarters in London.
deputy Prime Minister
Herbert Morrison. the Labor
Party's chief political strategist,
refused to comment on labor's
defeat in Australia
Mezzies Halls Result.
Thus, Australia followed New
Zealand in the British common
wealth trend to the right.
Robert Gordon Mezzies, the Lib
eral leader, who will become Prime
Minister. commented after hear
ing the New Zealand results last
week:
THE Socialists were brought to
power in New Zealand. Australia
and Great Britain in that order.
This dramatic result seems hap
py omen that they will go out in
the same order"
Great Britain must hold general
elections before next July. Labor
had been in the saddle IA years in
New Zealand. eight years in Aus
tralia. It has been in power in
Britain since 1945.
The best-informed political OBJ
servers expressed belief that Aus
tralians are tired of controls and
the trend toward more socializa-
ton, tired of rising prices-which
may or may not have been the
fault of the government.
100000 Cast Votes.
A record number-5 900, ,000-
voted.
Now Mr.. Menzies will succeed
Labor's leader, Prime Minister j..
B. Chifley. Mr.. Chif1ey made no
personal concession of defeat, but
issued this statement:
ION behalf of the Australian La
Dor Party I thank all those elec-
tors who voted for our candidates
for the Senate and the House of
Representatives. I congratulate
my colleagues on their splendid
efforts. To hundreds Of thou
sands of men and women through
out the country who gave so much
in the party's cause offer my
grateful thanks on behalf of the
party and myself"
MIR. Menzies merely told re-
porter in Melbourne:
"The government is out"
Labor held 43 of "a seats in the
old House of Representatives. 1t
held a commanding grip on the
Senate.
Neck-and Neck Race.
Apart from Queensland, it was
q neck-and-neck race in each
state.
In New South Wales, where La
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Evening star., 1949-12-10
Lute News
o.
Bulletin
Crash Hurts Seven

Seven persons were injured
today when their car crashed
into ! bridge abufment on
BladensburE road near the
Peace Cross It Bladensburg.
They were taken to Leland Me-
mortal Hospital, Riverdale. The
hospital said there were three
ad6lts and four children, al col
ored.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Australian Loborites Swept Out bigJoe ScheVe,
After 8 Years as Coalition ofGamb|er, Slain
Anti Socialists Wins 81 Seats In Poo|room
Riesbee, Tough Guy
Is Arroigned, Tells
Of Personal Feud

ooAAASo 3AoSoOO 4tASObSSy oc
self f-styled tough guy" was
arraigned before United States
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence
today on a charge of muir
dering Joseph Chg Joe) Scheve
Sc, convicted gambler, in Ninth
street pool hall early this morning
Neatly dressed and calm, Rigs
bee listened impassively when
Commissioner Cyril S. Lawrence
said he would continue his preliln-
mary hearing until December 81
He nodded and said, Yes, sir, y
when the commissioner told him
he would be given an opportunity
to retain al lawyer.
big Joe," who backed his dice
games with $4,000 in cash and
had reputation for slugging those
who crossed him, died face down
on the floor of a poolroom at 913
Ninth street NV. with .38-cali-
ber slug in his back.
Rigsbee fired four shots at big
Joe" as the gambler, who was SEN
fenced to serve from one to three
years in prison last June, turned
to flee. Some 80 patrons in the
pool hall flattened themselves on
the floor or dived under tables as
Rigsbee opened fire.
Bystander Wounded.
One bullet struck a bystander
David Silverman, AZ. of the 1900
block of Missouri avenue NV, in
the thigh. He was taken to Emer-
gency Hospital where his condi-
ton was reported to be not serious.
Another bullet grazed the coat col
lar of an unidentified man. The
fourth shot buried itself in the
wall.
With the gun upraised in his
hand and a smile on his face,
Rigsbee sauntered out Of the pool
hall and waited on the sidewalk
until police arrived. He dropped
the gun as he went to hand 1t
to Pvt. Paul Gothard and oblig-
ingly bent down, retrieved it and
handed 1t to the officer.
In the patrol wagon he sat with
one foot cooked on a seat and
chatted affably with bystanders.
"A lot of people think I'm
tough he said. HE tScheve)
had been threatening me a long
time"
Personal Feud Blamed.
At police headquarters, Rigsbee
calmly told 1t. Richard Felber OF
the Homicide Squad how he de-
cided to shoot big Joe" after the
latter caused him to lose face in
the pool hall.
After hearing the story 1t.
Felber said he was convinced the
killing was the result of a personal
feud between the two men and
had no connection with Scheve's
gambling activities.
Scheve was at liberty under bail
pending outcome of his appeal
from the prison sentence imposed
after he was convicted last June
with three others of setting up and
keeping a gaming table. That case
grew out of charges by Robert E
Kicker, a Lancaster. Pa. business
man. that he had lost $500 at a
dice table operated by Scheve in a
private home in the 2700 block OF
Woodley place NV. Scheve lived
at 4515 Longfellow street, Hyatts-
Vile. so
Mr.. Kicker said Scheve beat him
on the head with gun when he
Evening star., 1949-12-10
Italian Explorer Dies

ROME. Dec. 10 tR.-Comdr.
Alfonso Maria Massari. African
explorer of the last century, died
In Rome today. He was 95 years
old.
Evening star., 1949-12-10
BY the kssesioisd Press.

NEW YORK. Dec. 10.-The
United Nations Assembly voted
decisively last night to set up an
international rule over Jerusalem
in the face Of open threats against
it by the Arab and Jewish occupy
ing powers.
The 1949 Assembly meets in its
final session today to debate what
Evening star., 1949-12-10
U. n. Takes Up Cost
OF International Rule
Of Jerusalem Today
Aroused Arobs and Jews
Threaten to Fight Regime
Assembly in Final Session
BULLETIN

NEW YORK (P).-The United
Nations Assembly today appro-
priated 100000 to finance the
international regime over Jeru-
salem which it approved last
night.
Evening star., 1949-12-10

1see MAGAZINES, Page ASS
Evening star., 1949-12-10

(See SCHEVE, Page A-2.)
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fSee U. N, Page A-2.)
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(see PACIFIC FLEET, Page A-4
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1See AUSTRALIA, Page A-20
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(See CHINA, Page A-4D
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(See HISS, Page AL
Evening star., 1949-07-28
o discourage surplus production.

to discourage surplus production
Is undecided.
The House already has PASSED
a bill that would continue the
relatively high wartime price sup
ports for another year and Junk
the flexible. plan.
Brannan Plan By-Passed.
Completely by-passed by both
the House and Senate to date are
the new farm proposals urged by
Secretary of Agriculture Brannan.
Mr.. Brannan wants to let mar
ket prices of meats. dairy prod
ucts. fruits and other perishable
crops find their own levels without
Government price props. Farmer:
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|ASNE was listed on the Stat

| ASNE was uSLeQ on C11e Cbdtc
payroll.
The investigating committee Of
three, the report said. undertook
the work from sense Of loyalty
to the society and of pride In the
good name of their calling"
After a meeting in Springfield,
H., they set out to interview 80
of the newspapermen listed on the
State payroll. Each Of the three
spent more than three days on
the road, travelling about 1000
miles. They then returned to
Springfield for another meeting.
and their combined reports OF
nearly 70 pages were studied by
each OF, the Is directors OF the
ASNE.
One section of the report is
given over to the findings con-
cerning the failure Of the press
services to carry the stories
promptly.
The Chicago and st. Louis
newspapers published the first Of
their stories on April IA. News
week magazine carried about 300
words in it's edition that went
to press April 18 and was dated
April Is. .
The Associated Press carried the
first story on its national wires on
April 27, after publication Of spe-
cial stories by The New York
Times. The Washington Post and
The Washington Star.
Others Followed.
The United Press and Interna-
tional News Service carried their
first stories on May 10. based on
an announcement by the Gannett
Newspapers of Rochester. N. Y,
that three employees of the Dan
vile 1llD Commercial-News. a
Gannett newspaper, had resigned.
The report states:
In every one of the three cases
CAP, UP. and ms the relay or
desk editors of the press associa-
tions in Chicago or St. Louis
made the decisions as to the news
values on their own without refer
ence to higher officials. Two high
officials of press associations. in
their letters to us. made evident
their independent conclusions that
the information contained in the
Chicago Daily News and St. Louis
Post-Dispatch articles should have
been transmitted Immediately on
the state and national wires"
The Chicago Daily News Service
carried the story to it's clients on
May 2, and then only after client
had requested it.
The directors of ASNE who un-
animously approved the report
drawn up by the special commit
tee include Mr.. McKelway. Mr..
Dabney. Mr.. Howard, Alexander F..
Jones, Mr.. Lawrence. Mr.. Owens.
and Jenkin Lloyd Jones. already
mentioned. and Dwight Young,
Dayton (Ohio) Journal Herald:
Wright Bryan, Atlanta (Ga) Jour-
nal: Dwight Perrin, Syracuse
(N.Y.) Herald-Journal: l.. r..
Blanchard. Gannett Newspapers;
Erwin D. Canham. Christian Sci
ence Monitor: Wilbur Forrest. New
York Herald Tribune; Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby, Houston (TexD Post;
and Kenneth Macdonald, Des
Moines Ua.) Register and Tri-
bune.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Biparty Group Pushes
New Farm Plan for
Passage This Year
BY the kSsocioted Press

A group of seven Republican
and Democratic Senators today
buckled down to the task of whip
ping a new farm program into
shape for passage in this session
of Congress.
Headed by Senators Anderson.
Democrat. of New Mexico and
Aiken, Republican. of Vermont the
lawmakers are trying to write a
substitute for both the present law
and another measure passed un-
der Senator Aiken's sponsorship
last year and due to 60 into effect
in January.
The Aiken law, much criticized
during the l948 election campaign
is based on a So-called flexible
price support program. 1t would
allow Federal price supports on
some crops to dip as low as go
per cent of parity-a Govern
ment-set standard considered fair
to both farmers and consumers.
Anderson Sure of Substitute.
The present law sets most sup
ports at 80 per cent.
Mr.. Anderson former Secretary
of Agriculture under President
Truman, said he believes the BIZ
partisan group can work out an
acceptable farm bill before this
session ends" to replace both the
existing laws.
Senator Aiken promised Re-
publican cooperation If we can
work out a simple bill based on
flexible supports that everybody
understands"
AS an initial move toward a
compromise Senator Aiken offered
to raise the price support floors
in his own bill.
Aiken Explains His Proposal.
II think Government supports
should range from 80 to IS per
cent of parity for tho basic crops,
Senator Aiken said in an inter-
view. land from 80 per cent down
to zero for the non-basics.'
Senator Anderson said the
battle between rigidly flxed Gov
ernment price props and the hex-
ible supports-which would dror
Evening star., 1949-07-28
Illinois Newsmen's Acceptance
OfStote Pay AssoiIed by Editors

Most Of the newspapers involved
were of that class so small and sc
weak economically as to depend
on public printing or other forms
of political subsidy or patronage
for existence. Emoluments. ir
the form of fake State jobs, were
in some cases found to have
been inherited by newspapers anc
newspapermen from previou!
ownership or previous holders ol
the newspaper job. and the pre-.
else origin of such emoluments
was unknown to some Of the re.
cent recipients.
There are many legitimate op-
portunities for newspapermen tc
serve at the Federal. State ol
local governmental level, but such
service should never be clandes-
tine, and there should always be
at the beginning of such service
full disclosure of the nature OF
the work and compensation given
therefor.
I'VE commend the initiative and
journalistic enterprise of the Chi
cago Daily News and st. Louis
ost-Dispatch in exposing these
improper practices in the State OF
Illinois among members of our
own profession.
Effect Seen rs Wholesome.
THE failure of the press associ-
ations to move the story promptly
was due not to any considered
intent to suppress the news of the
exposures but to faulty news judg.
ment.
Newspapers and wire services
should be as quick to report pub
lie criticism of the press as tc
report criticism of any other ele-
ment of our society. Failure to dc
so invites damaging inference as
to the good faith of the press.
I'VE believe the effect of the
publication Of the Chicago Daily
News and st. Louis Post-Dispatch
stories has been wholesome
While attention has been centered
primarily on Illinois, the dis
closures should lead newspapers
and newspapermen throughout
the country to examine their own
practices as well as political prac-
tices existing in their localities
The press of the country should be
alert to the Importance of avoid
ing not only evil but all appear
ance of evil.
Our newspapers must be the
auditors of government. Anything
that compromises their independ-
ence, their freedom to evaluate
and to criticize, their reputation
for complete integrity and fair
ness. threatens not only the press
but the system of free government
under which we live.
This concept of the role Of the
press imposes an obligation that
no newspaperman can neglect If
he is true to his calling.
I'VE draw attention finally to
the Code of Ethics or Canons of
Journalism accepted by the Amer
ican Society of Newspaper Editors
from it's foundation which en-
phasize that 1ndependenceFree-
dom from ssall obligations except
that Of fidelity to the public in
terest Is VITAL"
No ASNE Member Involved.
In the section of the report deal
ing with the employment of news
papermen by the State Of Illinois
II is stated that no member of the
Evening star., 1949-07-28

would collect production pay
ment" subsidies If needed to keep
their income levels the department
deems fair.
Besides Senator Anderson and
Aiken. members OF the subcom-
mittee yingtto work out a new
bill include Senators Elmer
Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma;
Hoey. Democrat. of North Caro-
lima; Holland. Democrat. of Flor
ida: Young. Republican. of North
Dakota, and Thye, Republican,, CT
Minnesota.
Evening star., 1949-07-28
EIt WIS All Greek to Them

DORTMUED. Germany (F.-
Anti Communist construction
workers were asked to make a
Greek inscription on a new build
ing here. But they refused. They
mistook the Greek letters for
sRuSsian. @
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ions newest baeThe Bronze lenngrad 1t based Push.
orsemanha been successfully the
staged by heater Moscow and ngrad of Peter the
Evening star., 1949-07-28

Almost everybody has dream about going somewhere
he's never gone, doing something he's never done.
No doubt you have dream like that
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Bonds are backed by the safest, most reliable hrm IN
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So .sot saving through U. 5. Savings Bonds Ask aa
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If you have checking account, inquire at your bank
about the Bond-A-Month Plan. Better do it today.
Evening star., 1949-02-06
Rites Planned tuesday
For J. {. Mason, 81,
Insurance Broker

Funeral services for Joseph Con.
way Mason, 81, insurance broker
and former secretary to variou.
Illinois Senators, will be held al
9 am. Tuesday at Fort Myer Chapel
Burial will be in Arlington Gene.
terry.
MIR. Mason died Friday at Walter
Reed hospital. He lived at 472e
Thirty-second street, Arlington.
A native of Missouri, Mr.. Mason
as a young man was a reporter
on newspapers in Lincoln and Oma-
ha, Nebr., and Chicago.
Later he was secretary and chief
examiner of the Illinois Civil Serv-
ice Commission and president of
the National Assembly of Civil
Service Commissions.
He was publicity representative
for the late Gov. Charles S. De-
neen of Illinois from 1905 to 1918. He
served in the same capacity on the
Illinois Republican State Committee
and was executive auditor under
the late Frank o. Lowden when
he was Governor from 1917 to 1921
Mr.. Mason came to Washington
in 1925 as secretary to Mr.. Deneen
when he became a Senator. He
also was secretary to the late Sem
ator James Hamilton Lewis, Sen
ator James NJ Slattery and Senator
c. Wayland Brooks, all of Illinois.
In 1892 he was executive assistant
to former Vice President Charles G.
Dawes when he was president of
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
In 1912 Mr.. Mason joined his
Evening star., 1949-02-06
In Mpnturta111

TALKS. ANNETTA L. In loving mem
sy 9ry Of my dear mother ANNETTA L
raaks odas rsSrSar9 sno passed g. gs sxa' IL years
DEVOTED SON. :
ory Of our dear friend, ANITA J. ri TURNER afiI7
VIII who left Us eisht years ago today, Feb.
EDITH. MARIE AND PEARL.
TUT. NELLIE PEARL. In memory Of
our dear daughter and mother, NELLIE
PEARL TUT who departed this life Feb
Today is the day of remembrance.
A day we shall always remember her
Khsn hf MF Tss AsD Sf M MRS x0rs " fSfsess NJ Nc
1HISi LULA AND H1a1S5si TaEopoRE TUTT. NEFFiA r:
WASHINGTON. IDA. In memory of oul
disd der raeth, mether 1pA WTAsHINGToN who
ceased members of our family.
We are climbing the upward way.
Nearer and nearer our home each day,
To meet our dear ones,
ADO 'Ae'' '''e's' 70 The FEh FAMILY. {
WOODALL. ELIZABETH In. loving
memory of our beloved mother and srand-
mother, ELIZABETH WooDALL. who de.
parted this life nine years ago today, Feb
We miss you since you went away,
We hope to meet again some where
oScEoLA PITTS, DAUGHTER; ALICE
MARIE AND GWENDOLYN PITTS,
GRANDDAUGHTER.
wooDNG, sITKA DoWNEs. Away,
o. cherished memory Of my wife SITKA
DOWNES WOODING. who departed thii
RUSSELL w |WaooD1NG. New York City. {
WoODNG, sITKA. In loving memor,
WOODING, who passed away two year,
ago today. February 6, 1947.
CHILDREN, FRANCES, MALCOLM AND
GARNER,