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Evening star., 1949-03-05
Army Bills
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suspension preventing amend
ments and limiting debate to 40
minutes.
Representative Short. opposing
q request in committee for debate
on the floor, declared "the sub
ject matter is highly secret and
deals directly with our national
security"
Representative Brown, Republi-
can, of Ohio told the Rules Com
mittee that the alien admission
provision was inserted for special
purposes which cannot be dis
cussed publicly"
Brooks Opposes Open Debate.
Another Armed Services COM
mitteeman, Representative Brooks.
Democrat, of Louisiana. said that
open debate and security revela-
tions would lead to Serious en-
barrassment" for the United
States.
The bill, which would give per-
manent authority to the CIA
which now operates under presi-
Dental emergency powers, is one
of four security measures handed
to the Rules Committee. 1t ap-
proved the other three, but with
out restrictive floor procedure.
The other bills would % au-
thorize erection Of a $161 .000, 900
Sadar air net around the United
States and Alaska to warn of the
approach of hostile aircraft, Cd
approve a long-range guided mis-
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Officials 10 Confer
On Mahoney Staying
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

NEW ORLEANS, Mar. 5.-Po-
lice and the district attorney
Monday will try to untangle the
case Of Louis Eugene Hoover.
whose memory about beating and
strangling a millionaire fails ex-
cept under truth serum.
Hoover. 25-year- old parking at
tendant from Louisville. KY, was
more interested In card tricks
yesterday as detectives questioned
him on details in his story told
while under the effects Of penta-
thol.
He is booked for investigation
of murder" in the savage Staying
Of wealthy James Mahoney, SIS, of
Biston. Va.-Tenn.
Mahoney's body with a battered
face and broken neck was found
IN a French quarter hotel room
here February %.
Joseph Scheuering. acting po-
lice superintendent. said Hoover
told police:
you've got enough on me.
Why don't you go ahead and
charge me?"
Mr.. Scheuering said he and
District Attorney Herve Racivitch
will 60 over the case Monday.
Meanwhile, he added, an addi-
tional booking might be filed to-
day as the time limit in the pres
ent booking has expired.
The police official said Hoover.
after the story he told under the
drug, later was unable to recall a
fight In which he said he might
have broken Mahoney's neck.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

siles proving setup military men
say they are about ready to test
a missile that can go 500 miles
horizontally and 90 create the
post of Undersecretary OF Defense
who would rank just under the
Secretary.
No public hearings were held
on the spy bill. One aim of it is
to encourage and compensate for
eigners for their help. Oficials
said American agents have op-
Grated on a poverty basis, without
specific congressional authority
for their spy work or for payment
to informers.
Budget Would Remain Secret.
Committee members also say
the pending bill would help bring
renegade Communists forward
with information from the iron
curtain countries.
While the bill would put the
stamp of direct authority on pres
ent CIA operations. its budget
would continue to be hidden
within executive department rec
ords. It's personnel and activities
would remain secret.
Representative Brown wanted
to know IL the bill Woud give the
CIA power to operate within the
United States as "a sort Of
OGPU," or secret police.
In answer, Representative Sass
Ger, Democrat. of Maryland said
the CIA operates "solely without
the United States" while the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation oper-
ates solely within it. There Is
some liaison between them. he
added,
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Former Actress Robbed
Of $4,000 by Paris Trio
Rx the Assoeiotsd Press

PARIS, March 5-Mrs. Claire
Typaldon-B -Bassian, q native OF
San Francisco and former silent
film actress in Hollywood, was
seized last night by three men
and robbed of $4,000 worth of
Jewels, she reported to police.
Mrs. Typaldon-Bassian is sec
retary of the woman's auxiliary
of Paris Post No. American
Legion. She was a member OF an
American Ambulance unit in
World War I. The Germans in
termed her at Vittel during World
War II. Her husband is q mem
Der of a wealthy Greek family.
Mrs. Typaldon-Bassian, who
was known in silent screen days
as Claire Delorez. said the three
men jumped from an automobile
almost in front of her house,
shortly after midnight. She said
they grabbed her handbag, con-
tanning about $4,000 francs and
then stripped her Of the jewels.
She was born in San Francisco
in 1889.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Body of Marine Pilot
Found orr California
BY me Asseeiatsd Press

SANTA ANA, Calf, Mar. g.
The body Of one Of three Marine
Corps flyers, missing since We'd
nesday, was found last night near
the wreckage of his plane on
Santa Cruz Island, 20 miles of the
mainland.
Capt. Jess Thierry, jr.. Hunting
ton, w. Va, was reported dead
and his parachute partially opened
atop a 1,900-foot peak on the is
land. The report was made by a
Navy helicopter pilot, Maj. Frank
Smith, public information officer
at Ell Toro Marine base, said.
Capt. Thierry was last seen fly
ing his Corsair Wednesday after
noon. The other pilots disap-
peared Wednesday morning.
More than 100 planes conducted
q search for the missing men.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Council Bans Hozing
At U. of Pennsylvania
BY the Associotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. S.
Therell be no more cries of Fetch
the paddle. Brother" at the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania.
The Intrafraternity Council
issued ban yesterday on padding
and other freshmen hazing. in
cluding the wearing of outlandish
clothing.
Lee Driscoll, council president
said the ruling is to raise the
standard of fraternities at the
university. Fines and possible ex-
pulsion from the council were fixed
as penalties.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Bulgaria
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were secret prisoners Of the state
security police for three months.
All were accused of treason. es-
pionage and black market money
dealings.
Court authorities made motion
pictures of the final pleas.
The longest and most emotional
was made by the man regarded
as the main defendant, the Rev.
Vassil Georgiev Ziapkov, 48, of
the Congregational church. He
was one of those for whom the
state asked the hanging penalty.
The other three who cried were
the Rev. Nikola Mihailov Naumov,
40, of the Baptist church, who
also faces a possible death SEN
tence, and two of the lesser de-
PENDANTS, the Rev. Ladin Ivanov
Popov. SO. of the Pentecost church
and the Rev. Alexander Georgiev
Zahariev. IS, of the Methodist
church.
Mr.. Ziapkov. through his tears,
told the court:
During this trial q moving pic
ture OF our dark criminal life has
been portrayed. If you were a
Fascist court, I would not expect
from you other than simply ver-
dict, but since you are a People S
Court, I expect something more
than a punishment, q chance to
repair my errors.
II am starting a new life. My
old life ends today. Up to now l
have been serving foreign gods.
Please help me to become q hero
of the Fatherland Front. II
you give me the gift of life I shall
dedicate my life to faithful WORK
for the Fatherland Front"
The Fatherland Front k the
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OlIldl, TWO years dilu 9l,IoO. dllo
Gabor Vajkai, one year and 1880
Repudiated Confession.
Another broker. Zsigm o n d
Deutsch. who repudiated a pre-
trial confession in which he named
four other persons as accomplices,
was sentenced to four years.
The four he implicated were
sentenced to 18 months to 81
years, in addition to fines. They,
too, withdrew pretrial confessions,
charging they also had been in
Inundated.
Deutsch said in court he was
only partly guilty. He said he
named four acquaintances at ram
dom in order to get himself freed
from a months solitary conflne-
ment.
The four he named, together
with their sentences, were:
Mrs. Jozsef Forgacs, l8 months
and $83.
EIDE Dukesz, three years and
$3.50.
Viktor Dukesz, three years and
$3.50.
Pal Csonka, three years and six
months and $2,125.
Another broker, Karoly Foldes,
was sentenced to four years. The
trials of two other defendants
DivadaE Wydler. a banker, and
Sander Foldes. a broker - were
postponed because of their illness.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
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U. N. headquarters buildings and
has been working as an engineer
in the planning Office in Man.
haitian, U. N. officials said.
Charged With Conspiracy.
The United States has not
passed an immunity law to pro-
tect the u. N. staff against arrest,
but it has recognized the U. N.
headquarters in New York as an
international zone.
The FBI would make no COM
ment on the arrest except to say
Miss Coplon and Gubitchev are
being held on charges Of con-
spiracy to commit an offense
against the United States pertain
ing to removal of Government
records. The charge also involved
alleged defrauding the United
States of the faithful and impair
tial services of a Government
employe.
Justice Department authorities
gave out little immediate informa-
ton about Miss Coplon. She was
classified as an analyst" and her
job was said to be minor" But
there was no official announce
ment of her exact duties, the Office
in which she worked, whether she
had access to confidential in
formation, or where she lives now.
No Explanation for Secrecy.
There was no explanation of the
secrecy which extended even to
Miss Coplon's background and
local connections. 1t was taken
for granted, however, that the rule
was laid down on account Of the
international relations aspect Of
the affair.
A native Of Brooklyn. Miss
Coplon was described today by
former neighbors in a two-story
apartment house at 1884 Tunlaw
road NV, where Miss Coplon
lived until last June. as being of
the "intelligentsia type"
She lived alone in a first-foor
one-room apartment for at least
two years until she moved to Nc
Lean Gardens. Several present
tenants recalled her as a small,
dark. quiet girl who always car
ried a pile of newspapers and
magazines" and seemed to do a
lot Of typing in her room at nights
and on Sundays"
Went to Europe Last Summer.
One acquaintance recalled that
Miss Coplon went to Europe last
summer. Roger B. Garlock, 6212
Greentree road. Bethesda, who
formerly lived in the Tunlaw road
apartment house, said that after
she moved she returned late in
August to pick up some OF her
furniture. She told him, he said.
that she had been in Europe and
had spent considerable time in
Paris.
After the European trip she
moved to jefferson Hall at the
Thirty-eighth street address in
Mclean Gardens.
Her acquaintances said she
spoke French fluently, was espe-
cially interested in history read
ing. and was unusually fond Of
music. particularly classical and
folk songs.
The Tunlaw road apartment
resident manager, John E. Fuller,
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Man, 64, Seriously Hut
In Aufo-Truck Collision

Harry Brockhurst. "a, of 734l Y
Twelfth street Sc. suffered head
injuries and broken ribs last
night when the car in which he
was riding collided with a truck
at Route and Shirley highway,
Arlington.
He was taken to Georgetown
Hospital. where his condition was
described as serious.
Park police said the car was
driven by George Mcdonald, 3408
Quarles street NE. and the truck
by John Hayes. 20. colored. OF
SO K street NE.
Both are to appear before
United States Commissioner Stan
ley King in Alexandria Monday.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
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House. He had an appointment
to confer with President Truman
early this afternoon before under
taking the London mission.
Legislation under which the
President would be given broad
authority to transfer American
military equipment to other ma
tions cooperating with the United
States in the maintainence of
world peace is being prepared for
submission to Congress. The leg
islation is being drafted by a COM
mittee heahed by Assistant Secre-
tary OF State Ernest A. Gross.
Officials said that in developing
the program an infinite number
of problems arose which had to be
ironed out with other countries.
London is the headquarters for a
permenent military staff commit
tee set up by the five European
Western union countries allied
under the BRUSSELS pact of last
year-Great Britain, France, Bel
GUM, the Netherlands and Lux
embourg.
Will Serve as Liaison.
Ambassador Douglas has been
working with this committee on
questions involving plans for
American assistance in building up
the armed forces Of the Western
European countries. officials said
that as an assistant to the Ambas-
sador. Gen Carter's principal task
will be to serve as a link between
the European planners and Mr..
Gross committee in the depart
ment to assure coordination Of
the planning work.
Gen. Carter. 80. is native Of
Fortress Monroe. Va. After Army
staff work during the war he en-
tered the State Department in
l946 as a special representative in
Washington for Gen. George C.
Marshall, who then was in China
as Mr.. Trumans special repre-
sentative. When Gen. Marshall
became Secretary of State in 1947.
he made Gen. Carter a special
assistant. Gen. Carter has re-
manned in this position since Dean
Acheson succeeded Gen. Marshall
as Secretary January 20.
Evening star., 1949-03-05


His physician said death was
due to a virus infection contract
ed last fall. plus complications
from a long standing malignant
condition. But only his doctor,
family and immediate attendants
knew his condition had recently
become critical.
Hollywood came to know Mr..
Kent. after he sold the Atwater
Kent Manufacturing Co., Phila-
delphia, and retired in 1896, as
q host who outdid the movie
colony's sumptuous parties. Movie
stars, opera stars, society leaders,
important figures in business and
finance. as well as many war vet
erans were his guests.
1900 at Home for Party.
Once there were 1000 at his
home for a party he gave the
National Association OF Broad
casters. He provided limousines
and buses to transport the guests.
Mr.. Kent seldom touched liquor
and was a vegetarian.
For large parties he provided
three orchestras, one each at the
pool. the patio and the lower gar
den of the estate.
One Of the secrets of his sue
cess as a fabulous host was his
incredible memory for names, in
cluding first names. He made it
a point to shake hands or chat
with each guest, even when there
were hundreds.
Last of Real Gentlemen"
II like people and like to see
them have a good time" Mr.. Kent
once told an interviewer. He was
gallant. courtly with the ladies,
some of whom called him "one
Of the last of the real gentle
men,"
The Atwater Kent Foundation,
founded in 1919. centralized
Kent's philanthropic work. 1t
gave a museum to Philadelphia
awards to electrical engineering
graduates. restored the Betsy Ross
House.
The Atwater Kent additions
gave opportunities to young
singers. awarding $4,000 in an
nual prizes. Mr.. Kent gave in
Vulnerable scholarships to de-
serving students. He financed
broadcasting of the Metropolitan
Opera.
Gave Frequent Parties.
During the war he gave two or
three parties a week at his home
for convalescing service men
Since the war his pet project was
helping to rehabilitate paraplegic
veterans of Los Angeles B!rming-
ham Hospital.
Mr.. Kent was born Arthur At
water Kent. at Burlington, VT
His mechanical and inventive
traits appeared as a boy. He de-
veloped a lifelong fondness for
boats and automobiles. A manu-
facturer of starting and ignition
systems in Philadelphia. he was
almost ready to retire when he
went into radio in 1928, becoming
one of the Nations leading manu-
facturers. He acquired 81 patents
during his career.
Mr.. Kent is survived by four
children, Mrs William l.. van
Allen, Mrs. Virginia Catherwood
and J. Prentiss Kent. of New York
an adopted son. His divorced
wife, the former Mabel Lucas,
lives in Philadelphia.
Evening star., 1949-03-05


The 75-year-
old radio man.
ufacturer sup
ported m or e
than l25 chari-
ties and was a
friend to great
names and un-
knows alike.
He died at
his -ac re
showplace eS-
tate, Capo di
Monte, which
crowned q hill
in exclu sive
Evening star., 1949-03-05
'Dead|ine for Repeal
OF Curb on Truman's S
Tariff Powers Passes
By the Associated Press

The Republican, sponsored re-
strictions on President Truman'a q
tariff-cutting power, which he had
hoped to see repealed by now,
instead closed in on him today.
The Federal Tariff Commission
acting on instructions contained
in the reciprocal trade bill passed
by the GOP-controlled 80th Con-
gress, sent to the White House q
long list of tariffs which. it said,
cannot be cut below a certain point
without hurting some American
industry.
If Mr.. Truman now proceeds to
cut such levies beyond the peril
point" in return for similar cuts
in import duties by other nations
he must answer to Congress for
his action.
The President told news con-
ference recently that he hoped to
have an extension of his old
reciprocal trade authority by
March (which was yesterday
minus the peril points" and other
restrictions tackled on by Congress
last year.
Millikin Takes Action.
Senator Millikin, Republican, Of
Colorado, who helped draft those
restrictions as Finance Committee
chairman. has seen to it that Mr..
Truman missed his deadline.
Day by day Senator Millikin has
been questioning a State Depart
ment trade expert on the whole
reciprocal trade program. which
calls for reducing American tariffs
in the hope of stimulating world
trade in general.
Senator Millikin told a reporter
that if the President got a trade
pact extension pushed through
Congress before the peril points
arrived the Chief Executive could
just ignore them. And Senator
Millikin made it clear he wouldn't
like to see that happen.
So he was pleased when two
members of the Tariff Commission
testified that they have computed
peril points on between 400 and
500 commodities involved in a
dozen prospective trade agree
mentS.
Must Be Kept Confidential.
They said these must be kept
confidential to protect this coun-
try's bargaining position in trade
agreements.
The Tariff Commission con-
firmed that the list was ready for
the White House.
Meanwhile, Senator Millikin
continued his detailed quiz of
State Department witnesses, which
has now lasted more than a week.
Until it ends, the committee
cannot vote on the House
proved bill and send it on to the
Senate. Senator Millikin still
hopes to retain the peril point
provision.
The present extension. includ-
ing the COP restrictions, will not
expire until June 30. The House.
approved extension dates for three
years from last June IL.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
III. S. Woman Clerk and Russian
Are Arrested byFBI as Spies

said he received one or two com
plants that Miss Coplon occa
sionally disturbed tenants by typ
ing sometimes as late as 2 am
But she seldom had visitors o.
entertained at parties, he said.
Miss Coplon. according to ths
Justice Department account. lef
here by train at l pm. yesterday
She was trailed by FBI agents
They saw her and Gubitchev ar.
rive at what appeared to be ar
appointed meeting place at 1886
street and Broadway at 1928 pm
Watched for Two Hours.
But the two did not make con-
tact for almost two hours. They
employed numerous techniques
used to detect" spoilers and finally
effected a contact when both
dashed aboard bus near Forty
second street." the department
related.
They were arrested on Third
avenue between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth street.
While refusing to disclose the
type Of information reportedly
found on Miss Coplon, the Justice
Department declared that for
some time it had insured against
the misuse of restricted informa-
ton coming into the possession OF
the department."
Miss Coplon, the department
said, had been kept under con-
slant watch yesterday when FB1
agents observed that her actions
"paralleled her activities prior tc
other meetings with Gubitchev.
Return Here Unlikely.
It is unlikely that Miss Conlon
and Gubitchev will be returned
to Washington, for the present
at least, a department spokesman
said. Further investigation is
underway by FBI and Justice
Department officials in New York
City, he said.
The case brought quick re-
minders of House Committee on
Un-American Activities hearings
last summer when Miss Elizabeth
T. Bentley, avowed Communist
courier, told of collecting secret
information from various Govern
ment officials and others and of
delivering it to Soviet agents in
New York during the war.
In a final report to the 80th
Congress. the former members of
the committee urged that investi-
cations be continued to determine
whether espionage activities of
that kind have gone on since the
war.
The arrest of Gubitchev pointed
up the warning sounded before
Senate subcommittee staff last
summer by Robert c. Alexander
assistant chief of the State De-
partment's visa division, that
some subversive aliens were ir
this country under cover of en-
ployment by the United Nations
A U.N. spokesman said in New
York today that several avowec
Communists have been permitted
to come to this country for U.N.
meetings but only with the under
standing that they would restrict
their movements to New York
City, Lake Success and the i'm
mediate travel area between the
two places.
U.N. officials have been notified
of the FBI arrests and are inveSti-
eating the matter, it was an
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Grace Purchases Shares
In National AirIines
Nv ,hs A,socioted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 5.-The w. Il.
Grace interests have purchased
174 900 shares of National Air
lines stock.
The Grace Co.. so per cent own
ers of Pan American-Grace Air
ways CPanagra) now flies from
Miami to South American points.
A link between the two airlines
would result in a direct air route
between New York and Buenos
Aires.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Fighting Severe in Burma

RANGOON, Burma, Mar. 5 (HD.
The government announced to-
day severe fighting is going on
between Karen rebels and govern
ment forces south Of the rail town
of Myitnge.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Nozi Doomed in Poland

WARSAW, Poland, Mar. S (P).
Fritz Adolf Fischer. wartime
Gestapo chief for the German
general government of Poland,
was sentenced to death today for
killing thousands of Jews.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Virus Blamed in Death
Of Atwater Kent, IS,
Noted Radio Figure
RY the Assoeiotsd Rrsss

HOLLYWOOD, Mar. 5.-Atwa-
ter Kent died yesterday, II years
after he retired to devote his
fortune to people. parties and
Evening star., 1949-03-05

The monastery Of st. Urban,
near Zofingen, Switzerland, pro-
duced great quantities OF clay tile
for floors and walls during the
18th century.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Weather Report

District OF Columbla-Rather
cloudy but some sunshine this
afternoon and highest around IS
degrees. Some cloudineSs and mild
with lowest in upper 40s tonight.
Tomorrow, partly cloudy and not
so warm in afternoon.
Maryland and Virginia-Rather
cloudy with few widely scattered
showers this afternoon, tonight
and early tomorrow. Mild tenn
perature tonight. Not as warm
Sunday afternoon.
Wind velocity, II miles per hour;
direction, south southwest.
River Report.
(From United States Engineers.
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-03-05

c. SCHOLARSHIP CANDIDATES-CarW W. Werntz, II Oeft),
Nicholson NV Walter Gilbert, 49, of 1909
street NV exhibit their projects last night at the
the Westinghouse science talent search Carl
showed rejecting telescope he made at cost of $25 with
sveppe and mirror Walter showed his photographs
spots The two competing with SO other high school
college scholarships valued at
s1l 900. winners will be announced Monday night
Star Staff Photo.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Filibuster

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Evening star., 1949-03-05

NeCOTu IcmpeEuEuTtS THE IeHEs
Highest, II, on February IS.
Lowest, 2l. on January %.
High and Low for YESTERDAY.
High, SO, at $40 pm.
Low, %, at 5:3S am.
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Loyalty

Continued From First Page.)
Evening star., 1949-03-05
Repudiated Confession.

Tolnai, two years and $3.50. and
Gahor Va jkai one wear and 81 $40
Evening star., 1949-03-05

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today -- S:36 S:nd
Sun, tomorrow 6:35 .3yo
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation in inches In ths
Capital (current month to date):