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The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1950-06-01
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The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-19
Liberia: Only Republic In Africa
Controlled By Blacks; Government
Patterned After us.

aged after a score Of years to
form a government. They chose a
republic, a democratic form of
government patterned closely af-
ter the U. S. The president, vice
president, members of the senate
and house are elective offices. The
capital was named after President
Monroe of the United States.
The U. S., while it maintained a
distant interest in the affairs of
this offshoot whose establishment
it was more or less responsible
for, was really Indifferent toward
it for years. When the republic
was first established American
presidents refused to officially re-
cognize her because of pressure
from s~lav-holding south. Southern
ers were jittery over the idea of
an independent black country
treating with the U. S. on a basis
of equility. They probably feared
that "a Liberian minister might
ask embarrassing questions about
the slavery of Africans.
Lincoln's Era Brought Country's
Recognition as Sovereign Nation
1t was not until Abraham Lin
coin became president that the
United States ever recognized Ii
bria as a sovereign nation.
One of the sights which l found
Continued on Page A.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1950-10-19
By Claude A. Barnett

mp It's a flight OF four and one
half hours from Dakar in French
Senegal to Roberts Field in Lii
IBERIA. Our Pan American plane.
The Donald Mckay, in which we
left New York 10 hours before,
flew through the ewing over
dense forests and then along the
ocean edge.
Suddenly, a string of electric
lights appeared far below. That
was the city Of Monrovia. We
flew on some 40 miles south and
landed at Roberts Field, the air.
port.
Roberts Field is a big place. Lii
IBERIA permitted the United States
to build it during World War II.
1t was through Roberts Field and
at a seaplane base in nearby Fish
erman's Lake that thousands of
American planes and soldiers, as
we'll as thousands upon thousands
oftons of supplies and equipment
passed on to North Africa.
Before Dakar was forced to
capitulate through the pressure ap-
piled by black Gov. Eboue of
Chad, Liberia was the only place
enroute to North Africa that
United States armed forces could
be certain of an absolutely friend
ly reception.
Recognizing the strategic i'm
portance Of Liberia to her East
ern Atlantic defense, as soon as
the war was over, the U. S. built
a 20 million dollar port at Mon
rovia. The port, the finest in all
West Africa, belongs to Liberia.
She must, however, pay back it's
earnings. The U. S. wrote in GER
tain practical reservations in her
arrangements IN both the airfield
and the port. In the event of war,
both automatically pass into the
control of the U. S.
u. S. Responsible For
Liberals existence \
Although it is only during a
comparatively short space of time
that the U. S. has been showing
much really effective interest in
Liberia, there is every rason why
there should be close relationship
between tn two countries. The u.
S. actually was responsible for the
existence of Liberia.
Back in 1920, certain forces in
America became alarmed at the
rapidly increasing number Of free
black people in the northern
states. They were becoming a
problem in a country which was
half slave and half free. The AM
erican Colonization society joined
by a~bolitionists who abhorred
slavery and wished to put an end
to it, secured government aid and
blessing, and shipped a number Of
reedmen and ex-slaves "back to
Africa"
Tho pouy cott1orc o1fho11uh I'M
Evening star., 1950-01-21

in Los Alamos and Albuquerque,
N. Mex, will take over as first
chairman of the civilian mobiliza-
ton Office March l, Presidential
Assistant John R. Steelman an
nounced.
Mr.. Steelman is acting chair
man of the National Security Re-
sources Board and the office to
be headed by Mr.. Larsen is one
of eight planning groups of the
board.
Aircraft Observers Sought.
The announcement followed a
Defense Department disclosure
last night that recruiting of 150,-
600 volunteer aircraft observers
will start Immediately to be ready
for action in an emergency.
Mr.. Larsen will supervise plan
ming for civil defense, health re-
sources. housing and community
services, strategic dispersion of in
dustrial and governmental facili-
ties, and censorship. He formerly
was associate director of the Los
Alamos scientific laboratory of the
University of California and later
was director of the university s
Sandia laboratory at Albuquerque
More recently he has been con-
sultant of Western Electric SUBJ
(See OWL DEFENSE. Page A-3l
Evening star., 1950-01-21
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Jan. 21.-Maj. Gen.
Maxwell D. Taylor, American
commander in Berlin, ordered
West Berlin police today to va
cate the Soviet Reichsbahn Tail-
way) building rather than give
the Russians an excuse to
threaten a new blockade.
1T was the American intention
to put this space to use for the
benefit of Berlin" Gen. Taylor
said in a statement explaining
why the American property con-
troll section authorized the city
government on January II to
move into the virtually empty
railway headquarters.
Unfortunately the unreason-
able and provocative attitude of
the Soviets and of the Reichsbahn
makes it appear probable that the
hardships which they intend to
impose outweigh the benefits aris-
ing fro mthe American plan.
Having regretfully reached this
conclusion, I am suspending the
notice of custody and withdrawing
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Chinese Communists
Assert Claim 10 Tibet
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Jan. 21.-The Pei
ping Communist government de-
clared today that Tibet belongs to
the new peoples republic" of
China.
1t ordered the isolated nation
in the Himalayas to send repre-
sentatives without delay to "nego-
tiate on peaceful solution of the
question" It limited at reprisals
unless the Tibet government does
so.
The New China News Agency
quoted a spokesman for the Pei
ping Foreign Affairs Ministry to
this effect in a broadcast relayed
by the Yugoslav news agency
Tanjug.
The spokesman was comment
ing on "a report that authorities
in Tibet have sent a mission OF
good will to America, Britain, In
dia and Nepal."
He declared Tibetan authorities
have no right arbitrarily to send
any kind of mission, and even less
to assert the independence OF
Tibet, which is territory of the
Peoples Republic of China.
"Tibetans demand that Tibet
become member of the big dem
ocratic family of China with re-
gional autonomy under the lead
ership of the central peoples S
government" he added.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Little Joe Scheye
Is Reported Victim
OF $1,000 Ho|dup
Robbery Is Second
Involving Gambler
Here in Two Weeks

Police today said they were in
vestigating a report that Theodore
Little Joe) Scheve, 30, convicted
gambler, had recently been held
up and robbed. It was the second
holdup of a Washington gambler
reported in the last two weeks.
Inspector Robert F. Bryant said
Scheve, son of the late Joseph H.
(Big Joe) Scheve, had reported
being held up while riding in a
taxicab in the Northeast section of
the city.
First reports said the gambler
was robbed of $4,000, but police
today put the figure at $4,000.
They also said three men held up
Scheve.
When asked if they thought
Scheve was held up by the same
men who repeatedly robbed for
mer gambler Emmitt Warning of
$4,000 earlier this month, police
said the bandits have not yet
been connected with the other
case"
Passenger in Cab.
He said Scheve was a passenger
in a taxicab driven by Edward
Hangliter, 81, of 1929 Gales street
NE, when he was robbed. The
cab was taken by the bandits, but
was recovered abandoned a few
blocks away. According to police
reports, Hangliter said the rob-
berry occurred early Sunday.
Scheve, who is now on bail
pending his appeal from a con-
viction on charge of setting up
and keeping a gaming table, de-
clined to see reporters this morn
Evening star., 1950-01-21
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

Adelbert w. Lee, chairman of
the Board of Education's Person.
mel Committee, today said he
would ask for a special session of
the board so he could have a
chance to explain why he voted
against Miss Eleanor P. McAuliffe
for principal of the new Sousa
Junior High School.
Mr.. Lee said:
II want to know who divulged
what was labeled confidential in
formation. Also, I want a chance
to justify my position and make a
statement proving my position to
be correct"
He referred to a story in yes
terday's Star, quoting the official
report made by School Supt. Ho-
bart M. Corning to the school
Evening star., 1950-01-21
speeiaI pi.pateh 10 Ihs siur

PORT ROYAL, Va, Jan. al
Three persons were drowned when
their car plunged into the Kappa
hammock River last night after
crashing through the guard rail of
an open drawbridge here.
Two of the bodies were still in
the automobile when it was raised
about 10 am. today by State
Highway Department employees.
They were identified as Guy
King. so, and Mrs. Edith Singer,
so. both of King George County.
Mr.. Kings son Preston also was in
the car when it made its fatal
plunge, but he apparently was
thrown out,
Fredericksburg Rescue Squad
workers speculated that a fairly
strong current may have carried
the body downstream The river
Evening star., 1950-01-21
aapping Case Closed,
Barrett Says in Call
From 0'Hara's S Office
Representative Smiles,
Won't Soy Whether He
Hit PoIicemunin Row

Police Chief Robert j. Barrett
said today that the reported hit
ting of policeman Thursday
night by a Congressman is "a
closed case"-but he refused to
say whether the Congressman was
Representative O'Hara, Democrat,
of Illinois.
Maj. Barrett made the an
nouncement in a telephone cal
to reporters at police headquarters
He said he was calling from Mr.
O'Hara's office.
II had Capt. Lorraine T. John.
son Giraffe Division directory
Pvt. Paul H. Bixler (who said he
was on the receiving end of the
attack Thursday night and Pvt
r. H. Brown (Bixler's partner)
over here with the Representa-
tive and everybody is shaking
hands," Maj. Barrett said. ut is
a closed case"
Laughs at Question.
When asked whether MI. O'Hara
was the man who hit the officer,
Maj. Barrett laughed.
Mr.. O'Hara also laughed when
asked the same question and add
ed: THE whole thing has been
handled splendidly Journalistic
cally."
After Maj. Barrett's call to re-
porters, Mr.. O'Hara repeated over
the telephone his denial that he
had struck a policeman in the now
celebrated battle of the locked
bumpers"
"If I want to do any fighting
I'll pick on Joe Louis" he said.
Mr.. O'Hara has stoutly denied
any knowledge of the incident,
which occurred outside the Con-
gressional Hotel late Thursday
night.
4 Was in No Alteration
He told reporters: IT was in no
alteration. It must have been
some one else using my name"
The Illinois Democrat added
that he was amused at the whole
thing"
Il can't understand why all this
publicity is being given this thing"
the ex-newspaperman declared
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Lee Will Ask Special Meeting
To Tell of McAuIiffe Opposition
Chairman Of Personnel Committee Says
Confidential information Was Divuqed

board at the two closed sessions
of the Personnel Committee before
the Wednesday board meeting.
At the Wednesday meeting, Miss
McAuliffe, now the assistant prin-
cipal of the Paul Junior High
School. was nominated by DR..
Corning to be principal at Sousa
but was turned down by the board
by a vote of S to 3.
The report of DR.. Corning stated
that Miss McAuliffe, on the basis
of information furnished by the
Board of Examiners, clearly has
had more extensive training, long
er total experience, longer expert
ence in an administrative position,
and, for the last two years, has
had the highest ratings"
The report admitted that Law
son j. Cantrell, associate superin-
Evening star., 1950-01-21
cor Plunges Through Guard Rail
OfOpen Druwbridqe, 3 Drown

Is between Is and 80 feet deep
at the spot.
Mr.. Kings body was half out
of a rear window of the car and
Mrs. Singers was behind the
steering wheel. The windshield
was completely smashed.
Police said eyewitnesses told
them the automobile, headed
north on Route 301, about 20
miles east of Fredericksburg, ran
through the guard rail without
even slowing down.
The gatekeeper, Richard Mot
ley, said the bridge was open to
allow boat to pass down the
river. He added he did not. see
the car.
Police said both Kings were en-
ployed at the nearby Dahlgren
Naval Proving Ground
Evening star., 1950-01-21
By the Assoeioted Press

HOUSTON, Jan. 21.-A home
made bomb exploded in a Rice
Institute dormitory early today
causing $1,000 damage. Eleven
students escaped injury although
the blast ripped doors off in four
dormitory rooms.
The only clue was a set of keys
found in the rubble on the sec
ond-fioor stairway where the
bomb exploded. The building has
five stories.
Homicide Capt. George Sober
and Rice Institute officials all
began inquiries.
"This is not a harmless prank, %
DR.. William v. Houston, president
of the school, said. mo amateur
Evening star., 1950-01-21
u. S. Gives Up Berlin Building
To Avert New Blockade Threat
Gen. Taylor Orders West Sector Police
Withdrawn From Reichsbohn Headquarters

the West sector police from the
interior of the building"
Gen. Taylor was asked if his
position was that the building is
not worth the threat of a new
blockade. He replied:
That's exactly it. We are bend
ing over backwards to the Soviet
claim that this building has some
connection. however remote, with
the operation of hte Reichsbahn. -
He said the Reichsbahn would
be permitted to restore it's guard
detail in the building.
Earlier, the American COM
mandant had said he did not re-
gard the dispute with the Russians
over the Reichsbahn building as a
serious incident,
He charged that the Eastern
authorities had used the occupa-
ton of the building as IAN excuse
to vent their spite against West
Berlin"
East German Communists had
implied that the interzonal train
service might be affected because
(See BERLIN Page A-2)
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Filling Station Attendant
Reports $500 Robbery

A filling station attendant told
Prince Georges County police he
was held up and robbed of 5000
last night after he had closed the
station in the $500 block of Land
over road, near Cheverly.
Police said the attendant, Rob-
ert L. Cokely, %, Sunnybrook.
Md, told them he was walking
toward his car with metal box
containing the days receipts.
He told police someone stuck
something in my back and said,
I'll take that"
AS he turned around, he told
police. he saw a man holding a
revolver. He said he gave the man
the box and was told to get in
his car and drive away. He obeyed
instructions. 4
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Tucker Mail Fraud Trial
Placed in Jury's Hands
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO. Jan. 21.-The Tuck
er mail fraud trial went to a Fed
eral Court jury today.
The jury of six men and six
women retired at 10:55 am. after
Judge Walter j. La Buy had spent
46 minutes reading his instruc-
tions.
In addition to mail fraud, the
eight defendants are charged with
conspiracy and violation of Sc
curities and Exchange Commits
sion regulations.
If convicted on all 81 counts
of the indictment, Preston T.
Tucker and four other defendants
would be liable to maximum
penalty of 155 years imprison-
ment and fines totaling 100000
each.
Three others who obtained dis
missal of various counts were
subject to lesser penalties. The
charges stemmed from the opera
ton of the Tucker Corp. in its
attempt to produce rear-engine
automobile,
Evening star., 1950-01-21
11Escupe as Homemade Bomb
Rips Rice Institute Dormitory

can estimate the force of blast
or the ensuing harm to life and
limb.
"It is student matter on pres
ent evidence and it will be in
vestigated," he continued.
Police said the crude bomb was
made of rusty 3-inch pipe about
IL inches long, packed with
shredded newspapers, crumbled
brick and explosives. It shattered
glass throughout the area.
Investigator g. L. Blankston
said the bomb must have con-
tanned at least a pound of TINT.
Police believe the bomb may
have been placed in the dormitory
by a person who was heard walk
ing through the building shortly
before the blast.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Civil Defense Agency
To Be Revived Under
Former Atomic Official
Larsen Named Head;
Campaign Launched
To Recruit 10000
By John A. Giles

The Nations long-dormant civil
defense organization appeared
headed for new life today as a
former atomic research official
was named it's top planner and a
drive was begun to recruit $4,000
volunteer aircraft observers.
Paul J. Larsen, who has been
associated with atomic research
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Truman Choice Has Good
Chance, Pendergast Says

James Pendergast, Kansas City
political leader, said after a White
House call today that prospects
are good for the nomination Of
State Senator Emery Allison.
whom President Truman has in
dorsed for the Democratic Sena-
torial nomination in Missouri.
Mr.. Pendergast remarked, how
ever. that he would make no pre-
dictions about the outcome. Five
candidates have entered the pri-
mary already.
The Democratic nominee Sc
lected in August will oppose Sena-
tor Donnell. the Republican in
cumbent, in November.
Evening star., 1950-01-21

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Jan.
81 R-Two members of the
Canadian Legation here have been
ousted from Czechoslovakia, the
legations charge d'affaires, John
A. Irwin said today. The two are
Sergt. Seginald Danko and Corpl.
j. G. Vanier, who were on the
staff of the legations air attache.
Danko was a clerk-typist and
Vanier q driver.
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Korean Aid Bill Beaten
By Vote Marqin,
House Check Shows
Lemke Clears Up Error,
Reveals He Was Paired
And Counted in Tally
BY the Associofed Press

1t now appears that the Korean
aid bill was defeated in the House
by only one vote-not two.
The House rejected the admin
istration request for $50, ,000, 900 in
additional economic funds for the
little Far Eastern republic Thurs
day. House tellers and the Con-
gressional Record listed the vote
as 191 for the bill to 1913 against.
But a check showed that Repre-
sentative Lemke, Republican, of
North Dakota was listed twice
once as voting against the meas
ure and once as paired for it.
Mr.. Lemke cleared it up last
night. Contacted at Devils Lake
N. Dak., he said he was not present
when the final vote was taken but
was paired for it. Therefore, he
said, the correct vote should be
1872 against the bill, 191 for.
Mr.. Lemke was paired with Rep
Iresentative Smith, Republican, of
Ohio.
Pairing Explained.
When a member can't be pres
ent for a vote, he sometimes ar
ranges with another member on
the opposite side of the question
to abstain from voting. Such
pairs" do not count in the vote
tally, although they are listed ip
the Congressional Record.
Mr.. Lemke made an impassioned
plea for the Korean aid bill during
debate. Then he was called home
because of illness in his family.
What effect, if any. the count
ing error would have on the bill
was not Immediately apparent.
Under House rules, any change in
the vote record must be made the
following day. That was yester-
day.
Administration Sought Aid.
The administration had urged
aid to Southern Korea to bolster
it's economy against Communist
pressure. Its surprise defeat in
the House was seen as a rebuke
for President Truman's Far East
ern policy.
Korean Ambassador John Myun
Chang conferred yesterday with
Evening star., 1950-01-21
Roll Coll Vote on Rules Change Page A-3

sailing now. Some Republicans
in fact, were talking about making
a new try to give the Rules Com
mittee its old pigeonholing power
later in the session.
The administration strategists
forced vote yesterday and won,
236 to 1873. Their timing was an
important factor in gaining a
large parcel of Republican votes
to help Offset the loss of Southern
Democrats who supported the
rules change.
Attention turned today to Mon
days scheduled effort to call up
the FEPC anti-discrimination bill.
Lesinski Plans Action.
Chairman Lesinski of the House
Labor Committee plans to try to
bring it to the floor for debate.
An existing rule permits a chair
man to ask a vote on a measure
reported favorably by his commit
tee which the Rules Committee
has failed to clear for debate with
in 81 days.
Although both sides in yester-
days tussle insisted FEPC had
nothing to do with the case, men,
bers prominent on both sides ad-
mitted privately that factor was
the fear of some Republicans that
they would be accused of trying
to block FEPC if they voted to
abandon the 21-day rule before
Mr.. Lesinski had his chance.
AS a matter of fact, Speaker
Rayburn has not said whether he
Evening star., 1950-01-21

>-->--->--~~-----~~-
weeks ago to Karl Sundstroem.
Finnish minister in Moscow.
Today in Moscow Mr.. Sundstroem
delivered the Finnish reply to the
Russians.
The Finnish government told
the Russians that it, is making
every effort to fulfill loyally its
obligations under the peace treaty.
Soviet Demands Criminals,
Likewise, it is striving by all
means to act according to the
friendship and mutual assistance
pact with Russia. Nevertheless,
it is entitled to reject categorically
the assertions that Finnish au-
thorities should have supplied war
criminals with faxed documents"
Russia, in a New Years Day
note, accused Finland of harbor-
ing 300 Soviet war criminals in
violation of the Soviet-Finnish
peace treaty. Deputy Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko
received Mr.. Sundstroem in Mos
COW and demanded that the war
criminals be handed over to
Russia. He specifically accused
the Finnish government of fur
|nishing the alleged war criminals
with false names and documents.
Among the war criminals there
were said to be 56 guilty of the
most serious crimes. The official
accusations were backed up hy
severe reprimands in the Com
munist newspaper Pravda.
The Finnish government said in
its reply that of the 56 accused of
serious crimes only 16 are new
cases, since the rest of the names
had been accounted for pre-
viously.
4 Held for Questioning.
Actually, the list only con-
tanned IS names. the Finnish
communique said, because two on
the list referred to the same
person.
Four of the 16 persons have been
detained for questioning, the
communique said. Three of them
are unknown in Finland, one has
died. and five have left the coun-
try. 1t has been impossible to
trace the whereabouts of the re-
naming three. the official state
ment said.
Before the Russian note was de-
livered, it added. THE Finnish au-
thorities had no knowledge of the
presence of these. 16 persons, and,
consequently, had not been able
to take any actions against them"
Three Made Finnish Citizens.
Three of the four persons de-
tanned have become Finnish citi-
zens during the postwar period,
Finland revealed. One is stateless
and has been living in Finland
since 1898.
Investigations are proceeding
to ascertain whether these four
should be extradited to the Soviet
Union under the statutes of the
peace treaty, the note said.
The reply added that "a persons
have been surrendered to Russia
under these special statutes since
the end of the war, in addition to
36 other persons, mostly prisoners
of war.
The note said that although
Finland would always have to full
fill the regulations of the peace
treaty, at the same time it pointed
out that Finland is also under the
obligation of observing interna-
tional laws that guarantee the
rights of individuals.
The official reply was supple
mented by long and detailed
memorandum giving an account
of the Investigations of each one
of the a11aped uar oriy,oiy,o1c