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Evening star., 1950-06-26
HighIights
of Todoy's
Programs
RADIO TODAY

500, WTOP Hollywood Star
Playhouse: Dorothy Mcclure stars
in Sound on, Ny Love"
800, WRC-Telephone Hour: Vio-
linist Zinc Francescatti plays Part
-Four of Sarasate's Carmen" and
''Havanaise" by Saint Saen.
500, WTOP-Radio Theater: June
Allyson and Van johnson are fea-
tured in The Bride Goes Wild"
$3.50, WCFM - American Newspa-
per Guild Convention: Senator Nee
ly of West Virginia speaks at the
opening session of the Convention
1890, WMAL-Fight of the Week:
Featherweight champion Willie Pep
VS.. Bobby Timpson.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Gasoline Pipeline

The United States has 321 900
miles of pipe that carry manu-
factured. natural and liquefed
gases from their sources to places
of application.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Bruce Says U. 5. Allies
Will GET Best Weapons
by the Assoeiofed Press

The head of the United States
arms aid program has indicated
that the latest and best conven-
tional American weapons will be
made available to this Country's
Allies against Communist aggres-
sion.
James Bruce. State Department
director of mutual defense assist
ance, said in a weekend inter-
view with the Gannett News
Service:
IF you have a poorly equipped
police force, for example, trying
to combat a crime wave in a large
community, it's common sense to
give them the latest and best
equipment"
The arms aid program was ap-
proved by Congress last year, with
a 81 billion 314 million fund pro-
vided for the first years opera
tions. President Truman has
asked 81 billion 100 million more
Tor the second year.
Most aid goes to eight Atlantic
Pact nations-Britain, France
Belgium. Italy. The Netherlands
Luxembourg, Denmark and Nor
way.
The same nations also are get
ting economic aid from this
country through the Economic
Cooperation Administration.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Alexandria Woman Hurt
Critically in 3-Car Crash

Miss Thelma Sherman, 80. of
1011 Vernon street, Alexandria,
was critically injured yesterday
in a three-car collision on No. l
highway about miles south of
Alexandria.
Miss Sherman, who is employed
as a cashier at Jelleff's in Shir-
lington. was admitted to Alex
andria Hospital with a fractured
skull and nose. and other injuries.
Henry R. Minor, As, of Antrim,
N. H.. and Clark Perkins. Al. of
Hillsboro, N. H., were treated at
the hospital for minor cuts and
released.
State police said Miss Sherman
was riding in car driven by
Corpl. Clanton F. Carroll, 80, of
Fort Belvoir. A car driven by
Mr.. Minor, police said. glanced
off the, rear of car driven by
Dennis M. Wood. jr.. of Groveton.
The Carroll and Minor cars then
collided head-on. police said.
A hearing is scheduled March
% at Fairfax.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Oldest U. S. Orchestra

The New York Philharmonic
Orchestra is said to be the third
Oldest in the world, and the oldest
in the United States.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Atomic Committee
Criticized by Editor
By the Assoeiofed Press

BALTIMORE, Feb. 27.-A St.
Louis newspaperman took the
Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy to task yesterday
for what he called failure to
understand the problems OF
atomic energy and the Atomic
Energy Commission.
Robert J. Blakely, chief edi-
torial writer for the st. Louis
Star Times, addressed the closing
session of the Enoch Pratt Lii
brary's Atomic Energy Institute.
Il have followed the activities
Of the Committee on Atomic
Energy very closely" Mr.. Blakely
said, land = can tell you most of
the members haven't even taken
time to understand the problems
of atomic energy and the
commission"
IF they (the committeeman
haven't bothered to understand
them, then Congress certainly
hasn't. And if Congress hasn't
neither have the people"
In Washington, neither Sena-
tor Mcmahon, Democrat, of Con-
Evening star., 1950-02-27
|Rieve Denies Threat
To Social Security in
|CI0 Pension Plans
By the Associotsd Press

A CIO official said today that
pension plans being negotiated by
CIO unions pose no threat to the
Federal social security system.
There have been protests in
Congress and elsewhere that Ia
boris efforts to achieve pensions
for union workers may weaken the
entire Federal old-age insurance
structure.
Emil Rieve, president OF the
Textile Workers Union and chair
man of the CIO Social Security
Committee, denied that.
Statement Given Committee.
"It is no part of our philosophy
to win pensions for our members
only. leaving the rest of the popu-
lation to look out for ITSELF" Mr..
Rieve said in a statement pre-
pared for the Senate Finance
Committee.
The Senate group has been
GdhI1lS UCoIA1AAOlAy O1l PAOPOocAo AOA
expanding the present social Sc
curity setup. The House already
has approved such an expansion
Mr.. Rieve said:
Il have read about testimony
before your committee favoring a
fiat benefit of $25 of $50 month
That's not mansion. that's g
parody.
Changes in Law Proposed.
"Yet even paying this amount
to the II million Americans over
the age of IS would cost more
than SO billion a year."
|. He said he suspects those advo-
eating such a plan are trying tc
"break down the whole social
security program"
He proposed several changes ir
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Agreement Expected
In Britain, Delaying
New General Election
By the Associoted Press

LONDON, FeD. 2i.-StrOng
hints cropped up today that a
Conservative-Labor gentleman S
agreement" may delay a new gen.
eral election for the next few
months. But final decisions are
still to be taken.
Such truce, perhaps unspoken,
would permit the virtually dead
locked House of Commons to deal
with pressing problems both at
home and abroad.
Late election returns today
trimmed Labor's majority to a
mere eight seats. Two more of
the nations 625 constituencies still
have to report. In the two dis
tricts reporting today, Conserva-
tive Maj. Duncan McCallum was
the victor in Argyll and Liberal
Joseph Grimmond in Orkney and
Shetland.
Attlee Decision Applauded.
Most British newspapers ap-
plauded Prime Minister Attlee's
decision to form a new govern
ment and attempt to carry on
with Labor's thin majority.
With three districts still un-
reported, Labor had 315 of the
625 seats. The Conservatives had
295, the Liberals nine, the Irish
Nationalists two, the Independent
Liberals one. The speaker of the
House, who votes only in cases of
ties, is listed as non-partisan.
Most newspapers also forecast
another general election in late
summer or early autumn. This
would give Parliament a chance
to get the budget and other neces-
sary money bills out of the way.
The Labor and Conservative Par
ties would also have time to re-
build their treasures and cam
paign machines.
Prime Minister Attlee returned
to No. 10 Downing street and
worked at putting together his
new cabinet. He probably will
have it ready by the time the
Labor members hold a pre-par-
liamentary caucus on Wednesday.
Naturalization Delay Seen.
He may outline then the policy
Labor will follow in it's tight-rope
walk to stay in power. This policy
will become known officially in the
Kings speech from the throne
when Parliament opens March 6.
1t is widely expected that Mr..
Attlee will drop any further men
tion of naturalization of basic
industry and that the Conserva-
tives will support broadly the gov
ernment's foreign policy. But OBJ
servers agreed that any political
honeymoon would end quickly
once practical problems are out of
the way. t
The Laborites have problems
inside their own house, too. Left
wingers were reported rallying
for an early trial of strength with
the more moderate of the Labor
leaders. 4
The leftwingers want Labor to
carry on with militant socialism
despite the close escape from de-
feat on Thursday. H.
The main problem for the Con-
servatives was the timing of the
blow against the L,ahorites.
Conservative leader Winston
Churchill already has had tacti-
cal discussions with the party
chieftains.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Smile Week
Scheduled for
March 6 to II

You're supposed to laugh at
this-and then keep smiling.
March 6 through March II is
to be National Smile Week. Every
one is supposed to smile, because
too few do.
Advices on this event are 60
ing out from the National Smile
Week Committee and Smiling Joe
E. Brown urges everyone to be a
Joy Scout for the week.
1T might, praise be-" the press
release says, become a national
habit"
British Guiana is offering rum
and lime juice for export to the
United States.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
GosseH Denies Trying
To Bypass Rules Unit
On E|ector Change

Representative Gossett, Demo-
crat, Of Texas, said today he had
no intention of attempting to by
pass the House Rules Committee
in his effort to bring to the floor
a proposed Constitutional am
mendment to abolish the Electoral
College.
Mr.. Gossett is co-author with
Senator Lodge, Republican, of
Massachusetts,, of a proposal, ap-
proved by the Senate, to count
electoral votes in proportion to
the populor votes cast in each
State.
The Rules Committee put off
action today on clearing the bill
for House debate to hear opposi-
ton testimony later from Rep
resentatives Coudert of New York
and Case of New Jersey, Repub-
licans.
Mr.. Gossett told the rules group
he hoped it would send the meas
ure to the floor. But if it did not,
he added, he would not seek to
circumvent it by use of discharge
petition or other parliamentary
device.
Southern Support Strong.
Support for the amendment has
been strongest among Southern
legislators. Northerners from i'm
portant States which are likely to
swing either way in a close elec-
ton have opposed the plan, con-
tending it would give dispropor-
tionate influence to the South.
The amendment brought two
leading Senate Republicans into
open battle over the week end.
In a letter to all House Repub-
hcans. Senator Taft of Ohio said
that if the Senate-approved
amendment ever becomes law it
would be fatal to the hope of
electing a Republican President if
the election is in any way close"
In a similar letter, Senator
Lodge insisted that he and other
sponsors of the resolution are mot
afraid of entrusting the Republi-
can cause to the people"
Since the Senate passed the
proposed constitutional amend
ment by 64-to-27 vote on Feb
ruary l, opposition to it has de-
veloped within both parties in the
House.
A two-thirds vote of both
houses is required before it can
be submitted to State legislatures
for ratification.
The Lodge resolution would di-
vide each States electoral vote
between presidential candidates
on the basis of the popular vote
they got. Now the candidate with
the most votes in any State gets
all Of that States electoral votes.
Senator Lodge said this would
give the Republican Party the
greatest opportunity it has had
since the Civil War to break into
the South.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Cigarette Blamed in Blast
AT Philippine Arms Depot
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Feb. 27.-A A carelessly
tossed cigarette was held to be
the cause for the explosion of
an ammunition depot which killed
II persons and injured 100 at
Batangas Saturday night.
The explosion occurred at the
Batangas headquarters of the
Philippines constabulary. Spokes-
men said apparently a cigarette
tossed in trash pile started the
fire.
The explosion blasted a hole
18 feet deep and 20 feet in diam
eter. 1t was believed to have
been caused by a large aerial
bomb buried underground.
Some 100 houses near the am
munition dump were demolished
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Mann Warns Hunters
They Better Not Miss
BY the Associoted Press


Anyone who shoots the leopard
which escaped from the ZOO in
Oklahoma City had better kill it
promptly, DR.. William M. Mann
says.
DR.. Mann, who has been direc-
tor of The National Geological
Park here for Is years and who is
a recognized authority on wild
animals, told a reporter last night
he doubts that the unwounded
leopard is especially dangerous.
THE general belief in Africa
is that a large percentage of
wounded leopards charge" he
said. $50 if anybody hits it, they'd
better kill it.
"Unwounded, it will probably 90
out and get a sheep or a dog
they're very fond of dogs. It
probably would not attack a man
unless it was wounded. They are
ordinarily afraid of a man"
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Leopard
Continued From First Page)

NCOnClIlueQ rION F1TSG Fdge.)
where the guards reported seeing
the animal.
Mr.. Frazier, who has had only
two hours sleep since Friday night,
warned the cat hadn't eaten
since Saturday and said his hun
ger will make him even more dan
gerouS.
Besides that his nature leads
him to kill for pleasure, Mr..
Frazier added.
The only tangible clue to the
animals presence in the zoo early
today are the hairs caught under
the rough edge Of the fence where
he was reported seen by two
guards, M. D. Douglass and w. T.
Cooke, just before l am.
Near Mates Cage.
The place where the hairs were
found on the fence is so feet from
where the leopard's mate is Gagged
in the ZOO.
Examining the hairs, Mr.. Fra
zier nodded in affirmation:
There's no doubt about it.
these are leopard hairs, and our
cat sneaked in here today"
But as to the whereabouts OF
the 200 pounds of jungle fury. Mr.
Frazier. couldn't say. 1t escaped
unseen from this same inclosure
Saturday after springing l8 feet
from its pit in the ZOO.
Afternoon visitors scattered in
panic before the animals advance.
but he slinked into the heavy
underbrush. Since then he has
led hundreds of hunters through
two days of weary tramping the
countryside for Is miles to the
north and east.
He was spotted three times, but
always from distance, and i'm
mediately disappeared again.
Captured so Days Ago.
Farm families in the area have
been warned to stay at home and
keep their cattle penned up
Women and children should be
accompanied by an armed escort
if they must leave home, police
warned.
The leopard, captured in India
less than 60 days ago. is described
as particularly vicious. From
Thousand Oaks, Calf, where the
animal was quartered for four
days after it's arrival in this coun-
try, came a warning of a danger
GUS battle if it is captured.
Louis Goebel, one of the own
ers of the World Jungle Com
pound there, said it is lone of
the most savage animals" he had
ever handled.
Hes full-grown jungle ami
NAL and as green to civilization as
they come" he said.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Mabel Stark Is ScornfuI
OF Leopard Hunters

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 27 (R.-
Mabel Stark, world famed animal
trainer who last month was mauled
by a tigress, last night offered
scornfully to go to Oklahoma City
and catch the leopard.
State troopers, police, the Uni
ted States Marine" she snapped
What they don't know about
leopards hah!
"I'l take a man and go down
there myself and catch him II
they're interested.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Rep. Flood to Speak

Economic and political condi-
tions in Western Europe will be
discussed by Representative Flood
Democrat, of Pennsylvania, at q
luncheon meeting of the Syracuse
University Alumni Club of Wash.
ington at 1890 pm. Wednesday
at the Good Earth Restaurant
1909 K street NV.
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Engineers to Mark
Navy Night Wednesdo,

Navy Night will be observed by
the Washington Society OF Engi-
neers at BIS pm. Wednesday at
the Cosmos Club. Madison place
and H streets NV.
Rear Admiral j. F. Jelley will
address the group on THE Gen.
eral History and Duties OF the
Civil Engineer Corps of the
Navy" Capt. E. E. Saunders will
speak on Bureau of Yards and
Docks Research" Comdr. p. w.
Roberts will discuss Research on
Artic Problems"
Evening star., 1950-02-27
Teacher Union to Meet

Senator Johnston, Democrat, OF
South Carolina, will be guest of
honor at luncheon of the Wash
ington Teachers Union Local No.
8. American Federation of Teach
ers. at 1890 pm. Saturday. He
will be honored for his long rec
ord of support for liberal school
legislation it was announced.
Evening star., 1950-02-27

necticut, nor Representative Dur
ham, Democrat. of North Carolina,
could be reached Immediately for
comment. They are chairman
and vice chairman, respectively, of
the congressional committee.
Evening star., 1950-02-27

the present law, including a mini
mum pension Of $50 month, with
an equal amount of outside earn
ings permitted. The House bill
sets a $25 minimum.
Browning chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1941-1953, 1950-10-06

During these postwar years, how
ever, the spread of the fanatical,
atheistic communism, the profess
sional spy is competing with the
amateur Communist.
One way to solve the problem
of amateur Communist espionage
was set up in l947 under Gen.
George c. Marshall, as secretary
of state, under a directive of the
President inaugurating a loyalty
program.
Under the leadership of Jack
Puerifoy of South Carolina, a long
time state department official and
former West Point cadet, a security
staff was set up consisting of "a
investigators. In addition, the FBI,
under the direction of J. Edgar
Hoover, cooperates wholly and all
persons in the department have
gone through thorough screening.
When Secretary Acheson came into
power, he continued Puerifoy in
the job.
1iio oSl Itching PioSSoo 10 io1
based on the idea that all the peo-
pie it investigates are crooks or
spies. 1t is a process based first
on protecting the United States and,
at the same time, protecting the in
dividuaps rights, protecting their
regulations, urging and permitting
them to continue to serve the United
States with loyalty and enthusiasm.
If anything doubtful is found it goes
before the loyalty board of the de-
partment of which Gen. Conrad
Snow, a New Hampshire Republi-
can, is chairman.
Whatever recommendation this
board makes, whether it is to clear
the Individual or not, he then goes
before the Presidents loyalty board
headed by Seth Richardson, a for,
mer assistant attorney general un-
der President Hoover, and if the
individual is not cleared he is Civ.
en- an opportunity to resign. Il
there is direct evidence of disloyal.
ty, the evidence goes to the depart.
ment of justice.
Whatever the merits of sys.
tenn, Secretary Acheson believes
it is the correct way. 1.-THE wrong
way is to smear everybody's char.
acter and reputation, to make
charges which you hope will stick
and in doing destroy confidence Of
the people in their government anc
it's institutions.
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hole in the Allied lines at Mons. One
night when it looked as if there
was no stopping them, the sky sud-
denly turned yellow and across it
heading straight for the Jerries-
rode three white figures mounted
on white horses, the center rider
waving a gold-tipped sword. The
enemy took one look, and that was
the end of the advance"
sounds like somebody pas
seeing things" 1 said.
"Tbonsands OF people Wers
seeing things - and they ranged
from pripates to generals. And
later that might Vben several bnn-
dred OF The Germans Wers cap
fnred, to q man they reported bap-
ing seen the figures, too.
1.-THE white horsemen didn't show
up again until four years later"
the matchmaker went on, land this
time they brought along a lot of
friends. It was during the last Ger
man push along the Bethune line,
and when a Portuguese regiment
cracked up under the artillery fire
a handful of British machine-gun-
ners were rushed in to plug the
hole. The gunners knew they didn't
have a chance of getting out alive
all they could hope for was to keep
the enemy busy until reinforce
ments arrived.
THEN CAME THE miracle. Sud-
denly the German guns switched
their range and direction, and be-
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all the time. For instance, take the
fire in Canada a couple of months
ago-the one that wiped out al
most the entire town but didn't
touch the church."
"1t could have been air currents"
I said.
MAYBE" said the matchmaker,
"but how would you explain away
the cross in the sky that two thou
sand Englishmen swore they saw
during an air raid in 1914? Or
would you rationalize the white
horsemen who are accredited with
winning two battles in the first
World War;"
"TAKE YOUR TIME with the
watch and Details" I said.
"Well," said the old gent, "the
first time the horsemen appeared
was In August, 1914, when the Ger
mans were advancing through a big
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BROADWAY AND MAIN STREET
White Horsemen Of World War Sill Unexplained

gan blasting a patch Of ground sew
eral hundred yards to the right of
the machine-gunners-an area that
was completely deserted. And then
half an hour later, for no discern
ible reason, the Germans turned
tail and began to run.
cat first, the British couldn't be-
lieve their eyes; then they figured
it was some sort of trick although
under the circumstances it didn't
make military sense to bother with
trick. Finally the English sent out
reconnaissance squad, and it
brought back fifty prisoners from
various parts of the line.
Each prisoner was examined
separately and, according to Cap
tain C. W. Haywood of British In
telligence, each one told exactly
the same story.
"Wben The Portuguese regi-
ment retreated, The Germans be
gan to chase after it and only
stopped Vben they sa.V defacb-
ment of eapalry riding torward
JD"S tHo <bpe1 ZINC ~ OHtJt0UR
them. ibis confused them be-
cause, for one thing, eavalry bad
long been obsolete on Tho West
ern Front and, for another, every
member OF The detachment Was
dsssAd Is Wbie and riding
lpbite borse.
1.-THE artillery was Immediately
ordered to lombard the horsemen,
but when the men in white contin-
ued charging across the open field
despite the curtain of shells, the
Germans got panicky and fled"
'How about the English gun
ners?" I said.
''That's the strangest part of it,"
said the matchmaker. captain
Haywood made careful inquiry
among his men but he couldn't find
single British soldier who had
seen anything in the empty space
to the right-except space"
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LAST WEEKS
ANSWER ]


to collect his inheritance.
Outside, Van sighed deeply.
what pity! There was a chance
for swell murder case and it turns
out to be nothing but an ordinary
suicide"
Lord, it's getting so a man can't
honestly kill himself these days
without some inquisitive copper try
ing to dramatic it,"
I was sent up to Provincetown
and then down to Miami to cover
the air races. So it was more than
two weeks before I returned to New
| York. The day after my arrival I
dropped in on Van.
He looked brighter and satisfied.
"About the Randall murder" he
said. "We've got the Killer"
stared blankly. Then suddenly I
| remembered. "That wasn't muir
der. 1t was suicide. What do you
mean you've got the killer"
Barry Roster from Michi-
gan. Remember? The nephew
by marriage. He did it,
''Now look, Vln," I said
"Stop talking in punches. Why
would Barry Roster want to kill
penniless old Andy Randall?
Because of the paintings. You re-
member those three paintings we,
saw in the drawing room?"
Il remember that they weren't
anything to kill an old man over"
"Ha!" said Van. "You newspaper
men Never get behind the news.
Too superficial. suppose you never
heard of Caleb Trask?"
mo, l never heard of Caleb
Trask."
"Well, he's an artist. Pretty good
too. He painted those oils. They
sold for about $50 each. Then Caleb
died. So what always happens when
fairly good artist dies? The price
of his paintings hits the sky. So
Caleb Trask lived in Michigan and
Roster, being an art connoisseur
and knowing that his distant uncle
owned the paintings, began to think.
"Ah!"
"Ah! is right. To Roster it looked
like set-up. Uncle Andy had every
reason to commit suicide and who
would ever suspect distant neph-
ew living in Michigan who would
only inherit a bunch of debts?
so Roster made a quick and
murderous trip to Uncle Andy's and
then returned to Michigan. And
when he was advised he had in
herited a lot of debts he came back
and gave his uncle a decent burial
and took the paintings and left
everything else for the debts. And
week and half later I read in
the papers where the Trask oils had
sold for $4,000 each" Van sighed
and grinned. "What a pity you
newspaper men don't try to get be-
hind the news"
what pity" snapped, "that
you had to read in the newspapers
about the paintings being sold.''