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Evening star., 1950-04-20
Judge Rules Reporter,
Have Right 10 Remain
In Closed Courtroom
Hands Down Decision
In Protest on Exclusion
At Defense Request

Municipal Court Judge Aubrey
B. Fennell today ruled the press
is one of four groups with an
inherent right to remain in a
closed courtroom during the hear
ing of a criminal action.
Judge Fennell, in a decision
written since the question was
raised yesterday, listed as the four
categories having the right to
remain:
l. Parties to the action and
their counsel.
2. Officers of the law.
3. Members of the bar.
4. Representatives of the press.
Judge Fennell said the question
was properly raised yesterday,
when three Washington news
papermen entered courtroom
from which the public had been
excluded by order of the court
and insisted the press had the
right to remain.
Hearing Is Resumed.
Judge Fennell said that as far
as his efforts have gone, he was
unable to find any decision in the
District squarely settling the
question.
Therefore. this opinion is be-
lievcd to be the law" the judge
said.
Resumption of hearing in
which Robert S. Williams, jr., t5
a lumber estimator, of the 4E0C
block of Fo1ty-ninth street NV.
is charged with indecent exposure
was delayed nearly a half hor1
after the judge came on the bench
while opposing attorneys held a
bench conference and the judge
delivered MS opinion
Judge Fe:lnell later announced
that Defense Attorneys Paul Con-
molly jr., and James c. Rodgers
had stated they originally asked
the courtroom be cleared because
they had such a firm and abid-
ing faith in the innocence of the
defendant that they thought re-
gardleSs of the outcome of the
case, irreparable damage woulo
be done to the reputation of the
defendant If the case was heard
in open court"
Newsmen Asked to Leave.
Judge Fennell added that the
defense attorneys said that the
purpose sought for in the clear.
ance of the court 'oom could nc
longer oe accomplished since the
story had been published.
/ At yesterdays session, two re-
porters-George Norris of the
Times-Herald and Wallace E
Clayton of The Star-entered the
courtroom where Mr.. Williams was
being tried while the defense was
presenting character witnesses
The reporters had made no effor,
to go into the court earlier wher
the complainants in the action
two teen age girls, were teStifying
Even the parents were kept out
at that time.
When the reporters walked ii
yesterday, Judge Fennell sale
every one had been excluded a
the request of defense attorneys
He said the request had not beer
opposed by the Government.
Mr.. Connolly said he wanted th'
> reporters kept out, and they left
A short time later, accompanied
by Joseph PAUL of the Washington
Post, Mr.. Clayton and Mr.. Norri
re-entered the courtroom and re
quested a review of Judge Pennell'
, decision.
Judge Fennell Immediately re
(see REPORTERS. Page A-5)
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support from the press. At the
same time, he explained that he
had instructed Secretary of State
Acheson to strengthen the pub
licity weapons this country uses
ito promote the cause of free
dom against the propaganda of
slavery"
He lauded the efforts of the
newspapers in this direction, but
warned against partisan presenta-
ton of the news.
Censures a Few Editors.
Saying that most editors arr
meeting their responsibilities we'll
he nevertheless was "sorry to say
a few are meeting it badly"
Twisting the facts might
change the course of an election
at home. but it would certainly
damage our country's program
abroad" Mr.. Truman amplified.
And with an obvious dig at tht
lampooning to which the Ameri
can diplomatic service sometime
is subjected, the President as
serted:
There is too much nonsens'
about striped trousers in foreign
affairs. Far more influence i
exerted by the baggy pants of tn
managing editor"
Freedom Is Being Challenged.
The President told the editor
there had never been a time il
our history when there was great
er need for a Informed citi
Zenry.
The cause of freedom is bein.
challenged throughout the worlt
today by the forces of imperial
istic communism" he continued
This is a struggle above all else
for the minds of men. Propaganda
is one of the most powerful
weapons the Communists have il
this struggle. Deceit, distortion
and lies are Systematically used b.
them as a matter of deliberat
policy.
This propaganda can be over
Continued on Page Az, Col. l..
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Frederick Field
And Jaffe Called
Witness Describes
Communist Orders
To Organize Writers
BULLETIN
BULLETIN

Louis Budenz testified under
questioning this afternoon that
outside of what he has been
told by Communist leaders he
had no personal knowledge"
that Owen baltimore is a
Communist. He said. however,
there is corroboratve evi-
dence in existence"
Evening star., 1950-04-20
By Cecil Holland


Louis F. Budenz. former Com
munist leader. said today that
Owen J. baltimore was a mem
Der of a Communist cell" and
can be placed" in a Communist
conspiracy in 1887 TO influence
American policy toward Red
China.
He said Mr.. baltimore was re-
ferred to in secret Communist
Party documents under the initials
L or XII" and was a member OF a
Communist cell in the Institute
Of Pacific Relations.
Mr.. Budenz testified before a
Senate Foreign Relations sub
committee as the key witness In
charges brought by Senator Nc
Carthy. Republican. of Wisconsin
that Mr.. baltimore. widely-known
Far Eastern expert. is the top
Communist spy in this country.
Senator Mccarthy has said that
he is willing to let his case OF
Communist inflltration into the
State Department stand on his
ability to substanCiate his charges
against Mr.. baltimore.
But after an hour and a half Of
hurting accusations. Mr.. Buden1
said he was not saying that Mr..
baltimore is a Communist.
Committee Counsel Edward
Morgan asked him: Did you re-
fer to baltimore as a Commu-
nist?"
Mr.. Budenz: "Oh, no, no, no.
no."
Describes Meeting.
Testifying before a packed
hearing room in the Senate Once
Building. Mr.. Budenz described q
meeting ofNtop American Commu-
mist leaders which he said he be-
lieved was held in October, 1887.
It's purpose. the witness said, was
to announce change in party
line opposing the Chinese Nation
aliSt government of Chang Kali
Shek and of making plans to in
fluence American policy in favor
of Red China.
Mr.. Budenz said it was at that
meeting that he first heard OF the
name of Mr.. baltimore in refer
ence to Communist affairs. Dur
ing his testimony he said that
specifically. he had been told. it
was Mr.. Lattimores role to influ-
ence American writer's to take a
favorable position toward the
Communist cause in China.
The witness. formerly manag-
ing editor of the Communist Daily
Worker, who renounced the party
doctrine in 1945 and is now an as
sistant professor at Fordham Uni
versity, said Mr.. baltimore did
not attend the policy making
meeting in 1887 but that he had
been instructed to be guided by
what Mr.. baltimore had to say
on Far Eastern affairs.
Earlier in his testimony Mr..
Budenz said that up to 1910 or
l941 what he described as the
Politburo of the Communist
Party (AmericanD issued onion
skin official documents which to
the best Of my knowledge were
sent to Moscow" He said that
various individuals were referred
to in the documents by initials
and that Mr.. Lattimores designa-
ton, he was told, was IL or XII"
Papers Strict Secrets.
Mr.. Budenz said the onion skin
papers were considered so conf
Dental that the party workers
were forbidden to even burn them.
He added they were instructed tn
tear them up in small pieces and
flush them down the toilet"
He said he didn't know how the
Continued on Page A-3. Col. -
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only 3 miles from Westbourne
where on July 8, 1943, Sir Harry
Oakes was found bludgeoned to
death and his body burned. Sir
Harry's in-law, Alfred de
Marigny, was tried and acquitted
and the case remains unsolved.
At an inquest in Nassau today
DR.. H. B. Taylor, medical officer
(See RENNER. Page A-3)
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to be a perfectly legal enterprise
under current law"
Mr.. D'Alesandro testified before
a Senate Commerce subcommittee
in support of a bill which woulc
forbid the sending of gambling
information across State lines. HI
described the measure as designed
to take bookmakers "out of the
billion dollar class" by cutting of
bookies information.
Syndicate Clearing House.
"Just how many big-time book.
makers operate in Baltimore is q
moot question:" Mr.. D'Alesandrc
said. 1T is general knowledge
however, that the racing news
syndicate. which provides vast in
formation service to bookmakers
operates in Baltimore a regional
information clearing house."
He said city and State authori-
ties do not have the power to con-
troll the flow of information tc
bookies and for this reason need
Federal help.
The Senate took one step yes
terday in the direction of helping
the States deal with gambling. II
passed measure to ban the ship
ment of slot machines and other
gambling devices into States
where their operation is illegal
The bill now goes to the House
Hearings to Continue.
Mr.. D'Alesandro said he doubt
ed if there were a dozen slot ma
chimes operating in Baltimore, but
that the numbers racket ano
bookmakers operate there.
There is a continual stream o1
numbers men and bookies-most-
ly small fry-being tried in oul
criminal courts" he said. "Ir
nearly all cases they are con.
victed."
Mayor D'Alesandro is chairman
OF the Legislative Committee o1
the United States Conference O.
Mayors and he conferred with
Justice Department officials ir
the drafting of the pending anti.
gambling legislation.
The committee plans to hclc
at least several days of hearing.
before deciding what to do about
the bill.
Senator Capehart, Republican
OF Indiana said he wanted to know
why the city and State official.
are unable to handle the gamblins
problem themselves.
Other Witnesses Called.
II want them to tell me how
much gambling IS going on il
their cities and States" he said
whether the situation is out O.
hand-and how the Government
can help them"
Other witnesses summoned ar,
Police Chief William O'Brien, At.
torney Charles Preusse, Police In.
spector August Flath and Com.
missioner of Investigation w
Shields, all of New York City
Assistant Police Chief Kenned,
Lawrence and Attorney Nathania
Goldstick of Detroit, w. F. An.
derson. chief of the North Caro-
lima State Bureau of Investiga.
ton, and Florida Attorney Gen.
eral Richard Erwin.
The legislation was proposed BY
the Justice Department primarily
as a way to choke off horse race
bookmaking by denying bookie'
the prompt Information the,
must have for betting.
Evening star., 1950-04-20
Acheson to Deliver
Major Policy Talk
Saturday Night

Secretary Of State Acheson
will make a major policy
speech" Saturday night at the
dinner of the American So
ciety of Newspaper Editors
here, the State Department
announced today.
The address is scheduled for
9 pm. It will be broadcast
by the Mutual Broadcasting
System and probably other
networks, the department said.
Evening star., 1950-04-20
Ypres Commander Dies

BEXHILL, Sussex. England.
April 20 P1.-Brig. Gen. Norman
William Webber. SO, commander
of the Canadian I'd Division in the
World War I Battle Of Ypres. died
yesterday in Bexhill Hospital.
Evening star., 1950-04-20

the President emphasized the ne
cessity of combating deceit. dis
tortion and lies" with a plain ex-
position of this Governments pol
icies. He added that unless we
get the real story across to people
in other countries, we will lose
he battle for mems minds by de-
fault"
Mr.. Truman, who spoke at 9
luncheon at the Hotel Statler, in
dulged in some of the harshest
criticism he has yet directed al
the Soviet regime. At the same
time, however, he reiterated that
the United States seeks only peace
Russian arguments to the con.
trary Notwithstanding.
Defense Is Only Need for War.
I'VE have no purpose of going
to war except in defense of free.
DOM" he said.
The President bolstered hi;
plea for wider dissemination Of
the ideas the United States is
seeking to get across to other
lands, with call for increasing
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District Crime Probers Plan Lows to
Tighten Enforcement. Page 81
Evening star., 1950-04-20
BaItimoreCa||ed
Clearing House
For Bookies
D'AIesondro Says City
Is PowerIess to Halt
Race News Service
BY the Associated Press

Mayor Thomas DAlesandro
said today that Baltimore is a
regional clearing house" of in
formation for big time Eastern
bookmakers.
He said the city is powerless to
halt this operation which seems
Evening star., 1950-04-20
Truman Asks Campaign Of Truth
By Editors to Stop Communism
President Makes
Firm Attack on
Soviet Practices
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman today tolo
the American Society of News
paper Editors that I'VE must make
ourselves heard round the world
in a great campaign of truth" to
halt the advance of communism
Addressing the men who mold
the policies of the Nations press
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Weather Forecast {

Cool today with high near so. Fair and
cooler tonight; low about 40 in city. IS in
suburbs. Tomorrow mostly sunny and
continued cool. Full report on Page A-2)
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Guide for Re q ders

An Associoted Press Ne~spo
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Continued on Page A-3. Col.
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Text Of Presidents Address to Editors.
Poee Al
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Late New York Markets. Pooe A-zo.
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(See OAR, Page A-5O
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(See RENNER. Page A-3.)
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Yeggs Fail To
Crack Safe At
nau Elevator

Yeggs who attempted to rob the
safe of the Nau Grain Company,
across from the Pennsylvania
railroad station in Plain City
Wednesday night, were unreward-
ed for their efforts, according to
Sheriff Harold r. Bidwell who
was investigating the burglary
Thursday.
They pried open window
over the company's weighing scales
and entered the office. The COM
bination was knocked off the safe
and the lock was jimmed when
they apparently tried to open
the safe with a punch. A cash
drawer containing 40 or 50 PEN
nies was open and contents un-
disturbed. A number of prizes in
a glass case were also undisturb-
ed, the sheriff reported.
The sheriff said the time was es-
tablished by report from neigh
Dor near the elevator. who stated
that small dog, owned by one
of the employees, came to his door
and scratched to get in about IL
o'clock. The dog is locked in the
elevator each night and canno'
get out. Hence, it is believed tha'
the elevator office was entered be
tween 10 and II o'clock.
Tom Wagner of the Bureau o
Criminal Investigation and Iden
tification at the London Prison
Farm, accompanied sheriff Bid
we'll. They are without clues.
Owners of the elevator sen
to Columbus Thursday morninl
for some person who was familia
with safe locks to try opening
their battered safe.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
$4,000 Asked For
Youths Injuries

Ethel Young, as mother and
next friend of Talmage Young an
infant Is years of age, of London
RID No. l, has filed suit for
$1,000 damages in Madison County
Common Pleas court against Le-
roy Lansing also of Lon1on,
RID No. /, for injuries to her son
in an automobile accident the
night of June %, 1949.
The plaintiff states in her pet
itlon that her son was a passenger
in the rear seat of the car driven
by Lansing when it went out OF
control on State Route 38 just
south of London and struck post
on the right hand BERN of the
highway.
She further states that he- son
suffered cuts between the right
eye and the right corner of the
mouth a distance of two inches,
breaking bones underlying the
flesh, and forehead cuts above the
eye.
AS a result of the accident She
states, her son has been hospital
lied on two occasions and has beer
told that he will have to return
to the hospital for further exam
nations and treatment.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Seven Major Fires In 1949
Boosted Loss To $157, 200

barn on the Woodland Farms, a
short distance from the one on
the Agricultural Lands Farm, was
destroyed at an estimated loss of
5000 to $4,000.
The Tanner-Robison Lumber
company estimated S4500, loss on
its buildings when a defective
flu caused fire December 10.
A smoke house owned by S. M,
Ellis, in West jefferson township
and its contents, were burned
December 81, with an estimated
loss of S7OO.
A garage in the rear OF the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Lani-
gan, East First Street, London,
was damaged in the amount OF
$500 by fire of unknown origin.
The total fire loss in 194S was
less than half of the loss in 1949.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
SIeet Storm
Hits County

The worst weather of the win
ter hit Madison county Wedncs-
day night.
Roads in the northern end oil
of the county were reported IN
worse condition Thursday morn
ing, because of the sleet storm
than those in the southern end,
according to Otis Barker. superin-
tendent of the Madison County
Division of the State Highway
Department.
The highway trucks started
work at six o'clock Thursday
morning and gave salt treatment
to all the main highways in the
county. Later work was started
on the secondary roads, Mr..
Barker stated.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Murder Charged
z Galloway Men
Funeral Thursday
For Farmer Who
Died Of Injury

Roy Patrick, 81, and James Ben
nett, as, both of Galloway. were
charged with second degree mur-
der in the death of Dewey Shipley,
81, farmer of the Olmstead Rd.,
south of West Jefferson, in the
court of Justive II. j. Ringer of
Grove City Tuesday. They were
taken to the Franklin county Jail
in lieu of $4,000 bond each. A
preliminary hearing for the Gal
loway men was slated for Fri
day evening by Justice Ringer.
Charges were filed against the
men by Shipley's brother Frank of
38 Maple Dr., New Rome. Ship
ley's death resulted from injuries
he suffered when Patrick alleg-
edly struck him over the head with
an automatic shotgun he had
taken from Shipley, according to
investigating authorities. The
altercation took place while the
two Galloway men were trying
to recover foxhounds lost in that
neighborhood.
Patrick, they reported, claimed
self defense in that Shipley had
threatened to kill both him and
the dogs after firing one shot al
the dogs.
Bennett, they said, was with
Patrick at the time they were
trying to recover the dogs from
the Shipley farm.
Funeral services for MIR. Shiples
were conducted in ST. john:
Church, Thursday. Interment wa'
in Pleasant Hill cemetery, Wes
4 TaFf1xcnv>
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Freezing Rain
Covers Trees
Power Off

Freezing rain Friday sheathed
the trees and utility wires in
heavy coat of ice, but had little
effect on highway conditions.
The ice and freezing weather
was believed to have been the
cause of the electric power being
off for about one hour. The cur
rent went off shortly after 1890
p. m. shutting down numerous
business operations in London
throughout the period.
The surprise rain fall which
started between II p. m. and
midnight Thursday, following a
drop in temperature Thursday,
brought the total rain fall up to
3.35 inches for the first six days
of January, according to Leonard
McNeal, local weatherman.
The rain from II midnight,
Thursday to 8 a. m. Friday was
lbs inches. The steady doWnpour
sent Oak Run out of its banks all
along it's course, Mr.. NcNeal said
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06

The seven major fires in Madi-
son county caused total property
damage of approximately $157 200
during 1949.
Greatest was the January Z,
fire of an unknown origin, damage
estimated at 100000, which
gutted the Wolbert Building and
the residence of the family Cyril
Fisher on East Main Street in
West Jefferson.
A barn and seven room dwell
ing on the Leonard Woosley farm
on u s. Route 40, northwest of
London, was completely destroy
cd by fire on November s, with
a total loss estimated at $4,000.
Loss on a barn destroyed by
fire November 80 on one of the
farms of Agricultural Lands, Inc,
on the Drury road was not es-
tinlated
Less than a week later, a large
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Al Committees
Named For 1850

Twenty-four advisors attended
the 4-H Council meeting at the
Extension Office Tuesday evening. [
Committees and chairman an
nounced for the coming year were:
Leaders Banquet = Mrs. Robert
Halterman, Chm; Mrs. f. M.
Ridenour, Harold Brill, Ed Val
lery, Mrs. Max Dunkle., Awards,
Mrs. Dean Goodyear, Chm; Frank
Roby, Mrs. Jack Carpenter, Doro-
thy Street. Leaders, Officers,
Training Mrs. Paul Overturf.
Chm; Mrs. c. E. Lippencott, Bryon
Smith, Mary Alice Sherwood,
Betty Gochenour Sales - Paul
Overturf, Chm; Amos Cordle,
Donald Elliott, Jack Roby, Mar,
garet Smith, Mrs. George Ash
more. Finance - Mrs. Edward
Hennis, Chm; Donald Mace Mrs.
Leslie Laird. Health and Safety -
Clara Ann Smith, Chm, Mrs.
E. B. Converse, Jackie Kies, Mrs.
Kenneth Harrison, Mrs. Robert
Hunter, Mrs. Robert CLANCY. Re-
creation - Mrs. David Watkins,
Chm; Luella Rausch, Russell
Byerly, Robert Dorm. Rally -
Mrs. Homer Francis, Chm; Larry
Taylor, Lloyd Roby, Lennie Boer-
ger, Mrs. Martin Miller, Mrs. {.
w. Roger. Special Activities -
Robert Hunter, Chm; Roger
Counts, Mrs. Roger Walvoord,
Mrs. Albert Anderson, Hester
Ann Ridenour, Janet Littler. Dis
plays and Publicity = Mrs. Rich
ard Littler, Chm; Mrs. Robert
Hunter. Dairy Albert Ander-
son, Chm; Dan Smith, John Rihi,
II. S. Foust. Sheep = Lloyd Roby,
Chm; Byron Smith, Paul Overturf,
Beef = Robert Hunter. Chm; Fer
man Troyer, Cecil Harsh, Gil
bert Champers. Miscellaneous
Agricultural Dorman Wright,
Chm; Russell Byerly, Raymond
Deacon. Miscellaneous Home Ec.-
Mrs. Albert Anderson, Chm; Mrs.
Charles Craig, Mrs. w. D. Purdin,
Mrs. Guy Sargent, Mrs. Harry
(Continusd on Page Twol
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06
Former London
Resident Dies

Mrs. Georgia Eta Nedds, for
merly of London, died at her home
in Standpoint, Idaho, January fol-
lowing a stroke, according to word
received in London Wednesday.
She is survived by two sons
Merle L. Anaconda, Montana and
Franklin M. of Standpoint and two
grandchildren. Mrs. Nedds was the
widow of the late Albert Ncdds
painter and Marshall OF London.
He later was Motorman for the
c. L. & E. traction Co. He was
killed some years ago while on
duty for the Company.
Funeral services Thursday z
D. m. Interment in Pinecrsst Gem
etery at Standpoint.
Madison County Democrat. (London, Ohio) 19??-1958, 1950-01-06

hey developed during 1949 with
he necessary technical assistance
made available by the Service
through districts.
Much of the Improvements ID
land use provided for in these
plans will show in their accomp-
lishments for 1850"
BY the close of 1949, Kennard
said farmers of the state had
organized rs soil conservation
districts covering 2z,45O,OOO acres
of land. AT that time 1882 farm
ers of the state had developed
complete farm conservation plans
of which 2,617 were developed
during the year just past.
Local representatives of the
u. S. Soil Conservation Service
also gave technical assistance To
S32 other farmers with simple
practices which they will later
develop into complete farm con-
servation plans.
During 1949, Kennard's re-
port shows, farmers cooperating
With districts put 1880 additional
acres under contour cultivation,
added $1,000 acres of strip CROP
ping improved $1,000 acres of past
ure, planted 2,4oO acres of trees,
built 391 farm ponds, 1SO miles of
terraces and drained $4,000 acres.
Most of the land drained was
already being farmed, Kennard
explained, but production was
being badly reduced by lack of
drainage, and to develop better
water disposal systems on their
lands, farmers of the state con-
structed 100000 lineal ft. of
grass waterways and terrace
outlets during the year.