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Evening star., 1950-03-05
Sofia Legation Aide Reveals Red Torture False Confession

"Iron Curtain" governments, the
State Department said:
''The pattern Of Mr.. Shipkov's
confession has become tragically
familiar, whereas the method OF
how such confessions are extorted
has remained mysterious
enigma.
For the first time. however. q
victim of this apparently hyp-
motto process has had the spirit
ual fortitude and courage pain
fully to piece together again the
shattered pieces OF his moral
character and to reveal in de-
tail how man Of integrity can
be completely broken and forced
to describe In his own words a
fantastic story Of imaginary
(Continued On Page All. Col. II
Evening star., 1950-03-05
u. ). Rejects Demant
By Hungary for Cut
In Staff Of Legation
Text of Strong Reply to
Feb. q Note Published
By Stote Department
Rv 1ohu IA H:~Lx
BY John M. Hiqhtowe,
Associated Press s,off wr;,.r


The United States Indignantly
rejected yesterday a Hungarian
suggestion that the American
legation staff in Budapest be
trimmed down on the ground tina,
it is an anti-Communist spy nest
The State Department dis
closed this by publishing the text
of a strongly worded reply to q
note which Communist Hungary
sent to Washington, February %
The Hungarian note asked the
United States to consider reduc-
ing the legation staff.
Staff May Be Reduced.
Yesterdays answer turned dowr
this suggestion without reserva.
ton, but it also managed, by 9
piece of diplomatic footwork, to
get across the idea that the lega-
tion staff probably will be re-
duced, anyway.
This apparent contradiction was
similar to the circumstance which
arose a year ago when the Hun
garians demanded the recall o1
American Minister Selden Chaplin
The United States then denied
that Hungary, as a former enemy
State under peace treaty control
had any right to toss out an
American minister. But having
thus secured its legal position the
the State Department called Mr.
Chaplin home and replaced him by
the present minister Nathaniel P
Davis.
The Hungarian note of Febru-
ary % and yesterdays reply re-
volved around the recent trial OF
Robert A. Vogeler, American busi-
nessman convicted in a Commun.
ist court of spying against the
(Sae HIINGAPJAN pooa A.6l,
Evening star., 1950-03-05
U. 5. Is Urged 10 Ship
Potatoes 10 Needy,
Pay Freight Bill
Farm Bill Conferees
Also Eyeing Surplus
Cotton, Peanuts, Wheat
BY the Associated Press

A tentative agreement to spend
few more million dollars on sur
plus potatoes rather than see
them rot" was reached late yes
terday by Senate-H con-
ference on farm price supports.
Senator Thomas, Democrat. of
Oklahoma, told reporters the
agreement was still subject to
final approval of the seven Sena-
tors and seven House members
trying to work out a compromise
on emergency legislation covering
potatoes, cotton, wheat and pea
nuts.
The new proposal by Senate
Majority Leader Lucas would al
low the government to pay freight
or transportation costs of moving
the spuds to tax-supported State
and local charitable" agencies for
human consumption.
Would Be Given Away.
The potatoes, acquired under
the Government price support
program, would be given away
without cost.
eve decided we should spend a
little more money rather than
see them rot" Senator Thomas
explained. Nobody knows how
much this would cost because
that depends upon how many
would be used"
The newest potato move ap-
peared to be in line with an earlier
request of Secretary of Agricul-
ture Brannan for advice from
1
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Plane Lands in Heavy Sea
To Aid Injured Ship Officer
ey N. Associated Press


NEW YORK, Mar. "A Coast
Guard plane removed the seri-
ously injured first officer Of the
tanker Andrew A. Humphrey in
moderately heavy sea about 100
miles east of New York today.
The officer. Thomas N. Light
sey, jr., 26, Of Biloxi, Miss, was
flown to Floyd Bennett Field and
taken to Coney Island Hospital.
'Mr. Lightsey was bleeding heav-
lily as the result of a 30-foot fall
into an empty tank.
He was transferred from the
ship by a small boat to the plane
which descended on the water
nearby,
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Chest TO Pay Hospital,
Even if Monthly Fund
Proves Inadequate
Federation Agreement
Will Hold Good Only
: Until Further Notice

The Community Chest Fedora
tion agreed until further notice
to pay hospitals for treating all
patients certified for Chest aid
even if funds earmarked for
monthly payments are inadequate.
This agreement, it was learned
last night. is the latest develop
ment in moves to ease financial
problems of the city's hospitals,
resulting partly from the Red
Feather campaigns failure to meet
it's goal.
The Hospital Service Agency,
which certifies patients and dis
burses the Chest funds. estimated
before the drive that $796,0O0
would be needed this year to pay
hospitals at increased rates. The
federation allotted only $452 900
to the fund, however, and said HSA
should add 1925, 900 to it from
money collected from patients who
can pay part of their hospital ex-
penses.
No Additional Funds Seen.
The federation then set aside
specific amounts to be paid each
month, in order to make the fund
last all year.
Chauncey G. Parker, federation
president, issued the word that
hospitals would be paid for what
ever HSA-certified service they
give, but stressed that the agree
ment holds only until further
notice"
He explained that if the fedora
ton must add to monthly alloca-
tions to the disqualification fund,
the money will have to come from
funds designated for remaining
months of the year. He said he
saw no prospects Of any additional
money being available to the fund
at this time.
Too Early to Tell Years Needs.
Mr.. Parker pointed out, however,
that it isstoo early in the year to
know exactly what the need will
be.
Willard c. Smith, HSA head,
said funds available for January
will be adequate to pay claims for
that month.
+. Claims during January, he said.
amounted to about $50,000. About
s45, 200 was allocated from the
Chest fund, and HSA "recaptured"
$11.7O0 from it's part-pay patients.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
By Gornett D. Horner

A horror story of Bulgarian
Communist police tactics that
completely broke down a Bull
|garian employe of the United
States Legation at Sofia and
"forcibly persuaded" him to sign
Ia false confession of spying was
disclosed by the State Depart
|ment last night.
L It was d f1rst-perSon story Of
fear. despair and of refined tor
|ture that at first did mot appear
Iunduly painful" But soon the VIC
tim, "a man of integrity" was
eager to invent preposterous
things to confess in the hope OF
satisfying his tormentors and end
ing his misery.
The story was told IN q 1900
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Mother Of 7 Shot 10 Death
On Albuquerque Street
By the Associated Press

ALBUQUERQUE, N. Mex, Mar
Mrs. Rosa F. Rice, 28, formerly
of Park City, Utah, was shot te
death about 4 am. today as she
crossed an Albubuerque street.
Police Chief Paul Shaver said
Berkeley M. Turner, 26, Albuquer-
que cab driver, signed a state
ment that he shot the mother o1
two children because she threat
ened to call police If he did not
end his attentions toward her.
After the shooting, man ident-
ified as Turner called police and
said, "send the police. ! just shot
q woman"
She apparently was shot twice
as she walked from a parked car
to a service station. and five more
slugs were pumped at her as she
screamed and fell to the pave
ment.
She was the former Rosa
Frances Pierce, married to M
Sergt. Robert L. Rice, 80, OF
Weippe, Idaho. He is stationed
at Sandia Base here. The children
are by a former marriage.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Broudcosts on Alcoholism
Begin Tomorrow Nioht

Hear Alcoholism in Wash
lngton" over WMAL, The
Evening Star station:
/. A roundtable discussion
of the problem from $50 to
10 pm. tomorrow.
2. A series of eight weekly
broadcasts from 9:45 to 10
pm. Tuesdays, the first being
next Tuesday.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Montgomery Police
Hunt Bicycle, Auto
In Road Mystery
Young Form Loborer
Found Unconscious,
Both Feet Frozen

A damaged automobile and a
missing bicycle were sought by
Montgomery County detectives
last night as clues in the myste-
rious injury Of an Olney man.
John Bowman, 81. a farm la
borer, was found unconscious
about $50 am. yesterday on the
Norbeck road. three miles from
Rockville.
Mr.. Bowman was still uncon-
scious last night at Suburban
Hospital, Bethesda, where his
condition was described as serious
Hospital attaches said he suffered
undetermined head injuries and
frozen feet. When found, his
shoes were off.
Hit-Run Case Suspected.
Detective Corpl. Frank Griggs,
assigned to investigate the case
along with Detective Sergt. Jesse
Day, said Mr.. Bowman may have
been the victim of a hit-run driver
The detective said it is possible,
however, that Mr.. Bowman
jumped, fell or was thrown from
an automobile.
Police filed a teletype lookout
for a car believed to have a dam
aged right fender and right rear
bumper. The car may have one
or more broken windows, Detec-
tive Griggs said.
The detective said that at the
point Mr.. Bowman was found, a
telephone pole is scraped and
broken glass was found.
The victims bride of a month
=
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Measure 10 Control
Subversive ACTIVITY
Reported TO Senate
Would Require Officers
And Members of Red
Groups to Register
By J. A. O'Leory

A bill to control subversiye ac
tivities was reported out of tn
Senate Judiciary Committee yes
terday. IL to /.
Modelled after the Mundt-Nix
on bill, which died in the 80tl
Congress after passing the House
| it would require officers and mem
bers of Communist organizations
and officers of Communication
groups, to register with a ney
board.
It would make it unlawful TO
individuals to conspire to estab
lish in the United States totali'
tartan dictatorship under th'
control of a foreign government
Must Disclose Income.
It also would define conditions
under which Federal employees
could be prosecuted for knowingly
giving to agents of foreign gov
ernment, or to a Communist Or
ganization, any information classi-
fed by the Government as affect
ing national security. Penalties
likewise are defined for those re-
ceiving such information.
It would compel Communist
groups to disclose their sources OF
income, and require them to label
material sent through the mails
as propaganda.
Supporters of the present bill
believe they have removed some
of the objections which provoked
controversy over the Mundt-
Nixon bill.
In New York, Eugene Dennis
general secretary of the Com
munist party, called the commit
tees action a Pearl Harbor Sneak
attack on the Bill of Rights
Dennis,s one of II top Com
munists convicted of conspiracy
to advocate violent overthrow OF
the Government, said the bill
would outlaw his party.
''The bill would destroy, the
right of association and the other
basic American freedoms" Dennis
said.
Based on Individual Acts.
Senator Ferguson, Republican
of Michigan, who helped rewrite
the measure. explained, for ex-
ample, that an amendment
adopted by the committee yes
terday makes it clear that neither
the holding of Office nor member
ship in any Communist organiza-
ton shall constitute a violation
of the conspiracy section.
According to one of the drafters
of the bill, conspiracy to estah-
lish a totalitarian government
would have to be based on the
acts of individuals, apart from
their membership in any organ
ization.
Although Senator Langer, Re-
publican, of North Dakota, cast
CONTINUED on Page AT. Col. A.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
7 Nebraska Flyers Killed
As Plane Hits Power Line
Nv the Associated Press

NORTH LOUP, Neb.. Mar. g.
Two men were killed today when
their light plane crashed and
burned after striking a power line
two miles east of here.
The men were Howard c.
Christensen. 38, Of Grand Island,
Neb., and Stanley Copeland, %. of
Ord.
Merlyn Schludel, Scotia, Neb.,
farmer. said he saw the plane pass
over him. then burst into flames
as it struck the power line. It
crashed into a bog on the bank
Of the North Loup River.
Evening star., 1950-03-05

night that everything was running
smoothly and no important bitches
would arise. The drafters Of the
contract covering production OF
coal in Northern, Western and
captive" mines-Well over half Of
the industry-still have to COM
plete their work.
Union and operator representa-
tives who are drawing up the
contract ended about nine hours
of work on the agreement shortly
after II o'clock last night. They
will resume their job at II am.
today.
Differences Are Slight.
Those meeting were Thomas
Kennedy, vice president, and John
Owens, secretary treasurer Of the
union, and George ThurSby and
William Foster of Pittsburgh, rep
resenting the operators. They left
the conference room explaining
they we're shouldering tough job
getting the contract in shape. but
it was indicated there were no
material differences to be settled, 4
Scheduled for today, after COM
pletion of the contract, are the
formal signing of the agreement
and official announcement of it's
terms. Mr.. Lewis hurriedly sum-
moned the UMW's 200-member
Policy Committee here and he set
meeting of the group tentatively
for 4::30 pm. today for ratifica-
ton of the two-year coal peace
pact.
The delay in completing the
contract, however. may cost the
Icoal-starYcd country another
days production. There may not
be time for the 10000 miners to
return to work tomorrow. They
have defied a District Court order
and vowed to continue the four
week-old strike until they get q
contract. Union sources believed
that many mines will reopen to-
morrow. But they say it is up to
the men themselves.
Lawyers Encounter Difficulty.
Most of yesterdays delay was
caused by difficulties encountered
by lawyers of both sides in max
ing the agreement fit another
District Court injunction which
holds some of the contract pro-
visions as probably illegal.
Then, according to the opera
tors, UNIV representatives sud-
denly tossed in a demand for
improved overtime payment. For
time it threatened to wreck the
whole hard-won settlement.
The miners have been getting
time-and-a-half pay for Satur-
days and double pay for Sundays
if they are the sixth and seventh
consecutive days a man has
worked. The new demand was for
premium pay Tor saturdays anu
Sundays "as much or regardless
how many other days a miner
works in a particular week.
Southerners Holding Out.
The only sizeable group Of
operators who have not reached
agreement with Mr.. Lewis are
the members of the Southern Coal
Producers Association. They rep
resent nearly a fourth of the
country's soft coal output.
There was little doubt but that
the Southerners will sign the
agreement negotiated with Mr..
Lewis by their Northern and
Western colleagues. But Joseph
E. Moody, the association presi-
H4y \
Evening star., 1950-03-05

local option areas, reducing the
per capita rate.
District arrests for drunkenness
have risen from 1892 in 1896
when the population was under
100000 to 37,463 last year. The
population of the District itself
has decreased l per cent since the
war: From $50, 900 to $40, 900. The
percentage of jailed drunks has
increased more than 33 per cent
over the same period.
Seventy per cent of all jail cases
and II per cent of the Districts
criminal court cases are on drunk
enness charges.
More than 1000 persons were
hospitalized last year for physical
Evening star., 1950-03-05
French Chamber Kills
Red Amendments 10
Anti Sabotage Bill
Recess Follows 36-Hour
Session Marked by Row;
Communists Elected
By fhe Associated Press

PARIS. Mar. The French
National Assembly today beat
down a series of Communist
amendments to Premier Bidault's
anti-sabotage bill and recessed
until pm.
When it sreconyenes, the AS.
sembly will go to work on the
compromise bill accepted tenta-
lively by the non-Communist
parties, with a view to passing it
quickly
Mr.. Bidault has demanded that
the bill be pushed through to give
the government more machinery
with which to counter the Com
munists threat to block delivery to
France of American arms under
the Arms Aid pact.
36-Hour Session.
The recess was taken at Ais
am. after the deputies had been
in virtually continuous session for
more than SO hours. The session
was broken up twice by fist
fights and police were called tc
eject the Communists from the
chamber.
The bill to be taken up this aft
ernoon is designed to give the
government a better weapon
against saboteurs by abolishing
the death penalty and conse-
quently making convictions easier
Mr.. Bidault's modified bill is ac-
cepted in principle by the majority
group in the Assembly, composed
of the premier's own Catholic left
of-center Popular Republican
Movement CMRP), the Socialists
and Radical Socialists (Conserva-
tives). The Communists concen.
trated all their efforts on trying
to draw red herrings across the
trail.
De Gaullist Starts Uproar.
They accused the government o.
giving up Frances good anc
beautiful alliance" with the Sovlet
Union to- enter the Western blot
and suggested all kinds of rea.
sons for further delaying consider.
alton of the project which the gov.
ernment wants rammed through
before the first shipments arrive
under the 81 billion American
arms aid program.
There was a brief but wild up
roar when a De Gaullist deput,
urged proceedings against the "15l
traitors sitting on the Commu.
mist benches"
/ The first two Communis1
amendments were defeated BY
votes of 306 to 181 and 301 tx
1913.
i Dockers On Strike.
While dockers at Bordeaux
Calais, Dunkerque and at Algier.
in North Africa went on a "a.
hour strike at the call of tn,
Communist-dom Genera
Confederation of Labor, the AS.
sembly had voted yesterday t.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
s Hurt as Reds Attempt
To Riot Over Bruce
BY the Associated Press

TUNIS, Tunisia, March 4.-Five
persons were injured and three
arrested today during an at
tempted leftist demonstration on
the arrival of David K. Bruce,
American Ambassador to France,
in this French protectorate.
Mr.. Bruce is making a plane
tour of French North Africa.
Evening star., 1950-03-05

CAIRO, Egypt, March 4 Dr.
Hail fell on the Pyramids today.
Historians said it was the 18th
such storm in recorded history,
The hail fell for about eight
minutes.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Partial Text Of Maj. Borrett,s Official
Reasons For Richht Transfer. Poge A-4

was ordered by Police Inspector
John R. Jefferies to turn in false
report on a gambling complaint.
2. Capt. Beverly Beach, who
new back from Florida at his own
expense to demand a hearing,
fatty denied telling Emmitt War
ring, reputed gambling big-shot,
that the House District subcom-
mittee investigating crime was
concerned about the lack of
gambling arrests in his precinct.
He vowed he would find out who
was casting aspersions on him.
8. Capt. Richitt complained
after the hearing that he was al
lowed to answer only one OF the
nine charges leveled against HIM
as the reason for his transfer.
Barrett Defends Jefferies.
4. Police Chief Robert j. Bar
rett told the subcommittee that
Washington has no organized mob,
no wholesale bribery of public Of
ficials and no gambling headquar-
ters.
5. Maj. Barrett rose to the de-
Tense of Inspector Jefferies. Said
the major: "He hasn't done a
thing wrong"
At the end of yesterdays hear
ing, the investigating committee
shut off its public airing of the
police charges and counter
charges. A committee member,
Representative Simpson OF nli-
nois, said he hoped the hearings
would "clear the air of gossip of
wholesale bribery from the Com
missioners on down."
The committee did not an
nounce when it would resume its
hearings nor did it give any indi-
cation of what it considered con-
elusive about what has been
brought out in the testimony so
far.
Richitt Protests Procedure.
Immediately after the hearing, |
Capt. Richitt complained about
not being permitted to make a
point-by-point reply to the
charges which Maj. Barrett had
said were the basis for his dis
puted transfer from the Third
to the Eighth Precinct. It was
this move which set off the en-
tire police inquiry.
One hour before the hearing
started, Capt. Richitt said, he was
told by Special Counsel Hyman
I. Fischbach that the subcom-
mittee was mot a trial board
and that he would be permitted
to discuss only the charge that
he failed to give Maj. Barrett a
report on gambling arrests in his
precinct during the 1949 fiscal
year.
He said he was prepared to an
swer all the complaints but when
it was suggested he give his an
swer to reporters. he replied that
he had been advised by counsel not
to do that at this time.
Chairman Davis had kept the
complaints secret until after the
hearing. He had explained that
he wanted both sides of the con-
troversy aired at the same time.
As the hearing ended. he lifted
the ban.
Other Complaints Made.
Some of the complaints enum-
Grated in the five-page document
grew out of incidents which Capt.
Richitt had related at a press
conference Thursday night. Capt.
Richitt, however, did not see the
actual complaints until they were
turned over to MIN at an emer-
gency session Of the subcommittee
Friday afternoon.
Capt. Richett was accused in
the summary of "discourtesy to
Continued on Page A, Col. L.
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Richitt Says He Was Ordered
To FoIsify Gambling Report;
Beach Denies Warning Tipoff
Capital Has No Mob
Or Bribery, Barrett
Tells Crime Probers
By Miriom Gutenberg

Key figures in the explosive
police controversy fought it out
before Congressional crime probers
again yesterday.
This is what they had to say:
l. Capt. Anthony Richitt, whose
transfer started it all. charged he
Evening star., 1950-03-05

Rising Temperature Helps eose Drain On
D. c. Goal Supply. Page At
Evening star., 1950-03-05
Per Capita Liquor Consumption
IND. C.. Is ; Times u. S. AVERAGE
Figure Of 39l Gallons Here Reflected
In Ever-Rising Arrests and Alcoholism
First of q Series.J
By Ted Mcdowell

Washington soaking three times liquor
tional capita
Even with allowances for thousands thirsty
chases by Virginia and Maryland residents
figure.
It reflected everswelng arrests alcoholism crime and
death-a of
Evening star., 1950-03-05
CooIPoctDue 7 odoy:
End of Strike Nav Be
Observation-Disclosures
Legal SnorIs Hang
Up Final Action
By UNIV, Owners
By Jones Y. Newton

A couple of tough legal prob
lens, plus new union demand
delayed until today the signing of
a strike-ending new contract be-
tween John L. Lewis United Mine
Workers and most of the Nations
soft coal operators.
But both union and operator
spokeSmen gave assurance last
Evening star., 1950-03-05

Rodio Progroms, Page C-8
Complete Index, Poos Az
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(See HUNGARIAN, Page A-6.D
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(See MINERS, Page A-5D
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CONTINUED on Page A-8, Ct
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Continued on Page AS. Col. q
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(See HOLDUP, Page A-7)
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Hail Falls on Pyrufhids

(See FRANCE. Page ABB
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Continued on Page A, Col. L.,
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Continued on Page Az. Col. /
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CONTINUED on Page AS. Col. ID
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(See BOWMAN. Page A-4.)
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Dockers On Strike.

While dockers at Bordeaux,
Calais, Dunkerque and at Algiers
in North Africa went on a "a
hour strike at the call of the
Communist dominated General
Confederation of Labor, the As
sembly had voted yesterday to
Evening star., 1950-03-05

(See POTATOES. Page A-7)
Evening star., 1950-03-05

Considerable cloudiness with highest in
middle 40s today. Somewhat warmer
tonight. Tomorrow some cloudiness with
moderate temperature.
Evening star., 1950-03-05

The Evening and Sunday Star is
delivered by carrier to all subscribers
at $1.2O per month when Sundays;
$1.30 per month when Sundays.
Night Final edition, $1.30 and $1.40
per month.
Telephone ST 5000.