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Evening star., 1950-04-03
Chinese NafionaIists
Celebrate SMASHING
OF Hainan Invasion
~ the es.ossS ers,x

TAIPEI. Formosa, April s,-Na-
tionalist China today hailed It's
greatest victory Of 1850 the
smashing of a Chinese Communist
invading force of more than $500
on Hainan Island of South China
Saturday.
Thousands joined massive
parade at Hollow. capital OF Hal
nan. Tons OF f,recrackers were
set eff Red prisoners were
marched through the streets
I'VE have destroyed the Com
munist dream OF conaueiing HAL
nan. said Gen. II Yang-chlns.
chief CT staff for Hainan.
The Nationalists said 5000 Reds
were killed and more than 2.500
were captured.
It was the second Red attempt
in six days to land a force on the
big island. separated by 10 miles
of water from Luichow Peninsula.
The Nationalists said they COM
aletely annihilsted" 1000 Red IN
vadcrs March -.
Some Red survivors tried to
escape yesterday but Nationalist
warships reported they sank the
fleeing junks. Five hundred more
Reds surrendered on Hainan.
The Nationalists said much
equipment including field pieces.
tommy guns and rifles was seized.
Nationalist dispatches usually
flaunt the silver lining and ignore
the dark clouds. But even allow
ing for exaggeration. their double
victory gave them something to
crow over.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

bill. But this year the appropria-
tons legislation was handled as
one blu and the Governments
independent agency officials can't
be blamed for feeling that they
were Disseminated against.
OLD AGE BUREAU-Social Sc
curity officials are hoping for early
hearings on the bill to transfer
the Bureau of Old Age and Sur
Vivors' Insurance. with It's 5000
employees, from Baltimore to the
Washington metropolitan area.
The officials declare that greater
efficiency and economy could be
achieved by the transfer,
Chairman Wilmington o. the
House Public Works Committee
introduced the bill last week.
CUSTODlAL WORkERS-The
Civil Service Commission has
taken steps to make sure that
Post Office cuS:oGisl workers
would rot have to lake a salary
cut # tEcv are transferred to the
jurisdiction of the General Serv-
ices Administration The transfer
is ore Of the presidential reor-
ganization proposals now before
Congress.
The commission has issued a
regulation that will guarantee
their present salaries if the trans
fer is made. Previously, the en-
.ployes had complained that they
faced a wage cut If they were
taken out of their present postal
scale. New employees. however,
would have to enter at lower SAL
aries in most cases if the postal
custodian functions are trans
ferred to GSA.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-A wide
variety of Federal supply jobs,
paying salaries of $3,l00 to s6,400
year. will be announced by the
Civil Service Commission in about
two weeks Brunson Mac
Chesney. professor of law at
Northwestern University, and
Leonard D. White. professor of
public administration at the Uni
versity of Chicago, have been
appointed as new members of
the Federal Loyalty Review Board.
/. The Civil Service Commission
Evening star., 1950-04-03

lomatic correspondent, writing
from The Hague Saturday night.
Quoting extremely well Informed
sources. he reported that after a
conference at The Hague, United
States Defense Minister Louis A.
johnson and British Defense Min
lister Emanuel Shinwell had agreed
to have top secrets bypass Mr..
Strachey.
Vehement denials were made by
Mr.. Shinwell and other British
spokesmen in London and The
Hague. These denials were re-
ported by the Associated Press as
they were made.
In reporting the government
statement. Press Associations lob
by correspondent said, in part:
Whitehall (the government)
feels that it is clearly wrong to
imply that any minister would be
empowered to be disloyal to a
colleague"
The lobby correspondent said
that if any member of Parliament
raises a question on the matter
In the House OF Commons "a very
emphatic government answer will
be given"
The conservative Daily Mail
said Mr.. Attlee win be questioned
in Commons about the political
storm revolving around Mr.. Stra-
chey.
The Hague report and the gov
ernment's denial got page ] ban
ner headlines in London papers
today and yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
British Spokesman Blasts
AP on Story From Hague

LONDON, April3 (P).-A spokes-
man for the British government
issued the following statement to-
day In connection. with an AS
sociated Press report quoting
sources at The Hague as saying
that British American military
chiefs had agreed to keep highly
confidential information out OF
the hands of British War Secre-
tary John Strachey:
The Associated Press of Amer
lea were responsible for this story
and if those who are employed
by them in London to interpret
political life in this country to
America did not as soon as they
saw this story inform their head
office that it could not conceivably
be true then they ought to have
done so.
They were told by telephone
that the story was obviously un-
true. and if they did so inform
their head Office and their head
Office insisted on still writing the
story, then l can only say that the
Associated Press boasted love of
facts is nothing but hypocrisy. :"
The British Press Association
distributed the statement to the
British press. Later it sent a bull
letin correction deleting all mat
ter following the words obviously
untrue in the second paragraph.
But the full statement had ap-
peared on page one Of the Eve
ming Standard, an afternoon
newspaper. Still later the Press
Association issued a memo stating
that after further consideration"
it had decided to reinstate the de-
leted material.
A spokesman at No. 10 Down.
ing Street. the official residence of
Prime Minister Attlee. said the
statement could be attributed to
"a government spokesman.
The Associated Press story came
from Joseph E. Dynan, Paris dip
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Says Force Aids Neqroes

Force. not gradualism, is the
only way to gain rights for Ne
sroes in the South" Federal
Judge and Mrs. J. Waites War
ing told $50 persons at a Rich
mond (Va.) meeting yesterday.
Terming "hatred Of the Negro
an obsession and An insanity"
Mrs. WarinR said that the shock
treatment of modern medicine is
the only cure
She said that her husband had
used force In his South Carolina
court, and it got results"
Every court decree is force -
the jurist explained. we don't
want laws passed to make people
live together. but we do want
laws to allow them to do 1t II they
vra rS{s3A s-Ap
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Strochey
Continued From First Page.)

with Mr.. Shinwell had been very
pleasant.
HE took great part in the
meeting" Mr.. johnson said. mo
one took more helpful part. He
contributed much to the uranim-
ity of the program.
Mr.. johnson returned in a
United States Air Force Constel-
lation plane which brought him
nonstop from the Azores in IL
hours. He said he stopped about
two hours in the Azores, where he
saw the Canadian defense min
lister on his way from the Hague
meeting to Ottawa.
With Mr.. johnson were Senator
Tydings. Democrat, of Maryland,
chairman of the Senate. Armed
Services Committee. and Gen.
Omar Bradley. chairman of the
United States Joint Chiefs of
Staff. Both attended The Hague
meeting with Mr.. johnson.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Fire Leaves -Four Homeless

A family of four was left home
less when fire destroyed their
house near Bowie, Md, late Sat-
urday.
The victims are Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur Aleshire and their chill
dren, Joann, II. and Francis, 10.
Mr.. Aleshire. an employe of the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission. also suffered head
injuries during the blaze believed
started by an overheated kitchen
stove. He was admitted to the
Prince Georges General Hospital.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

one day Of permanent service
must be retained while a non-
veteran OF 10. 20 or 80 years serv-
ice and an excellent rating Is
dropped.
The effect OF this system on
efficient, economical operation is
Just what one would imagine.
The league urged Congress K,
turn its immediate attention 10
pending legislation that would
modify veterans preference some
what 40 as 10 give greater Job
protection to nonyeteran career
employees.
There's virtually no chance that
Congress will act on the situation
this year. But the strong stand
taken by the league. which has
been responsible for some of the
major civil service reforms during
the past IS years. is evidence
that it will devote the major
part Of its efforts during the next
few years to modify veterans
preference.
LADY WITH A PASTA
sweet young thing walked into
the Civil Service Commissions
main Office one day last week
to apply for = Government job.
In answer to the question on
the applicant form which asked,
"Have you ever been arrested
or summoned into court as q
defendant" she wrote:
"Sued by boy friend for re-
turn Of engagement ring"
1NCONSISTENT-The House
Appropriations Committee was
guilty OF a strange inconsistency
in reporting the 1851 omnibus ap-
preparations bill.
It limited the Governments in
dependent agencies to a ratio OF
one personnel worker for every
lis employees in each particular
agency. But it imposed no such
limitation on the rest Of the Gov
ernment's departments and bu-
reaus. '- -, -,
Why the independent bureaus
should be penalized Is hard to
explain. One reason. Of course.
was the stand taken by Chairman
Thomas of the subcommittee
handling the independent offices
Evening star., 1950-04-03

District of Columbia - Occa-
sional light rain today, ending by
late afternoon, with highest tenn
perature about 10 degrees. Mostly
cloudy tonight, with lowest near
81 degrees. Tomorrow mostly
cloudy with occasional showers
and continued mild.
Maryland-Cloudy, with occa-
Gonal rain this afternoon and
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Two Professors Named
To Loyalty Review Board
BY the Assoejotsd Press

The Civil Service Commission
named a former commissioner, Dr..
Leonard D. White, Chicago, to
the loyalty review board yester-
day.
Also appointed to the board was
Brunson MacChesney, professor
Of law at Northwestern University
and a former representative in AL
eiers and Paris for the Foreien n
Economic Administration.
DR.. White, professor OF pub
lie administration at the Un.-
versity of Chicago, was a member
of the commission from 1884 to
1887.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Witness Says Myers
Wore Bloody Clothes
Shortly After Arrest

Ralph w. Myers was found tt
have blood stains on his clothing
shortly after his arrest in the
death of Mrs. Nina Jean Campbell
according to police testimony TO-
day in Myers trial in District
Court.
Myers, A. an Arlington winoov
shade salesman, is being tried be-
fore . jury In Judge F. Dickinson
Let's court on a charge he at
tempted an abortion which result
ed in the death of the 20-year-o,d
Mrs. Campbell last January 4.
Homicide Squad Sergt. Robert
E. Talbot testified he noticed the
stains on Myers underclothine
and socks at the District Morgue
about IL hours after the time
Mrs. Campbell is believed to have
died.
Arrested in Arlington.
Two hours before. the de-
fendant had been arrested in
Arlington. He waived extraditior
and was brought to homicide
headquarters here for questioning
1t was about IL o'clock that
night, Sergt. Talbot said, during
further questioning at the morgue
that he noticed Myers shorts AND
undershirt were bloody. The de-
tective added there were spots OF
what he took to be blood on
Myers socks and shoes.
On direct examination by AS
sistant United States Attorney
John Conliff, Sergt. Talbot SAID
Myers was sober at the time, CIV
ing coherent answers to ques-
tions asked him by police and
Deputy Coroner Richard Rosen-
berg. Myers attitude, the detec-
tive testified was arrogant"
The detective also asserted that
when Myers was asked at the
morgue to agree to give a blood
specimen. he volunteered. You'll
find blood on my hands"
Il Don't Know"
Myers also was quoted as saying
that there should not be any blood
on any other part of his body
When asked to explain how the
blood got on his clothes, Myers
replied. Il don't know" according
to Sergt. Talbot.
Another police witness today
was Homicide Detective Peter
zazanis. who said he recovered a
brown Upper bag from the trunk
OF a car which Myers used in his
work. He said these items were
in the bag:
A vacuum jub containing what
appeared to be a soap solution,
syringe nozzles, mercurochrome, a
knife and scotch tape.
Earlier testimony in the trial
has shown that a syringe, among
other things, was found in the
apartment where the alleged
abortion attempt took place. This
was the rooms of Miss Ruth E.
Childs, resigned nurse at Chill
dren's Hospital, at 1921 Fairmont
street NV.
In answer to a question by De-
fense Counsel James j. Laughlin,
Mr.. Zazanis denied finding either
sheet music or phonograph rec
ords in the same trunk. Mr..
Laughlin did not pursue this line
Of inquiry.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
SimpIified Point 4 Bill
Ready for Senate Study
BY the Assoeioisd P;ssx

A simplifled bill authorizing
Point -Four" technical aid for
backward areas Of the world was
ready today for study by the SEN
ate Foreign Relations Committee
Committee aides said the bill
would authorize q maximum out
lay OF SIS million in the year be-
ginning July l. The House has
passed foreign aid bill contain
ing a $25 million Point Four
provision,
Evening star., 1950-04-03

has a job exam for clinical psy-
biologists coming up in several
weeks. The pay Is $5.400 to So
900 a year Government medi-
cal and X-ray technicians, psy-
biologists and dental officers, who
have not secured permanent
status. must be fired by July 81.
. The Government Printing
Office has new Pamphlet, Gov
ernment Jobs Outside the Con-
tinental United States" which sells
for 10 cents.
BE sure to listen at Gas pm.
euery Saturday ouer WMAL.
The Star station, TO Joseph
Youngs Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
ne,0s and vie,Ds OF the Gouern-
ment scene
Evening star., 1950-04-03

showers late tonight and tomor-
row. Lowest temperature tonight
about so degrees.
Virginia-Mostly cloudy and
mild tonight. with lowest tenn
perature from so to IS degrees.
Showers and continued mild to-
morrow.
Wind velocity at 1870 O'Clock
this morning, ~ miles per hour;
| direction, south southwest.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Father Rescues Son

Seven-year-old Charles w. Cox,
jr.. Of $3.50 Oxon Hill road. Oxon
Hill. Md, was rescued by. his
father yesterday after falling into
feet of muddy water in septic
tank under construction.
The boy was playing in rear of
a house being built for his family
on Livingston road, Oxon Hill.
Charles was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital for treatment for
exposure and shock. He was re-
ported recovering today.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Record Attendance
Al Rites Marks Start
OF Holy Week Here

Easter with prayer.
Holy week. began yesterday ir
Catholic and Protestant churches
which were packed by record.
breaking attendances. Ushers re-
ported that in some auditoriums
as many as 200 persons were
turned away.
While members of the Chris
tian faith took communion and
received palms - symbolic OF
Christ's entry into Jerusalem
those of Jewish faith celebrated
the first day Of Passover.
One OF the largest groups oil
Palm Sunday wershipers attended
services of the New York Avenue
Presbyterian Church. held in Lis
ner Auditorium. Twenty-first ano
H streets NV. The large audi
torium was filled and hundreds
turned away to seek seats in less
crowded churches.
More than 1900 heard the new
Scottish pastor, the Rev. George
M. Docherty, preach his first ser
mon here. Mr.. Docherty empha-
sized that going to church just
at Easter isn't likely to save
any one. He pointed to the ST
other Sundays Of the year.
Many Unable to Find Seats.
Catholics stood during the read
ing of the Gospel. which annually
tells the story of Christ from the
last supper to the crucifix!on
Long columns filed past the altar
to receive the slender green palms
Many were unable to f1nG seats
at st. Patrick's Church anG St
Matthews Cathedral.
The Passover story was told by
Rabbi Harry J. Kaufman at the
Beth Sho!em Congregation, with
stress on peace and freedom. -
Family worship services at other
Washington congregations also
centered around the account OF
Israel's redemption.
At the Wilson Memorial Meth
odist Church, the Rev. H. H. Hoyt
asked:
viii our observance of Palm
Sunday be merely a band-wagon
experience. to be forgotten tomor-
row. or will we follow the meek
and lowly King to Calvary?"
Other Ceremonies Held.
The triumphal progress through
the streets of the Holy City was
described in Greek Orthodox
churches. Palm Sunday usually is
celebrated later in this church,
but the date corresponded with
the other Christian observances
this year.
Other ceremonies fell on the
beginning Of Holy Week at two
churches.
New law and education windows
were dedicated at Washington
Cathedral. Supreme Court Justice
Jackson was the principal speaker.
The 14th annual commemora-
tive services of deceased members
Of the knights of Columbus coun-
ellis was held at the hall, 918 Tenth
street NV. A chalice was pre-
sented to the Most Rev. Patrick
A. O'Boyle, Archbishop Of Wash
ington. ..-.
Deceased members honored be-
longed to the Washington, Keane,
Carroll. Spalding and Potomac
Councils. DR.. George r. Ellis. mas
ter Of the Fourth Degree, was
chairman at the ceremony. The
eulogy was given by Leo A. Rover,
president Of the Catholic Youth
Organization.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

LOT V I Z u n 5
in G ov ern .
ment employ
m e mt W h e n
positions are
a abolished is in
creasingly rec
ognized as in
defensible on
both practical
and e h c !
grounds the
league declared.
"A We ra n
with a good
efficiency rat
to- ~-.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Pleasant View PTA to Meet

DR.. Walter e. Hager. president
Of Wilson Teachers College, will
speak at meeting of the Pleasant
View Parent-Teacher Association
at 3 pm. tomorrow at the school
in Wheaton. Md.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
TenRerstnres In Varieus Citiss.
Maid of Cotton Returns

NEW YORK. April 3 tP,.-Miss
Elizabeth MCGEE. Maid Of Cot
ton." arrived by plane from Lon
don today after q tour Of textile
centers in Britain and France.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Walter Reed PTA to Meet

A bicycle safety film, taken at
the Walter Reed School, will be
shown at q Parent-Teacher
Association meeting at 8 pm.
Wednesday at the school, 1874
North Mckinley road. Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Boy Ferry Added
For Summer Rush

An extra ship will be added to
Chesapeake Bay Ferry service be-
tween Sandy Point and Mata-
peake during the heavy traffic
period this summer.
The Maryland State Roads Com
mission announced that the motor
ship Gov. Harrington II will be
taken off its regular run between
Claiborne and Romancoke. on
Fridays and Sundays between
June 16 and September II. On
those days service will be sus-
pended on the Claiborne Roman
coke route.
The Sandy Point Matapeake run
often has been a bottleneck for
traffic to and from Eastern Shore
resorts. There are three ships
regularly on the line. plus fourth
when traffic is heavy-AP.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Chile Hos Quiet Election

SANTIAGO, Chile, April 3 (P).-
Chilean voters chose 1872 munich
pal councilmen yesterday in an
orderly and apathetic national
election.
Evening star., 1950-04-03

There will be showers tonight Ohio middle
and lower Mississippi Valleys and the Southern Rockies Thun
derstorm activity indicated for the Central Southern
Great Plains and urre the Northern
and Central Rockies of North Dakota. Temperatures
lower the central third the mid
Mississippi Valley westward to the central plateau
-AP Wrephoto Map
Evening star., 1950-04-03
Binq Donates S3595

When James A. Payne, exec
utive secretary of the Front
Royal-Warren County Chamber
of Commerce, totaled receipts at
the close of the 16-hour Bing
Crosby day Saturday night, they
totaled Sl1,405.
The goal for the Youth Rec
reati0n Fund was $4,000.
Then, Bing himself came
through. He reached for his
eheckbook and wrote a check
for 1885, and handed it to Mr..
Payne.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-04-03
The Federal Spotlight
Veteran Preference in Loyoffs
Scored by Civil Service League
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph YOUNG

The strongest attack made
educon-in force the
National Civil Service League.
The league. nonpartisan supported financially
countrys leading ndusrasts and businessmen which the
Evening star., 1950-04-03

ton Oldest civil service organiZa-
ton, labeled the present veterans
preference privileges as inde-
fensible.
Absolute retention preference
Evening star., 1950-04-03
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capitai tcurreht month to date):
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-12-19
The
G.odGe RoeGe.
BY Mildred Kirkpatrick

In September issue we pub
lished story from the Portales,
New Mexico, paper, in which
they had labelled two children
from Seward who were enter
ing their school, as foreigners"
They are the children of Bill
Terry, who left during the
summer to live in Portales.
The 49th Star picked up our
story in an editorial, which in
turn was taken up by the Por-
tales paper with tonguc-in-
cheek apology"
Don't ever, ever call a per
son from Alaska a foreigner"
says the Portales News.
If you do you may find your
selves where we are right now
the subject of editorials in AL
aska newspapers and recipients
of irate letters from ALASKA,
USA.
So we apologize" the article
goes on, ito Alaska in general,
and the Fairbanks Star in partic-
ular Well stand in a corner,
and wear a Ounce cap for a
week. and we'll promise that
never, never under any circum-
stances will we ever call an
Iaclza,, y fpraicnaY y noin Wa'Il
even go to Alaska and chew on
some blubber if that will help.
But we much prefer that Alaska
send their queen Miss Maxine
Cothern, back to Portales where
she was born to tell us about
how mistaken we have been. >
The apology means nothing.
New Mexico as well as many
other states has missed the point.
Alaska will soon be the biggest
state in the Union. 1t is too big
to demand an apology from a
little fellow. What we are Won
dering is, when will the people
of the Continent begin to teach
the truth about Alaska?
When will they teach that we
eat honeydews and cucumbers
at Christmas time, unhesitatihg-
ly paying their weight in gold
for them? That we cook by cleo
tricity, heat with oil, read more
books, buy more records, drink
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-12-19

ACCA ELECT OFFICERS
Subscription rates

Seward Chapter, Alaska Grip
pied Children's Association held
election of officers Friday night
in the Community Library.
Mrs. w. G. Erwin was chosen
as president of the Chapter for
the ensuing year, with Charles
Lechner, ST., vice president.
Mrs. Elsie Whitmore was elected
secretary and Miss Marion Mum
son, treasurer.
Mrs. Helen Brosius, charter
member of the Alaska Associa-
ton and past president of Sew
ard Chapter, has carried on the
work ever since its inception.
Mrs. Brosius was honored by
the group and declared Honor
airy President
New officers begin their term
on January /, 1851.
Seward seaport record. (Seward, Alaska) 1948-195?, 1950-12-19

more whiskey, eat more candy,
pay higher taxes, raise more
hell, and live more happily than
any other people in the world?
When will the ~ n e d.
States recognize the fact that
Alaska is the bulWark Of their
defense in war? That the people
here are fully aware Of that,
and are willingly and ungrudg-
ingly digging in to stand the
brunt of that defense, both phys
ically and financially?
No, Alaska cannot be hurt
by the sighting editorial of the
Portales paper which did not
even take the trouble to get
the correct name of the 10th
Star, but New Mexico can! Ig-
norance is a great detriment.