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Evening star., 1950-12-26
Only 13 Face Court
On Drunk Charges,
Against II Last Year

Fewer Washingtonians turned
to excessive tippling over the
Christmas holidays-or fewer got
caught at it.
That was the disclosure today as
only 13 persons arrested for in
toxication appeared for court
action. On December 26 of last
year there were n on the lookup
list and on the same date in 1948
there were 102.
No one had ready explana-
ton. Robert j. Conner. assistant
probation director of Municipal
Court for the last 10 years, still
marveled at the reduction. I'm
fact" he said today. II passed
eight or ten of the habitual old
timers usually seen in drunk court
as I came to work this morning.
They were stone cold SOBER
There were rs on the lookup list
for court action yesterday and
during the last "a hours only one
person was arrested for drunk
driving.
Asked for possible explanations,
one police official long assigned to
the court, smiled and said, Police
men have hearts. too. you know" "
The policeman emphasized that
the force had no orders from
higher up to go easy on the drunks
over the holiday.
The sentences imposed yesterday
on the drunks brought before
Judge Gallagher and Judge Walter
]. Casey ran pretty much along
the judges average-from 80 days
or $50 fine down to days or a
81 fine. The shabby parade of de-
PENDANTS resembled the average
sorry lineup, with the defendants
apparently neither expecting
Christmas leniency and the judges
disinclined to set the day apart
from any other.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Sergeant in Korea
Should Hear Some
Good Tidinqs Soon

Mrs. Charles H. Seay of COG
North Wayne street. Arlington,
yesterday had an 8-pound-11-
ounce son at the Naval Medical
Center, Bethesda-but the baby's
father doesn't know it yet. The
father is on Korea.
Staff Sergt. Seay is with the 1st
Marine Division, his friends said.
This is the couples first child.
Mrs. Seay. who works at the
Pentagon, is on maternity leave.
The sergeant left Washington
early in the summer for duty in
the Orient.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Holiday Traffic Toll
Throughout Nation
Mounts 10 SIS Dead

The Nations holiday traffic
death toll today stood at 523, in
Guiding an airman killed last night
in Fairfax County.
He was Pfc. Lillard Preston
Steelman, 81. attached to the
l254th Air Transport Service at
National Airport. He was from
Pageton, w. Va. Fairfax County
police said the convertible he was
driving ran off Little River turn
pike and overturned about one
mile west of Annandale about
Z pm. yesterday. His was the only
fatality in the Washington area.
The accident occurred where
the turnpike curves on steep hill
leading down to Accotink Creek.
Several fatal accidents have oc-
CURED there in past years, and
the turn has become known among
county residents as Dead Mans
Curve.
Toll Heaviest Since 1885.
Pfc. Steelman was dead on ar
rival at Alexandria Hospital. The
car was demolished.
The number of traffic fatalities
recorded throughout the Nation
so far during the three-day
Christmas Holiday is the highest
since the all-time record of SIS
deaths was established in 1896.
The traffic toll this year is far
above the National Safety Coun-
cil's estimate of 440, which was
the highest it ever had predicted
for the extended Christmas holi-
day.
Accidents of other kinds-fires
and other mishaps-bring the
death toll from violent accidents
to 672. the Associated Press re-
ported. Last year the total num-
ber of deaths from all kinds of
accidents during the Christmas
holiday was $50.
In this area, the number of
traffic fatalities were recorded
over the holiday as follows: Vir-
ginia. 18; Maryland, 8, and the
District, /.
Driver Seriously Injured.
Among those injured in acci-
dents yesterday was John w,
Haas, 18, of 426 Third street NV,
who was hurt seriously when the
automobile he was driving went
out of control and overturned on
Temple Hills road, two miles west
of Clinton, Prince Georges County
police reported.
The youth was admitted to Cas-
ualty Hospital with severe body
bruises and a possible fracture of
the back. The hospital today re-
ported his condition as satisfac-
tory.
Lacey Stiff, 30, of 1901 Fairmont
street NV. and his wife, Dorothy,
rs, were injured yesterday when
their car ran off the road and
crashed into tree on Route 20
a mile north of Monroe, Va, in
Amherst County the Associated
Press reported.
Both were admitted to Lynch
Evening star., 1950-12-26

The toy department had slow
return business and what little
there was could be attributed
largely to duplication of gifts.
One woman, whose child had re-
ceived six identical stuffed ami
mails, was back early and for
obvious reasons.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Long-Distonee Calls
Up to 6 Hours Late,
Exceed 7o4o Volume

Thousands of persons who
couldn't get home yesterday
said Merry Christmas" by
long distance.
The Chesapeake & Poto-
mac Telephone Co. counted
$4,000 outgoing calls, 1000
more than last year.
So many people got the
same idea at the same time
that there were delays of up
to six hours. Recorded mes
sages informed the public
when delays were necessary.
In the background Christmas
music was heard.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Storm Warnings Issued

BALTIMORE, Dec. 26 P.-
Storm warnings for small craft in
Chesapeake Bay were sent out
today.
The Weather Bureau said
strong northwesterly winds on the
bay will reach 20 to Is miles per
hour this afternoon and up to
80 miles tonight and Wednesday.
Evening star., 1950-12-26

tain, was frostbite. Pfc. Paul
Summers, 20. of the 5th Marine
Division, said it hit him when he
didn't even know it. He is from
Waynesboro, Pa.
TT wasn't the damp cold from
outside that froze our feet, it was
the perspiration inside that got us.
If we could have stopped and
taken off our shoes and dried our
socks it wouldn't have happened
tc lots of US. But sometimes we
Evening star., 1950-12-26

had to reminisce in hospital wards.
Like Pfc. Edgar Melia, 20, of Baiti-
more. who has a bullet wound in
his left leg and frostbite in both
feet. s e
He said the Chinese Reds seemed
more educated than the North
Koreans.
"Speak Perfect English"
THE Chinese Reds would yell
in English for corpslnen and when
the man came out they would
Evening star., 1950-12-26

house IN order,
the pastor of
t h e larg e S t
Con grega tional
church in Am
erica said to-
day.
DR.. James w.
Fifeld, jr., min
lister of the First
Con gre gational l
Church of Los
Angeles, told a
press confer
ence a t tn e
Mayfower Ho-
tel that spiri-
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Moybonk Is Reported
Improving in Hospital
BY the Associated Press

Senator Maybank. Democrat, Of
South Carolina, was reported to-
day to be improving after entering
Bethesda Naval Hospital last
Thursday.
One Of his aides said the Sem
ator is suffering either from a
broken blood vessel or a stomach
ulcer. The Senator probably will
remain in the hospital through
New Years Day, thsSaide said.
Evening star., 1950-12-26

shoot him. They speak perfect
English"
Pfc. Melia said he saw Chi
nese officer killed and when his
equipment was examined the
Marines discovered pictures in his
pocket of husky Chinese man
holding up a hammer and sickle.
They all carry plenty of money" +"
Pvt. Melia said. They must get
bonuses for any dangerous patrols. "
One big problem, the men main
Evening star., 1950-12-26
D. T.. Observes
Quiet Christmas;
Big WeekAhead
Trains and Buses
Handle Heavy Loads
Of YuIetide Travellers

The big day was over, but the
big week was still ahead today as
Christmas carols gave way to plans
for open houses, gay parties and
the years windup next weekend.
This was half the story today
the day after a bright Christmas
The other half was a mad scramble
back to work for thousands who
had travelled to other firesides TO,
the holiday.
Railroad, bus and airline ter
minals were bulging last night as
the heavy traffic moved in and
out. Beginning at noon yesterday
8 extra sections rolled out OF
Union Station and 9 others
brought passengers back to Wash
ington.
BY morning, the big railroad
push was over, but buslines re-
ported heavy business throughout
the morning hours. One line said
the activity was equal to any in
its history.
Expect New Years Rush.
Even so, transportation COM
panies expected still heavier loads
January l and 2. when many per-
sons will be returning home from
week-long holidays.
Travellers in this section were
not retarded by weather condi-
tions. A light snow forecast for
today bypassed the area to the
north, the Weather Bureau said.
The only semblance of a white
Christmas was a trace of snow
between midnight and 2:30 am.
this morning.
Instead of snow, the District was
due for blustery winds and colder
weather tonight and tomorrow.
Tonight's low mark will be about
"a degrees, the bureau said.
Quiet Observance.
From the standpoint of the
daily routine. yesterday was an
extraordinarily quiet Yuletide
The District was blessed with a
minimum of accidents, fires and
crime.
More than ever, people every
where seemed to take note of the
real meaning of Christmas, note
sounded by President Truman
"the quiet, reverent celebration of
faith, hope and love-born in a
manger in Bethlehem.
So it was that churches were
well attended and prayers went
up for the fighting men in Korea,
some of whom had come home
with the scars of battle.
The emphasis yesterday was on
making it a, CHEEKY day for the
underprivileged. In most District
institutions there were Christmas
dinners of turkey ana trimmings,
carol singing and the receiving of
gifts.
Salvation Army Busy.
The hard working Salvation
Army spread much happiness with
dinners at their centers and with
the distribution of 5000 presents
to children, 5000 presents to hos
pital patients, Christmas dinner
checks for $50 families and din
ners wrapped in baskets for 1900
more.
The Gospel Mission and other
organizations similarly brought a
little sunshine into the lives of
others.
Other events will be held
throughout the week, such as the
Variety Clubs annual party for
underprivileged children at $3.50
pm. today in the Willard Hotel.
One of the weeks top parties
will be held at pm. tomorrow at
Bethesda Naval Hospital. The list
of entertainers will include Burl
Ives, Frank Sinatra, Myrna 10y,
Edward Arnold and others.
Evening star., 1950-12-26
Spiritual Revival Holds Key
7oFote ofU. S. Minister Says

The United States is in no
position to send 10 divisions to
Europe or to try to save the world
until this Country puts its own
Evening star., 1950-05-02

telephone and telegraph company
Evening star., 1950-05-02
KemsIey Assai|s Rise
In Press Censorship
BY the Assoeioisd Press

LONDON. May Viscount
Kemsley, head Of Kemsley news
papers, Ltd, deplored today a dis
tressing development toward press
censorship" in the world since the
war.
In a report published in advance
of his publishing firms annual
meeting May %, Lord Kemsley
said censorship was complete
throughout the totalitarian area
and severe in many other coun-
tries. ....
I'm countries which have
achieved a new status since the
war. such as Egypt and Israel" he
declared. lone of the first acts of
government has been to control
the press.
Even within the British Com
monwealth itself and in areas
where we exercise control, such
as Cyprus and Eritrea, the press
is not entirely free. In this coun-
try, too. politicians seem to dis
play a Sensitiveness about the
press unknown for 100 years"
Lord Kemsley said his firm,
Britain's biggest newspaper chain,
made more money of advertising
and circulation last year but the
gain was more than offset by a
bigger outlay for newsprint, wages
and salagies and general purposes.
Evening star., 1950-05-02

telephone ana Telegraph company
spokesmen.
Spokesman for the communi.
cations industry argued yester.
day that the proposed bill woulc
force them to censor telephone
conversations and telegraph mes
sages. They insisted that police
work should be left to local Law
enforcement officers.
Racing Leases Explained.
He said the man hours devoted
to racing leases, while sizable
were not enough to allow the re-
assignment of employees to other
duties If racing leases were dis
continued. The Circuit facilities
used in racing leases, he added
were not suitable for operation OF
teleprinter equipment in war in.
duStries.
He repeatedly told the commit
tee he had not the slightest idea
what the racing information il
used for. AS for Continenta.
Press, he said. "As far as I know
Continental collects and dissent.
mates news for press and radio.
Mr.. Semingsen reported thai
Western Union has 81 leases with
distributors and subdistributors o.
racing news, using 1926 miles
OF wire. On these circuits, HI
said, are 1,483 drops" or dis.
tribution points.
Evening star., 1950-05-02

Alfred Heitmuller, the Oldest
member of the Association of Old
est Inhabitants, is 101 years old
today.
The last year has weakened him
a DIT. On his Tooth birthday he
hoed his garden for photographers
I'm all right physically" he
said yesterday. "but my legs aren't
what they were
He looked the Biblical patriarch
with his face pink and his beard
and hair pure white, as he sat
with his great-grandSon, 3-year-
old David Lingbach, for a birthday
picture.
One thing he's sure of: Since
his birth here in 1849 he has
never seen a spring in Washington
like this one.
Once he started talking the
"reminiscences came pouring out
with an occasional pause. Some
times he said, Il don't remember
but it will come back to me-"
They were "reminiscences o1
playing with slave children ir
Washington in the 1850s, of hi
trip to st. Louis before the Civi
War. where he thinks he saw botf
Grant and Lincoln.
When he returned to Washing.
ton he saw Lincoln occasionally
as he drove past the Heitmullel
farm on Fourteenth street neal
Evening star., 1950-05-02

Vermont avenue. The President
would be on his way to or from
the Soldiers Home, the summer
White House then.
His life was despaired of when
he was q, but then he gave up
taking medicine and gave up wor-
rying.
whats to be is to be-" he said.
Out-of-door work and no worries
are his prescription for longevity
He has been out only two or
three times this spring, because of
the weather. He still goes up and
downstairs alone-he won't let any
one help him. The only change
in his way of getting around of
late is that he now uses a cane
in getting around upstairs.
On his 95th birthday, he felt a
little low and said there was moth
ing to live for, his eyesight was
failing and he felt shut in. But
every birthday since he has been
in cheerful spirits. taking pride
in his amazing age.
One thing he recalled yesterday
with relish was how the boys
fought in his day. He told of get
ting into fight with boys his own
age and being knocked out for two
hours.
What a black eye I had," he
said. But it didn't stop me from
going back to school,"
Evening star., 1950-05-02
Mccarthy Has Failed
To Back Up Charges,
Peurifoy Declares
By Gornett D. Homer

Deputy Undersecretary of State
John E. Peurifoy asserted today
that Senator Mccarthy, Republi-
can, of Wisconsin hasn't backed
up" his charges that there are
p Communists in the State Depart
ment.
He added that he would leave
It, to the Senate Foreign Rela-
ations Subcommittee investigating
the Mccarthy charges to decide
whether they have subjected the
American people to deceit and
fraud"
Mr.. Peurifoy's statement was
issued in response to questions
about assertions by Representa-
tive Karsten, Democrat, Of Mis-
souri, that the people have been
hoodwinked" with the charges
that the State Department Is sat-
urated with Communists.
Mr.. Peurifoy, in charge of loyalty
matters In the State Department,
recalled that Senator Mccarthy
began charging in February that
various numbers of Communists
we're in the department.
Hasn't Backed Up" Charges.
Senator cCarthy hasn't
backed up even the highly general
charges he made on February TO-"
Mr.. Peurifoy said.
Mr.. Peurifoy recalled that SEN
ator Mccarthy said in his Febru-
airy 20 speech that he based his
charges on information from
loyal State Department en-
ployes and had digests of the files
he was talking about.
Actually" he asserted, "all Sem
stor Mccarthy had done was to
shake two years dust off of some
old reports and produce them as
his newly discovered evidence"
Mr.. Peurifoy recalled that the
Appropriations Committee asked
to look over the departments Sc
curity program in the fall of 1947.
Committee investigators then COM
piled list of 108 cases which the
department was questioned about.
Mr.. Peurifoy said only 40 of those
108 now worked in the State De-
partment and that they have been
found to be absolutely loyal"
Aired Thoroughly, He Holds.
During the Republican 80th
Congress, he added. that list of
108 cases was gone into by the
Senate as well as the House APP
preparations Committee, the House
Expenditures Committee and the
House Foreign Affairs Committee.
Mr.. Peurifoy added:
When Senator Mccarthy was
making his charges on the floor
of the Senate on February 20, he
was simply reciting, somewhat in
accurately. items from this shop
worn list of 108 cases.
Those are the 1actS.
Il don't think it is appropriate
for me to state whether the Amer
lean people have been subjected
TO deceit and fraud"
Evening star., 1950-05-02
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johnson. Army Secretary Pace or
Gen. Bradley would be asked to
give the committee details.
Gen. Bradley told the committee
that "just as surely as We have
felt the Soviet pressure and
watched the growing Communist
aggression we have acknowledged
the urgency Of increased prepar-
edness."
There has been no lesSening of
our need for an extension of the
Selective Service Act as an emer-
gency standby measure and as a
preparedness measure" the gen.
eral said.
when I appeared before your
committee in January we had
already learned of the atomic
explosion in the U. s. s. r." he
added.
He reviewed the Communist
conquest of China, the situation
in Formosa and other information
al developments and added that
the congressman were just as
aware as the Joint Chiefs Of the
happenings since the hearing in
January. -.,
Continued trouble in Indo-
China and recently the fall OF
Hainan. break in diplomatic re-
lations with Bulgaria and further
trouble in Hungary, the shooting
down of an American plane and
demands that the Western powers
Withdraw from Trieste: The ques-
ticn in our minds is what does it
all add up to-" Gen. Bradley said.
Frankly it gives us little cause
for comfort and little excuse for
delay" =.
Evening star., 1950-05-02
Senate Leaders Fear
New Move TO Trim
Aid Bill $3.50 Million
ByJ. A. o'Leory

Senate Democrats were conf
dent today they will prevent deep
cuts in the foreign economic aid
program for next year. But they
are not sure they can get the $3.3
billion measure through un-
changed.
They are not worried about Re-
publican amendments already
pending to cut the $3.1 billion
ECA allotment by either 81 bill
lion or $500 million. Admins
tration neutenants have felt from
the start they have the votes to
beat the 81 billion amendment of
Senator KEN, Republican. Of Mis-
souri, and the $600-million slash
proposed by Senator Hickenlooper,
Republican. Of Iowa.
A move developed yesterday.
however. to seek a $3.50 million
reduction if the larger figures fail,
and this is giving Democratic
leaders more concern. The House
already has approved such a cut
in ECA. and close observers be-
lieve similar motion in the Sen
ate would attract a combination OF
economy and isolationist votes.
The Senate has agreed not to
do any voting until / pm. Friday,
but it is doubtful that the inter-
vening time will be devoted en-
tirely to debate on the foreign aid
program.
A stiff battle also is in progress
over how far to go in authorizing
President Truman's Point Four
program Of technical assistance to
backward areas of the world. The
House reduced the first INSTALL
ment for this phase of the foreign
aid bill from $45 million to $25
million, and some Senators want
to set up bipartisan commission
to study the entire subject before
the United States embarks on a
comprehensive Point -Four pro-
gram. The proposed commission
would report to Congress within
go days after the 1851 session
starts.
Three of the leading Republi-
can opponents of the foreign aid
program took the floor yesterday
Senators KEN. Jenner of Indi-
ana and Malone Of Nevada.
Evening star., 1950-05-02
John H. Hicks, S8,
To Be Buried Today

Funeral services ror John H
Hicks. SO, retired assistant band
leader Of the old Army Engineer
Band here were to be held at
pm. today in Fort Myer Chapel
Burial was to be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Mr.. Hicks. a resident of this
area for nearly so years, died Fri
day in his home. 1904 North
Wayne street. Arlington. after an
illness of several months. He
observed his 8Sth birthday the
day before his death.
Born in Frankton, Ind, Mr..
Hicks joined the Army in 1881
in Indianapolis as a bugler. He
participated in some of the last
Indian skirmishes of the old West.
During his career he played in
the bands Of the 17th, 18th and
goth Infantries, and the 4th and
9Th Artilleries.
Mr.. Hicks saw action in the
Spanish-American War. where he
contracted malaria. He joined
the 1st Army Engineer Band in
New York in 1899 and came here
with that organization in 1901
He played at many notable func-
tions before he retired from the
Army in 1911. He was an accom-
plished player of the violin, alto
horn and the cornet.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lora May Hicks, whom he mar
ried August 81. 1891; a son, Her
bert Hicks, 1918 North Harvard
street. Arlington, and two BROTH
ers, Theodore S. Hicks, Columbus,
Ohio. and Harry Hicks, Hunting
ton, Ind.
Evening star., 1950-05-02
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advance by both Republicans ant
Democrats. The former said tina
his defeat would indicate a trent
against the Truman adminiStra'
ton nationally. The Democrat.
held that the Pepper-Smather.
race is more of a personal nature
Smather's Backs Labor Law.
Senator Peppers campaign
stressed his backing for more Fed
eral financing, broader public
services, increased old-age bene-
fits and a national health pro.
gram. Mr.. Smathers has urged
less in-the-red financing and more
free enterprise. He called the
Taft-Hartley Labor Act basically
good and opposed what he called
+'socialized medicine"
In Alabama, where a voting
turnout Of 100000 is expected. 15s
persons are running for II places
on the State Democratic Commit
tee, which will control the Ala
bama party machinery for the
next four years.
OF these, 90 say they favor re-
turning to the National Demo
cratic Party organization, SO want
TO stick with the States Rights
group. where Alabama'S preSiden-
tial vote went in 1948, one entry is
claimed by both sides and six by
neither.
Convention Votes May Be Involved
Senator Hill, seeking Demo-
cratic denomination. has been in
the forefront Of the fight to re-
turn the Alabama organization
to the national party.
Alabama's Is Democratic con
vention votes in 1852 may be in
volved. In 1948 the State cast its
convention vote for Senator Rus
sell. Democrat, of Georgia in pro-
test of the Presidents civil rights
stand. It's II electoral votes went
TO the States Rights ticket.
In both Florida and Alabama
Democratic nomination is tanta-
mount to election.
Senator Hill is opposed in the
Alabama primary by Lawrence
Mcneil. Former Navy Capt. Johr
Crommelin. who figured in thu
battle over unification. has an
nounced he will oppose the winner
in November, running as an indie
pendent.
In Ohio. State Auditor JOSEPH
T. Ferguson and Toledo's Mayor
Michael v. Disable generally art
regarded as leading candidates TO
the Democratic nomination tt
oppose Senator Taft, who is un'
opposed in the Republican pri
mary. Whoever wins is likely II
inherit strong general election
support from organized labol
units cunning for Senator Taf
because of his authorship of tn
Hartley Act.
Six of Ohio's % members o
Congress have no primary opposi
ton, three of them Democrats ant
three Republicans. 'r
In Indiana, a primary battl'
involving a woman flrSt-tern
member of Congress. Representa-
tive Cecil Harden of Covington
is stealing the show in an other
wise dull election to pick nominee
for IL House seats.
Mrs. Harden, a member of tn
Republican National Committee
is being. opposed by State Repre-
sentative Russell I. Richardson.
Indiana picks its senatorial can
didates in June conventions, wit
the Democratic race apparentl
wide open for an opponent 70
Republican Senator Capehart.