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Evening star., 1950-11-12
Purent-Teucher
Activities

Anne Beers PTA will meet to-
morrow at 8 pm. Comics, Radio,
Movies. Television and Your Chill
dren" will be the subject of SYM
postum to be presented by a teach
er, a parent and representatives
from a television and a radio
studio. A question and answer
period will follow.
Fillmore PTA will hold a book
fair at their meeting tomorrow
from 8 to 10 pm. The fair will
be continued Tuesday from 9 to
1880 am.
Raymond PTA will meet tomor-
row at 1880 pm. Miss Marjorie
Levy, Public Health nurse, will
show a film and discuss Learn
About Preadolescent Children"
John T. Burroughs PTA will
hold an adult discussion hour at
the home of Mrs. John Deputy,
3507 Twenty-fourth street NE,
tomorrow at 8 pm. The subject
of the discussion will be 1.-THE
Kind of Teachers Parents Like" ("
Mrs. Wayne c. Sommer will be
the guest speaker.
Buchanan PTA will meet Tues
day at 1880 pm. ,There will be
demonstrations of first = grade
reading.
Mckinley High School PTA
adult discussion group will meet
Wednesday at 8 pm. in room 1874.
Subject Of the discussion will be
care Parents Really Indifferent
to the High School Sit,lation?"
Leader, Mrs. Joseph Yuill.
Woodbridge PTA will hold a
POT luck luncheon in honor of
the new teachers Thursday at
l pm.
Eastern Elementary PTA will
meet Thursday at 8 pm.
Scranton PTA on Friday from
8 to II pm. will hold q dance
and card party.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
5000 Hear KIan Chief
Accuse Law Officers
OF Bribery Racket
By the Assoeia,ed Pres.

CONWAY. S. c., Nov. 1.-THE
grand dragon of the South Caro-
lima Ku Klux Klan, which has
been accused of recent terrorism
in Horny County. told a rally
crowd of 5000 tonight that county
law officers have accepted "enor-
nous sums" from businessmen.
Grand Dragon Thomas Hamil-
ton. speaking from the back of a
truck in an old tobacco field near
here. told the orderly audience:
''The lid is going to fly off before
long and lot of things will be
revealed to the taxpayers Of Horny
County. ! have affidaNits from
people who paid enormous sums
of money to stay in business" He
said the payments were made to
law enforcement officers of the
county.
Crowd Applauds.
Hamilton drew applause from
the throng, which included about
200 robed forms and many women
and children, each time he re-
ferred sarcastically to County
Sheriff c. E. Sasser. Light flickered
from a burning, 20-foot cross as
the grand dragon reviewed the
Staying of an officer at the August
26 pistol firing by Klansmen at
nearby Myrtle Beach. Hamilton
shouted that the crowd included
hundreds of Klansmen in civilian
dress.
Hamilton said that Policeman
James Daniel Johnston of Con-
way, fatally shot at a Klan DEM
onstration at a Negro night club,
died in defense of his integrity.
I want to assure you that the
Klan has not forgotten about Dan
Johnston's two children. The Klan
is going to be a daddy for those
children. Hamilton said Negroes
challenged" the Klan before the
dance hall fracas. and mo Negro
will dare the Klan."
Johnston was wearing a Klan
robe over his police uniform when
shot down.
The speechmaking started at
$3.50 pm. The crowd began to
gather about 6 pm. Automobiles
stretched half a mile in each di-
Irection. The waiting crowd was
entertained with loudspeaker mu-
sic that ranged from Negro spirit
uals to light classics.
Farmer Beaten.
Hamilton said, 1--WE have four
large Klan organizations operat-
ing in Horny County tonight. We
will have thousands of members.
You don't know when you are
rubbing elbows with a Klansman. ="
Within recent months night
riders paraded through a Negro
section of Conway on the eve of
primary elections. shot up the
Negro night club at Myrtle Beach.
and bull-whipped a white farmer
near here.
Last Tuesday robed and hooded
men dragged 52-year-old Rufus
Lee from his home and bull
whipped him because they said
he drank too much. But Mr.. Lee
said he thought he was beaten
because he had criticized the
Klan's part in the Myrtle Beach
night club incident.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Safety talks
Inspector Mansfield
To Address Glasses

Inspector Richard Mansfield,
The Stars safety director, will
conduct safety talks in eight Dis
trict schools this week. Schedule
of the talks Is as follows:
Tomorrow-Nalle, $50 am;
Richardson, II am.
Tuesday-Smothers. $50 and
10:45 am.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $50 am;
Wormley, II am.
Thursday-Slowe, $50 am:
Monroe, IL am.
Friday-Syphax. $50 and 10:45
I'm.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
By the Assoeioied Press

GUATEMALA CITY, Guate-
mala. Nov. 11.-Latest official re-
turns tonight in Guatemala's
three-day presidential election
gave 1t. Col. Jacobo Arbenz Guz-
man a substantial majority over
the combined vote Of all nine Of
his opponents.
Observers said they believed
that the blond, 37-year-old army
officer will be elected. He is
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Arbenz Guzn1un Wins GuotenoIon Presidency

pledged to continue the socia.
reform program Of President Juan
Jose Arevalo.
The voting began yesterday and
will continue through tomorrow.
Incomplete returns for the Fri
day balloting. announced by the
National Election Board, gave Col.
Arbenz 96.508. His closest OPP
ponent, Gen. Miguel Ydigoras,
had 22.627. Third man was Jorge
Garcia Granados, former Guate-
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Colleges Discuss Plan
To Expand Semester

Delegates from 18 colleges met
at American University yesterday
to discuss plans for expansion OF
the Washington semester, under
which students from other COL
leges attend American University
for one semester of study of the
Government.
DR.. Paul F. Douglass, university
president, said II colleges are par
ticipating in the program and
seven others are interested in
joining.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

malan delegate to the United Ma
lions and former ambassador to
Washington, with 1862. Col. Az
benz had a majority of approxi-
mately $4,000 over his nine OPP
ponents.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
John Murshull Book Fair

The John Marshall School
Parent Teacher Association will
hold its annual book fair at 7:15
pm. tomorrow in the school at
4571 TWenty-fifth street NJ,
Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-11-12
Oxon Hill PTA TO Meet

The Oxon Hill (Md.) Parent
Teacher Association will meet at
8 pm. tomorrow at the Oxon Hill
Elementary School.
Evening star., 1950-11-12

One of the first patents issued
in the United States was for
process of making potash.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Savings Bond Payoff
To Reach Billion in 50,
But Sales Soften Blow
BY the Assosiafed Press

The Government faces this year
the first dollar payoff on
the small-size savings bonds it has
been selling the people since 1895.
Treasury officials said today,
however, that paying off the fully
matured bonds isn't any great
problem-yet.
Current sales, they explained,
are running so much higher than
cash-lns of unmatured bonds that
the net intake has been covering
most payments on bonds that have
been held the full 10 years.
The net last year was a peace
time record, for people bought $4,-
207, $4,000 in new Series E bonds
while redeeming only $3,447,OO0
900 in E bonds, which the Treas
ury began selling May /, 1941.
The approximately $3.50, 100000
margin by which new sales by the
Treasury exceeded cash-ins of E
ponds during 1949 was a So per
cent gain over 1948, although
1948's record high sales topped
1949 by 0.4 per cent.
A repeat performance wouldn' I
net enough to cover all the ST.
002,000,000 due this year on ma
tured Series D bonds issued IN
1910, so the Treasury is planning
to intensity E bond sales again.
The problem of paying off ma
turing savings bonds is going to
become progressively acute until
1854, when E bond maturities are
scheduled to reach a peak of So
267 100000 in reflection of heavy
sales in wartime 1914.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Tests Authorized by FEC
For Nywriting by Radio
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Communications
Commission today authorized ex-
periments in a new type of radio
controlled skyWriting.
The authority to conduct the
tests was issued to S. S. Pike Co.,
Inc, of New York City.
The operation involves the use
of seven planes flying in wingtip
formation. The center plane is
equipped with radio transmitter
which controls and synchronizes
the smoke-releasing apparatus on
all of the planes. The smoke is
released in the form of dots which
stream out to outline block letter.
ing.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Divorce Action Settled
After ~ Years in Court
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEATTLE, Jan. ia divorce
action brought here by a Fargo
IN. Dak) man % years ago finally
was settled yesterday.
Mrs. Dorothy M. Espeland, 81,
obtained divorce from Henry
Espeland, now of Fargo.
Mr.. Espeland brought the suit in
1928. She filed a cross-complaint.
Over the years there were legal
maneuvers, with Mr.. Espeland un-
able to get the divorce because of
lack of grounds.
Mrs. Espeland finally changed
her mind, and yesterday obtained
the decree.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
New York City Price
Of Times Rises to Sc
BY fhe Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 19.-Starting
Monday. the New York Times will
sell in New York City for S cents a
copy, instead of 3.
Announcement of the price rise
was made today by the newspaper,
the last of the city's standard size
papers to go up to a nickel.
The Times said continued in
creasing costs in all phases of
operation of this newspaper" made
the increase necessary.
The Times already sells for S
cents copy outside the city.
Evening star., 1950-01-19
Roll Station to Remain

RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 18 R.-
Upholding the position of Fred
erick county officials who opposed
the move, the State Corporation
Commission has turned down a
request by the Pennsylvania rail-
road company to discontinue
Clearbrook as an agency station.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Renew Move
To Gust Miami Sheriff
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

MIAMI, Fla. Aug. ga new
demand that Gov. Fuller Warren
suspend Sheriff Jimmy Sullivan
Of Dade County has been made by
the Crime Commission of Greater
Miami.
In a three-page letter to the
Governor, the commission said
there is plenty of evidence-col-
lected by Dade County grand
juries, special Senate investigat-
ing committee and Gov. Warren's
own investigators - to merit the
removal of Sheriff Sullivan.
Meanwhile, the Miami Herald
said today that Harry Russell, who
refused to appear before the Sen
ate committee because he feared
gangland death, had returned to
Miami Beach.
The Herald said Russell, q part
ner in the powerful S. g. G.
gambling syndivate, conferred
Saturday for 40 minutes with Jules
Levitt. another member of the
syndicate.
Russell has been sought for
some time by subpoena servers of
the Senate committee headed by
Senator Kefauver, Democrat, Of
Tennessee.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Horseman Shot 10 Death
After Moonshine Arrest
BY The Asseeiated Press

ORCHARD, Ala, Aug. 2s.-An
accused moonshiner who leaped
from his horse to scuf1e with an
arresting officer was shot to death
by the Federal agent.
Sheriff William Holcombe said
Jack Thompson. 81, was killed by
a bullet in the stomach. The shot
was fired by Joel L. Smith, jr..
head of the Mobile field office of
the Federal Alcohol Tax Unit, the
sheriff added.
He gave this account of the
shooting:
Mr.. Smith and three other off,
GERS were hunting for a moon
shine still when they came upon
Thompson. who was riding horse
and carrying 10-gallon jug of
liquor.
When Thompson was placed
under arrest, he leaped from his
horse and grappled with the
agent. struggled on the ground
4 for several minutes before the
agent fired.
A large still was destroyed and
80 gallons of whisky seized.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
u. S. Court Orders Reich Cities
o Reimburse Jews for Claims

regime so rigged prices that this
amounted to virtual confiscation
of vast Jewish private wealth.
The test case was brought by a
woman who said she had been
compelled to surrender two silver
candleSticks and five small silver
bowls to the Nuremberg pawnshop.
In the German court the coun-
sci for the city of Nuremberg had
pleaded that the acts had been
committed under the superior
rights of the Third Reich and
that the present city government
should not be held liable for the
acts Of a regime which has now
vanished.
The American court ruled, how
ever. that the municipal pawn
shops were Joint wrongdoers''
with the Third Reich and as such
were equally responsible for
damages.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

leader on foreign policy, is re-
peatedly quoted as asserting that
the Republicans were not con-
suited regarding China, Palestine
and some other countries.
The document seeks to show
also the Roosevelt and Truman
policies have resulted In building
up Communist Russia and Com
munist China, at the expense of
the Chinese people. who have
been traditional friends Of the
United States; that the open
door" policy for a free China, pro-
claimed by John Hay, a Republic
can Secretary of State at the turn
Of the century, was scrapped by
the Democrats.
The charge is made, and sup
ported by statements of both Re-
publicans and Democrats, that
the Truman administration failed
to go to the aid Of the Chinese Ma
tionalist government in its fight
against the Chinese Reds.
A further charge is made that
the administration left South
Korea militarily weak.
vacillation Charged.
To support its charge that
the Truman administration has
"vacillated" in its policies in the
Far East, the Republican docu-
ment recites the fact that, after
repeated denials by President Tru-
man that this country would give
military aid to Chang Kai-shek
and his government on Formosa,
the President had ordered the 7th
Fleet of the United States "to
prevent any attack on FormoSa. :"
"As a corollary to this action, :"
the President said in his June ~
announcement, II am calling up
the Chinese government on For
mosa to cease all air and sea op-
erations against the mainland
(the Chinese Reds)."
The document discloses that
Senator Smith of New Jersey, a
Republican member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
suggested to Secretary of State
Acheson on December 27, 1949,
that the United States should
adopt a course providing for:
l. Joint occupation of Formosa
with the Nationalist government.
2. Arranging with the National
lists for suspension of hostilities
from Formosa against the Chinese
mainland, in return for United
States protection of the island
from aggression by any outside
force.
3. Establishing government in
which native Formosans would
participate.
4. Reporting this action to the
United Nations, stating as our
purpose ito maintain the peace
Evening star., 1950-08-29

until the ultimate sovereignty of
the island can be determined"
Second Proposal Adopted.
President Truman, in his June
~ announcement, adopted the
second of the four proposals made
by Senator Smith.
The document refers particular
ly, too. to the major address"
made by Secretary of State Ache
son at the National Press Club on
January II. 1850, in which Mr..
Acheson declared the Nations
defense perimeter runs along the
Aleutians to Japan and then goes
to the Ryukus tOkinawa) and to
the Philippines"
Such a defense perimeter," says
the Republican document. "ex-
cluded South Korea and Formosa
from the area in which Secretary
Acheson said an attack would not
be tolerated by the United States.
The failure Of Democratic pol
icy toward ASIA" the document
declares. starts with China and
the secret agreements of Yalta Gin
February. 1945)."
The Republican document con-
tinues:
Chang wasn't notified Of this
sell-out of China until four months
later-June is. 1945. It was a
year iater-Fabruary II, 1916
before Congress and the American
people were informed. Meanwhile,
Mr.. Truman had become President
and had made more secret agree
ments with Stain at Potsdam.
Entered at 11th Hour.
THE Yalta agreement has been
described by Secretary of State
Acheson as the price paid to bring
Russia into the war against
Japan. If SO. it was a black
market transaction.
1NAoSId I'LL IlOuT pdTClClQa.
ton in the Pacific conflict put
her troops and commissars in
China and Korea, where they
could arm and assist "Commu-
nists' for civil war;
Intermittent civil war ragged
in China after Japan's defeat, as
1t had during World War II. The
Importance attached to the out
come by Communists was dis
closed clearly on December. 1945,
in the Daily Worker, published
in New York. The chairman of
the Communist Party, William z.
Foster. relayed Moscow's orders
to his American comrades in these
words:
Ion the international scale,
the key task is to stop Amer
ican Intervention in China. The
war in China is the key of all
problems on the international
'front.'"
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Slot Machine Issue
Back in Senate After
House Amends Bill

The slot machine issue spun
back to the Senate today. after a
whirling debate in which the
House amended an already ap-
proved Senate bill banning trans
portation Of such machines into
the District and States that pro-
hibit them.
The measure. as originally sent
from the Senate. would have made
1t unlawful, In general, to trans
port "any gambling device" in in
terstate or foreign commerce to
places where their use is illegal.
The House late yesterday mar
rowed the field to "any so-called
slot machine or any other ma
chine or mechanical device" on
which there is a drum or reel and
on which money or property can
be obtained "as the result of the
application Of any element of
chance"
Passage on a voice vote, follow
ing a 116 to 10 test vote against
recommittal. came after more than
three hours of debate and defeat
Of several other amendments.
Nevadan Objects.
A Nevada Democrat, Represent
ative Barring. objected that the bill
not only Disseminated against
other kinds of gambling devices
but also invaded States rights,
particularly Nevada's. where many
gambling forms are legal.
Advocates Of the bill maintained
it would not interfere with any
State where slot machines are
legal but merely would outlaw, by
Federal statute, the taking of such
machines into States where they
are unlawful. They said only two
States, as well as two counties ir
Maryland. legalize them.
Mr.. Barring tried in vain tc
amend the bill by making 1t pro.
hibit similar interstate shipment
OF pari-mutuel betting equipment
for horse and dog racing tracks
He also was unsuccessful in an
attempt to have the House adopt
an amendment whereby machines
could be shipped between States
for repairs or exchange with
manufacturers.
The House also rejected an
amendment, urged by Represent
ative Sutton. Democrat, of Ten
nessee that would have allowed
interstate shipment and use o1
slot machines in officers and en-
listed mems clubs in military
establishments.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Army Chiefs in Korea
Say Training Of GIs
Requires Revision
Byo. n. P. Kino
A..oeioted Pres. FOREIGN cer..peodeo,

Assoe'ofeo ffess Foreign Correspondent
TOKYO, Aug. 29.-Some high
ranking American officers say they
believe there is a need for radi-
cal change in the organization of
the American Army and in the re-
cruitment and training Of men.
The officers, commenting in
Korea during the course of battle,
when shortcomings were painfully
evident. were not speaking for
publication, SO they cannot be
named.
However, they expressed deep
convictions arising from repeated
experiences during weeks of back
tracking.
One high officer said his force
was made up of men who entered
the Army for non-combatant pur-
poses. He said:
They were enticed into the
service by advertisements empha-
sizing the chance to travel, to
learn trade. to be fed and secure
and be pensioned while still young.
They were rudely jolted when
they felt the rocks of Korea in
stead of the tatami (fioor matting)
of Japan"
Recruiting System Criticized.
A colonel nodded agreement. He
said:
THE entire recruiting system
needs revision. Instead of appeal
ing to the weak we should appeal
to the Strong-to the men who
want to give something to their
country instead of receive, to serve
1t or die for it If need be wherever
duty calls. There are men for
such a fighting army. We have
some here"
The officer did not mean to i'm
ply the rank-and-file American
soldier is not brave. On the con-
trary, he said. "The bravery of
men ill-suited for warfare calls for
even greater recognition"
One officer pointed to the mobil-
ity OF the North Korean units and
said. I'VE should take a lesson
from them. Our equipment was
designed to give us wheels for
rapid movement. but this type of
country was overlooked.
Equipment ImmobiIixed.
Here We have for the most
part a single rocky road between
t;le front lines and the rear. mi
most places it is too narrow for
two weapon-carriers to pass with
out one pulling off the road. In
rainy weather the soft shoulder is
apt to give way and the wreck
holds up traffic at least one way
for an hour or more.
Multiply this by the number of |
vehicles required to move our top
heavy forces and you realize why
we were forced to start with
drawals while our front line still
was holding. Unless we were to |
risk leaving everything behind for
the enemy, we had to begin pull
ing out in time.
When such a movement start
ed. word got to the men at the
front and they began thinking
about pulling out too. It's hard to
fight aggressively when you feel
you are going to withdraw any
The blame rests on our
Evening star., 1950-08-29
14th Precinct Won't Open
New Station for 7 Weeks

The new 14th precinct station
house. at Forty-second street and
Benning road NE, scheduled for
occupancy last June, will not be
opened before September Is, the
Police Department has been told.
The delay has been caused by a
shortage of some materials and
the delayed delivery of others, the
District architects Office said. The
recent heavy rains caused food
ing of the buildings basement,
further delaying work.
Housed temporarily at the Davis
School Annex, Forty-fourth and
H streets Sc, police have been
prepared to move because the
Board of Education wants the
building.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
|GIs and Koreans Greet British
AS 2 ShipIoods Reach Puson

Tommies in jungle greens straight
ened to rigid erectness and hands
few up In the fiat-handed British
salute.
Pfc. Robert Sheppard of Brock
ton. Mass, turned off his portable
radio over which came the voice
|of Dale Evans singing, Lock,
Stock and Barrel"
Beats Drums vigorously.
Sergt. Frank E. Hinton, ~, of
Washington, never conducted his
band with more fervor. Sergt.
Charles C. Hawkins. 80, of New
York City, never beat his drums
with greater vigor.
They followed up God Save
the King" with "Col. Bogey." a
WAC favorite of World War II.
The sound Of 1t echoed back from
the carrier.
A Korean girls choir made up
OF Christian refugees from Seoul
sang God Save the King" in
English. They had been practic-
ing for weeks. They followed that
with what they call the ~. N.
Welcome Song" in Korean. They
also sang a Korean folk tune
called BLUE Bell"
They sang clearly in the high
piping voices of children. But
they sang clearly.
Along the dock Americans were
swallowing hard. And, unless my
eyes deceived me, / saw tears
running down the cheeks of a
lean-faced British soldier.
"The boys want to know what
they've go to do," said Maj. r. A.
Gwyn of Heleceburg, Scotland.
Whatever it is they're ready to
do it."
Evening star., 1950-08-29
By Keyes Beech
War Correspondent Of The Sfur and
Chicopo Daily News

@hscc9o DoHy news
PUSAN, South Korea. Aug. 20.
On this pleasant August day
British troops landed on Korean
soil-the first United Nations
forces to join the United States
and the Republic of Korea in a
war to save Asia from Communist
aggression.
Two battalions of the British
Hong Kong n-pink-
checked Scots with a burr on their
tongues and grinning. sophisti-
Gated Londoners-arrived in har-
Dor at high noon aboard the
carrier Unicorn and cruiser Cey-
lon. They were escorted by two
Australian destroyers.
They arrived just two months
and four days after the North
Korean Communists had crossed
the 38th Parallel to invade South
Korea and involve the United
States in war.
Really u. ~. now.
Now we can really call our
selves United Nations forces, :"
muttered an American CT as the
carrier Unicorn nudged up against
the dock.
Here were 500 of them, not a
great many men as modern armies
are measured. But the signifi-
canoe of their presence far out
weighed their numbers.
The Unicorn, which carried a
battalion Of the Middlesex Regi-
ment, was so yards away when the
crack all-Negro 56th United States
Admy Band struck up God Save
the King"
Along the rail of the carrier,