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Evening star., 1950-03-22
Trial Of Myers Begun
In Woman S Death BY
Illegal Operation

Ralph w. Myers, 44-year-old
window shade sales price estima-
tor. went on trial today In Dis
trict Court before q jury Of 10
men and two women on a charge
Of performing an abortion on q
20-year-old housewife on Janu-
ary 4.
The indictment charges that
the abortion caused the death OF
the young woman, Mrs. Nina Jean
Campbell, mother Of two. If con-
victed, Myers would face a maxi
mum penalty Of six years and
eight motnhs to 20 years.
The jury was. sworn in shortly
before noon, after Defense Attor-
ney James j. Laughlin had exer-
cised 10 challenges allowed in ex-
cusing prospective jurors. Assist
ant United States Attorney John
c. Conliff, jr., the prosecutor, ex-
ercised six challenges.
One prospective juror was ex-
cused because he knew Carlton
Campbell. 81. husband of the de-
ceased. Two men also were
chosen as alternate jurors.
Injection of Air CHARGED.
In recent preliminary court ac-
ton. Mr.. Conliff said the Gov
ernment expects to prove that
Mrs. Campbell's death was due to
an injection Of air during ar
abortion attempt. Deputy Coro-
ner Christopher j. Murphy testi-
fed at the inquest theer was al,
in her blood vessels and that he1
heart was dilated as a result.
Mr.. Laughlin disclosed several
days ago that the defense will
contend that death was not due
to air embolism but was because
OF a beating. The defense will
also contend that Myers did not
beat Mrs. Campbell.
Mr.. Laughlin filed a motion
asking that two physicians be
brought here as expert witnesses
at Government expense. The mo-
ton was granted by Judge F.
Dickinson Let's.
One Of the physicians is DR.,
Henry M. Robinson of Johns
Hopkins University. who, Mr..
Laughlin said stated recently:
Injections of air into the veins
can not cause death. It does not
do the slightest harm to the pa
tient. The air goes to the right
side Of the heart, then to the
lungs. where it disappears.
Wants Sander Witness.
Another witness Mr.. Laughlin
wants is DR.. Richard Ford OF
Harvard University, who testified
for the defense in the recent So
called mercy death trial" of DR.
Hermann N. Sander in New
Hampshire.
Mrs. Campbell was found deae
In the apartment Of Miss Ruth
Childs. 1921 Fairmont street NV.
who at the time was a director o1
nurses education at Children's
Hospital.
The Government contends thai
Mrs. Campbell had gone to the
Fairmont street address to have
the operation performed. The
Campbell home is In the 480t
block of O street Sc, Hillside, Md
Myers, whose home is in the
2100 block of North Lincoln street
Arlington. Va, was indicted on The
abortion charge on January %.
Mr.. Con1iff indicated that the
Government would call more thar
a score Of witnesses. The trial /.
expected to last several weeks.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Easter PIay to Be Given

A play. Easter at Galilee." will
be presented at 1880 pm. April s.
by the Training Union Dramatic
Group of Westover Baptist Church
Patrick Henry drive and Washing.
ton boulevard, Arlington.
Evening star., 1950-03-22
Judoe Lows to Speak

Chief Judge Bolitha j. Laws of
the United States District Court
will address the Capitol Hill Lions
Club at their annual Ladies' Night
ut 1880 pm. tomorrow in the Con-
ttnental Hotel.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
BritishP relate Pleased
AT Vatican Unity Stand
BY The Assoeiofed Press

LONDON, Mar. 9.-The Arch
bishop Of Canterbury said yester-
day he was pleased to learn from
the recent Vatican statements
that the Catholic Church "is will
ing, however cautiously" to let
its members discuss Christian
unity with Protestants.
Tt is good to know that such
gatherings are not absolutely for
hidden" said the archbishop, DR.
Godfrey F.. Fisher. He spoke at
the annual meeting OF the Society
for Promoting Christian Knowl-
edge.
DR.. Fisher referred to a Vatican
statement that joint meetings of
Catholics and nom Catholics to
discuss a worldwide Christian
church are not absolutely forbid
den but may be held only with
the approval Of the competent
ecclesiastical authority"
The archbishop said, however
that the Vatican statement has
discouraged rather than en-
couraged those who have been
taking part in many places in
friendly and informal discussions
which were all the more frank
and useful for being unofiicial !"
The Vatican, he continued,
clearly desires to keep very
strict control of all such gather
ings and discussions and to insist
that the stress must be. as the
document indicates. always on
points Of disagreement rather
Than on points Of agreement"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Note Terming Madsen
Heel Offered al Trial.

FRANKFURT. Germany, Mar.
s.-A note found in Mrs. Yvette
Madsen's home, allegedly refer
ring to her Air Force husband as
"the heel, the rat, the low crea-
ture," was introduced by the
prosecution today in the trial OF
the 22-year-old mother for muir
der.
The court trying brunette Mrs.
Madsen on a charge Of shooting
1t. Andrew E. Madsen heard the
prosecutor charge she wrote the
note, which said in part:
Maybe every one will think
am guilty, but I plead self-de-
Tense.
II left loud. rowdy party be-
cause I was insulted. But I know
my husband will come home and
beat me up.
my only defense is to protect
myself-which Is to shoot him.
the heel, the rat. the low crea-
ture."
Chief Prosecutor Worth B. Nc
Cauley of Oklahoma City called
Sergt. Arthur Walters, former
Washington police handwriting
examiner. in an attempt to prove
the Brooklyn-bo beauty wrote
the note.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Virginia House GROUP
Reports Resolution
To Repeal Poll Tax
BY the Assoeioted Press

RICHMOND, Mar. 9. - The
House Privileges and Elections
Committee today reported reso-
luton to repeal the poll tax as
a prerequisite to voting. The
vote was 8 TO 3.
The resolution. substitute for
several presented earlier, may be
considered on the floor of the
House today. ft
1t would repeal the poll tax as
a prerequisite to voting, retain
the permanent registration system
now in effect and would, in effect,
set February / of each year as the
deadline for registration for all
elections during the year. It
would put the ceiling of a capita
ton tax which the Assembly
might levy, unrelated to voting,
at SO.
1t would enable those to regis
ter who have the ability to read
and write English. AS evidence
of this. the applicant would show
an eighth-grade certificate or take
a uniform test to be given by the
division superintendent of schools.
Before the resolution could be-
come effective 1t would have to be
passed by this Assembly, the 1852
Assembly. and approved by the
people in a referendum.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Wilson Boulevard Bridge
Closed for Construction

The Wilson boulevard bridge
over Four Mile Run. near Lexing-
ton street in Arlington, was closed
today for six weeks to permit con.
struction Of a new span.
County highway and police Of
ficials advised residents of the
Dominion Hills area to use either
Washington or Lee boulevard as a
detour.
The Arnold bus line will operate
shuttle buses between Dominion
Hills and the bridge, where con-
nection will be made with Wash
ington-b bound buses on the other
side. Schedules will not be
changed.
Highway officials said the bridge
will be closed only while piers and
abutments are being built for the
new structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
British Jet Turbine Car Hits
Nearly 80 in Demonstration

either side and two square exhaust
grids on which hot colorless gases
escape behind the driver and his
passenger.
The driver uses only two pedals
-accelerator and brake. BY
Stacking of on the accelerator, he
cuts down the flow Of fuel and SO
slows the Turbines.
According to Mr.. Bell, who
Tended of most queries for flg-
ures. the firm still has several
major bugs" to shake out before
the car can make its assault on
the gasoline-engined auto mar
ket. Fuel consumption is too high,
he said.
Bell said the jet car is slightly
heavier than a normal auto. A
lighter model is under develop.
ment.
Unlike the jet plane, which gets
it's forward push from hot gases
punching out from combustion
units against the open air, the
new cars built-in jet turns the
turbines that power the real
wheels.
The car has a 111-inch wheel
base and q width Of So inches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Trumun Signature on Oleo Bill
Due After $3.50 Senate Vote

publican, of Wisconsin loosed q
final sentimental punch at the
measure on behalf of the dairy
States. He said the law would
paralyze the mich cow areas, and
that grass will grow in the streets
of some industrial regions, too
The farmers, he concluded, have
been sold down the river.
That sentiment wasn't shared
by the Southern members, whose
constituents grow cotton seed and
other vegetable oils used in max
ing margarine.
. Even a New England dairy State
man, Senator Aiken. Republican
of Vermont said he thinks the
measure gives butter more pro-
lection against fraud" than il
has had, and that the interests OF
the dairymen had been safe
guarded as much as it is possible
to do by law.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
BY the Associated Press

TOWCESTER. England. Mar.
9.-The British automobile in
dustry's biggest postwar secret
a sleek jet-propelled car-wat
given its first public demonstra-
ton today.
Moved by a pair of twin
kerosene-fed jet turbines, the
automobiles gray sports coupe
whipped over a concrete land
ing strip near Towcester at nearly
80 miles an hour.
It idled and reversed with the
ease Of q conventional car.
The new machine-a version Of
which the makers say should be
in mass production in from two
to four years-is aimed at giving
Britain a bigger chunk of the dol
lar motor market.
The car was put through It's
PAGES at Silverstone Airport neal
mere by F.. r. Bell, engineer In
charge OF its development for the
Rover Motor Co. of Birmingham
Outwardly, it looks like a nor
NAL two-seat sports car, except
for three air intake openings on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
BY the Assoeiated Press

Only the signature of President
Truman Is required to kill Federal
taxes on oleomargarine July /.
The Senate approved the repeal
yesterday. SO to 20.
Mr.. Truman is on record for
removal of the taxes. a matter also
pledged by the Democratic Party
platform. Some of them have
been in effect 81 years.
The House, by a vote of 262 to
106 Tuesday, approved the final
version Of the bill worked out by
a Senate-House conference COM
mittee. For practical purposes,
the real fight ended weeks ago
when the Senate agreed to a re-
peal measure varying in some re-
spects from that previously voted
by the House.
Nevertheless Senator Wiley. Re-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Church Council Publication
AGAINST New Vatican Envoy
~ the Associotsd Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 9.-The
Bulletin of the Federal Council of
the Churches of Christ in Amer
lea has urged President Truman
not to send an envoy to the Vat
lean to replace Myron C. Taylor,
who recently resigned the post.
Declaring that the Presidents
maintenance of diplomatic re-
lations" with the Vatican has
caused needless tension" among
churches, the Bulletin said in It's
March issue, released yesterday:
Nothing could do more at the
present juncture to improve the
climate Of interfaith relations
than for our country to make
completely clear that it will not
again compromise our historic
principle (of church-state separa-
tion) by putting one church in
a preferential position in relation
to government"
The Bulletin. published monthly
by the national interdenomina-
tional Protestant organization,
said the President twice in the
past has assured Protestant
groups that the sending of an en-
voy to Rome was only a tenn
porary arrangement.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
French Uti|ityWorkers
WALK Out, but Drafted
Key Men Stay on Jobs
By the Associoted Press

PARIS, Mar. 9.-Thousands OF
utility workers struck throughout
France today but a government
draft of key personnel kept the
lights and gas burning.
The only immediate noticeable
effect of the Stoppage was a low
ering of gas pressure. House
holders found it took long time
to cook breakfast.
Industry did not appear to be
hit by the walkout which had been
scheduled to begin at midnight
6 pm, EST last night.
At least 10 per cent Of the 100.-
900 workers in the nationalized
utilities were at their posts. draft
ed under the War Powers Act OF
1888. Though all utility workers
were subject to the 'requisition,"
which provides jail terms for vio-
lators. police yesterday delivered
the draft notices only to 10000
key men, a government spokes-
man said.
None Rebels at Draft.
A spokesman at the Ministry
of Commerce Industry said no
worker had rebelled at the draft.
The ministry said it had no i'm
mediate information on how
many of the other 10000 utility
workers had struck.
Reports from outside Paris in
dictated the strike was having
small success in other major
French centers. Gas and cleo
tricity service were reported nor
NAL in Dion, Nice, the rubber
manufacturing center Of Cler-
ont-Ferrand, and in heavily in
dustrial Metz. where normal de-
liveries of gas repeatedly were
being made to the big coke ovens
at Phalsbourg and Sarreguemines.
The Ministry of Industry said
the midmorning peak load on
power had been safely passed
without cuts in Paris. There were
some electricity cuts in the Rouen
and Lille areas, however.
Power station crews, who re-
ceived their draft notices yester-
day afternoon. had reported for
work on the night shift without
incident. Workers striking in de-
fiance of the draft orders are sub
ject to penalties up to five years
in prison.
Paris night life tangled on past
the midnight deadline without
even a flicker.
Back Pay Boost Demand.
Communist and nom Communist
unions joined in the strike call to
back up demands for a 3,00o-franc
$3.50 monthly minimum wage
increase. They protested the
draft order. but in statement
gave assurance that gas and cleo
| CrlclCy necessary 10 community
life would be provided.
The union had rejected man
agement offer of pay increases
ranging from $50 to $500 francs
| l$2 to SID monthly. ~
Though basic service was being
maintained, it remained to be
seen whether enough workers
would obey the draft summons to
cope with peak-load periods.
Pro government newspapers
such as the Popular Republican
(MRP) organ, lAube, warned
that light and gas cuts might
have to be enforced by a ration
ing system sometimes used in
periods of power shortages.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
MoIotov so Today

Today is Vyacheslav M. Molo-
TOYS birthday. At go he ap-
parently still Is close to the top
Of the Soviet hierarchy.
But there is food for specula-
ton in the way his birthday was
greeted. 1t seemed a bit tame in
comparison with what might
have been expected. In the
Soviet Union much is made Of
decade birthdays of top leaders,
particularly the 50th, Goth and
10th.
Moscow newspapers displayed
the Deputy Prime Minister'S
picture on the front page and
noted that he had been awarded
the Order of Lenin. He also
received congratulations from
the Communist Party.
The treatment of Molotov's
anniversary was not what might
have been expected. The 50th
birthday of Lavrenti p. IBERIA,
boss Of the secret police, last
March apparently won more
attention.-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Boy Dies After Dumping
Heads With CIossmote
BY the Assoeiafed Press

FLORENCE, S. c.. Mar. "a
14-year-old junior high school
youth died yesterday after bump
ing heads with a classmate as
they left their seats to answer
recess bell.
DR.. James Allen, called to the
school, said the boy, Dean Hol.
land, died Of a cerebral hem
orrhage.
The head-bumping occurred
shortly after noon. Young Hol-
land complained soon afterward
OF headache and was sent to
the school sick room. His class
mates found him unconscious
about 3 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
II Escape as Fire
In Annapolis Races
Wright's Hotel
BY the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. s.-Roomers
leaped to safety in their night
clothes today in a two alarm fire
at Wright's Hotel in the down.
town Negro section of Annapolis
Flames wrapped the three story
building for an hour and a hall
before ice-encrusted firemen
brought them under control.
Seventeen men, women and
children escaped. They were
members of three colored fami-
lies rooming on the second floor of
a building which had not been
operated as a hotel since 1941.
Pedestrians Aid Rescue.
Early morning pedestrians
dashed to the rescue when the
fire broke out on the second floor
about Ills aim w
Oliver e. Morse "a. colored,
said he mounted q parked truck
to catch Mrs. George Grooms as
she leaped from a second floor
window.
Two young children Of the
Grooms family leaped into arms
of a man identified as Lucy
Wright.
The family of Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Green were led to safety
over the rooftop and down a
rear fire escape by Mr.. Green,
The family of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Harris escaped through q rear
door.
Cause Of Blaze Unknown.
High winds and cold weather
hampered IS flremen from four
Annapolis fire companies. Fire
Marshal Robert G. BeaI said the
cause of the blaze was unknown
Owner Stanley Wright said
most of the 80 or 40 rooms in the
building had been vacant for sew
eral years. The building, on Cal
vert street, near the Anne Arundel
County Jail and about three
blocks from the Governors man
sion, was burned out.
Flames spread to the third floor
and to upper floors OF grill next
door before they were brought
under control. Mr.. Beall said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Ship Smelling Probed

The Coast Guard is conducting
only routine investigation" of
the circumstances surrounding the
Smelling of the American freighter
Flying Arrow by Chinese Nation
alists off Shanghai in January, a
spokesman for the service said
yesterday in New York.
Capt. David Jones, master of
the Isbrandtsen Line ship. said
Tuesday that he had been ques-
toned at a Coast Guard hearing
which might lead to revocation of
his license. The hearing, the
Coast Guard said, was not aimed
at license revocation.-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09

Britain's feet will be strength
ened by introduction of jet fighters
into carrier air groups. the Ad-
miralty announced today.
The announcement. included in
the Admiralty's elaboration of Its
proposed budget for the, coming
year, said useful experience had
been gained by testing jet fighters
on carriers during feet exercises.
-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Around
the
World
Rogge Urges Inspection
. OF East and West Arms
News in Brief

. Q. John Rogge, former United
, States Assistant Attorney General,
, asked in Moscow last night that
the East and West explore the
possibility of unlimited inspec-
ton" not only of all atomic in
: stallations in the world but of all
: armed forces and ornaments.
: Rogge, now a New York attor-
ney and a policy maker for Henry
. A. Wallace's Progressive Party,
spoke in the Kremlin before an
/, audience consisting of representa-
tives of the Supreme Soviet CPar-
liament) and the Soviet Commit
tee for the Defense of Peace. 1t
: was a ceremony for the presenta-
ton to the Supreme, Soviet of a
petition from the World Congress
of Partisans of Peace.
Rogge asked if it would not be
possible to set UP body OF large
and small nations within the
United Nations to inspect-but
not to control-a m a m e n is
atomic installations and military
bases everywhere in the world.
-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Pacific Pact Urqed

Australian External Affairs
Minister Percy c. Spender today
urged formation of a Pacific pact
including the United States.
He made his plea in a report
outlining to Parliament in Sydney
the foreign policy of Australia's
newly elected moderate coalition
government.
Such a pact, Mr.. Spender said,
should not only be q defensive
one but should aim at promoting
higher living standards and in
creased cultural and commercial
ties of nations in the Pacific
area.-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
X X
Harsh Jap Treaty Asked

Britain wants a harsh peace
treaty for Japan-one that would
keep the defeated country under
rigid Allied control for years.
She also wants the island king
dom to pay an unspecified amount
of war reparations to nations
which suffered through her ag-
erosion. T.
Qualified diplomatic officials in
London who reported this today
said the British ideas are con-
tanned in a secret memorandum
sent recently to the United States
The State Department II
Washington and the British en-
bassy there said they had nc
trace of the memorandum. Lon
don sources said the document
probably was sent by diplomatic
pouch and may not have arrived
yet.-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Scandinavia to Study
Joint Protest to Russia
BY the AsSoeioted Press


STOCKHOLM, Mar. 8. The
Swedish Foreign Office said yes
terday q meeting of Scandinavian
Foreign Ministers here this week
will consider a joint Swedish
Danish protest to Moscow against
alleged harassment by Russia of
fishing ships in the Baltic Sea.
Swedish fishermen have COM
planned that their ships were
seized and detained far beyond
the limits of Russian territorial
waters and that their crews were
closely questioned about possible
spying.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09

WlCN1n grace
salary increases
that are due for
the 10000 vet
Grams in the
Post Office De-
partment, The
lie gisl a t i o n
would apply
only to veterans
who entered the
Government for
the first time
after the war,
S ce o t h e r
F e d eral en-
~lax,an u,hn ara
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
British to Invite Lewis

John L. Lewis is going to get
an invitation to visit England.
BritAin's National Union of
Mineworkers announced today
that it had decided to ask the
American miners chief to at
tend the organizations annual
conference at Llandudno, Wales,
beginning July 4.-AP.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09

working in the Governments per-
sonnet Offices.
The bureau feels that many
personnel employees could be
dropped. if the Departments and
agencies simplied their personnel
records and eliminated endless
paper work. That's why the
bureau has devised a single per-
sonnet form record for each Gov
eminent employe, instead of the
multitude of forms that most
agencies have.
It's expected the bureau will
order all agencies to adopt the
new form by the first of next year
if they have not done so before
The Budget Bureau already has
asked the agencies to make the
change on voluntary basis
Bureau officials feel sirnplifiec
personnel records would reduce
STATS by as much as 80 to so pei
cent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1950-03-09
Weather Report

District OF Columbia - Partly
cloudy, cold and windy today,
with highest temperature about "a
degrees. Fair and colder with
diminishing winds tonight and
lowest about 20 degrees in the
city and is degrees in the sub
urbs. Tomorrow, increasing cloud
mess and rather cold with high
est in middle 30s.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
colder, with diminishing winds to-
night. Lowest temperature from
18 to "a degrees in the east and
from 10 to Is degrees in the west,
except for about degrees in the
mountains. Tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and rather cold. <"'
Virginia-Fair and colder with
diminishing winds tonight. Low
est temperature from 20 to Is in
the southeast and from Is to 20
degrees in the northwest, except
for around 10 degrees in the
mountains, Tomorrow increasing
cloudiness and rather cold.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning. Is miles per hour,
with gusts up to IS miles; direc-
ton, west-northwest.
River Report.
fFrom United States Ensineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and muddy ct Great Falls; 6henandoah
cloudy at Harpers Ferry.