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Evening star., 1950-11-03
Warden Service
Plan Mass Meetinqs
To Select Leaders

Mass meetings will be held al
six different locations on the night
of November Is to start the civil
defense warden service and to
select leaders for some so areas
Of the city.
The decision to hold the six
mass meetings, one in each of the
six divisions set up for the city's
warden service, was reached last
night at the first organizational
meeting. Chief Warden Max C.
Schwartz heads the service, being
reactivated from the World War
II organization.
About 80 representatives of
civic, business and fraternal and
veterans organizations were pres
ent at the District Building meet
ing. They decided against trying
to nominate leaders for the sc
areas within the six major divi-
sions of the city until after the
mass meetings.
Will Be Held at Schools.
Mr. Schwartz will designate the
meeting places. and all groups
within each area will be invited
to attend. The meetings will be-
gin at 8 pm. and will be held in
school buildings, he said.
The six divisions are made ur
of combinations of the IA police
precincts. The divisions are:
Division A, Precincts l., 3 and 4;
Division B, Precincts 2, 10 anc
13; Division C, Precincts 5 and g.
Division D, Precincts 6 and 12
Division E, Precincts 7 and 8, anc
Division F, Precincts II and IA.
Each of the six divisions will bt
broken down into smaller areas fol
a total of about so areas. The 81
areas ultimately will be divided
into about 3,700 sectors.
First-Aid Volunteers Wanted.
William Armstrong, director O.
training for the warden service
asked those at the meeting tt
send representatives to the first.
aid classes being given to trair
instructors. The first class wa!
held earlier last night. instruction
will be given by the American Rec
Cross at s pm. Tuesdays anc
Thursdays at 2020 Massachusett.
avenue NV.
Mr.. Armstrong said he hopes tt
get about so persons in the
"stepped-up" f1rst-aid course
These so probably will be the
future training officers of the 81
small areas, he added. Mr.. Arm.
strong said the warden service
eventually will need more thar
400 trained instructors.
Inspector John E. Fondahl, act.
ing director of civil defense, tolc
the meeting the warden service
probably will grow to be the big.
gest unit in the civil defense setup
The wardens eventually may mum.
Der 10000, he added. He called
for cooperation Of all groups ir
the city.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Two Attorneys for Rio!
Prepare TO Withdraw
From AirCrash Suits

Two Washington attorneys re-
presenting Bolivian Capt. Eric
Rios Bridoux in damage actions
growing out of his crash at Ma
tional Airport are preparing to
withdraw from the case, they said
today.
Capt. Rios, blamed by the Civil
Aeronautics Board for the ac-
cident which took SIS lives when
his P-38 fighter plane sliced into
an Eastern Airlines transport last
year, is currently in Bolivia.
Neither Frederick Thuee or
Gerald P. O'Grady, the attorneys,
have had any communication
from him since he left this coun-
try in July and both said they
are preparing motions to with
draw from the case.
Named in Dozen Suits.
Capt. Rios has been named in
a dozen or more damage actions.
In LaPaz. Bolivia, the Defense
Ministry has appointed board
of three lawyers to study the case
here from both the CAB and
damage action standpoint. The
Associated Press reported the
Ministry refused information on
any further developments pend
ing a report of the investigating
board.
The Ministry also said the Bo-
livian Government was paying the
two attorneys in Washington. but
both said they had not received
any payment. save partial COM
pensation for their appearance
before the CAB in Capt. Rios be-
half.
$3,OOO,OO0 Sought.
Unless replacement counsel is
named, withdrawal of the Wash
ington attorneys leaves action OF
more than 100000 in damage
suits directed at Capt. Rios alone
Also on file is a 100000 damage
action filed by the Bolivian
against Eastern.
He has denied blame and, at
the time CAB fixed blame on him
for the crash. expressed surprise
that action was under way here to
revoke his limited commercial
pilots license.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Publishers Wife Honored
By BraziI's Ambassador

Mrs. Blanche Knopf, wife of
the president of the New York
publishing firm of Alfred A.
Knopf, Inc, yesterday was named
a chevalier of the Brazilian Ma
tional Order of the Southern
Cross by Ambassador Mauricio
Nabuco.
In ceremonies at the Brazilian
Embassy, 3007 Whitehaven street
NV, Mrs. Knopf was cited for
outstanding work in the editorial
field in promoting a better
knowledge of Brazilian culture in
the United States"
The Knopf firm has published
many contemporary Brazilian
books in English translations.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Neighborhood Concert
Invitations Ready

Invitations to the first OF the Neigh
borhood Concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra with Howard
Mitchell conducting, under the spon-
sorship Of The Evening Stor, which
will be held November l3 at Eastern
High School. Eost CopitoI and Seven
teenth street. ore ready for distribu-
tion.
They may be obtained without charge
at HyottsyiIIe, Mt. Rainier ond Eost-
ern High Schools, Eliot, Hine ond Stuart
Junior High Schools; the Recreation
Department ot Sixteenth and Lamont
streets NV. and the business counter
in the lobby Of The Evening Stor
Building.
The concert will be broodeost by
stotioh WNAL. The Evening stor Sto-
ZION.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Judge Delays Sentence
Of Unions Bookkeeper

District Court Judge David A.
Pine today postponed until next
Friday the date for sentencing
Richard G. Richardson. 81, on
charges of embezzling from the
International Association of Ma
chinists while working as a book
keeper at the union headquarters.
Ninth street and Mount Vernon
place NV.
Richardson has pleaded guilty
to embezzling $4,000. The whole
indictment accused him of en-
bezzling $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Woman Shoots Self
To Death as Husband
Visits Friends Nearby

A Chevy Chase woman shot and
killed herself last night while her
husband was sitting in q neigh
bor's apartment watching a tele-
vision program.
Mrs. Thomas v. Terrett, 43, of
48O3 wellington drive, died of a
gunshot wound in the left temple.
DR.. F. j. Broschart, Montgomery
County medical examiner. said
the wound was self-inflicted.
Montgomery County police said
her body, lying on a bed. was dis
covered by Mrs. Henry F. Rhodes,
"a neighbor. shortly before mid
night. Police said Mr.. Terrett
was watching television with Col.
and Mrs. Rhodes when they heard
a muff1ed sound.
Mr.. Terrett went to the door of
his apartment to investigate the
noise. He opened the door but
saw nothing and started to return
to the Rhodes apartment, accord
ing to police. Mrs. Rhodes, who
also had gone into the hall, went
into the Terrett apartment and
found the body. A 1920 Army
revolver was on the bed, police
said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Terrett had had
a minor quarrel earlier in the
evening. police said. Neighbors
described the Terretts, who were
childless. as devoted couple.
Mr.. Terrett is president of a
service center which is about to
open in Bethesda.
A native of Massina, N. Y, Mrs.
Terrett had no relatives in this
area. Police said the Terrett's
had lived in the Washington area
about IS years.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Leo, Special NSRB Aide,
will Join Private Firm

Stephen F. Leo will leave his
job as special assistant to Chair
man w. Stuart Symington of the
National Security Resources Board
next month. the NSRB announced
Mr.. Leo is to become a vice pres
ident of Sverdrup 81 Parcel, con-
sulting engineering firm in st.
Louis.
Mr.. Leo formerly was director
of public relations in the Air Force
Department and went to the
NSRB when Mr.. Symington, for
mer Air Force Secretary, became
NSRB chairman.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

But graduation day poses an
other problem for the couple
Sergt. Raygor has to return to his
permanent base at Fort Campbell
KY, and Corpl. Raygor may
choose between staying at Fort
Belvoir as an instructor or return
ing to her permanent base at
Fort Lee, Va.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

school, she met and married
Sergt. Lawrence Raygor. Of the
11th Airborne Division, who was
a student in the Construction
Foreman course.
Both get their diplomas today
at Fort Belvoir. Corpl. Raygor also
will get certificate of achieve
ment from Maj. Gen. Douglas l..
Weart, commandant. for her high
grades.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
w. & M. Plans Ceremony

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, Nov. 8.
(P.-The College of William and
Mary will commemorate the 300th
anniversary of the birth of its
founder, King William III, at a
ceremony to be held at 2 pm. to-
morrow in the college library.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

ford Raygor.
20, who placed
first in an En-
g / n e e r j n G
Drafting class
among for ty
m e n a n d
W o m e n
students.
In addition to
t h e scholastic
h O n ors, t h e
course also
brought Corpl.
Raygor a huS-
band. w h i ! e
oprn11ad in the
Evening star., 1950-11-03
Pumphrey to Broadcast

LIE Roy Pumphrey. Democratic
candidate for reelection to the
Maryland House of Delegates from
Prince Georges County. will speak
from 7 to 7:15 o'clock tonight over
Radio Station WWDC.
Evening star., 1950-11-03
WAC Graduates With Honors
At BeIvoir Engineer School

For the first time a WAC has
graduated with top honors in the
Engineer School Of Fort Belvoir.
She is Corpl. Patricia Grant
Evening star., 1950-11-03
BrookeviIIe Dinner

The Women's Society Of Chris
tian Service of the Brookeville
(Md) Methodist Church will serve
q dinner Tuesday.
Evening star., 1950-11-03

Another phase of reactvaton Belvors combat
training Engineer Replacement Training Center the
Of live ammunition Members of the Sd Platoon 1 Training
Battalion work their through barriers As
they through heavy growth targets of opportunity
give them chance sharpen their and Pvt
John Wkerson of Diego negotiating the barbed
Training officer in this phase is L. William a. of
Shirley Duke Apartments Star Staff Photos
Evening star., 1950-07-09

give clues to their operation.
They definitely would not indicate
whether guesses and deductions
were substantially correct.
Their most specific statement
was that the tests would extend
the horizon Of atomic knowledge. /"
They would not concede that
new" bombs would be fired, would
not indicate how many bombs and
what types would be used, or tell
when the tests might be expected.
On the basis of past explosions
and meager official information
about atomic energy. this writer,
entirely on his own, is willing to
make several speculations about
the second Eniwetok tests:
l. That new and perhaps smaller
bombs will be exploded. This
follows from official statements
that the Acc and the Defense
Establishment have made great
progress with atomic weapons
since the first Eniwetok tests.
2. That the explosions will test
the vulnerability of other weapons.
At Bikini, one bomb was dropped
from a B-29; the other was ex-
ploded under water. Both tests
were to determine if changes were
needed in naval vessel construc-
ton. The Research and Develop
ment Board of the Defense De-
partment is taking an active in
terest in Operation Greenhouse
Projects Cost Unknown
3. That the civilian defense
program Of the National Security
Resources Board will be vitality
affected by the outcome OF the
tests. The Bikini show, under
Admiral w. H. P. Blandy, was
primarily for the benefit Of the
Navy; first Eniwetok. under 1t
Gen. John e. Hull, now chief OF
the Special Weapons Eyaluation
Group, apparently was for the
Army and the Atomic 4 Energy
Evening star., 1950-07-09

Of the maritime commerce Of the
world.
One Of the obvious facts was
that ships are getting too big for
the canal. Already. two merchant
ships. the Queen Elizabeth and
the Queen Mary. not to mention
some Of the newest United States
Navy warxhips. are too large for
the present locks.
More important, there was the
sustained increase of ships tram
sitting the canal In both directions.
The endless procession started
August Is. 1914, when the s. s.
Ancon made the first transit from
the Atlantic to the Pacific. When
President Wilson on July IL, 1920,
proclaimed "the official and for
NAL opening of the Panama Canal
more than 10000 commercial
ships Of many flags already had
been through IT'D Since then
$4,000 transits by toll-paying,
ocean-going ships have been en-
tered on the canal records.
This is what the experts said In
1916:
Tolls Protested
"The capacity Of the present
canal is adequate so long as the
average traffic does not exceed "a
ships daily or 8.760 ships annual
ly. According to testimates)
this traffic volume would be
reached by 1850, and after that
date some delays to shipping
would occur on peak traffic days
during lock overhaul periods. The
number Of delayed ships would in
crease with further traffic in
creases. and beginning about
1860, the delays during overhaul
periods would become insupport-
able"
Time has proved the 1860 esti-
mate high. This years traffic is
averaging around Is ships daily,
nine under the prediction of four
years ago.
Gov. F. K. Newcomer, who runs
the canal, says that 1870 now is
estimated as the year when the
canal will begin to feel the pinch
of too much traf1ic. AS soon as
definite signs develop in that di-
rection. Congress will be asked to
decide what is to be done.
Evening star., 1950-07-09

bureaus authorized by presidential
executive order.
One important factor affecting
the future plans for the canal
that arose Unexpectedly was that
Of Panamanian sentiment toward
the United States.
In December. 1947, the National
Assembly rejected q defense agree
|ment with the United States
which would have enabled the
United States to retain a score of
bases which it had maintained in
|Panamanian territory throughout
the war. Within "A hours Ameri-
can troops were pulling out from
the defense sites.
Local politics played q major
role in that decision. But one rea-
son for the success Of the aggres-
sive minority that led the cam
paign was a builtup resentment
among Panamanians against the
United States stemming. from a
multitude of causes, real and
fancied. arising during four dec
AIDES Of day-to-day contact. Per-
haps the best summation of it is
that Panamanians feel that as
partners Of the United States In
the canal enterprise they do not
receive what they consider to be
a fair share of the benefits.
Since the 1947 slap at the United
States the administrations Of Pam
anna have been anxious to show
this country's good will toward the
United States. Several agreements
on civil aviation. claims and
jurisdiction-have been concluded
and passed by the assembly in re-
cent years.
Even the present government Of
President Arnulfo Arias, who was
widely regarded as one Of the
bitterest foes Of the United States
in Latin America. has bent over
backward to show Panama s
friendly feelings toward its big
neighbor.
Nevertheless, some members of
the United States Congress have
publicly voiced their concern over
approving an investment of more
than 50 billion without definite as
surance that the United States
will have the fullest facilities to
defend 1t.
Distributed By the Associated Press)
Evening star., 1950-07-09

of villages in the north where left
wing sentiment is spontaneously
strong and the rebels enjoyed sup
port up to the last. But the vast
majority of Greek villages owe
their present misery wholly to
Communist excesseS. and they
know it. Unfortunately, memo
ries are short, and if the villagers
find themselves still without shell
ter, without food, without ami
mails and without hope when next
winter comes, they will blame not
the Communists who brought
about this state of affairs, but
the central government which
failed to remedy it in time. There
is real danger of this; and q
man will not need to go among
these villages parading himself as
q Communist-that is, in fact, the
last thing a Communist agitator
would do-in order to stir up a
sense Of grievance and to create
ripeness for the next round.
The task will be made easier
by the fact that almost every vii
lage has at least one family with
relative under detention as an
enemy OF the state. whether on
Makronesos or in prison. Greek
justice is scrupulous but slow: it
could not be otherwise at such a
time. And unfortunately the pris-
ons are full Of the small fry, while
communism's big fish go free.
No one major Communist leader
was among the hundreds executed
for crimes committed in the last
three years. They are free to re-
start the work of corruption; and
In the towns, in the villages, in
the prisons alike they have their
material ready-made for the work.
Politics in Greece are conducted
by free and fluid formation of
coalition between parties which
shift their pattern readily, almost
always for purely personal rea-
sons. both before and after every
election. Every Greek govern
ment that comes to power under
the present system of election is
likely to be more or less unstable,
because the system makes it very
difficult for any single party to
win an absolute majority.
Government Unimpressive
The present government of Gen.
Plastiras is no exception. AL
though the Americans have made
1t clear that they wish to see the
government remain in Office, and
not succumb to the personal in
trigues which are going on all
around it. 1t remains q loose asso-
citation of at least four different
groups which have few common
interests except a general wish to
further Greek recovery and spe-
ciflc wish to remain in power.
The question which naturally
arises in the mind of a foreign OBJ
server. confronted with such a
situation, is whether they can be
said to be in power" at all. Given
the perpetual mobility of govern
ment to which Greece is liable,
where does the real power in the
country rest?
(copyrieht, London Observer Forsign
News Seryice.l
Evening star., 1950-07-09
Terrorists Well Trained

those who have been caught in
Saigon are frequently young men
and girls who have been raised
there. and only sent north for
special schooling.
Glance over the Saigon press .
recent week. An article one day
told of the sentencing of a
grenade thrower to 20 years Of
forced labor. Lien Trong Dat,
25 years of age. told the court he
belonged to Action Committee
No. T." and had thrown a grenade
into a restaurant, wounding two
soldiers, and had also participated
in the bombing Of another restau-
rant and a film theater, causing
IL more injuries. He told Of
making detailed report to rebel
headquarters after each attack.
what was your reason for
picking these restaurants?" the
court asked.
"They hadn't paid their taxes"
he replied.
What was your mission in
Saigon?" the judge pressed.
Il was charged with the collec-
tion of taxes" the young man
answered. as if this were the most
legal procedure in the world. u
Another news item was head
lined, young Wet Namese Agents
in Aprons" It told of girl of
18. LIE Thi Mai, and another Of
II. Tran Thi Luong. They were
courriers, with special areas to
cover, operating between terrorist
groups and their headquarters.
Their lawyer pleaded their ex-
treme youth, and the court
agreed: They had already been in
prison a year. and he let them
of with this as their sentence.
Another item told of a restau.
rant hand-grenaded the night be-
fore. Another Of the wall of q
warehouse cut through, and q
bomb exploded within. And an.
other item Of an ambush. And 80
1t. went.
Evening star., 1950-07-09
By Raymond P. Brondt

Operation Greenhouse" is the
code name for the atomic bomb
tests the Army, Navy, Air Force
and the Atomic Energy Commis-
sion will conduct at the Eniwetok
islets sometime this year or next.
If greenhouse" creates an inn
age of glass and light there was
never q more ironic misnomer. A
more fitting designation would be
Operation Opaque" to indicate
the secrecy that beclouds the
ninth plus firing of atomic bombs
that began in Alamagordo, NJ.
Mex, in July. 1915, and startled
the world about three weeks later
with the devastation of Hiroshima
and Nagasgki. The other tests
were at Bikini in 1946-Operation
Crossrods. where two bombs were
fired-and at Eniwetok in 1948-
Operation Sandstone, where three
bombs were dropped.
If there is any higher classifica-
ton in national security than
"top secret" Operation Green
house is it. The only information
given out is what is necessary to
prepare for tests in the circle of
40 low-fying islands that form a
lagoon 5000 miles west of San
Francisco. This atoll has been
officially approved as a perma-
nent atomic weapons proving
ground.
4 Won't Disclose Much
These preparations are under
the direction of 1t. Gen. Elwood r.
Quesada of the Air Force, 46-
year-old Washington native, who
first gained popular fame as head
of the 9th Tactical Air Command
that supported Gen. Omar N.
Bradley's 1st Army in France.
/ Gen. Quesada, who is known
throughout the services as pete, /"
has his closely guarded Offices in q
temporary wartime building in
downtown Washington, few
blocks from the Atomic Energy
Commission Building. His organ
ization is an example of the sue
cess of armed services unification.
1t is set up like the Special Weap-
ons Evaluations group that is
composed of military men and
civilian scientists.
Gen. Quesada's deputies are DR..
Alvin C. Graves, 40-year -old
atomic energy expert; Rear Ad-
miral Tom B. Hill, So years old,
deputy director of atomic energy
on the Chief Of Naval Operations
Staff, and Brig. Gen. Herbert B.
iLoper, So years old, Army engineer
and map expert.
This reporter interviewed Gen.
1 Quesada, DR.. Graves and Ad-
miral Hill In Gen. Quesada's tiny
office If asking questions and
getting vague answers can be
called interviewing. They hesi-
/ tated and sometimes declined to
verify published official informa-
tion for fear their answers might
Evening star., 1950-07-09

Commission-although very little
information has been made pub
lie about it. Second Eniwetok
will be a joint service operation,
collaborating with the Acc. The
head of civilian defense is Paul
Larsen, until lately a high official
in the atomic laboratories in New
Mexico. He undoubtedly will
have access to the findings OF
Operation Greenhouse as they ap-
ply to preparations for protection
Of civilians in time Of war.
4. Tests on and for the hydro
gen bomb will depend on how
much progress is made on this
new weapon by the time Of the
tests.
No one will indicate what Op-
Grafton Greenhouse will cost,
Money has been allocated for it by
the Defense Establishment and
the Atomic Energy Commission.
This has been supplemented from
a special fund available to Defense
Secretary Johnson. The Budget
Bureau frankly admits that esti-
mates are "'camouf1aged" in the
budget like the expenditures for
the Central Intelligence Agency
Another difficulty about calculat-
ing costs is that some are charged
to routine operations of the Army,
Navy and Air Force, such as trans
portation of men and materials
to the islands; operations by the
Military Air Transport -Quesada
and others make frequent flying
trips to various laboratories in
this country and to Eniwetok--
and the military and Acc
personnel who give only part time
to this particular job. Eventually
there will be a staff Of about 1875
experts. About 5000 persons are
expected to participate in the
tests.
This country" Gen. Quesada
says. will get more for its dollars