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Evening star., 1951-04-15
Ceremonies SET
For Clarendon S
Golden Jubilee
Thursday Sees Stort
OF Three Day Fiesto
In Shopping. Center

Clarendon. principal shopping
center for Arlington County's 1885,
600 residents. will open a three
day Jubilee celebration on Thurs
day.
It was on April 10, 1901, that
the first commercial license was
bought in the community across
the Potomac.
From that modest beginning.
Clarendon's business section along
Wilson boulevard has grown to
one OF the largest in the Washing
ton area. And throngs of shoppers
on the one-mile stretch between
Glebe and Courthouse roads may
rival those on F street in the Dis
trict when new Hecht Co. and
Kann's Department Stores open
late this year.
Dances and Shows Planned.
The three-day celebration, spon-
sored by Clarendon merchants.
will be jam-packed with attrac-
tlons, including a ball at which
Queen Clarendon will be chosen.
a street dance, parade. fashion
shows and special radio broad
casts. -
Other events are contests for
the most courteous employe in
Clarendon. the family which has
lived longest in the area and the
poster which best typifies the cele-
bration theme "Clarendon-50
Years Of Progress
Ballots in the courtesy contest
may be clipped from the Arlington
Daily and dropped in boxes in the
Clarendon Trust Co.. and County
Trust Co. Banks. The winner will
receive three-day, all-expense
trip to New York.
Winners Go On Air.
Nominations for the oldest fam.
lily should be sent to jubilee head
quarters, 3179 Wilson boulevard.
The winning family will besinter-
viewed on a tape recording which
will be broadcast over Station
WEAM. .-,
Poster entries must be submitted
by tomorrow, also to jubilee head
quarters. The winner will receive
$25 with smaller awards going to
the four runners-up.
Official opening ceremonies will
be held at 1880 pm, Thursday at
Wilson boulevard and Highland
avenue. They will be preceded by
a pep rally Of employees and man
ayers of all ! Clarendon stores at
I7::A5 am. in the Wilson Theater
and q reception at pm. for off,
Icials from more than a score Of
nearby communities at the WASH
ington Golf and Country Club.
/ ax. Breakfast In Clarendon.
At 8:45 am. Friday, .Breakfast
lin Clarendon" featuring hiHbilly
music, will be dished up at the
Hot Shoppe5 North Kirwood road
and Lee highway.
Tickets are available at Stations
WEAM and WARL.
| Judging Of window displays will
take place at Z pm, followed by
coronation bali at 9 pm. at
IStratford Junior High School.
PrincesSes representing schools,
civic. fraternal organizations and
business establishments will COM
pete for the title and crown Of
Queen Clarendon. -''''-~
Headquarters for Tickets.
Tickets for the affair can be
obtained at Mayors Gift Shop.
1859 Wilson boulevard; Taylor's
EStationers, 3155 Wilson boulevard
and at jubilee headquarters.
| Highlighting Saturdays pro-
gram is parade at 2 pm; a
street dance at 9 pm. at Wilson
boulevard and Highland avenue.
with prizes for the best costumes,
and grand award at 10 pm. The
winner will receive a seyen-day
! trip for two to Bermuda.
Evening star., 1951-04-15
A-Bomb Movie Scheduled

Col. David B. Parker, U. S. A.,
will show official films on atomic
bombing and civil defense at the
April meeting of the Northwood
k-Four Corners Citizens Asso-
citation at $3.50 pm. tomorrow at
the Four Corners School on OLD
Bladensburg road, Silver Spring
Evening star., 1951-01-28
By George Beveridee

A strong sentiment that the De-
fense Department has failed sc
far to prove its case for lowering
the draft age to 18 is held by most
member of the House Armed
Services Committee.
This was indicated by a poll of
81 committee members-11 Demo-
Gratis and 10 Republicans-con-
Quoted by The Star yesterday. as
the committee ended its first week
of hearings on the Pentagon' S
long-range draft expansion pro.
posal. Fourteen other voting COM
mittee members could not be
reached
On the other side of the Capt.
tol, Senator Johnson, Democrat,
of Texas, chairman of the Senat
Preparedness subcommittee, said
Americans are genuinely dis
turbed about the draft of 16-year-
olds and want other availa BILE
sources of manpoWer tapped first.
After three weeks of subcom-
mittee hearings, Senator Johnson
said, he feels that physical and
Evening star., 1951-01-28
BY the Associated Press

MILWAUKEE,, Jan. 27.-A sub
stitute for blood plasma made of
okra, a green vegetable plant, was
announced tonight by Marquette
University.
DR.. John Hirschboeck, dean of
the Marquette Medical School,
said the discovery was made by
DR.. Hiram B. Benjamin, anatomy
instructor. The substitute of pow
dered okra, he added, has been
used successfully in dogs and is
being purified to meet the stand
ards of the Federal Food and
Drug Act for trial on human
patients.
Plasma. the liquid part of blood
before clotting, is needed to re-
place blood losses in patients suf-
fering from shock, burns or bleed
ing. Whole human blood also is
used.
DR.. Benjamin, experimenting
with okra in the treatment of
ulcers, made his discovery while
working on a test dog. The ami
Evening star., 1951-01-28
D. T.. Commissioners
Name Recipients Of
Gold Medal Awards
Honors for Bravery
To Be Presented at
Trade Board Meeting

A policeman and a fireman
both of whom subdued and ar
rested armed men at the risk of
their own lives, have been award
ed the city's highest honor, the
Gold Medal for bravery.
The Commissioners yesterday
annuonced the Gold medals would
go to Police Sergt. Arthur G.
Keene, of No. Precinct, and Fire
Pvt. James F. Jones, of Engine Co.
No. IA.
Members Of the police and fire
departments are selected each
year by the commissioners for
bravery in line of duty and award
ed medals authorized by Congress
back in 1929. The Gold Medal is
the top award. the Silver Medal
next and the Bronze Bar the third
highest
The Silver Medal was awarded
to Police Pvt. Thomas L. Souder,
of No. II Precinct, and Fire Pvt.
Ernest H. Boggs, of Rescue Squad
No. 2.
Winners of the Bronze Bar were
Police Pvt. Norman S. Jones, of
No. l Precinct, and Fire Capt.
Joseph A. Briscoe, commanding
officer of Engine Co. No. 4.
Fleming to Present Awards.
The six medals will be presented
by Robert v. Fleming, chairman
of the Commissioners Award
Committee, at the general men,
bership meeting of the Washing
ton Board of Trade at 8 pm
March 7 in the Mayfower Hotel
The one policeman and two fire.
men who won honorable mention
and the II policemen who got oral
concentrations also will be at the
dinner.
Both Sergt. Keene and Pvt
Norman S. Jones won the Police
man. of the Month Awards fol
the same deeds that brought them
the medals. The monthly cita
tions are made by representatives
of the city's newspapers.
Sergt. Keene, a veteran of 20
years on the police force, re-
sponoed to a call in August, 1949
to a home in the $500 block OF
Reno road NV. Upon arrival, he
was advised by other policemen
already there that a demented
man was at bay in the home and
had fired shotgun at the first
policemen who tried to enter. He
(See MEDALS. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Fighter Plane Pilot Dies
In Crash Near Ga|ax, Va,
By the Associated Press

GALAX, Va, Jan. 27. - An Air
Force fighter plane went out of
control and crashed on a wooded
hillside six miles southwest of here
today, killing it's pilot.
Witnesses said the plane, ac-
companied by another plane
which circled and then flew on
after the crash. apparently was
in trouble when it passed over
this Carroll County community.
Rescuers said the F-51-D craft
was demolished.
Langley Air Force Base officials
said the plane was from the 154th
Fighter Squadron of the 136th
Fighter Bomber Group, with
headquarters at Langley. The
154th is a federalized Air Ma
tional Guard unit called into
service from its home base at Lit
tie Rock, Ark.
The pilot was listed at Lang
ley as 1st Lieut.. John August
Rossi. jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs
John A. Rossi of North Little
Rock.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Substitute for Blood PIusmu
Made of Okru Found Effective

NAL was under anesthesia after a
previous experiment in which it
was bled. A huge injection of the
okra product into the dogs blood
stream revived the animal. Sub
sequent experiments with dogs
confirmed the scientists theory.
Okra is a green vegetable very
common in the Southern States.
1t grows two to eight feet in height
and bears pods four to six inches
in length.
According to DR.. Benjamin, the
substitute for plasma was pre-
pared by grinding the pods and
then removing the wakes and fats
with ether and alcohol.
Unlike human plasma, the okra
substitute need not be refrigerated
for storage.
Working with DR.. Benjamin in
the development were DR.. Harry
K. Ihrig, vice president in charge
Of research at the Allis- Chalmers
Manufacturing Co.; Walter Zeit,
director of Marquette's anatomy
department, and Ronald Roth, a
Marquette student.
Evening star., 1951-01-28

measures to study and report to
the General Assembly on steps to
carry out punishments does not
commit the U.N. to any action and
does not bind one single member
of the U.N. to any sanctions. Mr..
Austin said the General Assembly
alone will recommend to the so
members what to do. This ex-
PLANTATION was directed in part at
Britain and other countries who
have turned down any idea Of
punishment against Red China.
4. The Good Offices Committee
suggested by Mr.. Austin can get
to work Immediately. If it finds the
Red Chinese have not shut the
door to peaceful settlement, the
Collective Measures Group can
hold up its work while good Offices
are attempted.
Denies Door to Peace Closed.
Mr.. Austin said it is mot true"
that the resolution slams the door
on any further attempts at peace
full settlement. Instead, he con-
tended, it opens the way for it
and permits the regular procedure
of the U. N. to go to work.
He said the time has come for
the free nations of the world to
cement their unity before the
world and before the aggressor.
Mr.. Austin spoke after reports
were circulated that the Arab
Asian group of II countries would
change their peace formula once
more to include the Canadian
suggestion for a cease-fire confer
ence here or at New Delhi, India,
within a week. The group also
was said to favor including the
48-hour deadline set by Canada
for Red China's reaction to such
a suggestion.
But Mr.. Austin said that there
has been too much delay. He said
there were some technical objec-
tions to the present Arab-Asian
resolution, which did not specify
(See U. NJ. Page A-8)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Case for Lowering Draft to 18
Not Proved House Group Feels
Poll Of Armed Services Unit Shows Most
Members Want to Hear More Testimony

mental qualifications must be
lowered to send as many as 100, ,O0C
men now classed as AZ into all
three services, and that about
100000 married, but childness
non-veterans in the 1926 age
group should be required to per
form some military service.
After these untapped manpower
pools have been exhausted, Sena-
tor johnson said 18-year- -clds
might be called under a definite
system of priorities so that the
older ones were drafted first. He
said the law should have very
specific provisions" on this point
Most of the House members
polled emphasize they have not
heard enough testimony to know
how they might vote. They have
not yet heard from Selective
Service. the Joint Chiefs of Staff
other Federal agencies or veter-
ans and other groups.
But they were asked for initial
reactions to the 18-year-old ques-
(See DRAFT, Page A-8D
Evening star., 1951-01-28

the center of the 40-mile west
ern front Saturday. But a United
States 9Th Army spokesman said
today the Chinese Communists
showed little inclination to fight
even when in contact with U. N.
troops.
Main units of the U. N. task
force moved forward this morning
from positions 13 miles south of
Seoul. Patrols were 2 miles ahead.
Even without Red opposition
the going was slow. Allied troops
carefully combed the terrain look
ing for enemy troops screening
the main Red defenses. U. N Of
ficers believed these defenses were
still ahead.
No Counterattacks Saturday.
Associated Press Correspondent
Jim Becker reported from the
western front that Allied forces
drew no counterattacks Saturday
night. The Reds had countered
with small attacks Friday night.
The stiffening Communist re-
sistance had developed toward the
middle of the Allied advance-in
the area north of Kumyangjang,
25 miles southeast of Seoul, and
at Ichon, some Is miles farther
east. Tanks went ahead of the
infantry and blasted out Red
strong points.
Eastward on the east-central
front, however. the Reds appar-
emily were pulling back. The
9th Armys communique said con-
tact was lost Saturday with the
enemy southwest of the commu-
nications hub of Tanyang.
1t was in the Tanyang sector
(See KOREA, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Baron Mdnnerheim Dies at 83:
Finnish Hero and Ex-President
Leader Against Russia
In Z Wars Succumbs
In Swiss Hospital
BY the Associated Press

LAUSANNE, Switzerland, Jan.
27.-Field Marshal Baron Carl
Gustaf Mannerheim, Finland's S
national hero, former president
and leader against the Russians
in two wars. died tonight in a
Lausanne hospital.
The 83-year-old soldier who
once was known as "the un-
crowned king of Finland" sue
cumbed after an emergency op-
Grafton performed last Wednes-
day.
Since his resignation as presi-
dent in 1916, Baron Mannerheim
had spent much time in Switzer-
land. usually at the Valmont
Clinic at Montreux. He had been
under treatment for duodenal
ulcer. The operation this week,
however, was for removal of an
intestinal obstruction.
Baron Mannerheim maintained
austere privacy In his retirement,
Evening star., 1951-01-28
; Maryland Miners
Charge Abduction
BY the Associoied Press

CUMBERLAND, Md, Jan. 27.-
Three western Maryland coal min
ers charged today they were alb
Quoted from their homes by State
police and whisked across county
lines without a warrant for ques-
tioning about a mine explosion.
The miners said they were held
for about SO hours and subjected
to lie detector tests without being
allowed to communicate with theil
families or attorneys.
Clarence Lippel, Cumberland
attorney, said he had written Gov
McKeldin and State Police Super
intendent Carey Jarman, demand
ing dismissal of three officers.
Mr.. Lippel said he represented
the three miners, Alex DeVault
33; Lester Lee, SO, and Samuel
Vinci. Mr.. DeVault and Mr.. Lee
live in Nikep and Mr.. Vinci in
Moscow, Md, both of which are
In the Barton mining area about
18 miles west of Cumberland.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
British Meat Ration
Cut Threatening 10
0ust Labor Regime
Commons Is Expected tc
Show Discomfort; Press
Generally Scores Action
By the Associated Press

LONDON. Jan. 27.-The British
meat shortage appeared today to
be blowing up political storm
which might even push the Labor
government from office.
The press almost unanimously
attacked the government on the
new 20 per cent cut in the meat
ration, announced yesterday. The
cut was the third since meat ship
ments from Argentina, Britain's S
biggest supplier, were suspended
last July in a dispute over the
price the British would pay.
The new 8-pence (91s cents
weekly ration of fresh meat is
about twice the size of a penny
box OF matches and little over
half the portion that was allowed
in the worst days of the war. In
addition, each Briton is allowed
2 pence (21s cents worth OF
corned beef.
Irritation manifest by house
wives, butchers and the press is
expected to be reflected in the
House of Commons. where the
Laborites have majority of only
seven members. Defeat on a mo-
ton of confidence would force
Prime Minister Attlee and his
cabinet to resign.
Most of the newspapers, Con-
servative anyway, usually attack
government policies. But this
time the independent Times, in
dependent Liberal Manchester
Guardian and Liberal News
Chronicle also turned against the
government. Only the Daily Her
aid, owned by the Trades Union
Congress, maintained it's support
The papers criticized both the
(See BRITAIN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Is Killed, 4 Injured
As AirHner Crashes
In Flames in Italy
Former Arlington Couple
In Hospital, Their Boby
Is Among Victims
BY the Assoeioted Press


ROME. Jan. 27.-A four-en-
gined Ala Italia airliner crashed
in flames in a hamlet IS miles
north of Rome today, killing l3
persons and injuring the other
four aboard.
A thunder storm was raging
Police at Tarquinia said lightning
hit the plane.
Among the injured were two
Americans. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
F. Delaney of Newport, R. I. One
Of the dead was their four-month-
old daughter. Mary Ellen. The
Delaneys formerly lived in Arling-
ton.
Twelve passengers and a crew
OF five were on the plane when il
messaged a moment before the
crash, "All is we'll" Four of the
crew were among the dead.
Not Told of Child's Death.
The Savoia Marchetti plane left
Paris at 1875 am. for Rome. It
had just passed Tarquinia when
it was overtaken by the thunder
storm. 1t crashed in the hamlet
of Fooso di Vite, on the Rome
Genoa railway.
A Red Cross ambulance rushed
five survivors to the Tarquinia
hospital, but the Delaney child
died soon after reaching the hos
pital.
Mr.. Delaney, 25, was en- route
to Malaga. He was reported to
have suffered burns of the hands.
Mrs. Delaney, the former Mary
E. Flynn. of Newport, suffered
leg fracture and underwent a
(See PLANE, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Girl Seriously Injured
By HeIicopter as She
Walks Into Propeller
Army Map Service Clerk
Seeking Ride in Croft
Fails to See Blade

A 21-year-old Government girI
was seriously injured about the
head. face and arms yesterday af-
ternoon when she walked into the
whirling tail propeller of a hell
copter parked on the grounds of
the Army Map Service. $500
Brooks lane, Montgomery County
Miss Margaret Hambright. who
rooms at 1888 Sixteenth street
NV. and is a clerk typist with
the map service. apparently failed
to see the propeller. which is used
to balance the rotor blades.
Bethesda police, who happened
to be passing in a scout car, said
the girl left a group beside one
of the buildings and ran up to the
machine from behind. She was
knocked to the ground. Both her
arms were broken as she flung
them up in an effort to shield her
face. The impact broke the blades
of the small wooden propeller.
Hoped to Be Taken Up.
The girl received first aid and
the Glen Echo Rescue Squad took
her to Georgetown Hospital. Her
injuries included multiple lacera-
tions of the face and head, and
fractures of both arms, including
one compound fracture.
Army Capt. Leo Bellieu, who is
attached to the Map Service, had
just landed from a short hop and
was facing forward at the time of
the accident. Army officials were
told several passengers had been
given brief hops and Miss Ham
bright had hoped to be taken up
next.
1t. Col. C. v. Ruzek, executive
(See HELICOPTER, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Change in Loyalty Rules Urged
To Simplify Security Fiirings
Review Board Will Consider Revisions
Backed by New Choirmon, Hirom Bingham

House to make the actual changes
IN the loyalty executive order.
Loyalty officials point out that
the present loyalty program op-
crates under the Presidents ex-
ecutive order of 1947. which gives
the employe, rather than the
Government, the benefit of a
| reasonable doubt" concerning
disloyalty charges.
This has operated to a great
disadvantage to the Government
in getting rid of employees who
may not actually be proved Com
munists, but whose past records
(r0ntinnoJ IN Daoo 40 roJ e
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Chinese Reds Radio
Asks India to Join
'Fiqht Against War
By the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 81.
The Chinese Communist ra-
dio at Peiping today broad
cast a soothing commentary
on relations between Red
China and India, and called
on the Indian people to
unite and struggle firmly"
with the Chinese against war
"provocateurs" "a favorite
term for Americans.
The broadcast, heard by
the Associated Press in San
Francisco, was based on an
editorial appearing in the
Peiping Peoples Daily, official
Communist organ.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
By Joserh Youno

Widespread changes in the
Governments loyalty program. to
make it easier to fire employees for
national security reasons, will be
considered by the President s
Loyalty Review Board when it
meets here next month, The Star
learned last night.
The proposed changes have the
support of Hiram Bingham, the
Loyalty Boards new chairman.
Should the board agree to the
need for revisions. recommended
ton will be made to President
Truman that the changes be
made 1t would be up to the White
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Inside Page Stories
Relating to Controls

Questions and Answers on the Freeze
Of Wages and Prices. Poqe AS
AFL to Act Promptly Against Woee
Freeze. Green Declares. Poee A
Stocks ond Groins Up on Price Freeze
News; Cotton Markets Close. Pose As
lnfIotion Only Thing Frozen by Freeze
Consumers Soy. Page A.
Phone Poy Increase Unaffected by Freeze
Compony 5eIieves. Poee A
New Controls to Sove Tin Will Toke
Shine OFF Coffee Cons Again. Page A.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
Theuter Plaster Falls
At Horror Film Crisis
BY the Associoted Press

BRISTOL, Va.-Tenn.. Jan. 27.-
A long strip of plaster dropped
from the ceiling of the Columbia
Theatre here this afternoon during
a tense moment of horror film
being shown.
Just as the monster" broke the
bounds which held him to a labo-
ratory table in "Frankenstein
Meets the Wolfman," the 15-foot-
wide and 1-foot-long strip fell
across the right aisle seats.
Two persons were injured.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
u. n. Patrols Probe
II Miles From Seoul
Without Opposition
Limited Offensive
Rolls on Northwurd
Looking for Enemy
By the Associoied Press

TOKYO, Sunday, Jan. g. =
Powerful United Nations forces
rolled on northward all along the
western Korean front today. Pa
trolls probed less than IL miles
from Seoul without finding any
Reds.
The Allies limited offensive ran
into increasing Red pressure near
Evening star., 1951-01-28
New York Fails to Hear
Air Raid Siren Test
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-New
York City's AFRAID sirens walled
today, but lot Of people didn't
hear them.
1t was the first test of the 8O3
fixed and mobile sirens.
A city engineer said falling snow
rnuff1ed the sound of the blasts.
Civil Defense Director Arthur
w. Wallander said dead spots"
would be remedied in subsequent
weekly Saturday-noon tests.
Evening star., 1951-01-28

-AP Photo.
CARL GUSTAV MANNERHEIM
seeing only few old friends. He
was reported writing his memoirs.
His demand for privacy was
such that he directed after his
tSee MANNERHEIM, Page g.
Evening star., 1951-01-28
III. ). TurnsDown
|Arab-Asian Plan
For Korea Peace
Austin Demands U. N.
Act Now to Declare
Red Chino Aegressor
BY the Associated Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. 81
American Delegate Warren r.
Austin today rejected Arab-Asian
proposals for conference with
Red China on the Far East and
Korea. He demanded an imme-
diate United Nations verdict that
Red China has engaged in aggres-
sion and in effect gave assurances
that this would not mean Amer
ican bombing of Chinese territory.
In a solemn 26-minute speech
to the U. N. Political Committee,
Mr.. Austin answered objections to
the United States resolution which
says Communist China engaged in
aggression in Korea and proposes
the U. N. study what to do about
it. The committee adjourned
until Monday at 10:45 am. for
further debate on an issue that
has rocked the U. N. for three
months.
Longer Delay Disapproved.
In brief, Mr.. Austin said:
l. The American people and
the American Government feel
that the United Nations has de-
layed too long in calling Red
China an aggressor. He could
not "conscientiously" approve of
further delay This rejected the
Arab-Asian formula and doomed
even before it is submitted, per-
haps Monday. a new Arab Asian
plan wrapping up Canadian ideas
for conference within a week
on cease-fire in Korea.
2. The United States resolution
does not give the United Nations
command under Gen. Macarthur
authority to take any action
which the U. N. command does
not already possess. Gen. Mac
Arthur has taken the position
he does not now have the author
ity to bomb Red China's bases and
Mr.. Austin assured several doubt
full U. N. members that no hidden
orders are in the United States
resolution.
I 3. The American suggestion for
a special committee on collective