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Evening star., 1951-03-22
A Self-Portroit of an American Citizen
Continued on Page A-8, Col. g.

Here is a Self-portrait of Gam
bier Frank Costello, American
citizen since 1925.
This testimony at the Senate
Crime Investigating Committees
final New York hearings yesterday
came in an exchange between
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire and the sweating
Costello:
@. Why did you decide to take
out naturalization papers in this
country?
A. I wanted to be an American
citizen.
@. And why did you want to be
an American citizen.
A. Why? Because love this
country.
@. During these years since you
have been here, have you priced
the privilege of being a citizen of
the United States?
A. I believe I have.
@. Do you appreciate the rights
that are yours as an American
citizen?
A. I do.
@. Has this country come up
to your anticipations?
A. Has it?
@. Yes.
A. Yes.
@. In the years which have
elapsed since you became a citi-
zen, you have Jared pretty well in
material things, have you not?
A. I have.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

GOOD FRIDAY sERVlcEs-Mors
thon 30 District oreo churches tomor-
row will observe the solemn anniversary
OF Christ's erueifixion. A story on the
services oppeor on Poee A-3l.
GIRDING FOR DEFENsE-coneerned
obout increasing bons on critical mo-
terioIs, West Coost manufacturers ore
onxious to get more important defense
eontroets. Reporter RoIph n. Hoppe,
in onother Of O series, tells how re-
armament is affecting the West coost,
on Pose BIO.
AS LIFE GOES oN-ABRoAD-The
problems Of typieoI American fomiIy
toke stronse voriotions-espeeioIIy in
Afrieo. A housewife discusses some Of
them. on Pose Bill.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
A|gerHissC Commences
5-Year Prison Term
On Perjury Conviction
Surrender Proceedings
Lost Less Than Minute;
Prisoner Is CuIm
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 22.-Algel
Hiss surrendered today to begin
serving a five-year prison term
for perjury.
The 46-year-old former high
State Department official-his ap-
Ipeals to the higher courts rejected
gave himself up to Fedora.
Judge Henry w. Goddard.
Hiss was convicted January 81
1850, on two counts of perjury
The conviction, in effect. branded
him a liar and traitor who be.
trayed his country by turning ovel
Government secrets to Whitaker
Chambers, admitted courier of 6
Communist spy ring.
Court Proceedings Brief.
The courtroom proceeding lastee
less than half a minute. Davie
Sweeney, court clerk, called out
Hiss name and the lanky, con.
victed perjurer surrendered him.
self into the custody of Chic.
United States Deputy Marshal
Tom Farley.
Hiss arrived at the courthouse Al
minutes before he was scheduled
to give himself up. His lawyers &C.
companied him.
No member of Hiss family was
present. His wife. Priscilla, had
remained at his side throughout
both long trials.
1t was not disclosed Immediately
to what Federal prison Hiss would
be committed, but United States
Attorney Irving H. Saypol said
generally prisoners are sent tc
institutions not too far distant
from their homes. This could
mean Hiss could serve his sentence
(See HISS. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Tobey Proposes
Probe Witnesses
As A. Targets
By the Associated Press

Senator Tobey, Republican, Of
New Hampshire proposed IA
cetiously today that some of the
underworld characters who have
appeared before the Senate Crime
Committee be exposed to atomic
bomb explosions at the Nevada
testing grounds.
Senator Tobey, a member of the
committee, made the suggestion
which he himself termed IA
cetious-in a television interview
before the delayed opening OF
today's hearing.
He didn't say which of the un-
derworld types he had in mind as
bomb targets, but commented:
Il think the world wouldn't
miss them at ALL"
Just before that, Senator Tobey
had spoken in favor of deporting
some of the foreign-born wit
nesses who have told the commit
tee something about their gam
bling and other activities.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Editor OF La Prensa
Is Labeled Fugitive
AS He EIudes Police
Efforts RedoubIed to Jui
Him for IS Days on
Charges of Contempt
BY The Assoeioted Press

BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 22.-A
committee of the Argentine Con-
gress today branded DR.. Alberto
Gainza Paz, editor and publisher
of the seized newspaper, La Prensa
a fugitive from justice.
The committee, appointed to
take over the paper and to in
vestigate it's activities, said police
were unable to locate Gainza Paz
to carry out a committee order
that he be jailed for IS days fol
contempt Of Congress.
A statement said the editor dis
appeared like a fugitive
through a maneuver aimed al
hampering an investigation or.
dered by Congress" 1t asked the
police to redouble their efforts tt
find him.
Congress ordered the paper
seized earlier this week by a nine
man committee which also i.
charged with investigating it. La
Prensa has never been friendly te
President Juan D. Peron.
There were widespread reports
that Gainza Paz was taken into
custody last night, but police
wouldn't verify the reports. Mem
bers of his family say they do not
know where he is, but think he
still is at liberty. His home is
under close police guard.
The arrest of Gainza Pas, to
serve a 15-day sentence for con-
tempt of Congress, was ordered
after he sent statements to Con-
gress charging it's seizure of his
strike-bound newspaper violated
constitutional guaran-
tee of freedom of the press.
Two other La Prensa officials,
Business Manager Manuel Con-
stenla and Attorney Manuel Or
donez, while not arrested, were
put under police guard and or
dered to speak to no one.
The action against the news
(See LA PRENSA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Mercury Dips to 28 Degrees
In Wake Of Springtime Snow

With disdain for the official en-
trance of spring, a wintry blast
last night brought snowfall in the
Washington area and dropped
temperatures below the freezing
point.
The mercury dipped to % de-
grees in the city and "a degrees
at Annandale, Va. this morning
A high of A is expected today
Washington will get another
touch of 30-degree temperature
tomorrow morning. the Weather
Bureau reported, before warm
weather returns tomorrow after
noon.
The forecaster said the 90
minute snow melted as it fell near
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Butler Office Manager
Denies knowledge Of
Unlisted Contributions
Mrs. Van Dyke Says All
Funds She Received Were
Sent to Treasurer
By W, H. Shippen

The Office manager in Senator
Buffers campaign headquarters
today denied previous knowledge
of approximately $4,000 in con-
tributionS and disbursements not
reported to the campaign treas
'urer.
Mrs. Catherine Van Dyke. who
lis now Senator Buffers secretary
told Senators investigating last
November's Maryland election that
every contribution she received in
her Office at Baltimore during the
campaign "was promptly listed
and sent to Mr.. Mundy"
Mrs. Van Dyke, a former school
teacher and retired department
store buyer, was referring to Cor
|nelius P. Mundy. treasurer of the
Maryland Republicans campaign
and Baltimore attorney.
Jonkel to Testify Again.
Mrs. Van Dyke is to be followed
to the stand this afternoon by
the campaign manager, Jon M
Jonkel, former Chicago public
relations counsel, who already has
testified several times. The COM
mittee is investigating charges
made by former Senator Millard
Tydings, whom Senator Butler
defeated.
'The checks which Mr.. Jonkel
has listed in the supplementary
report must have been delivered
to him by courier or else ad.
dressed to him personally" Mrs
Van Dyke said. II have previous
ly stated that Mr.. Jonkeps per-
/ =
Evening star., 1951-03-22
FEC Completes Plans
For 1000 Tv Stations
In 1,4OO Communities
70 New Channels May
Be AIIocuted in Move
To Cover Nation
BY the Associated Press

The Federal Communications
Commission today put the finish.
ing touches on new plan for al.
locating additional televisior
channels across the country.
The plan-a table of proposed
channel ALLEGATIONS on a city-by-
city basis-is intended to provide
space for more than 1000 TV sta.
tions in about 1,400 communities
There are now lot stations in op-
Grafton.
FEC hoped to be able to make
the plan public before the end o1
the day.
The new ALLEGATIONS are in
tended to replace a previous table
announced in September, 1949
Parts of the industry and many
communities protested that plar
was inadequate to meet the de.
mands for local outlets.
70 New Channels Likely.
AS allocations now stand, basec
on IL available channels in tht
very high frequencies. only abou
400 stations in $50 cities could be
accommodated.
The additional allocations will
be made possible by reaching ul
into the ultra-high frequencies
for other channel space. FEC two
years ago figured it could get AZ
additional channels in that por.
ton of the spectrum. Commis-
sion officials told reporters today
however, that the newly project
ed ALLEGATIONS will involve the use
of possibly 10 new channels in the
UHF band.
AS result of the freeze on new
station grants made effective
October /, 1948, there are now
only 109 authorized stations with
only lot actually on the air.
Freeze Will Continue.
Commission officials emphasize
that release of the new ALLEGATION
plan does not unfreeze the video
situation. FEC Chairman Wayne
Coy has said he sees little hope for
ending the ban on new construc-
ton permits any time before next
October !.
It was also emphasized that the
forthcoming table is in the form
of a proposal, for consideration by
the industry and the general pub
lie. The plan will be the subject
of at least two or three months of
public hearings at which inter-
ested persons will have an oppor-
tunity to suggest changes.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Bankers Conspiracy
To Kill RFC Charged
By Senator Humphrey
Assertion Follows Report
That Agency Is Probing
Attempt to Steel Files
By Robert K Walsh
By Robert K. Welsh

A "conspiratorial attempt" to
abolish the Reconstruction Finance
Corp. is being made by private
banking interests, Senator Hum
phrey, Democrat, of Minnesota
asserted at Senate Expenditures
Committee hearing today.
The committee is considering
President Truman's plan for re-
organizing RFC by substituting a
single administrator for the FIVE
member board of directors.
The charge by Senator Hum
phrey came close on the heels of
"a report that RFC officials are
investigating an apparent attempt
by some unauthorized person to
get material from the agency's
confidential files.
No Loss Indicated.
Chairman w. Elmer Harber ex-
planned he did not know whether
anything was taken from the files
or whether any prowlers gained
access to them. But a recent
report of such an attempt, he
said, caused the agency to install
an electric lock and burglar alarm
system on the files section, as was
disclosed several days ago.
Senator Humphrey, a committee
member, opposed abolition of the
agency at today's hearing, but de-
clared that it must be raised i'm
mediately "above the present
hubbub and cheap politics anc
pressure.
He commented on the reorgani-
zation plan after Budget Director
Frederick j. Lawton told the COM
mittee he believed a single admin
Evening star., 1951-03-22

the bureaus National Airport sta
ton, but that nearly an inch
thick blanket was reported in out
lying areas. Despite the unsea-
sonable snow, however. highways
and roads generally were clear
The sudden temperature drop re-
suited from a cold wave which
moved in from the Midwest.
Normal low for this date, the
bureau said, is SO degrees.
The forecaster said Easter Sun
day temperatures should be NEAR
normal" but declined to hazard a
detailed forecast for the big day
A possibility that showers are on
the way for Saturday, he ex-
planned, Is the reason for his re-
luctance.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Boy, a, Rescues
Baby Sister From
Burning Home
BY the Assoeiofed Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., Mar. 22.-A
4-year-old boy carried his baby
sister from their burning home
last night shortly before it anc
six other houses were consumed
by flames.
The youngster, Charles Hanley
said:
II fetched my sister outside te
save her from burning up"
The fire started in the Hanley
home and spread quickly to Other
frame houses. destroying six be-
fore the flames were controlled.
The children's parents, Mr.. anc
Mrs. Robert Hanley, were away
"It got cold and I tried to light
a fire in the stove," Charles told
firemen. "The big fire started
when dropped match into q
pile of papers near the stove"
The boys sister, Deborah, is
about 9 months of age.
Evening star., 1951-03-22

Coy Answers kefouVer, Uefenos f(S Ap
provol of Mcbride Rodio DeoI. Poee A.!
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city because television camera
were trained on the witness chair
talked today after losing anothe
argument over broadcasts.
1t was Mr.. Carroll's chance tt
escape a threatened contemp
charge which carries a possible
prison sentence of a year.
But the committee agreed tina
only Mr.. Carroll's hands -woule
be shown on the TV screen-s
practice that developed at New
York hearings where Racketeel
Frank Costello was the witness
Actually, except for his entry int
the hearing room. the TV cameras
were not trained on Mr. Carroll
Mr.. Carroll donned dark g asse:
as he took the stand under the
bright klieg lights and said {
frightening factor" had been in
jected into the hearings.
Subject to "Mike Fright"
"Are you frightened" asked
Associate Committee Counse
John Burling.
THAT is correct" Mr.. Carroll
retorted.
II am subject to mike fright,
Mr.. Carroll continued. when
I'm frightened I can't reason
clearly. The phenomenon of mike
fright and broadcasting leaves me
speeches."
Mr.. Carroll, however, appeared
quite at ease as he told the COM
mittee of his st. Louis gambling
operations. He denied that he
was acquainted with Costello or
West Coast Gambler Mickey Co.
hen, but said he knew Frank
Erickson, head of a Nationwide
bookmaking syndicate, and had
had pleasant" contacts with him,
He denied, however, that he did
business with Erickson or that
they were members of Nation
wide betting syndicate"
Erickson Testimony Recalled.
Mr.. Burling then read from tes-
timony Erickson gave another
Senate committee last April. He
noted that Erickson, in telling of
his friendship with Mr.. Carroll,
saiG, 1--WE do business with one
another"
Erickson is now in Jail on a
State conviction of violating gam
bling laws.
Asked about the apparent con-
hict of testimony, Mr.. Carroll
said "I do not do business directly
with Mr.. Erickson" He said
Erickson "does business with Mr.
Mooney"
This apparently was a refer
Continued on Page AS. Col. o.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Moran Forced Out
By ImpeIIitteri on
Gift Disclosure
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 22.-Water
Commissioner James Moran, told
by the mayor to quit or face sus-
pension for allegedly taking a
I$55, 900 good will" gift, today re-
signed his lifetime $15,000-a-year
post.
Moran, along with former
Mayor William O'Dwyer. was
named to Senate crime probers
yesterday as recipients of big cash
gifts from John P. Crane, presi-
dent of the Uniformed Firemens S
Association.
Crane said Mr.. ODwyer got
$4,000 as evidence of support"
and that Moran was given money
so he'd be on "our side" Both
had sworn they didn't receive such
donations.
Moran dispatched his resigna-
tion from his Brooklyn home q
few hours before a noon deadline,
set by Mayor Vincent r. Impellit-
teri in his quit-or- -face-removal
ultimatum.
Charges Persecution.
In his letter, Moran bitterly ac-
cused Mr.. Impellitteri of persecu-
ting him politically ever since he
was appointed to the post by his
old friend, Mr.. O'Dwyer, shortly
before the latter resigned last year
to become Ambassador to Mexico.
Moran said that Mr.. Impellitteri
has threatened to abolish the
Water Board, with particular
emphasis upon the undersigned
whose only fault has been to say
yes when he meant yes and no
when he meant no."
With a stomach that can no
longer digest the hypocricies of
so-called politicians" the letter
added. Il hereby tender my resig-
nation"
Crane gave his testimony near
the close of the sensational Sen
ate hearings which rode rough
herd on politicians and racketeers
alike.
O'Dwyer Makes Two DeniaIs.
Crane lost his city fireman's Job
when he refused to waive i'm
munity before testifying before a
New York County grand jury
which is investigating the fire.
mems association. but he has con-
tinued as head of the association
City employees are required to sign
waivers.
Mr.. O'Dwyer denied before the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee that he ever got money
from Crane. He said he repeated
the denial before the New York
County grand jury yesterday.
Crane testified he handed the
cash to Mr.. ODwyer in October,
1949, on the porch of Oracle Man
sion-the Mayors official home.
Crane said:
Il told the Mayor at that time
that I had promised him the sup
port of the firemen and I offered
him evidence of the support in the
form of $4,000"
Said Committee Counsel Ru-
dolph HALEY: "One man is lying."I
In Key West, Fla. where Presi-
dent Truman is vacationing, al
White House spokesman was
queried last night on whether
Mr.. O'Dwyer would resign as Am
bassador. The spokesman replied:
He has not resigned and there
is no undated resignation.
Quizzed About S135,000.
The grand jury which ques-
toned Mr.. O'Dwyer previously
quizzed Crane about $135,00O of
the associations funds reported
missing.
Crane said the $4,000 was to
back up the f1remen's pledge to
support Mr.. O'Dwyer in his sue
cessful 1949 campaign for re-elec-
tion.
Crane told the committee, in the
jam-packed courtroom, that after
Continued on Page A-8, Col. ~
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Hunes to Head Ecustu

NEW YORK, Mar. % (P.-
Election of John Wesley Hanes
former Undersecretary of the
Treasury, as president and chair
man of the Board of Ecusta
Paper Corp. of Pisgah Forest
IN. c., was announced today.
Evening star., 1951-03-22

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plodding along the opposite bank
when the Reds opened fire.
From high ground they poured
machine gun, rifle and mortar fire
on all sides of the patrol.
Enemy Fire All Around"
"They let us walk into the trap
and then they sprang it," said
Corpl. Charley Hamilton, Virginia
City, Va. Our tanks opened up
on the hillside with everything
they had, but it didn't stop the
Chinese.
Enemy fire was all around us
everywhere we turned. We finally
scrambled across to the tanks and
kept the Chinese down on one side
while we moved out"
The tanks pulled back to Chun-
chon, carrying the wounded.
1t. Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway.
commander of the United States
9th Army, disclosed that it was
United States 1st Cavalry troopers
who occupied Chunchon yester-
day.
Commander Congratulated.
Gen. Ridgway messaged their
commander. Maj. Gen. Charles D.
Palmer: Thanks for Chunehon.
Congratulations to you and your
fine division"
In the air, American Sabre Jet
fighters probably shot down a
Russian-built MIG-15 jet and
damaged another over northwest
Korea. Four F-86 Sabres drew
six MICS into combat at $4,000
feet just south of the Yalu River
border city of Sinuiju.
An estimated 5000 Reds were
reported dug in six or seven miles
north Of Chunchon. The bulk of
the Communist troops, however.
appeared to have pulled back
north of Parallel 38.
But in the west, the Reds were
getting set for a strong stand
south of the parallel.
Field dispatches said 10000
Communist troops manned West
ern defense positions in depth for
is miles south of the border.
These included two divisions OF
the Chinese Sd Field Army, idle
since the Hungnam action in De-
cember.
Units May Have Crossed Parallel.
An Allied tank patrol ran into a
hot fight yesterday on the ap-
proaches to Unijongbu, north Of
Seoul.
The thrust north of Chunchon
was the closest announced Allied
approach in force to the Red Ko-
rean border during the current
drive.
Patrols may have crossed the
boundary.
A delayed dispatch from Associ-
ated Press Correspondent William
c. Barnard said the armored COL
umn rolled north late yesterday
from Red-abandoned Chunchon.
1t pulled back to bivouac positions
for the night.
Chunchon is 8 miles south of
Parallel 38.
Allied tanks and infantrymen
occupied Chunchon yesterday
afternoon without a fight.
East of Chunchon South Korean
troops finished wiping out 4,400
Reds of the Red Korean 10th
Division, which had slipped be-
hind Allied lines in January.
Only about 300 remained of that
unit, which had been hacked to
pieces by United States planes and
artillery.
Red Casualties Mount.
Eighth Army headquarters re-
ported 1,500 Reds killed or
wounded in ground action yester-
day.
This brought to about $4,000
the total Communist casualties
since the Allied offensive began
January Is.
South Korean troops were 8h
miles south of the parallel in East
ern Korea. =
Allied warplanes pounded Red
troops in Western Korea and hit
their supply lines from the north,
Twenty B-29s dropped 200 tons
of bombs today on the Red supply
centers of Kumchon, II miles
north of Parallel 38 in Western
Korea, and Yonghung, 80 miles
southwest of Hungnam, northeast
coast port.
Evening star., 1951-03-22
Carroll Shared $75O>OOO Profit
On $40 Million Betting in 40;
O'DwyerMan Resigns UnderFire
Gambler Denies
Knowing Costello
Or Mickey Cohen

James j. Carroll. nationally
known betting commissioner, told
the Senate Crime Committee to-
day that he and his associates in
1949 handled $40 million in book
making operations, of which about
$750,000 was profit. OF this
amount. he said his personal
profit was about $4,000.
The st. Louis odds maker, who
once refused to testify in his home
Evening star., 1951-03-22
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quesne, St. Mary's of California,
Mount st. Mary's and Catholic
University earlier made similar
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The uncertainty of the times,
(See GEORGETOWN, Page A-43
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Army Denies Phones to ms for Premo-
ture Story on Korean Action. Pose Az
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Evening star., 1951-03-22
American Patrol
Escapes Ambush
Near Parallel
Tonk-lnfontry Unit
Shoots Its Way Out
3 Miles From Border
BY the Assoeiafsd Press

TOKYO, Mar. 22.-An American
tank-infantry patrol with mine
hunting engineers today shot its
way out of a Communist ambush
less than 3 miles from the Red
Korean border.
The tanks were moving up one
side of the Pukhan River north of
Evening star., 1951-03-22

Kefouver TV Show Packs 'em ia Even With
Star Witness Invisible. Poee A-3
Coy Answers Ketouyer, Defends FEC Ap-
proyol of Mcbride Rodio Deol. Poee AS
Evening star., 1951-03-22

(See LA PRENsA, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-03-22

(See HISS, Page A-6D
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-AP Wirephoto.

tsee CITIZEN. Page A-so
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Evening star., 1951-03-22

Sunny, high in mid-40s today. Cloudy,
low 1925 tonight. Tomorrow, cloudy,
warmer Full report on Page A-2D
Temperatures Today.
Evening star., 1951-03-22

Chunchon and the infantry were
plodding along the opposite bank
when the Reds opened fire.
From high ground they poured
machine gun, rifle and mortar fire
on all sides of the patrol.