davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Income Tax Records
OF Governor Studied
By the Associated Press

Justice Department experts
spent three hours yesterday look
ing into income tax records of
Gov. William S. Beardsley of Iowa
for 1914 through 1949.
At the end of the conference,
attorneys for Gov. Beardsley were
given 10 days to file written sum-
maries of oral testimony given at
the closed session. No further
conferences were planned.
The Governor said recently he
has paid the Government $4,000
in back income taxes and penal
ties.
Assistant Attorney General T.
Lamar Caudle, head of the Justice
Departments Tax Division, did not
attend the session but, told re-
porters later it was preliminary
to deciding just what the depart
ment will do in the matter.
Such conferences are held, he
said, preliminary" to making any
decision on whether prosecution
will be started by the Justice De-
partment in a tax case.
Mr.. Caudle said the $4,000 ten
Idered by Gov. Beardsley has mot
been accepted" yet. but has been
put under a suspended account
in the Bureau of Internal Revenue
until the next move is decided
upon.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Inter er-American Unit
Denounces failing Of
Correspondent 0atis
BY the Assoeioted Press

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct.
11.-An Inter-American Press As
sociation resolution today labeled
the imprisonment of Associated
Press Correspondent William N.
Oasis in Communist Czechoslo-
vakia "a vicious attack on freedom
of the press"
The resolution. approved by an
association committee, was Of
fered to the convention here by
Herbert Moses, president of the
Brazilian Press Association; Juliu
Garzon Of New York's Spanish
Language La Prensa, and others.
Obligations Stressed.
"The foreign correspondent full
fills mission necessary to under
standing between peoples and
governments are morally obli-
gated to offer them free access to
sources of information" the reso-
luton said.
Mr.. Oats. AP chief Of bureau
in Prague, was accused of spying
and sentenced to 10 years in a
trial denounced throughout the
west as a farce.
John O'Rourke, editor of the
Washington ID. c. Daily News
told the editors: I'm the final
analysis. reporters are the greatest
advocates of press freedom"
Hit u. N. Resolution.
Another resolution was intro.
duced concerning the proposed
United Nations declaration or
freedom of information. The
resolution said this measure was
one which would only serve as a
weapon to suppress this freedom.
Today's principal convention
speaker was Guillermo Martinez
Marquee. editor of Pals of Havana
who outlined Cuba's plans to pro-
duce newsprint from bagasse, q
waste product in the process OF
extracting sugar from cane.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Churchill, Aitlee
Press Campaigns
BY the Associated Pres.

LONDON, Oct. H. Winston
Churchill warned today that
Britain faces a new economic
crisis.
Stumping his own constituency
in the general election campaign.
the wartime prime minister told a
rally at Woodford::
"This is the third such crisis
in four years and it comes on tor
of the desperate remedy OF de-
valuation which their Uabor's)
own extravaganza and misman-
agement forced upon them two
years ago.
I'VE must stop this fall in the
value OF the money we earn and
the money we have saved
Mr.. Churchill called for voters
to turn aside from the sterile
course of state control and re-
restriction.
Prime Minister Attlee con-
tinued his intensive campaign OF
the whistlestops in the Midlands
From the back Of a coal truck
he told a crowd at Belper that
Labor Government policies had
stopped the drift of population
away from the farms to the cities.
Nov for the first time in
decades. the tide has been turned
and we are making better use of
the countryside" said Mr.. Attlee
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Hospital 10 Parole
Mickey Mcdonald

A habeas corpus petition seek.
ing to free Edward G. Mickey
Mcdonald, who was well known
in Washington gambling circle:
many years ago. from st. Eliza
beths Hospital was withdrawn to-
day by his counsel when Informed
the hospital authorities plan to
put him on parole.
He also may be released out
right as cured sometime in the
near future. it was stated by hos
lpital authorities at District Court
Mcdonald, now SIS, has been a
patient at the hospital since 1948
He was committed while suffering
from a psychosis caused by ex-
cessive drinking. authorities said
In October. 1884, Mcdonald was
believed to have been the intended
victim of a gunman who, in error
fatally wounded Allen B. Wilson
a newspaper route agent, near
tMcDonald's home which then was
on the outskirts of Takoma Park
Evening star., 1951-10-11

had informed Marshall immedi-
ately that such an objective was
impossible of attainment because
of the completely differing nature
of the two organizations and the
fundamental fallacy of assuming
that there could be political asso-
citation with any Communist group
without ultimate absorption by it.
Czech Coup Related.
(Tension was rising. The
CZechoSloVakian coup had
spread a sense of nervousness
through the free world. And
then on March S they arrived
from Gen. Clay in Berlin Sc
cret telegram of the most alarm
ing kind. For many months,
Gen. Clay said, he had held
that a war was unlikely, but
within the last few weeks I
have felt a subtle change in
Soviet attitude which I cannot
define but which now gives me
a feeling it may come with dra-
matte suddenness. Without
supporting data, the general
added. he could submit no off,
cial report to this effect, but
my feeling is real"
(The diary includes the text
without comment. But that the
telegram caused intense alarm
among those in Washington
who were aware of it is now
well known. When the intelli-
gence agencies were asked for
their evaluation, the best they
dared predict was that war was
not probable for another so
days. The Clay telegram. COM
ing against the ominous back
grounds of the previous weeks,
was to prove the starting point
for the first serious American
effort to rebuild our dismantled
military poWer.)
(Copyright. 1881, New York Herald
Tribune. Incl
The neTt drticle-"Beqinnino
of Renr1nnuPuf
Evening star., 1951-10-11
D. {. Democrats Demand
Home Rule Bill Action

The District Democratic Club
yesterday urged Senate MAJORITY
Leader Mcfarland to bring the
District Home Rule Bill to the
floor of the Senate for immediate
|action.
Noting the 'lateness of this ses-
sion of Congress-" the club said IL
had been told by Democratic lead
Iers that the bill would be brought
to a vote in the Senate this ses-
sion. The bill is ready for floor
action. it pointed out.
The club sent its resolution to
Senator Mcfarland, Democrat, of
Arizona. following its adoption by
the clubs board of directors.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Jet Liner Makes
.7,S09-MIe Flight
Under Is Hours
BY the Associosed Press

SINGAPORE, Oct. 1l.-Britain's
new Comet jet air liner screeched
to landing on Singapore's Kali
lang Airport today, bringing this
far-of Asian island within a day
of London.
Completing its 18th and longest
development flight, the four-en-
gined DeHavilland plane made the
7.809-mile trip from London in
"a hours and Al minutes. Actual
flying time was 18 hours 81 min
utes. at an average speed of 414
miles per hour.
The pilot. Capt. A. M. Majendie,
said 45-minute delay in refuel-
ing at Bangkok, Thailand, had
kept him from making the fight
in less than "a hours. He described
the trip as uneventful and said
the Comet was "a very sweet air.
plane to fly"
Evening star., 1951-10-11
2 Get Hotel Room, Then Bind
Clerk With Tie and Take $78

A pair Of bandits used a hotel
clerks necktie to bind him early
today. rifled a cash register Of $78
and then meticulously removed a
bit OF evidence which might have
been used to trace them.
Everett E. Darbee, night clerk
at the Senate Hotel. 10l D street
NE. said the two came into the
hotel at $40 am. today. One OF
the men registered for a room for
both.
When MIR. Darbee took the men
to the room, one Of them pulled a
dark revolver from a pocket and
cautioned Mr.. Darbee to be quiet
They then removed his necktie
Evening star., 1951-10-11
School Board Group
Backs Boundary Shift
For Murch, Lafayette

School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
Iing's change of boundries between
the Lafayette and Murch Ele-
mentary Schools today moved
one step closer to Board of Edu-
cation approval.
The matter has been in con-
troversy since last spring when
DR.. Corning changed the boundry,
resulting in the transfer OF
about 100 Lafayette pupils to
Murch school. The change was
made to relieve overcrowded con-
ditions at Lafayette.
The Board of Education's
buildings and grounds committee
today unanimously upheld DR..
Corning's action. Parents Of the
100 children who had to change
schools have been fighting the
move and appealed to the Board
of Education to review the matter.
The full board will take UP the
committee action next week.
Two speakers, both parents Of
children who remained at Lafay-
cite, appeared at the COMMITTEES
meeting to support DR.. Corning.
They were Morris Miller and Mrs.
Henry Gichner.
In a supplemental report, DR.!
Corning said the present enroll
ment Of the Lafayette School was
I844 pupils while the building
capacity was only 1872. II the 100
pupils had not been transferred
this enrolment would be higher.
With the 100 extra pupils added
to Murch School, the enrolment
there is 705 pupils, DR.. Corning
said. The capacity of that build
ing is 756
Evening star., 1951-10-11

bound his wrists together and put
him in a closet.
The bandits went back down.
stairs, took the $78 from the cash
register, picked up the card on
which they had registered, and
fled.
Mr.. Darbee managed to open
the closet door and made his way
to the night managers Office. The
manager freed him and then
called police.
One OF the men was described
at rs years old, 5 feet 7 inches
tall, weighing $50 pounds and
wearing red jacket. Both had
dark hair and dark compilations
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Farm Surplus Investment
Cut by Nearly so Per Cent
BY the Assoeio'ed Press

The Governments investment
in surplus farm products under
farm price support programs has
been cut by nearly so per cent
since it reached a record level last
year.
The Agriculture Department re-
ported today the investment was
Isl, ,790, 100000 on August 81
Early last year it was nearly s4.2
billion.
Decline in the investment re-
fleets the fact that a large volume
Iof the surplus products have been
sold in the open market at home
Ior exported to meet increased de-
Imands growing out of the defense
program.
Government stocks of cotton,
for example. were depleted to
meet needs after production fell
short last year.
Likewise. the Department has
disposed of large stocks of butter
to fill a gap left by a lower volume
of production.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Military Is Believed
To Be Making Bid for
Custody Of A-Bombs
BY the Associated Press

The military may be trying to
persuade the administration to
change its mind about three
year-old ruling that the armed
forces shouldn't have custody of
atomic bombs now being mass
produced by the Atomic Energy
Commission.
The belief grew today in light
of an extraordinary meeting at
the Pentagon early last evening.
In that session, Defense Secre-
tary Lovett talked at length with
Acc Chairman Gordon Dean, two
members of the commission, in
cluding DR.. Henry D. Smyth, the
nuclear physicist who wrote the
detailed report on the first nuclear
bomb, and the commissions gen.
eral manager, Marion w. Boyer.
Other Points Probably Discussed.
Although Mr.. Dean occasionally
comes to the Pentagon, the full
dress atmosphere produced by the
appearance of the others stamped
the meeting as something more
than routine. The participants
refused to say what was discussed.
While there was speculation
that custody of the bomb might
have been a major item in the
talks, it appeared probable that
other matters also were consid-
cred. Particularly, there was the
recent series of statements by
Acc and congressional leaders
about the new atomic weapon
capability of the United States,
statements which caused concern
in the Pentagon over what Off
cialS there regarded as too-en-
thusiastic public Interpretation of
such talk.
The Pentagon atomic conference
came at about the time a book
was being published which re-
ported that the late James For
restal, first Secretary of Defense,
had recommended to President
Truman in l948 that the military
be given custody of atomic bombs.
Civilian Judgment Questioned.
The book, The Forrestal
Diaries" said Mr.. Truman de-
cided against that because he did
not want some daShing lieuten-
ant colonel to decide when would
be the proper time to drop one
tan atomic bomb)."
In what could have been a
forerunner to the present situa-
ton. Mr.. ForreStal wrote that he
told Mr.. Truman:
The condition of readiness of
these weapons was highly uncer-
tain-that what a civilian might
think was ready would be a long
way from readiness for battle
use"
The Atomic Energy Commits
sion, under the act which created
it, is composed of civilian COM
miSsionerS, although military men
are on its staff and formal mill
tary liaison is maintained with
the Defense Department.
Evening star., 1951-10-11

true" he assured the committee
II never punished by tn "a
method"
On later questioning, however
he said his disciplinary practice
would have averaged lone whip
ping a month" Mostly. he said,
discipline was enforced by with
drawal of inmates privileges, such
as attending movies.
Used Strap.
When he was asked how he die
his whipping" Mr.. Beck replied
i used strap-similar to belt.
Questions based on the Kansas
City Star reports of proceedings
out there came from Republican
Senators Bennett of Utah, Case
of South Dakota and Butler OF
Maryland and Democratic Sena-
tors Hunt of Wyoming, Pastore
of Rhode Island, Kefauver of Ten
nessee and Johnston of South
Carolina.
At times some of his question.
ers expressed amazement that Mr.
Beck said he had no knowledge al
the time of specific complaints
published about his administra-
ton.
One of Mr.. Beck's explanations
was that his institution was IL
miles out from Kansas City ano
that out there 1--WE got the county
edition of the Star. not the city
edition"
The question had been raised
after references to newspaper &C.
counts of two grand jury investi-
cations, protests by a citizens
advisory committee, complaints
by a State circuit court judge
assigned to the Jackson County
Juvenile Court and hearings be.
fore the Kansas City Board oi
Education which called for hi.
custer and refused to renew it,
salary contract with him as o1
June, 1910.
The Jackson County Court Gar
administrative commission OF
which President Truman servec
during Mr.. Beck's earlier super.
Iintendency of the Negro home,
refused to ouSt Mr.. Beck but h,
Evening star., 1951-10-11

-
City school board edict.
Quizzed on Appointment.
Senators agreed memories of 10
years ago could slip but they
wanted to know how Mr.. Beck got
his appointment to the record
er's job here.
Mr.. Beck said he had heard
about the opening two or three
weeks ago but didn't recall just
how. Then he remembered that
he had two daughters and a SON.
in-law living here and later pinned
it down that the word had come
from them. The son-in-law, Will
bur Sewell. a Washington lawyer.
who was present, said that was the
case.
Mr.. Beck said he had been try
ing to get the appointment ever
since an earlier recorder died
William Thompkins of Kansas
City. He said he had written an
application for the job. When the
committee asked where he had
applied. Mr.. Beck said he wasn't
sure but that he thought he had
sent it to the chairman of the
District Committee.
That would be Chairman
Nicely, and ne looked completely
astounded.
Mr.. Beck said he had filled out
form 81. Senator Case said that
would be a civil service form and
Mr.. Beck agreed, saying he
thought it had been sent "to the
civil service department-to the
head of the District Committee"
No Talks With Truman.
Senator Kefauver asked if It
went to the chairman of the Ma
tional Democratic Committee and
Mr.. Beck quickly replied, THAT
would be Mr.. William Boyle-no,
I didn't send it to him." He also
said he had not sent it to Presi-
dent Truman and had not talked
to President Truman about it.
But he remembered that about
two or three weeks ago he made
out the application and had listed
two Kansas City men as refer
ences, a banker and a radio sta
ton owner.
Under further questioning. he
then recalled that he had left the
application. letter with j. Vivian
Truman, brother of the President,
who is Federal Housing admins
traitor for Kansas City.
Senator Case then asked him if
he wanted to change his earlier
testimony and the nominee said
no, that he saw no need. The
witness had been sworn at the
outset of the hearing.
Senator Case then asked Mr..
Beck if he was acquainted with
the duties of the recorder of
deeds. Mr.. Beck said he was not,
that he hadn't studied them.
Asked if he felt qualified to
handle the job, Mr.. Beck quickly
replied, ooh, yes; definitely yes"
He said practically all his career
had been spent in "administra-
ton" and that if there are prob
lens in the recorders Office an
find them" He promised also to
"give an honest account" of his
service.
Senator Case asked him what
was the salary of the recorder
and Mr.. Beck said he did not
know, that he had seen two diff
ferent accounts in the newspapers
$4,000 and $4,000.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Macks Leaves for Azores
On World Good will FIiqhI
By the Assoeiutad Press

Representative Peter F. Mack.
ijr., Democrat, of Illinois took off
from Argentia, Newfoundland,
for the Azores at 6:42 am. EST
today on the third leg of a round
the-world goodwill flight, his Of
flee here reported.
Mr.. Mack, Navy Reserve pilot,
expected to make the 1,500-mile
hop to the Azores in nine or 10
hours. He will leave there tomor-
row. if weather conditions are
favorable. for Lisbon.
The Representative Is flying
alone in a single engine plane
named the Friendship Flame.
He started the trip Sunday in
Springfield, Ill, and arrived
in Argentia yesterday after a
| flight from Washington.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Socialists Reject Bid
To PIeven Cabinet
BY the Assoeiated Press

PARIS, Oct. 11.-Premier Rene
Pleven asked the Socialist Party
today to enter his shaky coalition
cabinet, but the answer was no.
Socialist Party Leader Guy
Mollet said, however, his party
will continue to give partial sup
port to the cabinet in order to
block Gen. Charles de Gaulle from
coming to power.
After being called to the
Premier's Office, Mr.. Mollet said
the socialist terms for sharing
responsibility in the cabinet are
still:
Evening star., 1951-10-11
By Don S. Worren

Unless all signs fail, President
Truman will have to find new
nominee for the $4,000 job of Dis
trict Recorder of Deeds.
His first choice for the current
vacancy. Earl Wayne Beck, a long
time supporter in the old Pender-
CAST political machine of Kansas
City, yesterday failed to win ap-
proval by the Senate District
Committee.
For lack of quorum no vote
was taken. Chairman Neely an
nounced the case was not con-
cluded. But by the end of a two
hour examination of the nomi-
nee, all indications pointed to an
adverse report. AS one informed
source put it, "by the end of the
hearing the candidate was left
without a champion"
President Truman, it was indi-
Gated, probably will be asked to
withdraw the nomination.
Closed Session Follows.
There was a brief closed COM
mittee session after the hear
ing. Previously, it was ru-
mored the committee might send
an investigator to Kansas City to
dig deeper into what went on
there in the Is years Mr.. Beck had
been superintendent of the Jack
son County Home for Negro boys
and girls. But Chairman Neely
said that would not be done.
A reporter then asked whether
President Truman would be asked
Ito withdraw his nomination.
chairman Nicely solemnly replied,
I'm sorry. I can't answer that
and walked out the door. But he
returned a second later, smiling
broadly, to say: I'm aWfully sorry
I can't answer that"
Mr.. Beck was grilled for most
OF the hearing on his manage
ment of the county home for
delinquents, by both Democratic
and Republican members of the
District Committee. The basis
for questioning was photostatic
copies of news accounts in the
Kansas City Star about COM
plants, Investigations and hear
ings on the Beck management
of the home.
MIR. Beck calmly made a gen.
eral denial of all charges of
mismanagement, of mistreatment
OF inmates of the home and fail
ure to feed his 140 charges prop
erly. although the institution had
a farm with many hogs and large
fiocks OF chickens and turkeys
Can't Remember.
/ AS committee members threw
scores of questions at him, how
ever, he evaded many. Numer-
GUS questions were designed tx
give him a chance to explain hi.
side of the case, but frequently
he said II don't remember"
One of the Kansas City Stal
accounts of hearings there be.
tween 1887 and 1910 told of testi.
mony by a former teacher at thu
home that boy she had sen
Ito Mr.. Beck's Office for discipline
came back later with blood drip.
pring from his trousers.
/ Under questioning, Mr.. Beck sal.
he didn't recall this case, ant
couldn't remember having seer
i stories about the teachers testi
, mony. But as to beating inmates
i he was positive.
A' That's not true, definitely no
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Soviet Furs Sneoked In,
Lonqshoremen CHARGE
BY The Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 11.-Ofhcials
of the AFL International Long
shoremen's Association charge
that Acton shipment of Soviet
furs has pierced the unions ban
on handling Iron Curtain cargoes
by being brought into the coun-
try without labels on the bales.
Patrick j. Connolly, liza ex-
ecutive vice president, says the 40
tons of furs-from Russia or Out
er Mongolia-arrived at Philadel-
phia last month.
Evening star., 1951-10-11
The Forrestoi Diaries
In Book Form Issued
By Vikinq Press Today

The book form of 'The
Forrestal Diaries" the private
record of Americas first Sec
retary of Defense. was issued
today by the Viking Press.
The series of % articles now
appearing in The Star is a
serialization of portions of
the book.
Evening star., 1951-10-11

came as a startling and unset
ting shock throughout the
West. Mr.. Forrestal's diary
notes make little mention of it,
but his appointment calendars
throughout the following days
are unusually full of engage
ments with high military and
diplomatic officers. He did en-
ter a SOLDERING report on the
Chinese dilemmaD
I March, 194S.
GEN. WEDEMEYER.
Meeting this morning with Gen.
Wedemeyer (who had returned
from the Far East to become di-
rector of plans and operations,
Army General Staff. I asked him
MS views about China and our
present policy. 1t is obvious that
ne feels it is unrealistic and that
Marshall is not facing up to the
problem because he has a feeling
Of Illustration and failure. Wede-
meyer said that when he first met
Gen. Marshall after the latter's
as Ambassador he,
that is Marshall. had shown him
the directive written for him by
the State Department John Car
ter Vincent and company, the
objective of which was a govern
ment based upon a coalition of
the Kuomintang Party and tie
Communists. Wedemeyer said he
Evening star., 1951-10-11
Oil Footuqe Extensive

Total 1949 oil well footage in
the United States was equivalent
to more than three times the
earth's diameter.