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Evening star., 1951-01-02
Representative Sims Leaving
ToBe Captain With Porotroops
South CuroIiniun
To Report at Bragg
For Active Service

Representative Hugo Sheridan
Sims. jr.. Democrat, of South
Carolina is leaving Washington to
join a paratroop' outfit. He served
in a similar division during World
War II.
Mr.. Sims. lawyer and news
paper editor. ends his ser.ice in
Congress today and will be sue
ceeded by John J. Riley who de-
feated him in the primary for a
seat in the 82d Congress opening
tomorrow
Mr.. Sims, 20, is the youngest
of the 81st Congress. He
plans to leave tonight or early
tomorrow and will report for
active duty at Fort Bragg, N. c.,
with the rank of captain.
A veteran of the 101st Airborne
division which fought in Europe
and won great fame at Bastogne,
Capt. Sims will take up his new
assignment with the 82d Airborne
Division at Fort Bragg.
In World War II Mr.. Sims en-
listed as a private in April, 1912,
and served until October, 1945.
He commanded Company A, 501st
Parachute Infantry, of the 101st
Airoorne Division. He was award
ed the Distinguished Service Cross,
Silver Star and other decorations.
Mr.. Sims participated in the
invasion of Normandy and jumped
with the paratroop strike in Hol-
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Two Quantico Flyers Safe
After Crash in Georgia
BY ths Associated Press

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. Jan. a.
The Naval Air Station said today
two Marine officers, a man and a
woman, who bailed out Of their
gasless Beechcraft plane near the
Okefenokee swamp in Georgia last
night, were safe.
The public relations Office listed
them as Capt. Ralph D. Coplan.
the pilot. and I'd 1t. D. Storck.
both from Quantico. Va, on a
training flight to the station here.
The pilot radioed Jacksonville
shortly before midnight he was
out of gas and that they were
bailing out.
Capt. c. c. Underwood of the
Georgia highway patrol Office at
Waycross said his men reached the
plane shortly after the crash. but
the pilot and his passenger were
not there.
The Naval Air Station did not
have details Of the rescue of the
pair, but said it was sending q
truck to salvage the plane.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
d. {. Heads Urge Bar
On Liquor Price Ads

The Commissioners today asked
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board to draft regulation to
prohibit all forms of liquor price
advertising.
The request came at meeting
Of the city heads with the ABC
Board members at which a SINH
lar. less drastic proposal by the
ABC Board was discussed.
Wholesale dealers have been
trying for several years to get a
rule banning price advertising as
a means of blocking cut-rate
sales.
Today's action followed a public
hearing last June on two pro-
posals of the board. One would
have banned sellers of drinks by
the bottle or case from advertising
prices less than the met list price
at which the licensee purchased
the beverage. The second would
have controlled discounts offered
by wholesalers to retailers.
The Commissioners rejected the
proposed rule on discounts on the
ground it would be unenforceable
They asked the board to tighten
the advertising proposal to forbid
all advertising on the ground that
the board had insufficient inspec-
tors to police the regulation as
pegged to the met list price"
The Commissioners will hold q
public hearing on the revised pro-
posal. according to Commissioner
Guy Mason.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Purse-Snotcher
Gets 20c, Misses
$500 in Bank Boo

A thief was left holding the bag
last night-the wrong bag.
Mrs. Evelyn O'Connor, colored,
l014 Euclid street NV, told
police she was thrown to the side
walk while depositing Highs Ice
Cream store receipts in a night
depository at the American Sc
curity & Trust Bank branch at
Seventh and E streets S.W.
Mrs. O'Connor was holding her
pocketbook in the hand with
which she was unlocking the de-
pository. The thief grabbed her
pocketbook containing 20 cents
and a streetcar pass and ignored
the $500 in the bank bag that
she dropped, she said.
The colored man then sped
away in a car she said. Mrs.
O'Connor works for the Highs
store at 503 Seventh street S.W.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
DC. PoIiceB Boys Club
Opens 81 Drive; Goal
is 10000 Members

The annual Metropolitan Police
Boys Club campaign for member
ships opened officially today with
Wash B. Williams heading the
campaign as general chairman for
the third consecutive year.
MI. Williams said this years
goal will be 10000 memberships.
Serving as vice chairman on
the Campaign Committee will be
Police Inspector Walter T. Storm.
Honorary chairmen include At
torney General McGrath, Com
missioners John Russell Young,
Guy Mason and Brig. Gen. Cor
don r. Young and Police Supt.
Robert j. Barrett.
MIR. Williams, who is president
of the American Sales Co., the
Congressional Country Club and
the Chatterbox Club, said it is
most urgent that the quota for
this years drive is reached to
carry out expansion of all pro-
grams and activities in the eight
clubs as well as the two summer
camps in Scotland. Md.
He added one of the most i'm
portant items this year will be the
opening of the Ninth Police Boys
Club at Third and K streets, N. w.
This building, the former Walker
School. is badly in need of i'm
provement and repairs which will
run into thousands of dollars, he
SAID.
Mr. Williams said there are now
mole than 10000 boys participat-
ing in the various activities of the
clubs.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Russian Officials Paw
McCIoy Cordial Visit
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. Jan. 2.-High Rus
slams paid holiday call last night
on United States High Commits
sioner John j. McCloy with an
air Of cordiality unseen here in
years.
Gen. Vasili Chuikov, commander
of the quarter million Russian
troops in Germany and also head
of the occupation machinery in
the Soviet zone, led delegation
to Mr.. McCloy's house for a New
Years cocktail.
Gen. Chuikov has just returned
from Moscow after conferences
with high Kremlin circles on the
German situation. The hero of
Stalingrad missed a reception held
by East Germany's Communist
President, Wilhelm PECK, in order
to exchange holiday greetings with
Mr.. McCloy
In Gen. Chuikov's delegation
also were Vladimir Semeonov, So
Wet Ambassador to East Ger
many: I. F. Semitschastnov. dep
uty to the commander: his chief
of staff, Cen. Smirnov, and two
officers of the Berlin command.
Three interpreters were brought
along by the Soviet group.
Mr.. McCloy and Gen. Chuikov
exchanged pieasantries and good
wishes, but tactfully avoided any
expressions except social greetings.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
New Gambling Trial
Ruled Out by Court

A Maryland court today over
ruled motions for a new trial for
II men seized March 25, 1949, in a
raid at Bladensburg, Md, in which
William (Snags) Lewis and 18
other persons were arrested on
gambling charges.
The II men are to be sentenced
later today.
Judge Charles c. Marbury in
Prince Georges County Circuit
Court announced the decision
after conclusion of arguments by
Defense Attorneys William H. Col
Inns of Washington and Frank M.
Hall of Upper Marlboro.
Their arguments were opposed
by A. Gwinn Bowie, States attor-
ney, and his assistant, Hervey
Machen. For Mr.. Bowie, the argu-
ment was a finale to his 10-year
service as Prince Georges County
prosecutor. He was to be Sue
ceeded today by Carlisle j. Lam
caster, Republican, who defeated
the Democratic incumbent in the
November election.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

Other board members are
Arthur G. Lambert, chairman
George Ferris, vice chairman: r
A. Davis, treasurer: Mrs. William
T. Jarvis. secretary. and Mrs.
Landra B. Platt.
Mr.. Morgan also is chairman OF
the Finance Committee at Sub
urban Hospital and a director OF
the Federal Storage Co.
A former president of the
Chevy Chase Club, he is currently
chairman of the Grounds Com
mittee. His other clubs include
the Army and Navy. Alfalfa
Metropolitan. National Press an.
River New York;.
Mr.. Morgan was a naval aviation
cadet II Wcrld War I and in the
Bureau of Aeronautics and the
Office of the Secretary of the Navy
as a captain in the last war. He
is the immediate past nationa
treasurer of the Reserve Officers
Association.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Mrs. Truman Defers Teas
For Wives Of Officials

Mrs. Truman has postponed
the annual small teas she gives
each year for the wives of the
members of Congress and other
Government officials, the White
House announced today.
Mrs. James Helm, her secretary,
pointed out, Mrs. Truman hopes
to be able to hold them later in
the year If the war situation i'm
proves.
In their place, Mrs. Helm said,
Mrs. Truman will hold a series of
small teas for servicemen from the
Bethesda Naval Medical Center
and Walter Reed Hospital in the
Blair House. The teas, which
will include about so servicemen
at each. will be held at 4:30 pm.
January IL, 16. % and 80.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
.Acheson Kin Charged
In Minor Accident

Mrs. David c.. Acheson, daugh-
ter-in-law of the Secretary o1
State. was given a traffic ticket
charging failure to give full time
and attention to driving today
following a minor accident with
a bicyclist.
The cyclist, 17-year-old Mar
shall Vance of ALL Sedgwick
street NV, a neighbor of Mrs.
Acheson, suffered bruises of the
head when her car was in a COL
lision with his bike in the 4500
block of Massachusetts, avenue
NV. police said. He was treated
and released at Emergency Hos
pital.
Mrs. Acheson lives at 4615
Sedgwick street NV.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Invitations Now Ready
For Cordozo Concert

The sixth in this seasons series Of
Neishborhood Concerts by the National
Symphony Orchestra conducted by
Howard Mitchell will be held Monday,
Jonuory 8. at Cordozo High School,
Thirteenth and Clifton streets NV,
sturtins at 9 pm.
Invitotions to the concert, which is
sponsored by The Stor, may be had
without ehorse at Cordozo, Dunbor ond
Armstrong High Schools; music depart
ment Of Howord University, Miner
Teoehers' College. the Twelfth Street
YMCA. Terrell. RondoII, .Bonneker,
Show, Browne. and Gornet Peterson
Junior High Schools; the Recreation De-
po'tment at Sixteenth and Lomont
streets NV. ond at the business eoun-
ter in the lobby Of The Stor Building.
The concert will be broodeost in its
entirety by stotion WMAL, The Evening
Stor Stotion.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Ex-Red Urges
Truman 10 Meet
World Leaders
Eost Not Impressed
By Sword Rafting,
MIRA Session Is Told

A former member. Of the Ger
man Communist Party today
urged President Truman to meet
with other statesmen of the world
to find an answer to international
problems.
Max Bladeck, chairman Of the
Works Council of the Rheinpreus-
sen Coal Mining Co., located in
the Ruhr Valley. said the West
'can rattle the sword but the East
will not be impressed"
Mr.. Bladeck spoke before 500
delegates to the Moral Rearma-
ment Assembly at the Shoreham
Hotel today.
THE West can take the first
step to remove the suspicion Of
the East only on the basis of the
principles Of moral rearmament."
he said.
Communists Pleased.
"The West" he said, "has found
some unity in the military re-
armament program. The Com
munists are pleased because they
know the living standards will
drop in the West, then they can
promote strikes in the factories
to achieve their aims of moral
disruption"
Mr.. Bladeck said the Western
people should unite to form one
ideology. It is because of the
many different ideologies that the
Communists can take advantage
of the confusion of the Western
world, Mr.. Bladeck added.
Allied failure to provide for the
spiritual as well as the material
needs of the Germans was blamed
yesterday for many Of that coun-
try's present problems.
British Maj. Gen. S. w. Kirby.
former deputy chief Of staff of the
Allied Control Commission in Ger
many, declared this before the
New Years Day session Of the
assembly.
THE Germans hoped for some
thing in democracy to fill the
(moraD gap," Gen. Kirby said,
land were bitterly disappointed to
find only the materialtsm Of the
occupying forces"
LEFT Blank to Be Filled"
Gen. Kirby. who was in Berlin
for the Potsdam conference in
1945, said Hitler was determined
that Germany should fall If Nazi-
ism was defeated. He said the IS
troops destroyed all they could
even after Hitler,s death.
'It made d tremendous impress
sion when the Allied armies turned
from a fighting force to helping
force" he asserted.
"War and defeat" he said.
drove out one devil and left
blank to be filed"
MIRA sessions opened here Set
urday night and will continue
through next Monday.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Build Grain Reserves
For War, U. 5. Urged
BY the Assoeiofed Press

The Government should build
up the Nations grain reserves
against the possibility Of a new
world war. the Agriculture Policy
Committee Of the National Plan
ming Association said last night.
1--WE 6annot gamble on getting
the same kind of weather in the
Sos as in the 40s," the committee
said in a statement. "a prudent
storage policy should prepare for
a series of grain crops well below
those Of the last several years"
The committee said the need to
store up grains is particularly ur-
gent because Western Europe is
dependent upon this country for
much Of its food.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
|Banneker' S Addition
'0f Is Rooms Found
Ready for Students

A new 16-room addition to
Banneker Junior High School was
inspected today by the Building
and Grounds Committee of the
Board of Education and was rec
commended for occupany.
Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith and
Mrs. Edward c. Madgeburger of
the committee said they thought
the $290,875 addition was excel
lent. They said they would ask,
however, for additional bulletin
boards.
The wing to the school at Euc-
lid street and Georgia avenue
NV. for Negro pupils includes
eight classrooms, two art rooms,
two music rooms. a teachers
room, a dining room, clothing and
food laboratories for home eco
nomics. The home economic
suite has nine stoves, three re-
frieerators and IL sinks.
Mrs. o. M. Walker, school
principal, said the addition would
relieve a classroom shortage. She
said the school has 992 pupils and
more than 200 others have been
forced to go to other schools be-
cause of a space shortage. With
the new wing, the school can take
care of 1900 pupils.
Some of the rooms in the school
were remodeled and two inside
stair towers were added because
of the egress law now in effect.
The new rooms all have blond
birch furniture. including desks.
DR.. Hobart Corning, District
school superintendent, explained
the light finish for furniture has
been used in new schools for about
a year now because it is easier on
the eyes and students are more
likely to take better care of it.
Evening star., 1951-01-02

and he rejoined his Red COM
radeS.
Later he renounced communism
and returned to this country-il-
legally, according to the Immi-
grafton Service. He then wrote
the book. He sought to keep his
identity secret through the pseu-
donym, Jan Valtin," but the
Communists were quick to expose
Krebs as the author and point out
that he was an ex-convict.
The book told how he became a
Communist as a youth in Ger
many after World War I. The life
of the author was described in
great detail, particularly his work
as an agent of the Russian secret
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Woman Is Found Injured
In Burning Apartment

A 35-year-old woman was found
in her burning basement apart
ment at 1913 Eighteenth street
NV. early today with cuts on
one wrist and her throat.
At Gallinger Hospital, where she
was taken for mental observation,
attendants said the woman, a
beauty operator, was not in seri-
Gus condition.
Third Precinct policemen who
broke open the door said the wom-
an was found on the floor near
her flaming bed. A police dog,
apparently uninjured by the
smoke, was found in the kitchen
of the apartment.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
I Doomed for Assault Lose
Plea 10 Supreme Court
By the Associated Press

The Supreme Court today re-
fused to consider appeals filed for
seven Martinsville tVa.) Negroes
sentenced to die for the rape of
a white woman.
The seven were convicted May
8, 1949, and the convictions have
been affirmed by the Virginia Su-
preme Court. Gov. Battle of Vir-
ginia ordered the executions
stayed pending action by the high
est tribunal on the appeals.
On June S, 1949. the Supreme
Court denied the seven review
of their trial in the Martinsville
Circuit Court. They alleged there
was an atmosphere of prejudice
and hostility against them in
Martinsville.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
AFGE Chooses
Cincinnati Man
ForPresident
james A. CompbeII
Will Fill Unexpired
Term Of Henry Her

James A. Campbell, a Cincin-
natl Veterans Administration Of
fetal. today was elected president
of the AFL American Federation
of Government Employees.
The unions Executive Council
elected Mr. Campbell to fill the
unexpired term of Henry Her, who
died last month shortly after be-
ing elected AFGE president at the
unions convention in Omaha.
Mr.. Campbell, who is in his late
sos, has been active in AFGE af-
fairs since the unions inception
in 1888.
He served as an AFGE vice
president from 1884. Since
then, although holding no official
union position. he has remained
active in the unions activities.
Mr.. Campbell will resign his
position as assistant regional man
ager of the VA in Cincinnati and
arrive in Washington tomorrow to
assume his new duties.
Representative Walsh, Demo-
crat, of Indiana had been men
toned in connection with the job.
but the AFGE council members
felt that the presidency should go
to some one within the union
rather than to an outsider. Mr..
Walsh had said he would take the
job only if he had the unanimous
approval of the council.
The council voted III in favor
of Mr.. Campbell over Mr.. Walsh.
Immediately after the vote, those
who had supported Mr.. Walsh
moved that Mr.. Campbell's elec-
ton be made unanimous.
Mr.. Campbell was described by
his supporters as good executive
who will give the AFGE sound
leadership.
Previous to his VA job, Mr..
Campbell was an assistant field
Office manager of the Social Sc
curity Board and also served as
an assistant regional director of
the Civil Service Commission.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
24,5OO Job Openings
In MARYLAND Forecast
By tho Associcted Pres.

BALTIMORE, Jan. The
chairman Of the Employment Sc
curity Board predicts 24,500 more
jobs in Maryland by late spring
Chairman William H. Mahaney
foresees 14,500 additional workers
in non-agricultural activities ano
10000 more in agriculture.
He said since the outbreak of
war in Korea in June, Maryland s
non-farming payrools rose by al
most $4,000. while jobless ranks
we're cut by about 10000 in the
same period.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
BY the Assoeioied Press

CHESTERTOWN, Md. Jan. a.
Richard j. H. Krebs, who created
a sensation in 1910 as "Jan VAL
tin" with his story Of being q
Nazi and Russian spy. died last
night of lobar pneumonia.
The 45-year-old writer was
brought to Kent-Queen Anne's
Hospital Friday night from his
home at nearby Betterton, where
he had lived quietly for about six
years.
His most recent work was
"Wintertime," a novel published
in 1850.
Private funeral services will be
held Thursday at st. Johns by
the Bay. an Episcopal Church
near Betterton. He requested that
his body be cremated and the
ashes spread over bay tributary.
"Out of the Night" the book
that made Valtin famous, came
out early in 1941. It was an i'm
mediate best seller and thrived on
the controversy over whether it
was a true or false account of
Communist espionage methods
and Communist aims.
1t was this controversy which
brought out the fact that Krebs,
or Va1tin, had served time in San
Quentin prison in California on his
plea of guilty to a charge of as
sault with a deadly weapon on a
67-year-old merchant m e d
Maurice L. Goodstein.
After serving three years he was
paroled and deported to Germany.
The Hitler government sent him to
prison for treason, but he was re-
leased after promising to serve as
a Nazi agent. This was a tongue
ln-cheek promise. he explained,
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Jan VoItin' Dies at As; Wrote of Spy Activities

police which, he said, brought him
to America to stir up trouble on
the waterfront of American ports.
The author claimed to be the
Comintern's chief troublemaker
In the maritime activities of Euro
|pean ports.
On the crest of the books popu-
larity he became a star witness for
the Dies Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities. He testified as an
expert in both Communist and
Nazi methods of sabotage.
On November "a, 1912, Attorney
General Biddle announced that
Krebs had been arrested on a de-
portation warrant recommended
by the Board of immigration Ap-
peals.
Early in 1947 he was granted
United States citizenship at New
Haven, Conn.
The deportation order later was
suspended and Krebs was allowed
to report to his draft board for in
duction in the Army. In July,
1945, Pfc. Krebs was awarded the
Bronze Star for "meritorious
achievement" against the Japa-
nese at Mindoro and Mindanao.
The controversy over Krebs'
moral character was all but for
gotten when he. came to the
Chesapeake Bay country and
bought a home. Eighteen months
ago he married Miss Clara Med
ders of Chestertown. She was his
third wife.
Three sons by former marriages
lived at Betterton with Krebs and
his wife. They are Jan, IT; Con-
rad, 8, and Eric, 6. Jan is a pupil
at the CheStertown High School.
His father for a time was president
of the Parent Teacher Associa-
ton there.
Evening star., 1951-01-02
Holiday Travellers
Greeted by Warm
Weather on Return

AlInOSC everything was OacK 10
normal except the weather today
as Washington emerged from the
holiday season.
The weather. always a bit
capricious here, took an unsea-
sonal tack with temperatures 9 or
10 degrees above normal.
A high of near SIS degrees was
exra"ted tode" followed bv a low
in the middle 30s tonight and con-
tinued mild temperatures for the
remainder of the week. Some rain
was indicated for tomorrow.
Union Station was still a busy
spot this morning as stragglers
from the Christmas and New
Years holidays drifted in. The
movement was even heavier than
that right after Christmas.
President Returns.
Similar peak loads were reported
by air and bus lines. but by this
evening the need for extra Sec
tions will be ended.
Among the 100000 or so trav-
elers involved in the back-to-ho.ne
shutting was President Truman.
who returned to the White House
after four-day cruise on che
yacht Williamsburg.
Down to a fighting trim of
ITS pounds, II less than a year
ago. Mr.. Truman was reported N
buoyant spirit. He spent the cruise
alternately resting and working on
his state of the union message.
The holiday ended with a jar
for thousands of District and
nearby school children. OF the
public schools, only those in Prince
Georges and Alexandria remained
closed today and they will reopen
tomorrow. when parochial schools
also resume classes.
New Years Day Quiet.
Washington's final day of the
holiday season was quiet, with
little formal activity intruding on
open houses, and the exchanges
Of Happy New Year."
AS has been the custom for
many years, about SO members of
the Association of Oldest Inhabi-
tants met at the Old Union En-
ginehouse, Nineteenth and H
streets NV.
At high noon, the 114-year. old
f1ie he'll rang out the days greet
ing! as tolled by Walter M. Proc
ter Joseph P. Stephenson and
Fra)'t j. Gummell.
Jennings Randolph, Capital Air
lines executive and former United
States representative ffom West
Virgl-ls called for greater unity
in face of "the real crisis we face
today"
ked Expansion Outlined
Outlining the expansion ot com.
munlsm in II years, Mr.. Randolph
said 40 per cent of the world is
'lldel direct domination of the
k1emlin. In the 11-year period
the number of people under Mos
COW control has increased from
l72 TO $40 million, 13 nations have
been subdued and II million
square miles are now Red
controlled, the speaker added.
At the associations brief busi-
ness session Samuel Rosenberg
Herman Norwood and Edward B.
Horen were elected to membership
John Clagett Proctor, association
president, recited his poem, when
Washington Crossed the Della
ware"
Most business places were closed
yesterday, but drunk court"
opened for its annual New Years
session. There were 80 defendants,
many recognized as regulars who
needed no special occasion to cele-
brate.
Most of them found Judges
Frank H. Myers and Milton S.
Kronheim, jr.. unimpressed by a
variety of alibis, and sustained
fines or jail sentences ranging
from 81 to $50 and a day to 80
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