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The Washington Merry-Go-Round
Continued from Page One)

to the party line" regarding
 friendship balloons. For no satel-
 lite government dares take pub
 lie stand without first getting it's
 cue from the Kremlin.
 Czech Flying Saucers
 Meanwhile, the percentage of
 "hits%~by operations winds of free dom must be almost 100 per cent, : For, instead of sending balloons 5000 miles across the Pacific, We have been working from just 10 ! miles from the Czech border. Thus almost every balloon is likely to hit-though some may overshoot , the mark and come down in Po- land.
 By this time a total of about l5.000.000 messages have been rained in on l2,50O,OOO people in an area somewhat smaller than Virginia and West Virginia com bined. Most of these messages fall from the sky like rain. They are released from an altitude of 3O,- 900 feet when the Dewey and AL my rubber balloons burst. Two thousand messages are in each of i these balloons, written on water proof paper, and they scatter down in all directions. Incidentally 1t takes two hours for them to de- scend.
 The other type of pillow balloon probably is treating Czechoslovakia to siege of flying-saucer heebie- jeebies. For they are smaller edi- tions of the huge plastic pillows made by General Mills which air plane pilots have sighted in the sky and identified as flying saul cers. It is now no secret that these flying plastic pillows are part of the Nary's experimental work on the cosnic ray.
 The much smaller plastic pill lows, made by General Mills, which we have been showering over Czechoslovakia, have the same eerie quality as the flying saucers. They come to earth gradually and bounce along the ground, the word "Svboda" or freedom being printed in red letters on the side.
 Inside Balloon Story
 It is now possible to tell some of the inside facts as to how oper- ation winds of freedom was con- ceived and executed. Chief credit belongs to c. D. Jackson, dynamic executive of Time, Life and For tune, now on loan to the commit tee for free Europe. The latter
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the committee for Free Europe, has been so steeped in balloonism that at Munich he dreamed he was hoisted by the seat of his pants and was floating over Prague, with the word "Syboda- Freedom" painted on his rear. Most people don't realize that, due to the earth's turning on it's axis, the winds in the upper attitudes al- ways blow from west to east. That's one thing that Stalin, des- pite his claimed omnipotence, can not control. That's also why we can easily send balloons over the Iron Curtain, but Moscow would have difficulty sending them back to us.
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committee, headed by Gen. Lucius Clay, put the freedom bell in Der lin last year and has been doing an important job of beamine broadcasts into satellite countrie: from two radio stations in south ern Germany.
 Jackson and I first conferred regarding friendship balloons or April 13. It was exactly four months later, Aug. 13, that the first bal loon was launched over Czechos- lovakia.
 During that four months more detailed preparation went into this operation than the Czech Con- munists would ever dream. One meteorologist and two balloon ex- pertS were sent to Germany a month in advance. They had to corral hydrogen tanks, trucks, train German launching crews. Ev- cry detail had to be thought out heforehand-from selecting differ ent launching sites to take advan- tage of different wind currents, to arranging for fresh hydrogen to be pumped into the tanks every morning.
 Motive behind this operation is fairly simple. Communist under cover operations in the U. s. A. have kept us in a recent state of jitters. Therefore instead of fray ing our nerves and using up our energies looking under our beds, we should fray Soviet nerves and keep them in state of jitters by carrying the propaganda war to the other side of the Iron Cur tain.
 It has long been the traditional policy of the U. s. A. to fight our battles on the enemy's soil; not on ours. But in the current war of nerves, now one of the most i'm ROl tollb lSA4doCso Ol litOOClA wal fare, we have permitted the enemy to keep the offensive and use our territory as the battle ground
 Operation winds of freedom, un- dertaken by private individuals, not government, marks small start in reversing this.
 Balloon GO-Round
 Three American G. I. students studying in Germany became the expert balloon -launchers: Ross Gra- ham of Niles, Mich, John Hen ninger of Pine Grove. Pa, and Richard Ives of Binghamton, N. Y. They were studying for their masters degree under the Univer- sity of Maryland plan when Mary land U. suspended it's plan. and the boys have been trying to live on the German economy to fin ish their course. said Bavar- ian cop as he trundled his bicycle
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in the remaining free world who listen to the soothing song of Moscow
 Remember MT. Schmidt reminds us, There were many good idealists among the Czechs who fell for this line and there foos-just there are among the Americans who today on the international plane are inclined to take at face value the assertions from the Soviet Union the Chinese Commussts and the North Koreans of good will and peaceful inten- tions"
 strong free world able to defend itself, ready to fight together if necessary may indeed make it possible to win World War III without fighting it., as MT Dewey said the other day.
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MODERN ETIQUETTE ROBERTA Sy LEE

and his wife entertaining number of guests both the host and hostess their guests into the dining room?
 Faes important the hostess in last of all
 a and another offers her something she dropped isnt he lift his hat to that man?
 A. he he certain does
 Is proper typewriter letters of coincidence?
 sympathy expressed when written by hand
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past the balloon-l launching con- voy: You should drcp ration cards on the Czechs. That's what the Americans did to us during the war, and they were such good commercials that the Hitler crowd got all fouled up." :. Lee Lewis, the General Mills balloon expert, is one of the few men ever ar rested for coming down in bal loon in the LISA. His arrest was at Sheboygan, Wis, where he landed hs big bag rather than go out over Lake Michigan. After the cops pinched him they apologized
 and when Lewis couldn't find hotel room, they let him sleep in jail. Lewis says that, when travelling by balloon, there is ab- solutely no noise and you can hear housewives gossiping in their back yards, 2,000 feet below. c. D. Jackson, the human dynamo of
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Daily Lessons in English v. v L. GORDON

WORDS OFTEN N1IsUsED: say him." Say him."
 U USE accent first syllable
 MISSPEIIED: icky Gluttonous
 SYNONYMS: Active agile, alert quick lively supple brisk
 WORD STUDY: a times Let us vocabulary word ASPIRATION; above aspirations happening about her"
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LOOK and LEARN s%y %y! c. GORDON

Vice-P U. S distinction being ne travelled? g. adjective best describe martinet gay 
 higher attitudes, Testament originally written? 5 the modern for the ancient Helespont?
 ANSWERS: l Vice-Predent Alben Barkley. 2. Strict. 3. Cirrus 4. 5. The DardaneleS.
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MOUNT JUNEAU LODGE NO. IA SECOND and FOURTH G Monday of each month M in Scottish Rite Temple > AM< beginning at 7:30 p. m. MLH Wm. A. Chipperficld, NY
 Worshipful Master: JAMES W. LEVERS, Secretary.
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High, 55; low, 51; rain.
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Weather af
 Alaska points

Weather conditions and tempera- lures at various Alaska points also on the Pacific Coast, at 4:30 pm, l20th Meridian Time, and released by the Weather Bureau are as follows.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Grill Granted Appeal
In ABC Revocation

The Commissioners have granted
an appeal hearing to Emanuel
and Janet Laios, proprietors OF
Quality Lunch, 8 H street NV
whose license to sell all kinds OF
alcoholic drinks was revoked by
the Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board on charges of accepting
bets in the restaurant.
At a hearing early this month,
police charged that Mr.. Laios ac-
cepted bets from patrons. He was
convicted in court and under the
ABC Act he was not permitted
to deal in alcoholic beverages.
His wife as co-owner was
charged with allowing him to
work in the restaurant after his
conviction.
The commissioners agreed to
hear the appeal at IL am. next
Thursday. The revocation, which
was to have taken effect next
Wednesday, will be held in abey-
ance.
The ABC Board also announced
today they had suspended the
liquor license of the Boulevard
Grill, 1916 U street NV. for ID
days beginning next Wednesday
The grill was given a hearing
last week on charges that it sold
liquor after hours.
The license of the BIS Grill
3418 Eleventh street NV. was
suspended for 10 days for failure
to properly supervise its estab-
lishment.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Different Jones Falls Dead
In 'Puddinhead's' S Place

A furry of activity stirred police
headquarters this morning when
officers received a report of the
death of a man named Jones in
the delicatessen belonging to Al
fred (PuddinheadD Jones, a name
prominent in gambling circles.
But homicide squad detectives
reported back that the Jones who
died was James Jones, SIS, COL
lored. of the 1900 block of Twelfth
street NV, an ice man.
| Police said James Jones was Sit
ting talking to woman when he
collapsed and died, apparently of
| a heart attack He had an ice
and fuel firm near the delicates-
sen in the 100 block of S street
NV, according to police.
| Alfred Jones was freed under
$4,000 bond on a charge of set
ting up a gaming table after a
raid Wednesday.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Mrs. Maude Constas Dies;
Widow Of Surgeon

Mrs. Maude Constas. about 70
widow of DR.. John Constas, promi-
nent physician and surgeon here
died Tuesday after a long illness
Mrs. Constas, until about a year
ago, lived at I'LL Massachusetts
avenue NV, where DR.. ConStas
had maintained his residence ano
| Offices.
Formerly of Lynchburg, Va, she
was a graduate nurse here when
she was married to DR.. Constas
in 1908.
DR.. Constas was a physician and
surgeon here from 1904 until his
death in 1945. He was a member
of the Georgetown University
Medical School staff for 20 years
Mrs. Constas had no surviving
close relatives.
Funeral services were to be held
at 3 pm. today in Hysong's fu-
neral home, 1900 N street NV
Burial was to be in Cedar Hill
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
City Heads Announce
Police Promotions

The District Commissioners to-
day announced these routine Met
ropolitan Police Department pro-
motions:
Corpl. Henry H. Miller of the
Communications and Records De-
partment to temporary sergeant
at $4,685 a year.
Pvt. Karol L. Kratochvil, an aide
OF Assistant Supt. Howard v.
Covell, to corporal, $4,460.
Precinct Detective William A.
Schotter of the general assign
ment squad to detective sergeant.
Probationary Detective Shirley
F. O'Neill of the robbery squad to
precinct detective.
Pvt. Orville L. Erfert of the ac-
cident investigation unit to proba-
tlonary detective.
The Commissioners designated
probationary Detective Clark w.
Hamm to replace Detective ONeill.
The Commissioners also an
nounced formally the retirement
of Capt. Joseph H. Hunt on S248
monthly disability payments, and
the retirement of Detective Sergt.
Richard Cox, expert on pickpock-
cts, on disability payments of
$210 a month. Both retirements
become effective January /.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
GI Who Fought Alone
AS Buddies Withdrew
Wins Medal Of Honor

The Army's 34th Medal o1
Honor for Korean fighting ha.
been awarded to soldier from
Mississippi. Pfc. Jack G. Hanson
He gave his life, according to the
citation, to save his company anc
enable his comrades to regain
ground overrun by Chinese Com
munists.
Ordered to Withdraw.
Pfc. Hanson, the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles F. Hanson oi
Escatawpa. to whom the media.
will be presented, was a machine
gunner with Company F, 31st Reg.
iment, 7th Division. On the night
of June Z several hundred Com
munists launched a surprise at
tack that threatened the company
command post. The whole unit
was ordered to withdraw to more
defensible positions.
Pfc Hanson volunteered to cover
the withdrawal and four comrades
stayed with him. When his COM
rades. all wounded, crawled to
safety through the darkness, Pfc
Hanson remained alone fighting
with his machine gun until its
ammunition was exhausted. He
then used his pistol, and when
that weapon became useless, he
grabbed a bush knife and contin-
|ued his lone stand.
When his company regained the
position the next morning, Pfc
Hanson was found dead, but they
also found % Red soldiers
Isprawled around him.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Higher Postal Rates
Take Effect Tuesday

The penny post card, the specia
delivery and the registered letter
will join the Nations upward price
spiral Tuesday.
Postmaster Roy North today an.
nounced changes in mail rates
fees and parcel post size limita-
tionS and sent 10 single-spaceo
sheets of instructions to all Post
Office branches. The increases
were authorized by Congress this
year.
The Government post card and
private mailing card Jump to.
cents, special delivery on first
class mail up to 2 pounds goes up
a nickel-from Is to 20 cents.
Between Washington and other
If1rst-class post Offices parcel post
lis limited to 72-inch packages
the u inches being a total of the
length and girth. They may not
exceed 40 pounds in the local, first
and second zones, and 20 pounds
in the third zone through the
eighth. The old limitations were
100 inches and rs pounds.
In special delivery, there are six
different fee charges; in insurance
rates there are II, and under reg
iStered mail revisions there are %.
There are no changes in airmail
and first-claSs regular mail.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Army Places Casualties
OF Enemy at 1,546,S6S
BY the Assoeioied Press

The Army today estimated total
enemy casualties in Korea at l.
546,868 through December II.
This is an increase of 1870
over the last estimate through
December S. The new total in
|cluded 1,110,616 battle casualties
266,273 non-battle casualties and
169.979 prisoners.
Among the prisoners are 81,
536 civilian irregulars and Others
who have been determined by q
screening process to be outside
of the enemy's regular military
establishment.
The latest count of United
Nations casualties. made early ir
December, was 109,459. This Adio
not include 212.544 casualties re-
ported up to last June by South
Korean forces fighting under the
U. N. Command.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Colonel S Wife Faces Court
On False Pretenses Charqe

Mrs. Angeles Saundo Tarver,
30-year-old wife of an Air Force
colonel, was scheduled to appear
in Municipal Court today on a
charge of false pretense.
Mrs. Tarver is accused of sign
ing her mothers name to a $195
check for a dress at Garfinckel's
last October. Police said her
mother lives in Mexico City.
Police said Mrs. Tarver admit
ted signing the check, as we'll as
other checks totaling about $500
for merchandise at the store.
Mrs. Tarver was picked up by
Alexandria police on a warrant
She waived extradition yesterday
in Alexandria and was turned over
to Washington police, who re-
leased her under $1,000 bond.
Mrs. Tarver, the mother of -four
children, lives at 20 West Glen
dale avenue, Alexandria, with hel
husband, Col. Benjamin M. Tar
yer, jr., according to police.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
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Rufus Harvey Sargent
Pioneer Mapper Of
Interior Of China

Rufus Harvey Sargent, rs, who
produced the first modern maps
of the interior of China, died of
cancer this morning in George
town University Hospital.
Mr.. Sargent was an employe OF
Ithe United States Geological Sur
Ivey for more than 40 years and
member of a Carnegie Institute
expedition into the interior of
China in 1908.
Born in SedgWick, Me, he was
educated in the schools there at
Bucksport Academy in Maine,
Mount Hermon School in Massa-
Ichusetts. Central High School here
and Columbian College, now
George Washington University.
In 1895, Mr.. Sargent went to
work for the National Geological
Park. Three years later he joined
the Geological Survey and re-
mained with that agency until his
retirement in 1947.
Mr.. Sargent's travels for the
Survey took him to Alaska %
times. He went to Mexico three
times. twice to China and once
across South America.
The original drawings made on
his trip to China have been pre-
sented to the Library of Congress
He was a member of the Wash
lington Academy of Science, the
American Association for the
Advancement of Science, the
Association of American Geogra-
pliers. the Washington Society of
Engineers, the American Congress
Iof Surveying and Mapping, the
American Society of Photogram-
metry, the Explorers Club of New
York and the Cosmos Club.
Mr.. Sargent is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Helen Bailey Sargent
Iof 408 Oakwood street Sc; two
sons. DR.. Clyde Bailey Sargent of
1910 Twenty-ninth street NV,
and R. Harvey Sargent, jr., of the
home address: a sister, Mrs. Will
liam T. Sampson of Melrose,
Mass: a brother, Harold R. Sar-
gent of Turner's Falls, Mass, and
two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at
q pm. tomorrow at Hines funeral
home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Fort Lin
coin Cemetery.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Snow Traffic Plans Raise Liability Question

Mr.. Keneipp promised to take the
suggestion under advisement.
County Manager A. T. Lund-
berg of Arlington said the plan
to restrict use of Key Bridge to
snow equipped vehicles probably
would result in more traffic cross
ing at tnat point than normally
uses the span. This. he explained,
would create additional problems
for Arlington on Lee highway at
the Virginia end of the bridge,
but he did not oppose the idea.
One-Way Suggestion.
Arlington. he added, is weigh
ing a suggestion that one or two
iof its main arteries out of Wash
ington be made one-way during
Ian emergency.
County Manager Irwin G. Nc
Nayr of Montgomery County
said the Maryland areas prob
lens are similar to those of Ar
lington, except for the bridge bot
tleneckS. There are seven key
streets listed by Mr.. Keneipp that
lead into Montgomery, he said. He
also thought it might be i'm
possible to ban certain types of
traffic from certain streets, but
he thought the effect on the pub
lie would be good.
Mason Butcher, also of Mont
gomery. declared, Our problems
begin where yours end"
Mr.. Butcher said he did not be-
lieve main arteries could be made
one-way because, like Arlington,
Montgomery has a certain traffic
counterfow created by such
centers as the National Institutes
of Health. Much of the traffic from
these points would head into the
District, while the bulk of the
traffic would be away from WASH
ington.
County Police Problem.
1t. Roland B. Sweitzer of the
Prince Georges County police de-
Iscribed his problems as similar to
those of Montgomery.
William Canister, assistant to
the Alexandria city manager,
asked for accurate weather fore
casts of emergency conditions.
Roland James and w. E. Sayers
of the Maryland State Roads Com
mission said arrangements had
been made with the State Police
barracks at Waterloo to broadcast
storm warnings to the nearby
Maryland areas. Mr.. James said
the district engineer has been
asked to install more ash barrels
alongside the highways at trouble
some spots in the Washington
area.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Special Meeting
On Corning SET
For Wednesday
Dropping or Rehiring
Of School Head Due
To Be Settled Then

The Board of Education tenta-
lively has called a special meeting
for II am. Wednesday to vote
whether to drop or rehire School
Supt. Hobart M. Corning.
The meeting will be held then
if all board members are able to
attend. One member, DR.. James
A. Cannon, is out of town.
DR.. Corning's three-year term
expires March l. He has been
superintendent here since 1916.
To Present Evaluation.
At the special session the board S
Personnel Committee will present
an evaluation report it completed
two weeks ago. The committee is
headed by Adelbert w. Lee, board
vice president and longtime
critic of DR.. Corning. The evalua-
ton report does not recommend
whether DR.. Corning should be
hired or fired, but discusses the
areas in which the committee feels
his leadership has been lacking.
Much controversy has revolved
around the Personnel Committee S
evaluation of DR.. Corning since it
was revealed that QUESTIONABLE
had been sent to about so of DR..
Corning's subordinates. Instruc-
tions accompanying the question
naire said the answers did not
have to be signed. -
QUESTIONABLE Coded.
Last week. C. Melvin Sharpe,
board president. stated the ques-
tionnaires had been burned, along
with the anonymous answers. He
also admitted the questionnaires
had been coded so that it would
have been possible to identify the
person answering.
Mr.. Sharpe said the answers
had been compiled by the board
staff but that members of the
board had not seen the actual
answers or the key to the code
The code key also was burned.
according to Mr.. Sharpe.
Evening star., 1951-12-28
Fire Department
ToContro| Costs
OF City Surgeons
Transfer to Become
Effective January 6,
Commissioners Reveal

Financial control of the Board
of Police and Fire Surgeons will
be transferred from the Police De-
partment to the Fire Department,
the Commissioners announced to-
day. The change is effective
January 6.
Salaries of the nine physicians
and four staff members will be
paid from Fire Department funds.
This amounts to between $4,000
and 100000 a year, and previously
had been paid by the Police De-
partment.
The practice of charging the
Fire Department with quarters
IanG equipment for the board will
be continued. the Commissioners
said.
Streamlining Bookkeeping.
Shuft1ig of the board was seen
as move to streamline bookkeep-
ling practices. but no official reason
was given for the transfer.
The Commissioners theoretical
lily control the board directly by
virtue of their appointment of it's
members, but actual supervision
has been under the Police Depart
ment in the past.
A proposal had been made in
the District government reor-
ganization plan to shift this SUI
pervision to the District Health
Department. Dr. John A. Reed,
chairman of the board, in a 49,
page statement on the proposal.
yesterday objected to the transfer.
| Sees Functions Differing.
He said the board and the
Health Department perform en-
tirely different types of duties, and
that combining them would be an
inefficient move.
Alignment of the activities Of
the board with unrelated de-
Ipartments and departments who
would have little active concern
IS not in the interest of good op-
irrational or functional organiza-
ition," DR.. Reed said.