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some were a bit sour" but as
loyal Democrats" no one was will
ing to kick over the party traces.
Senator Nicely limited his COM
ments to statement that his
committee will hold a public hear
ing on the nomination. He and
Senator Kefauver, Democrat. Of
Tennessee had strongly backed the
candidacy of Gerhard P. Van
Arkel, now counsel to the Senate
District Committee and former
general counsel to the National
Labor Relations Board.
Got Bridges Conviction.
Mr.. Donohue came into the
national spotlight last April when,
as a special assistant to the At
torney General, he obtained the
conviction of Harry Bridges. left
wing labor leader. on perjury
charges.
That case. staged in a Federal
court at San Francisco, ran
through IS days of turbulent court
room sessions, during a AZ month
period. The jury was out 94h
hours before it decided that
Bridges and two associates of the
West Coast Longshoreman's Union
had committed perjury by deny
ing Communist Party membership.
Bridges was ordered to serve
five years in prison and then be
deported. He has appealed and
the case is awaiting action in the
United States 9Th Circuit Court
Of Appeals.
Mr.. Donohue, back at his old
law practice here, bounced back
into the limelight with his recent
selection as OPS enforcement
chief.
If the prosecution of price regu-
lations had been left to his staff.
Evening star., 1951-02-08
Blown Fuse SiIences
Priyute SWitchbourds

A blown fuse in the main build
ing of the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co., last night knocked
out the ringing power in some
downtown offices with private
switchboards.
The trouble started about 6:10
pm. and lasted for about 20
minutes, when repairs were made
Evening star., 1951-02-08
LiIienthuI to Visit Kuruchi

KARACHI, Pakistan, Feb. 8 up.
David Lilienthal. former chair
man of the United States Atomic
Energy Commission, will arrive in
Karachi next Monday for a four
day stay. While here he will make
a study of Pakistan's waterways.
Evening star., 1951-02-08
Mine BIust Toll Now II

BETHUNE. France. Feb. 8 up.
The death toll in yesterdays
flre-damp explosion in a coal mine
at nearby Bruay rose to IL today
as 17-year-old Paul Lenoir died
of burns.
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battle between TV and the movies
will work out well to the benefit
of both industries.
A jaunty fair for melodramat-
les still is a prominent facet of
the Bushman personality. He sat
on a table in the Carlton Hotel
and emphasized what he had to
say with airy waves of his hands.
His role in the forthcoming pic
ture is that of the aging half mad
King Saul, which, he said of
course, was one of the best char
acters he has played in his 400
pictures. He went on to explain
that, according to Biblical his
torians, each time King David
travelled to distant parts, he sent
a messenger ahead to pave the
way.
And that's me-" Mr.. Bushman
said. I'm the messenger. Thirty
cities in II weeks in this pave-the-
way business.
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Argentina Acts 10 Foil
Rail, Wire Saboteurs
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 11.-Fed-
eral police today threw out a
Nationwide dragnet for saboteurs
who are continuing their mid
night strikes at Argentina's rail
and communications systems.
Scores of politicians, railway
men and students were arrested
in a roundup of opponents of
President Peron blamed for the
August / rail tie-up. It halted
traffic on four important COM
muter lines serving Buenos Aires
and interrupted long-haul passen-
ger and freight service.
The seriousness of activities
blamed on the opposition was en-
phasized Thursday by Interior
Angel Borlenghi. He Or
dered police to crack down on
those guilty of "acts of terrorism,
sabotage and violence" The gov
eminent accuses the Socialist,
Radical and Conservative Parties
of creating unrest in the country
and said troublemakers are en-
ployed by "capitalistic imperial
ism"
The government, in numerous
posters, also still blames former
United States Ambassador Spruille
Braden for inspiring anti-gov-
eminent activity.
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Ecuador Charges
Peru With Attacks
BY the Associated Press

QUITO. Ecuador. Aug. H.
Ecuador charged today that Peru
Wan troops have made four series
of attacks in two days on two
Ecuadorean border garrisons. The
Quito government filed a formal
protest with Peru.
A semi official source said four
Ecuadorean soldiers were killed.
The clashes grew out of linger-
ing border dispute.
The garrisons reported attacked
are at Gualingo and Moreno, in
the Yuma frontier area of ex-
IRENE southern Eucador'S Santa
go Zamora province. The inform
ant said the latest attacks were
at 2:45 AM. (EST) today.
Col. Octavio Ochoa, head of the
Ecuadorean armed forces. made
an aerial inspection of the from
tier region this afternoon.
Presidento Gallo Plaza Lasso
took cognizance of the border
dispute in his annual address yes
terday opening the Ecuadorean
congress. He recommended that
the two countries negotiate and
find a frontier line agreeable to
them both.
Peru's government information
agency said frontier incidents
were caused by drunken Ecua-
dorean soldiers.
A communique said that while
celebrating their country's nat
ional independence holiday with
drinks. the Ecuadorean border
garrisons fired on Peruvian from
tier posts. 1t said nothing about
any casualties.
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No PIowmun's Folly

Tim Rout. a plowman OF Nor
folk, England, sent to the Britt
ish Museum some 2,000-year-old
metal necklaces he had unearth-
ed with his pillow, but rubbed his
eyes when he got back a check
for $3.50, the amount the muse
UNI authorities thought the treas
ure was worth.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-12
Francis X. Bushmon, Now 50,
Recalls His Lavender DAYS
Early Screen Lover
Here for Opening
Of Latest Picture

Francis x. Bushman, whose
prowess as a screen lover once
brought in 1000 letters a week
from women, finds no dent to his
vanity because the billets doux
have diminished to a trickle.
i Now a fiamboyant SO, the for
iler King of the Movies" is here
in connection with his latest pic
tare, David and Bathsheba"
Which opens at Loews' Palace on
September IL.
y In a reminiscing mood, Mr..
Bushman recalled that at the
height of his career, which began
with the birth of movies 40 years
ago. he rode in a lavender auto
mobile, was attended by servants
in lavender livery. smoked rose
tipped cigarettes with lavender
monogramS, and had numerous
secretaries answer his tremendous
mail.
That's all gone now" he
laughed. Economy played its
part, and you can't expect many
letters when you haven't made a
picture in four years"
He will appear as Thomas
Jefferson in the tomorrow eve
ning's performance of Faith OF
Our Fathers" at the Carter Bar
ron Amphitheater. He will replace,
for one night only, a young Cath
olic University drama student,
William Flaherty, who wasn't
born when Mr.. Bushman was hav-
ing his greatest success.
! Mr.. Bushman has been busy in
recent years with television, with
an occasional play or a tour in
Vaudeville and tbiY1kS fhot tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-12
Puris Trade Deficit Down

PARIS, Aug. IL (P).-France
had a 56 billion franc ($160 mil
lion) deficit in her foreign trade
balance in the first seven months
OF 1851, the government said to-
day. This was a slight improve
ment over last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-12

U. S. patent 2304339 and pat
ent pending cover invention of
the sensational new Personal
Amplifier," tiny instrument
that brings instant clear, distant
hearing. No wires, headbands
or buttons to wear in or behind
the ear; slips in purse or pocket
when not in use.
This revolutionary device ampli-
fies normal hearing eight times.
Invented by the Chicago cleo
tronics engineer whose subminia-
ture vacuum tube gave the world
its first 1-unit hearing aid, it Is
produced in laboratories which
are daily meeting every type of
hearing problem. If interested
for yourself or a friend, write
Walter H. HUH Laboratory, Ills
N. Franklin Street, Chicago 10,
Illinois, for free booklet or visit
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601 18th st. NV. Room 223
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Evening star., 1951-12-15
Red Light Is Welcome Sight
Hacker FIees to Foil HoIdup

street between S and T streets
NV.
They quoted Mr.. Richardson as
saying he was directed to go to
first one address and then an
other by his fare who seemed to
have trouble in making up his
mind.
Suddenly, according to the
cabbie. Berkley thrust his hand
in his pocket and said. "give me
the wheel or I'll blow your brains
out"
Berkley started to drive but
soon after was stopped by the
traffic light. which allowed Mr.
Richardson to leap from the
vehicle and report to police.
Municipal Judge Andrew Howard
today held Berkley in $4,000 bond
for the grand jury on charges OF
robbery and unauthorized use oi
Ian auto.
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Britain Recalls Envoy Fired On
by Czechs During Spy Chase
Secret Police Claim He Was Coueht With
Woman Exchanging Gosh for Military Data

lat noon that the diplomat would
set out from Prague by automobile
this afternoon.
A Foreign Office spokesman said
Britain would not comment on
the Czechs' charges until it had
received a full report from its
Embassy.
The Czechs sent a formal note
of protest saying Mr.. Gardner and
Miss Maines were caught Thurs
day night in "a military area
northeast of Prague which was
clearly marked out-of bounds"
This is how the Czechoslovak
official news agency reported it in
a dispatch monitored here:
"The note describes how a man
entered a military area The
man took a package from the
ground and placed another in it's
stead.
"At that moment he was chal-
lenged by a guard and immedi-
ately attempted to escape to a car
with extinguished lights. Our
guards stopped the car by firing
at it and caught the man, to-
gether with a woman who had
been waiting for him in the car.
THE package was dropped and
it was established that the pack
age he placed there contained 40,-
600 crowns (about 10000 in bank
notes, placed in a food tin"
Evening star., 1951-12-15

For once, a red traffic light was
a welcome sight to a District cab
driver early today.
The light, at Twentieth and K
streets NV. stayed red long
enough for Cabbie George w
Richardson, colored, to leap from
his vehicle, which he said had
been commandeered by a holdur
man. and dash into No. 8 police
precinct at 2014 K street NV.
The suspect, Henry Berkley, 20
colored of 2112 M street NV, was
arrested in the cab within IL
minutes after MIR. Richardson hac
raised the Salarm.
Patrol Wagonmen c. e. Mennich
and Henry F. Ruth arrested Berk.
ley q few blocks away.
According to police, Mr.
Richardson picked Berkley vi
shortly after midnight on Seventh
Evening star., 1951-12-15
A-Bomb Not Covered
BY Labor Act, Court Holds
BY the Assoeiafed Press

CINCINNATI. Dec. is. The
United States Court Of Appeals
held yesterday that the atomic
bomb is not an article Of COM
merce within the scope Of the Fair
Labor Standards Act.
In so doing it affirmed ruling
of the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Ten
|nessee, which dismissed petition
for additional compensation under
the Fair Labor Standards Act.
It was charged in the petition
that the law was violated by re-
|quiring certain f1remen, guards
land one clerk to work overtime.
The workmen were employed by
the Roane-Anderson Co., Inc.
New York. The corporation had
a contract with the Government
to do maintenance work at the
Oak Ridge. Tenn. atomic plant.
Evening star., 1951-12-15
BY the Assoeiuied Press

LONDON, Dec. IS. - Britain
called home today a British diplo-
mat whom the Czechoslovak secret
police fired on last night during q
|purported "act of espionage" in
la forbidden zone of CzechoSlo-
lvakia.
Prague radio claimed that the
diplomat. Robert Neil Gardner,
and British Embassy typist. Miss
Daphne G. Names. were caught
|red-handed exchanging money for
secret military information.
Miss Maines was shot and
Slightly wounded and Mr.. Gardner
was bruised in cloak-and- dagger
chase while trying to escape in a
British Embassy automobile, the
Czechs said.
The Foreign Office said it had
CZechoSlovakia's assurance that
Miss Names would be allowed to
leave the country as soon as she
lis discharged from a Prague hos
pital. She had been due for re-
assignment, the Foreign Office re-
ported.
Czechoslovakia handed the Brit
iSh Embassy a note demanding
that Mr.. Gardner be recalled and
quit the country before 6 pm.
Prague time tonight.
The Foreign Office announced
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Government Fearful
OF Steel Strike, but
Bans Automatic Rise
Tells Industry Increase
Under Cupehort Rider
Can Be Used to Boost Pay
BY the Asseeieted Press

PITTSBURGH, Dec. 15.-The
possibility of a Nationwide steel
strike New Years Day is a matter
of grave concern in Government
circles today.
But at the same time. Economic
Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam in
formed the steel industry that any
automatic price increase based on
a wage raise would not be per-
mitted.
Mr.. Putnam said yesterday in
Washington he told the industry
that if 1t is entitled to increased
prices under the Capehart amend
ment the proceeds can be used for
wage boosts in current negotia-
tions.
Voicing the Governments con-
cern of a strike possibility were
two ace Federal mediators, Clyde
Mills and Walter A. Maggiolo.
After taking a quick look at the
progress of contract talks here be-
tween the CIO United Steelwork-
ers and United States Steel Corp.
they declared:
"The possibility Of a steel strike
poses a very serious situation be-
cause of the economic effect it
would have, in addition to it's
effect on our defense effort. There
is great concern over the posi-
bilities of work stoppage."
The unions contract with
United States Steel and most
other steel producers expires at
midnight December 81. A strike
can begin Immediately after that.
The mediators conferred pri-
vately with Vice President John
A. Stephens of United States Steel
and Steelworkers' President Philip
Murray, then headed back to
Washington to report to Cyrus s.
Ching, chief of the Federal Me-
diation Service.
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Eisenhower Is Blunt
In Warning Europe
To Spend for Arms
Makes Personal PIeu
To NATO Treusurers
On Military BuiIdup
By the Associoied Press

PARIS. Dec. 15.-Gen. Eisen-
hover bluntly warned rebellious
West European nations today tc
have security they must increase
their military spending.
The supreme Allied commander
made q personal appearance be-
fore the treasurers Of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization. A
spokesman said he told them:
Unless we get ahead" with q
planned buildup Of forces "weTl
never achieve the serenity and
confidence to which Western
Europe and the rest of us are
entitled"
Some Nations Baking.
He went before the 12-member
NATO temporary committee as
some European nations were said
to be baking against the COM
mlttee'S request for increased
military budgets, in some cases
running as much as so per cent
BY carrying on" Gen. Eisen-
hover was quoted as saying, I'VE
can reach a point where it would
be foolish for an enemy to at
tack" Only then, he added, "can
we start thinking about tightening
the defense burden"
Gen. Eisenhower spoke openly
and frankly for more than three
quarters Of an hour, and then
spent about the same amount OF
time answering their questions, a
spokesman said.
When he had finished, Italian
Finance Minister Giuseppe Pella
credited the general with bringing
"a great serenity" to the discus
sion, and said the committees
optimism after his appearance
probably is a result of the great
confidence the general manifested
in the good will of the govern
ments."
The IL man committee has
been working for two months or
a secret 100-page report on the
capacity of each of the IL At
lantic pact nations to increase its
share Of the mutual defense bur-
den. The report said only the
United States. Britain, Portugal
and Iceland are producing at the
top Of their ability, and thai
others must increase their effort
Belgium. for one, is reported te
have Indignantly refused the COM
mittee's recommendation that she
could and should step up her mil
itary budget by so per cent.
Gen. Eisenhower interjected al
one point. the spokesman said
that one should not regard the
Russian army as invincible, with
faster planes and better tanks
than any other country, adding
"they have the same problems we
ldo."
Evening star., 1951-12-15

rillo. The chilly air extended into
Southern Texas as the cold mass
moved eastward and south from
the frigid Midwest.
Too Fast for F0recaster.
The snowstorm that swept
Midwest and Eastern States yes
Iterday moved into Northern New
England today. Light snow con-
tinued in the southern parts of
Indiana, Illinois and Missouri and
in narrow band from Western
Montana to Western Nebraska.
Rain pelted areas from Pennsyl-
vania and Southern New York
southwark through the Atlantic
Coast except Florida.
The storm developed so quickly,
Weather Bureau forecasters in
Washington said, they did not
have time to predict it in advance.
AS men and machines worked
to clear the snow, a fresh mass
(See ROUNDUP. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1951-12-15
GrunewoId Linked More Closely
With Inquiry Into 'Shokedown'
Telephone Records Of Mystery Persons
Submitted at House Probe of Tox ScundoIs

Iquired about the Teitelbaum case
at a luncheon with Charles Oil
phant. former general counsel of
the Bureau Of Internal Revenue.
2. The records also revealed an
exchange Of telephone calls be-
tween Nathan, named by Mr.. Tel
Itelbaum as one Of those who asked
him for 100000 to settle his tax
troubles. and another mysterious
person named Arthur Brevaire, :"
OF Room 424 of the Hotel Wash
ington. during the summer, when
the Teitelbaum case was pending
The telephone calls, the record
showed, were included in a hotel
bill paid by Mr.. Grunewald.
3. Other telephone records were
introduced showing that 10 tele-
phone calls were made to Nathan
during June and July from a
personal telephone listed to Jess
Larson. head of the General Serv-
Evening star., 1951-12-15
By Cecil HoIIond and
George Beveridqe

House investigators of tax scan
dals began Christmas, recess to-
day. after receiving sensational
evidence linking Henry W. Grune-
wald. mysterious Washington fig
ure. more closely to an inquiry into
an alleged $500.000 attempted
shakedown of Abraham Teitel-
baum. wealthy Chicago lawyer.
The House Ways and Means
subcommittee headed by Repre-
sentative King. Democrat, of Cali
fornia, wound up the current
round Of public hearings amid
these developments:
/. Telephone records were in
troduced showing that a nebulous
person named Frank Watson
telephoned Frank Nathan collect
from the Hotel Washington here
the day before Mr.. Grunewald in
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Army Officer Arrested
In Hit-and-Run Death

An Army captain was arrested
early today in the hit-and-run
death of a Fairfax man.
Virginia State police said War
rem Frederick Judy. 81. Of Box
400-L, Alexandria, was struck
and killed shortly after midnight
on No. l highway about 4 miles
south of Alexandria.
Shortly afterwards. police ar
rested Capt. Herbert Richard
Schlighting, 35, of the 17th Train.
ing Company. 4th Engineer Bat.
talon, Fort Belvoir. He wa.
charged with manslaughter anG
hit and run. He was released
under 1000 bond pending q court
hearing December %.
Police said a lookout was broad.
cast for the hit-and-run car from
a description given by witnesses
A Virginia State trooper spottee
a car with one damaged headlight
and placed the driver under ar
rest.
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Jury Charges Carroll
Failed 10 Pay Taxes on
S1.S Million BET Fees
Two Indictments Name
St. Louis Gambler Under
Internal Revenue Code
BY the Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Dec. 15.-A
Federal grand jury yesterday re-
turned two indictments against
Gambler James j. Carroll, charg-
ing he failed to file income tax
Ireturns on betting payments total
ing nearly 50 million.
Carroll. of st. Louis. was known
for Years as a betting commission
Ter. There were reports in July,
1850. he had quit his betting and
odds-making activities.
The first indictment Of 101
counts listed persons who had won
horse race and election bets from
Carroll totaling $l,813,160. 1t was
Ia Nationwide list of bettors. In
AN Indictment of three counts
Carroll also was charged with fail
ing to transmit returns rejecting
those payments for l948, 194s and
1850.
The indictments will replace
two informations filed by the
United States District Attorney
March 20. Carroll was charged
with failure to report payments
Of $52.688 in 1948 and 1949 in the
two informations.
The indictments invoked q Sec
ton Of the Internal Revenue Code
which requires:
1. That all persons making pay
|ments Of fixed and determinable
income" to other persons of more
than $600-other than those on
which taxes are withheld by en-
|ployers-are required to report
those payments individually to the
Internal Revenue processing divi-
sion.
2. That all such payments must
be listed collectively and reported
annually to the division.
The grand jury action ended an
investigation which began in
April. More than 125 witnesses
were questioned in that time. All
counts Of the Indictment are clas-
lsifled as misdemeanors.
Evening star., 1951-12-15

was using obsolescent F-80 Shoot
ing Stars, now is flying the tough
speedy Sabres, the Air Force said
The 51st is commanded by
Americas top flying ace, Col
Francis S. Gabreski. Oil City, Pa
Enemy Planes Shot Down.
The new Sabres have shot down
two Communist MIG jets and
damaged Six others in combat
since December l.
Until the 51st was re-equipped,
the U. N. commands only Sabre
Jets in Korea were flown by the
veteran 4th Fighter Interceptor
Wing.
1t. Gen. o. P. Weyland, COM
lmander of the Far East Air Forces,
said the new Sabres were rushed
to Korea aboard two aircraft car
lrierS to meet the threat posed by
increasingly large number of Com
munist jets.
Allied jets shot down one Red
jet and damaged six others in two
air battles over North Korea to-
day.
Fight Ends in Draw.
Fifth Air Force said one United
States F-86 Sabre Jet was dam
aged.
In the most damaging fight, IA
MICS jumped "a Thunderjets
over Yangdok, about 80 miles
west Of Wonsan on the east coast.
The Thunderjets blasted one Of
the out-numbered MICS out Of
the sky and damaged five others.
The Thunderjets returned un-
scathed.
At almost the same time, 43
Sabre Jets battled SO Communist
planes over MIG Alley. The fight
was draw, with damaged scored
against one plane of each side.
Fifth Air Force announced 1t
lost 13 planes this week, largest
number announced for a seven
day period.
The only ground action of note
in the last "a hours was Chinese
Red assault on elements of a
Turkish brigade on the central
front. The Turks hurled the Reds
back after a three and one-half
hour fight.
Evening star., 1951-12-15
Greenland Veteran
Suffers Exostbite
In Philadelphia
BY the Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA
A sailor who spent a year
training with naval forces in
Greenland - where it's all
icebergs"-waS a casualty of
Philadelphia's 5-inch snow
fall.
Seaman Apprentice Joseph
j. Nallen, "a, of Wilkes-Barre
was treated for frostbite at
the Naval Hospital last night.
He said he waited two hours
for a girl friend to show up.
"She didn't make it," he
said. "And I couldn't even
phone her. The line was
jammed."