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Arlington Group
Set 10 Review
Assessments
3-Member Board
To Hear Complaints
Of Homeowners

A three member board to review
assessments was appointed yester-
day by the Arlington County
Board.
BY the usual 81 vote, the
County Board approved appoint
ment of S. Miles Montgomery. a
Washington appraiser, of 2377
North Quincy street; William H
Hillenbrand, an Agriculture De-
partment employee, of 1902 South
Quincy street, and Marius Fario-
letti, of the Bureau of Internal
Revenue, who lives at 1922 North
Third street.
Mrs. Florence Cannon, board
chairman, and Daniel A. Dugan
and Robert w. Cox. all nonpar-
Text Of Letter Sent to Editors by Airing
ton Board Nonportisons. Poee As
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Clark Back From Korea

FORT MONROE, Va, Feb. "a
R.-Gen. Mark w. Clark, chief
bf Army Field Forces, arrived at
his headquarters here last night
after nine-day inspection trip
10 the Korean battle areas.
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Suzanne {. Smith Awarded
4-Year College Scholarship

Miss Suzanne E. Smith, Is,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. George
F. Smith of 1904 Bayard boule-
ward, Westmoreland Hills, Md, has
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New Methodist Minister
Comes 10 Harpers Ferry
Special Dispatch 10 The Star

HARPERS FERRY. w. Va,
Feb. 24.-This community, which
had been without a Protestant
minister for month and has had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-25

Sanitarium, is displaying more
than 200 minerals from her COL
lection. The National Institutes
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LEGION HALL of the Fairfax American
Legion Posts hall community center started yesterday with
donating their services Here the
the three charge of construction buernts
the Site Left right Robert Ward commander District Build
ing Post Commander Charles
McKenna Of Fairfax Post IT. and Frank Howard business
agent Carpenters District Council Star Photo
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of Health also has an exhibit.
Burton Wilt has a display of bee
keeping methods and equipment.
Evening star., 1951-09-12

into the girls back. Two COM
municants, Fred Turner, %, Des
Moines, and e. o. Mershon, IS,
Louisville. KY, seized Masterson
and wrested the knife from him.
Masterson, whom his mother,
Mrs. George Masterson, said had
been upset emotionally for some
time" because Of his fathers ILL
ness, told police he had known
Miss O'Connor since 1949.
Evening star., 1951-09-12
by The Assoeiafsd Press

by The Assoeiutsd Press
DES MONIES, Sept. 12.-Pretty
23-year-old Theresa O'Connor
remained near death today from
knife wounds inflicted by a re-
1jected suitor as she walked toward
the communion rail at st. Am
brose Cathedral yesterday.
The attractive brunette, clerk
for an electrical supply firm here,
suffered two deep stab wounds In
the back and q severe wrist cut
A hospital attendant said she was
barely holding her own"
Meanwhile, John A. Masterson
"a. who pleaded not guilty to q
charge Of assault with intent to
commit murder. was under special
guard at the Polk County jail
after q bullpen fight with prison
ers last night. He was held In
default Of $4,000 bond.
Sheriff Tom Reilly said he or
dered Masterson placed in a strait
jacket on q cot In q jail corridor
after Masterson had been injured
about the face and head in the
fracas.
In q written statement to police
Masterson said he stabbed Miss
O'Connor seven or eight times
because she had broken of their
romance.
He was crazy" Miss O'Connor
said as she entered surgery. 81
used to go with him and had told
him I did not want any more to
Ido with him. He has been pester-
ing me for some time"
About so persons were In the
husi1ed cathedral when Masterson
plunged the Seven-inch blade
Evening star., 1951-09-12
TuzewelI Plans Hearing
On School Principal
BY the Assoeiated Press

TAzEWELL. Va, Sept. IT,
Tazewell County's school board
will air demands for firing a
school principal at a public hear
ing at 8 am, September %, in
the county courthouse.
Decision to hold the hearing
was reached yesterday at the
boards regular meeting when it
considered a petition from parents
and pupils of the Tazewell County
Negro high school at Bluefield, Va.
The petitioners called for the
dismissal of William McIver
Green. principal of the school.
Mr.. Green has been with the
school for ~ years.
Evening star., 1951-09-12

three or four of them, the COM
mittee still would keep inside OF
$25,000 until January 81.
Neither Chairman Neely of the
District committee nor Senator
Case, the ranking minority men,
ber, appeared before the Rules
Committee-an indication that
informal conferences already had
ironed out most of the arguments
against the long postponed probe
1t was noted, however, that two
District committee members who
also serve on the Rules Commit
tee-SenatorS Clements, Demo-
crat, of Kentucky and Hendrick-
son, Republican. of New jersey
attended today's meeting.
The resolution empowers the
District committee Ito conduct a
full and complete study and in
veStigation with respect to crime
and related problems, including
law enforcement in the Dis
trict -
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tectives are satisfied the Finger
man" to whom Stromberg re-
ferred was Harding.
Joseph F. Nesline, longtime
friend of Warning, killed Harding
after the gunman had threatened
him. Nesline was acquitted of the
killing after he pleaded self de-
tense, but was sentenced to Jail
for a year for carrying the death
weapon without a license.
Detectives pointed out that
Harding was in Pottsville, Pa,
in November, 1850, when Strom-
berg went on trial there for the
killing of a gambling house door,
man. The Washington gunman
visited Stromberg in jail. The
detectives said Harding's "girl
friend" registered as Mrs. George
P. Harding" shared a room in a
Pottsville hotel with Stromberg's
girl friend" Stromberg was con-
victed Of manslaughter at the
trial and sentenced to serve from
six to IL years in the penitentiary.
The Stromberg trial began yes
terday before a jury of six men
and six women.
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THE EVENING STAR, Washington D. C**, 4
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1851

Louis firm makes store fixtures
and store furniture. He said Mil
ton D. and Alvin M. Mendele were
its chairman and president, re-
lspectiyely.
Mr.. Symington expressed regret
that RFC did not obtain its pres
ent information until all but $26,-
592.49 of the money was paid out.
Boyle Hearings Tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Senate subcommit-
tee hearings opening tomorrow on
complaints that Democratic Ma
tional Chairman William M
Boyle, jr., influenced RFC loans
to another st. Louis firm may
last two weeks and cause ques-
tioning Of some prominent wit
nesses besides Mr.. Boyle, men,
bers said today.
Subcommittee Chairman Hoey,
Democrat, of North Carolina re-
fused to say whether testimony of
two company. officials at final
closed session yesterday gave "any
indication of influence" by Mr..
Boyle in connection with $565, 900
in loans to the American Lithofold
Corp. Of st. Louis in 1949.
Calling witnesses in addition to
Mr.. Boyle will depend mainly on
what develops at the open hear
ings, both as to the RFC loans and
any other pertinent aspects, such
as Government printing contracts
the st. Louis concerns might have
received, he said.
Routine" Start Likely.
The hearings seem likely to get
OH to a routine" start, the chair
man announced. Frank Williams
RFC official who handled the Lith-
ofold Corp. loans for the agency
will be the first witness.
r. j. Blauner of st. Louis. the
company president, and Cecil A
Green, the firms Washington
representative for the last three
years at it's Office at 1882 N
street, NV, also will be early
witnesses.
Mr.. Blauner, accompanied by
Attorney Ralph A. Cusick OF
Washington, was questioned fo1
almost two hours yesterday in
closed session. Mr.. Green then
was questioned for more than an
hour. With him was Attorney
Robert T. Murphy of Washington
Mr.. Boyle has denied any i'm
proper association with the COM
Ipany that paid him some legal
fees or any connection with the
granting Of RFC loans to the firm.
Evening star., 1951-09-12
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lator Case emphasized, adding that
he was delighted" by the rules
committees action.
Rules Committee Chairman
Hayden told newsmen there was
no objection by any committee
member to having District crime
investigated. The argument, he
said, was over whether the in
vestigation should be done by the
District Committee or the Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
which inherited the work of the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee.
Called District Matter.
The majority of the rules group
Senator Hayden said, argued that
the District Committee should
make the investigation because
this is a District matter. The
minority contended it should go
to the Commerce Committee be-
cause Of that body's interstate
jurisdiction. Senator Hayden said
some question was raised about
whether prospective witnesses
subpoenaed by the District Com
mittee beyond the District line
would have to answer the SUBJ
poenaes. Ea
Minority Leader Wherry, rank
ing Republican on the rules COM
mittee, said he thought the Dis
tr1ct Committee would have the
right to serve subpoenaes beyond
the District line and, if not. these
witnesses could be reached by sub
poenaes issued by the Senate it.
self.
Both Senator Hayden and Sen.
ator Wherry emphasized that the
rules committees favorable action
was prompted by the recommen-
dation of the now expired crime
committee, which urged an in
vestigation Of crime here and it.
relationship to crime in neighbor-
ing counties.
AS for the financial angles of
the investigation, Senator Hayden
said the committee was convinced
the District group would have
enough money. He said if the pay
|of investigators amounted to
81 900 a month and there were
Evening star., 1951-09-12
Allies Ready for Korean Winter
AS They Are for Red Offensive

The schedule calls for the front
line troops to be provided with
woolen undershirts, two blankets
Ia field jacket, wool lined leather
gloves and a waterproof clothing
bag by September is. Some troops
already have received the first
issue.
BY October / the infantrymen
will have wool trousers, sweaters
flannel shirts. long underwear and
a hood to their field jackets.
BY November /, when every SOL
dier should be outf1tted, the Army
will have issued every man a
feather packed, mountain type
sleeping bag. pile liner for his
jacket, parka- type overcoat
woolen socks and muff1ers and
either the Arctic overshoes or
Irubber-bottomed, leather-topped
shoe pacs.
The Marines are experimenting
with their own type winter foot
gear-an insulated rubber field
boot.
The Army model has been crit
Iicized as non-porous. Its felt lin
ing sometimes becomes wet with
Iperspiration and in bitter colo
weather this can freeze. Thus
the front-line soldier often carried
spare felt inner sole next tc
his body to keep it dry anc
changed as often as he got 9
chance.
The Marines hope their new
boot will keep their feet both
warm and dry.
The Marines also are using 9
new type tent of nylon with 9
wool lining. It win be set ur
close to the front and used as 8
warming tent by front-line troop.
whenever they can take a break
The schedule of issuing clothing
is predicated on table oi
weather statistics for Korea plus
the infantryman's habit of carry
ing only what he needs. "If we
issue too much now," Col. Steb-
bins said, "it will just disappear
before the real cold weather
sets in"
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Strombero
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day of the robbery or at any pre-
vious time.
mo, that is not a fact" Strom.
berg declared. Its lie, it's q
'Spicable lie"
He also was indignant over
police testimony that he had rath-
er freely discussed the Warrine
robbery with them.
II amt never told them any,
thing pertaining to any robbery
at Warnings house because j
didn't do it," he said.
The dark-haired defendant
dapperly dressed in a dark-blue
pin-stripe suit, tried to be polite
and proper under questioning. He
would periodically use such phrases
as "Oh, pardon me, counsellor" OF
PLEASE be more precise" OF
"Lemme clarity myself" He once
fixed a hazy date by recalling
Palm Sunday.
But as Prosecutor McLaughliu
bored into his faulty memory over
gambling acquaintance and fam
lily connections, Stromberg occa-
slonally exploded with loud mo
slr's" in denial of questions. He
Evening star., 1951-09-12
US. Rubber Stockpi|e
Not Dangerously Low,
Larson Maintains
BY the Associoied Press

General Services Administrator
Jess Larson today denied a SEN
ate committees charge that rub
Der stockpiles are dangerously
low. He told Congress the Gov
ernment will not indulge in hand
over-fist natural rubber buying in
rising world market.
A report issued September by
the Senate Armed Services Pre-
paredness Subcommittee has led
rubber interests to believe that the
United States will launch IAN in
tensive buying program regardless
of the inf1ationary results" Mr.
Larson said.
He made the statements in a
letter to the subcommittee chair
man. Senator Lyndon Johnson,
Democrat of Texas.
GSA figures showed that world
rubber prices jumped IL per cent
in six days following the johnson
report and still have not receded
to the price at which rubber is
sold by GSA to American industry.
Mr.. Larson told Senator John
son that achievement of the
military stockpiling goal is mot
too distant, assuming normal mar
ket conditions, and that the syn
thetic rubber plant reactivation
program is making great strides"
He disclosed that GSA is ar
ranging the transplanting of nat
ural rubber trees from the Far
East to Central America-outside
the reach of possible Communist
aggression in the Southwest
Pacific.
This program has met great
success" Mr.. Larson reported. He
said the trees retain their high
productive qualities and have ac-
quired the ability to resist blight
which hitherto has wrecked at
temptS to grow rubber CONNER
cially in Latin America.
Rapid expansion of rubber plan
tations in the Western Hemisphere
is planned, Mr.. Larson said.
The Government of the United
States will not buy in any capri
c1ous rubber market governed by
uneconomic and unrealistic
factors" he told Senator John
son, adding:
Our ceiling prices for rubber
are well known to the trade and
wish to categorically state that
there is absolutely no intention to
purchase beyond such ceiling
prices.
Certainly the present status of
our stockpile is far from being so
low as to require us to follow the
rubber market in any upward
spiral"
Evening star., 1951-09-12

also grew agitated when he told
how Washington police allegedly
tried to get him to confess to the
Warning robbery on the promise
of getting light sentence.
II told them wouldn't cop
out for this thing" he declared
TT told them I didn't do it, even
iii you gave me a one-day sus-
lpended sentence"
Admits He's Gambler.
He recalled that one policeman
left him after lengthy questioning
with the remark, Let us know if
there's anything we can do for
you. Sidney"
II told him, yeah" Stromberg
said. You can do two things
gimme space and distance"
Stromberg admitted at the out
set of Mr.. McLaughlin's crosS-ex-
animation that he is a gambler
But his memory grew heavily
logged when the prosecutor tried
to get him to enumerate his gam
bling friends. where he got his
money and where he gambled.
Scores of times he replied, 81
can't recall" or 1T might have
been"
Losing patience at one point,
Mr.. Mclaughlin grated at the
witness, Don't give me that
might have stuff"
After nearly an hour of Mr..
McLaughlin's cross-examination
Stromberg suddenly interjected
the comment, MY head is hurting
today-you're giving me head
ache"
In the first Is minutes of to-
days trial session, Prosecutor
Mclaughlin introduced two wit
nesses to identify a registration
card of the Ambassador Hotel
showing that Stromberg registered
there on January S, 1850, and
checked out four days later, halt
hour before the Warning robbery
Defense Comedies Point.
But in the midst of testimony
by Ira N. Gullickson, District
handwriting expert, Defense Coun-
sci R. Palmer Ingram interrupted
to concede that Stromberg was
the man who registered under the
name of Sidney Max at the Am
bassador on the date specified.
Mr.. Mclaughlin then announced
that the Government rested.
Warning, whose name has long
been linked with numbers game
operations here. left the witness
stand yesterday after only five
minutes of testimony in which he
told a District Court jury he could
not identify any of the three men
who robbed him.
The only inkling of any back
stage racket drama came in the
testimony of Detective Sergt.
James Roche, who told of in
terviewing Stromberg in a Penn
sylvania prison in April, 1850. He
said Stromberg urged him to bring
Warning to the prison so the rob-
berry case could be adjusted"
Stromberg told him, the de-
tective testified, that Warning is
interested in only one man-the
f1ngerman- and I'm the only one
who knows who he is"
In underworld parlance a "fin-
german" is the racketeer who sur
veyS the scene of a potential
crime, gathers necessary informa-
ton and passes this on to the
men who actually commit the
crime. In return he receives a
share of the loot.
From sources at police head
quarters it was learned that de-
Evening star., 1951-09-12
Guard
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NSOllCulucQ rIOIu r1TSG PdRe.J
from Connecticut, Rhode Island
and Vermont.
The other two guard divisions
in Federal service are the 3lst
and the 47th. The 31st, COM
posed of men from Alabama and
Mississippi. is training at Fort
Jackson, S. c. The 47th Division.
drawn from Minnesota and North
Dakota is training at Camp
Rucker, Ala.
The Army said that the mem
bers of the 37th and 44th Divi-
sions will be permitted to volun-
teer for advanced military school,
ing during the months before
their units have to report at the
designated training camps.
The still unnamed guard divi-
''0 tN"t is earmarked for duty
next year will be given at least
va .honths notice before being
called up, the Army added.
Evening star., 1951-09-12
BY the Assoeiated Press

u. S. 8TH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TERS, Korea, Sept. IL. - Allied
fighting men are readying de-
IfenSes against their second bitter
est foe in Korea-the frigid winter
which is just a few months away
Already there is a touch of cool
ness in the night air and the
supply channels are full of warm
winter clothing. Lack of such
clothing last year cost heavily
when frostbite and the Chinese
struck almost simultaneously.
Then the 9th Army was moving
toward the Yalu River of North
Korea. Supply roads were narrow
and strained. Ammunition, gaso-
line and food had to go up. Winter
clothing trickled forward.
This year the roads are ample
A daily stream of trucks already
is carrying the first issue of win
ter clothing to front hne divi-
sions.
Army Clothes Other Forces.
When winter strikes, the United
Nations troops will be as ready
for it as they are now for the
Communists.
The Army is providing clothes
4or all it's divisions and most oi
the U. N. troops fighting in Ko.
Irea. The 1st Marine Division vii
use mostly Army gear, but viii
try some new wrinkles of it's own
The British Commonwealth Di.
vision will be provided with it.
own clothing-but here too thu
Army is fill any need.
One thing is certain. The
troops will be amply clothed ir
plenty of time.
The 9th Army GA (supply) of.
flcer, Col. Albert K. Stebbins, saio
most of the equipment would be
the same as last years but we're
going to get it all up to them or
time this year."
Issued in Three Phases.
The winter clothing will be is
sued in three phases, until by
November l the infantrymen will
be ready for the bitterest weather
Evening star., 1951-09-12
Acheson
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Communist China into the United
Nations.
AS for Mr.. Acheson, Senator
Malone shouted that the cabinet
officer has been a party to every
thing that is now resulting in the
loss OF Nationalist) China"
Replying to Senator Malone in
a sharp tone, Senator Knowland
said Republicans ought to avoid
mere carping criticism" of the
administration. Then he repeated
his statement of Monday that
Mr.. Acheson and his chief Re-
publican aide, John Foster Dulles
deserve tribute for a great Job"
at San Francisco.
Senator Knowland made it
plain his praise went beyond Mr..
AcheSon's job of presiding at the
conference. He said he believes
Evening star., 1951-09-12
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Continued From First Page.)
loan had a requirement that all
fees and salaries in excess of
$500 a year paid or contracted
for payment by the borrower must
be reported to it. He noted that
since he took over as RIGS one
man boss last May, replacing the
former flve-man board of direc-
tors, the requirement has been
broadened to require report of
all fees, regardless of amount.
Mr.. Symington said the st
Evening star., 1951-09-12
Reaction 10 Apology
By Ridgway Holds Key
To Fate Of Truce Talks
By the Associated Press

TOKYO, Sept. 12.-Hope of
peace for war-ravaged Korea to-
day balanced gingerly on Red re-
action to an Allied apology for
accidentally straf1ng the Kaesong
neutral zone Monday.
The question was: Will the Reds
accept the U. N. command ex-
PLANTATION, or will they demand
the same kind of answer to 10
other Red charges of Allied air
and ground violations of the Kae-
song area?
The first hint that the Reds
might reject the explanation came
in Peiping broadcast monitored
at San Francisco by the Associated
Press.
ct quoted a Communist cor
respondent at Kaesong as saying
the Allies had been forced to
admit" that an Allied plane strafed
the neutral city Monday. The
correspondent said it was absurd"
for the Allies to say the attack was
a mistake. He insisted the attack
was deliberately
The Reds broke off truce talks
August %, charging that an AL
lied plane had bombed the neutral
area. The Allies fatty denied the
charge.
Optimism Expressed.
Chances appeared reasonably
good that the Reds would accept
the u. N. command explanation
of the Monday Straf1ng.
But there was the possibility
that the Reds would agree to re-
sumo peace negotiations only if
the Allies apologize similarly for
the 10 other alleged violations of
the neutral zone.
Sources close to the U. N. COM
mand were optimistic that the
talks would be resumed.
These sources said the supreme
Allied commander, Gen. Matthew
B. Ridgway' has shown his good
faith by readily admitting this
violation.
But they emphasized he has no
intention of being "railroaded"
into admitting any Communist
charge that has no basis of fact.
All previous allegations by the
Communists have been ignored or
denied by Gen. Ridgway or Vice
Admiral c. Turner Joy, senior
Allied truce negotiator.
1t remained to be seen what
propaganda value the Chinese and
North Koreans would attach to
the U. N. command apology.
A rain-drenched U. N. liaison
team delivered the note of apology
to the Communists Wednesday
morning at Panmunjom, Red out
post six miles southeast of the
conference city.
1t received a note in return dur
ing the 60-second meeting in a
thunder storm.
There was no immediate indica-
tion what the Red note contained.
1t was assumed that the enve-
lope contained a rejection of
Gen. Ridgway'S proposal to switch
cease-flre negotiations to some
site less subject to incidents than
KaeSong.
Disciplinary Action Promised.
If so, it probably duplicated the
statement broadcast over Peiping
Radio earlier Wednesday saying
the proposal was completely un-
satisfactory and unacceptable" "
Gen. Ridgway promised the
Reds that disciplinary action
would be taken in connection with |
the accidental straf1ng. But A. P. |
Correspondent George A. Near
thur said Wednesday sources in
Korea had not yet filed charges
against the pilot of the straf1ng
plane. Nor had they disclosed
his identity.
Evening star., 1951-09-12

such criticism as he has fired at
the administration in the past
helped to put it ION the right
track" so far as the treaty provi-
SionS are concerned.
Senator Knowland said he still
feels that United States policy let
China fall behind the iron cur
tain" He lauded, however, a
present policy which he declared
assures that Japan will not be
allowed to go into the Com
muniSt orbit"