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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13
u. 5. Asks Release
|0r Early Trial Of Man
Held in Switzerland
BY the Associated Press

The State Department said yes
terday it has asked the Swiss gov
eminent either to release o.
year-old American Negro 1t has
arrested or put him on trial
speedily"
The department said the Amer
lean. Charles Davis of Dallas, Tex,
has been in custody since last No.
vember 10, when he was arrested
in connection with an investiga-
ton regarding misuse of the mail.
No formal charges apparently
have been placed against Davis,
1T was said. The American con-
sulate has been told by the police
in Geneva, however, State De-
partment Press Officer Michael j.
McDermott said. that under Swiss
law "a person charged with es-
plonage" can be held without be-
ing notified of the charge until
the investigation has been COM
pleted and the attorney general
and police decided whether to
prosecute or expel a person.
Went to Europe as Tourist.
The legation is now urging
that he be speedily released or
speedily brought to trial." Mr.. Nc
Dermott said.
Davis went to Europe in the fall
OF 1949. saying he wanted to visit
France and Britain as a tourist.
He turned up in Switzerland in
January of 1850. At that time he
told the American consul in &C.
neva he was being investigated in
connection with the theft of a coat
belonging to some one in Paris.
Mccarthy Turns Over Data.
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
OF Wisconsin in Flint, Mich, for
a Lincoln Day speech. disclosed he
had turned over to the FBI infor-
nation that had been voluntarily
offered by Davis.
Senator Mccarthy said Davis
had written him claiming he had
a lot Of information" about Com
munists. He said he had an
investigator contact Davis in
Paris.
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Barge Strike Settled;
Terms UndiscIosed
BY the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 13.-An
eight-day strike of tugboat and
barge workers against the Inter-
state Oil Transport Co. has ended
Settlement was reached at a meet
ing of company and union repre-
sentatives here yesterday.
Many of the 81 strikers, men,
bers of the International Long,
shoremen's Association, AFL, went
back to work last night, and a
company spokesman said full
operations probably would be re-
sumed by noon today.
Interstate Oil Transport supplies
hotels, and apartment and Gov
eminent buildings in Washington
with heavy residual oil. It also
supplies fuel oil to industrial
power plants in the Washington
area, and in Baltimore and Will
mington, Del.
The strike was called after q
breakdown in earlier discussions
The union asked an increase of %
cents an hour. together with over
time provisions intended to bring
wages Of the company's employees
in line with those paid other tug
boat and barge men holding ILO
contracts.
Terms of the settlement were
not disclosed.
A union spokesman said the
current average pay Is $500 a
month for 20 days of IL hours.
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u. ). Finds Secret
OF Red CamoufIaqe
BY the Associated Press

UNITED STATES 5th AIR
FORCE, Korea, Feb. 13.-The 5th
Air Force said today 1t has found
the answer to Communist camou-
f1age in the Korean mountains.
But it would not divulge the secret.
All it would say in an evening
communique that its planes de-
stroyed or damaged more than 200
enemy vehicles today by employ
ing newly devised search tactics
for the first time"
1t was the largest claim for any
single day since the Korean war
began June Is.
Gleefully secretive about the
whole thing, the communiuue
quoted Col. Stanton T. Smith, jr.,
combat operations officer:
1--WE stopped them from travel
ing in the daytime long time
ago. but figuring out where they
hole up in the daytime after tray
cling at night has been a tough
problem.
But now it looks like we have
the answer. The Commies are
really going to have a tough sup
ply and reinforcement problem
now. We don't want to say what
we are doing differently just yet.
We want the Red high command
to guess for a while"
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Truman and Judge Exchange
Notes About Mutual Concern

II appreciated your note Of
January 26 very much.
Il sincerely hope the San Quen-
tin gentleman has no better luck
than the two Puerto Ricans who
tried to operate on me.
IT liked your rhyme.
Sincerely yours,
HARRY S. TRUMAN"
The judges poem:
The press says con in San
Quentin
HAS yen to annihilate me.
IT don't know this man even
slightly.
with his plan I cannot agree.
II must think of my social position,
Which is one view with pride,
For if I were killed by stranger,
Il know I'd be mortified"
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Chinese Red Radio Lists
More American Prisoners
BY the Associated Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 10
The Chinese Red radio yesterday
broadcast another list of names
1t said were American prisoners
of war in Korea.
The broadcast, heard in San
Francisco by the Associated Press,
listed the following names, with
out addresses: -@
Sergt. G. w. Young, Sergt.
John E. Vaillancourt, Pfc. Ken
meth E. Spingola. Sergt. Alton L..
Shirtz. Pfc. Domino T. Quelino,
Pvt. Edward Rub, Corpl. William
R. Newton, Sergt. James Lynch,
Corpl. Anthony A. Jurak, Sergt.
Robert Jackson, Pvt. Ronald w.
Hagen. Pfc. Thomas L. Hill, Corpl.
Claud D. Holt. Pfc. Abel Garcia.
Sergt. Vernet L. Fetterer, Corpl.
Eugene Fleming, Corpl. James w.
Dixon, Corpl. Donald w. Corbone.
Pfc. Albert Bracamonte, Pfc.
Stanley F. Bartholomew, jr.; Pfc.
Clifford r. Ayotte, Corpl. Neil H.
Arnspiger and Pfc. Bert o. Apple
gate.
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New Volcano Reported
Born in Philippines
BY the Associated Press

MANILA, Feb. 13.-Fire and
lava were reported bubbling out
of a mountain top 1875 miles north
of Manila today.
It's quite possible a new volcano
is being born, said Arturo Alcaraz
Philippine weather bureau geo.
physicist.
The Philippine News Service
carried report that smoke,
flames, ashes and meallic matter
were coming out of a crater in
the Nueva Vizcaya Mountains.
The report was attributed to
Mayor Guillermo Aban of Baga-
bag.
Alcaraz said the Nueva Vizcaya
Mountains were of volcanic struc-
ture but there has been no &C
tive volcano there in the recent
past"
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Cottonseed Oil Advances
As Trodinq Is Resumed

NEW YORK. Feb. 10 (P).-Im-
mediately on reopening of trading
in cottonseed oil futures today
every delivery on the New York
Commodity Exchange advanced to
the 26.40 cents a pound ceiling set
by the Office of Price Stabili-
cation.
1t was the first trading in cot
tonseed oil since price controls
were announced January 26. The
futures market reopened at noon
after OPS provided specific dollars
and cents price ceilings on cotton
seed, soybean and corn oils.
The first sales left March I'M
changed at 2640, but all other de-
liveries jumped ahead from 10 to
"a points to bring prices up to the
ceiling.
The New York Cotton Ex-
change, meanwhile, announced
trading in cotton and wool fu-
lures would remain suspended
tomorrow.
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Schools in Minneapolis
Closed as Teachers Picket
BY the Assoeioted Press

MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 13.-Most
public schools remained closed to-
day as union teachers picketed the
buildings.
Pickets hammered the schools
following a day-long series of con-
ferences conducted by Gov. Luther
w. Youngdahl at which striking
teachers, janitors and clerical
workers gained concessions. The
janitors and clerical help agreed
to return to work; the teachers
refused.
At least two elementary schools
began classes with students keep
ing on snowsuitS In the cold rooms.
A number Of other schools at
tempted to open, but soon closed.
The outdoors temperature stood
at Z below zero.
About $1,000 students attend
the 81 public schools. The schools
closed January % when the jan
itors walked out. The teachers
and clerks later announced their
strike.
Janitors and clerks accepted Of
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Civil Defense
Continued From First Page.)

NSSiAe04OCO clcIu T IL 81 1dScO
of the public warning, the news OF
an impending attack would be al
most sure to get around.
In defense of the present setup,
other spokesman pointed out that
the Air Force, which is responsible
for the warning system, has been
doubtful that much advance warn
ing could be given in any case be-
cause of the high speeds of modern
bombers.
A secondary consideration has
been the possibility of panic and
attempts by large numbers to flee
the target areas if they thought
they had time. Such a reaction
could increase the number of cas-
ualties tremendously, officials say.
In the course of yesterdays dis
cussion. the position taken by
Federal spokesman was that
whatever the official advice might
be in the matter of warning the
public, the ultimate decision must
be made by local officials. If they
should decide to warn the public
on a yellow alert, nothing is going
to stop them.
No Final Decision.
So far as the District s con-
cerned. it appeared that no final
decision has been made on the
question. AS one civil defense Of
fetal put it:
Its a matter of doing at any
given time what your capabilities
allow you to do. If, as the or
ganization develops, it seems wise
to change present procedure in
any field. the changes will be
made"
In another development of yes
terday's meeting, delegates were
told that no Federal money will
be used for building AFRAID
shelters for single families or in
dividuals and no contributions will
be made for public shelters outside
OF critical target areas.
State directors and civil defense
representatives of all United
States possessions learned that a
request for funds covering the
cost of national shelter program
is in the making. AS predicted,
the program will concentrate on
modifying existing buildings to
make them suitable as shelters.
rather than build new ones. Local
officials were asked to prepare an
inventory of suitable structures.
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Controls
Continued From First Page.)

handle all litigation arising from
the price controls. 4
OPS will investigate and pre-
pare the cases, Mr.. Johnston said,
and turn them over to these spe-
cial attorneys for prosecution.
These include both civil and GRIM
inal cases.
He announced the appointment
Of Theodore Ymtema to be the
chief economist of ESA. Mr..
Ymtema is now vice president and
finance officer of the Ford Motor
Co.
Will Set Up Committee.
Mr.. Johnston said his new ap-
pointee will set up a committee OF
economists to study long-range
sterilization problems. 1t is these
long-range problems with which
Mr.. Johnston will concern himself
while short-range problems will
be the chief responsibility of Mr.
Disable and the Wage Stabilize
ton Board headed by Cyrus S
Ching.
Mr.. Disable announced yester-
day specific dollars and cents cell.
ings on three vegetable fats-cot.
tonseed oil, soybean oil and corr
oil. The cotton order is expected
to furnish the second example Of
such ceilings.
The aim of the ceilings on vege.
table fats is to prevent further
increases in the prices of mar.
garine, vegetable shortcomings
salad oil and dressings.
The ceiling for cottonseed oil
was fixed at 1914 cents a pound:
for crude soybean oil at 201a cents
and for crude corn nil at od1k
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13
7 Nazi War Criminals
Lose D. {. Court Move
To ESCAPE GaIIows

Seven Nazis facing execution
for committing war crimes lost
maneuver in District Court here
late yesterday to escape the gall
lows.
They were the only ones by
passed by United States author
tiles in sweeping review of all
remaining war crimes cases.
Among those whose sentences
were committed to life imprison-
ment on January 81 were six
former storm troopers convicted
of the "Malmedy massacre" of
American captives during the
Battle of the Bulge.
The seven remaining under
death sentence sent habeas corpus
petitions by air mail from Frank
furt, Germany. Assistant United
States Attorney Ross O'Donoghue
said the papers seemed to stress
contentious of innocence rejected
by an American military tribunal
in Germany.
Mr.. O'Donoghue, however, ar
gued points of law established in
recent Supreme Court cases to
the effect that American courts
have no jurisdiction in habeas
corpus proceedings to review the
convictions of nonresident enemy
aliens tried before a military body
in occupied enemy territory.
Judge Edward A. Tamm con-
CURED in a terse ruling, which
left no apparent avenue of appeal
for these prisoners. all of whom
are due to be hanged tomorrow:
Hans Schmidt, for three years
SIS adjutant at the Infamous
Buchenwald concentration camp,
in command during a period when
5000 prisoners died monthly, and
director of Commando So" a.
special group charged with killing
prisoners.
Georg Schallermair, former roll
call chief at Muehldorf concen-
tration camp, convicted of having
personally beaten prisoners to
death and of overseeing the ex-
traction of gold from teeth of slain
inmates.
Oswald Pohl, former SIS general
IN charge of all German concen-
tration camps. Units under him
carried out the liquidation of Jews
In the Auschwitz concentration
camp, the destruction of the War
saw Ghetto and pillage and MUIR
der Of Jews in East Europe.
Otto Ohlendorf, former major
general in charge of an extermna-
ton group in Russia which
slaughtered 10000 men, women
and children.
Werner Braune, former Gestapo
official convicted of carrying out
the "Simperopol massacre" of
thousands of Jews and Gypsies.
Erich Maumann, former ISL
brigadier general, in command of
an determination unit which killed
$3.50 people in "a hours.
Paul Blobel, former SIS colonel.
found guilty of ordering the kill
ing OF 10000 people in the notori-
Gus two-day massacre at Kiev,
Russia.
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Girl, 6, Missing for Az Hours,
Says She Only Walked 6 Miles

after an attack of meningitis a
year ago, is driven to the school
each morning by her father, Sam
uel Moody. an employe of the
Arcade Sunshine cleaning COM
pany. A taxicab meets hear each
day at noon to drive her home.
Yesterday the cab driver was
delayed in reaching the school.
When he got there Julia had van
ished. The driver notified her
parents and the big search got
under way.
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Public Gets Warninu
Not 10 Expect Magic
From New Weapons
By John A. Giles

The head of the military re
search and development grou,
warned today that the Natio,
Should not expect rabbits pulled
out of a hat" in the way of new
weapons.
Rather, William Webster, chair.
man OF Research and Develop.
ment Board. said there woulc
be progress lin all sorts of things
which are well known to the
public.
At another point he statec
Everybody knows that one day
there are. going to be atomic ar
F., tillery Shells"
He also stated that "as far as
know there's nothing to this
flying saucer business" adding
that careful studies" of the SUBJ
ject had been made.
dCC ATdkScS morale.
But to the best of my knowl-
edge I have never seen anyone
who had the opportunity to be in
formed and look into the situation
who believed there were flying
saucers," he said. "They have
been seen by people who have seen
something else Instead"
Secretary of the Army Pace, ap-
pearing at the same conference
reported that the general attitude
and morale of soldiers he had
seen in recent trips to Camp At
terbury. Ind. and FIT. Knox, KY.
had been good.
He reported the men were
undergoing realistic training using
live shells and ammunition and
that they indicated to him that
they were generally satisfied with
the training program.
The hospital and absent-with-
out-leave rates at the two installa-
lions is less than / per cent. which
is substantially below that OF
World War II, Mr.. Pace said.
Il asked about the attitude of
the men and found that it was
extremely serious, that the COM
petition among them was ex-
tremely keen and that they were
aggressively inclined" he said.
Getting Ample Clothes.
At Fort Knox, he said, the men
had been able to get all the clothes
they needed for the extremely cold
weather.
Il don't want to give the i'm
preston that everything is lovely
but I do say the commanders are
alert to new ideas, to the advance
ment OF individuals, and that they
are trying to retain the moral and
spiritual life of the men," he
declared.
Mr.. Webster said 1t was possible
that there would not be enough
scientists in year or two. How.
ever. he said the $4,000 men stu
dents which the universal military
service training bill allots to sci
entiflc study annually plus those
coming in through Reserve Officer
Training Corps programs prob
ably would be sufficient.
He said there had been "a sharp
acceleration in many weapons
items and that those needed i'm
mediately in Korea had been given
first priority.
He said that the researchers
were preparing to fight a Every
complicated" war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13
BY the Assoeioied Press

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 13.-Presi-
dent Truman has written a letter
to a Judge here about a mutual
concern-an assassin's bullets.
The Presidents note, released
yesterday. was in reply to a letter
sent him by Superior Judge Frank
G. Swain in which the Judge COM
mented they have something in
common: Both have been Sc
lected as targets for bullets.
Judge Swain. one of four Los
Angeles jurists recently threat
ened with death by a disgruntled
San Quentin prisoner who had
applied for parole, included a bit
of doggerel in his missive.
President Truman wrote:
Dear Judge:
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fers of $3.50 to $3.50 monthly
pay boosts. The teachers spurned
an across-the-board 500 annual
increases. All are AFL affiliated.
The 1900 teachers now earn
from $4,000 to $4,000, plus Ger
tain increases for holders of mas
ters' degrees. About half the $50
janitors draw 1920 a year, the
others from $3.50 to $4,14O.
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cents. These prices are said to be
about midway between the lowest
and highest prices under the freeze
order.
Sees Fair Profit Margin.
An OPS official said the ceilings
would mean a fair profit margin
for the businessman but no change
in price for the consumer.
The agency took other actions
which are expected to mean that
some commodity exchanges, closed
since the freeze order. will be able
to resume business. These actions
removed sugar and raw and I'M
processed farm products from
controls.
The action in regard to sugar
means that the Agriculture De-
partment will be left with full
responsibility for this commodity
In effect it controls the price by
determining how much sugar may
be imported and marketed.
Until now. raw farm products
have been controlled only when
sold by the producer and when
the prices have been above the
parity level. Under the new order
they are freed of control no mat
ter who buys or sells them. But
once the commodities have been
processed they become subject to
control.
Products Affected.
The order applies to such prod
ucts as corn, wheat, oats, hay,
fresh fruit and vegetables, milk,
chickens, eggs. turkeys, butterfat,
sugar beets. some tobaccos and a
number Of miscellaneous COM
modities.
In still another action specific
ceilings were put on green coffee,
raw cocoa beans, soybeans and
soybean oil meal. OPS said the
coffee ceiling should not result in
a higher retail price but should
prevent a squeeze on some coffee
roaSterS caught under the freeze
with prices which did not reflect
recent price increases for green
coffee.
|. The order permits tradings in
these products at or below the
following ceilings: Green coffee on
the New York Coffee and Sugar
Exchange, 5512 cents a pound;
raw cocoa beans on the New York
Cocoa Exchange, 1928 cents a
pound; soybean futures on the
Chicago Board of Trade. $685. a
bushel; soybean Oil meal, STA a
ton in bulk, fob. Decatur, III.
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Yale Club to Hear Vorys

The Yale Club of Washington
will meet at 1890 tomorrow in the
Burlington Hotel. Representative
John M. Vorys, Republican, of
Ohio, member Of the House For
eign Affairs Committee, will speak
on foreign affairs. Reservations
can be made with Gordon Nc
Bride, secretary.
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Chile Honors Hero

With the President of the Re-
public officiating, Chile inaugu-
rated at Rancagua q museum in
which relics of the country's
great hero, Don Bernardo O'Hig-
gins, will be preserved. The name
of the memorial is the "Museo
O'Higginiano.'
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up at IlOme, 'uIId'
weary and bedraggled, she ex-
planned in hating words that she
had not been lost-she had mere
ly walked the 6 miles between the.
school and her home at 10104
Burnett avenue, Silver Spring.
Julia, who lost most of her
power Of speech and her hearing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13

and N e w t o n
streets NV.
Yesterday she
was the object
Of a W i d e.
spread search
by polio
teachers, cab
d r erS and
neighbors after
she was report
ed "lost" for
four and a half
hours.
B t W he IL
Julia showed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13

Curly-haired Julia Moody, g.,
today was the heroine of the
special-speech class she attends
at Bancroft School, Eighteenth
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13

An Italian motor scooter is now
being assembled in England with
production of $50 units a week
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-02-13

AMERICA ON GUARDIn few weeks millions of these
cardboard posters will be distributed
conspicuous display in each home Smaller will
by individuals They the official instructions
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FOUND

DOG = Male, wire-haired terrier type,
young; black and white; leather collar,
size IL. 6S1S Shepherd ST., Radiant
EARRING, gold color, dangling, round;
found at 18th and Pa. ave. NV. Box
e6-S. Star.