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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24

A great many hands present the
spectacle of a race right down to
the wire between declarer and the
defenders, with the issue some
times in doubt as late as trick Il.
In others the contest is over as
soon as the opening lead is made.
It is difficult to overemphasize the
Importance Of the opening lead,
and tones and tones have been
written on that technique alone.
Some authorities estimate that
more than so per cent of success
full game and slam contracts could
be defeated if the best double
dummy opening were selected.
There is no denying that in this
phase of the game luck plays a
prominent role. Sometimes, how
ever. the application of neat rea-
soning may result in an opening
lead that snatches the hand from
the very jaws of death. The story
of big one that got away is told
today.
Note that North's four mo- trump
bid was not intended as a request
for aces, but was merely direct
raise of partners no-trump bid,
South, having more than he had
previously shown, cheerfully &C
cepted the invitation. His decision
to bid the slam in no-trump was
brash, but was based on the con-
sideration that the tournament
was being scored at match points.
Each deal was a separate contest
and the greater score which no.
trump yields might result in WIN
ming that particular deal.
Some Vests, unwilling to adopt
an aggressive attitude, elected to-
exit with a club or a spade and
permit declarer to work out his
own destiny. With the concession
of the ace of diamonds, declarerI
had II tricks. One West player de-
cided it would be important toI
build up heart trick before his
ace of diamonds was dislodged
and, hoping to find partner with
the queen of hearts, led the seven
of that suit. Declarer had no choice
but to let it ride to his queen and
had no difficulty in fulfilling con-
tract.
It will be seen that the opening
of the king of hearts will defeat
the contract and in the postmor-
TEN analysis it was agreed that i'll
a heart is selected for the opening
lead. the best bet is to lead the
king. If the queen is adversely
held, it matters not whether opener
takes off with the seven or the
king, unless it happens that de-
clarer has singleton queen, which
is not inconceivable. Remember |
you are trying to beat the contract
only one trick and if partner has
the queen of hearts, declarer is
doomed regardless of which heart
you lead. Since the king lead wins
against one additional combination,
it is the superior play.
(copyright, 1851, by Charles H. Goren.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Cub Reporter Helps
Make News as He
Aids Injured Man

A cub police reporter, on The
Star staff less than six months,
helped make his own news this
morning.
Attracted by a woman's screams
from a house near his home at
1725 F street NE, Harold ].
Flecknoe ran to the house and
found the woman's husband bleed
ing profusely from a slashed wrist.
He called police and an ambu-
lance, applied a tourniquet, waited
until police and the ambulance
arrived and then went to work
at the police headquarters press
room, whence he telephoned his
story to The Star.
Making his rounds there he
jotted down various information
on a number of stories. A police
man said II forgot to tell you, a
man tried to cut his wrists this
morning"
81" said the reporter. already
know about that. thank you"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Stewards Strike Faces
Pan American Airwuys
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 24.-Pan
American World Always faced a
strike at midnight tonight by $50
port stewards unless a Federal
mediator succeeds in lasJ-minute
settlement.
The CLIO Transport Workers
Union says another 1900 employees
will not cross the stewards picket
/ lines in New York, Miami, Seattle,
San Francisco and Brownsville
| Tex.
The TWU seks a costa Of living
wage increase of 16 cents an hour
The union said present wages
range between $125 and $191 an
hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Answer 10 RECIPIENT.
A One-Minute Test of Your
NeDs knowledge
NEWS QUIZ
By Tom Henry

1. DINERS-Why were eat
ing and drinking places taken
off the price-freeze list?
2. TSK! w at Govern
ment agency has been said to
have "degenerated into an
instrument for the peddling
of infiuence?"
3. AIR-in how many Ian
guages does the Voice of
America broadcast?
!. 4. CZAR-When will the
new baseball commissioner
successor to Happy Chandler
be announced?
5. QUOTES-What United
States Senator said: 81 have
no objection to point four
assistance so long as it is
conducted on a limited basis
and isn't a global giveaway?"
Answers.
l. To stabilize prices at
levels existing before the
Korean war. 2. The Recon-
struction Finance Corpora
ton. 8. Twenty-nine; the last
added were Portuguese and
the Swatow dialect of China.
4. Probably July 5. Robert A.
Taft.
Tom Henry's "Quiz EN-
appears every Sunday in This
Week Magazine with The
Star.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Not This

Mother-You deserve to be pun
ished making sandwiches for
your gang out of the cold roast I
expected to use for our dinner!
can't afford to feed that gang
every day.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
indignant on Imports

Indignant women in South At
RIGA are asking why cigars and
whisky are not considered lux
uries and are allowed as imports,
while all cosmetics are banned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24

Approximately 50,000,000 tons
of ice are manufactured in the
United States annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
This

Mother-When I can, I'll put
food on this shelf that you can
treat your crowd with, but if you
want to feed them when it's empty
you'll have to spend your own
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
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Evening star., 1951-08-19

cause the constitution, until rewrit-
ten In 1940 by the Peronista-cor-
trolled Constituent Assembly. barred
Presidents from succeeding them
selves Immediately.
The Peronista dominated Congress
also enacted q law last year prevent
ing political parties from forming
coalitions or coalescing into new
parties. Until last month the oppo-
sition had hoped 1t might yet de-
feat Peron by pooling its votes in the
electoral college. These hopes were
dashed when Congress abolished the
electoral college and provided for
the election of future Presidents by
direct popular vote.
With the opposition's hands tied
and lacking unified direction, Peron
has not overlooked the possibility it
might try to unseat him by force.
Rumors of some such move have been
circulated widely. The Peronista
party has exhorted its membership
to become "informers" for the fed
erai police to prevent any such SUR
prise move. The army also is under
surveillance. Several days ago Peron
put his loyal border patrol in charge
of all traffic on public highways
through the big Campo Mayo army
post on the outskirts OF Buenos Aires.
Five army officers were arrested in
June during an investigation Of an
alleged plot against the government.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
North Koreans Tougher Than Chinese Take From the Marines

and generally harassing the rear
areas.
The Chinese In Korea (known as
CCF-C Chinese Communist Forces) are
considered less redoubtable opponents
than the NKs by the Marines. But
the sheer weight Of their numbers
makes them always q serious threat.
Chinese Give Notice
The average Chinese trooper here
is a peasant from North. China. about
the same height as the average Ko-
rean but more delicate in build. He
was drafted into the CCF and more
often than not was q former member
of Chang Kai-shek's Nationalist
Army (CNA). He wears q himsy
brown cotton uniform at this season,
whereas the NKs wear dark green
garb when they can get it. His
equipment is about the same as that
of the North Koreans except that
the Chinese run heavily to potato
masher type grenades. Some CCF
troopers carry no other weapon.
The CCF has been used mostly for
attack since it entered the war after
the NKPA was virtually eliminated
Evening star., 1951-08-19
so Test Run:
All Eyes Will Be On.
Minnesota Primary
By J. A. o'Lsory

The country may get an early pre-
view of the vote appeal OF some OF
the leading prospects for the 1852
presidential race when Minnesota
tries out its new wide-open primary
law next spring, provided the men
most frequently mentioned permit
their names to go on the ballot.
Senator Humphrey, Minnesota's
Fair Deal Democrat, focused national
attention on his States new primary
law when he carried word to the
White House q few days ago that Mr..
Truman's name would be entered,
even though the President has not
said he will seek another term.
Under the law, passed in 1949.
candidate does not have to toss his
own hat into the ring in Minnesota.
His friends may do it for him. with
out his consent. by filing petitions
from 100 voters in each Of the nine
congressional districts.
Senator Humphrey said the Presi-
dent thanked him. He said he told
Mr.. Truman, I'VE are expecting you
to run and are hoping that you
will" He quoted the President as
replying, wen cross that bridge
when We come to It,"
Stossen in the Running
It is not clear at this point how
many Republicans will be pitted
against Mr.. Truman in the Gopher
State trial heat. Minnesota's Re-
publican Senator Thye says he knows
the name Of Harold e. Stassen.
native and former Governor Of Min
nesota, will be entered.
If Mr.. Truman and Mr.. StaSsen
were the only entries. the primary
would still attract wide attention as
an early test of the Presidents
strength. The Minnesota balloting
Is set for March 18 1t will be pre-
ceded only by New Hampshire, which
Evening star., 1951-08-19
ng campaign to destroy the Psron

ing campaign to destroy the Peron
regime.
Last June Peron told sugar workers
from JUICY. Tucuman and 6alta
Provinces 70 be ready with baling
wire In their pockets to hang reac-
tionaries.
In continuing widespread arrests
since August l. 80 railwaymen
were jailed in Cordoba Province and
scores reported held elsewhere. Some
face courts under Peron's de-
cree militarizing the railways. Hun
dreds OF students at La Plata were
held briefly for protesting q mani
festo by their teachers supporting the
President and his wife in the forth
coming elections. Fifteen, Socialist
politicians and q former conservative
Congressman were among those ar
rested.
Observers generally believe that
Peron is unbeatable in the >forthcom-
ing elections.
The President. who got nearly Is
million votes in the election Of 1916
against 1,220.000 by his opponent.
Jose Tamborini, has q tightly knit
labor organization at his command;
he has nodded it into a powerful po-
litical machine. He began organizing
it seven years ago, expanded it
through liberal wage and labor poll
cies while he was Vice President. War
Minister and Secretary Of Labor in
Evening star., 1951-08-19
BY Reoinold Wood

BUENOS AIRES. -Peronista forces
will bring to climax this week their
drive to make the unique husbands
wife team Of Juan and Eva Peron
the rulers Of Argentina for the next
six years.
The vanguard Of hundreds OF
thousands Of workers begin arriving
in Buenos Aires tomorrow for a
mammoth demonstration Wednesday
that will ask President Peron and
his blond 29-year-old wife to be
President and Vice President Tor
1952-195S.
The presidential election is set for
November IL.
The rally in broad Plaza Repub-
lica in midtown Buenos Aires is be-
ing sponsored by Peron's handmade
master organization, the General
Confederation of Labor tGCT) which
claims S million members, and the
Peronista mems and women's parties.
The thousands of members viii
pour into Buenos Aires on free fares
of the government-owned railways.
At the same time, CGT has called
= nationwide strike for the day.
both to give the workers Tree Time
to make the trip and to demonstrate
solidarity with the Perons. Only
essential public services, including
newspapers, will be permitted 70
function.
Strike colled Plot
Tenseness has grown from the jail
ing of hundreds whom federal po-
lice accused Of taking part In terror
istic activities" The government be-
gan cracking down on the opposition
August /, when explosions, which Grip
pied the railways in greater Buenos
Aires, conceded with strike called
by dissident members of the Brother
hood Of Railway Engineers and Fire.
men. These workers demanded the
right to elect their own union officers.
The administration declared the
strike was part of plot to unseat
President Peron. Angel Borlenghi,
Minister Of Interior, and Arturo Ber-s
tollo, federal police chief, ordered
police and the Nacional Gendarmerie
(border patroD to smash the oppo-
sition.
Peron charged that Argentina was
the target of an alien plot directed
by capitaliStic imperialism seeking to
overthrow his government. His press
charged there was an international
plot afoot to assassinate the Presi-
dent. his wife. cabinet members and
other top government officials. while
Democracia, a semiofficial newspaper.
declared the United States was financ-
Evening star., 1951-08-19

defense than in attack. He is an
expert guerrilla fighter. Much of the
NIX army's training has concentrated
on fighting behind the enemy lines.
AS evidence Of this bushwl1acking
proficiency, witness the feats Of the
Diamond Mountain gang and other
guerrilla groups. It was trademark
Of this particular unit to dress all in
black for night attacks on unsuspect-
ing units. The guerrillas would creep
up close to o U. N. position and lie
quiet within few yards Of the fox
holes; then, at signal. other guerril-
las further away would open fire with
weapons. shoot of firecrackers and in
general set up bedlam racket. The
startled U. N. troops. leaping to their
feet to see what was happening,
would then be overrun with knives
and bayonets by the black-clad ele-
ments who. the job done. would fade
swiftly and silently away into the
night.
One division Of NKs, bypassed
when the North Korean line around
the Pusan perimeter crumbled, op-
Grated for months behind q. N. lines
north Of Pohang, living on the land
Evening star., 1951-08-19

the administration Of President Edel-
miro Farrell. and now has-made 1t the
backbone and soul Of his Peronista
Party and regime.
Most Of his labor affairs. however.
he has delegated to his wife. She
maintains m ONCE In the Labor Min
istry, where she advises Labor Minis
ter Jose Maria Freire.
Although she holds no government
position. Eva Peron IS probably the
most powerful woman in Western
Hemisphere politics today She heads
the Peronista Women's Party, created
last year after Peron gave suffrage to
the women Of Argentina. They will
have the opportunity to vote at the
November election for the first time.
The Presidents wife also heads the
multimillion dollar Social Aid Foun-
dation, whose influence Is felt in
thousands Of homes.
First Women Weep
She and the CGT will ask the ma
ton to make her husband the first
President in Argentine history to serve
two consecutive terms, and the CGT
in turn will ask her to become the
first woman Vice President In hemi-
sphere history.
Only two other Presidents have
had second terms. Julio Roca $780,
1886 and 1S98-19O4) and Hipolito Iri-
goyen l1916-1922 and 1928-1930).
Their terms were not consecutive be-
Evening star., 1951-08-19

as striking force. temporarily. last
fall.
The Chinese trooper is well-disci-
plined, hardy, brave in attack. but
much less inclined to brutality or
die-to-the-last-man defense than his
NIX ally.
The CCF has adopted a policy
Of well-treating U.N prisoners-and
advertising it--and hundreds of South
Koreans have been indoctrinated in
communism and returned through
the lines to their units. Wherever
Chinese forces have been, advancing
Allied troops find hundreds Of crude
ly painted signs reading, "CCF Well
Treat Prisoners" and "Your Families
Want You Well and Safe. Surrender
to- CCF."
The CCF tactics in attack are gen.
orally the antithesis Of the NIX, who
prefers silent, jungle-style approach.
The Chinese are notorious for sig
mailing their attacks by blaring bu-
giles. shrill whistling and flares.
This method has terrorized some
units, but the Marines have grimly
welcomed such advance notice.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

teiceptor. and the La-11, a fighter
bomber armed with three 23-milli-S
meter cannon. They are known to
have rocket missile that can be
launched from submarine.
Russian aircraft production is
going only half blast so far, accord
ing to best unofficial estimates. Sew
eral of her factories, patterned on
the Nazi scheme. are operating
underground, and are manned at
least partly by German and other
Immigrant help, since Soviet farm
workers cannot be spared from much
needed food production. The Soviet
Academy OF Aircraft Industry pro-
yides the trained personnel who
supervise semi-skilled workers turn
Evening star., 1951-08-19

Russian aircraft production has
made enormous and alarming strides
since the lean days Of World War II.
The above map gives some. idea Of
the location of factories turning out
planes or their component parts.
What it cannot show-and what is
more important-is that their air.
planes have advanced in quality as
we'll as quantity.
The Russians have had assistance,
some Of it involuntary, from the West
In making this progress. They have
availed themselves of the services of
top-notch German technicians and
industrial organizers. They have
studied advanced German aeronauti-
cal designs, including those for guided
Evening star., 1951-08-19

missiles and V-weapons. Purloined
B-29s, forced down in Siberia dur-
ing the latter days Of the war, have
been scrutinized.
The purchase from Britain Of IS
centrifugal-type Rolls Royce jet en-
gines may have sparked the produc-
ton of new jet aircraft. the P-13A,
which is probably further along in
development than any American
fighter of comparable performance.
According to the magazine Aviation
Age. q Russian-type B-36, counter
part Of our Air Forces giant A-bomb
carrier. is well along In construction.
They have also produced direct
copy Of our B-29 and have perfected
the Yak-21. d sleek and effective In
Evening star., 1951-08-19

matter Of uniform and occasionally
In theology. He either volunteered or
was drafted for service with the
North Korean Peoples Army (NKPA
and Is equipped with motley array
Of Russian. Chinese. Japanese or
captured American weapons.
He Is either an ardent Communist
or simply fights because he must. He
is poorly paid. subsists largely on
rice and fish. but has incredible en-
durance. Frequently he Is former
Republic Of Korea soldier who was
captured and impressed into the
NIX Army.
Expert GuerrilIo Fighters
Political commissars are watchdogs
Of his reliability. and shot in the
head is the swift punishment for
an NIX soldier who wavers. Severely
beaten and destroyed as an army
when the Chinese crossed the Yalu
last November to enter the war, the
NKPA is now reconstructed into q
force Of more than 100000, and is
holding the line from q point north
Of Hwachon Reservoir to the east
coast south of Wonsan.
The NIX soldier is better on the
Evening star., 1951-08-19

line, maintains schedules covering
$40 miles weekly.
Under the supervision of the Chief
administration Of the Civil Air Fleet,
which is headed by Air Marshal Fe-
dor Astakhov, and which superyises
all transport aviation projects except
those connected with the military,
the Soviets are producing a super
cargo plane. known as the Ch-004.
built to carry full-size T-34 tank.
Military aircraft are favored over
civilian planes. Many large CONNER
cial airports still have sod or steel
mat runways. Only where the air.
lines share . field near some large
city with the Red Air Force do civil
air crews find decent facilities.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

and more recently. some retired army
officers were questioned BY . con-
gressional committee investigating
Argentine activities.
A sore spot inside Peron's political
organization Is Col. Domingo Mer-
cante, Governor Of Buenos Aires
Province. At the time Of his re-
election in 1850, Mercante was heir
apparent to the vice presidency.
Peron and his wife stumped for his
reelection and posters proclaimed
Peron- -Mercante ticket for 1852. This
close friendship cooled several months
ago when scattered union groups
began boosting q Peron-P -Peron ticket.
and hundreds Of organizations
jumped aboard the huSband-wife
bandwagon. For several weeks the
pro-govefnment press has been ignor-
ing Mercante. Two Of his close
friends were fired from the party
recently on charges Of indiscipline.
They were Congressman Bernardino
Garaguso and Carlos Seeber. Cara
guso had ordered the printing Of
$4,000 posters backing Mercante for
Vice President. Many believe the
Presidents wife viii readily accept
the nomination for Vice President.
Peron himself has not announced his
candidacy. but he has indicated he
would bow to q popular demand to
serve "the best interests Of the coun-
try"
Opposition Gagged
The oppositio n-Conservative.
Radical and Socialist parties COM
plain that they are gagged. unable
to get police permits to hold meet
ings and demonstrations. prevented
from buying time on radio stations.
and that their newspapers are closed.
The big morning newspaper, La
Prensa, which maintained an inde-
pendent attitude toward the Peron
regime, was closed In January and
finally appropriated by an act Of
Congress as an outgrowth of a strike
and boycott by the government-in-
dorsed News Vendors Union.
Scores Of opposition newspapers
were closed In a drive beginning
early last year by congressional
committee which investigated al
legged foreign sources Of opposition
support. The only newspapers re-
. naming in BuenoS Aires which carry
opposition party news are La Nacion,
a big morning paper. and the tabloid
Clartn.
Opposition leaders talk Of abstain
ing from the Forthcoming farcical
elections" But If they do, they face
the risk Of being outlawed. The new
election law makes it mandatory
that they nominate candidates and
participate in elections.
Associated Press.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
ing out the airframes and small com

ing out the airframes and small COM
ponent parts.
Keeping step with this vastly ex-
panding military aeronautical activ-
ity is transport aviation. q major
industry in country which uses
planes much as we use trailer trucks.
AS can be seen from the map, the
Soviet homeland is criss-crossed with
air routes. The Aerof1ot line meets
the largest weekly schedule in mile
age. and ranks fifth among the air
lines OF the world in unduplicated
route mileage.
Aerofiot's planes cover 49,031 miles.
Ayiaarktika, ranks second with
5.0O0-mile route around the top Of
Siberia. Hamiata. the sino- Soviet