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Evening star., 1951-03-02
Woman Calls Office
Of Husband, Stays Self

A darlington housewife tele-
phoned her husbands Office at the
State Department and left word
for him to come home today,
then went into the basement Of
their home and slashed her throat
with a razor blade.
John r. Bietz found his wife's
body when he got to the apart
ment at 3464 South Stafford
street.
Dr.. w. c. Welburn, Arlington
County coroner, issued a certificate
of suicide. He said that the
woman, Mrs. Hazel Bietz, A, had
been in i'll health.
Mrs. Bietz was clad in her
nightgown and a housecoat. In
addition to her husband, she is
survived by a daughter, Mona,
13, a Dolly Madison Junior High
School student.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Loan Office Robbed
OF $500 by Gunman

A lone gunman, masquerading
as customer, held up the as
sistant manager of a Mount
Rainier loan company today and
escaped on foot with $500.
The robbery occurred shortly
after noon at the Consumers
Credit Service, Inc, 3317 Rhode
Island avenue.
Jack Newton, the assistant man.
ager, told police the customer
entered the Office about 1915
pm, and inquired about a loan
After a short conversation, Mr..
Newton said. he found himself
looking into the barrel of a pistol
and heard the man say: This is
a stickup-where's the money!"
The bandit then scooped up $500
from the till and walked out the
door. He was described as about
5 feet 8 inches tall, weighing 80
pounds, having an olive complex
ion and wearing a brown topcoat.
Police broadcast an alarm for
the man and also car with a
Tennessee license seen moving
about the neighborhood earlier
In the loan company ct the
time of the robbery were two
clerks, Miss Barbara Hyson and
Jean Gallorneu.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
President Departs
For Key West Vacation

President Truman left the
Capital at 1890 pm. today
aboard the independence for a
work-and-rest trip to Key West
that is scheduled to keep him at
the Florida submarine base until
Easter Sunday, March 25.
It will be the first extended
vacation Mr.. Truman has taken
since he laSt visited Key West
"a year ago.
The President expects, however.
to put in some hard licks and he
will be in constant touch with his
Office here by telephone and wire.
He will also hold periodical tele-
phone conferences with leaders on
Capitol Hill.
Accompanying Mr.. Truman are
Fleet Admiral william D. Leahy,
former presidential chief of staff,
and several members Of his staff.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Marines Take Red HighwoyHub
And Stab Deeper Into Lines
Yonks Use Buyonets to Rout Enemy, Knitting
Behind Them in South Korean Uniforms

United States 7th Division spear
heads which had thrust 3 miles
north of Amidong Thursday were
forced by antitank fire to with
draw today. At its northermost
point, the armored patrol was
within % miles of the 38th Paral-
lei.
1t was in this area that an
estimated so Korean Reds dis
guised in Korean Republican
uniform slipped inside American
positions northeast of Amidong.
Associated Press War Core
spondent Tom Stone, with the 7tt
Division, reported the Reds went
up to the GIs in their foxholes
and fired on them.
The Americans wheeled about
and returned the fire." he added
"Other Americans charged the
enemy with fixed bayonets. Be
tween 35 and 40 of the Reds were
killed before the others scattered
after an hour-long clash"
Mr.. Stone said the bayonet fight
was only one of a half dozen
counterattacks on the divisions
positions. Each attack was hurled
back.
Allied fighters and bombers
(See KOREA, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Woman Puts Off Damage Suit
Because of Sturs; Court Yoids 1t

not reinstitute her suit unless
Judge Brennan vacates his dis
missal order.
And Mrs. Simmons had "an
open and shut case" against Pub
lie Service Transport and the
Texas Co., planets or no planets,
her lawyer said.
Her suits against the two COM
panies - for $4,000 each -
stemmed from head and arm in
juries she suffered in a trolley
truck collision in 1916.
Attorney Bernard Hughes
chosen by Mrs. Simmons because
he was born under a favorable
sign, said he got a settlement offer
from the companies last March.
But after consulting her horo-
scope. she turned down the offer
he added.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Snoqs Lewis Receives Term
+Of6-78 Months for Gambling
Took Blame, Conviction Was First, Judge Says
Two Co-Defendunts Get to Is Months

William (Snags) Lewis today
was sentenced in District Court
to serve from six to Is months
on a gambling conspiracy charge
to which he pleaded guilty Feb
ruary Is.
Judge James r. Kirkland also
sentenced two co-defendants of
Lewis to five to Is months in
prison. The two, John r. Mitchell
and George P. Scott, entered
guilty pleas to the conspiracy
along with Lewis several days
after their trial began.
Maximum penalty on the charge
is two years Imprisonment and
$4,000 fine.
In imposing sentence. Judge
Kirkland noted that Lewis had
mo prior criminal record" He
Evening star., 1951-03-02
"a Killed in Crash
OF DC-3 AirIiner in
Iowa Snow SquaII
Eight Survive in Landing
Accident. Mid Continent
Lines Second of Week
By the Associated Press

SIOUX CITY, Iowa. Mar. g.
"A DC-3 Mid-Continent Airlines
plane crashed and burned here
today and IA persons were re-
ported killed.
A Sioux City Journal reporter
said IA persons were killed. in
Guiding the pilot and co-pilot, and
that eight persons survived.
The north bound ship was COM
ing in for a landing when the
crash occurred about Oil am.
Witnesses said visibility was fair,
but sudden snow squall blotted
out the plane just before the
crash.
Second Crash Of Week.
It was Mid Continents second
crash this week. Last Tuesday,
20 passengers and the crew of
four walked away from one of its
airliners just before the craft was
enveloped in flames after crash
ing at Tulsa. Okla. Six of those
aboard the Houston-bound plane
were given hospital treatment but
none was injured critically.
In Kansas City, id-Continent
identified the crew members as
Capt. James Graham, Kansas
City, pilot; First Officer Philip K.
Toler. co-pilot. Mission, Kans..
and Miss Marilyn Woodbury.,
Kansas City. hostess. Also aboard
was another first officer, Ernest F.
Eilert of Overland Park, Kans.,
who was to be stationed here.
En- Route to Minneapolis.
The plane was en- route from
Kansas City to Minneapolis. 1t
was Flight Is leaving Kansas City
at 7:15 am. It had stopped at
Omaha about $40 am, and was
due in Minneapolis at 1857 pm.
Radio Station WCCO at Min
neapolis said a source at Sioux
City listed these as the survivors:
Evelyn Woodbury., Kansas City,
the stewardess, severely cut.
Ray Engel. Ipswich, S. OAK,
critically injured.
Mr.. Lutz, Tripp, S. Oak.
Mr.. Klam. Bismarck, N. Oak.
E. r. Curry, Kansas City.
Mr.. Roland. Jamestown, N. Oak.
MI. Habben, Raymond, S. Oak.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Senator vandenberg Fails
To Show Improvement
BY the Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Mar. 2
Senator Vandenberg, Repub-
lican, of Michigan, still has not
shown any improvement from the
setback he suffered earlier this
week.
His personal physician said to-
day that after a poor day" yes
terday, the Senator was slightly
more comfortable the last IL hours
but without any definite signs OF
improvement"
The relapse this week was the
second Michigan's senior Senator
has suffered since undergoing a
series of operations that began
in October, 1949.
He was hospitalized for several
weeks last December after the
first relapse but returned to mis-
home in January where he had
been reported recovering until
stricken Unexpectedly for the Sec
ond time.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Severance Of Links
To Liquor Interests
Pledged by Donohue
City Head Designate
Tells Of Writing Priests
In California Compoign
By Don S. Worren

F. Joseph Donohue told the
Senate District Committee today
that, if confirmed as 9 Commits
sioner, he would sit with the
Board of Commissioners in con-
sidering liquor licenses and re-
lated matters, but pledged that
he would always place duty above
any consideration for any former
liquor business client.
He was examined at length on
this question today and about his
service as counsel to Milton S
Kronheim. Washington liquor
wholesaler.
The Commissioner designate
praised Mr.. Kronheim as "a fine
gentleman" but gave the COM
mittee a promise that if con-
firmed, he and his law partner
would divest themselves of any
association with the liquor whole
saler.
The hearing adjourned shortly
after noon until 10 am. Tuesday
Admits Writing to Priests.
Senator We1ker, Republican, OF
Idaho, disclosed to the committee
that Mr.. Donohue. campaigning
last November for the election of
former Representative Helen Ga
hagan Douglas to the Senate, had
written letters to Catholic priests
in California urging support for
Mrs. Douglas. She was defeated
by Senator Nixon, Republican.
Mr.. Donohue agreed he had
signed such letters and explained
he was moved to do so because
(See DONOHUE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1951-03-02
u. 5. Considers Lease
Of 264-Apariment
Tower in Alexandra
Building One Of Three
In Luxury Development
Near Hunting Creek

The Government may take over
one of the three buildings of the
luxury Hunting Tower apartment
development in Alexandria on
Mount Vernon Memorial boule-
ward near Hunting Creek, it was
learned today.
Each of the three 8-story build
ings has 264 units, almost all of
which have a view of the river.
Two of the buildings are almost
entirely occupied. The third was
scheduled to begin to accept ten
ants April /. and more than 100
of its 264 units already have been
rented.
Lease Considered.
It is leasing of this building
which the Public Building Service
of the General Services Admins
tration is now considering to meet
defense swollen needs for addi-
tioral Office space.
A PBS spokesman said today
no decision has been made to lease
the building.
"We are looking over many
buildings and this is just one
among many" he said.
An early decision is expected,
however, since many families have
paid deposits and made arrange
ments to move in on April l.. In
some cases, they have, sold their
homes and in others have already
notified owners of their present
apartments that they intend to
vacate at the end of this month.
Early Decision Sought.
A spokesman said the Hunting
Tower management would press
for an early decision SO that
prospective tenants could be
notified in case the apartments
promised them would not be avail
able.
1--WE want to prevent hard feel
ings and inconvenience to the peo-
pie who have signed up for the
apartments and give them just
as much advance notice as we
can," he said. "All this came up
very suddenly"
Up to now, PBS has made def
mite arrangements to lease the
State House and the Boston
House, both on Massachusetts,
avenue NV, and Gelmarc Towers,
1880 Columbia road NV, PBS
Spokesman said,
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Heart Continues
Beating Six Hours
After Breath Stops
By the Associated Press

DAYTON, Ohio, Mar. 2.-Huey
Song, a 47-year-old Chinese
stopped breathing yesterday, but
his heart kept beating for six
hours until stopped by death, his
physicians said.
He was taken to Miami Valley
Hospital after stroke left him
unconscious. He never regained
consciousness, and he died c. q
cerebral hemorrhage.
For six hours we could detect
no sign of breathing or respira-
ton, yet his heart beat was OF
good quality and tone all the
time," the physicians said.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Senate investigators
DeIve Deeper Into
Butler Financing
JonkeI Is Called Back
To Testify Further on
Senatorial Campaign
By w. H. Shippen

Senate investigators probed
deep today into the tangled finan-
cial affairs of Senator Buffers
campaign headquarters in the
final, confused days before the
Senator's election in Maryland on
November Z.
Jon M. Jonkel, Mr.. Buffers
campaign manager and former
Chicago public relations counsel,
was back on the stand seeking
to account for s27,1 in contribu-
tions not reported to the cam
paign treasurer, Cornelius Mundy,
Baltimore attorney.
The witness said that a num-
ber of the checks, some amount
ing to $4,000, were brought to his
office by employees of Senator Nc
Carthy, Republican, of Wisconsin.
The public relations man, who
explained he was neither a book
keeper nor attorney. said he per-
sonally endorsed some of the
checks and cashed others to get
creditors "of my neck" when they
were threatening to cut off serv-
ices like printing and the distri-
button of campaign literature.
Recessed Until Tuesday.
The hearing was recessed until
Tuesday morning after investi-
gators inquired into the role
played in the Maryland cam
paign by Roscoe Conklin Sim
mons, colored, a political writer
for the Chicago Tribune.
Mr.. Jonkel said the use of the
writer and speaker was suggested
in a conversation with Mrs. Ruth
Mccormick Miller, editor of the
Times-Herald, which is owned by
the Chicago Tribune. The wit
ness explained he had hoped to
get some one from the Times
Herald who knew more about
politics than he did.
"We paid some of Mr.. Sim
mons expenses and may have
paid them ALL" the former Butler
campaign manager testified. 81
do not know if Mrs. Miller paid
Continued on Page Az, Col. A.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

POTOMAC POWER POTENTIAL
The experts find thot the Potomac
basin could be mode into major
source of electric power thot would poy
big dividends in terms. of industrial de-
veiopment. Another in the series on
findings of the Presidents Voter Re-
sources Policy Commission oppeors on
Poge A-o.
INVESTIGATING THE iNvESTl6A-
TORS-The whole matter Of CopitoI
probes is about to be Investigated by
two congressional subeommittees. This
ultimate result Of q growing legislative
technique is discussed on Pose Az.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

said that Lewis had taken the
blame in the case.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay has characterized
Lewis as the biggest numbers
man in Washington"
Judge Kirkland said Mitchell
has a criminal record, including
possession of numbers slips and
unlawful liquor. Judge kirkland
said there had been one prior
criminal case against Scott.
Probation Office records show
Lewis elected to forfeit collateral
three times on disorderly conduct
charges without going to court.
Records listed Mitchell as hav-
ing been fined twice for possession
(Cee IFWTS PAGE A-2l
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Place Classified Ads
For Sunday Star Now
To Avoid Late Rush

Don't wait until the z pm. Saturday
deodline to pIoee your classified I'D in
The Sunday Stor.
An efficient staff Of telephone cd
tokers is on duty until 9 pm. tonight.
Just phone Sterling 5000 for courteous
service. You moy oIso leave your cd
at any one of The Stars 81 wont I'D
broneh offices located all over the
Metropolitan Washington oreo for your
convenience. You moy also place your
classified od in person at the business
counter in The Stor lobby which is
open tonight until $50.
The Stor carries more classified ods
thon the three other Washington
popers combined. When you wont to
buy. trode or sell, use Woshinston's
Number Classified Medium T.. The
Evening and Sunday Stor.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

'>oH- -HciSHsS N9SHSy moHPuWcf Neeueu
to Fill Defense Jobs, soys Romspeck.
Poee B-l
Senator has tied up Senate debate
on the draft issue. In a speech
prepared for delivery today. Sena-
tor Cain asked:
How impractical and how un-
realistic can we become in our
efforts to sugar-coat this bill-to
evade the issues?"
House Hearings Near End.
The House Armed Services
Committee. meanwhile, neared an
end to extensive hearings on it's
own draft bill. which would re-
duce the induction age only to
1872.
Testifying today on armed
forces ROTC programs, Army Of
ficials told the House committee
that 1890 ROTC graduates will
begin active duty in the Army
next June. In addition, they dis
closed, about 1000 men will be
Iput through officer candidate
schools during the next fiscal
year to increase the supply of
officers.
Plans for substantial ROTC ex-
pansion drew the criticism from
Chairman Vinson, Democrat of
Georgia, that more emphasis
should be put on the OCS pro-
gram.
II don't want the ROTC pro-
gram to be developed to such a
point that too many men who
are fortunate enough to go to
college can escape their obligation
serve for four long years. he
declared.
Need for Reserve Stressed.
The Army officials replied that,
in the absence of all-out mobili-
zation. the need is for a reserve
pool of trained officers, rather
than tremendous numbers of men
(See DRAFT, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1951-03-02
By the Associated Press

NEWARK, N. j., Mar. 2.-Her
stars weren't where they should
have been yesterday and neither
was Mrs. Charlotte Simmons.
Mrs. Simmons, a firm believer
in the signs of the Zodiac, didn't
like the way the stars were set up
so she strolled out of court rather
than start her $4,000 damage
suit.
Judge Daniel j. Brennan,
startled but no star gazer, couldn' t
see adjourning the case until the
planets got back on the beam SO
he tossed out the suit for failure
Of the plaintiff to prosecute"
Since time has run out under
the statute of limitations, the At
year-old East Orange woman can
Evening star., 1951-03-02

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Chairman Fulbright, he denied
other testimony that he ever
boasted of having RFC Directors
William e. Willett and Walter L.
Dunham "in his hip pocket He
denied also that he ever claimed
he was "close" to Mr.. Willett OF
that Mr.. Willett several times con-
suited him on Lustron matters.
Senator Fulbright turned to the
official reporter and instructed
him to note in the record that a
quorum of the subcommittee was
present.
The accusations that Mr.. Ros-
enbaum mentioned RFC directors
were made by Roy Fruehauf,
president of a company that pro-
vided trailers to transport Lustron
prefabricated houses. Mr.. Frue-
hauf's testimony was substantially
upheld in a sworn statement sent
to the subcommittee by Howard
E. Buhsey of Chicago. represen-
tative of Lustron stockholders.
Meeting Held Last Year.
Both statements referred to a
meeting in the Wardman Park
Hotel here in February of last
year. Mr.. Fruehauf testified that
Rosenbaum said he could save
Lustron through his friends at
RFC, Dunham and Willett, who
were in his hip pocket"
Mr.. Fruehauf added that Mr..
Rosenbaum, in letter to James
Gottleib. president of the Com
mercial Home Equipment Corp,
asked the Fruehauf concern for a
$4,000 fee plus a $4,000 future
payment, to work out plan that
would safeguard the company's
interests in the financial success
of Lustron.
After Mr.. Fruehauf testified
that his company rejected the Of
fer, Mr.. Rosenbaum took the stand
and disclosed that the Commercial
Home Equipment Corp. accepted
somewhat similar fee arrange
ment.
Tells of Arrangement.
He told how $4,000 check was
delivered to his Office by COM
pany official early in February.
1850, but was taken back almost
Immediately. It was returned,
however, on February %, and he
was notified that the retainer ar
rangement was still in effect with
the Commercial Home Equipment
Corp.
Under that arrangement, he ex-
planned, he was to have the
$4,000 as an immediate payment
and another $4,000 if matters
worked out to the satisfaction of
the company. There also was a
provisional arrangement for pos
sible fee of $25.000 year for each
of the two years thereafter, Mr..
Rosenbaum said.
The attorney denied that the
acceptance of the fee implied that
he was to exert improper inf1u-
(See RFC, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-03-02

east-central front. Korean Reds
wearing South Korean uniforms
knitted inside American positions
and fought the Doughboys hand
to-hand
Tank-led Marines of the 1st Di-
vision drove into Hoengsong un-
opposed after smashing Chinese
Reds in a two-day battle on dom
mating ridges nearby. Infantry
men followed the LeatherneckS.
Hoengsong, so air miles east of
Seoul, is in the middle of the
mountainous central front.
On the western front, United
States patrols in rubber boats
slipped across the Han River and
probed at Communist defenses
of Seoul, the burned-out former
Korean republic capital.
On the east-central front,
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Bulletin
Another Basketball Arrest

NEW YORK (P.-Louis Lipp-
mann, 26, top scorer on Long
Island University's 1948-49 bas-
ketball team, was arrested today,
after being brought here from
Florida, and was charged with
accepting a bribe. Lippmann,
18th player or former player in
v0lved in the mushrOOming
scandal, was accused of having
helped fix the outcome of q
game between LIU and Du-
quesne on January /, 1949.
Earlier Story on Page C-l
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Warehouse Fire
Fe|Is 35Firenlen.
AT Woodward's
Pockine Materials
At Storage Plant
Pour Out Smoke

Thirty-five firemen were over
come by smoke and gas today as
they fought stubborn fire in the
basement of Woodward & 10th
rop's warehouse at First and M
streets NE.
Most of the flremen were given
first aid and returned to duty, but
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Gen. Mark Clark Vacations

NASSAU, Bahamas, Mar. 2 (P).
Gen. Mark Clark, chief of
United States field formes, ar
rived by clipper yesterday for a
To-day rest. The general, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter,
Patricia Ann, recently returned
from a flying visit to the Korean
war area and Japan.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Cain Attacks Morse
On Draft 'Sugar-Coat,
Urges Speed on Bill
Demands EorIy Action
On Measure to Lower
Age Minimum to l8
ETIN
BULLETIN

Senate Majority Leader Nc
Farland today got an agreement
to begin Senate debate at 2
pm. Monday on a proposal by
Senator Morse. Republican. of
Oregon. to reduce the draft in
duction age to 1872. The bill
before the Senate would allow
induction at 18.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Army TO Retain Hold
On Terminal al Norfolk
BY the Associated Press

The Norfolk Port Authority
need not hope to lease the Army
terminal at Norfolk from the Mar
thine Administration any time
soon.
Because of the national emer-
gency, an Administration spokes-
man said here, it is presently
impossible" to turn over the
terminal now.