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Evening star., 1951-08-19
rCrusode1 Officials Confident
BoIIoonMessogesReochC Czechs

sponsored the balloon barrage are
confident 1t is hitting its target.
A Czech delegate in a United
Nations Economic and Social
Council meeting in Geneva al
ready has complained about the
barrage-calling it new proof"
Iof subversive United States ac-
! tivitieS.
The Czech government so far
has carefully ignored the barrage.
Crusade officials say the balloon
idea was first proposed by refugee
anti-NaziS as a means of pene-
trating censor sealed Germany
during the war. But it was not
used against Germany.
When the Iron Curtain was
lowered across Central Europe, the
idea was revived by such persons
as DIR. Robert A. Millikan. the
physicist. and Drew Pearson,
columnist and member of the
crusade's advisory council.
The Crusade, private or
ganization financed by popular
subscription which installed the
freedom bell in Berlin and oper-
ates Radio Free Europe, empha-
sizes that the barrage is not an
Official Government protect.
Evening star., 1951-08-19
By the As,oeie'.d Press

MUNICH, Germany, Aug. 49,
The newest way of getting an idea
over the Iron Curtain is by bal
loon.
The American Crusaders for
Freedom" launched an air-bofne
propaganda attack last Monday
with Czechoslovakia as the target
Since then $500, 900 messages OF
hope and friendship" from the
Western world have been blown
into Czechoslovakia by what the
crusaders call the winds of free
dom.
The messages were delivered by
5000 balloons sent up from points
in Western Germany near the
Czech border into winds blowing
eastward across the Iron Curtain
"A new wind is blowing" say
the messages. "A new hope /:
stirring. Friends of freedom have
found new way to reach you"
On the back of the four-by six.
inch waterproof messages are the
frequencies and broadcast sched.
uleS Of Western radio station.
beamed at Czechoslovekia.
Officials Of the Crusade fol
Freedom" organization which
Evening star., 1951-08-19
High Winds and Rain
Ease Texas Heat Wave
By the Asseeiated Pres.

DALLAS, Aug. 18.-Scattered,
cooling rains struck in Texas late
today as far inland from the coast
as Fort Worth and Dallas.
High winds with a heavy rain
at Waco, in central Texas, lit
tered streets with trees and limbs
ripped off some warehouse roofs
broke plate glass windows and
knocked power out in parts of the
city for a time.
A hard rain and wind which
caused some damage hit Corsi-
cana. A welcome shower drummeo
in Dallas. Showers fell again or
the upper coast, and a few were
noted in the Abilene area.
It all added up, said a United
States Weather Bureau observer
to an indication the tenacious
heat wave plaguing Texas may
ease, at least temporarily. Tht
heat wave had caused two more
deaths, bringing the total to "a
Evening star., 1951-08-19
78-Month-OId Boy
Run Over by Train;
Expected to Live
By the Asseeioted Press

GARDENA, Calf, Aug. 18.-An
18-months-old boy was run over
by a freight train today, and
doctors say he will live.
Sheriff'S deputies said the
youngster, Donald Stages, walked
or crawled about q half a block
from his home to the Santa Fe
tracks. Then he lay down be-
tween the rails and feel asleep.
A 20-car freight came rumbling
slowly along. The engineer, Hugh
Donahue, saw the child he said,
but it was too late to stop the
train.
BY the time the freight halted,
the locomotive and seven cars
had passed over Donald.
Physicians at Harbor General
Hospital said the boy has a
possible fractured skull, frac-
tured leg, and probable internal
injuries. But, they added with
some awe, his condition is fairly
good"
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Shooting
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colored, and Mrs. Victoria Poole,
"a, a Filipino, had put them to
bed in a back room on the upper
floor Tuesday night and left a
night light burning.
Mrs. Poole heard one of them
cry out about 4 am. Wednesday
and wakened her husband. They
then heard somebody walking in
the children's room and Mr.. Poole
found the door to their bedroom
locked from the outside.
The father let himself drop to
the ground through a second
story window, and re-entered the
house through a window on the
ground floor. BY the time he
reached the boys room the prowl.
er had escaped.
The light had been turned out
Mr.. Poole said, and the children
were moaning in their beds. In.
spector Murray said the prowlel
probably had been recognized BY
the children, and that he prob.
ably attacked them to avoid de.
lection.
/ The frantic father tried to carr,
both boys to nearby Freedmen
Hospital, but a neighbor realizet
his plight and called an ambu
lance The boys died at Chill
dren's Hospital two hours later.
Mr.. Poole identified the tele
vision set, and police said tn
serial numbers, checked at tn
store where it was purchased
identified the set as Mr.. Poole
property.
/ In Fletcher's room was sewers
hundred dollars worth of othe
goods stolen from the neighbor
hood, police said. The loot In
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Progressives' Leaders
Delay Decision on
Candidates for 1852
BY the A.soeiated Pre.s

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 18.-Pro-
gressive Party leaders indicated
today they would take a wait
and see" approach to Presidential
candidates in 1852.
AS the first session of a national
committee meeting ended. a
spokesman said no one had been
put forth as a Progressive Party
ticket leader next fall.
"We haven't decided yet; we
may support an independent can
didate If one should appear-just
so he is dedicated to peace and
security" C. B. Baldwin, New
York. national secretary and cam
paign manager, said.
There was no apparent move tt
WOO Henry Wallace, 1948 Pro.
greSsive candidate for president
back into the party. Mr.. Wallace
split with the Progressives wher
other party leaders opposed Uni.
ted States action in Korea.
Mr.. Baldwin said a committet
would be named either today o.
tomorrow to meet at a future
date and decide time and site o.
the Progressive Party's nationa
convention next year.
Mr.. Baldwin said about @
States are represented at the ses
sions, which are closed. However
only three of the six national Of
f1cers are present. They are be
sides Mr.. Baldwin, Elmer A. Ben
son, chairman. and Hugh Bryson
one of two vice chairmen. Absen
are Paul Robson, co-chairman
Sonora B. Lawson, the other vic,
chairman. and Boris r. Steinberg
treasurer.
Two youths who identified them
selves as members of the Anti
Communist League began parad
ing before the CIO hall, site of tn,
rally. They carried banners say
ing Pro-Communists meetin
here. Stay away" Police pa
| trolled the area,
Evening star., 1951-08-19
u. S. Experts in Spoin
For Loon Discussions
BY the Assoeia,sd Press

MADRID, Spain, Aug. ia
two-man commission from the
United States Export-Import Bank
arrived here by plane today to dis
cuss with Spanish officials possi-
bilities of an American loan.
The two financial experts. John
Fitch and Raymond JoSes, will
visit leading cities In a study Of
Spain's economic and industrial
needs.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
in talks with the late Admira
Forrest P. Sherman stressed thai
Spain wanted substantial eeono'
mic and military aid as the price
for American use of Spanish sea
and air bases.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

mr. "Acpiutuos
ing Jones in the third and final
heat, came in with an 189.405
average. :
Those five, plus Bob Downey of
Whittier, Calf. who placed Sec
ond to Sorensen in the second
heat with 187.169, qualified for the
finals.
Mock Defense" Mission.
AS final touch to the days
activities, four F-86 Sabres flashed
from Chicago to Detroit in a mock
mission to protect" Detroit from
theoretical attack.
The jets. led by Capt. Omar j,
Reichman, 81, of Sherman, Tex,
veteran of 116 Korean air mis-
sions, took only 20 minutes and
55.2 seconds to fly from Chicago
They covered the approximately
240 miles here from O'Hara air.
port at an average speed OF
617.189 m. phi.
In another feature of the
big air festival, Corpl. George
Weckerle, %, of Fort Lee, Va, won
the national parachute jumping
chamnionShin
Evening star., 1951-08-19
Lundreth Renominuted
For Third Senute Term
By The Associoied Press

HILLSVILLE, Va, Aug. 18.-S
Floyd Landreth was renominated
without opposition today for his
third term in the State Senate at
"a 14th Senatorial District Repub-
lican convention.
The district covers Carol, Gray
son and Floyd counties in South
west Virginia.
Evening star., 1951-08-19

cluded radio, electric toaSter,
chest Of drawers. bureau, bicycle
and q quantity Of toys.
Washington police said last night
that Fletcher had been committed
to the State Hospital at Crowns
vile, Md, January IA, 1948. from
the Maryland State Penitentiary,
where he had been serving 10
years for burglary and assault on
a policeman. He escaped last
September 8 from Brownsville.
Inquests will be held tomorrow
at the District Morgue into all
three deaths.
Inspector Murray praised the
detectives for excellent police
work." and said they would be
promoted as soon as vacancies
occur in higher ranks. The two
probationary detectives had beer
advanced from the rank of pri-
Yates only a few days ago.
Neighbors said Fletcher livec
pretty much to himself. He wa:
known in the vicinity by severa
names,
Evening star., 1951-08-19
ArsenuEto Hire 1.800

ST. PAUL, Mimi. Aug. 18 (P1.-
Twin cities arsenal at New
Brighton will hire 1900 more
workers and go on 24-hour basis
to produce small arms ammuni-
tion. Charles l.. Horn, president
of Federal Cartridge Corp. which
operates the arsenal said the
plant will be operating on a three
shift. 48-hour week basis,
Evening star., 1951-08-19

GOLF CLuBSj In ne, week ago. To tdenti-
itys eau LA. 6-o035.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02

HAPPY QUEEN-Pretty Mary
Corder of 1852 South Columbus
street, Arlington, is the queen
of Washington's 1851 Home
Show at the Armory. AS such,
she received a $1O0 Defense
Bond yesterday from Alvin
AubinOe, president of the
Washington Association Of
Home Builders.
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Baby, Born After Mother
Dies, Lives ior 11Hours
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, April 2.-An I'M
named baby girl, born 10 minutes
after her mother died from in
iuries in an automobile crash,
chung to life for more than IL
hours before dying yesterday.
A doctor at South Baltimore
General Hospital, where the baby
was delivered in an emergency
operation Saturday night, said the
infant could not overcome serious
brain damage caused by the cut
off of oxygen for 20 to 80 minutes
before her birth. It was three
weeks premature.
The mother, Mrs. Alice Lepore.
|of near Ferndale, Md, died al
most Immediately after her ar
rival at the hospital. The 49,
year-old woman was pinned under
her husbands car after 1t col
|lided with another auto in Bal
|timore. The husband suffered
only minor injuries.
The driver of the other car
identified by police as Kenneth
Rudolph of Baltimore. has been
charged with drunken driving
speeding, failing TO yield right oil
way at an intersection and caus-
ing Mrs. Lepore's death. He was
mot injured.
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Alabama Student Slain;
|GI-BiII Roommate Held
BY the Assoeiaied Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala, April a.
The pistol Staying OF a 27-year old
GI-bill freshman student by his
roommate and close friend today
stunned University of Alabama
faculty and students.
James L. Colvin, "a, son Of a
prosperous Talladega hardware
merchant, was charged with mur-
der of Luther Jerome Veazey, 81,
lof Greenville. Miss.
Mr.. Veazey, a veteran Of eight
years in the Navy, was shot four
times yesterday afternoon In front
Iof their apartment near the uni
Iversity campus.
Colvin, a Marine veteran and a
senior. told Circuit Solicitor Mon
roe Ward the killing cliinaxed a
bitter argument.
They met later near the apart
ment. Colvir1 said Mr.. Veazey
came at him, with a knife. He
told Mr.. Ward he fired the first
shot low. trying to scare Mr..
Veazey off.
Mr.. Veazey was struck by four
lsteel-jacketed bullets from rs
caliber automatic pistol. Coroner
r. NJ. Wallace said three slugs
entered his left side and one broke
his right arm.
The coroner said a table knife
land penknife were found on the
dead man. An inquest will be held
| today.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02

plants from week to week as they
appear at the Kenilworth Aquatic
Gardens.
Meanwhile, atomic scientists In
Chicago informed Supt. Edward
j. Kelly it would be impossible for
them to determine the near age
of the two lotus seeds by nuclear
tests. as he had hoped. Mr.. Kelly
had read in a scientific journal
that the Institute for Nuclear
Studies at the University of Chi
cago has been successful in meas
uring many organic materials
for age.
Park officials don't doubt that
the lotus seeds approach the
$4,000 years vouched for them by
DR.. Ralph CLANCY, University of
paleontologist - but they would
like a definite test.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02

The gadget manufacturers are
still making things easy for Ma.
They now have 1t fixed so she
can eye the stranger at the door
through a built-in telescope, /"
turn on every light in the house
with a sweep of her hand and feed
the cat with an alarm clock.
But what Ma probably has her
eye on at the Home Show at the
Armory was the still-unavailable,
console-type refrigerator in which
every drawer is a different tenn
perature zone and the deep freeze
is built In.
A record breaking crowd of
1880 persons toured the Home
Show exhibits yesterday. The
previous top was about IL 900 dur
ing the 1947 exhibits, officials
said.
Head man in the gadget- show
ing, performed three time daily is
38-year-old Joseph H. Schultz,
president of the New Products In
stitute of America and chairman
of the National Association of
Home Builders new products COM
mittee.
With the aid of three winsome
maids, Mr.. Schultz shows some
of the newer handy developments
of today and some not even on
the market yet.
The dollar-sized telescope" built
into the door product of a DAN
isl1 inventor allows the housewife
to size up a stranger at the door
without opening it. 1t gives a
full-length view and from the out
side appears to be a mirror. It's
$4.95.
The remote light sys-
tenn requires merely a touch to
bring the light and a sweep of
the hand across the master con-
troll, which may be placed Id one
or more rooms, will snap on every
light in the house.
The alarm clock pet feeder
slips open a drawer full of food
when the alarm rings. It isn't
exactly new, but. as Mr.. Schultz
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sc, OO-Yeor-OId Lotus Seeds
Now Growing Water Pads Here

Washington'S pair of $4,000
year-old Manchurian lotus seeds,
which sprouted successfully nearly
a month ago, are growing water
pads just like any 1851 variety.
The first water leaf which ap-
peared on March 18-resembling a
tiny round frying pan-now meas
ures about three inches across. It
could support coin easily.
Park officials were surprised and
disappointed to learn that a fun
gus infection had killed one of
the same group of lotus seeds at
the University Of California.
Both lotus plants here appear
to be t1ourishingly healthy in con-
trast," said T. Sutton Jet, admin
istrative assistant at National
Capital Parks. He keeps a "log"
giving the dimensions of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
vitamin b. Found Helpful
As Cancer Poison Check
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON. April a. Chemists
believe that the vitamin BE-
ribofavin, which comes in num-
Der of foods, can check poisons
which cause cancer.
But once cancer has started
to grow the vitamin cannot effect
q cure, they explain.
The ribof1avin report was made
public yesterday on the eve OF
the 10th national meeting of the
American Chemical Society by
Prof. James B. Allison and Arthur
w. Vase, research assistant, OF
Rutgers University.
BE- occurs in milk, egg yolk
liver and other foods and the
Rutgers scientists said it renders
harmless certain carcinogens-
cancer-causing agents.
Prof. Allison and Mr.. Vase
experimental with rats over q
three-year period and said they
found that while carcinogen re-
tarded the growth of young rats
an excess of vitamin BE- in the
diet enabled return to norma,
growth. s.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
NLRB Changes Policy
On EmpIoye Elections
In Building Industry

The National Labor Relations
Board has taken on a brand new
set of responsibilities by ordering
employee elections in the building
industry.
In two unanimous decisions, the
NLRB, for the first time In its 16-
year history. yesterday ordered an
election among az companies in
the plumbing contractors asso-,
citation of Baltimore and union
shop. poll among plumbers en-
ployed by five companies in the
plumbing contractors association
of Clean, N. Y.
8 AL Unions Protest.
Eight AFL unions-all in the
ALL building and construction
trades department - protested.
They argued that NLRB will be
Inundated" by similar election
requests in the future. They also
commended the action will upset
the joint board set up in the in
dustry for handling the jurisdic-
tional disputes which always have
plagued the construction business.
The NLRB, however, asserted
that nothing in its decisions would
prevent voluntary compliance with
the joint boards decisions.
BY its action the NLRB moved
into an industry employing 2
million workers. The uneven ma
ture of employment in those
trades had prompted the board
until now to keep hands off in
employe elections. u
Taft Hartley Act Cited.
If the result of yesterdays two
unanimous decisions is to loose a
food of election petitions in the
thousands of construction jobs
across the country, the board said
It will go to Congress and ask for
more money. The five board
members said that Congress
clearly wanted the board to as
sumo full jurisdiction over the
industry when 1t passed the Taft
Hartley Act in 194E.
During the IL years the board
operated under the Wagner Act
the board said it customarily did
not assert jurisdiction over the
construction industry, which
might be considered to be COL
lection of individual jobs not in
volving interstate commerce.
Even under the Taft Hartley
Act former general counsel Rob-
ert N. Denham argued that the
boards election machinery could
not handle the burden and it was
unrealistic to assume active con-
troll. The board gradually took
jurisdiction, however. and the
present general counsel, George
j. Bott, concurred in the board 81
stand.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
Reuther Urges Board
To Head Defense Drive
BY the As.oeiosed Press


Walter P. Reuther, president of
the CLIO United Auto Workers, said
today that unions ARE not willing
Ito have our wages frozen while
Everything else is going sky high -
He proposed that policy making
questions arising IN the Nation S
defense mobilization program be
taken out of the hands Of Charles
IL. Wilson and lodged instead in a
board of about IL men represent
ing industry, labor. farmers and
the public.
mo one superman in America
lis capable Of meeting the complex
problems involved in this mobili-
cation program" Mr.. Reuther said
i'm a copyrighted interview with
the magazine U. S. News and
World Report.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
Peron Union ThrotfIes
Another Newspaper
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, April Zone
Of the few remaining independent
newspapers in Argentina, La Voz
del Interior of Cordoba, was
forced by the News Vendors
Union to stop publication yester-
day.
The vendors launched boy
colt of the paper March Is, de-
manding exclusive rights to its
distribution La Voz del Interior
continued to publish a few copies
for sale to customers who called
at its. Office.
Even this had to be halted, the
publishers said, because the pick
citing news vendors attacked per-
sons leaving the Office with copies
Of the newspaper.
The unions tactics were similar
to those it used against La
Prensa,. the big independent
Buenos Aires paper which later
was seized by a congressional
committee.
La Voz del Interiors manage
ment3announced 10 days after the
boycott was started that it would
accept any decision by govern
ment mediators to end the dispute
with the news vendors. But pro-
v1ncial labor minister, Pablo
Lopez, has made no move toward
o settlement.
BRUSSELS, Belgium, April
P)-The Belgium General Press
Association protested yesterday
President Juan Peron'S action
against La Prensa.
A motion voted unanimously al
the associations annual genera
assembly criticized the use of "po.
lice-ike measures and commercial
boycott to prevent free expression
OF thought through the press"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
|Fiqht on Dues Boost
Ito Cause Fireworks
|At JAW Convention
BY the Assoeiaied Press

CLEVELAND. April IA dues
boost proposal certain to produce
fireworks reminiscent Of past
union battles hits the CIO-U United
Auto Workers convention floor to-
day.
Walter Reuther, JAW president
with virtually no opposition on all
other issues, confidently predicted
approval Of his move to raise JAW
dues from $1.50 to $3.50 a month.
But anti Reuther leaders, as
|sured of support from some right
wing and middle of -the-road ele-
ments, were mobilizing their
strength for a showdown battle
on this ticklish issue.
The dues proposal was slated
to follow an address by CLIO Presi-
ident Philip Murray.
Plan Strike Fund.
Most of the proposed 81 in
crease is needed to offset the eff
fects Of imitation on the opera
ton of the union. according to
Mr.. Reuther. But he has said the
JAW plans to build up a SIS mil
lion strike fund by 1855 If the
boost goes through. Part of the
increase also would be used as
ia citizenship fund" to support
campaigns to register voters, get
them to the polls and the like.
In his presidential address
Opening the convention yester-
day, Mr.. Reuther ripped into the
Governments mobilization pro-
gram with a fury he hadn't be-
fore shown on the subject.
There has been a complete dis
regard of basic responsibility in
Washington and in the councils of
industry" said the fiery labor
leader. Then he shouted:
II think it would be tragic, dan
gerous and unrealistic-it would
be a disservice to the war effort
If organized labor in this period
of profiteering and runaway prices
would even remotely think Of CIV
ing a no-strike pledge"
7. No Tail to o Kite.
Making no bones Of his disgust
with the mobilization program,
he proposed that leaders of all
the major labor organizations hold
a conference before next years
political conventions. This, he
said, would give them a chance
to look at the score" of both
the Republican and Democratic
Parties.
Mr.. Reuther said labor leaders
should make it plain that I'VE
won't be the tail of any political
party's kite"
Emil Macy, as secretary-treas-
urer, the JAWS second highest
officer, demanded that President
Truman fire Defense Mobilizer
Charles E. Wilson. He said Mr..
Truman had made only "a very
feeble effort" to put across his
Fair Deal" program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02
Vests Deputies Consider
New Agendo Proposals
By the Associated Press

PARIS, April 2.-The three West
ern powers deputies were reported
on good authority today to be con-
sidering a new proposal for an
agenda for a foreign ministers
meeting.
It will be in the form of a re-
draft of earlier subjects which the
United States, France and Britain
had submitted to the Soviet dele
gate, Deputy Foreign Minister An
|drei Gromyko.
If the three nations work out
their re-draft. it may be proposed
today when the four delegations
meet at Paris Rose Palace.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-04-02

points out. it prevents pet gorging.
One of the newest devices in
production is the radar lock. which
operates on the electric eye prin-
ciple. Instead of a key. card is
slipped into slot. AS key notches
fit tumblers in locks, so do the
individual and invisible markings
in the card fit as the light filters
through. The advantageous
card can replace keys to the Office,
the car. the garage. the town
house and the country place.