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Evening star., 1951-12-26
Former Maid Testifies
She Feared Beatings
|By TaIIuIah Bankhead
BY the Assoeiosed Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.-Tallulah
Bankhead's former maid-secretary
testified at her check k-raising trial
today that she was afraid Of beat
ings by the actress.
The defense has claimed that
the ex-maid, Mrs. Evyleen Cronin,
Stunned asking Miss Bankhead
for money for fear of arousing her
ire. and therefore raised the
checks to pay incidental ex-
penses."
The trial of Mrs. Cronin, &C
cused Of forgery and grand lar
ceny, resumed after Christmas
recess.
Accusations Repeated.
Prosecution objections cut short
the testimony about alleged beat
ings. which came as Mrs. Cronin
was concluding her testimony.
She repeated her accusations
that she had bought cocaine,
marijuana, among many other
items. out of her own salary for
Miss Bankhead and had raised
the checks to reimburse herself.
There was a possibility that
Miss Bankhead may be recalled to
the stand to answer the accusa-
tions. Assistant District Attorney
jerome Kidder said he had not
made up my mind" about it.
Says She Was Afraid.
One question put by Defense
Attorney Fred G. Moritt was
whether Mrs. Cronin was afraid
/ Of being beaten by Miss Bank
head.
II certainly was" she said.
Previously, she had testified
that she was beaten once when
she sought to discuss financial
laffairs with the actress, and so
thereafter never discussed them
again.
The 59-year-old Mrs. Cronin,
an ex-vaudeville dancer, said
that besides rparijuana and CO.
caine. she bought items such as
bobby pins, crab meat, beer,
brandy, sardines. birds, birdcages
and slacks for the actress.
| 81 Was Like a Mother"
Asked if Miss Bankhead ac-
cepted the articles. Mrs. Cronin
said, "Oh, yes. from A to T."
you swear to that?" asked Mr..
IMoritt.
Il swear to that" she said. Il
used to even pray for her. was
like mother"
Mrs. Cronin denied she took
anything for herself out of the
proceeds of the raised checks.
The State alleges she stole about
$4,000 by raising the sums on
checks Miss Bankhead wrote and
turned over to her.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

GLASGOW. Scotland. Dec. 90
The Mayor of Glasgow, Sir Victor
Warren, stalked grimly into a
downtown square at high noon to-
day looking for a fist fight.
The object of his wrath was an
unknown traducer who painted
traitor" on his house last night
in red letters a foot high.
The Mayor, confronted by the
dripping epithet when he returned
from a Christmas party at mid
night, vowed:
IF the little coward who did
this will meet me at the Cenotaph
at II o'clock tomorrow with his
pot of paint I'll wrap it round his
neck"
The word spread swiftly through
Glasgow. A crowd of several hun
dred lined George square when
the clock struck noon. Sir Victor,
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Reds Seek Landlords,
Hiding in Foctory Jobs
By the Associosed Pres,

HONG KONG, Dec. 26.-Some
landlords apparently have infil-
Itrated Canton factories posing as
workers.
Chinese Communist labor au-
thorities are making a loyalty
check of all factory workers In the
South China city. said the inde-
pendent newspaper Wah Kiu Yat
Pc. to weed out numerous oppor-
tunists. blacklegs. labor contrac-
tors. landlords, local despots and
bandits" who have "infiltrated into
factories posing as workers"
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Peace Declaration
by Cuba and
Dominican Republic
BY the Associaied Press

Cuba and the Dominican Re
public last night signed declara.
ton aimed at setting at rest out,
standing difficulties and estab.
Fishing friendly relations between
the two countries.
The declaration was signee
shortly after official word was re.
Iceived here that President Rafae
|Trujillo had pardoned five Cubar
|seamen imprisoned in the Domini.
can Republic after the motor yes.
lsel Quetzal was captured in thu
Caribbean July 20.
The declaration was signed witt
the Inter-American Peace Com.
|mittee. which mediated the dis.
|pute which had brought tension tt
the Caribbean area.
Terms of Settlement.
1t provided that the two coun.
tries would abide by inter-Ameri.
can accords, maintain norma
diplomatic relations, and avoic
any hostile propaganda against
each other.
The crew of the Quetzal was
sentenced to 20 years imprison-
ment after the July incident
They were charged with con-
spiracy against the Dominican
Republic. The five Cubans were
in the crew Cuba demanded
their release and charged the
Dominicans with piracy on the
high seas and abduction.
The peace committee convened
at 10:45 pm. more than six hours
after it was first scheduled to
meet.
Waited Official Notification.
Gonzales Guell, Cuban Ambas-
sador, had refused to put his sig
nature to the declaration until he
was officially advised that his Ma
tionals had been released in Gu
dad Trujillo. After that. Mexican
Ambassador Quintanilla, acting
of the Peace Committee,
got the other three members of
his committee, who had gone
home but remained close to their
telephones, to the Pan-American
Union Building, where they met
the Cuban and Dominican repre-
sentatives.
The Quetzal controversy was
the latest in string of incidents
that in the last few years steadily
Worsened relations between Cuba
and the Dominican Republic. The
Republic has charged that Cubans
have assisted Dominican exiles
from the Trujillo regime in at
tempts to overthrow the gen.
eraliSsimo.
Cuba had threatened to take
the Quetzal dispute to the United
Nations Security Council.
Evening star., 1951-12-26

I said. Boys. you are life savers
Give me a drink of water
Mr.. Sanders was found Mon.
day, more than 2 miles from the
shaft of the 550-foot- deep mine.
Just before he lost conscious.
ness, he related, he wrote a fare.
well note on an old cough dror
box to his wife and two children
A nurse found the note in cover
alls yesterday.
It read: May the good Lord
bless and keep you, dear wife, ano
kids. Meet me in Heaven. Your
husband dad. Cecil"
Evening star., 1951-12-26
An Eve for Comfort

MANILA, Dec. 26 (P.-This
burglar had an eye for comfort
or no eye at all. Police said he
broke into a store in Cebu City
Christmas Day. disregarded fooc
and cigarette stocks, but took one
old bed and one glass eye.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
36 investigators Probe
Mine Disaster; Lewis
Is5iIent on Stoppage
BY the Associated Press

WEST FRANKFORT, ILL.,, Dec
26.-An investigation to deter
mine what caused the Nations
worst mine disaster in % years
began today deep in the wrecked
workings of Orient Mine No. 2.
Thirty-Six investigators, headed
by John L. Lewis. United Mine
Workers president; Jack Forbes,
head of the United States Bureau
of Mines, and Walter Eadie, Illi-
nois Mine Department director,
descended into the mine this
morning.
Mr.. Lewis would not confirm or
deny speculation the Nations S
miners may stage work stoppage
as memorial to the 119 miners
who died in the West Frankfort
explosion Friday night.
Today's investigation was con-
Quoted Jointly by union, Federal,
State and company officials. The
investigators planned to remain
underground for possibly eight
hours. walking through the debris
strewn workings which extended
for miles some 500 to 500 feet be-
low the surface.
Won't Telephone Findings.
Mr.. Forbes said the investi-
gators would not telephone any
of their findings to officials at
the surface. There was no word
on when the investigators might
make their first reports on what
they find.
The company investigators were
headed by John r. Foster, mine !
superintendent, and Harry Tred-
we'll of Chicago, a vice president |
of the Chicago. Wilmington and
Franklin Coal Co.
AS to the reports the miners
might go off the job around jan
uary in a memorial work stop |
page, Mr.. Lewis told newsmen:
Go to the people who said it. |
] didn't say it.
Il have no comment one way
or another" he said. Il will
neither confirm nor deny any
rumorS."
The UNIV contract permits
memorial periods" work stop
pages of up to Ave days a year
for mine disaster victims. Specu-
lation growing daily in mining |
circles is that Mr.. Lewis may call
a memorial work delay around
New Years Day This would CO.
incide with the threatened steel
strike.
One Man Found Alive.
One miner, Cecil Sanders, was
taken alive from the blasted tun-
nels after virtually all hope was
abandoned. He has been given a /
good chance to recover.
His physician. DR.. John Sum-
mers, described the miners con- 4
dition as fair and said, You /
can't be too sure he's out of dan
ger until he has been up and !
around for about a week"
MIR. Sanders suffered q relapse
Monday night and developed
fever, but he still was expected
to pun through.
Christmas was a sad day for
West Frankfort. Funerals were .
held for some Of the victims and
more funerals we're being ar
ranged.
DR.. Summers said a laboratory
check of Mr.. Sanders blood |,
showed it contained 38 per cent |,
saturation of carbon monoxide.
Enough to kill an ordinary man.
Mr.. Sanders is not ordinary"
Che physician explained, because
he is accustomed to coal mine
conditions.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
1000 Stoqe HUNGER March

Parading the streets of Godhra,
1000 peasants of the Panch-
mahals district of India recently
staged a hunger march under
auspices of the district Socialist
party, demanding opening of
cheap foodgrain stores to relieve
drought-induced famine.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Truin Bombed in Chino
By Anti-Communists
By the Associated Pres,

HONG KONG, Dec. 26.-Th,
independent newspaper Wat Xii
Vat Pc reported today anti-Com
munist guerrillas blew up a loco
motive and two cars of a train
near the Hong Kong mainlant
border Monday
A dispatch from the borde
town of Shumchun said IL Com
munist guards were killed in tn,
Iexposions of four time bomb
placed under the train during ths
night.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Soviet General Dies

MOSCOW, Dec, 26. (P.-The
sudden death of Mai. Gen. Vasil
K. Maslov. 50. a military specialist
with the Soviet Navy. has been
announced. He was a holder of
many decorations and orders.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia and vicin-
ity-Clearing and rather windy
this afternoon with high in the
mid-forties. Partly cloudy. windy
and colder tonight. with low near
IS. Tomorrow, fair and colder.
Evening star., 1951-12-26

Maryland-Partly cloudy and
colder, with low 1920 west, 24-28
east. Tomorrow. fair and colder,
Virginia-Fair and colder to-
night and tomorrow. Low tonight,
1925 west, $3.50 east.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Fire Levels " Stores

! COPIAPO, Chile, Dec. 26 (P.-
A Christmas Day fire in this
Northern Chile mining town de-
stroyed II stores, with an esti-
mated loss of 10 million pesos
($115 ,000).
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Reds Gust Missionaries

Eight French Catholic mission
aries have been deported from
Communist China. Hong Kong re-
ports. for allegedly hindering
Communist attempts to set up an
independent church.
Evening star., 1951-12-26
Christmas Bus Kills a

SANTIAGO, Chile, Dec. 26 (P.
A bus carrying passengers to a
seaside resort for Christmas
smashed into a telephone pole
yesterday, killing four persons and
'inj2 2ring 25 others
Evening star., 1951-12-26

Wind: Northwest at Is miles an
hour at 1880 am.
River Report.
tFrom U. s. Engineers
Potomac River muddy at Harpers Ferry
ano at Great Falls; Shenandoah muddy al
Evening star., 1951-12-26

Except the southwest desert region precipitation
third of the country tonight
along the windward slopes of the Pacific coastal
with snow furries forecast
Light also forecast for the region of the
lower Lakes and along the slopes Ap
paachans Temperatures will fall half
ZAP Wrephoto
Evening star., 1951-12-26

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96. on June 2.
Lowest, IL, on February s. A
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
Low, SO. at 80 am.
FURNISHED by United States ross, +.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1951-08-31
TUNA AND AVOCADO LAYERS
MAKE ATTRACTIVE AND
TEMP ING NODDED SALAD

Iayered salads always look fostiW
and SO it is with this a tt "a tive
and tempting nodded one where the
soft green Of avocado colors and
flavors one part and flalked tuna
nest les in the other. The base Of
each layer is identical--a blend Of
gelatin, prudent seas onings, any
mayonnaise and evaporated mi TX to
impart rich flavor and creamy smooth
moss. This elegant salad is per-
feet fare for special luncheon or
supper menus.
l envo lope unf favored &c latin
I C. cold water
! c. boiling water
1 teaspoon sugar
teaspoon sa 1t
! cup mayonnaise
/ teaspoon Wore 9 S tersliro sauce
s to 10 drops 4abasco
Z tbsp. lemon juice
3/4 c. evaporated mi TX
l 6-oz. can tuna drained and flaked
2 medium avocados, ma shed and
sieved (about Il cups)
Soften gelatin in the cold water
in q large mixing bowl. Add boil
Evening star., 1951-09-14
Poles Salvage N1zis'
B ButtIeship Gneisenuu
BY The Assseiaisd Press

WARSAW. Poland, Sept. n
Polish salvage crews have raised
the German battleship Gneisenau,
scuttled by fleeing Nazis at the
Of Gdynia Harbor in 1945,
and will get 10000 tons Of high
quality steel scrap for use in fac
tory production, newspapers here
report.
British planes pounded the
Gneisenau and the Scharnhorst
in 1912 while they lay in Brest
Harbor. but they slipped through
the channel to Kiel, where they
were bombed again. The Brit
iSh finally sank the Scharnhorst
when it attacked an Allied con-
voy to Murmansk, in 1943 and
bombed the Gneisenau later at
Gdynia.
Evening star., 1951-09-14
Youth Who Joined Army at n
IS Glad to Be Back in School
Lowell PouIson Served
3 Years, INCLUDING
6 Months in Koreu
By Meredith S. BueI

A IT. year -old Washington
youth with a three-year Army
career behind him and memories
of fighting in Korea is back in
school-and darn glad of it."
The soldier-at-14 is Lowell A.
PoulSon, whose Army discharge
came last May after six months
with an engineer combat bat
talon in Korea. The colored
youth entered the ninth grade
Monday at Langley Junior High
School.
He was discharged after his "a
year-old brother, John T. Poul-
son, a Howard University student,
told Army officials he was under
age.
Lowell, who sports muStache,
could pass for IS with his 6,foot,
193-pound frame. At the time
of his discharge, he was a private
first class.
He was living in Winchester.
Va, when he entered the service.
Didn't Like School.
II had strong desire to serve
in the Army at the time" the
boy related. mostly because I
didn't like school," He and a
friend. also then ID, falsified their
ages and started their "see the
world" adventure with induction
at Hagerstown. Md, in May. 194S.
Lowell then started round of
training and duty. He was sent
Ito various United States posts and
later served in Germany and
Japan-and finally Korea. Early
in his Army career at Camp
Campbell, KY, the hefty youngster
played football for the 10Th Engi-
neer Combat group.
The former soldier first saw
action in Korea on September IL,
1850, and was there six months
to the day.
Il was with my battalion when
we started the push south of
Pusan," he recalled. I'VE went all
the way up to the Manchurian
border and then were showed back
when the Chinese Communists
entered the war;"
Surprised by Discharge.
Lowell's discharge came as a
surprise to him. John went to
the Adjutant Generals ONCE
with the boys birth certificate.
John knew I was in Korea and
was afraid I'd be killed." the
Evening star., 1951-09-14

youth said. MY brother and I
always have been very close"
Lowell is living with an aunt,
Mrs. Martha Landers, at 1914
Columbia road NV. His mother,
Mrs. Mary Ann Poulson, and two
sisters Lillian M. Is, and Bar
bara A. Poulson, 10, reside at
6161 Suitland road Sc. His
father, DR.. John A. Poulson. a
physician, died in December,
1850.
The boy who joined the Army
to get out of going to school
couldn't wait to get back this fall.
II feel the Army made a man
of me-" he said. II hope to get
a degree in pharmacy at Howard
University and keep going right
on up the ladder the rest of my
life."
Evening star., 1951-09-14
| Harrison Ford, Veteran
Actor, Critically Injured
by The Assoeioted Press

GLENDALE. Calf, Sept. A.
Harrison Ford. veteran stage and
screen actor, was in critical condi-
tion today because of injuries suf-
fered in a traffic accident yester-
day
Mr.. Ford has not regained con-
seriousness since he was struck by a
car driven by Mrs. Margaret s.
Chachner, 80. Of Glendale. He
suffered head and body injuries.
The 6O-year- r-old actor played on
both the Broadway and London
stage and with such silent film
stars as Marie Provost, Marion
Davies. Constance and Norma
Talmadge and Clara Bow. He re-
tired about 10 years ago.
Evening star., 1951-09-14
.G, II, Swiftly Re-enIists
After One Day as Civilian
BY The Assoeiaied Press

FORT JACKSON, S. c., Sept.
LIT sure feels good to be
back" said 17-year-old Bobby
Gene Willis of Poulan. Ca, after
a one-day absence from the Army.
Bobby Joined the Army when
he was Is. After going through
the rigors of last winters fighting
in Korea, his age was discovered.
"A minority discharge was ordered.
The discharge came through
Tuesday.
But Bobby, now old enough for
service, re-enliSted Wednesday
with the consent of his mother,
Mrs. Mae Willis.
Evening star., 1951-09-14

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Evening star., 1951-09-14
Surprised by Discharge.

Lowell's discharge came as a
surprise to him. John went to
the Adjutant Generals Offlce
with the boys birth certificate.
John knew I was in Korea and
was afraid I'd be killed" the
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Negro Dod Is lIIini King

CHAMPAIGN. H., Nov. 8 (R.-
Peaarl Gregory, East St. Louis
Negro. was selected as king for
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Eisenhower Takes Over
Role of Grandfather

FORT KNOX, KY, Nov. 3 (P9.
Gen. Eisenhower took over the
role of grandfather tonight. as
he and Mrs. Eisenhower arrived
here by plane from Paris for a
weekend visit with the family of
their son, Maj. John Eisenhower.
The general. smiling broadly as
he alighted, made it emphatic
that his visit here was a family
affair. He talked briefly with
newsmen before leaving for the
seclusion of his sons home on
the Army post. He refused to dis
cuss politics or world affairs.
More than 100 newsmen, pho
tographers and Army officers were
waiting when Gen. Eisenhower
emerged from his plane. But the
generals quickly fell on his young
grandson and namesake, Dwight
David Eisenhower III. The young :
ster broke from his parents and
grabbed the distinguished visitor
around the neck.
Little Anne. 2, dressed in a red
snowsuit, followed her brother.
The General shook hands with his
son and planted a solid kiss on
the cheek Of his pretty daughter
in-law.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
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Police
Continued From First Page.)

Continued From First Page.)
refuse to answer it. Judge Kirk
lands temporary restraining order
means that they would be risking
contempt Of court citations if they
made any effort to force police
men to fill out the documents.
Top Police Get QUESTIONABLE.
Several top-ranking police Off
cials in addition to Maj. Barrett
received the questionnaire but
most would not discuss it. Capt.
John B. Layton, who recently
made survey of District gam
bling for the grand jury. said he
had received a copy. He declared:
I'm not afraid of the result OF
any fair and proper investigation
for either myself or the depart
ment as a whole. II tthe ques-
tionnaire) does mean that with
out being specifically accused, the
QUESTIONABLE goes far afield in
requiring personal information. j..
Il feel that il there were pro-
'cedures for requiring suspected
criminals to file the same type of
form, our police Job would be a
little easier and much more sue
cessful."
Inspector working on It."
Inspector George R. Waldrodt
sad. I've got one I'm working on
it. but at the present time, I'm
sitting tight and saying nothing. =
ITS a very controversial SUBJ
ject." said Inspector Robert ".
Murray. chief of detectives. land
I. Of course. will be guided by the
proper authorities - that means
the major and the Commissions
to whom I am responsible. How
ever. it would seem to be the SEN
sible way for the committee to call
any police officer it desires before
the committee and to ask them
any questions they see fit rather
than to have the entire depart
ment fill out the forms"
Captains Included.
Capt. John E. Winters. OF the
second precinct. said he received
a copy of the questionable. and
added, Il think the opinion ex,
by the Policemen's Asso-
citation was unanimous.
Capt. Irwin H. limbaugh, of the
fourth precinct, and Anthony
Richitt, of the eighth precinct,
said they had received copies OF
the QUESTIONABLE, but would make
no further comment.
Inspectors William J. Cunning
ham, Archie M. Winfred and
Howard v. Covell. and Captains
Reid L. Hammans. William B.
Murphy and Robert D. Chenault
would not comment on whether
they had received the question:
naire.
Capt. jeremiah Flaherty, of the
homicide squad, said he had not
received a copy. and added that
he had no comment on the ques-
tionnaire.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
Debts Soaring as u. S. People
Spend 10 Per Cent Oyer Income

compared with the average In
crease of 10 per cent OF income
which has taken place since World
War II.
It need hardly be pointed out
that our bedt today is far sounder
than in the 1920s. when debt had
been incurred largely to finance
stock-n1arket and real-estate spec
ulations, but it is debt, just the
same. and as such, represents a
borrowing from future income.
In other words, unless one be-
iieyes that we can continue, ad
infinitun to spend 10 per cent.
more than we earn, the time is
coming when the necessity to pay
off is going to bring our purchas-
ing power down.
Vinson Made Estimate.
In this connection 1t is interest,"
ing to review the last Official esti-
mate of theNnation's gross wealth.
This estimate, made in 1916 by
Fred M. Vinson, then Secretary of
the Treasury. placed the total
wealth Of this country at $500
billion.
Production has increased since
1946. and imitation has affected
the dollar value of real wealth.
Furthermore. any such estimate
can only be approximation. Some
thought Mr.. Wilson's figure too
high. others thought it too low.
Nevertheless. the figure will
suffice for us to get at least some
idea as to how we stand on our
ratio OF debt to total assets.
Against the estimated national
wealth of $500 billion, we owe
today a total of $484 billion lin
both public and private debit.
In other words. we have mort
gagged our wealth to rs per cent OF
its estimated 1946 value. In 1929
our total public and private in
debtedness is estimated to have
been about so per cent of our ma
tional wealth.
Evening star., 1951-11-04
1ced-Up' Plane Crashes
AT Chicago's S Busy Field
By the Associated Pres,

CHICAGO. Nov. 3.-Air traffic
at Chicago's giant Midway Air
port was halted for % minutes
tonight when the pilot of single
engine plane radioed he was
about to crash.
The pilot, Cyril Peabody, "A. of
Little Rock. Ark, suffered only
bruises when his plane crashed
into trees within 20 feet of a
suburban Elmhurst home and
three children at play. The chill
dren were unhurt.
Mr.. Peabody. a professional
pilot for the Natural Gas Pipe
Line Corp, said he took of from
O'Hare International Airport, Chi
cago. for Little Rock. He said ice
formed on the wings and motor
Of his plane and forced him down.
Elmhurst is about Is miles north
west of Midway Airport.