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Evening star., 1951-01-22
By Howard W. BIokesIee
Associated Press Science Editor g,

NEW YORK, Jan. 22.-Two
studies were made public here
today in which doctors reported
favorable effects on common colds
from use of antihistamines.
Whether antihistamines- which
are now sold by drugstores with
out doctors prescriptions-are
good for colds is the basis of wide
spread mediacl controversies in
the United States.
The studies announced today
do not claim that colds are cured,
but that some of the symptoms
are improved, with the result that
the victim of the cold suffers less
sometimes much less.
Washington Doctor Helped.
One of the reports is by four
American physicians in the Inter
national Archives of Allergys and
Applied Immunology of Basle,
Switzerland. They report trials of
an antihistamine on $500 persons
on the Eastern Seaboard of the
United States last winter. Also
for comparison an additional $500
were treated with some other rem
edies and 1900 with placebos,
which were harmless substances,
known not to help colds. But the
takers did not know this.
The doctors reporting are NJ. H.
Manson of New York. r. Lomax
wells of Washington, l.. H. Whit
ney of Newark, N. j., and G. Bab-
cock, jr., Clifton, N. j.
They reported that relief of
symptoms with an antihistamine
Evening star., 1951-01-22
q Dead and 81 Missing
In New Guinea Eruption
By The Assoeioted Press

SYDNEY, Australia, Jan. 22.-
At least % persons are dead and
"a missing in the four-day vol
canic eruption of Mount Laming-
ton in New Guinea. government
spokesman in Port Moresby an
nounced today.>
Airline pilots reported a 100
mile diameter volcanic cloud 40,-
900 feet high spewing, from Lam
ington, which exploded last Thurs
day for the first time on record
Because of its four peaks, Laming-
ton is known locally as THE Marx
Brothers"
A 1-inch carpet of sulphurit
ash, turned into mud today by 6
tropical deluge, covered Port
Moresby, 100 miles from the vol
cano.
The New Guinea administration
was trying to fly in relief teams
but only one civil aviation depart
ment plane succeeded in pene-
trating the volcanic murk today
Landing nine miles from the vol
cano, on Higaturu airstrip, the
planes crew radioed that fresh
water was the first relief need
because all sources had beer
fouled by falling ash.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Tests Made at Lorton Indicate
'Antihistun1ines Relieve Colds

treatment was 72.7 per cent, which
was 1874 per cent better than
with the other cold remedies and
1875 per cent better than the
placebos.
The unpleasant antihistamine
effects, they said, were mild and
led them to suspect that side ef-
fects were due primarily to the
colds rather than to the medicine.
Studies Made at Lorton.
The other report covers last win
ter's tests on 1908 inmates of the
Lorton Reformatory near Wash
ington, D. c. These were divided
into two nearly equal groups, one
receiving an antihistamine and
the other an imitation. The re-
port said that not even the doc
tors knew which inmates received
the medicine and which the
placebo. The report was made
by DR.. Harold L. Hirsh of Wash
ington in the January issue of
the American Practitioner.
| He found. contrary to some
previous studies, that the antihis-
famine was useful for relieving
symptoms even long after the
cold had started. He concluded
that the antihistamine docs al
leviate some of the symptoms and,
in some instances, shortens the
course of the disease by varying
degrees"
The reformatory inmates were
checked each day to make sure
they took their medicine as pre-
scribed. All continued working
during their treatments. and DR..
Hirsh said the side effects caused
: no problems.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
.psychiatrie Exam
Asked for Witness

A request that the principal
prosecution witness in the tria,
of Joseph G. Lewis be examined
by a psychiatrist was made today
by Defense Attorney James j
Laughlin. as the trial entered its
fourth day in Arlington Circuit
Court.
Lewis is accused of the armed
robbery of the wife of former
gambler Blight Lee last March l3
The witness is George w. Kiley
26. of the 800 block of Ridge read
Sc, woh has admitted participant
ing in the holdup and is awaiting
sentence.
Mr.. Laughlin asked that the
jury be excluded and then re-
quested the psychiatric examina-
ton.
Commonwealth's Attorney Den
man T. Rucker said he would
agree to the examination if II
were conducted by a psychiatris1
selected by the court and not by
Mr.. Laughlin.
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy said
he will decide later today whether
to grant the request. He SAID
that if his decision is favorable tc
Mr.. Laughlin, Il don't want it tc
be made to appear that 1 think
kiley's testimony necessitates ex-
animation. I would consider max
ing the appointment with that
understanding"
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Winter Is Back Again
After Brief Absence;
Expected 10 Remain

The Weather Bureau made 1t
clear today that winter is def
initely here again despite the
promise of a little more warmth
by tomorrow afternoon.
The sudden spring bowed out
early yesterday when cold air
mass from Canada. accompanied
by high winds, pushed the warm
weather out to sea.
The cold front officially passed
over Washington at am. yester-
day morning but it was felt before
that. In fact, the Weather Bureau
reported, yesterdays high was re-
corded at 12:40 am, when the
mercury stood at 81. BY the next
midnight the mercury had slipped
TO 28 degrees, and it kept on 60
ing down. At 7,05 am. today 1t
was down to % degrees.
The Weather Bureau predicted
sunny and rather cold" day
with a high Of IS degrees. To-
nights low is expected to be %
IN the city and 16 in the suburbs.
A little warmer" weather was
forecast for tomorrow afternoon,
but the Weather Bureau en-
phasized that Washington is not
due for any real warmth and the
mllder temperatures will be only
temporary.
Gusts reaching so miles an
hour yesterday kept police and
firemen busy. The District fire
department was called on to cope
with seven brush fires and Prince
Georges County's fire alarm head
quarters reported % Others None
were serious.
The wind felled trees and tore
at branches. Police reported a
tree fell on a house at 525 Maple
Ridge road, Bethesda; another
tree toppled across a Pepco power
line on Lucas lane, Bethesda; a
limb dropped on a power line at
Eighth and M streets Sc; tree
fell on the hood of an automobile
In the 700 block of Eighth street
NE. and another tree went down
on the street in the 100 block of
Twenty-fourth street NV. No
serious damage was reported.
Police also reported that the
burglar alarm in Loughran Co. S
tobacco warehouse at Eleventh
street and Maryland avenue S.W.
was set off when the wind broke a
window.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Eisenhower 10 Meet
High Commissioners,
z German Generals
BY The Assoeioted Press

FRANKFURT. Germany, Jan
22.-Gen. Eisenhower winds up
his Germany stay today at an
informal meeting with the three
high commissioners for Western
Germany on his mission to ex-
plore Europe's defense and the
Germans part in it.
A slight cold and sore throat
kept the commander of the At
lantic alliance armies from going
through with a scheduled formal
meeting with the American, Brit
ish and French high commission
ers this afternoon. The informal
meeting was called instead tonight
at the Bad Homburg home of
American High Commissioner
John j. McCloy, where Gen.
Eisenhower will spend the night.
The general also planned to at
tend an informal reception at Bad
Homburg, to meet officers of the
West German republic and two
World War II German generals,
Hans Speidel, former chief of
staff to Field Marshal Erwin
lRommel, and Adolf Heusinger
Both are part of the West Ger
man commission negotiating with
the Allies on Germany's part in
the projected European army.
German Communists called a
demonstration in Bad Homburg
but municipal police banned it.
The town is about 10 miles out
side Frankfurt. An earlier
planned Communist demonstra-
ton in Frankfurt also was banned
by the authorities.
Gen. Eisenhower flies to Paris
tomorrow. There a Communist
demonstration is set for Wednes-
day. Thursday he will fly to Ice
land.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Remington Opposed
Communist Position
In AZ, Trial Hears
BY The Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. pa de-
fense witness testified today that
William w. Remington took a
stand directly opposing that OF
the Communist Party in a war
time debate over ALLEGATION of ma
terials.
On the stand at Remingtonss Is
perjury trial, Charles ]. Hitch of
Pacific Palisades, Calf, said that
Remington, former, Commerce De-
partment economist, went out of
his way" to support a plan opposed
by the Communists. -
Defense Counsel William C
Chanler disclosed at the luncheon
recess that Remington would take
the stand in his own defense this
afternoon.
Did More Than Duty.
Mr.. Hitch said the dispute in
which Remington opposed the
leftist view was over the method
to be used in allocating war ma
terials to contractors. Mr.. Hitch
said the Communists and most
leftists supported a so-called
horizontal plan" and strongly op-
posed what was called a vertical
plan" Remington favored the
latter, the witness said, adding:
He went out of his way and did
more than duty demanded to con-
vince others of the rightness OF
this position"
Mr.. Hitch said the vertical plan
called for ALLEGATION of materials
by the WPB to Government de-
partments, such as Air Force OF
Lend-lease, which would then al
locate the materials to subordinate
agencies for relay to contractors.
Under the horizontal plan, he
said, the agencies of the Air Force,
Lend-lease or other departments
would let contracts directly to
contractors, and then seek alloca-
tions from the WPB.
Served with Hartman.
Mr.. Hitch said he joined the
WPB in the spring of 1912 after
serving with w. Averill Harrimarl's
1941 lend-lease mission to Europe
Mr.. Chanler questioned Mr.. Hitch
about purported secret formula
for making rubber out of garbage
This recalled testimony by Eliza
beth T. Bentley, former Red spy
courier, who said Remington gave
her such formula for the Rus
slams.
Mr.. Hitch said he remembered
an inventor trying to promote his
idea for such a formula. The pro-
posal, Mr.. Hitch said. was "a
favorite subject for luncheon table
discussion" and was never taken
seriously"
Mr.. Hitch testified he knew of
no actions by Remington to indi-
cate the latter was a Communist
or anything but loyal American
citizen" s E
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Continued From First Page.)

fense agencies now, have tre-
mendous workload that requires
employees to stay on the job as
much as possible, rather than
take a lot of vacation time, the
letter points out.
Unless Congress takes action to
repeal the leave provision, the
defense agencies will face the
problem of disrupting their pro-
duction schedule by giving en-
ployes the necessary time off or
requesting that the workers VOL
unfairly give up some of their
1850 leave.
Besides the defense agencies,
the various security bureaus and
other offices related to the ma
tional emergency program, face
similar problems.
TRANSFERS-Very few en-
ployes in non-defense agencies
are voluntarily transferring tc
jobs in the defense bureaus
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Defense Officials Ask Liftinq
OF Ban on Accommodating Leave

rary promotion and salary in
crease.
If the defense agencies ask fol
the employees. they are generally
assured of unemployment rights
in their old jobs. But if en-
ployes go shopping" for defense
agency positions. it's up to their
non-defense offices to decide
whether to take them back after
the national emergency is over.
All this, hampers the defense
agencies recruitment for special
lied and hard-to-f1ll jobs. De-
fense officials say that undoubt-
Iedly a considerable number OF
Federal employees in n-defense
Offices with skills needed by the
Defense Department, would trans
fer if it could be done on a per-
manent status basis.
That's why defense officials are
hoping that Congress will repeal
the present law banning perma-
nent promotions and transfers
at least those involving transfers
to the defense agencies.
II X
MONEY REQUEST-President
Truman in the next month or sc
will send a supplemental request
to Congress for additional funds
for the Governments new eco.
nomic control agencies.
The agencies have enough
money on hand now to meet pres
ent hiring and operation needs
but will need a lot more money
for the large expansion program
planned for the next y months
BE sure to listen at 6:15 pm.
eUery Saturday oUer WMAL,
The Star station, to Joseph
Young'S Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast featuring additional
1,e1os and Uie1us OF the GoUern-
mental scene.)
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Chinese Reds Plan Purge
OF 500, 900, Toipei Says
BY the Associated Press

TAIPEI, Formosa, Jan. 22.-The
pro-Nationalist Union Press re-
ported today the Chinese Reds
are preparing a blacklist of 500 =
900 persons who would be purged
by June.
The Union Press is a small
news agency which attributes its
mainland reports to underground
sources. Virtually none of its re-
ports can be confirmed.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Rothstein Case Figure
Is Shot in Fur Theft
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. pa lead
ing figure in the investigation of
the prohibition-era murder of
Gambler Arnold Rothstein was
shot by a detective yesterday as
he fled from a fur shop with g.
So $50 mink coat.
The man, Identified as Jimmy
Meehan. Al, was not seriously
wounded.
Rothstein died two days after
he was shot in a midtown hotel
on November 4. 1928, without
naming his assailant. The murder
has not been solved.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Congress in Brief
By the Associated Press

Senate:
Continues foreign policy debate
Armed services subcommittee
hears Gen. Bradley and others
testify on military manpower leg.
tslation.
House:
Holds routine session; no busi-
ness scheduled.
Armed Services Committee meets
to discuss bill to reorganize the
Air Force.
Banking Committee hears Ray
mond M. Foley, housing and home
finance administrator, on defense
housing bill.
Ways and Means Committee
hears Secretary of State Achesor
testify on Reciprocal Trade Act
extension.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Mother at Thedter
To See Marine Son
old of His Death
BY the Associated Press

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Jan. a.
Mrs. Hubert L. Partlow went to q
theater yesterday to see her Ma
rine son in movie.
Summoned from the audience
when her husband called from
home, she was told of telegram
from the Defense Department.
The message said Sergt. Ken
meth A. PartloW, 20, had been
killed in action December /. He
previously had been reported
wounded on that date.
Sergt. Partlow appeared with
other Marines in the film, Halls
OF Montezuma." They were shown
IN an assault landing.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Arab League u. N. Delegates.
Reported Awaiting Policy

CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. % R.-
Arab League nations were report
ed today to have told their United
Nations delegates to remain nom
committal on the United States
resolution condemning Communist
China until the league can for
mulate common policy at its
meeting under way here.
Leading Cairo newspapers pub
fishing this report and independ-
ent informants said the seven
nation league is involved in q
great debate" over policy toward
the East-West conflict.
These sources described the
Leagues attitude so far as one of
friendly neutrality-friendly to
the West.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Dormitory Destroyed
AT Woodstock COLLEGE
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Jan. 22.-Wind-
whipped flames destroyed a three
story employees dormitory at
Woodstock College yesterday and
damaged three other buildings at
the Jesuit seminary near the Bal
timore- Howard County line.
No personal injuries were re-
ported. The building was occu-
pied by workmen. employed at the
college.
The priests and students who
manned the colleges fire-flghting
apparatus were credited with pre-
venting the fire from spreading to
the colleges main buildings.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
u. 5. Security Dictate!
Policy on Formosa,
U.'N. Delegates Told
By the Assoeiuied Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Jan. pa
declaration that American security
needs dictate Uninted States policy
on Formosa confronted United
Nations delegates today.
U. N. diplomats, who have been
trying to work out a new formula
for peace in Korea, also were
told that:
l. The United States wants
Chang Kai-shek's Nationalist
Chinese government represented
at any conference on the future
of Formosa, 1ast-ditch island
stronghold Of that regime.
2. The United States will con-
tinue to oppose seating the Chi
nese Reds in the U. N.
The declaration of American
policy was made last night by
Ernest A. Gross, deputy American
representative to the U. N, In q
formal statement.
Majority Support Seen.
It came on the eve Of a meet
ing of the 60-nation Political
Committee, at which Soviet and
Asian delegates were expected to
oppose United States resolution
condemning Communist China for
aggression In Korea.
Mr.. Gross also said a survey by
the United States delegation in
dicated majority of the commit
tee would vote for the American
proposal, which asks the U. N. to
consider means of Furnishing the
Peiping Reds. A United States
spokesman said a vote is expected
by the middle of the week.
In move which observers here
interpreted as rejecting in advance
any new peace appeal to Peiping.
Mr.. Gross said:
Eve have reserved and continue
to reserve the right to make Ger
tain that the question of Formosa
will be handled in a way COM
pletely consistent with our ma
tional interest and security.
Aimed at Critics.
eve believe that if there are
discussions of these matters there
should be appropriate participa-
ton OF directly interested govern
ments, including the Nationalist
government of China"
Well = informed quarters in
Washington said this did not rep
resent new American policy, but
was the most fortnight public
statement of that policy yet made.
The American delegation at
Lake Success said it was surprised
at some interpretations of Mr..
Gross statement as a shift in
policy. It denied this was the
case, saying he simply summar-
lied the American policy, which
continues to be insistence on
handling the question of Formosa
in way consistent with United
States national interests and Sc
curity."
Mr.. Gross statement appar-
emily was aimed at administration
critics of American policy IN the
U. N.-especially the American
vote January 13 in favor of a
U. N. cease-fire plan, to be fol-
lowed by a conference on Far
Eastern problems attended by
Red China. This proposal did not
make any specific mention of Ma.
tinroI;cf
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Yugoslov Review Opposes
Aggressor Tag for China

BELGRADE. Yugoslavia, Jan.
% (P.-The authoritative Yugo-
slav periodical, Review of Inter-
national Affairs, today opposed
the branding of Communist
China an aggressor in Korea. It
said taking reprisals against Red
China would be step dangerous
to world peace"
The journal (Which like other
Yugoslav periodicals is under
close government controD said
harsh United Nations action
against Communist China would
isolate Peiping and drive the
country irrevocably into the arms
of the Soviet Union. which is
precisely what Moscow wants.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
The Weather Here and Over the Not;on

District of Columbia-Sunny
and rather cold. high around IS
this afternoon. Fair tonight, low
about % in city and is in suburbs.
Tomorrow some cloudiness, milder
in afternoon.
Maryland-Fair tonight with
low Is to 20. Tomorrow some
Evening star., 1951-01-22

cloudiness with milder In after
noon.
Virginia-Fair tonight with low
Is to 20 west and 20 to 25 in east
portion. Tomorrow some cloudi-
ness with milder in afternoon.
Wind velocity at 1870 o'clock
this morning, IL miles per hour !;
direction, north.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Russia HonolIrs Lenjn
with Blast at u. S.
By the, ,Associuted Press

MOSCOW,Jan. 22.-Russia to-
day brings TO a close a twoLday
mourning period commemorating
the 9th anniversary of the death
of Nikolai .Lenin, founder of the
Soviet state.
All traffic was halted in Red
Square as thousands Of Soviet
citizens trooped to pay their trib-
ute to the father of the revolution
in his mausoleuna before the
Kremlin walls.
Buildings throughout Moscow
and other Soviet cities were
draped with mourning flags.
Last night a distinguished as
semblage of mourners, including
Prime Minister Stain, gathered
in Moscow's Bolshoi Theater to
hear Peter N. Pospelov, head of
the Marx-Egnels-Lenin Institute
and leading party theoretician,
unleash blast against the United
States.
Pospelov quoted Lenin as saying
all attempts to invade Russia
would fail and added that this
would be the fate of plans nur-
tured by "American aggressors.
Pospelov also quoted Lenin's
denunciation of American inter-
vention in the Russian revolution
and pictured the United States
as an enemy of the Soviet Union
since the first days of the Bolshe-
vik revolution.
Flags of the American Embassy
in Moscow and the Soviet Embassy
in Washington flew at half-staff
Evening star., 1951-01-22

Defense Off
cials say this
is because of
t h e congress
S | on al rider
which limits all
p r ON OF ions
and transfers
to a temporary
basis.
Consequently,
employees with
p e r m a n e n t
status in the
n on = defense
bureaus are ex-
trenely l1eSi-
Evening star., 1951-01-22
and Fifth Amendments to the
C0n Sfitution

anu rlt1 AUleIluIueIltS 70 the
Constitution.
1T substitutes the philosophy
Torquemada and the 1nquisition
for the philosophy of Jefferson,
Tom Paine, and Oliver Wendell
Holmes" Mr.. Marcantonio said.
Mr.. Abt referred to SIS specific
Communist Party acts which At
torney General McGrath had list
ed as evidence that the Party is
under foreign domination. Mr..
Abt noted that 35 of those alleged
acts occurred before enactment of
the law last September and in
many instances went back almost
80 years That, he contended, is a
violation of the constitutional ban
on ex-post-facto laws.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, u. on January 10.
Lowest. Is. on January 9.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, 81. at 12:4O am.
Low, %. at 7:05 am.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED BY United States Coast q,
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Gen. Norstud Tukes Over
WTESRAT

WIESBADEN, Germany. Jan.
% P).-Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad
arrived here yesterday to assume
command of United States Air
Forces in Europe.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
IS WEATHER BUREAU MAP

furries will fall tonight along the Northern
border Michigan Montana in the Northern Rockies and
the Western slopes while showers will fall the North
Pacific coast Rain will fall in the between the
Showers expected along East
coast of Florida Cold weather will continue the Eastern and
Gulf States but conditions forecast for the coastal
ZAP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

A firm in Portugal hopes to
sell in the United States line of
handcarved toothpicks.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

River Report.
tFrom b. s. Engineers.)
POTOMAC River clear at Harpers Ferry
ana at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

tant to give up their staus rights
to transfer to q defense agency,
even if it does mean a tempo
Evening star., 1951-01-22

WARMER FEET FOR GIs-Lawrence Mass-A of
readings made after Corp Harold Parker, Cornish
marched treadm in 40degree below temperature
"Cod Room of Climatic Research Laboratory
special boots The tests of Amy
suitable OOtgear for forces cold climates the
experiencing in Korea Taking the Corp
Jacobs, AndOver Mass. -AP WirephotO
Evening star., 1951-01-22

Flags of the American Embassy
in Moscow and the Soviet Embassy
in Washington flew at half staff
today.
Evening star., 1951-01-22

The Sun and Moon.
Evening star., 1951-01-22
Precipitation

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital (current month to date): VAN
Evening star., 1951-01-22

(Readings at WashinRton Airnor,
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1951-09-14
Negro Teacher Charges
Prejudice In Loss Of Job

MILWAUKEE, Negro school
teacher sued the Grafton, Wis,
School Board and the superinten-
dent of schools yesterday. charg-
ing they broke an agreement to
hire her because of her race.
Mrs. Pola N. Jasper, %, of Mil
waukee. filed the Circuit Court
suit, asking that the board be re-
quired to pay her $4,000 as t
school years salary and such
further relief as the court would
deem equitable"
Mrs. Jasper's suit said she had
reached an agreement in a tele.
phone conversation with Superin.
tendent John L. Lang in August