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Evening star., 1951-11-17
Executive of Western Union
Held in Gaming Conspiracy

Grand Rapids Police Judge Ed.
ward G. Burleson. Barr was ar.
rested here on a fugitive charge
growing out of the Michigan war.
rant.
Machines Are Leased.
Western Unions general coun-
sci, John H. Waters. told Felony
Court Magistrate John F. X
Masterson:
The machines are merely
leased under a Feaeral tariff anc
as soon as we receive any infor-
nation from any law enforcement
authority that machines are being
used Illegally, they are immedi-
ately taken out"
The case grew out of raiC
September l on a Grand Rapids
horse room.
Eugene F. Townsend. assistan,
tattorney general, said other West
Iern Union Telegraph Co. officials
named in the Michigan warrant
were Clifton Press. Grand Rapids
manager; H. G. Heiniger, general
manager in Chicago: L. E
Zunsted. Detroit superintendent
for Michigan and Indiana, and
Guy Vetter, an employe in Detroit
Also named were John j. Cor
man, an alleged gambler and
president of the Capitol City Pub
fishing Co of Indianapolis, and
alleged gamblers Albert Schwartz
Kenneth Lennen and John Reaser
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Martin and Hall Regard
China Aid as Well Spent
BY the Associated Press

TA1PEH, Formosa, Nov. IT.
Two globe-girdling United States
Republican Congressman today
said American aid to the Chinese
Nationalists in the past year has
been we'll spent.
Representative Martin of Mas
sachusetts told news conference
the aid was too little and had
gone mainly to the Nationalist
military forces.
But he added, Il was amazed
and agreeably surprised at the
splendid army that Generalissimo
Chang Kai-shek is building up
here in Formosa.
Representative Hall of New York
nodded agreement.
MI Martin said he and Mr.. Hall
had found that the Nationalists
have "a potential 100000 combat
troops ready for action providing
they have the arms, equipment
and material" Mr.. Martin said
also the, Nationalists have more
than 1900 pilots and thousands
of Marines.
Mr.. Martin urged increased mil
itary aid for Formosa. He de-
clared, What happens here might
affect the future of the world for
Years to- come"
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Rubens Bought by Soldier
To Be Returned 10 Germany
BY the Associaied Pres,

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1.-two
paintings, one a Rubens, which a
soldier bought for $3.50 as a wal
souvenir, have been located here
and will be returned to the Dus-
sellorf Germany Municipal Art
Gallery.
They are among number
which vanished six years ago al
the end of World War II.
William R. Valentiner, con-
sultant for the Los Angeles Art
Museum, said the soldier-Whose
name is Withheld-brought the
paintings to him for appraisal
The Rubens is of st. Catherine
The other is a landscape by B. c
Koekoek.
Mr.. Valentiner said he recog-
nHed them on a list of missing
European art treasures, and mott
fed the Collector of Customs. The
latterS office said they will be
returned.
The paintings were among a col.
lection stored outside the city tt
protect them from bomb de.
Struction.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
freedom Train Engineer
Flying 10 U. 5. for Tour
BY the Associoied Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Nov
1.-THE Czech engineer and sta.
tionmaster who escaped from theil
Communist homeland last Sep.
tember with a freedom train are
scheduled to arrive in New YorE
by plane on Monday for an Ameri.
can tour.
Jaroslav Konvalinka. 40. the en-.
glneer, is taking with him his wife
son and daughter. Karel Truska
20. the stationmaster who held q
gun on the Communist fireman il
the daring escape, will be accom-
panied by his wife and 10-month-
old baby.
Their American tour is beine
sponsored by the Lionel Corp.
which makes toy electric trains.
Mr.. Konvalinka said:
I will tell the Americans that
life in Czechoslovakia gets worse
every day. Liberty does not exist
any longer. The secret police dc
what they like"
After their tour, they will tell
their friends behind the iron cur
tain what life in the United States
Is like by broadcasting over such
stations as the Voice of America
and Radio Free Europe, which will
beam their broadcasts toward
Communist areas.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Pro-Soviet Unionists
Urge InfiItration 10
Sabotage Rearming
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN. Nov. 1.-THE pro-
Soviet World Federation of Trade
Unions openly proclaimed today
a policy of infiltrating agents into
on-Communist labor groups in
order to sabotage Western re-
Armament.
The policy of boring from
within was outlined by Benoit
Franchon, French member of the
IWFTU's Executive Committee, in
Ia three-and-a- -half-hour speech
in East Berlin. He told 200 top
officials of the Red federation
that Western military programs
must be crippled at all costs.
The way to do this in countries
having a weak Communist move
ment is to encourage wildcat
STRIKES by workers for higher
wages, Franchon indicated.
Frachon listed a long series Of
Western strikes. climaxed by har-
Dor Walkouts in New York and
Hamburg, which he praised for
helping the WFTU's struggle
against rearmament.
1T is very symptomatic," he
declared proudly. that 10000
dockerS carried on strike for
three weeks in New York against
the leadership of their own trade
unions as well as against the
employers and the State. Ut isl
even more symptomatic that, in
that country where war psychosis
and the anti-Soviet campaign
have been pushed to an almost
unimaginable point, these same
dockers, in the course of Their
strike, refused to load war mate
rial for Korea or for Europe.
| Il salute these New York dock
| ers."
New York's wildcat strike by
members of the AFL International
Longshoremen's Association lasted
rs days. 1t was called by mem
bers opposed to terms of recently
negotiated contract which had
been ratified in a union election.
In the early days of the strike
military cargoes for Army outposts
were tied up but strikers finally
agreed to handle the cargoes after
the Army brought in civil service
dock hands.
John j. Gene" Sampson, lead
er Of the New York dock strikers,
ridiculed as a lot of "bIatherskite"
any implication that their walk
out was sympathetic to the
SoViets.
He said the strikers were the
same men who attracted attention
IN the past year by refusing to
unload Soviet Russian or Soviet
satellite ships in New York be-
cause the men opposed Com
muniSm.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Stock Market Steady,
With Trading Quiet
BY the Associuted Press

! NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-Price!
held steady today in a quiet stocl
market. Gains ran to around g
dollar a share and losses were
fractional. Many leaders were
unchanged.
Trading amounted to an esti.
mated 100000 shares compared
with $4,000 a week ago.
Northern Pacific enjoyed bursts
iof buying activity that put it up
more than 2 points at times. The
buying was reflection of new
oil activity on its properties in
the Williston Basin in Montana
and North Dakota.
Santa Fe opened off a point
but there was no indication that
the rail group intended to take
the Santa Fe lead. Prices were
thoroughly mixed.
Higher were Union Pacific
Youngstown Sheet & Tube, East
.ern Air Lines. International
Nickel. Sears Roebuck, Air Re-
|duction, Dow Chemical. Douglas
Aircraft and American Can.
Lower were New York Central
Standard Oil of New Jersey, U. S.
Steel. Chrysler, Anaconda Copper
Montgomery Ward. American
Cyanamid and Westinghouse
Electric.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
9Th Fleet Admiral Bans
Emergency Leaves in
Zone, Paper Says
BY the Associated Press

OAKLAND, Calf, Nov. IT.
Emergency leaves because of seri.
GUS sickness or death in sailors
families have been banned aboare
ships of Navy Task Force II il
Korean waters, the Oakland Trib-
une reports.
The newspaper said yesterday
1t learned the admiral heading
the task force. a fast carrier unit
of the 7th Fleet, threatened tc
give bad-f1tness reports to Of
flcers who forwarded emergency
leave requests to him.
1t quoted a sailor aboard the
carrier Bon Homme Richard as
reporting that a shipmate was
court-martialed for writing to his
Senator when his request for leave
to go to his fathers funeral and
visit his sick mother was re-
Jected.
The name of the Tribune's in
formant, a member of the Bon
Homme Richard S crew, was with
held. The report follows:
The admiral said kindness or
emotion must not prevail as COM
pelllng reasons for granting
emergency leave. Attendance at
a funeral or family sickbed, he
said. is desirable" but not of suf-
flclent Importance to constitute
an emergency.
He also dismissed Red Cross
verlf1cation Of emergency leave
need as of limited value" and
warned subordinate captains will
be directly responsible to me that
such requests are fully valid and
that kindness or emotion has not
over essential military
considerations"
The Navy identified the COM
of the task force as Rear
Admiral Joseph James Clark.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
BY the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK. Nov. 17.-A West.
ern Union vice president was ar.
rested yesterday. accused of con.
spring with gamblers to setup s
horSe-race wire in Michigan.
! Michigan authorities charged
the executive, Samuel Barr, As
leased the wire with full persona
knowledge of what it was to be
used for
| Barr surrendered in answer to 9
Grand Rapids (MichD, warrant
He was released for hearing, De-
cember I. His attorney called the
arrest an outrage"
In New Jersey, meanwhile
Westesrn Union and its Bridgetor
Office manager. Charles Frake
were fined $1,000 each for alleged
ly turning their Office there into a
S300,000-a-year horse betting ex-
change.
Say Violation Was Known.
bOLn FfaKe ana the company al
once filed notice of appeal. They
were convicted, November /, after
25-day trial.
Frake also drew suspended
sentence of one to two years in
prison.
The Michigan warrant charged
Barr knew certain Western Union
machines were used to send rae
ing data in violation of Michigan
laws.
The warrant was signed by
Evening star., 1951-11-17
u. ). Press Is Urged
To Fight 'Dictators'
Who Suppress News
By the Associated Press

! DETROIT, Nov. II. Newspa-
permen must crusade against the
little dictators who fear that the
public may come to know toe
much Sigma Delta Chi, profess
sional journalism fraternity, is
agreed.
The American puolic can be
trusted to think straight when it
gets the facts" said a report of
the fraternity's Freedom of Infor-
nation Committee, noting that:
"All the efforts to suppress. to
distort and to delay information
that should be given to the people
by the American press is an
alarming portent of totalitarism.
| Must Bring Out Facts.
1T is now the responsibility, :"
the report said, "of every journal
list everywhere to render public
service by seeking out with deter
lnlllallOn the ln1ornatlon needed
to arrive at intelligent decisions
in the functioning of a govern
ment by the people"
The report, adopted by the fra
Iternlty's convention, which ends
here today, also criticized the off
Ithe-record press conference as
useful, but often abused.
Hit Truman Ban.
Also scored heavily were the
imprisonment of William Oats.
Associated Press correspondent in
ICzechoslovakia; the seizure of the
newspaper La Prensa in Buenos
Aires by the Peron government
and President Truman's recent
order allowing non military
branches of the Government to
suppress information in the name
of national Security
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Average Voters Show
Deep Interest in Taft's S
Race, Dirksen Asserts
BY the Associoied Press

Senator Dirksen, Republican, of
Illinois said today a survey Of the
country indicates to him that
sentiment for Gen. Eisenhower as
the Republican presidential nom
inee has not reached the mass
voter level.
On the other hand. Senator
Dirksen said. he had found a
deep and abiding interest in the
candidacy of Senator Taft" of
Ohio on the part of the average
voter. Senator Dirksen is sup
porting Senator Taft for the
G. o. P. nomination.
The Illinois Senator's observa-
tions were made to reporters after
Senator Lodge, Republican. of
Massachusetts, told a Chicago
audience last night that when,
with perseverance and luck" a
Western European army is formed
capable of resisting aggression lit
will be largely due to the mag
nificent leadership of Gen. Eisen-
hover"
Lodge to Manage Drive.
Senator Lodge is taking over
this week end as manager of the
Republican group seeking to get
their party's presidential nomina-
ton for Gen. Eisenhower.
In New York, David S. ingalls,,
chairman Of the Taft Campaign
Committee, predicted yesterday
that the effort to get Gen. Eisen-
hover in the race will fail. The
general has refused to say pub
licly whether he will be a candi-
date. Senators Lodge and Duff,
Republicans, of Pennsylvania, ex-
pect to visit him in Paris next
month. seeking some kind of an
answer.
AS for Senator Taft's chances,
Mr.. ingalls, told reporters:
Things look very good. Senator
Taft will be nominated on the
first or second ballot"
I Gov. Warren of California. in
a radio talk last night which
opened his campaign for the 1852
G. o. P. presidential nomination,
declared war on Government cor
Iruption and urged a strong foreign
policy.
He said he believes the Repub-
lican Party should stand for hon.
jeSty in Government: bipartisan
foreign policy; support of the
United Nations; medical care on
reasonable terms; slum clearance,
and the right of every segment
of our society to a measure of
security"
Lodge Hits Failure"
1--WE must clean out the chisel-
ing, the favoritism and the dis
honesty that is shocking the pub
lie today" he said in a trans
Iscribed speech. Gov. Warren is
hospitalized for d medical checkup.
Criticizing what he called the
failure" of the Truman admins
tration to mobilize the Nation S
military strength. Senator Lodge
said the country is going along
"on the basis Of politics as usual
and business as usual while re
quiring our young combat soldiers
to give their all in Korea"
He said the Republican stand
on foreign policy should be boiled
down to this: ITO preserve peace
and, if war should come. to have
really effective allies" He said
the administration had not been
really successful" on either
count.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Book Review Planned

The National Council of Jewish
Women, Evening Branch, will heal
a book review of Stephen Long
streets The Pedlocks" by Mrs
Sarah Reese at 3 pm. tomorrow
IN the apartment of Miss Harriet
jeanette, Chastleton Hotel
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Green Meadows Citizens
Reflect HoIIonder

Richard A. Hollander. Of 1900
Sheridan street, Green Meadows,
Md, was reelected president Of
the Green Meadows -Rrookside
Manor Citizens Association this
week. Also elected were Mrs. Fred
K. Harvey, vice president; Charles
C. Richardson, secretary; Mrs.
Burr D. Ross. corresponding Secre-
tary, and Philip McKenney,
treasurer
Evening star., 1951-11-17
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Partly
cloudy today with high near Sc
degrees. Partly cloudy, colder
tonight and tomorrow. Low to-
night 80 degrees and high tomor-
row near 40 degrees.
Evening star., 1951-11-17

Maryland and Virginia-Partly
cloudy and colder tonight and
tomorrow. Low tonight $3.50 de-
grees in west and 30-35 degrees
in east portions. A few snow
f1urries are expected in mountains
tonight.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Major Rai|wayWreck
In Nation This Year
Kill 123, |njure 700
By the Associated Press

Major train wrecks have taken
1873 lives in the United States SC
far in 1851 and injured about TOO
This is under last years toll OF
153 deaths in major railroad acci-
dents. but far above average.
! In 1949, only 26 died; in 1948
major wrecks killed IA and in
1947 there were "a such fatalities
The most recent wreck was al
Nahunta, Ga, this week.
The current figures compare
with the high railroad death tolls
of World War II years. During
wartime 1914, 161 persons died in
such accidents.
The new upturn in railroad
deaths has come with the increased
freight traffic incident to the Ko-
rean war and the expanded de-
Ifense program.
Goes OFF Trestle.
Worst wreck of the year so far
was at Woodbridge, N. j., on the
evening of February when a
Pennsylvania Railroad train
jammed with commuters, hurtled
of newly built, temporary
trestle.
Eighty-five persons were killed
and about 500 injured.
The number killed was the sec
.ond highest in United States rail-
road history.
As. a result of the Woodbridge
wreck. a grand jury indicted the
Pennsylvania Railroad on man
slaughter charges. but legal tech
|nicalities have delayed the trial.
Public Utilities Commission In
Ivestigators said the train was
travelling too fast-at go to 65
miles an hour, when it should
have slowed to Is for the trestle.
Two spectacular train wrecks
this year occurred in similar fash
lion. In both cases. halted trains
were MT from the rear.
Struck in SnOwstOrm.
Near Evanston. Wyo., last Mon
day the Union Pacific's eastbound
City of Los Angeles had stopped
for a block signal in a driving
snoWstorm when it was smashed
from behind by the eastbound
City of San Francisco.
Eighteen were killed and an es-
timated 100 injured. The five
rear cars of the halted train were
crushed
Last May 18, at suburban Bryn
MaWr, Pa, outside Philadelphia,
the Pennsylvania Railroads De-
troit-to-New York Red Arrow
ripped into the back of a stalled
express train, killing 8 and injur-
ing 60.
The express had stopped to
check for damaged equipment.
Head-On Collision.
There has been one serious
head-on collision this year.
1t happened August 10 near
SlmmeSport. La, when the Kansas
City Southern's Streamliner,
Southern Belle met in a roaring
smash-up with a Marine troop
train on a curve.
Twelve persons. seven of them
train creWmen. were killed and
80 injured.
Railroad officials said the crew
on the troop train was at fault,
having failed to abide by instruc-
tlons requiring that inferior
trains so onto sidings to give the
right of way to streamliners like
the Southern Belle.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Killed by BuIIdozer

BELLINGHAM. Mass, Nov. IT
P.-Lynn Elliott, 40 of Dumas
Tex. was crushed to death today
beneath a 22-ton bulldozer he was
operating on a natural gas pipe
line project here.
Evening star., 1951-11-17
Two-Cor Crash Kills Two

DEs MONIES, Nov. II lP.-
Mr.. and Mrs. Elery Virgil Shu-
CART, both At, of Estes Park, Colo.
were killed yesterday in a two-cal
collision about 20 miles northeast
of here.
Evening star., 1951-11-17

Precipitation tonight will limited light SHOWS the
Lower region and scattered showers south
ern tip OF Florida 1t will be generally fair elsewhere.
peraures will continue quite cold
OF the country with trend toward weather
Tor the western third OF the country AP Wirephoto Map
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
MCCUTCHEON HERE

Stan McCutcheon of Anchorage is stopping at the Baranof Hotel for the next three days.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
.M|55IS5IppI
 PLAQUES TWO
 MORE STATES
By the Associated Press

The swollen Mississippi, on a springtime spree, plagued Iowa and Illinois towns along it's upper reaches today after spreading hav- oc in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
 Eighty square blocks of Dubuque, Ia, were under water Sunday as the river rose to PAT feet to top the 1880 record of 21.5 feet.
 Downstream from Dubuque, pa- trols labored through the night sandbagging dikes. Highway go on both sides of the Clinton, Iowa Fulton, Ills, bridge were water covered
 The river was expected to crest at 19.5 feet at Sabula, Iowa to- day and at POT feet at Clinton, Iowa, Wednesday.
 Police Chief Ed Loftus of Full ton, H., said there is little chance of holding the dike south of Full ton" He sair if it goes, 40 fam lilies will be forced from their homes.
 Illinois communities on the river Luttressed levees. Rock Island set up an arc-shaped flood wall to protect the city of 49000.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
pIL0JS REFUSE TO FLY NV A!RLlNES
 yTRAT0CRUsSERS

MINNEAPOLIS, April g, -R- Northwest Airlines ordered it's en- fire fleet of 20 Martin POP planes grounded last month when pilots refused to fly them, the Minneap- olis Tribune said yesterday.
 The Tribune, quoting an un- named spokesman for the NWA Pilots Union, also said the pilots may refuse to take the planes OH the ground even after modifica- tions are made.
 Pilots refused to fly the planes after the fifth VIVA Martin 2O2 crash, the newspaper said, and the company grounded the planes one day before final deadline set by the pilots.
 At the time, VIVA announced the planes would be kept on the ground while crews made minor" modl- tications recommended by a board named by the Civil Aeronautics 
 Ninety persons have been killed in crashes of the airline's POPS in the past three years.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
LIONS MARBLE
 TOURNAMENT SET
 FOR MAY 10, il, 12

A regular meeting of the Juneau Lions Club at the Baranof Hotel Monday noon was concerned with club business, including nomina- tions from the floor for officers for the coming year.
 Those up for election May 2l are: president, Carl Rusher, Don McMullen, Ralph Wright; first vice president, Al Ransome, Fred Me- Ginnis, Tom Clarke; second vice president, Wes Overby, Ray Tay- Tor: third vice president, Al Boutin, Don Miller, Peter Wood; secretary. Bob Scott; treasurer, Charles Mountjoy, Dan Mahoney; lion tanner, Bill Ray, George Tapley; tail twister, Dick Robinson, pr. j.. O. Rude, Jack Gucker; two-year term board of directors-Dr. John Geyer, Clarence Warfield, Les Av- Tit, Joe Werner, Max Penrod.
 Ralph Wright, Lion member of the Teen Age Club council, re- quested that the club provide $10 monthly to the Teen Age. The matter was referred to the next board meeting.
 Members were reminded to vote at the school board election next Monday
 A report from the beach com mittee revealed that a great deal of work was to be done and bull dozer needed.
 Jack Gucker and Jack Glover were appointed to head Fourth of July float committee.
 Announcement was made regard ing the Charter Night party for the new Douglas Lions Club which is to be held Saturday night at ' in the Douglas High School Gym with Scandinavian food and en- tertainment.
 Walter Soboleff announced that the National Marble Tournament of the game of ringer sposored by the Lions would take place May 10, II, and l2, and those aged nine and under, ages 10 and II, and ages l2 to IA. Assistants volunteering were Bob Scott, Joe Werner, Alva Blackerby, Clarence Warfield, R. Knight, Art Hedges, Jack Gucker.
 Joe Storms, former Juneau resi- dent now of Seattle, was a guest.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
COM. APPROVES
 3h MILLION FOR
 FWS FISH STUDY

WASHINGTON, April B -lR-- The House Appropriations Com mittee has approved the full $3,- 571 1901 asked by the U. s. Fisn ana Wildlife Service for fish research and development of fish resources.
 The total includes $239,998 for new programs and increased costs.
 Major item of increase is $90 898 for study of Atlantic coast fish. Spokesmen told the committee the sum would enable the service to initiate limited operations" on the study authorized by the last Con- gress.
 Another $60,O60 is allotted to in creased programs in the Pacific. Biggest of these is $18,776 to pro- vide Photographic winch, other equipment and supplies for the Pa cific Oceanic Exploratory fishing program out of Honolulu. T. H.
 Other Pacific items include $15,- 900 to equip the vessel Black Doug las for further study of West Coast pilchard off the California coast; $5,200 for an additional pink salmon counting station at Seattle; and $l0000 to reinstate planned small craft charters for inshore investiga- tions in the North Pacific.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-04-23
MOVIE ACTOR SAYS HE I5 NOT MEMBER
 COMMUNIST PARTY

WASHINGTON, April B --lR- Movie Tough Guy John Garfield denounced Communism today as tyranny" and told the House Un- American Activities Committee he is not and never has been in the party.
 He offered to tell anything he knows about Red front activities in Hollywood but disclaimed ac- quaintance with many individuals about whom he was asked and de- nied knowledge of the connections of others.
 Committee Counsel Frank Taven- her started out by putting to the dark-haired actor the direct ques- tion about Communist membership which number of figures from the