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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
BY the Associated Press

SEATTLE, Mar. 24.-Twt
patches of letters from Chinese
Communist prison camps today
brought an Easter ray of hope tt
80 families of men believed tt
have been captured by the Reds
in the Korean War.
One packet of % letters was re-
ceived at Denver. Another con.
tanning 10 letters arrived at g
Seattle home. The recipients i'm.
mediately forwarded the missives
to addresses given.
The Denver package was re.
ceived by Mr.. and Mrs. r. w
Wegner. It contained no letter fol
them but they think the envelope
was addressed in their sons hand.
writing.
| The Seattle package came Il
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l.. Skyles. from
his brother. Pfc. Edward Skyles
Mrs. Skyles and the Wegner:
said it appeared the prisoners hae
been told what to say since thu
wording was so much alike.
Typical of the contents wa:
this excerpt from the letter o.
Arthur Violet to his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Violet, Route /
fredericksburg, Ohio:
eve are learning new way
of life that the Chinese are teach.
ing us and it seems to be a prett,
good thing"
And Clayton Galameau wrote
to his mother. Mrs. Ella Gala
meau, of Fowlerville, Mich: 1.-THE,
are teaching me the way TIT
common people live; I have
learned a lot from them and
think it is good"
Michael acknowledgement thi.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Wife Of Captured Ap Man
Gets Airmoiled Letter

ALBANY. N. Y, Mar. "a R.-
Mrs. Frank Noel today received
the first letter from her husband,
Associated Press Photographer
Frank Noel, since his capture by
Chinese Communists December /
The letter. written by Mr.. Noel
January 5 in North Korea, was
airmailed last night from a San
Francisco address.
Mr.. Noel wrote that he was
thankful he had not been wound
ed or killed, and was now in good
health. He mentioned sending an
earlier letter through the Mos
COW Office" but Mrs. Noel has not
received it.
The typed envelope bore no
name. but it was typed: "1243
Masonic avenue, San Francisco
IT."
The veteran APP photographer
was with the 1st Marine Division
when captured near the Changjin
Reservoir in North Korea. On
January 5-the same day the let
ter was written-Peiping Radio
announced that Mr.. Noel was in
a "prisoner-of-war camp" in the
safety of the rear areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25


April S. Mr.. Howat said.
Selection of Mr.. Montgomery
who is 81. for the award was made
by a committee headed by James
E. Colliflower. Other members Of
the committee included DR.. j
Rozier Biggs. DR.. J. L. B. Murray
DR.. Francis M. Murray. John N
Lyle. Stephen A. Meehan, Claude
Whitfield. John N. Blackjack
Edgar B. Rouse, Richard Walsh
A. Leftwich Sinclair, jr., Edmund
o. Carl. Robert G. Carter ane
Emery C. Galliher.
Mr.. Montgomery, born in Ire.
land, came to the United States
when he was IT. He has lived ir
Washington since.
At the age of "a, he became Sec
Rotary of what was then a small
local relief association. Located
in one room, with only a few thou
sand dollars of insurance in force
"a small number of policy holders
and no assets. the company's di-
rectors had about decided to dis
solve it. He urged that he be
given a chance to see what could
be done.
The company grew, under Mr.
Montgomery's guidance, to the
Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
one of Americas largest. The
company has more than l billion
dollars of life insurance in force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

safe of hotel in suburban Golden
Beach this morning to show them
to prospective purchasers. They
walked across the street to a park
ing lot.
AS they were about to get into
a car. Mr.. Goldstein had rented,
one man slid under the wheel of
the car and another forced them
to lie down on the rear floor. They
were bound and gagged with ad-
hesive tape.
The gunner took the jewels,
then took them on a weaving
twisting drive that lasted about
As minutes. The car made one
stop and they heard two other
men come up to the side of the
car and talk briefly with their
Iabductors in low tones.
After parking in the wooded
area. the robberes walked to a
waiting car. a black late model
sedan. and drove away.
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Cohan Named Betting Agent Has Had Brushes With Police

The name of Nathan (RedS)
Cohan, described to Senate crime
investigators yesterday as the
Washington agent for a Milwau-
kee gambler, came as no surprise
to Washington police, but their
official record on him carries no
convictions.
Capt. Roy Blick of the vice
squad last night recalled these
three episodes:
A 1910 gambling arrest with
no record of the disposition in
the case.
The removal of his home tele-
phone in 1915 during a police
anti-gambling crusade.
A raid last January on a Ninth
street establishment. where a
man said to be a relative of Co.
hans was arrested and later re-
leased.
Believed in Florida.
Capt. Blick said he made the
raid on 1909 Ninth street NV.
on the basis of information from
Milwaukee that a Milwaukee
gamblers calls were going to a
certain Washington telephone
number.
The Milwaukee gambler, Sidney
A. Brodson, told the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee yester-
day that his calls went to Reds"
cohan, of 1921 Fourteenth street
NV.
Brodson testified that after the
raid on the Ninth street place,
he learned that Conan had gone
to Florida and he stopped calling
here.
Sixth Precinct police had an
other angle on the Cohan story.
They reported that Cohan told
them he and his wife would be
gone from January 6 until some
time in April and Cohan re-
quested them to watch his place.
The Cohans. according to Sixth
Precinct police, said a sister would
visit the house occasionally. The
man on the beat, police said,
found the front door unlocked
twice but thought that was prob
ably due to some ones negligence.
Search Without Warrant.
Capt. Blick said he got word
from Milwaukee that someone at
Adams 1912 was talking to a
gambler in Milwaukee. He ex-
planned he traced the telephone
number to the National Union of
Government Workers at 1909
Ninth street NV.
The cases of four men arrested
in the Ninth street raid later were
dismissed by United States Com
missioner Lawrence, presumably
on the basis that the search was
made without a warrant.
Capt. Blick said he was simply
investigating for Milwaukee when
he started out. He said a real
estate Office was on the first floor
and when he asked for the Ma
tional Union of Government
Workers, he was directed upstairs.
A doors were open, he said,
when he walked in and found 1.-The
telephones as busy as hot pota-
toes" The bets, he said. were siz-
able and included both numbers
and horse wagers.
Five Telephones in Use.
He said he found on the scene
five telephones, including two ex-
tension lines; two adding ma
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Statesmen Kidnapped,
Robbed Of $4,000
By the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla, Mar. 24.-Two
Chicago jewelry salesmen-Sam
Goldstein and J. Stuart Morris
told police today they were kid
naped by two gunner, robbed OF
$4,000 in gems, and left bound
and gagged.
They were found in their auto
mobile in a wooded area near
Biscayne Bay at Northeast Eighty
first street a half hour after the
robbers left them. A resident of
the neighborhood heard noises in
the car and freed them.
Sergt. c. Buddy Kindred of the
Miami police said the statesmen
told this story:
They took the jewels from the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

chimes, a large quantity of num-
bers and, horse bet slips, a large
quantity of scratch pads and pen
ellis, three radios and a large tele-
vision set. He said he jerked out
the telephones and removed other
equipment but left the television
set.
Arrested in the raid, according
to Capt. Blick, were Wilbert
Louis Cohan, 80. of the 1000 block
of Raynor road, Silver Spring
Md; Joseph Chillani, 38, of the
1000 block of Seventeenth street
NV; NUM- w. Oster, 40, of the
5000 block of Chillum road. Md.
and Albert F. Kliegman, 10, of
the 900 block of Gallatin street
NV.
Brodson testified he believed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

be pressed against the four men
for "impersonating a Government
agency" but found that nothing
could be done about it.
The vice squad chief recalled
that in 1945 raid was made on
Reds" Cohan's home. Nobody
was home at the time. he said,
but he removed the phone. He
referred to it as "hi-jacking."
Police records show that or
March 10, 1910, Nathan Paul Co.
han Of 1921 Fourteenth street was
arrested with another man, Ker-
NIT Schnell. on lottery charges.
The records do not show the dis
position of the case.
Cohan was described as a stocky
Ired-haired man. about Al years
old.
The Cohan home on Fourteenth
street is large brick and stucco
building with three aerials at diff
ferent points on the roof.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25
Two Botches of Letters Bring
Hope to Families of 80 POWs

to his mother, Mrs. John Naruto.
Iwicz, Shenandoah, Pa: ~"I am liv.
ing the life of a big politician.
All Of the prisoners said they
were being treated well, and were
warmly clothed and housed in the
bitterly cold weather. They die
mot disclose where they were be.
ing held.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

Service Medal
for outstanding
service to the
community last
year.
A n n o u n &C.
ment was made
yesterday b y
P. Y. K. Howat,
president Of the
C os m o politan
c ] u b T h e
award will be
presented at a
special lunch
con in the May
Hnurer Hnfel on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

Wilbert Cohan was nephew of
Reds" Cohan.
Capt. Blick said $2,782 was
found in Wilbert Cohan's pos
session: ISL on Chillani: $3l on
Oster and 1926 on Kliegman.
Each of the men were held under
$500 bond on charges of operat-
ing lottery, setting up a gaming
table and possession of lottery
slips. After several continuances.
their cases were dismissed on
February %. The men were
represented by Attorney Myron
Enrich.
Mr.. Enrich said he had known
Reds" Cohan for many years
but had never. represented him.
Capt Blick said he made in
quiries to see if a charge could
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-25

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CosnopoIitans Select
William Montgomery
For Service Award !

William Montgomery, president
of the Acacia Mutual Life InSur-
ance Co., has been awarded the
Cosmopolitan Clubs Distinguished
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and assets of more than 1929 mil
lion.
Mr.. Montgomery's part in COM
munity civic life has been large
lis a director of the YMCA, the
Garfield Hospital. the Public
Library. the Metropolitan Police
Boys Clubs and the American
Security & Trust Co. He is af-
Ifiliated also with the Friendly
Sons of st. Patrick. the Metropoli-
tan Club, the Rotary Club. Board
Iof Trade. Press Club. Alfalfa Club
the Association of Oldest Inhabit-
ants and the Columbia Historical
Society,
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Demand tor Chemical
And Railroads Lifts
Stocks as Much as 81
BY the. Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 6.-Rails and
chemicals led the stock market
higher today in the midst of mod
erately active trading.
There was a general response
to the upward swing and just
about all divisions Joined in. Fol-
lowing closely on the heels of the
two leading groups were steels,
|aircrafts and radio -television is
sues.
Prices throughout the list were
Iup fractions to a little more than
a point. Minus signs were seen
infrequently. There was a con-
centration of mild losers in the
motion picture division.
Oils were up but without ex-
citing much interest. A lot of
buying interest has been CEN
tered in Northern Pacific because
| of its vast holdings in mineral
rights in the Williston Basin of
Montana and the Dakotas
Amerada and Shell. both with
producing oil wells in the Willis
ton Basin, were fractionally
higher.
1t was also noted that the
short interest report for Novem-
ber Is showed Northern Pacific
71.829 shares on the short side,
the second largest position in the
market. And, as every trader
knows. when a stock is borrowed
and sold short it must be bought
back at lower price to make a
profit, and in a rising market it
must be bought back quickly to
cut losses.
Stocks moving up included
Santa Fe, Chesapeake & Ohio,
Texas Co., Pan American World
Airways, United States Gypsum.
American Telephone, Phelps
Dodge, American Cyanamid, Du
Pont. International Paper, Re
public Steel. General Motors,
Boeing, Douglas, Radio Corp. and
Admiral Corp. Cat new high).
Railroad bonds were slightly
lower in the corporate bond mar
ket. Governments were steady in
the -the-counter market.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
New Uranium Sources Spur
Atomic Projects, Dean Declares

try's third A-power expansion
project since 1949
The first project was the $500
million Hanford (WashD pluto
mum plant and the 1920 million
uranium plant at Oak Ridge.
Tenn.
The second expansion project,
still in progress, is the huge plant
at Aiken, S. c., which Mr.. Dean
said will cost more than $780,
100000. and a new $500 million
plant at Paducah, Ky.
Sources of Power.
All fashionable materials, Mr..
Dean said, will ltpresent power
producing sources for peacetime
use if international diplomatic
relations improve.
He said, however, that the Rus
slams, apparently not satisfied
with military and political con-
quests to date, continue to probe
relentlessly for the weakest spots
in the armor Of the society of free
nations. :"
The contemplated new atomic
energy expansion program would
be relatively small dollar-wise"
but would mean "a disproportion-
ately large demand for many
items that are in critical short
supply" he said.
Evening star., 1951-12-06
RY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 6.-Gordon
Dean. chairman of the Atomic
Energy Commission, says tenta-
tive plans to greatly expand
atomic weapons output
mean stronger bulWark against
Communist threats and more
peacetime industrial power if the
world situation brightens.
Mr.. Dean spoke last night at
the annual mobilization dinner of
the American Ordnance Associa-
tion. He said the proposed atomic
expansion program stems from
fresh discoveries of uranium de-
posits in Canada and Colorado.
These discoveries plus technolog-
ical developments, he added. are
making possible "the considera-
ton of atomic weapons for tao
tical as well as strategic employ
|ment."
Close Troop Support.
Tactical usage implies employ
ment of atomic weapons for close
support of ground troops. involv-
ing atomic artillery shells, baby
A-bombs or atomic guided mis-
Siles.
Startegic usage entails long
range, mass-destruction attacks
Iagainst enemy defense centers.
If the new atomic program goes
through, it will mark this coun-
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Produce Markets

,,rFs.t Ra;imors s,n auotations supplied by the
onisa Appesa staes AsFensgfe PEP peDarmsn
color, > a5; stsymans. az sH inches eR A,nn up,
g. sseqFdins yeeFe g t9 eelor alneh up
Sylyania Delicious; 2h-inch up, 800;
~ inches up, So sh-inchi 1Ss'I&Hs. up. I.45-
Pennsylyania boxes Z. s. D. No. /. fancy n1;
wrapped Golden Delicious lass. 265-75.
Potatoes-Barely steady; U. S, No. ..
sacks, 1,35; 50-pound sacks, 1852 90.
Sweet potatoes--About steady: bushel
baskets. U; S; No. |, Maryland and .vir-
s1nia. washed aae some some unwsShed. Goldens.
Quality. 1.oo-5d: Puerto Ricans, n $3.50. t5soli
some best, 400: white yams, 3oo-5O,,
according to. quality Nearby, u bushei
hamper. Goldens, 175.
-, Poultry--Market barely steady Receipts
liberal; some carried Trading slow. Fry
es,saa sefs aA uans pounds s.. and up, 21a.3o mostly
type 1920. Ducks: Muscovies, 2s-aa. few
Tom. To; miSsd Ss oeolors no demand. Turkeys;
Grain Market.
Flour-Receipts. 1910 1o0-pound
Wheat-Receipts, 45,1ss bushels; ship
Nments Ne IN none; ns,, stocks 456s.357 bushels
~. S.e req WINTER garllcKy, spot. domestic.
corn--Receipts. .1l5073 bushels: ship
ImentS 1888 bushels: stocks, 3.055, i AZ
Oats-Receipts. 17,156 bushels: ship
mentsi none; stocks. 24.3oa bushels.
bariey-Recelpts; none: shipments
Rye-Recelpts: none; shipments. none;
soybeans-Receipts. 1854 bushels;
shipments, none: stocks, $50 900 bushels.
Millfeed-Receipts, 676 tons.
Eggs and Butter.
yesterdays Quotations)
EGGS: Market about steady Recefpts
ample. Movement good.
Prices paid fob. Baltimore by first
Large, min 70 pct. A quality: whites.
5h-6l; brown and mixed color. 55-5S,
MEDIUMS. min. 10 pct quality; whites,
3-54 "a: brown and mixed color. 505-54.
small whites. 1881; brown and mixed
Receipts; Butter. 44o pounds; eggs. none
reported
Evening star., 1951-12-06
Chicago Gruin

CHICAGO. Dec. P--Grains ruled
higher on the Board Of Trade To-Day under
cereals led the upturn.
Gains at the start ranged to cent
IN d;he wheat These were EXTENDED as the
peared that some Of fhe hedse lifting
against the export sales may have been
wheat near m the a5al end Seqs Of Phs IRIS rst aT1 hgnr
was s+-!a4 higher. December 2 66a4; corn
was iah higher, December a0ls. and
oats were ss-ta hisher, December 99Ia
hundred pounds higher. December 1897
:. Austria overnight bought nine cargoes
Of american wheat half spring, and half
than 3 million bushels. Italy took three
cargoes of hard wheat and Holland bought
one cargo Of hard wheat. two cargoes of
corn n, aEd ID, one cargo Of grain sorshums,
primary prop under the market. as it
has, been for the past several weeks. The
trade heard that, the United States would
agreement quotas tfor certain western
stocks were running low.
AT the same. time. movement of cash
and Northwestern terminals has expanded
However, traders said there did not ap-
pear to be any great increase in the local
market: The fact that stocks here are not
neaVy nelped IN sustaining prices, traders
said.
The detailed Kansas weekly crop re-
port said, the winter wheat plant was
in most sections Of the state, althouSh
there is a dry area in the extreme South
western section.
nsKs News m,ch from n Korea did not seem tc
corn repeiptS totaled l66 cars
Evening star., 1951-12-06

named assistant sales manager of
the Chicago Office. effective De-
cember 3. Mr.. Peterson will be
succeeded here by Richard
Peasants Of the Chicago office.
D. T. McGraw, sales promotion
director of Acacia Mutual Life
Insurance Co., is on the faculty
of sales promotion workshop
being conducted in New York this
week by the Life Advertisers As
eociation.
Sprouse Wins Promotion.
Lawrence H. Sprouse, outstand-
ing producer for the Equitable
Life Assurance Society here, has
been appointed State agency man
ager for the society in Rhode
Island. with headquarters in
Providence.
Mr.. Sprouse started with the
organization as an agent here in
September, 1912, and was pro-
NOTED to unit manager in Novem-
ber, l945.
The new unit to which he was
assigned to develop led all Equit-
able units in the Nation for As
sured Home Ownership produc-
ton by 1850.
He was chosen as outstanding
unit manager of the Middle At
lantic Department and was desig-
mated par excellence unit man
ager five times.
Exhibit Managers Here.
The National Association ot
Exhibit Managers opened two
day meeting at Hotel Statler today
Speakers include: Charles B
Staufacher, staff assistant tc
Charles E. Wilson, ODM director
Clarence A. Arata. manager OF
the Greater National Capital Com
mittee; Marcus w. Hinson, man.
ager, International Churchmar
Exposition; Domenico Mortellite
of E. I. du Pont de Nemours Co.
and William H. Eiseman, director
of the American Society of Metals
The association will be enter.
tanned by the Greater Nationa
Capital Committee at dinner a
the Shoreham Hotel tonight ane
by the Hotel Association of Wash
ington at a Mayhower luncheon
tomorrow.
Evening star., 1951-12-06

new duties. with headquarters at
the home office, on January /.
Mr.. Smoot's promotion was an
nounced at the end of a two
day planning meeting for 1852 at
Hotel Statler Tuesday and yeSter-
day. President S. w. Hauser ad-
dressed the so district managers
in attendance on Building Good
Public and Employe Relations. I"
Myron E. Dean, senior consultant
of the Agency Management Asso-
citation at Hartford. Conn, also
spoke.
Kann's Orders Yule Bonus.
S. Kann Sons Co. will distribute
q Christmas bonus totaling more
than $4,000 to more than 1,100
store members. President Sol Kann
announced yesterday.
The bonus to be distributed to
members in both the downtown
and Virginia department stores of
the company will be based on
length of service and will range
up to $50 per employe.
More than 200 store members
will receive the highest amount
Of $50.
Reinecke Gets New Post.
John j. Reinecke of Washing
ton has been appointed executive
secretary of the American Home
Laundry Manufacturers Associa-