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, 1951-11-09

From a hospital bed, Walter Lee
Erwin related his version Of. the
shooting in which he himself was
wounded three times.
Erwin charged that he and an
other Negro, Samuel Shepherd,
%, were ordered out of Deputy
Willis McCall's car and shot with
out provocation while they were
handcuffed together.
Erwin said he "played dead"
after two bullets entered his body.
But he related that nearly As min
utes after the shooting, another
sheriff was summoned by radio
and shot Erwin in the neck after
being told by Mccall that he was
not dead.
Both Erwin and Shepherd were
convicted of raping a 17-year-old
white girl in 1949. But their con-
victions were reversed by the U.
S. Supreme Court when the panel
ruled that public opinion prevent
ed them from receiving a fair
trial.
Mccall says he shot the pair
when they jumped him and tried
to escape while he was changing a
, 1951-11-09
Quartet Here Sunday

The Friendship Echoes Quartet,
well known radio artist, Of Gin
cinnati, Ohio will give a program
Sunday, November II, at 500 P.
M. at the Shiloh Baptist church
sponsored, by the pastors aid So
ciety.
, 1951-11-09

Mr.. Truman was quick to de-
nounce the New York Times art
'icle, which reported he had "of-
fered to support" Eisenhower as
a presidential candidate in 1852.
Investigation Of a similar re-
port, circulated prior to Ike's
visit, brought a flat denial from
a presidential intimate. This au-
thority called the report "ridicu-
lous."
Another Truman friend told In
ternational News Service that the
president regarded Ike as a Re-
publican as early as last spring.
This friend quoted the president as
saying months ago:
like is a Republican. He won't
run on the Democratic ticket. |
can assure YOU of that. He won't
be the Democratic nominee"
There is some question whether
Ike ever voted either as a Demo-
crat or as a Republican.
Robert E. Sherwood states in
the book, Roosevelt and Hop
kins', that in March, 1914, "Eisen-
hover once told me that his fam
lily had always been Kansas Re
publicans but that he himself had
never voted in his life"
Sherwood, however, quoted Hop
kins in the same book as writing in
his dairy about June 8, 1945, that:
Eisenhower told me that he
and his family had always been
Republicans and had voted against
Roosevelt every time until 1914;
but that he did vote for Roosevelt
this last time"
Sherwood argues that Hopkins
was mistaken about Ike voting Re-
publican before 1914, saying:
Eisenhower did say to me, as
he evidently said to Hopkins, that
he had been opposed to the third
term simply because he was ma
turally conservative and a respect
er of tradition, but he was most
emphatic in expressing hope that
Roosevelt would run for a fourth
, 1951-11-09

The rumor that MI. Truman
would support Ike for the Demo-
cratic nomination last year is an
old one. 1t was first reported by
International News Service on
Feb. II, 1851 in these words:
Another unconfirmed story
told around Washington is that
president Truman will announce
next summer that he is not a can
didate for reelection and will
throw his support to the General
as his successor"
"Some Of the presidents init
mates brand this story as 'fantas-
tic.'"
, 1951-11-09
Sher. Accused OF KiIIinq
\ Hundcurti[ed Prisoner

EUSTIS, Fla, Nov. 9 QNS)-A 23-year-old Negro
prisoner today accused a deputy sheriff of callously kill
ing a handcuffed rape suspect who was being returned
for a new trial ordered by the U. S. Supreme Court.
, 1951-11-09
Saws President Truman Vi
Eisenhower As A Republic
By WILLIAM K. HUTCHINSON

BY WILLIAM 4. FU ICF1HNSON
WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 QNS)-White House advisers are convinced to-
day president Truman will. seek reelection n that he believes he can defeat
either Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower or Sen. Robert A. Taft as the Republican n %
mlnee.
The President views Ike al a Republican o and has long held that opn-
ion. mu.
These disclosures were made to international News Service by men who
are eliminates of MIR. Truman.
Mr.. Truman has declared publicly that he already has reached a decision
on whether to I'll again next year. But he says he has told no n lot even his
cabinet officers, what that decision is.
The presidents handling of the Eisenhower incident now is taken as evil
|dence of a decision o run again.
, 1951-11-09
OUR
REPORT
Jimmie N. Jones

Sentences were meted out to
four men in the Common Pleas
Court of Judge Robert U. Martin
yesterday. Donald Lee Black, %,
1849 Ditzel Ave. was sentenced to
Continued On Page Four
, 1951-11-09
BY international News Service

BY international News Service
PARIS-YUGOSLAVIA HAS ACCUSED Soviet bloc nations of
killing Yugosiav soldiers IN unqeclared Balkan warfare and de-
manded that the ON. order thdn to cease the hosule acts.
MUNSAN, kOREA-GENERAL fRIDGWAY has conferred with his
Korean truce negotiators ON Soviet Foreign Minister vlsnhnskys
proposal 70 split Korea at the 38th parallel.
EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUARTERS, KOREA-THREE COMMUN-
IST JET planes were shot down and four others damaged in two
air battles today.
WASHINGTON-THE ARMY STIMATE that Communists suf-
fered IL thousand 1853 casualties in the last week of October, for
a total of than ne million, 442 thousand.
NEW YORK THE LONGEST AND cosdiest New York dock
strike has ended, pending a review by a fact finding panel of the
issues in the dispute within the international Longshoremens AS
ISOLATION. <!
NEW YORK-PHILIP MURRAY WAS unanimously reelected
president of the Congress of Industrial Organizations.
KEY WEST, FLORIDA PRESIDENT TRUMAN is enjoying a
complete rest at his little White House in Key West.
, 1951-11-09

give you this, because I am not
happy about the feelings between
Americans and Russians"
Kogel said he would accept the
money as a contribution to the So
cial Service Auxiliary and the tired
little old lady left for her rented
room. Later she said:
CHOW I can really rest. 1t was
terrible to owe something"
Evening star., 1951-09-29

against the German LuftWaffs
was gained much of this country's S
knowledge on how to use tactical
Iairpower.
Later he commanded the 9th
Fighter Command in England and
on D-Day plus one Gen. Quesada
Iset up headquarters on the Nor
mandy beachhead. Next he headed
the 9th Tactical Air Command.
On "Question Mark" Flight.
The colorful Quesada first came
into the news as a member of the
famed question Mark" flight thai
set continuous-f1ight record ane
marked the first attempt to refue.
in midair. Another member o1
that crew was Gen. Carl A. CTooey)
ISpaatz. the first chief of staff oil
the independent Air Force.
The general. who lives at 2554
Massachusetts avenue NV, once
served as aide to F. Trubee Da-
wilson. Assistant Secretary of Wal
for Air, and accompanied him and
Martin johnson on a trip to Afri-
ca to collect animals for the New
York Museum of Natural History
He also served as aide to Gen
Hugh johnson when he was NRA
administrator in the early days OF
the New Deal.
When the Army Air Corps car
ried the mail in 1884, Gen. Que
sada made the last trip ina Bic
bomber from California to New
York, setting a record of 13 hours
and SIS minutes.
He is married to the former Miss
Kate Davis Pulitzer. of the pub
fishing family. They have tWc
daughters and a son. >.
Gen. Quesada is a graduate oil
Mckinley Tech here and attended
Georgetown University, the Uni.
versity of Maryland and the Wyo.
ming Seminary in Wilkes Barre
PA.
Evening star., 1951-09-29

sters, roomy clinic and dressing
rooms. receptionist and waiting
room. an interviewing room and a
room where children up for adop-
ton first meet their foster par
ents. The latter is equipped with
child-size chairs, a playpen anc
a few selected toys.
In the old building, worker:
were forced to operate in a clinic
that was a makeshift proposition
at best, while one waiting room
with chairs served all who came
to the department.
Administration on Third Floor.
Pastel green and yellow paint:
predominant in all quarters, witt
some rooms decorated in gray o.
bun shades. Asphalt tile has beer
laid in many areas, and f1uorescent
lights have been installed through.
out all the Offices and rooms.
The second floor of the BUILDING
has been turned over to the insti.
tutions and adoptions department
and houses intake and temporary
service units, supervisor. case
worker and clerical offices. ,
The third floor is taken up al.
most entirely with administrative
Offices.
Mrs. Robin r. Miller. super
intendent of the Child Welfare
Division, has third floor Office
painted pale green, with touches
OF watermelon pink as contrast
"One thing we still need is ar
elevator" Mrs. Miller said at the
end of the three-story climb. "It's
Ia long walk up"
Evening star., 1951-09-29
By George Kennedy
StoK Stuff CoYrespondenf

LURAY. Va. Sept. 29.-Every
small town has its boy who made
good. Sometimes he's the young
garage mechanic who went away
and became great industrialist
sometimes the successful novel
list, who didn't do so we'll at school
When the Inchon amphibious op-
Grafton in Korea struck home last
fall, Luray was beside itself in
the knowledge that the man in
charge was born on West Main
street, 1t. Gen Edward N. Almond
Not many of Luray's citizens
remember him because the gen.
Ieral, who was born on December
IL, 1892, was taken to Culpeper
by his parents when he was IL
years old.
Older residents recalled that the
generals father was salesman
for Jameson's feed and farm
equipment business and used to
travel a great deal. All the AL
monds had left the Valley.
Lloyd and Eugene Splitter re-
membered playing with him when
he lived on a farm 4 miles south
of Luray. And Miss Carrie Finn,
retired schoolteacher who taught
him before the turn of the CEN
tury, had been the recipient of
two dozen roses cabled from Tokyo
just before he left on the operation
that was to have ended the war.
Miss Carrie had broken her hip
and Gen. Almond had heard about
it from his old friend Lynn Wal
ton.
Main street was aflutter with
flags and arched with great ban
ners reading Welcome Gen. Al
mond. Sic En- Ned!" The last
expression had nothing to do with
his military prowess. 1t was found
in the generals class book, Vir-
ginia Military Institute, 1915. The
handsome blue-eyed young lieu
tenant-to-be was described as a
lady killer and the phrase was
used to encourage him in it.
The 45-piece Luray High School
'baad started a 45-minute concert
Evening star., 1951-09-29

when the general arrived and he
sat in the front row with Mrs.
Almond and his sister, Mrs. Alden
w. Foster of Pittsburgh, the for
mer Julia Almond. He showed he
enjoyed every minute of it.
Ed Lauck, editor of the Page
News and Courier, was chairman.
Mayor H. B. Dyche pronounced
Dike) gave a few words of greet
ing. Mr.. Dyche, a retired civil
servant, spent 81 years in Wash
ington with the General Account
ing Office and Treasury procure
ment. M. j. (Peachy) Menefee,
Luray's World War I hero, intro
duced the guest of honor. Mr..
Menefee is Senator Byrd's secre-
tary.
Gen. Almond told the crowd OF
several hundred that "all our men
in Korea are fighting for some
community like Luray.
"I don't believe the people of
Asia have that to fight for. They
fight for survival on the spot, "
he said.
"We are the richest country in
the world and if you think you
can sit back in security and not
have the impoverished people of
the world try to take all this from
you, you are greatly mistaken"
The man who commanded the
10th Corps in its long walkout
from Chongjin Reservoir to Mum
san in December tried to give his
audience an idea how tough Ko-
rea is.
He pointed to the nearby noun
tains. "Just go up the creek and
start right up the mountain across
the nose of Stony Man." he said.
Imagine doing that with the en-
emy rolling rocks down on you
and constantly firing at you.
That's what your men are doing
in Korea-and Korea is tougher
than that"
Then he went to see Miss Carrie,
whose home, like most of the
houses on Main street.. has a.
tourist sign in front. Miss Carrie
had been waiting for him on the
front porch but it had become a,
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Welfare Department Conducts
Open House in Cordozo Offices

The Department of Public Wei
fare yesterday had a chance to
show of its new quarters at old
Cardozo High School for the first
time.
officials and other employees of
the department held open house
for public inspection of the build
ing.
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono-
hue was among those who made
a tour Of the freshly painted and
renovated. building.
With others, he inspected the
Child Welfare Divisions new
headquarters. housed for the first
time under the same roof with the
supplies Offices and the Public As
sistance Division.
In contrast to the cramped, run
down old quarters at 462 Indiana
avenue NV, the new building is
bright. airy and spacious.
you have to have been in the
OLD building to really appreciate
this one," Commissioner Donohoe
commented after an inspection Of
the premises.
Sees Amazing Job.
"They have done an amazing
job in fixing this building up," he
added. "It is well adapted to the
present needs of the department
workers, and I am sure they will
all do better jobs with these new
facilities.
The new facilities include, on
the first floor. a child's waiting
room with low blackboards and
other items to amuse the young
Evening star., 1951-09-29

great religious leaders of the world
together in a common affirmation
of faith and a common supplica-
ton to the one God that all pro-
fess." President Truman told Pill
Igrimage members last night at Ma
tional City Christian Church.
II have asked them to join ir
one common act which will affirm
those religious and moral princi-
piles on which all agree. Such an
affirmation would testify to the
strength of our common faith and
our confidence in its ultimate VIC
tory over the forces that oppose
it,"
Must Unite on Peace.
While it has not yet been pos
sible to bring religious leaders to-
gether in common witness that
God is the way of truth and
peace" the President asserted
I'VE must continue our effort to
find those common ties, and to
bring the churches together in
greater unity in a crusade for
peace"
Speaking slowly and quietly but
with obvious deep conviction, Pres
Iident Truman several times re-
Ipeated passages in his prepared
speech or interpolated sentences
to emphasize his points. The more
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Maryland U. 10 Open
New Chemistry Unit

First classes in the University
OF Maryland's new chemistry
building will be held next weeE
with the opening of laboratory
facilities for 1900 students.
Still unfinished is the research
wing located in the standard 0.
the T-shaped building. No com.
pletion date has been set.
"Since each lab will have only
"a students and an instructor al
one time, we will eliminate con.
fusion and unfavorable teaching
conditions met in former build
ings," DR.. Nathan l.. Drake, chem
istry department head, said.
Also in the completed section
are laboratories for the State Feeo
and Fertilizer Inspection Service
stockrooms, and rooms for hous-
ing small animals used in bio.
chemical and State control work
Plans for the estimated So mil
lion building, part of the Glenn
l.. Martin College of Engineering
began six years ago. Construc-
ton began in March, 1850.
Work with small amounts o1
radioactive material will be done
in two "hot labs" on the research
wings ground floor.
Both laboratories are isolated
from the rest of the building b.
Ia buffer area having showers fol
workers and laundering machines
for their smocks, DR.. Carl L. Rol.
linson. associated professors o.
[cheMistry. said.
Evening star., 1951-09-29

than 1,100 persons filling the
church listened to the talk silently
only the Presidents low voice
breaking the quiet in the hushed
auditorium. ..-..
Asserting religious freedom was
a part of the religious faith of the
makers of our Constitution, Presi-
dent Truman interpolated, "They
received that from Roger Williams,
a Baptist; from William Penn, a
Quaker, and from Lord Baltimore,
a Catholic"
MIR. Truman repeated Jesus re.
marks to the Pharisees, THOU
hypocrite, first cast out the beam
out of thine own eye, and then
shall thou see clearly to cast out
the mote out of thy brothers
eye" adding in almost a whisper
"Oh. would hat we could live by
that"
After remarking that we mus
work for morality in public life
and in private life. the President
added, you can't make an hon
est man by law. He must be raised
by the goth Chapter of Exodus
and the Sermon on the Mount"
Voicing disappointment at the
inability of the Christian churches
to unite on statement that
Christ is their Master and Re-
deemer and the sources of then
strength against the hosts of ir.
religion and the danger of a world
catastrophe" Mr.. Truman added
somewhat sorEowfully, "They
haven't been able to agree on a
simple statement like that. have
been working at it for years."
He ended with sentence that
was prayerlike in his expression
May God unite the churches
and the free world and bring us
peace in our time"
DR.. j. Warren Hastings, minis
ter of National City Church, and
DR.. Edward H. Pruden. pastor of
First Baptist Church, Jointly con-
Evening star., 1951-09-29

little chilly and she had gone into
her downstairs bedroom and was
seated in a rocker between the
big oil paintings of her grand
parents on the wall. The gen.
ERALS picture was on the table.
He had always been a good
student and a good boy, Miss
Carrie assured him but the gen.
eral recalled that she had pun
ished him once-for smoking a
cigarette made of ground coffee.
Last night the general was guest
of honor at a banquet at the
Mimslyn Hotel, where he was in
troduced by Carroll E. Beach.
The general said he believes the
bulk of North Korea's army has
been killed or captured and I'VE
are now fighting mostly Chinese
Communists and riffraff from
Northern and Western Asia.
North Korea above the 38th
Parallel is destroyed, vacant and
lifeless," he said.
At the end Of his talk Mayor
Dyche presented him with the
gift of the town-two 23-pound
Page County hams. 4
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Virginia Milk Commission
To Hold Hearing on Prices

The Virginia Milk Commission
will hold a hearing October 8 to
consider the "entire milk price
structure" in the Alexandria
Arlington area and in Prince Will
liam County.
The hearing, to be held at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria.
at 10 am, was scheduled by the
commission after requests from
three Washington area dairies.
who said they will be forced to
increase their milk prices to an
all-time high of 231a cents a quart
Monday.
The Maryland-Virginia Milk
Producers Association announced
last week that because of a late
summer drought it was increasing
wholesale milk prices about nine-s
tenths of cent per quart. Re-
tailerS then announced a 1-cent
"a quart increase.
Mark Turner. one of the three
members of the commission, said
there is nothing the commission
can do about the price increases.
Evening star., 1951-09-29

1t. Gen. Elwood r. (Pete) Que
sada, 47-year- -old Washington ma
tive. ended his military career
today at ceremony at Boiling
Air Force Base. where he started
it 26 years ago.
There was a formal parade and
review and Gen. Hoyt S. Vanden-
berg, air chief of staff, presented
the retiring general with an Oak
Leaf Cluster to his Distinguished
Service Medal.
The decoration was for perhaps
his most important assignment
command of the third and latest
group of experiments at the
atomic proving ground at Eniwe-
tok Atoll in the Marshall Islands
That command-Joint Task Force
3-will complete its reports and
be disbanded by Monday.
Tactical Air Power Proponent.
A top proponent of tactical air
power, Gen. Quesada was one of
the first air commanders to lead
a tactical unit in World War II
AS a brigadier general, he took the
1st Defense Wing from MitcheI
Field. New York, to Africa early
in 1943.
And differences with the TOP
Air Force command over the use
and development of tactical air.
power are said by close friends
of Gen. Quesada to be a contribut-
ing factor in his decision to retire
However, the Air Forces official
tspokesmen maintain that he is re-
Itiring for purely personal reasons
Gen. Quesada has refused com
ment on reports of high policy
differences in the Air Force COM
mand.
Shortly after arriving in NORTH
Africa, Gen. Quesada was giver
command of the 18th Fighter
Command, from whose operation.
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Body Of Midd|e-Aged Man
Is Found in Tidal Basin.

The body. of a middle-aged col
ored man was found floating in
the Tidal Basin this morning by
Park Police.
The Metropolitan Police homi-
eide squad is checking fingerprints
and laundry marks for a clue as to
his identity. Detectives said the
man had been in the water for
two or three days.
He was wearing dark gray
lpinstripe suit and high brown work
shoes. No wounds were apparent,
police reported.
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Arlington Police See|
Payroll Ho|dup Clue;
Bandit Nets $500

Arlington police today dug fol
clues in the $500 payroll holdur
of an industrial plant by a bandit
who escaped in a stolen automo-
bile.
Waving a pistol in a red-gloved
hand, the bandit appeared late
yesterday in the Office of the Gray
Concrete Pipe Co., PITT Jefferson
Davis highway, and forced the
plant manager to turn over the
money from an open safe.
H. M. Cooper. the manager, hao
mistaken the man for a customer
When he inquired what the
stranger wanted, the man drew
the pistol and ordered Mr.. Cooper
to get the money which was about
to be distributed to plant employees
The holdup, just so feet off the
busy highway. came at the height
of the afternoon traffic rush.
Ordered to Lie on Floor.
The gunman, wearing a slouch
hat and dark glasses, required Mr.
Cooper to lie on the floor of his
office, then fed. In an adjoining
office was the plant owner, F. d
Gray of Thomasville, N. c., but
he had been talking on a tele-
phone and his attention was not
drawn to the holdup.
Mr. Cooper told police he got up
from the floor in time to note the
license of the automobile in which
the bandit drove off.
A check showed it to be a car
rented by the Alexandria Juvenile
and Domestic Relations Court. It
had been stolen Is minutes earlier
from a parking space on North
Patrick street, Alexandria, a mile
from the holdup scene.
Car Found Abandoned.
The car was found abandoned
at South Fern and TWenty-fourth
streets, Arlington, at 6 pm. In an
effort to develop clues, the police
today busted the vehicle in a
search for fingerprints. but they
were dubious about the results be-
cause the man had gloves.
The police also were checking
for a possible connection with the
robbery of an Arlington house, less
than a block from the corner al
which the automobile was aban-
doned.
Between 8 and 10 pm, the
police reported, some one broke
into the home Of Pope A. Nc
Murry, Capital Transit Co. en-
Iploye, at TIC South Twenty-fourtt
street, and stole $106 in cash and
Ijewelry valued at $3.50.
May Have Had AccompIiees.
Police investigated the possibil-
ity that the gunman had accom-.
tplices standing watch outside the
holdup scene.
On the basis of a report thai
1.-THE fleeing bandit drove of towarc
Washington. bridge blocks were
Iset up, but the search turned back
to Arlington after the car wa.
found.
Mr.. Cooper said the bandit was
,Iabout 80 years old. weighed about
,I175 pounds and stood 5 feet II
inches sall.
Evening star., 1951-09-29
Missionary Union Chief
To ak at First Baptist

Mrs. George Martin, president
of the Woman's Missionary Union
of the Southern Baptist Conven-
ton, will speak at $50 pm. Tues
day in the First Baptist Church
Sixteenth and o streets NV.
Mrs. Martin, who was presiding
officer at recent meeting of the
Woman's Administrative Commit
tee of the Baptist World Alliance
in London, will talk at a dinner oi
the Dawson Bible Class.