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Evening star., 1952-02-12
PIisco Keeps Silent
AT Death Threat Trial;
Dismissal Plea Studie.

Abe (Jew Boy Dietz) Plisco. 40.
|reputed big-shot gambler. re-
manned silent at his trial in Mu-
|nicipal Court today on a charge OF
Threatening to kill a hotel house
detective. If he interfered with q
minor gambler.
Plisco did not take the witness
stand after Frank E. Powell. 38,
chief house oficer Of the Washing
ton Hotel, identified him as the
man who threatened him in the
hotel lobby on January Z.
Tells Of Threat.
"He said." Mr.. Powell testified.
that If 7 did anything to hurt q
man known to me as Hancock he
would kill me. He said it made no
difference II Hancock took bets,
that he was an old man and
needed to make Q living"
Asked If. he wassafraid Of Plisio
MIR. Powell replied:
I'm not personally afraid Of
him but I'm afraid he might hurt
me through my family, or some
thing of that sort.
Hotel Employe Testifies.
Z. c. Williams, OF Franconia
Va. another hotel employe. said he
overheard Plisco threaten to Kill
MIR. Powell.
Defense Attorney Charles E
Ford asked Judge Milton S. Kron.
helm. jr., to dismiss the charge or
the grounds the Government hac
failed to prove its case. The judge
took the motion under advisemen1
and allowed Plisco to remain a.
liberty under $500 bond.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Two Pilots Killed as Jets
Collide Over Nevada
BY tn Associoted Press

LAS VEGAS, New. Feb. 12.-
Two Air Force pilots were killed
yesterday as their F-S0 jet planes
collided over Temple Bar, about
SIS miles southeast Of Las Vegas
The pilots were attached to the
3594th Training Squadron at Mel
lis Air Force Base.
Cause of the crash was not de-
termined.
The victims were identified as
Capt. Warren w. Wieser Of Tay-
lorville, ILL.,, whose widow is Mary
June Wieser, and 1st 1t. Carl D
Tigertt of Wilmer, Tex.
1t. Tigertt, a combat veteran
recently returned from Korea, was
a brother of 1t. Col. w. D.
of 5031 Fourth street NV.
Washington, D, C.
Evening star., 1952-02-12

posed young girls to temptations.
The mother Of one Of the beauty
contestants asked police to keep
Mr.. Herrick away from the daugh-
ter.
Spent Six Months I'm Jail.
After he left the House, Mr..
Herrick was jailed for six months
for helping run a still in st. Mary's
County, Maryland. about 80 miles
from Washington. Revenue agents
making the arrest in 1880 said
they found Mr.. Herrick. with a
three-day growth Of beard, help
ing fire a boiler under mash to
make moonshine liquor.
Mr.. Herrick served his sentence
in the Centerville Md Jail
and came out protesting the
treatment he received. Said Mr.
Herrick: zone prisoner, a priv
ileged character. got the other
prisoners down on me. They
would wash the walls with my
clean shirts and put rotten eggs
between the sheets on my bunk.
They'd throw wads Of wet paper
at my head, and a boy living
nearby used to shoot nails at me
from his air rifle"
One of his jailers denied the
charge and said Mr.. Her11ck
tried to make trouble for US
from the day he arrived until
the day he left"
At about this time, Mr.. Herrick
got a job operating an elevator in
a District office building.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Boy Seeking 10 Join
Navy Found Shot Dead

A 17-year-old boy died today Of
q bullet wound In the right temple.
Robert william Ireland Of 503s
Eleventh street NE. was found
unconscious by his mother. Mrs
Mildred Ireland. shortly after she
had refused him permission to
join the Navy. A .22-caliber rife
was beside him. A Gallinger Hos
pital physician pronounced him
dead at 1:40 am.
Homicide Squad Detective Sergt
John L. Sullivan said Mrs. Ireland
told him her son returned home
shortly after / am. after having
dinner with q friend who is In
the Navy.
She told him, she said, that she
would not sign papers permitting
him to join the Navy. and scolded
him for coming home late.
/ Mrs. ireland said her son had
attended Bell Vocational High
School but had quit and was in
terested in joining the Navy. A
brother, Joseph. jr., Is IN the Navy
DR.. Richard Rosenberg. deputy
coroner. was to issue q verdict
later today.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Magazine Suspended
|BY w. & /. as Risaue
Nv fho Asseeia3ed Presa

LEXINGTON. Va, Feb. Ia
The Southern Co1legian, student
magazine Of Washington and Lee
University. has been suspended
for the remainder Of the school
term.
A faculty committee recon-
mended that the magazine be dis
lcontinued because it had become
I"too risque." The full faculty ap-
proved the committees recon-
mendation yesterday.
Dean James Layburn said the
faculty felt the magazine In its
last issue had overstepped the
bounds Of decency.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Philadelphia Fined 500
For Threats 10 Senator's
BY the Assoeistsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. IL. - 4
Philadelphia man convicted o,
sending threatening letters to tn.
wives Of four Senators was finec
500 and placed on a years pro.
baton yesterday by Federal Judg,
Guy K. Bard.
The defendant, John J. Fleck
|63. a newsstand employe, wa!
arrested in August by Federal Blu.
reau Of Investigation agents.
He was charged with writing
letters to the wives Of Senator.
Wayne Morse, Republican, o,
Oregon, and Spessard Holland
Democrat, Of Florida. and to the
wives Of former Senators Claude
Pepper Of Florida and Chan Cur.
ney, South Dakota.
Fleck wrote in the letters that
III a Senator votes to vest powers
in the President, he violates hi
oath, and, sis it not then the duts
and the right Of the people to ge
Ia gun and shoot him on sight?"
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Exc Congressman Herrick Lost
In Snow: :MadeH Heodlinesin '20s
Heart Bolm Suits
And Aerial Antics
PIoyed Up by Press
BY The Asseeiated Press

QUINCY, Calf, Feb. IMAM
|uel Herrick, rs, whose antics as
q Congressman from Oklahoma
made Nationwide news in the
early 1920s, is missing in the
snow covered California .Sierras
and believed dead.
The frozen body Of George l.
WEIGH, 70, of Colfax, Calf, Mr.
Herrick's companion when they
headed into the high country jan
uary IL, was found last Saturday
by a search party.
Mr.. Herrick, a Republican. went
to Congress from the 9th Okla
homa district in 1921. He failed
Ito win reelection.
In the early '20s Mr.. Herrick
was labeled the aerial Daredevil
of Congress" and "the Sparkplug
Lover of Washington" He won
the titles by flying around Wash
ington in Army airplanes and
from his heart balm court suits.
Anna Elizabeth Niebel. a zieg-
field Follies show girl, sued Mr.
Herrick for $4,000 breach of
proriise. Mr.. Herrick in turn sued
his pretty ex-stenographer, Ethlyn
Chrane, for $4,000 breach OF
promise, charging her refusal OF
his hand as related in the news
papers had ruined my value on
the marriage market"
Nothing came of either case.
Search for MFR. Herrick has been
abandoned. His only known sur
vivor is a daughter, Mrs. Ruth
w. Smith, of Chicago.
Miss Neibel's suit against Mr..
Herrick grew out of a poll" he
made of 48 contestants in a Dis
trict beauty contest.
He wrote each of the contest
ants asserting that he had led a
blameless life and was interested
in marrying girl that could be
First Lady of the country-for he
hinted that he was destined to be
president. He also assured the
girls he was rich and his wife
would not have to work.
When the letters became public,
Mr.. Herrick said he was gathering
information to fight against
beauty contests. He said they ex-
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Home Rule Advocate,
l
See Time Ripe Now /, !.
10 Start New Drive

Congressional sponsors Of 1egis-
|lation for Washington home rule
believe the time is ripe now for q
new drive to get suffrage for
Washington.
They expressed this view at q
luncheon given yesterday by the
Central Suffrage Conference at
the United Nations Club.
Among the speakers honored for
their work for the home rule bill
were Chairman Nicely Of the Sem
ate District Committee: Senator
Case. Republican. Of South Da.
kota: and Representative Grang-
Ter. Democrat, of Utah.
Convention Move Planned.
Others to whom tribute was
paid, but who were unable to be
present, were Senator Kefauyer,
Democrat. Of Tennessee and Rep
resentative Auchincloss. Republi-
can. of New Jersey.
Senator Nicely told the gather
ing he planned to present to the
Democratic National convention
the "hypocritical" record of q
Washington home rule plank and
the party's failure to enact suh-
rage legislation to implement it.
July l Target Urged.
The West Virginian led the fight
to get the Senate to pass a bill
for limited suffrage last month
but the measure now is before the
House District Committee. which
buried a similar bill in the 8lsi
Congress.
Senator Case urged suffrage ad-
vocateS to shoot at a target date
|of July for House passage OF
the pending bill. He warned that
lit would take time to circulate
Ia discharge petition among House
members to get the 218 signatures
necessary to force the bill from
committee to the House floor for
action. Even then. he pointed
out, there might be a delay in a
House-Senate conference If the
House passed a different version.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Loss Of 7 income Tax
|Leniiency Rules Hif
BY A. U. Park i Speaker

An expert on Federal income tax
told the American University Park
Citizens Association last night he
lis sorry recent tax scares have
caused the Governments revenue
collecting agencies to change '..two>
good rules" applying to tax en-
|forcement.
DIR. Milton I. Baldinger, a Ma
tional University, Law School. pro-
Ifessor. said he regretted that citi-s
Izens who voluntarily disclose an
incorrectly filed return are no
longer exempt from prosecution.
He stressed. however. that the old
rule applied only when such dis
lclosure was made before any in
Ivestigation had begun.
Can Be Jailed When III.
The other rule. he said. used to
exempt from prosecution those for
whom jail term, in the opinion
Iof honest. reputable DOCTORS"
would be dangerous to health.
Under present policy, he said, such
prosecution could have the effect
Iof imposing a punishment that
would not f1t the crime"
Changing the voluntary disclo-
sure rule. DR.. Baldinger pointed
out, will have the effect of forcing
the fller of a fraudulent return to
hire a smart lawyer and do every.
thing possible to cheat the Gov
ernment. rather than pay up.
The association was told Of
plans a nearby residential area
Spring Valley-haS to establish @
new citizens association.
Oppose Boundary Plea.
Although members were willing
to yield some of the association s
territory to the new group. they
voted to oppose Spring Valleys
request to extend its boundaries
to the south side Of Massachu-
Isetts avenue near American Uni
Iversity. %
Thomas E. Lodge, delegate to
the Federation of Citizens Associ-
ations, explained that the terri
tory in question was vital to the
association and that, in fact, it
includes the neighborhood where
he himself lives. g.:
The meeting was conducted by
Daniel B. Lloyd, president, in
Hurst Hall, American University.
Nebraska and Massachusetts, ave-
nueS NV. ........
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Chicago Livestock

CHICAGO. Feb. 12 d49 fUsDA).-Sal.
1sss.Gs.bo: s $sS.sfS 1es poanss % eGsnHs
pSGnas 1S0szo PsGs55di ssl oad siouSs Sss s4t
and less. 15.5O-16.50; 4OO-5OO pounds
l4.55-15.75; occasional heavier sows
Salable cattle. $500; salable calves, 800
two loads prime 1.125-l.218 pound steers
steers and yearlines. SS.75-s6 90; com. ON.
mercial to low choice steers, ~ 5O-32 so
good to low prime heifers, 29.50-35. 90
Gamers and cutters. 17.O0-20. 90; utility
and commercial bulls. 25.0O-29 90; com.
lmercial to prime yeAlers. 3l,00-SS 90;
Salable sheep, .2.50O;. no slaughtef lamb,
or yearlings sold; most mixed weight na.
| tive SLAUGHTER ewes. 1l.0O-l4.SO.
Evening star., 1952-02-12


in 1867. after Congress refused to
appropriate money to support it
on grounds the Vatican closed
some Protestant churches in Italy.
Rrotestants, however. note that
in those days the papal states
comprised a major part Of Gen.
trail Italy. an area of some 10000
square miles with more than 3
million population. This was be-
fore revolutionists led by Carl
baldi overthrew papal rule in
1870, and sent the Pope into se-
fclusion for SO years until Benito
iMussolini agreed in 1929 to grant
him his present domain.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Argentine Plone Ends
Flight From Antarctic.
By the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Feb. 12.-An Argentine nava
plane completed a nonstop 1900.
mile flight yesterday from the
Antarctic to Buenos Aires in Il
hours.
The experimental flight was 9
prelude to setting up periodic mai
service to the Argentine base or
Deception Island The plane car
|ried a large quantity Of mail anC
marked envelopes commemoratins
the flight.
Evening star., 1952-02-12
Lobsters lmpounded

LOS ANGELES, Feb. IL. R.-
When police arrested Mrs. Eliza
beth Jansen on a drunk driving
charge, they took along the live
HOLSTERS they found in the back
seat of her car. They hauled the
Icrustaceans to an improvised
aquarium at the animal shelter.
Evening star., 1952-02-12

Tomorrow: The Government
and religion. 81 -
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Homemade N CIuims

Two boys in Rome claim to have
picked up TV programs from Eng
land, France and Russia on their
home -made set.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Norway's S Prime Minister
In Minnesota for Visit
BY the Associated Press

MINNEAPOLIS. Sept. 49,
Norway's Prime Minister, Oscar
Torp, arrived, in Minnesota today
for a 4-day visit that will include
visits to the States famed iron
mines and to st. Olaf College
lat Northt1eld.
During a brief stop to change
planes at Minneapolis. Mr.. Torp
told newSmen that all nations
must work hard for peace. He
said his country has satisfactory
relations with the Soviet Union
and declared that he has always
been very optimistic" about peace.
He declined to comment on
what problems he might bring
before President Truman when he
goes to Washington later this
MONTH
Mr.. Torp, accompanied by his
wife and Wilhelm Morgenstierne,
Norwegian Ambassador to the
United States, flew to Duluth
where he will be honored at q
banquet tonight. He will be made
an Ambassador Of Duluth" hon
orary civic designation.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Occidental Sale Recalls Story
Behind Autographed Pictures

to contribute to it. In later years.
Charles A. Lindberg did, too.
Celebrities Bring Friends.
Each time a celebrity sent his
autographed picture, Mr.. Buc-
holz would invite him to dinner at
the Occidental, suggesting that
he bring friend as a guest. He
reasoned rightly that the celebrity
would bring someone else we'll
known in Government, finance or
international circles. Then the
guest would be asked to join the
picture club.
After John D. Rockefeller's pic
ture was hung. one Of his friends
wrote him that the likeness didn't
seem to do the oil tycoon justice.
Mr.. Rockefeller got the impress
sion that another photo had been
substituted for the one he sent.
So he wrote Mr.. Bucholz. demand
ing that the picture be sent him
for inspection. The restaurateur
complied and when Mr.. Rookie
feller was satisfied there had been
no substitution. he returned the
picture for hanging.
629 Pictures en Display.
The Occidental occupies two
separately-owned buildings at
1411-1413 Pennsylvania avenue
In one room, 319 autographed pic
lures are hung and in the other,
31O-for a total of 629. The res
taurant has 287 others not on
display, repeatedly because these
people did not dine at the Oc-
cidental.
The new owners are Harry
Cohen, president of Fan and
Bills Restaurant, 1882 Connecti-
cut avenue NV; a brother in
law. Daniel Price, and q brother,
Daniel Cohen.
The sale price does not include
the real estate. The owners have
negotiated 10-year leases for the
first two floors of the two build
ings, one with the Bucholz estate
and one with the Willard estate.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
IHaIIinan Confident
He'll 0utrun Wallace
BY the Associoisd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 49,
Vincent Hallinan, Progressive
Party candidate for President
said today he expects to receive
more votes in the November ma
tional elections than the approx
mately 1,170.000 cast for Henry
A. Wallace. the Progressive can
didate. in 1913.
Mr.. Hallinan, a 55-year-old San
Francisco attorney. told reporters
he based the forecast on his OBJ
servation of a sharp change in
public sentiment" in recent
months. He said this indicated
that the Progressive Party views
are those Of "a majority Of the
American people-except for the
handful of leaders of the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties.
The candidate said the Pro-
gressive Party platform challenges
the Republican and Democratic
candidates to meet its pledge of
working for peace through an
immediate cessation of armament
production and halting hostilities
in Korea; granting "full political,
economic and social equality" to
Negroes. and improving the posi-
tion OF labor by repeating the
Taft Hartley Act and re-enacting
the Wagner Labor Relations Act.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Youth on Tower Holds Up
Havana Traffic 7 Hours
BY the Associoted Press

HAVANA. Cuba. Sept. ia
man claiming to be a sleep walker
dangled from the top Of a 325-
foot television tower in suburban
Havana today and stopped traffic
for two hours. He made his stand
attired only in shorts.
Eusebio Hernandez, 20. kept
telling police, firemen and an am
bulance crew he would Jump III
anybody bothers me-" When they
were about to give up he ex-
claimed: I'm awake now" and
came down:
Police looked up their records
and found the same lad had re-
|quired their help in recent months
to coax him down from atop uni
versity flag pole and from the
ledge of a five-story apartment
building.
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Frank Littleton who made st
much money in New York that hi
felt that he could afford to be
the proprietor of Oak Hill. one
of the big estates near Leesburs
of special historical interest. be-
cause the first owner was PreSi-
dent James Monroe. It is said
that Mr.. Littleton once refused
an offer from Andrew Mellon Of
$500, 900 for the place. It finally
went for 100000 in a foreclosure
sale to satisfy a mortgage OF
$175,000. The present owner is
Thomas N. De LaShmutt, for
merly of Arlington.
Oak Hill is only one Of the
historic places around Leesburg
Rokeby, which has come to its
present owner, Mrs. B. Franklin
Nalle, through inheritance, Is
where President Madison stopped
overnight when fleeing the burn
ing of Washington by the British
in 1914. He had the Constitution
and the Declaration Of indie
pendence with him so Loudour
Evening star., 1952-09-14

County takes satisfaction in con-
sidering itself the Capital of the
United States for one day.
Named After Lightfoot Lee.
The town probably was named
after Francis Lightfoot Lee. who
had a home in Loudoun County.
The county was named for Lord
Loudoun, Scottish earl. who was
named Governor of Virginia in
1856. About 1900 Richard Henry
Lees son, Ludwell Lee, built Bel
mont. It can be seen to the left
as you drive to Leesburg on Route
7. just before you come to the
Goose Creek Bridge. 1t is one of
the most beautiful places in Vir-
ginia. For Is recent years it was
the home of Maj. Gen. Patrick J.
Hurley. 1t is now owned by George
c. Clarke, proprietor Of the Ebitt
hotel in Washington.
Leesburg people are still sur
prised at the number of drivers
with out-of-State tags who slow
down to ask them the way to Ar
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Sale ofthe Occidental Restau-
rant, which was disclosed yester-
day, has revived the story of Gus
tav Bucholz's valuable collection
Of autographed pictures.
The signed photographs OF not
ables that line the walls o. the
famed eating place are regarded
as one Of the finest collections Of
the sort in the United States
Hence, they became an important
consideration in the sale Of the
Occidental by the Bucholz estate
for a price reported to exceed
$250,0OO.
Gus Bucholz was known as "the
major domo" of the Willard Hotel
when he decided to open the Occi-
dental 40 years ago, a few doors
down Pennsylvania avenue from
the hotel. One day he discussed
his restaurant plans with regu-
lar diner at the Willard, Sam j
Venable.
Friend Promises to Help.
Then as now, Mr.. Venable was
in the picture business, but at the
time had his shop at 1925 G. street
NV. When Mr.. Bucholz said hi
would like to assemble photo.
graphs of some well-knoWn people
to decorate the restaurant walls
Mr.. Venable promised that hi
would bring a group of prominent
persons to dine at the Occidental
He did, and Mr.. Bucholz asked
for their pictures. The customers
themselves, became interested il
the hobby and they, in turn, en-
couraged other prominent citizens
to eat at the Occidental and giv'
Mr.. Bucholz their photographs.
Before long, he had pictures o.
Woodrow Wilson, John D. Rookie
feller, ST., Thomas A. Edison
Admiral Peary, Winston Churchill
and Theodore Roosevelt. Presiden
Roosevelt, President Wilson ane
the then Prince of Wales wer'
among those who told friend
about the collection and got then
Evening star., 1952-09-14

thur Godfrey's farm. The tourists
can't enter the place when they
get there or see the house from
the road. But still they want to
drive by it.
There is no doubt as to the
identity of Leesburg's leading citi-
zen. He is Gen. George c. Mar
shall, a graduate of Virginia Mill,
tary Institute. That makes him q
Virginian despite his Pennsylvania
birth. The general is seen once
in while pushing basket in the
big chain food store. He is an
honorary member of Rotary and
shows up at the luncheons once
in a while. He is more regular In
his attendance at the Episcopal
Church.
The general owns Dodona, a
four-acre place behind a stockade
fence which is at the right just
as you enter Leesburg on Route
7. He bought 1t for his retire.
ment days.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
Matter Not Discussed.

The Rev. DR.. Frederick E. Refs
sig. executive secretary of the
Washington FEEDER alton OF
Evening star., 1952-09-14

Churches. said his group has not
discussed the matter. The fedora
ton will meet Friday and the
Weston case possibly could be dis
cusSed, he said.
DR.. Reissig said the Unitarian
Church is not a member of the
Federation.
DR. Davies said about 81 900 hac
been contributed to Mr.. Weston's
legal defense fund since the case
began and all but about $4OO has
been spent. The special commit
tee will acquaint other ministers
with the facts in the case and
raise funds to help Mr.. Weston
carry the case through the Vir-
Iginia Supreme Court and to the
United States Supreme Court, II
necessary, DR.. Davies said.
Evening star., 1952-09-14
|Dr. Davies 10 Discuss
Contempt Of Court
Case Against Pastor

The contempt of court case OF
the Rev. Ross Allen Weston OF
Arlington will be discussed in to-
days sermon by the Rev. DR.. A
Powell Davies of All Souls Unitar-
ian Church.
Mr.. Weston, pastor of the
Arlington Unitarian Church, was
given a suspended fine Of $100
See Editorial. Virginia Justice Goe:
Astroy. Pose A-26
and costs Friday by Judge j.
Hume Taylor of the Norfolk Law
and Chancery Court. who presided
over the hearing in Arlington
Circuit Court. Mr.. Weston was
fined for contempt after he gave
to a newspaper a press release
containing excerpts from q sermon
he delivered last May. The sermon
had criticized a decision by Judge
Walter T. Mccarthy of the Arl-
ington Circuit Court.
Fund d-Raising Approved.
DR.. Davies said the Unitarian
Ministerial Association had au-
thorized formation of a special
committee to publicize and raise
funds for the legal defense Of
Mr.. Weston. Beyond expressing
disappointment over the decision,
DR.. Davies refused to comment
other than to say he would have
more to say about that" today in
his sermon. He did, however, ex-
press the belief that the decision
was contrary to basic American
principles" of free speech.
DR.. Davies said that religious
leaders of other denominations
had interested themselves in the
case and that a number of editors
had also because it involves the
freedom Of the press as we'll"
Matter Not Discussed.
The Rev. DR.. Frederick E. Refs
sig. executive secretary of the
Washington FEEDER alton o1