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Evening star., 1952-05-13
Fl. Myer Soldier Indicted
In Cabin Death Of Wife
BY the Associated Press

BERRYVILLE, Va. May ia
Clarke County Circuit Court
grand jury has indicted M/Sergt.
Elmer H. Wood, stationed at Fort
Myer, for murder in the death
of his wife. Mrs. Betty Lee
Wood, II.
The indictment. returned yes
terday, came after an investiga-
ton by county and State police OF
the burning of a Shenandoah
River cabin on February 2 in
which was found the charred
body of a woman.
State Police 1t. William M
Blythe said a murder warrant
would be served on Sergt. Wood
at Fort Myer today by State Po-
lice Investigator j. r. Wilson
1t. Wilson has headed the inves-
tigation in cooperation with
Sheriff w. w. Sma1lwood. jr.
DR.. G. T. Mann. State chief
medical examiner, reported to
State police the body found in
the cabin was of a woman II or
|1S years old, between so and "a
inches tall and Of medium build
State police said this description
fitted Mrs. Wood.
Sergt. Wood was questioned by
State police after the body was
found and was quoted as saying
he had not heard from or seen
his wife since he let her out OF
his automobile at her home in
Front Royal about midnight
February /.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Industry Member Says WSB
Stimulates Labor Trouble
Armstrong Tells Hearing 1t Substitutes
Own Powers for Toft-HortIey Law

Imittee's investigation of the WSB
particularly its controversial find
ing in the steel dispute. In this
case, the industry members were
|outvoted by the six labor and six
public members of WSB.
During three days of sharp
questioning last week, WSB Chair
man Nathan p. Feinsinger de-
Tended the boards legal and
moral right to act on all emer-
|gency disputes certified to it. He
also denied, as asserted by Chair
man Barden,, that the board is
stacked in labor's favor.
Simmering congressional criti-
Icism of the boards authority to
step into union-management dis
|putes-especially non-wage argu-
lments-came to a boil when the
board included the union shop
among it's recommendations in the
steel case.
Union Shop Issue.
Mr.. Armstrong implied the
board had gone beyond the intent
Iof Congress in recommending the
union shop, and in other disputes
involving Douglas and Boeing Air
craft companies.
He said it seemed that the board
"has represented the United States
Government as being officially ir
favor of the union shop, whereas
the expressed policy of Congress
is one of neutrality on the issue.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Police Shots Force 3 Burglars
To Abandon s., ,000in P|unde'
Lookout Captured After Three Men Flee
Stolen Truck and Cargo of Loot

The two officers searched the
neighborhood and found a col
ored youth crouching in an area
way. He give his name as James
Alfred Fisher, 10, of the 800 block
I street Sc.
He admitted being a lookout
for the others, police said, but de-
MED he was otherwise involved in
the burglary.
Identified Loot.
A. Albert Alperstein. of Malice
Wholesalers, 472 L street NV.
Identified the truck cargo as mer.
|chandise stolen from his place.
It included 10 vacuum cleaners
luggage. silyerware and house.
hold silver decorations. Three
rifles and some other propert!
were also aboard the truck.
The truck was stolen early to-
day from an alley in the rear O.
the 500 block of Fifteenth stree
NE. It belongs to the Keyston'
Cleaners, 1907 North Caroline
avenue NE.
Young Fisher was held for th'
grand jury under $1,000 bond to-
day by United States Commits
sioner Cyril S. Lawrence, or
charges of grand larceny ane
lhouSebreaking.
Evening star., 1952-05-13

One man was captured and two
others escaped early today as two
policemen in a scout car stopped
a burglary with four pistol shots.
Apparently no one was wounded.
The shooting took place near
Fourth and streets NV.
Pvts. Elmer j. Andrews and
Matthew j. Tabor of the first pre-
cinct recovered stolen merchan-
disc worth $4,000 and a stolen
truck.
They spotted three colored men
pushing the truck off K street
into an alley behind the 400 block
of I street. The officers saw the
truck was loaded with vacuum
cleaners, and drove up to investi-
gate.
Warned to Halt.
One of the men shouted tc
them, "Stay where you are anc
don't come any closer" Then al
three started running and the two
police piled out of the cruiser.
Pvt. Andrews fired at two oi
them who were running in one di-
rection. He missed.
Pvt. Tabor chased the thirC
man, firing three times at him
He didn't catch him.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
By the Assoeioted Press

The Wage Sterilization Board
was accused by one of its own
members today of stimulating
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT trouble and
substituting its own dispute
settling powers for the Taft
Hartley law.
This was one of several strongly
worded shafts in a statement pre-
pared for the House Labor Com
mittee by George w. Armstrong,
jr., an industry member of the
board.
Mr.. Armstrong said it seemed
obvious the board had gone be-
yond the neutral policy expressed
by Congress on the union shop
He said its actions had definitely
impaired collective bargaining.
II believe" he concluded. "that
the boards actions have not re-
duced disputes but have tended tt
stimulate them. And I further
believe that in attempting to func.
tion in the disputes area the boarc
cannot help but impair it's func.
tion of stabilizing wages"
Head of Steel Firm.
Mr.. Armstrong is president o1
the Texas Steel Co., Fort Worth
now on leave as one of six mem.
bers representing industry on thu
wage board.
He testified in the House Com
Evening star., 1952-05-13
March to 'Stockude' Dushes
Boys Hope to See q General

mess kit and a complete CT uni
form in the knapsack on his back.
He also had $l41.
The youngster told police the
highest ranking officer he had ever
seen was a major.
Yesterday. he said, his father
sent him to a bank to deposit 5000
The father. Khosrov ArZoomian
runs a New York grocery.
Young John said he figured this
was fine chance to get away and
check on a generals qualifications.
So he packed his gear. took the
deposit money and boarded a bus.
When Pvt. McDermott told the
boy he'd have to go to head
quarters, the boy agreed, IF you'll
let me march like a soldier"
Pvt. McDermott is man to go
along with best military tradition.
The youngster shouldered his rifle
and marched the 10 blocks from
the bus station to the precinct.
The policeman hoofed it, too.
So far. the boy still hasn't seen
a general.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Bullock Back on Job
As Sick Leave Ends

Police Inspector Albert I. Bull
lock returned to work today from
sick leave.
Wearing civilian clothes, he
went to his Office on the fifth floor
of the police headquarters to
await assignment from Maj. Rob-
ert v. Murray, police superin-
tendent.
It was the second time Inspec-
tor Bullock had reported for duty
in more than six months. The
first was last Thursday but he
complained then of feeling i'll. He
was examined at the police clinic
and granted sick leave after just
two hours Of duty.
Before Thursday he had beer
out on suspension and accumulat.
ed leave. He was indicted or
gambling conspiracy charges las
October but acquitted in January
The Senate Crime Investigating
Committee launched a study O.
his finances, which is not yet com.
pleted.
Meanwhile. the inspector ap
piled for retirement. Maj. Murra.
said no action would be taken OF
the application until the Senat'
probers file q report.
Evening star., 1952-05-13

a place yet to be chosen for the
purpose of electing six delegates
and six alternates to represent
Washington Republicans at the
Republican National Convention
in Chicago in July. At this time
the struggle between supporters
of Senator Taft and Gen. Eisen-
hover will reach it's climax.
The rules provide that a cer-
tificate of registration will be
mailed to each citizen who reg
istered recently as Republican
voter. These certificates will ad-
NIT the holder to the proper pre-
lcinct meeting.
Mr.. McGarraghy will appoint a
chairman for each precinct meet
ing. Each precinct chairman will
appoint a secretary.
Speeches Are Limited.
A f1ve-minute time limit is put
on nominating speeches for dele
gates. The number of seconding
speeches is limited to four and the
time of these is limited to two
minutes.
Precinct chairmen will appoint
as many election officials as
deemed necessary.
In event no candidate for pre-.
cinct delegate receives a majority
of the votes cast on the first bal
lot, the two persons receiving the
largest number of votes cast will
be candidates on a runof ballot.
A runof cannot start after 1880
pm. If postponement is neces-
sary, an adjourned meeting will be
called.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Death of a Boy
Spurs TB Group

FRIENDLY VISITOR" WORKS TO
SAVE oTHERS-ln 1901, the deoth Of
young tuberculosis victim 50 impressed
chontobIe Government worker thot
he helped organize three-mon COM
mittee which wos the forerunner Of the
District tuberculosis Association. Fran.
ces Shippen troees the 50-yeor history
Of the association on pose As.
SOUTHERN BAPTISTs INCREASE
MEMBERS-The Southern Boptist Con.
vention will hove on 8 million member.
ship by 1858. Stor Stoff Correspondent
Cospor Names reports from Miomi,
where the church groups 18th session
will open tomorrow. DetoiIs Of the
session ore on naes A-!0. 4
Evening star., 1952-05-13

A New York boy who ran away
from home to visit Pentagon brass
and learn how to be a general,
landed instead in the police juve-
nile squads "stockade" this morn
ing.
Juvenile authorities identified
him as John ArZoomian, 13, Of
the Bronx, New YORK City.
He said he had never seen a
general, so he came here to see
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Collective Bargaining
Can Settle Oil Strike,
Feinsinger Declares
WSB Meets With Union
And Industry in Effort
To End WuIkout

Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger
of the Wage Sterilization Board
today told industry and union Of
ficials that they should settle the
12-day-old Oil workers strike by
collective bargaining.
Mr.. Feinsinger called represent
Iatives of more than 10 struck re-
|fineries and % labor unions. into
session here in an effort to solve
the damaging work Stoppage.
AS they met with 10 board men,
bers in joint session. the chairman
Isaid:
"The board is of the unanimous
Opinion that these disputes which
Iare still unsettled should, and can
be, settled by collective bargain
ing"
Separate Board Meetings.
Later, union representatives met
with labor members of the board,
and industry leaders met with the
Industry board members in sep
arate talks.
Tri-partite meeting of the board
will study reports from the meet
ingS this afternoon and possibly
tomorrow. Mr.. Feinsinger said.
Mr.. Feinsinger said the board
may act this afternoon on several
local settlements ranging from IS
to 1872 cents an hour. Should
the 181a-cent figure be given
board approval. it might serve as
a wedge in other disputes.
Union officials have set that as
q strike-settling goal. However
WSB industry members have been
quoted as saying the workers are
entitled to no more than 10 cents
May Invoke TIL Act.
With more airlines curtailine
schedules, military training pro-
grams slashed and motor fuel ir
short supply, President Truman
likely will invoke the Taft Hartley
Act if WSB efforts fail.
Under the act, he would appoint
a fact-finding board. Should the
board find a state of emergency
exists, he could ask for 80-day
strike injunctions. But this woulG
require more than a weeks study
and, meanwhile, fuel stocks are
ldwindling.
| o. A. Knight. leader of the
I22-union coalition, declared on hi.
larrival here from Denver that the
10000 strikers will not give ur
short Of a satisfactory settlement
| Capital Airlines, announcing it.
Iflrst schedule changes because o1
the strike, Cancelled nine fight!
out of Washington today only
Full schedules will be resumed
over the system Wednesday
, Thursday and Friday.
Today's cancellations involved
flights to Norfolk. Pittsburgh
Chicago and Detroit.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Educator MisspeIIs MisspeII
In Attack on MisspeIIino

eral weeks ago the "u" and "a" in
Language" were tranSposed and
the second IS" was missing from
semester" Seems the school
systems proofreader hadn't no
ticed the errors.
Concluding his report to the
School Board. Mr.. Stoddard said:
There are two words, language
and semester that we hope no
one Of our generation will ever
mispell again."
Mr.. Stoddard apparently didn't
|proofread his copy. It's mis-
spell" not .mispell."
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Reds Say Allied Plane
Killed Truce Delegate
In Attack on Convoy
Allies Call Charges
Propaganda BIust
To Widen Breach
BY the Assoeioted Press

MUNSAN, Korea, May 49,
Communist truce negotiators
charged today an Allied plane
killed a member of their delega-
ton and accused the United Ma
tions command of treating prison.
ers of war in ''barbarous medieval"
fashion.
Vice Admiral c. Turner Joy, top
u. N. negotiator, called it "a
vicious propaganda blast to widen
the breach between u.s."
The Red charges were voiced by
North Korean Gen. Nam II at a
full dress armistice session. He
said an Allied plane strafed a Red
truce convoy yesterday. Such
charges are usually brought up
at a lower level. The Allies said
they would investigate.
No Mention of Dodd.
Gen Nam spoke 81 minutes of
the 35-minute session. Much of
his talk was devoted to prisoners,
the key issue blocking an armis-
tice. But he did not mention the
capture and release of Brig. Gen.
Francis T. Dodd by Red prisoners
of war on Koje Island.
When Gen. Nam was finished
Admiral Joy said:
"For IL consecutive days we
have met at your request. The
only valid reason for holding these
plenary sessions is to attempt to
reach an armistice. Your side
however. continues to utilize these
meetings solely as a device by
which to put your vicious propa-
|ganda before the world.
'These propaganda statements
'of yours are calculated not tt
facilitate agreement, but to wider
the breach between our sides.
AuleS Stduu ClFm.
"There is one fact that you are
not willing to face or do not un-
Iderstand. The United Nations
commands compromise propose
is firm, final and irrevocable.
The key to that proposal is the
u. N. insistence on voluntary re.
|patriation, under which only TO-
900 prisoners and civilian inter
|nees would go back to Red rule
There are 10000 in U. N. Pow
and internment camps.
Gen. Nam charged that two riot!
lat Koje in which 80 prisoners
were killed in February and March
resulted from the attempts O
your side to force our captured
personnel to refuse repatriation.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
BY the Assoeioted Press

LOS ANGELES. May 49,
School Supt. Alexander j. Stod-
dard has decided what should be
done with 100000 report cards
that came back from the printer
with miSspellings.
He recommended to the Board
of Education yesterday that some
be used as Office duplicates in Sec
ondary schools and the rest. cor
rected by hand, be issued to
elementary school students.
When the cards came out sew
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Bronnon Resignation Demonded by KEN
Over Grain Scondols. poee A.

Oils Branch, gave the report to
the Senate Agriculture Committee.
Mr.. Pritchard explained that
until this year, the Government
had paid professors for crushing
surplus peanuts into oil to keep
them off the market for edible
peanuts.
Mr.. Pritchard said in some cases
professors did not crush the pea
nuts but sold them at higher prices
on the edible peanut market and
took a Government subsidy, too.
Loss Called Nominal"
He said, however, that 1--WE have
had very nominal losses in view
of the quantities handled" He
was supported in this statement
by Committee Chairman Ellender
who wants to close the commit
tees two months investigation of
the farm program.
Republican Senators KEN, OF
Missouri, and Aiken of Vermont
insisted today, however, that the
hearings continue. perhaps after
a one or two week recess.
Senator KEN said he wanted
the investigation to look into Agri-
culture Commodity Offices at San
Francisco, Portland. Ore, Kansas
City, New York and other points
Case Referrals Delayed.
Committee Counsel Paul j. Cot
ter said that although many OF
the peanut cases dated back tc
Il949, most of them were not re-
ferred to the Justice Department
until this spring after the Senate
Agriculture Committee started in
vestigating.
Mr.. Pritchard at first said the
Agriculture Department referred
the cases to Justice lover a period
of years" but under detailed queS.
Itioning by Mr.. Cotter admitted
that a number of old cases went
Ito the Justice Department ir
March,
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Bulletin
Gas Main ExpIodes

A spectacular gas-main ex-
plosion tore up pavement in the
$500 block Of North Winchester
street, Falls Church, early this
afternoon after the main was
broken by q steam shovel on .
street-repair project. Firemen
battIed flames which shot 80
feet into the air.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
'Meunest Mun' Found

WINDSOR. Ontario, May 13
P)-Humane Society officials said
yesterday they have a candidate
unidentified-for "meanest man
of 1852" award. Some one held a
small puppy by the tail and
dipped him head-first into a can
Of red paint.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Picture on Pose AZ

what one looked like. Then he
was going to camp out-maybe on
the Pentagon lawn-and practice
to be one.
Pvt. T. j. McDermott of the 1st
precinct picked him up in the
railways bus terminal at 4:30
q m.
The boy was all set for Army
life. He was carrying practice
rifle-the kind school cadets use
a havonet. a dagger. a. canteen,
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Defiant Murray Tells Steel Union
He Demands WSB Wage Figure;
Per|man Closes Court Argument
Says Companies
Have Not Shown
Loss in Seizure
By Robert K. Welsh

The Government closed it's Su-
preme Court argument in the
steel case today by conceding a
possible wage boost during seE-
ure. But it contended the COM
panieS could recover any dam
ages.
Solicitor General Philip B.
Perlman insisted the industry has
Evening star., 1952-05-13
Psychiatrisf Suggests
Draft for Civil Defense
By the Associated Press

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., May IS.
Federal conscription for civil
defense was proposed today by .
Philadelphia psychiatrist.
DR.. Calvin S. Drayer Of the
Institute of the Pennsylvania Hos
Other Stories Reloted to Psychiotry
Convention. Poee A.l0
pital suggested it in declaring that
the Nations present voluntary
setup for civil defense is "inade-
'quately conceived"-with "Gov-
ernmental agencies" to blame.
Saying that "civil defense
draft law" need apply only to
drafting people for metropolitan
area most likely to be attacked.
the psychiatrist suggested:
/. Making civil defense activity
a requirement of working in such
metropolitan areas.
2. Taxing wages and earnings
for support of the program.
3. Rotating service for "con-
scripted trainees" so that no single
group would be on call constantly.
4. Making the Federal Govern
ment liable for any injury or dam
age sustained during such COM
pulsory civil defense activity.
Evening star., 1952-05-13
SIS Million Philippine Fire

MANILA, May Is. (P).-Fire de-
stroyed most of the business seq
ton of Tuguegarao. capital of
Cagayan Province, last night. The
Philippines News Service report
ed damage was 81 5 million.
Evening star., 1952-05-13

ton of the union which he also
heads. He spoke as the Supreme
Court considered the legality of
Federal seizure of the steel mills.
President Truman took over the
mills a month ago to prevent a
strike resulting from the wage
dispute.
The $500 delegates of the mil
Gon-member union cheered loud
and long as Mr.. Murray de-
nounced the steel leaders. He
made it clear that his union will
not accept less by way of settle
ment of the dispute than the
Federal Wage Sterilization Board
has said they should have. The
board proposed 26 cents an hour
increases in wages and other
benefits through next January l.
''I say to them they can go to
hell and I mean it this morning, u
Mr.. Murray said of the industry's
efforts to compromise the Federal
wage proposals.
Accuses Industry Leaders.
He accused steel industry lead
ers of violating the rules of
common decency" by misrepre-
senting issues in the dispute.
And, he added. "tl1ey are not
going to get away with it,
All efforts to settle the five
months-old controversy have
halted while the Supreme Court
deals with the seizure issues.
when all of the legalistic deci-
sioas are swept aside" Mr.. Murray
said without specific reference to
the high court, eventually an
agreement has to be arrived at
because your bread and your we'll
being depend on that"
Mr.. Murray said his union did
not want to take its case to the
Wage Board in the first place.
He said I'VE were dragooned to
Washington by the steel industry
which refused to bargain"
After the board made its 26-
cent proposal. the union accepted,
the industry said no." he
charged.
Also CastigateS Press.
"I ask leaders of the steel in
dustry for once to respect their
obligation to their workers and
the Nation and accept these board
findings" Mr.. Murray said. Mr.
Murray was bitter in castigating
both the steel industry and the
Nations press for what he de-
scribed as "misrepresenting" the
unions position in the dispute
There has been a great deal
Of confusion, Misrepresentation
scandal and filth given vent to by
the news organs of the Nation
about the steel dispute" he con-
tinued.
He said that the industry ano
the press have resorted to mali
cious lies"
Mr.. Murray added that the in.
dustry after agreeing to take the
dispute to the wage board ther
had reneged on its obligation.
Everybody expected them te
respect the rules of the game,
he added. "That's decency. The
steel workers in this case have
respected rules. The steel in
dustry has not. The steel violated
not only the rules of the game
but the rules of common decency
as well.
1.-The people who violated these
rules are not going to get away
with it. We are not going to al.
low it." Mr.. Murray told ths
cheering delegates.
Mr.. Murray. without revealing
its content, said the convention
tomorrow will deal with Specia
resolution m tho Sfoo1 dicYnIfo
Evening star., 1952-05-13

after it became known the joint
chiefs of staff demanded immedi-
ate and full clarif1cation of cir.
cumstances leading to:
l. Brig. Gen. Francis r. Dodd'S
capture by his Koje prisoners.
2. Gen. Colson's promised con-
cessions to Communist POW
leaders which won Gen. Dodd's re-
lease Saturday night.
Gen. Mark Clark, who became
Far Eastern commander yester.
day, was instructed to send his re-
port to the Pentagon "by the
fastest means possible"
Third General in Week.
Gen. James A. Van Fleet
named Brig. Gen. Hayden L.
Boatner, veteran front-line IN
fantry commander from New Or
leans, to take over the turbulent
80 ,000-man prisoner camp.
Gen. Boatner, third general to
hold the post within a week. ar
rived at Koje few hours after
his appointment. He speaks
Chinese and is an expert on Chi
nese affairs.
Gen. Colson was reassigned to
his former job as chief of staff OF
the 1st Corps in Korea.
Gen. Dodd, commandant Of the
island when Red prisoners cap
tured him last Wednesday, was
Ireassigned to United States 9th
Army headquarters. His job was
not announced.
Tanks Stand Guard.
On Koje flame throwing Ameri-
can tanks and combat infantry
men stood guard outside harbed-
wire compounds, over some Of
which captured Chinese and North
Koreans few the Red flag.
Reporters arriving on Koje yes
terday reported the prisoners were
in command of their own COM
pounds. United Nations guards
stay outside.
The new Koje commander Is q
51-year-old scion of a family that
has provided soldiers and officers
to the American army in every
generation from the time of the
American Revolution.
Gen. Boatner was transferred
to Koje from the I'd Infantry
Division of which he was assist.
ant commander.
He served in various posts with
the Chinese NationaliSts in World
War II. He was Gen. Joseph Still
wells chief of staff for the Chinese
army in India, commanding gen.
eral of combat troops in the Ledo
sector. commanding general OF
the northern combat area of the
China Burma India theater, and
in 1914 chief of staff and deputy
commanding general Of the Chi
nese combat command.
His knowledge of Chinese-both
the language and the people
could be helpful on the prison
island with its many former
IChinese soldiers. -
Evening star., 1952-05-13

Arguments Of John W. Dovis and PerImon
in Steel Cose. Pose A.