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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Luncheon Speaker

Mrs. Henrietta Nesbitt, former
housekeeper at the White House
during the Roosevelt administra-
ton, will be the guest speaker
at combination business meeting
and luncheon Of the Bethesda
Newcomb Club beginning at 11:45
am. Friday at the Dinner Bell,
7615 Wisconsin avenue. Bethesda.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Speaker Named

Representative Ruth Taomp-
son, Republican Of Michigan. viii
be the guest speaker at a luncheon
meeting of the University Of
Michigan Alumnae Association Of
Washington at 1915 pm. Satur-
day In the Fairfax Hotel.
, 1952-02-09

from all over the state responded
quickly and reported to their re-
spectiye armories.
The alert, a closely guarded Sc
cret, originated from End Army
headquarters in Fl. George G..
Meade, Md, and was designed to
determine how long it takes the
guard to assemble and prepare to
move out on a mission.
The test was directed in Ohio
from Ft. Hayes by Brig. Gen.
julius A. Stark, assistant adiutant
general, in the absence of State
Adj. Gen. Albert Henderson, who
was on a tour of inspection.
Gen. Stark received notification
of the alert early Thursday night
at a time not revealed for secur-
lty reasons. He was notified thru
the Ohio Military District head
quarters at Ft. Hayes which in
turn had received the official an
n~ouncement from the End Army.
Guardsmen reporting for duty
We're issued packs, guns and other
equipment normally received in
the event Of an emergency call
while motor vehicles were readied.
Gen. Stark said most guardsmen
called i nthe alert were to return
to their homes by morning.
The guardsmen represent nom
divisional units left in the state
when the guards 9th Division
vas f~ederaligzed January Is, and
called to train at Camp Polk, La.
The 37th is the only division size
outfit.
, 1952-02-09
Korean War News
Continued from Page u

II A&
the prisoner question gained fur
Their Roadway toward partial set
Element of that problem.
Both sides tentatively agreed on
portions" of three paragraphs of
a proposed UN draft agreement on
prisoner exchange.
They agreed that Panmunjom
be designated the 'initial" site
where the actual trading of pris-
oners and civilian internees shall
begin.
And they partly agreed that
joint Allied-Red committees shall
supervise the exchange while joint
teams from the International as
we'll as the Red Chinese and North
Korean Red Cross organizations
shall inspect prisoner camps.
The staff officers side stepped
during Saturdays session the dis
pute over the deadline for deliv-
cry and exchange of captives. The
Allies, who hold at least 20 times
the number of prisoners as do the
Reds, want to have so to 80 days
to complete the trade while giving
the Communists 80 days to hand
back the persons they captured.
The Communists want both sides
to have a time limit of so days.
Most of the staff officers sessions
on prisoner exchange YER devoted
to this point during the two days
preceding Saturdays meeting.
The officers have skirted the
controversy over the Red rejected
Allied demand that prisoners be
given the free choice Of whether
or not to return home. This is the
main stumbling block toward an
agreement on the whole subject.
The officers trying to write an
agreement on truce terms and po-
, 1952-02-09
Ohio National
Guard Runs
Practice Alert

COLUMBUS, Feb. 9. GIN
s. The first statewide
practice alert of Ohio Ma
tional Guard units since
World War Ii, was recorded
as an apparent success today.
as an apparent success Fri
day.
The alert, sounded through ra-
dio announcements, telephone,
telegraph and messengers, caught
guardsmen from Generals on down
, 1952-02-09

SEOUL, Feb. 9. (INS)-A
lone Communist plane start
ed an Allied supply road on
Korea's central front today
but inflicted no casualties or
damage.
The attack was made during
Fridays pre-dawn houns Of dark
less south of Kumsong as Allied
planes launched another day of
bombing, stating and scorching
Red front line forces, arteries and
rear bases.
American superforts and small
err Allied aircraft struck anew at
enemy rail yards, track, supply de-
pots and highway traffic in con-
tinuance of Cooperation Strange"
designed to cut Red troops off
from their sources of supply and
reinforcement.
Along the snow speckled 145-
mile ground front, meanwhile, ac-
ton was confined to patrol thrusts
and clashes.
In the western sector an Allied
raiding party slipped through Chi
nese lines under cover of dark
ness early Thursday and reached
the top Of an enemy held hill with
in sight of Panmunjom where the
truce negotiators hold their ses-
sions.
The Allied troops waged a 25-
minute battle with the Communist
defenders of the hill, then with
drew to return to their own lines.
This type of action was con-
tinued Friday as Allied patrols
reconnoitered enemy positions in
all sectors.
In some areas the Reds made
probing thrusts at Allied lines but
were repulsed everywhere.
by surprise Thursday but men
, 1952-02-09
EBl Captures
Most Wanted
Criminal
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.
(INS)-The FBI announced
the capture at Cody, Wyo.,
of Harry Fl. Burton, of Los
Angeles, fugitive on a muir
der charge and one of the
nations 80 Most Wanted
Criminals"
FBI Director, J. Edgar Hoover
said Burton surrendered without
q struggle and readily admitted his
identity.
The Los Angels fugitive, wanted
for the Staying of an innocent by
stander during a daring robbery,
was placed on the "Most Wanted
list March 1, 1850.
He is the 10Th top desperate
captured since International News
Service began distribution of it's
continuing series on the FBI's
blacklist of hunted men.
Hoover said that Burton, whose
career of crime spans more than
80 years, has been working as an
auto salesman in Cody and has
been living at Powell, Wyo., with
his wife, posing as Mr.. and Mrs.
Winston l.. Geter.
The FBI said Burton was recog-
nized by a private citizen who had
heard a radio program describing
the wanted man and identified him
from facial scars which had re-
suited from a welding accident in
his youth.
The citizen promptly wrote to
FBI headquarters in Washington
and G-men made the arrest.
Burton, a fugitive since October
1, 1947, is accused of the cold
blooded murder of Robert Crane,
a Los Angeles business man.
Crane was slain during a rob-
berry in the home of a wealthy
Los Angeles liquor dealer.
The liquor dealers wife was
entertaining guests when a man
later identified as Burton entered
the home by posing as a Western
Union messenger.
Burton, according to the FBI,
ordered the hostess and her
guests to lie flat on the kitchen
floor. Crane became uncomforta-
BILE and started to shift his posi-
ton.
The FBI reported: without
warning, Burton fired directly into
Cranes head, killing him in
stantly."
The slayer and confederates who
had entered the house with him
fled but in their haste left a pack
age which Burton had carried in
his guise as messenger" and
from finger prints on the parcel
his identity was established.
Burton has been sought thru
out the U. S. ever since the ruth
less crime.
The FBI said he will be ar
, 1952-02-09

licin ghave spent their sessions Of
the past three days discussing the
rate o fpost-armistice troop rota-
ton and the number of entry ports
to be subject to neutral inspection.
, 1952-02-09
Fashion
Continued From Page 2

Continued From Page 2
and buttoned midway down the
front. But even more unusual cas-
ual sweaters had sweetheart deco
lletes.
Typically French we're the twin
sweater combinations, which are
coming back to fashion but in a
'52 version. Instead of being
matched sets, the latest twin
sweaters are keyed in contrasting
colors.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Reorganization Draft Finished
By DC. Officials for Truman

District officials, after a solid
week end of work, have completed
the draft of the District reorgani-
zation plan to be submitted to
Congress by President Truman.
The draft-which includes the
executive order and accompanying
message necessary to get it to
Congress-will go to the Federal
Budget Bureau today, Assistant
Engineer Commissioner Thomas j.
Hayes said. Some details are still
to be ironed out before it is sent
to the Budget Bureau, he added.
To Review and Check.
After the Budget Bureau re-
views the draft, it will go to the
Justice Department for a legal
check.
Col. Hayes said the goal Is to
get all before President Truman
by Wednesday. The executive
order must be presented to Con-
gress by Thursday. Under the
Reorganization Act Of 1949, the
plan will become effective so days
after submission to Congress, un-
less blocked by a constitutional
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Suit in Morningside
Air Crash Dismissed

A 100000 damage suit in con.
nection with the crash of ar
Andrews Air Base bomber last
April was dismissed in District
Court today.
The action. brought by Ray
mond w. w. Murray of Morning
side, Md, charged that his wife
Margaret died a week after the
crash which killed three persons
in a MorningSide home. The
husband contended his wife suf-
fered a heart attack after view
ing the crash scene and died a
week later.
Judge James w. Morris de-
clared that fright occasioned by
witnessing injury to some one
else Is not in itself a basis for
action against the person caus-
ing such fright. even though such
fright results in physical injury" J"
The BIS bomber, abandoned
by its crew after hydraulic failure
in the aircraft, was trimmed to
fly out over Chesapeake Bay. In
stead. it banked sharply and
plunged into a house 1875 feet
from the Murray residence.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Crashes Of TroIIeys'
And Fire Truck Hurt ;

Three persons were hurt in traf-
f1c accidents here yesterday.
A passenger and an operator
were injured in collision of two
|streetcars at Eighteenth street ano
Columbia road NV, police re-
ported.
The operator, Theodore Hutnik
"a, of 3O1 Thirty-fourth street
Sc, was treated at Emergency
Hospital for rib injuries. A pas
senger, Marel v. Shannon, "a, OF
1914 Calvert street NV, was
treated there for injuries to the
left shoulder.
Police said the other streetcar's
operator was Richard S. Niemiec,
81. of 328 E street NE. No charges
were filed.
A collision of a fire truck and
an auto at Cortland place and
Cleveland avenue NV, brought
injury to a passenger in the auto.
Treated and released at Emer-
gency Hospital was Miss Mardelle
Aune. 26. of 1925 East-West high
way. Silver Spring. Md. who Suf-
fered cuts and bruises and pos
sibly fracture of the left ankle.
Driver of the fire truck was Pvt.
William F. Mahaney, 81, of 1918
Ritchie place NV, of No. IA
Truck Company. The auto was
driven by Robert B. Livingston, 26,
of 1418 Buchanan street NV.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Hereditary Resistance to Virus
Discovered in Tests With Mice

Hereditary resistance to disease
caused by the still mysterious fl
terable viruses can exist in ami
mails, and possibly in man.
1t is passed from generation to
generation like the color of the
eyes or the hair-that is, as a
dominant gene. .E
1t works in a mysterious way,
doing something" to the cells
which makes them a poor medium
for the multiplication of the in
visibly minute organisms which
can live only inside cells and
which are responsible for disease.
Doctor Makes Discovery.
This was revealed before the
National Academy Of Science to-
day by DR.. Albert B. Sabin of the
University of Cincinnati. The dis
covery has no effect on several
types of encephalitis. poliomyelitis
or rabies.
Yellow fever viruses multiplied
from 10000 to 100000 times
faster in the cells of mice which
Evening star., 1952-04-28

majority by either the House OF
Senate.
City officials and William F.
Finan, assistant director for Or
ganization and management of
the Budget Bureau, spent most of
yesterday at the District Build
ing finishing up the draft.
Given in Broad Outline.
In addition to Col. Hayes, these
District officials put in work yes
terday: Engineer Commissioner
Bernard L. Robinson, Budget OFF,
Ger Walter Fowler, District Audi
tor A. r. Pilkerton, Corporation
Counsel Vernon E. West and G..
M. Thornett, secretary to the
Board of Commissioners.
The executive order will autho-
rize the broad outline of the re-
plan proposed by the
Commissioners. It will transfer
over most of the city's
70 departments and agencies to
the city heads. It will result in
revamping and consolidating the
numerous agencies into some is
departments. The Commissioner
form OF government for the Dis
trlct will remain in force.
Evening star., 1952-04-28

stage-big for vaudeville-is just
barely able to handle grand opera.
Mr.. Bing pointed out.
The "Met's" manager, Vienna
native but Britisher by adoption,
arrived this morning about the
same time as the opera company's
advance guard-the stage tech
means who must prepare the
the stage for tonight's opening
production of Aida"
Three Cars Bring Equipment.
1t took three baggage cars to
bring in the paraphernalia needed
for Aida" and the other produc-
tions-"Madame Butterfly" tomor-
row afternoon and Carmen" to-
morrow night.
And a big crew of stagehands
got busy over at the F street
theater early this morning putting
up the f1rst-night backdrops and
sets and arranging costumes and
props.
The company is bringing prac-
tically everything of its own
from giant towers appropriate to
Aida's ancient Egypt to patented
firef1ies for Butterfly" Even the
cherry blossoms will be imported
from New York;.
The cast is due this afternoon.
And it's a big one-80 choristers,
SO ballet dancers and 80 orchestra
musicians, in addition to eight
principal singers for tonight alone.
Old Timers Put Up Stage.
On hand backstage this morn
ing were three old timers who have
been touring with the company
for years.
Jacob Buchter, chief elec-
trician. remembered putting up
the lighting on the same stage
when the company last played
here in 1881. He has been with
the MET" for As years.
Supervising the stage hands
was Eddie Hauck, a 30-year vet
eran. Ralph Edison. property mas
ter and the third of the Nets
backstage triumvirate, also is a
veteran.
Jennie" Cervini, veteran ward
robe mistress, was on hand, get
ting costumes ready.
Mr.. Buchter agreed with Mr..
view on the opera house
situation.
And in the Capital of the
United States," he said, watching
the technicians struggling to fit
oversize sets into small space.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
It's Raining Wisecrucks Now

when does the Friendship
Heights ferry come along?" the
Rosslyn street car operator was
asked.
"You tell your grandchildren
yet about how you used to see the
sum-" a budding Milton Berle in
quired.
"The diving board on my SWIM
ming pool is 10 feet under" some
one muttered. i've got the big
gest swimming pool in Is States
and the District of Columbia"
cts not fit night out for man
nor beast"
Then we'd BOTH better stay
home"
"The Mats have been playing
great ball." the smile creeps in
here. Haven't lost a game in five
days."
Evening star., 1952-04-28

did not inherit the resistance
factor, DR.. Sabin found. In the
latter the multiplication was so
slow that the. result was a sort
of self -immuniZation or vaccina-
tion against the disease.
Young More Vulnerable.
The factor does not save mice
during the first few days of life
1t slows down multiplication of
the virus, as in adults, but the
young are more vulnerable.
This virus resistance is a phe-
nomenon hitherto unreported in
nature. but it seems hardly prob
able that the Cincinnati mice
constitute a unique example. Ma
ture apparently struggles to pro-
duce a mechanism which will
protect life's highest forms from
its lowest.
The viruses, DR.. Sabiin pointed
out, are fighting back. They are
developing mutations, or new
hereditary forms, which are able
to overcome the neW-formed
genetic resistance of the mice.
Evening star., 1952-04-28

at the downtown Office stands at
1,701. Officials credited a break
in the weather for the heavy
crowds. They predicted increas-
ingly heavy registrations between
now and Wednesday, when the
registration period ends.
Both sides in the local political
tug g-of-war hoped that clearing
skies might swell the volume of
business at local registration head
quarters. 1903 H street NV.
Steady rains since the period
started last Wednesday have kept
registration figures below expected
totals.
463 in Is Precincts.
There were indications that reg
istrations taken by precinct chair
men may be close to the total
from the central registration
Office. Fifteen chairmen reached
today reported registration to date
of 463, for an average of almost
81 registrations each. If the same
average applies to the remaining
% chairmen, the registration in
the districts would be running
close to 1888.
District Republicans who want
to vote in the primaries must reg
lister by Wednesday. Unlike the
practice in previous years, no reg
istrations will be accepted after
the official period is over.
Precinct Meetings Next.
The next step in the election
process is the announcement of
times and places for precinct
meetings in the city's 43 election
districts. The meetings will be held
between May 16 and May %.
At these meetings, ballots will
be cast for district delegates for
the local convention. They will
meet on June S to name six dele
gates to the national convention
in Chicago.
The basic issue in the G. o. P.
contest is the question of whether
the delegates should go to Chicago
uninstructed-as they have done
In the pastor whether they
should be committed to Gen. Els
enhower. The local Eisenhower
or-President Club is challenging
the Republican State Committee
which .favors neutral delegates.
The club is running its own Els
enhower-pledged candidates in
each district against candidates
of the State Committee.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
WMAL and WMAL-N Get
Awards for Aidinq Safety

The Evening Stars radio and
television stations, WMAL and
WMAL-TV, and Radio Station
WWDC have won National Safety
Council awards for Exceptional
service to safety"
The annual awards were made
to 81 radio stations and eight TV
stations.
They were announced in Broad
casting Magazine. Among the
judges was Robert K. Richards,
director Of public affairs for the
National Association or Radio and
Television Broadcasters. with
Offices here.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Quantico Hostess House
Broken Into by ProwIer

The hostess house at Quantico
Base was broken into early today,
but apparently nothing of value
was taken, base officials reported.
A hostess house truck was re-
covered later near Manassas by
Virginia State police.
The house, which is in the
Post Exchange building. was en-
tered about 4 am. the report said.
Visitors to the base stay at the
house.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Washington College
Alumni to Meet

The Washington Chapter of the
Washington College Alumni Asso-
ciation will hold a reorganization
dinner meeting at z pm. We'd
nesday at the Continental Hotel.
DR.. Daniel z. Gibson. president
OF Washington College, and Coach
j. Thomas Kibler. who recently
was appointed assistant to DR..
Gibson, will speak. The college
Is at Chestertown. Md.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
'Met's' Rudolf Binq
Dismayed by Lack Of
Opera Houses in u. ).

Rudolf Bing expressed surprise
today that some of Americas big
gest cities-including Washington
don't have opera houses.
Mr.. Bing is manager of New
York's Metropolitan Opera. The
MET" opens a two-day stand here
tonight-its first in 81 years.
The opera company is using the
Capitol Theater. But the Capitol's
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Bernard PTA Carnival

The Parent Teacher Association
of the Barnard School. Fourth and
Decatur streets NV, will hold a
carnival from 10 am. to pm
Saturday. Among the attractions
will be a pet show, pony rides and
a concert by the Police Boys Club
Band,
Evening star., 1952-04-28
District Republicans
Turn Out 10 Register
As Rain lakes Recess

BY far the biggest crowds to
turn out so far for registration
in the Republican District primarH
were on hand at the opening of
the central registration Office at
noon today.
In the first half hour Of busi-
ness. 228 new names were added
to the COP voting rolls. The total
for the registration period so far
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Crosby Bond to Replace
Harris on Benny Show
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD. April 28.-Co-
median Jack Benny has dropped
band leader Phil Harris in favor
of Bob Crosby.
Mr.. Benny said last night he'll
continue his radio and television
shows on CHS next season for
the American Tobacco Co.. but
has hired Mr.. Crosby because
Harris is not available for the
Benny television show"
All other regulars remain in
the cast. Mr.. Benny appears on
radio weekly and ,TV every four
weeks.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Drug Suspect Seized
Police Is Rated as
1op-Leve| Operator

A man seized in a drug agents
ambush Sunday was described by
Ia Federal agent today as being
"as big an operator" at Randolph
(Catflsh) Turner, No. l narcotics
peddler here until he was Jailed.
The prisoner. Vincent A.
(Streamy) Washington, 25, COL
ored, of the 14OO block of Third
street NV. was arraigned today.
He was held in default of $4,000
bond. Hearing was set for May 9.
Washington was arrested Sum
day morning. He was charged
with the sale and possession of
narcotics.
Rated as "Big Operator"
The Federal narcotics agent
said Washington had been as
sociated with Turner until about
a year ago. He said Washington
was lone Of the biggest" drug
runners here, rating him on a par
with Turner.
Treasury agents. United States
marshals and detectives from the
Police Narcotics Squad captured
Washington at Kirby and Morgan
streets NV.
The captors said he had a half
ounce of heroin in his possession.
The officers said Washington
had a rendezvous at the intersec-
ton with a police informer. The
informer was carrying marked
money. furnished by the detec-
tiveS.
The officers said the informer
arranged to pay $137 for the half
ounce of dope. The informer didn't
know the agents were going to
close in as soon as the sale was
made. When the T-men grabbed
Washington, the informer jumped
into his car and roared away,
with a policeman locked in the
truck.
Policeman in Trunk.
The informer had been arrested
earlier on a charge of possessing
narcotics. He had agreed to
"sing" on his source of supply.
The policeman had hidden in the
car trunk to make sure the in
former kept his date.
AS the car. a Cadillac. sped
away. it hit a bump and the trunk
snapped shut. The policeman,
Pvt. Irving Tennyson of the Head
quarters Narcotics Squad, finally
managed to break a hole in the
rear seat and forced the informer
to stop the car.
Police would not disclose the
informer's identity.
Washington was arraigned be-
fore United States Commissioner
Cyril Lawrence.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Injured by Purse Snotcher

A woman employe Of the State
Department was recovering in
Emergency Hospital today from
head injuries inflicted by a purse
snatcher in Farragut square last
night. She is Miss Virginia B.
Dane, 80, Of 1920 Twenty-first
street NV. Her assailant es-
caled with $12S.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Lawrence MeIoy Named
To Civil Service Legal Post
BY the Associoted Press

Lawrence v. Meloy, executive
secretary of the Governments S
Loyalty Review Board since 1947,
was named chief law officer of
the Civil Service Commission yes
terday.
His successor has not been ap-
pointed.
The chief law officer post was
vated by the retirement in No
vember Of Alfred Klein.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Tickets Available
For Carmen and
MADAME Butterfly

Tickets for the Metropol-
itan Operas Madame But
terf1y" tomorrow afternoon
and Carmen" tomorrow night
still are available, but to-
nights Aida" is sold out, the
Snow Concert Bureau said to-
day.
Seats for Madame Butter
fly" are at $6 and So and
those still remaining for
Carmen" are $40 and $12.
Evening star., 1952-04-28
Overheard recently:

overheard recently:
Went out yesterday and
planted 10 rows of rice"
I'm calling my car The African
Queen Felt like Humphrey Bo-
gart, coming down Connecticut
avenue this morning."
"You know where I live?" one
comedian wanted to know.
"You live in Landover. don't
you?"
II did. We call it Landunder
now"
Get your feet wetwhen you got
out of bed this morning." an
eighth-floor apartment dweller
was asked.
"I'm building the Ark H." said
another. "Only a few tickets left"
"GrOWn VOllr web feet veto"
Evening star., 1952-04-28

with other amino acids" said q
Carnegie Institution announce
ment Of the work, then mans
understanding of growth and re-
production will be significantly