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lateral on the disorderly conduct
charges and that Rowland drove
him home from the precinct.
Kendall said he received tur-
keys from the syndicate at Christ
mastime. The witness was asked
by Defense Counsel T. Edward
lO'Connell: did the Assistant
United States Attorneys kind OF
hint when they talked to you that
liz you talked you'd be better Off"
mo SIR" the witness replied.
Testimony to show the part
Inership between Mr.. and Mrs.
Nelson and Mr.. and Mrs. Nowiand
was offered earlier. >
Samuel w. Ford, an agent of
the Internal Revenue Bureau, told
the jury that he visited the Now
lands at their home in Alexandria
late in 1913 or early in 1949 to re-
quest a "Spot check" of the syndi-
Gates activities for income tax
purposes.
The ring. according to teSti-
mony, was then operating under
the name of the Robert L. Now
land Associates" with the Now
lands in active charge and Nelson
banking the project from his
opulent stock farm at Ritchie. Md.
Wouldn't Agree to Check.
Mr.. Ford said he asked Rowland
for permission to make check
within the syndicate headquarters
on the number Of employees,
amounts of the days play and
equipment, such as adding ma
chimes. He said Rowland told him
he thought this could be done,
but first he must obtain permits
sion from his partners. the Mel
sons.
Several days later. MFR. Ford
testified. he was informed by
Rowland that Nelson would not
agree to the inside check.
During his conversations with
Rowland, the witness said, he was
informed there was a $40, 900
shortage in the accounts Of q
pickup man.
In July or August of 1913, Mr..
Ford continued, II talked to the
Nelson's at their Richie farm.
Nelson told me he and Mrs. Mel
son were rendering services to the
partnership and that he and his
wife had capital in the Robert l..
Rowland Associates"
When Mr.. Ford completed his
testimony, Government counsel
began handing the jury IS groups
of documents turned over by Mel
son to Senate Crime 1nvesti-
eating Committee agent last sum-
mer.
Only about four witnesses re-
main to be called before the Gov
eminent rests its case. OF Is
witnesses heard since the trial
opened January IA, seven have
described themselves as former
employees Of the Nelson syndicate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
$500 Pay Hike Limit
Proposed for Top
Officers in Service
By The Assoeiutsd Press

Some Senators today suggested
limiting any pay boost for gen.
erals. admirals and other top Of
ficers of the armed services tc
$500 a year.
The proposal came as the Sen.
ate Armed Services Committee
called Secretary Of Defense Lovett
and his manpower specialist, AS
|sistant Secretary Anna M. Rcsen.
berg, for public testimony.
The House voted 269 to 50 fol
the measure, a 10 per cent boost
for all armed service personnel
which would raise the payroll by
an estimated 1882 million q year
Senator Hunt, Democrat, oil
Wyoming, a member of the COM
mittee. said several Senators had
suggested the $80O-a-year ceiling
on increases for the top brass.
when we boosted pay for the
postal and civil service workers
last year we limited the tor
brackets to. the $500 increases,
he said.
AS the bill came from the House
the fiat 10 per cent increase would
add $3.50 a month to the pay OF
Army privates and low-ranking
men in other services, and more
than 500 a month to the pay OF
generals, admirals and other tor
officers.
Chairman Russell has promised
that his committee will conduct
"a thorough examination" into
all phases of the service pay
question before. sending the bill
to the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Nelson Trial Witness
Bares Inside Story
OF Numbers Ring
By w. H. Shippen

An inside" story on how Q
numbers ring operates in Wash
ington was related today by q
former pickup man at the gam
bling conspiracy trial of Charles
e. Nelson and Is others.
Charles Kendall. colored, Of the
1900 block of Constitution avenue
NE. told the District Court jury
that he picked up bets for the
syndicate in Northeast and South
east Washington from about Janu-
airy, 1948, until January. 1851. He
said one of the defendants. Rob-
ert L. Rowland, hired him and
paid him a 5 per cent commits
sion.
At the time he was hired, Ken
dali said, Rowland told him his
partner was Nelson, and that his
collection route in the District
would have the designation tx"
Meet Each Afternoon.
It'd go out and meet the writer's,
pick up the work and turn it In
to MIR. Rowland or one of his
men," the witness said.
"Nowland came to my home al
most every afternoon. He'd come
as numbers partners.
in, look at the television, drink
some beer and shoot the breeze in
general"
Sometimes Rowland would be
accompanied by other defendants,
the witness said, including Mrs.
Rowland, Blight H. Lee and James
E. Lowry, a precinct detective who
resigned from the force in 1947.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Bullet Hats Monkeyshines
After Georgetown Chase

A pretty kitty" that turned out
to be a full grown, wild-eyed
rhesus monkey gave residents and
police a merry chase through the
streets of Georgetown yesterday
before its was killed by policemen.
william H. Haycock of 1926 w
street NV, was washing the
breakfast dishes when his two
year-old son Michael exclaimed
"Oh, Daddy, look at the pretty
kitty on the porch.
His father gave a quick glance
and then a much longer second
look. There sat the brown simian
perched on a refrigerator staring
right back at Mr.. Haycock. The
monkey then bounded down the
outside stairway of the second
floor apartment to the cellar be-
low.
Pvts. r. L. Gray and D. r
Garrett Of the Seventh Precinct
were dispatched to the scene. The
monkey, instead Of responding te
the temptation Of bananas ant
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Over Million Pinis
lOf Blood Donated in
u. 5. for Military Use

Americans have donated 1.225.-
600 pints of blood to the armed
forces through the Red Cross
since the start Of the Korean war.
Il. Roland Hartman. Red Cross
president, said today.
An even greater amount
/, 1851 900 pints-has been collect
ed by the Red Cross for use In
hospitals at home, Mr.. Hartman
added.
He appealed for more donors,
pointing out that the Defense De-
partment alone now is seeking
800, 1000 pints monthly for a new
plasma reserve, in addition to
what is needed Immediately in
Korea.
Need VIII Continue.
"No matter what the outcome
in Korea. the Defense DEPART
ment will continue to need vast
quantities Of blood" he warned.
MANY of the wounded viii be
undergoing surgery and treat
ment requiring the use Of blood
for long time to come. In addi-
ton, urgently needed plaSma re-
serves must be built up"
More than third Of the coun.
|try's civilian, military and vet
Grams hospitals are being supplied
with blood by the Red Cross at
the rate of $4,000 pints q month.
Mr.. Hartman said, adding:
ITO meet these varied civilian
and military needs. millions OF
Americans will have to become
periodic donors"
Doctors Help Pledged.
The Red Cross also announced
an Endorsement Of its blood pro-
gram by DR.. George F. Lull, sec
'retary' and general manager Of
the American Medical ASsocia-
ton. DIR. Lull pledged co-opera-
ton Of physicians in the program.
The blood program has collect
ed 3,930.000 pints of blood since
lit was started four years ago and
now operates 50 collection CEN
tiers. Since 1850 Red Cross has
been the official blood procure
ment agency for the armed forces.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Art Critic H. ). Eide
.SIafes a Lectures Here

H. S. EIDE, English art critic.
lecturer and former curator of the
Tate Gallery. London, win lecture
at the Institute Of Contemporary
Arts, 3104 @ street NV, at 4:30
pm. February 5. 6. Z and 8.
The institute will exhibit paint
ings by Yves Tanguay and sculp-
lures by Giacometti and Miro dur
ing February and will give film
showings of Jean Cocteau's Blood
of a Poet" and Lot in SODIUM"
lat $3.50 pm. February 20.
Poetry readings and lectures
during February will include q
reading by Dylan Thomas on Feb
ruary 8 and $3.50 pm. and one by
Wystan Hugh Auden at the same
hour February 20. John Grove
Ransom will lecture on Hardy'S
poetry at $3.50 pm. March !.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
U. 5. Dupes Italian
Reds Into Circulating
Slap at Russians
BY the Associated Press

How Italian Communists were
|duped into circulating an Amer.
lean slap at Moscow's peace
campaign was brought to light to-
day by an order issued from Com
munist headquarters in Rome.
A copy of the order, obtained
lin Italy and forwarded here. dis
closed an American triumph III
the continuing war of wits on the
foreign propaganda front. The
order warned Italian comrades tt
be more alert because:
/. Careless "partisans of peace
|unwittingly helped circulate q
leaf1et, published by the United
States Information Service, which
contained "defamatory" criticism
of Russia's peace record. What
apparently fooled the comrades
was the red cover and the repro
duction of the Picasso peace dove,
familiar trademark of the Mos
cow-directed campaign.
2. Earlier, naive" Communists
at Genoa and Florence were found
to be teaching geography to their
children from a Marshall Plar
atlas, without noticing its shame
less adulation of American i'm
perialism." Some comrades, head
quarters complained, even pinned
up pages from the atlas on walls
of their homes.
The leaflet was prepared
months ago by the United States
Information Service of the State
Department, to reach the 3.5 mil
lion members Of the italian Com
munist-dominated trade unions
The red cover was made to look
exactly like Communist peace
propaganda.
Inside, however, was a table
taken from a report by the House
Foreign Affairs Committee. This
tabulated Russia's actual record
in observing treaties with other
countries. Italian readers were
told: 1.-THE Soviet Union has vio-
lated or denounced 10 non-aggres-
sion or neutrality pacts in 16
years. The Soviet Union has
violated IA military alliances in
10 years. When the Soviet Union
talks about peace. remember these
factS!"
The atlas distribution was a
separate operation, engineered by
the information division of the
Economic Cooperation Admin
istration before the Marshall Plan
terminated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Weather, Tire Blowout
Delay BurkIey's Plane
By The Associoied Pfess

ST. LOUIS, Jan. .28.-Low,
dense clouds kept Vice President
Barley up in the air an extra
two hours Saturday night.
When the clouds left and the
Washington-bound plane landed
a tire blew out. No one was
hurt, but the passengers were
grounded four more hours until
another plane was prepared.
With the Vice President were
Senator Humphrey, Democrat Of
Mimi. Representative Denton,
Democrat Of Ind, and Under
secretary of the Interior Richard
Searle.
They were returning from the
Mid Western Democratic Con-
ference at Kansas City, KanS.
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peanuts offered by the policemen.
took of from the cellarWay to q
nearby clump Of trees.
Several hours later Pvts. Gray
and Garrett answered a call in
the 2lO0 block Of Huidekoper
place NV. Perched rs feet up
lin tree with about 100 spectators
watching him was the runaway
|rhesus. The policemen meanwhile
had been warned by Zoo officials
that this species could be danger
Gus and inflict q bad bite when
molested. The monkey business
was ended with q shot apiece from
the policemen's service revolvers.
The monkey had escaped from
the Georgetown University Med
Iical School, officials there re-
ported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
One Moment
With God
By EDWARD L. r. ELsON

Pastor, National Presbyterian Church
THE GENIUS OF DEMOCRACY
Democracy does not mean that
one man is as good or as bright
as another. Nor does it mean
leveling all men down to a COM
mon mediocrity. Democracy does
not disparage excellence or de-
nounce pre-eminence. It means
not that all are equally able, but
that each man. shall have the
chance to develop the highest
ability he possesses. A true de-
mocracy honors excellence. Truly
big men always rejoice when some
one else is bigger. Not only is
there room at the top, but the top
is always rising.
(Reading for today: I corinthi-
ans 4:20.)
Prayer: Eternal God, help me
to contribute my Uery best to
every porthy undertaking. An,en.)
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St. Lawrence
Continued From First Page.

nual production of 100 million
lions. domestic supplies Of high
GRADE iron ore are being depleted.
The President also pointed out
1.-THE waterway and power project
Twill pay for itself.
Would Fix Charges.
He stressed that If Canada Is in
complete control of the project, 1t
will fix the charges. This, Mr.
Truman said, is important to Mid
western industry and agriculture,
and he repeated that the United
States 'can have an adequate
voice in setting the tolls" only If
liz is a partner in the undertaking
The President said that oppose
ton to the seaway has come from
certain railroads and port in
Iterests who feared its effect. But
he added: ''The project is to be
built whether or not we take part
in the construction of the seaway.
Those who have opposed the sea-
way in the past surely must real
Iize that in these chain circum-
stances it is a plain matter OF
national sell interest to join IN
its construction"
Power Project Involved.
The President pointed out that
under the old 1941 agreement Ger
tain locks and canals would have
been built on the United States
side of the st. Lawrence, but if
Canada builds by itself all locks
and canals will be on the Can
adam side running from Lake
Erie to Montreal.
Z The power development will be
undertaken in the international
rapids section of the st. Lawrence
by the province Of Ontario in
association with an American
agency.
Z If the power agreement were
negotiated between the New York
power authority and the Ontario
Government no new legislation
would be required as the Federal
Power Commission could license
the New York body. ANY other
arrangement, however, would call
for a new law.
Along with his message the
President sent Congress an ex-
change of communications in
which this government has agreed
Ito join Canada in presenting the
waterways plan to the interna-
|tional joint commission composed
|of Canadian and American men,
berS.
ConnaIIy Still Opposed.
As soon as the clerk read the
message Chairman Connally Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee announced he is still
strongly opposed to the project
and hopes his committee viii con-
Itinue to turn 1t down.
This is no time to spend a
billion dollars on this. on top Of
other obligations" said Senator
Connally, adding that the seaway
would be frozen for five months
out of the year. It would not be
in the interest of the United
States, he said.
Senator Tobey, Republican, of
New Hampshire asked Chairman
|Connally to give the committee a
|chance to vote on it without first
putting "a wet blanket on it."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28

Kendall said that sometimes he
met the defendants at his home or
at some prearranged street corner
in the neighborhood. Several
times. he said. their automobiles
would be followed by what ap-
peared to him to be police car. "
Kendall testified the car would
stop about block away from the
rendezvous and then follow when
Rowland or his associates drove
away.
How did you know this was a
police carp" asked Assistant
United States Attorney John w.
FINELY.
cit had that tall aerial in the
back" the witness replied.
Kendall said he was twice ar
rested by Washington police on
numbers charges, once in March,
1850, and again in December of
that year. Under cross-examina-
ton by Defense Counsel Charles
e. Ford, Kendall said the mystic
rious automobile he had described
previously was of the same type
as that used by the officers who
arrested him on one occasion.
Kendall explained he collected
bets from various writers in the
District and delivered them to
syndicate agents in the early aft
ernoon. Later that day the agents
would return with a paper bag
containing an adding machine
record of the bets he had turned
in earlier and any money required
to pay of players who had "hit"
that day.
BOndsman Specified.
Rowland told him, Kendall said,
that If he was arrested he was
to notify a bondsman-in this
case Jimmy Conroy. He said he
telephoned Mr.. Conroy and the
latter furnished bond. The witness
added under questioning that he
never paid the bondsman's fee
nor did he pay a lawyer furnished
him. The witness was not allowed
to name the lawyer. He added
he did not know who paid the at
torney's fee.
On another occasion, Kendall
testified, he was arrested by Of
ficers searching for numbers vio-
lations and the charge against
him was disorderly conduct. Ken
dali said some one deposited col
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
BIusts Shake illinois Town

NATION, ILL.,, Jan. % R.-
Butane gas seeping from an
underground tank caused six ex-
plosions in a Mattoon business
block yesterday and touched of
fires that ran the damage to an
estimated 81 million. One man
was critically burned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28

IA return on your 1851 income.
Who must file? Every one who
had 5000 or more income last
year.
Every one-man, woman, child.
married or single who had that
much income in 1861 must file a
return. even though he owes no
tax. If he does owe any he must
pay it in full with his return.
Income under 5000 is tax-free.
$50 no return has to be filed on it.
But some people with less than
$500 income in 1851 had tax with
held. They should file a return to
get a refund. It's the only way
they viii get 1t.
Forms for Filing.
Forms for f1ling-The forms for
making the return are the same as
last year: Form 1040-A, q single
yellow sheet; and Form 104O. a
four-page return.
Most people, because most At
the rules for using it and it's the
easiest to use. will use Form
1O40-A. They're the under-$5. 900
income people who had all or
most of the tax withheld from
them in 1851.
The understood people who
can't use Form 1040-A will use
Form 1040 either as a short form
Finding their tax in the table on
the back or as a long form Gig
uring their own taxi.
People with $1,000 or more in
come have no choice. They must
use Form 1040 as a long form,
figuring their own tax, which isn't
difficult.
Husbands and wiveS-HusbandS
and wives can still split their in
come by filing a joint return, even
though one of them had no in
come, in order to get a lower tax.
Exemptions.
Exemptions Every one filing a
return gets a 5000 exemption for
himself, plus 5000 for his wife, if
she had no income or files jointly
with him.
If she had any income, no mat
ter how small, but doesn't file
Jointly with her husband, he can
claim no exemption for her. If
she files her own return separately
she claims her own $500 exemp-
ton.
And-you get the usual 5000
exemption for each dependent.
The new changes to remember:
Social security-This year TOR
the first time self-employed peo-
pie begin paying q social security
tax. They were brought under So
cial security coverage by Congress
late in 1850.
But until now they haven't paid
any tax. To do so now, they must
use a special form, called Sched-
ule C. II you don't have this
Schedule c, get it from your near
lest collector. The tax is ga per
cent Of the first $500 of income.
This social security tax on the
self Unemployed is, of course. in adj
dition to the regular income tax.
Social Security Tax.
There's q new rule for those
who, employed by others, had So
cial security tax withheld from
their pay check. The tax on the
employed is 11a per cent on the
first So, 600 Of income, or maxi
mum Of $54 a year.
In the past If too much social
security tax was withheld from
your pay check-because, perhaps,
you worked for more than one en-
ployer-you could get q refund by
filing a claim for 1t.
Now, if it happened to you in
1851, you can credit it against
your income tax on Form 104O-A
or Form 1O4O without filing a spe-
cial claim. You'll see the place
to do this on the form.
Dependents-While no one with
less than 5000 income has to file
a return, until now no one with
more than $500 income could be
claimed as q dependent.
Under the new law the $500
= go uAsA~~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
Old Stamps Duplicated

OF three new stamps issued by
Italy to mark the centenary Of
the first Sandman stamps. all
bear the same design - a repro
Iduction of Sardinia's first issue
and its coat-of -arms.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28
By james Morrow
Associated Press Stuff Writer

Highlights on your income tax
return, including changes made in
the law by Congress last year:
Usual, unchanged points to re-
member
Who must file Midnight OF
March Is is the deadline for filing
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-01-28

This Is the first Of series ex-
ploinine how to make out your income
tax return for 1851.
Evening star., 1952-01-01
South Korea Won't Tolerate
Divided Nation, Rhee SAYS
By the Associated Press

CHINHAE, Korea, Jan. 1.-Pres-
ident Syngman Rhee today hintea
that the Western Allies could ex-
pect trouble from the South Ko-
reans If an armistice were signed
with the Communists before
North and South Korea were
united.
DR.. Rhee declared in a New
Years Day message that his peo-
Piles greatest concern today is
over possible agreement on an
armistice before unification of our
country has been achieved. No
such appeasement will find favor
among loyal South Koreans"
The 76-year-old DR.. Rhee did
not elaborate, but continued:
"The outlook for the future is
best described as grim.
AID. 1851 saw hopes Of early
unif1cation dashed because of mil
itary reverses directly related to
a United Nations policy Of lin
tied effort 1t saw the Allies and
Communists enter negotiations
which threaten to leave Korea
split asunder indefinitely.
"The year 1852 may be a grim
one, not only because of our enc
mics but also because of our
friends"
Evening star., 1952-01-01
Celebration, Prayers
And Korea Artillery
Welcome New Year
BY the Assoeioted Press

There were toasts and prayers
and cannonades for infant 1852
today as the New Year brought
the hope Of the future to a world
troubled by its past.
Peoples of nearly all nations
on both sides of the Iron Curtain
greeted the New Year at CHEEKY
midnight parties or quiet church
watch-night services.
In Korea, where 1852 inherits
1951's major headache, the New
Year was ushered in with a rock
ing Allied artillery barrage across
the entire front. Meanwhile j,
truce teams dragged their nego-
tiations into the new year.
Million in Times Square.
While the guns were booming
in the worlds current conflict,
New York's Times Square had one
OF it's biggest celebrations since
World War II dimmed the early
1940s.
Police estimated almost one mil
lion persons were in the square at
midnight. The figure was 0.000
greater than last year. Plate glass
windows were boarded up while
1900 police patrolled the area and
closed the square to traffic.
A bedlam of noise, augmented
by train whistles. greeted 1852 in
Philadelphia. But a big part OF
the city'S celebration was to come
today in the annual parade OF
thousands of Mummers.
In Boston, police said 1852 had
q comparatively calm reception
with only an estimated 10000
'kids" footing horns in the streets.
Most BostonianS celebrated in
night clubs or at house parties.
Russians Celebrate.
Moscow also had its revels. Rus
slams made the holiday count for
both New Years and sort Of
Christmas. Grandfather Frost"
passed out toys to children.
Berlin celebrated all night in
both the East and West sectors, |
but the champagne flowed most
abundantly in the West. The
Russian sector toasted the holi-
day chiefly in beer, schnapps andl
vodka.
London was treated to the no
toriously rowdy Chelsea Art Ball, |
attended by some 5000.
President Truman worked quiet
ly in Washington while his wife
and daughter were in Missouri.