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Evening star., 1952-01-29
Japs Say Russia May Send
Shin for Trade Delegates
BY The Associated Press

TOKYO, Jan. 29.-Kyodo News
Agency today quoted a spokesman
for the Soviet mission as saying
Russia might send q ship to carry
Japanese delegates to the world
economic conference in Moscow
next April.
"Since the Soviet Union Is host
to the conference" the spokesman
was quoted, "it will offer every
facility to all guests. 1t is possible
Ia Soviet ship may come to the port
of Tokyo to carry the delegates
to the Soviet Union" .
Nine japanese business and po-
|litical leaders have been invited
|Kyodo said the Russian spokesman
|intimated they may be allowed to
pay their fare in Japanese yen In
stead Of dollars.
This would circumvent a pos
|sible move by the Foreign Off1ce
to deny the delegates passports al
% dollar-saving measure.
The newspaper Asahi said the
Foreign Office frowns on any Japa-
nese representation at the con-
ference and that the government
is trying to persuade Japanese
leaders to give up the trip.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Fletcher Again Arrested
On BoofIeqqinq CHARGE

William B. Fletcher. Al, said by
police to be one of the busiest
bootleggers in town. was released
under $500 bond yesterday follow
ing his arrest Sunday for keeping
and selling whisky without 8
license.
Arrested with Fletcher on simi-
lar charges was Robert w. Flani-
gan, 30, of the 100 block oi
ITwenty-flrst street NE. Both are
colored. M
Inspector Clarence Lutz. head Of
the Gambling Squad, said an un-
Idercover man bought a halfpini
of whisky from Flanagan In a va.
riety store in the 1900 block Of
Fourteenth street NV, on Sun.
day. The inspector said the under.
cover man saw Fletcher sell 8
bottle of whisky at the same time
| Police seized "A half pints anc
8 ffths of whisky under the coun-
ter and the show window counter
Fletcher, who lives In the 10(
block Of r street NE, has severa1
past convictions for bootlegging
In 1947 he was also convicted o1
failing to I'LL out tax returns.
Both men had their cases con-
tinued in Municipal Court to Feb
Iruary Is.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Senate Group Seeking il
100000 10 Probe
Allen Property Office

The Senate judiciary Committee
will ask the Senate to authorize
a year-long. 500, 900 investigation
of the Justice Departments Office
lof Alien Property.
Committee approval OF the in
quiry, asked in q resolution by
Senator Wiley, Republican, of
Wisconsin, and four other Repub-
lican Senators. was voted yester-
day on recommendation Of a
seven member subcommittee.
In approving the request, the
committee doubled the resolutions
proposal that $50. 900 be set aside
for q six-month investigation.
Wiley Gratified.
The proposal must clear the
Rules Committee before it can get
to the Senate floor. An aide to
Senator Wiley said it was hoped
that 1t could be put before the
rules group in about two weeks.
Meanwhile. Senator Wiley said
he was gratif1ed at the prompt
and resounding" approval, and
said he would continue his inde-
pendent investigation of the Office,
which handles millions Of dollars
in enemy alien interests seized
by the Government during war
time.
Asked for Information.
The Wisconsin Republican al
ready has demanded a huge vol
iume of material from Justice off,
Icials about the alien property
activities, and his requests have
resulted in sharp exchanges with
Attorney General McGrath.
Under the resolution. spe-
cial subcommittee would conduct
the probe> It is expected, off,
cials said, that the subcommittee
membership would be the same as
that which recommended the
probe yesterday to the full COM
mittee. The members were Sena-
tor Smith, Democrat. of North
Carolina, chairman; Democratic
Senators McCarran of Nevada.
O'Conor of Maryland and Magnu-
son of Washington, and Republi-
can Senators Wiley, Ferguson of
Michigan and Hendrickson Of
New Jersey.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
|scheoI Editorial Contest
Entries Due by Friday

Friday is the deadline for entr!
in the annual editorial contest
sponsored by the Maryland Statt
Court. Catholic Daughters o.
America.
Entries must be mailed to Miss
Mary E. Murray. State Chair
man Of Education. Mt. Savage, Md
Mrs. Gertrude !. Garvey, State
regent, will present a trophy tc
the winner at the Catholic Press
Conference at Trinity College
February %.
The contest is open to students
of junior and senior high schools
The editorial must have appeared
in a. school newspaper between
September, 1851 and February
1852.
Judges of the contest will bt
the Very Rev. Lawrence Kilkenny
dean Of Western Maryland; ]
William Hunt. editor of the Cum
berland Sunday Times and Gene
Cunning, managing editor Of the
Cumberland Evening Times.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Cleaning Truck Driver
Convicted in Clothes Theft

An Arlington cleaning truck
driver has been fined 500 and
given suspended jail sentence
of six motnhs for theft of two
suits belonging to customers.
Arlington Circuit Judge VIII
liam D. Medley imposed the SEN
tence yesterday on Harold Sloop
%, of the 3700 block of South Sec
ond street, Arlington. -
Sloop pleaded guilty to the
charge and said he pawned the
suits in the District for $40 be-
cause he needed the money to buy
medicine for his family.
commemorative Attorney VIII
liam j. Hassan said that in his
confession, Sloop said he had
taken the suits to a pawnshop last
November, intending to redeem
them next payday but when he
went back to the shop he was told
that District law requires that
goods be held 10 days.
Evening star., 1952-01-29

pearance January %.
His wife, Sybil Alice Shaffer,
121-pound, 5-foot, 9-inch blond
with brown eyes, recently under.
went two operations that coulc
cause her to suffer amnesia. Mr.
Schaffer said the doctor told him
He said his wife was last seen ir
q diner in Syracuse. She was wear
ing black ballerina shoes, o gray
blouse, gray-checkered skirt. light
tan coat and black overshoes
trimmed in fur.
A truck driver en- route from
Florida to Chicago told Mr.. Schaf-
fer he stopped In q tavern about
so miles south Of Alexandria or
Route / Friday night and heard
a blond girl ask for a job. The
trucker told Mr.. Schaffer he heard
the girl say she had lost her mem
ory, but she knew she had hitched
a ride with q trucker from Upper
New York State. The trucker
Identified Mrs. Schaffer's picture
A sister -in-law in Texas is car
ing for the Schaffer's two little
girls, age s and 2. The Schaffer's
have been married seven years. ,
Evening star., 1952-01-29
|ReoI-Lfe MADAME Butterfly
Has Tragic Twist to Story

subject of Hirohito--if only he
could stay with little Sachiko.
Sent Home Again.
But g. court martial was un-
moved. The Australian, army
said he had a criminal record
besides his illegal entries and did
not deserve sympathy. So he was
sent home again.
Life in Australia was bitter. He
was unpopular Workmen walked
lout when he was hired. Even his
own father wouldn't speak to him.
he said.
So on January 81 he sneaked
aboard an American airplane
headed for Tokyo. reached Japan
land stole away under cover Of
ipre-dawn darkness.
Then followed a quick dash to
lKure and terrible disillusionment.
| Now he has appealed to the
japanese public. government and
press. and sWears he hates Aus
tralia and all Australians who
have interviewed in my affairs and
robbed me Of my wife"
He's Popular in Japan.
Wandering forlorn on the
streets Of Tokyo, Weaver was
picked up, questioned and arrest.
ed by a British MP. He was turned
over to Japanese authorities in
stead Of to the commonwealth
forces that have handled his case
| Weaver-Kitagawa is a popular
man in Japan, where every one
loves a lover, especially a tragic
one.
Two japanese lawyers have vol
unteered to defend him. One is
Miss Chiri Muraki. who special
izeS in western cases.
In addition, Socialist Represen-
tative Ichiro Shoji has volun.
teered to adopt him.
Which is more than any one
offered to do for Madame Butter
f1y.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Trash Disposal Shaft
Believed Under Box
For Apartment Blaze

The IRE marshaps ONCE is in
fvestigating the origin Of q fire
(which badly damaged seven apart
lment units at 1916 New Hampshire
avenue NV. and routed 90 per-
Isons yesterday.
( Fire Marshal Raymond G. Rob-
lerts said the tWo-aIarln blaze,
(which started about 1::30 pm. ap-
5parently had Its origin In q trash
disposal shaft In the basement
/ AdIai Mann. co-owlier Of the
building, estimated damage ct
I$25, 900.
|. Occupants Of the building were
Ialerted by IN automatic aiafna
system after Mrs. Josephine Fer
Iguson, the manager. called the
lire department.
/ Acting Chief Engineer r A,
Davis said flames and smoke bill
lowed up the dumbwaiter into
apartments on all seven floors and
water had to be squirted through
leach Of the dunhWaiter doors to
bring the flre under control,
ITwenty-six pieces Of fire appa-
lratus responded.
/ Miss Elsa Gericke. 10, was In
fair condition today at Emergency
Hospital where she was treated for
smoke exposure. She was forced
Ito seek safety down an outside
lire escape.
i Another resident, Mrs. Fox Con-
Iner, widow Of an Army major
general, fed from her ird-door
apartment carrying . 300-year-
old violin valued at $1,000.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Woman Awaits Sentence
In Illegal Liquor Sales

Mrs. Emma Robinson, so. plead
guilty yesterday to selling whisky
without a license before Municipal
Court Judge Mary BarloWe. She
will be sentenced on February 10
Mrs. Robinson was arrested or
January Is when police raided q
party in the 500 block Of Fourth
street NE. They said the party
was held to raise funds for the
defense Of Mrs. Marie Richardson
Harris, 81. colored. d former Gov
Iernment employe under indict-
Iment on perjury charges relating
Ito Communist Party membership
Mrs. Robinson, who is colored
Lives in the 100 block Of u street
INV.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Escapes in Garbage Can

CINCINNATI. Jan. 90 R.-
The county Jail was missing q
garbage can today, but it's more
concerned with getting the con-
tents back. An escaped prisoner
was inside. Sheriff Dan Tehan
said Cleveland (Sporty) Harren,
serving an assault sentence, hid
inside the container yesterday
while it was standing on a hand
truck. Another prisoner placed
the lid on 1t and Warren then
was wheeled to freedom.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
By The Assosiassd PrsssII. !.

TOKYO, Jan. There's a
tragic new twist to the old and
Iever-sad story OF Madame But
lterfly."
I In the 1852 version Of the tender
love story of Clio Clio San. the vic
tim isn't the girl from the Orient.
Its the servicenian from the West.
The man IS u heart broken for
liner Australian soldier--Frank I.
weaver. or, as he prefers to be
lcallad, Tetsuichiro KitagaWa.
| Today. Weaver-Kitagawa sits
lonely ana forlorn in q Japanese
iJail. He faces q deportation trial
lin q japanese court for . seventh
tattenapt to smuggle himself back
Into Japan to be with his little
japanese wife. Sachiko.
But worse than his trouble with
Ithe law is his heartache. For he
told japanese neWsmen. Sachiko
hadn't waited for him.
wife Barred by Australia.
He said she gave her heart-in
succession two other Aus
ltralian servicemen at Kurea, main
depot for Australians on occupa-
ltion on Korean service. Sachiko
lis Japanese for grace.
Weaver's troubles began after
World War II. He made several
attempts to stay in Japan with
Sachiko because Australia bars
Japanese immigrants, even wives
Of Australians.
Each time he was tracked down
and returned to Australia.
| In October, 1850, he was ar
rested and sentenced to hard la
bor for one year and finally de-
ported in August, 1851.
When here last time he re-
nounced his Australian citizen
ship. adopted the japanese name
|of Tetsuiciliro Kitagawa, and
vowed he intended to become a
Evening star., 1952-01-29
|BookmobiIe on Exhibit
Near Library tomorrow

A New York book shop that has
adopted the bookmobile tech
Inique Of rural public libraries to
commercial use will bring q COM
pletely equipped art book store on
wheels to the Library of Congress
tomorrow.
The bookmobile. from the
Hacker Art Center. viii be
parked all day on the Second
street parking lot behind the lie
brary. where library officials will
inspect stocks of rare books. The
travelling shop, has books in many
languages, old and new, ranging
in price from 81 to $1,000, as
well as original art works.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Actress Mother Sentenced

REDWOOD CITY, Calf, Jan.
20 (R.-Mrs. Virginia Jean
Garner, mother of Movie Actress
Peggy Ann Garner, was sem
fenced to q one to five year term
at Tehachapi Women's prison
yesterday for passing bad checks.
Mrs. Garner, 40. was arrested by
Burlingarne police who estimated
she had netted more than $500
from bad checks.
Evening star., 1952-01-29

we couldn't continue to serve q
30-cent hot. plate lunch. It Is
a tremendous help"
The cafeteria is not the largest
in the city schools by far. Last
year it did about $4,000 worth
of business and lost $7OO. But it
served 36,S2O hot lunches and
gave away another 4.508 hot
lunches. This was in addition
to other food sold. Normally, the
cafeteria serves about $50 hot
plates a day of the 800 lunches
served. The enrolment is 465
Breakfast for Dime.
In addition, Mr.. Smith has
worked out a breakfast program
under which pupils can get a
substantial breakfast for 10 cents
This includes hot chocolate, cereal
and fruit juices.
The National School Lunch Act
requires that free lunches be
served to children that cannot al
ford it. Here Mr.. Smith and the
Agriculture Department part way!
slightly. e
Mr.. smith said the serving Of
free lunches was q good idea Il
the child couldn't afford it. Ano
many can't. But, he added, he die
not believe a child should s~be
trained to expect q handout from
the Government.
Consequently, at Jefferson. stu
dents are allowed to work in the
cafeteria to earn their lunches
if they so desire. Some SO students
run the cafeteria under this pro-
gram.
Opposition Not Pushed.
Mr.. Smith said the Agriculture
Department didn't like the work
idea at first, declaring the
lunches must be given away
Nothing more has been said about
it, Mr.. Smith continued.
Nutrition is q school-wide prof.
ect at Jefferson. due to the ef-
forts Of Mr.. Smith and Mrs. Elsie
n. Davidson. home economics
teacher.
The cafeteria has been made a
part Of the school curriculum, not
q commercial venture. Mr.. Smith
said that unless the children are
taught about nutrition, the hot
plate lunch program will not dc
what 1t is supposed to do.
Most Of Menu Is Surplus.
On a recent day, the menu
was turkey hash, stewed tomatoes
cabbage, bread, butter, milk AND
prune whip. In addition, each
pupil was given q glass of orange
Juice free as they went through
the line.
The turkey hash was made
from left over turkey obtained
free as surplus. The stewed to-
|matoes were surplus. The prunes
in the prune whip we're surplus
The orange juice was surplus.
The fact that jefferson Junior
High can offer a substantial hot
lunch to its pupils at q very low
price is exactly what the school
lunch program is attempting tc
do. That also is the secondary
aim OF the price support and sur
plus removal programs,
Evening star., 1952-01-29

Yesterday Mr.
Schafer, a dia-
.mond core drill
er from Syra-
cuse, N. Y, went
in more than
$50 diners and
t a v ernS on
Route l, about
% miles south
Of Alexandria,
Va. He has in
terviewed hum
dreds of truck
|driv s in his
search since his
xr,ifn'c AiSo NJ
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Syminqton Books Trumon

ST. LOUIS, Jan. % (P)-W
Stuart Symington. resigned RFG
head, said last night he will sup
port President Truman II MIR
Truman runs for another term
MFR. Symington said in an inter-
view that he. doesn't know the
Presidents plans.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Husband Widens Huni
For Amnesia Victim

Richard Schaffer, SO, continued
his search today for his 22-year-
old wife who he believes is the
victim of amnesia.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Surplus
Continued From First Page9'

(Contlnueo from FlISe Fase1
Icranberries, 33,576 cans; honey,
40 cans (only a few weeks ago
la shipment Of honey totaling 58.-
500 pounds was received for cur
rent distribution; dried. eggs.
80 900 pounds, and dried milk,
68 500 pounds.
The public school systems in
the nearby counties of Virginia
and Maryland also participate
in the National School Lunch Act
and get surplus foods through
their State Departments OF Edu-
cation.
The District got S215,783 in cash
payments from the Agriculture
Department last year under the
Lunch Act. This year the allot-
ment was $154.424.
The allotment Is based on the
number Of children Of school age
and the per capita income. Fhe
Districts high per capita income
lof $1,9S6 exceeded only by
Alaska) was responsible for this
reduction in funds from last year.
S98,6Oo for Milk.
OF the $154, ,424 allotted this year,
| I$98, 500 will go for the penny-milk
program. Under this plan. the
children of the grade schools pay
| a penny for a half pint Of milk.
The Agriculture Department pays
part and the District government
pays for the rest.
This leaves about $4,000 for
payments toward hot lunches
served in the school cafeterias.
1t is allotted at the rate Of S cents
a plate.
The way the distribution Of sur
plus foods is handled in the Dis
trict public schools is typical OF
how 1t is done over the country.
The storehouSe consists Of three
large basement rooms at the
lexington School, First street and
lQuincy place NE The Agricul-
ture Department sends to Albert
| Lechner, newly appointed super
visor of the school lunch program,
Ia list of available foods and the
District maximum share.
Food Ordered.
Mr.. Lechner Ands out from the
schools what they can use. Then
Ihe orders specific amounts, ac-
Icording to their needs. (
The surplus food program has
been headache to school officials.
Shortly after the School Board
found itself in the food business
lin 1850, Adelbert w. Lee, board
vice president, charged the whole
program was q miserable mess.
This resulted in a furry Of studies
and denials by school officials.
The result was legislation last
summer to centralize the cafteria
setup in the city schools. This
centralized Office would also
handle surplus foods.
The. school cafeterias now are
operated as private businesses by
the principals. Only the high
schools and one elementary school
have cafeterias but the yearly gross
business runs around $800, 900.
Until the centralized office is put
into operation plans are being
drawn now-the School Board
has little direct responsibility for
the way the cafeterias are man.
aged.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
TRAVEL G0-R0UND r.'': !: .,

Fer q refresher, q
shot In the arm,
a trip to Atlantic
City will do the
trick. There is
something about
the sea air, soak
inn I'M tho sun.
Evening star., 1952-01-29
Example offered.

Jefferson Junior High School
probably is as good an example
as can be found to demonstrate
what the Agriculture Department
is trying to do with its huge
giveaway of food.
Many of the students at the
school, at Eighth and H streets
s.w, come from low income
groups. Hugh S. Smith, princi-
pal, is enthusiastic about the
program. He declaref:
without the surplus foods
Evening star., 1952-11-09
Spurtuns-Indionu
Continued From Page CID

again on a 37-yard pass from
Willie Thrower.
Wells, Evan Slonac and Nc
Auliffe each gained more yardage
Iby rushing than the entire Indiana
team. Wells picked up 135 yards
ISlonac 40 and McAuliffe IS.
Coach Bernie Crimmins Of In.
diana complained of a slow whistle
after getting six of his boys booted
out Of the game for trying too hare
in their tackling. The loss in
|cluded both Goldman and Fisher
Crimmins said he though Michi.
gan State was magnificent team
superbly coached.
1--WE were disappointed that VI
did not get to have our better
players who were dismissed
throughout" Crimmins said. g.
thought the officials should have
done one Of two things. Michigan
States runners were running ex.
ceptionally hard, and it woule
seem to me that either they shoule
have had a quicker whistle OF
they should have been more liberia
in our tackling tactics"
Michigan State -- 8 IA 1T
Indiana z o OIL.
i Michigan state scoring-Touchdowns
Bobo. Wells t5); Bolden, McAulife t2)
/ Conversions: Slonac.
i = Indiana scoring-Touchdowns: Gedmal
(2) Conversions: D'Achille (2).
Evening star., 1952-11-09
By the Assocjoted Press

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Nov. 8.-The
Missouri Tigers, powered on the
attack by Jim Hook, beat the Colo
RADIO BuffaloeS, 27-7, in mud and
rain today to keep their Big Seven
conference football record un-
marred.
The Tigers took their fourth
conference victory of the season
with a ground attack which COM
pletely smothered the Colorado
ans efforts.
quarterback Jim Hook gained
158 yards himself. That was 10
more than all the ColoradoanS
could come up with.
The Buffaloes' touchdown op-
portunity came on one of four
Missouri fumbles. Right Tackle
Bob Morton recovered Tony Scar
dino's muff on Missouri's 22-yard
line an dthree plays later Carroll
Hardy, on a double-reverse play,
Evening star., 1952-11-09
Princeton
Continued From Page C-l.)

for 273 yards to establish Prince
ton ball-carrying record. He
wiped out the mark Kazmaier set
in the mud against Brown last year
when Kaz carried 81 times for 262
yards. Smith was stopped twice
for no gains, but he never was
thrown for a loss.
He scored from 8 yards out in
the second period and on runs of
10 and yards in the third.
Harvard, which had lost only
one of six games before today,
showed a surprisingly fast and
varied offense. In Blitz it had a
runner who threatened to 60 all
the way on every kickoff return
and Dick Clasby and John Culver
lugged the ball effectively. But
in the front line the crimson Just
didn't have the "horses" to cope
with the husky, hard-hitting
Princeton line.
For two periods it looked like 9
ball game as Blitz's dazzling 90.
yard kickoff return, and pass
interception by Bob CowleS twice
gave Harvard the lead, at 7-e
and 14-13.
But Princeton came back to take
la 20-14 lead before the first hall
and then it was all over. Harvard
was worn down and outplayed il
the third quarter and only cou.
pie of breaks" plus loose PLAY
and penalties late in the game
kept Princeton from rolling up Z
bigger score.
Princeton, which leads tn,
East'S major teams in total of.
fense, gained 489 yards on tn,
ground and lis through the ali
today as compared to Harvard
total of 81 and 1913 yards.
ParyssS princeson :-------- Z Z g II
/ Harvard scoring: Touchdowns--Blitl
Culver, Crowley. Conversions-Monteit
Princeton SCORING: Touchdowns-smitl
81. Huseth, Unser. conversions-Newel
Evening star., 1952-11-09
Forty-Niners Favored
Over Giants in Clash
Of Pro Tifans Today
By the Assoeiu.sd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Hoping
to rebound from their first loss
|of the season, the San Francisco
Forty Miners are two-point favor
ties to down the New York Giants
tomorrow as the National Foe*-
ball League rolls into the second
half of its season.
This game tops a six-game
schedule which also finds the
Chicago Cardinals at Cleveland,
Detroit at Pittsburgh. Green Bay
lat the Chicago Bears, Los Angeles
at Dallas and Washington at Phil
adelphia.
A crowd of some $4,000 is ex-
|pected at the Polo Grounds to see
the clash between the high-pow-
lered Forty Miners (5-1), who lead
the National Conference, and the
Idefensive-minded Giants (4-2),
who are tied with Cleveland (4-2)
for the American Conference
lead.
If the Giants are to win, they'll
have to stop a brace of Forty
Miner one-two punchers in hard
running Hugh McElhenny and Joe
Perry and frankie Albert and Y
A. Title, passing aces.
Meanwhile, Cleveland will be
trying to keep pace with the
Giants when II meets the Cards
another team which plays its
best ball away from home. Or
the road the Cards have wor
two straight, but the odds favor
the Browns by 10 paints.
Perhaps the hottest club in the
Ileague-Detroit-will be cunning
for. its fourth straight victory
when the Lions travel to Pitts
burgh. But they'll be meeting 8
strong Steeler team which has wor
two in a row and is looking tc
make up for those four straight
defeats-all close games-at the
start OF the season. However
the odds favor the Lions by 1C
points.
! One Of the leagues longest and
once-fiercest rivalries resumes ir
Chicago when the Bears play host
to Green Bay. The Bears lead
this series. which began In 1921
with 80 victories to % for Green
Bay. Five games ended in ties.