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Evening star., 1952-05-20
Magazine Article
Attacking AchesoIl
|AssaiIed as Smear
BY the Associated Press

The State Department says
Secretary Acheson is being smeared
with the big lie technique-"a
synthesis Of half-truths, state
mentS out of context, misrepre-
sentations and total falsehoods."
That was how Assistant Secre-
tary Rowland H. Sergeant de-
Iscribed a series of published
criticisms OF Mr.. Acheson he said
are being distributed widely.
In answer to a request by Sem
ator Douglas, Democrat. of Illinois
for comment, Mr.. Sergeant replied
in a letter point-by-point to 29
allegations he said were made
against Mr.. Acheson in an article
by Felix Wittmer in the American
Mercury entitled, Freedoms Case
Against Dean Acheson."
Distributed by Private Group.
Mr.. Sergeant said a private or
ganization, which he did not name
"has taken upon itself to make a
wide distribution of this article in
reprint form"
The points covered in the $4,000
word statement included:
/. That an "Acheson clique
got rid of former Undersecretary
of State Joseph Grew after World
War II because Mr.. Grew insisted
on vigorous prosecution of Career
Diplomat John Stewart Service
Mr.. Sergeant quoted Mr.. Grew a:
saying he quit voluntarily anC
said Mr.. Service was reinstated BY
James F. Byrnes when the latter
was Secretary Of State. Mr.. Serv-
ice was fired recently when ar
official board found there was
reasonable doubt of his loyalty.
Others at Meeting Queried.
2. That Mr.. Acheson, at a meet.
ing with group of lecturers or
January 8, 1916, said, After all
what's the difference between
Russia and America" The reply
said Mr.. Wittmer's report wa!
unSubstantiated by recollection!
Iof IL others who attended thu
meeting.
! 3. That Mr.. Acheson as a law
;!yer was a paid advocate for Soviet
Russia. Mr.. Sergeant called thi.
utterly false and preposterous.
Mr.. Wittmer said in New Yorl
his article speaks for itself anc
contained plenty of documenta'
ton"
Evening star., 1952-05-20
|ChiIdren's 5 Education
In Religion Distorted
baptists Are Told
BY q stoff Correspondent Of The stor

CHICAGO, May 20.-A Baptist
minister declared here today that
too many parents are sending
their children to church and Sum-
day school only to help them
through adolescence without 60
ing to Jail or bringing a sex
scandal into the family.
DR.. Fenwick T. Fowler, pastor
of First Baptist Church, Salt Lake
City, warned 3,400 delegates to the
American Baptist convention that
thousands of American parents
send their children to Sunday
school resolved that their children
shall never overdo religion.
These homes neutralize what
the children hear in church. So
these young people soon drop out
with no more than their parents
uncurbing vacuities about some
sort of Supreme Being"
Worship Of Materialism.
The speaker charged Christian
Iity is Worshiping materialiSm as
we'll as the secular world.
UNFORTUNATELY in the church
as everywhere else, money talks
and when it talks nobody pays any
attention to the grammar" DR.
Fowler said. I'VE confuse 8
church's size with it's actual spiri-
tual power. Size is not a rea,
criterion of power-any kind o1
power
Asserting that many Protestants
condone such things as drinking
and smoking, DR.. Fowler declared
too often when church members
close their eyes to temptation
they make it look like a wink"
American Baptists gave &c.
473,377 last year, DR.. Ralph M
Johnson, general director of the
Council on Missionary Co-opera.
ton, reported today. This is 9
gain of 9 per cent of $540,779 ovel
the previous year.
II am convinced that the in.
creases we have made are but thu
beginning of a trend which IL
coming years will give more ane
more support to the work we ar,
doing on our mission fields, il
our estate and city areas and il
our local churches" DR.. johnson
predicted.
Four-Point Program.
A four-point program for in
creasing American Baptist worl
lis now under way, he told the con
vention. It involves regular collec
ton of the church's unifie'
budget, leadership conferences il
finance, 81 sector projects il
specific areas to raise the level o
Igiving and special offering ap
IpealS.
4 DR.. Kenneth Scott Latourette
president of the convention an
professor at Yale University
urged better understanding an
closer cooperation of Protestan
bodies.
But he warned against to
much organic union, asserting
"does not insure the true Chris
tian unity of love but may eve,
make it more difficult of achieve
. ment."
u The annual meeting whicl
| opened last night, closes Friday.
Joint session with the Disciples Q
Christ Church, meeting here wi
be held in the Internations
Amphitheater tonight. DR.. La
tourette will preside.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Plan Of White House
To End Rail Dispute
Studied by Unions
BY the Assoeiofed Press

Three big unions today studied
Ia labor peace plan the White
House hopes will end a three-yeal
dispute on the Nations railroads
The engineers, f1remen and con-
ductors, with a combined mem
bership of more than $50. 900, were
handed the contract proposal by
Presidential Assistant John r
lSteelman yesterday afternoon. Sc
were the railroads, and they &C.
cepted it quickly.
Steelman Calls Meeting.
At the request of the unions
DR.. Steelman called both sides to-
lgether today for what was de-
scribed as a "clarification" meet
ling.
The unions wanted to be sur
they and the carriers had the SAM
understanding about the proposed
agreement in the event it gets f1na
approval.
The unions were set for all-day
separate sessions. But they agreed
to act as one on final acceptance
or rejection.
Wage Boost Proposed.
Mr., Steelman'S proposal, sub
mitted on a take-it-or-leave-i
basis, would do these things:
l. Boost wages for men in yart
service by 81 cents an hour, O
which 12.5 cents is already beini
paid.
2. Boost wages for men VIII
work on the road-that is, not il
1.-THE yards-by 22.5 cents an hour
S cents Of which is already IL
leffect.
3. Give the train unions sub
stantially what they wanted OF
a highly controversial operating
rule involving crews which tax
Ia train through a division point
A change in this rule demande'
by the carriers was described b
union officials as the major oh
stacle 20 settlement.
4O-Hour Work Week.
4. Lay the groundwork for
| five day, 40-hour work week fo
men in the yards who now wor
48 hours. A 4-cent pay boos
would go to all men switchin
from a 48 to a 40 hour week whe
: the change was made.
, S. Put in effect a cost-of- -livin
escalator clause, tying wages
the cost of living. Wages woul
60 up or down l cent each thre
S months for each one-point chang
in the Bureau of Labor Statist
cost-of Living index.
: Two Operating Rules.
> 8. Submit to binding arbitratio
+ any disputes over the followir
, two operating rules: The ru
e governing pay for men on a trai
which is assigned more than or
type of work at the same timt
and the rule under which a raj
= road may extend its switchir
S limits.
Z. Give the unions substantial
l. what they wanted on a rule go,
IS erning pay for workers told
y report late for work because the
:. trains are late.
a President Truman seized Il
: roads in August. 1850. to avert
u strike. The three unions. follow
u ing a three-day strike last Marc
have been working under a n,
S strike court order.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Brink S Confession
Is Branded as lie
|By Boston Official
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON, May 20.-Deputy Po-
lice Supt. James F. Daley today
branded as a liar and faker" ex-
Convict Alfred A. Gagnon who said
he was one of the planners of the
fabulous $1,219,000 Drinks rob-
berry.
Gagnon of Pawtucket, r. l.,
named himself, Carlton M.
OBrien, Warwick (R. H. road
house owner, and Joseph F. Nc
Ginnis, former convict and Boston
might club owner. as the planners
of the Nations biggest cash haul.
He is held in Rhode Island
State Prison awaiting trial on a
charge of attempted robbery of a
Providence diamond merchant.
O'Brien, 40, who also owned q
prosperous Providence diner. was
slain in gangland fashion Satur-
day morning in front of his home.
Two shotgun blasts snuffed out
his life.
Angry Reply to Charges.
Mr.. Daley made the accusation
in an angry answer to charges
from William E. Powers, Rhode
Island attorney general, that Bos-
ton police showed a lack Of in
terest in information they had
obtained indic ting that the
iO'Brien Staying was tied up with
the January II. 1850. Drinks
This man (Gagnon) wasn't
within 1900 miles of Boston al
any time from November. 1949
prior to the Drinks holdup. tc
March S, 1850, following the
Drinks robbery" Mr.. Daley as
serted.
THAT taken by itself brands
him as a liar and faker and these
facts are irrefutable."
Mr.. Daley said evidence gath
cred by FBI, Boston and State
police disclosed that Gagnon was
in Tampa. Fla, from November
1949, to March, 1850.
He said every move that Gagnor
made during that period, every
place he visited and everything he
did. were checked, double checked
and rechecked by FBI and Mas
SachuSettS authorities.
Story Called 18 Months Old.
"We had the Gagnon story ane
the so-called confession to tn
Drinks case a year and a hal
ago." Lieut.. Detective James v
Crowley said.
"We checked all phases of it. H,
did not name McGinnis at an,
time until after the O'Brien mur
der Saturday, and even then, a
We later learned, he named hin
!. only in connection with tn
IOBrien murder"
McGinnis was released afte
lengthy questioning by police il
lCne OBflen SnOOtlng.
1t. Crowley also branded as
lie Gagnon's story that he bough
the Navy pea jackets. whipcor'
chauffeurs' hats and rope used il
the Drinks holdup.
Last night Francis E. Kelly
Massachusetts, attorney general
said he will ask Rhode ISLAM
authorities to obtain a sworl
statement from Gagnon in tn
event that Bay State authorize
decide to bring him before a gran
Jury to repeat his charges.
Conference Held.
Mr.. Kelly made the announce
!, ment after a meeting with Stat
!: and Boston police authorities. H
! conferred by telephone with MI
Powers.
The State House conference wa
called after Mr.. Powers criticisr
of Boston police.
Mr.. Powers said any dissatis
: faction he felt in the Massachu
S sets handling of the latest evi
dence in the Drinks case wa
y directed at the Boston police an
: not Mr.. Kelly.
/ Officials announced after tn
}. conference that there would be n
l further amplification of the Cas-
q lest such disclosures hamper tt
investigation.
Evening star., 1952-05-20
Venezuela Normal Schools

CARACAS.-Venezuela has IL
public and 10 private normal
schools. In the 1950-51 school
year 1888 persons were enrolled
in the former and 1.402 in the
latter.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
H. Boaze in Realty
Business Here IS Years

William H. Boaze, 72, of 1885
Jefferson street NV, died Sun
day after a four-month illness in
Sibley Hospital.
Mr.. Boaze had been in the real
estate business here for the last
IS years. His Offices were at 340S
Eighteenth street NE. Before
that, he was owner of the Loudoun
Produce Co., a wholesale and
retail poultry concern.
A native of Danville, Va, he
moved to Washington in 1907. At
one time he was member of the
Lions Club and the Board of
Trade.
He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Nettie Kiefer Boaze of the
Jefferson street address; three
sisters, Mrs. Wood Fuller of
Chatham, Va; Mrs. Buford Cakes
of Dry Fork, Va, and Mrs. A.
Velma Boaze, $500 Sherrier place
NV. and two brothers, Benjamin
Boaze of Danville and Tracey
Boaze of Hartman. Tenn.
Services will be held at / pm
tomorrow in the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 29O1 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Cedar Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-11-18

was graduated from Central High
School here and from Gouchel
College in Baltimore. At the time
Iof her death she was living with
a niece, Mrs. Jane B. Markland, OF
1926 Knox road, College Park.
Miss Osborn's career in the
YWCA began shortly after hel
graduation from college. AS 6
general secretary of the organiza.
ton, she served at Seattle. Wash,
Wilmington, Del; San Antonio
Tex; Dayton, Ohio; Los Angelo.
and Miami. During World War Il
she worked in the national head.
quarters of YWCA in New York
She retired from full-time duty
in 1916 but worked the past two
summers with the YWCA al
Chautauqua, N. Y.
Survivors are three sisters, Mrs
Sarah o. McCathran of Washing.
ton Grove, Nd; Mrs. Rose o
Sappington, 4212 Fourth street
NV, and Mrs. Olive o. Farmer
1903 Rhode Island avenue, College
Park, and a brother, Harold H
Osborn Of Syracuse, N. Y.
Funeral services will be at pm
tomorrow in the S. H. Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be private
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Nate Lewis, Famous
As Boxing Manager
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 18.-Nate
Lewis. tabled as boxing's "Balc
Eagle" by Damon Runyon, dice
today at 72 after an illness thai
had him bed-ridden for five years
Lewis. first matchmaker at the
Chicago Stadium and famous a.
a fight manager for more than 4(
years, suffered a stroke in Florida
in 1947 and since was paralyzec
on his right side and unable tt
talk.
His boxers included such old.
timers as Kid Herman, who once
fought Joe Cans for the light
weight title; Charley White
southpaw lightweight: George
(Knockout) Brown. Pal Moore
Joey Burman, Leo Kodak, Sailor
Friedman, Gene belmont, Jock
Malone, Joe yelling and Harry
Thomas.
The first match Lewis arranged
at the Chicago Stadium in 1925
was a light-heavyweight cham
pionship bout in which Tommy
Loughran refined his title against
Mickey Walker.
Lewis was born in Russia and
came to Chicago as a boy. He
was married and divorced and had
no children.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Jonathan Norman,
Led Rail Freight Fight

Jonathan Van Dyke Norman
ST., Kentucky attorney who won
national renown for his role in
the South's successful fight fol-
lower rail freight rates. died early
today in a Louisville hospital.
Mr.. Norman, who was IS, hao
been in failing health for two
years but remained active until a
week ago. He was a partner in
the law firm of Norman, Quirk &
Webb, with offices here in the In.
vestment Building and in Louis
vile.
He specialized in the field Of
transportation law. For 20 years
he had been associated with Rob.
ert E. Quirk of the firms Wash
ington Office.
The long battle over railroad
rates in which Mr.. Norman rep
resented a group of nine Southern
Governors ended with a Supreme
Court decision on May IL, 1947
upholding lower rates for the
South.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Mary Norman: two sons
Jonathan Van Dyke Norman. jr.
and John Norman. and a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Mary Cecil Booth, all OF
Louisville. The funeral will be in
Louisville Thursday.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Tom Boggs, Al, Poet
And AnthroIooist
BY the Associofed Press

NEW YORK. Nov. 18.-Thomas
Kavanaugh Boggs, AZ. who wrote
poetry under the name of Ton
Boggs. died yesterday Of a heart
attack while lunching at the Ma.
tional Arts Club.
Mr.. Boggs had been serving a.
secretary to poet-dramatist Percy
Mackaye and was talking with
him at the club when stricken
Mr.. Boggs first attracted at
tention as a writer with his COL
umn, Bright Lights" in the old
Brooklyn Citizen.
In 1888, Mr.. Boggs' novel, Mil
lionaire Playboy," was published
Among his other books were two
volumes of poetry, Arenas" end
"The Constant Mistress"
AS an anthologist, under the
name of Richard Herrick, he pub
lished "Fifty-One Neglected Ly-
RIGS" Lyrics in Brief" Lyrics
Modern" and american De-
cade."
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Mrs. Mabel HaIIer Best,
Former Clerk Of House Unii

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel
Haller Best, former clerk of the
House District Committee who
died Saturday, will be held at IL
m. tomorrow in the S. H. Hines
funeral home chapel. 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Senate Chap
lain Frederick Brown Harris will
ohiciate.
Mrs. Best, whose last Capitol
post was as administrative as
sistant to Senator Dirksen, Re-
publican. of Illinois. died in Johns
Hopkins Hospital. Baltimore, after
an illness of six months.
Burial will be at II am. tomor.
row in Arlington Cemetery. Hon.
orary pallbearers include Senator
Dirksen, Jennings Randolph. Rep
Iresentative Auchincloss, Republi-
can Of New Jersey, and Mayor
Thomas d'Alesandro Of Baltimore
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Miss Mary Biekford,
Former Chief Clerk
lin Chi|dren's S Bureau

Miss Mary Frances Bickford, 76,
former chief clerk in the Chill.
dren's Bureau, died Sunday aftel
a long illness in Beltsville, Md
She lived in the Kenesaw apart
lments, Sixteenth and Irving
streets NV.
She was the daughter of Fred.
erick T. Bickford, a Union Army
telegrapher during the Civil War.
Miss Bickford's long career in
the Government began in 1900.
She Joined the Children's Bureau
in 1914 and remained there until
her retirement in 1914.
She was past regent and regis
trar of Louisa Adams Chapter,
OAR. During both World Wars
she did volunteer work for the
American Red Cross. She was a
member Of the old Mount Pleas.
ant Congregational Church.
Miss Bickford is survived by a
sister, Mrs. j. Howard Fishback of
the Kenesaw apartments, and four
nephews.
Funeral services will be at noon
tomorrow in the S. H. Hines fu-
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in rock Creek
Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Lee Says D. {. Needs
Regional Authority
Like That Of New York

Blair Lee III, executive officer
Of the National Capital Planning
Commission, told the Interfedera-
ton Council of Citizens Associa-
tions last night that the District
needs a regional public works au-
thority similar to the New York
Port Authority.
This authority would have juris-
diction over bridges, roads, trans
portation and similar interstate
facilities.
MIR. Lee said this would step ur
the progress of the National Cap
ital Planning Commission, if the
two organizations could work in
harmony. Conceding that plan
ming groups can do little more
than put the ideas on paper, he
said that under a regional author
ity. many Of the boundary prob
lens now existing in the District
and surrounding areas would be
done away with.
Saying that the idea was merely
an opinion, Mr.. Lee explained
that an authority here would be
able to get money from the Dis
trict, the Federal Government,
Maryland and Virginia.
1T could then condemn land,
levy tolls on roads and ignore
jurisdictional boundaries" he said
Although admitting that the
District and surrounding regions
would be harder to consolidate in
such a program-even harder
than New York-Mr. Lee said he
believed it would be the answer
to all the problems, which now
have to go through Congress for
decision.
The group voted to change its
January meeting date from the
third to the fourth Monday, be-
cause of the Inauguration.
Chairman c. Stephen Duvall
conducted the meeting in the
Board Of Trade Office in The Star
Building.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
William Edward PerreII,
Retired Streetcar EmpIoye

William Edward Perrell, SO, re-
tired employe of the old Washing
ton Railway & Electric Co., died
last night after a long illness al
his home, 4610 North Seventeenth
street, Arlington.
Born in Frederick County, Md.
Mr.. Perrell was an Arlington resi-
dent for 35 years. He retired Is
years ago from the streetcar COM
Ipany, a predecessor of the pres
ent Capital Transit Co.
He is survived by a son, Hiram
Perrell of Neelsville, Md; five
daughters, the Misses Marguerite
and Roth Perrell of the home ad-
dress; Mrs. Lucy Lacey. 2314 North
Capitol street: Mrs. Mary Metz OF
Germantown, Md, and Mrs. Lida
IMettauer of Annandale, Va; eight
grandchildren and nine great
grandchildren.
Services will be held at 2 pm
Thursday in the Ives funeral home,
l2847 Wilson boulevard. Arlington
Burial will be in Columbia Gar
dens Cemetery, Arlington.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Mrs. Louise Bender, "a,
ID. {. Resident SO Years

Mrs. Louise Bender. "a. a Dis
trict resident 68 years. died Sun
day in Georgetown University
Hospital.
Death followed a fall II days
ago in which she suffered a
broken hip.
Born in Germany, Mrs. Bender
came to Washington as a girl of
16. She was the widow of John
Bender, who before his death in
1912. was a prominent baker here.
She lived at 2101 F street NV.
Survivors, are three sons, Will
liam c., 602 Twenty First street
NV; Emil G., 1913 Warren street
NV, and Carl F., of Clearwater,
Fla; a daughter, Mrs. Edward
M. Wise, of the home address;
four grandchildren, and four
great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 pm. to-
morrow in Gawler's Funeral
Home, 1856 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be in Prospect
Hill Cemetery.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
George Tucker, Writer
For Associated Press
BY the Assoeiated Pre.s

RUTHERFORD, N. j.. Nov. 10.
Funeral services will be held to-
morrow for George Tucker. former
Associated Press war correspond
ent and Broadway columnist.
Mr.. Tucker, 40, died Sunday in
Bergen Pines Hospital after q long
illness.
On the Broadway beat for 10
years. Mr.. Tucker shifted over to
reporting World War II from
North Africa, Italy and France,
where he had narrow brushes with
death. He frequently was close
to the front lines.
After the war he served in the
business news and feature depart
mentS Of the Associated Press.
He was born in Beaumont, Tex,
and spent the early part of his
life in Lake Charles, La. He at
tended the University of Virginia.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Raids in Harlem Net
SIS Million Heroin;
Six Suspects Held
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 18.-Six per-
sons were held on narcotic
charges today after dawn-to-dusk
raids in East Harlem. which Fed
eral agents and city detectives
said led to seizure Of SIS million
worth Of heroin.
The raiding officers said the
racket raided here had branched
to Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit
and Cincinnati. No details on the
out-of-town connections were
given by authorities.
The raids began shortly after
sunrise yesterday. The prisoners
were booked by police late last
night.
The SIS million worth of heroin
valued at the underworld retail
Iprice-was in addition to $500, 900
worth seized previously in the
course of a three-month investi-
cation. officers said.
Police said they believed the
raids had snuffed out three
fourths Of a major narcotics
racket f1ourishing in the mixed
Negro-Puerto Rican section of
Harlem.
Three prisoners were charged
with sale and possession of mar
cotics. They were booked as
James Capriola, 81, a laborer.
who allegedly "cut" pure heroin
for resale; Tony Donate. 38. a
mechanic-also known as "Tony
Iodine" and "Poison"-an alleged
narcotics dealer, and Peter j.
Contes, 81, a laborer. named as a
dealer.
Charges of selling narcotics
were lodged against Charles Es-
tepa, 26. a laborer. alias Charlie
Stopper. and Patsy La Rocca, Al,
former boxer. alias Iggie Moe,
both alleged to be runners" of
narcotics.
The sixth person arrested was
Mrs. Rita Segreto, %, charged
with acting in concert with Cap
riola in alleged possession of mar
cotics. Police said she permitted
Capriola to store bags of heroin
in her apartment.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Arlington Rites Tomorrow
For ; Coast Guard Officers

Three Coast Guard officers will
be buried with full military
honors tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery. They are:
Comdr. Joseph Francis McCue,
Al, of Beverly. Mass. killed in
a helicopter crash on November
13 at Beverley.
1t. Cbmdr. Robert Stancell Nc
Lenden, 81, who died after a plane
crash November II at Guam.
Capt. William Ernest Sinton, "A,
who died after a heart attack
November IL in Honolulu.
Ceremonies will be at 8 am.
Comdr. McCue; 10 am. Comdr.
McLendon. and 3 p.m., Capt. Sin
ton.
Evening star., 1952-11-18
Paul EIuord, French Poet
And Militant Communist
By the Assoeiofad Press

PARIS, Nov. 18.-Paul Eluard,
Communist poet and author. died
last night at Sarlat, in Southwest
ern France, the French News
Agency said.
The 56-year-old writer's real
name was Eugene Grindel.
He was long considered one of
the militant Communists of the
party's cultural section, along with
such men as Poet Louis Aragon
and Painter Pablo Picasso. He
also was considered generally as
one of Frances outstanding con-
temporary poets.