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Evening star., 1952-02-02

times, as was the grounonog. he
might have seen what he thought
was his shadow.
"You can dial WE-1111 and
lget, in tones far more dulcet than
mine, more information on the
weather. # there's a civic cam
Ipaign on you'n even get q plea
for a donation-which is more
than I can do. AL I'm asking is
Ito be let alone"
Far across the city, on National
Airport's vast acres, the less dis
Igruntled Weather Bureau might
have seen its shadow.
At the Zoo, however, Assistant
Head Keeper Malcolm Davis
bowed to tradition.
An hour before official opening
he flung open the gates to the
small mammal house for q pair
of Texas tourists who asked spe-
officially to see the groundhog-
Officially. the Weather Bureaus
I30-day outlook calls for average
Temperatures colder than nor
NAL" over the eastern half, Of
1.-THE Nation.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
U. N. Troops in Korea
Bombed and Strafed
By Mystery Planes
Three MICS Damaged
In Sabre Jet Bottle;
Ground Action Light
By the Associated Press

SEOUL, Korea, Feb. 2.-Un.
identified planes bombed anc
strafed Allied front-line troops
in Central Korea about noon to-
day. a United Nations command
officer said.
The officer was unable to say
whether the aircraft were Com
munist or Allied planes.
Possibly as many as six propel-
lor- driven planes took part in two
separate attacks near Kumsong
the officer said, and three South
Koreans were slightly wounded.
Kumsong is approximately 7C
miles northeast Of Seoul and q
miles north Of Parallel SO.
No Report Of u. s. Losses.
Some observers said the first
three planes were blue or silver
with markings on the wing. The
last three planes were described
only as sivery.
/ Eighteen American Sabre jet!
damaged three Red MIG jets in {
Commute battle with SO MIG
over northwest Korea today.
The sky fight, ranging from 40..
900 down to 10000 feet, was
fought over a 40-mile area neal
Sinuiju.
The 5th Air Ferce made no re.
port of any Sabre losses.
Altogether, Allied pilots reported
sighting 100 MICS during the day
including 80 this afternoon which
declined to fight.
Earlier, a flight of Sabres sight
ed about so MICS and exchanged
firing passes but made no damage
claims.
Tanks Support Patrol.
On the ground, a tank-sup-
ported Allied patrol clashed briefly
today with Reds on the central
front in an otherwise quiet war
Eighth Army headquarters saic
the patrol engaged a Red platoon
northwest of Kumhwa at TIL
am. and later was reinforced by
tanks. The Allied infantry ele.
mentS withdrew at $40 am
under cover of the tank fire.
There was no report of any
major ground action today.
Fifth Air Force said it lost IA
warplanes in the week ended yes.
terday-two below the seven-day
record. Thirteen were destroyed
by improving Red ground fire. The
14th. a Sabre jet. crashed aftel
a mechanical failure.
During the same week, Allied
jet fighters destroyed one MIC
ard damaged two. There were M
IAllied losses in air battles.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Grand Jury to Probe Articles
In San Francisco Newspaper
Court Orders Inquiry on Obstruction;
Nixon Hits Administration on Move

C'The Call-Bulletin has led O
fight to expose corruption in
the Internal Revenue Depart
ment in San Francisco" Sena-
tor Nixon declared.
(He said he hopes the House
Judiciary Committee will put
the San Francisco mess at the
top of its list when it starts its
investigation of the Justice De-
partment and the judiciary.")
In a page / editorial today, tn,
Call-Bulletin observed: "Judgt
Carter, in charging the jury to in
yestigate this newspaper in refer
ence to a Federal statute on tht
Of obstruction of justice
handed the jury a copy of yester'
days Call-Bulletin containing {
pews story which referred to an
other local Federal Judge.
ut is a fair inference that thert
is some connection in Judge Car
ter's mind between his charge tt
the jury and the news story abou
Judge George Harris. We dom
get it. frankly, or we'd be glad tt
discuss it.
"All we can say is that we vel.
come the grand jury investigation
and will meanwhile continue tt
publish the news with due regarc
for the law as we understand it.
Judge Carter did not specifically
state how the newspaper NIGH
have obstructed justice, but HI
referred the jury to a section o1
Federal law defining an obstruc.
tion of justice.
The law Judge Carter cited i.
from the United States code an.
notated, and provides fines up tt
Evening star., 1952-02-02
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. Am
immediate grand jury investiga-
tion to determine if the San Fran
cisco Call-Bulletin printed news
stories that obstructed justice has
been ordered by Federal Judge
Oliver j. Carter.
Judge Carter's action was
prompted by an article in yester-
days paper which linked Federal
Judge George B. Harris to a Car
mel (Calif.) land development
plan which it said was promoted
by a deputy collector of internal
revenue. Yesterdays article, Judge
Carter said, was the elimination
of a series of articles by the paper,
After ordering the investigation,
he handed a copy of the paper
|headlined "U. S. Judge Harris
Named in Land Deal" to Jury
Foreman Sidney Kessler.
Randolph Hearst, publisher of
the Call-Bulletin and son of the
late William Randolph Hearst,
when informed of Judge Carter's
action, said:
Its all right with us if they
want to investigate us. We print
the news as we see it,"
The Call-Bulletin has been run
ming a series of articles on in
come tax scandals in Northern
California.
Qn Washington, Senator
Nixon, Republican, of Cali
fornia said the call for a grand
jury investigation will be in
terpreted by many as retalia-
ton for the newspapers embar-
RAISING disclosures about the
administration
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Auto Tossed by Two Trains
Al BeItsviIIe Crossing

Two Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
trains played catch with a stalled
car on the BeltSville (Md.) cross
ing early today after its occupants
tried to push the vehicle off the
tracks.
State police said the driver,
David Lomax, colored, of the $500
block of Forty third street NV,
and his unidentified companion
were unhurt.
According to police, the car
was hit first by a northbound
passenger train and knocked onto
the southbound tracks. Seconds
later-a freight train smashed into
the vehicle and dragged it about
100 yards.
Police said the crossing is
blocked to motor vehicles, which
use a nearby overhead bridge
They did not know why the two
men decided to use the blocked
crossing.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
First 'MeafIess Days
Observed in Argentina
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Feb. 2.-Today's the day of sue.
lculent sirloinS again in this beef.
eating land, after a days priva.
ton.
Yesterday was the first Of the
weekly 'meatless days" in restau.
rants decreed by the government
Friday is the day in Buenos Aires
Thursday in the rest of the coun.
try. Folks eating at home car
buy meat from butchers any timt
and serve it any time.
The government said it issuet
the order to get the people tt
eat more vegetables. They live
heavily on meat, eating about
twice as much of 1t as do resi-.
dents Of the United States.
But the government also wants
Ito meet sales commitments te
Britain, Chile and Brazil and be.
|lieves it will need to cut Argen-
tine consumption by at least 5000
tons a month through midsummer
Ito make drought depleted beef
herds stretch far enough.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
BY The Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. Am
Atomic Energy Commission hear
ing has uncovered that a wire
splicer received $775.50 a week for
his specialized work on the Aces
Nevada proving grounds.
E. J. Maupin, jr., president OF
the Dodge Construction Co. OF
Fallon. New. testified at the final
session last night that the splicer,
F. T. Singleton, was employed 40
hours a week on regular time and
8912 hours on an overtime basis
He said Mr.. Singleton was released
from the Navy for the job at the
ACC request, and that he was hers
only during the time his services
were needed.
Other witnesses testified that
high wages paid by Haddock En-
|gineerS, Ltd, almost paralyzed
some Of Las Vegas industrial ac-
INVITES. Roy Flippin. secretary Of
the Employers Association Of
Southern Nevada. said Haddock
was paying 500 a day for roofers
Evening star., 1952-02-02
EGGS and Tomatoes Showered
On Delegates in U. N. Session

lswooshed against the roStrum oc'
lcupied by the Assembly president
the Secretary General Trygve Lii
and his executive assistant.
Sitting in the top gallery. th'
group began stirring up excite
|ment a moment after AsSembl!
President Luis Padilla Nerve
raped his gavel to end the day.
While many delegates were still
in their seats. they rained down
small pamphlets signed La Fed
Grafton .Anarchiste-the Fedora
ton Of Anarchists. The eggs
and tomatoes followed.
Security forces elected the
demonstrators, numbering about a
dozen. Several scufled and
shouted before they were forced
out Of the hall. Five we're de-
|tained.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
New Effort 10 Mediate
In Egypt Reported
Made by Ibn Saud
Cabinet Meeting Follows
New Premier's Statement
He Is Willing to Talk
BY the Associated Press

| CAIRO. Egypt. Feb. 2.-Premie1
Ally Maher Pasl1a called his cab
met together today as the news
paper AL Misri reported q new
attempt by King Ibn Sau6 OF
Saudia Arabia to mediate Egypt's
bloody dispute with Britain.
A communication from Arabia
was expected to be handed tosta1e
Premier today, The newspaper
said. Last month 1bn Saud pro-
posed to the previous Egyptian
government that it and Britain
settle their quarrel over control
Of the canal zone and the Sudan
Under his plan the British would
Withdraw their troops In favor o1
British trained Egyptians within
a year. The future Of the Anglo.
Egyptian Sudan would be solved
by the Sudanese themselves.
The reported new note from
Ibn Saud was believed to be
follow-up on this plan.
Premier Willing to Talk.
Premier Maher Pasha openet
the way for negotiations with ar
announcement through his spokes'
man last night that he is willing
to talk with the British 'if a rea-
sonable basis for negotiations con-
sistent with Egypt's national as
pirations is forwarded to u.s."
The Premier, q political inde-
pendent, was handed the reins o1
government by King Farouk Sun.
day after the former regime Of
the Wafdist Party failed to con-
troll wild anti-BritiSh rioting ir
Cairo.
A calmer trend has been notice
able since the new Premier took
over, and peace generally prevails
SO More Arrests Made.
The Independent newspaper Al
Ahram reported today that police
IIdlUS 1COU1UCO al U44C ckAA OoV va ~
more participants in the violent
Cairo demonstrations which left
81 dead and many of the capitals
finest buildings burned.
An undiscloSed number Of ar
rests was also reported after mys-
Iterious crosses were, marked or
many foreigners doors. The Amer
ican and other embassies con-
cerned over security of their ma
tionals sought classification from
the government on the origin o1
ithe signs, repeatedly part OF
war Of nerves"
United States Ambassador JET.
1ferson Caffrey was quoted by the
French language newspaper Il
Progress Egyptien as saying he wa
confident the new Egyptian gov
ernment would maintain order ant
solve its dispute with Britain.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
|Murderer's Offer Of Eyes
Is Rejected by Puris Bank
A. the Asereic,.,l pr..,

PARIS. Feb. 2.-The blind dc
mot want to see with the eyes Of
lmurderers. an official OF the Paris
Ieye bank said today.
The bank thus turned down an
offer by Roger Courtin. under
death sentence in Amiens prison
for double murder, TO contribute
his eyes to the bank. The bank
board ruled out all such offers
from condemned persons.
There are two reasons" the
Iofacial said. "One is the publicity
the other is the prejudice OF pa
tents threatened with blindn IS.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Judge Waring Retirement
Approved by President
BY the AsseciGted Press

President Truman today ap-
proved the retirement Of Federal
District Judge j. Waties Waring
|of Charleston. S. c., effective
February Is.
Judge Waring, noted for his
decisions in favor Of political
equality for Negroes, wrote on
January 26 that he had decided
to retire at the age of II after 10
years on the bench.
The President praised Judge
Waring as a very great judge at
his news conference last Thurs
|day
Evening star., 1952-02-02
ErroI Flynn Injured

HOLLYWOOD, Feb. 2 R-
Enrol Flynn suffered a broken left
ankle in a movie fight scene yes
terday, his studio reported. but
the actor declared he would be
back in action today, regardless.
Mr.. Flynn was wrestling with q
stunt man on the deck Of Q pirate
ship when he stumbled Md fell
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Protesting Grounding GrowIs:
Dial WE1111, Don't Bother Me-

The Zoos most literate ground
hog, eyes bloodshot from reading
the Hagerstown Almanac, glared
past a banana tossed into the
cage as a peace offering for an
interrupted Information.
When" he asked, ARE you
newspaper guys going to give up
on this weather stuff?
"I don't know any more about
early spring than a regular hawg
Evening star., 1952-02-02
BY ihe Asseeiused Press

PARIS, Feb. "A group OF
noisy demonstrators turned the
|sedate Palais de Chaillot into q
brief bedlam this afternoon by
|showering United Nations dele
gates with eggs, tomatoes and
anarchist pamphlets.
One Of the eggs splashed an
Inch from the seat Of Soviet Dele
legate A. A. sobolev. bother
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Nelson and 13Aides
|WiII Renew Efforts
For Bond Next Week
All May Stuy in Jail Until
Sentencing, Unless
Appeals Court Acts
By W. H. Shipper

Efforts will be renewed next
week to obtain the release on bond
of Charles E. Nelson and 13 CO.
defendants who were Jailed yes
terday afternoon. following their
conviction for operating a big
numbers syndicate in Washington
and nearby Maryland.
Unless the Court of Appeals in.
tervenes, however, the six mer
and eight women may remain ir
District Jail until Judge James R
Kirkland calls them up for sen
fencing. probably Friday.
Sentences ordinarily are de-
ferred, pending a report from the
probation officer. Judge kirkland
received the jury's guilty verdict:
and remanded the defendants tc
Jail without bond yesterday.
Appeals Being Prepared.
Appeals are being prepared fol
virtually all of the defendants, five
of whom were convicted on two
counts conspiracy to violate the
Districts anti-lottery law, and
operating a lottery. The five prin-
cipals are:
Charles E. Nelson and his wife
Mrs. Virginia Madge Nelson; Rob-
ert L. Nowland, and his wife. Mrs
Mary C. Nowland, and Blight H
Lee. described as a lieutenant OF
the rich numbers ring.
Attorneys T. Edward O'Connell
and Frank Noonan plan to appeal
the convictions on the ground that
Nelson's financial records, placed
into evidence by the Government
were privileged. They say the
records were part of Nelson's tes-
timony before the Senate Crime
Investigating Committee last
summer.
Judge Kirkland ruled. during
the three-week trial. however
that Nelson failed to claim the
privilege under which nothing
a witness says before a Congress
sional committee may be used
against him later in a criminal
proceeding.
Pumphrey Acquitted.
Acquitted yesterday by the jury
of three women and nine men was
James L. Pumphrey, who is Mel
sons partner in the P. & N
Amusement Co., which operates
IA pinball parlor in Seat Pleasant
Md.
The foreman of the jury told
the Judge Mr.. Pumphrey was
found not guilty because Of "lack
of evidence" before the judge in
terrupted to say the not guilty
verdict need not be explained.
The convictions on gambling
charges of Detective Sergt. Robert
G. Kirby, under suspension from
the homicide squad and former
precinct Detective James E
Lowry, probably will be repealed
Attorney H. Clifford Alder said
he will ask for a new trial for
Kirby on the ground that the
gambling verdict was contrary to
Evening star., 1952-02-02
BULLETIN

PARIS R.-The Western
powers won overwhelming ap-
proval today for a plan post
poning United Nations debate
on Korean political issues until
after q military Y armistice is
signed. Earlier story on Page
A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Dutch Ship Leaves Koreo

TOKYO. Feb. 2 (P.-The Meth
erlands destroyer HMNS Van
Galen is en- route home after serv-
ice since last April with United
Nations naval forces in Korea, the
Navy said today.
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Pictures Showing ReIuetont Groundhos
Getting Awoy From II ALL Pase Al

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does. How do you expect me tx
see my shadow in this cooped.
up small mammal house?"
ed. note: If the little fellow
had gone outdoors, he still
might have seen it, since an
overcast covered this area.
According to tradition. ground
hog sees shadow, six more
weeks of bad weather: no shad-
ow, remaining winter will be
mild.)
The sun was o little vague q,
Evening star., 1952-02-02

block of East Capitol street and
his wife Dolores. James already
is under bond in two other safe
robberies.
Police picked him up by tracing
a license plate which fell from the
getaway car as it sped from the
scene. James two brothers, Stance
w. James and Oliver w. James.
are serving prison terms for the
$60,00O robbery in 1949 from a
safe belonging to retired Detective
Sergt. Richard H. Beckley.
James Under $4,000 Bond.
James was placed under $15,-
900 bond by United States Com
missioner Cyril S. Lawrence and
bond for his wife was set at 81 900.
The cases were continued until
1880 am. Friday.
The safe taken from the SIM
kins home was one which wit
ness had described during the
Senate District Crime InveStigat-
ling Committees hearings on
Washington rackets. Committee
sources indicated today that last
nights robbery may revive their
interest in Simkins' activities.
Simpkins' two small children.
who, with a maid, were bound
during the robbery, were at police
headquarters this morning to view
James in special lineup. Before
they entered, Simkins told them:
Remember, don't be afraid and
be sure. I don't want you ever
to identify nobody unless you are
positive"
The young boy earlier had told
police one of the bandits said.
I'm going to kill your father" !"
and spoke of a ''rnillion-dollar
(numbers) hit"
i Fears Wires Are Tapped.
/ Simkins himself disclosed that
he fears his telephone wires. have
been tapped, and revealed that on
important calls he leaves his home
to use telephones in business es-
Establishments nearby.
Police said the safe robbery was
believed to be the work Of the
same gang which took safe con-
ltaining $4,000 from the home Of
William T. Whitehead of SOLO
East Capitol street. Whitehead,
another numbers figure here, has
been subpoenaed to appear before
the Senate Crime Committee be-
fore which SimkinS already has
testified.
Police also questioned a man
nabbed after a 95-mile-an-hour
chase and gun battle with Arling-
ton police at Cherrydale.
Police looked into the case Of
the man captured in Arlington
after they learned the auto
| in which he was fleeing was
stolen last night from Metro
politan Policeman Pvt. Herbert c.
Wright, 1903 Bryant street NE.
four blocks from the Simkins'
home. Inside the car police found
two flashlights and crowbar.
Five Cruisers Join Chase.
Driver of the stolen car was
identified as Thomas Sharpe, %.
colored, of 1881 Sixth street NV.
charged by Arlington police with
possessing stolen property and
| feloniouS assault.
/ The 1850 convertible was spotted
speeding on Lee Highway with two
colored men inside. Falls Church
Police Sergt. Lloyd F. Kelly gave
chase. He radioed for help and
five cruisers from Arlington joined
the chase. ...
/ At Cherrydale the convertible
hit a moving auto, careened into
a brick building and continued to
Old Dominion road, hit a parked
car. The passenger was thrown
from the car. He fed, and fired
three shots at Sergt. Kelly. who
i (See STMKINS. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-02-02

(see NELSON, Page A-33
Evening star., 1952-02-02

(See SIMKINS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1952-02-02

(See PRESS, Page A-3)
Evening star., 1952-02-02
Coup|eAccused
In Robbery
|SiInkiins Home
$1,000 Theft May
Revive Crime Probers'
Interest in Gambler

A man and wife were charged
with robbery today in the theft
of $4,000 in a safe from the home
of Roger w. (Whitetop) Simkins,
Washington numbers czar, as an
amazing series of underworld con-
nections entered the case.
Accused in the robbery were
Samuel w. James of the 1900
Evening star., 1952-02-02

(See CLEANUP. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-11-11

their support the income from
public lands.
| Another speaker at today's ses-
sion was Chancellor Reuben G.
Gustavson of the University OF
Nebraska. He declared research
must be stepped up if the problem
of feeding the expanding Amer
ican population is to be solved.
He listed as necessary steps
research in soil conservation, virus
research to control animal and
plant diseases. work on breeding
plants for higher yield and re-
sistance to destructive agents. and
studies in the fundamentals Of
animal nutrition.
Officers Are Elected.
DR.. Fred Hultz of the North Da-
kota College of Agriculture was
elected chairman Of the Presi-
dents Council of the Association
of Land Grant Colleges.
He succeeds DR.. Arthur A.
Hauck, president of the University
of Maine.
Other new officers include DR..
"A. M. Jorgensen, president of the
University of Connecticut, secre-
tary; DR.. Ralph Draughon, presi-
dent of Alabama Polytechnic In
stitute, and DR.. r. A. Van Meter,
president of the University of
Massachusetts,, new members of
the Executive Committee.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
History sIrends Speed
|Unification Of World,
|Dr. Eisenhower Saws

The streams of history "are
surging relentlessly toward unfit
cation of our worlds" DR.. Milton
S. Eisenhower today told the AS
sociation Of Land Grant Colleges,
of which he is president.
DR.. Eisenhower, brother OF
President-elect Eisenhower, is
president of Penn State College.
His statement today was made
before the college association at
Its seth annual convention at the
Hotel Statler.
World United Physically.
Developing his idea of the uni
f1cation of our worlds, he said:
Physically the world is already
one, considering the speed OF
communication and modern
travel. 1t is already one in eco
nomic interdependence.
=
"But it is divided into a thou
sand small parts and especially
into two great parts intellectually
and morally-and that is the core
of our great problem today"
Cites Steps to Peace.
He said the building of peace
involves these problems:
/. Enlightened economic CO.
operation" to give peoples every
where "the right to hope that by
their own efforts, and not through
charity, they may better their des-
perately bad situations"
2 Intelligent political co-opera-
ton among all nations to settle
their differences and not let them
break into covert hostilities."
3 The maintenance of power by
those who want peace so as to put
down aggression.
The land grant colleges are
those State institutions given aid
through an 1862 law devoting to
Evening star., 1952-11-11
KaIorama Citizens Elect
6. B. Martin as President

The Kalorama Citizens Associa-
ton last night elected George B
Martin president.
Other officers elected were John
Lewis Smith, first vice president;
Berkeley L. Simmons. second vice
president; Mrs. Ross S. Lloyd
treasurer, and Miss Miriam C.
Camp. secretary.
Mrs. Reba H. Morrisette. direc-
tor of the Kalorama Playground
at Nineteenth street and Colum-
bia road NV, told the meeting
that the playground is not merely
for children, since it has facilities
for adult recreation as well.
In other business. the group ap-
proprlated $40 for a community
Christmas tree at Eighteenth
street and Columbia road NV.
The meeting was held in the
Adams School, Nineteenth and
California streets NV.
Evening star., 1952-11-11
Glover Park Unit Opposes Transfer Of Western High

The Glover Park Citizens Asso-
|ciation last night added its voice
to expressions of other civic groups
in opposition to any change in the
status Of Western High School.
Charts were shown to indicate
that full use will be made of West
ern in the next four to six years
because an increase of 584 students
is said to be coming from II ele-
mentary schools and two junior
high schools.
In other action, James j. Nc
|Cabe was appointed delegate to