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Evening star., 1952-12-27
BY the Asseeiated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 27-
Reared as the daughter of q New
York multi-millionaire, Mrs. Ethel
Arata. 50. has been arraigned as
the Grandma Bank Bandit"
Educated at exclusive Eastern
schools and sent to France and
Switzerland to study voice. Mrs
Arata said yesterday at her ar
raignment on three counts of rob-
berry that she turned to bank
holdups after her father lost his
fortune and arthritis crippled he1
hands.
Heiress Story Corr0bOrated. ;
Her uncle, Benjamin S. Cats
70. Hollywood real estate broker
corroborated her story of being
raised as an heiress. Mr.. Cats
brother. was her father. Robert M
Cats. who died in 1912.
II don't condemn her. said he,
uncle. Il feel genuinely sorry fol
her. She is obviously ill and ir
need Of urgent medical attention.
He said he would instruct his at.
torney to help her.
She readily admitted before
United States Commissioner How.
ard v. Calverley that she held w
branches here of the California
Bank on october II and the Citi.
Izens National Bank November rs
Igetting total of ST. ,469. She de.
MED third robbery and insisted
that she gave away her loot.
She was arrested Christmas Evt
lat bank in nearby Arcadia aftel
failing to bluff a woman teller
with a toy pistol.
Mrs. Arata said her father al
one time was worth $40 million
Her uncle doubted it, saying hi.
lbrother never was worth more
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Rheims Cathedral
hief Recoptured
After 18th Escape
By the Assoeiuted Press

PARIS, Dec. q. Claudius
Liogier, 45-year -old king Of
prison escapers," was arrested
here last night after escaping
from prison where he was serving
a sentence for stealing gold and
jeweled church ornaments OF
Rheims Cathedral valued at SO
million francs {$140,000).
The theft occurred during the
might of July 8-9. The collection
was broken up by the band OF
thieves believed to have taken it
sold separately as gems and golc
bullion
LOGGER was sentenced for The
crime although protesting that il
was his bad record which got hin
convicted. Police said he hac
been sentenced 20 times and hi.
escape from Rheims prison las
November 8 was his 18th.
He was arrested as he walkec
from a bar with a girl friend.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
New York Board Seeks
To Avert Bus Strike
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 27.-A special
Mediation Board will meet today
with company and union officials
in an effort to avert a New Years
Day strike on eight privately
owned bus lines.
A strike on the lines, which
serve 35 million passengers daily,
was declared inevitable by Michael
Quill. president of the CIO Trans
port Workers Union.
A suggestion by Mr.. Quill that
the city hire the $500 bus line en-
ployes to work on subways for the
duration of the walkout was turned
down yesterday by Mayor Vincent
r. Impellitteri.
Mr.. Impellitteri set up the spe-
cial mediation group Ito get down
to serious bargaining"
The Mayors Transit Fact-Find-
ing Committee, unable to resolve
the dispute, reported early yester-
day that the companies and the
union "have been shadow1boxing
instead of bargaining"
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Opening Of Dual Roads
In Maryland Delayed
by the Assoeiated Press

BALTIMORE, Dec. 27.-Two
stretches Of new dual highway
will not be opened for traffic next
week as planned, the State Roads
Commission reported today.
Chief Engineer William F.
Childs, jr., said completion Of the
Baltimore Washington expressway
from Friendship Airport to Jessup
and the Washington National pike
from Frederick to Hyattstown was
held up because of prolonged rains
and lack of steel.
Both were scheduled to be ready
to handle traffic early in 1858.
The Washington pike is COM
lpleted as far south as Hyattstown
Mr.. Childs said, but the Montgom-
cry County road connecting it al
that end with the present U. S. 24C
is less than 20 feet wide and in
Sufficient to handle the traffic.
The Montgomery County Coun-
Icil recently approved widening the
road to at least 20 feet. The State
hopes to have the section opened
by January IS.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

Virginia-Fair and colder TO-
might and tomorrow. Low tonight,
I15-22 north and 1925 south por-
tionS.
Wind-Northwest, 18 miles per
hour (National Airport, II a.m).
River Report.
(From u. s. Eneineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
| 2 Prisoners Retaken
After 6 Escape From
Anne Arundel Jail
Speeiol Dispoteh 10 The stor

ANNAPOLIS. Dec. 27-Two Of
six prisoners who overpowered a
guard and walked out of the Anne
Arundel County Jail on Christmas
eve were recaptured last night.
The other four still are at large.
Richard Mixter of Greenhaven
and Claude j. Bradford. 10, Of
Severn, were caught at friends
house in Greenhaven last night by
two Anne Arundel County police
men from Ferndale.
Tipped Off by Relative.
The policemen. Edward Fludd
and Charles Mace, had been tipped
off by one of the prisoners rela-
tives about the hideout. The
policemen took the pair by sur
prise and the fugitives gave up
without a struggle.
Mixter was in Jail waiting trial
on charge of breaking and enter
ing and Bradford was jailed on
charges of breaking and entering
and stealing a car.
Still at large are Richard w.
Wolford, 20. and Joseph w. VOL
ford, 10, brothers, of Baltimore:
John w. Timlin. 10, Baltimore.
and Paul o. Kayton, %, Fort Lock,
Va
Sheriff Joseph w. Alton, jr, said
Richard Wolford, Mixter and
Kayton grabbed 66-year-old guard
Clarence Wooten as he was
escorting another prisoner through
the main floor cell block. The
other prisoners were released
from blocks on the second floor.
Four men in first-floor cells did
not participate in the break.
Prison Guard Is Fired.
Wooten was fired by Sheriff:
Alton yesterday for violating a
jail regulation established last
month. 1t requires all cells to
be locked before the door to a
block is opened. Automatic dis
missal was provided under the
new rule.
The Wolford brothers, convicted
Of stealing a car and attempted
breaking and entering. were
awaiting transfer to the State Re-
formatory. Kayton had been given
18 months in the House of Cor
rection for non-support, while
Timlin faced 18 months in the
!; reformatory for assault.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

events. he will have a tremendous
mass of correspondence, probably
running into thousands of COM
munications day. But the Gov
ernment makes no provision for
this sort of thing, and a former
President must finance his own
secretarial service after leaving
Office, at no matter what cost.
To the contrary, a retiring FIVE
star general gets a uniformed staff
Iof about five persons.
THAT problem will be taken care
Of" Mr.. Truman says, philosophi-
cally.
Departing the Washington scene
after 18 years, the President is not
mad" at anybody. He admits dis
appointments in some cases, but
he is not particularly critical, not
even of insurgent Southerners who
Ioften combined with Republicans
to wreck pet domestic programs.
"A President always will have
trouble with Congress, if he's worth
his SALT" he quipped.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
|MuIti-Mi|Iionoire's DAUGHTER
Arroiqned as 'Grondno' Bandit

than two or three million at one
time"
Robert Cats made fortunes in
real estate and erecting buildings
in New York and Philadelphia.
"He owned the Grand Central
Palace in New York" said Ben
jamin Cats. "He also invested
heavily in Philadelphia oil busi-
ness and built several Office and
department store buildings.
He hosted some of New York's
most lavish parties"
Mrs. Arata presided over sew
eral of the parties. Her father lost
his money in the 1929 crash.
He was born in Romanla and
came to this country with Ben
jamin and their parents when he
was a child. He married Ola
McWhorter of Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Arata was their child.
After Mrs. Arata was 3 or 4
years old her father obtained
q 0ANOlNC dllo liCl CuSUOuy. 1ilCLk
he married Actress Dorothy Ten
nant.
Described AS Alcoholic.
County health authorities pic
tured Mrs. Arata as an alco-
holic. She was committed to Nor
walk State Hospital in 1948 and
at one time, authorities recalled.
she plunged from the fourth floor
of a hotel, but recovered from
her injuries.
In st. Paul. Mimi, the couple
with whom she had been living
in nearby Monrovia, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank McKellar, interrupted a
vacation after reading of Mrs.
Arata's arrest.
They said that after reading
that she gave the stolen money
away, they believe she is the
anonymous person who deposited
substantial amount of money
in their bank account.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
He'd Do 1t Same Way Again, Truman Says in |nterve,

has been friendly to COM
munism.
3. The vicious propaganda" the
President attributed to a large
segment, of the press, including
slick" magazines.
Repeating what he has said be-
fore, that he has no concern with
the editorial policy Of a news
paper so long as its news coverage
is objective, Mr.. Truman, in a
quick sum-up listed only three
or four national dailies whose
news columns had treated the cam
paign effectively. The Star was
one of them.
He was harshly critical of sew
eral group publications and said
he thinks it is bad when large
advertisers, as he expressed it.
could control news coverage.
No "Advice" for Successor.
Mr.. Truman shook his head with
smile when asked if he had
any advice" for the new Presi-
dent. He's done all he could to
facilitate an orderly change in
Government control on Janu-
ary 20, the Chief Executive said
He added that the brief1ng being
made available to prospective Off
cials marks a procedure that has
been put into effect for the first
time in history. Mr.. Truman often
has said that a President must
listen to a lot of advice, but that
the final decision is his alone.
In this general connection. the
President spoke with satisfaction
of the manner in which the work
of the presidency has been or
ganized in his administration. 50
that key officials whose functions
touch on those of the White House
are kept fully abreast Of pro-
cedural steps in any given case.
Mr.. Truman said this sort OF
thing has permitted better team
work and has eliminated the fric-
Itions that sometimes lead to petty
Ijealousies.
When some Official has a griev-
ance involving an associate, Mr.
Truman said firmly, he under
stands that he is to go directly tc
the individual concerned. and not
come to the White House.
There's been no back-biting, he
asserted.
| This administrative machinery
Mr.. Truman said, has been blue
printed for the use of the new ad.
ministration. if desired.
Lauds Official Aides.
Mr.. Truman also had a warm
word for members of his cabinet
and other administrative main
stays who often have come under
fire when the familiar cry of "rule
be crony" or Missouri gang,
has been raised by political op-
pOIleuLS.
No President ever was sur
rounded by a better group o1
people. he said. repeating a con-
tention ne advanced in his last
whistle-stop campaign.
AS for the corruption-in-G Gov
ernment issue, which some politi'
cal observers felt figured in tn,
November debacle. the President
feels the whole picture has beer
ldiStorted.
Stressing that in no instanc,
has wrongdoing gone unpunished
: the President said that, as he re-
called, there were 68 instances O
venality developed in the Interna
4 Revenue Bureau. as against
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Continued From First Page.)
items collected during the Truman
incumbency are moved out.
May Take on New Role.

May Take on New Role.
Interestingly. while Mr.. Tru-
man is dropping from public Office
Iafter a 30-year tour that took him
from the precinct level to the White
House, as he sometimes remarks.
he is not foreclosing the possibility
that he may reappear in another
role at some future time.
Saying he hoped he was through
with public life, he added with a
chuckle that he was only saying
"hope."
The conduct of foreign affairs
has been a foremost consideration
in Mr.. Truman's thinking since
his earliest days in Office, and it
was recalled that he said at the
outset his main objective in the
presidency would be the formula
ton of foreign policy that would
be permanent.
When that point was raised in
the interview, the President said
such a policy has been developed
We've got a world foreign policy
and he doesn't think the incom-
ing administration will be able to
change that, he asserted, stresSing
this Nations position of leader
ship.
The President recalled that. in
a Navy Day speech in New York
on October 26. 1945, he had spoken
of his hopes for a world at peace
He then laid down the formula
for bringing this about and ex-
pressed the firm conviction that
there were no hopeless OF
irreconcilable differences" between
the nations that had fought
shoulder r-to-shoulder in the just.
ended war.
| The things said then are just
as true today, Mr.. Truman OBJ
served, but he commented regret
fully on the fact that Russia ha;
been unwilling to accept the
peaceful overtures of this Ma.
ton and the rest Of the free
world.
It was in talking over relations
with the Soviet government thai
Mr.. Truman said his decision tc
send troops into Korea in 1856
was even more important thar
the decision five years earlier tc
use the atomic bomb.
The President reiterated that
he had ordered the bomb dropped
on the japanese to save thousands
of lives. In the case of the Korean
Intervention, he continued, he
had to weigh the undetermined
consequences against the immi-
nent threat of destruction of the
United Nations and the further
possibility of another world war
Has 3 Reasons for Defeat.
When the conversation shifted
to domestic politics. the President
who heretofore has declined tc
give his views on the reasons for
the Democratic defeat in Novem-
ber, said he thought there were
three underlying factors:
!! /. The glamour" surrounding
Gen. Eisenhower. the victoriou.
Republican presidential candi-
date.
2. "McCarthyism" meaning
the ceaseless charges by Senate,
Mccarthy. Republican, of Wis
iconsin, that the administrations
:. particularly the State Departmen
Evening star., 1952-12-27
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity - Mostly
sunny, high about 48. Fair and
colder tonight and tomorrow. Low
tonight about % in the city, Is
in suburbs.
Maryland-Partly cloudy and
colder tonight, with a few snow
flurries in the mountains; low
I10-15 west. 1922 east portions
Tomorrow fair and colder.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

normal yearly average of around
so or so.
The Government, he continued,
did not lose a cent.
There were no situations such
as those of the Harding admins
tration, Mr.. Truman observed.
Let Down Sometimes.
A President cannot be respon-
sible for the more than 2.5 million
employees in the Government, Mr..
Truman pointed out. He said he
had never made a personal ap-
pointment when he did not believe
the man chosen was the best OBJ
tainable for the place to be filed.
Sometimes they let you down, he
added.
In an aside, the President said
it was a wonder he had not been
blamed in the campaign for some
600 defaulting bankers of recent
memory, whose defalcations ap-
proximated 500 million.
Mr.. Truman is not downhearted
over the November defeat of his
party, incidentally. He remem-
bers the $1,000, 0,0O0-plus vote reg
Iistered for Gov. Stevenson and
says firmly that all the Democrats
have to do is stick to their prin-
ciples and they'll be back in
power.
Has Many Offers.
Mr.. Truman is in no position
yet to talk about his future. He
has received many offers-and he
is not a rich man. But he has
an extreme sense of the dignity
that attaches to the Presidency
even after a man has left the
White House. Anything he might
accept would be with this in mind.
His first concern right now is
the educational center he hopes
to see developed in the proposed
library on the Truman farm in
Jackson County. where his papers
are to be placed.
AS he says, he wants to get the
kids" in the Middle West inter-
ested in the formation and devel-
opment of this country, because
lit is to be their responsibility in
later years.
This study center is to be one
facet of the proposed program ir
which he hopes primarily to in
terest youngsters of Junior high
and high school age. Whether, in
carrying the idea further, he will
lecture or write, or both, is not
certain.
AS for further participation in
public life, the President recalled
that he long ago proposed that
former Presidents and Vice Presi-
dents be given membership at
large in Congress-, with the right
Iof debate in either House but M
vote.
Their experience in what Mr.
Truman characterizes as "the
most powerful Office in history
should be available to the country
he feels.
A Senator for 10 years before
he became Vice President-ano
then stepped to the Presidency
Mr.. Truman. now 68, believes
firmly such an arrangement would
be beneficial, but for obvious rea.
sons he no longer is pushing it.
Cites Ex-President's Burdens.
The Presidents imminent re.
tlrement points up an incongruity
in National life. For a Ions
time, in the ordinary course o1
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Trumon's Interviews
Are Without Precedent

President Truman'S granting of
interviews to reporters who have
been assigned to cover his actions
for most or all of his nearly eight
years in the White House is be-
lieved to be without precedent.
In addition to Joseph A. Fox
of The Star. five other reporters
were received by Mr.. Truman.
The interviews were held sep
arately.
Anthony Leviero of the New
York Times reported in that
newspaper that one of his actions
which Mr.. Truman stoutly stands
by concerns the balcony on the
south side of the White House,
which was a center of controversy.
Mr.. Leviero wrote &c. The Pres
ident also declared he Wouldn't t
tear off the White House balcony" !"
The Truman Method.
Mr.. Leviero also set down what
he described as Mr.. Truman's
method of meeting his tremendous
obligations, quoting the President
as saying:
Il provided myself with the
best information that could be
accumulated and surrounded my
self with the best minds / could
get and reached the best conclu-
sions I could reach.
Then when I issued a directive
I knew that it would be carried
out properly and I could sleep
nights. I know that when I am
carried out feet first that it can
be said of me-, he did his
damnedest."
This account also said that Mr..
Truman remarked that he knew
that if he gave Dean Acheson
a directive he would carry it out
and I can 60 to bed without
worrying"
A-B0mb Discussion.
Ernest B. CTony) Vaccaro of
the Associated Press reported
concerning authorization of use
of the atomic bomb:
when he ordered the bombing
of Japan, Mr.. Truman said. he
was told it would shorten the
war and save the lives of possibly
250,000 Americans and as many
Japanese. In that case there was
no question of the course to take.
Mr.. Truman told me-"
Mr.. Vaccaro also quoted Mr..
Truman as saying of prosperity
at home: "'We've got an eco
nomic situation without equal in
the history of the world with a
production rate of $344 billion,
a national income of $500 billion
and with SO million persons en-
ployed."
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Pink-Shirted Bandit Gets
$22 at Cleaning Firm

A pink-shirted holdup man took
$22 from an Aristo Cleaning Co.
clerk last night. police were told.
The employe, Shirley d. Fair
ley. 81. reported a man walked
into the store in the l400 block
p street NV. and pulled a gun
from his pocket. He demanded all
the money in the cash register.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Expelled Priest Arrives

HONG KONG, Dec. q (P.-
Joseph Peter McGinn of Philadel-
Iphia. 55-year-old Maryknoll priest
expelled by the Chinese Commu.
nists, arrived here today. Father
McGinn had been in China fol
l27 years.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
New Cash Register
Also Figures Tuxes

DAYTON, Ohio. - A new type
cash register now is being mar
keted that has built-in machine
device that not only helps the
user keep track of his sales, but
also serves as an accounting ma
chine.
The manufacturer says the ma
chine, designed particularly fol
stores with only one sales clerk
can help balance the books. pre-
pare bank deposits and even figure
tax ret Vlrns.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Churchill 10 Demand
Full Partnership in
Any Stain Meeting
BY the As.ociafed Press

Britain's Prime Minister
Churchill undoubtedly will de-
mand recognition as a full par
|ticipant in any Eisenhower Stain
meeting aimed at easing world
tension.
American officials who forecast
this today made it plain, however.
that they see little chance of any
such top-level East-West confer
lence-unless Russia shows in ad-
vance a genuine desire to end
the cold war.
John Foster Dulles, President
elect Eisenhower's Secretary of
lState-designate, emphasized this
yesterday in calling for concrete
proposals" from Russia before any
meeting between Gen. Eisenhower
and the Soviet Premier.
Concession Called For.
Responsible American diplomats
said they believe any such "con-
crete proposals." in order to be
worth following up. would have
to indicate plainly that Moscow
is prepared to make some conces-
sion. A hint that Russia might
be willing to end the Korean war
on terms acceptable to the West
would fall into this CATEGORY they
said.
Even though an Eisenhower
Stain meeting at present seems
remote. the 78-year-old Mr..
Churchill nevertheless can be ex-
pected to discuss it with Gen.
Eisenhower when he visits New
York January S.
British Embassy officials said
MIR. Churchill's talks will be "in-
formal with no set agenda to be
followed The Prime Minister'S
:. main aim. they said. will be to
try to restore the close British
American partnership that existed
during World War II.
Mr.. Churchill was on very close
, terms with President Franklin D
: Roosevelt and has made it cleal
often that he would like To resume
+ close top-level ties with the Amer.
+ lean Government.
, Macarthur Consulted.
Mr.. Churchill's expected New
York conference with Gen. Eisen.
hover undoubtedly will cover Gen
Eisenhower's recent trip to Kores
and secret talk afterward with
Gen. Douglas Macarthur abou
means of ending the Korean war
The impending Eisenhower.
+ Churchill talk is viewed by Brit
2 ish officials as prelude to a full
$ dress formal meeting between Mr.
I Churchill and key American cab
met officers, probably some tim,
in May.
In any later meeting will
S Gen. Eisenhower, Mr.. Churchill
/. can be expected to bring up:
/. Britain's desire for trad,
not aid" from the United State
to help solve its financial prob
{ lem.
2. British plans for resumin,
the flow of top-secret atomic en-
ergy information now barred b!
> American law.
Z. 8. North Atlantic defense ar
rangementS.
!! 4. Far Eastern problems includ
ing the continued differences il
American-British policy towar'
i, Red China.
5. Britain's oft-repeated reques
: to be represented by at least al
= observer in the American-Ney
y Zealand Australian defense setu
in the Pacific.
Evening star., 1952-12-27
NuckoIs Gets SHAPE Post

PARIS. Dec. 27 (P.-Brig. Gen
William p. Nuckols of the United
States Air Force today was named
lpublic information director at Su-
lpreme Headquarters, Allied Pow
lers in Europe.
Evening star., 1952-12-27

MetUfu IempefatufeB This Year,
Highest. 101, on June 26.
Lowest, Is. on January 30.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, 46. at $50 pm.
Low, 27, at z am
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast ar
Geodetic Survey)
Evening star., 1952-12-27

There will be urries tonight in the northern portions
of the Appaachans Ohio Valley and the lower Lakes region
Snow expected the Northern Rockies and the Great Basn
while rain will fall in California cold will move into
Northern New England with colder weather slated from the
Atlantic the Central Plains the North Pacific Coast
1t will be slightly the Northern Plains and the North
ern Rockies ZAP Wirephoto
Evening star., 1952-12-27
AlOOE eAteE SUNSET.
Precipita tion.

Monthly precipitation in inches in
CAPITAL lcurrent month to datel:
Evening star., 1952-12-27
Board of Directors.

The following were named to
the board of directors: Bruce
Baird. Mr.. Behrend, Mrs. Doro-
thy Harvey Chapplear. Calvin
Cramer, Miss Gladys Davis, Mr..
Dickerson. Edward Dunlap, Miss
Patricia Gibbon and Guy Harper
Also DR.. George Hodgkins, Miss
Pauline Holer, Miss Murial Hoover
Miss Pearl Jones. Miss jeanette G
Kern, Comdr. Andrew w. Lee. DIR
A. Harry Ostrow and Mrs. Jane
RoSenthal.
Also Miss Frances Scott, Fran
els Trapp. Harry Wender, Ernest
Williams and j. Wilson Nairn.