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Evening star., 1952-11-13
Washington Aide Tells
Conspiracy Trial in
Hawaii Of Red Activity
By the Associated Press

HONOLULU. Nov. ia self
described former professional rev.
olutionist'' for the Communist
Party testified yesterday as the
first Government witness in the
Hawaii Communist conspiracy
case.
Paul Crouch, immigration Serv-
ice consultant from Washington,
told the court about his activities
as a Communist agent from 1925
to 1912. He was interrupted by a
running fire of defense objections.
Seven defendants are charged
with conspiring, between April
|1945, and August. 1851, to teach
|and advocate the overthrow of the
Government by force and violence.
Defense attorneys contended
that Mr.. Crouch's testimony, pre-
dating as it did the alleged con-
spiracy, had little value and much
highly inf1ammatory. prejudicial
effect on the jury"
The court indicated it would
rule today on admissibility of Mr..
Crouch's testimony.
Witness in Other Cases.
Mr.. Crouch testified for the Gov
Iernment in the 1949 Harry Bridges
perjury trial and in the Baltimore
Communist conspiracy case. One
of the chief defendants in the
Hawaii case is Jack w. Hall, re-
gional director of Bridges Interna-
tional Longshoremens and Ware
housemen's Union.
Bridges is under five-year sem
tence but free on bail pending
appeal. convicted of lying at his
naturalization hearing in saying
he never was a Communist.
Mr. Crouch testified today that
Ihe (Crouch) visited Russia in 1928
as a delegate of the United States
Communist Party and was as
signed to a commission which drew
up plans "for infiltration of the
armed forces of capitalist coun-
tries"
Mr.. Crouch said he served later
as a Communist Party organizer
in Virginia, Utah. North and South
Carolina, Tennessee, Nevada and
California.
Jury Tampering Charged.
Shortly before MIR. Crouch took
the stand. Federal Judge Jon Wig
turned over to the United States
attorney for appropriate action q
case of reported jury tampering
Judge Wig dismissed a con-
tempt action against Stephen H
Kong, jr., accused Of asking Juror
Samson Peneku to acquit the six
men and one woman charged
under the Smith Act.
Judge Wig told Mr.. Kong: 81
am satisfied that the conduct
reported to me appears to have
been your own irresponsible act
and counsel for both sides had
absolutely nothing whatever to dc
with what you have DONE"
Judge Wig then summoned the
jury into the courtroom and ex-
cused Mr.. Peneku from serving
He commended Mr.. Peneku for
his promptness in reporting the
| incident.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

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Evening star., 1952-11-13
Business sAdvisoYUnit
Prepares for lis First
COP. Administration
BY The Assoeioted Press

SEA ISLAND, Ga, Nov. 49,
The Business Advisory Council, an
early creation Of the New Deal but
largely Republican in politics. met
yesterday to draft economic adj
vice for its first G. O. P. admin
istration.
The council, made up of about
100 of the biggest names in in
dustry. is expected to urge some
tax reduction and an early end Of
price and wage controls.
The council reports confidential
ly to the Secretary Of Commerce
and frequently has been the re-
cruiting ground for men to fill top
jobs in the Government.
Accordingly, there has been
speculation in Washington that
|President-elect Eisenhower may
Task the council to help him bor-
row talent from industry for his
official family.
Wilson Mentioned for Cabinet. =
One council member. Charles E.
Wilson, former president Of Cen
leral Electric and first mobilization
director, has been mentioned as a
possible choice for Secretary Of
Commerce but without confir-
nation from the Eisenhower
headquarters.
Secretary of Commerce Sawyer
is now in Europe. He is repre-
sented here by three Commerce
Department ofhcials-Undersecre-
tary Jack Garrett Scott, Assistant
Secretary Clarence H. Osthagen
and General Counsel c. w. VIII
liams.
The councils deliberations will
be held in secret as usual. That
policy was fixed when the council
was established in 1888 by Presi-
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt'S first
Secretary of Commerce, Daniel C.
Roper.
Mr.. Roper wanted the council
to reflect the view Of progressive
management" on economic and
business policies which might help
conquer the depression. He and
succeeding secretaries felt the
business leaders would talk more
freely if speaking off the record.
Wartime Exceptions Noted.
For most of the 19 years since
then, policies of the Democratic
administrations have diverged
widely from the councils recon-
mendations-with the notable ex-
Iceptions of World War II and the
outbreak of the Korean fighting.
A jubilant atmosphere was ex-
Ipected, therefore. at this first ses-
sion following a Republican elec-
tion victory. Most members feel
the Republicans will lend a
friendlier ear to the problems of
businessmen, and several members
were leading Eisenhower sup
porters.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

The r v. Mr.. Shepperson.
Kenneth Horner of Wilmington,
Del, moderator of the Philadel-
phia Area Presbytery, will preside
at the installation service. DR.. R.
Laird Harris, professor at Faith
Theological Seminary, Elkins
Park, Philadelphia. will deliver
the sermon. The charge to the
congregation will be given by the
Rev. Harold Mare, instructor at
Faith Seminary.
A native of Monticello, Ark,
the younger Mr.. Shepperson is a
graduate of Hampden-S Sydney
College and of Faith Seminary,
Wilmington, Del. He comes to his
present charge from Grace Pres
byterian Church, West Pittston,
Pa, where he served from 1945-
So.
Mr.. Shepperson is married, has
a 6-year-old daughter, Susan
Beth. and a 19-month-old son,
Vance Lee, and lives at 2309
North Eleventh street, Arlington,
Va.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

fed, Stain used the Polish re-
quest as a pretext for breaking
off relations.
Mr.. Welles said he was sure
the Russians had a hand in the
assassination" of Gen. Ladyslaw
Sikorsky, then Polish Premier, in
a plane crash in 1943.
There never was the slightest
effort to play down or keep quiet
the Katyn matter in order to
appease Russia Mr.. Welles
summed up. "The war effort was
uppermost. For reasons of honor
and justice, we wanted to do all
we could to assist Poland"
The former State Department
official said he is convined now
that Russia carried out the Katyn
massacre. But in those days. the
incident "was too confused to
evaluate as it should be evalu-
ated."
u. S. Defended.
Mr.. Hartman, now Mutual
Security Administrator and a can
didate for the Democratic presi-
dental nomination last summer,
defended this country's course and
commitments at the Yalta Confer
ence. He contended the real
trouble developed when Russia
refused to keep agreements.
The role of Alger Hiss, former
State Department official, at Yalta
was merely to carry papers," Mr.,
Hartman said. Hiss is serving a
prison term for perjury concern
ing his Communist activities.
Mr.. Harriman's daughter. Mrs
Stanley G. Mortimer, jr.. of New
York City, testified about a report
she wrote to her father as a result
of an inspection trip to the Katyn
Forest in 1943. shortly after dis
covery of the bodies was an
nounced.
The trip, she said, was staged
by the Russians. On the basis OF
what she was able to see, she said
she found some reason for be-
lieving Russian claims that the
Nazis committed the murders. Her
report was forwarded without
comment to the State Department
by Mr.. Hartman.
Committee members declared
the department received scores
of reports or complaints from
American diplomats or Polish Of
ficials from 1941 through 1874:
on that subject but never pro-
tested to Russia or called for a
thorough probe.
Admiral Standley testified that
some of the reports revealed as
having been sent to the State De-
partment at the time. were not
shown to him when he was am
basSador.
Evening star., 1952-11-13

church. 3038 @
street NV.
DR.. Flournoy
Shepperson, sr.,
pastor Of h e
B i b e PreSby-
terian Church,
Gre e nville, S.
c., will deliver
t h e charge to
h is son, the
r e v. Flournoy
S h e p p e rs on,
jr., during the
ceremony to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
New Zealand Aids Indiu

New Zealand has donated $28,-
600. under the Colombo Plan, to
India which will use it to estab-
lish an institute for postgraduate
studies in medicine and dental re-
search in Delhi.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Boy Dies of Burns

PULASKI, Va, Nov. 13 P.-A
2-year-old child, Linday Waddell,
died yesterday of burns received
when a flaming plastic curtain
Iignited her clothes and hair. in
f1icting first to third-degree burns
over tIfee-fourths of her body.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Why Wheat Germ Helps
Combat Tiredness, Irritnbility

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Make Kretschmer Wheat Germ a
daily health habit. Use many ways.
Send for your FREE sample and
recipe booklet. Write Kretschmer
Corp, Dept. TO, Carrollton, Mich.
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Father 10 Install Own Son
AS Presbyterian Minister

A father will install his son as
minister Of Bible Presbyterian
Church at an installation service
tomorrow at 7:45 pm. in the
Evening star., 1952-11-13
Dublin Launches New Shin

The first ship built in Dublin
in Is years-the Isolde, 1,100-ton,
233-foot lighthouse tender with
accommodations for 80 men
has just been launched.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-03-01

lions were. made on the same fields
between earlier irrigations with some
soil moisture still available before
irrigation and that of later irriga-
tons, which is the common practice
on the project, after practically all
of the readily available soil mois-
ture is gone from the soil.
Where these comparisons were
made, spring wheat yielded approx
mately bushels more per acre as a
result of being irrigated the first
time week to 10 days earlier. DUR
ing seasons less favorable from a
rainfall and temperature standpoint,
this difference in yield would prob
ably be much greater in favor of
earlier irrigations.
It is concluded from the moisture
studies that crop yields can be in
creased by maintaining higher
moisture level throughout the grow
ing season. This will mean, in a
great many cases, applying the first
irrigation a week to 10 days earlier
than is the common practice, and be-
fore crops show visual signs Of wilt
ing.
Montana farmer-stockman., 1952-03-01
Delaying Irrigation
Cuts Crop Yields
By GEORGE LOOMS
Bureau Of Reclamation AgricAltaralist

AAOSSeSEStSS
ACCORDING TO the results of a
study made by the Bureau of Recla-
nation, farmers of the Sun River
irrigation project annually lose large
sums of money by allowing crops to
get too dry before irrigation.
Seasonal peak demands for irriga-
ton water, caused by delaying most
irrigations until crops show signs of
drouth, tax the irrigation systems to
the limit, and before the entire acre
age can be irrigated some crop in
jury occurs.
Peak demands for irrigation water
are generally preceded by a few days
of rainfall, when little irrigation wa
ter has been used. The rainfall is
usually enough to keep the surface
soil moist and crops looking thrifty,
while the total available soil mois-
ture in the root zone is being de-
pleted by the growing crops. Then
the weather turns hot and dry, soil
moisture disappears in three to four
days, the crops begin to show signs
of whiting and all farmers want wa
ter the same day.
Causes of Poor Timing
Poor timing of irrigations is in
fluenced by many other factors such
as labor problems, interference with
other farm work and overestimating
the value of light rainfall in keeping
Soil moisture adequate. On some oc-
casions the first irrigation of the sea-
son is delayed as long as possible
in the hope of eliminating the need
for subsequent irrigations.
In order to analyze the situation
completely the Bureau of Rec1ama-
ton in cooperation with number
of local farmers started a soil mois-
ture study in 1949 which has con-
tinued through 1851. The study in
volved determining periodically the
percentage soil moisture at various
depths of the crop root zone during
the growing season.
During the first season, moisture
samples were taken and the moisture
present determined by oven-drying.
The Bouyoucos soil moisture meter
and gypsum blocks were used to
measure soil moisture in 1850 and
1851. The Bouyoucos meter measures
electrical resistance between two
electrodes imbedded in a gypsum
block. The blocks, when buried il
the soil, gain and lose moisture at the
same rate it is held by the soil, anc
the electrical resistance varies will
the moisture content. Thus, by /;
series of resistance measurements
the meter was elaborated to show tn,
percent soil moisture available 70
plant use.
Rapid Moisture Loss
On the majority of the fields in
Guided in the three-year study, in
adequate soil moisture for optimun
plant growth was noted for approx
mately II days during the critics
growth period before the first irriga
tons were applied. Crop yields wer
unsatisfactory on these fields. Dun
ing hot weather, loss of soil moistur
from the surface soil was extremel
rapid.
AS much as 80 and 40 percent {
the total available soil moisture fl
1 plant use disappeared in three an
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Evening star., 1952-07-31
ID. {. Bridge Player
| Shares in Team Title
BY the Asseeiased Press

CINCINNATI, July 31.- The
team of Mrs. Robert. Burnstein
and Harold Harkavy of Miami,
Fla: Mrs. Edith Seligman of New
York and Alvin Roth of Washing
ton came from behind yesterday
to win the mixed team champion
ship at the American Contract
Bridge Leagues annual tourna-
ment.
Completing the three rounds
with So points, the winning team
finished one point ahead Of the
combination of George Rapee of
New York. Mrs. Emma Jean
Halves of Fort Worth, Tex, and
Mrs. Olive Peterson, Sidney
Siloder and John r. Crawford of
Philadelphia.
The latter team had led through
the first two rounds.
In third place with So points
Evening star., 1952-07-31

uled to replace the B-36 bonn
bardment plane. From there his
schedule calls for a visit to Muroc
Lake, Calf, site of experiments
with the latest aircraft and guided
missiles. The department said that
Gen. Vandenberg also probably
would inspect the Consolidated
Vultee manufacturing plant at
San Diego.
The spokesman said Gen. VAN
denberg's condition now is ex-
cellent and that he had gained
weight.
Gen. Nathan Twining will con-
tinue to be acting chief of staff
until Gen. Vandenberg'S return
to the Pentagon.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
Gen. n.Hoytvandenber
Returns 10 Duty After
Major Operation

Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg has
returned to active duty and is now
touring aircraft manufacturing
plants, the Air Force said today
The Air Chief of Staff under
went what was described as q
serious abdominal operation" or
May Z. The nature of the opera
ton has not been disclosed.
A spokesman said Gen. Vanden-
berg now is expected to return tc
his Pentagon Office for full time
duty about August Is. He has
been on leave since leaving Walter
Reed Hospital, but a few days
ago he started a tour of manu-.
featuring facilities.
Gen. Vandenberg already has
visited the Boeing plant al
Seattle, and inspected the new, all.
jet B-52 bomber, which is sched.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
s. u. 5. B-29s Batter
Red Aluminium Plant
Near Manchurian Line
BY the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL, Korea. July 31.-United
States B-29s leveled a huge Com
munist aluminium plant near the
Manchurian border early today in
the biggest overnight raid of the
Korean war.
The So unescorted bombers
braved Red anti-aircraft fire and
fighter opposition which American
pilots described as ''the heaviest
in months" All returned safely
to their bases in Japan and
Korea.
The 12-acre factory of the
Oriental Light Metals Co., 10
miles southeast of Sinuiju, went
up in smoke and flame after the
B-29s hurled $50 tons of bombs
on it and an adjacent troop build
up area.
Five other Superforts hit other
North Korean targets. The 63-
plane armada which blasted the
metals plant was the biggest
Superfort raid of the war against
q single objective.
Pilots reported flax from the
Manchurian as we'll as the Korean
side Of the border, about four
miles from the metals plant. 1t
was the northernmost penetration
OF the year by B-29s.
Fighter Reported Down.
Airman &c Julius w. Meintel,
Wheeling, w. Va, was credited
unofficially with shooting down
propeller driven night fighter
which rose to defend the sprawl
ing target. The gunner's pilot. 1t.
Richard G. Crane, Galveston, Tex,
said the Red plane blew up level
with my wing"
Col. Winton r. Close, Los An
geles, who directed the raid, said
almost every other bomber was
attacked by Communist fighters.
Brig. Gen. Wiley D. Ganey. head
of the United States 5th Air Force
bomber command. predicted the
blow would have a psychological
impact on the Communists. An
Air Force statement called the
raid a calculated effort to force
the hand of Stalling Communist
truce negotiators.
The target was saturated with
500-pound bombs, some of which
will not explode for hours or even
days. The plant area had. been
showered with leaflets for almost
two months, warning non-com-
batants to stay away.
Follows Raid on Capital.
The metals plant bombing fol-
lowed a 54-plane medium bomber
raid on the Red North Korean
capital of Pyongyang on July "a.
The stepped-up air war started on
June % with massive Allied
strike at the Suiho Power group
near the Manchurian border. This
raid knocked out much of Man
churia's industrial power. But
pilots last night said they saw
many lights burning in Man
churia.
On the ground Allied infantry
men Thursday wrested an out
post from Chinese troops in a
two-hour fight in driving rain
northwest of Yonchon on the
western front. The Reds had
taken the position Monday.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
0usted West Virginia
Art Teacher Missing
By the Associofed Press

DES MONIES, July 81 - DR.,
Luella R. Mundel. 38, ousted West
Virginia art teacher, is missing.
Des Moines police said today
that DR.. Mundel's sister had filed
a missing persons report. The
sister is Mrs. S. A. Steenson OF
Fort Dodge, La. She was given
custody of DR.. Mundel last week.
Mrs. Steenson told police her
sister left their car in Des Moines
early yesterday and did not re-
turn. She was reported to have
a considerable sum of money with
her.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
Nutionulists Raid Red Island

HONG KONG. July 81 (P.-The
pro- Nationalist Kung Sheung
Daily News reported today that
seaborne Chinese Nationalist raid
ers set fire to customs house,
sank a Communist customs boat
and seized supplies in a Monday
strike at Red-held Tachan Island,
off the Pearl River mouth.
Evening star., 1952-07-31

was the team of Mr.. and Mrs
Charles Solomon and Mrs. r. c.
Young of Philadelphia and Peter
A. Leventritt OF. New York. Fourth
with 81 points were Mrs. Mar
garet Wagar of Atlanta, Ga; Mrs
Ralph Gordon of Buffalo, N. Y;
Charles Goren of Philadelphia
and Mrs. Helen Sobel and Myron
Fields of New York.
The fifth place finiSher with
5O1a points was the team OF
Oswald Jacoby of Dallas. Tex;
Mrs. Elinor Murdock of Birming-
ham, Ala; Miss Ruth Sherman
Richard Kahn and Leo Roet OF
New York.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
BY the Associated Press

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va. July
I31.-Daniel Hester. of Charles
Town, died in the general hos
ipital here yesterday as the result
Iof an accident on Harpers Ferry
road near here.
A passenger in the car, Pearl
Evening star., 1952-07-31
Second Victim Dies After Car Accident

Smith, 20, also of Charles Town,
was burned to death in the wreck
age, according to State police.
Two others were injured. but not
critically.
Evening star., 1952-07-31
| Rouqh Auto Trip

Back in Kenya from a 2,00o-
mile round trip to the Belgian
Congo. Britain's Lord Monk Bret
ton, q, said: "A terrible journey.
! We spent as much time under
meath the car AS in it."
Evening star., 1952-07-31
City Manager Is Nomed

WAYNESBORO, Va, July 81
(Pl.-John H. Harman, member
of the Virginia Department of
Highways staff % years, has been
appointed, effective tomorrow, as
Waynesboro's city engineer. He
will replace Ross Francis Walker,
who will become city manager of
Big Stone Gap, Va, September l.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
IA College Grid Standoufs
Play in Hula Bowl Sunday
BY the Associated Press

HONOLULU, Jan. 4.-Fourteer
of footballs brightest college stars
arrived here yesterday by plane
to tune up for Sundays Hula Bowl
game for the Elks Club milk fund
The Mainland collegians will aug
ment their forces with local col
lege players against an aggrega-
ton called the Hawaii All Stars.
who will have two outstandine
pros, frankie Albert and Kyle
Rote, in their lineup.
Albert will be player-coach for
the All Stars, with Ernie Case
former UCLA quarterback, direct
ing the collegians. Case will use
either Vic Janowicz of Ohio State
or Harry Hugasian of Stanford
at quarterback in a backfleld in
GLIDING Johnny Bright of Drake
Johnny Karras of Illinois and
Ollie Matson Of San Francisco al
the halfback berths and Hugh
McElhenny Of Washington at full
back.
Stanford's Bill McColl and Don
Coleman Of Michigan State are
the top linesmen with the college
group.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Golf Pros |naugurate
1852 Tourney Season
|WifhLosAnge|es0p
BY the Asseeiafed Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4.-New-
comers to golfing fame may be
the players to watch as the Ma
tion's leading professionals in
|augurate the 1852 tournament
season today in the first round
|of the 26th annual Los Angeles
Open.
Such name players as the de-
tending champion, Lloyd Man
grum, or Cary Middlecof, Henry
Ransom or Ellsworth Vines, figure
as the men to beat in the battle
for the $17,500 prize money.
But golf observers, casting about
for new names to freshen the
tournament picture. look for a
determined challenge by Fred
Hawkins Of Ell Paso, Joe Kirk
wood. jr., of Hollywood, Ear
Stewart, jr., of Dallas; Ted Kroll,
New Hartford, N. Y; Bob Toski,
North Hampton, Mass, or Jimmy
Clark, Huntington Beach, Calf.
Missing was the Golfer of the
Year." Ben Hogan, a four time
winner of the Los Angeles event
Also absent was two-time win.
|ner here, Sam Snead.
Evening star., 1952-01-04
Two TK0s Mark Start
!0f Service N Boxinq

Two first-round technical knock
outs marked the opening program
of the new armed forces televi-
sion boxing series. held last night
at Walter Reed Hospital.
Pfc. Robert Deadwyler Of Viii
Imington, Del, representing Fort
Meade, scored a flrst-round TKC
over Flight Apprentice Airmar
Richard Marshall. Marshall. sta
TONED at Norfolk Naval Air Sta
ton, is from Charlotte. Mich
Both are middleweights.
In the welterweight division
Sergt. Albert Lowrey. a Toledo
(Ohio) Marine stationed at Quan.
tico, won on a TKO over Air Force
Sergt. Thomas Davis of New York
who is stationed at Sampson
IN. " Air Force Base.
In the. other bout, Pfc. Adam
G. Ellison of Columbus. Ohio, ant
Fort Meade won a decision owe
Seaman Arthur Oubre of Bunkie
La, and the U. S. S. Mississippi,
The bouts were the first of {
series televised over the American
Broadcasting Co. TV network ant
here by WMAL-TV.- The TV shov
will be presented weekly from
various service bases Throughout
sithe country,