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Evening star., 1953-10-24
Ridgway Warns U. 5.
Against Letdown in
Strengthening NAT0
BY me Assoeiofed Press

EASTON, Pa, Oct. 24.-Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway, urging a
continued buildup of North At
lantic Treaty Organization mill
tary power in Europe, said today
I'VE may be gambling . with
all that is precious.
The Army chief of staff, who
was NATO commander in Europe
until this summer, declared:
IF we slow down and are not
assailed, we shall have saved
some money. If we slow down
and are assailed, and lose, we
shall have seen our liberties
perish, our institutions destroyed,
ourselves enslaved and our God
derided."
In a speech at Lafayette Col
lege, Gen. Ridgway compared
NATO military deficiencies with
the Russian buildup and said,
Il believe we still stand in great
peril"
He disclaimed intention of
getting into the discussion of
radically new weapons" as an
immediate substitute for con-
ventional arms. But he suggest
ed the world might reject use
of such super weapons, or both
sides in a war might use up
their stocks of these without
decisive result.
Then as in all other strug-
giles for survival, the issue would
be decided by simpler weapons
and basic virtues-the weapons
we presently have, and our cour-
age, resolution and faith" Gen.
Ridgway said.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Foreign Aid Officials
Are Leaving for Spain
BY the Associated Press

High officials of the Foreign
Operations Administration are
Que in Spain this week end to
begin carrying out a 1926 mil
lion United States aid program.
Officials said that D. A. Fitz-
gerald, deputy director of for
e:gn operations, and Edward L.
Williams, director of aid for
Spain, were leaving Washington
Immediately for Madrid.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Ohio Student Pleads
Guilty in Staying Of
Girl, Gets Life Term
BY the Associated Press

UPPER SANDUsKY, Ohio,
Oct. 24.-The Cynthia Pfeil mur-
der case came to an abrupt end
today when the college boy ac-
cused of beating her to death
pleaded guilty to a second degree
murder charge and was SEN
fenced Immediately to life in
Ohio Penitentiary.
Roy Roger Schinagle, jr., 10.
of Mayf1eld Heights, Ohio, the
Ohio Wesleyan University stu
dent originally charged with
f1rst-degree murder, stood silent
in the courtroom, his face ex-
pressionlesS, as his attorney and
Prosecuting Attorney Harold D.
Ross settled the affair with the
court.
Schinagle had been indicted
recently on a f1rSt-degree murder
charge and came into court to-
day for arraignment on the in
dictment. The change in charge
and plea all took only about 10
minutes.
The body of the White Plains
IN. " girl was discovered,
badly beaten and disfigured, in
a plot of woods just outside this
Wyandot County town the
morning of September 18. Police
said she had been dead since
the night before. She was clad
only in a nightgown and a pair
of red slippers.
The slippers led police to
White Plains and her eventual
identification. Schinagle was
picked up several days later in
class at Ohio Wesleyan Univer-
Sity at Delaware, Ohio, and after
several hours of questioning
confessed
Evening star., 1953-10-24

The brains of the uniformed
Navy put aside Sea-war planning
last evening and whooped it up
in Washington for the benefit of
the Navy's biggest welfare organ
iZation.
The District Auxiliary of the
Navy Relief Society staged the
Navy Ball of 1853 that will long
be remembered. Held in the Sail
Loft of"the Naval Gun Factory,
it drew hundreds of naval Off
GERS including a considerable
number of admirals concentrated
in the Washington area.
Assistant Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Charles s. Thomas en-
tertained the top officers in the
country at a dinner in the Off
GERS Mess at the Gun Factory.
Conveniently close to the Sail
Loft, it made it possible for Mrs.
Thomas. who was chairman of
the ball, to be on hand when
things got under way at $50.
Guests of the Thomases were
Mrs. Robert B. Anderson, wife
OF the Secretary of the Navy who
Joined the group later in the eve
ming following a Masonic din
ner in his honor; Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
Raymond Fogler, Assistant Sec
retary and Mrs. James Smith,
the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
of Staff. Admiral Arthur Rad
ford, and his wife; the Chief of
Naval Operations, Admiral and
Mrs. Robert B. Carney; Mrs.
Lemuel Shepherd, wife of the
Commandant of the Marine
Corps who is in Korea; the Pay
master General of the Navy,
Admiral Murrey Royar, and Mrs.
Royar; Vice Admiral Ralph A.
OfStie, who escorted Mrs. Alex
ander Walker of Hawaii, house
guest of Mrs. Radford, and Col.
Warren Baker, who was Mrs.
Shepherds escort.
John Nichols Browns Here
Marine Maj. Gen. and Mrs.
w. P. T. Hill entertained at din
ner before going on to occupy a
box at the ball. Among their
guests we're former Assistant
Secretary Of the Navy for Air and
Mrs. John Nicholas Brown, who
came down from Rhode Island
for the party.
Rear Admiral and Mrs. Tom B.
Hill had with them in their box
Assistant Secretary of Defense
and Mrs. Wilfred Mcneil, AS
sistant Secretary of Defense
Frank Nash, former Assistant
Secretary of the Navy and Mrs.
John Floberg, Rear Admiral and
Mrs. M. T. Schoeffel and Rear
Admiral and Mrs. w. S. Parsons.
The German Ambassador and
Mrs. Krekeler had eight in Box
10 with them; Vice Admiral and
Mrs. John Gingrich were with
a group of friends in Box 10;
Vice Admiral and Mrs. George
Fort had several admirals and
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Festival Planned

The Women's Club of the
Washington Highlands Jewish
Center, 141 Xenia street S.W.
will sponsor an International
Festival" from $50 pm. to mid
night tomorrow at the center.
A demonstration of folk dances
by the Washington Folk Dance
Group will be part of the enter
tainment.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Mystery Increases
Around Soviet Spy
Suspect in Germany
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct.
24.-MyStery deepened today
around Soviet spy suspect held
in special security custody
somewhere in West Germany.
The United States High Com
mission. which made the terse
announcement yesterday that
Georgii Vladimirovich Khorum-
zhii, alias Georg Mueller of
Frankfurt, was being held for
investigation of espionage, re-
fused further comment.
Army headquarters at Heidel-
berg said they knew nothing
about the case and that it was
matter being handled by the
High Commission.
But a top American official
who declined to be identified
said Khorumzhii is being held
by the United States Central In
telligence Agency. The CIA
does not talk for publication.
RumOrs Galore.
There were rumorS galore
about Khorumzhii. There was a
report that he was a former So
Wet army officer who decamped
to the West in 1948, and then
went to work as an espionage
agent for Russia.
There was another rumor that
he had, once worked as an agent
for the West and double-crossed
them. Still another said he had
been turned in to authorities by
a disgruntled woman friend.
Nobody was talking officially.
There was one puzzling aspect
to the case: United States Dis
trict Attorney William F. Jones
said Khorumzhii had been ar
rested on a warrant involving
espionage, but was released
September % without appearing
in court. The warrant was with
drawn.
That's all I know about it"
Mr.. Jones said. IT have no idea
1,A &c
High Commission Silent.
The High Commission let it's
announcement speak for itself.
1t said Khorumzhii was being
investigated in connection with
charges that he conducted es-
pionage directed mainly against
American personnel and install
lations. Then it shut the door
on further questions.
There were two theories, both
unofficial, but both with some
logic:
l. Khorumzhii is a top drawer
Soviet spy and the CIA doesn't
want his case aired in open court
where it might damage further
Investigations.
2. He was employed as West
ern agent after fleeing the East
but went "sour" and was caught
working for Russia.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
To Launch Drive

The Ladies Auxiliary of the
Hebrew Home for the Aged will
launch its membership campaign
with a luncheon at 1890 pm.
Monday at the home, 1125
Spring road NV.
Mrs. Benjamin Sauber, vice
president, is membership chair
man, assisted by Mrs. Milton
Stein, co-chairman. Mrs. Ben
Munitz will be in charge of the
luncheon arrangements.
The climax of the drive will
come next spring, when men,
berS enrolling the largest number
of new members will receive ci-
tationS for outstanding service.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Auto Routs Shoppers
In Brooklyn; Il Hurt
By the Asseeiotad Pros,

NEW YORK, Oct. 24.-A 65-
year-old woman lost control of
her car yesterday on a busy
Brooklyn street and the auto
ran down a dozen pedestrians
along 100 feet Of sidewalk.
None of the IL was injured
critically but the accident
touched of momentary panic
among the crowd of shoppers.
Mrs. Anna Daily, driver of the
car, told police bus stopped un-
expectedly in. front of her and
she apparently jammed on the
gas pedal instead of the brake.
The car glanced OF the bus and
hurtled the curb and into pass
ershy.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Alunnnue Breakfast

The annual communion break
fast of the Washington Chapter,
Alumnae Association of the Col
lege of St. Catherine in St. Paul,
will be held tomorrow.
The group will meet at 10 am.
for mass in Penance Chapel, the
Franciscan Monastery, with the
Rev. Raphael Kratzer celebrating
the mass.
Later, Mrs. F. K. Dorsey of 1919
Twenty-fifth place NE. will en-
tertain at breakfast.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Invitations Out

Secretary of Commerce and
Mrs. Sinclair Weeks will be
guests of honor at cocktail
party Wednesday, November
from 6 to o'clock for which
the Afghanistan Charge dAf-
faires and Nine. Maiwandwal
have issued invitations.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Tensinq to Be Honored

The New Zealand Government
plans to invite as it's guest the
Sherpa Tensing Norkay, who ar
rived atop Mount Everest with
explorer Edmund Hillary. We'll
lington reports.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
u. n. Truce Official
In Palestine Drafts
Report 10 Council
BY the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Oct. "a The United States
Palestine truce supervisor drew
up a report to the Security
Council on threatening Arab
Israeli border incidents today as
tension continued to rise in the
Holy Land area.
Denmark's Maj. Gen. Vagn
Bennike, the supervisor. was
scheduled to give the 11-nation
council on Tuesday the truce
commissions version of recent
frontier bloodshed, including an
Israeli attack on three Jordan
border villages in which 66
Arabs repeatedly were killed.
Israel and her neighbors have
accused each other of aggression
and violation of the armistice
agreement. Syria also has
charged the Israelis with il
legally diverting the waters of
the Jordan River.
London Makes Appeal.
AS Gen. Bennike worked on his
report. informed sources in Lon
don said Britain has informally
advised the Arab states and Is
rael to avoid any military action
that might upset Middle East
stability.
These sources said the London
government emphasized that the
Western powers still stand firmly
on their 1850 declaration guar
anteeing the integrity of frontiers
in the area. Britain, the United
States and France jointly called
for the U. N. investigation into
the border disturbances.
Jordan has officially denied
Israeli charges that large con-
centrations of Jordan's Arab
Legion have been moved into
the Jerusalem area but Syria
repeatedly has moved troops up
to the Israeli border with orders
to inform Jordan of any pos
Sible Israeli aggression.
Arabs Reach Decisions.
In a meeting at Amman, Jor-
dams capital, last night, two
subcommittee of the eight
nations Arab League hammered
= out decisions on several political,
economic and military aspects
of the Arab-ISraeli dispute.
No details were announced but
Jordan Premier DR.. Fawzi Ell
Mulki told newsmen the decisions
were all reasonable and prac-
ticable." He said they would
become known as they are put
into practice.
An Israeli military spokesman
In Jerusalem, meanwhile, said
the u. N. Armistice Commission
has denounced the derailment of
an Israeli freight train by ex-
ploding mines as a grave truce
breach.
The train was blasted Thurs
day on the Haifa-Lydda line.
Israeli officials have charged the
explosion was a Jordan act of
terror"
Tuesdays Security Council
session actually will be a double
header, with Syria's complaint
on the Jordan River issue lead
ing of the bill. This charge,
which accuses Israel of endan-
gerihg Middle East peace by the
alleged actions, prompted the
United States to suspend finan-
cial aid to Israel.
Elsewhere in the U. NJ, the
60-nation General Assembly
voted unanimously yesterday to
set up a three-nation good Of
fees committee to search for
some solution to the East West
deadlock over the admission of
new members to the interna-
tional organization.
Evening star., 1953-10-24
Greeting From Tribe

TribeSmen from Swaziland
greeted Chief Sobhuzu with a
ringing shout when he returned
to Johannesburg, South Africa.
from England.
Evening star., 1953-10-24

7 ennessee Dance
The Tennessee State Society
opens its fall season with a
dance in the Statler Hotel to-
night starting at 10 pm.
Evening star., 1953-02-10
NationaIists Planning
Regular Airdrops
To Supply GuerriIIas
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

TAIPEH, Formosa. Feb. 10
A Nationalist Chinese general
today reported plans for airdrops
every two weeks to supply guer-
rilla forces in the mountains of
the Chinese mainland.
The general, attached to Pres
ident Chang Kai-shek's head
quarters. requested anonymity,
He said Formosa -based Nation
alist air force Bits made seven
airdrops to guerrilla units in the
heart of Red China in 1852.
He reported ammunition, ma
chine guns, other light weapons,
and even instructors were
dropped. '-'
The general said the first of
the 3,O0O-mile flights was made
last March and the latest on
October 3.
100000 Red Casualties.
He asserted the national gov
ernment maintains contact with
$50. 900 to 650,O00 guerrillas and
I is in daily radio contact with
20 per cent of these.
The general reported that in
|, 1852 guerrillas fought 600 en-
Evening star., 1953-02-10
VoIuminous High Court Ruling
Strengthens State JurySystems

ton and Clark also had a brief
concurring opinion.
The varying opinions devoted
considerable attention to con-
tentions by the four Negroes that
they had been indicted or con-
victed by juries on which Negroes
were not adequately represented.
The court noted the North Caro-
lima system whereby jury mem
bers are selected mainly from
property and poll tax lists,
which contain comparatively few
Negroes names.
Reeds Views.
Justice Reed declared: There
must be neither limitation nor
representation for color in Sc
lecting juries. Such choosing on
the basis Of race or color would
be unconstitutional, he said.
But we do not think a use,
non discriminatory as to race, of
J1IC 1ASOS t1O1dtCO LAAC TCACA al
Constitutions 14th Amendment.
Nor can we conclude on the evi-
dence adduced that the results
of the use required conclusion
of unconstitutionality.
"Our duty to protect the Fed
eral constitutional rights of all
does not mean that we must
or should impose on States our
conception of the proper source
of jury lists, so long as the source
reasonably reflects a cross-sec-
ton of the population suitable
in character and intelligence for
that civic duty"
The appeals from convictions
upheld in the State Supreme
Court were argued before the
high court here last year. They
were accepted for reargument at
this term. after the defendants
unSuccessfully attempted to get
new trials under habeaS corpus
proceedings in lower Federal
courts. -.... ...
Evening star., 1953-02-10

gagements on the mainland. in
f1icting 100000 Red casualties.
He did not report guerrilla losses.
Immense Importance is at.
tached to increasing the capa-'
bilities of the guerilla forces.
Their cooperation would be vital
to the success of any commando.
type raids and of any ultimate
attempt to invade the mainland.
The general said leaflets
promising a Nationalist return
to the mainland-but not, say
ing when-will be dropped be-
fore Saturday, the Chinese new
year.
Modern Landing Craft Needed.
He said modern landing craft
must replace the Nationalists'
motorized junks before raids on
the Red China coast could be
materially increased. ... -
He reported 5000 Nationalists
raided Nanjih Island. 125 miles
west of Taipeh, last october and
captured 811 prisoners in their
largest island-to- island opera
tion. The raid was launched
from Quemoy, 80 miles south Of
Nanjih.
Twelve other raids involving
at least $500 guerrillas were
carried out from July through
December. Three were against
the mainland and nine against
islands.
The general asserted an entire
Red Chinese battalion $500 to
| 750 mem was wiped out in each
of the three mainland raids.
Evening star., 1953-02-10
Fathers Taking Coed
And Bethesda Youth
Home, Ending Lark

The Today lark of a Bethesda
high school boy and a Bucknell
University coed ended yester-
day at Florida resort and the
two were en- route home today in
the custody of their fathers.
Police at Daytona Beach ter
minated a 13-State search by
arresting Michael O'Connell, 16,
a Junior at the Bethesda Chevy
Chase High School, and Miss
Jacqueline Jane Mengoni, the
18-year-old coed from Trenton,
N. j.. on runaway charges.
Detective Supt. A. G. Layne
said the students had stayed at
q boarding house at Daytona
Beach for a week, after a trip
from LeWisburg, Pa, in the
O'Connell family car. Bucknell
is in LeWiSburg.
Police Charges Dropped.
Daytona police dropped the
charges early today with the ar
rival of the two fathers, Joseph
Mengoni. a Trenton banker, and
Joseph E. O'Connell, manager of
Glide-A-Door Co., 521 Twenty
sixth street NV.
Mr.. Layne said the students
were picked up after young
O'Connell went to a Daytona
Beach bank yesterday to learn
whether any money had been
transferred to it from Trenton
in the name of Miss Mengoni.
A few days earlier she had asked
a $50 transfer from her account
in her home city.
The girls account in Trenton
was in her fathers bank. When
the request came through, Tren-
ton police were notified and
they in turn advised Daytona
Beach police to be on the look
out. When young O'Connell
made his inquiry yesterday, the
Florida bank called detectives.
Work to Get Cash.
According to Mr.. Layne, Miss
Mengoni and Michael took jobs
when they ran out of cash a
few days ago. She went to
work as a restaurant. waitress
and he drove a station wagon for
the Elinor Village resort.
Michael, a husky youth for his
age, met the attractive coed
through his sister, Patricia, also
q student at Bucknell.
On January 90, he borrowed
the family car and drove to
Lewisburg. Miss Mengoni had
obtained permission to spend the
week end in Washington. They
disappeared.
Police said Michael had $11O
IN cash and a courtesy card from
an oil company.
Although a 13-State lookout
was broadcast, police expected
to find the pair in Florida be-
cause friends of both Miss Men,
goni and young O'Connell quoted
them as saying they planned to
60 there.
Evening star., 1953-02-10
Allied Tanks Blast
Al Reds as Van Fleet
Says His Farewell
By the Associated Press

SEOUL. Feb. 10.-Gen. James
A. Van Fleet bade this dramatic
farewell to his United States 9th
Army troops today:
"We have faith that President
Eisenhower will find a way to
bring peace to Korea as we'll as
to the rest of the world"
The retiring Army commander
spoke against the backdrop of
the roar of heavy allied tanks.
blasting away at Communist
targets on the Central Korean
front. Tomorrow he will sur
render command of the 9Th
Army to. 1t. Gen. Maxwell D.
Taylor.
Overhead, Allied jet planes
swept MIG Alley in far north
west Korea, but found no sign
Of the Russian-made MIG-15
jets.
MICS Stay at Bases.
The Air Force said Red
China's vaunted MIG jets stayed
IN their Manchurian bases last
night when Is American Super
forts staged daring night raid
Within sight of Antung, a MIG
stronghold just across the Yalu.
Gen. Van Fleet told his soldiers
the Reds cried for a truce in
the summer Of 1851 gbecause
they were defeated and knew
it."
At the front, fighting dwindled
to brief patrol clashes and one
light Communist thrust.
Snow fell all across the 155-
mile battleline. The mercury hit
eight to 10 degrees above zero.
Marine Corsairs smashed at
two Communist supply targets
near the one-time truce city of
Kaesong in western Korea. Re-
suits were not observed. Other
fighter bombers struck on the
eastern end of the line.
Key Rail Yard Blasted.
The Superforts unloaded 100
tons of explosives on more than
300 buildings and a key rail
yard. This yard is a link on the
main line connecting Manchuria
with the Communist battlefront
in Korea.
On the ground Allied tank
men pounded the Reds on the
central front.
Chinese Reds stabbed at an
Allied outpost south of Jane
Russell hill on the central front
and were thrown back in a five
minute freight. Allied patrols
clashed with the Reds north of
the Hook on the western front
and east of jackson Heights on
the central front.
Evening star., 1953-02-10
Writer and General
Became Friends
Under Red SheIIfire

The first time Associated
Press correspondent John
Randolph met Gen. James
A. Van Fleet, big jim" had
just taken over command of
the United States 9Th Army
in April, 1851.
About a week later, Com
munist hordeS struck and
the 3rd Division fell back
into South Korea. Mr.. Ran
dolph ran four times across
a bullet-swept field. evacu-
ating wounded. Later Gen.
Van Fleet pinned the Silver
Star on his shirt and they
got to know each other well.
big jim" is leaving Korea
tomorrow. But just before
he turned over his command
he gave Mr.. Randolph the
accompanying farewell story.
Evening star., 1953-02-10

But his answer to his earlier
questions-and his whole record
in the Korean War-Suggests the
kind of battle he would have
fought if he had his way.
1t would probably have been
a massive, violent, grinding line
drive by the whole force of the
9th Army from coast to coast
with ruthless armored thrusts up
the natural invasion corridQrs
into North Korea. or wherever
the Reds weakened and COL
lapSed. |
Offensively Minded.
Gen. Van Fleet was extensively
minded. Over and over he told
his friends, his soldiers and the
war correspondents who followed
him, you've got to clobber
those people" as he always called
the Reds.
When he took command of the
9th Army on April IA, 1851, on
the eve of the last great Com
munist offensive, he instantly
quashed nervous plans of some
lower commanders to make quick
Withdrawals. He gave hard
boiled orders that Allied troops
might fall back slowly to pre-
serve their line but would be
expected to fight to the utmost
for every defendable hill posi-
ton.
In the face of public state
ments that Seoul was not worth
fighting for, Gen. Van Fleet
staked his reputation as a gen.
eral on a mid-battle announce
ment that this symbol of South
Korean sovereignty would not be
abandoned.
The Reds reached the city
gates-and died there.
The implications in the gen.
erals comments, confirmed by
statements from those who know
him best, are that higher orders
held him back from major
counter punching when the Reds
stalled at Seoul.
Demonstrated Technique.
Gen. Van Fleet actually DEM
onstrated his probable offensive
technique in the three-stage
limited offensive that put pres
sure on the Reds from August
through September, 1851.
The first was the Battle of
the Hills" in eastern Korea
where the ROK army with heavy
American support advanced on
a wide front and won the line
they now hold.
In the second and biggest. the
British and Americans in the
west-again attacking on a wide
front that prevented Red con-
centrationS - smashed through
deep Communist defenseS and
into the open for the last time
in the Korean war.
In the final stage, the Reds
were so strained by the two big
battles on both f1anks that much
weaker American and ROK
forces on the east-central front
moved forward almost without
resistance and occupied the pres
ent line that runs just below
KumSong.
On the night of April 4. 1852,
his only son and namesake van
ished while plotting an Air Force