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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-27
68-Year-0Id Man Gets
go Days in Assault on Girl

A 66-year-old carpenter was
sentenced to 80 days in District
Jail yesterday in Municipal Court
when found guilty of assault on
q 4-year- girl.
Charles Stewart, of the 140O
block of Clifton street NV, tes-
titled at the trial that he didn't
even recall seeing the girl on
March Is, the date of the as
sault. He admitted. under cross
examination, however, that he
had been drinking for several
days at the time and didn't re-
member very much about the
day.
Judge Milton S. Kronheim
conducted the trial in his cham
bers because of the age of the
complaining witness.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-27

tor misses all wool yorn-dyed suede
with wide revers spanked with eIitterine
rhinestone pin, large fopped patch pockets
and cuffs with unusual novelty buttons,
royon toffeto lining. Just one from group
Of four lovely styles in eroy, beige, blue,
light blue, pink and yellow, sizes 10 to Is.
Down stoirs Store. Coots ond Suits. Main Building
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-27
Master Plumbers Protest
Proposed Changes in Code

Representatives of the Master
Plumbers Association yesterday
told the commissioners proposed
changes in plumbing regulations
would cost District property
owners about 81 million a year.
William A. Roberts, attorney
for the association, and Albert
r. Taylor, chairman of the
groups legal committee, ap-
peared before the city heads to
protest certain of the proposed
changes. The proposals are I'M
der consideration by the Com
miSSionerS.
Mr.. Roberts said the proposal
to require the mechanical pack
ing of earth used to fill excava-
tions would involve unnecessary
expense. He also asked that a
two-year limit be placed on the
liability of plumbers for a plumb
ing job. The proposed regulations
have no time limit on liability.
Mr.. Roberts said the proposed
regulations would add IS million
to $6 million to the cost of the
city's public works program.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-27
Presidents Hostility
Fails 10 Slow Drive 10
Curb Treaty Powers

Leading sponsors Of a consti-
tutional amendment to curb
reaty-making powers said to-
day they would continue to press
for it despite President Eisen-
hower'S diSfavor.
Senator Bricker, Republican,
of Ohio said he was unable to
understand the Presidents posi-
ton. Senator McCarran, Demo-
crat, Of Nevada told a reporter
that Gen. Eisenhower, in say
ing the amendment would
hamper the conduct Of foreign
affairs. "either has been mis-
advised or he has not made a
study Of the matter"
The proposed amendment
provides that any treaty provi-
sion abridging a constitutional
right shall be Of no effect and
that a treaty shall be effective
as internal law only if Congress
passes supplementary legislation.
Curb on Executive PactS.
Such limitations also would
apply to executive agreements
entered into by the President.
The amendment further pro-
videS that such agreements may
be made only in the manner
and to the extent to be pre-
scribed by law"
At present, under the ConSti-
tuition, treaties become the su-
preme law of the land.
Sixty-four Senators are listed
as sponsors of the amendment,
introduced by Cenator Bricker.
Among them are Senators Taft
of Ohio, KnoWland of California
and other Republican leaders in
the Senate.
Fears Restricted Authority.
Gen. Eisenhower told his news
conference yesterday, however
that the amendment would re-
strict the authority the Presi-
dent must have for the conduct
of foreign affairs.
He added he was convinced
the intent of the sponsors was
to protect the constitutional
rights of Americans, but he said
its adoption would make it i'm
possible for him to work with
the fexibility he needs.
Senator Bricker, who has con-
tended that various proposals of
United Nations agencies would
undermine constitutional guar
antees in this country, quoted
Secretary of State Dulles as say
Ing treaties can cut across the
rights given the people by the
constitutional Bill of Rights"
The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee called another hearing today
on the proposed amednment. Mr..
Dulles is scheduled to testify
April 6.
, 1953-07-16

preciaion to Brigadier General
Kenneth Sweeney, U.S.A., the
Commanding General, US.
Army Antilles, for so willing
~ and graciously agreeing to
our request for participation
of these soldiers in our hide
.pendence Day ceremonies.
The spirit of the people of
st. Croix on this occasion was
most remarkable. The formal
parade in the morning was
good. But the informal parade
in the afternoon with mas
queraders, steel bands, fungi
bands, floats and the people
themselves reminded me of
the great Carnival spirit. But
what impressed us most favor
ably is what the citizens of ST.
Croix themselves did in the
decoration Of the streets Of
Christiansted. About one mile
Of light steamers were hung
in Christiansted. They were
not borrowed from Puerto
Rico. They were made in
ST. Croix by volunteers form
contributions of cash by the
citizens. And they were in
stalled by volunteers too. The
decorative pennants, a ! S o,
were made by a ladies' COM
mittee. We do send o u r
hearty congratulations to all
for a job well done. And now
I should like to incorporate
here just a few paragraphs Of
M y Independence D ay
Address:
TT is not enough simply to
back. It is not enough
merely to say | love America,
and to salute the Flag and
take off your hat as it goes by,
to Q help sing he Star Span
, 1953-07-16
gled Banner. Wonderful, but forget that the men who built

gled Banner. Wonderful, but forget that the men who built
it is not enough. It is not America were Workers-men
enough to congratulate our whose shoulders grew bent by
selves on he spiritual and mo- farming the stubborn soil OF
raj heritage, and on t h e New England, men who wiped
physical greatness of our Ma the sweat from their broWs as
ton, passed on to us by the they labored to build alEail-
Founding Fathers. We must road across theHeSert, seaInen
constantly ask ourselves if we who sailed American clipper
truly believe the, things which ships to the far corners OF the
they believed. We must re-Eafth. These and many like
peatedly examine our conduct them-on farm, in factory,
to see whether we are carry store and ohce-left for us a
ing out in our daily lives the rich heritage OF a high stand
ideals we profess. ard of living in this Land Of
ct h United States of the Free.
America has developed from My fellow citizens, some
thirteen colonies along the At one has gone the second
lantac coastline into a Great mile"-n peace or IN War-to
Power among the nations not make this heritage more pre-
by accident, but by work. cious for us. Someone expects
Work for the satisfaction of us to be not only worthq of it
accomplishment and selfre- but also to make the Ameri-
spect, is the measure of the can Way OF Life more vaiua-
greatness Of a person or a ma BILE, more enduring by our
ton. Our country was settled own sweat q n sacrl1lce.
by workers and brought to its Through most OF our history
high plane among the nations the American people has hveu
of the world by workers. with that faith. And only as
w hear i lot of talk these long as we believe it, and go
days about opportunities for on living by y, VIII we DC
leisure, but very little about secure"
he glory of work. Let us never CONTINUED In next issuel
, 1953-07-16
CONTINUED from yesterday.
Independence Day
Celebrations


This July Fourth I was pri-:
vileged, with my family, to be
in st. Croix and to participate
in the commemoration exer-
cises there. / listened by radio
to the broadcast of the parade
and exercises in st. Thomas
also. At this time / want to
commend the two Commit
tees, under the Craftsmanship
of Mr.. G. Luz James in Saint
Croix and Judge Alphonso A.
Christian in st. Thomas for
their excellent work in ar
ranging and organizing these
great outpouring Of loyalty to
our country an dof devotion to
our American ideals. I
From the. broadcast Of the
st. Thomas exercises and Ron
de Lugo's description of the
parade I am sure that the peo-
pie of st. Thomas again put
on a wonderful demonstration.
But / want to comment IN
greater detail on the celebra-
ton in st. Croix as / had not
attended any earlier celebra-
ton there. First of all the
presence Of about IS Virgin Is
lands troops stationed j n
Puerto Rico together with a.
unit of blue-jackets from the.
u. S. Destroyer "Henley" add
ed to the dignity and the
warmth of the occasion. AS in.
st. Thomas on July 4, 1852,
our boys who are serving in
the Armed Forces received a
rousing ovation as t h e y
marched past throngs Of citi-
zens lining both sides of
Kings Street in Christiansted.
/ want to extend our deep APP
, 1953-07-16

n the DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS us.
DIVISION OF SAINT CROIX AT C~HRITIANSTED
The New st. Crox Savings Bank, Plaintlft) Civil no. 4z-lSoo
vs.. MAY TERN 1858
No. Is King Cross Street, Defendant I
ACTION ToFoRECLOSE MORTGAGE
THE PRESIDENT FaTHE UNITED STATES:
To: WHOM TT MAY CONCERN:
GREETINGS:
Within the time limited by law you are hereby required
to appear before this Court and answer to q complaint against
YOU in this action; and in casesof your failure to appear or
answer, judgment by default will be taken against you as ae
manded in the complaint, to- forecloses mortgage:
WITNESS my hand and Seal Of the Court this 18th day
Of May 1853, AID.
Clerk Of the Court
By: W.. E. Messer.
, 1953-07-16

~
Almeric l.. Christian
Attorney for Plaintiff
Christiansted, Virgin Islands
, 1953-07-16

SUPPERTIME CHAT
Of Gov. NORRIS F. DE CASTRO over radio station
VISIT ST. Thomas on Wednesday. July 8. 1858
, 1953-07-16


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Evening star., 1953-04-09
Royalty Sees Belgian Princess
Marry Luxembourg Prince

| three Kings, three Queens, a
grand duchess, an archduke, 40
princes and princesses and a
score Of counts and counteSSes.
OF the royal aSSemblage,
though, only three-Juliana, the
brides brother Baudouin and
Grand Duchess Charlottesville
are reigning.
Some 2,400 chosen guests. in
Guiding more than 100 reporters
and photographers, witnessed
the rites read in the ancient
Roman Catholic cathedral by
Msgr. Fernand Cento, papal
nuncio Ambassador to Belgium
and Luxembourg.
Outside a vast aSsemblage
packed the capitals decorated
streets to see the newlyweds and
the glittering array of noble
guests drive from the ceremony
in open cars.
Private civil rites in the
Ducal palace-attended only by
the couples families and royal
guests - preceded the church
ceremony. Luxembourg's laws
require the double ceremony.
The United States was repre-
sented at the ceremony and the
wedding festivities by Mrs. Perle
Mesta, whose resignation as
United States Minister to the
Grand Duchy becomes effective
on Monday. This is her last
big social function in the diplo-
matte post.
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Bv The Asseeiated Press

LUXEMBOURG, Luxembourg,
April "a royal wedding united
the reigning houses Of two-thirds
of the Benelux countries today
in the presence of nobility of IL
European nations. Some 100000
persons stood outside the church.
In twin civil and religious rites,
the Grand Duchy's heir apparent,
Prince Jean, and Belgium's Prin-
cess Josephine Charlotte, sister
of King Baudouin, were mar
ried.
Jean, 80, is slim, dark. mus
tached and a World War II SOL
dier, who fought with Britain's
Irish Guards to free his home
land from the Nazis.
Some day he will succeed his
mother, Grand Duchess Char
lotte, as monarch of this rich
though tiny realm Of 800. 900 peo-
pie and valuable coal, steel and
iron industries.
His bride, daughter Of ex-King
Leopold and the late Queen
Astrid, is Is. blond, blue-eyed
and attractive.
They have known each other
since childhood and repeatedly
their wedding was love match.
Hollands Queen Juliana-
third royal partner in the Bel
GUM Netherlands = Luxembourg
military political alliance forged
after World War II-headed the
noble guests. They included
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Girl, II, Saves Three Children From Fire

get David and Paul and brought
the three children to the win
dow. There was no other way
out.
1.-THE smoke was getting heavy
and the children were coughing.
I banged the window with my
fist. The glass didn't break so I
kicked it with my foot and 1t
broke.
II held Susan out the window
so she could get some fresh air
and then a fireman came up a
ladder and took her down.
While I was handing the
baby to the fireman, David ran
of. I couldn't see him because
OF the smoke, so I felt around.
He was trying to save my radio
from a table and he was saying:
I got. I got it.
"I brought him back to the
window and the firemen came
up again and got us.
"The children were Wonderfu
Evening star., 1953-04-09
; MCA Workers Retired;
Service TotaIed s. Years

Three YMCA employees with a
total of 63 years service were
retired last night in ceremonies
at the Central YMCA, 1885 G
street NV.
They are:
Thomas T. Flynn, rs, of 4049
Thirty fourth street, Mount
Rainier, night supervisor; Frank
lin B. McKillip. 81. of 1900
Pennsylvania avenue NV; CEN
trail branch receptionist, and
John C. Greed, II, who worked
as night switchboard operator
and security officer while living
at the central branch. MIR. Flynn
is a veteran of more than 80
years service, Mr.. McKillip has
been an employe for % years
and Mr.. Greed has worked at
the YMCA for II years.
The three were guests of
honor at a banquet last night.
Randolph E. Myers, general
secretary of the Metropolitan
YMCA, and Philip w. Breux,
executive director of the Gen.
tral YMCA, were the speakers.
Evening star., 1953-04-09

Only David cried a little"
And with a noticeable touch of
pride in her voice. Lessie added:
II didn't get nervous until I
got down to the street and peo-
pie began asking me questions.
I'm a Girl Scout. A second
class scout in Troop 8 and we're
learning about first aid and fires
and things like that. I wasn't
worried"
The father was out of town
on business for the trucking con-
cern that employs him and the
mother was attending a meeting.
The Mcleod apartment is on
the second floor above a grocery
store.
Firefighters said the fire start
ed at the rear of the market and
spread to the six apartments on
the upper floors.
! Damage was estimated by fire
officials at $4,000.
Evening star., 1953-04-09
BY the Assoeiafed Press

BURLINGTON. VT, April e.
Blond, 11-year-old Lessie Nc
Leod modestly related today how
she saved her younger sister and
two brothers from their burning
apartment last night after flames
and smoke blocked the stairway
exit.
The youngster is credited with
saving her 11-month-old sister,
Susan Carol, and her brothers,
David. 4, and Paul, Q, while she
was baby-sitting in the absence
Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Texas Mcleod.
II smelled smoke" she said,
"and ran to open the door.
There was fire there and a lot
Of smoke.
IT rushed and picked up Susan
from her crib, then I called up
the (telephone) operator and
told her where the fire was.
1.-THE next thing ! did was to
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Bolshoi Theoter Troupe
May Perform in Puris
bY tha Assoeiafed Press


PARIS, April 9.-Negotiations
are well under way for a one
month season Of the Moscow
Operas ballet company-the
famous Bolshoi Theater Troupe
lin Paris this summer, French
Impresario Andre Eckstein said
today.
Mr.. Eckstein said the per-
formanceS should begin on June
28 in the 2,800-seat Palais de
Chaillot.
The Soviet ballet company
has made only one appearance
in Western Europe before, dur
ing the Florence Qtaly) Music
Festival two years ago.
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Arson Clues Found
In Waynesboro Fires
bX the Assoeiated Press

WAYNESBORO. Va, April e.
Leads pointing to arson as the
cause of two fires here in two
weeks that caused damage total
ing approximately 100000, re-
portedly have been found by city
and State investigators.
Although police declined COM
ment on the extensive investiga-
tion being conducted with the
help Of the State fire marshal's
Office, a spokesman said definite
clues indicating arson have been
discovered.
Fire Chief Guy Rusmiselle
previously had said he definitely
believes" somebody deliberately
set the blazeS that wrecked part
of the business district March %
and burned out q lumber COM
pany building April 4.
Three buildings were destroyed
and six others damaged in the
March 90 fire with damages esti-
mated at about 100000. The
lumber firm suffered a $4,000
loss in the second fire.
Firemen also reported they
suspected arson in a fire yester-
day that destroyed a log house
belonging to Henry N. Gibson
who was released last week from
the Augusta County Jail after
being cleared in the September
Staying of Roger Roberts. A
court ruled Gibson acted in self
defense in the killing of Roberts
during a scuffle at the cabin, to
which Gibson did not return
after his release.
Evening star., 1953-04-09
By jones {. Roper

A battle of the big brains will
begin when the Senate Small
Business Committee opens hear
ings soon on the Bureau OF
Standards and a controversial
battery additive, AD-X2.
The committee will hear sci
entiSts who concluded at the
bureau that the chemical was
worthless when used under or
binary circumstances. The COM
mittee also will hear witnesses
from the Massachusetts, Institute
Of Technology, who found that
AD-X2 does affect batteries IA
vorably.
Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
cited this difference in findings
as one reason for forcing the
custer of DR.. Allen V. Astin as
Director Of the Bureau of
Standards.
Closed Session Today.
The Small Business Commit
tee meets late today in closed
session to plan public hearings.
AS a first step, the committee
today printed for general cir
culation the bulky NIT report
on AD-X2.
It shows that NIT has reser-
vations about the practical use
Of AD-X2, although under GER
tain conditions the chemical did
pep up wornout batteries when
added to the battery fluid.
j. A. Stratton, vice president
and provost of NIT, wrote in
submitting the report to the
committee that, "there are no
recommendations included in the
report, nor did our group arrive
at any definitive conclusions
with respect to the commercial
value of the product"
Commercial Value Not Given.
The NIT report WAS prepared
under the direction of Prof. Har-
old c. Weber. He wrote:
1T is reasonable to suppose
that there must have been a ia
vorable effect Ton test batteries)
from AD-X2. Whether or not
this effect is great enough to be
Of commercial value is something
that must be determined from
field experiments both as to the
percentage of batteries which are
appreciably improved and as to
Evening star., 1953-04-09
New Auto Pay Cuts
May Affect Million
BY the Assoeioted Press

DETROIT, April 9.-The num-
ber of auto plant workers given
notice of a 1-cent-an hour cost
of-living pay cut passed the
100000 mark late yesterday
when the Chrysler Corp. an
nounced it would follow Ford and
General Motors in a wage reduc-
tion. - ~
The same cut is In prospect
for another 100000.
General Motors announced the
cut Tuesday for its $4,000 en-
ployes. Ford followed suit yes
terday morning and Chrysler
later announced it's reduction.
The Ford cut affects 10000
hourly rated workers and the
Chrysler cut affects 10000.
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Virginia Workman Dies
After Log Rolls on Him

A lumberInan who was hurt
Monday when a log rolled over
him died at Arlington Hospital
last night.
He was Richard Cosmer, %.
Of Haymarket, Va.
Mr.. Cosmer was injured when
a log being loaded on a truck
near Burke, Va, slipped and
crushed him,
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Subway Crash Kills 3,
Injuries 50 in London;
Signal F allure Studied
By the Assoeiaied Press

LONDON, April 9.-Transport
officials today announced a toll
of nine persons killed and so
injured in last nights shattering
crash Of two m-packed London
subway trains.
Rescue workers worked more
than IS hours to cut their way
through the wreckage to reach
the last four bodies, including
that of mother still clutching
her 2-year-old baby in death.
OF the injured. eight were
listed in serious condition.
Transport officials said a sig
nal failure may have figured in
the disaster.
Two men were brought out
alive at dawn after being pinned
for nearly 10 hours in the debris
choked tunnel between the sta
tions Of Stratford and Leyton.
Doctors had to amputate one
mans leg to free him.
Crash At Peak of Rush.
Many persons not listed as
casualties were given first aid
on the spot for minor cuts and
bruises.
The crash occurred at 7 pm.
e pm, EST last night at the
height of the homeward rush
by London Office workers, when
one train pulled out of Stratford
and piled into the rear of an
other stopped on the line half a
mile away.
Each train carried eight
coaches and about 600 passen-
gers.
The rear coaches of the stand
ing train and the leading coaches
of the one which hit it were
buckled into a mass of splintered
wood and twisted steel. The tun-
mel, which provides only an 18-
inch clearance above the tops of
trains, was corked tight by
Wreckage.
Most of the dead and seriously
injured were in the first and Sec
ond coaches of the moving train
and the last coach of the other.
Hack Through Debris.
Rescuing f1remen and police
men had to hack their way
through the wreckage inch by
inch. They were followed by doz-
ems of doctors and nurses, who
treated the injured by the light
of flashlights and electric Ian
terms.
Stretcher bearers carried the
injured half a mile through the
tunnel to the Stratford station
or a mile to Leyton to reach am
balances.
Among the seriously injured
was j. j. Besley, the driver of the
moving train, whose right foot
was amputated in a nearby hos
pital.
Stratford Station is in East
London, a district of docks, fac
tories and workers homes. The
subway line swings into an S.
bend in going underground into
the tunnel, making vision dif-
ficult."
Evening star., 1953-04-09
Coffin and Grave
Donated for Burial
OF Eddie Murphy, Is

Eddie Murphy, the 16-year-old
boy who died at Gallinger Hos
pital Tuesday after a life of ILL
ness and deprivation, will be
buried in a free coffin in a do
mated grave tomorrow.
Member Of a family Of four
adults and seven children whose
only regular income has been the
grandmother's $74.40 monthly
pension check, Eddie died an ap-
parent victim Of malnutrition
and tuberculosis. He weighed
only So pounds at death.
The funeral will be held at the
Chambers Southwest funeral
home, which is donating the
service. Burial will be in a hill
top grave at Washington Ma
tional cemetery near Suitland in
space given by the cemetery.
Family's Condition Probed.
District health and welfare Of
ficials are investigating the pow
erty-ridden house at TOT Eye
street Sc, where eight persons
are now living on food donated
by well wishers after their plight
was publicized by Eddie's death.
The American Legion's welfare
files disclose that the Murphy
family has a record of some kind
of aid dating back to 1915. Pub
lie law forbids disclosure of
Identities on public relief rolls,
but there are indications the
family has appeared at times on
the child welfare lists.
A recent study of public relief
shows that the average stay of
any one person or family is
slightly over three years.
Percy Weinberg, executive di-
rector Of the American Legion's
Welfare Department, said "the
Murphys were known to practi-
cally every assisting agency in
the city"
Help Began in 1925.
The Legion began giving the
family cash and other aid in
1925 and during the next % years
made SO cash payments totaling
$1,000.
Mrs. Murphy's husband, John
o. Murphy, who was in World
War I training camp with the
155th Depot Brigade. died OF a
number of ailments on March 20,
1947. Before that there were
indications that the children had
been receiving aid from the Dis
trict because the grandfather
was considered unemployable.
The Legion aided the grand
mother in getting the monthly
pension on the basis of her hus-
bands war service. Legion rec
ords show the last cash payment
to the family in August of 1947.
Currently, the Legion's welfare
cases seldom remain active on
the books for more than three
or four weeks, Mr.. Weinberg said.