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Evening star., 1953-05-05

the high commissioners office.
who clashed with Senator Nc
Carthy last week.
Explanation to Be Asked.
Senator Mccarthy said Mr..
Kaghan would be called on to
give an explanation of these
matters and added:
EFT is uncomfortable that Mr..
Kaghan and his group would
finance those newspapers"
First, however, Mr.. Kaghan
was asked to give information
indicating that his thinking has
changed and that he is actively
anti-CommuniSt.
This was called for in the light
Of testimony brought out last
week that Mr.. Kaghan had as
Sociated with Communists and
had attended CommuniSt-con-
troled meetings in the late 193Os.
Mr.. Kaghan. in his testimony
today, contended' that some
very bad plays that he wrote
Is or more years ago did in fact
reject communism. He disputed
Senator McCarthy's contention
Evening star., 1953-05-05
President 10 Review.
Army Death Sentence
OF District Soldier

The death sentence Of a Dis
trict soldier. convicted of mur-
dering a Korean civilian in 1850,
has been sent to President Eisen-
hover for review.
The soldier is Pvt. John E.
Day. jr., %, colored, son of Mrs.
Martha A. Day, 9 Logan court
NV. He is in prison in Japan.
The United States Court Of
Military Appeals upheld the
death sentence imposed by the
court-martial which tried the SOL
dier in Japan. Since the death
sentence is involved, the case
automatically goes to the White
House.
"All I can do is pray for him,
and I do that every day." the
soldiers mother said.
Case Called "Horrifying."
Pvt. Day enlisted in the Army
in 1916 while still in Phelps Vo-
cational High School.
A court-martial found him
guilty of murder and assault
with a deadly weapon with in
tent to do bodily harm. He was
acquitted Of indecent assault.
The courts opinion referred to
the events in which Pvt. Day was
involved as "horrifying." The
story, as related in the court
opinion, follows:
On the night of December %,
1850. Lee Hak Chun. a Korean
civilian, and his wife, Kim
Chung Hi, were in a basement
room of the "VIO billet" of the
9th Army at Seoul. They were
waiting with their three chill
dren for transportation to Taegu.
Other Koreans were there also.
Husband Shot.
About midnight Pvt. Day came
into the room and made ad-
vances to Kim. He left after
being repulsed.
Pvt. Day returned a short time
later, carrying rifle. He was
accompanied by an interpreter.
He demanded that Kim be "con-
ceded" to him. All of the people
were lined UP against the wall.
The soldier then shot Lee after
having him step forward. He
took Kim outside and took in
decent liberties with her.
She was carrying her baby and
he threw the baby on the seat
of a truck. The baby later died,
possibly of injuries received by
the fall, but Pvt. Day was not
accused of the death of the baby.
Soldier Calls Police.
He was arrested by military
police called by another Ameri-
can soldier.
Judges George w. Latimer and
Robert E. Quinn found that some
errors had been made in the
court-martial but nothing that
would warrant overturning the
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Bethesda School Sets
Registration Duy

Kindergarten registration will
be held on Thursday at the
Bradley High School. Brice
drive, Bethesda.
Applications will be accepted
for children who will be by
December 81. Health reports
and birth certificates will be
necessary for registration.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Brooklyn Principal
Is BaIky Witness at
House Red Inquiry
BY the Assoeioied Press


NEW YORK. May 5.-An as
sistant principal of a Brooklyn
junior high school today declined
to say whether he was at one
time a member of the Communist
Party or of a teachers cell in
the party.
Robert Cohen declined twice
to tell q House Un-American Ac-
tivities Committee whether he
ever had been a member Of the
Communist Party. Later he
again declined, on constitutional
grounds, to say whether he had
been in or attended meetings
of a teachers Communist Party
cell at a public school.
Mrs. Dorothy K. Funn, so,
Negro, a Brooklyn public school
teacher, told the committee yes
terday that Cohen, for a time.
was a member of the teachers
cell in the Communist Party to
which she belonged from May,
1899, to June, 1946.
Objects to Facing Cameras.
Cohen frequently consulted
counsel while on the witness
stand. At first he objected to
facing television and newsreel
cameras, but he agreed to per-
NIT news photographers to take
pictures before he testified.
Later. he again objected to
the lights for the television and
newsreel cameras and protested
against being photographed by
these cameras. The committee
chairman, Representative Velde,
Republican, of Illinois, then Or
dered them turned off.
Testimony by Mrs. Funn con-
cerning Cohen's attendance at
the cell meetings was read and
the witness was asked:
Were you a member of that
teachers group in the Bedford
Stuyvesant area?"
IT decline to answer" Cohen
said.
"Dupe," Says Artie Shaw.
Mrs. Funn's testimony yester-
day evoked some murmurs and
snorting from spectators in the
packed room in the Federal
Building.
The House committee is hold
ing a week-long series of public
hearings into the extent of Com
munist infiltration into educa-
ton and entertainment.
Band Leader Artie Shaw pre-
ceded Mrs. Funn on the witness
stand and testified Communists
had made him a "dupe" by using
his name. He said he attended
Communist meetings, but never
joined the party.
Mrs. Funn testified she had
been a Communist Party men,
ber from 1899 to 1916. She
said she was the legislative rep
reSentative in Washington from
1943 to 1916 for the National
Negro Congress-, which she de-
scribed as Communist front.
Lobbyists Linked With Reds.
Lobbyists for several groups
we're allegedly Communists dur
fng this period, she testified.
sometimes with and sometimes
without their Red Affiliations
known to the groups officers.
The teacher listed "a past or
present New York City school
employees here and AZ persons in
Washington and Baltimore as
having been known to her as
Communists.
However, she was restrained
from pointing them out by Com
mittee Counsel Robert L. Kunzig,
who said several of the persons
were under subpoena to appear
today.
Mrs. Funn said she was re-
cruited into the Communist
Party by another teacher and
that she finally quit it when she
became convinced it was only US
ing the Negro cause to promote
dissension.
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Fihe||y Quits in June;
Wood May Succeed
To Diamond Post

John w. Fihelly, prosecutor of
many notorious criminals. has
resigned as one of the top assist
ant United States attorneys here.
His resignation, effective in
June, was confirmed today by
Leo A. Rover, who recently took
over as United States Attorney
for the District.
It closely follows an announce
ment that John B. Diamond III,
Evening star., 1953-05-05
Purisions Drop Insurance

PARIS F..-When it comes
to fires, Parisians prefer to take
their chances. Insurance COM
panies announced that from
1910 through 1852, the number
of fires in Paris doubled, ad-
vancing from 2.617 per year to
4,5O9. The companies added that
Is per cent fewer Parisians have
fire insurance than in 1914.
Evening star., 1953-05-05

death sentence. Judge Paul w.
Brosman disagreed, contending
the court-martial should have
taken note of Pvt. Days intoxi-
Gated condition at the time Of
the murder.
The soldiers mother said she
has heard regularly from him
and he writes cheerful letters"
Evening star., 1953-05-05

that some Of the contents of the
plays were pretty good Com.
muniSt stuff"
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Montgomery Board
Approves Legion's
Private Club Plea

The Montgomery County
Board of Appeals yesterday filed
a decision permitting operation
of a private club" by the Ameri-
can Legion on Rockville pike
near Montrose.
In reaching it's decision. the
board declared: I'VE are left to
construe the term C"private
club~ without benefit of any
definition in the ordinance"
The permit applicant. Ameri-
can Legion Post los. seeking per-
mission to operate a private
club at 1906 Rockville pike, a
residential area, was heard by
the board on April /.
Board members had recourse
to Webster's New International
Dictionary and a law dictionary
in the search for q definition of
private club" Club" they
found. is without any one pre-
else meaning" as is the word
private"
The board held that use of
part of the clubs premises with
out charge as a clinic for the
Montgomery County Chapter of
the Society for Crippled Chill
dren was reasonably incidental"
to the primary use of the club.
Granting of the special use
permit to the post also was
based on evidence the club would
not be a nuisance and would not
tend to affect adversely" neigh
boring property.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Montgomery Firemen
To Fight Test Blaze

Four Montgomery County fire
departments will converge on a
burning house and barn tomor-
row in a demonstration designed
to test the eXpediency of fighting
fire with clouds of water mist.
The Kensington Volunteer Fire
Department. sponsor of the test,
will be joined by men and equip
ment from Rockville, Silver
Spring and Hillandale at $50
am.
The test structures are on
property owned by Max Walten,
of 5000 Springfield drive, Chevy
Chase. and are located on Layhill
road, six-tenths of a mile off
Georgia avenue near Glenmont.
Louis r. Kengla, drillmaster
of the Kensington department,
said the house fire will be fought
by the indirect application of
water fog" The system employs
a fine water mist, which envelops
flames rather than attacking
them directly at the source.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Board Won't Rescue
Alexandria BuiIdinu

The Alexandria Board of
Architectural Review has decid-
ed not to interfere with proposed
razing of an old building at
Fairfax and Duke streets.
The board held a special meet
ing yesterday to consider a let
ter from the Old Town Civic
Association, urging reconsidera-
ton of it's earlier decision to
permit razing of the building
Alexandria law requires the
boards permission to destroy old
and historic buildings.
A spokesman for the board
said it found insufficient weight
in the civic associations letter
to merit consideration. The
civic association said the build
ing was erected before 1888, and
housed the city's first parochial
school from 1881 to 1889.
The Society of St. Vincent
DePaul, which owns the build
ing, got permission to tear it
down SO the site could be used
as parking space for nearby St.
Mary's Church. Empty for some
time. the building had been an
apartment and rooming house,
A spokesman for the owners
said plans to remodel the build
ing into modern apartments
proved too costly.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
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Cookers and Boxers Have Day
In Area Specially Dog Shows

Prize dogs made names for
themselves here last night at two
major dog shows.
The shows were the Capital
City Cocker Speciality Show. held
in the Armory at Kensington,
Md, to benefit the Y-Teens of
Kensington, and the Potomac
Boxer Clubs 18th Specially
Show, held in the gymnasium of
Fort Myer, Va. This show bene-
fitted the Junior Army-N Navy
Guild Organization.
A little black male cocker took
three of the major honors at
Kensington. Champion Sugar
brook Counterpart. of the
Sugarbrook Kennels, won the
honors as the best dog in the
show, the best of the male sex
and the best of black variety.
The cocker is only a little more
than a year old. 1t was designated
a champion at the American
Spaniel Show in the Hotel Roose-
velt, New York, on February %.
It's only other appearance has
been in Boston. 1t has been
judged the best dog in the show
on all three appearances. Its
owner is Mrs. Earl Manhart. The
kennel is in Mountainhome, Pa.
Best Female.
The best female dog was
Champion Coronet September
Affair, owned by Mr.. and Mrs.
George S. Adams, Coronet Acres,
Derwood, Md.
There were two other variety
winners. They were Champion
st. Andrea's Medicine Man,
which won in the class of any
other color than black, and
Champion Del-Nan's Dream Girl.
which took honors in the parti-
colored class. st. Andrea'S is
owned by Twin M. and Paula E.
Wise of Vienna, Va. and Dream
Girl is owned by Mrs. T. L. En-
wright of Lynhaven, Va.
Championship points were
awarded to the following dogs:
Lahnwood Sensation, owned
by Mrs. William E. Lain, Croy-
den, Pa; Glencarlyn Melissa,
owned by Jack Hawley, SIG
South Jefferson street, Arling-
ton, Va; Artem's Aztec, owned
by Artem Kennels, Hampton,
Va; Jays Cotton Candy, owned
by Paul Di Stase. Hackensack,
N. j.; Dutchtown Stagedoor
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Takoma Park Man Denies
Lottery Ticket transport
BY the Asseeioied Press

FAIRMONT. w. Va, April 18.
"A Takoma Park CMdD man
pleaded not guilty here yester-
day in U. S. District Court to
charges of interstate transpor-
tation of lottery tickets.
John Grove. 81, entered the
plea to the charge that he trans
ported $4,000 baseball lottery
tickets valued at $4,000 from
Wheeling to Washington, D. c.
District police said he is not
wanted in Washington.
Authorities said they were in
vestigating the possibility that
Grove might be part of a $780,
900 lottery operation in Penn
Sylvania, West Virginia and Vir-
ginia. A tentative trial date OF
June Is was set.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Postmon Charges Burke Man
With Tip That Led to frame

A Burke CVa.) farmer yester-
day was charged with making a
false report to Arlington police
about a mail carrier who said he
was framed when arrested last
month for possession of moon
shine whisky.
The farmer, Woodrow r. Jer-
man. Sc, was arrested on a war;
rant sworn out by Francis E.
Stotler, So. of Mclean, Va, the
mail carrier. Police said Jerman
admitted planting the whisky in
the car and then calling police.
Mr.. Stotler had been arrested
early March Z when he left a
dance at the Cherrydale Fire
hall in the 5000 block of Lee
highway, Arlington. Police found
two half-gallon bottles of moon
shine whisky in his car-just as
they had been told by a tipster
Evening star., 1953-04-18

who called shortly before mid
night.
Detectives Russell L. Runyon
and Walter Kedel said MIR. Stot-
ler's story that he had been
framed was backed up by his
companions. They investigated
the case for about a week. They
reported they had found the tip
ster and said he admitted plant
ing the whisky in the car.
The charge against Mr.. Stotler
was dismissed in Arlington
County Court. The detectives said
at the time the tipster was
jealous of the mail carriers at
tentions shown to a woman COM
paniorb they both knew.
Jerman was freed under $500
bond pending a hearing at 9:30
am. Monday in Arlington County
Court.
Evening star., 1953-04-18

Johnny, owned by Herbert D.
Rolling, Pennington, Conn, and
Roy-Clif Raz-A-Dazel, owned by
Roy-Clif Kennels, Batavia, N. Y.
Fort Myer Winners.
In the Fort Myer show, top
honors went to Champion Meri-
taire's Fancy Free, owned by
Mrs. Henry w. Lark, of Dewart.
Pa, and handled by Jane Kamp.
This dog was named best of
breed by the judge, Anton B.
Korbel, of Belmont, Calf. The
top award was presented by
Mrs. Jouett Shouse, president of
the club.
Prize for best female went to
Jagmar of Avenal, owned by
Frank j. Adams, of Hyattsville,
Md.
Other winners among the 112
entries were:
Best of winners, Jagmar of
Avenal; winners dog, Pauline
Monahan's Cricket Folly's Brig
adler. of Willis, Mass; winners
bitch, Jagmar of Avenal; reserve
winners dog, Cross Acres Ken
nels' Serius of Cross Acres.
Louisville, KY; reserve winners
bitch, Honey Girl of Avon, owned
by DR.. Lewis E. Daniels, Bir-
mingham, Mich, and best puppy,
Serius of Cross Acres.
Junior showmanship classes,
judged by Miss Kamp, of Hollis
ton, Mass, were won by George
Aston, of Vienna, Va, and
Sharon Springer, of Bethesda,
Md.
One of the highlights of the
show was an obedience demon
stration and boxer clinic under
direction of Mrs. Homer Deering
and Mrs. William Matthews.
Before the show, out-of- town eX-
hibitors and handlers were en-
tertained by the sponsoring club
at luncheon at the Fort Myer Of
ficers Club.
Another show was scheduled
for today. It is the 10Th annual
show of the Old Dominion Ken
mel Club of Northern Virginia.
Cookers and spaniels, as well as
80 other classes, will compete.
Included will be the Lhasa ApSos
breed from Tibet. In all nearly
1000 dogs have been entered.
The show was to open at am.
on the grounds of the Jefferson
Junior High School, 816 South
Walter Reed drive, Arlington.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Firm Gets Approval
Of Plan 10 Remove
Gravel in Suit|and

Removal of sand and gravel
from a Suitland (Md.) tract to
fill approaches to the East Capt.
tol Street bridge today has the
approval of the Prince Georges
County commissioners.
Overruling objections from
residents of the community, at a
hearing in Hyattsville yesterday,
the commissioners granted a use
permit which promises to speed
construction of the new span.
Home-owners protested when
a Washington firm began SCOOP
ing out gravel several weeks ago.
They stymied operations when
they learned the contractors
lacked a special permit required
under a 1949 ordinance.
Housing Area Planned.
At yesterdays hearing on an
application for the permit,
spokeSmen for the ToWner De-
velopment Co. said the 1712-acre
site south of Silver Hill road will
be graded for a housing Subdi-
vision when the material is re-
moved.
Two attorneys and 26 citizens
of the section sought denial of
the permit. They said they did
not oppose a housing project and
were little concerned about truck
traffic. Their sole objection, they
explained, was the fear that the
eXcavators would leave huge
hole in the ground.
Commissioner Daniel A. Abbott
moved for approval. He reminded
the delegation that removal of
the material is tied in with the
subdivision plan and assured
them that his board has power
to require proper grading.
Use Permit Granted.
These unopposesd use permits
were granted:
Adrian P. Fisher, agent, to re-
move sand and gravel from 80
acres at Branch avenue and ST..
Barnabas road; Land and Sea
Sportsmens' Club, IL acres at De-
fense highway and the old
w. B. & A. Railway for motor
cycle races. boxing shows, Skeet
shoots, carnival and other sports.
Also, Hiram L. Hannum and
Albert H. Turner. gasoline station
at the intersection of Rhode
Island avenue and Edgewood
Road, and Shelban Construction
Corp, removal of sand and
gravel from four blocks in Dupont
Village.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Burke Airport
Foes Oppose
Site Extension
Weeks Says Project
Is Still Alive; New
Hearing Date Set

Foes Of the Burke (Va.) air.
port are preparing for a show
down fight on April 81, despoite
word from Secretary of Com
merce Weeks that plans for the
project are sim very much alive.
Secretary Weeks sentiments
on the airport were expressed in
a letter filed in Alexandria Dis.
trict Court yesterday. The letter
was presented by the Govern
ment in support of it's petition
for extension of the airport site
possession date from May / to
September Is.
Hearing April 27.
Federal Judge Albert v. Bryan
took the petition and the letter
under adviSement and scheduled
a further hearing for April q.
Fairfax Circuit Judge Paul
Brown said he and other men,
bers of the Burke Airport Relo-
cation Committee would be in
court that day to argue against
any extension.
Were going to oppose any
further extension on general
principles" said Judge Brown.
I'VE think it is time for show
down."
Government attorneys said the
main object of the requested ex-
tension was to permit residents
of the airport site to stay in
their homes AZ months longer.
If the May l possession date
sticks, they said the residents
would have to vacate.
Weeks Explains Position.
Mr.. Weeks said, in his letter,
he understands the proposed ex-
tension might be opposed on
grounds that construction of the
airport has been abandoned.
The letter dated April 16 was
addressed to Attorney General
Brownell. Secretary Weeks
wrote:
II am sure you will realize
that because of the change of
administration, many of the pro-
grams of this department are
being re-eXamined and the ques-
ton of the construction of the
supplemental airport at Burke is
no exception to the general rule.
While I am of the opinion that
Washington National Airport is
Inadequate to meet existing and
future air traffic needs of the
Washington Metropolitan Area,
and that additional airport facil-
tiles are necessary, we are still
studying the entire problem in
the hope of reaching the best
solution.
No Request in Budget.
Because of our re-examina-
ton of this project, I have not
included any requests for these
funds in our current budget esti-
mate. However, I do not wish
to imply by this action that our
plans for the airport at Burke
have been changed. It should
be regarded only as an indica-
ton that the matter is under
further study and that the ex-
tension requested is necessary to
permit proper completion of this
study. If it is decided to dis
continue or delay the construc-
ton on the Burke site, you will
be promptly advised so that ap-
propriate action can be taken to
relieve the unfortunate, indef-
mite condition that now exists"
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Montgomery Orchestra
To PIoy for Children

The Montgomery County
Junior and Youth Orchestras
will present concert for chill
dren at 3 pm. tomorrow in the
Leland Junior High School, on
Elm street, in Chevy Chase. Md.
The orchestras, composed of
students in the grade schools
and high schools of Montgomery
County, are sponsored by the
Community Arts Cooperative.
Evening star., 1953-04-18
Grand Jury Suggests
Closing Of A|mshouse
In Prince Georges

A grand jury suggestion that
the Prince Georges almshouse
be closed is before county au-
thorities today.
In a report submitted yester-
day in Upper Marlboro Circuit
Court. the panel headed by Err
nest L Hines of Friendly said:
"The county almshouSe COM
mittee made a thorough inspec-
ton of the building and the area
and found conditions there to
be normal. The grand jury
feels. however, that the county
commissioners should consider
the possibility of closing the
almshouse and placing the in
mates in foster homes. The
grand jury feels that this would
result in savings to the tax
payers"
Follow Civil Suggestion.
Civic groups advanced the
same idea to the county heads al
a recent bddget hearing. At the
same time, a special welfare
committee proposed that the
almShouSe be used as a rehabili.
tation center.
The commissioners are study
ing the question and are ex-
pected to announce a decision
soon.
Hospital Inspected.
A grand jury committee, the
report said, inspected the Prince
Georges General Hospital for the
first time and found "everything
adequate" The jurors said they
inquired particularly into the
care of INDECENT patients and
added that they Intend to in
vestigate this and other matters
further.
Making it clear that incum-
bent veniremen will follow a
precedent set by the October
grand jury, the report said, the
jurors want to convene again
at later date.
The jurors told the court they
returned 81 indictments. ig-
nored 43 and continued six cases
since their term began on
April 6.