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Evening star., 1953-08-17
Fair Skies Due Here Tonight
AS Thunderstorms Leave Area

Scattered showers and thun-
derstorms today were expected to
be replaced with fair weather to-
night, as the tail end Of a series
of electrical storms moved out Of
the Washington area.
Last nights thunderStormS
bolted in from the West, caused
some damage and left about 81
inches of rainfall.
Lightning struck a chimney at
3811 v street Sc. and toppled
bricks into the apartment of Miss
Violet Fields. Though shaken
up, Miss Fields was not injured.
The most narrowing expert
ence was reported by Edward
Helig, IS, of 1857 wisconsin ave-
nue.. Mr.. Helig capsized in his
sailboat about midnight just OF
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Frank Noel Recalls
Red Prison Hole

RED ToRTURE-Whot is il like 10
be thrown into the hole" in a Com
munist prison comp? Few know the
answer better thon AP Photographer
Fronk Noel, q prisoner for 81 months,
who begins his story todoy on poss
A-3.
HAMMERlNG AWAY-Theres
school in the District thot gives
"A's" for stroisht- driven noiIs. II is
troinins youngsters to be carpenters
in o new and interesting moKner
described by Reporter Tom Burke on
p0se B-l.
BABY BoTTLES-The up-to -dote
bottle is common odiunet to every
crib these Days. But there is on
interesting evolution behind it which
the Smithsonian Institution is sx-
hibitins and Betty Miles is writing
about on pose B-7.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
railways TO Build
New 12th St. Terminal

Plans to erect new Tra1lways
bus terminal at a cost of $775,-
900 on an enlarged site of the
present depot at Twelfth street
and New York avenue NV. were
disclosed today.
Marvin E. Walsh, general man.
ager of Trailway Trails, Inc,
mentioned the proposal during a
Commissioners hearing on the
new regulation to prohibit unau-
thorized solicitation of passen-
gers around railway and bus sta
tions.
Company spokesmen said the
Board of Zoning Adjustment had
approved the site on Twelfth
street between New York avenue
and I street for the purpose, but
that the company was not yet
ready to release detailed plans
for the new building. It would
involve demolition Of the present
terminal,
Evening star., 1953-08-17

of National Airport during the
storm.
He said his 20-foot boat was
swamped along with a dinghy
and for about two hours he at
tempted to right the smaller boat
He finally made it into shore in
the dinghy and harbor police
reported today they were trying
to bring the Sailboat in.
Maryland State police said q
frame house near Croome, Md,
burned to the ground after being
struck by lightning.
A bolt also struck a home in
Arlington at 3508 South Stafford
street, darlington, and knocked
out a few cinderblocks.
Wires and trees were reported
downed in Montgomery County
as we'll as in Alexandria. No Sc
rious damage was reported.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Masked Man Grabs
$3.50 Being Taken
To Alexandra Bank
Bandit SIugs EmpIoye
Waiting at Bus Stop
With Store Receipts

An employe of the Peoples
Drug Store at the Powhatan
Shopping Center in Alexandria
today was attacked and robbed
of $2,76O in store funds he was
taking to a bank.
Allen Boyd, 35, colored, of
the 900 block of Montgomery
street, who is employed as a
porter, told police he was watt
ing at the bus stop just outside
the store when a car with two
men pulled up.
The porter said one of the
men, wearing a white mask,
jumped out and struck him,
knocking him to the ground. He
said his attacker grabbed the
money bag. jumped back into
the car and sped away.
Two Witnesses.
Mrs. Marie Massey of 1921
Colonial avenue, said she saw a
car drive away from the bus stop
and noticed a man inside wear
ing a mask.
Ten-year-old Palmer Weyanot
of 1903 Colonial avenue said he
saw two men struggling on the
ground at the bus stop, but did
not know it was a robbery. The
boy said one man got up and
jumped into a waiting car. which
was driven by another man, and
the car drove away.
The porter ran back into the
store and notified the assistant
manager, Lance w. Davis.
$4,000 in Cash.
Mr.. Davis said the money
represented the stores weekend
receipts. It included $4,000 in
cash and $760 in checks, he said.
Mr.. Davis said it was GUS
tomary procedure for the porter
to take the stores receipts to
the Citizens National Bank in
Alexandria by bus.
The porter was taken to a
doctor for treatment Of a sWol-
len eye.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
TYphoon Rips China
After Hitting Formosa
BY the Assoeioted Press

TAIPEH, Formosa, Aug. ia
wild typhoon ripped across the
China mainland today after
sideswiping the big American
base at Okinawa and the Chinese
Nationalist island of Formosa.
The japanese Weather Bureau
in Tokyo said the big storm,
which changed course and did
not hit Okinawa or Formosa with
its full force, struck the China
coast about $50 miles south of
Shanghai.
The bureau said the typhoon,
one of the mightieSt ever re-
corded in the Pacific, was churn-
ing northweStward.
Okinawa escaped with minor
damage, mostly to power lines,
but northern Formosa was lashed
with heavy rains and winds up
to SO miles an hour.
A record IL inches of rain
fell on Formosa's capital, Taipeh
in II hours, flooding the 75-acre
compound that houses the Amer
lean military assistance advis-
ory group. All the Americans
evacuated without injury.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
West Closing Its Ranks att U.N.
To Thwort Surprises by Russia
Assembly to Fix Aeendo on Korea;
U. S. Opposes Admitting India to PurIey

erners especially anxious to
cling together lest they be
BOBBY trapped.
The Is allies that fought for
South Korea presented two reso-
lutions for General Assembly ac-
ton.
One salutes the combat forces
and expresses satisfaction that
the first effort under the aus
pices of the U. N. to repel armed
aggression by collective mill
tary measures has been success
full"
The other resolution proposes
that the coming political confer
ence be open to the Republic of
Korea and all of the 16 fight
ing" countries that want to at
tend. The Communists would
name their own delegates.
Australia and New Zealand
submitted the resolution invit-
ing the U.S.SR. to participate
in the Korean political confer
ence. provided the other side
desires it." The "other side" is
composed of the North Korean
and Chinese Communists.
American Delegate Henry
Cabot Lodge. jr., announced last
night that the United States will
vote for this resolution. He said
RusSia'S presence at the confer
ence would mean that the Soviet
bears its share of responsibility
and accountability for peace"
Mr.. Lodge chose to interpret
the resolution to mean that
(See U. NJ. Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Communists 10 Free
45O P0Ws, Largest
Group, Tomorrow
73 Americans Released
Today Bring Total to
1,105, Third of Victims
By the Associoted Press

PANMUNJOM, Aug. 1.-THE
Communists freed 400 Allied war
prisoners today-73 of them
Americans-and promised their
biggest shipment of the Korean
POW exchange for tomorrow
$50 Allied captives including rs
Americans.
Today's group brought the
total of Americans returned to
1,105. just over one-third of the
1913 the Reds have said they
held.
The Reds also freed IS British,
$50 South Koreans. / Japanese
who had served with United
States forces as a houseboy, and
a Japan-born Korean who said
he served with the South Korean
army although he was released
as a civilian.
Americans Appear Healthy.
The Americans and British
jumped briskly from the Red
trucks that rolled them down
from the Red grouping center at
KaeSong. They laughed as they
moved into the Allied tents and
appeared in good health.
The sun shone brightly as they
stepped into trucks for the ride
south to nearby Freedom Village
for processing.
A total of SLIT Allied troops
have been freed in 13 days of the
exchange. The Reds have said
they held 12.763.
AS the Allied prisoners were
handed over. truckloads of Com
munist POW's rolled north, sing
ing loudly.
TyphOOn Delays Reds.
Meanwhile, the POW Com
mand said four ships carrying
2,400 Red prisoners to the port
of Inchon from Koje Island were
forced back by typhoon winds.
The POW Command said the
delay would not effect tomor-
rows delivery but may reduce
Wednesdays shipment to 900.
The U.N.C. has been sending
back about 2,400 Reds at Pan
munjom daily.
The Communists said their big
shipment tomorrow would in
clude rs British and 800 South
Koreans. They usually have been
sending back about 400 Allied
POW's a day.
There was no reason given
Immediately for the Stepup.
Prisoners added to earlier re-
ports the Chinese are holding
back American POWs.
Corpl. Howard Waters, jr.. 25,
of Battle Creek, Mich, said that
II to IA men in his company.
the third company at Camp /,
were suddenly taken away by the
Chinese a short time before the
armistice was signed.
Corpl. Waters said these were
the popular guys" in the COM
(See POWs, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Newspaper Calls
For Full Report on
ChurchWs Health
By the Assoeiaied Press

LONDON, Aug. 1.-THE Daily
Mirror demanded today an Of
flcial "full statement" on the
condition of ailing Prime Minis
ter Churchill.
The tabloid, which claims a
circulation of more than As
million, said in a front-page
editorial that Britons have been
driven to pick up their informa-
ton at secondhand from title
tattle abroad"
1t cited a report by American
Columnist Stewart Alsop that
Mr.. Churchill had suffered a
slight stroke in June and said,
even more alarming reports
have appeared in the French
press"
Mr.. Churchill's doctors or
dered him on June 81 to rest for
at least one month. A govern
ment spokesman indicated he
was suffering from extreme IA
tigue, but the exact nature Of
his illness never was announced.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Diplomats See Soviet
Note on German Unity
As Propaganda Move
Proposal Held Aimed
To Upset Adenouer in
September 6 Elections
By the Assecioted Press

Russia suggested last night
that Germany be reunif1ed-and
severed from military ties with
the West-in what Western dip
lomats generally regarded as a
propaganda move aimed at the
overthrow of the Adenauer West
German government,
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's
Bonn government faces popular
elections on September 6 and
as diplomats here read the Rus
sian proposals. Moscow was do
ing all it could to assure it's over
throw by holding out hope for
early unification of East and
West Germany.
In notes delivered in Moscow
to the United States, Britain and
France, the Kremlin urged i'm
mediate creation of a provisional
alderman government. It also
urged the Western Big Three to
support a peace conference on
Germany of "all interested
parties" within six months.
Moscow simultaneously called
for an end to German repara-
tions by next January l. 1t sum-
moned East German leaders to
the Kremlin for talks.
Calls For Free Elections.
The alderman government,
proposed to replace the Adena-
uer regime and the Red-con-
trolled East German government,
would be assigned the task of
devising an election law which
would permit free elections
throughout Germany. Moscow
called for wide participation by
democratic organizations "-obvi-
ously a reference to the Com
munist Free German Trade
Union Federation and other Red
controlled groups.
AS Western diplomats here ano
in other capitals saw the Moscow
note, the idea was to capitalize
on unification sentiment in ar
effort to defeat the Adenauel
government, which has pushed
for ratification of the European
Defense Community that would
put West German soldiers into a
European army.
Puts Adenauer on Spot.
The invitation to East Ger
man representatives to visit Mos
cow was seen, likewise, as an
effort to build up the prestige OF
the East German government
and to try to put Mr.. Adenauel
on the spot for refusing to agree
to Communist proposals for all
German elections independently
OF the Western nations.
The three Western nations had
proposed on July 15-also with
an eye on the September elec-
tions-that the Big Four foreign
(See GERMAN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-08-17
AFL Radio Strike
SHences Station
Dedicated to Labor
BY the Associoied Press

NEW YORK. Aug. 17-WEVD,
a pro-labor radio station set up
in memory of the late Socialist
leader Eugene V. Debs, was shut
down today-by a labor strike.
Richard Sugar, operations SUI
pervisor. noting the station has
maintained and espoused a
pro-labor policy since is incep-
tion," declared it will stay closed
and spurn "Scab labor"-until
the strike is settled.
Involved were nine technicianS,
members of the AFL Radio and
Broadcast Engineers. The nom
profit, non-commercial station
said it offered SIS increases in
weekly wages. ranging from $135
to $165, but the union wants $40.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
President Of Syria
Reported Slain by
Machine-Gun Fire
Accounts Received
In Nearby Lebanon
Lack Confirmation
by the Associoted Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. IT,
Unconfirmed reports circulated
in Lebanon today that Syria S
President, Adib Shishekly, had
been assasSinated in Damascus,
his capital. but authoritative
Syrian sources here denied the
reports.
The Syrian sources said the
reports were part of an organ
lied campaign by enemies of the
Syrian President.
The reports said unknown as
sailants moved down Shishekly
with machinegun fire as he
stepped from a bulletproof car.
(This dispatch did not dis
close the source of the report
of the assassination. News
usually seeps quickly over
the Syrian-Lebanese border,
though an official announce
ment on an event of this
kind might be bottled up in
Damascus for several hours.)
President Shishekly, Syria's
"Strong man" who staged two
successful coups in 1949 and
1851, yesterday had made his
first public appearance since his
election as president last July
10. He drove 200 miles in his
German built Mercedes armored
car to HONS where he addressed
a graduating class of 1856 mill
tary cadets at the school he once
attended.
Rose to Power BY COups.
AS chief of staff and army
commander with the rank of
colonel, Shishekly rose to power
by two military coups, in 1949
and 1851.
The first was the climax to
two other coups in March and
August of 1949. In December,
Shisekly imprisoned the army
chief, Gen. Sami Hannawi, who
the previous August had exc
cuted President Husni zayim,
himself a would-be strong man.
In a swift, bloodless action in
November, 1851, Shishekly and
his aides arrested Marouf Dawa-
libi, populist pro-Russian pre-
mier who had been in Office less
than "a hours, and all Dawalibi's
ministers.
The action put a period to the
series of coups in a restless coun-
try made bitter by military de-
feat in the 1948 Palestine war
Elected in July.
Shishekly at first ruled behind
the facade of a chief of state,
his military collaboration, Brig.
Gen. Fawzi Selo. But last July
10, Shishekly was elected presi-
dent and a new constitution was
approved.
The new constitution separat-
ed legislative from executive
branches of the government,
gave the women the right to vote
and run for Office. guaranteed
free elementary education and
called for redistribution of state
owned lands.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
BeWiIdered Bat
Skaters Quiet of
Senate Restaurant

The quiet dignity of the Sen
ate restaurant was shattered
this morning by a shouting posse
of mop and broom wielderS who
charged in and out of the dining
hall during the morning coffee
hour in hot pursuit of a bat.
The posse consisted of janitors
and guards, intent on ridding
the Capitol of an unwelcome
visitor. The winged animal first
was spotted in the "crypt"-the
center section of the street floor
where the chase began.
The bat few in and out of the
restaurant several times. 1t was
captured finally by a broom
wielder. taken outside and re-
leased.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
New Premier Forms
Cabinet in Lebanon
BY the Asseeiossd Press

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Aug. IT.
Abdullah Yafl, a former premier
who held the Office from Noven-
ber l, 1888, to January 20, 1889
completed the formation of 9
new cabinet today.
Lebanon elected a new Parlia-
ment last month in which the
pro Western nationalist bloc
made the strongest showing. The
results were generally believed
to have strengthened the hand
of President Camille Glamour
The outgoing cabinet was head
ed by Saeb Salam.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
London Raises Fares

LONDON, Aug. II R.-New
higher fares went into effect to-
day on London's state-owned
subway and bus routes. Increases
ranged from a half-penny (seven-
twelfths of a cent? for short
trips to a penny (11s cents) for
trips which previously cost six
pence q cents) or more.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
President Prods
Western Allies
On Se|f-HeIp
u. S. Cont Fulfill
Security Job Alone.
He Says in Review
By the Assoeiated Press

President Eisenhower reported
to Congress today that Western
nations should strive for greater
self-help toward collective Sc
curity because American aid
Cannot do the whole job"
His report reviewed the mu-
tual security program for the
six months ended last June 80.
1t said Soviet Russia continues
serious threat to peace and that
United States aid to check
Communist expansion now is
shifting in emphasis from Eu-
rope to Asia and the Pacific.
while it is clear that the
strength needed by other free
nations cannot be developed and
maintained without substantial
American assistance" the report
declared. sit is equally clear that
the mutual security program
alone cannot do the whole job.
"Other measures are neces-
Sary, and it is important that
the mutual security program and
our foreign relations as a whole
be conducted in such a way as
to facilitate the taking of these
measures"
Notes Mutual Dependence.
Ratification of the European
Defense Community Treaty,
trade expansion. and greater in
vestment of private capital in
UNDER developed countries we're
three steps the President men,
toned.
Gen. Eisenhower limited his
own remarks to tWo-sentence
letter of transmittal saying
Americas safety is "inextricably
tied in with the security and
well-being of other free nations"
BY forwarding the report to Con-
gress, however, he indorsed it in
effect.
The report said during the
current fiscal year ending June
80. 1854. the Foreign Operations
Administration (FOA). which re-
Gently absorbed the Mutual Sc
curity Agency, will have $6.6
billion to spend or obligate, in
cluding $4.5 billion of new
money.
Shift in Emphasis.
"In drawing up the new fiscal
years program" it said, "em-
phasis was shifted more toward
Asia and the Pacific. Including
the special assistance for 1ndo-
China, about 81 per cent of the
new funds for the 1854 program
will be for Asia, compared with
IA per cent in the previous fiscal
year. The European program
will drop from 73 per cent of the
total funds in 1853 to SO per cent
in 1854"
1.-THE Soviet Union retains the
capacity for aggression" the re-
port declared, land it has demon
strated aggressive intentions on
numerous occasions in the re-
cent past. It's future intentions
remain an uncertain quantity"
The report said American mill
tary shipments were about 70 per
cent higher in value in the first
six months of 1853 than in the
previous half year. Western Eu-
ropes production Of military
items increased four-fold for the
year ended last June 80 over pre-
Korean levels.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Van Fleet in Honolulu

HONOLULU, Aug. II R).-
Gen. James A. Van Fleet, former
commander Of the United States
9th Army in Korea. stopped here
briefly last night en- route to
Korea for the American-Korean
Foundation for Emergency Aid
to Korea.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Egypt and Russiu
To Sign Trade Pact
By the Associo,ed Prass

CAIRO, Aug. 17.-Egypt and
Russia will sign a trade payments
agreement tomorrow involving
f1 million.
Egypt will exchange cotton for
heavy Russian goods, including
arms. Soviet Embassy CONNER
cial Attache Victor Alexenko
will sign for Russia and the di-
rector of the economic section Of
the Foreign Ministry, Hamel Alb
del Nabby, will sign for Egypt.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Effort 10 Form
.GP0 Red Cell
Cited at tHeariinq
RothschiId Named
At Mccarthy Quiz as
Active IS Years AGO
By J. A. O1eory

A Government Printing Office
employe today identified before
the Senate Investigations SUBJ
committee a fellow worker, Ed
ward Rothschild, as a Commun-
lst Party member who took part
in a move to form Communist
cell in the shop about Is years
ago.
The witness, James Phillips,
a stitcher in the bindery, said
Mr.. Rothschild, a bookbinder,
was among Is or 80 persons
present at a meeting called to
discuss formation of the cell.
He also named a Fred Sillers
as attending the meeting. Mr..
Slllers was not identified further.
Mr., Phillips testified the meet
ing took place at the home of a
Charlie Gift.
Visiting Daughter.
I was keeping company with
Mr.. Gifts daughter when MIR.
Gilt asked me to stay on for
something interesting" Mr.. Phil
lips testified.
The witness said it was a
Communist Party meeting and
the purpose was to form a cell
at the printing Office. He said
ne did not know Mr.. Rothschild
at the time and knew Mr.. Sillers
only as Fred, but later learned
their full names.
Mr.. Phillips also testified that.
some time after the meeting at
the Gift home, he was approach
ed in front of his mothers house
in 1889 by Mr.. Sillers and Mr..
Rothschild.
Testified to Dies Group.
"They wanted to know what
was going to do about joining"
Mr.. Phillips continued. They said
l knew too much and they had
to protect their families. I asked
them to give me two months to
think it over. Then I went be-
fore the Dies Committee and
testified"
This was a reference to what
has since become known as the
House Un-American Activities
Committee. Mr.. Phillips said he
was not approached after that.
Mrs. Markward Testifies.
The Mccarthy COMMITTEES
launched its public hearings on
security conditions at the print
ing Office this morning by calling
Mrs. Mary S. Markward, the
woman who acted as an UNDER
cover informant for the FBI in
the Communist Party in this
area for more than six years
during and after World War II.
She identified Mrs. Rothschild
as an active worker for the Reds,
but could not say about Mr..
RothSchild.
Senator Mccarthy asked Mr.
Phillips if there is any doubt in
his mind that Mr.. RothSchild is
a member of the Communist
Party.
mo. sir, there isn't" the wit
ness answered.
Under further questioning, Mr..
Phillips said that Mr.. Rothchild
did not have direct access to
classified material in the print
ing Office because he was not
cleared to handle confidential
documents.
Under questioning by Senator
Mccarthy. Mr.. Phillips also tes-
tilted that on one occasion he
saw a former printing Office en-
ploye, referred to as Bertha Lo-
max, pick up a secret document
and put it in her dress pocket.
Mr.. Phillips said he reported the
incident and the woman was
called into the Office of the Su.
(See MCCARTHY, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1953-08-17
New York Debt at Highest

NEW YORK, Aug. II R.-
New York City's gross funded
debt reached an all-time high of
$3,412,752,6 $40 as Of July /. City
Controller Lazarus Joseph said
the figure is an increase Of $59,-
875,587 over that of July /, 1852.
Evening star., 1953-08-17
Ethiopiun Prince Born

Adds ABABA, Ethiopia, Aug
II R.-A son was born to the
wife of Crown Prince Asia Wo-
san of Ethiopia yesterday, the
court announced. The prince and
his wife, the daughter of gen.
eral, were married in 1945.
Evening star., 1953-08-17

(See GERMAN, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1953-08-17

(see MCCARTHY, Page A-e.)
Evening star., 1953-08-17

(See U. NJ. Page A-12)
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-03-27
MattOax

Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Musulin and
Franklin Cazsel Of Richmond
were guests for the week end. 0!
Nlr' and Mt4 Paytun Ca.stll thcir
,arrnt~
Mr. ana MIS- J r Whlttngton
and children motored 10 Victoria
on Sunday and visited Nj, and
Mrs. Charlie Greene From there.
they went on 10 the John Kerr
Dam
Mir ana Mrs. Roy Saunders and
children we're Sunday dinner
guests Of Mr. and Mrs J F. Dcd-
son
Mr.. and Mrs. Buster Smelling.
Mrs. Bessie Perry of Falmouth.
Mrs. Katie Johnson. of Ashland.
and + T Leistra. Of Richmond.
were Sunday guests OF Mr. and
Mrs TennySon Leistra. and wor-
shipped al MattoaX Presbyterian
Church. their old home church
Miss Alma Wilmington and
Mrs Ray Saunders attended some
of the sessions. of the state WMU
meeting, held at the First Baptist
Church. in Richmond. last week
Nh and Mrs. Curtis 1aden We're
guests on Sunday, of Mrs Haden's
mother, Mrs Empress Gunter,