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Evening star., 1953-11-20

IT TAKES SO LITTLE
TO BUY SO MUCH!
This is a rare opportunity to own q
home in one of the finest newer
residential sections Of N. Arl. How
rapidly this area has grown in the
throughout. This spacious Ia-bath
Colonial home (POWDER RM. Is
JUST OFF KIT0 Dream liv. rm.
w/firepl. COME, SEE FOR YOUR
SELF. Din. rm. planned for family
gatherings. Kit. will please nom to
a ct" lovely bedrms., a bsmt.
complete with rec. area. School for
the children can be seen from your
front window. Just think. all this
for $500 cash. down payment!
Don't wait. Call now for an appt
ia, 10000.
Evening star., 1953-11-20

10, MINUTES from downtown Wash,
via. Shirley hwy; $50 acres (residen-
tial and commercially: all utils. avail
able; ideal topography for eco-
nomical development. For details,
call Mr.. Smith.
FRANCES POWELL HILL
,eoo = EXCLUSIVE AGENT
Evening star., 1953-11-20
TAUXEMoNT

Norttl-S-rm. Colonial:
! Country Club Hills: $3S,900.
Also siX-room rambler. $26 200.
OWNER, IA. 7-S2S4. 20
Evening star., 1953-11-20

6-ACRE FARMETTE
CENTREVILLE, VA.
Here is a beautiful 6-acre wooded
homesite. near Centreville. 4 blocks
from Lee hwy. Power, mail delivery,
good roads there; S2,700, S21S
down. $40 ner month. ia. 7-1240.
COLORED-COR. 10Th AND WASH.
PLACE NE. next door to 4419
Wash. pl. n.e.----6,2 200 50. IT.. Water
S25 mo. DAVID COOPER, 500 F st.
NV MA. 1867 or RA. GALS.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
II MICS Shot Down
In One Day.; Fighting
On Ground DwindIes
BY the Associoted Press

SEOUL, May 26.-United States
Sabre jets shot down IL Com
munist MICS and damaged an
other today, boosting their MIG
kills this month to 51-12 less
than the wars one-month record
set last September.
Two sharpshooting pilots
bagged two MICS each in savage
sky battles high over North
Korea.
Maj. James Jabara of Wichita.
Kans.. the worlds first jet ace
now serving his second combat
tour in Korea, got two and
boosted his total kills to nine.
Maj. Jack E. Mass of Red Bank,
N. j., doubled his score with two
MICS.
The wars one-day record is
13 kills. one probable and seven
damaged on July 4, 1852. To-
days bag was the biggest since
May 18 when IL Red jets were
destroyed.
Night flying B-26 bombers
wiped out 80 Communist trucks,
destroyed locomotive, seven box
cars and a railroad bridge in
pre-dawn strikes, the Air Force
said.
B--29 Superforts smashed a
130-acre troop and supply area
north of Hamhung on Korea's
east coast and bombed smaller
supply dumps in the same area.
Ground fighting dwindled to
patrol classes as the air war
mounted in intensity.
The opening sky duels fiared
while Sabres were flying cover
for % Sabre f1ghter-bombers
which Streaked deep into North
Korea and blasted a troop con-
centration area on the west coast,
10 miles southeast of Namsi. The
Air Force said % buildings were
destroyed.
Other Sabre fighter -bombers
slammed 1,000-pound bombs
onto Red anti-aircraft guns
northeast Of Kumsong, attacked
rail lines and supply reas,the
Air Force said.
Allied warships pounded Com
munist shore batteries and other
installations on both coasts, the
Navy announced.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Nehru Sees and Backs
New Truce Proposals

NEW DELHI, India, May 26
(P.-Prime Minister Nehru said
today he has seen and indorsed
the latest United Nations pro-
posalS on Korea. He expressed
hope that an agreement may be
reached at Panmunjom.
Mr.. Nehru told a mass meeting
the proposal is the closest so far
to the Indian resolution on Korea
which was accepted by the
United Nations.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Leap Victims Condition Good; !;
Survival Called Miraculous
Friends Cont ExpIoin
Girls Plunge From
Calvert St. Bridoe

Gallinger Hospital attendants
described as good" today the
condition of the 19-year-old girl
who plunged 1913 feet from the
Calvert Street Bridge yesterday
afternoon.
Survival Of Miss Barbara Tru-
lit, 3025 Fifteenth street NV,
was regarded as nothing short of
miraculous. Only the fact that
her body crashed through a 40
foot tree spared her life.
She suffered compound frac-
ture of the left leg, fractures of
both arms and the pelvis and
back injuries.
Police still had no explanation
why Miss Truitt, a continuity
writer for Radio Station WTOP,
leaped from the high span.
Miss LaVerne Travers, her
roommate and closest friend,
said Miss Truitt had seemed
happy and contended.
Her mother, Mrs. Martha I.
Truitt, visited the young woman
at the hospital yesterday after
noon. Miss Truitt refused to
tell her why she had murmured
to hospital attendants: II want
to die"
Until two months ago Miss
Truitt had lived with her wild
owed mother, an Army Depart
ment employe at Gravelly Point,
at 1877 Colonial avenue, AleXan-
dria.
Before taking the radio posi-
ton last August, Miss Truitt had
worked for the Army as a clerk
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Public Works Discussed
AT D. T.. Conference

Two aides of the Senate Dis
trict Committee today discussed
the city's multi-million- dollar
public works improvement pro-
gram with District budget Off
cials for more than an hour.
Robert Albrook, committee
clerk. and William P. Gulledge,
assistant committee counsel,
made the trip to the District
Building at the request of Budget
Officer Walter L. Fowler.
At the close of the meeting,
Mr.. Albrook would only acknowl-
edge that the subject matter was
the works program. Other city
officials who sat in were Schuyler
Lowe, director of general admin
istration, and Corporation Coun-
sci Vernon E. West:
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Smith and Durkin
Back Immigrant Bill.

Acting Secretary of State WAL
ter Bedell Smith and Labor Secre-
tary Durkin urged the Senate to-
day to approve President Eisen-
hoWer's request for the admis-
sion of 240.000 immigrants from
congested areas of Europe as a
means of strengthening this
country'S NATO allies.
Mr.. Smith told a Judiciary
subcommittee that 10000 of the
total would be escapes from be-
hind the Iron Curtain who fled to
West Germany and Austria. The
remaining quotas would be:
From Italy and Trieste, $4,000;
from the Netherlands, 10000;
Greece. 10000, and other NATO
allies, $4,000.
Secretary Durkin assured the
committee these arrivals to
America over a tWo-year period
would not endanger the jobs of
any American. Migrants would
be assured of employment before
they get viSaS.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Senate Trying Again
To Revive 0ne-Shot
Appropriation Bill

The Senate is slated to make
another attempt today to re-
vive the Byrd plan for single
package appropriation bill, in
stead of splitting the annual
Federal budget into a dozen or
more departmental measures.
Congress tried the plan a few
years ago, but without author
izing it as permanent procedure.
and the following year House
leaders insisted on returning to
the old system.
Senator Byrd. Democrat, of
Virginia, believes his new reso-
luton is an improvement over
the 1850 eXperiement, because
it seeks to have Congress con-
troll the amounts each depart
ment would spend in a year
out of old and new appropria-
tionS.
At present, the annual appri-
alton bills measure only the
amount of new money being
authorized, but place no curb
on overall spending out of bal.
ances from past authorizations.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
GIFuHs on Grenade
And Saves ; Lives:
DSC Recommended
BY the Associoted Press

WITH UNITED STATES 40th
DIVISION, Korea. May 26.-A
master sergeant who smothered
a Communist grenade in his
armored vest and saved the lives
of three companions has been
recommended for the Distin-
guishe Service Cross, second
highest United States military
award.
The United States 40th Divi-
sion told the story today of Fran
cis x. Connors of Bayonne, N. j.
He was moving forward to set up
an outpost when his boot snagged
a Red BOBBY trap.
Grenade" he yelled.
Sergt. David G. Moore of Jack
son, Tenn, and Sergt. Roy E.
little of Hagerstown, Md,
stopped in their tracks. 1t. John
N. Scandalois, Long Island City.
N. Y, hit the ground.
Sergt. Connors threw himself
on the grenade. Exploding steel
fragments ripped into his arm
ored vest and heat scared the
blue nylon jacket He was blast
ed into a tangled bush.
Sergt. Connors slowly picked
himself up, amazed to find he
had escaped injury. SlaShes in
the vest showed where fragments
had glanced off harmlessly.
Commended by 1t. Scandalois
for outstanding bravery, Sergt.
Connors shrugged and said: MY
foot set off the BOBBY trap. It
was my responsibility to see that
no one else was hurt by my mis-
take"
Evening star., 1953-05-26
A. B. & W. President.
Tells Rate HEARING
Firm Is Losing Money

Beverly C. May, president of
the Alexandria, Bancroft &
Washington Bus Co., told. the
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Yesterday his company is
losing approximately "a cent
per mile for every bus operating.
Mr.. Mays testimony opened
the ICC hearings on a petition
to grant fare increase between
the Washington and nearby
Virginia military installations.
The increase is being asked by
the AB&W. the Washington, Vir-
ginia & Maryland Coach Co. and
Capital Transit.
Asking 2O-Cent Fare.
The companies are asking a
cash fare of 20 cents, 171a-cent
tokens or four for 10 cents, and
an interline ticket with the Cap
ital Transit Co. for 35 cents.
The rates would apply between
Washington and the Pentagon,
National Airport and the Navy
Annex.
Present rates are a 15-cent
cash fare, three strip tickets
for 40 cents and IL interline
tickets for $2.76. The new in
terline tickets would be sold in
books of 10.
Mr.. May told the commission
the service to Government in
stallations is more costly than
regular service because it de-
mands a large number of buses
only at peak hour service.
Surplus Reduced.
He said the operating expenses
for the last quarter of 1852 and
the first quarter of 1858 exceeded
the company'S revenue. This
reduced the company's surplus
more than $4,000, he added.
The company has filed for
three rate increases, the COM
pany official said. A rate in
crease for intraState travel has
been granted and another for
interstate service between Wash
ington and points in Virginia
other than military installations
is now under consideration by
the ICC. The current hearings
are expected to continue for sew
eral days.
George r. Snyder, auditor for
the bus company, estimated that
the company'S losses for the
coming year would reach more
than $4,000 if the fare increases
do not go through.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Mau Mau Leader Slain
During Battle in Cave
By the Assoeioted Press

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 60
British-led security forces have
killed a dreaded Mau Mau ter
rorist leader known as Brigadier
Simba CThe Lion).
He was shot down in a cave
where he and members of his
gang had fled with the head of a
Somali native they cut off in a
raid on a European-owned farm.
Two other Mau Mau raiders
were killed in the same battle.
Simba was dressed in army
uniform with the badges of a
colonel when slain.
The Mau Mau is a secret ma
tive organization which has been
waging a campaign of violence
against white settlers and ma
tives friendly to the whites in
this British colony.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Red Leader Foster
Gets New Trial STAY
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, May 26.-Wil-
liam z. Foster, American Com
munist Party chairman, has won
a new and probably lasting stay
from standing trial on charges
of conspiracy to teach and ad-
vocate violent overthrow of the
Government.
Federal Judge Sylvester j.
Ryan yesterday granted an in
definite continuance in the case
after saying a trial might kill the
72-year-old Foster, who has a
bad heart.
Judge Ryan's action was based
on the findings of a court-ap-
pointed physician, who said he
found indications of a rapid de-
terioration of the blood vessels in
Fosters heart.
Foster, who was continued in
$5, 900 bail, was indicted with the
first II Communists to be tried
Evening star., 1953-05-26

typist at Gravelly Point.
Her education included school,
ing at George Washington High
School in Alexandria, the North
field School for Girls, East
Northf1eld, Mass. and the Mary
Washington College of the Uni
Versity at Fredericksburg.
Miss Truitt did not work yes
terday. Sunday she had planned
a canoe outing with Miss Trav-
ers and another friend, Miss
Paula Frederick, II, of 1888
Colonial avenue.
The outing was called off be-
cause Miss Frederick had suf-
fered a severe sunburn. In
chatting with Miss Truitt by
telephone, Miss Frederick found
her cheerful and normal, she
said.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Newspaper Advertising
Hailed by J. G. Penney

CHICAGO, May 26.-James C.
Penney, head of j. C. Penney
stores, says that in spite of radio
and television "the very back
bone of our advertising must still
be the local newspaper.
1T seems perfectly natural to
us that retailers can no more
live without newspapers, than
newspapers can live without retail
advertising" he told a meeting
of the Inland Daily Press Asso-
citation yesterday.
Mr.. Penney asserted, "the bet
ter a newspaper is news-wise,
the more attention its adver-
tiSerS get"
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Area AFL Farley
Debates Hiring OF
Fu||-Time Official

The question of whether the
Maryland-D.C. Federation of La
Dor, AFL, should hire a full-time
officer tied up the 47th conven-
ton of the union group today.
After much debate. the con-
vention decided to proceed with
other business and take a vote
on the officer question tomorrow
morning. This will follow elec-
ton of regular officers.
J. c. Turner, Washington
labor leader, led the debate in
favor of a full time officer. He
said the federation's president
should be in charge of organiz-
ing and indicated he also should
be the full time officer.
CalIabrO Leads Foes.
Opposition to the move was
spearheaded by Sylvester Gala
bro of Baltimore.
Yesterday, the delegates to the
Mayf1ower Hotel convention
heard Secretary of Labor Durkin
declare collective bargaining
without government interference
was the American way of settling
disputes.
The cabinet officers message
was read by William Hargadine,
jr., regional director of the de-
partment's Wage and Hour and
Public Contracts Divisions.
"AcrOsS the Table"
Mr.. Durkin told the delegates
labor and management should
settle their differences directly
across the table. He said this is
insurance against totalitarian-
ism, with the parties immediate
ly concerned ironing out their
own troubles.
Mr.. Hargadine, who addressed
the convention, declared Mary
land has better record than
the national average in mini
mum wage violations, overtime
and child labor.
Evening star., 1953-05-26

how long the conference would
take for this matter, but the
original U. N. plan fixed a 30
day period. Finally the remain
ing POWs in custody would be
handed to the U. N. General AS
Sembly.
4. All decisions would be made
by majority vote. The exact
meaning of this provision could
not be Immediately determined
but presumably it applies to
the f1ve-nation commission and
political conference.
The Allied proposal, described
by Allied sources in Tokyo as
a showdown plan, is similar to
the Indian plan adopted by the
U. N. Assembly last fall. The
Reds turned it down at that
time.
The new Allied plan aroused
bitter feeling in South Korean
government circles. An angry
National Assembly in the pro-
visional capital of Pusan ap-
pointed a six-man committee to
fly to Seoul and confer with
government leaders.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Continued From First Page)

the second straight day treated
yesterdays truce meeting in a
reserved manner-in contrast to
previous accommodations of the
allied proposals.
It said the U.N. command
asked for secret talks for the
sake of free discussion" but did
not say the allies made a new
proposal.
The truce talks we're recessed
after yesterdays session until
June apparently at allied re-
guest so Red negotiatorS can
send the plan to Peiping, or even
to Moscow.
ReverseS May 13 Proposal.
The South Korean sources said
the new plan reverses the allies
May Is proposal under which
$4,000 balky North Korean pris-
onerS would be released as civil
ians Immediately after an arm
iStice.
The final disposition of these
and 14,500 Chinese captives who
refuse to return to Red rule is
the last major roadblock to a
truce in the nearly three year
old Korean war.
The ROK sources said South
Korean President Syngman Rhee
who insists his government will
not accept any armiStice that
would leave Korea divided-was
not consulted before the plan
was drafted.
Nor was Maj. Gen. Choi Duk
Shin. South Korean delegate to
the truce talks, the sources said.
Gen. Choi boycotted yesterdays
truce session-probably on Or
derS from Mr.. Rhee.
South Korea's cabinet met to-
day, but government spokesman
DR.. Karl Hong Kee said there
was no discussion of an "open
break" between South Korea and
the United Nations over truce
negotiations. He said the cab
met did not discuss any phase
of the talks.
Neutral Commission Retained.
The ROK informants said the
new allied plan:
l. Drops the allied May 13
proposal that North Korean
POWs be freed in South Korea
after an armistice. The Reds
bitterly oppose this.
2. Retains the Red-proposed
five-nation commission to take
over the 48,50O reluctant pris-
onerS after a truce. Red agents
would have 80 days for "ex-
plantations" to the balky captives.
8. Turns over to a postwar
political conference all prisoners
who still refuse to go back to
communism. 1t was not learned
Evening star., 1953-05-26

under the Smith Act. However,
his heart condition won him a
severance.
The other II. all top American
Communist leaders, went to trial
in 1949 and were convicted.
Eight now are in prison. Three
others jumped bond and are still
at large.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Costs Exceed Tuxes

PARIS (CDN) Wine and
liquor taxes bring Frances treas
ury more than $3.50 million a
year. But according to the In
stitute of Demography, it costs
more than twice that much to
look after alcoholics and their
families.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Elephant Attacks Train

After colliding with a train in
Portuguese East Africa and dam
aging the engine, an elephant,
injured, attacked the rest of the
train causing more damage, LOU
renco Marques reported.
Evening star., 1953-05-26
Secret LubeI Criticized

Government departments mark
many documents secret" or
confidential" unnecessarily, says
the Justice of the Peace and
Local Government Review in
London.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27
Knoxville

Mr. and Mrs RAYMOND Lynch
and Jane. Ct MiddletoWn Pa
spent the week end with Mrs r.
l. Gillispie. Miss Ruby Gillispie
Of Richmond spent the week cnd
in the same home
Bill Wooten. of Charlottesville
spent the week end with his par
cnts. Mr. and Mrs f. L. Wooten
Nj and Mrs r Preston Smith
and son, Johnny spent Tuesday
in Lynchbug
Mr. and Mrs r Mmriel Dan
nevant and Mrs Richard Dune
want returned Sunday from a de-
llghtful vacation trip to Florida
Mrs B G Ransom ana son
Garland visited MIS- ". l.
Robertson, at Arcanum Sunday
Mrs A f. Coleman's visitor.
during the week end we're Mr. anc
Mrs F. c. Slagton ana Donald o!
Richmond. Mrs T II Catlett OF
willis Mountain MI ana Mrs y
V Coleman, Of Buckingham, anc
Mr.. and Mrs John Word
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27
Another Step Taken On Journey
To Adequate Schools In Buckingham

white elementary school and the
new Negro high school. The ele-
mentary school will be built near
the intersection of Routes Is and
90 between Sprouse S Corner and
DIllWyn. Temporary storage and
office buildings have been erected
on the school sites Dy the Danvllle
contracting company. These
time
Starting Date
Starting date for the schools
will be early in March, I. S. Drls-
coll. county superintendent of
schools, said
However. the agrlculLu al build
ing of the new Negro high school
was not included III the contract
awarded to the DailI lille company
it is being built by The county
school board
Last year, the school board
authorized construction of a
garage and service area for coun-
" school busses near Bucklng-
ham Central High School. The
board is gradually taking over
maintenance and operation OF a
fleet of BUSES to carry students
TO schools
It's a long journey 10 adequate
school buildings in this day of in
q easing student load and rising
costs of buildings, but school Of
ficials III Buckingham have
promised an honest e1IOlt IN that
direction.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27

that BIG COWS piocAced 9,279
pounds Of milk and 395 pounds of
fat. This is twice the production
Of the average dairy COW in Vir-
GINA IN 1852,
DR.. Huston also say, that latest
reports point to 1867 as a record
year for dairy cattle Improvement
Over $4,000 COWS. better than 3
per cent Of all the DAIRY cows in
The state, were aitifltaily bred to
production proven buils. II is ex-
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27

Another step is oeing taken in
long Journey to provide adc-
quate school buildings in Buck
ingham county
Sometime the latter part of
next month, or the ust of April.
new, one-story. cinder block
building Will be ready for agricul-
tural students at The site of the
future Negro high school about
one mile from the intersection of
Routes IS and 20 Oh Route 20
Contracted by the Buckingham
County School Board. construc-
ton Of the building Is under the
Supervision oil r G. Shumaker, of
D.llwyn
Started In August
More than so per cent COM
plcted now the building will have
a 40 by IS feet farm shop, with a
"a by - feet overhead storage
space. The shop Will be IA feet
high. The new building viii also
contain "a by 81 feet classroom
and storage area and Is by 10
feet office. There VIII also be a
rest room and tool loom. A par
tial basement Will co.4tain an oil
furnace and hot water tank.
Construction or tn. agricul-
tuial building started last August.
In this journey TO provide ade-
quate school buildings. Bucking-
ham County School Board took
big step. this mon,n. The board
awarded combined contract of
S5lo.242 to John w. Daniel and
Company Of Danvli,c for new
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27

David and Richard Bickford
spent last Sunday and Monday
with their uncle and aunt, Mr.
and MIS- F. Blevens al Jones
Town,
Erie Amos. Of Arvonia vas a
caller to see Mr. and Mrs B L
Appcrson Jr.. last Friday night
Mr. and Mrs Fred Simanski, of
Farmyille, were Sunday guests Of
her father w T Yancev
Callers in the A H Martin
home last week. were Mrs. r T
Kendall Mr.. and Mrs Carl Davies
and daughter, Nancy OF Arvonia
W B. and Ernest Anderson J1nc
Childress, Mae Snoddy. and MI
and Mrs. T L. Hudens and
daughters Mildred and Carolyn
Richmond Guests
Mrs. Alto P Grose and son.
Bobby Of Richmond. spent the
past week end with her parents
Mr. and Mrs w r Percy at Mt
Ida"
Doris Jones Of Richmond. vas
week end visitor Of her parents.
the A. B Jones
/ Last Saturday night was game
night at the Marshall District
Civic League Cottage Mrs. A. D.
de Bettencourt attended and re
ported that she had a wonderful
time
School patrons and friends Of
Miss Nell Jeffrey of Arvonia. are
sorry to know she is sick All wish
for her a speedy recovery.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27

pected that 10000 COWS Will bc
bred artifically in 1853 in Viz
GINA.
The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-02-27

Washington Irving. the author.
vas named for George Washing
ton.