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Evening star., 1953-04-26
Indo-Chinu

Ho Chi Minis war against the
West in ndo-China remains the
No. 2 thorn in the worlds side.
Indo-C China is the only place where
pressure has increased, instead Of
abating, since the world wide
Communist "peace offensive" be-
gan last month.
Two weeks ago, Hos Wet Mimi.
columns drove across the border
from Viet-Nam into the associated
(but independently Kingdom Of
Laos. To date, French and Laotian
efforts to stop the Communist as
sault have been unsuccessful.
No French Move Yet
More than a week ago, the King
of Laos called on the world to de-
nounce this aggression, and said
he would seek U. N. condemnation
of Hos advance. The French, re-
calling the terms of an agreement
whereby Laos must funnel its for
eign-policy actions through Paris,
said Laos could not act for itself
in this matter. To date, the French
have not sought condemnation Of
Ho is an aggressor in Laos. The
French Embassy here was unable
last week to explain why no such
move had yet been taken.
Meanwhile, the United States,
which has been footing roughly
one third of the bill in Indo-
China in the form of military aid,
stepped up its assistance to the be-
leaguered French. Exactly how
much money is involved in the
accelerated-aid program was not
announced. But it is understood
that at least part Of it will come
from funds that had been ear
marked for Europe under the Tru-
man administration.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
NATO

II EADERS OF THE North Allan
IL tic Treaty Organization, the
military arm of the free world in
Europe, met last week for the first
time since the death of Stain and
the launching of the Kremlin's
peace offensive. The free world
anxiously watched the Paris meet
ing to see how the foreign, defense
and finance ministers Of the IA
NATO countries would react.
Would there be q letdown or
continuation Of the military
build-up?
The Council of Ministers opened
the session with an analysis Of
Soviet peace overtures. The min
listers concluded that these ges-
lures had "a new look, rather than
q new content" None of the ex-
ternal moves, they said, "has yet
resulted in any real concessions
by the Soviet government on a
major political ISSUE"
For that reason, the council said,
NATO would continue to operate
as If the peace offensive had never
started.
The Re-exominotion
The council, however, proceeded
to a re-examination of previous
decisions on the NATO build-up.
The organization had been operat-
ing on the assumption that the
maximum threat from Russia
would come in 1854 and that
NATO's military strength should
come to a peak during that year.
But the American Secretary of
State, John Foster Dulles, recon-
mended that the peak year"
philosophy be abandoned. NATO
should be put on sustained-effort
basis, he said. The East-West
crisis should be expected to con-
CAnue u1OS1ulIeIy.
It was not known Immediately
whether the new Dulles approach
would mean q sustained effort on
a high level Of readiness or on
lower level. European representa-
tives, however, seemed to feel the
new plan would better At their
national budgets.
The council, before closing its
meeting yesterday, did approve an
increase in strength-reportedly
from 1900 planes up to 5000 planes
and from so to . total Of go
divisions.
Mr.. Dulles offered another piece
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Congress

an CAPITOL HILL, where in
" vestigating has become o
major industry, the question fire.
quently is asked, "Who viii In
vestigate the Investigators"
Last week an answer was found:
Henry w. Grunewald, otherwise
known as 1.-THE Dutchman."
Mr.. Grunewald admitted to q
House Ways and Means Subcom-
mittee which is investigating him
that he had been investigating the
subcommittee investigators. He
said his counter investigation had
been: confined to subcommittee
stan members, but the Congress
Evening star., 1953-04-26
One Soldiers Story

John Stanley Ploch, the man in
the picture, is "A. All his life, until
August Of 1851, he lived in work.
ing-class suburb In Detroit. He
had the ordinary hopes, ambitions
and hard knocks that most boys
have.
After high school, John Ploch
got jobs here and there, and
finally settled down to work at
the Sheraton Cadillac Hotel in
Detroit. BY the time his greetings
came from the Army, John was
assistant bell captain. His earn
ings did a lot to keep the family
going in suburban River Rouge
his mother and teen-age brother
and sister.
Early in 1852, John went to
Korea. He joined the 7th Division
as q rifleman. He saw war for the
first time. And he was amazed to
f1nd that the shooting worried him
less than the horrible priVation he
saw around him-little Korean
kids In rags and tatters, slowly
starving because the Korean rice
fields had been untimely plowed up
by artillery fire.
'Proy for Me-
On July 20, 1852, his mother re-
ceived a letter John Ploch had
written in a foxhole. The fighting
had been tough that day he wrote.
PRAY for me as you have never
prayed before" John told her.
Two days later the telegram
ali mothers fear arrived at l48
Charles street in River Rouge.
John was missing in action.
That was the end of John Ploch's
story until last Tuesday, Korean
time. Along with "a other Ameri-
cans, IL Britons and three Turks,
he was repatriated with the sec
ond group Of ailing prisoners Of
war.
As he stepped into Freedom VII
lage, John Ploch asked to see q
Catholic chaplain in order to con-
fess his sins. From that moment
on, John Ploch was treading the
road back to the world he once
had known.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Other Soldiers Stories

That was all. John Ploch had
had q rough time Of it-but not
especially rough. He had been be-
hind barbed wire for a long time
but not especially long. A few
had had it easier than John Ploch
but many had had it worse.
The horror stories started COM
ing out Of Korea not long after
the first prisoners were repatriated
Monday. Brutality, neglect, sadis-
tic torture; the stories the return
ing POWs told recalled the shock
ing statement Of Col. James M.
Hanley, q year and a half ago,
that more than 1000 Americans
had been killed in cold blood by
their captors.
A Time Element
There seemed to be q time ele-
ment involved. The worst instances
Of brutality apparently occurred
in the early days of the war. At
any rate, the men longest behind
wire had the worst stories to tell.
Men who had been captured later
some as little as q month ago
reported decent enough treatment.
They had some medical care for
their wounds, some food for their
bellies.
AS the week ended, quite an
atrocity file had been compiled by
Army authorities. Those dossiers
might become the basis later for
war crimes trials III and when
the Korean war ends in such
way as to make war crime prose-
cutionS possible.
The week Of prisoner trading
resulted in two developments:
. Early arrivals from the North
revealed that despite the agree
ment to send back all sick and
wounded prisoners, many who
were left behind were In worse
shape than those. who were
returned.
. The Communists agreed to send
back more than the original COS
they had planned to repatriate,
and the United Nations command
Increased Its roster Of returnees
from the original $500.
Early In the week, IL had seemed
unlikely that the truce talks,
Evening star., 1953-04-26

men said they believed he also had
investigated the lawmakers.
The ubiquitous Mr.. Grunewald
said also he had done an investi-
CATION for President Roosevelt on
request of Tommy "the Cork"
Corcoran. He refused to give de-
tails, explaining that the President
would have preferred it this way.
The subcommittee investigation
continued, with an occasional
nervous glance over the shoulder.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

slated for this week end, could be
carried out in view Of the with
holding Of allied prisoners. The
Communist change Of heart. how
ever, lifted the pail that had hung
over the Panmunjom peace
shack" and raised hopes anew that
a truce could be reached in Korea.
Evening star., 1953-04-26

Defense has control over the Joint
Chiefs of Staff, with the hope of
eliminating friction between the
two.
. Require the Joint Chiefs to
delegate much of their admins
trative functions.
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Dove Of Peace

0N THE RARE occasions in the
~ past when the West-aI1d
particularly the United States
has made the front page of Prada,
the editorial slant has been any
thing but sympathetic.
Yesterday, however, the prece-
dent was broken as to both quality
and quantity. The whole front
page Of the Communist Party bible
was given over to O Kremlin state
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Appropriations

BY the end of April the House
usually is well along on the 10 or
IL appropriation bills needed to
run the Government each fiscal
year. This year, however, work II
Continued on Page A-2o)
Evening star., 1953-04-26
Subversives


ternal Security Act in 1850, many
lawmakers believed they had sown
the seeds that would lead to the
downfall Of the Communist Party.
Last week the law sprouted a few
buds, but it would be a long time
before it attained full bloom as the
bane Of Communists.
Theory behind the law is this:
Rather than outlaw the Commu-
mist Party and drive it completely
underground, drag it under a
bright spotlight. When all it's
works and Vaccinations are ex-
posed to publicity, it will wither
and become impotent.
The 1850 law led off with de-
scription of the Communist Party's
known method of operation and
its evident ties with world COM
muniSm. 1t then went on to stipu-
late that "any organization" f1t-
ting that description was Com
munist-action" group. A Subver-
sive Activities Control Board was
set up to determine which organi-
cations At the description. All
communication groups were to
register with the Attorney General,
make public their membership
lists, source Of income and all ex-
penditures, and label all their
propaganda. Members of an "ac-
ton" group were to be barred
from Federal and defense jobs and
denied use of passports.
Other Fronts
The law also provided that any
organization FUSED" by a Com
munist-action group was to be
designated a Communist-front"
organization and was to be
brought under the same spotlight.
A Subversive Activities Control
Board eventually was set up. 1t
listened to 13 months of testimony
about the Communist Party, de-
liberated for another 10 months
and then announced last week that
the Communist Party was indeed
a Communist-a action group cor
responding to the description laid
down in the law. The party was
ordered to register and open its
records.
Reds Shout Defence
Communist spokesmen said they
would appeal the boards decision
to the courts. It is likely that an
appeal eventually will land in the
Supreme Court. If the law is held
to be constitutional and the boards
action proper, the Communist
Party will have to register-or go
underground, change its name, or
reorganize.
Penalties for not registering
could be $4,000 fine for the party
and $4,000 fine and five years in
jail for each member.
In the meantime, the Attorney
General took another step under
the law and asked the control
board to order IL groups to, reg
lister as Communicative It was
presumed that the whole tiresome
process would have to be gone
through for each organization.
Control Of the Communist con-
spiracy through the Internal Sc
curity Act lay far in the future.
Evening star., 1953-02-27
500 Winners Receive S., ,275
In Bowling Field of s, $50

high game Of 167 for additional
awards. Ann Carlson's lit at Fort
Davis was the women's best
game.
Dick Barnsley of Bethesda
rolled the mems high scratch of
448 and Barney Armstrong, Fort
Davis, the best game of 1876, each
worth $25.
In the tenpin division, Bernard
Schmuckle of Rosslyn topped the
men with 135-776 for $25, fol-
lowed by Charles Perkins, Ten
pins. Inc, with 228-758 ($2O)
and John Rodock. Rosslyn, rs
TAG ($15O. Y. K. Kuma, Rosslyn,
had high game of 248 and Ro-
dock the top scratch set, GIL.
Richie Aruta of Tenpins, Inc,
cleaned up in the women's di-
vision with 1874 ($15), 6O3
and 213.
The prizes totaled $4,275 with
an equal amount accruing to the
Bowlers' Victory Legion. Checks
will be mailed to the bowling
establishments where the recip-
tents competed and should be
available a week from tomorrow,
Ebersole said. The tournament
was sponsored by the Metropoli-
tan Washington Duckpin Opera
tors Association, with Matt Ben
ME directing the tenpin division.
Evening star., 1953-02-27
By Rod Thomos

More than 500 prizes won in
the Bowlers Full Handicap tour
nament. dedicated to the Bowlers
Victory Legion, will be mailed
next week, it was announced to-
day by A. L. Ebersole, director of
the event. There were $3.50
entries.
Top prize OF 5000 goes to
Thomas L. Evans of the Lions
Club League at Bladensburg who
rolled 500, with a handicap of
81, in the duckpin division. Trail
ing Evans were Preston Phenix
of the D. c. Cab League at
Greenway Bowl who shot $4,000
for $3.50 and William j. Chilcoate
of the College Park Commercial
League who registered 6-498 for
500. Lowest payoff score in the
mems division was 436 and in the
women'S division, 395.
Marguerite j. Warwick of the
Postoff1ce League at the Hi-Skor
topped the women duckpinners
with a tally of 84-458, worth
$100. Second prize of $75 went
to Amelia Waller. a Lucky Strike
entrant, with 87-450 and third
money of $50 fell to Marie Faw-
ley of the Signal Corps League
at Arlington who rolled high
scratch set of 1876 and second
Evening star., 1953-02-27
Charles Town Ready
To Open Despite Fire
Killing 9 Race Horses
Special Dispoteh to The stor

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Feb. 27.-The fire which de-
Stroyed one barn at the Charles
Town Race Track last night and
resulted in the death of nine
= thoroughbreds, two work horses
and a pony, will have no affect
on tomorrow's spring opening,
General Manager Leeds Rely
said today.
While the investigation Of the
fire continued. RELY said every
thing was ready for the inaug-
ural, including more than 1000
horses. Some 600 animals are
stabbed on the grounds and the
rest are at Berryville, Va. or at
farms within easy vanning dis
tance of the track.
1--WE have the finest bunch of
horses I think we've ever had
for a spring opening" Riley
said, land they're more fit than
ever before. All trainers have
taken advantage of the unusual
ly mild winter to get their horses
ready and they're in shape"
Charles Town will introduce a
new starting gate at this meet
ing and also will try starting
races in front of the grandstand.
The gate is the same type as
those used at Chicago tracks, al
though limited to places for 10
horses because of the tracks size.
Most unfortunate loss in last
nights fire was that of Teddy's
Pride, a long-shot winner on
major Maryland tracks. He was
owned by L. C. Davis of Upper
Marlboro, Md. Teddy's Pride
was not in the barn that burned,
but was turned loose to avoid
being trapped in his neighboring
barn if the fire spread. During
the excitement, the horse cut
himself so badly he had to be
destroyed.
Other animals destroyed, all
trained by w. F. Parks of Balti-
more, and their owners were
Mazar and Boss Leaving, 5-year-
oldS, the property of j. H. Moss
Of Catonsville, Md.
Dutel, an 8-year-old; Scrappy
Bill, 4; Raven Hill. 3; Cheops. no
age given, and pony, all owned
by Parks.
Mrs. Mary Knierien, Cumber-
land, the 5-year-old Yazoo.
H. B. Myers. Baltimore, Coun-
try Boy II, 9 years old.
Post time throughout the meet
ing will be l pm. daily.
Evening star., 1953-02-27
Puyoff in BowIers' Handicap

4Ss 4Ss AsR hss Roosy Hos Essnos
kkasy 4sSs s Sa cs4s k9nsen gresss 4Ss % 4ns
Jean skarnulis, 4oS; Alma Vierbuchen,
$3-Mrs. Pearl Gates, 4o7; H. Kirk
Williams, 407: Agnes o'Donnell, 4O7;
Janet Powell; 407; Frances Benner, 400;
Eva Kennedy, 4O5; Julia Young, 4O5;
Clara Clara Farley 4O4; Shirley HAYDEN. 494;
4G3; Jean Push, 4os; Pearie ss Peck, eHi: 4os:
Virginia Siegel, 4O3; Caroline Schweit-
ger, 403; Stella Zoubra, 403; Mae
Chrigan. 402; Louise Easter, 402; Flora
Goldberg. 402; Alice Barrett, 402; Mrs.
SIN gin. i0e; Mrs.. william @ NM n. 6eDton, Da ASF 5T.
40I: Ethel l. Grimm, 401; :virginia Frey,
100; a01 AUDREY Allen 400; Alma Welling-
nice H. Many. 500; Evelyn Howard. 3S9;
Elna Barrus, 399; Ethel Bardouche. 399;
Mile Owen, 39s; Ellen Norris. S9s;
Duehring, 39s; Evelyn Clatterbuck. 3es;
Virginia M. Bosley, 39S; Mary SamuelS,
397; L. M. Panarelle. 397; josephine
sans 8Tmop ss sss hemS a.Ssn sS
397; c. NJ. Hunter, 397: NJ. Dunn. 397a
396; Helen Jordan, 396; Elizabeth Heasy,
Rathell, 395; Regina Smith, 395; Jerry
Anderson, 395; Sylvia Wegznek, 395;
Peggy Canova, 395; Norma G. Longton,
Ss5; s9;Gnt Madeline adj Parker 395; June J.
High Scratch Sets.
$2o-Marie Fawley,, 436: S15-Cyn-
sRlH sSsFz aos steshens sheAn5 5es cafsGn
5sA 5s5;: s5@5aii,s .S SSaPsssnsEi' s S5sl 5ss. '
So0-Ann Carlson. 1HH. &1E-MariA
Rose, I5s: s59AIice Troth. 1SS; So
'A"' ~ Ten PINS.
n2;s. s25-HeFnaEd arsn. schmuskis: 7Ss; s20m 15
kodosk. @ 74e; f6s; sI6Mchsriss res BSres, Hn9 S4n:
r.s; s7Hsro{d 7as GOidSe5s: 3s9 Kenpsth ,al 6 6
Sel sares go; ;g&s IsessEs ssley; 52F 2'nafa
7l5; william J. Vaughn; sr.. 712: E. j.
James 4: 3evs1non. Sa 5oa; T. RAf': II: Brans:
7os; siEEfne5s E r RofseES; g. Hsdi.2 GS5 7oa Con-
Ranassy: eos: Kees: sos: Gene stew
s1ss s5ts sos; Jack edI Kurz; 6s6; R; ". Collins.
$5EMapriee Goldberg, sss; Billy zeh.
693:. Hank DeLaPorte, 693: Frank w.
BunhaIm. 6S1; Matt Bennie. e9I; George
". Brown, 6SS; Regis j. Forrest. 688:
Pete Endersbee, 6s4; v. R. Larroaue.
$50: g; Berchem. 6s1: Albert J. Mat
sa&kobegt 9. Belsheim. e7s;. T. x.
sseRan ess O. W. p ye% GS ss sGS rs ~ Hana ASs
niger. s Iss Sc; 0osiS n &icResen g SIS; s:G't
Stein. 675; 9; North, s74; P: Malone,
Williams, 672:. R. o'Neill. $40:
,,hS1I 81 5oGE Ge7EG. g; sch4Ts,tssn. chs,tssn. go; !; p:
sSssi & eSs; James = 4. ~SSsi ssssn, SSi sss; Fant
r; l.. Buttery, 667; Robert c. -Cowan,
666; r. Deeter, 666: John p. Muffler.
SeS JosR shuppb 6S4 MaSFce g.
Patterson, 664; Larry r. Kilburn. 663;
Ed Nash 662; Paul F. Munkasey, 662;
Joe Holman. 662; Thomas E. Haas, 662
High Scratch Set.
poSao;.s Sdo; John an1 Rodock. 671: $3.50, E. J.
ss7sLTE Eifh Scratch S,,as sis9 ssmfi = n,,n,.,,
Women.
l.: Hurst, 72s: So. Boots wilson. 500:
a ssb Bong g. ef sta S. sodSsTs dSens
Hilda Beis. Ss4; ss.5o." Mary HrSn.' GSn' es$..
S2-Frances Colohan. 677: Helen K.
Hess, .676: Doris Seeley, 673.
w;sl;;1 Sl;5oaAnna eld M. Sanders, $40: Edna
$3.50, nIah;. a5fs ssssss ss5sseh sSs| ST..
High Game.
$3.50, Richie Aruta, 213.
Evening star., 1953-02-27

E1S EO1Iltp SO OAA ACCtCu
to Upper Marlboro. take Route 4
to Waysons Corners. turn right
about a mile, right again at the
white house and then bear right
at church on down to Pig Point.
Aliens Fresh is reached by taking
Route 5 to Waldorf, keeping
straight on through the traffic
lignG onto Route 301. thence ap-
proximately 18 miles to sign on
the right side of road, then left
one mile. Live minnow bait is
usually available at both places.
Wear overShoeS or waterproof
footwear If you take a boat at
Pig Point At Aliens Fresh you
can fish with your Sunday
clothes on.
Pike are biting freely these
warm days in the South. Severn
and West Rivers. This is just
prior to their spawning season
and they're hungry. Ray Rad
cliffe tells us he's had best luck
on a yellow head L. & S. jointed
plug They seem to like yellow
better than red and white these
days. We've had excellent luck
in former years with a Mickey
Finn streamer headed up by a
gold spinner f1shed on a fly rod.
Fly rod size gold Flicker Spinner
is also good bet.
Driving down Route AZ from
Staunton, Va. to Goshen early
one morning this week, we saw
a lovely sight near Buffalo Gap.
The road was straight in this
section and ahead we saw three
large birds feeding along the
shoulder. They turned out to be
wild turkeys. We braked and
watched them streak up the
mountainside. Later, c. E. Sharp
of Marlinton, w. Va, told me
he and his father hunted in that
region and also over in West
Virginia. He said turkeys were
on the increase and the mild
winter had carried them through
in good shape. Well have to
look into this further next fall.
Trout streams in Virginia and
West Virginia appeared in ex-
cellent shape. Snaps Greek,
Back Creek, Stuart Run, the
Rapidan and others were carry
ing heavy heads of water and,
although somewhat silted, looked
so f1shable it made ones mouth
water.
Undersized rockfish appear
frequently in local markets and
we're wondering who has the
job of policing this violation of
the law. Plenty of fish under II
inches are seen right along. If
you run across them, call up the
Metropolitan Police, the Harbor
Police or the Bureau of Weights,
Measures and Markets. Well be
glad to know about your re-
sponSe from these sources.
Evening star., 1953-02-27
LTNDAS 4 SCHNEIDER.
Attorneys for Plaintiff,

TlerL
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
for the District of Columbia. jules
D. Scheer Plaintiff, VS.. Unknown
Heirs. Devisees or Alienees Of Charles
Minifee: deceased, ct al. Defendant
suit is to establish title by adverse
possession in fee simple, to All
of lot numbered twenty-five t22) in
Clarence B. Hight's subdivision OF lots
in Square numbered Ten Hundred
and Seventy-E Eight 107S) as per plat
recorded in the once of the Surveyor
for the District of Columbia in Liber
35 at Folio. 10. except for the east
Conveyed By W deed reeorded hfaeG IN IibeT
35SS at Folio 800 of the Land
Records Of the District of Columbia.
Said property now known for pur-
poses Of taxation as Lot S04 in
Square 1918. On motion of the
plaintiff. it is this Goth day of Feb
ruary. 1858, ordered that the de-
PENDANTS Unknown heirs, deviseeS or
alienees of Charles Minifee, deceased,
and Unknown heirs, devisees and
deceased, cause their appearance to
be entered herein on or before the
first rule day occurring after the
expiration Of three months from this
date, otherwise the cause will be
proceeded with as in case Of default.
Provided, q copy Of this order be
published 2 times q month for three
months in the Washington Law Re-
porter. and The EyeninE star M 6sfore
Judge. (Seal.l A true copy. Test:
HARRY NJ HULL. Clerk. BY DORal
OTHY NJ BARRICK. Deputy Clerk
fe25,27, ,mh4, 1S,aps,22.