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Evening star., 1953-07-12
By c. Steed Evons, Jr.

Fifteen-year-old John Moore,
jr., rolled down Pennsylvania
avenue flve times yesterday to
become the 18th champion of
the Washington Soap Box Derby,
Yesterday was Johns third
and last attempt. He will be too
old to race next year.
But after John posted sizzling
first-round run of 31.9 seconds,
the crowd sensed a winner.
The slim, brown-haired boy,
who lives at 303 Hume avenue,
Alexandria. Va, confirmed the
crowds choice in his quarter
final heat by clocking 31.8. the
fastest time of the day.
What caught the crowds fancy
was Johns calm as he rocketed
past his opposition. While many
racers swerved out of their lanes,
John always came down the
course straight as an arrow.
He'll need that compoSure
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Maryland Boy, =,
Killed in 3-Car Crash

A little boy was fatally injured
and a man lost an arm in a
three-car accident near Water
loo, Md, yesterday.
The child was Christopher M.
Shamlian, 212. son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Warren Shamlian, 5529 Up
ingham street. Somerset, Md.
The other victim was Samuel
w. Reynolds. 81. of the Fort
Meade Cabins, Odenton, Md.
Troopers at the Maryland
State Police barracks in Water
loo said Mr.. Reynolds car side
swiped one MIR. Shamlian was
driving on the Baltimore boule-
ward, and then hit a third auto
head-on.
The third driver, Andrew p.
Schlegel. 81. of Baltimore, was
|uninjured, police said. Mr.. Sham
liam also escaped injury.
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Eisenhower Concern Creates
New Policy on Mccarthy
Aides Guided by Principles Rather
Than Compromise in Post Week

Eisenhower denouncing the j. B
Matthews attack on Protestant
clergymen as "alien to America
and the administrations resist
ance toward Senator Mccarthy S
efforts to question top officials
of the super-secret Central In
telllgence Agency.
The change in attitude is not
the result of any formal high
level decision by the President.
No orders to challenge Senator
Mccarthy have gone out from
the White House.
But the new line basically, The
Star has learned, has developed
from Gen. EiSenhower's growing
concern over the problems
created at home and abroad by
Senator McCarthy and his
activities.
Far more than most people
(See McCARTHY Page A-a.
Evening star., 1953-07-12

was put into an oxygen tent and
operated on for removal of the
bullet.
Police put out special call for
blood donors among policemen
with 20" type blood with Rh
positive factor. Pvt. Cassels un-
derwent nearly 20 transfusions
late last night, depicting Red
Cross supplies.
Mr.. Kozak gave police this
story of the holdup:
The colored man entered the
store and asked for cleaning. He
gave his own last name, but a
false initial. police said.
When he returned to the front
Of the store, the man was hold
ing a gun. The bandit struck
Mr.. Kozak on the head, scooped
Sis from the cash register, and
fed outside. where the encounter
with Pvt. Cassels occurred.
Mr.. Kozak was treated and re.
leased at Emergency Hospital.
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Soap Box Derby Victory Won
By John Moore in Final Try
AIexundria Youth CoImIy Pilots.
Sleek Racer to City Championship

when he represents Washington
August 3, at Akron, Ohio, in the
All American Soap Box Derby
There he'll be pitted against 14s
other city champions from the
United States, Canada. Puerto
Rico and West Germany for
$4,000 in college scholarships.
One hundred sixty other boys
raced yesterday in the largest
Derby in Washington's history
The Derby was sponsored by The
Evening Star, the Chevrolet
Dealers of Metropolitan Wash
ington and the District Depart
ment Of the American Legion.
Although no speed records
were broken, Derby General
Chairman Howard P. Bailey of
The Star said: This is the best
we've ever had. Everything went
off like clockwork and the racers
generally were better built than
in any other race. All the officials
(See SOAp ROy pape A-o)
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Picture on Poee AS.


for two and a half years, was
in Emergency Hospital with a
bullet wound in his abdomen.
Capt. Richard Felber, head Of
the homicide squad, said the
name Of the bandit is known,
and police are seeking him. Clues
to the identity of the gunman
were turned up during a house
toulouse shakedown in the 1900
block of p street NV.
He was described as a 24-year.
Was Waiting for Friend.
Police pieced together this
story.
Pvt. Cassels was standing about
S pm in front of 1888 P street
NV, where a buddy, Pvt. Joseph
A Berti, 81, also a No. 3 Precinct
policeman off-duty. lives. He was
waiting for Pvt. Berti to return
from carrying groceries to his
apartment.
Irwin I. Kozak, proprietor Of
the Gem Cleaners and Launder-
ers, 1887 P street NV, rushed
from his store behind a colored
man, and shouted:
Catch that mani"
The colored man darted
toward Church street NV,
through q vacant lot between
the Laundry and apartment
building where Pvt. Berti lives.
Heard Call for Help.
II heard Cassels calling me-"
Pvt. Berti related. ut sounded
urgent He was yelling Hurry
up. Joe! Hurry up!" And he
said something about a laundry"
Pvt. Berti ran outside and onto
the sidewalk. He spotted Pvt.
Cassels chasing the colored man.
They were just turning onto
Church street.
stick with him, George; I'll
get my car" Pvt. Berti shouted.
AS Pvt. Berti turned his car
onto Sixteenth street, he heard
a shot. He wheeled the car into
the 1900 block of Church street
and spotted his buddy sitting on
the curb, holding his stomach
with both hands.
i've been shot," Cassels said,
then lost consciousness.
Pvt. Berti took Pvt. Cassels to
Emergency Hospital, where he
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Bulletin
2 Die in 3-Cor Crash

Two persons died and two
more were seriously injured
early today in a three-car
collision on Route l in Fairfax
County at the Old Mount Ver-
non road. One of the cars
burst into flame and both the
Penn Daw and Mount Vernon
Fire Departments went to the
scene. The injured we're taken
to Alexandria Hospital.
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Jesse Jones Undereoes
Gall Bladder Operation
By the Associoied Press

HOUSTON, July 11.-Jesse H
Jones. 79, Houston f1nancier anc
publisher of the Houston Chron-
icle, was reported in good con-
dition after a gall bladder opera
ton this afternoon.
Surgeons at Memorial Hospi-
tel said the operation was per-
formed without complications.
Mr.. Jones, wartime Secretary
of Commerce and head of the
Reconstruction Finance Corp.
entered the hospital three days
ago.
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Fatherhood Out
As Basis for
Draft Delay
Change Due Aug. IS
Won't Apply to Men
Now Deferred
By james Y. Newton

President Eisenhower yester-
day paved the way for the draft
ing Of fathers unless they can
show that military service would
result in extreme hardship and
privation.
The President signed an
amendment to Selective Service
regulations, effective August Is,
removing fatherhood as a basis
for future deferment from the
draft.
All registrants who are de-
ferred as fathers will continue
to be deferred. But after Au-
gust Is, registrants not already
deferred as fathers cannot use
fatherhood as a basis for at
tanning exemption unless they
can show extreme hardship and
privation.
The White House said the
order was designed to correct a
serious inequity' through which
many registrants have been able
to get double deferments."
Many InjuStices Seen.
Registrants in the draft-eli-
eible 1312-to-26 age bracket can
receive temporary deferment ss
students, agriculture workers or
because they are employed in
critical occupations in essential
activity.
Many of these have been able
to attain virtual exemption from
military service by getting mar
ried and becoming fathers dur
ing the period of their initial
temporary deferment.
This has resulted in many in
justices, the White House said.
Many younger registrants have
been called up for duty earlier
than they would normally have
been called in order to fill
monthly draft quotas. It has also
resulted in the calling back to
duty of older reservists who
otherwise would not have been
summoned.
Draft Board Reluctant.
The White House also said
"these multiple deferments have
jeopardized many bona fide occu-
pational deferments." 1t ex-
planned that local draft boards
"are reluctant to grant occupa-
tional deferments, or deferments
to permit registrants to attend
college or work on farms, if they
believe the registrants might be-
come fathers during their defer
ment period and thus escape
service permanently"
The statement said that all
registrants deferred on depend
ency grounds will remain in that
/ classication so long as they
maintain a bona fide family re-
lationship in their home" But
a registrant not deferred for
fatherhood cannot claim exemp-
ton on that basis unless he can
prove, before August Is, that he
is a father or his wife pregnant.
Many Protests Received.
The White House warned that
fatherhood does not constitute
a permanent classification" and
lis subject to change in the event
that conditions require the serv-
ices >of these registrants in the
armed forces"
Selective Service statistics in
dicate, the White House said,
that the number of deferments
on dependency grounds has been
increasing at a rate of 10000
(See DRAFT. Page AID,
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Beaches Again Offer
Summer Refuge

AROUND THE REsoRTs-sun, salt
voter surf and ocean breezes sound
o siren coll to escape minded Wosh-
inston residents these summer doys.
There's q glimpse Of some Of them
at Rehoboth Beech. DEL, on Poss
d., and news Of others on Poee
D-3:> For news Of oeeon City, Nd,
and Virsinio Beech. Va, see Poss
AS.
Complete Index. Poee AZ
Rodio- -Tv. Programs. Pages E-4-5
Evening star., 1953-07-12

basis of principle and not Of
compromise-and let the chips
fall where they may.
This was behind indications
last week of a stiffening admini-
stration attitude toward the con-
troversial Wise onsin Republican.
These were the State Departs
ment's new directive on books
for the overseas libraries which
displeased Senator Mccarthy;
the telegram sent by President
Evening star., 1953-07-12
By Cecil HoIlond

A new attitude Is taking hold
in the Eisenhower administra-
ton regarding decisions which
may involve trouble with Senator
Mccarthy.
The word is spreading that
decisions are to be made on the
Evening star., 1953-07-12
Policeman Shot
In His UnarIned
Chase Of Bandit
Officer Answered Call
For Help in HoIdup;
Suspect Picked Up
RIlII ETIM,
BULLETINh

Police early today were
questioning a colored man be-
lieved to be the bandit who
shot Police Pvt. George w.
CaSsels. The suspect was ar.
rested with a companion at
Eighth and Varnum streets
NV. shortly before 2 am. The
companion. Thomas Lowery,
colored. of the TOO block Var
mum street NV, was booked
for investigation. Their ar
rest followed the flashing of
a lookout for a green Dodge
sedan reported owned by
Lowery.
Evening star., 1953-07-12

Public to Determine Results Of Matthews
Controversy. Pose A-l0
Evening star., 1953-07-12

An unarmed, off-duty police
man who happened to be near
the scene of a holdup was shot
and seriously wounded last night
as he chased the bandit.
Pvt. George w. Cassels. 81, Of
1740 P street NV, who has
been No. 3 Precinct policeman
Evening star., 1953-07-12
US. and Korea Proclaim Accord
After News Rhee Still Refuses
Truce But Wont 'Obstruct II
Robertson Says
ROK Chief Will
'CoIIuborute'
By the Assoeiated Press

SEOUL, Sunday, July 12.-The
United States and the Republic
of Korea today announced an
agreement that has gone far
toward achieving mutual under
standing on the troubled ques-
tions which have arisen in con-
nection with arrangements for
an armiStice."
But shortly before the joint
statement was released, Amer
Evening star., 1953-07-12

(See MCCARTHY, Page AID.
Evening star., 1953-07-12

(See SOAP BOX, Page A-9.
Evening star., 1953-07-12

(See DRAFT, Page A-12).
Evening star., 1953-07-12

(See KREMLIN, Page A-5).
Evening star., 1953-04-01
Burns and Allen Have Found
The Proper Approach to 7V
By Harry Macarthur

presence had the latter two
stunned, or awed, or something
INTO near silence, which left
providing answers largely up to
Mrs. D. Dayton and Mr.. Kalten-
born.
Each Of them proved equal to
the task and it may even be
that Dagmar had more ready
replies than any one else on the
panel. It filled this old Dagmar
fan with pride to see her pop
up with a right name to wipe
perplexed frowns off the faces
Of the pundits flanking her.
This new intellectual Dagmar
is not a replacement for the old
one. but is rather superimposed
on 1t. The old one was still
there, at times like the one
when she learned Mr.. Kalten-
born's wife probably was watch
ing in Florida. She looked up
brightly at the camera and said,
"I'll have him home early,
honey"
There were displays, too, OF
that Dagmar speciality. a state
ment which seems to be the
widest nonsense, but when ex-
amined is cold logic. She got
onto the subject of her family
IN Huntington at one point,
looked squarely into the camera
and said, "It's against the law
to talk to people on television."
Its what?" said the surprised
Walter Herman, who may never
have heard Of the FEC and it's
regulations. "Yes," said Dagmar,
turning to face him, "but can
talk to you and say hello to
them and it's all right"
Somehow. we think she has
the FEC there.
ANSWERING best way to
find out anything is to ask a
question. Sometimes the source
Of your answer may surprise you,
but you don't get many replies
without asking questions.
Which brings us to a question
which was raised here the other
day. Sylvester L. Pat) Weaver,
vice chairman of the board of
NBC, had predicted that "cyber-
netic developments" would do q
lot for us. It was noted. COM
plainingly. that Mr.. Weaver used
words not known to compilers of
the latest Merriam Webster die
tionary.
Well, a man caught our ear
at lunch that day. Turned out
to be Cody Pfanstiehl, WTOP's
press and public relations boss.
"Cybernetics." he said, "is the
study Of controls. There was a
very interesting piece on it in
Scientific American few months
ago." Which proves, at least,
that Mr.. Pfanstiehl and Pat
Weaver read magazines the man
who writes the dictionary does
not read.
"When you move your hand
out like this to pick up glass;"
Mr.. Pf. continued, demonstrat-
ing, when we looked blank, cts
stopped at the right place by a
control in your brain. at
ITS the same with the auto
matte volume control in your
Evening star., 1953-04-01

radio or television set. If 1t
weren't for controls, the volume
of sound would vary continually"
He's not going to get any argu-
ment here. For all we know,
cybernectics is the study of con-
trolls.
Evening star., 1953-04-01
On the Air

George Burns and Oracle Aller
have moved to a new televisiol
time-Mondays at 8 p.m. OF
CBS-WTOP-TV-and it is higl
time some words about then
were taken back. This Is no
exactly a retraction. Rather i
is a note of the change which
has been wrought since the twt
embraced TV. Mr.. Burns astute
showmanship has served hin
well in adapting to to the new
medium.
When Burns and Allen first
came to television. they were
castigated somewhat in this cor
ner for not surrendering fully to
it. What they were doing was Q
stage show which they had pho
tographed for showing on TV
They made their radio show
visual, all right. but they didn't
make it q television show.
It was annoying in no small
degree to turn to Burns and Allen
and find George Burns leaning
against a side Of the proscenium
arch talking to the studio au-
dience. The stages proscenium
arch is Of no more use to most
television programs that to q
feature-length motion picture.
And the man who continually
looks over your shoulder and
talks to somebody else is not the
most welcome in the living room.
Happily, neither of these an
noyances has been allowed to
last. Mr.. Burns is a seasoned
Snowman and it did not take
him long to discover these basic
facts about television. Those
sketches revolving about the al
legged home life of Burns and
Allen have always been funny
and this viewer now has not a
quibble in the world about the
manner Of presenting them.
Mr.. Burns has discovered
where the major portion Of his
audience is and that is the one
he addresses. The show moves
smoothly and informally as the
comic steps easily back and forth
between his master Of cere-
monies role and his role as hus-
band to a mad wife.
It is a true Joy to watch the
interplay between these two. who
have spent a great many years
perfecting the act. This is
smoothly polished comedy per-
formance by a pair of true old
pros. Georges slow absorption
of and reaction to Gracie's latest
wild fantasy is a masterpiece of
subtlety and timing. They get
some fine support in the half
hour festivity on film. too, from
Bea Benadaret and Fred Clark,
a pair of seasoned performers.
The truth may as well be
known. We arrived at $3.50
Monday night quite as happy as
Jack Benny must have been and
Benny Is the No. Burns and
Allen fan of several decades
standing.
INTELLECTUAL-"Who Said
That" (WNBW-Monday, 1890
p.m) was surprisingly and con-
siderably enlivened this week by
the presence of Dagmar, along
with II. v. Kaltenborn, Deems
Taylor and Frank Coniff. Hel
Evening star., 1953-01-06
North Washington Group
Hears Plans for Paper

Plans for community news
paper and other measures to
bring the North Washington
area closer together were OUT
lined last night at a meeting Of
the Manor Park Citizens Asso-
citation.
Karl K. Cover, member Of
the association and president of
the North Washington Council
of Citizens Associations, told the
group of the councils plans for
the coming year.
The newspaper, still in the
formative stage, will be devoted
to citizens associations news
and other matters of interest to
the community. Also in the
planning stage, he said. are
COMMUNICATIVE meetings, a
dinner in April and a picnic
later on in the year.
In the business meeting James
S. Scott opposed the "desecra-
ton" of legal holidays and sab
bath days by merchants holding
large sales. The group appointed
committee to study his reso-
luton.
The Rev. George w. Speake,
minister of the Albright Church
Evening star., 1953-01-06
New Faces in Congress
New Faces in Congress
Indionon Has Long Record
OF Service in World War II

A lawyer who volunteered as
a private at the age of 80 in
World War II, fought in Europe
and rose to the rank of captain
has taken his first public Office
as a Representative from In
diana's 9th District.
D. Bailey Merrill, Republican.
now 40, defeated Representative
Winfield K. Denton, Democrat,
in the November election.
Born in Hymera. Sullivan
County. Indiana, on November
%. 1912, he attended public
schools there, and received his
bachelor of arts degree from the
Indiana State Teachers College,
at Terre Haute.
Wins Doctors Degree.
After teaching mathematics
and physics in Hymera High
School, he entered Indiana Uni
versity Law School. He received
the degree of doctor of juris-
prudence in 1887. For more than
q year, he practiced law in Terre
Haute. Later he established his
practice in Evansville, his home.
Mr.. Merrill volunteered in 1912
as a private in the field artillery
and served overseas with the
291st Field Artillery Observation
Battalion. He saw action in the
Battle of the Bulge, the Rhine
land Campaign and the cam
paign of Central Europe. He was
awarded the Bronze Star for
heroic action. He served in the
Army of Occupation, command
ing the military prison. of Hohen-
Asperg near Stuttgart, Germany.
He was released from active duty
as a captain in 1916.
Returns to Practice.
Returning to his law practice
in Evansville, Mr.. Merrill became
active in civic affairs. He was
a member of the board of the
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Evening star., 1953-01-06

and first president of the Evans
vile Council for Community
Service. He helped organize and
served as a member of the board
and as secretary of the Evans
vile Community Center and was
a member of the board Of the
Family and Children's Service.
For his civic work, including
participation in Community
Chest and other campaigns. he
received the Junior Chamber Of
Commerce Distinguished Service
Award as the outstanding young
man of Evansville in 1947.
He is a member of the Evans
vile and American Bar Associa-
tionS.
Mr.. Merrill married Miss Jo-
sephine Dreher of Terre Haute
in 1899. They have no children
Mrs. Merrill was a member OF
the Evansville Board of School
Trustees from 1850 to 1852. She
resigned when her husband re-
ceived the Republican nomina-
ton for Congress,
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Gateway Citizens Deplore
Efforts 10 Retain Donohue

The National Gateway Citi-
zens' Association last night con-
CURED with a resolution of the
Mit-City Citizens Association
that would "allow Commissioner
Joseph F. Donohue to resign
without further agitation"
Gilbert c. Vincent, president.
made a statement deploring the
efforts of citizens pressing for
retention of the Commissioner.
The meeting was held in the
Church of Christ, Twenty-eighth
and Douglas streets NE.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Citizens Association
InstuIIs Officers

The Minnesota-River Terrace
Citizens Association last night
installed officers for 1853.
They are Alfred F. Marinshaw,
president: Henry Richardson,
vice president; Otis Splitter,
treasurer, and Charles A. Smith
secretary.
The group met in the Green
way Barber Shop. 1888 East
Capitol street.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Southwest Group Backs
| disqualification Of Addicfs

The Southwest Citizens Asso-
citation went on record last night
unanimously in favor Of compul-
sorry disqualification Of dope ad-
diets.
Harry S. Wender told the
group that constitutional rights
wear a little thin" where such a
terrible crime" as dope addic-
ton or peddling is concerned.
Nothing commands more at
tention by the police" he said,
''but they are unable to force
addicts to seek treatment until
they are finally arrested as ped
dlers."
The meeting was held in the
Southwest, Branch of the Public
Library. Seventh and H streets
S.W. It was conducted by Peter
Better, president.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
FoxhaII Citizens Protest
Planned Student Transfer

The Foxhall Citizens Associa-
tion last night vigorously pro-
tested the proposed transfer Of
Western High School students to
other schools.
The proposal is being consid-
cred as part of a plan to use the
Western building for Wilson
Teachers College.
The association elected P. M.
Sandifer president. Radford j.
Berky. vice president; Marcel r.
Verhayen. treasurer. and Will
liam Watts. secretary.
The association met in st.
Patrick's Episcopal Church at
Greenwich parkway and Foxhall
road NV.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
Alexandria Chamber
Pluns Dinner Meeting

The 40th annual dinner meet
ing of the Alexandria Chamber
of Commerce will be held at 1880
pm. Thursday in the George
Mason Hotel.
Joseph w. Lund, president OF
the National Association Of
Real Estate Boards, will be the
guest speaker.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

in Manor Park, addressed the
group.
Frank D. Courtney. president.
conducted the meeting in the
Whittier School. Fifth and
Sheridan streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-01-06
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Evening star., 1953-01-06
First U. S. Nobel Winner

NEW YORK. - The first
American to win a Nobel prize
was Albert A. Nicholson in 1907,
for his studies of light.
Evening star., 1953-01-06

Ever since Wilkins Instant Coffee was intro
duced to the Washington public, you may
have noticed rash of special Offers" cutting
prices on other brands in the hope you will
keep on using them.