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Evening star., 1953-05-25
Fire Ruins Dairy Center

LEXINGTON, KY, May Is (P.
EARLY morning fire sending
smoke billowing hundreds of feet
in the air ragged through the Uni
verSity of Kentucky dairy center
yesterday, practically destroying
a 100000 building and burning
to death II calves.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Tornado Hits Iowa Town

MILLERSBURG, Iowa, May
Is .(P.-An early morning tor
nado made two passes at this
small southwestern Iowa Coun-
ty community yesterday, causing
several thousand dollars property
damage. There were no injuries
reported.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
Legion Benefit Dance

The Arlington unit of the Vir-
ginia Guard of Honor of the
American Legion will give a
benefit dance from 9 pm. to mid
night on Friday in the Fort
Myer Hop Hall.
Evening star., 1953-05-25
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Evening star., 1953-05-25
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Evening star., 1953-05-25
Mrs. AhIgren Gables
Clubs Good Wishes
To Queen Elizabeth

Mrs. Oscar A. Ahlgren,
General Federation of Wom-
ems Clubs president. yester-
day cabled the good wishes
of her organization to Queen
Elizabeth II over her cor
onation.
The cable read, Our
prayers and good wishes for
a long life and a peaceful
and successful reign"
Evening star., 1953-09-07
U. 5. PdyroII Costs Increase
Despite DecIine"in EMPLOYEES

cline in the number of persons
on Federal payrolls.
He said total civilian employ
ment on June 80 was 2,469,64
as compared with 2,596,764 a
year earlier. He said 36,285
workers were dropped during the
first half of the fiscal year,
which was roughly the last six
months of the Truman admins
tration. This compared with a
decline of 90,839 in the last half
of the fiscal year, under the
Eisenhower administration.
Senator Byrd said the 1858
fiscal payroll total was $685.
100000, compared with 50 541,-
100000 for 1852 fiscal. He said
the civilian payroll for the De-
fense Department and military
agencies alone accounted for
more than half of this.
For July, first month of the
current fiscal year, Senator Byrd
listed decrease of 1875 below
June, to bring the total to 2,451,-
765 He said this was 15C, ,03S
below July of last year.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
By ChorIes J. Yorbrouqh

Solemn throngs walked by the
body of Gen. Jonathan M. VAIN
wright in the Trophy room of
the Arlington amphitheater to-
day. symbolizing the Nations
grief over the death of the hero
of Corregidor.
Outside the big bronze doors
overlooking the haze-shrouded
Potomac valley lay the Unknown
Soldier.
Gen. Wainwright, who died
last week in San Antonio from
ailments intensified by Japanese
prison camp hardships and
cruelties, became a hero for los
ing a battle; a battle he knew
was lost before it ever began; a
battle that didn't have a hope.
ThrOngs View Remains.
flushed mourners moved slow
ly through the Trophy room,
pausing briefly to look at the
general. He wore the green
and pinks" winter uniform. His
decorations were topped by the
star Spangled Congressional
Medal of Honor-awarded for
the battle he lost-Corregidor.
The body will lie in state until
7 pm. today and from 8 am.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
By the Assoeicted Press

Senator Byrd, Democrat, of
Virginia reported today that the
Governments civilian payroll
cost increased some 1922 million
during the last fiscal year, al
though the number of workers
declined 127.124.
In a report he made public
as chairman of the Joint Com
mittee on Reduction of Nones-
sential Federal Expenditures,
Senator Byrd said higher costs
for fewer workers resulted from
these causes:
Il, Lump sum payments for
accumulated annual leave to en-
ployes separated. and
"2. Pay raises to Federal en-
ployes Oargely blue collar)
whose compensation is deter
mined by local wage boards"
The report covered the fiscal
year that ended June 80. Ex-
cept for June. Senator Byrd said
there had been a gradual de-
Evening star., 1953-09-07

country better by giving the
Communists the fantastic infor-
nation they wanted" said Col.
Frank H. Schwable, of Arlington,
Va, who was freed only yester-
day from a Red war prisoner
camp in North Korea.
"The Chinese gave me a choice
Of life or death they put
words in my mouth and / said
them" said 1t. Floyd B. O'Neal
of Fairfax, S. C.
Another Air Force lieutenant
said he signed the statements
because Il figured I'd be shot. /"
The flyer, 28-year-old 1t. Ken
meth L. Enoch of Youngstown,
Ohio, said the charges were lies
and added:
II was trying to save my neck.
I thought this thing was going to
blow up in my face. AS the war
wore on, this thing germ war;
fare propaganda) increased"
Each of the flyers had de-
clined to talk with newsmen yes
terday when they were freed in
the last hours of the Korean war
prisoner exchange.
Other flyers returned on the
final day of exchange said the
Reds got the confessions" they
Evening star., 1953-09-07
City Enjoys Holiday
In Soothing|Y Cool,
Clearing Weather
TOO, 900 Residents
Due Back Tonight
From Long Week End

Under clearing skies in sooth-
ingly cool weather, Washington
joined most of the Nation today
III celebrating a restful Labor
Day.
Only parts of the Atlantic
Coast and the Pacific Northwest
failed to see the sun as refresh
ing temperatures replaced the
hot blanket Of last week.
BY this evening, the skies
should be completely clear and
remain that way for the next
few days the Weather Bureau
said. Temperatures should reach
into the high 70s today and
climb no higher than 80 to-
morrow.
Many Visitors Here.
Traditionally, Washington OBJ
served the holiday mostly by not
observing anything at all. AS
many urban residents as could
make it were at the seashore or
the mountains. This fact gave
the railroad, bus and air term
inals a breathing spell before
100000 or more travellers hurry
back to reality tonight.
Inspireds by temperatures
which did not exceed "a for more
than 80 hours, a surprisingly
large number of outsiders drifted
into town for a week end of the
usual sightseeing.
In one of the few formal
ceremonies here, the Most Rev.
Patrick A. O'Boyle, Archbishop
of Washington, celebrated La
Dor Day mass at the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth
street and Park road NV.
Labor Secretary Durkin laid a
wreath of yellow chrysanthe-
NUNS at a statue of James
Cardinal Gibbons in front of the
church.
Meany Attends Service.
Mr.. Durkin said it was fitting
that the first Labor Day mass
should honor the memory of the
cardinal who once stood almost
alone as a churchman who de-
Tended the rights of labor.
A host of labor officials at
tending the mass, including AFL
President George Meany, heard
a sermon by the Rev. George
assistant director of
social work of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
Father Higgins congratulated
labor for its progress in human
welfare. it's strengthening of
international relations and safe
the rights of the Amer
ican Negro.
He urged labor, now that it
has won the right to organize,
to shift it's emphasis to CO.
operating with other groups in
the promotion of the general
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Two Chinese Priests Slain
In Hong Kong Rectory
BY the Assoeiated Press

HONG KONG. Sept. Two
Chinese priests were dubbed to
death today and police blocked
roads leading to Communist
China in search for the killers.
Although officers said robbery
was the motive. friends asserted
they were slain because they were
strongly anti-Communist.
One victim, the Rev. John B.
Ching, 90, was editor of the anti
Red church newspaper Kung Kao
Pao. The other. the Rev. Peter
Ngai, so, occasionally worked on
the paper.
The two were found on the
floor of the Holy Souls Church
rectory in Hong Kong's crowded
Wanchai district. The rectory
had been ransacked, but the kill
erS apparently overlooked jewels
and money in well-hidden dona-
ton cans.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Throngs Pay Solemn Homage
To Dead Hero of Correqidor
Gen. Wonwrieht's Body Lies in State
In Arlington Amphtheoter Today

until 10 am. tomorrow. He is
the first military hero to rest
in the hallowed spot since the
Unknown Soldier.
The sun was struggling val
iantly to get through morning
clouds as the honor guard from
the Sd Cavalry-Gen. VAIN
wright's one-time command here
took their posts around the
white metal casket. The honor
troops were brought up from
Camp Pickett.
Brief Service Today.
A brief service for the family,
Navy Capt. and Mrs. Jonathan
Wainwright v, and close friends
was held in the Trophy Room 80
minutes before the doors were
opened.
A graveside service will be
held at II am. tomorrow in Ar
lington. The generals grave,
hanked by a tall pine and a
holly tree, will be near his
father and mother.
The old warrior sprang from
a family of military men, al
though his great-grandfather,
the first Jonathan Mayhem
(See WAINWRIGHT. A-IO)
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Storage Firm Head
Burned in Hotel

A 56-year-old storage company
head was critically burned this
morning when he apparently set
fire to newspaper he was read
ing.
Harry Cayton, identified by
police as owner Of the Union
Transfer & Storage Co., is in
Emergency Hospital with serious
burns to about 40 per cent of his
body.
According to Detective Sergt.
Patrick Deenihan of the Homi-
eide Squad, Mr.. Cayton appar-
emily tried to reach the bath
room in his apartment at the
Dupont Plaza Hotel to put out
the fire and then called the
hotels room clerk, H. B. Davis.
Bell Captain Allan Hupwood
went to the apartment, put out
the blaze with an extinguisher
and called an ambulance to take
the burned man to the hospital.
police said.
Mr.. Cayton is the brother of
Judge Nathan Cayton, chief
judge of the Municipal Court of
Appeals, and DR.. Leon Cayton,
of 2948 Macomb street NV.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Hurricane Is Headed
Out 10 Sea 50 Miles
East Of Nantucket
Most Of New England
Due to Have No More
Than Gusty Winds
By the Assoelofed Press

BOSTON, Sept. 7. - Four
drownings and numerous boat
ing accidents in New England
were attributed Hurricane Carol
as the seasons third big blow
skirted so miles east of the re-
sort island of Nantucket today
and headed for sea toward the
Bay of Fundy.
The hurricane which churned
the coasts of New Jersey and
Long Island with heavy seas is
expected to bring little more
than fresh gusty winds today to
most Of New England.
Dense fog and heavy seas at
tributed to the hurricanes ap-
proach caused numerous boating
accidents in New England wa
ters. -Four persons were drowned
and 40 or more were rescued by
the Coast Guard as small craft
swamped or capsized. A 78-foot
fishing vessel was wrecked when
it ran aground in the fog off
Gloucester harbor.
No Trouble Expected.
Fringe winds of SO miles an
hour swirled over Nantucket.
Police anticipated no trouble as
the island was we'll battened
down after advance warnings of
the storm.
The storm passed New Jersey
and Long Island at distances
ranging from about 100 to 200
miles out at sea.
Two cabin cruisers in New
England waters with a total of
at least % persons aboard were
sought through the night by
radar-equipped Coast Guard
vessels. The guard said it was
possible the vessels anchored
last night to await the lifting
of the fog.
CraIt HAD l5 Aboard.
One of the two cruisers was
the 36-foot Mary Louise, owned
by Jack ODonnel, So, wealthy
Rockport (Mass.) fish professor.
The craft left Rockport yester-
day with Is aboard.
A 78-foot fishing vessel out of
Gloucester went aground at DOL
liver's Neck and was reported a
total loss. The six crewmen were
reported rescued by a party from
lifeboat station.
Earlier storms this year hit
farther south. Hurricane Bar
bara last month spent most of
it's force along the Carolina and
mid-Atlantic coast. Hurricane
Alice brought heavy wind and
rains to Cuba this spring, but
weakened after crossing the Gulf
of Mexico.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
1876 Dead in Nation
In Holiday Accidents
By the Associated Press

At least 396 persons were dead
in accidents as the extended
Labor Day week end moved
through its final day today.
Less than is hours before
summers last national holiday
came to an end this was the toll
of accidental deaths:
Traffic mishaps had claimed
287 lives. Forty-one persons had
drowned and 68 died of mis-
cellaneous accidental causes.
The National Safety Council
had estimated before the holiday
began that 440 persons would die
in traffic mishaps during the 78
hours between 6 pm. Friday
(local time) and midnight to-
night. The council forecast was
slightly more than five deaths an
hour.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Akihito Leaves Geneva
On Way to Visit U. S.
By the Assoelafed Press

GENEVA, Switzerland. Sept. Z.
Grown Prince Akihito of ia
pan left Geneva by plane today
for London and a six weeks tour
of the United States.
The princes tour of the United
States will include visits to most
of the major cities and scenic
attractions, including Niagara
Falls and Yellowstone National
Park.
The princes plane is expected
to arrive in Washington at noon
tomorrow. He will spend four
days in the Capital.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Coast Guard 10 Remove
Crew OF Grounded Vessel
By the Associated Pres.

PROVINCETOWN, Mass, Sept.
1.-THE Coast Guard prepared
today to remove by breecher
buoy the crew of the freighter
S. S. Eugenia, hard aground rs
yards off shore near Cape Cod
light where she had been driven
by the heavy seas boiled up by
Hurricane Carol.
The Coast Guard said the men
were unable to get a boat out
to the Eugenia because of heavy
surf.
IF the crew does not panic,
there will be no danger" a Coast
Guard spokesman said.
The Coast Guard said the ship
had reported earlier it was out
of control with a broken pro-
pellor and it's generator out.
The Coast Guard said the ship
was 255 feet long and of Pan
American registry, and said it
was unable to talk with the vessel
by telephone and had no other
details.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
IA Dead, IA Missing
In Fire in CHICAGO
BY the Associated Press


CHICAGO, Sept. IA tene-
ment fire took at least ii lives
in Chicago's South Side Negro
section early today, and officials
said IA other residents of the
four-story building are unac-
counted for.
F'iremen began a search for
bodies in the smoldering rubble
of the>structure, which collapsed
during the blaze. The search
was delayed until the arrival of
investigators from the city's
building and legal departments.
Of the IA bodies recovered,
seven were those of children.
Only one body was identified
that of Solomon Fisher, 80, a
millwright at the Tractor Works
of international Harvester Co.,
whose identity was established
by his wife, Irene. 35.
The building where the fire
occurred was at 1915 South
State street. 1t housed an eSti-
mated rs persons. and possibly
more, police said.
Two buildings, on either side,
also were hit by the fire, but
not as severely.
Residents of these two build
ings totaled IS.
Forty pieces of f1re-fighting
equipment fought the extra
alam blaze.
Damage to the buildings was
estimated at $4,000 by Fire
Marshal John j. Haberkorn.
Cause of the fire was not i'm
mediately known.
Many of the victims were
burned beyond recognition. Sew
eral persons were injured in
leaps from upper windows, gre
mon caid
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Arlington Flyer Had to Sign
Germ Confession or Die
Col. SchwobIe Tells of Mental Torture
And Being Left in Solitary to Freeze

wanted with torture ranging
from mental cruelty to letting
maggots crawl inside a wounded
mans ear.
Col. Schwable and 1t. O'Neal
met newsmen after a days rest
and told a sickening story that
the Reds relentlessly ground
away at their resistance with
threats. physical torture and un-
ceasing questioning.
Asked if the charges were true,
the 45-year-old Schwable ans
wered:
1T is fantastic that anybody
could believe that sort of thing
could be used. It is utterly fan
taStic.
"They have enough feas, flies
and mosquitoes in North Korea
without our adding to it."
Col. Schwable was captured in
July, 1852, when he and his CO.
pilot Maj. Roy H. Bley of Cabool,
Mo. were shot down over North
Korea.
On FEBRUARY %, 1858, the Red
Peiping radio broadcast a long
confession" saying Col. Schw-
able took part in germ warfare
under direction of the United
States Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
broadcast said he was aiding in
plans to establish a "contamina-
tion belt" across Red Korea.
Col. Schwable said today:
"a man can only take so much.
II told them I would stand be-
for God and swear that germ
warfare had never been used.
Yet they never asked me to swear
that my confession was true.
"All they wanted was words
with signature. Truth meant
(See SCHWABIE. Page A-3)
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Four Drown in Maryland
During Holiday Week End

Maryland's holiday death toll,
so far includes four drowning
victims.
The dead, according to an
Associated Press report included:
Henry Weimer, AZ, and Wilbur
Henry, 27, both of Lancaster Pa,
in the Bohemia River, Saturday
near Chesapeake Bay between
Cecilton and Elkton.
Norman Hollingsworth, 46, of
Washington, while swimming
Saturday at North Beach.
Puroy Wilt, 38, of Joppa, Md,
in the Bush River late Friday
after falling overheard while try
ing to get the motor started on
his boat.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Pictures on Poee BID

tPictures on Poge BID
%, apparently was trapped in an
attempt to save the child when
she re-entered the burning room
after calling for help from a
Second-f1oor balcony outside the
apartment.
Firemen found her lying un-
conscious midway between a
couch and her daughters badly
charred crib.
The child, Donna Lee Cham
pion. was pronounced dead on
arrival at Emergency Hospital.
Mrs. Champion was rushed to
the operating room for treat
ment of serious body burns.
Husband Out of Town.
Police said the two victims
were alone in the apartment
when the fire broke out at about
5:45 am. They said Mrs. Cham
pion's husband, Floyd, was re-
ported to be visiting relatives in
Durham, N. c.
About two hours before the
fire police had helped the woman
gain entrance to the apartment
when she returned home with
out a door key. They said the
baby was inside the apartment at
the time.
Between 2::30 and 3 am, po-
lice said, Mrs. Champion went
to a nearby all-night restaurant
for help when she found she
couldn't get into the apartment.
They said a family friend, Lu-
ther Medlin, called police.
Apartment Door Locked.
Tenth Precinct Pvts. D. w.
Smith and L. A. LeWandowski
lowered Mr.. Medlin by rope from
the roof of the three STORY brick
building to a wrought iron bal
cony outside the Champion
apartment. Mr.. Medlin then
opened the door, and left with
police, they said.
At about 5:45 am; Mrs. Jacob
Warrenfeltz, who lives in an
beneath the Champ
ions. heard cries for help. She
saw Mrs. Champion standing on
the balcony, framed in reflection
from the fire in the apartment
behind her. Mrf1 Warrenfeltz
called the Fire Department and
Mrs. Warrenfeltz pulled a fire
alarm in the building.
Both the neighbors tried to
force open the door of the
Champion apartment, but it was
locked.
Battalion Chief L. F. Price said
damage showed that the fire,
while confined to one apartment,
was a very intense one"
Evening star., 1953-09-07
KnowIond, in Formoso,
Observes Jet Training
By the Assoelated Press

TAIPEH, Formosa, Sept. T.
United States Senate Majority
Leader Knowland, on a fact
finding tour of the Far East, to-
day visited a jet training center
on this Chinese Nationalist
island.
The California Republican,
who arrived Saturday for a one
week visit, was accompanied by
Maj. Gen. William c. Chase,
head of the United States Mill
tary Assistance Advisory Group
to the Nationalist government.
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Two Inquiries Pushed
On Republican Role
In 4 Per Cent Deal
W. L. Stephenson Named
AS Quoting Secret Doto
On Navy Rocket Job

House investigators are drafting
report on testimony that the
executive secretary of the Eisen-
hover Inaugural Committee dis
closed classified information
about a 81 million Navy contract
in an attempt to get a per
center" job, it was reliably re-
ported today.
Informed sources said secret
hearings of a House Armed Serv-
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Baby Girl Dies,
Mother Burned
In Home Fire
Woman Apparently
Trapped in Irving
Street Apartment

A 3-month-old girl died and
her mother was burned seriously
early today in a fire which ragged
through their one-room apart
ment in building at 1471 Irving
street NV.
Police said the mother, Mrs.
Catherine Ann Champion, about
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Quirino Back in Manila:
Stresses Campaign Role
By the Assoeioted Press

MANILA, Sept. 7.-President
Elpidio Quirino returned home
today after 10 weeks in the
United States for two stomach
operations at Baltimore and
made it clear he intends to cam
paign for reelection in Novem-
Der.
Looking drawn and tired. Mr..
Quirino told a crowd of about
$4,000 that greeted him at the
airport, Il think it is too late
for me to withdraw"
Mocking reports that he had
died in the United States, Mr..
Quirino quip2ed: To-day is the
day of resurrection"
Evening star., 1953-09-07
Only ! Hurt in Bermuda
AS PIune With s. Burns
By the Assoeiased Press

TAMPA. Fla, Sept. IA Mill
tary Air Transport plane return
ing SIS men to MacDill Air Force
Base from training in England
crash-landed and burned early
today at Bermuda, the base vas
informed.
The only casualty was a
sprained ankle, according to
fragmentary reports by radio.
The men were mainly ground
crewmen from among members
of the 306th Bombardment Wing.