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The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-07-17

When You come to shop use the
Free Parkin2 areas for long-term
stays Use the parking meters for
short term parking and to pick up
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Sun Promises to Don Smile
And Dress Up Easter Parade
Bright so Degrees Due to Give Visitors
Happy Day After Nippy Sunrise Services

traffic will be allowed to move
across the avenue at Intersections.
Egg sales doomed today in
prospect of the first White
House egg-rolling since 1941.
That was the year a record ST.
258 children and adults cavorted
on the south lawn.
Monday they will be at it
again, from 9 am. until 6 pm,
reviving tradition believed be-
gun with Rutherford B. Hayes
administration in 1877. Children
up to II years, accompanied by
adults. will be admitted.
Cherry blossoms at the Tidal
Basin are past their peak
reached last week end, and will
be all but forgotten when the
Cherry Blossom Festival opens
Wednesday with a fashion show.
But the show will go on, with
an illuminated parade at 9 pm.
Thursday, moving along K street
from Ninth to Twentieth street,
selection of princess at ball
Friday night and a water carni-
val and pageant Saturday and
Sunday.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW, April 4.-The
Soviet Ministry of Foreign AZ
fairs has informed the British
and American Embassies that,
contrary to previous requests,
they need not move from their
present sites to new buildings,
it was reliably reported today.
Western diplomats, who OBJ
tanned the information, said they
associated the Soviet gesture
with a series of conciliatory
measures that the Russians have
been taking in recent days.
It was understood that the
Soviet government took the
initiative in allowing the British
and American Embassies to re-
main where they are if they
wish.
The. Russians notified the
last July l that their
Embassy site on Hunters Square,
an excellent observation post
overlooking the Kremlin, was
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Reds to Let u. S. Embassy
Keep Old Moscow Building
British Move to New Quarters Also
Reported Cancelled in ConciIiutoy Bid

needed for expansion of Moscow
University. The Russians can
celed the lease and it expired
January l.
A new 10-story building orlAB
Circle, broad thoroughfare
which cuts a ring through a
Moscow residential area, was
rushed to completion by about
1000 engineers and apparently
was about ready for occupancy.
The interior decorators have
been at work. The rent was to
be $102.500 a year. While the
building was being completed
the Americans had stayed in
their old quarters rent free.
The British also have been
house hunting. The Russians
notified them late last December
that their site on the bank of
the Moscow River, just across
from the Kremlin, was wanted
for a museum and park. The
British had occupied the building
for 35 years.
Evening star., 1953-04-04

gag slipped out, and she be-
seeched: please don't kill me. :"
With that the burly assailant
wrapped a section of the towel
around her neck and started
choking her. Mrs. Stahlman
then bit him on the hand so
hard that blood began flowing.
The enraged man then picked
her up, slung her over his shoul-
der and started out the front
door.
Several neighborS, attracted by
the noise, were outside the door,
debating what to do. The man
opened the door and saw them,
dropped Mrs. Stahlman and
rushed back into the apartment,
making his escape through o
kitchen window.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Housewife Wins Grim Battle With Attocker

An attractive 23-year-old
housewife was the winner last
night in a terrifying struggle
with a would-be rapist who tried
to carry her away, caveman
fashion, from her Langley Park
(MdD home.
Mrs. Rita Marie Stahlman of
81l7 Fourteenth avenue was so
shaken by the ordeal that she
was taken to Prince Georges
County General Hospital for
treatment.
Only the arrival of neighbors,
attracted by her screams and
noises of the struggle. prevented
the 6-foot 180-pound assailant
from carrying Mrs. Stahlman
from the apartment.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Railroad and Rubber
Strikes End , Sending
$4,000 Back 10 Work
Production to Resume
In Pittsburgh Area
Steel Plants Quickly
By the Associoted Press

The Nations two major strikes,
making idle some $4,000 workers
IN steel and rubber plants. were
SeJGled Uouay.
Agreements to end the strikes
were reached within two hours
of each other early this morning
and considerably frightened the
country's labor picture.
The first settlement was an
nounced in the two-day strike
by some $4,000 CIO United Rub
ber workers against the United
States Rubber Co. in 10 plants
across the country.
Union and company officials
in New York signed a new two
year work contract. A company
spokesman said work at all
plants would resume on Mon
day or "as soon as production
can be scheduled.
Trainmen End WalkOut.
Two hours later an agreement
was reached in Pittsburgh end
ing a five-day strike of $500
Brotherhood of Railroad Train
men against the Union Railroad.
The walkout on the connecting
line had virtually halted all
operations of United States Steel
Corp. in the Pittsburgh district
and had made idle some $4,000
workers.
The Union Railroad, a wholly
owned subsidiary of United
States Steel, was expected to
resume operations Immediately.
It was expected United States
Steel plants would be back to
full production within 48 to 72
hours.
Wages were not the issue in
either of the strikes.
Improves Conditions.
In New York, a joint an
nouncement by Union and United
States Rubber Co. officials said
the new agreement would give
employees two weeks vacation
after three years instead of five
years, a Streamlined grievance
procedure and company
financed insurance program. It
also includes setting up of new
piecework rates and standards
and provision for negotiating
intra-plant wage inequities in
the various plants.
The BRIT strike started Mon
day after the union protested a
Today suspension given two con-
ductorS as a disciplinary measure
for leading what the company
termed a showdown.
Under terms of the agreement
reached early today, the BRIT
said the two conductors "were
at fault" and the railroad
was justified in suspending them.
Evening star., 1953-04-04

County police said they lacked
a clear description of the assail-
ant.
The attack occurred about
midnight; while Mrs. Stahlman'S
husband Robert was at a bowl
ing alley.
Mrs. Stahlman said she had
gone to bed. but was aroused by
noises. She looked around the
house. found nothing and re-
turned to bed.
Awakening a short time later,
she saw a man standing over
her and yelled for help.
Leaping to the bed, the in
truder stuffed a bath towel into
her mouth. As Mrs. Stahlman
struggled with the attacker, the
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Opera Star Stops
Aria to Argue
With Audience
By the Assoeioied Press

ABILENE, Tex, April A.
Metropolitan Opera Baritone
Leonard Warren argued it out
with some members Of his audi
ence last night but they later
made up.
While Mr.. Warren sang an
aria, man in the audience
shouted. "Louder!"
Abruptly the singer stopped.
pointed at the front row, and
said. Il won't go on until those
children are removed"
Then he glared at the man
and advised him to get your
hearing aid rigged up right"
AS the children left, Warren
and members of the audience
exchanged words. Then the
singer apologized. explaining that
the children's conduct had made
it hard for him to get in the
mood to sing.
Vigorous applause and frequent
encores followed later numbers.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
BohIen Plane Back
With Faulty Engine
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 4.-The
Pan American plane carrying
Charles E. Bohlen on the first
leg of his journey to his post in
Moscow as United States Am
bassador to Russia returned to
Idlewild Airport today after Is
hours flying.
The plane developed engine
trouble three hours out of Ber-
muda, where it had stopped to
refuel. Capt. Robert D. Postle-
wait decided to return to New
York because of better mainte-
nance facilities and better pos
sibilitieS of changing planes.
Mr.. Bohlen, his wife and two
children were among Sc passen-
gers who boarded the Paris
bound plane at 6:25 pm. yester-
day.
Another passenger on the
plane was Mrs. Oswald B. Lord,
United States delegate to the
United Nations Human Rights
Commission which meets in
Geneva Tuesday.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Hall Indicates
Willingness for
6. 0. P. Post
Says Top Job Was
Discussed JokinqIy
With Eisenhower

Judge Leonard w. Hall in
dicated today after a White
House visit that he is willing to
accept the Craftsmanship of the
Republican National Committee
if it is offered to him.
Judge Hall, a 52-year-old Sur
rogate judge of Mineola, N. Y,
and former member of Con-
gresS, called on President EiSen-
hover to ask him to speak at the
dedication of a shrine to Theo-
dore Roosevelt. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. Richard Derby,
daughter of the late President.
AS he was leaving the Execu-
tive Mansion. Judge Hall told
reporters that he and Gen.
Eisenhower discussed the matter
of the Republican Craftsmanship
in only joking way. He Is
regarded as the leading candi-
date for the post vacated last
week by the resignation of c.
Wesley Roberts of Kansas.
Doesn't Seek Post.
Judge Hall was asked if he had
been offered the committee
Craftsmanship either here or In
Albany. He was indorsed for
the job yesterday by both Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey and j. Russell
Sprague, New York Republican
national committeeman and a
leading lieutenant of Gov. Dewey.
Let's put it this way" Judge
Hall said. Il have done nothing
to seek the position"
He added that as member Of
the judiciary he couldn't COM
ment on politics.
Judge Hall then was asked
if he had done anything to
stop the BOOM"
Let's put it this way" he an
sWered, If it is o boom, it
speaks tor itself"
President Considers Invitation.
Judge Hall and Mrs. Derby
asked the President to speak on
date not yet selected at the
dedication as a public shrine Of
Sycamore Hill, home of Theo-
dore Roosevelt at Oyster Bay.
Long Island.
Sycamore Hill will become a
privately endowed shrine spon-
sored by the Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Association.
Gen. Eisenhower said he would
consider acceptance of the invi-
tation.
On the eve of Judge Halls visit
here, NeWsday, Long Island
newspaper, reported that a
telephone check of % Republic
can State chairmen and national
committee members revealed
overwhelming support for him.
Seen Leading Candidate.
"A LAASh duI1Al1lloGl dClOIA O1A1CluA
predicted privately that Judge
Hall is we'll on the way to be-
coming the new national chair
man.
The fact that Gov. Dewey
announced his support of Judge
Hall after a conference with the
former House member was taken
as evidence Judge Hall would ac-
cept the party post.
President Eisenhower left the
White House at 11:10 for a golf
date at Burning Tree this after
noon with Senate Majority
Leader Taft. who has avoided
expressing any preference for the
national Craftsmanship. The Sem
ator has made it clear. however,
he does not expect any fight in
ranks over the selec-
ton of Mr.. Roberts successor.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
6. 0.P. Seeks 10 Hall
Threatened Uproar
Over Astin Custer
Standards Chief Asks
'Other Reasons for
Forced Resignation
By james E. Roper

Republicans today sought to
head off a threatened uproar
over the dismissal of DR.. Allen
v. Astin as director of the Bu-
reau of Standards.
G. o. P. Senators Tobey of
New Hampshire and Bennett of
Utah investigated the firing. and
indicated they were willing to
accept it as part of the change
of command in Washington.
But Democratic Senators
Sparkman of Alabama and Hunt
Of Wyoming demanded a full
congressional investigation. DR..
Astih was ouSted primarily on
charges that the bureau had
showed prejudice in condemning
a commercial battery additive.
The Commerce Department
announced there were other rea-
sons, but has refused to elab-
crate.
AStin Asks for Reasons.
DR.. Astin, in his first talk with
reporters since his custer, dis
closed late yesterday that he has
asked Assistant Secretary of
Commerce Sheaffer to list these
other reasons. But DR.. AStin did
not seek a congressional inveSti-
cation Immediately. He said he
was interested most of all in pro-
tecting the integrity of the Bu-
reau of Standards.
Meanwhile, in a move which
he said had mo real connection"
with the Astin case, DR.. John
H. CurtiSS, head of the bureaus
applied mathematics division,
formally resigned to return to
teaching.
DR.. Curtiss told The Star his
resignation was submitted three
weeks before the dispute over the
battery additive came to light.
He said he had been with the
bureau seven years, and during
the last year had been SLOWLY
easing myself out" because of
his desire to get back to aca-
demic life.
He also said that his division
had no connection with the dis
pute over AD-X2, except that
we furnish consulting service on
the best industrial statistical
methods to apply to these expert
ments, and in this way we were
remotely brought into it,"
Has Confidence in Astin.
II do want to emphasize" he
said, that I still have the great
est confidence in DR.. AStin. =
think he is fine man. I can't
imagine him in any way going
below the highest standards of
the very best scientific work"
Secretary of Commerce Weeks,
who forced DR.. Astin's resigna-
ton, pressed his drive on the
bureau. He started appointing a
special committee of scientists to
"evaluate the present functions
and operations of the Bureau of
Standards in relation to the
present national needs"
Secretary Weeks named as
chairman DR.. M. j. Kelly, presi-
dent of the Bell Telephone Lab
oratories in New York. Seven
other members will come from
scientific organizations.
The plan was announced after
Secretary Weeks conferred with
Continued on Page A-3, Col. So
Evening star., 1953-04-04
ThOrez Reported Leaving
Moscow for France
By the Assoeinfad Prasa

MOSCOW, April 4.-Maurice
Thorez, French Communist lead
er, under medical treatment here
since 1850. was believed to have
left Moscow by train on his re-
turn to France.
The French Embassy supplied
passports for Thorez and three
members of his party who were
believed to have left on today's
train for Warsaw and Berlin.
Thorez recently asked the British
Embassy in Moscow for transit
visa for himself and his party
to travel across West Germany
on their homeward journey.
The transit viSas were issued
by the British Embassy three
days ago.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
MSA Aid to Formosu
Set Record in March
By the Assoeioted Press

TAIPEH, FormoSa. April A.
American supplies were shipped
to FormoSa by the United States
Mutual Security Agency at a
record clip during March, it was
announced today.
About $12 million worth of
supplies-mostly cotton, fertiliz-
ers. wheat and soybeans-were
landed during March to set an
all-time record for one month,
MSA said.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Sunrise Service DetoiIs on Poee AS.

Sunrise Service DetoilS on Pooe AS.
f1nery in church, along Connecti-
cut avenue or at the Tidal Basin.
The sun will shine and the tenn
perature will rise to so degrees.
It will not be too cold for
nearly a score of sunrise services
tomorrow morning, but a fore
cast low of AZ degrees tonight
indicates heavy wraps will be in
order.
The city is swarming with
visitors, an expected development
this time of year. but perhaps on
a larger scale than usual.
Many are schoolchildren, be-
ginning their annual pilgrim
ages to the Capital. Others have
come. none too early, for a
glimpse at the Tidal Basins
cherry blossoms. which will try
bravely to respond with one last
show of radiance before f9ding
into the early spring.
Large attendances at yester-
days Good Friday services be-
spoke crowded churches tomor-
row. Besides the spiritual theme,
it will be a week end highlighted
by the Connecticut avenue PROM
enade and Mondays revival of
egg-rolling on the White House
Grounds.
The Connecticut avenue fash
ion show, in somewhat abbre-
waited form, will run from las
to 4 pm, from K street to Flor
ida avenue. Because of the
traffic problems involved, some
of the floss will be missing this
year. But the best dressed of
everything will be chosen, in
tap-on-the- shoulder fashion, and
awarded merchandise prizes.
Connecticut avenue between K
and Florida will be closed to all
but streetcar, bus and taxi traffic
during the promenade hours, but
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Place of Worship
Is Scaled to Size

cHILoREN'S cHAPEL-chiIdren ot
Reformation Lutheron Church wor-
ship in q chopeI especially designed
for Them. II is model Of resuIor
chopel. with everything from the aItor
TO the pews being set to scale for
children whose oses ronse from 3 10
II yeors. Poes A-l0
EASTER SUNRISE SERvIcEs-Mors
Foster Sunday Sunrise Services will Be-
held here this year than ever before.
A listing and description Of them ore
given on Poqe AS.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Israeli Official Here
To See Eisenhower
BY lhs Associoisd Press

NEW YORK, April 4.-Tsraeli
Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett
is in the United States for an
eight-day visit. He will discuss
Middle East problems with Presi-
dent Eisenhower in Washington
Thursday.
Mr.. Sharett. who arrived here
by air yesterday. said he plans
a month-long goodwill trip to
South America after his United
States visit.
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Italian Parliament
Dissolved, General
Election SET June 7
Cabinet Seeks to Cut
Communist Power in
New Government
BY the Associated Press

ROME, April 4.-The Italian
cabinet dissolved both houses of
Parliament today and called a
general election for June Z.
Action was taken through a
decree signed by President Luigi
Einaudi.
The Senate normally would
have continued in Office for an
other year. However, the gov
ernment, intent on winning a
clean-cut victory in the election
and lessening Communist repre-
sentation, decided to fill both the
Chamber of Deputies and the
Senate in the forthcoming elec-
ton.
The action removed the last
lingering possibility that Italy
would ratify the European De-
fense Community treaty before
the elections.
De Gasperi Hopes to Return.
Premier A1cide de Gasperi
hopes to return to Office with
enough strength to push ratifica-
ton through Immediately after
the two chambers convene again
on June 25.
The elections will be held un-
der a law which the Christian
Democrat government and it's
allies pushed through Parliament
against violent Communist op-
position. It gives any party or
coalition of parties receiving
more than so per cent of the
votes IS per cent of the seats in
Parliament.
The law is expected to increase
the governments chances of re-
turning to power with more eff
fective control of Parliament.
Today's cabinet session at
which the Einaudi decree was
read and action taken lasted just
10 minutes.
Campaign Will Be Turbulent.
A turbulent election campaign
is a foregone conclusion. Riotous
political rallies already have
taken place.
There are $40 seats in the
Chamber of Deputies and $50 in
the Senate. There is talk that
the Senate may be whitfield down
to a smaller, more effective size.
The anti-CommuniSt Christian
Democrats and such allies as the
small Liberal, Republican and
Socialist Unity Parties will be
battling to remain in power.
The center parties face chal-
lenges from both left and right.
The Communist Party. whose 2
million members make it the
largest outside the Iron Curtain,
will work with the fellow-trav-
cling Italian Socialist Party of
Pietro Nenni to increase its
strength.
May Lose Valuable Men.
On the right, the openly
fascistic Italian Social Move
ment and the monarchists ex-
pect to poll their heaviest vote
yet.
Premier de Gasperi told news
men Immediately after the gov
ment's action that the obstruc-
tionism of Communists and
allied Socialists in the Senate
had become 'insupportable."
Perhaps" he said. "they
thought we lacked courage. They
know better now."
The Premier said the new
Senate election would doubtless
deprive of their seats "some men
of value" who were members as
Senators of right"
There were 81 of these-for-
mer Office holders jailed under
faSciSm. They include 20 Com
munists and Is Christian Demo-
Gratis
Evening star., 1953-04-04
Tokyo Feels Mild Quoke

TOKYO. April 4 (P.-A gentle,
rolling earthquake Jared Tokyo
for nearly a minute at 1852 pm.
today 02:52 am. Saturday,
EST. There were no reports
of any damage. The japanese
government observatory said the
quake was of low intensity and
centered in the Pacific Ocean.
Evening star., 1953-04-04

Ammunition Supply Good. Poee A-3
mention Sabre losses. But in a
weekly aerial summary the Air
Force said no allied planes were
shot down in air combat during
the week ending last night.
Six MICS were shot down, one
probably was destroyed and eight
were damaged during the week,
the summary said. Two allied
planes were listed as lost to
ground fire and five to "other
causes" presumably mechanical
trouble.
Supply Trucks Blasted.
Night-flying B-26 bombers
roared across North Korea today
in predawn strikes. The 5th
said they destroyed 73 Red sup
ply trucks and cut roads leading
from Communist areas to the
battlefront.
Soldiers of the United States
7th Division threw back two
Chinese attacks on the western
front, not far from the scene
of recent bloody fighting on Old
Baldy.
Chinese Reds stormed the
north slopes of Pork Chop Hill
before midnight. aiming their
attack at an American outpost
on the crest. But they ran into
a hail of rife and machine gun
fire and an 9th Army brieing
officer said the Reds never
reached barbed wire protecting
the outpost. Six Reds were
counted killed. number of
others estimated killed and
wounded.
Another Chinese force struck
a listening post ahead of
another 7th Division outpost on
Upper Alligator Jaw.
Attackers Stopped Cold.
The handful of men at the
listening post withdrew to the
parent outpost where about so
were stopped cold.
The briefing officer said the
Reds hit Pork Chop with 600
artillery and mortar shells before
and during the attack there.
Two other groups of Chinese,
both believed small, were sighted
in the Pork Chop area and
chopped up by what the brief1ng
officer termed extremely accu-
rate" allied artillery fire.
On the central front, q ROK
patrol killed and wound
ed six Reds in a hit-and-run
against entrenched Chi
neSe near White Horse Noun
tain. Another ROK patrol killed
and wounded 13 Reds in a no.
mans land battle in the same
area.