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Evening star., 1953-11-15
By Edword S. Jones

The opinion has been expressed
that the Chinese Communist con-
quest Of Tibet Is q menace to India
and that India's middle-of -the-road
policy in Korea was prompted by
fear Of armed Communists in the
remote country Of the Dalai Lama.
Whatever may be the reason for
India's forbearing attitude in Korea
and o general fear Of Red China
may be one of them-few persons
familiar with the geography Of Asia
believe that India Is being panicked
by q thought Of invasion from
Tibet.
Tibet has remained q land Of
mystery over the years because of
its inacceSsibility, and because no
one in his right mind would want
1t. The Chinese Communists took
the whole area without firing a shot
and with only one regiment Of
troops. 1t is land Of ice and snow,
1000 miles long by 900 miles deep.
To get to Tibet the easiest way re-
quires an air trip Of over 400 miles
from China proper and ground
trip Of over 1000 tortuouS miles.
Between Tibet and India lie the
highest mountains In the world and
thousands of square miles of un-
explored glacier.
Best estimates are that the con-
quest Of India, in the most favor
able circumstances, would require at
least IL Chinese armies for the ini-
tial onslaught. These men would
have to be organized on the plains
Of Yunnan and Szechaun Provinces,
nearly 1000 miles from India, and
sent forward from there. Tibet is
almost completely barren, so they
would have to carry all of their food
and ammunition with them from
China.
Question Of ResuppIy
By the same token, once the ex-
pedition had begun, 1t would have to
be resupplied from China. Tibet has
never been able to offer its people
more than q bare existence. It has
q small farming area in the valleys
Of the headwaters Of the Brahma-
putra, Indus and Salween Rivers. It
pastures a few herds Of cattle and
sheep. It's means of transportation
and the source Of its butter, lard and
winter clothing, its tentage and its
meat is the yak. This accounts for
10 per cent of Tibet's area. The
other so per cent is uninhabitable.
But supply lines have been opened
and maintained over such distances
before. Here, however, it is terrain
and not mere distance that counts.
From Running in Yunnan Province
to LhaSa, the capital of Tibet, is
over 1900 miles with no roads. Kun
ming is 5000 feet above sea level,
and from there a Chinese army
would have to go up and up and up.
At times the obscure trails reach
attitudes of $4,000 feet above sea
level and are open only three months
out OF the year. Many Of the gorges
encountered are crossed by swaying
rope bridges of doubtful strength.
All along the route delays are en-
countered by frequent storms and
swollen streams. Caravans ordi-
narily take three months to COM
plete the journey.
A force formed at Chengtu, to
Evening star., 1953-11-15

attempt an Interpretation Of the
feelings and position of Latin Amer
lea as a whole on practically any
other matter. Not so on this one.
In all walks of life there is trust,
confidence and hope in the future
OF the world organization despite an
awareneSS Of some of its present
shortcomings.
Not only the leaders but the peo-
pies Of Latin America are trying
hard to shelter the flame Of interna-
tional cooperation. We have to
guard that flame, they seem to tell
us, If for no other reason than be-
cause it is the only thing we have
to light the way to q lawful world.
Recently, I spent thrilling four
months surveying U. N. technical
assistance In Latin America. I COW
cred over $4,000 miles and visited
more than 100 cities. Airplanes
carried me over some of the highest
peaks in the world, and deserts and
jungleS
Although I had visited the 20
Latin American republics several
times before, was once more i'm
pressed by that unity in variety, the
immense Latin mosaic.
Above all one gets the feeling of
q continent on the march, one
awakened suddenly from a long si-
eSta. Because of this, technical as
Sistance is in fact merely helping to
accelerate a progress already begun
The Latin Americans definitely are
on their way. Furthermore, techni-
cal assistance is a two-way PROPOSE
tion in Latin America: technical CO.
operation might be better name
Hundreds of Latin American experts
are working for technical assistance
In countries not their own. Almost
all those republics are contributing
to the Ia fund. TIA goes to coun-
tries at the request of their gov
ernmentS for specific purposes.
Although technical assistance in
wolves millions contributed and mil
lions added by receiving govern
mentS, no Latin American nation
is getting all it would like to have.
At this years meeting of the United
Nations Economic Commission for
Latin America in Rio de Janeiro,
preoccupation was expressed over
financial limitations" on these ac-
tivities. Many delegates talked of
the need for planning them ION the
basis Of several years"
Other U. N. projects. as well as
TIA, are helping along Latin Ameri-
cas- Operation BootStrap." The
United Nations International Chill
drens' Emergency Fund and the Bra
xilian government, for example, have
spent about SIS million each, to
distribute about 10 million pounds
Of powdered milk to 100000 children.
UNICEF II distributing milk to
nearly 100000 children and mothers
Ia 10 other Latin American countries
The World Health Organization
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Of Burma 1000 miles to the south
east. there is a spinal ridge of
mountains making up the Hima-
layan and Karakorum ranges.
Every one has heard Of Everest,
Kanchenjunga, K-2, Goodwin Austen
and many others, but few realize
that these are only the peaks which
jut up from solid wall over
$4,000 feet high except at one point.
For human to stay at $4,000 feet
for any length of time. oxygen must
be provided. For this entire 1000
miles there is no vegetation and no
Evening star., 1953-11-15

specially designed electronic and
other instruments are being installed
to scan the skies on 24-hour basis.
The instruments will record their
findings on graphs and the chances
that the scientists will actually see
a saucer are slight.
However, in view of the compare
lively large number of reported
saucer sightings in Canada, and
taking into consideration the law
of averages, Mr.. Smith predicts his
instruments will report at least one
saucer within a year.
One fact which may or may not
Evening star., 1953-11-15

be significant is that reported saucer
sightings increase when the planet
Mars is nearest the earth.
The closest Martian approaches
to earth occur every 26 months.
Next summer Mars will come within
40 million miles Of us, and in 1856
the Martians, if any, need travel
only 35 million miles in their flying
saucers, if any. to pay us a visit.
If and when they do, handful
of Canadian scientists with their
electronic eyes will be waiting, if
not to greet them, at least to record
their presence as they pass overhead.
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Herndon, and she entered the elec-
trical engineering school, with am
billions to become a specialist in
radar and electronics.
because Atlanta is famous for
its beautiful women, Techmen did
not feel that co-eds were absolutely
necessary to the school.)
Pert-nosed, freckle-faced and
blond Betty Herndon was a serious
minded young World War II widow.
Some men students at first resented
invasion Of the campus by women,
but soon. reconciled themselves to
the new coed policy.
Betty was soon joined by another
girl student, Dianne Michel, who
took chemical engineering with
hopes Of doing work in atomic re-
search. Miss Michel Is still going
to school.
Betty Herndon not only remained,
but made such high grades she was
eligible for membership in the Phi
Eta Sigma scholarship club, which
yearly awards high scholarship with
a cup. The fraternity's iron-clad
rule made it impossible for Betty to
receive either membership or the
cup. But at least she had the salts
faction of knowing she had made
the terrific grades.
Love Among the Slide Rules
She was later compensated for
this disappointment when a fellow
student named Herndon sought her
out because their names were alike.
This meeting led to romance, and
Betty Herndon one Sunday found
herself center-aisling it with Albert
Herndon.
Evening star., 1953-11-15
u. n. Assistance
Latin America FORCES Ahead With Help
From Organizations Special Agencies
By CorIos DoviIo

Latin America, like any other re-
?cSn of the world, has it's tensions
and cleavages Of opinion; but there
Is one general theme on which there
Is scarcely any disagreement-sup-
port for the United Nations.
1t would be difficult and risky to
Evening star., 1953-11-15

Mr.. Doviio, former President Of Chile, re-
Gently completed on inspection tour Of
U. N. oetiYities in Lotin America.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Secretaries to Push Ticket Sale
For Congressional Ball Game

tary to Representative Miller of
Nebraska, chairman of a COM
mittee to send salesladies along
with the speakers; Sophie Ryan,
secretary to Senator Griswold, in
charge of providing hotel accom-
modatlons for the visiting sports
stars; Robert Geier, secretary to
Representative Utt of California.
in charge of newspaper pub
licity; Margaret Murray, secre-
tary to Representative Anderson
of Minnesota, in charge of radio
and TV publicity and Sarah
Haslett, secretary to Representa-
tive Landrum of Georgia, in
charge of sales on Capitol Hill.
Booths will be set up in a
number of stores tonight and
Friday night and all day Satur-
day. The booths will be manned
by secretaries from the various
House and Senate Offices.
In addition to the tickets being
handled by the secretaries,
others may be had at Room 724
in The Evening Star Building
either by personal call or mail
order. The tickets are priced at
So for box seats, $3.50 for re-
served seats and 81 for general
admission. All the lower stand
between first and third bases
will be reserved.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
UIine Divorce Sent
Back 10 Lower Court

A divorce granted Nigel j.
Uline, Washington ice manufac-
turer, today was sent back to
the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia for
further finding of fact.
The move was ordered by the
U. S. Court Of Appeals for the
District. The appellate courts
action did not invalidate the
divorce. It held, however, that
the lower courts findings as to
the facts in the case were in
adequate in helping the appel
late court arrive at an opinion
as to the legality of the divorce.
Mr.. Uline, 10, was granted q
divorce from his 75-year-old
first wife Carolyn on grounds
of voluntary separation for five
years. The lower court ip its
findings held that Mrs. Uline's
efforts at reconciliation were
"generalized and sporadic, rather
than specific and continuous"
The appellate court found
there were certain conflicts in
testimony and ordered the lower
court to submit new findings
based either on the present rec
ord or take additional evidence.
Mr.. Uline, who has remarked,
lives at 1545 Geranium street
NV.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Ex-Mary|and Policeman
Shoots, Kills Self in Home

A retired Government worker
and former Mount Rainier (Md.0
policeman shot and killed him
self yesterday at his home, ION
Southway road, Greenbelt police
reported.
Police Chief George F. Pana-
goulis said the dead man, James
H. Woodburn, 81, shot himself
in the head in an upstairs bed
room at the home.
Prince Georges County Medi-
cal Examiner DR.. John T. Ma
loney issued a certificate OF
suicide. ...
Chief Panagoulis- said Mr.
Woodburn had been sitting In
a downstairs room talking to
his mother, Mrs. Grace Wood
burn, 70. The chief said Mrs
Woodburn said her son told hel
he was going to take a nap and
went upstairs.
A few minutes later Mrs
Woodburn heard a shot, went
upstairs and found her son dead
in a chair, police reported.
Police said Mr.. Woodburn s
wife, Odessa, was at work at
the time of the shooting. They
said she told them she knew of
no reason for her husband's Is
taking his life.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Young Democrats
AnoIyze Budget for
'54 Vote Bottle

The Young Democrats Club
here has been commissioned to
do research work on the Federal
budget to provide Democratic
congressman with ammunition
both for the current session and
the coming election.
This was revealed last night
at the meeting of the group in
the Hamilton Hotel.
The research will be under the
Craftsmanship of Miss Lucy
Waters Lonergan, who works in
the Office of Representative
Hays, Democrat, of Ohio.
She told the meeting this prof.
ect had been chosen for the club
by a group of executive secre-
taries of Democratic Congress
men.
Volunteers from the crop will
each take a small segment Of
the budget and attempt to show
that cuts proposed by the Ell
Senhower administration will ad-
versely affect voters.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Arlington Dump Fire
Touches Off Protests

Low-hanging smoke accom-.
panied by sickening smell from
the Arlington County trash
dump at South Glebe road and
Jefferson Davis highway touched
off mounting protest last night
to county officials.
The yellowish haze spread over
the nearby area and trailed
across Mount Vernon boulevard
and the Potomac River into
Southwest Washington.
County Manager A. r. Lund-
berg today admitted the "condi-
tions were bad"-So bad, he
ordered county firemen to wet
the dump. It took firemen from
9 pm. to $3.50 am. today to
throw enough water on the
dump to put out the smoldering
flames.
Mr.. Lundberg said the condi-
ton was only temporary. The
county has been burning trash
there for the last two weeks
while the incinerator is being
repaired.
If residents can bear with US
for two or three more days,
we'll be out Of the woods" he
said. The incinerator work
should be completed by the
week end.
Atmospheric conditions caused
the smoke to settle like a blanket
over the area and some persons
reported the smell made them
III.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Burglars Crack Safe
Al Lumber COMPANY

Burglars completed a safe rob-
berry early today, apparently
while a company official chatted
with a friend in a nearby parked
car.
Loss at the Lamar and Wallace
Lumber Co., 80 New York avenue
NE, could not be determined
until an audit is made. but po-
lice placed it at between $3.50
and $1,000. The door of one
large safe had been ripped off
and another had been tampered
with.
w. Russell Lamar, jr., 80, had
returned from a meeting to pick
up his car parked near the COM
pany Office. AS he sat in the
friends auto he noted the sec
ond-floor lights on and went in
to investigate.
When he saw the place had
been ransacked, he returned to
the street and asked the friend
to call police. He then went back
to the Office and found the
cracked safe. d
Because tools were still on the
scene, police theorized Mr.. La
Mar had walked into the build
ing before the burglars had COM
pleted their ransacking.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Amnesia Victims Identity
SOUGHT by Finqerprints

Police today were seeking the
identity of an apparent amnesia
victim. He is a short, Stocky,
tanned man who wandered into
Gallinger Hospital yesterday
complaining of a headache.
The man was described as S
feet 4 inches tall, weighing $50
pounds. He spoke with south
ern accent, and his age was es-
timated at between 30 and 40.
He could give no clu cas- to his
identity except that he thought
he lived near Seventeenth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Police said no one in that vi
cinity could place the man. They
made fingerprint checks today
in the search for more clues.
Evening star., 1953-05-21

The reserves have moved up
to put the congressional baseball
game over with a bang this year.
The Congressional Secretaries
Club has taken over the job of
selling the tickets to the annual
game at Griffith Stadium on
June S at 7::30 pm. for the bene-
fit of The Evening Stars Summer
Camp Fund.
The game has a new attraction
this year-in fact several new
attractions. For one thing, Pres
ident Eisenhower will be present
and will throw in the first bail.
Walter P. Kennedy, secretary
to Representative Garfield of
New Jersey, is general chairman
of the secretaries committee.
He will be assisted by Mar
guerite Valdez, secretary to Rep
resentative Fernandez of New
Mexico who will serve as chair
man of ticket distribution. re-
cording and financial records.
Others who will assist are
Macaulay Ward, secretary to
Representative Goodwin of Mas
sachusetts who is in charge of
sales downtown; William Nor
man, secretary to Representative
Bennett of Florida in charge of
speakers; Marine Warne, secre-
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Arlington Police Hold
Abandoned Cycles

Arlington police today an
nounced that about 80 bicycles
and three tricycles found aban-
doned on Arlington streets over
q long period are impounded at
the courthouse.
Police 1t. ]. e. CullinS Of the
Juvenile Bureau. said persons
who are missing bicycles, tri-
cycles or wagons should visit the
police department to check the
impounded articles.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Admission Charge
AT Zoo Wouldn't
Pay, Mann Says

Why doesn't the Zoo charge
admission or have the Federal
Government pay all its expenses? !?
These questions arose in Dis
trict appropriation hearings made
public today.
In discussions with members
of a House Appropriation sub
committee for the District, Zoo
Director William Mann had
these comments:
An admission charge Of, say,
Is cents a person probably
wouldn't cover the budget. with
attendant security expenses. It
also would affect attendance.
A bill in past years to clarity
the status of the National Zoo
met suspicion as "a sneaky at
tempt on the part of the District
officials to get rid of the cost of
the Zoo" DR.. Mann was told
by a Congressman it hadn't "a
Chinaman'S chance"
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Missing Fisherman S Body
Found Floating in Potomac

The body of a 48-year-old man,
reported missing four days ago,
was found floating near the Po-
tomac River seawall about half
way between the Highway Bridge
and HainS Point.
Police identified the man as
Thomas j. Gordon, colored. of
1928 Corcoran street NV. They
said his wife Elizabeth had re-
ported him missing Sunday after
he failed to return from a fishing
trip near Georgetown.
A youth fishing from the sea-
wall spotted the body this morn
ing, and ran to the Potomac Park
Motor Court to call police. The
body was recovered by harbor
police and taken to the morgue.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Senate Revives Part
OF Fund TO Buy Land
Under Cramton Act

The Senate yesterday ap-
proved the move of it's Salton-
stall subcommittee to keep alive
the Capper-Cramton program
for park and playground site
purchases for the National Cap
ital area.
Without any specific chal-
lenge, the Senate granted $780,
600 for the National Capital
Planning Commissioner in
crease of $422,085 over a mere
staff fund granted earlier by
the House.
Up to Conference.
The changes were embodied
in the Independent Offices 1854
supply bill, which now awaits
a House-Senate conference.
The only threat to the plan
was a move by Senator Dirksen,
Republican, of Illinois, to make
a S per cent e-board
cut of all funds and this failed
of adoption.
Under the Truman admins
tration. the planning commits
sion had asked for $1.2 million
for land acquisition under the
Capper-Cramton Act, providing
cost-sharing by the District and
nearby Maryland and Virginia.
House Slashes Request.
The House granted nothing for
this, allowing only $97,915 for
routine salaries. The Senate re-
stored $365 900 for land pur-
chase and added $57, ,085 for staff
to cover the added work.
The land items are for COM
pletion of the George Washing
ton Memorial parkway in Fair
fax County and for lands IN
stream valleys in Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties in
Maryland where private de-
velopments are threatening to
raise site costs.
The move to eliminate park
acquisition funds began in the
Budget Bureau and was revealed
in The Star last month. The
House followed by cutting out
all money for buying land under
the Capper -Cramton Act.
The Budget Bureau action was
understood to be the beginning
of move to scrap or change
the Capper-Cramton Act as an
economy
Fear Wreck of Program.
Under the legislation. the or
derly development of the park
system in the Washington area
has been progressing for %
years. Park and planning Off
cials felt strongly that eliminat-
ing the act would wreck the
program for completing the park
system here.
If the Senate-approved sum is
accepted by the House in con-
ference, the program can go on
this year although at a reduced
pace. The National Capital
Planning Commission intends to
make a study in the meantime
to see just how much more
money is needed to complete the
park system called for in it's
master plan for the area.
Evening star., 1953-05-21

almost exclusively of paper, pulp
and. lumber. On return trips,
they will carry machinery and
other equipment for the develop
ment of Finnish industry.
Big Newsprint Producer.
The new ships are visible evi-
dence that Finland now is the
worlds fourth largest producer
of newsprint. She follows Can
ada, the United States and Great
Britain, in that order.
In 1851. the latest year for
which complete figures are
available, Finland produced
$4,000 tons, exporting 159.741
tons Of it to this country.
When United States demands
for newsprint began to exceed
Canadian and United States
supplies following World War
II, Finland saw a golden oppor-
tunity to convert her extensive
softWood forests into valuable
exports. She now sells more
paper to the United States than
all other countries, except
Canada, put together.
Canada, of course, is the
worlds leading producer eand
leading exporter, producing
5,516,279 tons in 1851 and SELL
ing 4,783.549 tons Of it in the
United States.
Finnsailor, in addition to car
rying newsprint, pulp and other
cargoes. has accommodations
for IL pasSengers-six double
cairns, one Of which is equipped
with a living room. In addition
to bathrooms, she has a Finnish
sauna or steam bath. -
Evening star., 1953-05-21
AMVETS Award Winner

A Calvin Coolidge senior has
been awarded a four-year $4,000
scholarship by the American Vet
eranS (AMVETS). Elliot Perlin,
6228 North Dakota avenue NV,
received the scholarship, which
provides for $500 a year at any
accredited college or university.
Young Perlin plans to use the
scholarship to enter George
Washington University in the
fall.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Bar and Medical Groups
To Hold Joint Meefinq

A joint meeting Of the D. C.
Bar Association and the District
Medical Society will be held to-
morrow at 8 pm. in the District
Medical Society Building. 1718
M street NV.
Speakers for the evening will
be DR.. Wallace M. Yater. presi-
dent of the medical society and
Leo A. Rover, United States At
torney for the District of Colum-
bia.
DR.. Yater will speak on wash
ington's Health Needs" Mr..
Rover's topic will be Need for
Psychiatric Help for the Courts
of the District of Columbia"
Evening star., 1953-05-21
New Finnish Ship Docks Here
In Introductory Bid for Trade

The diesel motorship Finn
sailor, a trim 6,4O0-ton cargo
vessel, constituting Finland's
latest bid for American trade.
berthed alongside Robinson's
Terminal in Alexandria yester-
day afternoon on her maiden
voyage.
On future trips to the Wash
ington area, she will bring news
print paper for The Stars
presses. On this trip, however.
she's just showing off.
Finnsailor is one of four such
ships for Finland built in The
Netherlands for the American
paper trade. The first, Finn
trader, was completed in 1851.
Another, Finnpulp, was COM
pleted about the same time as
Finnsailor. A fourth. Finnmer-
chant, will be completed this
year.
400 Feet Long.
All will make the run from
Finland to East Coast and Gulf
ports. Finnsailor and Finnpulp
are expected to be frequent Wis
itors here.
Finnsailor is just over 400 feet
long. She is an open shelter
decker with forecastle. Her un-
derslung bow and heavy plating
enable her to sail icebound wa
ters by riding up on the ice and
crushing it. She makes Is knots
loaded.
Her captain, Armas Toivonen,
was to be host today at a lunch
con for Washingtonians invited
to inspect the vessel.
Finnsailor's cargoes. and those
Of her sister ships, will consist