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Evening star., 1953-05-03
Vietminh Invaders
Regrouping 10 Strike
AT Capital Of Laos
By the Asseeiatsd Press

HANOI, Indochina. May g.
Vietminh invasion vanguardS
from the north and east re-
grouped within 10 miles Of
Luangprabang today. apparently
awaiting the arrival of more
troops before attempting an as
sault on the royal capital of
Laos.
French and Laotian patrols
ranging across the hills and
mountains Immediately sur
rounding the once peaceful home
of aged King Sisavang Wong
found none of the enemy in
shooting range.
Heavy rains stymied French
fighters and bombers which have
been straf1ng and bombing Wet
mimi concentrations. But de-
spite the bad weather, French
transport planes poured still
more troops and war supplies
into Luangprabang from Hanoi.
275 miles to the northeast.
Civilians Fear DefenSes.
In the royal seat the 5000
civilians worked ceaselessly with
French and Laotian soldiers.
digging more trenches and
stringing barhed wire against
the Communicated rebels who,
when they strike, may outnum-
ber the defenders 4 to /.
The enemy assault could
come tomorrow. but indications
are that the Red leaders will
hold up the attack until all
available forces have pushed in
through jungles.
Thus several days may pass
before the enemy masses a pos
sible strength of 10000 men
for the battle which, if success
full, would give the Moscow
trained Vietminh leader, Ho Chi
Mimi, a tremendous prestige
victory and open the way for
an invasion of Laos sister king
dom of Cambodia.
Defenders Pull Back.
The French and Laotians have
pulled back from strong defense
posts along the invasion routes
after fighting showdown engage
ments. A garrison which evac-
uated the post of Bannambac,
so miles north of Luangpabang,
reached the capital today. French
Union parachute troopers from
Hanoi also arrived today.
These warriors are backed by
superior fire power from Amer
ican supplied mobile artillery and
heavy machine guns. With good
weather, they will have cover
from American-furnished fight
ters and bombers.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Administrative Changes
Reported Ordered by Clio
BY the Associotsd Press

BUFFALO, N. Y, May "A
sweeping reorganization of the
national CIO administrative set
up has been ordered. the Buffalo
Evening News reported today.
The newspaper said it had
learned the present 46 regional
Offices would be slashed to 13.
The plan was outlined for Ma
tional CIO officers in Washing
ton Thursday. the newspaper
said, and would be worked out
in detail in a series of regional
meetings throughout the country.
CIO leaders in Washington de-
clined to discuss the report, but
one individual close to CIO af-
fairs said the reorganization had
been under discussion for a long
time He added the story is sub
stantially correct.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Golf Boil Is Driven
Throuoh.Phone Book

NEW YORK.-Alex Andie, golf
pro at the Shelter Rock Country
Club of Long Island, has driven
a golf ball through a Greensboro
telephone book, which is nearly
an inch thick.
Not only did the ball go
through both covers and the 500
pages of the directory, but it con-
tinued 100 yards past the book.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

general foreman Of the round
house.
Mr.. Boucher and his wife, the
former Margaret Gainey, have
three sons. Edward, who also
is a Terminal Co., employ: Nor
man. an employe of the Hudson
Manhattan railroad in New Jer-
sey; Robert, an instructor at the
Jefferson Junior High School,
and a daughter. Mrs. Margaret
Collins. They have II grand
children.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

week. Only recently, it presented
a substitute plan to keep the
interest rate at 4 per cent and
allow mortgages to be purchased
at a discount.
That expedient touched off a
negative response in Congress
and, presumably, VA considered
that if FILA interest rates were
raised and VA rates held at the
same level, CT home buyers
would be at a further diSadvan-
tage in seeking mortgage money.
Over a considerable period of
time, CT mortgages at 4 per
cent already were at disadvan-
tage in competing for loan funds
with 414 FILA mortgages and
non-Government- aided conven-
tional loans at about per cent.
AS a result, such CT mortgages
have been selling at a discount
of 81 to SIS per $l00, or at even
greater discount in sections of
the country where mortgage
money for this kind of invest
ment is not plentiful.
In the case of FHA and CT
mortgage loans, the Govern
ment insures or guarantees pri-
vate lenders substantially against
any loss. That is how the Gov
ernment gets into the home-loan
interest rate situation.
The money is provided by pri-
vate lenders but, under the Gov
ernment programs. they must
not charge a higher interest
rate than the Government au-
thorizes, if they wish to have
the additional security for the
loan that Government backing
gives them.
In the last year or so, how
ever. many lenders have been
contending that without a
higher return on such mortgages
they could invest their money
more advantageously in othss
fields than in the FILA or CT
market.
Interest rates started to firm
up almost Immediately after the
Treasury-Federal Reserve Board
agreement two years ago that
the board should withdraw its
support from the Government
bond price.
Withdrawal of this support
sent the Government bond price
down. thus increasing the effec-
tive interest rate yield. Subse-
quent Government moves-the
most reaching of which was
the recent offering by the Treas
ury of billion dollars worth of
30-year Government bonds at the
relatively high interest rate of
3l4 per cent-have been gen.
orally conceded to have been de-
signed to tighten up the money
supply and discourage further
expansion of the economy.
AS a consequence of those
moves. and to some extent in
anticipation of a boost also in
home loan interest rates. the
supply of money has dwindled
particularly for GI home loans.
The Veterans Administration
and some other groups have
contended this would be a tenn
porary situation. and that mort
gage funds at the old rates
would become more plentiful. ..
Others. including the majority
of lenders and builders, dis
agreed. They contended interest
rates needed to be boosted to
realistic" levels If housing pro-
duction was not to suffer.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

tivity. When captured he had a
bullet wound in his left arm
which was still stiff and sore.
Corpl. Nicolas said that in his
camp, as in all the others. the
POWs were given lectures on
Communism for one or two hours
every day.
Evening star., 1953-05-03

He b e 9 a n
work with the
Baltimore &
Ohio railroad
in 1904 when
the old round
house was 10
Gated at West
Virginia ave-
nue and Queen
street NE. He
became fore
m a n within
the first few
years and in
the early 1920s
was n a m e d
Evening star., 1953-05-03

DrlogeS tnere.
will be award
ed the Distin-
guished Fly
ing Cross and
four oth er
medals at a
ceremony here
at 1880 pm
tomorrow.
1t. Comdr.
Gustav Carl
son will be
honored for
ou t s t anding
achievement t S
Evening star., 1953-05-03
A-Year Employe Retires
From Terminal Company

Edward F. Boucher, 311 K
street NE, retired from the
Washington Terminal Co.. last
week after 4g years, service.
Evening star., 1953-05-03
F|yerWi Canyon
In Korea Named for
Him 10 Get 5 Medals

A Navy flyer. who had a Ko-
rean canyon named in his honor
after the squadron he COM
manded knocked out all the
Evening star., 1953-05-03
Youthful Drivers

CH1CAGO.-Fatal accidents in
the United States in 1852 in
volved 25 per cent of drivers who
were less than IS years of age.
Evening star., 1953-05-21
Arlington

Open Fri. and Mon. Nights 70 9
Daily 10 to 6. Fri. ond Mon. 10 to 3
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Rental Agent Traced
By Pink Auto Is Fined

A 29-year-old woman, who
has a pink Cadillac convertible
and curious method Of prac-
ticing her business of rental
agent, has been fined $3.50 in
Municipal Court on a conviction
of larceny after trust.
Mrs. Hannah c. Ewing, COL
ored, of the 400 block of U
street NV, pleaded guilty to
the charge before Judge Thomas
c. Scalley on October 9. She
was sentenced on Tuesday and
paid her fine yesterday.
According to police, she had
accepted money as initial rent
payments on apartments and
then failed to provide the apart
ments.
Her rental agent license has
been revoked.
The Ewing woman, who is q
Howard University graduate, was
arrested in September, after De-
tective Sergt. Benjamin D. Clark
traced her through her distinc-
tive automobile.
Police are holding another
warrant against her in a similar
matter, involving more than $500.
Her attorney, Perry Howard,
said restitution has been made
in the case.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Judge Draper Resigns
From Virginia Bench
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND, Va. Nov. 26.-
Judge John S. Draper. 81. OF
Pulaski yesterday resigned as
jurist of Virginia's 21st judicial
circuit, embracing the counties
Of Pulaski, Wythe, Grayson and
Carroll. The jurist said he was
retiring because Of "the condi-
ton of my health"
Judge Draper is the oldest
judge serving a Virginia circuit.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Pepco Pow Dividend

Pepco directors declared q
regular quarterly dividend Of rs
cents a share on common stock,
payable December "a to holders
of record December 7. They also
will pay a quarterly dividend of
As cents a share on the 3.6 per
cent preferred stock. payable on
January II to holders of record
December
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Rood Expert Flies

LINCOLN. Neb. (P-L. N.
Ress, Nebraska State highway
engineer, went on a West Coast
vacation and when he got back
every one was set to ask him
about highways.
Said Ress: Don't do it. It
was a vacation. I flew all the
Way!"
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Ancient Arrow Found

Robert Morrow, 7, recently
found a Bronze Age arrow of
1000 BIC. at Portadown, North
ern Ireland.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

The Arrow Per fovorite with
younger men. Snort wide spreod
eolIor with stoys, French cuffs.
IA to 1874. Sleeves 81 to IS.
S.sS
Evening star., 1953-04-14
By Joseph A. Fox
Sior StoH Correspondent

AUGUSTA, Ga, April IA
President Eisenhower's golfing
excursion into Georgia, de-
nounced as sacrilege by base
ball lovers everywhere, has
turned out to be only a warmup
for WaShington's belated Ameri-
can League opener Thursday.
For late yesterday the Presi-
dent switched lineups and in
serted himself as starting
pitcher. meaning he will throw
out the first ball at 1853 p. m
and thus preserve the four
decade tradition dear to the
hearts of Clark Griffith and his
cash customers.
Two factors made it possible
for Gen. Eisenhower to get ir
his whacks at Augusta Nationa
golf course and appease baseball
fans as well. First was the
rainout of the Washington-Nev
York~Yankees opener yesterday
forcing day and night game
Thursday, with the opener Sched
uled for 2 pm, an hour earle,
than first planned.
1t happened that Gen. Eisen
hover had already planned ,
brief return to Washington tt
speak to the American Societ,
Of Newspaper Editors. This i'm
mediately raised the question
whether he would replace Vic,
Evening star., 1953-04-14
New Japan University
Is Officially Opened

Simultaneous celebrations in
Tokyo and Washington sig
nailed the official opening of the
International Christian Univer-
sity in Japan yesterday.
The new university, in Tokyo,
is sponsored and partially sup
ported by IA major Protestant
denominations. as we'll as thou
sands of individuals and groups
within the United States.
Two observances were held in
Washington, one at the White
House and the other at the
japanese Embassy.
At the former, Sherman
Adams. assistant to the Presi-
dent, received representatives of
the Japan International Chris
tian University Foundation in
New York. Former United States
Ambassador to Japan Joseph c.
Grew headed the delegation.
Later a receptions held at the
Embassy was attended by many
Government officials, educators
and clergymen.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Red Flyers Ordered
To Avoid Allied Air
Lanes, Paper Says
BY the AsSoeioted Press

BERLIN, April 14.-The West
Berlin newspaper, Telegraf. re-
ported today that Soviet all force
planes on patrol and training
missions in East Germany had
been ordered to avoid the three
Allied air corridors linking Ber-
lin with the West.
The newspaper said Gen. Vas
silly Chuikov, head of the Soviet
control commission. issued the
order shortly before the Rus
slams began talks with the Vest
ern Allies on air safety over
divided Germany. 1t cited no
authority for its report.
All Russian pilots were in
structed not to fly within a half
mile of the air corridors, the
Telegraf added.
Allied officials here said they
had received no such informa-
ton. nor had the Russians in
formed the Western Allies Of
such an order at the first four
power conference on air safety
a week ago.
The governments of the Unit
ed States, Britain and France
have not yet notified the high
commissioners of their decision
on the Russian proposal, sub
mitted at this meeting. to re-
place the three corridors 20 miles
wide with one 60-mile-wide air
lane.
The four-power talks on air
safety are the outgrowth of a
Soviet Jet attack at the East
West German border March Ia
in which a British Lincoln
bomber was shot down.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Dog Can Put OwneI
In Doghouse, but
Family Cot Can't

The Burleith Citizens Asso-
citation was informed last night
by 1t. Carl G. Darnall that dogs
are private property but cats
are free agents.
1t. Darnall Of No. Z Precinct
was discussing sanitation regula-
tionS with the association S
spring cleanup campaign when
he was asked what could be done
with dogs that trespass on a
citizens bushes. 1t. Darnall
pointed out there is recourse
to the law, and the dog-owner
can be held accountable.
Does that also apply to cats
that scratch up my rose bushes
after spread bone meal around
them?" one member asked.
Cats are free agents, and only
the cat is liable" the lieutenant
replied.
Despite the animal hazard, the
group announced its garden club
will hold a tour of Burleith gar
dens on Saturday.
The meeting was held in Cor
don Junior High School, Thirty
fifth and 7 streets NV.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
DibeIius Tests Attitude
Of Reds Toward Church
By the Associated Press

BERLIN, April 14.-Protestant
Bishop Otto Dibelius, permitted
to enter East Germany for the
first time in months, is testing
whether the cold war is easing
up against the church.
Bishop Dibelius, leader of 40
million ProtestantS in East and
West Germany. disclosed that he
has sent a new appeal to Gen.
VASTLY Chuikov, Soviet occupa-
ton chieftain.
In recent weeks peace-scented
breezes have been blowing from
Moscow toward the West, but
the hopes thus raised for polit-
lcal settlements have not been
matched by any Slackening of
pressure on the church.
Germany'S ranking churchman
sought Gen. Chuikov'S interven-
ton at a time when East Ger
man Communists are preparing
to outlaw all Protestant youth
activities in the Soviet zone.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Policeman Freed
In Killing Of Boy

A coroner's jury yesterday
ruled justif1able the killing of a
14-year-old housebreaking sus-
pect early Saturday at Second
and N streets S.W.
Pvt. Warren B. Brown of the
4th Precinct, told the six-man
jury he shot John Burke, colored,
of 1911 Van Court S.W., after he
caught him jimmying window
at Georges Market, 219 N street
S.W., about 1:30 am.
He said the youth rushed
toward him with a juvenile COM
panion. The Burke boy was
carrying a metallic object in his
right hand, he said.
Pvt. Brown fired a warning
shot and the suspects turned
into an alley, he said. His second
shot wounded Burke fatally in
the head. A large screwdriver
was later found in Burke's hand,
he testified.
Pvt. E. L. Mehlman of the 1st'
Precinct captured Burke's COM
panion shortly after in the
alley. Burke died Sunday. "a
hours after a brain operation in
Gallinger Hospital.
Mrs. Kate Burke, the boys
mother, testified that the day
before the shooting her son had
escaped from the Board of Pub
lie Welfare where she had taken
him for truancy. She said he
had spent some eight months in
the Receiving Home for Boys
in 1850.
Burke's 14-year-old companion
said he and Burke had planned
to steal cigarettes from the store
for resale on the streets. as
they had done previously from
another store.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
District Public Works
Plans Cut 81 Million

The District Commissioners
plan to submit their huge public
works program for the District
to the Federal Budget Bureau
tomorrow.
Engineer Commissioner Louis
w. Prentiss. appearing on the
regular program, your Com
missioners' Report" on WMAL-
TV, The Star station, also re-
vealed that cutbacks by the city
heads had reduced the proposed
program from 1897 million to
$685. million.
Gen. PrentiSs said the Com
miSsioners did not expect to ask
for funds for the program this
year from Congress. He declared: :
1--WE hope to get the program
authorized and the method of
financing set. The first money
request will be made in the 1855
fiscal budget"
The Engineer Commissioner
was asked what will be done if
Congress does not authorize the
program. He said that in that
case the city heads would go to
Congress and try to get as many
Of the top priority items in the
program included in the regular
budget as possible.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Witnesses Describe
Hersche| Young Aid
On RFC Loan Bids
By the Assoeioted Press

Two witnesses testified today
that Herschel Young accompan-
led loan-seeking applicants to
the Reconstruction Finance Corp.
Mr.. Young is on trial in U. S..
District Court for the District of
Columbia on a 5-count perjury
indictment. He is accused of
swearing falsely before a grand
jury when he said he never rep
resented anyone before the RFC.
Mr.. Young is an older brother
of E. Merl Young, a key figure
in the RFC investigation who
was convicted on four perjury
charges March 81. He is Sched-
uled to be sentenced April 80.
Tells of Conference.
Margaret E. McEzilly, assist
ant treasurer of the Peerless
Engineering Co. of Chicago, said
Mr.. Young accompanied her
and the company'S president.
Otto Lawrenz. to an RFC con-
ference in April, 1949.
At that time Peerless had
pending an application for a
$5O0,O00 loan. The application
eventually was withdrawn when
the company obtained other
financing.
Doubts Payment.
Miss McEzilly said she did not
believe Peerless paid Mr.. Young
anything in connection with the
loan application, and that two
payments totaling $500 were in
connection with other work he
did for the company.
John w. Merriman, president
of the Buffalo Weaving & Belt
ing Co., with principal Offices
in Philadelphia, said Mr.. Young
made two trips to the RFC with
him at a time his company had
pending a 100000 loan appli-
cation. Mr.. Merriman said the
loan was granted.
Mr. Merriman testified that
Mr.. Young went with him to
the RFC on several occasions.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
President to HurI First Ball
After All on Return to CAPITAL

President Nixon at the baseball
ceremonies.
At first Press Secretary James
c. Hagerty said there wasn't a
chance the President would
change his mind and attend the
game. But last night the switch
in plans was announced.
There still were unanswered
questions how the President can
fit into one short afternoon
everything scheduled for him.
En- route back to Augusta, ne
will give an off-the-cuff talk IN
Salisbury, N. c., celebrating the
200th anniversary of the found
ing OF Rowan County.
The schedule called for him
to fly to Charlotte and take an
hours motor ride to the site of
the celebration. Under the cir
cumstances, it appeared Gen.
Eisenhower's baseball game will
be a short one.
Family Also in Georgia.
The President landed here at
l pm. yesterday, with nothing
on his mind but golf, as was
evident when he debarked from
his plane carrying his golfing
shoes.
An old golfing partner, Cliff
Roberts, New York broker, was
on hand to greet him and the
President, without any delay,
headed for the golf club with
the rest of the Eisenhower fam
ily-MrS. Eisenhower, Mrs. John
DoWd, Mrs. Eisenhower'S mother,
and the family of son Maj. John
EisenhoWer-wife Barbara Anne,
and the three youngsters.
The makeup of the first
presidential foursome was some
what of mystery, but one of
the members was Representa-
tive Jack Westland, Republican,
of Washington. the amateur
champion. The other two were
unidentified club members.
Didn't Play With Hogan.
Mr.. Hagerty made another
correction last night. Gen
Eisenhower had not played golf
yesterday. as announced earlier,
with Ben Hogan, winner of the
Masters Tournament, and Byron
Nelson. Hogan's partner on Sun
days final round.
Hogan himself denied a pub
lished report that he had backed
out of a game with the Presi-
dent after it had been announced
1T is not true" Hogan told
a reporter. 1T is absurd, it is
preposterous, it is ridiculous.
In fact, the two professionals
were unofficially reported as Gen.
EisenhoWer's playing companions
for today's round. Hogan said
yesterdays pairings were ar
ranged beforehand. and went off
according to plans.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
R0ks Beat Back
Red Attacks as B-2os
Blast Pyongyang
BY the Assoeieted Pres,

SEOUL. April 14.-Small-scale
but savage fighting erupted along
the Korean battlefront today
while Allied warplanes streaked
through cloudy North Korean
skies to blast Communist COM
munication and supply lines.
Eight B-29 Superforts guarded
by swift jet. fighters dumped
bombs on the 30-acre main rail
yards at Pyongyang, North Ko-
rea's capital, in the days biggest
strike.
Tough South Korean infantry
men smashed two Communist
attacks against Texas Hill in
central Korea, focal point of Bit
ter fighting for the past week.
The ROKS recaptured the Stra-
tegic knob and beat back three
Red counterattacks Sunday.
6S Reds Killed.
Other South Koreans killed 68
Communists in smashing a two
prong attack by $50 to ITS Reds
on sister outposts north of the
Punchbowl on the eastern front.
The Eighth Army said the Com
munist attackers were cut up
and driven back in a tWo-hour
battle.
Smaller Chinese units hit
American mainline positions
southwest of Old Badly on the
western front. Both attacks
were stopped cold.
Eighth Army headquarters an
nounced that the 1st British
Commonwealth Division is back
on the battle line after 10 weeks
in reserve. The division is fight
ing on the western front.
The 5th Air Force said Marine
Panther jets f1attened 10 build
ings in morning attack against
a Red supply center 5 miles
south of Sonchon in Northwest
Korea Ten more buildings were
wiped out by Shooting Star jets
10 miles southeast of Haeju on
the west coast.
City Is Battered.
The battleship New Jersey,
two destroyers and Navy planes
battered the east coast city of
Chongjin in a tremendous sea
and air attack Monday.
An entire industrial sector was
knocked out and smoke billowed
several thousand feet. The
whole area was left ablaze. An
! important result of the day-long
attack was destruction of a tele-
phone exchange that was a key
link in the enemy's communica-
ton net in Northeast Korea, the
Navy said.
Panther jets from the carrier
Philippine Sea struck a group of
industrial buildings on the north
east edge of the city and set off
two secondary explosions that
sprayed burning debris on sur
rounding buildings. Famed by
a strong wind, the flames spread
over a wide section.
Evening star., 1953-04-14
Rover Expected 10 Inherit
BrambIett Payroll Probe
By the As.oeioted Press

United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan says an investigation
into the Office payroll of Repre-
sentative Ernest Bramblett, Re-
publican, of California, will
probably be turned over to Mr..
Irelan's Republican successor for
final disposition.
The prosecutors Office here is
scheduled to pass shortly to Leo
A. Rover. veteran District law
yer. Mr.. Rover'S nomination was
confirmed by the Senate today.
Mr.. Irelan, who disclosed re-
Gently that his staff has been
looking into the handling of SAL
aries in Mr.. Bramblett's office,
expressed the hope that Mr..
Rover will be sworn in by next
Monday.
The prosecutor said he now
has a summary of the investiga-
tion of the Bramblett case from
his staff and expects to go over
this with Mr.. Rover when the
Office changes hands.