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Evening star., 1953-11-13
Hooerstown Man Killed

OWINGS MILLS, Md, Nov. 13
R.-Marvin j. Summers, %, Of
705 Washington street, Hagers-
town, was killed yesterday when
the car he was driving smashed
into a bridge abutment, police
said.
Evening star., 1953-11-13
Buke Sale Tomorrow

The Women's Society of Chris
tian Service of the Forestville
(Va.) Methodist Church will hold
its last bake sale and turkey
dinner of the year from 2 to 8
pm. tomorrow in the Grange
hall.
Evening star., 1953-11-13
Virginia Group
Given Report
On Juveniles
Too Many Children
Taken Into Court,
Study Declares
BY WiIIiom J. EIvin

Too many juveniles are taken
to court in Northern Virginia
and too many are confined in
jails and lockups, according to
a report to the Northern Vir-
ginia Regional Planning Com
mission.
The report commends the work
of judges. welfare workers and
policemen who have inadequate
procedures and facilities to deal
with rising volume of juvenile
cases.
Among the recommendations
are the building of a joint juve-
nile detention facility for Alex
andria and Falls Church, and
Arlington, Fairfax and Loudoun
Counties; more thorough screen
ing of juveniles taken into Gus
tody; employment of additional
probation officers, and greater
cooperation with other commu-
nifty agencies dealing with juve-
niles.
The report was prepared by
Frederick Ward, jr., southern
director Of the National Proba-
ton and Parole Association. Mr..
Wards findings on the adviSa-
bility of building a juvenile de-
tention home had been released
earlier. He recommended con-
struction near Falls Church of a
secure. home-like 'non-jail-like"
building.
The second part of the report,
dealing with individual jurisdic-
tionS, was released today after
copies had been sent to govern
ing bodies of the area.
Some Object.
Some members Of the regional
commission had objected to re-
lease of the document in the
form received from Mr.. Ward.
They said the report stepped
on the toes" of judges.
wever. the commission
ordered it sent out without
editing.
The report contains no scath-
ing denunciations of court ac-
tions or procedures. although
changes in the method of ham
ding juvenile cases are recon-
mended in each of the juriSdic-
tions. The findings, and recon-
mendation for each area follow:
Evening star., 1953-11-13
Auto Kills Viroiniun

STAUNTON. Va, Nov. Is tP.
Henry D. Pultz. So, of Vesuvius.
Augusta County, was killed by an
automobile last night as he
walked along q. s. IL near We
roma.
Evening star., 1953-11-13
Fairfax County

Among lot children detained
IN the Jail at Groveton, two were
IL years old, six were IL years
old, and six were 13. State law
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Higher Price Tag
Seen for Turkey
By Thanksgiving
BY the As,oeiaiaa eran

ANNAPOLIS, Oct. 9.-That
Thanksgiving turkey will cost
just slightly more this year than
last, turkey growers from Mary
land and the rest of the country
said yesterday.
Some 100 delegates to the fall
meeting of the Maryland Turkey
Producers Association also were
in high hopes that their better
birds" also will see a higher mar
ket during the November season.
M. G. Small, executive secre-
tary of the National Turkey Fed
Grafton, Informed the growers
that the national "eat more tur-
key campaign has been reaping
dividends. He quoted Govern
ment figures to show that the
consumption of turkey has risen
lis per cent since the 1935-39
period, while beef consumption is
up only 9 per cent. veal down IA.
pork up 26 and the closest COM
petitor-chicken-is up IS per
cent.
The figures showed a per cap
ita consumption of Sc pounds
last year, compared with 2.6-
pound figure Is years ago.
Maryland farmers indicated
the price would be up to that
slightly higher level by
Evening star., 1953-10-09

ground-rules the following April.
The wraps on national arma-
ments must come off step by
step-starting with conventional
strength and ending with the
most secret developments.
Step one would include gen.
eral information on the whole
military establishment, including
information on atomic strength.
Step two would provide de-
tailed information on organiza-
ton. installations and facilities
for supplying basic materials for
the production of all armaments,
including atomic.
Step three would disclose
everything about weapons. except
novel" armaments which we're
not in geenral use by the end of
World War II. and would reveal
the amount of fashionable ma
terial on hand, and the plants
uSeO TO pfOQuce IL.
Step four would deal with in
stallations and facilities used to
produce novel weapons. This last
step would provide detailed dis
closures of the novel weapons
themselves, including atomic
weapons.
ViShinSky Laughed.
Together with the American
program for initial disclosures of
military strength, the U. N. plan
adds up to the most concrete
proposal for atomic disarma-
ment so far.
Replying to it, Russias Andrei
ViShinsky complained that he
was weak from laughing. The
American proposal was dismissed
as a gigantic intelligence and
espionage operation bearing no
relation to disarmament" The
Russians clung firmly to their
own new, tremendous and mo-
mentous" scheme for atomic
limitation. Somewhat modified
from the first Red proposal, it
included:
/. "Strict international con-
troll" of atomic energy at the
same time that prohibition of
atomic weapons goes into effect.
Controls to be still under the
Security Council and still sub
ject to the veto.)
2. international inspection on
a continuing basis" with the
inspection mot to interfere in
the domestic affairs of a state"D
3. Reduction by one-third of
Big Five ornaments within one
year.
Called Phantom Proposals.
These, in turn, were branded
as phantom" proposals by
Spokesmen for the free world.
Provisions for control were so
vague. and phrases like mot to
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Falls Church Marine
Honored for LEADING
Battalion in Korea

A lieutenant colonel who holds
the Navy Cross and British DISC
from World War II yesterday
received a second Legion OF
Merit for leading a Marine in
fantry battalion in Korea.
1t. Col. Henry C. Lawrence,
jr.. of 2433 Holmes Run drive,
Falls Church. was among four
Marine officers to be decorated
by Gen Lemuel C. Shepherd. jr.,
Marine commandant. for out
standing service in Korea.
Col. Lawrence also holds the
Purple Heart. Bronze Star and
commentator ribbon. He is
now serving at headquarters
here.
The others decorated are:
Capt. Martin w. Wagenhoffer
Of 2111 North Scott street, Ar
lington, who was awarded the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
the letter of commentator rib
bon. He is with the Chief OF
Naval Operations in Washington.
1t. Col. George w. E. Daugh-
try of 1921 ingalls, avenue. Alex
andria, who received the Air
Medal. He now is with the
armed forces special weapons
project at the Pentagon.
Maj Guy L. Wade of the Ana
costa Receiving Station, who re-
ceived the letter of commenda-
tion ribbon with pendant and
combat "V." He is with the Chief
of Naval Operations here.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

interfere in. the domestic affairs
of a state" so suspicious, that
they could not be considered as
the basis for serious discussion.
The Russians were character
itically unaccommodating. The
line was: agree with us first in
principle. and then We'll tell you
what we're talking about"
Here, until now, the matter has
stuck.
If agreement on control of the
atom seemed remote, agreement
on reduction of ornaments
seemed even more so. In it's pro-
posal. the free world looked
forward to putting a ceiling on
conventional forces that would
create a balance of power be-
tween the East and the West.
The Soviet idea of fiat one
third reduction by all the major
powers was quickly labelled as a
scheme that would, in fact,
enormously increase the relative
armed strength of states with
large mass armies"
1t would be rash to predict
that this log-jam will now be
broken because of the latest de-
velopments in the atomic arma-
ments race. 1t would be read
ing too much into recent state
ments by President Eisenhower
and Secretary of State Dulles
and the more hopeful sounding
pronouncements of Messrs. NAL
enkov and Vishinsky.
War Not Greatest Danger.
But optimism aside, there may
be sound reasons for a new shift
of ground that could lead to a
solution. Certainly, the free
world position has been based
in the past partly on the belief
that the United States held a
superiority-if not a monopoly
in atomic weapons and atomic
secrets. Certainly, that superior
ity has been counted on to re-
dress the imballance of conven-
tional military power favoring
the Russians. Certainly, that
superiority is well on it's way to
becoming a thing of the past.
For the same reasons, the Rus
slams might now see their way
clearer to agreeing to the me-
chanicS of an atomic disarma-
ment program. Assuming that
both sides are genuinely inter
eSted in curbing the threat of
mutual annihilation, the fact
that both sides hold the same
secrets and stand to give up the
same facilities would tend to
make discussion of how to start
doing it a good deal more aca-
demic than before.
Admittedly, atomic disarma-
ment in itself would not remove.
and might even, at the present
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Genuine Atom Disarmament
Seen Approaching Possibility

surrender of existing Stockpiles
before steps were taken for inter-
national control. They turned
down the idea of international
inspection except under the
U. N. Security Council, where
Russia has a veto. They insisted
that each country should be left
free to develop atomic materials
for industrial purposes.
Since then, both the United
States and Russia have shifted
ground from time to time. But
until recently. the process has
more reSembled the performance
of couple of suspiciously circl-
ing dogs than a genuine attempt
to reach agreement.
Took Second Look.
For it's part, the United States
backed by a great majority in
the U. N.-took a sober second
look at its original idea of dis
armament restricted to atomic
weapons.
The conviction grew that the
problem could not be separated
from the larger question of a
general reduction of all kinds of
armamentS. The more they
thought about it. the more the
free world leaders leaned toward
the idea that "the goal of dis
armament must not be to
regulate the ornaments to be
used in war, but to prevent war. "
When men fight to kill, the
saying went, "it is hard to regu-
late the manner of killing"
Accordingly, new general dis
armament plan was submitted
jointly by the United States,
Britain and France and over
whelmingly adopted by the U. N.
General Assembly in January.
1852. 1t called, among other
things. for limitation and bal
anced reduction of all armed
forces and ornaments; elimina-
ton of all major weapons ca
pable of mass destruction: effec-
tive control by an international
organ to insure prohibition of
atomic weapons; progressive and
continuing disclosure and verifi-
cation of all armed forces and
armaments as a first step in
carrying out the disarmament
program.
Four Steps Provided.
To this all-important last step,
the United States laid down the
Evening star., 1953-10-09
PentagOn Says Some
POW Cases Will Go
To Inquiry Courts

The Defense Department said
today that some courts of in
quiry will result from the investi-
cations of the cases of % prison.
ers of war who have been
charged by fellow prisoners with
being "progressives" during their
tnternment in Korea.
But the department quickly
pointed out that this was merely
the next step in its complete
inquiry into the charges that the
% accepted Communist teach
ings and aided their captors
while in prison.
1T is pointed out that a court
of inquiry is convened only for
the purpose of the determination
of facts concerning a situation
. and is not in any way to be
construed an assumption of
guilt" the department said in
answer to queries. The next step
would be the convening of a
courts martial.
= The department said the mill
tary services were continuing
their complete and impartial
Investigations of the cases in
volving the conduct of personnel
while POWs.
THE Investigations will en-
deavor to establish the facts
. concerning all the acts COM
mitted to or committed by per-
sonnel held and acts in support
of or in violation of the Geneva
Convention" the department
added.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

lives at 5505 Volta avenue. Bla-
densburg, but reports to Walter
Reed Hospital for checkups. He
plans to remain in the Air Force.
POWs received lots of litera-
ture. he said, including the
newspaper Daily Worker and the
Peoples World - usually a
month DID," He said one of the
publications described the Texas
drought and said cattle were
selling for cents a pound.
That" Oe said, Il didn't be-
lieve."
At 20 he is a World War II
veteran, a former student at
George Washington University
and a graduate of the University
of Oregon.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Teacher Challenges
0ne-Year Hiring
BY the Associoted Press

RICHMOND. Va, Oct. "a
Washington ID. c. school
teacher yesterday challenged the
right of the Arlington County
School Board to hire her for one
year only and contended she had
right to an expectancy of con-
tinued employment.
The teacher, Mrs. Gladys L.
O'Neill, asked the United States
Court of Appeals for the 4th
circuit here to reverse the order
of the Alexandria District Court.
The district court had dismissed
her suit against Arlington
School Supt. w. A. Early and the
Arlington School Board for $85.-
600 damages for alleged breach
of contract, wrongful interfen-
ence with reasonable expect
ancy Of continued employment
and for injury to other profess
sional character and reputation.
The teachers handbook for
Arlington states that teacher
contracts will automatically be
renewed each year so long as the
teachers professional services
have been fully satisfactory. ar
gued counsel for Mrs. O'Neill, a
teacher during the 1950-5l ses-
sion at the Kemper Negro School
in Arlington.
Counsel further contended
that Charles j. Walsh, assistant
superintendent in charge of per-
Sonnel, acted arbitrarily in dis
carding recommendations made
in behalf of Mrs. O'Neill for rC-
appointment and accepting the
opinion of a school supervisor
that Mrs. O'Neill was not salts
factory as a teacher.
Mrs. O'Neill was not afforded
due process of law in that she
was not notified in writing of the
reason for her on-recommen-
dation and was denied a hearing
except that the school board
ruled it would hear only Mrs.
O'Neill.
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Lost Of q Series

IuSt OF SetIeS
lin as they do to us. On both
sides of the Iron Curtain
recent top-level statements have
stressed the idea that interna-
tional control of atomic ,arma-
mentS offers the best, and per-
haps the last, hope of mankind
It could be that behind these
statements lies something more
substantial than mere soap-boS
oratory.
Long Search for Curb.
The search for a curb on the
destructive power of the atom
has been a long and unhappy
one.
It started in 1946-just a year
after the first American atomic
exploSion-With a plan submitted
to the opening session of the
United Nations Atomic Energy
Commission by Bernard Baruch
In its essentials, this first ver-
sion of the American plan called
for:
l. Setting up international
atomic controls-including in
spection-to which no veto would
apply.
2. Outlawing atomic warfare,
prohibiting atomic weapons and
destroying existing bombs after
controls had been set up.
Rejected by Russians.
Since, at the time, the United
States was believed to hold a
complete atomic monopoly. Mr.
Baruch's proposals were looked
on as magnanimous.
The Russians, however, re-
jected them fatty. They de-
manded, instead, immediate out
lawing of atomic weapons and
Evening star., 1953-10-09
Thousands of Wet Mini
Knocked Out by French
BY the Associated Press

HANOI, Indo- China, Oct. g.
A 17-day mopup drive by French
union forces in their vital de-
fense bastion of the Red River
Delta has resulted in knocking
out an estimated tWo-thirds of
some 5000 Wet Mimi troops.
A compilation of rebel losses
today showed the French have
killed 807 and captured GIG Wet
Mini soldiers, and have rounded
up 2,400 suspected Communist
led Wet Mimi fighters since
September %.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

time. increase the threat of war.
DoWn-the-line disarm a m mt
must, of course, remain the ulti-
mate hope of any peace-loving
nation.
But in the meantime, war it
self is no longer the greatest
danger that confronts mankind.
The greatest danger is destruc-
tion-final and complete. And
as long as the atomic race goes
on unchecked, that danger must
remain with us.
Evening star., 1953-10-09

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Evening star., 1953-10-09
Protecting America
By Crosby S. Moves

For both Russia and the
United States. the course of
atomic development seems to be
approaching. or to have reached,
a point where three alternatives
are possible. They are:
/. Mutual destruction in an
atomic war.
2. A continuing stalemate, ac-
companied by race for some
new chronological advantage.
8. A genuine atomic disarma-
ment agreement.
Quite possibly, the first two of
these alternatives look just as
dismal to the men in the Krem-
Evening star., 1953-10-09
BIadensburg POW Back,
Plans 10 Stay in Air Force

Air Force 1t. Frederic w. For
sythe. whose B-29 bomber was
= shot down in Central North
Korea sending him to seven
months in a Communist prison
camp. is back home today with
high disregard for Red literature.
1t. Forsythe. radar operator,
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Gen. Smythe Named
Deputy al Meade

Maj. Gen. George w. Smythe
today was named deputy COM
manding general of the I'd Army
with headquarters at Fort
Meade. Nd.
Gen. Smythe successfully COM
manded the Oath and Sd In
fantry Divisions in Korea, and
has been assigned to the Office
of Army Chief of Staff since his
return from the Far East last
spring
Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Parks, for
mer Army chief of information
at the Pentagon. yesterday as
sumed command of the I'd Army
headquarters.
Gen. Parks succeeded Mai.
Gen. Leslie D. Carter, who has
been acting I'd Army commander
since the retirement of 1t. Gen.
Edward H. Brooks last July 81.
Gen. Carter has been reassigned
to the Far East.
The I'd Army area includes
the District, Virginia and Mary
land,
Evening star., 1953-09-02
By Gould Lincoln

Senator Ferguson, Republican,
of Michigan, today accused the
Democrats of using false infor-
nation to show their votes
saved" President Eisenhower's
program in Congress and of
seeking to ride the Presidents
coattails to a Democratic victory
in next years congressional elec-
tionS.
Democrats hope" Senator
Ferguson said. that by close
identification with the Eisenhow-
er program they will be able to
benefit from the Presidents pop
ularity.
They hope to convince the
Nation that a Democratic-con-
trolled Congress will mean
smooth sailing for the Presi-
dents requests. Once in control,
however, there is not the slight
est doubt that Democrats would
work tooth and nail to replace
the present White House occu-
pant with a member of the DEM
ocratic Party.
with committee chairman
ships in their control, Demo-
Gratis could block legislation, en-
barrasS the administration
and thwart the carrying out OF
Republican policy, just as they
did in the last year of President
Hoover'S term"
Statistics Presented.
The Michigan Senator, cam
paignlng for reelection next
year, spoke at Gaylord, Mich
To support his contention that
the Democrats are using mis-
leading statements in their ef-
fort to show the voters they had
saved" the Presidents program,
Senator Ferguson pointed out
that 80 per cent or more of the
Senate Democrats voted against
the Presidents program % out
of 47 times-or almost half the
time"
On the other hand, he said, in
80 cases out of At, Senate Re-
publicans had more votes in sup
port of the Presidents program
than the combined Republican,
Democratic vote against"
Senator Ferguson, who is
chairman of the Republican
Policy Committee, obviously was
replying to the estimate of the
congressional legislative record
made last Saturday by Senate
Minority Leader johnson. Sem
ator johnson claimed that the
votes of Democratic members of
Evening star., 1953-09-02
ferguson Denies Democrats
Aided President S Proqrdn1

Congress had saved important
portions of the Eisenhower pro-
gram from defeat.
Statements Called Bunk.
Senator Ferguson said such
statements were "just bunk"
Senator Ferguson said every
President has had two-party
support for some programs, and
that is as it should be. During
the 20 years the Democrats were
in power before Eisenhower's
election, he said, the Republi-
cans had helped put through
many of the laws enacted.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Accountants Elect

CHAPEL HILL. N. c.. Sept.
(R.-Frank P. Smith. University
of Michigan, was elected presi-
dent of the American Account
ing Association last night. The
association is holding its annual
convention at the University of
North Carolina.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Farm Apprentieeships

Three British trade unions
concerned have announced a
plan enabling boys and girls
under 171a years to take up
three-year farming apprentice
ships.
Evening star., 1953-09-02
Island Weather Stution

Campbell Island. in the far
Pacific, since 1941 has been the
home Of i've meteorologists who
transmit weather reports to New
Zealand eight times daily.
Evening star., 1953-09-01
Freed POW Faces Dilemma,
Wife Wed to Another Man

any of his letters. He did say
he would do whatever Agnes
wanted to do"
Mrs. Dixon, in LAGRANGE, re-
fused to talk last night to At
lanta, Ga, newspapermen who
reached her by telephone. Mrs.
Storey said her sister-in- re-
vealed no plans to her in a let
ter she had from North Carolina
last week.
But she did say she was very
anxious to see Walter" the sis
ter said.
Mrs. Story said Agnes legally
cannot divorce Pfc. Dixon until
he returns to the United States
The couple were together but five
days after their April S, 1850
marriage, Mrs. Storey said, when
he was ordered to the West Coast
and about month later shipped
to Korea.
Reported killed in action about
a year later, it was not until late
IN 1851 that the Communists re-
leased his name as a war pris-
oner.
Two death certificates, one
signed by Mr.. Truman, the other
from the State of Missouri, are
among a pile of mementos and
clippings Mrs. Storey has on the
case.
Evening star., 1953-09-01
BY the Asseeioted Press

GALENA PARK. Tex, Sept. /.
Pfc. Walter B. Dixon, whose
sister has two death certificates
for him-one signed by former
President Truman faced a
marital tangle today.
Back from the dead in the
continuing prisoner of war ex-
changes at Panmunjom, the 23-
year-old Galena Park soldier was
reported killed in action May l8,
1851.
Today, his 23-year-old wife.
Mrs. Agnes Dixon Of lagrange,
N. c.. has a l-year-old son by
her second husband, Pfc. Will
liam S. Sasser of LAGRANGE. The
boy was born seven months after
her marriage to Pfc. Sasser was
annulled and after she was told
that Pfc. Dixon was alive.
The sister, Mrs. Lorean Storey
of Galena Park, said last night,
II feel sure Walter knows that
Agnes married again, but I
don't know if he is aware that
she had a child"
"I've told him everything in
many letters" the sister con-
tinued, "but I don't know if he
got all the letters. He has never
mentioned the child to me in
Evening star., 1953-09-01
By the Assoeiefed Press

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. L.
A 27-year-old ex-sailor who has
joined the Army three times
since May / is in the Preside
stockade today, charged with
forging more than $4,000 in
Treasury Department checks.
Army and secret service agents
said Ralph Jackson of Gore,
Okla, stole discharge and Sepa-
ration forms and 145 blank
Treasury checks-some of which
he forged.
He was to be turned over to
Federal authorities for civil
prosecution.
Capt. John j. Sullivan, chief
of the Army criminal investiga-
ton detachment here, gave this
account of Jackson's activities:
Jackson, discharged from the
Navy in 1949, enlisted in the
Army May l and was assigned
to Fort Sill, Okla. There he stole
two blank discharge and separa-
ton forms and disappeared.
On May 6. he re-enlisted as