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Evening star., 1953-06-03
Musiciuns PIoy Golf

SHAWNEE ON DELAWARE,
Pa, June 3 R.--Musical Direc-
tor Tutti Comarata won the
annual National Singers and
Writers golf tournament at
Shawnee Ihn and Country Club
with Q IS here yesterday. Com
arata noSed out singer Perry
Como and TV star Ed Sullivan
for top honors. They had us.
Evening star., 1953-06-03
OUTDOORS

The opening Of the black bass
season In Maryland and Virginia
proved q disappointment to
those who sought the bronze
Evening star., 1953-06-03
By Merreu Whittlesey

Jack WeStland, the National
Amateur Champion, has been
called back to Washington
State on q business trip, and
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Cleanup Campaign
Planned in Northwest

A neighborhood cleanup cam
paign in the central Northwest
section of Washington is being
mapped by the Washington
Housing Association and the
Central Northwest Citizens AS
ISOLATION.
A joint committee of the two
organizations will select a three
block area to be scrubbed and
brushed by the District Santa
ton Department. The cleanup
campaign is a result of the Dis
trict Commissioners plea for
civic action to fight slums.
The central Northwest section
is described as the area bounded
by Seventh, K and Fourteenth
streets and Florida avenue NV
"The central Northwest area
is not strictly slum section"
Mrs. Cloud said. "It'S a blighted
area, and we intend to give ad-
vice to the citizens association
which will help them clean it
up. We hope businessmen and
merchants will cooperate with
us. too"
A steering committee to plan
the campaign is headed by DR.
Emerson Williams of the citizens
group. Other members include
Mrs. Amy Bundy, Mrs. Cloud,
Mrs. Margaret Oppenheimer and
Milton A. Lightfoot.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Some Welfare Workers Agree
|On Need for More Publicity

Public welfare information
should not only be readily avail
able to the press, but in terms
understandable by all.
This was the burden of the
argument expressed last night by
three newspaper editors. a writer
and even welfare officials at the
Northeast Regional Conference
of the American Public Welfare
Association. The two-day ses-
sion at the Hotel Statler ends
today.
News Media-A Positive In
f1uence in the Interpretation of
Public Welfare" was the take-of
point for the panel discussion.
Concerned Over Secrecy.
The three editors voiced par
ticular concern over the practice
in the District and most States
of keeping secret the data re-
garding public relief recipients.
B. M. McKelway. editor of The
Star. declared that this practice
encourages public antagonism
fosters suspicion and
prevents public understanding of
the real need which requires
public relief"
James Russell Virgins, man
aging editor of the Washington
Post, maintained: There is no
substitute for a free flow of in
formation. Open the doors.
Pull up the shades. Let out the
material you have fenced in"
John H. Griffin, editor of the
Boston Post, declared he doesn't
really hear anything about pub
lie welfare except. during po-
litical campaigns"
Understanding Needed.
From the welfare workers
standpoint came a concession
from Sanford Bates, commits
sioner of institutions and agen-
cies of New Jersey. Good dra-
matte stories on welfare sell pa
pers," Mr.. Bates said. Let us
be more candid with newspapers
and let them call us and get an
inkling of the social implications
behind the particular situations. "
Henry L. Mccarthy, welfare
commissioner of New York, said
that his department is glad" to
cooperate with the press. But,
he added. I'VE need newspapers
which understand the problems
of welfare workers"
Editor Griffin countered that
the press in most cases devotes
much space to welfare public
ity" without regard to it's news
value. Welfare material, on the
other hand, should be presented
in a manner so interesting that
newspapers have to use it," Mr..
Griffin said.
Provide Data.
On this theme, BrySon Rash,
WMAL radio-television COM
mentator, and moderator for the
conference, observed that well
fare people should provide data
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Pent0gon to Seek all Facts
On POWs' False Confessions

trial growing out of the wartime
Staying of a Korean civilian.
Court action compelled the Air
Force to return the man to the
United States and release him
from custody. The case is still
in the courts.
Some Pentagon officials Specu-
lated the inquiry instituted by
Mr.. Wilson might be confined to
inquiries into circumstances
which brought about confessions
or informing by prisoners. with
out following through with any
attempt at formal action in indi-
vidual cases.
Germ Warfare Allegations.
The allegations of false con-
feSSions have revolved primarily
about Communist efforts to Gre
ate evidence that the United
States reSorted to archaeological
warfare in the Korean campaign.
THE Department of Defense, !"
Mr.. Wilson's statement said, has
recognized the problems of mill
tary personnel who were captured
while fighting for our country
in Korea.
Nov that these men have
been repatriated, the department
is using every effort to inveSti-
gate and establish what, hap
pened to these men while they
were prisoners, the punishments
and Sufferings they endured,
what false confessions some of
them may have made under du-
ress and the effect of the ac-
tIonS OF some of them on their
fellow prisoners.
In Line With Rules.
ANY action by the Depart
ment of Defense will be on an
individual basis, will be just and
fair and in line with established
facts and evidence and the rules,
regulations and laws in regard to
military conduct.
only a few American
prisoners Succumbed to Com
muniSt pressure, abuse and in
doctrination. It is to the credit
of the vast majority that they
Steadfastly resisted all efforts
to undermine their character
and their AmericaniSm despite,
in many cases, endless and
brutal inquisitions," Mr.. Wilson
continued.
Americans have sympathy
for all those who suffered
physically and mentally at the
hands of the Communists. All
of us have high praise and ad-
miration for those who resisted
the Communist efforts to break
them down. Their fortitude
will be recognized.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Baker, Assistant Chief
At Ereedmen's. Quits

officials at Freedmen'S Hos
pital today announced the reSig-
nation of Houston A. Baker as
assistant superintendent.
Mr.. Baker leaves Freedmen'S
Hospital and the field of hospital
administration to return to his
native Louisville.
He has held the post at the
hospital since January of this
wear,
Evening star., 1953-09-25
TV Sob Programs
Bring New Chore
To Relief Workers

The tragedy ridden families
who flock steadily into New York
to qualify for the sob-story type
of television program are giving
Gotham's welfare officials an un-
expected pain in the caseload.
"They come from all over the
country" Henry L. Mccarthy,
welfare commissioner for New
York. said last night. Mr.. Nc
Carthy is in Washington for a
regional conference of the Ameri-
can Public Welfare Association.
Only l of every 10 families
that come to the television CEN
ter got on any show, Mr.. Nc
Carthy reported. "The rest" he
said. wind up on our doorstep.
We've got to feed them and house
Evening star., 1953-09-25
First German P0Ws
Promised in August
Being Freed, Reds Say
BY the Associcted Press

BERLIN. Sept. 25.-East Ger
many'S Communist government
announced today that the first
batch Of German prisoners oi
war to be freed in accordance
with the Kremlin's promise last
month was due in the Soviet zone
later today.
The Red announcement, q
statement by the East German
interior ministry in the con-
trolled East Berlin press, did not
say how many were being sent
home.
Their release was part of an
agreement signed in Moscow last
month by Premier Georgi Malen.
kov's government and an East
German delegation headed By
Premier Otto Grotewohl.
No announcement was made
then of the total number to be
freed. but the Russians said they
would continue to hold German.
who have committed especially
grave crimes against peace anc
humanity"
Estimates Vary Widely.
The Russians in May, 1850
said they were still holding 49,,
532 German POWs, but Wes
German estimates of the number
seized by the Soviets and still
unaccounted for range as high
as 100000
The 1850 Soviet statement sale
the repatriation of German pris.
onerS was completed and those
still being held had been con.
victed of war crimes.
Since then, about 500 Ger.
mans have been repatriated sc
far as the West knows. They
came in small groups from time
to time. the largest numbering
less than 100. The last re.
turnees reported to the West were
36 in February. 18 of them sent
back to West Germany and IL
to the Soviet zone.
Today's announcement said
the returnees would be accepted
as equal citizens" of the Com
muniSt East German republic.
Motives for Move.
Western observers generally
viewed the August agreement
providing for the prisoner re-
lease as a Soviet move to bolster
Grotewohl's shaky government
after the widespread June rebel
lion in East Germany and also
a try at undermining West
German Chancellor Konrad
Adenauer's pro-Western govern
ment.
The latter objective at least
Topped. Adenauer's forces won
an overwhelming victory in
parliamentary elections Sep
tember 6.
AS announced in Moscow, the
agreement also provided fol
cancellation of $212 billion
worth of reparations the Soviets
still claimed, reduction of East
Germany'S share in Soviet occu-
patton costs, the wiping out OF
numerous debts Russia said
East Germany owed her and re-
turn to East German control OF
numerous enterprises run by the
Soviet authorities in Germany.
Western observers, however
figured the promise to release
prisoners would have the biggest
popular appeal.
Evening star., 1953-09-25

chairman of the Board of Public
Welfare, Concord, N. H., and
Marc P. Dowell, director Of the
Bureau of Assistance of the New
Jersey Department of Institu-
tions and Agencies.
Mr.. Dowdell said more money
is probably being spent on public
welfare today than was spent in
the 1930s on such projects as
the WPA and the Civilian Con-
Servation Corps. Among the rea-
sons for this are our larger pop
ulation and the change in the
value of money.
The conference voted to meet
next year in Buffalo, N. Y. The
site was chosen because of the
large number of Canadian well
fare workers who belong to the
group.
Evening star., 1953-09-25

"in a way 1t can be used-with
the greatest amount of audience
appeal"
Mr.. McKelway said that the
welfare people seem to have
been forced to present to the
public the tragedy of broken
homes and broken lives
in the form of charts and
graphs and tables of percent
ages, which successfully obscure
the human element and the ap-
peal to the heart"
This view was seconded by
Miss Edith Stern, magazine
writer:
"You welfare workers talk in
statistics. You should talk in
specifics"
Merge 5 Programs.
The five major assistance pro-
grams should be jelled into one
the conference was told today
Thomas j. S. Waxter, director
of the Maryland Department OF
Welfare, made the suggestion.
He would combine the aid now
given under the old-age and sur
vivors insurance, the aid to de-
pendent children, aid to the
blind, aid to permanently and
totally disabled and general as
SiStance into one program.
Help should be given not on
the basis of the reason why the
help is needed, but on the basis
of the aid itself, he said.
All the programs mentioned
use Federal funds to some ex-
tent except general assistance.
Participating in a panel dis
cussion were Willoughby Colby,
Evening star., 1953-09-25

them and try to get them back
home"
Even the TV show winners are
a problem. he said. "They get
from a few to a few hundred
dollars. But that is no remedy
for their plight"
Mr.. Mccarthy. in short, con-
siders these ''heart-throb" pro-
grams an "abomination."
II wish the Federal Communi-
cations Commission would look
into them and stop them" he
declared.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Womun Dies in crush

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, Sept.
25 (P.-Kay Thompson, "a. of
Norfolk, was killed early yester-
day when an automobile in which
she was a passenger overturned
on Atlantic ave. in front of the
Cavalier Beach Club.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Animal League to Meet

The Animal Welfare League Of
Alexandria, Inc, will hold its
annual election of officers meet
ing at the Health Department
Building, SIT North st. Asaph
street. Alexandria. at 8 pm. to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1953-09-25
Farm Dom Breaks

Farmer j. Vermakk, of Grad
ock, South Africa, and his father
were severely injured when a
newly cemented dam full of
water on their farm gave way
while they were inspecting it.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Stanley Poster Is Reported
Squ0reIy in Front of Voters

be looked into when Mr.. Davis
returns this afternoon.
Miss Griffin described the poll
imp place as one-room building
in which four election officials
sit AT one side of the room, in
run view of the officials, is o
shelf on which voters mark the
paper ballots. Over this shelf is
IIr Stanley's picture on a cam
paign poster, she said.
The election law says it shall
he the duty of electoral boards
TO provide at each of the voting
rlaces in their respective coLn-
ties and cities small compart-
ment or booth large enough to
contain and conceal from general
observation a voter, and a desk
cr other convenience for writing
i. Such compartment or booth
shall be so erected that q per.
son standing at the desk in the
booth shall be wholly excluded
from the observation Of the
clerks, judges of election, and
other persons :"
Evening star., 1953-11-03
the examiner with a pretense Of
cooperation or wavering.

the examiner with a pretense Of
cooperation or wavering.
One prisoner stepped in with
out struggling, turned to the ex-
palmer and said softly, speak
to me-
The examiner-a North Ko@
rean colonel in crisp blue and
olive green uniform-began a
long, suave address. Midway
through it he gave the prisoner
a cigarette and the prisoner
smoked it thoughtfully.
Then, stamping out the stub,
the prisoner asked, why was
Prime Minister PAX Ku Yum
killed?"
"He was an enemy of the
people," explained the explainer.
They Call 1t Democracy"
The prisoner was obviously well
educated, but he said, II am just
a poor farmer and I don't un-
derstand communism"
I'VE don't have communism
in North Korea" explained the
colonel. 1--WE have democracy"
This went on for a while.
Finally the prisoner got to his
feet.
You know" he drawled, "I've
lived better life in the COM
pounds for the last three years
than I did in North Korea the
five years before that"
And he pointed toward the
south door. The colonel spread
his hands helplessly as the In
dian chairman waved him out.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
POWs
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explanations into a two-week
deadlock October Is, when the
POWs threatened a mass break
out if the Indians tried to use
force to take them to the inter-
views.
The POWs showed a strong
esprit de corps and wore a sort
of compound uniform"-white
bands on bare heads, armbands
and undershirts stenciled in
anti Communist slogans.
Some stormed into the tents
shouting South Korean army
slogans at the top of their lungs
and struggled wildly in the arms
of Indian guards.
Many screamed and chanted
throughout the interviews in
spite of commands from the
Indian chairman, often in newly
learned Korean phrases.
Vile Phrases Shouted.
A prisoner would shout Filthy
Communist dog. Don't Com
muniSt me! ~ f
Go to North Korea? Sure.
I'll go back to North Korea and
steal your wife.
"Why don't you get wise. you
Communist dog? Why don't you
come south with me and join the
Republic of Korea?"
Almost all the violent prisoners
left shouting "Taehan mansei
dong live South Korea) +.
Taehan mansei!"
The language of these prison.
ers was the vilest in the Korean
tongue.
One prisoner had learned the
English equivalents and threw
them at the uncomprehending
North Korean colonel who in
terviewed him. 1t was lost on all
but the American observer pres
ent and the Indian chairman,
who was forced to bite his lips
to repress a laugh.
Most of the interviews were
short, following a new policy of
the Indian command to push
them to a swift conclusion if
the prisoner seems obviously
anti-Communist.
The major tactic was to bait
Evening star., 1953-11-03
ADVERTISEMENT.
Jordan's Old Fashioned
Virginia Bacon

On the plantations they cured
and smoked their own bacon. The
cure was English. The smoking
was borrowed from the Indians.
(Bocan, an Indian word, means a
grill for smoking meat. From it
came bacon.)
Bacon is still made this way at
Jordan'S Old Virginia Smoke
House. The slab of bacon is dry
cured in salt and sugar for 10 to IL
days-then hung over a drying
fire, then a smoking fire, kept
going by hand. day and night until
pungent hickory smoke permeates
and flavors the meat. We use
nothing that wasn't available on
the plantation in the old days.
This is real country bacon in the
old-fashioned style: Jordan's Old
Fashioned Virginia Bac on-in
boreS.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Woman Is Acquitted
In Husband sSIaYing;
SeIf-Defense Ruled

A jury ruled last night that
Mrs. Grover C. MilStead, so,
acted in self defense last June IA
when she shot and killed her 61-
year-old husband after he
threatened her life in their home
at Camp Springs. Md.
The bullet Mrs. Milstead ad-
mitted firing ended 38 years Of
married life. which she said had
been happy until her husband
became infatuated with another
woman about a year before the
shooting. The MilsteadS had no
children.
Her husband wanted a divorce
and she was willing to give it to
him. even though he had no
grounds for such an action. Mrs.
Milstead said. But she testified
that she refused to accede to his
demands that she sign papers
saying that they had not lived
together as man and wife for
three. years because the state
ment would have been untrue,
Mrs. Mllstead was acquitted Of
a murder charge by nine men
and three women Jurors. The
panel deliberated for hours and
Is minutes after an all-day trial
in Upper Marlboro Circuit Court.
Deputy Sheriffs secured the
courthouse and adjoining streets
for veniremen before the jury
box was filed.
Judge Charles C. Marbury re-
ceived the jury's finding at 9:58
pm, while the physically handi-
capped defendant stood with the
Etoical calmnesS which witnesses
had said was one of her charac-
teristics Several members of
both families and group Of
friends were in the courtroom.
Mrs. MilStead testified she
fired one bullet from a .22-cali-
Der target pistol into the back
Of her husbands head while he
sat at the breakfast table in
their house at 5000 Auth road.
He died instantly.
Evening star., 1953-11-03
Virginia
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NCOnJlnueO from F1rSC Fdge)
to the Fairfax Courthouse failed
to show the poll tax had been
paid.
In Arlington. State Senator
Charles r. Fenwick, who was
defeated by Mr.. Stanley for the
gubernatorial nomination in the
July primary, was passing out
campaign literature for his for
mer opponent and others on the
Democratic ticket. At that pre-
cinct, East Falls Church. in
Stewart School 98 had voted
in the first two hours.
Campaign workers were out in
full strength at all of the poll
ing places.
Mr.. Dalton, a 52-year-old law
partner of Representative Pof,
Republican. of Radford, is ex-
pected to make the G. o. P.'s
strongest challenge for the Gov
ernor's chair. He admitted at the
outset, however. it would be all
uphill against Mr.. Stanley, g.
year-old furniture manufacturer
of Henry County
In addition to- the guberna-
torial race, Statewide contests
also are being settled between
another former Democratic
member of Congress. Attorney
General J. Lindsay Almond, jr..
and his Republican opponent,
Walter E. Hoffman of Norfolk,
and for Lieutenant Governor,
between A. E. S Stephens of
Smithfield, Democratic incum-
bent, and Republican Stephen D.
Timberlake of Staunton.
Delegate Contests.
In all, Republicans are con-
testing Democrats for 33 seats
in the 100-member House of
Delegates. There are only six
Republicans in the House now.
In the nearby area, five Repub-
licans and an Independent are
opposing six Democrats in House
contests.
These races plus spirited cam
paigns for other local Offices,
contribute largely to voter in
terest in the suburbs. A hot fight
developed in Arlington between
two factions seeking two seats on
the School Board and a three
way fight for a County Board
seat. In Fairfax a five-way race
for one seat on the Board of
Supervisors has popped things
up while in Alexandria a heated
contest for Commonwealth's at
torney and a three-way race for
two judgeships has stimulated
local interest.
Evening star., 1953-11-03

A campaign poster urging the
election Of Thomas B. Stanley,
Democrat. for Governor of Vir-
ginia today was reported placed
Squarely in front of voters at a
Culpeper County polling booth. :"
Miss Frances Griffin, 1902
Southern avenue Sc, whose
home is in Culpeper County, re-
ported the incident after voting
in the Ell Dorado precinct of
Salem district.
A quick examination of elec-
ton laws does not show a specific
ban against such posters, al
though the law bars campaign
workers within 100 feet Of the
polls. The general practice is to
bar campaign material within
the 100-foot radius.
Levin Mock Davis. secretary Of
the State Board of Elections, had
returned to his home on the
Eastern Shore to vote and could
not be reached for comment. An
aide in the Office at Richmond
said, however, that the reported
incident is unusual" and would
Evening star., 1953-11-03
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Evening star., 1953-11-03
japanese Reported Trying
To Climb Mi. Annapurna
BY the Assoeiu,ed Press

NEW DELHI, India, Nov. s.
A Japanese Embassy spokesman
said today five-man expedition
sponsored by Kyoto University
is believed now to be attempting
to scale the unconquered second
peak of Mount Annapurna in
the Himalayas.
The spokesman said the en-
basSy has just received news that
the expedition has reached its
base camp site. The assault was
scheduled to start several days
ago. he added.
The height of Annapurna's
second peak is not known, but
the first peak, climbed by a
French expedition in 1850, tow
ers 26,503 feet. It is located near
Mount Everest, worlds tallest
mountain, in the Hirnalayan
kingdom of Nepal.
The successful French expedi-
ton was led by Maurice Herzog,
author of the best-selling book,
"Annapurna."