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Evening star., 1953-09-12
Father Greets POW
Son Who Survived
Wounds and Cruelty

A 29-year-old Sabre-jet pilot
who survived a 40,O0O-foot para
chute jump, five wounds and
cruelties at the hands of the
North Koreans walked safely
into the arms of his father yes
terday at Andrews Air Force
Base.
He is 1st 1t. Myron E. Stouffer,
jr., of Windsor Hills, Roanoke,
Va.
His father, Myron Stouffer,
ST., of Chatham, N. j., wept as
his son hurried down the plane
ramp.
what a lucky day." he ex-
claimed. II didn't know my boy
was still alive until last Sunday" "
1t. Stouffer said he bailed out
at 10, 900 feet near Kunuri, North
Korea after suffering two head
wounds, ear injuries and a pune
tured ear drum on October 6,
1852.
Held OFF Capture.
Hiding in the hills, he said, he
managed to avoid capture and
fight off several Koreans for five
days before he passed out and
was taken prisoner.
The slightly built jet pilot cor
roborated stories recently re-
leased that airmen were sub
jected to greater punishment
than foot soldiers.
Because he refused to "con-
fess" to crossing the Yalu On
tactical missions and taking part
in germ warfare, he said he was
placed in a special prison camp
for recalcitrants near the ko-
rean border.
"They put a gun up to my
head" he asserted, land told me
to confess, or else. Under threat
of death I told them a few
things, but apparently they were
not satisfied.
"They kept after us pilots al
most constantly. Their prime
purpose seemed to be to get us
to say we had operated tactically
over the Yalu."
When not pleased, he said. the
Koreans put us in the hole" an
outdoor affair too confining to
either sit down or stretch out in,
Some men were in for as
many as 80 days." 1t. Stouffer
said.
Food consisted primarily of
rice, potatoes and SoybeanS.
Family at Camp Pickett.
1t. Stouffer's wife, Mrs. Ger
aldine Stouffer, his mother and
his 8-year-old son, Myron Sd,
met him later in the day at
Camp Pickett, Va.
With 1t. Stouffer aboard the
Military Air Transport plane
that landed at Andrews were
Joan Leslie of the movies and
four other POWs. one from Vir-
ginia, two from Maryland and
one from West Virginia.
They were Sergt. James Long
of TyaSkin, Wicomico County,
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Disaster Area Status
Asked for Virginia.;
U.S.. Denies Hay Plea
By the Assocrutad Press

RICHMOND, Sept. 12.-Pres-
ident Eisenhower has been asked
by Gov. Battle to declare Vir-
ginia drought disaster area.
The Governor made the re-
quest yesterday in the wake of
dry spell that has cost Vir-
ginia farmers more than $100
million in crop losses and short
ages of feed.
His request came after the
Agriculture Department had
turned down his plea for a spe-
cial subsidized hay program. And
the prospects appeared slim that
hay would be included in any
relief program.
Agriculture UnderSecretary
True D. Morse told the Governor
by telephone yesterday that it
would be too difficult at present
to include hay in the disaster
program.
The possibility of getting hay
"a principal need of livestock
farmers had been explored by
Gov. Battle and other Virginia
officials. But DR.. Morse said the
department had decided it would
be too difficult to provide.
eve have received insistent
demands from other States also
for hay" he told a reported. "We
have not met these demands,
and to provide hay now would
open up the program to these
other States"
The Government owns no sur
plus hay as in the case of feeds.
Mr.. Morse said that if Vir-
ginia is designated a disaster
State the department might
take another look at the request
for hay. But the prospects, he
added, are mot too encouraging. "
Another department official
said IA days time usually is re-
quired to get relief rolling into
disaster areas. The White House
must act first on the request
made by Gov. Battle to have
Virginia declared a disaster area.
The Governor. accompanied
by Senator Byrd. Democrat, of
Virginia; Parke C. Brinkley,
State agriculture commissioner,
and others, conferred this week
with department officials in
Washington.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
County Feast
Drawing State
Democrats
Maryland Response
Making Big Event of
Prince Georges Party

The birthday banquet of the
Young Mems Democratic Club
of Prince Georges County, orig
inally planned as a modest affair,
is rapidly turning into one of the
major Maryland Democratic
gatherings of the year.
The guest list for the $5-a-plate
banquet, scheduled for Septem-
ber 80 in the University of Mary
land dining hall, reads like a
State Democratic who's Who" +"
It includes: DR.. H. C. Byrd;
Mayor D'AleSandro of Baltimore;
George P. Mahoney: State Con-
troller Millard Tawes; former
Representative Lansdale G. Sas-
seer; Representatives Freidel and
Garmatz of the Sd and 4th Con-
gressional Districts of Baltimore;
E. Brooke Lee, longtime Demo-
cratic leader from Montgomery
County, and James C. Morton,
jr. of Anne Arundel County,
president of the Young Demo-
Gratis of Maryland.
Lane Expected Also.
Emanuel F. Zalesak, banquet
chairman, said he expects for
mer Gov. w. Preston Lane, jr.,
also will accept his invitation,
along with still other Demo-
cratic bigwigs. About 1000
tickets already have been sold,
he said.
DR.. Byrd, retiring president of
the University of Maryland, and
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor, is to
be the principal speaker. He
was invited before he conceded
in an informal announcement
August % that he would seek
the Governors chair.
Mr.. zalesak said the club
originally planned the banquet
as a modest commemoration of
the organizations 21st anniver-
sary. They chose DR.. Byrd as
speaker not so much because he
was being talked about as a
gubernatorial candidate but be-
cause he was a Democrat of
note from Prince Georges Coun-
ty, he said.
Then Mr.. SaSscer, who lives
at Upper Marlboro, was invited
for the same reason and also
because September 80 is his
birthday.
Requests Pour In.
That started it. Since DR..
Byrd's informal announcement,
the request for reservations have
been pouring in from big and
little Democrats all over the
State.
Now, Mr.. Zalesak said, DR..
Byrd is going to have to share
the speakers table with Mr..
D'Alesandro. who is a formally
announced candidate for Gov
ernor; with Mr.. Mahoney and
Mr.. Tawes, considered as pos
Sible candidates, and probably
with other party leaders.
Perry Wilkinson, president of
the club and Prince Georges
County member of the Mary
land House of Delegates, will be
POSTMASTER.
Evening star., 1953-09-12

Md; Pfc. Richard Germroth of
Baltimore. Pfc. Larry Wool
bridge of Lynchburg, Va, and
Sergt. Ira Smith of Bradshaw.
w. Va.
Miss Leslie boarded the plane
in SAN Francisco. She is bound
for the Aviation Medical School,
Montgomery, Ala, to complete
filming a picture entitled Flight
Nurse"
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Two-Doy Chesapeake
Fishing Fair Opens
By the Associated Press

ROSE HAVEN, Md, Sept. H.
The 18th annual Chesapeake
Bay Fishing Fair got underway
here yesterday as boats loaded
with fishermen left from here
and other ports to open two
days of competitive angling.
Some $50 prizes will be award
ed tomorrow afternoon for the
best catches.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Welfare Rolls Drop

RICHMOND, Sept. IL P.-
The State Department of We'll
fare and Institutions reported
that welfare cases dropped to
34,925 in July from 35,268 in
June. Payments in July de-
creased to $1,302,383 from ST.
309,989 the previous month.
Evening star., 1953-09-12
Women Voters to Meet

RICHMOND, Sept. IL (P).-
State officers and local leaders
of the League of Women Voters
of Virginia will meet in Fred
ericksburg Thursday to discuss
legislation they will back at the
1854 session of the General
Assembly.
Evening star., 1953-09-12

THE EVENING STAR
J" Washington, p. G.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER ~, 1883
Evening star., 1953-12-25

Such elegant furs! Dyed blue Norwegian fox;
dyed block lamb; natural grey ion5; natural
ranch mink. Fobrcs from Americas finest mills!
ZibeIine, fleeees nubby boueles and poodle types
Pink. grey, block. corol. beige.
IAN tars labeled NTH country Of origin
Evening star., 1953-12-25
By Day Thorpe

Concert. by the Washington Ca
ira, Paul Callaway.- conductor. Solo,
psD ssi Arne crae bass tsn9r D9he he
and excerpts from Part IN Bach:
Missa de Angelis. plainchant; Chanti-
cleer. Ricnard Dirksen; o Magnum
MySterium. Vittoria; Pastorale in F
major. Bach; Chorale Prelude. Good
Christian Men. Rejoice Today" Bach.
All the music of the Cathe-
dral's Christmas eve service
with the possible exception of
the "Pastorole in F'') was per-
formed in the setting and in the
spirit for which it was written.
The Bach Christmas Oratorio. "
really six separate cantatas, is a
part of one of the tremendous
cycles of practical service music
which Bach wrote for every week
of the church year. The Dirk
sen piece was especially written
for the occasion, and the Wit
toria and the Georgian plain
chant are two of the outstanding
sacred works that date before
the Reformation.
1t is interesting, by the way.
that the Cathedral uses both
Evening star., 1953-12-25
News Of Music
Cathedral Program Captures
Spirit of Christmas Works

Roman Catholic and post-Re-
formation church music without
distinction, and thus follows the
advice and example of Martin
Luther.
The small orchestra of flutes,
oboeS and strings, with organ
continue, provided a perfect set
ting for the tale of the Nativity.
told by the soloists and occa-
Sionally a unison section of the
choir. and then commented upon
by the choir of men and boys. A
taste for the pure, unimpas-
stoned sound of boys voices,
lacking vibrato and the color of
adult voices, is difficult for some
to acquire, yet even these last
night must have been impressed
and moved by the perfect unity
OF the sound and the story.
Mr.. Dirksen's spirited setting
OF William Austin's "Chanti-
cleer" was conceived in the best
tradition of the classic masters
to utilize the instruments at
hand for a particular perform
ance. Excited and exuberant,
the brilliant Growing of the cock
seemed a perfect awakening
from the quiet dream of the can
tata's story of the manger. I was
sitting in the back of the choir
in the jarnmed cathedral; this
piece in particular I am sure was
heard to better advantage by
those out in front.
The suppleness, clarity and in
Election of the perfectly trained
choir was, in my opinion, heard
to best advantage in the effort
less intricacies of the unaccom-
panied motet of the Spanish
master, Vittoria. The tension,
the balance and the continuity
of this piece, or of any of the
masterpieces of the polyphonic
school, are so delicately interde-
pendent that a false attack or
an uncertain cadence can break
the spell Of the music. This
performance could hardly have
been better.
The organ "Pastorale," with
which Mr. Dirksen opened the
second part of the program, is a
curious and beautiful work.
Stylistically, it seems to be writ
ten for organ rather than harp
sichord but, like the trio sonatas,
it is reminiscent of the harpsi-
chord partitas. It is a four
movement suite, with sara
bande and gigue, and a second
movement Bach might have
called an allemande.
Evening star., 1953-12-25
Marketing Association
To Convene Sunday

The American Marketing AS
sociation will hold a conference
in the Mayflower Hotel Sunday
through Tuesday.
Theme of the meeting will be
advertising.
Commerce Und erSe retary
Walter Williams will discuss
How can we market the output
of our growing productive cap
acity" at the ANA annual BAN
quet Monday.
The conference opens at 1880
pm. Sunday with a roundtable
discussion on measurement of
| the results of advertising.
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COMMUNISTS lay
NCOnfinued Prom Pc Onel

MOnunne0 from t&&E Onel
cret conference, but indicated Ne
would inert With ne South 10.
rean Presideut again.
The meeting wednesday Vas the
10th session III Is days sinee Roh-
erts0n flew here from washington
The talks reportedly are stalled
On Rhee's insistence that the US.
agree 70 resume The var unless
= pOst-armistice political confer
ence progresses toward uuffieafion
Of Korea within - days.
Robertson has Hatly rejected he
demand.
News that the Communists were
ready to 90 ahead with preparn-
tons for al armistice created new
tension ID the South Korean eoy-
eminent.
DR.. Karl Hong ri, official Rov.
erument spokesman, tnld news
men:
II is obvious that By this action
the Communists are trying to do
three things.
Il. Break relations between the
Republic Of Korea and america.
e. Ruin the negotiations now 60
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&c. NY z EnRlls

Mrs. Mary c. Forns. 6S. died
early Tuesday morning Il her resi-
dence On Ramr0d Key. Mrs. Forns
had been p0stmistress 1T Ramrod
Key for sixteen years ard had 10
resign due 10 her health. She was
one Of the Oldest residents IL tha
Lower Keys.
She IS survived BY two sons, Az
Ice divers 81 Miami and Gordon
divers III, of Key West two sis
ters, Mrs. Frank Rolfes Of Miami
and Mrs. BaTbina Capaz IL Brook
Ign. n II. three brothers, Fefnan-
do. John and Anaro La10 81 Miami;
five grandchildren and two great
grandchildren,
Rosary services win be held To-
night at 3 o'clock b the Chapel Of
Pritchard Funeral Home. Funeral
services viii be held on Thursday
afternoon st S o'clock from the
Pritchard Chapel to St Mary's Star
0f The Sea Catholic Church. The
Reverend Father Joseph Maring
win cfficiate. Burial win be ID the
family plot ID Catholic Cemetery.
PalIbearers are Oliver Cato,
George PerpaN, John Knowles,
Frank Romaguera, Bias Rodriguez
and Paul Mesa.
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TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK % - Nest stocks
we're unchanged % higher today ID
4 rather quiet marked.
Doth nains and losses were small
with only an occasional stock going
past I point "a NE upaide.
Railroads were ahead. Alrcrafls
lagged. Other major divisions were
steady o. narrowly mixed.
ne marist has advanced for
a. past five days, and many h
Wan Street feel that I continuation
cE ne forward movement win set
progressively harder.
Among higher stocks today were
Santa -. New York Central, Union
paciiie. Goodrich. end Crown Tel
lerbaeh. Lower Were Standard on
en- Dnein Douelas Aircraft
and American sme.tlng.
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The
s
Wcatllerman
Says


4 4 ls.t a
Key West and vicinity: Partly
cloudy, continued warm and hu-
mid thru thursday: some Hkeli-
hood Of scattered showers and
thundershoWers. Gentle to moder-
ate variable winds, mostly east
and southeast.
Florida: Continued hot and fair
thru Thursday except for widely
scattered Afternoon thundefsh0w-
ers.
jacksonville thru The Florida
Straits and East Gulf: Gentle to
moderate winds, east 10 southeast
over south portion and mostly
south to west over north portion.
Fair weather except for very wide
III scattered thundershOwers.
Western Caribbean: Moderate
easteriy winds and partly cloudy
weather with widely scattered
showers thru Thursday.
Weather conditions for the tfo-
pical Atlantic, Caribbean Sea and
the Eastern Gull Of Mexico: Wea-
ther conditions remain normal TO-
day with no important waves or
other signs Of I tropical distur-
bance.
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ine q between President Rhao
and tle American government.
- Make TIE uniied Sf1tess
World position more difficult than
ever.
He declined q say what steps
his government planned.
The Communists Ietter was ad-
dressed 10 Gen. Clark. who IS
~. N. commander 3 empowered
to sign truce without South Ko.
rea. The letter was signed hy
Marshal kim n Sung az North
Korea and Red Chinese Gen. Peng
Teh-huai.
The Reds expressed displeasure
because Clark did not guarantee
in his June = message that Rhee
WI order his troops to observe
i truce.
And the letter added:
s.Our side holds that your side.
must take effective steps regard
inc the observance By the South
Korean government and Army Of
the armistice agreement and all
other related agreements =
The Communists also again ac-
eused the .. n. Command Of
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HEROIC COLONEL
Iftlnne KF0nl pann f1nA'

tContinued From Page Onel
co. shat at, he colonel said.
That's bow they got one a. my
company commanders. he had 81
yards % run to the trench, but
they GOT him hallway.
The colonel refused Il leave bis
post until his hattali0r was relieved
o. the third afternoon. The colonel
was the last man to walk down
the hill.
Throughout the battle, wounded
were carried into the colonei's
bunker. He cared for them unkil
they could b evacuated.
That man has greatness, said
Chaplain william & Han. a Hiek.
org. N. G. He dldn.t have Is q
there. He want sven supposed b
be there. But We miehf have lose
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where else. Z
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us. CERCYAIEN
fContinued from Page Onel

NG0uUnuG0 nun EaBS OneJ
functiOnarys and intimate cf the
late Soviet Premier.
GitlOw was described as d char
ter member Of the American CONF
munist party who broke with the
Reds. Kornfeder and GitlOW test-
fled 1t closed sessions yesterday.
The committee statement said
that ID 4 closed hearing Monday
night Il received illuminating tes-
timony'' on Communists among
the clergy from Col. Archibald
Roosevelt, son Of the late Preki-
dent TheOdOre Roosevelt.
Clardy said Roosevelt's testi-
mOny would Be made public as
soon IS It Is transcribed.
Asked By ! reporter for 4 Com
munist newspaper whether he
would attack clergyman found
to be Z Communist, Clardy an
swered:
NUdlu NOT &IbAek ntkus !
would expose him"
The committee said Two other
witnesses Aestifying u : closed
session yesterday were John 3.
iIarqnsee. zs-year-old Cornell Uni
yersity law student described as
i former Communist. and Vladi-
mir Petrov. identified IS IN amir
Red Russian once imprisoned N
. Soviet concentration camp.
Scherer said Marqusee testified
that the Communist party had !
definite pattern for tie infIltratiOn
Of elersy and other groups il Al
nOn-C Communist countries.
Clardy said PetrOg shocked ne
committee with an appalling
stcfy Of how the Communists SEX
to exterminate an religion :
story Of murder and brutality ~
most beyond belief.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1953-07-08

Plans Innovation
In Long Distance

Ever had ! message % eaIl i
certain operators number ii an
other city and wondered Who called
ycuf
That mystery win be cleared up
and person 70 person long distance
calls, not completed On the first
attempt, handled more quickly As
: result 81 : new procedure gradu-
ally being adopted throughout the
nation BY the Bel Telephone Sys.
TEN.
ID Florida exchanges. the new
operating procedures win - com
pleted By August /.
According 70 Southern Bell TeIe.
phone Company District Manager
Paul D. MeCandless, who explain
Cd the new procedure to-day. the
operator VIII leave TIE telephone
number Of the calling party and
his name. when available. ID add
ton % her operator number and
the calling city.
When the called party d ready
70 talk be win report % tie local
long distance operator 40 in the
past, BY giving The operator his
telephone number, name, name Of
the distant city and The distant op-
erators number.
Heretofore, Mr.. HEkCandless said,
when Z person missed receiving i
long distance call because he was
not availahle, Or moi ready 10 talk,
The long distance operator At the
ealing city merely left her mum.
Der and her eity's name with the
person answering the telephOne.
BY having the additional informa-
tion, the operator can reach the
telephone from which the call origi-
mated without having to locate the
original record Of the call.
''It makes for faster, more sat.
ialaclory service, z Mr.. McCandIsss
said. he urged anyone answering
Z long distance call for someone
eIse 70 take down IN The informa-
ton from tie operator.
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Sir Teams To Be
Represented liz
Senior League

A number IL fans ana mana.
gers met q TIE san Carlos last
nlNht ana named Frank wayne
president AZ he new Senior Base
ban league.
Pedro Afuilar was elected sec.
Rotary and scorer. Treasurer viii
Be named q Thursdays meeting.
Six clubs were represented. two
were Navy mines and four civilian
teams. 4 Zee IL SIS Is entrance Is
the league win be assessed. The
six clubs win present their roster
Il The next meeting when umpires.
schedule and bylaws win be adopt.
cd.
Clubs represented q the meeting
WeRe: Chueks, Cuban Club, San
Carlos. Evans Enterprises, uSS
Gilmore, Naval Station.
Next meeting win he held Thurs
day, July . a. I .. IN.
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Boy Scout Films
To Be Shown AS
Example To World

JAlGBOREE CITY, CALI. 0-
Films 81 TIE Boy Scouts third
National Jamhoree opening here
next week win be shown by the
State Department AZ over the
world q "a example d how youth
functions il i iFee democracy.
This wa revealed yesterday 81
Or. Arthur schuck, CHIEF Scout
executive, who arrived from Nsw
York e take charge q ths JAM
boree.
He said ah0w1 d he staged In
the jambofee outdoor arena ssWilI
plsy up Amoricanism.
The boys are going to have L
good time, but primarily Il win
Be great Demonstration Of ! free
youth In 4 free countxy Amocra.
81 h action. said the scout exc
cutiVe.
= Boys d III faiths and al cOlors
win be represented here. This
should counterfeit many Of the mis-
understandings around the world
about our nation caused b. Com
muniSt propaganda. !"
On his arrival. Dr. Schuck made
an inspection tour cf this 800.
acre site On the Irvine Ranch near
Newport Beach. Special trains.
buses and automobiles WIN start
bringing II the boys from aIl
parts Of the nation next Sunday.
BY The time the jamboree officially
opens July II there win Be an
estimated 1900 n camp, IivinR Il
about O,0oO tents.
The day boEore Tie jamhoree
begins The National Council n the
Bog Scouts of America win open
IL lard annual meeting II LOs
Angeles, with more than $50
Scout leaders attending.
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EXPECTANT MOTHER

Continued From Page Onel
here in Miami and even visiting
specialists passing through.
Everyone il the hospital seems
to be taking 4 personal interest
in Janice.
''H she gets through this crisis,
/ believe she win make It. Ii
the past few days she has started
to talk 4 little, at first just : word
which she would repeat after me.
From that she progressed TO :
whole sentence. she even whistled.
Il know she's still . desperately
sick little girl, but I'm praying
that she comes through this crisis
and makes II. !"