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Evening star., 1953-11-26
AWord to- the Wise
By MRS. Fronk Colby

Portsmouth: I have often
wondered why the poop deck"
on a ship is so called. Can you
tell mem. r. B.
A. It was customary with the
ancient Romans to put affairs in
the stern galleries Of their sail
ing vessels. In these shrines
they kept small images or pup
pets of the various gods to whom
the ships were dedicated.
Now the Latin word for pup
pet, or doll, is pupa, pronounced:
PEW-puh; and the part Of the
ship where the puppets were
kept was called the puppis. AS
the word passed through the
Italian into French, thence into
English, it became corrupted to
poop"
incidentally, the slang express
sion. Ito be popped" meaning
Ito be tired" had it's origin in
a nautical expression describing
the breaking of waves over the
stern, or poop" deck.
Pacific Palisades: BY and
large we enjoy your daily words;
but explain "by and large.
G. w. S.
A. This expression also is of
nautical origin. The phrase
originally had to do with a YES
sells ability to sail "by (close-
hauled, almost against the
wind)," and large (off or with
the wind)." Sailors would say of
a ship that "she sails well, by
and large" meaning that either
with or against the wind, she is
a well-performing ship, generally
speaking.
by and large" has almost lost
its nautical meaning, however.
Today we use it to mean ION the
whole; everything considered;
except for minor exception"
And "by and large" it's quite
colorful and expressive idiom.
Distributed by McNaught Syndicate. Inc.
Evening star., 1953-11-26
Virginia State Revenues
Ahead of Last Year
BY the Associafed Press

RICHMOND, Nov. 26.-Vir-
ginia'S general-fund revenues in
the first four months of the fis-
cal year were $1.172,521 ahead
of the same period of last year.
State Controller Henry G. Gilmer
said yesterday.
Under the Byrd automatic tax
credit law, a S per cent auto
matte tax credit is allowed Vir-
ginia taxpayers when general
fund revenues reach a certain
point above the Governors esti-
mated budget needs. Additional
/ per cent credits are allowed on
the basis of revenue increments
beyond the original 5 per cent
critical figure.
No figure for the 1953-54 fiscal
year has been computed.
The controllers monthly re-
port, released today, said the
general-fund collections to date
totaled $25, sos, compared
with $24, ,200,084 last year.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

The PetSamo nickel mine is 10
Gated on the present Norwegian
Russian border. Formerly Fin
nish territory. the mine was
owned by International Nickel.
AS part of the Finnish Russian
peace pact, Finland ceded this
territory to the Soviet, and, in
turn, Russia agreed to compen-
safe foreign interests holding
assets in the ceded area.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

million Canadian nickel debt
arising out of the Finnish-Rus-
sian Petsamo mine controversy.
The equivalent of So million
in sterling was transmitted by
the Soviet government to Lon
don, where it was deposited in
the Canadian governments bank
account for the international
Nickel Co. of Canada.
Evening star., 1953-11-26

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Evening star., 1953-11-26
Russia Pays OFF Debt
On Cunudiun Nickel

BY the Associated Press
OTTAWA, Ont.-Russia has
made final payment on it's $40
Evening star., 1953-05-16

Cancelled Czech trade and tariff
agreements and introduced eco
nomic sanctions against the
country. The United States,
Britain and France banned
flights by Czechoslovak planes
over Western Germany.
VOgeler Case Recalled.
Robert A. Vogeler, an Amer
ican businessman, was released
from Jail in neighboring Hun
gary just five days before Mr.
Oatis' arrest. He also had been
convicted of espionage, and he
expressed belief Mr.. Oats was
arrested in his stead in a kind
of Kremlin plot against Western
interests. Mr.. Vogeler served IA
months.
Mr.. Oats was born in Marion,
Ind, started his reporting career
there and joined the A. P. staff
at Indianapolis in 1887. He went
into the Army in 1912 and re-
joined the A. P. in 1916. He met
his wife when he was on the
news agency's foreign desk in
New York. She worked there in
the reference library.
He is the only Western news
man ever jailed behind Europe's
iron curtain.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Text of Mrs. Ootis' Letter

were separated, when he left
London for CzechoSlovakia.
At that time we had only been
married for three months and I
am sure you can realize the
suffering and loneliness this con-
tinuing separation has already
caused me.
We married because we wanted
to spend our lives together. Yet
the days go by. one after another,
and so does the time we would
be spending together. We can
never regain what has already
been lost during this past two
and a half years, but continue
to hope and pray that this diff
cult time will soon come to an
end and we can be reunited.
am sure William has be-
haved well while in your custody.
Surely there must be some way
in which you. the powerful head
OF your country, can take this
good conduct into account and
commute his sentence to expul-
sion from Czechoslovakia.
appeal to you with all my
heart for your mercy and I hope
and pray that as an act OF
humanity you will let my hus-
band come home now.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Father Drops His Last Doubts
When Odtis Crosses Border
Reveals He's Kept
Room for Son
In Phoenix Home
BY the Assoeiated Press

PHOENIX, Ariz., May 10
The happy, exultant father of
Associated Press Correspondent
William Oats dropped his last
remaining doubts today on hear
ing that his son, freed from two
years imprisonment by Commu-
mist Czechoslovakia, had crossed
into West Germany.
"Then he's really out" said j.
Ross Oats, 81. II can hardly
express myself. I'm a very happy
man."
The elder Oats, who runs the
Oats Photo Laboratory in Phoe-
nix, repeated over and over again
his thanks for being informed
of the joyful news.
I'm going to call his wife
(Mrs. William Oats of st. Paul,
Mimi right away" he said.
"Other than that I just haven't
any plans"
The well-knit, graying busi-
nessman yesterday had received
the first reports of his sons par
don with guarded optimism, ex-
pressing the fear that they might
prove untrue.
He told reporters that he had
saved a special place for Bill
in his home here and had long
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Wednesday Hearing
SET for Appeal in
0pdnowich Sentence
By Tom Burke

Mrs. Peter OpanoWich, AZ, con-
victed yesterday of the second
degree murder of her infant son,
was still in Jail today in lieu
of $4,000 bond pending a hearing
on a motion to set aside the
murder verdict.
An 11-man, 1-woman jury
recommended a 12-year sentence
be imposed when it announced
its verdict in Arlington Circuit
Court.
The defense motion, asking
Judge Walter T. Mccarthy to set
aside the verdict as contrary to
law and the evidence, will be
argued at 10 am. Wednesday.
Mrs. Opanowich, her head
Graded in her arms which rested
on the counsel table, did not
look up to watch the jury file in.
When the verdict was read by
H. Bruce Green, court clerk, she
remained motionless in an at
titude Of sleep. Even as each
member of the jury was polled
and affirmed the verdict, Mrs.
Opanowich remained quiet.
Mrs. Opanowich was convicted
of killing the infant on Febru-
ary II in her home at Ills South
Eighteenth street. The body was
found in a honeysuckle patch in
a field near Army-Navy drive
and Shirley highway on Febru-
ary IA.
During her 15-minute testi-
mony in the trial, Mrs. Opano-
wich denied she murdered the
infant. She said he died in bed
surrounded by bedclothes. A
coroner's report declared the in
FAINT died of suffocation.
The body was found wrapped
in newspaper and stuffed in a
paper shopping bag. Common
wealth Attorney William j. Has
san, in his summation to the
jury. pictured the infant as
slowly suffocating" in the tight
ly wrapped package.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
BY the AsSoeioted Press

ST. PAUL, Minn., May 49,
Here is the teTt of the letter
Mrs. William N. OatiS sent last
November to the President of
CsechoSloUGkiG:
Dear Mr.. President:
I have long thought of send
ing to you directly an appeal for
the freedom of my beloved hus-
band, William Oats. I have
hesitated because others, skilled
in the affairs of nations, have
been active in his behalf, and ]
have waited and hoped for his
return to me. But always ]
have wondered what I could dc
that was within my power to end
the waiting and stop the anguish
of our separation.
So at last 1 have decided to
write you. believing that surely
you must heed a simple plea for
mercy and put an end to this
bitterly unhappy situation in
which my husband william and
I are entrapped.
It Is more than 1S months now
since he was arrested. and nearly
two and q half years since we
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Odtis Action Shows
Power of Woman,
VoqeIer Declares
BY the Asseeieted Pres,

VALDOSTA, Ga, May 16.-
Another American once held
prisoner by the Communists
Robert A. Vogeler, says the par
don of William Oats shows
the power a woman can WELD
Mr.. Vogeler. American busi-
nessman imprisoned by the Reds
in Hungary for IA months, COM
menting on reports that a letter
from Mrs. Oats to the Czech
president had been instrumental
in bringing about the pardon,
continued:
my wife was instrumental in
getting my release. She wrote a
letter to Hungarian Prime Min
lister Rakosi and fought in con-
junction with newspapers to
keep my case alive until suf-
f1cient pressure was brought to
gain my release"
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Union Expe|s Official
Accused Of $4,000 Theft
BY the Assoeioted Press

CHICAGO. May 16.-The exec
utive board of the AFL Building
Service Employees Union last
night threw it's top Detroit exec
utive out of Office, claiming he
misappropriated $42. 900 in funds.
Ray Carroll, secretary treas
urer of Detroit Locals 79 and 1853,
was expelled from membership
in the union and removed from
office effective Immediately.
Daniel CARMEL, general coun-
sci for the union, said the 10
member executive board found
Carroll guilty of misappropria-
ton of $4,000 in excessive SAL
aries and expenses and violating
the international constitution by
failing to hold union meetings
and elections of officers"
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Envoy Who Aided
Outis Halls News
BY the Assoeiated Press

SEOUL, May 16.-Ambassador
Ellis O. Briggs, who headed the
American Embassy in Prague
when Associated Press Core
spondent William Oats was
convicted of espionage and SEN
fenced to 10 years, said today
the Communist announcement
of his pardon. IF true, is the
best news I've had in two years. F"
Mr.. Briggs tried fruitlessly to
get Mr.. Oats released during his
tour as Ambassador in Czecho-
slovakia. Ellis now heads the
United States Embassy here.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Noted Composer Bores
His WeuIth-92 Cents
By the Assoeioted Press

VIENNA, May 16.-The famous
Austrian composer, Robert Stolz
yesterday placed "a Austrian
schillings and 10 groschen (92
cents) on the table of a Vienna
court and claimed this was his
sole financial wealth.
The 68-year-old composer Of
46 operettas and more than 1000
songs, sued by one Of his former
wives for alimony, said his only
other possessions were two tall
coats, a tuxedo and a number
of suits. He said he had no
umbrella nor cane.
He told the court he had
turned over all his property and
royalties to his present fifth
wife.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Mccarthy Seeks Way
To Make Allies Bear
More Of Korea Cost
By the Assoeiated Press

Senator Mccarthy, Republi-
can. of Wisconsin fired another
blast at Americas allies today
with a proposal aimed at max
ing them take over more of the
costs of the Korean war.
The Wisconsin Senator said he
has instructed his staff to draft
an amendment to the pending
State Department appropria-
tions bill designed to pare the
proposed $50 million American
share of operating United Ma
tions agencies.
AS explained by Senator Nc
Carthy, who is engaged in a
transatlantic verbal battle with
British leaders, the amendment
would:
l. Reduce the United States
contribution for U. N. operating
excuses to the percentage level
Of other nations participation in
Korean war financing, and
2. Thereby induce other ma
tions who are not, in Senator
McCarthys view, contributing
enough to the Korean war ef-
fort. to step up their support
of regular U. N. activities as a
sort of Offset.
u. S. Contributing IS Pct.
I'VE have been contributing 95
per cent of the money and men
for the Korean war;" Senator
Mccarthy said in an interview
If we cut our U. N. contribu-
tions to the S per cent the other
nations have been putting up in
Korea, maybe we can get a lit
tie more financial cooperation
out of them"
The United States now is put
ting up 35 per cent of the cost
of operating eight U. N. organ
izations, and also is contributing
to 81 related international
groups. The House Appropria-
tions Committee said in it's re-
port on the $1,143, 100000 State
Department bill that commit
ments had been made to cut fu-
ture contributions to 33H per
cent.
Sen. McCarthy's new move
came as Senator H. Alexander
Smith, Republican, of New Jer-
sey, Foreign Relations Com
mittee member. predicted the
Communists eventually will &C
cept the U. N. proposals for
handling Korean prisoners OF
war and also probably the uni
f1cation of Korea"
Red China Will Set Price.
But Senator Smith said:
"The final price will be ad-
mission of Red China to the
United Nations and a seat on the
Security Council.
THAT is the real danger. Ad-
mission of Communist China tc
the U. N. would mean the even
tual disappearance of all Asia
behind the Iron Curtain"
Evening star., 1953-05-16
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it was known as IAN old, old
establishment"
The inspector also identified
one Of the injured men as James
(Cadillac) Brown, repeatedly
proprietor If an establishment
at the address.
A total of 13 persons were
rounded up and taken to head
quarters for questioning, which
led to the suspension of the two
detectives.
Chief Wallrodt said some wit
nesses told them the detectives
had arrived just before 5 am.
The blaze was reported to the
Fire Board at .5:08.
Besides Chief Wallrodt, Capt.
Clark and 1t. Hartnett, Inspec-
tor Flaherty, acting Detective
Bureau chief, was included in
talks which led to the suspen-
sion.
To keep away eavesdroppers,
police posted sergeant to stand
outside the lineup room when
the witnesses were led in.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Czechs Waited 6 Months
After Receiving Appeal
BY the Assecioted Press

1t was last November that
Mrs. william N. Oats sent her
appeal to Klement Gottwald,
then President of Czechoslo-
vakia.
Surely" she said. you must
heed a simple plea for mercy
and put an end to this bitterly
unhappy situation in which my
husband William and I are en-
trapped.
I'VE married because we
wanted to spend our lives to-
gether. Yet the days go by. one
after another, and so does the
time we would be spending to-
gether. We can never regain
what has already been lost dur
ing this past two and a half
years, but I continue to hope
and pray :"
Six-mOnth Wait.
There was no explanation why
the Prague officials waited ex-
actly six months to act on the
letter, but in the meantime Mr..
Gottwald died and Antonin
Zapotocky became President of
CZechoSlovakia. In the mean
time, also, Moscow launched a
peace offensive" and persuaded
North Korean authorities to re-
lease groups of American, Brit
ish and French civilians who
had been seized in Korea at
the start of the war there.
The release of Mr.. Oats leaves
one Associated Press newsman
still in Communist hands. He
is Frank Noel, photographer
held by the Chinese in Korea.
Moscow's announcement was
printed on the foreign news
page of Pravda. It said:
THE Czechoslovak news agen-
cy reports that by a decision of
the Czechoslovak republic Will
liam Oats has been amnestied
Oats is a citizen of the United
States and a former correspond
ent of the Associated Press in
Prague. William Oats on july
4, 1851, was exposed by the
state court in Prague for eSpio-
mage and other anti-state activi-
ties and was sentenced to de-
prival of freedom for 10 years
In November, 1852, the wife
of the sentenced person. w. Oats,
through the Czechoslovak En-
bassy in Washington, sent a
letter to the President Of the
Czechoslovak republic with a
request for pardoning w. Oats.
AS stated in the report OF the
Czechoslovak news agency, the
President of the republic has
satisfied this request"
First fragmentary word Of the
pardon came shortly before 8
O'Clock. EDIT, last night, when
Reuters News Agency inter-
cepted a Communist broadcast
Almost two hours later the Sat
urday edition of Pravda became
available in Moscow, and the
A. P bureau there flashed its
announcement. Just before II
o'clock, the State Department
said it had been advised by
George Wadsworth, Ambassador
at Prague, of the pardon.
Frequent Appeals Made.
The State Department had
made frequent appeals for Mr..
Oats to the Czech government,
and Mrs. Oats said she Is "ex-
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Outis
Continued From First Page.)

(COnClnueG FROM flrSC Page.)
large group of neWsmen, photog-
rapherS, and villagers from this
border town.
The jam of curious got so
large during the wait for Mr..
Oats that traffic to the border
check point had to be shut off.
Correspondents at the border
gave him his first news of the
trial and execution of Rudolf
Slansky, former boss of the
Czechoslovak Communist Party,
last December. Mr.. Oats was
sentenced on July 4, 1851. while
Slansky was still riding high
as MoscoW'S chief power in
Prague.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Life Can Be Beautiful
Writer Sued for Divorce
By the Assoeioted Press

HANOVER, Va, May 16.-Dor
Becker. originator and co-authol
OF the radio serial, Life Can Be
Beautiful" has been sued fol
divorce by his wife, Mrs. Florence
Goldenburg Becker.
In a complaint filed this week
in Hanover County circuit court
Mrs. Becker said the radio writer
has subjected her to extreme
cruelty and embarrassment, had
beaten her and had forced her
to leave their home at nearby
Old Church on several occasions
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Real Celebration
Postponed by Wife
Until 0atis Is Home
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the ASSocioted Press
ST. PAUL, Mimi, May 16.-I
Reused early today to be told her
husband was at last free, Mrs.
Laurabelle Oats said she was
grateful, delighted, and ex-
hausted"
Before going to bed she had
received official word that An
tonin zapotocky. new President
of Czechoslovakia, had granted
a pardon to her husband, Will
liam Oats.
Told this morning that her
husband had actually been re-
leased and was in free West
Germany, Mrs. Oats could at
first find no words. She had
been up late talking with news
men and friends. She said it
was too early to make any plans.
First Reac actiOn One of Caution.
Her first reaction had been
cautious.
"One grows to expect bad
news in a situation like this"
she said. when good news
comes you just don't know how
to react"
Mrs. Oats received the news
of the pardon last night,
shortly after returning from her
days work in the advertising
department of a st. Paul depart
ment store.
The phone rang. It was Un-
dersecretary of State Walter
Bedell Smith calling from Wash
ington with the official announce
ment.
Mrs. Oats planned to attend a
Metropolitan Opera Company
presentation of Der RoSenkav-
lier in Minneapolis last night,
but changed her plans to main
tain a vigil by the telephone.
She settled for "the next best |
thing" and switched on her tele-
vision set to watch the brief
Marciano-W Walcott fight.
The time for real celebrating
will come when William is back
in American hands again." Mrs.
Oats said.
This thing has been so fan
tastic from the start" she told
newsmen, "I still can't make my
self believe he's coming home"
Separated 35 Months.
1t has been almost 35 months
since the two saw each other in
London. He left for his new
assignment in Prague, she re-
turned home for a visit with her
family.
Since then, the plump. brown
eyed 29-year-old wife of the
neWsman has tried to lead what
she describes as "a normal life in
this abnormal situation" She
has worked since shortly after
her return as a copywriter in
the advertising department Of a
st. Paul department store.
She has made seven trips to
Washington and New York since
her husband was imprisoned to
talk face to face" with State
Department and Associated Press
officials.
The trips were for my own
satisfaction-they gave me some
thing to look forward to-" she
said. WED talk over any new |
developments in the case that !
the State Department or the AP
had written me about since my |
last visit. |
Gratitude Voiced.
I'm extremely grateful to
those in the State Department !
and the Associated Press who
have been so helpful and under
standing during these many try
ing months. I'm sure that Will
liam is as pleased and grateful |
as I am at this very wonderful |
outcome"
Mrs. Oats has received six
letters from her husband since |
he was put behind bars. She !
described the letters as "neWsy |
and cheerful, not too personal"
The last letter, dated April l,
said he had been writing a song |
a day, but was running out OF |
ideas
Evening star., 1953-05-16

nurtured the wish that he and
his wife would come to Phoenix
il he was ever granted his free
dom. He said he thought a long
rest in the warm desert air might
help Bill forget his ordeal.
IT have a nice place with a
bedroom I've saved for Bill" ne
said. mo one has ever slept
in it yet"
Only once did the emotion in
his voice break through, and
then he recovered quickly.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Newspupermon Dies
Of Crash Injuries
BY the Associated Press

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla,
May 16.-Thomas Francis Con-
roy, 55, of Brooklyn, a member
of the New York Times staff,
died yesterday of injuries suf-
fered in an automobile collision
May 6. His widow, Mrs. Bessie
Conroy. SO, is still hospitalized.
Miss Beatrice I. Munich, %, of
West Palm Beach, driver of the
other car involved in the crash,
remains unconscious and in seri-
GUS condition.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
SIeeper's Bed Stolen

Don Mario Tabilo, of Santiago.
Chile, slept so soundly one re-
cent night that when he woke up
he found burglars had stolen his
bed.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
No Drunks in Beer Town

The beer-brewing town Of
Wiveliscombe. in Somerset, Eng
land. has had no prosecution
for drunkenness since the war.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
FOUND.

COLLIE TYPE. 6rindIe color. young
male, medium size; very gentle. Call
AID. 2-4265.
PARAKEET, IN Fairlington. TE. 6-6076.
-- -l7
ROSARY, sterling silver. Found on Abe
marie ct. NV. Thurs. EN-. 3-7700;
eyes,, EN-. 3-z44o.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Frequent Appeals Made.

The State Department had
made frequent appeals for Mr..
Oats to the Czech government,
and Mrs. Oats said she Is "ex-