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Evening star., 1953-08-01
Trend Is Seen
towards More
Balcony Units
Gurden Project
Just Completed
Has Open Porches
By Robert J. Lewis

One of the strangest facts about
Washington's postwar apartment
architecture is that so few build
tngs were designed to cushion the
sledge hammer blows of heat and
humidity that relentlessly beat
down upon us all in this area.
True, there are some luxury
units that are air-conditioned;
a few even have thermoStatic
controls in every room. But the
vast majority Of the thousands
upon thousands of apartments
built here in the last 10 years
do not make much point Of
actively helping tenants to with
stand the heat.
For example, you can almost
count upon the fingers of one
hand the apartment develop
ments which have balconies.
And most are in elevator type,
air-conditioned buildings of the
luxury class.
AS for walk-up, garden-type
units, you must be an expert in
finding needles in a hayStack to
discover more than one or two
buildings that provide them.~
Yet there does seem to be hope
that the balcony may yet come
into its own. A new start has
been made in that direction in
such developments as the Crest
view, the Crestwood, the Wood
ner and Congress House.
Now comes Dawson Terrace
one of the first, if not the only
District area, postwar garden
type development in which bal
comics are an emphatic part of
the design.
Considering the tropical ma
ture of the Washington summer
I elimate-and the almost univer-
sal desire of Washington resi-
dents to make it easier to take
It won't be strange if a great
many more garden apartments
begin to come equipped in the
future with similar benefits.
More and more, astute build
ers are beginning to realize that
If their accommodations are
equipped with a means to COM
bat the heat-such as a SWIM
ming pool, air conditioning. bal
comics or Observation-Disclosures
they will be in a better COM
petitive position in the future,
provided such assets don't run
up rents disproportionately.
In the case of the Dawson Ter
race Apartments, completed re-
Gently and located at 1000 North
Scott street, Arlington, Architect
Joseph Miller said the site lent
itself well to use of balconies.
The interior court faces south
and east and has a good view. he
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walk down one flight of steps to
reach the lower level.
Owner of the development.
which was privately financed
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ing room, and have full window
view from the kitchen.
Twenty-Five of the 80 apart
mentS have balconies. The three
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attached buildings are three
stories high on one side and four
stories on the interior court.
Some of the apartments have
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entrances on both sides Of the
building. When buildings are
entered from the side showing
three stories, first floor tenants
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Balconies are located in the
angle of an 81" formed by the
kitchen and living dining space.
They are accessible from the liv-
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without FILA aid. is F'ayette
Homes, Inc, headed by Stanley
(See LEWIS, Page A-5.)
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said. Thus, the balcony ceilings
provide an overhang to shade
the kitchen from the direct rays
of the summer sun.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Red China Shakes Up
IS Bureaus Because
Five-Year Plan Laus
BY the AsseeIa.sd Press

HONG KONG. Sept. 21.-Red
China ousted its finance min
lister and the secretary-general
of the central governments ad-
ministration council in a week.
end shakeup which observers
here feel was ordered because
the nation is tagging in the
first year Of its f1ve-year plan.
The official Red New China
news agency reported that Radio
Peiping made the announce
ments during the 28th meeting
Of the central peoples govern
ment council.
In the reshuffle affecting 13
government bureaus, Ii Wei
Han, secretary general of the
administrative council, was re-
placed by Hsi Chung-hsun, a
vice chairman of the cultural
and education committee.
Pc Yi-po, minister of finance,
was replaced by Teng Hsiao-
ping. a vice premier of the gov
ernment council, Po had been
minister three years. Chen Ko-
tun, vice minister of finance also
was replaced.
Other shifts were made in the
ministries Of post Offices, foods,
light industry. forests. labor. cul-
ture, banks and state planning
council.
No reason was given for the
changes.
However, the Reds have ad-
mitted that individual depart
ments Of industry have failed to
meet thei rgoals.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Chinese Repeatedly Withdraw
Observation-Disclosures

were being pulled back for pos
sible use at home, in Indo- China
or elsewhere was not known.
Sources with a good knowl-
edge Of enemy activity, however,
have noted a full scale shifting
Of Red troops since the truce
was signed July 81. They said
North Korean troops stationed
deep in rear areas during the
last part OF the war have been
moved to front line" positions
near the buffer zone.
Training of South Korean
troops also was underway in the
Allied sector.
Reliable military sources said
four. new Republic of Korea in
fantry divisions-about $4,000
combat troops-will be activated
before the end Of the year. It
will bring the ROK arny's fight
ing strength to 20 divisions-the
goal Of Gen. Van Fleet, former
United States 9th Army COM
mander.
The increase in size of the
ROK army was not considered a
violation Of the armistice by al
lied authorities. The truce terms
provide that no troops or equip
ment may be brought into Korea
except as requirements. It was
understood that sufficient Amer
lean weapons and equipment are
in Korea now to supply the new
ROK divisions.
AS for the North Korean re-
turned prisoners stationed in
rear areas. they were considered
requirements for Red combat
troops moved forward.
The authoritative allied in
formantS said that from the
Communist point Of view such a
move would not violate a pro-
vision in the armistice document
prohibiting former prisoners
from being employed in acts of
war.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Reds Helped Prepare
Book for U. 5. Army,
mccarthy Declares

Senator Mccarthy said today
that q former employe Of the
Soviet Foreign once in Moscow
told the Senate Investigations
subcommittee. that some source
material for books used to in
struct American troops were
prepared by that foreign Office.
The witness testified at a
closed session attended by Army
Secretary Stevens this morning,
the Wisconsin Senator said. The
subcommittee plans to hold an
open hearing next Monday when
the same witness and possibly
others will be heard.
Senator Mccarthy refused to
identity the former employe Of
the Soviet Foreign Ofice. He
said only that the man left
Russia about 1910. The wit
ness, according to Senator Nc
Carthy, informed the subcom-
mittee today that he personally
"saw and advised with" the
writer Of a book which con-
tanned material provided by the
Soviet Foreign Office. This book
later was used for instruction Of
American troops, particularly
officers, the witness said.
THE witness told us that such
material was used to indoctrinate
our military officers as calculated
miSinformation so that they
would learn incorrect facts and
make mistakes of Judgment later
on" Senator Mccarthy told re-
porterS.
Secretary Stevens showed
"great concern" for the testi-
mony he heard at today'S closed
session, the Senator reported.
Senator Mccarthy added that
none of the testimony concern
ing suspected Communist at
temptS to indoctrinate American
troops indicated that such at
tempts originated since the
Republican administration took
Office.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
BidauIt Expected TO See
Adenauer Next Month

PARIS. Sept. 21.-F French
Foreign Minister Georges BIZ
dault and German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer probably will
meet sometime in october to
discuss the full range of Franco
German problems, informed
Foreign Office sources said today
Mr.. Bidault'S reply to Mr.
Adenauer's proposal Of a per-
sonal meeting to discuss issues
concerning the two countries
was expected to reach the chan
cellor tonight or tomorrow.
The text will not be published
until it is delivered, but it i;
understood that Mr.. Bidault ac-
cepted Mr.. Adenauer'S invitation
TO bilatera1 conversations.
Although the Sar has not been
mentioned in the exchange OF
notes, 1t is generally accepted
here that 1t will top the list Of
subjects that will be discussed.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
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Evening star., 1953-09-21
Mccarthy, OtherU.S S. Officials
SkepticdI of Berid Escape

said Senator McCarthy's agents
have been in touch with him
for about a month.
AmOSS Reports Contact.
The source added that, unless
the story proves to be a hoax,
there is a good chance the man
will be brought to this country.
In Baltimore, Col. Uius l..
AmoSs, head of the Interna-
tional Services of Information, q
private espionage outfit, said he
had been contacted in Europe
this summer by persons who
said Beria had escaped from
Russia.
Col. Amoss, who retired after
World War II duty with the
Office of Strategic Services, said
that in Munich he had met a
man who described himself as
major of the Russia security
police. He said the man asked
whether the United States
would grant Beria sanctuary.
Col. Amoss said he told the
man he could not speak for the
United States Government, but
that it was his estimate, that
Beria could obtain asylum here.
Col. Amoss voiced belief Beria
escaped even before his arrest
was announced.
. HE saw it coming. apparently,
at least he should have as head
of the worlds Biggest intelligence
service" Col. All1oSs said. II
don't think heawas arrested"
Col. Arnoss headed a cloak
and dagger venture which he and
associates last March said led
to the escape of a Polish pilot
in a Russian-built MIG-15.
However, 1t. Franciszek Jarecki,
who MeF the plane from Poland
to Denmark, said the escape was
entirely his Own idea.
Evening star., 1953-09-21

SEOUL, Sept. 21.-Commu-
mist China was reported today
to have withdrawn 10000 men
from its 1-million-man army in
North Korea since the armistice
was signed almost two months
ago.
Authoritative source said these
troops were being replaced by
10000 North Korean prisoners
returned to the Reds from allied
prison camps during Operation
Big Switch.
These informants who cannot
be identified said that in addi-
ton to the two Chinese armies
(corps) already pulled out OF
Korea. two more Of the same
strength will be withdrawn soon.
Whether the Chinese troops
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Parted Siumese Twins
Now Out of Dunqer'
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

NEW ORLEANS. Sept. 21.-
Louisiana's famed Mouton ST.
amese twins are "out Of danger, I"
barring infection, DR.. L. L. Weiss
miller, Foundation Hospital di-
rector, says.
DR.. WeisSmiller added last
night the twin daughters Of
Mayor and Mrs. Ashton Mouton
Of Lafayette, La, Carolyn Anne
and Catherine Anne, are now
completely bottle-fed and their
condition ''looks good" The
twins were separated last Thurs
day in history-making surgery.
They will be two months old to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
British Diplomats Scott
At Berio Escape Story

LONDON, Sept. FL (R.-Brit-
ish diplomats today scoffed at
reports that Lavrenty Beria may
have escaped from Russia. They
expressed the view privately that
the former Soviet police boss
was undergoing some of the pre-
trial treatment" that he had
given others in the past. One
official said big Soviet trials have
taken as long as 18 months to
prepare,
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Spingarn Leaves FTC
With Blast al Domination
BY the Asseeiated Press

Stephen ]. Spingarn, Demo-
crat ending three years on the
Federal Trade Commission, says
the agency should be free of
presidential domination or should
be abolished.
In a statement yesterday, Mr..
Spingarn urged Congress "to re-
store to the commission the in
dependence free from presiden-
tial domination necessary for it
to carry on effectively the anti
monopoly job which Congress
has assigned to it."
Otherwise, he said, the De-
partment of Justice could take
over its tasks and the commission
be abolished.
John w. Gwynne of Iowa sue
ceeds Mr.. Spingarn Friday, CIV
ing Republicans q majority on
the commission.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
Winner of BdIIoon Ride
Electrocuted in Flioht

BY The AssOeiotsd Press
MESCHEDE, Germany. Sept
21-Siegfried Won der Burg, 10,
was one Of four persons selected
by lot yesterday to 60 up in a
balloon.
AS the balloon descended
Siegfried leaned from the gon-
dola and touched q high tension
wire. He was electrocuted.
Evening star., 1953-09-21

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Evening star., 1953-09-21
BY the Associoted Press


Government officials took a
highly skeptical attitude today
toward a report-under investi-
cation by Senate agents-that
Lavrenti Beria, deposed Soviet
secret police boss, has escaped
from Russia and hopes for po-
litical asylum in the United
States.
These were developments:
/. Senator Mccarthy, Republi-
can, of Wisconsin publicly
acknowledged for the first time
that his Senate Investigations
Subcommittee has received a re-
port that a mysterious figure,
hiding in a non-Communist
country, claims to be Beria. He
said II am not convinced" and
refused to say what his subcom-
mittee is doing in the matter.
2. A Senate source said a sub
committee agent who would
know whether the man is Beria
has gone to contact him and
should make a report in a couple
Of days.
Is Not Convinced.
Senator Mccarthy told a re-
porter:
II know a man who claims to
be Beria and who resembles
Beria has shown up outside Rus
sia and is in hiding in a nom
Communist country. At this
point I am not convinced he is
Beria."
It was the Senator's first pub
lie statement on the reports from
a high Senate source that his
subcommittee had sent agents
overseas to check on the story.
Other Government sources,
also asking not to he quoted by
name, were skeptica1, saying the
chances of Beria having escaped
from behind the Iron Country
were zone in a million"
"a spokesman at the Rus
sian Embassy here said he had
mo information" on the re-
ports.)
The Senate source said today
that "a new man has gone over
who will know him if it is Beria,"
and that a report from this per-
son can be expected within a
few days.
Executive Branch Seeks Data.
This source said the man who
calls himself Beria had been con-
tacted by agents Of the McCar-
thy subcommittee and had
sought political asylum in the
United States in exchange for
disclosure of Russian secrets.
Officials in the executive branch
of the Government said they
knew nothing which would lead
them to believe that Beria, for
mer head of the Soviet secret
police, has managed to get out
of Russia. At the same time, it
was made clear this Government
would be glad to receive any man
who knows as many of the Krem-
Inns secrets as Beria does:
So far as is known in the West,
Beria was last seen in public in
Moscow May /. Soviet Premier
Malenkov denounced him as a
traitor on July 9 and ouSted him
from his posts as home minister
and first deputy chairman Of
the Council of Ministers.
His name has not been men
toned in the Russian press or
radio in recent weeks and there
has been no recent mention Of
any trial. This has led to some
speculation here that he may al
ready have been executed.
The Senate source said the
man representing himself as
Beria said he had escaped with
three aides in an airplane and
that. if given refuge in the
United States, will talk only
with Senator Mccarthy or Vice
President Nixon. The source
Evening star., 1953-09-21
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Evening star., 1953-09-21
Pine Oil From Stumps

PHOENIX. - Dead pine tree
Stumps yield to chemists a sub
stance known as pine oil. It is
not obtainable from live pine
trees.
Evening star., 1953-09-21
TAKE YOUR TIME

Remember-If you are considering
the purchase of new car, discuss the cor
in detail with experienced sales personnel.
Make douby certain your payments fit
your pocketbook. View all models, styles
and eoIors at your leisure. You are making
major investment and should not buy
cor simply because dealer is over
stocked. Unless you purchase exactly what
you have decided on you will never be
entirely satisfied or happy with it.
Evening star., 1953-09-21

In keeping with our policy Of sound
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coution our customers and the motoring
public against Rush Buying"
Because Of our position as one Of the
Nations largest ChYsIer-PIynouth Deol-
ers, it has always been our established
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vehicles. In this manner we have been
able to offer the car buyer wide range
Of models, body styles and coIors to choose
from. 1t is not unusual for US to have as
many as three hundred cars in stock at one
time. We have always disposed Of our
merchandise without the aid Of Giant
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prospective buyer during these soIes. He
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1.-THE CAR BUYS HIM.
A new car today is major invest
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motor cor you owe it to yourself to take
your time and choose the car that is best
suited to your need. Choose only the
accessories you need and will enjoy. Think
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Make certain he is properly stoffed and
equipped to service your investment and
that he is capable Of maintaining this cor
at minimum Of cost. Consider the cost
Of financing and insurance. All Of these
important decisions cannot be made by
rushing into q purchase. The average
Mrs. America buyer spends more time and
thought than this in purchasing an ordi-
nary occasional chair that retoiIs for
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Shipping News

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scheduled to sail from New
Orleans February 18th; Mo
bile February 18th, and is due
at Frederiksted March 10th,
via Jamaica, Haiti and Saint
Thomas, accepting freight for
Barbados, Georgetown a n d
Paramaribo.
, 1953-02-20
New arrivals at
Hotel -on-the-C Cay

Mr.. L. B. Wescott, Clinton N. J.,
Member of State Board of Agri-
culture of New Jersey.
Mr.. and Mrs. Esty, Supt. of Ba-
yonne Oil Refining Co., Bayonne,
New Jersey.
Mr.. & Mrs. Conrad Hobbs, Bos-
ton, Mass, Member Of professional
Division W.PA.
r. b. Pilsbury, Wayland, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jno. Hegman, New
York City.
Mrs. Jeanne Myers, N. Y. G.
, 1953-02-20
Return Visitors to
Hotel -on-the- Cay

Kenneth Macdonald, Executive
Editor Of Register and Tribune,
Desmoines. Ill.
Mr. and Mrs. Brew, Canynghan,
Penn, Proprietors of Canynghan
Craft Shop.
Capt. Paul Hammond, Celebrated
Yachtman, and Collaboration with
Sam Morrison of the well known
book Admiral of the Ocean Sea-
mainly about St. Croix.
New Visitors at Buccaneer
Mr.. and Mrs. Sheffield, N.Y.C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Douglas, New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Chaffee, N.Y.C.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Dodd,
New York City
Mrs. Browne, East Orange, N. ].
Mrs. Blackburne, East Orange,
, 1953-02-20

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, 1953-02-20

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Montclair, N. j.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Central High Alumni Honor
Five Distinguished Graduates

foreign affairs officer in the
State Department.
Others reelected were Miss
Whitford. Mr.. Newly, Miss
Katherine Sunny, Mrs. Rather
inc F. Bartley. and Mrs. Eliza
beth S. Riley, vice presidents.
Mrs. Martha T. Baker was
chosen secretary and John c.
Franzoni, treasurer.
Directors Are Chosen.
Association directors elected
are Rudolph B. Behrend, Mrs
Dorothy H. Chappelear. Calvin
Cramer, Charles Davis, Miss
Gladys M. Davis, Miss Ann
Heider, Miss Pauline Holer, Miss
Muriel Hoover, Miss Pearl A.
Jones, Mrs. Jeanette D. Kern
Willis Kern, Miss Louise Moore,
DR.. A. Harry Ostrow, Mrs. Jane
l.. Rosenthal, Miss Frances M
Scott, Francis w. Trapp,
Michael Troiano, Miss Dorothea
F. Sherman, Harry S. Wender,
and Ernest F. Williams.
Honorary vice presidents,
former principals and assistants
of the school, are DR.. Robert A.
Maurer. Lawrence G. Hoover,
Miss Helen M. Coolidge, Miss
Ruth McRae, and Col. Lynn
Woodwork.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Dec. 26.-Imag-
ine taking a peep at Marilyn
Monroe in torrid love scene and
promptly smashing your auto
mobile into a telephone pole.
Don't laugh! 1t may happen
to you.
In fact, the Virginia Advisory
Legislative Council says there
have been numerous accidents
in the State because persons mo-
mentarily took their eyes off the
road to cast a quick gaze at a
drive-in theater screen.
Most drive-in screens have
their backs to the highway. But
q few can be seen from the road
and thus make for obvious dis
traction.
Hidden Screens Proposed.
AS a result, the VALC recon-
mended in a report today that a
law be passed requiring all
screens to be well hidden from
the passing motoriSt.
1t also proposed that adequate
lighting and proper markings be
required at all drive-ins to mini
mize traffic congestion and con-
fusion when great streams of
cars leave the theaters at closing
time.
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Roadside Film Screens Called
Menace to Gaping Motorists

The VALC also came up with
suggestions for curbing the num-
ber of advertising signs along
highways. 1t recommended that
no advertisements be closer than
Is feet to the road and that
they be firmly stationed so as not
to blow into the highway.
The VALC said mobile ad-
vertising equipment - flashing
lights, loud and blatant noises
should be barred.
Higher License Fee Asked.
Another recommendation was
for prohibition on all types of
lights or ref1ectorizing materials
when they resemble traffic sig
nal lights or signs.
On another score, the VALC
noted that sufficient funds aren't
available to adequately enforce
advertising regulations. 1t pro-
posed raising the license fee for
engaging in the outdoor adver-
tising business from $25 to $100
per year.
1t also suggested that fines up
to $500 be given persons arrested
for dumping refuse along the
highway right of way. At pres
ent. a limit of 500 is provided
for fines,
Evening star., 1953-12-27
Italy Frees PalIanfe,
Man Who Shot TogIiatti
By the Associuted Press

RANDAzZO, Sicily, Dec. 26
Antonio Pallante, the Sicilian
student who pumped three bull
lets into Italy's Communist
leader Palmiro Togliatti 512
years ago. has been released
from Jail under the nations new
amnesty act.
He left unnoticed among over
1900 other prisoners freed un-
der the amnesty just before
Christmas. Returning to his
home here, he said he hopes to
resume his studies of law.
Pallante had been sentenced to
13 years and 8 months for pre-
meditated attempted homicide.
He shot Togliatti as the Moscow
trained party leader left the
Chamber of Deputies on July IA,
1943. He contended he fired the
shots for moral and social rea-
sons.
Togliatti's party claimed the
government was behind the
shooting. Subsequen t nation
wide demonstrations carried
Italy close to civil war.