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Evening star., 1953-10-25
LaYmen Must Aid Work
OF Pastor, Lutherans Told

Laymen must help ministers
shoulder the burdens of church
work. a Lutheran leader de-
clared yesterday at convention
of the Southeastern District
(North) of the Lutheran Lay
mems League.
TT Is all too obvious that it is
unfair and unreasonable to ex-
pect the clergy to carry the en-
tire burden of the work of King
dom building" Paul Friedrich of
st. Louis, executive director of
the league, said.
He spoke to more than $50
delegates at Trinity Lutheran
School, HyattSville, Md, where
the two-day convention ends to-
day. The district, one of 80 in
the national body, covers Mis-
souri, Synod churches in Wash
ington, Virginia. Maryland and
Delaware. 1t has more than 900
members in so churches.
E w. Schmidt of Silver
Spring. Md, district president
presided.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
CamaIier and BroYhiII
To Be Honored Today

The Sons and Daughters Day
Foundation will hold a luncheon
at l2:45 pm. today at the All
Nations Club, 1903 Massachu-
sets avenue NV, in honor OF
Commissioner Renah Camalier's
58th birthday.
Also to be honored is Repre-
sentative Broyhill, Republican.
of Virginia, who has been named
Virginia's "Son of the Year" for
1853.
Among the guests will be Po-
lice Chief Robert V. Murray
Constance Bennett, Mildred E.
Reeves. newly elected judge of
Municipal Court. and Miss Wash
ington of 1858, Helen Fiske
Smith.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
~ of 200 Trapped Hunters
Are Rescued in Wyoming

born storm front which descend
ed on Wyoming and neighbor-
ing Colorado four days ago, leav-
ing more than 30 inches of snow
at some places on the rugged
Wyoming mountain terrain.
A moist air mass following the
front deposited IA inches of snow
at Salida, IN South Central Colo
RADIO, early today and sent tenn
peratures tumbling to II degrees
above zero at the Continental
Divide hamlet of Fraser-coldest
reading in the nation. Two
miles-high Leadville reported
inches of snow and a tempera-
ture of 13.
The big game season opened
today IN Colorado with more
than 100000 hunters trampine
the high mountain country in
quest of deer, elk and bear.
The Wyoming rescue attempt!
were further spurred by an an
nouncement from Gov. C. j
Rogers that "some women and
Older persons were among those
trapped by the heavy snow"
ReScuers were to be aided ir
their race against threatening
weather with four snow weaSels
being flown to the area from
Camp Carson, Colo.
The sheriff said additiona
food drops may be made to aio
hunters dangerously low on
staples. Food was dropped yes.
terday to hunters at six camps
who had indicated their need BY
stamping huge Fs in the snow.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Death Toll Of 1OOSeen
In Z Italian Villages
Devastated by Floods
BY the Associated Press

REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy,
Oct. 24.-A dozen villages,
wrecked by floods in the noun
tains above Reggie Calabria, lay
dark and half-empty tonight
while rescuers struggled to bring
help to the victims.
A downpour of new rain sent
torrents raging through some of
the communities again today to
add to the devastation caused by
cloudbursts and fash floods
Thursday.
U. S. Navy Assists.
The official death count in the
disaster remains SIS. but it is
generally conceded here that the
final toll likely will be 100.
In Naples. the United States
Naval Support Headquarters
turned over large quantities o1
canned food and medical supplies
to the Italian Red Cross to be
rushed to the stricken area by
train.
BY nightfall, the skies hao
cleared for the first time in three
days, and the gushing torrents
began to subside.
Rescue crews worked on into
the night to open washed out
roads and military trucks had
reached all but three of the most
remote communities. They dis
tributed bread and blankets.
Villagers Isolated.
Trunca, Allah and San Nicola
three small villages with a total
population of about 1000, re-
mained isolated near the top of
the Aspromonte Mountains 20
miles from this provincial cap
ital.
Officials said they hoped to
get help to them tomorrow.
Premier Giuseppe Pella is to
arrive in the morning for a per-
sonal inspection of the devas-
tated area, which stretches SO
miles along the Ionian seacoast
from Reggie and about seven
miles back into the mountains.
In this section, with a total
population of about 5000, 80
per cent of the homes are tenn
porarily uninhabitable.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
BWd'sCharges Hit
By U. 5. Attorney in
KeIIam Indictment
BY the Assoeioted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 24.-The
United States attorney for East
ern Virginia and the Republican
nominee for attorney general
said today that Senator Byrd
should check on Federal court
procedure before charging the
Kellam tax case has a political
tie because of the way it was
handled.
L. Shields Parsons, jr., a Re-
publican recently appointed dis
trict attorney, said criticism be-
cause the case was presented to
a grand jury in Richmond rather
than Norfolk was not based on
facts which seem pertinent"
1T has been held by the
courts of the United States that
the proper venue, that is the
place to try income tax evasion
cases, is in the place where the
collector of internal revenues
Office is located" Mr.. Parsons
said.
Charged With InnuendO.
Mr.. Parsons did not use Sen
ator Byrd'S name in his state
ment. But Walter E. Hoffman.
Norfolk attorney running on the
G. o. P. State ticket, accused
the States senior Senator of re-
sorting ito an innuendo" in i'm
plying Republicans were behind
the timing of the indictment.
Going into the indictment last
week of Sidney S. Kellam and
four others from the Princess
Anne County area, Senator Byrd
accused Mr.. Parsons of timing
the case by presenting it to a
grand jury in Richmond when
he knew a grand jury was to be
convened in Norfolk in Novem-
ber.
Senator Byrd said Mr.. Hoff-
man had knowledge of the case
before it was presented to the
grand jury. The case resulting
in the resignation of Mr.. Kellam
as campaign manager for
Thomas B. Stanley, Democratic
nominee for Governor.
According to the press" said
Mr.. Hoffman, Senator Byrd has
made casual reference to my
knowledge of the Kellam matter
which information was tele-
phoned to me from Virginia
Beach on the Friday before the
grand jury met in Richmond.
Running Scared"
"I knew that C. Leonard
Fisher, Virginia Beach laundry
operator. who appeared before
the grand jury was demanding
his rights to appear before the
grand jury the following week.
1T is obvious that Senator
Byrd is running scared when he
resorts to an innuendo. AS far
as I am concerned, 1 never dis
cussed the Kellam matter with
the district attorney until after
the indictments were returned,
and then only to casually men
ton I thought the district at
torney was being unjustly criti-
cized for doing his duty in
accordance with his oath of Of
fice."
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Orchid Lovers Pack
International Show
To See 1900 Blooms

Orchid lovers jammed the
American Security & Trust Co.
ground floor offices yesterday
from morning until late last
night for the sixth annual In
ternational Orchid Show of
Washington. The size of the
crowd brought predictions from
show officials that the 1852 mark
Nof 10000 onlookers would be
broken today.
A steady stream of men,
women and children moved
slowly in double and sometimes
triple lines past the more than
1000 plants and blooms on dis
play in the bank at Fifteenth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV. The show will be open
today from 10 am. to 6 pm.
From 13 Countries.
The colorful orchids came from
numerous distant points as well
as from the Washington area.
Orchids from 13 countries over
seas-among them China, Ha-
waii and sAustralia-were flown
here this week by different air.
lines.
Red, white, lavender, yellow
brown and other shades of or
chidS transformed the austere
bank offices into a garden of
beautiful plants and blooms.
First place in the priced sweep
stakes for the finest individual
flower was won by the Kensing-
ton (Md) Orchids. The orchid,
of fine texture and. oval shaped,
has a maroon tip with lavender
petals. The lip is dotted with
yellow, which signifies a top or
child in that particular type. This
orchid has received first class
certificate by the Royal Horti-
culture Society of London, show
officials here said.
Hawaii Group Wins.
, Prizes were awarded in II
classes, with two special awards
also being given. One of these
was won by the Mayflower Flor
lists of Washington. for the best
exhibit of a member in the Flor
ist Telegraph Delivery Associ-
alton, and the other by the
Hawaii Orchid Society of Hilo,
Hawaii, a special award.
Overseas winners were the Pan
American World Airways Sys-
tenn, Glass ga; L. Sasso of Hen
ley, Australia, Class 6-B, and
Hawaii Orchid Society of Hilo,
Hawaii, Glass 7 and Glass II.
Washington area winners were
Kensington Orchids, Glass 8;
John Ade Plugge of Chevy
Chase, Md, Glass ga; Charles
FrickS School of Floral Design,
Class 8-B; Palace Florists, Glass
g.; j. H. Small and Sons, Glass
10; Nosegay Flower Shop, Glass
IL; r. j. Beach of Alexandria,
Va, Glass IL; Mrs. William j.
Hardy of Falls Church, Va,
Glass 13; Mrs. Basil P. Cooper of
Arlington. Va, Glass ID and IS;
William j. Hardy, Glass 16.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
1866 Acres Purchased
Near Fort LuuderduIe
By the Assoeioied Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla,
Oct. 24.-Two Fort Lauderdale
businessmen today announced
the purchase of 2.466 acres of
land from Arthur T. Gait, Chi
cago attorney, for $19,389,000.
The businessmen, James S. Hunt
and Stephen A. Calder, said the
land would be divided into hotel,
apartment and residential sites.
The property is three miles
north of Fort Lauderdale,
stretching for a mile along the
ocean front and extending back
across the Intra- -Costal Water
way. Mr.. Gait, now 78, purchased
the land in 1911.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Oyster Festival Attended
By 1000 al AImas Temple

Approximately 1000 apprecia-
tive guests downed 10000 oys-
ters at the annual Almas Temple
oyster festival in the Mayflower
last night.
The oysters in all forms high.
lighted 20-course buffet stress
ing many varieties of sea food.
At the head table were Acting
Illustrious Potentate Orville E.
Megby; High Priest and Prophet
TeuniS Collier; District Com
missioner Renah F. Camalier, a
past illustrious potentate; Police
Chief Robert v. Murray, and
members of the District bench
and bar. Dancing and other en-
tertainment rounded out the
program.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
DrizzIe Makes Mud
OF Dust, Knocks
Out Electric Service
By the Assoc,uied Press

JACKSON, Mich. Oct. "a
A drought-ending drizzle today
knocked out electric service for
% minutes in Southern Jackson
and suburban areas today.
A cross-arm on pole carrying
$4,000 volts burned off.
Herman H. Koelbel, jackson
division manager for Consumers
Power Co., explained it thus:
The drizzle fell on accumulated
dust on the insulators The damp
mixture it formed was too heavy
to run off. A short circuit de-
veloped.
1t never would have happened.
Mr.. Koelbel said, If the rain had
been normal one.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Boot With 2 Aboard
Found Drifting by Plane
BY the Assoeioted Press

TAMPA, Fla. Oct. 24.-The
cabin cruiser Ronnie Dee, it's two
crewmen apparently in good
condition, was located today
drifting IS miles west of Tarpon
Springs.
The 20-foot craft. missing for
a week on a cruise from Cara
belle to Cedar Key, was spotted
by a MacDill Air Force Base
plane, one of 10 taking part in
the second day of the search.
A Coast Guard flying boat
dropped food and water. The
Coast Guard cutter Nemesis left
st. Petersburg to tow it to port.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
Industry Heads Back
High Taxes 10 Attain
Sound Money Goal
BY The Assoeiofed Press

PEBBLE BEACH, Calf, Oct.
24.-The Government received
assurances today that industry
will go along with continued high
taxes if that is necessary to
achieve President Eisenhower's
sound money" goal.
Ninety members of the Busi-
ness Advisory Council today
ended their three-day confiden-
tial meetings on economic prob
lens with four cabinet officers
and a dozen other high Wash
ington officials.
Secretary of Commerce Weeks.
to whom the council presents its
findings, told newsmen he was
very pleased" with the business
prospects pictured by the cor
poration heads.
1853 Biggest Boom Year.
We'll have some readjuSt-
ment," Mr.. Weeks said. "Busi-
ness volume won't be as big next
year as in 1853, the biggest year
on record.
But I think we are on a high
economic plateau. Looking 10
to Is years ahead, I am sure we
are going to move up and stay
on that stable plateau of busi-
ness volume"
John D. Biggers, council chair
man, told reporters that the
Notwithstanding about 100
of the biggest names in industry
would go along like any good
citizens" if continued high taxes
are needed.
The BAG took no formal stand
on the question, despite a warn
ig from Secretary of the Treas
ury Humphrey that the Admin
iStration, deep in trouble over
balancing the budget, may have
to ask Congress to postpone next
springs scheduled cuts in cor
poration and exercise rates.
"SOund Fiscal Policy"
Mr.. Biggers, president of
Libbey- -OWens-Ford Glass Co.,
said he believed the businessmen
feel an obligation to support any
measures which promote "a
sound fiscal policy"
When President Eisenhower
took office last January a solid
majority of the council favored
earliest possible tax relief. But
by May, when Secretary Hum
phrey was fighting for a six
months extension of the excess
profits tax, the influential group
backed up his request.
That tax expires at New Years
simultaneously with a drop in
income taxes, but Secretary
Humphrey told the meeting here
that the administration cannot
promise that the relief from the
81 per cent corporation rate and
the high emergency excise rates,
due next April l, will be forth
coming.
1854 Seen as Big Year.
Mr.. Biggers said he felt the
Governments money problem will
be eaSed by high business ac-
tivity through 1854, which would
mean large tax collections.
The councils best judgment,
based on its own confidential
survey of 13 industries, is that
1854 will be the country'S big
gest year except for 1858.
A net drop in production of
not more than per cent is
likely to result from the post
mobilization readjustment, it was
contended.
The BAG, created 20 years ago
as confidential panel of ad-
viSers to the Secretary of Com
merce on economic matters, drew
a good part of the cabinet from
Washington for the meeting at
Del Monte Lodge. Besides Mr..
Weeks and Mr.. Humphrey, Sec
retary of the Interior Mckay and
Secretary of the Army Stevens
attended.
Evening star., 1953-10-25
PeIIu to Visit Ankuru

ROME, Oct. "a (P.-Premier
Giuseppe Pella will visit Ankara
in mid November at the invita-
ton of the Turkish government.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
By J. A. OLeory

An official of the Government
Printing Office Loyalty Board
testified today that the board did
not consider an FBI report list
ing 40 informants linking Ed
ward RothSchild with Commu-
mist activities as sufficient evil
dence to warrant ruling Mr..
Rothschild a security risk when
the board reviewed his case last
month.
Ernest C. Mellor, chief of the
employe relations section and
assistant to the director of per-
sonnet on the GPO Loyalty
Board, told the Senate Investi-
cations subcommittee that Mr..
Rothschild's case was reviewed
in July pursuant to a new Sc
curity order issued by President
Eisenhower.
Mr.. RothSchild, a bookbinder
accused by previous witnesses of
being a Communist and stealing
secret documents and codes from
the GPO, was cleared in an
earlier loyalty hearing held un-
der the procedure established by
President Truman.
Under the old procedure, Mr..
Mellor explained, a charge of
membership in the Communist
Party was not to be considered
sufficient by itself to bar a man
from Government employment.
He said the board cleared Mr..
Evening star., 1953-08-19
First News Dispatch
To Clear Iran Tells
Of Battles in Capital

The first Associated Press
dispatch to clear the censor
at Teheran today was filed
at ITO pm, Teheran time
(6:10 am. EDIT.
1t read in part: "A royalist
uprising in Premier Mossa-
degh's army and police fared
in Teheran today with
pitched battles in the cen
ter of the city. The first
determined efforts of police
and troops loyal to Shah
Pahlevi to capture central
police headquarters was
beaten off by a hail of shots"
Later, at 1928, EDIT. Tehe-
ran broadcasts were heard
in London saying the Shah's
supporters had overthrown
Mossadegh.
Apparently the A. P. dis
patch was delayed by censor
and transmitted after the
government was overthrown.
The dispatch went on to say
hundreds of shots we're fired
over the heads of demon
strating mobS in Sepah
Square and that pro-Shah
mobs burned at least eight
buildings in the center of
the city.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Three Strong Shocks
Hit Greek Isles Anew
By the Assoeiated Press

ATHENS, Aug. 10. - Athens
Observatory reported today that
fresh earth tremors shook
Greece's quake-devastated Ion
ian islands. At least three of
the shocks were listed as mod
erately strong"
Workers continued to uncover
bodies of victims killed in last
weeks catastrophe. Some of the
remains pulled from the debris
on the three islands of Cepha-
lonia, Ithaca and Zante had been
charred by fire.
The observatory said it had re-
corded II more tremors in the
island area of the west coast of
Greece in the IL hours ending at
1880 am. today (2::30 am. EDIT,
The series of quakes that be-
gan August killed at least TOO
inhabitants of the three small
islands and injured an estimated
800. Thousands Of survivors
were left homeless.
The Greek government, mean
while announced measures de-
signed to alleviate suffering and
speed a return to normal life on
the islands. They included the
suspension of debts and govern
ment loans to farmers and
tradesmen.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Shah, inRome, E lager to Return;
People Behind Him, He Says
All Those in iran Who Are Not Communists
Are FoithfuI RoyoIists, Monarch Asserts

archy." declared the Shah, who
fled his Middle Eastern king
dom after an early attempt to
unSeat Premier Mohammed
MosSadegh failed.
The royal couple brought only
three suitcases here on their
flight from Baghdad. One con-
tanned the Queens personal
jewels.
Asked if the famous Mirror
of Light" diamond was among
them, the Shah said, mo. I gave
that to my country long ago."
The Iranian crown Jewels have
been held in Teheran's Bank
Melli for a number of years and
repeatedly have been used as
partial backing for the national
currency
The couple was accompanied
here by the Shah's personal pilot,
Mohammed Khatami, and Abol-
fat Attabay, a personal attache
of the ruler.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
French Threaten 10 Quit
u. n. Over Morocco Issue
BY the Associoted Press

PARIS. Aug. 10 - France
threatened today to walk out of
the United Nations if that body
hears the Asian-Arab bloc COM
plant against French rule in
Morocco.
A foreign Office spokesman
said France refuses to consider
that the subject is within the
competence of the United Ma
tions, and that should the United
Nations act in the case. France
is decided ito go very far"
This means, the official said,
that France could take an at
titude similar to that voiced by
Senator Knowland, Republican,
of California. on the question of
the admission of Red China to
the U. N.
Senator Knowland recently
said that if any move is made
to bring China into the United
Nations he will ask the Senate
to adopt a resolution declaring
the United States will get out of
the u. N.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
By the Associated Press

ROME, Aug. 19.-The Shah of
Iran said today he would return
to his country Immediately if
reports of the overthrow Of the
Mossadegh government prove
true.
The 33-year-old Shah was din
ing in his hotel when Tehran
radio reports were brought to
him.
He jumped up excitedly, bit a
cigarette nervously, and said:
please let us know more. I
want confirmation. I want to
fly back Immediately"
Shown the report from the
Tehran radio, the Shah said it
appeared that the Iranian mill
tary had engineered the over
throw.
"Col. Pahlovan must be a
member of my family" he said.
MY country doesn't want the
Communists and therefore has
been faithful to me-"
The Rome telephone exchange
said communication lines to
Tehran stopped abruptly this
morning, but that it had not
been told the reason.
While waiting tensely for fur
ther news, the Shah said that
he planned before his flight last
Sunday to go to Azerbaijan, in
northern Iran.
IT wanted to go there and or
ganize a new government and
march on Teheran and MoSsa-
degh," he said. He made these
plans, he went on, when I was
told that the action of my
guards had failed and that the
commanders had been arrested
and my palace occupied.
But having reflected on it I
thought my action would GER
tainly create bloodshed, and
that is a thing I wanted to pre-
vent at all costs.
|. Therefore, I went to Bagh-
dad Qraq) to be in a place as
near as possible to my country.
I planned to remain there until
the inevitable thing, which hap
pened today, occurred.
However, I was forced to
leave because of the Queens
health. So we went to Rome
where the Queen has many
friends"
The green-eyed 20-year-old
Queen sat next to the Shah on
a divan while he sat in his shirt
sleeves telling the story Of the
fight. She slipped mineral water
nervouSly.
II know that 80 per cent of
the Iranian population is behind
me and for the liberty of the ma
ton. ANY one not Communist
is faithful to me and the mon
Evening star., 1953-08-19
TrujiIIo Gives Up Post
As Ambassador 10 u. 5.
By the Associoted Press

TRUJILLO, Dominican Re-
public, Aug. 19.-President Hec-
tor B. Trujillo announced today
he is nominating Brig. Gen.
Manuel Demoya Alonzo to sue
ceed his brother, the Dominican
Republics strong man since
1880, as Ambassador to the
United Nations.
The outgoing Ambassador,
Generalissimo Rafael L. Trujillo,
is leaving Office temporarily to
take over management of a
large sugar producing firm. He
also is giving up his posts as
commander in chief of his
country's armed forces.
Gen. Demoya has represented
his country on diplomatic and
trade missions in Europe and
the United States.
The generalissimo turned over
the Dominican presidency to his
brother last year after holding
it almost continuously since 1890.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Data on RothschId Insufficient
To Bar Him, Loyalty Aides Say
Mccarthy Is Told Communist Membership
Was Not Enough to Rule Man Risk

Rothschild following its review
because I'VE had not received any
new information, or any new re-
ports, in addition to those al
ready taken"
Mr.. Rothschild was suspended
yesterday after he refused to
testify before the subcommittee.
His wife, Mrs. Esther RothS-
child, followed his example to-
day in refusing to tell Senator
Mccarthy whether she ever had
been a Communist.
Both husband and wife based
their refusal on the Fifth
Amendment to the Constitution,
which protects witnesses from
giving testimony they believe
may tend to incriminate them.
S. Preston Hipsley, GPO per-
sonnel officer. insisted today un-
der grilling by Chairman Nc
Carthy that printing Office Of
f1cials were correct in keeping
Mr.. Rothschild at work until
he refused to testify before the
subcommittee yesterday.
do you think your decision in
the Rothschild case was cor
rect?" Senator Mccarthy de-
manded of Mr.. Hipsley, who also
was a Loyalty Board member.
with the information we had
at the time, it was correct, yes,
SIR" he replied.
Nov do you think it was cor
(ToDtjnI1nd IN paUn 40 FOL "
Evening star., 1953-08-19
1R,277 Americans
Are Korea Casualties
By the Assoeintad Press

The Defense Department to-
day announced a preliminary
battle casualty total of 142,277
Americans killed, wounded and
missing for the whole Korean
war.
The tentative total was given
in what the Pentagon said would
be the last regular weekly sum-
mary of battle casualties. 1t
showed a net decrease of II from
last week, rejecting the addition
of 19 killed, decrease of %
missing and the transfer of 19
wounded to non-battle classifi-
cation.
Auditing of casualty figures
will continue for months, possibly
years, before a final figure can
be reached.
The revision process will in
evitably raise the tentative death
toll of 25,604, as confirmation is
obtained on American deaths in
enemy prison camps.