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Evening star., 1953-08-19
Mother Kills Daughter,
Wounds Son and Self
BY the ASsocioted Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, Augs 19.-
A 29-year-old mother shot her
6-year-old daughter to death,
then critically wounded a 3-year-
old son and herself yesterday,
police reported.
Mrs. Margie Reva Lawson, who
lives in q fashionable home in
suburban Midwest City. was not
expected to survive.
The daughter, Linda, was slain
while painting with water colors
in a children's book. She still
had the brush in her hand when
her father, Eastman Lawson, "a,
returned home from work.
A .25-caliber automatic lay
near Mrs. Lawson's hand. The
husband and police said they
could find no motive for the
shootings.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
u. N.
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pitious atmosphere for the po-
litical conference and not to
vitiate it from the beginning.
b. We will do everything pos
sible not to recall the past"
The Soviet Union. however.
recalled past frictions as soon
as the 60-nation U. N. Political
Committee started debate over
arrangements for the political
conference. Soviet Delegate An
drei Vishinskv tried vainly to
have North Korea and Com
munist China invited to the
committee debate here.
And he presented RuSSia's pro-
posal for the political conference
"a conference he said should be
composed of II countries, in
Guiding neutrals. He proposed
a membership of: The United
States, Great Britain, France,
Russia, Communist China, India,
Poland, Sweden. Burma, North
Korea and South Korea.
Lodge Hits Plan.
Mr.. Lodge branded this "a
sleazy maneuver to obscure the
issues and let the Communists
dominate the political confer
ence."
Mr.. Vishinsky presented his
Evening star., 1953-08-19
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leaked out in a premature state
ment by one of the unions strike
directors. The unions member
ship employed by Southwestern
earlier had voted approval of a
walkout if negotiations, which
began June 3, failed.
National CWA authorization
for a strike previously had been
granted District 6 officials.
Union officials have not set a
definite wage demand, but have
said they would not accept an
increase less than a national
pattern" averaging 7l2 cents an
hour set in other CWA-Bell set
Elements. District 6 officers
called Southwestern's 3l2-cent
hourly increase offer Tanging
from 81 to $3.50 in weekly wages
almost an insult"
Southwestern, which operates
in Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas,
Oklahoma, Texas and a portion
of Illinois near St. Louis, has
alerted supervisory personnel to
step in to continue service in
event of strike. Seventy-nine
per cent of Southwesterns tele-
phones are dial-operated.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
BY the Assoeia..d Press

WESTERN FRONT, Korea,
Aug. 19-The young Marine
Strengthened up from the newly
dug trench, maSSaged the small
of his back and mopped sweat
off his face.
We've been digging, digging,
digging ever since the armistice."
YEARLY said Pfc. Talmadge w.
Blackwell of Raleigh. Miss.
But don't get me wrong. I'm
not kicking. I'd rather do some
thing like this than have men
getting killed like before the
arniStice."
South of Demilitarized Zone.
All across the 150-mile front
allied soldiers were swinging
picks and stabbing spades into
Korea's red clay hills. They were
building new earthen fortifica-
tions south of the demilitarized
zone.
Others engaged in dangerous
mine removal work. Scores of
small parties went over ground
using the most modern Of detec-
tors but even so riSking accident
and death.
Some men in the forward
areas were in salvage operations,
bringing back equipment for
cleaning, repair further use.
Engineers were repairing
roads and bridges.
North of Munsan, 5000 Army
engineers were hard at work on
a huge tent city for North
Korean and Chinese prisoners
of war who have said they do
not want to be sent back behind
the Bamboo Curtain" The
tent city will house them while
their fate is decided.
It has been mostly work ana
little play for United Nations
troops since the armistice was
signed July q, but an easier
life lies ahead. The United
States 9th Army is planning a
big move in it's recreation and
study programs.
More Men Get Rest.
Already there has been a
marked increase in the number
of men flown out daily from
Seoul for five days rest and re-
taxation in Japan. Sunday, more
than 1000 r and r" troops few
to Japan.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
No Subsidy Planned
On '53 Cotton Exports

Secretary of Agriculture Ben
son announced yesterday there
will be no cotton subsidy on the
1858 crop.
Mr.. Benson said he was making
the announcement at the begin
ming of the marketing year to
enable United States exporters
and foreign importers. as well
as the cotton industry generally,
to make plans accordingly.
There has been no cotton ex-
port subsidy since December.
1850. That program began in
December, 1914, with a subsidy
of 4 cents a pound. This was
gradually reduced to 10 cents a
bale.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Allies Dig New Lines in Korea;
Salvage and Repair Units Busy

From the air, the new allied
front looks quite different from
the old one with its connected
trenches. The new line is more
a series of islands" Of dug-in
positions on key hills.
The old line looks like a
jagged scar across the ridgetops.
Bunkers have been dismantled.
Sandbag barricades are gone.
The halt in the shooting did
not mean the end of soldering.
Day and night, security patrols
move Just ahead Of the new
allied lines. always on the alert.
Everywhere the men who
fought in the bloody battles
must stay in condition for any
further fighting which might be
necessary.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Prince Georges to Put
Idle Money to Use

Prince Georges County's new
Department of Finance plans to
make the county'S money earn
its keep.
The county commissioners
have approved recommendations
by Treasurer Julian B. Mckay
that funds not scheduled for use
within three months be invested
in Government bonds or placed
in interest bearing bank &C
counts.
Throughout the county's his
tory, public money has been de-
posted in checking accounts
and no interest has been COL
lected. Attorneys previously had
held no other course was au-
thoriZed.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Foreign Teachers
Are Briefed Here on
Exchange Program

School teachers from England,
Canada, France, Belgium and
Australia. in America under the
Fullbright teacher exchange pro-
gram. were at the Department
of Health. Welfare and Educa-
ton today for an orientation
program.
Approximately lis teachers
from foreign lands arrived re-
Gently in New York. One hun
dred of their American counter
parts already are scattered over
seas.
Since the program began,
about 1000 teachers have been
exchanged between countries for
a year of teaching.
Lee NJ. Thurston, United States
Commissioner of Education, in a
speech to the teachers, said,
This program makes for better
CSoNAAS4o dAlO NCLGCI GEdCIl1L1S
through Widened education hori-
IONS think it is fitting
to say that you are the true
ambassadors of your people"
The teachers soon will be as
signed to claSsrooms throughout
America.
Three Metropolitan area school
teachers are among those sent
to teach in England. They are
Mrs. Nita A. Pickett, of Thomas
school; Jeanetta M. Wright, of
Roosevelt, and Virginia c. Star
key, of Jefferson Junior High
School, Alexandria.
Their English replacements
are Mrs. Betsy S. Wright, Huy-
ton Sylvester Primary school,
Lancashire; Kathleen Drew,
Collegiate school, Lancashire !;
Mary Hayward. Shiregreen jun
ior school, Sheffield.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Fruit Company May Quit
Operations in Guatemala
BY the Associated Press

GUATEMALA, Guatemala,
Aug. 19.-The United Fruit Co.
announced yesterday it is Seri-
ously considering abandoning its
$40 million Guatemalan hold
ings if employees press for new
labor contract.
Company officials said they al
ready have turned over 40,87O
acres of productive land to
former employees under terms of
Guatemala'S land reform laws.
They said loss of this land has
put company operations on the
verge of financial collapse.
They said land taken from the
company under the new laws
has contained waterways es-
sential to irrigation and the
combating of banana plaques.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Eisenhower
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committee 100 per cent back
ing" Mr.. Nixon said. He wants
an action committee and not just
a lot of publicity.
Mr.. Nixon said he had dis
covered that there are more Fed
eral employees in his own State.
California, than there are in the
District of Columbia. He gave
this as an illustration of the
necessity for regional meetings
of the committee.
Lunches With Durkin.
Committee members present
were Mr.. Nixon, chairman; Mrs.
Helen Rogers Reid, chairman of
the board of the New York
Herald Tribune; John Roose-
welt: John Minor Wisdom, New
Orleans attorney; John L. Nc
Caffrey, of Chicago, president
of the International Harvester
Co.; j. Ernest Wilkins, Chicago
attorney, vice chairman of the
committee, and Fred P. Lazarus,
jr., of Cincinnati, president of
the American Retail Federation.
Later, the President conferred
with J. Russell Sprague. Re
publican national committeeman
from New York; William l..
Pfeiffer. chairman of New York
State: Harold Reieglman. G. o. P.
candidate for mayor of New
York City, and Ogden Reid,
president of the European edi-
ton of the New York Herald
Tribune.
Secretary of Labor Durkin had
lunch with Gen. Eisenhower.
The Presidents afternoon
schedule takes him to the board
of elections, where he is to regis
ter for the November municipal
elections, and then to the Ba-
ruch houses and playground.
where he is to speak briefly.
The speech will be broadcast by
the American Broadcasting Co.
at 3 pm.
Dewey, Baruch to Speak.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, FL
nancier Bernard Baruch, and
others also are included among
speakers at the dedication of the
S32 million Federal slum clear
ance project on Manhattan'S
lower East Side.
A bust of Mr.. Baruch, who
celebrates his 83d birthday today,
is to be unveiled at the play
ground. The houses are named
for Mr.. Baruch's father. DR..
Simon Baruch, a Confederate
Army surgeon who later became
a leading New York doctor.
Gen. Eisenhower is scheduled
to leave New York for Denver at
4:30 pm.
The Presidents New York
itinerary takes him over 25 miles
of streets and highways guarded
by 1900 police officers.
Gen. Eisenhower's vacation
headquarters at Denver an
nounced yesterday that he will
meet there tomorrow with rep
resentatives from eight drought
! stricken States: Texas, Okla
homa, Colorado, New Mexico,
Kansas, Arkansas, Missouri and
| Nevada.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Hancock Peach Crop
Cut Sharply by Drought
pseinI pispoteh TO Tn. star

1SN'%1' 81 ''f7S'HT' TO III" ~'@''
HANCOCK, Md, Aug. 10
The peach crop in this area is
going to run from 20 to 40 per
cent under original estimates of
full crop, a survey of growers
indicates.
Some 500 pickers will start
harvesting the Elberta and Ship
per'S Late Red peaches tomor-
row. The drought during June
took a heavier toll than it was
estimated by fruit growers. Early
peaches, such as Hale Haven and
Golden Jubilee, ran 20 per cent
under average
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Swiss Pilots Warned

BERN, Aug. 19 (P1.-Neutral
Switzerland warned her civilian
pilots today that fines and i'm
prisonment may be the lot of
ail1nen using Swiss planes to
electioneer for German political
candidates.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Sir AIvury Home

LONDON, Aug. 19 (P.-Sir
Alvary Gascoigne, retiring Brit
ish Ambassador to Moscow, ar
rived yesterday from Russia. He
said living. conditions there
seemed to be improving and he
thought the people seemed hap
pier since the death of Stain.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Maryland and Virginia
News in Brief

The suit was filed in Mont
gomery County Circuit Court
yesterday by 18 opponents who
asked the court to enjoin the
county from turning over to the
Volunteer Fire Board fire tax
funds and $126,000 from spe-
cial firehouse bond issue. The
court was asked to invalidate
DILL that became law last Satur-
day. The site is a triangle formed
by Massachusetts, avenue and
Sangamore and Walhonding
roads.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
775th Anniversary Set

The City of Martinsburg. w.
Va, is preparing to celebrate its
founding ITS years ago.
A three-day pageant will be
held there September 3-5 depict
ing 20 episodes of the city's
history. A historical parade also
is scheduled for September 4
and a youth fair September 5.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Firehouse Fight Revived

The Conduit road firehouse
fight has flared anew with a
suit being filed to block con-
Struction and nullify a new law
which legalized the sites pur-
chase.
Evening star., 1953-08-19
Serpent Shaped Fish

A 9-foot serpent-shaped fish
was caught recently off Austria
las New South Wales coast,
Sydney reports.
Evening star., 1953-08-19

DOG-Small female long body, short
legs, white with brown markings; found
late Sat. night in Rockville. Owner call
-&SnE
Evening star., 1953-07-05
WHY WALL Street
JOURNAL READERS
LIVE BETTER
d, a Saphenrihap
BY a Subscriber

Iwork in a large city. Over a per.
iod of time l noticed that men who
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Isaid to myself, (Which came first,
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already.
This story is typical. Because the
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Evening star., 1953-07-05
New York Cotton

NEW YORK, July tR.-Cotton ,fu--
lures prices held to narrow groove last
Futures contracts traded on. the. New
York Cotton EXchanEe finished out the
period at prices ranging from 70 cents
a bale higher to 40 cents bale lower
Reports Of continued dry weather in
tho belt supported futures prices; New
United States grants to GERMANY ano
used for cotton purchases also mad a
bullish effect Most of the activity cen,
tered, however. in operations connected
with liouidation OF the july contTaco,
A continued downward trend IN acre
age forecasts stirred market interest
Latest trade reports indicated that cot
ton paintings this year could not be eX,
probably be a little short of that figure.
Only a short time ago the same sources
were predicting that 27,200,o00 acres
would be planted.
that paintings of slightly under p NIL
hon acres would result in 1858 crop
oil about 14,300,000 500-pound gross
weight bales. if harvest yields, are In
line with the average for the !aSt five
years. Last year l5.l36,oo0 bales were
Cotton exports for the week ended
Tuesday We're estimated by the New York
against $4,000 in the same week last
year This is the third week in row
that exports have exceeded year-ago
were placed al 2.943. 900 bales, compared
last ',5SH:VtS year, exports totsied $1,000 bales
Similar volume this month would inoI,,
only 1891 900. exchange officials point
ed out. However, they said, it seems
more likely that exports will total be-
tween 3 million and 3.100. 900 bales vs.
5la million last year and 4,100,00O two
years ago.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Business Briefs

BituminOuS Production in week
ended June 81 totaled 10,050, 900
tons, compared with 9,865.000 in
the previous week and 8,670, 900
in the like week a year ago.
National Coal Association.
Department Store Sales in
creased an average of 3 per cent
across the Nation during the
week ended June 27, compared
with the previous week. In 4
weeks ended June 27, sales were
5 per cent greater than in the
1852 period.-Federal Reserve
Board.
Chevrolet has finished its first
plastsic body automobile, the
Corvette, at Flint, Mich. The
tWo-seater sports car retails at
$3.50.
Otis Elevator Co. and New
York Central System are cele-
brating their Tooth birthdays.
Quaker State Oil Refining
Corp. is shutting down its TO
year-old Oil City, Pa, refinery
because of low prices for lubri-
eating oils and loss of export
markets to European competi-
ton.
Index of Prices received by
Maryland farmers as of June Is
showed an increase of l point
over the month before to 222 per
cent of the 19O9-14 base. Prices
for grains, tobacco and meat
animals declined during the past
month, but there were increases
for dairy products, poultry prod
ucts, fruit and vegetables.-Agri-
culture Department.
L. S. Steel Corp. is going to
build an ultra modern research
laboratory in Pittsburgh, which
will have 10000 square feet of
floor. Construction is expected to
begin this year, and it may be
completed in 1855.
American Cotton Exports for
the II months ended June 80
ran more than 40 per cent below
the previous 12-month period.
| Synthetic Concrete has been
developed by Georgia Tech engi-
neers. 1t is mixture of liquid
synthetic rubber and cement
that sticks to steel, glass, wood
and stone.
| L. S. Steel Corp. has an
, nounced that operation of sheet
and tin mill finishing equipment
at the new Fairless Works, Nor
risville, Pa, will begin during the
third quarter of this year.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Bank Of Washington
Has Deposits Upturn,
Loans, Profits Gain

A six months recovery in bank
deposits, further increases in
loans and discounts and a rise in
undivided profits were highlights
of the June 80 condition state
ment from the National Bank of
Washington. Barnum L. Cotton is
president.
Washington's oldest bank re-
gained third place in deposits
with a total of $l02,154.971, a
gain of $4,538.762 since Decem-
ber 81, but still $4,385, lat below
a year earlier.
Loans and discounts on June 80
totaled S19,835,545, a gain of ST.
984,802 since December and $4,-
065, $50 above a year earlier.
Undivided profits of $956,219
were up $234.531 since December
and $343,O31 above the same 1852
date.
Cash on hand and due from
banks amounted to $24 ,806, ,479. a
decrease Of $2,610,248 since De-
cember, but $400, ,301 above a year
earlier. Holdings of Federal obli-
cations totaled SCI, ,468.170, a gain
of $4.952, ,468 since December, but
$500 ,503 below June 80, 1852.
Assets totaled S107. 1872 ,074, an
increase of $4.488,928 since De-
cember 81, but $4.0O0,392 below a
year earlier.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Boom Rolling Along,
But Some Clouds Dim
Hopes Of Business
By Walter Breede. Jr.
Associated Press Business Writer

NEW YORK, July A Sizzl-
ing heat wave and the Fourth of
July holiday made some dents
in business and industrial activ-
ity this week, but by and large
the 1853 boom continued at a
healthy clip.
The long holiday week end
showed up in reduced estimates
of steel production, but the de-
cline was moderate. The Ma
tion's steel mills were expected
to operate at 96l per cent of ca
pacity, grinding out 2,166,000
tons of ingots and castings. COM
pared to 96.8 per cent and g.
183 900 tons a week ago.
With many auto workers off
for an early holiday, United
States production of cars and
trucks was estimated at 130.045
compared with 1924 the pre-
vious week, but total July output
was expected to set new records.
The shiny surface of the boom
had few dull patches. Business
failures were sharply higher than
a year ago. A United Mine
Workers union Official in Pitts
burgh warned that unemploy-
ment is looming for some 400, 900
vacationing miners because
many small mines and some big
ones NAV not reopen when vaca-
tionS end.
The news from Washington
was not too good for business
hopes for lower taxes. The Treas
ury confirmed it has been run
ming in the red much deeper
than had been anticipated six
months ago and reported def
cit on July l of $9.3 billion.
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Tobacco Markets

UPPER MARLBORO. Md. July 4
SUSDAl. Most grades of Southern
Maryland tobacco sold this week at
lower average prices on the auction mar
ketS. The quality of the offerings
showed little change from the week be-
fore. Volume of sales picked up o
little. but still continued fairly light
Net auction sales for the four day
period Of June 20 to July 2 amounted
ers SCI q per hundred. This average
which was the highest OF the year.
Season sales reached 25,44S,7O4 pounds
for S5O79.. The auction markets have
sold around 100000 pounds more this
year as compared with the same number
OF sales days for last season. The av-
erage is 1923 higher.
Around two-thirds Of the grades
to 50 8 per per hundred. The larsest de-
ines, which. had been at the highest
levels of the season the week before.
Better quality cigarette-type tobacco
continued in good, demand and was
generally UNCHANGED
Growers have sold about the same
kind Of tobacco for the past three
weeks: Only minor variations have oc-
Gu" ed, Most baskets were again graded
low, and fair quality hcavy-crop, fair
and good tnin-crop and fair seconds and
tiDs.
The four auction markets closed
holiday Sales will be resumed at all
points Tuesday. the 9TH
Auction bid averages per hundred
pounds on a limited number of repre-
sentative U. S. grades were a. follows:
Evening star., 1953-07-05
Bonds Climb Again.;
Interest Rates Seem
To Have Hit Plateau
By Arthur Merims
Associated Press Finonciol Writer

NEW YORK, July 4.-The
feeling is growing in Investment
circles that interest rates have
reached a plateau. The rise in
bond prices this week added
weight to this view.
1t was the second week in a
row for United States Govern
ment and corporate bond prices
to, firm. This despite the an
nouncement that the Govern
ment deficit for fiscal 1853
scared to $94 billion and in the
face of a Treasury offering Of
$5.5 billion of eight-month tax
anticipation certificates, the big
gest cash borrowing since World
War II ended.
Renewed confidence in the
bond market stems from recent
Federal Reserve Board action.
Not long ago, the board was
openly proclaiming a policy of
credit restraint" This tended
to restrict the amount of money
available for investment in the
economy, encourage rising in
tereSt charges, and increase the
worth of the dollar.
By May, the tight money
situation in the banking system
began to pinch. Too much so,
the Federal Reserve Board de-
cided. and began to ease the
problem by purchasing Treasury
bills. BY Wednesday, the Board
had taken up nearly 81 billion
worth of these Government Sc
curities. thereby releasing about
SIS billion for investment.
This week the TreaSury's long
term 3H per cent bond rose 6j32
at SO 30/32 bid. Victory 21as ad-
vanced 1892 at SO 1882 bid and
the bank-eligible 21as of 1967-72
were up a quarter of a point at
90 26/32 bid. The 21as of 1858
climbed 2/32. at SO 26/32 bid.