davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Evening star., 1953-01-25
CIV Tghtens Up on Courses
In Move to Broaden Education

George Washington University
last night moved to give its
students a broader view of the
world today by reducing the
number of courses they can
choose and increasing the re-
quired courses for a degree.
The university made it clear
that on the one hand, it is curb
ing the choice of the student who
seeks "snap" courses for an easy
degree.
On the other hand, it wants
to broaden the education of the
students who are experts on one
subject. but know nothing about
the rest of the intellectual world
The purpose of the revisions
in the curriculum. it was ex-
planned, is to encourage both
faculty and students to think
more broadly more imagina-
lively. and more in keeping with
the exigencies of the present
time"
Study Started in 1948.
Specifically. every student
studying for a Bachelor Of Arts
or Bachelor of Science degree
will have to take at least two
years of science, two years OF
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Security Officials
Investigate Hanging
OF State Dept. Aide
Certificate in Death
Of John c. Montgomery
Held Up for Inquiry

A death certificate was being
held up last night pending COM
pletion of an investigation into
the death of John C. Mont
gomery. 41-year-old chief of the
State Departments Finnish desk.
whose nude body was found
hanged early yesterday in the
Georgetown home where he
lived with q prominent Wash
ington attorney.
The State Departments Sc
curity agents and homicide
squad detectives were making q
routine check to determine if
the fact that Mr.. Montgomery
had access to classified docu-
ments could have had any bear
ing on his death.
Detectives also were checking
on the diplomats movements
Friday night in an effort to
learn how he spent his final
hours and who saw him last.
The body was found sprawled
on second-fioor landing about
4 am. by Attorney A. Marvin
Braverman when the latter re-
turned to his home at 2715 o
street NV, after a social en-
gagement.
ImprOvised Moose Found.
A moose had been improvised
from a bathrobe sash and a
length of hemp cord. It was at
tached to the stair railing on
the third floor, near MIR. Mont
gomery's living quarters.
The moose had parted in both
sections. Mr.. Montgomery's body
apparently dropped to the Sec
ond floor landing. Death prob
Evening star., 1953-01-25
7 Policemen Injured
In Five-Car Collision

Two Prince Georges County
policemen were injured last night
when the cruiser they were driv-
ing to the Red Cross Blood Bank
to pick up blood for Prince
Georges County Hospital was in
a five-car collision at Rhode
Island avenue and Lincoln road
NE.
Detective Sergt. John w. Sid
dali was treated at Prince
George County Hospital for
bruises and possible fractures Of
the right shoulder, arm and leg.
The driver, Pvt. Frank Noe, was
treated for cuts and bruises to
his face and released.
The cruiser, going west on
Rhode Island avenue with its
siren and blinker light going,
collided with a car going south
on Lincoln road driven by j. p,
Short. %. Of 5424 Sargent road
NE. a brakeman at the WASH
ington Terminal.
The police car then caromed
into an eastbound car on RHODE
Island avenue driven by Warrant
Of1cer Adolph Berth. 81, Of Fort
Belyoir. Va. Next the cruiser slid
back across Rhode Island and hit
two cars parked on the north
side Of the avenue. The two DO
lice officers were the only ones
injured.
Police charged Mr.. Short with
failing to yield the right Of way
to an emergency vehicle.
Evening star., 1953-01-25

social science and two years of
literature-not including English
composition.
The curriculum changes result
from a study begun in 1948. They
will be put into effect over a
period of several years beginning
next fall with the cooperation
of a committee composed mostly
of those who drafted the rec
concentrations.
The new courses also will re-
quire an enlargement or revamp-
ing of the faculty. Dean Henry
Grattan Doyle of Columbian
College told The Star.
The faculty committee which
urged the changes was headed by
DR.. Fred S. Upper, professor of
English.
The committee, citing "a coun-
ter-revolution against the elec-
tive system of education" in
American colleges, called for a
more closely integrated cur
riculum.
'"The elective system is under
fire." the committee said, "for
what it has done to both inferior
and superior students. The in
ferior student. luxuriating in his
freedom. has stuffed himself full
of academic cream -puffS, easy
courses with easy teachers. pay
ing not the slightest heed to
whether these delicacies contri-
butte to the nouriShment of q
stable and mature intellect.
The superior student has so
overloaded his program as to
emerge that modern monstrosity,
the so-called educated man who
knows a great deal about one.
thing and practically nothing
about all the rest of the INTEL
lectual world.
THE sordid truth" the COM
mittee concluded, els that the
fellowship of educated men has
come increasingly to resemble a
zoo. with each Of US. duly labeled
chemist or poet or economist or
! what not. blatantly parading his
uniquenesS in his appropriate
cage"
World Outlook Changed.
George Washington attempted
when it created its Junior col
lege (the first two years of college
work. in 1880 to provide a cur
riculum that would give students
broad knowlet tge outside their
major fields, the committee
pointed out. But since then the
philosophical outlook of the
world has changed, and q more
(See CURRICULUM, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1953-01-25

tentiary parolee sentenced to an
eight-year term from here in
1916. Thomas, known to The
Federal Bureau of Investigation
as Raymond A. Thomas, was
identified in eight other holdups
here within the last month, po-
lice said.
His companion in the Grey
stone holdup was identified as
Jack II. SchowerS, 80, of the
1000 block of Third street NE
Both are colored.
In the Greystone case. they
walked In, told Mrs. Mary POM
eroy. 48. of 1915 Kansas avenue
NV. mot to scream or you'll
get hurt" She screamed and q
paSserby called police.
Within Is minutes they were
picked up by Pvts. Thomas j,
Wolfrey and Robert H. Hill. who
were cruising in q scout car
nearby when the lookout was
broadcast. Both suspects were
booked on charges Of armed
robbery. Police recovered the
$50 Greystone loot and q pistol,
they said.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Eisenhower Plans Day Of Rest
After Morning Church Service
Finishes OFF Week
BY Giving Top GA
Post to Allen Dulles
By jones Y. Newton

President Eisenhower will take
it easy today after one of the
roughest weeks of his altogether
busy life.
There was only one item on
the Presidents formal schedule
Security Agency Put Next on Eisenhower
List for Reforms. Poee Al
Two D. c. Area Men Assigned to
Eisenhower's New PIone. Pooe Az
for his first Sunday in the White
House-church. He was to at
tend services at 8 am. at the
National Presbyterian Church,
which he and Mrs. Eisenhower
have picked as their place to
worship.
Gen. Eisenhower knocked of
work yesterday at lunch time.
The four hours at his desk were
devoted largely to planning a
stepped-up cold war offensive
against com munism an d
strengthening the Nations for
eign intelligence.
Allen w. Dulles, veteran in
telligence expert. was named by
the President to direct the
Central Intelligence Agency. the
super-secret outfit charged with
keeping abreast of developments
behind the Iron Curtain.
Mr.. Dulles, So, is a brother of
the new Secretary of State. John
Foster Dulles.
His nomination will be sent to
Evening star., 1953-01-25

the Senate as soon as Gen. Wal
ter Bedell Smith, the present
CIA director, is confirmed as
UnderSecretary of State.
For the last 18 months. Mr..
Dulles has served as deputy di-
rector of CHA. AS his successor,
Gen. Eisenhower will appoint
1t. Gen. Charles P. Cabell. now
head of the staff which serves
the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the
Defense Department.
Mr.. Dulles, whose appoint
ment was expected. refused to
talk to reporters after con-
ferring with the President.
Gen. Eisenhower held a hush
hush talk with two other men,
(See EISENHOWER. Page A-4 }
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Michigan Hoin Strikes
Heavy Rail on Tracks

KALAMAZOO, Mich, Jan. "a.
R).-What appeared to have
been an attempt to wreck an
east-bound passenger train of
the Grand Trunk Western Rail-
road was being investigated to-
night by sheriff's deputies, State
police and FBI agents.
The Cf1icago-Battle Creek
Montreal train hit a 1.000-pound
steel rail across the tracks near
SCOTS, Mich, southeast of here
shortly after noon. The engine
smashed the rail from the tracks,
however, and no serious damage
was done.
The engineer reported the in
cident, and railway officials esti-
mated that it would have re-
quired six men to lift the heavy
rail from the right of way across
the tracks.
Some officials expressed belief
the rail might have been placed
across the tracks in a sabotage
attempt. while others said it
might have been a prank of
boys.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
IreIan Sets. Up
New Policy on
Insanity Pleas
Will Make 1t Hurder
To Escape Trial by
Mental Illness Claim
By Miriom ottenberu


United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan yesterday set up a new
policy aimed at making it
tougher for defendants to escape
trial by claiming mental illness.
The tremendous increase in
the number of prisoners using
the mental illness route to free
dom was first disclosed by The
Star last Sunday. .-
Mr.. Irelan commended The
Star for the articles exposing the
situation. At the same time, he
said he was tightening his Office
procedures because he believes
the increase in the number of
cases where prisoners attempt to
escape trial is not justified.
In a memorandum to all his
assistants. Mr.. Irelan made it
clear the Government is now go
ing to put up a fight where de-
PENDANTS claim they are mentally
incompetent to stand trial.
Early Examination Sought.
Mr.. Irelan also announced a
new Setup to foreStall later
claims of mental illness in capi-
tai cases-those where the pun
ishment can be death in the
electric chair.
Hereafter, he said, pvchia-
tristS in private practice will be
asked to examine defendants in
capital cases as soon as possible
after their arrest. This. he ex-
planned, will have two advan-
tageS.
The early examinations will
come closer to indicating the
mans mental condition at the
time the crime was committed.
They will also assure that the
man is examined before he has
had time to learn from his fell
low inmates and others how to
put on a successful show Of
mental illness.
Mr.. Irelan told The Star he
will ask the District Medical So
ciety for help in getting private
psychiatrists on a rotating basis
to examine defendants In capital
cases. He acknowledged that the
S25 fee for these examinations is
wholly inadequate but he said he
thought 1t might be possible to
increase it.
In routine cases Mr.. Irelan
made it clear that the defense
will have to ask for the mental
examination and carry the bur-
den of proving the defendant is
mentally Ill. A
Policy Tightened Up,
The new instructions also
tighten up the procedure for dis
missing cases where mental ILL
ness at the time Of the crime ID
later claimed.
The routine described in The
Star, which Mr.. Irelan's new or
ders are designed to block, went
this way:
A prisoner claims he is mem
tally unfit to stand trial and the
court orders a mental examina-
ton. The court appointed psy-
chiatrists find the prisoner of un-
sound mind and unfit for trial.
The Government asks for a court
hearing to rule on the prisoners
mental fitness. On the testimony
of the psychiatrists the court
(See LUNACY, Page A-8.)
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Senate Is Expected to Confirm
Wilson; Four Top Aides Also
May Have to Dispose of Stock
Committee Wants
Same Rule to Apply
On Appointments
By J. A. O'Leor

Inc senate is expected TO con.
firm Charles E. Wilson, former
head of the General Motors
Corp, as Secretary of Defense
early this week, completing
President Eisenhower Cabinet,
There were clear signs last
night, however, that if Mr.. Will
son is to get the four men he
recommended to the President
for his top aides in the Defense
establishment, they will have to
follow his example and dispose
of any stocks they own in COM
panieS doing defense work.
Several Senators on the Armed
Services Committee told report
ers they would not favor one rule
for the Secretary of Defense and
a different one for the secretaries
of the various military services
under him.
This cast some doubt on what
will happen in the cases of Rob-
ert T. Stevens, slated for Secre-
tary of the Army, and Harold E.
Talbot, designated for Secre-
tary of the Air Force.
Navy DeSignee in the Clear.
The Senate committee has been
notified by Mr.. Wilson that Roger
M. Kyes, who is giving up his
post as vice president of General
Motors to be Deputy Secretary
of Defense, will dispose of his
General Motors stock, as Mr..
Wilson has agreed to do.
Rober6 B. Anderson, designated
for Secretary of the Navy, ap-
parently is in the clear. He tes-
titled he has no holdings in any
company dealing directly with
the Government.
Mr.. Stevens notified the Sem
ators that. if confirmed. he would
diveSt himself of all Stockhold-
irgs except in j. P. Stevens &
Co., Inc, from which he would
resign as an $50. .000-a-year board
chairman, and his holdings in
the Owen-Corning Fibre Glass
Corp. Mr.. Stevens said the i'm
pact would be very severe" If
he had to get rid of his 42,486
shares in the Stevens Co.
The Stevens Co., a textile con-
cern. sold about $125 million
worth of cloth to the Govern
ment last year. Mr.. Stevens re-
minded the committee that any
business the Army would have
with the Stevens Co. would be
on open competitive bids. with
the orders going to the lowest
responsible bidder.
Cites $175,OOO Sacrifice.
Mr.. Talbot testified he in
tends to sell $4,000 shares of
stock he owns in the Standard
Packaging Corp. He said, how
ever, it would cost him $5O,0
to sell his 1000 shares in the
Chrysler Corp, and that it would
cost him $125 900 in taxes to dis
pose of his 5000 shares of Elec-
tric Auto-Lite stock.
Both men assured the COM
mittee they would not pass on
any matters affecting companies
they had formerly been con-
nected with. Mr.. Wilson pleaded
with the committee Friday to
give him the entire team he
recommended, with the under
standing that they would pass
up to higher authorities for ac-
tion any matters that might in
volve a conflict of interest.
The comments of committee
members yesterday, however, in
dicated they do not think that
arrangement would be sufficient
If the SubordinateS retained stock
in companies holding defense
contracts.
President Eisenhower has not
yet submitted formal nomina-
ton papers for the four subor-
dinates, and Chairman Salton-
astll said yesterday the Armed
(See CABINET, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Temperature in 3Os Due
After Yesterdays 6S

Temperatures which scared to
SO degrees yesterday were ex-
pected to drop to near-freezing
by early today and won't re-
cover very rapidly. the Weather
Bureau predicted.
The forecast called for partly
cloudy. windy and cold with q
Evening star., 1953-01-25


IL-28 medium bombers have
been observed usually by United
States pilots and recorded on
American radar screens.
He said the best estimates are
that the Russians have perhaps
1000 fighter and bomber planes,
or more, in dozens of bases on
Sakhalin Island and the Kuriles
chain just north of the Japanese
island of Hokkaido.
Could Garry Atomic Bomb.
The n-28s have q speed of
about $50 miles per hour and are
capable of carrying the atomic
bomb. Their range could take
them to any corner Of the Jap
anese islands and back to their
bases.
These medium bombers are
regarded as the real Soviet
threat by Japan's air defenders.
Hundreds of MIG-15 fighters
also based on the Russian held
islands would be only the screen
ing force for this bomber feet
were Russia to strike this en-
pire.
The Reds have been parading
the u-28s back and forth be-
tween Sakhalin Island. 30 miles
north of Hokkaido and the Kurile
Island Russian bases, just a step
northeast of Hokkaido, the source
said.
The Russians also have guam
titles of conventional light bomb
ers on both Sakhalin and the
KurileS.
U. s. Flyers Outnumbered.
In Japan, as in Korea, the
United States Air Force which
is charged with defense respon-
Sibility. is greatly outnumbered.
Guarding the northern out
posts Of Japan Is spreading
chain of lonely. frozen radar sta
tions. backed by alert Sabre jets
slower F-84 Thunderjet units
and by radar-directed anti-air-
craft guns.
Col. Curtis r. Low, commander
OF the northern division of the
Japan Air Defense Force, said:
There isn't an aircraft that
flies into our area Of responsi.
bility which is not seen by oul
radar equipment"
Radar Sets OF Alerts.
A train trip to cover all the
radar sites on Hokkaido would
take the traveller q distance oi
$500 miles.
When Russian planes approach
japanese territory--as they dc
almost daily-the radar warning
touches OF a defensive alert
Thunderjets and Sabrejets streal
down icy. snowy runways oil
northern air bases and soar sky
ward on missions Of interception
Besides such frequent alerts
United States jets patrol Hok-
kaido skies by day and night.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Weather Hompers Airport

NEW YORK. Jan. "a (R.-
Rain and cloudiness halted Idle
wild Airport operations for more
than two hours today after nu-
merous delays on flights earlier
in the day. A total Of % flights
we're delayed or diverted between
1924 pm. and $50 pm.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Picture Pose A.

high in the upper sos. Tomorrow
Is to be fair and cold.
Yesterdays 68 degrees was
well short of the 7S-degree rec
ord for . January "a. set in
1850.
A brief rain last night started
the temperature downward, with
a |nine-degree drop from SO to
Sd between Z and 8 pm.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Congress Newcomer
Is Able Les MetcuH

A VARIED cAREER--Dig and
solid Les Meteolf. Helene lMont.)
Democrot, who won in lst Mon
teno congressional district over
Republieon. has been soldier. judge
and Stcte lesislotor. Pose AIS.
YOUR INCOME TAx-some self.
employed persons will have to pay
an extro tox for social security, come
March IS. For On expIonotion Of
the tox picture for the SELF employed,
see the Lost Of q series Of six orioles
on Page Ala.
Complete Index. Poge Az
Rodic- Tv. Prooroms. Puqes E-4-5
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Sick Staff Members
Exceed Flu Cases
hRoonokeH Hospital
BY The Assoeioisd Press

ROANOKE, Va, Jan. "a
There is a twist to Roanoke's
flu story: 1t seems harder on the
hospitals than the patients.
A check Of city hospitals today
produced these figures.
Number of hospital patients
with f1u-48.
Number Of hospital staff with
du-51.
The truth Of the matter, of
course. is that people with flu
usually don't 60 to hospitals.
Evening star., 1953-01-25

mlnlSCraClOn. Inefe was Specu-
lation that 1t. Gen. Anthony c.
McAuliffe. hero of the Battle
of BaStogne and Washington
native, would move into that
spot.
Presumably Gen. Eisenhower
told Gen. Taylor at their White
House conference yesterday OF
any plans he might have to end
the Korean war.
AS PreSident-elect, Gen. Eisen-
hover went to Korea early in
December to study the situation
first hand. He was accompanied
by Charles E. Wilson, whose nom
ination for Secretary of Defense
comes up in the Senate for con-
f1rmation tomorrow.
Mr.. Wilson conferred briefly
with the President yesterday just
before Gen. Taylor appeared at
the White House.
Many Delicate Issues.
Aside from bringing the 2k-
year-old conflict to an honorable
end, several questions obviously
are hanging fire and probably
came into the White House dis
cussion. These include the mat
ter Of ammunition availability
and a speed-up in the training
of South Korean troops to re-
place Americans. Gen. Eisen-
hover has raised some questions
about these two subjects.
Gen. Taylor has been respon-
sible for all current activities of
the Army at home and abroad,
including operations of forces
as well as the management of
the military business of the is
million-ma1 organization.
He has kept current with situ-
ations in the Far East, Europe
and elsewhere by attending daily
briefings for the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Collins Goes to Korea.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
now Allied Commander in Eu-
rope, was deputy chief for opera
tionS and administration here
before going to Korea as 9th
Army commander and later
United Nations commander when
President Truman fired Gen.
Douglas Macarthur.
Gen. j. Lawton Collins, Army
Chief of Staff. left for Korea
yesterday. His planeside huddle
with Gen. McAuliffe strength
ened speculation the latter would
succeed Gen. Taylor here. Gen.
McAuliffe. 81. now is Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel.
Gen. Taylor succeeds Gen.
James A. Van Fleet, so. who is
retiring after more than 35 years
service and five years in the
permanent grade of major gen.
eral as provided by law. Gen.
Van Fleet is a close personal
friend and West Point classmate
of Gen. Eisenhower. There was
speculation he would be named
to some other military or civilian
post.
Had Varied Career.
An extraordinary variety of
jobs have been assigned Gen.
Taylor during his Army career.
including:
/. Leader Of the 1O1st Airborne
Division with which he dropped
into Normandy on D-day.
2. Leader in the aggressive
ground actions which followed.
3. Superintendent of West
Point when the courses were
radically liberalized.
~. An expert in five languages.
he was member of a mission
to initiate hemisphere defense
in South America at the out
break of World War II.
S. An invader of Rome ahead
of the armistice, to arrange for
Italy's yielding, and then senior
American member of a mission
to arrange use of Italian forces.
6. Commander in Berlin during
the critical days Of late 1949 to
early 1851.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Train Barely Escapes Wreck
At Baltimore; Sabotage Seen
B. & 0. Engineer Spots Cross Tie on Track;
Flyer Had Left Here on New York Run

such a job would probably be
beyond the strength of a young
Ster.
They also felt that because of
the fact the attempt was made
in the rain. when visibility was
at it's lowest, that deliberate
sabotage was indicated.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Taylor Leaves
Tomorrow for
Post in Korea
General Confers
With Eisenhower
At White House
By John A. Giles

1t. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor is
scheduled to leave for Korea
tomorrow to take over COM
mand of the 9th Army after a
talk with President Eisenhower
yesterday on the Far Eastern
stalemate.
The 51-year-old paratrooper
has been Army Deputy Chief of
Picture on Pooe A-6.
Evening star., 1953-01-25
Soviet JET Bombers
Among 1000 Planes
Poised Near Japan
Croft Able to Corry
Atomic Bomb in Reach
Of Every Major City
sy the Asseeidssd Press

A UNITED STATES AIR BASE
IN NORTHERN JAPAN. Sunday.
Jan. 25.-Russian jet bombers
which travel at almost the speed
Of sound are based in strength
within easy striking distance of
every major Japanese city, it
was learned today on highly
qualified authority.
The source. who asked not to
be identified, said the Russian
Evening star., 1953-01-25

Soviet and, Americon Flyers Only One
Minute From Incident. Poee A-6
Evening star., 1953-01-25

(See CABINET, Page A-40
Evening star., 1953-01-25

Picture on Poge AS.
Evening star., 1953-01-25

Partly cloudy and colder, strong north
west winds. High in middle or upper 3Os.
Colder tonight. Gull report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-09-27
new vEL
MAKES DISHES S|Sq,Il[: / !!
WITHOUT
WASHING
OR V|PINc!
VET SOAkS
DlSH les CLEAN
saves you all TIE hard work!
DON'T WASH
JUST SOAK

Dishes soak grease
free in seconds. No
washing is needed. If
food cIings, d touch Of
the dishcloth gets it
on. There's no greasy
dishwater with Vel.
Evening star., 1953-09-27

P0ekoes for puekass Vel grease besfer ihun he
leading wGshdGy detergent liquid dessrssns soops!
Evening star., 1953-10-11

1895 to 129.95 beautiful 16-piece and
17-piece sets. Linen embroideries, point
veniSeS, Brussels ace----14.95 to 64.95
Evening star., 1953-10-11

STREE at Thursday oarnuv
Mon
Gbs Rd
Evening star., 1953-10-11

1895 to 39995 Madeira hand-embroi-
dered cutwork. One and two of kind.
Assorted ecru dinner and banquet
sets, 63x90" to 70x142", 1895 to 1895