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Evening star., 1953-06-30
Elizabeth Bends Low to Dub
Tiny Jockey Richards q Knight

More than so other Britons,
including the Shakespearean
actor. John Gielgud, knelt be-
fore the 27-year-old queen to
receive knighthood in the great
white and gold ballroom Of
Buckingham Palace. Two hun
dred more received other awards,
most of them to commemorate
the June 2 coronation.
The Queen, hatlesS and cool
in a low-cut flowered silk frock,
stood beneath a towering gold
and crimson canopy surmounted
by q crown.
Her husband, the Duke of
Edinburgh. ducked the two-hour
ceremony and went instead to
Lords Cricket Ground to watch
the England Australia test
match.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Thief Gets SIeeper's ST,
Eludes Police Shots

A pickpocket robbed a man
asleep on a park bench early
today and eluded a pursuing
policeman, apparently escaping
several shots.
Curtis Hill, 80. colored, Of 1342
Riggs street NV, was sleeping
on a park bench at Ninth street
and Rhode Island avenue NV,
about $3.50 am. when the thief
lifted 81 from his hip pocket.
Police Pvt. v. M. Reynolds,
saw the theft, shouted an order
to halt and then took of in
pursuit. He fired several shots.
but was uncertain as to whether
any Of them hit the fleeing man.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Senate Group Votes
Revised Pay Raise
For DC. Teachers
Measure Reported Out
Gives Greatest Increase
To Lowest Scale Salaries

The Senate District Committee
today unanimously reported a
District teacher pay raise bill,
revised to give the greatest boost
to those in the lower scales.
Instead of the original Beall
bill for a fiat 10 per cent in
crease, the committee amended
it to provide a 10 per cent raise
for the first $4,000 of salary, an
8 per cent raise for that portion
of any employees salary between
$4,000 and $4,000 and 6 per cent
for that part of any salary over
$4,000.
Chairman Case said the revi-
sion was developed in confer
ences at an executive session
today rather than any change
recommended by the school or
District officials.
Cites Principle in Plan.
He said it was in harmony
with the principle in other pay
raise bills of giving the greatest
weight to those in the lowest
scales. He said it would also re-
duce the cost somewhat and pre-
vent any deficit in the city
finances.
The Budget Bureau had rec
commended that teacher pay
raise be not more than 8 per
cent, estimating its cost at
81 ,355,000. A fiat 10 per cent
raise was estimated to cost
81 $4,000. Senator Case said the
revised bill probably would cost
$4,000 less than this.
Quick Action Planned.
He planned quick action and
suggested the Senate might. take
up the bill July 6.
The committee also reported a
bill authorizing the Board of
Education to pay for teacher
substitutes when the regular
teacher is on leave with or with
out pay. Another bill reported
amends the law as to lump-sum
payments for terminal leave for
teachers. A fourth bill approved
by the committee permits the
Commissioners to employ special
police for Government agencies
at the cost of those agencies. .
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Douglas Impeachment Move
Attdckedin One-HourH Hearing
Walter Says WheeIer's Motion Helps
Reds; Turptude Charge Dropped

granted a stay Of execution to
atom spies Julius and Ethel
Rosenberg.
Mr.. Wheeler defended his res
olution at the hearing, but Rep
resentative Walter, Democrat,
of Pennsylvania and other COM
mittee members were critical.
Mr.. Wheeler began his state
ment by backing away from a
charge of moral .turpitude"
which he made against Justice
Douglas in a House speech yes
terday At that time, he said
the justice had been involved in
a c'vorce case in Portland, Oreg.
Before the subcommittee today,
he said he had based his state
ment on material he read in the
newspapers. He said he con-
sidered it unfortunate that the
least serious charge held
against Justice Douglas got the
most play"
"The implication carried in the
(See DOUGLAS. Page A-3O
Evening star., 1953-06-30
By Allen DruN

A House judiciary subcommit-
tee adjourned today after hear
ing only one hour of testimony
by Representative Wheeler,
Democrat, of Georgia, on his
resolution to impeach Supreme
Court Justice Douglas.
Chairman Graham, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania, said the
subcommittee probably would
report next Tuesday to the full
Judiciary Committee.
The sudden end came after
Mr.. Wheeler was told by fell
low House member that his at
tempt to impeach Supreme Court
Justice Douglas gave the Com
munists a major propaganda
weapon at the time of the ex-
ecution of atom spies Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg.
The Georgia Congressman in
troduced an impeachment reso-
luton after Justice Douglas
Evening star., 1953-06-30
By Miriam Ottenberq

Beginning today, it's against
the law to put 81 on a horse
or a dime on the numbers in
the District of Columbia.
If the police catch you making
a bet, you're in just as much
trouble as the bookie who took
it. And the penalty is a fine
of up to $1,000, a year in Jail
or both.
The gambling bans are part of
the big crime-curb bill signed
by President Eisenhower yes
terday.
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover said that criminals caught
beginning today will be prose-
cuted under the new laws.
On the score Of gambling, Mr..
Rover explained that the courts
interpreted the old laws as for
bidding the accepting of a bet
but not the making of it. The
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Both Bettors and Bookies Risk
Arrest Under New Crime Law
Stiff Penalties Await Customers Found
On Premises Engaged in Illegal Actions

new law specifically forbids
making a bet.
Betting is banned in connec-
ton with football, baseball, soft
ball, basketball, hockey, polo,
tennis, golf. wrestling, boxing.
trotting or running horse races,
dog races or any other athletic
event, and any lottery.
It's also against the law to be
found in any place where gam
bling goes on, illegal whisky is
served or dope is dispensed. Any
body who can't give a good ex-
planation of what he's doing in
such a place faces up to a year
in prison, q fine Of up to $500
or both.
Mr.. Rover emphasized that
this section gives police and
prosecutors a handle for grab
bing many of the city's less de-
sirable citizens.
Previously, when police raided
(See CRIME, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Slain Postal Clerks
Body Found in Trunk
OF Car al Pentagon
Worker Missing 6 Days
From Mails Job in Office
Of Adiutunt General

The body of a Pentagon mail
clerk was found today stuffed
into the trunk of his automobile
parked in the North lot of the
Defense Department structure.
Police said the man, John S.
johnson. 80, colored, of 1912
Shepherd street NV, apparent
ly was a murder victim.
He had been missing for six
days from his work in the post
office division of the Army Ad-
jutant Generals Office.
Head Jammed in Tire.
The discovery was made by a
motorist who detected an odor
in the big parking lot.
Sergt. c. P. Apfelbeck of the
Park Police said the head of the
dead man was jammed into the
spare tire. It was undetermined
how he met death.
Washington police revealed
that a missing person report
was received on the man last
Thursday. However, they refused
to go into details on the victims
background Immediately.
DR.. w. c. Welburn, Arlington
County coroner, was called to the
scene.
Trunk Is Unlocked.
The body was identified by
Isaac Stephens, 594 Park road
NV, another mail clerk. The
trunk of the Car was unlocked.
The car in which the victim
was found, located toward the
north end of the lot, was de-
scribed as 1852 model Chrysler
sedan.
Acquaintance said Mr.. john
son was married and had two
children.
There was no explanation on
who had been driving the car.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Publisher and Wife Slain,
15-Year- Old Boy Hunted
By the Assoeiatsd Press

STURGEON BAY, Wis, June
30.-A prominent Door County
newspaper and radio executive
and his wife were found stabbed
to death in their fashionable
home today. Police were seeking
a 15-year-old boy.
Dead were Mr.. and Mrs. Sum-
mar Harris. He was publisher of
the Door County Advocate and
president of Radio Station
WOKW.
Police Chief Romy Lamdo re-
lated that his officers were called
by the boys parents after they
discovered a note about the kill
ings. Police entered the Harris
home and discovered the bodies.
MIR. Harris, 40, and his wife,
Grace, IS, had been lifelong resi-
dents Of Sturgeon Bay.
Chief Lamdo did not identity
the boy beyond saying he was q
neighhor.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
BY the ASsoeioted Press

LONDON, June 80. - Jockey
Gordon Richards and Jack
Hobbs, former professional
cricket star. lined up with British
notables and war heroes from
Korea today to get knighthoods
from Queen Elizabeth II.
The Queen had to bend prac-
tically double to bestow the tra~
ditional accolade-a touch of her
sword on each shoulder-on the
kneeling Sir Gordon. He stands
just five feet tall.
The clubbing over, Sir Gordon
took a plane to Newmarket race
track to try to add more winners
to his world record total of more
than 4,670. He said the Queen
told him she hoped many more
winners would come my way be-
fore the time comes to retire."
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Senate Agrees 10 LET
President Fix Time
Of Billion Foreign Aid
Amendment Substituted
For Mandatory Provision
Of House Measure
By J. A. O'Ieoy

The Senate agreed unani-
mously today to let President
Eisenhower decide whether 81
billion of military aid to Europe
should be withheld until a unified
army is created on the continent.
An amendment to the $5.3 bill
lion foreign aid bill, sponsored
by Majority Leader Taft and Mi
nority Leader johnson, of Texas,
was substituted for the manda-
tory provision in the House bill,
cutting of the 81 billion unless
six European nations ratify the
European Defense Community
Treaty, under which the inte-
grated army is to be set up.
Chairman Wiley of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee &C
cepted the amendment after Sem
ator johnson and Acting Re-
publican Floor Leader Knowland
had urged him to take it to con-
terence with the House.
The vote came after Senator
Mansfield, Democrat, of Mon
tana. a strong supporter of for
eign aid from it's beginning, came
out today in favor of winding it
up as soon as possible.
Objects to Extension Dates.
He did not oppose the pend
ing $5.3 billion authorization for
next year. But he objected to
extending the date for expira-
ton of the program from 1854 to
1856. He took exception also to
another provision in the bill that
funds obligated by 1856 could be
(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Ex.GW Law Professor
Named Mediation Chief

President Eisenhower today
nominated Whitley P. Mccoy Of
Montgomery, Ala, to be director
of the Federal Mediation and
Cancellation Service, succeeding
David Cole, who has resigned.
Mr.. Mccoy. SO, is a former law
professor at George Washington
University and a former trial ex-
aminer for the National Labor
Relations Board. He has also
served as an arbitrator for the
Federal Cancellation Service.
Since 1941 he has been a vice
president of the American Arbi-
tration Association.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Democrats Oppose
Thye's Move 10 End
Hearing on Additives
6. o: P. Choirmon Sees
No Point in Continuing
AD-x2 Controversy
By jones {. Roper

Chairman Thye Of the Senate
Small Business Committee moved
today to drop the committees
hearings on battery additive AD-
X2, but some Democrats baked.
Senator Thye. Republican, of
Minnesota, called a special meet
ing of the committee for tomor-
row to discuss calling off the pub
lie investigation.
The committee, in a whirlwind
of activity. last week sat for five
days. hearing IS witnesses in %
hours of testimony.
Hearing more witnesses would
not resolve the question of
whether AD-X2 is helpful Gin
prolonging the life of storage
batteries)-and that is the only
question that is major in my
mind" Senator Thye told The
Star, today.
Two Democratic committee
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Smathers of
Florida and Gillette of Iowa
said they would vote against
ending the hearings now. Both
wanted to hear spokesmen for
the Post Office Department,
which issued-and then suspend
ed-a fraud order against the
promoter Of AD-X2, Jess M.
Ritchie of Oakland. Calf.
Acted on Bureau Report.
The Post Office acted after the
Bureau Of Standards tested AD-
X2 and reported that it was
worthless. Secretary of Com
merce Weeks eventually an
nounced he was firing DR.. Allen
v. Astin as director of the bu-
reau, partly on grounds the
bureau tests on AD-X2 were not
objective.
Senator Smathers said today
that DR.. Astin's judgment that
AD-X2 is worthless has not
been upset." He said he would
urge the committee to hear q
Post Office spokesman to see if
it acted wisely on the basis of
evidence it had. Senator Gill
lette also wanted to hear Post
Office SpokeSmen about how it
originally got interested in
AD-X2.
Some committee members,
however, have wearied of the in
vestigation after hearing con-
flicting testimony from Mr..
Ritchie, DR.. Astin, DR.. Harold c.
Weber of the Massachusetts, In
stitute of Technology and a pa
rade of users of the chemical.
Senators 'Need Additive."
We've exhausted the subject
and the Senators, too," one Re-
publican moaned.
During the hearings, commit
tee members fell into so many
bewildering discussions of spe-
cif1c gravities, ions, volts, am
peres and sulphateS that Senator
Gillette once suggested that what
the committee needed was an
additive to prolong the useful
life Of Senators.
Secretary Weeks has had a
special committee of scientists
appointed to evaluate the Bu-
reau of Standards tests of AD-
X2. To this committee appar-
emily will fall the final decision
on whether AD-X2 can double
the life of your automobile bat
terry, as Mr.. Ritchie claims, or
is a useless waste of the con-
sumer's dollar.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Sabres Bag IS MICS
For June Total Of IA
Without Combat Loss
Records Are Smashed
For Day and Month;
Ground Action Light
BY the Assoeiated Press

SEOUL, June 30.-Sabre jet
pilots today shot down Is Com
munist MICS and raised their
June bag to IA. a record-smash-
ing total run up without the loss
of a single Sabre in air combat.
"Never has the issue of Sabre
versus MIG been so convincingly
resolved" said 1t. Gen. S. E.
Anderson, 5th Air Force COM
mander, in a message to his
pilots.
It was Gen. Anderson who put
out figures showing that not a
single Sabre was shot down by
a MIG in June. He said 143
MICS were shot down in the past
rs days at the cost of one Sabre.
That Sabre was lost in May when
the 5th Air Force ran up a 55-
to-1 margin.
Records Are Shattered.
The Sabres closed out June in
a blaze of glory. Not only did
they smash the monthly record
Of 63 set last September, but
they also erased the old single
day mark of 13 set last July 4.
The ground war dwindled to
mostly probes and skirmishes,
but the 9th Army announced
that the Communists fired a rec
ord-breaking 11a million artillery
and mortar shells this month.
That's more than double the
number of shells fired by Red
guns in any previous month of
the war.
It meant that almost two shells
crashed. down on allied lines for
every single foot of the 155-mile
front-more than four for every
allied soldier on the line.
Infantry Rests Momentarily.
The United States jets scored
their greatest victory over 0the
Red jets as battered infantry
men on the western front rested
momentarily from two weeks of
bloody battling.
The 36th jet act of the war
emerged from afternoon battles
high over North Korea. He was
1t. Henry Buttlemann of Bay
side, N Y. He scored his fifth
kill to win ace status. He got his
first only June 10.
Maj. James Jabara of Wichita,
KanS., history's first jet ace, also
had spectacular day. He
downed two MICS to boost his
kills to IA in two combat tours.
Then he almost crashed when
his plane flamed-out while he
was being attacked by four
MICS. He dived low, eluding
them, and his engine started
again.
First Good Flying in Week.
Maj. Jabara now is only two
below the all-time jet mark of
16 set by Capt. Joseph McCon-
nell, jr., of Apple Valley, Calf.
Col. James K. johnson of
Phoenix, Ariz., bagged his 10th
MIG and became the seventh
double jet ace. He also has three
probableS and eight damages.
The record breaking victory
came on the first day of good
flying weather in nearly a week
"a week that gave the Commu-
mist infantry chance to drive
forward without serious punish
ment from allied airpower.
While ground fighting died on
most of the line, a see-saw battle
(See KOREA, Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Transit Strike
Decision Hangs
On Conference
Two Sides to Meet
Mediator as DeudIine
Of Midnight Neurs
By Froncis P. DouqIos

Efforts to avert q strike Of
Capital Transit Co.'S union work.
ers moved toward a showdown
this afternoon.
The union indicated it would
make a decision some time this
afternoon on calling a strike for
midnight tonight if there seemed
no possibility of a settlement Of
its pension demands.
District Commissioners and
Federal Mediator D. Yates Haef-
ner met with company and
union representatives. Their aim
was to find a way out Of the
deadlocked negotiations and
avert a tieup of the Capitals
transit facilities.
Union Sees No Settlement.
The early afternoon meeting
was held in the Office Of
District Commissioner Samuel
Spencer in the District Building.
Walter j. Bierwagen, union
president, said:
II sincerely doubt that a strike
will be called as long as there is
ally possibility of a settlement.
But so far nothing has been pro-
duced that would give us any
hope that such settlement is
in the realm of possibilities.
II want to give the Commits
sioners every chance to work this
out. but this afternoon we will
have to determine the future
course of our actions. The pub
lie deserves to have adequate
notice Of what's going to hap
pen."
Mediator Hopeful.
Mr.. Haefner, on the other hand.
said he is hopeful as the
dickens" of settlement. MIR.
Spencer likewise said he was
optimistic.
Mr.. Spencer said as soon as
there are any definite Develop
mentS. the word will be conveyed
to newspapers and radio stations
so that the public may be
promptly informed.
Meanwhile, the transit COM
pany sent each employe a letter
warning that strike over in
creased pension benefits might
result in fewer jobs on the sys.
tenn.
The letter. signed by j. A. B.
Broadwater. president, said:
Certainly a strike called BY
the union would inflict hardships
on you and your families by de-
priving you Of your earnings for
the duration of the strike. In
addition, some Of you probably
would lose your jobs as a result
of the permanent decrease in the
number of riders which a strike
would cause.
I'm my opinion it would be
unwise to incur these hardshipS
in view of the relatively few in
dividuals who might receive i'm
mediate benefits over. the next
few years from the union de-
mandS."
Only rs to 30 Claimed.
Company officials have said the
immediate benefactors from the
higher pensions the union is
asking would be only between Is
and 80 persons who retire eacn
year.
In preparation for this after
Moons meeting Commissioner
Spencer, Brig. Gen. Louis w,
Prentiss, engineer commissioner:
Vernon E. West, corporation
counsel, and Mr.. Heather met
yesterday with representatives
of the union and of the COM
pany.
The meetings were a co-opera-
tive effort by the Commissioners
and Mediator Heafner to try to
head of the strike.
First, the union leaders, headed
by President Bierwagen, were
closeted with the Commissioners
and Mr.. Haefner for almost an
(See TRANSIT Page A,
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Annopurno Descent
Also Had Suspense

PAINFUL RETREAT-comins down
Annopurno wos nearly os difficult as
going up. Mouries Herzos describes
the suspenseful retreot from one Of
the worlds highest peaks. Pose A.
SAFETY FOR BABIEs-soms use
fuI reminders on how to help keep
lz-to- l5-month olds out Of horns
way in the home ore offered in the
second Of q speeiol series. Pose B-6.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
News Conference Set

President Eisenhower will hold
his first news conference in two
weeks at 10:30 am. tomorrow,
the White House announced to-
dav.
Evening star., 1953-06-30
Lute News
Bulletin

East Berlin Curfew Ends
BERLIN (P.-SOviet Mai.
Gen. p. T. Dibr0va announced
tonight that the military cur
few in East Berlin will end
tomorrow.
Earlier Story on Page A-18.)
Evening star., 1953-06-30

(see FOREIGN AID, Page A-30
Evening star., 1953-06-30

(See DOUGLAS, Page A-3O
Evening star., 1953-06-30

(See KOREA, Page A-1s0
Evening star., 1953-06-30

(see CONFERENCE, Page A-20
Arizona sun., 1953-04-17
MGM Records Policy On Negro Artists
Forces Hand OF Other Major Companies

1888 when he became national
manager and a member of the
Board. He also worked with Victor
Records in electrical tranScriptions,
and took over it's record division as
vice-president.
Finally, he moved over to his
present post as the head of MGM
Records. In discussing MGM policy
regarding the use of Negro artists,
Mr.. Walker said,
1--WE don't feel that we are do
ing anything remarkable. We at
MGM simply feel that an artists is
an artist and should perform in
the styble for which he is best
suited. To say that all Negroes
should record in the rhythm and
blues department would be to rob
our record fans of some mighty
beautiful ballads done by our Ne
gro artists. We simply give record
fans the music they want to hear,
performed by MGM artists, regard
less of their color" he concluded.
Arizona sun., 1953-04-17
BY LARRY DOUGLAS

NEW YORK (GlobaD ap-
pears to have been a plot to keep
Negro artists out of the big money
in the popular recording field, has
been successfully blocked, study
of the n-dollar disc in
dustry reveals. Few of the major
recording companies had been will
ing to recognize Negro performers
who interpret music in the finer
styles. They had kept Negroes al
most exclusively in the rhythm and
blues department, until MGM Rec
ords, under the leadership of Frank
Walker, recognized Negro perform
ers by giving them an opportunity
to record pop"
Few people know that it was
Frank Walker who gave Marian
Anderson her first recording op-
portunity, or that the late Bessie
and Mamie Smith were also given
their first break by Mr.. Walker
Through his efforts, stars like Billy
4 Eckstine and Tommy Edwards 8are
now big names in the recording
field, where they previously chad
found opportunities limited. In the
case of Tommy, he first camef to
MGM as a songwriter, demonstrat-
ing his songs by singing them him
self. When Walker heard him,She
prevailed upon Tommy to record
for MGM as "pop" artist. -.
Frank Walker and the entire
MGM staff represent real dempc-
racy. They simply sign an laEtist
in whatever field he is best suited,
regardless of his color. The feeling
among Negro performers and WHit-
ers, is that this MGM policy,eh'as
Vorced other recording companies
to somewhat alter their rule 4 of
keeping Negroes in the rhythm
and blues departments exclusively,
and some few of them have begun
to take on Negroes in the pop"
field. Z
A native of Fly Summit New
York, near the Vermont ebopder,
Frank Walker left his farm nhqsne
at the age of 18 and enrolled sin. a
business school in Albany, Anew
York. Five years later he caneSto
New York, where he receivedsp#c-
tical experience as a businessaex-
1scutive. After World War i he De
signed his Captains commission
andlater became artist repertoire
head of Columbia Records, q;ut3t til
Arizona sun., 1953-04-17
Annexation Program
Shows Results

Four separate areas totaling
2.279 square miles have been an
nexed to the city since the start of
the fiscal year on July 1, 1852. The
areas with an estimated population
of 5000 persons are bounded as
follows: Melrose District = Indian
School Road north to the Grand
Canal, Central Avenue west to
18th Avenue; Campbell Avenue to
oath Street from Thomas Road to
the Grand Canal; Oak Street, 30th
Street, Thomas Road, 32nd Street,
along the abandoned Maricopa
Canal right-of-way and the pres
ent city limits, and Campbell Ave-
nue., 18th Street, Indian School
Road to Goth Street. Through these
latest annexations, the total area
of the city has been increased to
21.087 square miles. In order to
give the Planning Department op-
portunityAto devote more time to
their planning duties, the Council
has decided not to make any fur
ther annexation efforts until after
the first of the year.