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Evening star., 1953-05-16
Family Of Sanders
To Write Red Hungary
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON. May 16.-The fam
lily of British businessman Edgar
Sanders will write directly to
Communist authorities in Hun
gary in new bid for his release
from the prison term he is serv-
ing there on spy charges. British
officials said today.
They said the Sanders family'S
decision was made after Red
CzechoSlovak authorities an
nounced that a letter from his
wife brought about the release
from Iail today of Associated
Press Correspondent William N
Oats.
Mr.. Sanders, like Mr.. Oats.
was jailed by the Communists
on conviction of spying. He was
a co-defendant with American
businessman Robert A. Voegeler
before the Budapest court which
convicted the two February 81,
1850. Mr.. Sanders drew a 13-
year Jail sentence. Mr.. Vogeler
was released after the United
States made concessions to the
HungarianS.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Mcmillan Acquitted
Over Oil Land Lease
While in House Seat
Wyoming Judge Mails
Verdict Which Clears
Representative Fully

Representative John L. Nc
MILAN, Democrat, of South Car
olina today was acquitted of any
violation of laws which forbid
members of Congress to hold or
execute contracts involving the
Federal Government.
Acquittal was by Judge T.
Blake Kennedy Of Wyoming, who
sat here as a. visiting judge, and
had taken the case under ad-
visement in March.
The charge against Mr.. Nc
MILAN Stemmed from his leasing
of oil and gas lands in Utah
from the Interior Department in
1851.
When the case came to trial,
the Representative waived jury
trial and elected to stand trial
before the judge.
Judge Mails Verdict.
A judgment of acquittal, ac-
companied by a memorandum
opinion. was mailed by the jurist
and received today at the U. S.
District Court for the District
of Columbia.
Judge Kennedy, in his opinion,
declared:
THE question of intent on the
part of the defendant enters
strongly into the situation"
He added that "only by the
strictest technical legal construc-
ton can it be found that there
was a criminal intent on the part
of the defendant to violate the
law. He earnestly believed in his
right to apply for and hold the
lease under the provisions of the
statute"
Verdict Fully Justified.
Whatever points have been
presented in this litigation" con-
tinued Judge Kennedy, II have a
strong conviction that the stat
utes applied to the facts here
presented leave the matter
shrouded in a degree of doubt as
to their applicability. which,
coupled with the fact that there
is no actual showing of criminal
intent under the particular cir
cumstances on the part of the
defendant. fully justif1es the
court in rendering a verdict of
not guilty and judgment of ac-
quittal."
Judge Kennedy praised Mr..
Mcmillan as man of the high
est character.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Scotland S Highest Court
Rejects Royal Title Suit
BY the Assoeioied Press

EDINBURGH. May 16.-The
highest court in Scotland today
threw out as incompetent and
irrevelant" a petition by Scot
tish Nationalists to strip Queen
Elizabeth of the III" in her
royal title.
The Scots insisted the Queen
is only Elizabeth I. saying the
first Elizabeth reigned only over
England IN those other days.
Lord Guthrie, president of the
court. held the Queens style and
titles were chosen under an act
Of Parliament and no Scottish
court had ever held an act of
Parliament invalid and further
it had never been suggested q
Scottish court could do so.
The Scottish Covenant Asso-
ciation-a non-militant group
that wants limited home rule
said 1t would lodge an appeal.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Navy and Wisconsin Crews
Lead Way to Regatta Finals
Cornell, Columbia, Harvard and Penn
Also Qualify for Potomac Races

Columbia, Harvard and Pennsyl-
vania, the latter two having fin
ished behind Navy in the first
heat.
Navy's Junior varsity also
scored in it's heat of that event,
giving the Annapolis sailors a
good start toward a lions share
of the days spoils.
The Navy varsity, unbeaten in
II straight races, was clicking
at a strong SO beats as it crossed
the finish line at Hams Point
in 6:10.4.
Crowd Picking Up.
Uncertain weather contributed
to holding down the early morn
ing crowd, but as the sun began
peeping through the grandstand
seats and auto parking places
began filling.
The river was high and choppy
and a light drizzle fell during
the early races. Even before
high tide, water Tapped over the
Hains Point seawall and dam
pened 1,50O choice box seats. But
it appeared the receding tide
would make these seats avail
able for the afternoon finals.
Navy, Harvard, Syracuse, Cor
nell, Columbia and Pennsylvania
qualified for the finals of the
Junior varsity event.
Six Survive First Test.
Cornell, NIT, Yale, Princeton,
Harvard and Pennsylvania sur
vived the first tests in the fresh-
man sprints over the 2,0OO-meter
course.
Navy'S junior varsity was
clocked in 6:20.8 in beating
Harvard by four seconds. Third
was Syracuse jim 6:29.9, followed
by Princeton, the only other boat
in the race.
With Cornell clipping Colum-
.bia by three seconds in 6:24.
the feature of the second Junior
varsity heat was Columbia's one
tenth of a second noseout of
Pennsylvania. Yale and NIT
finished fourth and fifth.
Cornell's top-Seeded freshman
shell won the days opening
event in 6:24.4 over NIT, lead
ing practically all the way. Yale
(See REGATTA, Page A.12.)
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Silver Spring Youth
Killed, Five Injured
In Bethesda Crash
Car Goes Out Of Control
And Hits Utility Pole
On GoIdsboro Rood

A teen-ager died and five
other Silver Spring youths were
hoSpitalized last night as result
of injuries suffered when their
car went out of control and hit
a power pole in Bethesda, Mont
gomery County police reported.
The dead youth was Terry L.
Komenda, Is. of 1904 Portland
road. Silver Spring, a student at
Montgomery Blair High School
He died of internal injuries at
the Bethesda Naval Hospital
about four hours after the acci-
dent.
Reported in serious condition
today at Bethesda Naval Hospital
was Philip r. Brooks, II, of
10410 Hayes avenue. Young
Brooks was pinned under the
car and suffered a fractured leg
and arm and serious shock.
Crash on GOIdsboro Road.
Police said the accident oc-
CURED in the 900 block of Colds
boro road between River road
and Bradley boulevard.
Others admitted to the Naval
Hospital were Lawrence H. Rob-
inson, II, of 1902 Gridley lane.
cuts on the right arm: Edward
E. Ballenger, jr., II, of 1900
Handy street, cuts on head and
shoulders, and John McKinsey,
16, of 1912 Windham lane, cuts
and a broken nose.
At Suburban Hospital was
Richard Last, 16, of 1920 Live
Oak drive, Silver Spring, with
broken ribs.
Blinded by Headlights.
Police said young Robinson
was driving his fathers car. Ac-
cording to the police report the
car was travelling about so miles
an hour along the curving road
when the driver was blinded by
an approaching vehicles lights.
Police said young Robinson
lost control of the car, skidded
and struck the pole causing it to
snap.
Young Ballenger told his
father the youths were headed
home from Glen Echo park when
the accident occurred about 1920
pm. He said all six youths
were thrown from the auto.
Police said the Robinson youth
was charged with driving at un-
reasonable speed.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
By the Assoeiofed Press

NAPLES, May 16.-A disap-
pointed Neapolitan audience
broke into an uproar last night
during a performance by Frank
Sinatra because the singers
beautiful actress wife, Ava Gard
ner. failed to show.
Sinatra walked off stage in a
huff amid tumultuous shouting,
whistling and booing. The show
went on again only after Police
Chief FauSto Salvatore person.
ally took charge of the situation.
The trouble started at a mat
inee, the first of Sinatra'S two
scheduled performances in which
he was billed to appear with his
wife.
Sinatra sang. but that was all.
At the end the audience hooted
and whiStled. Police forcibly
cleared the theater.
At the evening performance
Sinatra sang one song to a half
Evening star., 1953-05-16

Navy's smooth working var
sity shell and sixth-seeded Wis
consin led the way today to the
finals of the Potomac River East
ern collegiate regatta with vic
tories in morning heats rowed
under murky skies.
After Navy's Olympic cham
pions had swept to a convincing
victory in 6:1O over the mile and
427-yard course, Wisconsin took
a spirited, closely punched race
in 6:15. Cornell nipped Colutn-
bia by two-tenths of a second
for second place. Trailing were
Princeton. Rutgers and NIT.
Navy's varsity competition for
the finals thus will come from
the crews of Wisconsin, Cornell,
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Eight Canadian Flyers Die
When Bomber Crashes
BY the Associoted Press

MONTREAL, May Is. - A
Royal Canadian Air Force me-
dium bomber crashed in a water
filled field last night near subur-
ban Valois, and eight men-all
aboard-perished.
The plane-a twin -engine,
BIS Mitchell-was heading for
its base at Trenton, Ontario,
from Chatham, New Brunswick.
on a training fight in bad
weather. The pilot made three
unsuccessful attempts to land
at Dorval airport here just be-
fore the crash.
A board of inquiry has been
established.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Kennan AssaiIs Red
Problem Distortion
BY the Associated Press

SOUTH BEND, Ind, May 16.
George F. Kennan, former Am
bassador to Moscow, last night
hit out at people who "distort
and exaggerate" the Communist
problem.
In an apparent attack on con-
gressional Red hunters - al
though he named no names-Mr
Kennan said:
"The forces of intolerance and
political demagoguery are greedy
forces and unrestrained. There
is no limit to their ambitions or
their impudence."
These forces, working under
the banner of an alarmed and
exercised anti-communism." he
said, are impelling the American
people to adopt many of the
habits of thought and action"
which the Soviets had tried for
years to impose on them.
In an address at Notre Dame
University, Mr.. Kennan also
spoke of the dangers of totali-
tarianism and said. that even
now pressures for uniformity
create "a real and urgent danger
here for any one who values
the right to differ from others
in any manner whatsoever, be it
in his interests or his associa-
tions or his faith"
The veteran diplomat who
served in prewar Berlin as well
as in Moscow, came here to re-
ceive a degree. He will retire
soon from State Department
service, having disagreed with
some of Secretary Dulles policy
ideas.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Sabre Jets Bag II Red MICS
In One of Greatest Victories
6 Others Damaged os Aces Score Kill;
Foe Halted on Lund in Hand to- Hand Bottle

as the worlds top-ranking jet
ace. Only a few hours earlier
Capt. Joseph Mcconnell of Apple
Valley, Calf, had destroyed his
18th MIG to tie Capt. Fernan-
dez temporarily.
First Ace Gets One.
Maj. James Jabara of Wichita,
Kans.. the first United States
ace of the Korean war, bagged
his first MIG since returning to
Korea for his second tour OF
duty. He now has seven MICS
The suddenly stepped up
tempo of the aerial war was
matched on the ground, where
thousands of Chinese slammed
into allied lines in Central Korea
and were driven off by tough
South Korean infantrymen.
In hand-to-hand fighting. al
lied troops backed by thunder
Gus artillery fire cut up a force
of some 1000 Chinese.
Front-line reports said 1900
Reds were killed or wounded,
most of them in the sector east
of Sniper Ridge. where South
Koreans fought off a regiment of
Chinese in dark trenches.
The Reds attacked shortly
after midnight, overrunning
ROK positions. But the South
Koreans drove the Reds from
their trenches with bayonets and
grenades in the most bitter fight
ing Of this size in months, the
9th Army said.
Artillery Pounds Reds.
Chinese heavy guns fired more
than 10000 rounds at the ROK's
crack Capitol Division as the
Reds poured into the Kumhwa-
Kumsong sector.
Allied artillery pounded Com
munist troops as they began re-
treating under a smoke screen
after 4k2 hours of close-in fight
ing
Two Chinese companies were
caught in a withering artillery
fire and were chewed up" the
9th Army said.
Red losses totaled 908.
The Reds also hurled a bat
talon against Outpost Harry in
the same general area. but were
beaten off in two hours of fight
ing by I'd Battalion. 18th Regi-
ment forces of the United States
Sd Division.
The Americans counted 152
Reds killed or wounded.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Sinotro Is Booed by Italians
AS Wife Takes French Leave

filled house and then walked out.
His Italian manager explained
to the grumbling crowd that the
singer had retired because Of a
financial disagreement" with
the theater manager.
The tumult began. It ended
only after Chief Salvatore had
sent Antonio Rosa. chief OF
Naples riot police. back stage to
talk things over with Sinatra and
the disputing managers. Rosa
was accompanied by platoon OF
Is police.
Sinatra returned to the stage.
exclaiming in a Neapolitan dia-
lect: Ma vedere che passa"-
loosely translated, Take it
easy"
II Mattino reported afterwards
that Miss Gardner had left
Naples for Milan the day before
her scheduled appearance for
which tickets cost 5000 to $500
lire ($5 to $3.50. \
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Postponed Atomic Blast
Now Set for Tomorrow
By the Associated Press

LAS VEGAS. New, May 10
A pre-dawn atomic blast orig
inally scheduled for today has
been postponed at least "a hours
because of unsettled weather.
Such atmospheric conditions
could produce radiation hazards.
Thirty-six Congressman and
about 200 armed forces staff Of
ficers are here to observe the
test, now tentatively set for to-
morrow. The ninth in the spring
series, it involves no troop ma
neuvers and Is chiefly for scien-
tific and observational purposes.
The Food and Drug Admins
tration will test how antibioticS
stand up to a blast. Some civil
ian defense group shelters and
military equipment also will be
subjected to the conclusion.
The first firing of an atomic
shell from a cannon, planned
for next week end. is expected to
be the last test of the season.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Theological Seminary
Planning to Move Here

WESTMINSTER LOOKS AHEAD
The old Methodist school. which is
moving to American University here,
and the young men it prepares for
the ministry ore described by Stoff
Writer George Kennedy in story on
Poee AS.
CHRISTIANITY VS.. COMMUNISM
The tenets Of communism ore an
swered in the words Of the Bible in
the third OF four orticles by Dr..
Chorles W. Lowry, rector Of Al Soints'
Episcopal Church. Chevy Chose. which
The Stor is publishing on successive
Saturdays. Todoy's comparison Of
Christion ond Morxist ethics oppeors
on Poee AS.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
By the Assoeioted Press

SEOUL. May 16.-Allied Sabre
jets blasted at least IL Com
munist MICS from the North
Korean sky and damaged six
others today in one of their
greatest victories over the swept
wing Red jets.
Each of Americas three top
aces in Korea scored a kill.
Today's bag was the biggest
since last September, wnen the
Sabres destroyed 13 MICS and
damaged four. The record was
set last July when allied pilots
shot down 13 MICS, probably
destroyed one and damaged
seven.
Capt. Manuel Fernandez OF
Miami, Fla, downed his 14th
MIG today to regain his position
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Chinese Laundry Taken
To Cleaners by Gunman

A Chinese laundry at 5000
Fourteenth street NV. was held
up today by a dark-skinned man
who escaped with about $50.
Lew Quong Kun told police
the man entered the store about
$3.50 am. He pulled out a black
automatic and ordered the laun-
dry operator to place all his
cash in a paper bag.
The thief then bolted out with
the money and Mr.. Kun's brown
wallet. He disappeared down
Terry place NV.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Snow and Wind Hinder
Mt. Everest Expedition
BY the Associoted Press

NEW DELHI, India, May 16.-
A British expedition attempt
ing to scale unconquered Mount
Everest is being hampered by
fresh snowfalls and winds of IS
miles an hour, according to ad-
vices received here.
The team. headed by Col. John
Hunt, has established a base camp
on a 27,000-foot saddle of the
20. .000-foot peak, the worlds
highest. It sent back word Tues
day that the climbers would
make their final assault within
10 days.
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Two Detectives
Facing Probe
In Fatal Fire
Woman Dies, ; Hurt
In Building Reported
Used for GumbIinq

Police Inspector jeremiah Fla
herty said today that two 10th
precinct detectives will be held
for action of the coroner pending
an inquest into the death of a
43-year-old woman in a flash
fire at 7O8 Lamont street NV.
early today.
Suspension of the two precinct
officers. Warren A. Dalrymple
and Webster A. Dawson, was
announced earlier by Deputy
Police Chief George H. Wallrodt
shortly after police and fire off,
cials began a full-scale probe of
the fire. He said basis of the
suspension was an alleged false
statement" made by the detec-
tives.
One official said quantities of
whisky were found in the burned
rooming house building and that
the case may involve a CITY,
wide whisky and gaming ring"
Visit to Premises Reported.
The suspension of the two de-
tectiVe hinged around wit
nesses' statements that the two
had visited the premises and dis
charged flrecrackers there Short
ly before the fire broke out at
sos am. Both detectives were
of duty at that hour.
Chief Wallrodt said the officers
were identified at a special line
up by witnesses who charged
theyxhad seen the detectives at
the lamont street address today.
Before the lineup, the officers
denied they had been there,
Chief Wallrodt told reporters. He
sai4 they were suspended by
10Th Precinct Capt. Albert B.
Clark. after the lineup.
I'VE don't want to construe at
this time that the detectives had
anything to do with the subse-
quent fire and the DEATH" he de-
clared earlier. 1.-THE Police De-
partment is investigating both
the alleged false statements and
the fire."
Dead and Injured Listed.
Listed as dead in the fire was
Henrietta Ashby, 43, colored, of
the Lamont street address. In
jured were:
Charles c. Church, SO, colored,
of the Lamont street address,
suffering arm and leg injuries
sustained when he repeatedly
leaped from a second floor win
dow. His condition at Freed
mems Hospital was said to be
undetermined.
Alec SaluSkay, SO, found un-
conscious in a room at 708
4cbAAAOAAV OIL CCOs 11C Wdo G1CdGCO
for face and arm burns at Emer-
gency Hospital and transferred
to Gallinger Hospital. Police said
he also was booked for investi-
cation at the 10th precinct.
James Brown, So, colored, of
708 Lamont. He was treated at
Freedmen's Hospital for cuts sus-
tanned when he fell from a win
dow of the two-story brick row
structure.
Earlier. 1t. Lawrence Hartnett,
acting head of the Homicide
Squad, said the case was "red
hot" He told reporters the pos
sibility Of arson was being in
vestigated.
Raids on Rooms Revealed.
Inspector Clarence H. Lutz of
the Morals Division said rooms
at 708 Lamont street had been
raided three times by his di-
vision, as well as by the 10th
precinct. He said gambling has
been going on at the address
for a long, long time" and that
/coa nrA1r nooo %
Evening star., 1953-05-16
By the Associuted Pies,

WAIDHAUS, Germany. May
16.-Thin and pale, but smiling
happily, Associated Press Cor
respondent William N. Oats
emerged from imprisonment in
Communist Czechoslovakia and
crossed into freedom in West
Germany today.
He was escorted across the
border by Vice Consul Chris
Squires of the United States En-
bassy in Prague. The tall, will
lowy correspondent declared as
he came through the Iron Cur
tain:
Il feel great"
Among the first to greet the
freed correspondent was Associ-
ated Press Reporter Richard K.
O'Malley. He asked Mr.. Oats
how he had been treated in the
Czech prison, where he was held
for alleged espionage. Mr.. Oats
answered:
well, they treated me pretty
good, but it's great to be out" :"
Release Is Surprise to Him.
MIR. O'Malley, who was room
mate OF Mr.. Oats when both
worked in the London bureau
of the Associated Press, told him:
Bill, you know you are a
famous man now"
That's what I've been told,
but I don't see why" Mr.. Oats
replied.
Mr.. Oats said he did not know
until today that he was being
released, and that freedom came
as a complete surprise. He said
he had received no newspapers
during his imprisonment and
that he had been completely
cut off from the outside world.
At the border. Mr.. Oats was
unable to give complete details
of his Imprisonment, but Amer
lean authorities tentatively ar
ranged a news conference later
at Nuremberg.
From all over Europe and the
United States telephone calls
and cables were coming in for
Mr.. Oats. asking special stories
and interviews.
In Cell Two Years.
Mr.. Oats had served two years
of a 10-year sentence. His trial
was denounced as travesty by
the United States State Depart
ment, which on his arrest began
efforts to bring about his release.
Prague announced that Presi-
dent Antonin Zapotocky of
CzechoSlovakia had decided to
pardon Mr.. Oats ION the basis
of a petition" Mrs. Oats sent the
Czech president six months ago.
In that appeal, Mrs. OatiS-an
American citizen like Mr.. Oatis-
with "a simple plea of mercy
asked that her husband be re-
turned to her.
Mr.. Oats, now 80. is a native
of Marion. Ind. He was freed
from the Prague prison this
morning and was driven to the
German border by Nat King,
United States charge d'affaireS
in Czechoslovakia, and Vice Con-
sui Squires.
Crowd on Hand.
MIR. Oats was wearing his
familiar spectacleS, dark blue
suit and a Snap-brim hat.
He was greeted on the Ameri-
can side of the frontier by Col.
w. E. Eccles, representing the
United States 7th Army, and a
Evening star., 1953-05-16
Will Buy Birthplace

BUENOS AIRES, May 16 (P).
The Legislature of Buenos
Aires Province yesterday appro-
priated 100000 pesos ($36,00O
to buy the birthplace of Presi-
dent Peron in the town of Lobos
as a museum.