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Department today in a note to
Text of U. S. Protest Note. Pose AS
List of Missing Airmen. Poee AS
Moscow protesting the shooting
down of the bomber and de-
manding an immediate report
on the condition of the survi-
vors and asking what arrange
mentS are being made for their
early repatriation"
The co-pilot of the American
bomber, Capt. John E. Roche
of Washington was rescued by
a United States vessel which
sighted Russian ships in the i'm
mediate area. Survivors were
seen on life RATS in the vicinity
of the Russian ships, the State
Department said.
BohIen Presents Protest.
1t did not disclose why the
American rescue vessel was I'M
able to pick up any other sur
vivors besides Capt. Roche. 1t
merely said survivors are pre-
sumed to be in Soviet custody.
A State Department spokes-
man said Ambassador Charles E.
Bohlen in Moscow Was instructed
yesterday to present the protest
and demand for information
about survivors. This was we'll
before a Soviet protest, charging
that the American bomber had
violated Russian territory and
fired first on the Soviet fighters
was received here. But Ambas-
sador Bohlen was unable to de-
liver the American protest until
3 pm. today Moscow time.
The State Department with
held information about the pro-
test and about the fact that Rus
sian ships presumably picked up
some Of the crew members until
it was notified of the delivery of
the note in Moscow
More Details Awaited.
The department still said
nothing about the Soviet claim
that the Russian fighters shot
down the American bomber only
after it had opened fire on them.
A spokesman said more details
of the incident would be told
by Air Force officials III Japan.
Without replying directly to
the Soviet claim of territory VIC
lation, the State Department said
the American plane was shot
down approximately 40 miles
south of the Cape of Povortny
over the Sea of Japan.
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Russians Attacked
B. so, Survivor Says

TOKYO, July 81 (P).-An
American airman rescued from
the sea a few miles off Siberia
said his B-50 bomber was shot
down by Russian fighters, Gen
o. P. Weyland, Far East Air
Force commander, said tonight.
Moscow said yesterday two
Soviet fighters exchanged shots
with a B-50 over VladivoStok.
Capt. John E. Roche of Wash
(See PLANE, Page A-5.)
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and further marked the decline
in earnings as patronage dimin-
ished.
June operating revenues. de-
spite higher fares since last Au-
gust totaled only $2.420,827, an
increase of 2.6 per cent from a
year earlier. Operating expenses
of $1,889,642 were up "a per
cent. Taxes of $246,40 were 90
per cent higher.
Passengers totaled 24,292.279.
a drop of 9.7 per cent from a
year earlier.
The companyS net income for
six months this year was $780,
255, a gain of 10 per cent from
$536,125 a year earlier. but far
behind $928,069 for the same
1851 period.
Operating revenues for the six
months were $14.679,274, a gain
of IL per cent from year
earlier, while operating expenses
Of $11,300,S71 were of 0.3 per
cent.
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Transit Lists
Income Drop
To$89,888

With around 10 per cent less
riders than a year ago, net in
come of Capital Transit Co.
dropped to $89, 1888 in June,
compared with $123, ,308 in June,
1852. the company reported to-
day.
The June figure also contrast
ed with $165,150 in June, 1851,
Other Stories on Tronsit Situation.
Pages A-3 ond B.
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u. S. Reveals Russians Hold
Some Survivors of B-50 They
Shot Down Off Siberian Coast
Note of Protest
Demands Report
On Missing Men
By Gornett D. Homer

The United States has infor-
nation that at least some of
the Is missing crew members
of an American B-50 Teconnais-
Sance bomber shot down by So
Wet fighters over the Sea of
Japan Wednesday were picked
up by Russian ships in the vi
cinity.
This was disclosed by the State
Department today in a note to
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(See ADJOURNMENT, Pg. A-5D
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Weather Forecast
Temperatures Today.

Fair tonight, low about 70. Tomorrow
sunny and warm. (Full report on Page
A-2)
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(See PLANE. Page A-5.)
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By Robert K. Walsh

President EiSenhower's plea
for an increase in the national
debt limit moved swiftly toward
House passage today, but there
was possibility that a final
House vote might be pstponed
until tomorrow if the House re-
cesses because of the death of
Senator Taft.
The measure to raise the debt
limit from $275 billion to $3.50
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Text of U. S. Protest Note. Poee AS
List Of Missing Airmen. Poee AS
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Continued on Page AS, Col. II
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(See FOREIGN AID, Page A-3)
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(See TAFT-HARTLEY, Pg. A-60
Evening star., 1953-09-13

own time True, there have been several apollo
gists who have argued that: Richard was not
the villain that his enemies depicted. He had
good qualities, both as man and ruler, and
showed a sound judgment Of political needs. !"
But kind opinions are of little value to either
the man or the ruler now. His reputation while
he occupied the throne was bad. Warkworth
accused him of killing young Edward of Wales
in cold blood. He is known to have been at the
Tower of London the night when Henry vi
was slaughtered there, and he profited by these
assassinations as he later did by the murder of
the two little sons of his own brother. BY no
other device save that of homicide could he
have reached the crown. Hume asserts "The
crimes Of Richard were so horrid and so shock
ing to humanity that the natural sentiments
Of men, without any political or public views.
were sufficient to render his government un-
stable; and Kingsford, laboring like DR.. Hors-
fall-Ertz according to the latest patterns de-
clares: Popular belief" in his crimes "was the
chief cause Of his ruin"
But there can be no question about the
hostility of Richards immediate historians. The
chroniclers of his own era were Lancastrians
and therefore antagoniStic Sir land Saint
Thomas More was led aStray by Archbishop
Morton Lesser writer's followed like sheep"
New research may not exonerate Richard III,
but it should have fruitful results If it clears
away even the least of the mysteries concerning
him.
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bridge last evening" To which an
older and a wiser girl replied: HAS it
ever occurred to you that Mr.. Jones
is As years old and that that is all he
knows?" No wonder man in whose
opulent life are windows fronting the
immensities, applauding the young
woman's estimate of the aforesaid
debonair Mr.. Jones. diagnosed his
malady as follows: I'm world where
the span of life is so short, the energy
of life so limited, the needs Of humanity
so appalling and the finest privileges
of life so enriching, Mr.. Jones is making
an ineffable fool Of himself with
trivial preoccupation." That deserved
label, "ineffable fool" suggests the
verdict passed upon one who allowed
a barn full of crops to hide from his
view sky full Of stars.
It is the Supreme Teacher, warning
against the tyranny Of things, Who
told about a complacent businessman
who thought that he could measure
life by the size Of his barns and by
the bulk of his bushels, and who said:
Soul, take it easy! had plenty laid
up for years to come" AS II he could
house his soul in bigger and better
barns or feed his spirit on menu OF
grain! But it was later than he
thought. "Thou fool" said Jesus, ito
night your name will be in the obituary
list. Then whose shall these things
be?" Mistaken magnitudes wrote that
epitaph.
Before it is too late every day brings
the chance to refuse the lure Of mis-
taken magnitudes. That was the sub
lime task to which one pledged his all
who wrote:
I 1OiH heW great tDindo10S for my soul,
Portals of splendor, channels OF
release:
Windows fronting on in1menSity.
/ 1UiU heW glorious DindotDS,
MeGSurelesS windo1OS for my SOUL
In contrast to this resolution behold,
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Pen-nanes may be used If letters carry
writerS' correct names and addresses.
All letters are subject to condensation.

ment. However, such is exactly the
case.
The great majority of children walk
ing to Freedom Hill Elementary School
must walk along Old Courthouse road,
yet there is not one school sign on the
road to indicate this fact. The reason
for this, according to the Highway De-
partment, is that the school is not on
Old Courthouse road proper but is ap-
proximately one-half block of this road
on another nttle-traveled street. Must
a child be killed to illustrate the fact
that the school signs should be on Old
Courthouse road where the traffic is
heavy? ,r.,s.
will not attempt to describe the
type of traffic on Old Courthouse road,
because it must be seen or heard to
be appreciated. There are curves and
rises in the road that block the vision
ahead, yet there are no white passing
lines and the speed limit of Is miles an
hour is complete travesty. Cars roar
up and down this road that sound like
airplanes. The rubber skid marks left
by speeders making turns off this road
into side streets will give some idea
of what goes on. Screaming tires and
splattering gravel can be heard at al
most any hour of the day or night.
I hope and pray something can be
done about this before it is too late.
Worried Parent.
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The GodIike in Man

The brutal murders reported in your
paper recently are most alarming and
give rise to the question: Where are
we going?
The impulse to kill does not spring
up over night. It is the eliminating
act Of an unrestrained exercise, over
the years, of ones base emotions. 1t
is the poisonous fruit of s. mans total
ignorance of who he is inwardly and.
therefore, lack of higher direction
and purpose in life.
think the way to stem the tide of
the jungle tendencies so apparent today
is to awaken man to his true spiritual
heritage and help him develop the
the higher tendencies of the heart.
Should this not be the fundamental
purpose of the churches?
AS long as the good-evil human ma
ture is considered the highest level
which man is capable Of reaching. there
will exist the danger for the civilized
man to eventually slip back into the
jungle state. Humanity needs a higher
direction to aspire toward.
1t is puzzle to me why the churches
continue to ignore the Bible passage
giving us an indication that man was
created in the image Of God. Where is
there church interested in the evolu-
tion of the Godlike in man?
There are vast resources of spiritual
treasures hidden in the essential nature
Of each human being which could serve
for the enrichment Of life. If any one
were given hint that there was gold
to be discovered on his property,
wouldn't he eagerly begin to dig for it?
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away he was no longer a convict, for
the President had signed his pardon at
Oyster Bay Saturday But the boy or
his mother did not then know it. The
pardon arrived here yesterday. It will
be sent to the mother. so that she may
find pitiful consolation in the know
ledge that death did not claim con-
vict son. George Brummage was the
lads name. He was indicted in Central
Indian Territory for larceny of horse.
He pleaded guilty. Despite the fact
that he was mere boy, the Judge was
forced to give him the minimum SEN
tence. This is five years, but Brum-
mage was sentenced to spend the time
in the reform school here and not in
the penitentiary. He had been in the
school since last July"
A telegram from Stanford Univer-
sity. Calif., printed in The Star on
September 10, 1908. read:
MAGNETIC Samuel Jackson Barnett,
Rock assistant professor Of phys
les, has returned to the uni
versity after several months spent in
UNITED States Coast and Geodetic
Survey work along the Alaskan coast.
GIis) party made a special in
vestigation of the peculiar magnetic
disturbances which have made naviga-
ton difficult in certain localities. Near
Skagway these disturbances are very
severe, the DETECTION Of the needle be-
ing so great that the compass is rem
dered almost useless in that vicinity
It was found that this strange state OF
affairs was due to the abundance OF
magnetic rock. :. This rock is present
in immense quantities on Douglas Is
land and on the mainland, and near
Skagway it is especially abundant.
Prof Barnett says that there was
almost perfect magnetic pole at that
point" Half century later the rocks
referred to still are magnetic and are
so marked on Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey maps and charts.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Fifty Years Ago in The Star

The Star for September IA, 1908,
contained an account of 10th birth
4, -. day party given for
Naomi ODonnelFs Naomi ODonnell
Birthdoy Porty by her parents,
Mr. and Mrs Harry
O'Donnell of 652 E street NE, and
listed the following children as having
been present: Paul and Dorothy
Putzki. Ralph and Walter Wood,
Mamie and Wilton Robinson, Ray
mond and Madge Mcmillan, Ruth and
Sylvan Felter, Edwin, Tom and Doro-
Schreiber, Warren Seltzer, Waldo
Jones, Edna Tucker, Stella, Ruby and
La Four Raymond and Charles Henry
KNOCK. -Four of the boys mentioned
grew up to become practitioners of the
healing arts-Dr. Paul PutZki,
famous surgeon; DR.. Frederick Schrei-
ber, whose brother Henry also was a
famed physician and teacher; Dr. Ed
WIN and DR.. Tom Crisp Emma Schrei-
ber now is Mrs Emma Weidman, Doro-
thy Crisp Mrs. Dorothy Hansen.
Featured in The Star for September
10, 4SU0, was lalS pdCneClc Ola STORY
of the pardon that came
Pardon too late :. retold in the
Too Late case of dying lad at the
reform school of the Dis
trict of Columbia: Afflicted with con-
sumption, too i'll to work, but with the
bouyant belief Of youth that he might
get well if he could obtain his freedom,
the boy waited each day to hear word
that President Roosevelt had granted
him pardon that he might return to
his humble home in the Indian Terri
tory. His mother. full Of love for her
faraway boy, came on to Washington
in hope of accomplishing the boys wish.
She arrived at the reform school last
Thursday. :. But the disease was
doing its work too fast to be checked
either by medicine or hope. The boy
died in his mothers arms just after
midnight Saturday. When he passed
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Writing from Hugo, Colo, N. o. NJ,
who must have been N. o. Messenger,
long a member of staff
Donce at of The Star, reported under
Hugo date OF september H. 1SOo,
the following observations
of a group Of journalists from the
East travelling by rail to Denver: After
supper the company went to the
schoolhouse where the cowboy dance
was held. The cowboys in full plains
regalia led the dancing. Some had
leather breecheS or CHAPS as they are
called; some wore the shaggy buftalo
chaps of the olden days; all had high
heel boots and wore their spurs in the
ballroom. Quite number carried their
six-shooters in their belts. They swung
the prairie girls around with gusto,
occasionally breaking away from their
partners to execute double Shuttle on
their own account, winding up with an
ear-splitting yell. The Washington
correspondents who wanted to dance
were provided with partners, and quite
a number went through the mazeS OF
the square dance as best they could to
UE6 queer CdIlulS VA VI VAC A6AASo'
Very odd and sometimes startling were
the figures announced by the caller,
and the tenderfeet could only let their
partners lead them. Each square dance
concluded with the injunction to: Lead
your girl you know where, lead her to
the rocking chair This social event
passed of without anybody getting
shot and the visitors wended their way
back to the train, where the journey
to Denver was commenced"
On September IS, 1908, The Star re-
produced this editorial from the Buoy
rus, Ohio, Journal:
Liberty Bell Should Just now no
Stoy Solely Put prominent citizen
who cannot be re-
fused. no public order and no associa-
ton or popular society is asking or pre-
pairing to ask for the loan of the Lib
erty Bell for money-getting or for other
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Police Strength and Crime

From one viewpoint Police Chief Murray'S
request for increase in the authorized
strength of the Metropolitan Police Depart
ment may seem a bit premature Today's
authorized strength of 227O men is nearly 200
in excess of the available manpower. But the
margin is being gradually reduced as result
of the pay increase granted by. Congress during
the past session. And the city Is being patroled
on a full-strength basis, thanks to volunteers
willing to work an extra day each week for
added compensation. The sixth day is paid for
out of funds appropriated for expanding the
force through recruitment Congress has
approved of this expedient
If Congress should see fit to increase the
authorized strength of the department. to $500,
as recommended by the chief even more vol
unteers could be put on a six-day baSiS-pro-
vided, of course, the extra funds were granted
Thus, the department is seeking to lift the
statutory ceiling that now prevents it from
putting more men in the city'S crime "Sore
Spots," even on voluntary overtime basis
BY prevailing police standards, the strength
proposed by Chief Murray is far from excessive
That there is direct relationship between
police strength and crime in the average city
has been proved by numerous expert studies
The International Association of Chiefs Of Po-
lice has collected much evidence in this field
tions Uniform Crime Reports" bulletin lists
"size of police force" as a leading factor in
controlling local crime rates. OF more specific
local interest is the following excerpt from the
recent annual report (for 1882 of the Wash
ington Criminal Justice Association: "There is
a relationship existent between crime volume
and effective police coverage While the vol
ume of crime in any community is not attrib-
utable to enforcement agencies, the lack of
police coverage is an inducement to those who
prey upon the community. There are many
areas of the District of Columbia in which
police coverage is at best extremely superficial
most Of the time; there are times when because
Of the heavy burden of assignments there are
no police officers performing actual patrol
duty throughout most of the city. AS a
matter Of practical administration the various
precinct commanders are faced with situa-
ton in which many foot beats are never covered
by patrolman, or one officer is assigned several
beats"
The association recommended raise in
authorized police strength to $500 men, the
figure also urged by Chief Murray. The evil
dence indicates that the wider police coverage
proposed would be sound investment.
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Harmony Within ANUS Bloc

World War II demonstrated In graphic
fashion the mutuality of defense interests which
exists between the United States, Australia and
New Zealand. The tripartite defense pact which
has been entered into between the three for
malizeS their recognition of this mutuality.
The practice of periodic review of their joint
problems both by their military and foreign
policy representatives gives continuity and vital
ity to the alliance.
The military representatives of the three
powers met last week in Hawaii and the for
eign secretaries have just completed two-day
meeting in Washington. While the military
concerned themselves primarily with current
accounting of resources and plans available Tor
meeting their joint responsibilities the political
session here reaffirmed some fundamental de-
cisionS One was that the alliance itself con-
stitutes "a solemn warning to any potential
aggressor" in the Pacific; another was that
enlargement of the alliance at this time would
not contribute materially to the defensive
strength or purpose of the partnership, and
a third was that the ANUS trio is united in
it's opposition to recognition of Communist
China for admission to the United Nations
under present circumstances.
There is timeliness in all of these reafir-
nations The end of the shooting war in Korea
has shifted the spotlight of potential Commu-
mist aggression to Southeast Asia, troubled
peninsula that points threateningly-if under
Communist control-toward the Southwest Pa
cifc and the very territory covered by the
ANUS treaty At the same time, it has never
been the intent of the drafters of this pact
that it should in itself be the nucleus OF an
all-embracing Far Eastern security structure.
It is, instead, one of several defense arrange
ments entered into between the United States
and other Paciflc-Far Eastern countries-Japan,
the Philippines and the Republic of South Ko-
rea-which imply coordination but not neces-
sarily a grand alliance on the pattern of the
NATO. When and if such broader compact
is made it will involve many more interests,
both European and Asiatic. AS a practical
matter, it is clear now that some of the coun-
tries most concerned with peace in the area
India, Burma and Indonesia, for example-are
not in mood to commit themselves to mill
tary understanding that could be interpreted
as directed against the Communist bloc.
For the present, there is much groundwork
that can be laid by the ANUS powers alone,
and the harmonious relationship that exists
among them speaks well for this alliance and
it's prospects of making a solid contribution
to stability and peace in that corner of the
world.
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Another Post Morten1 on Richard III

For about 470 years the world has thought
of Richard III of England as being what Will
liam Shakespeare considered hin-namely,
murderer cheated of feature by descending
nature deform'd uninish'd sent -. scarce
half made up" into the world; Subtle false
and treacherous"; usurper, a tyrant and at
last on the field of BoSworth on August %,
1485, "a bloody dog" well dead. But this picture
of the second sovereign of the House of York
recently has been challenged by a British
scholar, DR.. E. Horsfall -Ertz, working in the
modern objective manner, who says that Rich
ard was instead gentleman
Perhaps the truth never can be known.
Nearly five centuries have gone to confirm the
legends of Edward VS. successor current in his
Evening star., 1953-09-13
Spires of the Spirit
Mistaken Mognitudes

One Of the direst dangers facing in
dividuals, our Nation and the world
is that of mistaken magnitudes. A
small, trivial object held close to the
eyes may shut out the far horizons.
A keen sense of the relative Importance
Of things is vital essential in this de-
cisive hour when the shape Of the
tomorrows depends on the actions and
appraisals of today.
Penny wise and pound foolish" is
a proverb crystallized out Of the Bit
ter harvest of mistaken magnitudes.
From the lips of brilliant Englishman
the writer recently heard most illumi-
mating comment on men and history.
He quoted chapter and verse across
the pages of the long years to indi-
cate how many history deci-
sions have been colored by pet peeves
rather than by large and objective
approach.
Lincoln belonged to the ages because
he specialized in great things. He was
too big to foster pet peeves. The fact
that individuals had maligned and viii
fed him never entered into the ac-
count when he was seeking the best
men to serve the Nation. Many a man
on some pedestal Of trust has been
shut out forever from the highest
service it was in him to render to pos
terity because, becoming the victim of
the trivial, the non-essentlal, the biased,
he was the slave of little loyalties and
warping prejudices.
How easy it is because of hurt feel
ingS to enlarge speck into a Specter--
to have ones eyes focused upon the
microscopic instead Of the majestic!
The fallacy of mistaken magnitudes is
that it often magnifies the tiny into
the titanic. Trifles which ought to
pass unnoticed and uncounted are al
lowed to darken a whole day, to color
moods and to dictate decisions, to poi
son personal relationships and even to
mar friendships.
In a day freighted with destiny,
when there are great causes calling.
when treasure-laden books offer wings
for the mind and spirit. when great
thoughts that belt the globe seek open
channels and eager minds, too many
are riding wooden hobbies on futile
merry-go-round of trivialitieS, instead
of riding forth in challenging day as
valiant knights to search for the Holy
Grail.
Tiddly-winks is an amusing game,
but not worth being made one of life's
major interests. Exclaimed an effer-
vescent high school girl: "Mr. Jones is
the most wonderful man I ever knew.
He remembered every card held at