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Evening star., 1953-01-04

GEvENTY-FIvE years ago this coming Tues
- day, child was born in three-room
frame house on Third Street. just east of the
Chicago. Burlington & Quincy tracks, IN Gales
burg, Ill. A Swedish midwife said to the dark,
stockily built man who was waiting outside,
'Det ar en- poke" - Its boy"
The man nodded, ate his breakfast in ST.
lence, and went out to his job in the CB&Q
blacksmith shop. He was good at swinging
hammer, but he was not very demonstrative
The boy was christened Carl August
Sandbmg but he dropped his middle name
The various jobs he tried - he delivered milk
and newspapers, he was hobo and dish
washer, shoeshine boy and a soldier - did
not seem to rate a middle name.
A few weeks ago, while on short visit to
New York, Sandbwg went for long walk
with an old friend*. He was in reminiscent
*1ohe ''od trie'sd,'' Mr.. Van Ryn, is q fo,,ner
editor and nsOtion-b picture executive who has
been associated witk Sandbsng for 20 years.
Evening star., 1953-01-04
cDoacR Plcnow

Lordy, how miss Chicago !. New York is
handsome and intelligent. but" he raised
warning finger, Chicago is steaks, pork chops.
grain. When New York is sick. the rest of the
country still struggles along, but let Chicago
sneeze -. why, the whole country runs a
fever. New York may be this nations head,
but Chicago is still its heart.
wA Country Dey"
WHY don't live in Chicago? That's sim
pie -. I'm country boy. When I wake I'D
IN the morning, I've got to be able to see either
the prairie or the mountains. When I'm in
city, feel like a visitor I'm not certain of
myself, can't think
He stopped abruptly. raised his head, and
looked at the group of massive buildings ahead.
The Medical Center" he said slowly.
Each time look at those beautiful buildings.
] think of the miracles that have occurred in
America within my lifetime. You don't hear
nowadays about many children dying of
Continued on page rs
Evening star., 1953-01-04

mood. He talked of his early days in Gales
burg, of his youth in and around Chicago, of
his present home in the mountains of North
Carolina, and of Americas future.
The Prophecy
30 STIRRING was his description of the days
that lie ahead of U.S. that his companion wished
that all Americans, particularly those who
suffer because of little faith, could hear this
prophecy of things to come.
Sandburg was not making speech, he was
merely chatting But it 50 happens that his
conversational style is an amazing mixture of
Evening star., 1953-01-04
CARL SANDBURG SPEAKING:
I SEE GREAT
DAYS AHEAD

Here is an article that will bring YOU q thrill.
I'm it, you will walk along city street with
beloved story teller, and hear America talking
BY FREDERICK VAN RYN
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
Interesting Enforcement Case
Get Validated in England

Can American Jewish Press Feature)
Whether Great Britain's civil
divorce courts would recognize
a religious divorce in England as
dissolving a marriage was de-
cided recently when a Britain
justice made a ruling that a Beth
Din bill Of enforcement was valid
under English law.
Justice Pearce made the ruling
on the uncontested application of
Mrs. Hannah Har-Shefi, an Eng
ish citizen who had married
Elchanen Har-Shefi in Israel in
January, 1850.
It was September 1851 when
the bill Of enforcement was made
in London, and Mrs. Har-Shefi
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11
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/ declared that the main difficulty
that arose was whether the Eng
lish courts would recognize re-
ligious divorce in England as dis
solving a marriage.
The judge said that Mrs. Har-
Shefti's marriage had been short
and unhappy. After the bill OF
enforcement, Har-Shefti got into
trouble with the English police
and in December, 1851, was de-
ported back to Tel Aviv.
Mrs. Har-Shefti had an Eng
lish domicile of origin and she
resumed her English domicile
after her divorce from her hus-
band who was domiciled in Is
rael.
The judge was satisfied by the
evidence that in conformity with
Jewish law the husband present
ed a bill of enforcement to his
wife before the Chief Rabbi Of
the Beth Din.
II am satisfied by. the evil
dence Of the Senior Ecclesias-
tical Judge (DaYan I. Grunfeld)
that the divorce did not take
place and that it was valid &C.
cording to Jewish law" Justice
Pearce stated.
my view is that the court
must recognize the validity Of
that divorce"
After referring to a legal text
book, the judge added: "This
marriage has been dissolved by
the only form of divorce which
is open to a person of the hus-
bands faith domiciled in Israel.
That must be a valid divorce
under English law"
A divorce which is valid under
Jewish law is a Get" and may
Continued on Page 3l)
The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1953-09-11

was asking Justice Pearce to de-
clare that she was unmarried
under English law.
Acknowledging that it was an
unusual and novel petition, the
woman's lawyer, John Mortimer,
told the judge: "The Importance
of this case to her is that she does
not really know whether she is
married or single, and she has it
in her mind to marry again if she
is free to do So"
By a majority. the Court of
Appeal had decided that Mrs.
Har-Shefi was entitled to bring
her problem before the divorce
court.
In his ruling, Justice Pearce
Evening star., 1953-03-16
President Nominates
Leo A. Rover for Posi-
As District ATTORNEY
Aide in Hoover Regime
Chosen Successor to
Charles M. IreIun

President Eisenhower today
nominated Leo A. Rover, for
years prominent in Washington
legal circles, to be United States
District Attorney.
Mr.. Rover, who served in the
District Attorneys post in the
Hoover administration, succeeds
Charles. M. Irelan, whose resig-
nation was announced Friday.
The Rover appointment had
been expected since Mr.. Irelan
sent his resignation to the White
House.
Five Years on Parole Board.
Mr.. Rover has been prominent
in business, the law and the
administration of justice. He
served five years as a member
of the District Parole Board and
last year the District Bar As
sociation hailed him as "the
lawyer of the year"
He was born here August Is,
1888. The new Federal prose-
cutor attended Notre Dame Pre-
paratory School. Gonzaga High
School, st. Johns College and
Georgetown University's Law
School. He began law practice in
1910 and has had more than 40
years experience in the courts
in civil and criminal work.
Served Three Presidents.
A past State Deputy of the
Knights of Columbus, Mr.. Rover
is an outstanding Catholic lay
man. Years ago he worked in
the district attorneys Office as
an Assistant United States At
torney, before being promoted to
the post of United States At
torney in 1929. He served in
that capacity under three Presi-
dents, Coolidge, Hoover and
Roosevelt. until he resigned in
1888.
During his incumbency as
prosecutor here, Mr.. Rover par
ticipated in a number of Nation
wide cases, including the naval
oil leases, growing out of the
Teapot Dome investigation.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Buchman Fined $50
On Contempt Charge
And Put on Probation
Ex-Writer Convicted
Of FuiIing to Answer
Subpoena by Congress

Sidney Buch m n, former
Hollywood writer-producer and
admitted former Communist, to-
day was fined $3.50 for contempt
of Congress. Imposition of a
prison sentence was suspended.
Judge T. Blake Kennedy in the
U. S, District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia placed Buch-
man on probation. Maximum
penalty for the charge is $1,000
fine and imprisonment for one
year.
Before imposing sentence,
Judge Kennedy commented:
"The court feels that in this
case the court attempted to Sc
cure a vindication of principle
rather than seek a heavy penal
ty."
Buchanan, 81, was convicted
Thursday of failing to answer a
subpoena to appear before the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities in January, 1852.
He had pleaded that the hearing
had been called not for any leg
islative purpose but merely be-
cause a former hearing, at which
he had testified at length, lacked
quorum.
Buchanan told the court today
that he had acted in good faith
and meant mo contempt in my
heart"
He argued it was unjust" for
the committee to call him back
since he had testified to his own
Communist connections before a
subcommittee in Los Angeles the
previous September. In his Los
Angeles testimony, Buchanan
said he was Communist from
1888 to 1945, but refused to name
fellow members.
Buchman's attorney, Edward
Bennett Williams, said he will
discuss with his client the ques-
ton of appealing the sentence.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Years Biggest Blue Monday:
It's Deudline for Income Tax

The biggest day this year was
last Thursday, when the head
quarters staff accommodated g.
253 taxpayers. More than 1000
persons were handled each day
last week except on Saturday,
when 1,240 people received aid.
Elsewhere in the country, In
ternal Revenue stats handled
other thousands of late comers
today.
The staff at headquarters here
will remain on duty until mid
night. The cashiers Office there
also will accept completed re.
turns and payments.
Otherwise, citizens who want
to avoid the penalties should
have their returns in the mails
in time to get q postmark not
later than IL o'clock midnight.
Evening star., 1953-03-16

This is 1t folks, the last day to
file 1852 Federal income tax re-
turns.
Any one delaying the chore
past midnight will have to take
the consequences Of penalty and
possible prosecution.
Hundreds of citizens streamed
into the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau offices here today to get
last-minute advice and assist
ance from the 200 agents on
duty
j. w. Maslin, agent in charge
at Twelfth street and ConStitu-
ton avenue NV, said he did not
expect any records to be set to-
day. When the office opened at
$3.50 am, 140 people were in line
waiting for help. These were
taken care Of simultaneously
when the doors were unlocked.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
u. ). Shifts Fast JETS
To Meet Red Threat
BY the Assoeiosed Pres,

WIESBADEN, Germany, Mar.
16.-The United States Air
Force today braced itself against
the threat of Communist air
attacks by bringing into Ger
many "a number" of swift new
F-86 Sabre jet fighter planes
from England.
The SabreS will help patrol the
German skies against a repeti-
tion of such attacks as those
which shot down an American
F-84 fighter plane and a British
bomber last week.
The arrival of the Sabres for the
first time gives the United States
Air Force in Germany a plane
which can~f1ght on even terms
against the fast Soviet MIG-15s
which made last weeks attacks.
Previously only the older,
slower F-84 Thunderjets were
based in Germany. The Air
Force announced last week that
Is Sabres will come to Germany
very soon" to start a planned
program Of replacing all the
Thunderjets here with Sabres.
But today'S announcement in
dicated the Air Force decided
not to wait until these jets could
arrive from the United States.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Senate Committee
Approves Young as
Civil Service Head
Unanimous Decision
Follows Questioning
On Job Patronage
By Joseph YOUNG

The Senate Civil Service Com
mittee today approved unani-
mouSly the nomination of Philip
Young to be chairman of the
Civil Service Commission.
Final Senate approval is ex-
pected within the next day or
two.
Mr.. Young, 43-year-old dean
Of Columbia University's Grad
uate School of Business, was
questioned only briefly about his
attitude toward patronage in
Federal jobs.
Cites Policy Jobs.
He said the administration
should have the right to place
its own people in policy-making
and confidential assistants jobs.
Its hard to say where the
line should be drawn" Mr..
Young said, that will vary from
agency to agency, depending on
their particular needs and prob
lens"
Asked by Senator Monroney,
Democrat, of Oklahoma whether
he favored making political
patronage inroads on rank and
the civil service jobs, he replied
that he favored strengthening
of the civil service system.
rather than weakening it. "Oth-
erwise, I would not have taken
this job," he declared.
Lauds U. S. Employees.
Mr.. Young paid tribute to
Federal employees as efficient,
hard-working and loyal" He
said his 10 years experience in
Government. both as a civil
service employe and as an exec
utive, proved to him that Fed
eral employees as a class are, as
good or better than employees in
private industry.
He told the committee, how
ever. that the small percentage
Of incompetent and undesirable
employees should be removed, and
that ways should be found to
expedite such dismissals.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
II Object to Way
Money Is Spent;
Won't Pay Taxes
By the Associoted Press

PHILADELPHIA, Mar. 49,
Twelve Philadelphia area resi-
dents said today they win not
pay any part of their 1852 in
come tax-not because of the
money involved, but because they
object to the way the money
may be spent.
The tax objectors said they
cannot help provide the weapons
with which men will destroy
other men.
They are taking this stand,
they added, in an effort to "chal-
lenge our fellow citizens to think
seriously about the dangers and
evils Of the course our Nation
is now pursuing"
One of the SignerS Of the state
ment, Saunders Dixon of subur-
ban Malver, said he and his wife
Barbara viii contribute an equiv
alent amount to the Fellowship
Of Reconciliation. a group re-
portedly working for world peace.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Man Charged With Assault
On MARYLAND U. Coed

A District insurance adjuste1
has been charged with attempt
ing to assault a University of
Maryland coed last night on the
school campus.
Charged is Edgar F. Heffner
III, 20, of the 5000 block of Joce-
lyn street NV, an employe of
the Fidelity Insurance Co. Heff-
ner was arrested at his home last
night after the girl swore out a
warrant.
Hefner refused to waive ex-
tradition and was ordered held
under $4,000 bond by Municipal
Court Judge Milton S. Kronheim,
jr. An extradition hearing was
set for April IA.
According to police, Heffner
called for the 21-year-old coed
at her home about 6:15 pm. She
told police they drove around the
College Park area looking at
houses.
About Z pm, she told police,
they parked on campus parking
lot. where the alleged offense oc-
Cured.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Picture on Poee AS.


ment were the Duke of Edin-
burgh, Queen Elizabeth's hus-
oand; Prime Minister Winston
Ch't chill and Foreign Secretary
Anthony Eden. President Tito
was attired in a naval uniform.
Smiling broadly, he shook hands
all around.
The Duke saluted him and the
Yugoslav leader returned the
greeting. A guarJ Of honor also
presented arms as the Yugoslav
national anthem was played.
After the welcoming ceremony,
which lasted about 10 minutes,
President Tito strolled along the
Thames embankment with the
Duke.
Secrecy Surrounds Visit.
President Tito is here for talks
with British leaders. The exact
nature of the parley has never
been disclosed and as deep a veil
of secrecy surrounds the purpose
Of his visit as surrounds his move
mentS while here.
Stern security measures have
been taken to protect the Red
ruler from any danger at the
hands of a possible assassin.
Stalinist Reds and Yugoslav
Royalists consider him an enemy.
The ship in which he had
travelled from Yugoslavia, the
Caleb (seagulD, anchored last
night IS miles down the river.
-Four British destroyers and a
royal navy torpedo boat formed
a Gordon around the heavily
guarded Caleb last night. All
other shipping was ordered to
keep at least 400 yards away.
Heavily Guarded.
An escort of 13 motorcycle
patrolmen. all wearing bullet
proof vests. was detailed to
shepherd Tito's bullet-proof car
as he travels about the city.
Police reserves patrolled last
night at an anti-Tito protest
meeting called by Sir Oswald
Moseley's Union Movement, an
outgrowth of Moseley's pre-war
black-Shirted Fascist faction,
It has been five years now
since Tito was read out of the
Cominform for following a line
which Moscow regarded as too
nationalistic' '-meaning too in
dependent. He still Swears by
Marxist communism, however.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Fire al Glen Burnie
Peri|s Business Area
BY the Associoted Press

GLEN BURNIE, Md, Mar. 16.
Fire ragged out of control for
two hours early today through
a big lumber yard and for a time
Threatened the Glen Burnie
business district.
Mrs. Phoebe Griffith, 51-year-
old wife of the Glen Burnie fire
chief, died of a heart attack at
her telephone as she was spread
ing the alarm.
Three flremen were injured.
Unofficial estimates of the
damage ran as high as 100000.
II can't see how this fire could
have been caused by any acci-
dental means said Harold E.
Slanker, vice president of the
j. F. Johnson Lumber Co.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Boys Skip Bedtime to See TV
As Lightning Rips Their Room

worked themselves back into
spots in front of the TV set.
The lightning. bouncing of a
tree close to the house about
8:25 pm, also wrecked another
bedroom, ripped out all the bath
room fixtures and burned out
the electrical wiring in the cot
tage.
The Lords, parents and two
sons. were treated for shock at
the station hospital. They were
otherwise unhurt. The cottage
is in Meade Dale on Annapolis
road between the main post and
Odenton.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Invitation to Crime
Man Held in Dozen Robberies
Gets Only Is to 80 Months
The Charmed Life in Crime of Russell Perry
includes kidnapping and Shooting Cases

In the other case, the armed rob-
cry Of the post Office, he was
tried with the others and drew a
sentence Of two-to-six years.
Perry appealed the decision
and the U. S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia
ordered a new trial. Perry tried
the mental illness route to free
dom but this time it didn't work.
DR.. Gilbert informed the court
that Perry was suffering from no
mental disease.
A jury had been sworn to try
Perry when he gave up and
pleaded guilty to one count of
the three-count indictment. He
(See SENTENCING, Page A-8)
Evening star., 1953-03-16
Typic0IU. Home Built to Face
Atom Blast Inpresses Writers
Rodio-N Schedule
For Atomic BIust

This is the broadcasting
schedule for the atomic tests
tomorrow:
$3.50 am. - Setting of
the bomb; on WMAL-TV,
WNBW and WTOP-TV.
8:15-8::30 a.m.-WRC and
WMAL radio.
4:30-5 p.m.-Effects of the
bomb on a sample home;
WMAL TV, WNBW and
WTOP TV.
8-9 pm. Film of both
blast and effects. WTOP-TV.
10:35:-11 pm. - Roundup
of reports on the test; WTOP
radio.
10:45-11 pm. Recording
of the test; WMAL radio.
Evening star., 1953-03-16
BY the Assoeicsed Pres.

FORT MEADE, Mar. 16.-Dis-
obedience perhaps saved the lives
of two young sons of a civilian
employe near here last night.
Lightning hit the cottage oc-
cupied by the family Of Richard
A. Lord. It wrecked the bedroom
where the boys, Raymond. 9, and
Richard, 6, were supposed to be
asleep.
Their father had sent them
to bed earlier but they had en-
ployed the dodge of which all
youngsters are masters and
Evening star., 1953-03-16

experiment, they understood only
too well what was likely to hap.
pen to this family of Americana
and to any family of Ameri-
cans similarly situated in rela.
ton to a future atom blast, arc
similarly unaware. And the gen.
tlemen of the press exercised
an unwonted restraint as they
passed with pad and pencil
through this home. They woulc
have scoffed at suggestion that
their feelings were naudlin OF
their conduct irrational. But the
simple fact was that in the eerie
presence of these doomed dunn
mics the gentlemen of the press
spoke in husheG tones, ana troo
softly on the bare board floors
These, of course, were not the
only dummies waiting to take
part in the atomic test tomor.
row. Others were placed real
istically In more than so auto
mobiles of all makes and vintages
which dotted the area around
the shot tower-and in eight
experimental backyard type
shelters which have been con.
Structed as part of the civil de-
fense phase of the experiment
Still others were in anothe,
house twice as close to the fatal
tower, a house which will be
consumed in flames if the cal
culations of the experts prove
correct.
Think of Own Families.
But it was to this group in
house Number 2"-before which
a whimsical construction worker
had erected a sign marking the
corner of Elm" and Main
Streets-that the press corps
was specifically introduced yes
terday. And it was this group
of dummies which made the re-
porters stop and think about
their own families. back home
at the corner Of Elm and Main
It was a big family-too big
to be real-but that did not
seem to destroy the illusion. In
the crudely furnished living
room, three adults and three
children were grouped before
the fireplace. A male tot was
perched on an arm of the sofa
his tiny shoulders squared
against the wave of heat, blast
and radiation that was shortly
to come. You couldn't help Won
dering where he would end up.
Air Raid Shelters Set.
Two full-grown couples sat
round the dining room table
sparsely set with empty plates
and glasses The man on the
right was turned, as If in earnest
conversation, toward the woman
at the head of the table. They
will be sitting there, just like
that, when somebody pushes the
button at dawn tomorrow.
In the cinder-block cellar of
this American home-b TT e r
equipped than most-two air
raid shelters were ready to show
what they could do to protect
this family. One, a simple
lean-to of boards and beams
braced against the forward wall,
held a woman sitting silent with
a baby in her lap. ct can be
(See ATOMIC Page A.SN