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Evening star., 1953-07-04
NATIONAL

Results Yesterday.
Milw., IL: Cinci.. /.
Phila., 5; N. Y. /.
Chicago, 10; st. l.. 3.
Others not scheduled
Games Today.
N. Y. at Phila. t2).
Cinci. at Milv. t2l.
Pitts. at Bklyn. (2l.
st. L. at Chicago (2),
Games Tomorrow.
St. L. at Milw. (el
Cinci. at Chicago t2)
Phila. at Pitts. (@l.
Bklyn. at New York
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Peiping and North Korea
Agreements Indicated
By the Asseeiutsd Pes,

TOKYO, Nov. 23.-The Com
munist Peiping radio indicated
today that North Korea and
Communist China have reached
economic and military agree
ments after conferences in the
Chinese capital.
The Red radio said North Ko-
rean Premier Kim II Sung and
important members of his cab
met attended a banquet in Pei
ping yesterday.
Neither of China's two top
leaders - Premier c hou En-lai
and Chairman Mao Tse-tung-
was present, but Vice Premier
Kuo Mo 10 attended.
Peiping quoted Kuo as saying:
"The Chinese people will give
their wholehearted support to
the Korean people in the restora-
tion and reconstruction of their
national economy"
No details of any agreement
were broadcast.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Air Force Denies
Jim Crow CHARGE
BY the Assoeiafed Press

The Air Force says it is dis
missing a Philadelphia Negro
along with $500 other airmen
because of budgetary limitations
not because he refused to sit
in a segregated section of a
Southern bus.
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People cited the case of 1t.
Thomas Williams of Philadel-
phia in charging the Air Force
is reprimanding Negro officers
who ignore Southern Jim Grow
practices.
Clarence Mitchell, NAACP di-
rector here. said in a statement
yesterday that this amounts to
disobedience of Supreme Court
decisions oulawing segregation in
interstate travel.
But an Air Force spokesman
said the bus incident had moth
ing to do with 1t. Williams dis
missal. The spokesman said he
was among $500 airmen being
let out because of budget curbs.
He said the $500 were chosen
because it was felt their release
Evening star., 1953-11-23
BeVan Doubts Wisdom
Of Bermuda ParIeys
By the Associated Press

EBBW VALE, Wales, Nov. %.
-Aneurin Bevan, leftwing
Laborite, took a dim view yester-
day of the forthcoming meet
ing of Prime Minister Church.
i'll. President Eisenhower and
French Premier Laniel in Ber-
muda.
1--WE do not want Sir Winston
in his fragile state of health to
go along to Bermuda to meet
President Eisenhower in his
present harassed condition of
mind to discuss these very grave
matters with the French repre-
sentative who may not know at
any moment whether he is 60
ing to be called home" said
BeVan.
In a speech to a crowd of
about 800 political supporters
here he said the Labor party
should insist on a debate in the
House of Commons on import
ant foreign issues before the
Bermuda meeting.
He declared the burden of re-
armament must be lightened.
He criticized the keeping Of
British forces in the Suez Canal
zone, and he said it is always a
mistake to accept the judgment
of military leaders on political
events.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Reds Shoot at Small Plane
As CzeChs Flee Iron Curtain

burg and their plane was
guarded.
It was the third freedom
plane to fly to the West this
year from Communist ruled
Czechoslovakia and the latest in
a long series of dramatic escapes
across it's tightly guarded
frontiers.
Desperate refugees have
turned to planes, gliders, am
phibious -jeeps and collapsible
boats as means of escape.
Bavarian state police at
Pfarr-KircheM said the two who
escaped yesterday braved bullets
from Communist border guards.
They said the Czech guards fired
with carbines and pistols as the
plane crossed the Czech German
frontier at 900 feet.
The two walked to a nearby
farmhouse after landing and
asked whether they were in
West Germany. They apparent
ly feared they had strayed off
their course in the fog and put
down in the soviet zone of
Austria.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
BY the ASsoeiofsd Press

FRANKFURT, Nov. 23.-Two
anti-Communist Czechs flew over
the Iron Curtain to the West
in a small sports plane yesterday
and asked American authorities
for political asylum, United
States Army headquarters an
nounced.
The American-built Piper Cub
landed near the Bavarian town
of Regensburg after a 150-min-
ute flight from Prague, the
Czechoslovak capital.
1t came down in an open field
between the small hamletS of
Strassdobl and Noeham in the
district of Pfarr-Kirchen.
The undercarriage and pro-
peller were damaged in landing
but neither of the two men was
reported hurt.
The two were held for
questioning by United States
military investigators in Regens-
Evening star., 1953-11-23
French Red Union Official,
Sought 3 Months, Arrested
By the Assoeioted Press

PARIS, Nov. 23.-French po-
lice have finally arrested Benoit
Frachon, secretary general of the
big Communist dominated Gen.
eral Labor Confederation and a
fugitive since last March.
The 60-year-old former metal
worker was nabbed yesterday as
he left a meeting hall where,
in defiance of the eight-month-
old warrant, he presided over a
union meeting.
He is charged with endanger-
ing the security of the state. His
arrest was ordered March "a
after police raids on Red offices
and the arrest of several other
Confederation officials.
In hiding ever since, Frachon
continued to issue frequent long
statements on current issues to
Red newspapers and his union
and Communist organizations.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Order for Tanker

In the face of a general slack
ening in demand for new ton
mage. Northern Ireland's biggest
shipyard has got its first order
from a Norway firm in Oslo for
d 12,000-ton tanker, Belfast re-
ports. It was the first new order
for a merchant ship in six
months.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Indio Won't Question
British Guiunu Action
By the Assoeioted Pres.

NEW DELHI, India, Nov. %.
Prime Minister Nehru told the
Indian Parliament's upper house
today that his government would
not raise the question o. Brit
aims actions in British Guiana
before the United Nations.
Britain suspended the consti-
tuition of British Guiana and
ousted leftist Premier Cheddi
Jagan and several of his Minis
terS to check what has been de-
scribed as a Communist move to
take over the colony.
Jagan had three long meet
1ngS with Nehru during his cur
rent visit.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
BidauIf Gains, Plans
To Participate in Debate
By the Associoted Press

PARIS, Nov. 23.-The foreign
Office reports the health of
French Foreign Minister Georges
Bidault is definitely improved"
Mr.. Bidault still intends to
take part in tomorrow's wind-up
debate on foreign affairs in the
National Assembly and attend
the Six-nation European politi-
cal unity conference at The
Hague on Wednesday. He also is
slated to be at the Big Three
conference in Bermuda next
month.
Mr.. Bidault suffered a faint
ing spell while delivering a
speech in the National Assembly
Friday. Because of his illness
the Assembly postponed the con-
clusion of the foreign affairs de-
bate until tomorrow.
Evening star., 1953-11-23
Freeman Reelected

CLEVELAND, Nov. % (P-
The Council of Jewish Fedora
tions and Welfare Funds yester-
day reelected Julian Freeman of
indianapolis as president. He
has served since 1948. The coun-
Gil concluded a weekend assem-
bly, here.
Evening star., 1953-11-23

would least disrupt the effec-
tlVeneSs of the Air Force.
Mr.. Mitchell said 1t. Williams.
a pilot in training at Craig Air
Base, Ala, refused to sit in a
segregated section of a bus en-
route from Florida to Alabama.
Evening star., 1953-05-17
Stocks Gain Slightly in Week,
But Cautious View Continues

stricted range for some time be-
fore forming a base for a sum-
mer rally that Wall Street fondly
believes is traditional. Another
test of the lows of the year isn't
ruled out by these brokers be-
fore the try is made for a new
high.
During this period there has
been a lot of money either
switched from one stock to
another or idle money reinvested
in the market with an eye to
further recovery. Many char
acterized their action as de-
fenSive.
The Associated Press average
Of so stock advanced 40 cents
on the week and closed at
$1,000. That is exactly SO
above the low of the year and
is about $6 under the nigh.
News Is Favorable.
The broad background of the
news is all favorable. Dividends,
on which all stock prices event.
ually are based, are at a high
rate. The Commerce Depart
ment reported cash dividends
publicly reported in the first
four months Of this year came
to better than $2.5 billion. AZ
per. cent higher than a year ago.
The five most active issues on
the New York Stock Exchange
this week were:
Pacif1ce Western Oil up ia
at 419s with $4,000 shares trad
ed, New York Central up Ia
at 1898, Nesco. Inc. up l3s at
1873, Southern Co. up 3s at 145s,
and Northern Natural Gas up "a
at 383s.
Evening star., 1953-05-17
Bank Debts Show
Decline in April,
Near 1852 Levels
By DonoId B. HodIey

Debts to demand deposit ac-
counts in Washington banks de-
clined to $1.034,086, 900 in April
from $1,123,291 900 in the pre-
vious month and were 1.6 per
cent behind $1.050, 0,843,000 in
April. 1852, the Federal Reserve
Board reported yesterday.
However, debts in three
months ended April 80 amounted
to $3,l12,589.000 and were only
8 per cent behind $3,138,480.-
600 in the same 1852 period.
Debts were at record levels last
year.
Joins Producers Council.
John L. Haynes. director Of
the building materials division
OF the National Production Au-
thority has been named manag-
Evening star., 1953-05-17

who resigned, effective May I.
to become associate manager Of
the trade association department
Of the United States Chamber Of
Commerce.
VepcO Dividends Voted.
Directors of the Virginia Elec-
trio & Power Co. have declared
regular quarterly dividends Of
$1.25 on the $5 dividend pre-
ferred stock, $1.01 on the $4.20
preferred and 35 cents a share
on common stock, all payable
June 20 to holders of record
May 20.
New Sales Manager.
Leo F. Lisee has been named
general sales manager of Mid
Atlantic Appliances, Inc. distrib-
utors of Admiral, Speed Queen
Evening star., 1953-05-17
By Roder Wineet
Associated Press Financial Writer

NEW YORK, May 16.-The
stock market maintained an atti-
tude of cautious defense this
week as it advanced.
It refused to get excited by
any development in the eco
nomic or political field.
This is the third straight week
that the market has gone up.
During that time all of the big
geSt daily moves were up.
Right now the stock market
is around the top Of the narrow
range in which it has swung for
six weeks after tumbling in the
break that followed Red pro-
posals for an exchange of Korean
prisoners.
SteadineSs Is Anticipated.
Many believe the market
could continue In its present re-
Evening star., 1953-05-17

You areliving in a period of far-reach.
ing changes. New inventions, new in-
dustries, and new ways of doing busi-
ness are creating opportunities for
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Because the reports in The Wall
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you get the fastest possible warning
Of any new trend that may affect
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You get the facts in time to protect
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Evening star., 1953-05-17

ana Coleman
lines.
Th e q p
pointment was
a n n o u n ced
yesterday by
President I. S.
Burka Of the
w a S h ington
firm.
Mr.. Lis e e
formerly was
regional man
ager for the
Admiral Corp.
in this area
and before
Evening star., 1953-05-17

] II 8 QTector
of the Pro-
ducers' Coun-
Gil, with head
quarters here.
The council
is a national
or G a nization
of b uil d in g
products man
facturers. Ell
lott c. Spratt
Is president.
Mr.. Haynes
W i'll SIIccead
c h aries M.
M ort en- en-.
Evening star., 1953-05-17

joining Admiral was with Rem
ington Rand as production SUPER
visor at johnson City, N. J.
d. C. Associations Grow.
Combined assets of % men,
ber associations Of the District
Building and Loan League
reached new high of $3.50 mil
lion on April 30, a gain Of 500
million from a year earlier.
F. Wilson Camp, league secre-
tary, said most of the rise in
assets was in mortgage loans.
which increased nearly $62 mil
lion in the year. Share accounts
exceeded $459 million, a gain Of
$50 million. New loans in April
totaled 100000. a gain of II
per cent from April 1852.
Around As savings and loan
association executives from
Washington will attend the
regional conference of the Unit
ed States Savings and Loan
League, which opens at Balti-
more Thursday.
Heads Sports Committee.
Joseph r. Fitzpatrick, senior
vice president and cashier of the
Second National Bank, is chair
man of the Sports Committee for
the annual convention of the
District Bankers Association at
Atlantic City. June 1914. Frank
A. Gunther, executive vice presi-
dent of the Security Bank, is
vice chairman.
Frank M. Perley, vice presi-
dent and trust investment officer
of the American Security &
Trust Co., is chairman of the
Publicity Committee. His vice
chairman is Ernest r. Wilson,
vice president and cashier Of
the Bank of Commerce & Saw
ings.
Carey Gets ALB Post.
Lloyd Carey, immediate past
president of Washington Chap
ter, American Institute of Bank
ing. has been appointed associate
councilman of the national Or
ganization. He is assistant treas
urer of the Suburban Trust Co.
Washington Chapter, National
Association of Cost Accountants,
will hold its annual election at
a dinner meeting Wednesday at
the Willard Hotel.
Albert w. Ward, secretary of
the Maryland State Tax Com
mission, will address District
Chapter, Society Of Residential
Appraisers, at q dinner meeting
at the Burlington Hotel tomor-
row night.
Washington Chapter. Ameri-
can Savings and Loan Institute.
will hold its preliminary speech
contest at a dinner meeting at
the Burlington Hotel tomorrow
night.
Traffic League to Meet.
Problems of shippers relating
to highways, railroads and other
means of transportation will be
discussed at the semiannual
meeting of, the Eastern Indus
trial Traffic League at Hotel Du-
pont Plaza Tuesday. Arrange
ments for the meeting are under
the Craftsmanship of w. c. Nc
Dermott. traffic manager Of
Woodward & Lothrop.
The George Washington Life
Co. of Charleston, w.
Va, announced its Washington
office led all other offices in
April and had seven of the COM
pany's top 10 statesmen.
Some novel ideas in suburban
restaurants haYe gone into the
Whistle Stop" Montgomery
County's new eatery at Georgia
avenue and Viers Mill road. It
Is owned by Swanson -Birgfield.
Inc, Of which Walter S. J. Swan
son, q Washington financial
editor, is president.
Cohen e. Miller has been
appointed advertising agency for
Robert Winston Candy Stores.
Evening star., 1953-05-17

tUnit Of trading 10 sharee In pankruptcy or
S q Or Ss1f under the Bank-
Rates Of dividends 10 the toresonG table are annual
snnua Unle;.
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b Annual rate. plus stock dividend d Declared or
! Payable IN stock estimated cash value on ex-
M p % SF s.nd sS s or ns .psn
DECLARED Or paid this ysaE AZ Sccumulatiye Issue
omitted defsrIed Or no ast!on tHse1 Ct last dlydsnd
dend. , LlauidatinE dividend. Vi When Issued. x-dis
X -digtPibution- vo When distributes.
Evening star., 1953-05-31
By Meredith s. Buel

Theater. Ninth street and New York avenue
NV, they called on friends and other theater-
minded persons for help. In 10 days, the
community had handed over $4,000, the
donors becoming stockholders, with no guar
antee of breaking even.
But this $4,000 was to turn into a gold
mine Of entertainment for Washington thea
ter-goers. The opening at the Hppodrome
in August, 1850, with "She Stoops to Conquer"
was Just the beginning Of a long series of hits
Mrs Fichandler, the managing director, feels
Arena Is mot a hotel for theater, but home"
The actors are permanent, professional COM
pany, putting on play after play-not as on
Broadway, where players diSband after one
shot production. They make their homes here
the year round, they're part of the community.
And, in a sense, the Arena Is unique here.
Many of its triumphs have been great plays
OF the past and revivalS of modern plays con-
sidered to have less than 'tsmash-hit" appeal.
Its productions from foreign lands have added
an international flavor, the Chinese Embassy
appearing en- masse to attend Lady Precious
Stream" as did the British Embassy during
"The Hasty Heart"
With no curtain or backdrop, actors often
enter during blackout, following train Of
phosphorescent marking on walls and seat
corners to the stage. I'VE can tell the regular
front-row patrons because their legs always
are tucked up tightly against their chairs"
says Actor Henry Oliver
This Washington -born actor has had most
of his experience at the Arena. He's been in
all but about so performances, running up a
string of more than TOO consecutive
appearances.
A man Of many parts. he's played everything
from an undertaken to picture on the wall
Il sort of let myself CO." he recalls, "to reach
260 pounds to be Lennie in OF Mice and Men,"
He pulled in his belt to defiate to 1875 to play
julius Caesar
Mr.. Oliver married Washington girl, the
former Paula H. Leake, who is box-ofice man
ager. They're one of four husband -and-wife
teams at Arena
incidentally, the customer isn't just face
at the window to Mrs. oliver. She writes down
every name next to the seat number. In this
way, she knows the customers and their seat
ing; preferences-not an easy task, since
Arenas 81 plays have attracted nearly 2O0,O 900
nprS0nS
Evening star., 1953-05-31

All the UOTtd'S stage,
And all the men and tDonIen merely players:
They haze their eritS and their entrances:
Ana one man in his time plays many parts
THESE WORDS from the pen of William
Il Shakespeare might well set the scene at
Arena Stage.
All the men and women-and even the
children-can almost sense they're part of the
play. The cloSeneSS, the intimacy the sensa-
ton Of emotional participation are all there
Why? Because the audience is virtually at
the actors elbow, completely surrounding the
stage. The front row Is only two feet from
the playing area, the farthest seat, only seven
rows away.
Stage and audience being almost one means
telegram must be telegram and last weeks
newspaper will never do as prop. In fact,
800 real dollars were tossed in the air nightly
for 10 weeks during "Three Men On Horse"
It was the assistant stage managers job to
count 1t and put 1t in safe every night.
Actually, patron participation does happen
In "Our Town." for instance, an actor came
on stage with large book under his arm
To get to sheaf Of papers in his coat pocket
he quickly handed the book to a small boy
in the first row.
The surprised and pleased youngster went
home and told his younger brother. call
came to the box Office the next day from the
father wanting the same seats. He asked if
the actor would give the book to the kid in
the front row again. I'm going to bring my
other son tonight" he said. The actor COM
piled, much to the delight Of the boy and the
audience.
The Arena will play its l,O00th performance
next Sunday, backed by success story that's
one for the books in the annals Of theater
history. It was in the summer Of l948-
Washington had no legitimate playhouse at
the time-that young woman dreamed of
setting up a theater- in -the-round.
Mrs. Zelda Fichandler was to wait two years
for her dream to become reality. Her partner
was Edward Mangum, George Washington
University drama teacher under whom she
studied directing. In their search for suit
able location, they even had the old s. S.
Potomac in tow for while. But this plan,
along with $1,000 option fee, went to the
bottom for lack of a berth.
Then. with an eye on the Hppodrome
Evening star., 1953-11-20
Continued Subsidies
No Farm Solution,
Benson Declares
By the Associated Press

BOSTON, Nov. 20.-Secretary
of Agriculture Benson said to-
day a sound and prosperous
agriculture cannot be built on
continuous subsidies from the
Federal Treasury which result
in burdensome surpluses and
loss of markets"
Instead, Mr.. Benson said,
farm prosperity must depend on
a strong demand for its prod
ucts in the market place.
In a speech prepared for the
New England Council, Mr.. Ben
son outlined the contentious of
those who advocate high farm
price supports and those who
want the support level flexible
and dependent upon the level of
supply.
There has been considerable
speculation that the new farm
program which the Eisenhower
administration will present to
Congress in January will call
for flexible price supports.
Mr.. Benson said the choice
between the two kinds of sup
ports lis choice between more
freedom with less security and
less freedom with-for the time
at leaSt-greater security.
Mr.. Benson said he thought it
was possible to work out a Sys-
tenn of price supports without
hampering necessary production
shifts, without piling up excess
sive supplies, without pricing
products out Of markets, and
without a heavy and continuing
drain on the public treasury.
Let me repeat that we can
not long postpone our decision, I"
Mr.. Benson added. I'VE cannot
continue on the present course of
ever-growing surpluseS and ever
increasing drain on the national
treasury"
Evening star., 1953-11-20
Rail Union Will Seek
Wage Raises for Skill
BY the Associoted Press

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Nov. 20.
Railroad engineers served no.
tlce last night that they are
abandoning all efforts for fiat,
hourly wage boosts and going
after contracts that guarantee
higher pay for increased skill
and responsibility.
Roy E. Davidson, first assist
ant grand chief engineer of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive En-
gineerS, said in a speech to a
district meeting of union leaders
here that, 'if certain policies of
ours have contributed to the
practice of fiat cents-an-hour
increases, those policies will be
thrown out"
Mr.. Davidson said the unions
first chore in any new contract
negotiations will be ito restore
our lost differentials for SUI
perior skill and responsibility. "
Then, he told about 600 union
members:
I'VE must protect or guaran-
tee them with something like a
percentage insurance clause
Each upward step must be pro-
tected with incentive pay"
Evening star., 1953-11-20
Bandits Seize $4,000
In Bank al Bourbon, Mo-.
BY the Associoted Press

BOURBON, Mo-, Nov. 90
Three bandits. one armed with a
machine gun, made off with
about 100000 from the Bank of
Bourbon yesterday.
The robbers forced four Gus
toners and three bank employees
to lie on the floor in back room,
taped their prisoners hands
then fled with the money, all in
bills.
The bandits fled north in a
late model car. Bourbon is about
30 miles southwest of st. Louis
on United States highway 66.