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Evening star., 1954-09-20
Western Union Office
Al Fl. Meade Robbed
Ry the Associated Pres,

FORT MEADE, Md, Sept. 20.
Thieves broke into the Western
Union Office at this military res
ervation over the week end,
knocked the combination off the
safe and got away with between
5000 and $1,000.
j. F. Rider, assistant operations
manager of the Office, said the
robbery was discovered today by
Mrs. E. Thompson, an employe
of the Office.
Mr.. Rider said the thieves ap-
parently jimmied the lock on the
front door, knocked the dial off
the safe and took the money.
He said the money represented
Saturdays receipts. It normally
is left in the safe over the week
end.
Unlike a branch bank which
was robbed twice in the last two
years, the Western Union Office
is in an open area of the post,
accessible on two State highways
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Senate Group That Criticized
Mccarthy in '53 Ruled Valid
Purumentoriun Finds 1912 Precedent
For Hoyden's Appointment of Himself

ator Hayden, Democrat, Of Ari-
zona, former chairman of the
Senate Rules Committee, parent
body of the elections subcommit-
tee.
He testified that on November
20, 1853, Senator Monroney,
Democrat, of Oklahoma, re-
signed from the subcommittee.
Senator Hayden said he ap-
pointed himself to fill the va
cancy SO as to give the subcom-
mlttee quorum or majority OF
its original five members. since
two others had resigned pre-
viouSly.
Senator Mccarthy said it was
his opinion that the chairman OF
a committee could only "nomi-
nate" subcommittee members
and that they had to be con-
f1rmed by the full committee.
Asked Parliamentary Inquiry.
He said he attached much
Importance" to the point be-
cause. he maintained, the only
time he was requested to appear
before the elections subcommit-
teas. distinguished from be-
ing invited-was after Senator
Monroney'S resignation.
If it took the full Rules Com
mittee's approval to make SEN
ator Hayden a member of the
subcommittee, Senator Nc Carthy
said, there was no valid COM
(See CENSIJRE. Page A-4)
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Bank Robber
At Andrews
Gets 20 Years
By Joseph B. Byrnes
Stor Stoff CORRESPONDENT

BALTIMORE, Sept. 20.-Clar-
ence Duke McGann, "a, pleaded
guilty today and was sentenced
to 20 years by Federal Judge
w. Calvin Chestnut for the $143,-
638 holdup of the Andrews Air
Force Base Bank.
The colored ex-Air Force CORP
oral stood impassively as Judge
Chestnut sentenced him.
Judge Chestnut indirectly CEN
sured bank and Army officials for
their laXity at the branch bank,
terming the robbery a push
over"
The holdup, biggest in Mary
land history, occurred at a
branch of the First National
Bank of Southern Maryland at
the Air Base on August 13.
1t was staged 10 minutes after
the bank opened for business
at 8 am. Three men entered the
vain WAtAL SuAlo All C1lC1i Ild4lOS
while four customers were at
the counters.
Two of the men stood silently
while the third ordered the bank
manager in to the vault and or
dered him to fill a briefcase
which he handed him.
The three ordered every one in
the bank into the vault, locked
the door and made their escape
by automobile.
McGann was arrested a few
minutes after the holdup when
an officer, unaware of the rob-
berry. stopped the car for speed
ing and took McGann into Gus
tody.
The other two men, identified
as Henry Don Foster and Earl
Ill Smith, both colored, escaped
in the car while McGann was
being booked. They later ditched
the auto, which had been stolen
earlier in New York.
The two were indicted with
McGann, but are still at large.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Polar Beor With Sex Appeal
Works Way Past British Bon

he meant business, he brought
along a special van to bring
Aurora to her new home.
Said Mr.. lies: Its not as
though we were paying dollars
for her-she's a free gift"
The Board of Trade had said
earlier: Polar bears are not es-
sential imports as they are
banned. AS we do not allow
commercial zoos to buy polar
bears in America, we cannot
allow them to accept them as
gifts. That might lead to abuse. :"
Robert Dean, director of the
Chicago zoo, who called the ban
"a shocking. dirty outrage, an
affront to the people of Chica-
CO."
Explaining the Trade Boards
change of heart, an official
spokesman said: I'VE have, for
the first time, got the full story.
Since it is now quite clear the
bear came here as a gift, we have
decided to cut right through the
red tape and let her come
ashore"
Whereupon Mr.. lies sped to
the docks to get Aurora.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Modified Martial Law
CIamped on Most Of Chile
BY the Assoeiofsd Press


SANTIAGO, Chile. Sept. 90
The government decreed a state
of siege (rnodif1ed martial law
in most of Chile today.
The government imposed the
state of siege for six months and
said it took the action because
of the danger of a movement
aimed at Destroying our demo-
cratic way Of life" The action
was taken despite the apparent
solution to the recent strike of
copper miners.
Last week various political
parties expressed opposition to
demands for extraordinary pow
ers in the face of the strike.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Fringe Parking LOT
Use Continues 10 Rise

Use of the Districts new fringe
parking lot mounted again today
as the plan began its first full
week of operation.
Officials counted 290 cars on
the 460-car lot this morning, and
395 passengers using the free
bus service to downtown. 1t was
a ID per cent increase over Fri
day in the number of cars.
Since the lot opened Wednes-
day. it's use by commuters has
increased steadily. For the first
three days, the figures were:
Wednesday. 149 cars and lit
passengers; Thursday, 236 cars
and 293 passengers, and Friday,
254 cars and $40 passengers.
The Capital Transit Co. is
providing express bus service
from the lot at the Anacostia
end of the South Capitol Street
Bridge to the downtown area
during the morning and evening
rush hours. The bus service is
free for a 30-day trial period.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Two Bethesda Youths
Held in Blasts Now
Face Felony Charges
Wurrunts Stiffened;
20-Yeur Terms Possible
In Bombing Series

The Montgomery County
States Attorneys Office today
stiffened charges against two
18-year-old Bethesda youths
facing trial in connection with
a series of bombings in the COM
rnunity last spring.
Charges of malicious destruc-
ton of property, a misdemeanor,
were changed to willfully blow
ing up property. The latter
charge, a felony, is punishable
by maximum of 20 years i'm
prisonment, Assistant States
Attorney Robert c. Heeney
said.
The youths charged are James
l.. Fieser jr., of the 5000 block Of
Edgemore lane and James P.
Seward, of the 5400 block of
Lambeth road.
The warrants against the two
youths were amended when they
appeared today in Bethesda
Police Court. The charges were
made in connection with a home
made bomb exploded May % at
the Hot Shoppe on Georgia ave-
nue. just across the District line in
Silver Spring and the dropping of
a second bomb a short time later
in the mail slot of a private resi-
dence in the 5100 block of Wess-
ling Lane, Bethesda.
| Attorney Walter H. Moorman,
counsel for the Seward boy,
failed in an attempt to have the
State be more specific in the new
warrants.
Mr.. Heeney indicated in the
courtroom he had believed the
two youths intended to waive
preliminary hearings. Mr.. Moor
man, however, said they would
60 through with the hearings be-
fore Trial Magistrate Oscar j.
See later today.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Shoe Is Lone Clue
To Man Last Seen
Aboard Submarine

A single shoe was the only
clue police had today to the
whereabouts of a 21-year-old
Portsmouth (Va.) man who was
last seen aboard a submarine
tied to the Naval Gun Factory
docks early yesterday.
The shoe, found on a top deck
of the Naval Reserve submarine
Drum" was discovered on a
dawn watch check yesterday.
Police believe it belonged to
Robert M. McClung of Ports
mouth, who was reported missing
yesterday by his brother, Will
liam G. McClung.
William McClung told police
he and his brother had boarded
the sub Saturday night with an
acquaintance who was q mem
ber of the sub crew.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Baby Carriage Sold
By Star Ad First Doy

When Mrs. M. C.'s body outerew
its cofrioee she decided to sell
the item. PIocine q smoll I'D in
The Stor Classified proved q step
in exactly the right soles direction.
She sold the eorriose the first doy
her od oppeored.
While time moves on The Stor
continues to produce the best
results for classified advertisers.
Because It produces the best year
round results The Stor publishes
more 'elossified DDS thon the other
Washington newspapers combined.
u you won't to buy. trade or sell,
tell il TO, the long established audi
ence Of The Stor reoders.
Phone Sterling 5000 and osk for
on od-tokeE.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
. Wet Nam Ministers
Reported Resigning
In Power Struggle
Crisis Comes as Premier
And Army Chief of Stuff
Renew Old Hostility
By the Associated Press

PARIS, Sept. 20.-Nine Wet
Namese cabinet ministers handed
their designations today to Pre-
mier Ngo Dinh Diem, the French
News Agency reported.
It quoted informed Wet Ma
mese sources as saying Mr.. Diem
had not yet accepted the resig-
nations.
The crisis came as a struggle
between the Premier and the
chief of staff of Wet Mans
army, Gen. Nguyen Van Hinh.
resumed after a brief armistice.
Mr.. Diem is trying to oust the
general.
Another cabinet m e m b e r.
Health Minister Pham Hum
Chong, has been reported miss
ing since Saturday.
Arrest by Sect Reported.
Unconfirmed advices said he
was arrested by the Caodaists, a
religious sect, in a territory they
hold north of Saigon when he
went to rally ultra a-Nationalists
to Mr.. Diem's government. Other
reports, also unconfirmed, de-
clared Mr.. Chong had deserted
the government.
Assassins struck twice in Indo-
China over the week end. Laotian
Defense Minister Kou Vora Wong
was shot dead in Vietiane, Laos.
Two other anti-C Communist Off
cialS escaped gunmen's bullets in
Hanoi.
Saigon dispatches told of the
new outbreak between Mr.. Diem
and Gen. Hinh.
From his heavily guarded
suburban, villa. Gen Hinh an
nounced yesterday that he had
cabled ex-Emperor. Bao Dai,
Wet Mans chief of state now in
France that Mr.. Diem's govern
ment is weak and should be
replaced.
Diem Gives Hot Reply.
In reply Mr.. Diem summoned
correspondents to his palace.
He called Gen. Hinh a traitor
and a rebel general who refused
to obey orders.
No word WAS rnceived fronn
Bao Dai but his close friend,
Gen. Bal Wen, arrived from
Cannes and said the "crisis will
be solved in a very short period. :"
The dispute started with the
premier's order to Gen Hinh 10
days ago to quit his post and
take special leave" in France.
Gen. Hinh called the order an
attempt to exile him and re-
fused to obey.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Fleming Resiening Post

LONDON, Sept. 20 (AP). =
Sir Alexander Fleming, 70, dis
coverer of nenicillin. said today
he will resign as head of the
Wright-Fleming Institute of Mi
crobiology at st. Mary's Hospital
here at the end of the year to
devote all his time to research
on microbes and vacccines.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Prisoner at District Jail Saws
He Killed Florida Motel Man
Buried Victim in Canada, lnmote Asserts;
Police of Three Cities Checking Story

Police today were checking a
story of murder and robbery told
by a 25-year-old prisoner held
in District Jail on a charge Of
housebreaking.
The man is said to have told
detectives he shot and killed a
Clearwater (Fla.) motel opera
tor. robbed him of $4,000, and
buried the body and the murder
weapon beside a cross near
Montreal, Canada.
The man held in Jail was iden-
titled as Louis FrancouW, 25. His
address was listed as 1927 Six
teenth street N.W.-a rooming
house where he had stayed three
days.
Check on Automobile.
Clearwater police, meantime,
investigatedAa report from Chi
cago that a Clearwater motel
operators car had been found
abandoned there Friday. Chicago
police, on the basis. of the story
told by the prisoner here, planned
to inspect the automobile.
The suspect was arrested last
Thursday by third precinct
police. Detectives at that pre-
cinct called 1t. Ernest P. JEFF
ferson of the robbery squad to
inform him that the man had a
record of armed robbery.
Two detectives question: e d
Francoeur Saturday night about
possible connections with recent
holdups. They said they were
told by him that he probably was
wanted several places including
Canada and by immigration
authorities" Deputy Chief Edgar
E. Scott. chief of detectives, said.
Yesterday, District Jail Off
cials called police and said the
suspect had told them the story
of the killing.
Homicide detectives went to
the Jail for another questioning
session. They said that Fran
Evening star., 1954-09-20

occur told them he had met the
motel operator in Canada while
the latter was on vacation there.
They became friends. and
toured the city together. But
eventually, there was an argu-
ment, and the killing resulted,
detectives said the man told
them.
Capt. Paul Cason, of the
Clearwater detective bureau,
said that an automobile belong
ing to Charles Moore, a Clear
water motel operator, was found
abandoned Friday in Chicago.
On the basis of that report,
he said, a check was made at
Mr.. Moore's motel. The people
operating it during the summer
told police that Mr.. Moore had
called them September II.
Called Florida September IL.
They said he takes vacation
of two or three months each
year, checking occasionally by
telephone to see if the motel
operation is going smoothly. The
September II call was for that
purpose, police said.
Capt. Cason said Mr.. Moore
Is not listed as a missing per-
son.
Mrs. Lottie Schubert, operator
of the rooming house on Six
teenth street, said Francouer
checked in there Saturday after
noon, September 1.-THE same
day as Mr.. Moore was reported
to have called his motel in Clear
water.
She said Francouer told her he
had just come to Washington
from Canada, where he had been
working at a summer resort.
Mrs. Schubert called police
Tuesday, after she found two
suitcases belonging to other
guests ripped open in the bath
room. Police came and took
Francouer away.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
$500 Rewurd Posted
For Texas Python
BY the Assceiatsd Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Sept. 20.
Pete, a python with $500 on
its head, is still loose.
Rewards totaling $500 were
posted yesterday. But there's
been no trace of the 18-foot. l50-
pound serpent since It slithered
from the reptile exhibit at q zoo
early Saturday.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Italy Launches Corvette

CASTELLAMMARE, Italy,
Sept. 80 (R.-The 750-ton COR
vette Alcione, built under the
United States offshore procure
ment program. was launched
yesterday for the Italian Navy.
The ship is the fourth built in
Italy under the offshore pro-
gram. Four others are under
construction.
Evening star., 1954-09-20

buted the charges against the
Chinese Reds as a prelude to
the final session of the Eighth
General Assembly here this after
noon and the opening tomorrow
of the Ninth Assembly.
The list cited 81 attacks on
British ships or aircraft, cli-
NAKED by the shooting down
July % of a British airliner off
Hainan Island in which three
Americans and seven other per-
sons were killed or were lost.
"My purpose in making public
this list" Mr.. Lodge said in an
accompanying statement, sis to
show that the Hainan shooting
was no isolated incident but part
of a pattern of constant aggres-
sive pressure against the free
world"
Five Incidents Involve u. s.
There were five incidents in.
volving the United States, in
cluding the seizure of the small
yacht with the three Americans
released only last week; two in
volving Denmark, two involving
Panama, and one each involving
Norway, France and Portugal.
The list offered the British,
Danish and Norwegian delega-
tions-whose governments have
recognized Red China-new oc-
casion for voting in the Assem-
bly, to keep out Peiping's repre-
sentatives.
Mr.. Lodge and the United
States delegation were alert to
head of any attempt by the Sow
let Union or any other Red
China backer to reopen the seat
ing question today or tomorrow.
Mrs. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit,
sister of India's Prime Minister
Nehru and outgoing Assembly
president, prepared only a orief
statement about the work done
by the closing eighth session for
this afternoons meeting. No
test of the China seating ques-
ton was in prospect, but Mrs.
Pandit in a radio interview yes
terday reiterated her belief Red
lima should be seated now.
U. S. Delegation Confident.
The United States delegation,
backed by Britain, was confident
it could head off any such move
cc~ the rest of this year.
The eighth session recessed
last December with the Korea
question unsettled. That prob
lem and 66 others pass over
Tuesday to the ninth session.
Mrs. Pandit will preside until the
delegates elect her successor.
Candidates for president were
Eelco Van Kleffens of the
Netherlands and Prince Wan
Waithayakon of Thailand up
to this morning when the latter
withdrew. This DEVELOPMENT
came as New Delhi dispatches
reported that India had decided
to abstain in the secret ballot
ing tomorrow, reversing her
previous position favoring Mr..
Van Kleffens over Prince Wan,
Atomic Developments Seen.
James Wadsworth, deputy lead
er of the United States delega-
ton, told the annual meeting of
the American Association for the
United Nations yesterday that
some development was expected
in the coming session on Presi-
dent Eisenhower's proposals to
create a world pool of atomic
energy for peace.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Yu Joins chiung Cabinet

TAIPEH, Formosa, Sept. 20 (P1.
-Harvard-educated Gen. Yu Ia
wei today was sworn in as Ma
tionalist China'S minister Of
national defense. He served
until recently as special assistant
to Ambassador wellington Koo
in Washington.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Guggenheim Returning

LISBON, Sept. 20 (P).-Col.
Robert Guggenheim, retiring
American ambassador in Lisbon,
left yesterday aboard the Ital-
ian liner Vulcania on his voyage
back to the United States.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Grand Jury Hears
Top Police Officials
In Bribery Case
Defense Attorneys Plan
Surprise Move Before
u. S. Commissioner

Top police officials appeared
before the grand Jury today as
the United States attorneys Office
began presenting the case against
two policemen and 13 alleged
gamblers charged in an elaborate
gambling protection deal.
The first to go before the panel
were Chief Robert v. Murray and
Deputy Chief Clarence H. Lutz.
Both helped steer the investiga-
ton which began last November.
Captain John, B. Layton, chief
of the gambling squad, also
apparently made an appearance
in the jury room. 1t. Todd O.
Thoman of the gambling squad,
chief figure in the undercover
detection work, was at the
courthouse but did not testify
this morning.
All but four of the defendants
were arrested last week and
charged with bribery. The po-
licemen are Capt. John B. Mon
roe, 48-year-old commander of
the 18th Precinct, and Proba-
tionary Detective George c. Pra-
ther, Al, of the 18th Precinct.
Surprise Move Planned.
Meanwhile at least three at
torneys representing number
of the defendants were to appear
before United States Commis-
sioner Cyril 8. Lawrence this
afternoon, in surprise move.
The attorneys are Charles E.
Ford, his partner Clifford H. ALL
der, and Myron G. Ehrlich. The
latter represents the two police
men.
Mr.. Ford refused to disclose
the nature of the move, but
promised it would be interest
ing"
They are accused of accepting
regular payoffs ranging up to
$500 a month, from the 13
named as operators of numbers
and other gambling games, over
a period of more than 10
months.
Nine of the 13 named as bribe
payers were arrested last week
Aand police expect to clean UP the
books on the others this week.
The presentation of evidence
is being handled by Assistant
u lifted States Attorneys John F.
FDoyle and Edward P. Troxell.
Centers on S1O,111 'Payoffs.'
Most of the evidence centers
around the $10,111 which 1t.
Thoman gathered as "payoffs'
while posing as a bribe-t taking
policeman.
Defendants in the case who
have been arrested in addition
to the policemen, all charged
with giving bribes, are Roger
tWhitetop) Simkins, SIS, colored,
of the 1700 block of Shepherd
street NV; George Lee Lang
ley, 40. of the $500 block of
North Florida street. Arlington:
Charles Anderson. 40. colored, of
the 1900 block of Oates street
NE; Joseph A. Chase, 40,
colored. of the 1900 block of
Second street NV: Othello
Washington. a.. colored, of the
1000 block of Flagler place
NV; Curtis M. Taylor, 80,
colored, of the 5000 block of
Thirteenth street NV: Wallace
w. Beach, A. of the 1900 block
of Buchanan street NE; Calvin
Hoagland, 43, of the $500 block
of Leonard road, Silver Spring
and John Winston, 40, colored,
of the 1900 block of w street
! NV.
Evening star., 1954-09-20

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nationality" - meaning some
Of the elements of superstate.
1t was partly because the six
nation European Defense Com
munity had too much supra
nationality in it, he added, that
1t was defeated in the French
parliament.
Mr.. Mendes- France spoke be-
fore the Council of Europe, made
up of parliament members from
the councils Is nations.
Would Limit Armaments.
The Job of the new organiza-
ton, which the French leader
described as a changed and en-
larged version of the Brussels
pact of 1948, would be to set
top limits to the armies and
ornaments of all member coun-
tries.
Any discrimination, he said,
would be only on a geographic
and strategic basis"
Questions have arisen," he
said, about the admission of
West Germany to NATO. Once
the organization that have de-
scribed is set up. the resistance
to that in France would be
greatly diminished"
The United States and Britain
have been pressing for West
Germany's entry into NATO
since the French National AS
sembly killed the EDO plan
which would have enrolled West
Germans with the troops of
France. Italy, Belgium, the
Netherlands and Luxembourg in
unified army.
Delaying Move Seen.
France has been reluctant to
agree to West German member
ship in NATO and it was clear
today that the Premier would
like to delay it until after his
projected organization is set up.
Mr.. Mendes-France spoke for
so minutes, outlining his plan.
His forum, the European
Cou<eil's Assembly, was de-
scribed by one member today as
consultative body that nobody
consults. It's 1872 delegates can
do nothing without the unani-
nous approval of the upper
house, council of cabinet min
listers. Though the council is
formed on international parlia-
mentary lines, it has no law
making powers.
The assemblymen were a lit
tie f1attered at the attention
from the French premier, little
disappointed that West German
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer
had not come to make the pic
ture complete.
AS partisans of a suprana-
tional EDO, most of them could
accept Mr.. Mendes Frances
ideas only as a second-best So
luton.
Evening star., 1954-09-20
u. 5. Accuses
Red Chinese Of
39 'piraciies'
Lodge Preparing
u. N. Fight to Bor
Peiping From Seat
BY the Assoeiaied Pres.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y,
Sept. -20.-Laying new ground
work for its annual fight to bar
Communist China from the
United Nations General As
sembly. the United States has
accused the Peiping regime of 80
"warlike acts of piracy" against
ships and planes Of seven nations.
Chief United States Delegate
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.. distri-
Evening star., 1954-09-20

Detoils Of 80 Attoeks by Red Chino.
Poge AS
Evening star., 1954-09-20
Mendes-Frdnce
Calls for New
Defense Pact
Says 1t Might Ease
WAY for Germany
To Enter NATO
BY the Associated Press

STRASBOURG, France, Sept.
20.-Premier Pierre Mendes-
France called today for a new
West European defense pact
which he said could reduce
French opposition to West Ger
many's entry into the North At
lantic Treaty Organization.
The new organization, he said,
could have a degree of super