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Evening star., 1954-12-22
Armed Suitor Frees Woman
After ~ Hours, Surrenders
Deronged Wake Forest Textile Worker
Token to Stote Mental Hospital

officers short time earlier that
he would surrender the woman
when he saw the commitment
papers.
Timberlake was taken directly
to Dix Hill Mental Hospital at
Raleigh.
Seized Woman Yesterday.
The period Of terror for Miss
Davis. who worked In the Royal
Cotton Mill with Timberlake.
began at 11:45 am. yesterday.
The 5-foot 8-inch, 130-pound
Timberlake pulled gun from
his pocket and forced her into
q small room. In the mill. He
repeatedly was jealous over Miss
Davis attentions to an unidenti-
fed soldier.
Once this morning Timberlake
turned the woman loose so she
could make a quick trip to q
restroom, but during her alb
sence he held DR.. Corbin as
hostage for her. It was a three
way bargain among DR.. Corbin,
Tinberlake and Miss Davis that
she return, and she did.
Kept Pistol Pointed.
Repeated efforts during the
bitter cold night to drug the man
through food or drink failed. He
kept his .25-caliber automatic
pistol pointed almost constantly
at the woman.
Officers and friends Of both
Miss Davis and Timberlake
crowded around the door of the
small room and pleaded for her
release. From time to time Tim
berlake permitted some Of his
friends, doctors and Jessie Eliza
heth's older sister, Petronia, to
enter the room and talk with
him.
Once, Petronia said. Timber
lake put his pistol in pocket,
but she couldn't reach him. The
man apparently had planned his
escape well and had arranged a
barricade Of packing cases
around the area where he held
Miss Davis.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Star Phone Services
For Holidays

The Stars telephone services viii
observe the following operating hours
during the christmos holidays:
christmos Eve.
clossiiied Department. . o.m.-6 pm.
tclossified eds moy be ploced ia
person ct the busiess counter 10 The
Star lobby. 8 e.m.-6 p.m.l. Friday viii
remoin os the deodline for Sunday DDS.
Circulation Department. 8 am
8 pm.
News Department and moin Switch
board, ] o.m.-s pm.
chnstmos Doy.
Classified Department. so.m.-spm.
tcIossifed DDS moy Be placed in
person ct the business counter in The
Stor lobby, 8 o.m.-5 p.m.l
circulotion Department. 3 a.m.-
8 pm.
Main switchboard. 7 an. to $50
am, Sunday.
As usuol, night sertice lines viii Be
placed II operation after the moin
switehboerd Is closed.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Cosf-of-Liying Rise
Reported in Nation;
Some Decrease Here
Higher Auto Prices
Leud Other Increases:
Food Slightly Lower
Bv Jnmes Y. Newton

The cost of living for the
country as q whole increased
slightly in November, the Gov
ernmgnt announced today, while
prices in Washington, figured
on q three month basis. declined
IS per cent.
Consumer prices nationally
averaged i per cent higher last
month than in October after
declining in the three preceding
months, the Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported. The ma
tional price index in November
was ll4.6 per cent Of the 1947-49
average, 3 per cent under q
year ago and 1916 per cent
higher than June, 1850, just
before the start OF the Korean
war.
The bureau said consumer
prices In Washington declined
5 per cent In the three month
period ending in November. This
was attributed largely to a
drop of 3.8 per cent In food
prices.
Auto Prices Rise.
Transportation prices locally.
including the cost Of new and
used automobiles. advanced 3.4
per cent in the three months
period and the cost Of clothing
and housing was slightly higher.
The washington price index in
November was 1875 per cent Of
the l947-49 average, z per cent
below the record high level
reached in November. 1853.
The sharp drop in food prices
here was the largest quarterly
decline since February, 1850.
The local food index was 110.1
per cent Of the base period, So
per cent below the record high
reached in August, 1852. All
groups Of food decreased during
the August November quarter,
tSee LIVING COST. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-12-22
| Z Fathers and Z Sons
Die IN Highway Crash
er the Assosiaied Prs..

!.
JACKSONVILLE. KY. Dec. %.
The fathers and sons Of two
families were killed last night In
head-on auto collision near
Manitou. KY.
One car was driven by Bernard
Summers. 20, of Nebo. KY, who
was accompanied BY his father,
Oscar Summers, about SO.
Riding in the other car were
Thomas n. Anderson, SO. Of
Providence, and his son. Thomas
n. Anderson. jr., about Is.
All were killed instantly.
State police said young Surri-
mers. q soldier on leave. was to
have been married tomorrow.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
al Sentenced in Jupcn

SENDAI, Japan, Dec. % lR1.--
An American soldier was sem
fenced yesterday to four months
in prison by a.Japanese court for
knitting q japanese shopkeeper
during q quarrel over change, the
ARMY said today. The soldier
was identified as Sergt. Mai. L.
Cotton. So. Richmond. Calf.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
British Convict Clerk
As Anti-Arcraft Spy,
Give Him 5 Years
Jury Tukes 80 Minutes
To Settle Case Involving
Red Embassy Letterheod
BY The Assoeiatsd Pres.

LONDON. Dec. ga 27-year.
old clerk was convicted today ol
spying on Britain's anti-aircraft
defenses and collecting infor.
nation calculated to be useful
to an enemy"
The clerk, John Clarence, was
sentenced to fiye years in prison
Il am innocent Of this charge. :
Clarence told the court. "and
will maintain my innocence to
my dying day"
At a previous hearing the most
important exhibit was a sheet OF
blue paper on which was the
heading, Embassy Soviet Union,
23.1." It allegedly contained
notes. including secret code
word ~
Secrets Act Invoked.
Four charges were brought
under the rarely invoked Official
Secrets Act. Special permission
from the attorney general, Sir
Reginald Manningham Butler
had to be gained for them to
be made under the 45-year r-old
law.
The jury deliberated 80 min
'utes to convict the slight, be-
spectacled Clarence, He showed
no emotion as the jury an
nounced its verdict.
Most of the hearing was In
secret. Today was the first. time
the public had been admitted to
the trial since Sir Reginald's
statements last Tuesday.
Clarence refused legal aid and
defended himself against some
Britain's leading prosecutors.
Woman Found Briefcase.
The prosecution said Clarence
left behind a briefcase after
working at an open air coffee anc
tea stall on September 25. 1854
A woman nearby took the brief.
case to the police.
Police found the document con
tanning the secret code word arlc
descriptions of military install.
lations, Clarence worked at ths
headquarters Of an anti-aircraft
regiment four months during
1853 and had access to secret in.
formation, police said.
Sir Reginald also alleged Clar.
ence had visited the Soviet EN-.
bassy offering to work and hac
sold Communist leaflets in Lon.
don.
Clarence told the police hi
collected the material to write
| territorial army magazine ar,
ticles. He said he dropped thai
idea when he learned some o1
the information was secret.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Schools in Suburbs Begin
Vacation tomorrow

Christmas vacation begins to-
morrow for public school chill
dren in Washington's suburbs.
Today was the last day Of
classes in schools IN Alexandria.
Falls Church and Montgomery
Prince Georges. Arlington and
Fairfax Counties. In the Dis
trict, classes win wind up to-
morrow.
Public schools throughout the
area win reopen on Monday
January 8.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
so Crimes Solved
BY Two Policemen

POLICEMEN cokMENDED-Twe
policemen who solved 50 cases Of
housebreokins IN the District were
nominossd for On oword for their oc-
ton. The story Of how they did il
Is one Of series appearing on page
BIZ.
s. YEARS Ola resume Of ths
history Of the Pesvorfh cisizensf As
scci0sion ond its work for the COM
munify oppeors On poss AIS.
HOLIDAY NEAT NOTES yioIes
Faulkner. The Stars food edisei. dis
cSsses meot. fish and fowl ehoifxs fos
the chrisfmos table On page B!I.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Meeting 10 Put.
Final Touches
On SIunl Plan
Recommendations on
City-Wide Progrum
Neoriy Completed

The Commissioners will get .
rundown next week from con-
sultants drawing up a city-wide.
all-inclLSive program for at
tacking sluIns and halting the
deterioration of Washington
aeighborhoods.
The report. 1t was learned
today, will be discussed at "a
closed-door conference between
the city heads and the urban
renewal consultants, Nathaniel
S. Keith and James w. Rouse.
The meeting win be held at 2
pm. wednesday.
Mr.. Keith, former Federal
slum clearance and redevelop-
ment chief, and Mr.. Rouse, q
Baltimore mortgage banker
who helped write the admins
tration's new housing program.
have virtually completed work
on the report they were hired
several months ago to make.
Purpose Of next weeks, meet
ing, it was understood. will be
TO review the conSultant's find-
lngs and recommendations, and
to make any changes requested
before the final printing and
submission.
For General Guidance.
The formal report is intended
to serve as a general guide to
the city in bringing to bear
every available means of fighting
slums and urban deterioration.
It will anaiyze these weapons
and outline ways they should DO
used.
Such a report. technically
called a workable program
must be adopted by cities. under
provisions 81 the new Housing
Act Of 1854 nsfore the cities can
qualify for Federal funds to aid
slurn progl ANS
In making this requirement.
Congress greatly expanded the
kind Of projects to which
Federal aic may be applied.
Until the act was passed, ths
major Federal. aid projects were
elopmeDt--the drastic sort
Of clearance and rebuilding
planned for Southwest WASH
ington- and public housing. To
these, under the term urban
renewal" Congress added prof.
! ects to "a rehabiiitate areas not
bad enough to require drastic re-
development ano CD safeguard
good city areas and take steps
to prevent their deterioration.
To Evaluate weapons"
The workable program" re-
port will cover the role to be
played by such weapons as q
housing code and adequate zon-
ing regulations on which active
independent studies are under
way here. The Housing Act re-
quires that housing code, for
example, be adopted in order to
get urban renewal under way.
Adequate citizen participation.
financing and basic planning
studies also are required parts
of the forthcoming report.
h Once adopted, the report must
be approved by the Housing and
Home Finance Agency before
funds can be advanced for new
urban renewal projects.
Mr.. Keith and Mr.. Rouse feel
Washington has most of the
basic facilities required by the
Housing Actor studies under
way to get them--and may be
one Of the first large cities to
have such a program approved.
Thus far, no big city has had a
program approved, although
Baltimore and Chicago have SUBJ
nlitted them, they said.
The report is expected to stress
the importance Of breaking the
city down into neighborhoods in
planning for slurn clearance or
Improvement programs. There
would be several such neighbor-
hoods. for example. in tia large
Second Precinct Northwest area
----------
.lSee SLUMS. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1954-12-22

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popped up to change this
prediction which has been con-
sidered a virtual certainty since
Mondays vote Of confidence up
holding the government on its
policy in Indo-China.
In the course of that debate
Premier Mendes-France openly
invited his political enemies to
throw him out of Office. With
brutality that upset some of his
warmest Supporters, he failed
away at the opposition from the
Assembly rostrum. Centering
his attack souarely on former
Foreign Minister Bidault, he
goaded Moderate Republicans
numerically, prodding every
tender spor ignoring cries of
protest from right wing benches.
And when it was all over the
Assembly gave him the biggest
majority ne has had in recent
months. approving his Far East
ern policy by vote of $40 to ITO.
The reason was made per-
Evening star., 1954-12-22

MANILA, Dec. % P).Portu-
guese bullfiighter Jose Rosa Rod
riguez arrived BY air last night
from Tokyo for the first bull
fights in the Philippines. He will
make his debut Sunday when he
introduces the Portuguese style
Of bullfighing on horseback.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Sanity Questioned

LANSING, Mich. TIA
sister OF DR.. Charles Laughed,
ousted Michigan State College
physician. today pefitioned the
courts to declare him mentally
III. DR.. Laughed predicted
last week that half the com
tinent would be wiped out by
cataclysmic changes yesterday.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
Paris Pocts Likely to Pass
BY Small, Unhappy Majority
French Assembly Approved Held Sure
Despite Deep Distrust of German Treaty

Assembly might disapprove Mr.,
Mendes-France's policies and
dislike him personally to the
point Of hatred, but the plain
fact was that the Assembly could
not afford to throw him out at
the risk of delaying, and per-
haps preventing, ratification OF
the Paris agreements. Clinching
proof to this is to be found in
the fact that Mr.. Bidault's Pop
ular Republican Movement
(MRP) abstained in the final
vote.
Little Enthusiasm.
Although this tender concern
about the treaty has become q
real obsession with the Deputies,
1t would be a mistake to think
that most of them approve the
measure which will restore Ger
man sovereignty and revive an
independent German army, The
Assembly at this point divides
itself roughly into three groups.
There is a powerful minority on
extreme right and left opposed
to German rearmament in any
form. There is a less powerful
minority which genuinely favors
rearming Germany within the
Western European Union which
Mr.. Mendes-France has helped
build. The third group, which
includes nearly half the Assem-
bly,, is made up of Deputies
who favored rearming Germany
within EDO. They consider the
new formula to be an extremely
dangerous substitute and under
ordinary circumstances they
would vote against it.
Some of them in fact will vote
against the Paris agreements
But these are not ordinary cir.
cumstances and most realize
that another performance like The
one on EDO would mean disaster
for France and would not pre-.
vent German rearmament. This
is the unhappy group that viii
in the end. in all probability
assure ratification of the Pari.
agreements.
Prime Responsibility.
It is also commonly said here
that only Mr.. Mendes- Francs
can get the treaty ratified. Thi,
fact has nothing to do with an,
special powers of persuasion
that the Premier may have MOI
Is it tribute to the strength
Of his political leadership. i
only Mr.. Mendes- France can gel
the treaty through it Is simply
because he happens to be thu
only leader of any stature will.
ing to take on himself the re.
sponsibility for .giving weapons
back to the Germans.
The rest are buSily insurine
themselves against likelihooe
that the treaty will turn out to be
political poison by staying as
far in the background as posi-
BILE. No one is the least bit jeal-
GUS of Mr.. Mendes- Frances role
as father of the Western union
On the contrary. evidence il
convincing that the Premiar has
been kept alive this long for nc
other purpose than to take this
necessary but politically danger
It adds up, perhaps, to q
rather disappointing atmosphere
in which to make resounding de-
cisions and launch brave new
experiments. Fortunately. atti-
tudes to be found in the French
Assembly do not always reflect
the feeling of the country as 9
whole. And yet the impression
is strong here that there win be
no fiag-waving celebration In
France over ratification of the
Paris agreements.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
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Evening star., 1954-12-22
Flyers See SheIIbursts
After Leaving Taipeh
sy ihe Assleeiaied Pres.

TOKYO. Dec. 22.-The crew
Of a Northwest Orient airliner
which arrived tonight from
Hong Kong reported seeing dis
tant shellbursts after leaving
Taipeh, Formosa. today for Ok
inawa.
ut was nothing to get con-
cerned about, 1t was so far
away" said Walter Bullock Of
Lakeview. Mimi, veteran pilot
of the four-engine DC-4. He
said his plane was over water
when he saw three sllellbursts to
the right, two about five miles
away and one about a mile away
after his plane, carrying 80 pas
sengers. left Taipeh.
Northwest headquarters in st.
Paul, Mimi, had been notified
the Okinawa-boun plane was
fired on and q Northwest official
in Tokyo had said 1t was by
Chinese Nationalist guns.
After hearing Capt. Bullock's
report. a Northwest official here
said. 1T must have been either
practice or some trigger-happy
Chinese. It was over Chinese
Nationalist territory at the
time"
TAIPEH. Formosa. Dec. 20
GAP. The Nationalist Defense
Ministry reported Communist
MIG jet fighters and Russian
built LA-11 bombers made more
than 10 sorties near the Tachen
Islands today.
Evening star., 1954-12-22
By Crosby S. Noyes
Foreign Correspondent Of The ssor

PARIS. Dec. 22.-From all the
evidence the French Assembly
viii vote In favor Of ratifying the
Paris agreements by a small and
disgruntled but safe majority.
With debate already well
underway. no surprises have
Evening star., 1954-12-22

Mendes-Fronee Asks Lorse Moio6fy on
Poris Pact Approval. Pose As
Evening star., 1954-12-22
BuIlfighter in MuniIu

tsee sLUMs. Page IA.
Evening star., 1954-12-22

(See LIVING COST, Page A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
Women Golf Tit|ists
Crowned al TwoCIubs
FIRST TEAM

Mrs. George G. Fitton won her
first title at Congressional Coun-
try Club and Mrs. George Mar
tin added q third crown at
Manor Club in women's club
championship finals concluded
yesterday.
Mrs. Fitton defeated Nina
Champion, 3 and 2. after leading
l up at the ninth. The winner
needed par for an "a when the
match ended on the 10th.
Mrs. Martin. the defending
titlist at Manor. defeated Mrs.
Jack Barry, 2 and /, in a strange
match in which Mrs. Martin won
the first three holes and then
lost the next four.
Mrs. Barry. a club champion
at Akron, Ohio, before moving
to Washington this year, was the
medalist.
Results in other flights:
CONGRESSIONAL.
Consolation in championship flight
Mrs: George Maksim def. Mrs. Charles
Second fiight-Mrs. o. M. Reed def.
Mrs. Claudia Galiher. 2 and |: Conso-
l n,at > Mrs otto Hause def. Mrs. N. W.
Third tiisht-Mrs. P. l. Smith def
Mrs Charles E. Wilson def. Mrs. CASTOR
Miller, 2 and l.
MRS V WADE n Wiley and @ aer
Mrs. Norman Burch def. Mrs. e. l..
Stohlman, UP.
MANOR.
Consolation in championship flight
Mrs. H. H. Staehling.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
Mrs. Cush Adds
Another Trophy
To Growing List

Mrs. Frank Cush, the Keefer
Cup champion and finalist In the
current Argyle women's club
championship. added to her tro-
ply list in the best golfing sea-
son of he career by winning low
gross honcrs with a 70 in the
Maryland State Golf Associa-
tons field day at Bethesda
Country Club yesterday.
Mrs. Cush played the front
nine in 1-over-par SO and came
back in AZ for a 10. With a 5
handicap. she would have tied
for low net, but took the low
gross award.
Three home club players tied
for low net, Mrs. A. F. Cassa-
want, 87-13-73; Mrs. William
Hodges. 89-16-73, and Mrs. z.
Felber, 93-20-73.
Other net winners were Mrs.
Betty Meckley of Kenwood.
80-5-75: Mrs. Ralph Sewell Of
Bethesda. 88-13-75; Mrs. James
O'Hara of the c. c. of Maryland
In Baltimore, 92-17-75, and
Mrs. Nathan Smith of c. c. Of
Maryland, 86-10-76.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
CIV and WI Games
Tonight Top 19-Gane
High School Schedule

High school football moves
into high gear this week end.
with IL games listed today and
eight more scheduled tomorrow.
Sharing top billing in today's
action will be a pair of night
games. with George Washington
playing host to Wilson and
Washington-Lee invading North
western. Both are at s pm.
Gonzaga invades Anacostia at
$3.50 pm. in the top afternoon
attraction.
Tomorrow's program will be
highlighted by John CAROLS
debut against Calvert Hall of
Baltimore at Carroll at 2 pm.
The Lions have been tabled as
the powerhouse Of the Metropoli-
ton Catholic League and tomor-
rows test is expected to give
some indication as to Just how
good they really are.
Another outstanding game on
tomorrow's agenda will find
Eastern battling Mount Vernon
at the CIV High stadium at
8 pm.
The schedule:
TODAY.
Gonzaga at Anacostia. $50.
western at Friends, $40.
wilson at George Washington, 500
Co0lidse at fredericksburg (Pa.) High,
Chamberlain VS.. Laureal at Roosevelt,
$40.
Spingarn at Parker-Gray, 500.
Cardozo at Baltimore Dunbar. $3.50.
Phelps at Richmond Armstrong, 500.
Washington-Lee at Northwestern, 500.
Fairfax at Culpeper. 800.
Warrenton at Herndon, 900.
TOMORROW.
Calvert Hall VS.. Carroll ct Catholic o..
Bell VS.. DeMatha at Northwestern High.
George Mason at Wakefield, 200.
James Monroe at Falls Church. 400.
Westminster VS.. Bladensburg at North.
western, 500.
Jamboree at Bethesda Chevy Chase:
2:O0-sherwood VS.. Monteomery Blair
Junior Varsity. 2:45-B-CC VS..
Gaithersburg. 3:30-Blair vs.. Richard
Montgomery.
Orange at Garfield. 200.
Eastern VS.. Mount Vernon at George
Washington High Stadium. 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17

and became one Of Penland's
close friends.
Big Klu, who has broken about
every Cincinnati batting record
was a pretty good football player
under the late DO Mcmillan at
Indiana. The Redlegs held spring
practice there in 1945 and their
groundskeeper. Lenny Schwab
spotted the 230-pounder swing
ing a bat for the college nine
Schwab recommended him to
Manager Bill McKechnie and
General Manager Warren Giles.
At Columbia, where he made
his minor league debut in 1916,
passing up his senior year in col
lege, Ted hit 1852, and at the end
of the season Giles called a
meeting Of the clubs scouts and
minor league managers to Gull
the rockies.
When KluSZewSki's name came
up the vote was unanimous to
sell him while he was hot. Giles
was told that Kluszewski's av-
erage was a freak and couldn't
happen again. He was clumsy
around the bag and looked pretty
much like a good prospect for
a pro football club, rather than
a big league baseball berth. But
Giles wasn't convinced. He
sought out Penland, who had
been beating the drum for Big
Klu, and asked his opinion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
GNU, WthAbundonce of Football anpower
Needs Only to Develop One Outstanding Star

surprise some Of the big teams
on their schedule.
All the first and second-team
ends are old hands, and most OF
the time 1t won't make much
difference which two Of the four
are playing. They're all good
and to back them up are a cou-
pie Of newcomers-Paul Thomp-
son, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, and
AL Zippay. a 6-foot-2 freshman
who might bump some of the
big four before the season is
half over.
Gaspari Only Veteran Lineman.
Dick Gaspari, the center who
was a guard last year, Is the only
regular lineman back. But the
others are catching on well. Bill
McHenry. a 200-pound junior
tackle, is coming into his own
and the other tackle, Bill Berry
|, a 205-pound freshman, is q good
tough player.
The sophomores at guard
Bob Sutton and Ed Sakach-are
formidable 200-pounders, and il
any Of the linemen don't live up
to expectations there are fellows
behind them who may. It's that
kind Of q situation at CIV this
year. where for the first time in
many seasons there's no real
manpower shortage. Even a few
injuries won't hamper the Co.
lonialS too much.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-17
'WeIter Title Bout
Reset for Oct. 20
With National TV

PHILADELPHIA. Sept. t.
The twice-postponed title bout
between Welterweight Champion
Kid Gavilan and sixth-ranked
Challenger Johnny Saxton has
been rescheduled for october 20
at Convention Hall.
Promoter Herman Taylor said
yesterday the bout would be ma
tionally televised with a black
out imposed over 100-mile ra-
dius of Philadelphia.
The fight. originally slated for
July. was postponed because of
a broken bone in Gavilan's right
hand, which he suffered while
training for a loss to Middle
weight Champion Carl (Bobo)
Olson.
The bout was rescheduled for
September /, but Gavilan came
down with an attack of virus and
the mumps the night before.