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Evening star., 1954-03-29
Potomac Heights Man
Found Shot 10 Death
BY q Stor s.aff Correspondent

INDIAN HEAD. Md. Mar. 20,
-Parran Benjamin Collins, SO, a
building contractor, was found
shot to death at midnight Sat-
urday in his home at nearby Po-
tomac Heights.
State police said he died of a
wound in the upper abdomen
caused by a blast from a 16-
gauge shotgun which was lying
beside him. They ruled the death
a suicide.
Herman Eek, 40, who lives in
the same house at 80 Fairmont
place, found the body at 2 am
MIR. Collins was pronounced dead
by DR.. James E. Andrews, deputy
medical examiner for Charles
County.
Evening star., 1954-03-29

A house-to-house canvass by
the Montgomery County Charter
Committee is planned for next
month to give prospective voters
information on candidates it
will back for the County Council
in the primaries June %.
The committee has announced
that it will wait until after the
April 10 filing deadline before
listing the slate it believes most
qualified within the two major
parties.
After that it's volunteers will
begin the county wide home cam
vass, for which the county will
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Montgomery Society
Plans Concert Sunday

The Montgomery County
Chamber Music Society will pre-
sent a concert at pm. Sunday
in the Rolling Terrace Elemen-
tary School, Hood and Bayfield,
streets, Takoma Park, Md.
The program will include the
Piano Quintette of Dvorak. The
Ancient Instrument Ensemble
of Washington will play music
for these instruments writtesN in
the 10th and 17th Centuries.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Mayor Beverley Goes
To Hospital for Hurt Back

Alexandria's Mayor Marshall
j. Beverley is in Alexandria Hos
pital with a back injury suffered
while working in his yard.
The Mayor was rushed to the
hospital by the Alexandria
Rescue Squad yesterday after he
collapsed at home. Mrs. Beverly
said he had strained muscles
Saturday, but thought no more
of it until a severe pain struck
him in the back yesterday.
His condition was reported
good.
Mrs. Beverley said her husband
was to be X-rayed today to de-
termine the nature of the injury.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Bourd Meeting Ends

The Virginia Exchange Clubs
Board of Control ended a two
day meeting in Alexandria
yesterday after making plans
for the State convention in
Williamsburg June 1920. when
new officers will be elected. The
Alexandria Exchange Club was
host at the meeting in the
George Mason Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-03-29

in the June
% primary.
A coun t Y
re ST d ent for
the past IA
years, he has
been active in
civic a n d
c o m m unity
affairs. In
cluded in his
activities were
president of
the East Ia
koma Citizens
A S Sociation.
d lie G a t e to
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Montgomery Charter Group
Plans House-to-House Visits

be divided into at least IL areas.
Each area will have a precinct
captain and field workers for
SubSectionS.
Chairman of the project is
Mrs. Henry Dearborn of 6305
Beechwood drive, Chevy Chase.
Among those who will assist her
are Mrs. Horace Nickels of Glen
Hills, Rockville; Mrs. Gerald j.
Davis, 500 Bonifant street. Sill
yer Spring; Mrs. Ralph E. Him
stead. 210 Rosemary street, Chevy
Chase, and Mrs. William Dahl,
105 Hilltop road, Silver Spring.
Additional volunteers are being
sought.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
$50 Million Subway Sci
To Sturt at Toronto
By the Asseeioted Press

TORONTO. Mar. 29.-Toron-
to's $50 million subway opens to-
morrow after five years of build
ing 1t will be Canada's first
underground city railway and
North Americas fifth.
1t can carry 10000 persons an
hour from downtown Union Rail-
way Station, near the Lake On
tario waterfront, AZ miles north
to Eglington avenue. The 2-to-
Scar trains will run 21a minutes
apart, making the run in 18 min
uteE during normal hours or 20
minutes at rush hours.
Evening star., 1954-03-29

lcanS nave heaped on those In
Government service.
Austin Is Ex-Chief Clerk.
Mr.. Austin served from Sep
tember, 1949. to last December
as executive director of the Fed
eral War Claims Commission. In
1949 he served as chief clerk
of the Maryland House of Dele
gates.
The candidate began his pub
lie service with the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission in 1882 and
then served as head of the board
of Election Supervisors.
Mr.. Austin is associated with
the Frank L. Hewitt Realty Co.,
Silver Spring. He is married
and has three children.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
$10O-u-PIute Dinner
Will Aid SeuI Sales

Arlington business and pro-
fessional men will attend a $10O-
a-plate dinner April 8 as their
contribution to the Easter Seal
campaign for crippled children
The dinner. sponsored by the
Virginia Society for Crippled
Children and Adults, will be held
at Z pm. at the Statler Hotel.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
UniversuIist MEETING

The executive board of the Ma
tional Association of Universal
iSt Women opened a 4-day spring
business meeting today at Camp
lockwood, Bethesda, Md. The
association is the women's group
for the Universalist Church, of
America.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
School Science Fair
Set at Mount Ruinier

The sixth annual Prince
Georges County science fair for
Junior and senior high school
students will be held at the
Mount Rainier Junior High
School, Thirtieth street and
Queens Chapel road, on Satur-
day and Sunday.
Saturday hours will be from
z to 10 pm, and on Sunday
from / to 6 pm. Final judging
and awarding of prizes will take
place Sunday afternoon.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Patterson Is Chairman
For United Nations Day

Secretary Of State Dulles has
appointed Morehead Patterson,
chairman and president of the
American Machine and Foundry
Co. Of New York, to be chairman
this year of the United States
: Committee for United Nations
Day.
The committee arranges for
observance of October "a as
United Nations Day. It is COM
posed Of 100 or more national,
civic. labor, veteran and other
ordinations.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
0osterhous Seeks
Treasurer Post

L. A. Larry Oosterhous,
Prince Georges County Demo-
crat, today announced he will be
candidate for county treasurer
Evening star., 1954-03-29
Arts Teachers to Meet

The Language Arts Teachers
of Northern Virginia will hold
their spring meeting at 6::30 pm.
Wednesday in the Fairfax High
School.
Evening star., 1954-03-29
B'nui Birth Women Meet

The B'nai Birth Women of
Arlington will hold a luncheon
at 1890 pm. Wednesday in Alli-
sons Little Tea House. Arlington
Ridge road.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Menzies Still Opposed
To Admitting Red China
By the Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia, July
S.-Prime Minister r. G.. Mem
zies said today there has been no
change in Australia's opposition
to the admission of Communist
China to the United Nations.
Mr.. MenZies was commenting
at a press conference on New
Zealand Foreign Minister Cliff
ton Webb's statement that the
time has arrived to bring the
Chinese Reds into the o. N.
Mr.. Menzies said there had
been no change in the attitude
he expressed last September
when he said: II do not discuss
recognition of my enemy while
I am in the field with him. The
problem of Communist China
does not arise at this moment"
In Auckland, Mr.. Webb told
New Zealand's House of Repre-
sentatives again tonight that
Communist China should be adj
mitted to the u. N. but sug-
gested that Nationalist China
should continue to hold its U. N.
seat as well.
Mr.. Webb cited Spain as an
example of another country that
had qualified for admission to
the u. N. but had not been adj
mitted,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08

refusing to accept any offer Of
settlement they have In their
hand the power to overthrow the
government Of France. Since
they hold military initiative In
Indo China they can decide to
press war to q military con-
cluSion.
Neither of these prospects,
however. is as attractive now as
it might have been from the
Communist point Of view. It is
unlikely that the next govern
ment Of France will be more
receptive to the idea Of nego-
tiated settlement than the pres
ent one. There Us less chance
in light Of the present French.
attitude that q military victory
would be q quick and easy one.
And into all Communist calcu-
lations at this point comes one
other factor that can never be
ruled out: The possibility, how
ever remote. that If France
fights on the United States
might enter the Indo- Chinese
War.
In short, the Commies may
decide they have nothing to gain
and perhaps much to lose in
continuing the war. If so. a
cease-fire win be arranged ct
Geneva within the next 10 days.
Today, for the first time, chances
seem reasonably good.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Rug Maker May Reopen
Struck Plant Temporarily
BY the Associated Press

YONKERS, N. Y, July 8.-The
Alexander Smith, Inc, rug man
ufacturer, has reached a tenta-
tive agreement with striking
workers to reopen its plant tenn
porarily-despite its plan to
move later.
After a strike broke out three
weeks ago, the company an
nounced it would leave the plant
where it has operated for 80
years and move to branch plants
in philadelphia and Greenyille,
Miss.
Spokesman for the company
and the CLIO Textile Workers
Union said yesterday agreement
had been reached for workers to
go back to jobs for at least three
months to process unfinished
products and dismantle equip
ment.
There was no indication of
any change in the relocation
plans.
The agreement. subject to
ratification of the some $500
strikers tonight. provides for a
return to work on the basis of
wages and hours existing before
the strike-the terms originally
sought by the union. The COM
pany had proposed general
downward revision in wage
scales.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08


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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Franco Opposes China
In U. n. He Tells Byrd, j.
Rv fha Assoeiofed Rrass

MADRID, Spain, July g.
Generalissimo Francisco Franco
warned the western democra-
cies yesterday against letting
Communist China into the Unit
ed Nations, saying it would be
rewarding aggression in Korea.
The Spanish chief of state
made the statement in a 66-min-
ute interview with Harry F..
Bird, jr.. publisher of the VIM
chester (Va.) Evening Star and
q member of the Virginia State
Senate. It was one of the long
est interviews Gen. Franco has
ever granted and came only one
day after his first news con-
ference since he took over the
Spanish government in 1899.
The Spanish leader told Mr..
and Mrs. Byrd that the U. N.
veto should be eliminated as
soon as possible. He said all nom
Communist countries should be
brought into the world organiza-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Goodyear Workers
Begin Strike; Plants
IN 1OCities Affected
BY The Associated Press

CINCINNATI, July 8.--The
first Nationwide strike in the his
tory Of the Goodyear Tire 81
Rubber Co. began today, after q
breakdown of contract negotia-
tions with the Go United Rub
Der Workers Union. Both union
and management negotiators
said $4,000 employees in plants In
10 cities are affected.
Goodyear said 1t offered q pay
increase of S cents an hour, but
the union called the offer Gin
adequate"
Paul Bower, who headed the
l0-member union team in the
contract talks, said strategy to
be employed in the strike was
considered this morning.
Meeting Not Held.
1--WE were prepared to meet
again with the company repre-
sentatives. but they did not APP
pear" he said. adding he UNDER
stood they left by plane for
akron at midmorning.
1--WE also plan to leave Cincin-
natl shortly" Mr.. Bowers said.
Goodyear has plants at Akron.
ST.. Marys, Ohio; Muncie. Ind;
Los Angeles, Topeka, Kans.; Lin
coin, Nebr.; Gadsden, Ala; Jack
son, Mich; New Bedford. Mass,
and Windsor. VT.
The plants at New Bedford
and Windsor are closed for q
one-week vacation period. but
picketing was started at those
plants this morning.
Negotiations Break Up.
The negotiations over a new
contract broke up here last night
after both sides refused to yield
in a dispute over a wage increase.
The company held fast to its Of.
fer of a pay increase OF cents
an hour. The union insisted that
was not SUFFICIENT and did not
make corrections sought in wage
differentials in 'low-paid plants"
Negotiators for the company
and the union had been meeting
here at various times since June
%. A previous meeting, held at
Canton, Ohio. recessed on May 4.
The union never has disclosed
the exact terms Of its demands
on the company. The workers
now average $2.08 an hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08

lin other words to prevent the
Communists from taking over
the country By force. IN hight
Of careful examination Of
Frances military position, the
Assembly was told there was only
one way to get necessary REIN
forcenents. and that is to send
conscripts to fight in Indo- China
If the Geneva talks fail.
To Americans thinking Of Ko-
rea 1t isn't easy to understand
the significance of this demand.
It seems Incredible, perhaps.
that after eight years the French
still prevent by law draftees from
lighting in Indo-C China.
Formidable Decision.
In France. however, sending
the continguent' amounts to s
formidable decision. In its politi-
cal connota tion IT means the Diff
ference between limited effort
and an all-uut effort or ia case
Of Indo- China the difference be-
tween colonial police action" in
which the fighting was done by
professional tand often foreign)
soldiers and genuine national
war in which the most precious
assets Of the state are ir-I
revocably committed.
This was the decision that Mr..
Mendes- France announced to the
Assembly on the eve Of his de-
parture for Geneva. He is still
hopeful Of making peace. But if
he falls the last act Of his gov
eminent will be to confront the
Assembly with q vote on whether
or not to send conscripts to
mdo- China. So far as his own
country is concerned it seems as
though Mr.. Mendes- Frances
theory is working well; rightly
or wrongly most Deputies were
willing to believe the charge that
former leaders of France showed
themselves inept either at max
ing peace or making war. Today
most Deputies are convinced that
the new Premier is sincerely try
ing to make peace. IF he fails
they appear willing to accept his
conditions for making war.
When Mr.. Mendes-France fin
ished speaking yesterday even
the Socialists who have most bit
terly objected to suggestion Of
sending conscripts to Indo-
China were applauding.
VIII the Communists see it the
same way? AS they come into
the final week at Geneva the
Communists still have plenty of
cards to choose from. BY simply
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08

~
heard a, friend cf the slain man,
Jose M. Palacios. formally
charge the ex-president with
masterminding the assassina-
ton. s1,..
Arbenz and leaders of his re-
gime already face 81 assorted
charges Of murder, torture and
looting. In addition the junta
is trying to find out what hap
pened to 81 million which
Arbenz' treasurer, Roberto Gar
ella Ortiz, said he turned over
to the shortlived military re-
gime which succeeded the leftist
president.
Blame Placed in Staying.
Palacios blamed the Arana
Staying on Arbenz and his agra
rian department chief, Mai. AL
fonso Martinez. who pushed
through the Communist backed
regimes disputed land reforms.
Both Arbenz. who was then
defense minister. and Arana had
been considered strong possibili-
ties to succeed President Juan
Jose Arevalo. who was not per-
mitted by the constitution to run
again. Arana was considered
the more popular of the two.
Started Army Revolt.
Arana was machine-gunned at
nearby resort in July, 1919,
touching of a bloody army re-
volt in which Arbenz led the pro-
Arevalo army faction.
The other faction protested
Arana's death and demanded
Arbenz's overthrow. It was led
by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas,
who was later jailed but escaped
into exile and led the June Is
revolt which smashed the Ar
benz regime. Castillo has long
charged that Arbenz MASTER
minded the assassination OF his
army chief.
Interior Minister Jorges Ser
rano told newsmen the new
regime is trying to sift through
some 1000 suspected Reds now
in Gatemalan jails to weed out
the small fry and concentrate on
the leaders.
In its quest for missing funds
the government was told by
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Arkansas Doctor Heads
Hiroshima Study Group
. BY The Assoeioisd Press

DR.. Robert Holmes Of Little
Rock. Ark. has been named di-
rector of the Atomic Bomb Cas-
ualty Commission In Japan,
which conducts follow-up studies
on survivors of the Hiroshima
and Nagasaki bombings.
The National Academy Of Sci
ences- National Research Coun-
Gil, creator Of the commission.
announced DR.. Holmes appoint
ment. He succeeds DR.. John
Morton. who is returning to the
University of Rochester.
DR.. Holmes entered the Army
after graduating from Tulane
University Medical School In
1910 and served until 1858. Re-
Gently he has been chief Of
pathology Tor the Veterans Ad-
ministration Hospital at Little
Rock.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Mdneuyering Believed Over,
Geneva Showdown at Hand

the Commies' viewpoint Mr..
Mendes- France represents the
best they are likely to get out Of
the present French political set
up. II they turn down his offer
OF settlement they face the prob
ability Of sitter political resis-
tance in France and sitter milf
tary resistance In Indo- Gilman
In other words, MI. MendeS-
France looks on his regime as
the highWater mark of Frances
willingness to negotiate d settle
ment with Communists IN Indo-
China. He is banking on the
cleverness of the Communists to
seize tide at Hood and he Is
insuring France against possi-
bility that they won't.
This policy became clear Ia
detail when Mr.. Mendes-F France
spoke before National Assembly
yesterday. The speech, which
gave broad outline of the gov
ernment's plans in the coming
Geneva showdown. should have
provided very welcome reassur-
ance that the new French regime
is not one which seeks peace in
mdo-C China st any price.
Surrender Unpopular.
-.
Parenthetically to risk purely
q personal bunch, diplomatic re-
porting from France has been
unduly pessimistic on this point.
The French certainly want out
OF Ind0-C China. But the idea Of
surrender after eight years of
fighting Is at least ais repugnant
here as 1t is in washington. The
majority Of the French Assembly.
despite the size Of the Commu-
mist vote, is strongly against any
settlement that could reasonably
be interpreted as capitulation
and this majority distinctly in
cludes Mr.. Mendes-France..
Yesterday Mr.. Mendes-France
didn't discuss terms of a settle
ment. Instead he discussed al
ternatives to settlement the
question Of what France must do
if the effort Of the next week
falls through and there is no
ceaSeflre in Indo-C China.
The answer was blunt: France
must face up to necessity Of con-
tinuing the war. It must take
steps necessary to insure the
safety of the expeditionary army
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
BY Crosby S. Noyes
Speciul Correspondent Of The Sscs

Y 80 p
PARIS, July 8.--Within the
next few days the conference at
Geneva will come to life again
in a last final burst Of activity.
And in contrast to- the intricate
maneuvering and diplomatic
shadowboxing that has bored
everybody to death so far this
is the showdown the real Me-
Coy.
Communists have just IL days
to agree to cease fire in Indo-
China. If they don't they face
the possibility Of an entirely
new war. In any case the time
Of palaver and INDIGESTION is COM
ing to an end.
The man chiefly responsible
Tor this refreshing turn of events
is the new French Premier.
Pierre endes-France. When he
came into power three weeks
ago Mr.. Mendes- France prom
Used to resign If he failed to
arrange a cease-fire in Indo-
China within 80 days. At the
time this was taken as q slick
political gimmick to assure his
confirmation by the French AS
sembly. It was also taken Ito
Judge from United States press
reports) as proof that Mr..
Mendes- France, to save his own
political neck, would accept
peace in Indo- China ct virtual
" any price. Today both Of
these propositions bear reconsid-
Grafton. Mr.. Mendes-Fr Frances
contract" with the Assembly
may still add up to an extraor-
binary bit Of razzle dazzle states
manship. But 1t was one which
has effectively put the bee on
the Communists and served
them with the choice to agree
or take the consequences and
set a very firm deadline to the
whole business.
Mr.. Mendes- Frances approach
to Geneva Is simple:
If anybody has a chance to
reach an acceptable settlement
with the Communists he has.
If he fails to country will accept
the sacrifices necessary to keep
on fighting.
There is another side to the
coin-the Communist side. From
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
Arbenz Is Charged
In 1o4o Assassination
OF Political Rival
BY the Asseeia,sd Press

GUATEMALA. July g.
Charges of murder and mis-
management mounted today
against ouSted President Jacobo
Arbenz Guzman. The latest ac-
cusation sought to tag him with
the 1949 Staying of his arch
political rival-Armed Forces
Chief Col. Francisco Javier
Arana.
In a move paving the way
for Arbenz' arrest should he
leave the Mexican Embassy
where he is reported hiding, a
tribunal Of the ruling junta
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
0kinaWa Bases Named
Fort Buckner by Army
BY the As.oeiotsd Press

TOKYO. July s.-Army In
stallations on Okinawa win be
known as Fort Buckner. the
Army said today.
Bases on the ,67-mile-long
island will bear the name OF 1t.
Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, jr..
who was killed on Okinawa June
18, l945. while leading the 10th
Army in the final phase Of con-
quest.
American forces suffered
more than $4,000 casualties, in
GLIDING $4,000 dead. during the
90-day campaign.
Legislation has been intro
duced In Congress which would
posthumously promote Buckner
to the rank Of full general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08

Garcia Ortiz that under orders
from Arbenz's finance ministry
he turned over ! million quetzals
"a million dollars) to Col. Carlos
Enrique Diaz during the one
day Diaz headed the government
following the Presidents resig-
nation.
Diaz is believed to be refu-
gee also In the Mexican EN-
bassy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
7.5o to S. Quolity Strow Hats

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-08
U. S. Viii Recognize
Regime if 1t FulfiIls
Pocts, Dulles States

Secretary of State Dulles
said today he hoped and ex-
pected that the new anti.
Communist regime in Guate-
mala would be able and will
lug to carry out its inter-
national agreements.
If this proves true, Mr..
Dulles said, the United
States will recognize the
new regime as the legitimate
government, of Guatemala.