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Evening star., 1954-10-21
W0..$N0ME2

That wondrous and heavenly favor beloved by
millions is slow in arriving in strawberry
doesn't really get there until that berry is mellow
with sunshine and ruby-red with ripeness. Pick
strawberry few days too soon and what have you?
Something SO tart it will make you vince and wish
you'd bought bananas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
u. n. Unit Votes Pay
For Fired Workers,
Bars Tribunal Review
BY The Assoeiassd Press

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y, Dec.
10. The General Assembly's
Budgetary Committee voted last
night to pay disputed damage
awards Of the United Nations adj
ministratiye tribunal. But it
killed a United States proposal
to subject the tribunals later
decisions to review. Senator Full
bright, Democrat, of Arkansas.
said this action threatened the
U. MS future.
The committee noted an inter-
national court decision of last
July Is. This said the Assembly
should pay $179,420 in indem-
mites that the tribunal last year
ordered for II Americans dis
charged from the U. NJ. for de-
clining to tell United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

could be no check ON the tribunal.
it would "jeopardize the future OF
the secretariat and the organi-
zation." (The United States pays
q third of the q. Ms yearly ex-
penseS.)
Argentina, Canada, Chile,
Cuba and Turkey had joined the
United States in introducing a
resolution to approve the
awards. accept the principle of
review and set up the fund.
Belgium, Brazil. Egypt. India.
Norway and Pakistan had
brought in amendments to de-
lete acceptance of the principle
but to set up a 15-member COM
mittee to study the question.
The amendments carried, 90
"A, with four abstentions. The
fund was approved. Sos tSoviet
bloc). with the United States
abstaining.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Philip WyIie and Sean O'Cosey
Will Aid Fired Teacher S Fight

satirize the American heritage,
particularly the life of BENJAMIN
Franklin. The book insults our
Pilgrim fathers"
Read Portions to Glass.
MIR. Jaeger admitted reading
portions of this book to his class.
OF Mr.. Wylie's book. 'Disap-
pearance," the answering petit
ton said:
THE defendants hereby adopt
this book in its filthy entirety
the same as If its entire contents
are set out herein to the extent
that this court and jury may
know the type of literature Peter
Jaeger offered to the immature
minds of his students"
Defendants in the case are
r. H. Williams. principal of John
Reagan; j. o. Webb, assistant
school superintendent in charge
of high schools, and Harland G..
Andrews, Reagan assistant prin-
cipal.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

Leisure Shirt Classics
BY Alfred of New York
Luxurious sport shirts designed by
Americas most distinguished custom
shirt maker. Mallinson rayon CAB
ardine in % exclusive shades blended
for these shirts alone.
$40
Other Alfred Shirts to s10.95
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Investigators whether they were
BaIIks q. 8. Plan.

Investigators whether they were
Communists.
BaIks q. 8. Plan.
1t also decided to establish
January a quarter-million dol
lar fund, out Of U. N. stair taxes,
with which the U. N. would pay
these and similar awards.
But it knocked out a United
States backed plan to record the
Assembly in favor of the prin-
ciple that a review procedure
should be set up for further tri-
bunal decisions and to start q
years study of the idea.
The United States joined In q
unanimous vote to accept the
court judgment. But once the
review principle had lost, the
United States abstained on the
fund plan and voted against q
resolution wrapping up the whole
subject. So did China and Tur-
key. The resolution passed, 1858.
with ~ abstentions.
Warning by Fulbright.
Senator Fulbright said If the
Assembly also maintained there
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Erie Man Testifies
He Paid Protection 10
Democratic Leader

ERIE, Pa, Dec. 10.-John Nc
Carthy. who had just pleaded
guilty to a charge of bribery,
testified yesterday that he paid
an Erie Democratic leader pro-
lection money in the form of
political funds.
Mccarthy, cigar store owner,
testified at the trial of Stanley
Schwartz, charged with bribery.
He said he paid Schwartz $3.50
a month from last May to Octo-
Der "for political campaigns"
The two men are among So
indicted in connection with what
District Attorney Damian Nc
Laughlin describes as a gambling
syndicate which Melted $40 mil
lion a year.
Slated for Trial.
Schwartz was slated to go on
trial yesterday with Mayor
Thomas w. Flatley and Henry
Soscia, an Erie Democratic
leader. Flatley, Democrat,
pleaded guilty to charges of con-
spiracy and violation of his oath
of Office. Soscia pleaded guilty
to a gambling charge.
At Schwartz's trial Jack Mar
tin. a former police inspector,
said Schwartz was the real boss
of the Erie Police Department."
Martin, who has pleaded gull
ty to conspiracy and bribery
charges, testified:
Schwartz ran the whole show.
If you wanted a (police) promo
ton you had to see Schwartz.
If anything went wrong. you had
to see Schwartz"
Bribery Charges.
The last case to go before this
months term of court starts
today. James Provenzano, a
newsroom operator, is scheduled
to be tried on bribery and con-
spiracy charges. The gambling
trials will be continued in the
February term of court.
Six men of the SO indicted
have now been convicted on
charges Of conspiracy or brib-
cry. Nine others have pleaded
guilty to similar charges. None
have been sentenced.
The 36 men were arrested in
mass raid October Is. Nc
Laughlin. a Republican, has de-
. scribed the raid as the cracking
of a huge gambling ring.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
by the Associated Press

HOUSTON, Tex. Dec. TO-
Philip Wylie said he's ready to
testify in a damage suit brought
by a young high school teacher
who said he was fired for read
: ing excerpts of books by MIR.
Wylie and D. H. Lawrence.
School officials, In replying to
the suit. described MIR. Wylie's
book as filthy" and said Mr..
Lawrence's insults our Pilgrim
fathers"
Irish Playwright Sean O'Casey
said he'd come here to speak for
his dead friend, Mr.. Lawrence.
A trial date for the $4,000
suit brought by Peter Jaeger is
to be set today.
Mr.. Jaeger claims he was fired
from his job at John Reagan
High School last March for read
ing from the works of Mr.. Wylie
and Mr.. Lawrence to his Is
year-old students.
Answer Quotes Excerpts.
Three school officials named as
defendants in the suit filed 13-
page answer, devoted largely to
excerpts from Mr.. Wylie's and
MIR. Lawrence's writings and al
leging the unsuitability of such
writings for high school students.
Bernard Golding, Mr.. Jaeger's
attorney, said Mr.. Wylie and
Mr.. O'Casey had assured him
they would be here for the trial
If asked. He said he was going
to request they come.
Mr.. Jaeger's petition said the
three defendants conspired Ito
charge and smear" him as a
Communist and being "un-
American" He said the false
and untrue charges" prevented
him from securing employment.
The defendants answer de-
scribed Mr.. Lawrence's Studies
In Classic American Literature"
as Calculated to ridicule and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

United States Lines as assistant
treasurer and became treasurer
three years later. He has been
q director of the company since
1887 and was named a vice
president in ls42. He became
executive vice president in
March of 1916.
He served as q colonel In the
Army from 1943 to 1945 as chief
of the water division. Once Of
the Chief Of Transportation in
Washington. He was awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal
in 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
Beun Milk Harvested

JAKARTA, Indonesia. Farm
ers in Indonesia are harvesting"
milk. They raise soybeans. grind
them and dissolve them In water
TO make q milk substitute. They
get about 5000 quarts to an acre.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10

the Merchant
Fleet Corp. in
w a S hington,
D. c.. has been
elected presi-
dent of the
Propel ] e r
Club, Port of
New York.
Mr.. Hicks,
a former dep
uty diSburS-
ing officer of
he United
States Ship
ping Board.
at - "A u tho
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
New York Propeller Club
Elects Raymond N. Hicks
speeiai pispa,eh TO The s,ar

SpeeEuI Ulspofch 70 Inc StdT
MIAMI, Fla, Dec. 10.-Ray-
mond M. Hicks, executive vice
president of the United States
Lines and one-time member of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-10
First Bible in U. S.

CAMBRIDGE. - The first
Bible published In the United
States was issued from the press
of the Harvard college in 1868.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Czech Plane Forced Down
In Field Of American Zone

BAYREUTH. Germany, Feb. 6.
"A two-engined Czech military
plane made a forced landing last
night in a field near this Ameri-
can zone town.
United States Army authori-
ties said. the small four-seater
swooped down into a pasture
after one of it's engines failed.
Two officers, the sole occu-
pants, said they were running
low on fuel when an engine gave
out and they were forced to land.
German police turned them over
to United States authorities, and
a military guard was set around
the plane. which apparently was
unchanged. It carried neither
weapons nor ammunition.
An American officer said the
flyers asked permission to get in
touch with their unit at Pilsen
ito arrange to get back as soon
as possible" It was not known
Immediately where they were GO
ing when they landed. Bayreuth
is about 80 miles due west OF
Pnsen and 40 miles west Of the
Czech border.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Lonergon 'Orphon' Gets $6.8 Million

that he was otherwise well pro-
vided for"
However, the will of her first
husband, wealthy New York
Brewer Max Bernheimer, had
stipulated that on her death his
estate should revert to a lineal
descendant. Thus the huge for
tune automatically went to the
boy.
The nude body of the boys
mother was found on October
%, 1943. Police learned that his
father, then a Royal Canadian
Air Force trainee. had been in
New York that week end.
He was arrested in Toronto
and confessed when brought
back to New York.
Police said he admitted hitting
his wife with a candlestick and
choking her because she climaxed
an argument by telling him she
would never let him see the in
FAINT son again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
How to Solve Safe Looting:
Working Backwards Is Best

"a late, running poker game. u
said the technician nervously.
1t. Jefferson and his men de-
cided to look at his winnings and
found $1,251 in cold cash tucked
in an ice cube tray in the mans
refrigerator.
Then they searched his car
for further winnings" and
found: A sledge hammer with a
sling, safe cracking punches,
$50 in stamps and some en-
velopes and papers with ma
tional Association of Real Estate
Boards. 1887 K street NV, +"
stamped all over them.
The detectives. who say they'll
charge the man with the crime.
finally went to the association
Office. where they found the safe
had been punched"
Police are still searching for
an accomplice and the balance
Of the cash.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

Robbery squad detectives, act
ing on an early morning tip
today, began the process of soly-
ing a $2.700 safe footing back
wards, first finding q suspect.
then part Of the money and then
the scene Of the crime.
Now. they hope to find q Sec
ond suspect.
1t. Ernest B. Jefferson, Detec-
tive Sergt. Mahlon E. Pitts and
Probationary Detective Mark
Gray received a tip at 4:3o
o'clock this morning that two
men were seen dividing large
amount Of money in nearby
Maryland. The tip. passed on to
the Metropolitan police by Prince
Georges police. included a license
number.
Tracing the number, the de-
tectives shortly went to a North
west apartment Of an electronics
technician and found him fully
clothed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

sent a united front in opposition
to the Democrats in the coming
congressional elections.
The Democratic technique, he
said. is to divide and conquer"
He said that while the late Sena-
tor Taft of Ohio was Senate
leader the Democrats tried to
drive a wedge between Senator
Taft and President Eisenhower.
but were never able. to do it.
HAS Confidence of People"
THE President is a team play
err and a team leader" said
Senator Knowland. He has the
confidence of the Republicans in
Congress and even of the Demo-
Gratis in Congress, and the con-
f1dence of the American people,"
The national committee. wind
ing up two days of activity.
adopted the recommendation
of the Republican National
Finance Committee for a 1854
budget of 1913 million-record-
breaking for an "off year" cleo
ton campaign. The large sum.
the leaders contend, is made
1890 n n D CONdN6TTTEE AaN
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
G. 0. P. Record
Magnificent
.Ha||eck Says
National Committee
Also Hears KnowIund
Hail Achievements
By Gould Lincoln

House Majority Leader Halleck,-
addressing a breakfast meeting
of the Republican National Conn
mittee in the Hotel Statler to-
day, declared:
The Eisenhower administra-
ton, working in closest co-opera-
ton with a Republican Congress,
has already hammered out a
magnificent record of achieve
ment for the American people.
No administration ever took
Office under the handicap of an
inherited mess of such magni-
tude. No administration could
have worked harder, or with
more success, to clean out the
accumulated debris left by 20
years of Democrat miSrule."
His co-speaker at the break
fast was Senate Majority Leader
Knowland. Both speakers urged
the members of the national
committee to do their utmost
to bring Republican victory in
the coming congressional elec-
tons.
This is no time for complac-
ency or prejudice" Mr.. Halleck
said. 1T is time for pride in
our accomplishments, dedication
to the Republican program and
confidence in our cause"
''Must Be Part of Team"
Mr.. Halleck was introduced by
Miss Bertha S. Adkins, assistant
to the national chairman who
presided at the breakfast meet
ing. We've all got to be part
of a team" Mr.. Halleck said.
I'VE Republicans in Congress
have to count on you people to
help US carry the ball. ! didn't
know Dwight Eisenhower at all
well before he became President.
I want to say that I have be-
come completely devoted to hiLi.
If he isn't right. then none of
us are right"
Senator Rowland also strong
ly urged team play to enact the
Eisenhower program and to pre-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Seye'nChHdren
And Mother
Die mFHe
BY the Assoeioisd Press

SPRINGFIELD. Mo-, Feb. g.
Fire raced through four-room
frame house here early today.
killing seven children and the
mother of four of the youngsters.
Neighbors told of watching
helpleSsly while the panic
stricken children ran through
the home, seeking to escape the
flames.
The dead were identified as
Mrs. Evelyn Lillard, 80; her four
children, Linda, 6; Kay, 4; Bar
bara, 2. and Johnny, jr., S
months, and Gary Letterman. 4:
Linda Lee Letterman. 10. and
Sandra Kay Letterman. IL.
The Letterman children had
been staying at the Lllard home
while their mother, Mrs. Dorothy
Letterman, was at a Springfield
hospital with another son who
is critically i'll with a brain tu-
NOR. She is divorced from the
children's father.
John Lillard, %. father of the
Lillard children. escaped but suf-
fered severe burns. He told po-
lice his wife awakened him and
told him the house was on fire
but he did not know how he
escaped from the flaming struc-
ture.
Neighbors said they saw the
children running from one room
to another in terror. Floyd
Jones, 20. said he kicked out a
window and reached two chill
dren but they jerked away from
him and were lost as flames en-
quilted the home. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Farm Recession Felt
In City Streets Now,
Truman Declares
ADA Hears Attack on
6. O. P. Economic and
Security Programs
BY the Assoeieied Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 6.-Formel
President Truman said last
night that "the recession thai
started on the farms last spring
has already spread to the city
streets-and a depression would
do likewise" He scoffed at the
miracles" he said were prom.
Used by the Republican Party.
In a speech before the Ameri.
cans for Democratic Action, Mr.
Truman said. II don't think
there is any necessity for q de-
preston"
lone thing is clear by now
after a year of the Eisenhower
administration" Mr.. Truman
said. land that is the Republi-
can Party is not made up Of
miracle workers.
q. I have been watching
and waiting for those miracles
to happen that we were prom
Used back in 1852. But there is
something wrong somewhere
There seems to be a slight delay
in the miracle business"
Blasts Income Tax Cut.
Mr.. Truman ripped into the
present administrations income
tax cut, terming it "a rich mans
tax relief measure if I ever
heard of one"
ut seems to me strange that
the Presidents economic report
says that there is no real reces.
sion," Mr.. Truman continued
". i. but that we are not pros
porous enough or sure enough
of the future to increase the
minimum wage"
The income level of the farm.
er and working man are be-
ginning to decline. he said
compared to the share of the
businessman and the corpora.
tions and the landlords. Our ma
tional wealth Is being distributed
(See TRUMAN, Page ADD
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06

their swanky Beekman Hill
apartment in 1913. Mrs. Lon
ergan, a wealthy socialite who
was then only % years old, was
bludgeoned and strangled.
Lonergan subsequently con-
fessed the crime and was con-
victed of second degree murder.
He will not be eligible for parole
until 1867.
The boy has been living quietly
with his maternal grandmother
in a Lower Manhattan apart
ment. But will was filed yes
terday, and his grandmother
started filling him in on his past.
The event that led to the dis
closures was the death of the
boys great-grandmother. Mrs.
Stella S. Housman, at Palm
Beach. Fla, on January Is. Her
will was filed here.
Mrs. HouSman actually willed
only $1,000 to the boy, noting
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Hyosto Comes Back toU. S,
Won't Talk of Prison Escape
American Held by Reds Is Met at Airport
By Fumily and Given Home 7 own Reception

police. and his refuge in the
American embassy.
He said he had been "scrib-
bling. his story while at the
embassy and that he intended
to publish 1t.
II intend to reveal everything
I have" he said.
Mr.. Hvasta said that never
theless an account of his escape
experiences will come soon
from the embassy"
Reporters asked him il he haC
been in touch with his Czech
wife. Mrs. Gabrielle Bansovs
Hvasta. who has been reported
missing.
'No." he said softly. his eyes
filling with tears.
The State Department has
confirmed a report that Mr.
Hvasta was married while he
was in prison in 1949. but de.
tails were not disclosed.
Also on hand to welcome him
was another veteran of Iron Cur
tain Imprisonment, Robert Vo-
geler, American businessman
who was Jailed in Hungary or
espionage charges and later re-
leased.
Mr.. Hvasta said to him:
you've been through all this
What do you think. ! ought to
do?" Mr.. Vogeler told him te
ISL ryxya CTR. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
By jones Y. Newton

Secretary of Labor James P.
Mitchell's name was removed
from the official directory boards
in the Labor Department build
ing late yesterday thereby set
ting of a furry Of rumors that
he had resigned.
1t was all a mistake-officially
described as an administrative
mixup." But for a while the
halls and Offices Of the depart
ment buzzed with excitement.
After all, another Secretary of
Labor. Martin P. Durkin. had
quit quite suddenly last Septem-
Der. Mr.. Mitchell's Office was
flooded with calls.
Working from the bottom up.
that is from the workman who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Feb. 6.-John
Hvasta came back to his
mothers arms today and said
it was with Gods help" that
he escaped from a Czech prison
and eluded Red police for many
months.
The 26-year-old Navy veteran
from Hillside. M j., home for
the first time in more than five
years embraced his mother at
Idlewild Airport and cried:
Thank God. Thank God, Thank
God"
Mrs. Michael Hvasta, the
mother. tearfully Rugged and
kissed her son while other men,
bers of his family and officials
from his home town crowded
around to welcome him.
Mr.. Hvasta. wearing a loose
blue suit, appeared pale.
To reporters, he said: I'm
glad to be home. Anybody that's
been in the situation I have
been in really knows what it
feels like to be home"
He declined to give any de-
tails of his imprisonment on
espionage charges while he was
studying in CzechoSlovakia. or
of his subsequent escape. his
game of hide and seek with the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
MitcheNs Name Disappears,
Briefly From Labor Signs
Administrative Mixup' Creates
Stir in Once Shocked Agency

actually removed the IA letters
of James P. Mitchell" from Is
directory boards in the building,
this is the way it happened:
The workman, an employe of
General Services Administration,
was told by some one higher up
in GSA to remove Mr.. Mitchell's
name from the boards. The
higher up" got his instructions
from Boyd Anders who looks
after such things at labor. Mr..
Anders' orders came from James
E. Dodson, the administrative as
sistant secretary, who had re-
ceived a call from one Of Mr..
Mitchell'S secretaries. The secre-
tary had thought. and wrongly.
that Mr.. Mitchell wished just the
title Secretary Of Labor" and his
Office number to appear at the
top Of the boards.
A reporter came across the
workman restoring James P.
Mitchell" to a directory board
on the third floor.
II don't know what's going on
around here" the man said wear
lily. II was told to take them
down and had worked my way
up to the sixth floor when some
one comes along and says put
'em up again. Glad it didn't
happen at Commerce. They have
"a boards over there"
The man is the official officials
name-changer at eight Govern
ment buildings, and he's been
one of the busiest men in town
this past year.
II was changing some names
at the ICC and this fella comes
along and asks me what / am
doing" the workman said. II
asked him if he knew what FBI
means and he said Federal Bu-
reau of Investigation. / said no.
it means Fired by Ike
II don't make much money but
I have lot of fun" he concluded
with a chuckle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Loyalty Oath Urged
By Arlington Board

The Arlington County Board
today asked Arlington delegates
to the Virginia General Assem-
bly, to support legislation for a
"strong loyalty oath. together
with penalties for the falsifica-
ton of such oath. :" The oath
would apply to all State. County
and municipal employees.
At its last meeting the board
directed County Manager A. T.
Lundberg to draw up an oath
ordinance to cover all County
employees.
Today. however. Board Mem
Der George M. Rowzee. jr.. said
a local pledge would be "inef-
fectual, inasmuch, as penalties
could not be imposed by this
board"
The resolution passed unani-
mously. Mr.. Rowzee said he I'M
derstood a Statewide loyalty
oath law, backed by civic and
patriotic organizations, will be
introduced in Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-06
Two-AIorm Fire Routs 6
From 6 Street Homes

A two-alarm blaze swept
through the unoccupied upper
floors of two houses in the 200
block of G street NV. early to-
day, routing six occupants of
lower floors.
julius Manns, IS, colored, who
lives on the first floor of 215 g
street NV, said he was
awakened by Samuel Woodford.
a roomer, about 6 am.
Mr.. Woodford, who had
smelled smoke. also warned &C.
cupants of the adjoining house,
pit q street NV.
The first floors Of the two
houses. though untouched by
fire, were damaged by water.