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Evening star., 1954-11-27
Police Hunt Missing Van
With $500 in Furniture

Police searched today for q
missing House 81 Hermann van,
removed sometime last night from
a storage garage at 425 New Jer-
sey avenue NV. and carrying an
estimated $500 in furniture.
Police said William Nishwitz.
rs. proprietor Of the garage, re-
ported the disappearance of the
van early today. The van was
stored III the garage with other
trucks loaded with furniture.
Thieves apparently removed
furniture from several other
trucks then carted away the load.
pQi ice said. I
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Woman In Narcotics Case
Is Charged With Assault

A woman involved in the mar
cotics case against D District
doctor yesterday was charged
with assaulting and threatening
her husband.
She is Mrs. Annabelle Forrest,
45, Of the 200 block Of Constitu-
tion avenue NE, whose case was
continued by Municipal Court
Judge George D. Nelson to De-
cember Is.
Mrs. Forrest was charged after
she was arrested on q warrant
obtained by her husband. Frank
I'E. Forrest, 36, according to AS
sistant United States Attorney
Alfred Burka.
Mr.. Burka said Mrs. Forrest
Is the person for whom Dr. Louis
p. Levitt prescribed narcotics IN
September, 1858. He pleaded
guilty to . charge Of unlawfully
prescribing an opium derivatige
Wednesday and was fined $500
lin Municipal Court.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
81 5. A..eeie..d pr...

A Government air safety offi-
cial said today that. in this air.
minded age, there Is no longer
justification for unreasonable
fear" by the airline industry of
air-crash publicity.
Edward E. Slattery. jr.. public
information chief of the Civil
Aeronautics Board. said that
even the worst cumulative air.
crash publicity in American air
transport history failed to halt
the steady growth Of the domes-
tic airline industry.
Mr.. Slattery referred. in a let
ter to Aviation. Week magazine.
to the 57-day period in 1852
when three airliners crashed
successfully at Elizabeth. N. j.,
killing 119.
His letter, expressing personal
views. was in response to the
magazines review Of what it
called a "scare movie" Warner
Bros "The High and the
Mighty" a screen adaptation of
Airline Pilot Ernest Cams
novel about q terrifying flight
from Honolulu to San Francisco.
The magazine review said the
film was loaded with too many
improbabilities to be taken seri-
ously" by persons in the indus
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Representative Radwan
Is Stricken in Buffalo
BY the Associated Press

BUFFALO, N. Y. Nov. PA
Fire Department rescue squad
was called to the home of Repre-
sentative Edmund p. Radwan
early today and administered
oxygen to the 42-year-old Re
publican member Of Congress
for about Is minutes.
Later, Mr.. Radwan went to
Veterans Hospital for a physical
checkup. The nature Of the ILL
ness was not known.
An official of the hospital said
that Mr.. Radwan was under OBJ
servation but that his condition
was considered very good" He
said no diagnosis had been made.
Mr. Radwan was reelected
this year for his third term as
Representative from the 41st
congressional district.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
All Crashes No Longer Scpre
Public, CAB PubIicist Says q

try. but might have adverse ef.
fects upon the public.
Mr.. Slattery. q former Boston
aviation writer and an expert
enced pilot, recalled that in the
sos single airline disaster hurt
passenger volume for months
afterward.
He said fear of crash publicity
led to attempts to suppress news
coverage Of air crashes and to
the silly practice" Of painting
out airline insignia at wreckage
sites. to reduce Photographic
identification.
AS recently as 1948-49. he said.
airline industry publicity fears
KILLED" a documentary-type film
proposed by Universal-I Interna.
tional Pictures.
ITO an industry that is now
an integral part of the Aremican
transportation economy" Mr..
Slattery said, a.. continued un-
reasonable fear of air-crash pub
licity can be as ill-becoming as
1t is unwarranted. -.
I'm spite Of the unique trilogy
Of crashes at Elizabeth. =. the
total airline revenues earned and
the total number of air pas
sengers carried domestically in
1852 increased substantially over
1851"
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Swiss Find Dahl Guilty
In $4,000 Gold Theft
By the Associated Press

GENEVA, Switzerland, Nov.
PA jury of five women and
one man today convicted Harold
(Whitey) Dahl, 45-year-old
American flyer, of stealing $685.
600 worth of gold from a pas
senger plane he was plotting from
Paris to Geneva in October. 1853.
He was sentenced to two years
In prison, expulsion from Swift
zerland for 10 years, and was
ordered to pay the trial costs.
The jury reported a majority
found that Dahl carried the gold
from the plane and deposited it
IN the apartment of his mistress" /"
President of the Court German
Pochon and the members of the
jury then retired and decided on
THE sentence. The former Swiss
ain pilot had contended the pack
age witnesses saw him carrying
from the plane contained two
bottles of cognac.
The defense attorney asked for
the jurys indulgence and sug-
gested a suspended sentence of
one year. The jury had reported
tt found no mitigating circum-
stances. Dahl is a native Of Sid
ney, III.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Mrs. Esther Fish, so,
Found Dead in Home
BY the Assoeiated Press

CARMEL, Calf. Nov. 27.-
Mrs. Esther Fish, so, widow of
Sidney Fish of the prominent
New York railroad and shipping
family. was found dead in her
Carmel Valley home yesterday.
The coroner's Office said she ap-
parently died during the night.
Mrs. Fish, a native of Boston,
was the daughter Of the late
Gov. Eugene Noble Foss Of Mas
sachusetts and the late Mrs.
Lila Sturdevant Foss.
She was a twin sister Of Mrs.
Henry Forester of Marion. Mass.
Other survivors include two
children by former marriage,
David S. Moore of San Fran
cisco and Mrs. Henry Rathbun
Of Chevy Chase, Md; two
brothers, Eugene Noble Foss. jr.,
Of Nashville, N. c.. and BENJAMIN
s. Foss Of Brookline. Mass. and
a stepson, Stuyvesant Fish. now
honeymooning in Florida.
Mrs. Fish and her husband
lived In Carmel Valley for many
years. He died In 1850.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
House Unit 10 Probe
Trust Funds Held byl
DC. Building Unions
By Harold 8. Rogers

A special House subcommittee
will open public hearings Mon.
day morning on an investigation
into trust funds of local painters,
carpenters and laborers unions
affiliated with the Washington
Building Trades Council. AFL.
Several witnesses. whose names
have not been disclosed. have.
been subpoenaed to testify.
The hearings will be conducted
at 10 am. by a subcommittee Of
the House Education and Labor
Committee headed by Represent
ative Mcconnell, Republican, Of
Pennsylvania.
The hearings, in Room 429 Of
the Old House Office Building.
will also take up the trust fund
involving the Atlantic City Lo-
cal of the Hotel and Restaurant
Employees and Bartenders Inter-
national Union and the Atlantic !
City Hotel Association.
Subcommittee Staff Director
John o. Graham explained that
the public hearings are a result
Of extensive investigation by
staff members.
The witnesses will include in
surance brokers and spokesmen
I for insurance companies as well
las employers and union trustees.
Mr.. Graham explained that
the series of hearings is princi-
pally in response to a request
Of President Eisenhower and his
labor message to Congress.
The President had asked Con.
gress to look into the rapidly
growing system of health, well
fare and pension funds to learn
whether any Federal legislation.
was necessary to supervise the
administration of such money.
Also, Mr.. Graham said there
had been filed with the COM
mittee some specific complaints
from local sources about the
health funds in local unions here.
He did not say what the ma
ture of the complaints was.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
FBI Asked 10 Probe
Civil Rights Case
OF Florida Family
BY the Asseeieted Press

MOUNT DORA, Fla, Nov. 81.
United States District Attor-
ney James Guilmartin said to-
day he had asked the FBI to in
vestigate to determine whether
the civil rights Of the Allan Platt
family of nearby Sorrento have
been violated.
He said he took the action
after a request by Mrs. Mabel
Norris Reese, editor of the Mount
Dora Topic, a weekly newspaper
Five Platt children were sus-
pended October 81 until further
notice" by the Lake County
School Board, acting on what 10
said was a series of complaints.
The family moved here from
Holly Hill, S. C. Previously the
children had been denied admis-
sion to neighboring Orange
County schools.
Dictati0n Charged.
Mrs. Reese charged that in
dismissing the children from
Mount Dora schools on COM
plaint of Sheriff Willis v. Nc
Call school officials bowed to
dictation as surely as any one in
Russia ever did"
The sheriff said all he did was
enforce the Florida constitution
which says: white and coloreo
children shall not be taught ir
the same school, but impartia.
provision shall be made fol
both"
Mr.. Platt, an orange picker
1 denied he or his wife are of Ne.
gro extraction. He said both are
Cherokee Indians with a mix.
ture of Irish blood. His chill
dren, he said, attended white
schools in South Carolina.
Attended Special School.
At Orlando, Orange County
School Supt. Judson B. Walker
said he had a statement from
G. E. Brant. Holly Hill schooI
superintendent, saying the Platts
attended a special school there
which was classified as white
and had white instructors, but
the children were from the In.
dian group. None was permitted
/ to attend regular white schools
Mr.. Walker said he was in.
formed.
Sheriff Mccall said he vel.
coined an investigation by the
FBI. 1--WE been through it sc
much I'm used to it," he re.
marked.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Yoshida Reported
Quitting Party Post
By the Asseeioied Press

TOKYO, Nov. 27.-Japanese
newspapers said embattled Prime
Minister Shigeru Yoshida in
formed party leaders today he
plans to retire shortly from ac-
tive politics.
The Nippon Times said Mr..
Yoshida's intention to retire
from party activities was "in-
formally revealed" to Deputy
Prime Minister Taketora Ogata.
The Times said, Mr.. Yoshida
personally asked Mr.. Ogata to
take over as president of the
Liberal conservative Party,
now headed by the Prime Min
lister.
A Liberal Party caucus was
scheduled for tomorrow. Liberal
leaders said it was expected to
approve Mr.. Ogata's succession
to the party presidency but the
formal handing over Of party
reins would not take place for
two or three days.
Meanwhile, Mr.. Yoshida lost
still more ground in the political
crisis which for more than two
months has threatened to bump
him from the premiership. dis
solve the Diet. and force new
Japan-wide general elections.
Japanese newspapers reported
a faction still within Mr.. Yoshi-
da's dwindling Liberal Party is
joining the movement to get him
to resign-without dissolving the
Diet--in favor of his longtime
political rival. Ichiro Hatoyama,
and a conservative coalition
cabinet Of Mr.. Hatoyama's Dem
ocrats and Liberals.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Remington Funeral
| Held in New Jersey
Church Of Boyhood
BY the Associated Press

RIDGEWOOD, N. j., Nov. 81.
William w. Remington today
received the last rites of the
Episcopal Church in simple
funeral services in the small,
stucco house of worship of his
boyhood.
Fifty persons, including his
widow and mother, attended the
12-minute service for the 81
year-old convicted perjurer in
st. Elizabeth's Church, three
blocks from the home of his
parents.
Six policemen stood guard out
side the church because, accord
ing to Patrolman Nick Lembo,
anonymous phone calls of a
threatening nature had been
made to the funeral home and
the rector of the church. There
were no untoward incidents,
however.
The body was taken to the
New York-New Jersey cremato-
rum in North Bergen for crema-
ton Immediately after the serv-
ice.
AL Join in Hymn.
The Rev. Alexander M. Rodg-
ers, rector, read the burial serv-
ice thatsaiflcluded these words
from the epistle of st. Paul: "If
God is for us, what then can be
against u.s."
The congregation joined in
singing the hymn, "Dear Lord
and Father of Mankind" said to
have been requested by Rem
ington's elderly parents.
Seated in the first pew of the
nearly filled church were Rem
ington's second wife, Mrs. Jane
Remington: his mother, Mrs
Frederick c. Remington; his aunt
and uncle, Mr.. and Mrs. William
E. Remington, and an unidenti-
fed young man. Patrolman
Lemho said Remington's 78.
year-old father was too grie1
stricken to attend.
Widow Weeps Quietly.
The widow, dressed in a gray
alpaca coat and black hat, wept
quietly during the brief service
The hearse and one car carry
ing immediate members of the
family were the only vehicles il
the funeral procession.
Remington'S conviction fol
perjury for denying he passed
Government secrets to a Com.
munist spy ring always be.
wildered the family. Severa
years ago, his father said o.
Remington's alleged connection
with an espionage outfit: eve
don't know anything about it
We never discuss it here"
Evening star., 1954-11-27
$1,000 HoIdup in Cafe

CLEVELAND, Nov. 81 tP. -
Police said three gunmen held
two mattresses and IA customers
of an east side cafe at bay yes
terday while they escaped with
about $1,000-$200 from the Gus
toners and $500 from the cash
register.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Eisenhower to Speak

AUGUSTA, Ca, NOV. 27 R.
President Eisenhower agreed to-
day to make a brief welcoming
speech at a luncheon meeting of
the Association of American
Colleges at the Hotel Statler in
Washington at 1880 pm. on
Japuary IS.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Mountaineering Areo

New zealand's Southern Alps
now are considered one Of the
worlds finest training grounds
for Himalayaa mountaineering. ]
Evening star., 1954-11-27
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walked toward the huge iron
gate.
Tony somehow fell behind
and several newsmen started to
talk to the sturdy boy, who
wore a Tyrolean-type hat. Mrs.
Hiss glanced back, turned around
quickly, and yanked the boy by
the arm. Mother and son then
walked straight ahead, silently
and unsmiling, into the prison.
They were there about 10 min
utes before the Hiss party
emerged.
Hiss Waves to Employees.
It was a bright sunny day,
with the temperature near
freezing. There was a touch
of frost everywhere.
AS Hiss walked through the
gate, clutching his sons hand,
he turned to wave to several
prison employees who were lean
ing out windows of a nearby
administration building watching
the dramatic scene.
Thirty feet from the gate, Hiss
turned at the shout of a guard
released his sons hand. anc
walked back 80 PAGES to shake
the guards hand in a gesture Of
a friendly goodby.
Then he returned to his wife
and son and walked straight
toward the press corps. the two
attorneys a few steps behind.
AS Hiss approached. newsmer
surged forward, tearing aside
the f1imsy rope that temporarily
barred them. Immediately Hiss
was surrounded.
At first he hesitated to speak
then made his brief statement
reiterating his innocence.
The helicopter. occupied by 9
photographer, dropped lower
and the drone of the motor anc
propeller almost washed Out
Hiss few words. Hiss. helpful
shouted to make himself heard
After making his statement
Hiss sharply cut off all ques.
tions with a firm mo more" anc
walked toward the waiting auto.
mobile.
Pumpkin Papers Clinched Case
Whitaker Chambers, forrnel
senior editor Of Time magazine
now living in retirement IL
Westminster, Md, where HI
is recovering from a heart at.
tack, accused Hiss of being &
member of a Communist Party
group. Furthermore, Cham.
bers said, Hiss turned over secre
State Department documents.
Hiss termed this statement ,
lie, said he never saw Chamber
after January /, 1887. Chamber
then produced microfilm copiei
of the allegedly stolen docu'
| ments-film concealed in /,
pumpkin on his farm. The,
clinched the case against Hiss.
Acting Warden Fred T. Will
kinson issued this statement OF
Hiss release:
| "As provided by law Alge
Hiss was released from tn,
United States penitentiary
Lewisburg, Pa, today. Hiss wa
committed to LeWisburg OF
March %, 1851, under a sentenc
of five years, commencing Marcl
%, 1851.
/ Under the law he is entitled
as a matter of right, to deduc
tion from his sentence Of eigh
days for each month that hi
conduct has been good. Sec
tions 4161 to 4163 of title i
make mandatory this allowanc
for good conduct, and the court
have, on several occasions, hel,
that no discretion rests in tn
department (of Justice) witt
respect to the allowance of thes
credits If the prisoners insid
record of conduct shows tina
he has faithfully observed al
the rules and has not been sub
! jected to punishment inside.
Hiss. since he has been Il
Lewisburg. has not been reporte,
for any infraction of the rules
Hiss has received only thos
credits for good conduct tina
are granted to all prisoners un
der the statute"
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Need for Probe Shown,
Broyhiii Declares

Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, said yes
terday the death of William w.
Remington emphasizes the need
for an investigation Of the Fed
eral prison system, and that he
will reintroduce a bill for such
an investigation at the next ses-
sion of Congress.
Mr.. Broyhill and former
Democratic Representative Pat
Sutton of Tennessee, introduced
a bill last February for an in
vestigation Of the prison system.
Federal Parole Board system
and the National Training
School here. The bill died in
the Rules Committee.
Mr.. Broyhill declared:
"Remington's death may well
have been prevented if Congress
had passed my proposed meas
ure for this sweeping investiga-
tion. I was told that Lewisburg
(Federal Penitentiary) is a
virtual tinder box and that any
thing could happen there.
Actually, my informants. who
were officials at Lewisburg, ex-
pressed fear for their personal
safety because of lax conditions
existing there"
Mr.. Broyhill announced that
the proposed bill will call for an
investigation by a select House
committee.
Evening star., 1954-11-27
Prisons Bureau Head
Pledges Full Inquiry
Into Remington Case
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

HARRISBURG. Pa, Nov. 27.-
The Harrisburg Evening News
today quoted James v. Bennett,
Washington, head Of the Federal
Bureau of Prisons, as promising
full-scale investigation OF the
Lewisburg Penitentiary, where
convicted perjurer William REM
ington was slain this week..
Every measure will be taken
to learn the cause Of this drastic
affair."" the newspaper quoted
Mr.. Bennett as saying in tele-
phone interview.
Three convicts, one a 17-year-
old youth, have been charged
with murder in the Staying of
Remington in his dormitory
room at the prsion. He was
beaten on the head with a half
brick encased in a stocking.
One Accused From d. C.
Those charged with Reming-
tons Staying are George Junior
Mccoy. "a. Grundy, Va; Robert
Carl Parker, 81, Washington.
D. c., and Lewis eagle, jr., II,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Evening News said Mr..
Bennett described the trio as
minimum security prisoners. who
were allowed freedom of the
prison dormitory.
''TheSe men we're considered
minimum security risks and not
dangerous" the newspaper
quoted Mr.. Bennett as saying.
"They occupied the room directly
across from Remington"
Mr.. Bennett said, the Evening
News story went on, that the
room doors were unlocked, en-
abling the trio to enter Reming-
tons room without much trouble.
. Error Admitted.
we mace mistake III LnlS
case" the newspaper said Mr..
Bennett remarked, added that
robbery may not have been the
sole motive.
Bennett explained, the Evening
News said, that the only articles
of value in a prisoners room are
his commissary purchases.
"A prisoner does not have
money in his room and all pur-
chases in the prison are made
on a credit basis" Mr.. Bennett
said, adding that Remington, like
other prisoners, was allowed to
buy only $12.50 worth of COM
missary items each month.
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30
Unusual Display Shown al School

eggs; Trudy Houston, two char acter dolls; Russell Onnka, a piece of lava and 10 ceramic skurks; Joan LaBanca, pressed leaves and flowers; Deanna Died rich, pressed flowers; David De- Vries, microscope set and slides; Carole Leise, three nina ture gladioli; Kenneth McNally, collection of rocks; Darrell P. Want, chickadee nest; Lloydean Morley, a large white snail shell; Suzanne Black, a large fossil, some leaves and rocks; Elaine Lu- cas, spruce cones; Dorothy Gag non, rocks; Edward Hanks, stamp collection and examples of fall fireweed; Robert Boyd, a family of four frogs; Lila Hoskins, a small ear of corn; Joyce Hartner, a goldfish.
 Mrs. Talicia Shoot is the teach- CT in Grade 5-A. A picture of the unusual display will appear in next weeks issue of The Front iersman.
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30
Coop and Union
 Negofirfing Contract

A new contract between the
 Matanuska Valley Farmers Cooperating Association and
 the Teamsters and Operating Engineer C. 1. o. Union is be-
 ing negotiated this week.
 Officials will meet tonight at
 a special Coop board meeting to discuss the new contract. David Roderick, labor relations man from Seattle, is negotiat- ing for the Coop. Truckers and Warehousemen ars asking a 12i cent per hour increase and two weeks paid vacation. Creamery employees are asking a 50 percent average increase. Negotiations were to be com pleted tonight. However, spokesman said this week if they are not completed the
 agreements will be retroactive to October l, when the new contract is scheduled to go in effect.
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30
H. EssIinger-

Cont. from page D Scout program. He is now an Eagle Scout and takes an active part in the activities of the local troop of Explorer Scouts. He is an avid hunter and fisherman and has more than supplied his share of game for his family. His hob bies include extensive stamp and coin collections. He and his fam ily attend the United Protestant Church in Palmer.
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30

The Nature and Hobby Club of Grade 5, Palmer Central School, held an exhibit Friday, Septem- Der F in the upper hall All pupils of the school were invited to at tend ard view the display of hob bies of the members and nature objects they had collected. The event was advertised by posters made by members of Room 309.
 Those who exhibited were as follows: Judy Seitz and Virginia Crites, a robins nest with three
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30
CEA RATE CUT NOT TO EFFECT LOCAL POWER RATE

In reply to several inquiries, Cy Brewer, Matanuska Electric Association manager said this week that there will be no inn mediate change in electric rates in the valley. The inquiries were prompted by the announcement in Anchorage that CEA power rates will be lowered.
 MT. Brewer pointed out that the lower rates will apply to re- tail purchase only, and that MEA will still pay the same price for their power purchased from CEA as was previously charged. We are already about 10 percent un- der what the Anchorage rates will be when they are loWered', he stated However, he added, the MEA has had an application in Washington, D. C. for several months in reference to rate changes in certain categories for Valley power users.
 We do not expect any rate change until we switch over to the Eklutna power. At that time it may drop down about a mill, but in the long run there will be a definite rate reduction. The sWitch-over to the Eklutna power is expected to be completed some time in November, he added.
The frontiersman., 1954-09-30
DEMOCRATS MAKE VALLEY VISIT

A good sized audience turned out last Thursday night to greet Democratic incumbent Del. E. L. Bartlett and several Democratic candidates for territorial offices.
 In speaking to the group Del. Bartlett denied many Republi- can claims to accomplishments his past year. He told the group .haI the Legislative Examination nd Investigating Committee must go. He called upon candi- dates to see that that is one of the first orders of business in 1855 legislation. He charged the group is now using travel funds for campaign purposes, rather than Investigating or examination.
 Other candidates present at the meeting were introduced by Del. Bartlett and spoke briefly to the group. They were: H. J. Lannen, candidate for territorial commis- sioner of labor; H. J. Wade, can didate for treasurer of Alaska; J. H. Werner, territorial senate candidate, and E. G. Bailey, can didate for the house. Also pres ent was Senator Bill Eagon from Valdez.