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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Gen. Gruenther Sees
New Soviet Hostility
In Attack on Planes
BY the Associated Press

OMAHA, Mar. 13.-Gen. AL
red NJ. Gruenther, Supreme Al
lied Commander in Europe, says
yesterdays attack on two United
States planes by a Soviet-type
aircraft near the German Dor.
der gives new evidence of Rus
sian hostility to the free world.
Gen. Gruenther, a native
Nebraskan, spoke last night in
connection with Omahas CEN
tenial observance.
A Soviet propaganda CAM
paign Ito show there is no dam
ger" he said, was belied by the
attack.
New Look by Molotov."
There is no new look by
Molotov," Gen. Gruenther said,
adding it would be a tragic err
ror" for Western allies to relax
their vigilance during a long
period Of uneasy truce"
1--WE are going to have to do
more than we are doing now" in
psychological warfare, and give
service in the theological strug-
gle for a long period of uneasy
peace" he added.
Gen. Gruenther said North
Atlantic Treaty Organization
strength in Europe now is about
three times what it was when
Gen. Eisenhower became SUI
preme Allied Commander in
1851. NATO is believed capable
Of standing off Soviet forces
now in occupied countries, but
not of meeting additional forces
from Russia. 1t is lin no sense
pushover." he said.
A very strong deto rent to war.
he said, is long-range strategic
air power.
Jet Capability Great.
Citing the growing number Of
BAT, all-jet, medium bombers
in the United Kingdom and in
Africa. Gen. Gruenther declared
they fly so high and so fast
there is mo defense by the
Russians against them at this
time"
In Chicago earlier yesterday
Gen. Gruenther said the Rus
slams are building up the mill
tary strength of their satellites.
Gen. Gruenther recalled that
alliances throughout history
have tended to dissolve when
danger has passed. He said it
would be a catastrophe" il
NATO broke up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
uxes
Continued From First Page.)

an increase in personal income
tax exemptions would mean.
There has been talk the Dem
ocratS may try to substitute a
higher individual tax exemption
for a provision in the bill which
would reduce taxes on stock
dividends.
Representative Ebelharter,
Democrat, of Pennsylvania said
last night he will demand in a
House speech Monday that Sec
rotary Humphrey tell how much
stock he owns and to what ex-
tent he would gain from the
stock dividend income proposal.
Mr.. Eberharter, a member of
the House Ways and Means
Committee. said in an inter-
view: Il think the people ought
to know whether there is any
personal advantage to the men
responsible for this proposal :"
The controversial provision,
aimed at eliminating double
taxation" on corporation divi-
dends, is backed by the admin
lStration.
A Treasury spokesman said
Secretary Humphrey filed a
complete statement of his stock
ownership with the Senate FL
nance Committee over a year
ago when it was considering his
nomination. The spokesman
said Secretary Humphrey would
have no other comment on the
Eberharter statement.
At the time the Senate COM
mittee approved Secretary Hum
phrey's nomination, Chairman
Millikin said the group was
satisfied that Secretary Hum
phrey had complied with the
letter and the spirit" of the law
by divesting himself of interest
in his varied business enterprises
except for stock holdings,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Woman Is Arrested
With Diamond Cache
By the Associated Press

MIAMI, Fla. Mar. 13.-Cus-
toms officials announced today
the arrest Of a mother of four
children on a charge of attempt
ing to Smuggle diamonds valued
at about 100000 from Brazil
into the United States.
She was identified as Mrs.
Alete N. zingerevitch, SO, a
native of Jerusalem now living
in Brazil. Her husband is in the
textile business at Sac Paulo and
the family lives in Rio de
Janeiro, the customs announce
ment said.
The diamonds were found in
the lining of her purse at the
Miami International Airport yes
terday.
Customs Inspector Armand B.
Chevalier reported his suspicious
were aroused because the wom-
an became extremely nervous
while going through inspec lion.
He made a close search of her
personal possessions and discov-
cred the concealed diamonds.
She claimed she did not know
the diamonds were in the hand
bag, Mr.. Chevalier said. She
reported she was going to New
York to visit relatives and was
bringing the handbag into the
country for some one else. She
was quoted as saying she was
told somebody will call for the
handbag later"
Mrs. Zingerevitch will be ar
raigned before United States
Commissioner Roger E. Davis
Monday. He set her temporary
bond at $4,000. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
BY the Assoeioted Press

A snowstorm moved northeast
out of Colorado and Kansas to-
day. wetting down clouds of
dust which had reduced visibil-
ity to zero in parts of five States.
The blizzard dumped up to 10
inches of snow in it's wake.
AS the storm progressed, winds
which had buffeted the plains
States with gusts up to 100 miles
an hour diminished slowly. But
hail borne by a bowling wind
and accompanied by lightning
lashed Grand Rapids. Mich.
Nebraska bore the brunt in
the early stages as the storm
substituted snow for dust in its
drive across the midcontinent.
Snow up to depths of 10
inches was reported at Chadron
III Western Nebraska. The
Northwestern Bell Telephone Co.
reported 1880 long line circuits
out in Nebraska, Iowa and South
Dakota. 1t said $500 farm tele-
phones were out of service in the
three States.
In Kansas City. the Weather
Bureau said the storm would
move Northeast through Iowa
and Minnesota into Wisconsin
and Michigan, and eastward
out of Oklahoma and Texas.
The bureau said some rain was
in prospect north of line ex-
tending roughly eastward from
st. Joseph, Mo-, northeast of
st. Louis to Cincinnati. He said
falling temperatures were in
prospect for the South as warm
air gave way to cold.
High winds continued to buff
fet Missouri last night, tanning
dozens of forest fires, some COW
ering more than 500 acres each.
The State Conservation Com
mission said the worst danger
was in Southwestern Missouri,
where more than 20 fires ragged.
Dust blown in from the Plains
States hampered fire watchers
in planes and towers.
In Kansas. whose wheat plains
fed the dust storm. two died in
a traffic mishap blamed on the
storm. Scores of lesser acci-
dents were reported.
The dust got so thick on the
Oklahoma A. & M. basketball
court at saltwater that it had to
be brushed off after every quar-
ter in a regional tournament of
the National Collegiate Athletic
Association.
And to the South, in Texas,
the dust also continued to cause
trouble.
A heavy pail covered the up
per two-thirds Of Texas last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13

for committee procedures that
the Republican Senate Policy
Committee has come up with
the code of fair procedure
that Majority Leader Know
land promised the President
to take the place of the bully
raging that's been going on.
Don't amount to a tinkerS
dam oh. they sound all right.
as far as they 60. but they
don't go very far-not nearly
as far as the rules now being
considered by the New York
State Legislature. For in
stance, there's no provision
for allowing a committee vic
tim to cross-examine a wit
ness who has testified against
him"
you overlook the worst of
it. The Policy Committee
doesn't propose rules to be
adopted by the Senate and
made binding on the commit
tees. 1t merely offers 'sugges-
tons to the committee chair
men. 1t should offer a set of
rules that would compel fair
and decent conduct by the
committees. Should have done
it long ago, before there was
any Mccarthy and should do
it now. regardless of McCar-
thy. What are the Senators
afraid off"
You tell me-" said Old
Timer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Senators demand that Joe Mccarthy fire his counsel
Roy Cohn The charge grand arcenystea1ing the Nations
headlines from Mccarthy.
There was young named Schine who thought Army
life unrened His good buddy Cohn left
save him life of such crime
Ike to the Catocn Mountains for the
Joe McCarthy order of the THE battles Their
commander in chief has taken to the hills"
Joe Mccarthy the Army Of trying to "backmai"
him. 1t will work BY the time the Army tells everything
knows about Joe-hen be off daring somebody
something
Army Secretary Stevens denies offered to give
Carhy dirt on the Navy and Air Force What's the
time Stevens decides to leave his textile
the United States Army-itl be Joe's dead body.
Joe Mccarthy feuds with TV Newsman Ed Murrow.
the only who battle the Army the White House
the Tv networks at the timeand still dig UP old Com
fast the FB1 bury them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
BY the Assoeiat.d Pres,

David Shaw. manager of the
huge atomic plant at Hanford,
Wash, has been asked to give
closed meeting of the Senate
House Atomic Energy Commit
tee full Information Monday on
reports that substantial quanti-
ties Of possibly top-secret docu-
mentS are missing.
Committee Chairman Cole said
today Mr.. Shaw is scheduled to
be here on other business and
the committee wired him to
bring everything relating to the
documents.
Mr.. Cole said the committee
will investigate fully the report
by Representative Pelly. Repub-
lican, of Washington that large
numbers of documents, which
Mr.. Pelly said he assumed were
top secret. had vanished from
the Hanford plant.
"At the moment am not
alarmed" by the missing docu-
ments. Mr.. Cole added in an
interview, because it is known
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13

shown a lack of balance in
his examinations and investi-
cations there is no doubt. say
McCarthy's colleagues, that he
went way overheard on the
Schine matter.
In view of the bitter con-
troverSy which has been rag
ing around Mccarthy and his
committee, his colleagues adj
vised him that regardless Of
now basically trivial COINS
intervention for Schine may
be regarded. it is bound to
reflect on all concerned once
the Army decided to make it
public. Mccarthy was re-
minded repeatedly of the
fickleness of the public.
Some 100000 young Ameri-
cans are being indicted every
year and they go through the
very mild "hardshipS" of basic
training and military duties
with no more than the CLASH
cal soldiers grumblings. Pvt.
Schine. unlike many other
draftees. did not have to
worry about the wife and
children he left at home, be-
cause he is a bachelor. He
did not have to worry about
having to- give up a good job
because his family is very
wealthy and has always taken
care of him in the style to
which he has been accustomed
since birth.
Friends and well-wishers of
Senator Mccarthy reminded
him of the wide public criti-
clSm of Mrs. Roosevelt during
the war when she interviewed
personally to obtain a COM
mission for a young protege.
Joseph Lash. and Admiral
Ernest King, then chief of
naval operations, turned down
her request.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Murrow Says Dulles
Was School Trustee


NEW YORK, Mar. 13.-CBS
Commentator Edward r. Muir
row says Secretary of State
Dulles was a member of the
board of trustees of the Insti-
tute of International Education
in 1885
On his news commentary last
night, Mr.. Murrow replied to
criticism made Thursday by
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
of Wisconsin, who connected Mr.
Murrow's Institute activities 10
years ago with what he termed
"a Moscow University summer
session"
Mr.. Murrow said:
Nov here are the facts about
that Moscow summer school.
I was the assistant director of
the institute. This organi-
cation dealt primarily with the
exchange of students and pro-
fessors between this and foreign
countries.
1T was largely financed at
that time by the Carnegie Corp.
and the Rockefeller Foundation
Among its Board of Trustees
were such as John Foster Dulles,
John Basset Moore. Thomas w.
Lamont and others equally
distinguished.
"The Russian authoritie S
abruptly, and without satisfac-
tory explanation, Cancelled the
proposed summer school before
it began. and most of the pros
pective members spent the sum-
mer travelling in the Soviet
Union.
mo effort was made to revive
the venture, and the advisory
council was therefore dissolved"
Mr.. Murrow had devoted his
CHS televiSion show to Senator
Mccarthy last Tuesday night.
The commentator charged the
Senator repeatedly has stepped
over the line between investiga-
ton and persecution in the
course of his Red-hunting &C
Invites.
Senator Mccarthy blaste d
back Thursday. CHASING Mr..
Murrow with the extreme left
wing bleeding hearts element of
radio and televiSion."
Mr.. Murrow countered last
night, IF the Senator means I
am somewhat to the left of his
position and of Louis XIV, he
is correct"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Five Die, 10 Escape
Fire in BIighted Area
Of New London
BY the Assecioted Press

NEW LONDON, Conn, Mar.
ia dingy three-story apart
ment building in blighted area
went UP in flames here early
today. killing five persons.
Min eteen escaped, some
through the heroism of off duty
sailors from the nearby Navy
Submarine Base.
Sailors f1ocking from New
London's night spots, closing at
about the time the fire broke
out. aided firemen and police
men in catching men. women
and children who dropped from
second and third floor windows.
Normal Exits Shut OFF.
None of the occupants. all liv-
ing above the street level, es-
capped through normal exist.
The dead:
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Sawicki,
each about 40. occupants of a
second-f1oor rear apartment.
Mrs. Gregory Ortiz. 81. and
her daughter. Olgita, 4. in a
third-f1oor front apartment.
Mrs. Amelia Pima, "a, also a
third-floor occupant.
Before she died, Mrs. Pima
awakened her three children,
Roger, 10. Jacquina. Is. and Ha-
ginico, and her brother-in-law.
Haginico Pitre. 20. All jumped
into the waiting arms of res
cuerS.
Baby Is Rescued.
Another hero was Manuel
Ortiz, brother-in-law of Mrs.
Ortiz. He first tossed his IA
month-old nephew, Anaries Or
tiz, out a window to rescuers.
He then CROPPED unsuccessfully
through smoke and flame for
his siSter-in-law and niece.
Olgita, before dropping from the
window himself.
The building, of brick and
wood construction. is in an area
that has been officially desig-
mated as blighted by local de-
velopment commission. The
commission has recommended a
slum clearance project, but no
action has been taken.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Nationalist
Continued From First Page. }

ington said they were trying to
gain independence for Puerto
Rico. However, the islands
legislators have repeatedly voted
against independence, preferring
Puerto Rico's present status as
a Commonwealth.
Earlier yesterday Ortiz Me-
dina, a Puerto Rican Nationalist
leader, was threatened with con-
tempt Of court and a Jail sem
'tence unless he answered ques-
tions put to him by the grand
jury probing the Washington
shooting.
Federal Judge Henry w. God
dard gave Medina until Monday
TO talk to t. grand jury.
Medina is president of the
junta of the Puerto Rican Ma
tlonalist Party in the United
States. Re refused to answer
seven questions put to him dur.
ing the previous two days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Constontne Brown
Cohn-McCorthy's AIbotross
Senator's Friends See Wirepulling for David Sci
As Severely Damaging to His Political Influence

Friends and supporters Of
Senator Joseph Mccarthy in
side and outside of Congress
are more worried apparently
than the Senator himself over
the turn the anti-McCarthy
campaign has taken.
The eagerneSs of McCarthy's
counsel, Roy Cohn, to make
the military duties of his
friend and former colleague,
David Schine, easier than
those of any other inductee
may affect the Wisconsin Sem
ator's popularity. his friends
fear
So long as Mccarthy was
attacked by his enemies be-
cause of methods" in exam
lining witnesses. none of the
Senator's supporters was
concerned. Formal and in
formal polls showed that Nc
Carthy's popularity remained
undiminiShed while the critics
clamored that he was unfair
IN his examination of Commu-
mist suspects. The Senator
is the product of the violent
world in which we live. where
there is no room for pussyfoot-
ing and pusSyfooters.
The aSsiduous Intervention
by Roy Cohn (who denies it,
TO make things easy for his
six-foot-two friend Dave while
he was in the armed forces
Is an entirely different story.
McCarthy's Republican col
leagues on the committee adj
vised him recently to lease
out" his chief counsel. There
is no question that Cohn has a
brilliant mind and is an ener-
getic prosecutor. It is obvious.
however, that at the age of Is
he cannot have the poise
which generally comes with
age. And while he has never
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Lowell MeHett-
Reform Up to Photographers
OId-Timer Has EXTRAORDINARY Suggestion for Curbino
Mccarthy in Light Of Senote's Failure to Do Its Dutv

"It's these darned photog-
raphers!" exclaimed Old
Timer, throwing down his
newspaper.
Which darned photogra-
pliers and what about them?"
Here, look at this picture
of the Secretary of Defense
what's his name? Wilson
laughing and Joking with Sen.
ator Mccarthy and patting
him on the ARM guess that's
what he's doing-and pretend
ing they're the best friends in
the world. Did you ever see
anything NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
fatuouS than that mans ex-
preston? Anybody seeing that
picture would think the head
of our national defense agrees
with McCarthy's treatment Of
his Army officers and that
anyhow there's nothing to get
excited about" 4
Did you read what it say,
under the picture? Defense Sec
rotary Charles E. Wilson Qeft)
and Senator Joseph r. Mccarthy
in a bit of testing after
their luncheon meeting yester-
day at which they announced
that they have nc argument
about Communists You CAM
blame the photographers fol
that. If Wilson looks fatuous
we'll"
"Oh, I know, but the photog
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
MIG
Continued From First Page !,

Prague radio that it had lodged
formal note of protest with the
United States Embassy, charging
the planes had entered its terri
tory at Domazlice in the early
afternoon and flew as far east as
Jachymov-one of the Soviet
worlds most important produc-
ers of atomic energy raw ma
terials.
The Czech broadcast said one
OF that country's jets intercepted
the American aircraft and de-
manded that they follow it to a
landing inside Czechoslovakia.
However, the American planes
refused to follow this demand
and attacked the Czech plane, "
the Prague radio report claimed.
The Czech plane then used its
weapons in self-defense."
The Navy said the two planes
were on a routine training flight
of the Essex-class carrier Ran
dolph. The Randolph is attached
to the 9th Fleet.
The planes had been flying
over the American zone of Aus
tria, just at its junction with the
German state of Bavaria and
CZechoslovakia.
The two Navy pilots still were
at the Neubiberg Air Base this
morning, but the commanding
officer there said he was ordered
to answer no questions concern
ing the incident. He refused to
identify the pilots.
Tense East-West Border.
The clash occurred over the
same tense east-west frontier
where MIG fighters attacked two
American Air Force F84 Thun-
derjets March 10. 1858. shooting
down one Two days after the
loss of the Tunderjet. Soviet
fighters destroyed British Well
ington bomber over the same
frontier area, killing seven Brit
ish airmen.
After those two incidents, AL
lied Air Force officials in West
Germany announced new safety
rules, designed to keep Western
planes within 80 miles OF the
Iron Curtain except on specific
missions.
A 9Th Fleet spokesman said
the two planes attacked yester-
day had been part of a forma-
ton of As jet and propeller
driven planes sent out over the
Alps on Standardization"
fight.
Flight Over Austrian Alps.
There were Navy planes fly
ing over the Austrian Alps to a
point near Salzburg off and on
all day yesterday" the spokes-
man said.
THE two planes were part of
this group. Besides familiarizing
themselves with Alpine territory,
the Navy planes were testing
the battle-ground communica-
tons.
The group flew to a point
near SalZburg. then turned
around and flew back" he said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Scot in House Sought
By Admiral McIntyre

SAN DIEGO, Calf. Mar. 10
Vice Admiral Ross T. McIntire,
personal physician, to the late
President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
has announced his candidacy for
a seat in Congress.
Admiral McIntire, whose home
is in the San Diego Bay COM
munity of Coronado, said
yesterday he would seek the
Democratic nomination for the
California 30th District, now
represented by Representative
Bob Wilson, a Republican.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Dust Gales, Drought
May Cut Beef Prices,
Two Senators Fear
By the Associated Press

Two Senators with special in
terest in farm conditions said
today they fear dust storms and
continued drought on the West
ern cattle ranges may push beef
prices down again this year and
force emergency Government
purchases.
widespread drought might
do this" Chairman Aiken of the
Senate Agriculture Committee
said in an interview. IF it does.
they can't blame the Repub-
licanS."
Senator Anderson, Democrat,
of New Mexico, former Secretary
of Agriculture, said weather
conditions might force liquida-
ton of cattle herds for a second
consecutive year.
Emergency Action Called Need.
Both Senators agreed that if
this happens, Secretary of Agri-
culture Benson must step. in
again with an emergency beef
buying program to keep cattle
prices from sagging too low.
Senator Aiken and Senator
Anderson also agreed with state
ments by some cattlemen that a
Government price support pro-
gram or purchase of live cattle
would not work.
During last years drought, the
Agriculture Department bought
$50 million pounds of beef, chief
ly lower grades used for ham,
burger or for canning, the equiv
alent OF 865,000 head.
Record 1853 Market.
This was only tiny portion Of
the record 3612 million head Of
cattle that went to market in
1853 Despite these heavy mar
ketings, the cattle population at
the start Of this year was up
nearly a million from January.
1858, at 94,677,000.
Because supplies Of pork and
poultry are slightly lower than a
year ago and indicated demand
strong. Senator Aiken said he ex-
+. poets beef and cattle prices to
remain Stable or improve, unless
there is another severe drought.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Fire Burns Soldiers

TRIESTE, Mar 13.-Six United
States soldiers were burned-one
fatally-yesterday in a fire that
broke out in barracks they were
cleaning at nearby Banne. The
dead soldiers name is being
withheld pending notification of
kin. "a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Sweden Top Customer

Sweden now is Britainss big
gest customer in Europe and
Britain in turn Is Sweden's larg-
est export market. Stockholm
reports.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-13
Coughs Eased!
Quick, Pleasant, Easy

Halls Expec quiets
coughs due to colds amazingly
quick Tends to soothe and aid
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branes of the throat. Special
ingredients warm throat and
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chances by letting that cold 60
unchecked Get a bottle of
soothing HALLS EXPECTO-
RANT today from your favorite
druggist. Convenient size bottle
only 40c. Larger sizes for home
and family use.
Evening star., 1954-04-25

We found the ex-valet at his home
in Washington. He was reluctant to
talk. 81 don't think President Eisen-
hover would like it if he knew the
White House was haunted" he told
me.
He finally opened up with the
proviso that we disguise his name.
So we'll call him MIR. Camacho."
He was personal valet and house