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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
CorpI. Bachelors
Defense 10 Claim He
Was Brain-Washed
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Sept.
Is. Defense Attorneys claim
Corpl. Claude Bachelor was
brain-washed to the point he
thought he was doing the patri-
otto thing-and that an expert
from the Netherlands will back
them up.
Attorney Joel Westbrook said
yesterday at the slim Texans
court-martial that he will call
as a witness DR.. Joost A. M.
Meerlo of New York City, former
chief of the psychological de-
partment Of the Netherlands
Army.
Corpl. Bachelor is the 22-year-
old Kermit (Tex.) soldier charged
with collaborating with the
enemy and informing on fellow
prisoners while in North Korean
prison camps. He is being tried
by a general court-martial.
Questioned on Plans.
Mr.. Westbrook declared DR..
Meerlo will testify "brain-wash-
ing puts the victim in state
of mind to think that the things
he was doing were the most
patriotic"
Mr.. Westbrook and other at
torneys had interpreted ruling
yesterday morning by 1t. Col.
Donald L. Names. jr., as barring
any testimony about BRAIN
washing. Yesterday afternoon,
however, the law officer or judge
said his ruling applied only to
the testimony of Joel Adams, "a,
a Portsmouth (Ohio) defense
witness.
Col. Names questioned Mr..
Westbrook closely about what he
intended to ask DR.. Meerlo and
why. The defense attorney said
he will ask DR.. Meerlo: do you
consider as a result of Batche-
lor's prison experience includ-
ing exposure to brain-washing
that he believes his actions were
prejudicial to the war aims of
the United States?" .....
Col. Names asked: will the
testimony be to the effect that
Bachelor was under a mental
condition which would excuse
his acts under any law as we
now know it or would it be some
thing entirely new?"
"Psycho-Neurot Condition"
Mr.. Westbrook replied: "It
would show that a psyche
neurotic condition had been
created, a condition of spe-
cialized sort that did not have
the well-known symptoms of
psycho-neurosis." He said he
expected DR.. Meerlo to testify
that "brain-washing produced a
state of mind to where (sic)
the subject will accept sugges-
tions not realizing what lay
behind them"
Testimony that Bachelor
sought to improve POW camp
living conditions was offered
yesterday by Mr.. Adams, Sergt.
Robert D. Collett, Is. Onawa,
Iowa, stationed at Fort Mac
Arthur, Calf, and Edward Clev-
enger, %. Salem, Greg, now a
civilian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Col. Thomas Taylor,
Director OF Army's
Manpower Control

Col. Thomas F. Taylor, 40,
chief of Manpower Control Divi-
sion of Army Personnel, died
yesterday at Fort Belvoir Hos
pital after a stroke. He lived at
SCOT North Twenty sixth street,
Arlington, Va.
Col. Taylor was a West Point
graduate in the class of 1929,
During World War II he was
with the supply corps in Europe
and served also in Africa and
the Middle East. He was with
the supply corps. LIST Corps. in
Korea for a year in 1850 and
1851.
Afterwards he was assigned to
the Office of assistant chief of
staff. personnel, at the Pentagon
He became chief of the Man
power Control Division last year
In 1949 Col. Taylor attended
the Industrial War College here
He was a native of Auburn, N. Y
Survivors are his widow
Thelma D., and two daughters
the Misses Joan and Sally Tay-
lor. of the home address.
Services will be held at IL am.
tomorrow at Fort Myer Chapel
with burial in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Mrs. Joseph Sullivan,
Retired Treasury Auditor

Mrs. Joseph j. Sullivan, 81,
retired Treasury Department
auditor, died Tuesday in Provi-
dence Hospital. following an op-
Grafton. She lived at 331 w
street NE.
The former Lois o. Mooney
Mrs. Sullivan was born in Fau-
quier County, Va, and attended
Eastern College in Front Royal
Va, and George Washington
University. She came to Wash
ington in 1909 and served SO
years in the Treasury Depart
ment before she retired about
four years ago.
Survivors are her husband
also a retired Treasury employee
and a sister, Mrs. Cora E. Settle
90 Virginia avenue S.W.
Services will be held at 10 q m
tomorrow in the Hines Funeral
Home. 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in Fort Lin.
coin Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
National Council Of Churches
Adopts Economic Ethical c lode

But it went on to set out what
was termed 1873 "norms for guid-
ance of Christians in their judg-
ment of economic institutions
and practices. and in their per-
sonal decisions in their various
occupations.
Other points among the Is in
cluded:
Every able-bodied adult has
an obligation and the right to
an opportunity to serve the COM
munity through work. He should
take the responsibility for sup
porting himself and his family"
AS an employe, it was said,
he has the same obligation to
do IAN honest days work as his
employer has for paying q fair
wage"
The manifesto urged church.
men to be wary of any institu-
tions or practices which EN-
phasize self-interest above social
responsibility 1t decried espe-
cially those which measure sue
cess in acquiring money above
all else.
Uphold Private Ownership.
It termed private ownership Of
| property in many cases a Slim
illus to greater production Of
goods and services-as well as
"a protection to personal free
dom" Thus, it said. wider own
ership among our people should
be encouraged"
| But it went on to emphasize
there were fundamental moral
differences in ways of acquiring
property as well as using it.
Other points:
Economic institutions should
not restrict political freedom Of
any person and their participa-
ton in the common life"
Christian responsibility for
economic life must take into &C
count also the needs of the whole
world. The response to those
needs involves the relation be-
tween production, distribution
and population.
I'm some situations attention
must be given to education for
| population control or to oppor-
tunities for migration; in others
to increase of productivity. and
in still others to the elimination
of artificial barriers to distribu-
ton"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16

NEW YORK. Sept. 16.-The
National Council of Churches
has adopted a Christian mani
festo for the guidance Of some
IS million ProteStants in their
approach to economic matters.
The manifesto won over
whelming approval of the coun-
ellis governing board yesterday
despite highly vocal minority OPP
position. The opponents con-
tended the church should con-
fine itself to spiritual matters.
A l2l member committee
headed by Charles p. Taft, Gin
cinnati attorney and brother of
the late Senator Taft, Repub-
lican. of Ohio drew up the 1000
word guide. It was the first
statement of economic ethics
made by the council.
A key principle cited in it was
that Christians should work for
a situation wherein all have &C.
cess at least to a minimum
standard Of living"
Protection for Weak.
This minimum, it said. should
be sufficient to permit care of
the health of all and for suita-
Die protection of the weaker
members of the society, such as
children, the sick. the aged and
the incapacitated.
1T should protect the able
bodied against hazards beyond
their control"
In other places it spoke of "a
sound economy which seeks the
maximum welfare of the great
est number of people," and said
"all youth should have the right
to equal opportunities to develop
their capacities. :"
Christians were told that il
was clearly their responsibility
also to work against special
forms of economic injustice that
are repressed through racial
and other group discrimination. u
The board approved the mani
testo by a vote of u to 4. with
one abstention.
Find No Overall Answer.
The group which formulated
the document is made up oil
leaders of the clergy, business
labor and professions.
Their final draft stated at the
outset that there is mo COM
pletely Christian economic sys-
tenn suitable for all situations
everywhere"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
$57 Million Dodge Estate Suit
Opens in Defendants PorIor'

her voice at Attorney Victor Le-
vine of New York-one of the
four lawyers who spoke for the
absent granddaughter.
Mrs. Asserson, 81, a resident of
the Virgin Islands, contends the
estate has been administered too
conservatively. She already has
borrowed So million on the
strength of the one-fourth of the
trust she will receive on the
death of her grandmother.
Mrs. Dodge, while she lives, is
the sole beneficiary of the estate.
She gets an estimated 81 million
a year in dividends on tax
exempt, low-yield Government
securities.
Judge O'Brien adjourned the
hearings until tomorrow at the
request of attorneys for Mrs.
Asserson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
By Corter Gorski

One winter more than SO years
ago Boston Harbor was frozen
over. Harry Lee Burnley stood
on the bridge OF his ice-bound
coal schooner. Both his legs and
his left eye were frozen.
For 48 hours he stood on the
bridge and made the crew of his
merchant ship sing for their
lives. They sang old sea songs,
about mermaids and such. They
sang to stay awake and keep
from freezing to death. They
sang until they were rescued.
That was back in the last GEN.
fury when playing "choirmaster"
was all in a days work for young
Capt. Burnley. Last night he
died at George Washington Hos
pital at 81, shortly after return
ing from the water. his first love.
He had been on a fishing trip
in Maryland.
Never Went to School.
A small bald-headed man who
was known as Dad" around the
neighborhood where he lived at
7701 Georgia avenue NV. Mr..
Burnley used to recount his sea
adventures, in between sea
song lullabies," to his daughters.
He never went to school and
his only education was from his
travels and British sea captain
who adopted him, but he had
written a part-flction book of
his life. He was revising it when
he was forced to go to the hos
pital.
Mr.. Burnley was put in a hos
pital, too. after his Boston Har-
Dor episode. He heard some talk
about amputating, however, and
quickly fled to hotel. Once on
his own he had his frozen legs
packed in ice until he recovered.
Mr.. Burtley's life at sea began
at Z when he slowed away on
a British sailing ship in his ma
tive Baltimore. Two years and
a trip-around-the-world later,
the ship, returned him to Balti-
more. He could find no trace
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
1n Mpmnrtaftt

BECK, ELIZABETH A. (BETSY). IN
loving memory of our darling mother
and our loved one. ELIZABETH A
BECK who 1oda Sepaeea
is. 1853.
What would we not give to clasp her
Her dear. sweet face to see:
To hear her voice. to see her smile
That meant so much to me.
You left behind an aching heart
That loved you most sincere,
We never did nor never will
Forget you, mother, dear:
YOUR LOVING CHILDREN. GRETCH-
EN- AND KARL.
Her life is a beautiful memory.
Her absence our silent grief:
She sleeps in Gods beautiful garden.
In sunshine of perfect peace.
Loved in life and sadly missed in death
MOTHER. EVA AND FAMILY.
HOLLY, JOHN NORRIS. In sad but low
ing memory of our husband and father;
JOHN NORRIS HOLLY. who departed
this life September 16, 1850.
Just line of sweet remembrance.
Just memory. fond and true;
DEVOTED WIFE AND CHILDREN.
WILKINSON, HELEN HANDEN. In Low.
mother. HELEN HANDEN WILKINSON
who passed away one year ago today
Always dear in our memory.
Your kindness. your devotion, your
love for family and humanity. your
good works and our fond remembrance
of you will serve forever as monu.
ment OF your stay with us.
JOSEPH WILKINSON, ROY H. MIL.
LENSON.
MONTAGUE, JAMES. A tribute Of low
and devotion to, the memory OF oul
dear husband and father. JAMES MON
TAGUE, who left us five years age
today. September 10, 1910.
You left a beautiful memory.
sorrow too great to be told:
But to US who loved and lost you.
Your memory will never grow old
Our thoughts of you will never fade
When all the rest have flown;
Your memory, as the brightest star
viii always light our homes
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
PROCTOR, WALTER NJ. In loving mem
DRY Of Q dear husband and father
WALTER M. PROCTOR, who departed
this life two years ago today. Sep
TENDER 10, 1852.
Time takes away the edge of grief
But memories turn back every Leaf
Sadly missed by
WIFE AND CHILDREN.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Charles Wire Dies;
Prominent Builder
I'll
Here for 50 Years

Charles Edwin Wire, n, prom
inent Washington builder Of
homes and churches for so years,
died Tuesday at Sibley Hospital
Of a heart attack. He lived at
308 Madison street NV. and had
his offices there.
During his long career, Mr..
Wire had developed and built a
considerable share of metropoli-
tan Washington's residential dis
tricts, including Blagden Park,
Petworth and areas on Four
tenth to Sixteenth and from
Webster to Decatur streets NV
In 1915 he built Petworth ME-
Church on Grant circle. He had
remodeled st. Augustine's Rec
tory.
Born in Loudoun County, Va,
Mr.. Wire lived in Montgomery
County, Md. at the turn of the
century. He had been a Mason,
a member of the Board of Trade
and other organizations.
Survivors are his widow, Mrs.
Esther May Mossburg Wire;
three sons, c. Raymond, 3911
Bradley lane, Chevy Chase, Md,
also a builder; Marvin M, with
the Federal Housing Authority
in Greensboro. N. c.; Charles
P, of the home address, associ-
ated Sith Montgomery Homes.
Inc; a daughter, Mrs. Leo j,
Walper. Pinehurst, N. c.: two
sisters, Mrs. Bessie BaSsford and
Mrs. Nellie Talbot, both of Sill
yer Spring; a brother, William
j., Miami, Fla; eight grandchil-
dren and seven great-grandchil-
dren.
Another son, Preston E. Wire
a prominent local real estate
man who was president of Wire
Properties, Inc. died two years
ago.
Services will be held at pm
tomorrow at Hines funeral home
2901 Fourteenth NV. Burial will
be in Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Drew H. Beatty, 70,
With Southern and
B. 60. for ~ Years

Drew H. Beatty. 10. q railroad
man all his life. died today at
his home, 249 Oglethorpe street
NV. after a long illness.
Mr.. Beatty served 40 years
with the Baltimore & Ohio and
Southern Railways. He organ
ICED the safety department Of
the Southern and was its first
superintendent for "a years.
Born in Maryland.
He was born in North East,
Cecil County, Md. and attended
public schools there. After being
graduated from st. Johns Col
lege. Annapolis. in 1908. he went
to work for the D. q o. as a
yard clerk.
Before he left the B. & o. for
the Southern in 1912 he had
moved UP to assistant trainmas-
ter on the Cumberland division,
supervising trains from Bruins
wick. Md. to Rowlesbufg, w. Va.
In 1912 he was made South
ern's superintendent of scales
and weighing, in charge Of the
placement and maintenance of
weighing devices.
Retired In 1858.
In 1918 he was called on to
form the Southern's safety de-
partment. He continued as SUI
perintendent Of the department
until 1912. He was retired in
1858 as Office manager of the
department.
| Mr.. Beatty never married. He
is survived by two sisters, Mrs.
Annie B. Yeats of the Ogle-
thorpe street address and Mrs.
Laura Bailey, Goshen, Va, and
nephew whom he raised. Arthur
B. Bennett, South Pasadena,
Calf.
The body will be at the S. II.
Hines funeral home, 1901 Four
teenth street NV. from 10 am.
to 10 pm. tomorrow. Services
and burial will be at the Metho-
dist Cemetery, North East, Md.
at 4 pm. Saturday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Truek-Troin Crash
Kills 10 in lndiu
BY the Asseeiafsd Press

NEW DELHI, India, Sept. Is.
"A New Dehli-bound express
train crashed into a truck
damned with students at a
grade crossing 80 miles north Of
the capital last night, killing at
least 10 and injuring 10 others.
The students were en- route to
canal site for volunteer civic
work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
v|ades Naigus, Is, Doctor
In Old Russian Navy
sy the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Sept. 16.-Vlades
Naigus, once a doctor in the old
Imperial Russian Navy and later
commander of the Lithuanian
Army's Medical Corps, died yes
terday at rs.
Mr.. Naigus served in the Rus
sian Navy early in the century
After Lithuania proclaimed in
dependence of Russia in 1918, he
entered its medical corps and
became q general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Edword o. Sets

LOS ANGELES, Sept. Is (P.-
Edward o. Sets. 81, president of
the National Association of Fore
men, died here Tuesday after a
long illness. He was a manu-
featuring executive assistant at
North American Aviation, Inc.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
4, 300 Tree Forms

BIRMINGHAM. - There are
about 1900 tree farms in So
States, including % million acres
of land. according to the South
ern Pine Association. 4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
With Regard to q
Card of Thanks

Very often o card OF thonks in
The Stor meets . need which con
hotdIy be solved in ony other way.
Not only is il gracious expression
of gratitude to those who have sent
florol tributes but also courteously
acknowledges the services and kind
nesses Of the mony to whom per.
sonol note Of thonks cannot well be
mailed o, whose nomes and Cd
dresses ore not known. Insertion o.
cord Of Thanks moy be oronsed
by telephone to The Stor. ST. 3 5000.
The Evening and Sunday Stos
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
FUNERAL DESIGNS.
CEMETERY LOTS.

JGLENWOOD CEMETERY. sites. with
1.-THE use of l eravestone; restricted,
IL 6-1977 after 40 pm. LIZ
TWO CHOICE LOTS in Fl Lincoln
Cemetery. 6736 End ct. NV, RA.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16
Garn uf Chunks

MORRIS. LILLIAN BEANIE. The fam
iy OF the late LILLIAN BEANIE NOR
R1S gratefully acknowledges and
sincerely appreciates all acts OF kind
ness during their recent bereavement.
THE FAMILY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-16

NE, USCAH De IuE OLlCeEs dIiu
D members Of Jonathan Davis
Consistory. No. /. are hereby
notified to attend the midnight
services for our late sublime
~ prince. OSCAR L. DEANE. on
~ Friday. September II. 1854.
the Rollins Funeral Home, 1889
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
Mrs. P. A. McGuerfy,
USIA Secretary

Mrs. Peter "A. McGuerty, Sc,
secretary in the budget Office of
the United States Information
Agency. died Friday at Doctors
Hospital. She lived at 251l @
street NV.
The former Edith Marie Pol
lard. Mrs. McGuerty was for
merly personal secretary to
Nelson Rockefeller when he
was COORDINATION Of the Inter
American Affairs Institute. Later
she was secretary to the religions
adviser Of the International
Information administration of
the State Department. She had
lived here IL years.
Mrs. McGuerty was born in
Rochester. N. Y. and went to
Mt. Holyoke College. She was
member of the National Secre-
taries Association and other pro-
feSsional women's organizations.
During World War II she drove
ambulances and was a Grey
Lady.
She is survived by a son,
Richard T. McG uerty, Knoxville,
Tenn. Her husband was the late
DR.. McGuerty who practiced
medicine in Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Services will be at 2 pm.
Tuesday at st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Lafayette square NV.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
August NeuIand, Baker;
Lived Here 81 Years

A requiem mass will be cele-
brated al $50 am. Tuesday in
st. Mary's Catholic Church
Fifth and q streets NV, for Au-
gust Neuland, baker and Wash
ington resident for So years, who
died Unexpectedly last month
while on a visit to Fleiden, Ger
many, his birth place. He was II
Mr.. Neuland came to Wash
ington from Germany in 1902
For years he worked at the Auth
Provision Co. here.
In 1924 he opened his retail
bakery business and operated
stands at the Seventh and @
Streets Market and the old
Center Market, Fifth and K
streets NV. The Center Market
stand was closed during World
War II, but Mr.. Neuland con-
tinued the other stand until
1948. His son, August Neuland
jr,. has run the business since.
Mr.. Neuland belonged to sew
eral German-American clubs and
was especially active in the
Windhurst Club.
He is survived by two sons, Au-
gust, jr., and Joseph G. Neuman
OF Brea, Calf; a daughter, Mrs.
Theresa Chambers of Washing
ton, and 10 grandchildren.
Burial will be in the cemetery
OF st. Mary's Catholic Church.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
DR.. Louis KunzeImann,
Washington Dentist

DR.. Louis Kunzelmann; Sc,
Washington dentist since 1920,
died Friday at Emergency Hos
pital. He lived and practiced his
profession at 703 II street NE.
Born in Germany. DR.. Kun
zelmann came here in 1912 and
got his degree in dentistry from
the University of Maryland.
Later, he got a law degree, mas
ter Of law and master of patent
law degrees from American Uni
versity, but he never practiced
law.
A bachelor, he is survived by
three brothers, Charles, 1886
Elrod road, Kensington, Md;
Alfred. of Germany, and Gott-
fried Kunzelmann, Of Switzer-
land.
Services will be held at $50
am. tomorrow at Hines funeral
home. 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be in St.
Mary's Cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
SanlueI0 Turner, 50,
Head Of Alexandra
Insurance Branch

Samuel Oscar Turner. so,
manager Of the Alexandria
branch of the Union Life Insur-
ance Co., died Friday at Circle
Terrace Hospital, Alexandria,
after heart attack.
Mr.. Turner had suffered an at
tack 10 years ago which forced
him to give up his more strenu-
GUS activities. He lived at 800
Yale drive, Alexandra.
A native of Chatham, Va, Mr..
Turner was employed by the
Union Life Insurance Co. for
more than 80 years.
Mr.. Turner was active in
church and Masonic affairs. He
was superintendent Of the Sum
day school of the First Christian
Church. Alexandria; lay chair
man Of the board of the church
for Is years and teacher Of the
mems Bible class which bore his
name since he organized it. He
was an elder of the church.
Masonic Memberships.
His Masonic memberships in
cluded the Mount Vernon Chap
ter Of Royal Arch Masons,
Andrew Jackson Lodge, No. 100,
of which he was a past master;
he was a past district deputy,
Old Dominion Commandery of
knights of Templar; Jesse Gala
han Chapter of the Eastern Star,
and Shrine Kena Temple.
He was member of the Alex
andria Kiwanis Club and vice
president Of the Insurance
Underwriters Of Northern Vir-
GINA. He served with the Navy
during World War I.
Survivors Listed.
Survivors include his widow.
the former Charly Ambrose; two
daughters, Mrs. Barbara T. Gus
tafson and Mrs. Virginia r. Dedi,
both of Alexandria; two brothers,
Emmett Turner and Milton 4Tur-
ner, both of Norfolk; and nine
sisters. - w.
Funeral services viii be held at
2:30 pm. tomorrow at the First
Christian Church, 1928 King
street. Alexandria. Burial will be
in Mount Comfort Cemetery,
with Masonic services at the
graveside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-08
Information Officer Quits;
Was Target Of McCarih !
BY Inc Assoeia,sd Pres.

MUNICH. Germany. Aug. T.
Lowell lClucas. a United States
Government information officer
once mentioned disparagingly by
Senator Mccarthy, Republican,
Of Wisconsin, has quit the State
Department and will enter pri-
vate employment, his Office an
nounced here today.
Mr.. Clucas is winding up d
two-year tour as chief of public
affairs for the United States
High Commission in Bavaria.
A former Pennsylvania and
Florida newsman, Mr.. Clucas has
been in Government service for
IL years.
Senator Mccarthy linked Mr..
Clucas with Theodore Kaghan
Of the High Commission in crit
ical remarks during budget
testimony by Commissioner
James B. Conant in Washington
in June, 1858. Mr.. Conant de-
Tended Mr.. Clucas as "a good
man." Mr.. Kaghan, a direct
target Of Senator Mccarthy, re-
signed as deputy director of
public affairs after he was
griAedi by the Mccarthy SUBJ
committee investigating Com
munist activities.