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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
Contract Bridge
By EosIeY BIockwood


BY today's exacting standards
Mr.. Masters hand was too strong
for an opening one no-trump bid.
One club would have been an
alternative opening but Mr..
Masters chose one spade. He
was willing to carry on strongly
over any response Mr.. Dale
made.
North dealer.
Both sides vulnerable.
NORTH (Mr. Masters)
a AK76
1853
. AK
= KQ4
WEST EAST
(Mr. Champion) CMrs. Keen)
AJ53 4 Q1092
KQ92 J10
o 972 Q ga
4 932 = J865
SOUTH (Mr. Dale)
"a
y ASA
J10853
= A107
The bidding:
North East South West
] spade Pass INT. Pass
2N.T. Pass 3N.T T. All pass
Mr.. Dale didn't have quite
enough to go to the two level
with a bid of two diamonds. For
that call he needed the equiva-
lent Of an average hand in high
cards. He bid one no-trump, an
other example of ignoring dis
tribution in favor of giving more
precise information about over
all high-card strength.
With plenty left over, Mr..
Masters bid two no-trump,
strongly suggesting that his
partner go on to game if he
held more than an absolute
minimum. Holding as much as
two aces, a jack and two tens,
Mr.. Dale was very happy to go
along with this idea.
Mr.. Champion opened the
deuce of hearts and Mrs. Keen
was permitted to win the first
trick with the ten: She returned
the jack and Mr.. Dale ducked
again. Mr.. Dale's problem would
have ended here if Mr.. Cham
pion had not overtaken the
queen and continued the suit.
Mr.. Dale won the third trick
and cashed the ace and king of |
diamonds. When the queen |
failed to drop. the contract was
still in jeopardy.
Since only six tricks were avail
able in the other three suits, it |
was necessary to win at least |
three diamonds. And to do this,
two entries were needed to the |
closed hand-one to lead an
other diamond to knock out the !
queen and one to "get back" !
after the diamond queen was
dislodged. He led the four of |
clubs from dummy and took the
unnecessary" finesse Of the ten.
When this held. he was home.
He knocked out the queen of |
diamonds, won the spade return
with dummy's king and got back
to his hand with the ace of clubs |
to cash the rest of the diamonds.
Copyright. 1854. General Features Corp |
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-25
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Evening star., 1954-01-10
TIC for Babies Without II

A BABY'S PLACE is with
"A its mother, but If this is
impossible, the Washington
Home for Foundlings will try
to take her place.
Last year, the home cared
for more than IS babies,
either returning them to
their mothers or placing
them with childless couples
after they were 3 months old.
In their brief stay at the
home, the babies received
treatment in which the en-
phasis was on TLC-tender,
loving care.
In addition to being sure
the youngsters are given the
proper food. medical attention
and toys, the nurses at the
nome prOVlde the DaDleS WITH
old-fashioned loving in large
quantities.
Each child Is cuddled and
played with daily. A rocking
chair is used for this treat
ment. The home feels 1t must
provide what the baby Is likely
to miss most-a mothers low
ing touch.
The Washington Home for
Foundlings was started in 1870
after Joshua Peirce had pro-
vided for such an agency in
his will. BY 1887 the home
had accumulated $35.0O0-
500 was voted by Congress
Evening star., 1954-01-10
BY Brian Bell. Jr.

and a building was built at
IT'S Fifteenth street NV.
In the middle 20s. Randolph
T. Warwick left a bequest for
foundlings. and this. together
with the sale of the Fifteenth
street building, provided funds
for the present home at 4510
Forty-second street NV.
Here the home has more
than two acres in a quiet Sec
ton. There are roomy, airy
wards for the babies and pri-
vate rooms for those who
require special care. A
screened porch incloses one
corner Of the building where
the youngsters can get fresh
air and sunlight in summer.
In this pleasant atmosphere,
the babies thrive until they
are ready to move into a
permanent home.
The home usually gets the
babies when they are around
S days old. Unwed mothers
turn the youngsters over to
representatives of the home
at the hospital where the
babies are born.
Until a baby is 3 months
old, the home win not accept
a release for adoption from
the mother.
we always hope that the
Evening star., 1954-01-10

baby can be returned to its
mother" says Mrs. Helen
Pearcy, case work supervisor.
Right after birth, things look
blue to the mother, but after
three months, the outlook
often is brighter. She finds
arrangements can be worked
out to keep the baby"
The home returns about
half the babies to their moth
ers. The others are adopted
by married couples unable to
have children Of their own.
Many think only people in
the upper income bracket
who are of superior intelli-
gence can adopt our babies.
but this is not true" explains
Miss Evelyn Hibbard. director
of the home. I'VE make daily
reports on the babies. give
them intelligence tests and
try to match them with the
adopters."
1t takes about a year for
couple to adopt a baby. After
an application is made. three
months elapSe before Mrs.
Pearcy or Mrs. Mary Louise
Nally, a case worker, can get
to 1t.
Then an interview Is Sched-
uled with the prospective par
ents. A study is made of the
adopters' background. flnan-
cial situation and qualifica-
Evening star., 1954-12-16
By me Asseciafed Press

VIENNA, Austria. Dec. 49,
The Austrian Catholic news
service Kathpress quotes in
formed circles in Budapest as
reporting Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty has been released from
prison in Hungary. But the
agency says there is no confir-
nation of the report.
The Vatican also said 1t had
no confirmation of similar re-
ports.
In Budapest, spokesmen for
the Hungarian Foreign Ministry
and of the Government Infor-
nation Bureau declined to dis
cuss the report. Earlier there had
been indications they might
make statement.
The State Department and
Catholic agencies in Washing
ton had no information that the
Cardinal had been freed.
Kathpress said it received in
formation from well-informed
sources in Budapest that the
Cardinal had been freed one
week ago and had gone to his
diocese.
The Catholic news service re-
port, under Budapest dateline:
In usually well informed circles
of the Hungarian capital it was
reported yesterday that Car
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Fall Kills Worker
Al Corcoran Gallery

A father of four fell to his
death today from the roof of the
Corcoran Art Gallery.
He was Richard Haig, 80, Of
Ait Stanley street Sc, super
intendent of workmen at the
gallery building, who was fixing
a leaky gutter about IS feet
above Seventeenth and E streets
NV.
Mr.. Haig, who had worked at
the gallery 18 years except for
four spent in Europe during
World War II. was working in
an 18-inch gutter about 6 inches
deep which circles the roof. A
passerby. Walter Clasen, 2153
California street NV, saw the
fall.
Albert E. Anderson, 2508 Min
nesota avenue Sc, who was
working with Mr.. Haig, was in
side the roof and did not know
the superintendent had fallen.
Mr.. Haig is survived by his
widow. Nita, and children,
Nancy. 16; Richard, 8, and Ben
ME and Rennie, 18-month-old
twins.
Evening star., 1954-12-16

programs by which the various
departments and agencies of the
Government may effectively
contribute to such cooperation
and understanding.
"You are requested to attend
the meetings of the cabinet, the
National Security Council, the
council on Foreign Economic
Policy, and the Operations Co.
Ordinating Board"
Reluctant to Enlarge.
Mr.. Hagerty was reluctant to
go beyond the terms of the Pres
ident'S letter when pressed by
reporters for a more exact de-
scription of the job assigned Mr..
Rockefeller.
Asked if it involved psyche
logical warfare, Mr. Hagerty said
that would be part of it," but
that it is more than that.
He told another questioner
that the job partly would in
volve co-ordinating the activi-
ties of various Government
agencies as they bear on rela-
tions with other countries.
He also said MIR. Rockefeller
would deal with foreign policy,
"but in a different way than
the Secretary of State"
Mr.. Rockefeller will have an
Office in the Executive Offices
Building, directly across West
Executive avenue from the
White House.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
zhukov Lays Treachery
To British War Leaders

MOSCOW, Dec. 16.-The So
Wet Unions top soldier, Marshal
Georgi Zhukov, today accused
Prime Minister Churchill and
Field Marshal Lord Montgomery
of treachery during World War
II.
Marshal Zhukov's accusation
stemmed from the statement last
month by Sir Winston that he
had ordered Marsnal Montgon.-
cry to stack captured German
arms for possible use by German
troops against the Red Army in
the closing days of the war to
halt any Soviet advance into
Western Europe.
Marshal Zhukov's remarks,
carried by Pravda, made up the
third major denunciation of
Britain's wartime leaders follow
ing Sir Winston's statement in
a speech at Woodford.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Court Rules Man
Can Slap Woman
If She Hits Him

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-If q
woman slaps a man, he car
slap her back.
So ruled Magistrate William
E. Ringel yesterday in dismiss.
ing assault charges brought
against Willis Van Nosdall, SO
by Mrs. Lee Noble, 26.
Mrs. Noble claimed Mr.. Var
Nosdall hit back after she
slapped him during an argument
in a restaurant.
Asserting no one would bring
assault charges if a man struck
back at another. the magistrate
asked if man had the right
to hit back at a woman.
II suppose the courtiers of the
Victorian age would say No.
he said. But as a matter OF
law. we can say the sexes are
equal. with equal treatment fol-
all sexes. I think the same rule
has to apply in this case. Charge
dismissed"
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Mindszenty Reported Freed,
But & Confirmation Is Luckinu
Austrian Catholic News Service Quotes
Informed Circles in Budapest on News

dinal Mindszenty, who has been
held in prison since 1949, was
released a week ago and has
gone to his diocese.
while diplomatic quarters in
Budapest know nothing exactly
about his release, the archbish-
ops palace at Esztergom Mind
szenty's diocese) declared that
the primate is not staying in
Esztergom.
'The report Of the Cardinals
release itself was neither con-
firmed nor denied by the palace. Z"
Endre Marion, Associated Press
correspondent in Budapest. said
by telephone he had heard moth
ing to indicate that Cardinal
Mindszenty has been released.
Cardinal Mindszenty, 62-year-
old Roman Catholic primate of
Hungary, was sentenced to life
imprisonment by Red court
on February 8, 1949, the court
convicted him of treason, seek
ing to overthrow the Communist
government in favor of the Haps-
burg monarchy and illegal trad
ing in dollars from the United
States and the Vatican.
Kathpress reported on October 8
that Cardinal Mindszenty's jail
ers were permitting him to see
his aged mother once a month
and that his health was poor.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
President Names Rockefeller
AS Special White House Aide
Duties Called
'Enlorgement'o Of
Juckson's Post

President Eisenhower today
appointed Nelson A. Rockefeller
as a special assistant to help pro-
mote development of Increased
understanding and cooperation
among all peoples"
The White House described
Mr.. Rockefeller's new job as in
volving an enlargement" of the
work once done for the Presi-
dent by c. D. Jackson as a spe-
cial assistant for co-ordinating
cold war strategy in the psyche
logical warfare field.
In effect, Mr.. Rockefeller's
assignment appears to be to di-
rect an intensified battle for
mems minds around the world in
the struggle against Communist
expansion.
Early in his administration.
Gen. Eisenhower brought Mr..
Jackson, an executive of Time,
Inc, to the White House as
special assistant. Mr.. Jackson re-
signed several months ago and
that job has been vacant since.
Mr.. Rockefeller, 46, son of
John D. Rockefeller, jr., resigned
a $17,500-a-year job as Under
secretary of Health, Education
and Welfare, to take the new
White House position which pays
$4,000 a year.
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the res
ignation and new assignment are
effective Immediately.
Mr.. Rockefeller's new assign
ment was announced in a letter
to him from the President. The
President wrote:
Il shall look to you for advice
and assistance in the develop
ment of increased understand
ing and cooperation among all
peoples. I shall also look to
you for assistance in reviewing
and developing methods and
Evening star., 1954-12-16
5 SLEEPING Children Die as Fire Sweeps Home

81 just happened to look out
the window and I saw this blaze
in the back shed. I thought it
was a lamp burning. 1t seemed
to rise a little higher and I
knew it was a fire. I called my
husband. He got dressed as
quick as he could"
Mrs. Baldwin said the flames
were coming from q shed at
tached to the kitchen. In the
shed was a fuel-oil tank from
which the Grogans drew oil to
operate stoves in their home.
Mrs. Baldwin said that as
her husband was rushing toward
the Grogan house she heard an
explosion. which came from the
shed.
Whether the fire started In
the shed or In the kitchen was
not determined. The house,
owned by the Columbia Box
Board Co. where MIR. Grogan
| is employed, was practically de-
stroyed.
Evening star., 1954-12-16

Mr.. Baldwin found Mrs. Gro
gan asleep in the bedroom on
the first floor. He aroused her.
She went to the kitchen and
opened the door to the shed.
This apparently caused a ter
rife vent, which sent the flames
and the intense heat into the
house.
Mr.. Baldwin took Mrs. Grogan,
%. outside.
Then he re-entered and tried
to climb the narrow stairs lead
ing to the upper bedrooms. He
was forced back by the heat.
'It was like putting your head
inside q furnace" !" he said. 'I felt
that ! was going to faint"
Mr.. Grogan, who works a night
shift at the box board mill, ran
home from the plant, which was
only q few yards away. BY that
time the house and its occupants
were beyond saving.
Mrs. Grogan, suffering from
shock. was taken to the home
of a neighbor.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
IA Reported Injured
In Montana Train Wreck
BY the Assoei1ied Press

MILES CITY. Mont, Dec. 16.
Fourteen persons were re-
ported injured early today when
eight of Is cars on the Northern
Pacif1c's Mainstreeter passenger
train left the rails about / mile
west Of this Eastern Montana
city.
The injured were taken to the
Holy Rosary Hospital here.
Their names were not immedi-
ately available.
A broken rail is believed to
have caused the derailment.
Unofficial reports said rail over
q small culvert came loose and
pierced a baggage car on the
eastbound train.
A baggage car. the only one
overturned. was burning several
hours after the accident.
Evening star., 1954-12-16

dents address. some starting at
S pm. and others beginning at
Sis pm.
A musical prelude will begin
at 4:30 pm. The United States
Marine Band will play and an
8O-voice choir from Washington
churches will sing. When the
President arrives. he will be in
troduced by Secretary OF the
Interior Mckay, honorary head
of the Pageant of Peace Com
mittee, and greeted by a Boy
Scout and Girl Scout on behalf
of the American people.
The Rev. Carl Heath kopf,
minister of the First Congrega-
tional Church. will pronounce
the invocation and the Rev. John
B. Roeder, vice chancellor OF the
Catholic Archdiocese of WASH
ington, will give the benediction.
The Presidential tree-lighting
will set in motion an unprece-
(See PAGEANT, Page A-30
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Army Says Private Refuses
To SuIute American Flag

duct and conversations which
are alleged to have brought
"discredit to the armed forces. "
The Army spokesman said
the second charge is the type
which usually grows out Of con-
versations that go beyond the
normal run of "GI gripping
which is healthy"
Pvt. Wallace's father. Dwight
Wallace, said at his Ridgewood
home last night that "as far
as we know the charges are
totally false"
I'm surprised to hear Of this
new report" the father added
after telling newsmen the ac-
cusations had been turned down
twice by Army boards.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
u. 5. Fears Curbs
On A-Weapons Will
Cut Deterrent Value
Fuvors Defensive Use
Ruther Thun Need to
Liberote Europe Lqter
By the Associated Press

PARIS, Dec. 16.-The United
States feels Western Europeans
must rely on atomic weapons if
they want to be defended from
Communist attack instead Of
being liberated from an occupa-
ton later, a reliable source said
today.
The American Government is
thus putting itself squarely be-
hind defense plans drafted by
the Military Committee of the
North Atlantic Treaty Organiza-
ton. which come up before NATO
foreign, defense and finance min
listers here tomorrow
United States Secretary Of
State John Foster Dulles, French
Premier Pierre Mendes- France
and British Foreign Secretary Sir
Anthony Eden met on this and
other subjects in the French
foreign ministry this afternoon
in advance of the NATO Council
session.
Rigid Procedure Opposed.
The informant gave this as
the American position:
American diplomats will op-
pose any rigid procedure restrict
ing use of atomic weapons, in
cluding small tactical arms, on
the ground that this would re-
duce the deterrent value of allied
arms and. to this extent, make
aggression more likely.
The political and military
thinking which the United States
supports is based on two main
premises. The first is that West
ern Europe cannot be success
fully defended against 3OO-odd
Communist divisions with con-
ventional weapons alone. The
second is that Western Euro
peans want to be defended, not
liberated.
NATO military leaders have
worked out a new plan which
they believe can defend Europe.
1t involves the use of atomic
arms.
In the discussions ahead on
whether the allies should really
resort to atomic arsenals, the
(See BIG THREE, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Eisenhower Will Spend
Christmas in AUGUSTA r

President Eisenhower expects
to work on his State of the
Union message to the new Con-
gress while spending the Christ
mast season holidays at Augusta,
Ga, White House Press Secre-
tary James c. Hagerty said to-
day.
Mr.. Hagerty said he could not
announce yet definite plans. but
indicated that the President
hopes to leave for Augusta
shortly before Christmas and
probably remain until after New
Years Day.
He and Mrs. Eisenhower
would spend the holidays in their
cottage on the grounds of the
Augusta National Golf Club.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
.HedvyQuake
Shakes West;
DaI1lagekinor
Nevada, California
Feel Tremor, With
FoIIon as Center
By the Associofed Press

RENO, Dec. 16.-A rolling
earthquake of high intensity
shook Nevada and California
early today, but only minor
damage was reported.
The quake, described as the
heaviest of three which have
Jared this area since last July,
was felt as far as Elko, New, 200
miles east of Reno, and through
out most Of California to the
West.
It was timed at 3:07 am. in
Reno and $40 am. in San Fran
cisco. A second tremor-of minor
intensity-was felt here at 800
am.
Fallon, New, a small agricul-
tural community so miles east of
Reno and the center of two
quakes in July and August, was
believed to be the center of to-
days quake.
Some Ceilings Cracked.
However. Sheriff George Will
kins said preliminary checks
showed only minor damage.
with some ceilings cracked and
some bricks knocked loose"
Parts OF Lovelock, New, also
east of Reno. were blacked out
when a section of the city's elec-
trio power system was knocked
out briefly, However, no other
damage was reported.
Las Vegas, $50 miles southeast
Of Reno, also reported two
quakes. Police said lights swayed
and windows ratified, but there
was no damage.
Felt Over Wide Area.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.,
which serves most of California,
said a check of its system in
dicated the earthquake was felt
almost from the. Oregon border
to deep in Southern California.
In Los Angeles chandeliers
sWayed on the 18th floor of the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Co. Building. Windows ratified
in Leimert Park and water
sloshed in a swimming pool in
West Los Angeles.
Apparently few people other
than tourists noticed the quake
in San Francisco. Police said
the few calls they had came
mostly from hotels. The city
quivered a bit, but there were
no reports of damage.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
Big Military Welcome
Given Tito in Bombay
BY the Associated Press

BOMBAY, India, Dec. 10
Yugoslavia President Marshal
Tito. starting an 18-day state
visit to India, landed in Bonn
bay today for a martial welcome
unequalled in the seven years
of Indian independence.
The Communist leader arrived
aboard the YugoSlav navy ship
Caleb. After staying overnight
at the palatial Tai Mahal Hotel,
he was to leave by train tomor-
row for New Delhi to meet Prime
Minister Nehru and other Of
ficials.
During their talks they are
expected to discuss the question
of co-existence between the
West and the Soviet bloc, from
which Marshal Tito broke away
In 1948.
Evening star., 1954-12-16
WMAL to Teievise
Pageant of Peace
Ceremony to Nation

The Nation will get a
televised bird's-eye view of
the Pageant of Peace" tree
lighting tomorrow.
Station WMAL-TV, which
will originate the program
for the other television net
works. will haul one Of its
cameras to the top of the
Washington Monument.
From this position, it will
pick up clearly the cross
shaped park below in the
center of the Ellipse. Other
cameras will be spotted on
the Ellipse for closeup shots
of President Eisenhower and
his party.