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Evening star., 1954-10-07
WiIIiom F. Grunt, So,
OfficiuI Of BusIine
By he Assoeicted Press

by me Associoted FFess
CHICAGO. oct. William r.
Grant. SO. national safety direc-
tor of the Greyhound Bus Lines.
died last night.
Mr.. Grant. Of suburban Evans
ton, was a native of Duluth,
MINI.
Mr.. Grant owned and man.
aged hockey teams at Duluth
and Kansas City in the late 1920s
and early 1930s and once was
president of the old American
Hockey League.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
MusicuI Arts Choir

The Musical Arts Choir Of
Washington will present pro-
gram of sacred music at $3.50
pm. tomorrow in Canaan Bap-
tist Church, 1924 Georgia avenue
NV. Orthello r. Wilson, a grad
uate Of Hampton Institute, will
direct.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
With Regard to o
Card of Thanks

vey often o cord Of thonks In
The Stof meets o need which con
hordly be solved 10 any other woy.
Not only is il Q gracious expression
Of srotitude to those who hove sent
floral tributes but also eourteously
acknowledges the services and kind
nesses Of the mony to whom q per.
sonol note Of thonks cannot well be
mailed o. whose names and od-
dresses ore not known. Insertion o.
q cord Of thonks moy be arranged
BY telephone to The Stor. ST. $1,000.
The Evening and Sunday Stor
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Zinc Output

ST. LOUIS.--About one-third
Of the zinc needed for United
States arms during World War
II came from the mines located
In the Missouri kansas Okla
homa fields.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Librury Group to Meet

The Parish Library Section Of
the Catholic Library Association
win meet at 8 pm. tomorrow in
the Catholic University Library
Bulldog.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Fuirfux PTA to Meet

Robert E. Walker, director Of
information and surveys for
Fairfax County schools, will ad-
dress the Fairfax Elementary
School PTA at 8 o'clock tonight.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Air Too Thin

BOSTON.-An atmosphere too
thin to transmit sound waves
adequately is believd found at
a height of approximately 1000
miles above the earth's surface.
Evening star., 1954-10-07
Garn uf Thanka

MRS. SARAH ]. The
family of the late Mrs. SARAH j..
LANCASTER gratefully acknowledges
the thoughtfulness and sympathy Of
its friends and relatives in its recent
bereavement.
Evening star., 1954-10-07

NELLIE. Objects and mem-
bers of the Ladies First Aid
Union of Churches. Inc, are
requested to assemble on
Friday, october s. 1854, at
1890 pm, at the Southern
Baptist Church. 1874 L st.
NV, for the purpose OF at
M late nurse'S funeral, NEIL
Evening star., 1954-10-07

q. Z. BENNETT. Secretary.
YOUNGER, EVA RUTH. On Monday.
4stpost srai Mospitai Eva RuTH YoGNdER gH GER
beloved wife of the late Samuel
Younger. devoted mother Of Mrs. jose
phine Holt, Mrs. Ruth Mullins. Mrs.
Mrs. Dorothy Bolden, Mrs. Gladys
Shepard. Miss Nancy Younger. James
and Samuel Younger. jr. She also
leaves to mourn her passing two sis
Eula Yuille; four brothers. Carmel,
Harry. Hundly and the Rev. c. c.
Yuiile; fifteen grandchildren. nine
other relatives and friends Remains
resting at the John T. Rhines g. Co.
Funeral Home. 901 3rd st. s.w.. where
friends may call after z pm. Thurs
ment Lynchburg, We.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Lamb Asks S5OO,0OO
In New SANDER Suit

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. A.
Edward Lamb of Toledo, Ohio,
filed a half-million-dollar Fed
eral SANDER suit against Repre-
sentative Pat Sutton, Democrat,
of Tennessee, here yesterday.
The new suit brings to 50 mil
lion the amount Mr.. Lamb is
seeking in State and Federal
Courts from Mr.. Sutton and his
broadcasters as a result of a
marathon television-radio broad
cast here July II and Is. Mr..
Lamb previously had filed three
SANDER suits in Davidson County
Circuit Court here seeking half
million dollars in each.
The broadcast was part of Mr..
Sutton's unsuccessful campaign
to unseat Senator Kefauver in
Tennessee's Democratic primary
election August S.
Mr.. Lamb, newspaper pub
Usher and owner of several radio
and television stations, said in
his Federal Court petition that
Mr.. Sutton had called him a
known Communist" during the
broadcast.
Mr.. Lamb said he was not and
never has been "a member of the
Communist Party or a known
Communist, or subversive or dis
loyal to the United States in any
way"
Mr.. Sutton also faces three
other suits seeking an additional
SIS million. These Circuit Court
actions were filed by j. Lacey
Reynolds. a Washington news
paperman, as a result of the
same broadcaStS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Detroit Plant Strike
Is Red-Dominated,
CIardy Charges
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Sept. 4.-Repre-
sentative Kit Clardy, Republican.
of Michigan charged today that
a strike at the Detroit plant Of
the Square D. Co. sis a Com
munist dominated operation"
and said he would recommend
an inquiry by the House I'm
American Activities Committee.
Three persons were injured in
a picket line melee at the plant
yesterday, the second day Of
management's back to = work
campaign in the 82-day-old
strike.
A court injunction ordering the
Independent United Electrical
Workers Union to limit picket
ing to five members followed the
skirmish among pickets, police
men and employees seeking to
return to work. But when the
144 returnees left the plant at
shifts end they were jeered by
800 pickets who stayed on de-
spite the injunction.
The plant was closed today. II
will reopen Tuesday and man.
agement said any strikers who
failed to return by Wednesday
would be fired.
Mr.. Clardy is a member of the
Un-American Activities Com
mittee and headed a subcommit-
tee which probed Communist in
filtration of education and in
dustry in Detroit, Lansing ano
Flint earlier this year.
He disclosed today House Com
mittee investigators had been
looking into the Square D strike
This is a Communication
mated operation" Mr.. Clardy
said. 1T warrants complete
investigation. We have already
gathered considerable informa-
ton about the UE operations at
the company.
II intend to ask my committee
for the right to come back to
Detroit sometime after the No
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Referring Invents
Automatic Starter
For Dehumidifier

A self starter for a dehumidi-
fer has been worked out by the
man who invented the starter
for the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS F.
Kettering.
A patent for a humIdistat has
been issued to Mr.. Kettering and
Frank J. Roelandt and assigned
to the General Motors Corp.
The humidistat. coupled with
a dehumldifier, may help pre-
vent Washington households
from midsummer humidity and
its resultant mildew. It is
described as a stack of paper
discs which expand and contract
with the relative dampness in
the air. It can be set to control
the dehumidifier as a thermostat
is set to control a heating Sys-
tenn.
Mr.. Kettering, now 70, re-
tired as vice president of the
General Motors research lab
oratories in 1947, after 81 years
with the company.
In addition to inventing the
automobile starter and the cleo
trio cash register, he developed
a two-cycle Diesel engine, tetra-
ethyl lead, which is the basis of
ethyl gasoline, the freon re-
frigerant and other devices.
r. P. Barnard, assistant man
ager of the patent section of
the GIN Washington Office, said
Mr.. Roelandt is a young engi-
neer in the company's research
division at Detroit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Fair to-
night with low near IS. Tomor-
row partly cloudy and a little
warmer.
Maryland-Fair and little
cooler tonight with low 54-56.
Tomorrow partly cloudy with
chance of scattered thunder
showers in west portion by night.
Virginia-Fair tonight with
$3.50 in west and 1854 in east
portions. Tomorrow partly
cloudy and warmer in the inte-
rior.
Wind-Northerly about 10
miles per hour becoming north
east tonight and mostly south
east 1920 miles per hour to-
morrow.
Pollen Count-108 grains per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Phenix City Mayor
Indicted OF, Charge
|0f Negleeiing Duty
BY the Associated Press

PHENIX CITY, Ala, Sept. 4.
The Mayor of Phenix City and
former sheriff of Russell
County have been indicted by a
grand jury for willful neglect of
duty. /.
Fourteen new indictments were
returned yesterday by the rack
et-busting jury against Is de-
PENDANTS, including Mayor Elmer
Reese and former Sheriff Ralph
Mathews, who had resigned IL
days ago after he had been
stripped of authority and his job
had been taken over by National
Guardsmen.
Also indicted, on a charge of
taking a bride, was Mr.. Mathews
chief deputy. Albert Fuller, who
only "a hours before had been
hauled away from his home in
pajamas and dressing gown and
taken to Jail on a stretcher for
questioning. Later ne was moved
to a hospital for new treatment
of injuries he said he suffered
in fall from horse weeks ago.
Statute Rarely Used.
Mr.. Mathews and Mayor Reese
were released in $1,000 bond
each, but Mr.. Fuller's bond was
fixed at $4,000. The rarely-used
criminal statute on neglect of
duty provides a maximum pen
atty of $1,000 fine. Bribery is
punishable by two to 10 years
in prison.
Mayor Reese had already been
charged with neglect of duty in
three warrants sworn cut july
81 by National Guard officers
directing law enforcement in
Phenix City under limited mar
tial law.
The indictmen of Mr..
Mathews climaxed a turbulent
career which saw him success
fully defend his Office against
Impeachment charges a year ago.
Custer Move Fails.
Five members of the .crusading
Russell Betterment Association
tried to GUST him on charges Of
wllfully allowing gambling to
flourish in Phenix City. But the
State Supreme Court ruled that
they failed to prove their case.
Nevertheless, the court COM
mented that Phenix City had &C
quired an "unsavory" reputation
because of its lusty existence.
Mr.. Mathews was renominated
for a third four-year term in the
Democratic primary May 4, but
that nomination and three others
were revoked by the State Demo-
cratic Executive Committee be-
cause of alleged widespread
election frauds.
The committee said it was
practically impossible" to have
an honest election in Pheni2
City at that time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Democrats Pick Byrnes Foe
For Senator Moybonk''s Seat
Governor Is Silent
On Choice Of Brown
Of Porty Committee
BY the kssoeiaied Press

COLUMBIA. S. c., Sept. A.
Edgar A. Brown, South Carroll
mas National Democratic COM
mitteeman, was nominated yes
terday by the State Democratic
Committee to succeed the late
Burnet r. Maybank as United
States Senator.
Selection by the State Com
mittee means almost certain
election to the Senate for Mr..
Brown, who broke with Gov.
James F. Byrnes in 1852 and
refused to join the independent
South Carolinians for Eisen-
hover movement. He cam
paigned strongly for Adlai Ste
venson, who narrowly won the
electoral votes of this tradition
ally Democratic State.
Mr.. Brown, 66 and president
pro tenn of the State Senate.
was nominated less than six
hours before the midnight dead
line for certifying candidates for
the November election. The
committee turned down an al
ternate course-advocated by
Gov. Byrnes-to call a special
primary and in the meantime
put up a candidate who would
promise to withdraw later in
favor of the primary winner.
Byrnes Declines Comment.
Gov. Byrnes said he would ap-
point such a primary winner to
serve out Senator Maybank'S I'M
expired term, which ends Janu-
airy 2. Gov. Byrnes declined COM
ment on whether he would now
appoint Mr.. Brown for the un-
expired term.
Brown supporters voted down
the primary proposal, 31-18,
claiming the "figurehead" can
didate proposal smacked of
"colluSion."
There is q possibility Mr..
Brown may have write-in opposi-
ton in November. There is no
Republican nominee.
Mr.. Brown, who is from Bar
nell, twice tried for the United
States Senate in Democratic pri-
maries, losing in 1926 and 1888.
Last year he became national
committeeman. moving up from
the State Committee chairman
ship when Senator Maybank
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Brief Thunderstorms
HamperPowerCrews
In Hurricane Area
BY the Associated Press

BOSTON. Sept. 4. - Severe
thunderstorms, hail and rain last
night dealt power repair crews a
setback in the wake of Tuesdays
hurricane.
The brief storm in scattered
parts of Massachusetts, knocked
out recently restored telephone
and electric circuits. including
about 5000 in Greater Boston.
The new damage was blamed
on water seeping into temporary
power lines or bolts striking un-
sheathed transformers.
Federal Funds AlIocated.
Meanwhile. Massachusetts, off,
Gals were heartened by Presi-
dent Eisenhower's announce
ment that SIS million in Federal
funds have been allocated for
the relief of the States hurri-
cane sufferers.
Gov. Christian A. Herter said
he was "gratifled" by the presi-
Dental action, but said that "un-
til we know just how the Federal
money can be used, the situation
isn't quite clear"
Gov. Herter has asked an early
meeting with Val Peterson, head
of the Federal Civil Defense Adj
ministration, to discuss how the
funds can be utilized"
Major Disaster Areas.
Massachusetts, and Rhode
Island were designated major
disaster areas eligible for Fed
eral relief by the President yes
terday at the summer White
House in Denver. Both States
were the hardest hit by the hur-
ricane, which whipped through
New England.
An Eisenhower aide said last
night that civil defense repre-
sentatives have not completed
their study of Rhode Island
damage. He said Federal funds
will be allocated to that State
as soon as the President receives
a report.
Other developments yesterday
in the enormous cleanup and
salvage operation were:
l. Chain stores and markets
/ in distressed areas will be open
tomorrow from 9 am. to l pm.
under Gov. Herter's emergency
waiver of the Sunday BLUE
Laws" to serve customers unable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Eisenhower Dollar
Draws Interest
At Iowa State Fair
By the Associated Press

DES MONIES, Sept. 4.-Presi-
dent Eisenhower dollar drew
interest" yesterday at the Iowa
State Centennial Fair.
D. D. Staples, secretary of the
Savings and Loan League Of
Des Moines. said interest on the
dollar at per cent compounded
until the year 2054 would be
$19.65.
The league presented this
amount to Lloyd Cunningham,
fair secretary, who contributed it
to the emergency polio fund.
The dollar. presented by the
President to Iowa Gov. Williams.
Beardsley in payment" for adj
mission to the fair last Monday,
will be placed in the 'tspire OF
time" erected at the fairgrounds.
The spire will be opened in 1854.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Psychiatrist 10 Study
How Red Captivity
Affected Col. FIeminq
BY the Assoeioied Press

FORT SHERIDAN. ILL.,. Sept.
Alt. Col. Harry Fleming, 40
year-old career Army officer ac-
cused of collaborating with the
Communists, will be examined
over the Labor Day week end by
psychiatrist from him home
town of Racine. Wis.
Col. Fleming's trial before an
11-officer general court-martial
has been recessed until Wednes-
day after five days of testimony.
The gray haired, slightly built
oficer-a prisoner Of war in Ko-
rea for 81 months-faces a max
imum sentence of life imprison-
ment, dismissal from service and
loss of all pay if convicted. He
has denied the Army charges.
Before adjourning yesterday,
the court gave defense attorneys
permission to hire DR.. Glenn
Bacon of Racine at $50. a day
to make the psychiatric examin-
alton. The defense lawyers had
said they wanted DR.. Bacon to
try to find the answers to these
hypothetical questions:
Three Questions Raised.
What are the effects of a per-
son who has been in state of
malnutrition over a long period?
What are the effects of his
brain? What effect would this
have, along with fear of death"
on the possible weakening of q
persons will to resist?
A defense witness, retired Col
John F.. Albert of Temple, Tex,
testified Col. Fleming was 1.-The
type of officer that our Govern
ment can be proud Of" Col,
Albert said it was "unthinkable'
that the accused officer would
be sympathetic to communism.
Col. Fleming, first American
Army officer brought to trial fol-
behavior as a POW in Korea
served under Col. Albert before
the Korean war when he wa.
assigned to the Wisconsin mill.
tary district.
Outside the court, 1t. Col
Charles r. Bender, jr., For
Sheridan public information
officer, issued a statement or
behalf of some of the prosecution
witnesses-he wouldn't say how
many-who had testified against
Col. Fleming.
Witnesses Not "Accusers."
Col. Bender said the witnesse.
wanted it understood they arr
not "accusers" of Col. Fleming
merely witnesses. He quotee
them as saying they personally
were friendly to Col. Fleming.
The court listened to two
monitored recordings of Com.
munist propaganda broadcast.
Col. Fleming allegedly partici.
pated in during 1851, but static
made parts of them so unin.
telligible the president of the
court, Col. Fred c. Dyer, said
Except for a few disconnected
words, I understood nothing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04

who died Wednesday, resigned
the post.
Funeral Rites Held.
Senator Maybank was buried
in Magnolia Cemetery at
Charleston yesterday after. flu
neral services at historic st.
Michael'S Episcopal Church.
Hundreds of Charlestonians
joined a large delegation Of con-
gressional colleagues in paying
final tribute to him.
The service was conducted by
the Right Rev. Albert S. Thomas,
bishop of the South Carolina
Episcopal Diocese.
Senator Maybank's flag -draped
coffin was carried to the church
through streets lined with friends
and admirers.
Inside the church were many
public figures including Gov.
Byrnes. Army Secretary Stevens,
Senate Majority Leader Know
land of California, Gen. Mark
w. Clark. president of The Cita-
del, and Senator Russell, Demo-
crat, of Georgia.
The 40 man Congressional
group also included Senator May
banks close friend, Senator Cape
hart, Republican, of Indiana.
Senator Maybank's successor as
chairman Of the Senate Banking
and Currency Committee, and
Senators Mcclellan, Democrat, Of
Arkansas. and Bridges, Repub-
lican. of New Hampshire.
Senator Johnston. the States
junior Senator, and the entire
South Carolina House delegation
also attended.
President Eisenhower was rep
resented by Homer Gruenther, q
special assistant.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Bachelor Says Reds
Wanted Him 10 Head
Secret Group in U. 5.
BY the Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Sept. 4.
-Corpl. Claude Bachelor, a
former North Korean war pris-
oner being tried on charges of
collaborating with the enemy,
says the Chinese Reds wanted
aim to head a super secret or
ganization to work with Commu-
nists in the United States.
The statement was made by
Corpl. Bachelor to an Army in
telligence officer in Tokyo early
this year and introduced here
yesterday at the Kermit (Tex0
soldiers court-martial.
Says They Chose Another.
Corpl. Bachelor said that
when he decided to stay with the
Reds-a decision he later re-
verSed-the Reds "had to find
another prisoner in whom they
could put trust and faith to
carry on this project" Corpl.
Bachelor said they decided on
William c. Skipper, but Il am
not certain that he got the job"
Corpl. Bachelor and Corpl.
Edward Dickinson of Big Stone
Gap, Va. were among the %
Americans who originally chose
to stay with the Reds. They were
the only two among the % POWs
to change their minds and re-
turn to United States hands.
Corpl. Dickinson, already SEN
fenced to 10 years at hard labor
on charges similar to those
against Corpl. Bachelor, is to
testify in the court-martial here.
Before proceedings at Fort
Sam Houston were recessed yes
terday until Tuesday, the prose-
cution read into the record s.
page and 11-page statements
Corpl. Bachelor made early this
year to an Army intelligence
officer in Tokyo.
Described Reds Plan.
Both described Chinese Reds
plans to use returning prisoners
as agents of the Communist
Party in the United States
Corpl. Bachelor described q
secret meeting June /, 1858, al
Pyoktong, North Korea. calico
by the Chinese Comdr. Tuan.'
Representatives of progressive
groups in POW camps attended
the statement said.
"The following prisoners were
present at this meeting: Jane.
Veneris, Andrew Condron, Jands
BohuS, Bobby McGraw, Thomas
Davis" Corpl. Bachelor related
Very few prisoners knew any.
thing about this meeting and We
were warned not to discuss il
with any one except those di-
rectly concerned with it,"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04

to keep food supplies for lack of
refrigeration.
2. George Michael, director of
the State Department of Public
Health Food and Drug Division.
estimated more than l billion
pounds of periShable foods have
been saved by the States dry ice
distribution.
3. Gov. Herter announced
most of Cape Cod will be open to
Labor Day travellers. with the
exception of beaches under Ma
tional Guard restriction in five
towns.
The hurricane death toll rose
to 81 yesterday with the death
Of a repair worker Of the Long
Island Lighting Co. at Islip Ter
race, Long Island, N. Y.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
156 Indictments Filed
In Police Burglary Ring

BIRMINGHAM, Sept. "A
Jefferson County Grand Jury in
vestigating a police burglary ring
in Birmingham returned 1856
indictments yesterday and then
recessed until October 4.
The jury made no written re-
port to Circuit Judge Robert j.
Wheeler. Solicitor Emmett Perry
said it was too late in the day
when the jury finished work for
written report. Names of per-
sons indicted will not, be revealed
until their arrest.
Judge Wheeler charged the
jury Monday to look into the
police burglary ring which Melted
about $50, 900 in loot.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Six-Foot Gator Found
On Mccormick Estute
By the Associated Press

BOYNTON BEACH. Fla, Sept.
A 6-foot alligator was found
at Col. Robert r. Mccormick S
nearby Ocean Ridge estate yes
terday.
The. gator wound up in a pen
at Waite's Bird Farm in Boyn-
ton Beach.
A gardener at the Chicago
publishers estate was cutting
grass when he came upon the
alligator.
Howard Waite and his son
Bud, and a couple of policemen
hurried to the scene. They let
the gator bite on stick, then
seized and bound it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
A. 6. Keefer Cleared
OF DRIVING Churqes

Arthur c. Keefer of Takoma
Park, Md, chief counsel for the
Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, was found not
guilty in Upper Marlboro Police
Court yesterday of drunken and
reckless driving.
Judge Nita S. Crane said John
D. Breasted of HyattSville, driver
Of the car Mr.. Keefer allegedly
struck on Ager road last June
81, and his three passengers did
not show up to testify.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
Wife Sues james Croiq,
Asks ST, 500 AIimony
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 4.-The
wife of Actor James Craig sued
him for divorce yesterday. ask.
ing $500 alimony and $500 child
support monthly.
Mrs. Mary Craig requested GUS
tody of the two children, James.
IA, and Diane, Z, She charged
extreme cruelty, butt did not give
details in her complaint.
The couple married in 1889 and
separated last April 6.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-04
FusiIiers Stuy in MuIuyu

SINGAPORE. Sept. 4 (P).-A
battalion of WEIGH Fusiliers en-
route to Korea landed here yes
terday to take part in the anti
guerrilla war in Malaga. Bat
talon officers said orders from
the War Office as they neared
port ordered them to land here.