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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

q damSel in distress finds out
too late that she married the
wrong man, but by that time
murder has been done. In
both cases, the interest is
about equally divided between
suspense and romance but as
you might expect from a
craftsman like Miss Allingham,
the plots are sturdy and the
climactic scenes are played to
the hilt.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
Adolescence
In Brilliant
Perspective
A Wreath for the Enemy

A Wreath for the Enemy
BY Pamela Frankau.
Harper & Bros; $780,
Reviewed by Mary MeGrory
To write cleanly and sparely
of the chaotic time of Adde'S
cence is q gift denied most
novelists. Miss Frankau, hap
PLY, combines q dry compass
sion with an inveterate humor
that gives her story Of two
adoleScents separately trekking
into maturity an extraordinary
grace.
Miss Frankau's grace and
her wit, are. Of course, well
known to her readers. particu-
larry those who know her most
recent, glittering novel. ITO
the Moment OF Triumph. .
Those qualities are somewhat
muted here as she traces
change and longing and clash
ing values. Her usually sinu-
Gus style has been cropped to
a trenchant StraightneSS.
Being who she is, she does
not foreswear irony entirely.
and she takes an austere view
that people Of II are re-
SponSible for their actions
a rather daShing notion in
view Of the brooding senti-
mentality that currently en-
velopes the teen-ager in fic-
ton.
The Plot
She has followed here the
lives of Penelope Wells and
Don Bradley, the girl a re-
luctant Bohemian, the boy a
reluctant conformiSt. For
them both. the crucial charac-
ter is the Duchess, a worldly
wise, bedizened old sage.
Penelope chafeS at the free
dom of her poet fathers hotel
on the French Riviera. She
pines for the conventionality,
the orthodoxy of the BradieyS,
a neighboring English family
who believe in regular meals
and diluted conversation for
the young.
When, in the midst of her
infatuation for the BradleyS
called 1.-The Smugs" by her
father the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
Summer Show

The public is invited to the
opening this afternoon at 4
o'clock at the Silver Spring
Art Gallery, 9216 Flower ave-
nue., of an exhibition of paint
ings by Margaret Bean. Sidney
Gelfand, Margaret Borkland
and Bella Weinberg. Patrick
Nieburg. chief of the Washing
ton Bureau of the Free Europe
Press. will give a talk. to be il
Illustrated with film. The ex-
hibition will remain through
September II.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

d u c n e S 5
comes trail
ing clouds
of chiffon
and uncom-
Portable in
sights, Pc
nelope re-
jects the old
ere a t u r e
hercely. But
the. Duchess
d i e S and
P e n e lope
realizes that
hnr Va1lleS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

his wife spent in many other
parts of the world.
David Keppel'S brother, the
late Frederick Keppel, was
president of Carnegie Corp.
for two decades or more.
One of the David KEEP
pelS' sons, in the United States
Foreign Service. has been sta
toned at the Embassy in Mos
COW for some years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Keppel used to
consider themselves New York
ers; but now they feel that
Washington is really home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

storing an
other phase
of his YER
satile tai
ent. He has
written a
rousing his
t o + i c a ]
n O v e !
around lnc
life of the
great Amer
lean Revo-
Tut 10 nary
naval hero,
John Paul
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

are not the Bradleys' after all,
and that she has cast her lot
with the Duchesses Of the
world
For Don, too. the night OF
the Duchess death is fateful.
From it comes a vow never
again to desert in time of
trouble. Comes, too. his adj
miration for 1.-The oddity. the
rebel, the clown and the eccen-
trio" And it is his overmas-
tering admiration for Crusoe
Rains, a cripple Tapped in
lead" who opens to him doors
of the mind and spirit. Cru
soc. believer and iconoclast
both, leads him to revolt
against his family. From
fearing to spoil their day. he
comes to the point where he
fears not to spoil" their lives,
if it means saving his own.
With Deep Understanding
Much wisdom has gone into
Miss Frankau's story. She
shows how Penelope, deprived
of helping the duchess, whom
she loved, can somehow repay
the debt by miniStering to
Cara, her rival, whom she
hates. She shows the diff
Guilty, and the necessity Of be-
having we'll when there's no
body there to appreciate the
performance. She shows as
well as any one ever has, why
a girl betrayed in love. goes
of the deep end with a kind
of joyless resolve to ratify the
betrayal in physical fact.
CSince all is spoiled, let us
spoil still more.D And she
shows the lurking spirituality
in a selfish, chaotic woman
who still revereS in kind Of
inner heart, that which is di-
vine.
"a Wreath for the Enemy"
is a beautiful and moving
book.
The Case Of the Runaway
Corpse. BY Erie Stanley
Gardner. civilian Morrow
& Co.; $2.750
You'd think, after all the
traps Perry Mason has walked
into in his legal career that
he'd be more careful. But
there he goes again. This time,
he's trying to retrieve a letter
allegedly written by a man
who says if he is found dead,
his wife did him in. Since
the man is now dead, the let
ter has to be found. Naturally.
Mason gets into trouble and
Just as naturally he talks and
thinks his way out of it. The
legal angles are neatly devel-
oped in a more obscure than
usual Mason adventure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27

Capt. Karig, who is equally
known for his naval histories
of World War II and his novels
of the present, shows here that
ne has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
Don't Tread on Me

v. Bird, U. S. N. (Rinehort; 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-06-27
D. G. Artists

Four Washington area
artists, Alice Acheson, Mimi
Du Bots Bolton, Clare Ferriter
and Mary Snow, were exhibit
Evening star., 1954-09-19

Use Tide in your automatic wuslsrl
Remember the manufacturers Of
25 automatic washers recommend
Tide. In their automatics, nothing
else win wash as clean as Tide, yet
is so mild and that includes the
sudsless products, too.
Why, for these top-loading auto
mates, there's Just no need TO buy
aeostly sudsless product. These ma
chimes were specifically designed for
Evening star., 1954-09-19

full-action suds like Tides. And
Tide is actually made, 10 give, safe,
trouble-free performance in every
one of them.
What's more, Tide win not only
get your wash cleaner than any lead
ing sudsless product, but Tide will
cost you only half as much to use!
Yes, Ma'aml For clean. clean clothes
-. for dazzling white clothes -.
get Tide todayl
Evening star., 1954-04-20
PuroIyzed Man in WheeIchuir
Fired at Wife 5 Door, Police Soy

Brewster said his wife came to
Washington on several occasions
and worked while he was in
George Washington University
Hospital.
They later went to Baltimore
to live with Brewster's brother.
Brewster said he supported his
wife with his veterans check and
mine accident compensation.
Two months ago, Brewster
said. his wife told him she was
going to visit her father in West
Virginia. The Brewsters have
q 14-year-old son. Melvin, who
lives with Mrs. Brewster's father.
Son wouldn't Tell.
"She never came back" said
Brewster. II wrote and asked
our son where she was. He told
me she didn't want me to know
where she was"
The man said he finally
learned Mrs. Brewster was stay
ing in Alexandria and yesterday
hired the taxicab to come see
her. He added:
THE cab driver helped put
me in my chair and wheeled me
to the outside door. He didn't
know what ] was up to. had
the gun wrapped in news
papers,"
Brewster denied that he
brought the gun with the idea
Of shooting any one-"I just
wanted to have 1t to protect
myself"
He said he got angry, how
ever, when he knocked on the
door and his wife refused tt
admit him.
"She opened the door a min.
ute and slammed it in my face
I tried to shoot the lock of
The gun jammed. It kicked anc
the butt broke off,"
Brewster said he was sorr!
for what he had done.
Brewster was held under
81, 900 bond on the charge O
attempted felonious assault Hi
case is to be heard in Alexandri;
Domestic Relations Court tomor,
row
Evening star., 1954-04-20

A paralyZed man confined
to a wheelchair is under arrest in
Alexandria charged with at
tempting to shoot his wife.
Bernard Brewster, IS, Of Bal
timore, fired seven shots from q
.22-caliber rifle into the door Of
an apartment at 724 South st.
Asaph street last night after he
saw his wife Claris 60 inside.
police said. Brewster told po-
lice the woman was accompa-
MED by an unidentified man but
police found no man in the
apartment when they entered.
Brewster said he and his wife
had been happily married for II
years until he was injured in q
coal mine accident at Helena.
w. Va, in 1850. That left him a
complete invalid, confined to q
wheel chair for life.
II asked her If she didn't want
me to get a divorce" said Brews-
ter today. "and she said she
didn't want a divorce"
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Is on Crippled Ship
Are Reported Safe

A former Pentagon commune
cations worker and IL compan-
ions aboard the disabled schoon-
er. Barco de Oro. were reported
safe today on tiny Clipperton
Island in the Pacific Ocean.
Word that the two-masted YES
sci which had been bucking ad-
verse winds for two days had
arrived at the lonely outpost.
6S5 miles southwest of Acapulco.
Mexico, came yesterday from the
United States Embassy in Mex
leo City.
First word Of the plight Of
Robert Denniston. "a. a former
Signal Corps communications
worker who formerly lived in
Falls Church. and his comuan-
ions, was received by two 'ham"
radio operators in Des Moines.
Iowa.
Mr.. Denniston, now living in
Newton. Iowa, organized the
sailing expedition last month to
set up radio transmitters on
Cllpperton. an island about 2b
miles long with a lagoon in it's
center. It was used during World
War II as a base for amphibian
aircraft.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Widow Of Wisconsin Senator
Warns McC Corthy She'll Fight
Mrs. Lenroot Wuits
In Corridor to
Pledge Bottle

Mrs. Eleanor Lenroot, widow
of Senator Irving l.. Lenroot,
Republican. of Wisconsin. yes
terday waited hours in a SEN
ate Office Building corridor to
speak to Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican. of Wisconsin.
AS Senator Mccarthy left a
Senate Investigation subcom-
mittee meeting. Mrs. Lenroot
asked to speak to him.
The Wisconsin Republican
started to shake hands with Mrs.
Lenroot when she told him her
name. Then she said she was
prepared to fight him" and
tried to hand him a prepared
statement.
Senator Mccarthy refused to
take the statement but laughed
as he walked away and called
back:
Evening star., 1954-04-20

little money to be earned as a
mountain guide for hunting par
ties. the corporal enlisted vol
unfairly in the Army. The sery.
ice trained him for a while. but
a few months later discharged
him because of a rheumatic
heart.
When the Korean war started
he again volunteered and was
accepted. He wears a Korean
war campaign ribbon with two
battle stars on his chest. among
five other ribbons.
Corpl. Dickinson made a large
allotment to his family which
has been their means of support,
But Col. Emery announced at
the start Of the trial yesterday
that the Army had suddenly dis
continued his pay and allot-
ments. He wanted the whole
proceedings thrown out on that
ground, but was overruled.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Laurel Elects Hordinohon,

Councilman Harry Harding
ham, jr., 39-year-old filling sta
ton operator, yesterday was
elected Mayor Of Laurel, Md.
He will take Office Monday
with a f1ve-man council which
had been Endorsed by him. Mr..
Hardingham defeated Council
man Carlisle F. Cook, 44-year-
old hardware store owner, who
ran for Mayor with his own slate.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Van Acker viii Attempt
New BeIqian Cabinet
ey the Assoe,otea Pros,

BRUSSELS. April 20.-Former
Socialist Premier Achille Van
Acker today accepted King Ba1-
douin's invitation to try to form
a new Belgian government.
Mr.. Van Acker was designated
to make the try at replacing the
4-year-old government of Pre-
mier Jean Van Houtte after the
latter's Social Christian party
was defeated in the April IL
parliamentary elections.
No single party emerged with
a clear-cut majority in the vot-
ing, but the Socialists gained
considerable strength while the
SociaI Christians lost ground.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Zoning Council Formed

A North Arlington Zoning
Council has been organized to
fight the rezoning of a 39-acre
tract in the North Arlington
area from one-family houses to
apartments. The council is
headed by Orval L. Dubois, who
said the organization will seek
to maintain all of North Arling-
ton as a single-family residential
area.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Foirfox Budget Debated

The Board of Fairfax County
Supervisors yesterday postponed
final action on the county budget
after a seven-hour public hear
ing at which residents made con-
f1octing pleas for more services
and lower taxes.
The proposed $11,170, ,958
budget drew about as much
praise as criticism from the so
county residents attending the
hearing. The proposed $2.85 tax
rate is an increase of Is cents
over the current rate. The
strongest plea was from the par
ent-teacher and civic groups to
provide enough money to hire
IS additional teachers in the
county school system.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Moves
(Continued From FIRST paoe

time Premier Laniel laid down
conditions for a cease fire with
Communists in Indo-C China based
on geographical division Of
country.
Mr. Laniel's terms were tough.
No one seriously supposes the
Communists will come up with
an offer to accept them at Ge-
neva. But no one supposes either
that they represent the last word
Of the French government on
the matter.
Must Accept Terms.
Most observers here would go
further than Mr.. Nixon in de-
scribing the French attitude on
Indo- China. It is believed the
French government would have
to accept any reasonable offer
Of the Communists for a cease
fire. Any government that turned
down such an offer would be
promptly replaced with one
which would accept it.
And what would the United
States do then?
Mr.. Nixon unquestlonably
speaking for the administration
-hatly opposes the principle of
negotiation to divide the terri
tory Of Indo-C China in any form.
He is convinced, as few Euro
peans are convinced, that any
truce Of this kind would mean
Communist victory sooner or
later.
1t seems clear enough that the
United States can block an Indo-
China truce at Geneva based on
a f1ve-power agreement. And
there is no harm in hoping that
the Communists will repeat their
Berlin performance and convince
any reasonable person of the
futility Of trying to negotiate
with them on anything.
U. s. Position Difficult.
But supposing Geneva pro-
duces no such happy result? It
is painfully hard to see what the
United States can do to prevent
direct negotiations between the
French and the Communists to
end the fighting.
So far as French are con-
cerned they still call the tune in
o-China. They have under
taken no public agreement with
the United States that would
prevent them from negotiating
freely and with full authority
any time it seems to be to their
advantage to do so. It is be-
ieved extremely unlikely that
they will give up this freedom Of
action in favor of q collective
security system for Southeast
Asia as long as slightest chance
of direct negotiations with the
enemy remains.
Fear Peril of Distortion.
OF all the talk that has been
going on in Washington, most
disconcerting to Europeans Is
the hint that an attempt to ne
gotiate in Indo-C China would be
taken as evidence that France
was throwing in the sponge and
signal the moment for active
American Intervention. If this
is part of the Misrepresentation
and distortion that President
Eisenhower speaks Of, it is ex-
tremely important that the rec
ord on this point be set straight
as soon as possible.
From here any such notion
seems unthinkable. Grave as
the danger of an Indo- Chinese
truce may be, it would be moth
ing compared to risk involved in
trying to force a military de-
cision in Indo-C China without
consent Of the French govern
ment and the active co-opera-
ton of French Union troops.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Bolonced Budget Possible,
Alexandria Official Says

Alexandria Vice Mayor Leroy
S. Bendheim said today he is
convinced the Virginia city can
have a balanced budget next
year without any tax increases.
His statement was in reply to a
statement last week by City
Manager Ira Willard that Alex
andria faces a million dollar
deficit next year. Mr.. Bendheim
said he felt no real effort has
been made to bring to the coun-.
Gil a balanced budget with no
tax increases.
Evening star., 1954-04-20

Investigations subcommittee in
tends to go ahead. he said yes
terday. he will i'watch the out
come of the investigation"
Unless I am satisfied we can
count on an end to some of the
procedural abuses of the past I
will offer a Senate resolution
transferring particular functions
of this subcommittee to some
other committee. And that goes
for the funds, too," he said.
Evening star., 1954-04-20
British Plan Tests
Of New "A Weapon

CANBERRA. Australia. April
20.-Britain will test a new
guided anti-aircraft weapon at
Australia's Woomera Range later
this year. officials arriving from
England said today.
L. w. r. Robertson. manager
Of the ornaments division of
Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft,
told reporters the weapon is
intended to protect the navy
from big bombers of the future
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Army and Mccarthy
Reported Given Right
To Quiz Witnesses

Senators investigating the Nc
Carthy-Army controversy met
today to consider rules of pro-
cedure under which it was re-
ported that Senator Mccarthy
and Army officials alike would
have limited right to question
witnesses.
Tentative agreement on the
rules was reached at a 3-holr
meeting yesterday. Informed
sources said Senator Mccarthy
had agreed to step down from
the Senate Investigating sub
committee during the investiga-
tion.
Acting Chairman Mundt, Re-
p1blican, of South Dakota, and
"Nher subcommittee members
who attended yesterdays meet
ing refused to reveal any details
of the rules.
Senator Mundt said, however,
that the procedure, if finally
adopted. might appear "awk-
ward and cumbersome" and
would not set a precedent for
future inquiries. He emphasized
that the rules would be fair and
equitable to all concerned.
Up to Mcclellan.
Final adoption of the rules at
today's meeting appeared to rest
on the attitude of Senator Nc
Clellan, Democrat, of Arkansas,
who was not present at yester-
days meeting. It was because
Of his absence and that of Sen
ator Jackson, Democrat, of
Washington that a final de-
cision was put off.
Senator Mundt also said he
was confident that the televised
public. hearings will get under
way as scheduled at 10 am.
Thursday. He said the subcom-
mittee's special counsel, Ray H.
jenkins, of Knoxville, Tenn, ex-
pected the hearings to run 10
days or two weeks, and that
probably fewer than 20 wit
neSseS would testify.
The hearings will explore the
Army's charge that Senator Nc
Carthy and two subcommittee
aides-Roy M. Cohn, counsel,
and Francis Carr. staff director
-exerted pressure to obtain
preferential treatment for G.
David Schine, former subcom-
mittee conSultant and now
drafted Army private.
Senator Mccarthy and his
aides have denied this and coun-
tercharged that Secretary of the
Army Stevens and John G.
Adams, Army counsel, used
"blackmail" tactics in efforts to
head of an investigation of
Communists in the Army.
Pvt. Schine was at the Capitol
yesterday but refused all COM
ment on the investigation. An
Army spokesman said no orders
had been issued for the soldier,
stationed in Georgia, to come
here, and it was assumed he was
on leave.
The subcommittee yesterday
officially placed Mr.. jenkins and
four other members of a special
staff recruited for the investiga-
ton on the payroll at identical
salaries at the rate of $11 ,646 a
year
Senator Morse, Independent, of
Oregon told the Senate late yes
terday that if the forthcoming
hearings develop "procedural
abuses" he will introduce a reso-
luton for transfer of the sub
committees functions and funds
to another committee.
! Some time ago he urged that
This particular investigation be
conducted by the Judiciary Com
mittee or perhaps a special Sen
ate committee. But since the
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Whole World q FumiIy'

A. N. Sinha, finance minister
of Bihar, India. announces the
formation of the India Interna-
tional Club in Calcutta with
''the whole world a family" as
its motto,
Evening star., 1954-04-20
Charges
Continued From First Page.)

issuance of these allegations
against Senator Mccarthy and
/, the two aides), and the plan
to discredit the activities of the
subcommittee, and by other
means and maneuvers," the Nc
Carthy statement said, "Mr.
Hensel has attempted to stop
the investigation of these seri-
Gus charges concerning his ac-
tivltieS as a Government Off
cial."
Mr.. Hensel was formerly gen.
eral counsel Of the Defense De-
partment and lately, it has been
reported, has been devoting most
of his time to the preparation of
the Army's charges against Sen
ator Mccarthy and Mr.. Cohn
and Mr.. Carr. Defense Secretary
Wilson assigned him to the job.
Blast Stevens and Adams.
A large number of the allega-
tions in the Mccarthy statement
were directed principally at Mr..
Stevens and Mr.. Adams in sup
port of the Mccarthy charges
that "blackmail" tactics had been
used by the two officials in seek
ing to head off the subcommittee
Investigations of Communist in
filtration in the Army.
"The pattern followed by Sec
retary Stevens and Mr.. Adams
is clear" the statement said. "AS
long as only individual Commu-
nists were the object Of the SUBJ
committees investigation, they
made continuing offers of CO.
operation with the investigation.
But as soon as the probe
turned to the infinitely more inn
portant question of which of
Secretary Stevens associates were
responsible for permitting Com
munist inf1ltration every OBJ
stacle was placed in the path of
the subcommittee's search for
truth"
Allegations Disputed.
The Mccarthy statement
charged that the 20 allegations
contained in the Army's formal
statement filed with the sub
committee last week are with
out basis in fact" insofar as
supporting the charge that i'm
proper means were used in be-
half Of Pvt. Schine.
Many of the statements con-
tanned therein" Senator Nc
Carthy and his aides added, "are
wholly unfounded."
The Mccarthy statement also
charged:
l. The attempt in the Army's
formal statement of allegations
directed at Senator Mccarthy
and his alleged efforts in behalf
of Pvt. Schine is branded as
false by reference to the written
record" The statement cited
numerous instances in which it
said Senator Mccarthy sought
special favors for the soldier.
2. On the day after Mr.. Adams
said Mr.. Cohn made threatening
and violent" statements that he
would wreck the Army, he (Mr.
Adams) "dined with Mr.. Cohn
and his family at Mr.. Cohn's
home" The statement said that
Mr.. Cohn and Mr.. Adams worked
and socialized together day after
day."
3. The "belated and gratuitous
attempt" to link Mr.. Carr with
efforts in behalf of Pvt. Schine
is dishonest" His part. the
statement said. was to express
Irritation and disgust at the
constant attempts on the part of
Pentagon civilians to trade of
treatment for Pvt. Schine against
the halting of the Subcommit-
tees exposure of the miShandling
OF Communist inflltration in the
military"
Evening star., 1954-04-20
FOUND.

CAT. male, black and white. vic. Duke
St., Alex, Va. owner or good nome
in virginia. KI. 9-3969.
COCKER, male, white and liver. vic.
500 Prince st.. Alex, Va. Owner call
y. S-3969.