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on Friday to arrange the we'd
ding.
Reasons Against Suicide.
Lack of motive was not the
only reason police swung away
from, and DR.. Welhurn discarded
entirely. the suicide theory. There
was the question of means.
| DR.. Welburn said fatty she
couldn't have pulled the trigger.
Capt. Rector didn't quite 60 that
far. Based on her size and
strength and the path Of the
shot through her body, he said,
it was conceivable mechanically
that she could have gone
through the motions of shooting
herself in the back, but it was
highly improbable.
The position of the gun in
relation to the body further dis
counted the suicide theory. She
was. on the other side of the
table from the gun, and medical
evidence was definite that death
was instantaneous. She could
not have moved around the
table, DR.. Welburn said.
He explained that the autopsy
showed the shot severed the
aorta, the large blood vessel
along the spine. Dr.. Welburn
said that. when that is cut, death
comes quickly.
Further, it was pointed out. II
she had moved there would have
been blood on the floor. There
was no blood.
Now police came back to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
By Tom Burke

A shy girl, one who made, last
ing friendships, who liked ami
mails and good music and was
afraid of living alone-that was
the picture drawn by the fiance
OF Sallie Wood, 23-year-old Gov
eminent girl killed in a tragic
shotgun accident Sunday night,
Herbert B. Gallegly, SO. OF
2116 o street NV, Wesley Hall,
spoke tenderly last night of the
girl with whom he was to keep
an appointment on Friday to
discuss their wedding plans with
a Washington pastor.
A slender, bespectacled man
with black wavy hair. Mr.. Gal
legly smiled softly as he re-
called:
'Sallie liked horses. Even
though she had an allergy that
caused skin rash whenever she
got near them. she'd ride them
anyway"
The smile faded.
Shock and Sorrow Show.
The youthful looking National
Security Agency analyst slumped
in straightforward chair. His
haggard appearance was testi-
mony to the toll that shock and
sorrow had taken since he, with
officials of the Arlington Towers
Apartment project. discovered
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
BY Miriom Gutenberg

It took process of elimination.
plus the click of q gun. to con-
vince the Arlington County med
ical examiner and tentatively
satisfy police that the fatal
shooting Of 23-year-old SaIlie
Wood was accidental.
Once the attractive young
brunette was found Monday in
her Arlington Towers apartment
with blood around a wound
in her right shoulder blade.
there were these three alterna-
tives:
Was she murdered? Did she
commit suicide? Had the shotgun
in the apartment been fred in
a freak accident
Yesterday. only a few hours
after Arlington Detective Capt.
Dudley H. Rector termed the
case zone for Sherlock Holmes, .
Arlington Medical Examiner w.
c. Welborn issued a certificate of
accidental death.
Case Still Open.
Police aren't arguing the point.
Capt. Rector. too. believes death
was accidental. but for him the
case is still open. He put it this
way:
The medical examiner and
the Police Department have in
vestigated this matter jointly
and are in complete accord. We
just want to keep this case open
until our investigation is abb
solutely complete"
Why did DR.. Welburn issue.
his certificate so early in q case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-12-15
Atomic Energy Group
Sees Turkish Leaders

ANKARA, Dec. 15.-A joint
United States Senate-House
Committee on Atomic Energy
arrived from Iran yesterday to
discuss President Eisenhower's
atoms-for-peace program with
Turkish leaders.
Senator Bricker, Republican.
Of Ohio, said the group found
keen interest" everywhere in
Gen. Eisenhower's program,
especially as it affects the field
of atomic medicine. The commit
tee is nearing the end of q
month-long tour which began in
Australia and New Zealand and
carried it through Southeast
Asia and the Middle East. Addi-
tional stops are planned at
Athens and Madrid.
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| movement, blood spilled from
/ q wound the size of a half
dollar below the right shoulder
blade. There were powder marks
on her dressing gown and powder
marks ON her back--indications
the gun had been fired at close
range.
Police examined the gun. One
No.-3-shot shell had been dis
charged and remained in the
chamber of the gun. Two other
unexpended shells were in the
magazine.
An envelope 4 inches wide
and 7 inches long containing
an invoice and instructions for
using the gun was attached by
a wire to the trigger.
That wire on the trigger pre-
sumably inspired the theory
early in the investigation that it
had caught accidentally in the
trigger and fired the weapon,
But, said DR.. Welburn, there
was nothing for the wire to
catch in beside the trigger,
nothing to set up resistance.
While police explored the ac-
cident possibilities. possible mo-
tives for murder and suicide were
not ignored.
Miss Wood was an analyst for
the top-secret National Security
Agency. Security agents got into
the case. A Signal Corps officer
visited the apartment to remove
any papers Of a security nature
Miss Wood might have had in
her apartment. Police were told
no such papers were found. Miss
Woods job was discounted as
murder motive.
Aside from motive. how could
murder have been done? Police
couldn't figure any way around
the locked door and windows, the
inaccessibility of other apart
ments and the drop to uneven
terrain.
Suicide?
Not Worried About Health.
She had been going to a doc
tor for a nervous condition. Pills
prescribed by the doctor were
found in the apartment. But her
family and Mr.. Gallegly told po-
lice she was not worried about
her health. and her general
physical condition was good.
She hadn't been feeling we'll
on Sunday, Mr.. Gallegly told
police, The couple had gone to
church in the morning and eaten
Sunday dinner together at Rec
tors on Connecticut avenue. An
engagement had been made for
the afternoon. but Miss Wood,
according to Mr.. Gallegly,
wanted TO go back to her apart
ment because she wasn't feeling
well.
He said he left her at the
apartment about 2 pm. and
called her at 5 pm. and again
at 1880 pm. She told him. he
said. she was feeling better but
still not too well. They arranged
to lunch together next day.
Even with her indisposition,
she was in good spirits. Mr..
Gallegly said. There was every
thing to look forward to--par-
ticularly a date with the pastor
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Had Date With Pastor to Plan
NEEDING, Fiionce DiscIoses

her body around 1850 pm.
Monday.
! He recalled for a reporter how
he had first met Sallie last April
when the two of them began
participating in a car pool from
Wesley Hall. where they both
lived, to Arlington Hall, where
they worked.
"She was a shy, bashful girl, >
he said. "She didn't make friends
easily. She liked people who liked
the same things she liked"
Could Mr.. Gallegly throw any
light on Sallie's purchase of the
shotgun, apparently intended fol-
a Christmas present. which had
caused her death?
II had no idea she had bought
a shotgun" he said. I'm sure il
was not present for me. Her
father has guns, and I thought
at first it might have been a
present for him. But her mother
suggested she may have bought
it for her own protection"
Was Miss Wood afraid of any
thing, or anybody? Mr.. Gallegly
was asked.
Didn't Like Living Alone.
"Sallie didn't like living alone
in the new apartment" he re-
piled. "She thought the place
was too big. and she was scared
one day shortly after she moved
in when a man let himself in
her apartment with a pass key
1t turned out to be an apart
ment official, who didn't know
the apartment was occupied"
The project, located on Airing
Eton boulevard, is still under
construction. In the single Sec
ton opened for occupancy last
month, workmen are still busy
and few Of the apartments occu-
pied now have name plates in
the doors.
I Miss Wood had taken the
apartment in anticipation Of the
wedding, which at first was to
be this month. but was post
poned to next year. The couple
planned to make the apartment
their home after marriage.
But Sallie changed her mind
after she moved in" Mr.. Gal
legly said. "She didn't like il
and wanted to move as soon
after we were married as pos
sible."
Mr.. Gallegly toyed mechani-
cally with tray of food. which
had long since cooled. Prodded
out Of his thoughtful mood by
a question, he talked about him.
self.
/ Came Here in 1853.
| A veteran of the Navy with
service as a radioman, he has
q bachelor of arts degree il,
modern languages from the
University of Texas. He was q
native of Houston and has beer
In Washington since June. 1853
when he came to work for the
NSA. He was working on his
| masters degree.
I His bride-to-be already hac
her masters degree in language!
from the University Of Michigan
She spoke Russian and French
and this year was taking q politi'
cal science course at George
Washington University.
The couple liked dancing anc
good music, and they both likee
swimming.
Mr.. Gallegly's facial muscle.
frightened when asked what datt
had been chosen for the wedding
1--WE were planning on the frs
week in February" he said. 1--WE
had an appointment to talk with
the pastor Of st. Thomas Episco-
pal Church this Friday at $3.50
PPM"
/ Had Miss Wood purchased hel
trousseau?
mo. it was going to be 9
simple wedding" he said.
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ladders width of even ground
remained.
At the end of her rectangular
living room was a bank of VIM
dows-an inmovable picture
window with foot-wide case
ment window at each side. These
easement windows are cranked
open and shut from the inside.
When they are firmly shut. a
lever can be pulled into place to
lock them.
Chain Barred Door.
There was one door.
At 4::30 pm, Monday. when
Miss Woods fiance. Herbert B.
Gallegly. became alarmed at her
absence from work and went to
her apartment, there was no re-
Spouse to his knock. He got a
key. but the door was barred with
a chain. The chain was Stub
born It took drilling to remove
it-not the kind of a chain that
could be easily detached or at
tached from the outside by the
most ingenious tool.
Miss Wood, attired in a dress
ing gown, was curled on her side
on the floor. Around the body
was q pile Of packages already
wrapped in their Christmas pa
per and tinsel and gifts still
waiting to be wrapped and bright
paper.
Nearby on the floor was a box
of ammunition, from which three
shells had been removed.
Miss Woods back was near a
card table. On the other side of
this table a 12-gauge shotgun
was leaning, its butt resting on
the floor, it's barrel against the
table.
On the wall near the card
table was a mark--a scrape.
The easement windows were
closed and the levers were pulled
into lock position.
A floor lamp was on.
A record player-the six opera
records on it long since played
out-whirred in the stiffness.
The top record in the stack
was from Tristan and Isolde"
There was no blood on the
floor, no signs of a struggle.
It was not until the body was
touched that any wound be-
came apparent. Then, with the
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that had raised so many ques-
tons
Il investigated" said DR.. We'll
burn, and arrived at my find
ings. so I issued a certificate"
81 found nothing to indicate
that death was not accidental.
] am satisfied that it wasn't
murder and it wasn't suicide.
She must have stumbled or fallen
against the muzzle. There is no
way she could have pulled the
trigger. Besides, she wouldn't
have tried to shoot herself in
the back. A person trying to kill
himself tries to blow his head
of or shoots himself In the chest.
TT wasn't murder. The room
was locked up"
In other words. DR.. Welburn
used process of elimination to
reach accident.-once police had
provided a logical explanation
of how it could have been an
accident.
And the police explanation was
keyed to a single important ex-
periment-an experiment that
proved the gun could have been
fired easily.
The Scene.
Consider the scene.
This was an efficiency apart
ment OF a Sprawling building,
still under construction near the
Two Jima statue. Miss Woods
apartment was on the third floor,
less than 20 feet from ground
level. The ground below her win
dow was a muddy terrain. Di-
rectly below her window less than
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Evening star., 1954-11-22
Ex-Red Says MIRA
Helps BaIk Soviet

Moral Re-Arlnament was
credited yesterday by a former
German Communist with thwart-
ing Moscow's plans to control
the West German coal and steel
industry.
Max Bladeck, q German
miners leader, told a meetins
at Lisner Auditorium that the
percentage of Reds on the works
councils in the Ruhr had drop
ped from u to 16 within the
last five years because Com
munist leaders have been won to
the Moral Re-Armament move
ment.
Other former Marxist leaders
Joined in giving examples of how
the Moral Re-Armament move
ment is turning the theological
tide in the world struggle.
Among those speaking were
Francis Smitheman of England
Angelo Pasetto OF Italy, Victo,
Laure of France, DR.. Ismail
Hazeghi of Iran, Charles Redele
of Holland, Takasumis Mitsui oi
Japan, and Einar Hpulson Of
Denmark. S8
Peter Howard, British news
paperman and dramatist, served
as chairman.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

charged, much less convicted, Of
espionage.
"Not a single scientist at Fort
Monmouth has so much as taken
refuge in the Fifth Amendment.
and all have offered proof they
have no Communist affilia-
1.-The hurts done by the Nc
Carthy offensive against Fort
Monmouth have been to Ameri-
cans, and to the United States
as a nation and her allies. The
only ones benefited by his as
sault have been Soviet Russia
and other enemies of freedom.
Was it sabotage? Was it trea-
: Son?" .s, >,-e-.
Evening star., 1954-11-22

up It's rate Of plant and equip
mert expenditures to nearly $2s
billion In 1853 compared TO SIS
billion In pre-Korea. This Is in
contrast with World War II
when government funds ac-
counted for more than 20 per
cent Of the plant expansions" "
The Committee said more than
SIS billion have been approp-
rated since Korea for military
procurement and construction.
OF this total. some 1929 billion
worth had been delivered as of
last June 80.
During the u months ended
June 80. II said. delivery Of
guided missiles increased 104
per cent. ammunition % per
cent, ships 8 per cent. electron-
les s per cent and aircraft s
per cent,
Evening star., 1954-11-22
By lie Associased Press

Al big increase In Government
spending is cited by the Com
merce Department as the 'moSt
significant" change In the ma
Itional economy in the last IS
years--a period which saw the
economy double In size.
In q special study made public
last night, the department at
tributed to bigger national
security outlays the increase in
Government spending. which it,
said accounted for 23l2 per cent.
Of the national economy last
year, as compared with about 8
| per cent in 1929.
Other changes noted included
q decline in the farmers share
In the economy. a big rise in
that going to manufacturing and
a big increase IN the proper
ton Of the national income
being paid out in wages and
salaries.
In 1929 the Nation produced
$104 billion worth Of goods and
services. the department said,
and by 1853 this had risen to-
1855 billion. After revision to
take account Of price changes
during. the 25-year period. total
production rose from a acon-
stant-dollar' level OF $I49 bill.
lion in 1929 to $307 billion last
year-an increase Of about los
per cent.
Personal income went up from
$50 billion in 1929 to $286 billion
in 1858, the department said,
but since the total tax bill in
creased by about IL times in
the period, disposable income
increased only from $83 billion
to $3.50 billion.
Corrected for price changes,
disposable income showed a
growth from $113 billion in 1929
to $214 billion last year. This
represented q rise from 1927 for
each person in 1929 to $1,339
in 1858.
The Senate House Committee
on Defense Production reported,
meanwhile, that the Nation is
"a long way toward achieve
ment" of its industrial mobiliza-
ton program but cautioned
against any slip below maxi
mum readiness for any emer-
gency."
The committee said last night
that large expansions in basic
industries have materially in
creased the country's capacity
to produce both for war and for
peace"
It also reported that minimum
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Federal Spending Rise Called
Major Economy Shift Since %

goals in strategic materials
have been reached In some vital
areas. OF the Is materials being
stockpiled Il said. 80 are at the
minimum levels while only l8
are at less than SO per cent Of
established goals.
Listed as the scarcest Of criti-
cal materials were nickel. tanta-
luin, selenium, titaniurn and
strategic mica.
Noting big increases in In
dustrial capacity since the mo-
bilization program was launched
during the early stages of the
Korean war, the COMMITTEES
said:
Private industry has stepped
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Palmer Hoyt AssaiIs
Newspapers That
Support Mccarthy
By the Assoeiased Press

TUCSON, Ariz.. Nov. 22.-
Newspapers supporting Senator
Mccarthy, Republican, Of Wis
consin are "as short sighted as
they are elf-destructive," Pal
mer Hoyt, editor and publisher
of the Denver Post, says.
| Mr.. Hoyt made the remark
during a speech after being
presented yesterday with the
first John Peter Zenger Free
dom of the Press Award" by the
University of Arizona at a meet
ing Of the Arizona State Press
Club. -.s
The Denver publisher, whose
newspaper has been one OF
Senator McCarthy's sharpest
critics, said Mccarthy is not
and never has been a believer in
a free press"
Mr.. Hoyt added: "Proof OF
this is to be found in the way
he (Senator Mccarthy has
tried to smear every journalistic
critic as Communist or pro-
Communist"
Liberty Indiyisible."
Liberty, like peace, is indivi-
sible," Mr.. Hoyt said. "Once we
permit any demagogue to lay
hands. on the rights of in
dividuals and let him get away
with it, it only becomes a matter
of time before all othe1Srigl1ts
guaranteed under the Constitu-
ton, including freedom Of the
press. are placed ins mortal
jeopardy"
Mr.. Hoyt declared il his belief
that Senator Mccarthy s'has not
only split the Republican Party.
harmed. the administration, in
Guiding the Chief Executive, but
has made shanbleS Of the dig
nifty of the United States Senate
and a large segment Of the
American press"
"It is now apparent in this the
fifth year of the Mccarthy siege
against the American mind that
United States Senators and
United States editors all too
often suffer from the same VIII
ating malady," Mr.. Hoyt as
serted. .s,.. -
THAT ailment might be de-
scribed as the Insulation OF
sophiStication. In other words,
a Senator and an editor depend
too much on the fact that they
ought to know rather than the
fact that they do know" He
said Senators seek knowledge
by proximity and association
just as Joe establishes guilt by
association and accusation"
Hits Monmouth Sabotage.
Mr.. Hoyt spoke of "the
scandalous recklessness of Sena-
tor Mccarthy in his sabotage of
Fort Monmouth, one of the free
worlds most vital security in
Stallations.
He said, "the record shows not
a single case of current espio-
mage uncovered, not one official
or employe at Fort Monmouth
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Eisenhower |! Is Host.
To Raab al Lunch;
Dulles Joins Party

Chancellor Julius Raab Of
Austria. who arrived yesterday
for q 14-day visit In the United
States. was the guest of Presi-
dent Eisenhower at q confer
ence and lunch today in the
White House.
The chancellor, concentrating
on good viii between the Aus
trian and American people, went
to the White House afte ra 20
minute courtesy call upon Sec
retary Of State Dulles. The Sec
retary later joined the luncheon
party.
Mr.. Raab was accompanied by
DR.. Karl Gruber, the Austrian
Ambassador; DR.. Josef Schooner,
director Of the political depart
ment Of the Austrian Foreign
Office and his private secretary,
DR.. Franz Karasek.
The chancellor scheduled
meetings with several State De-
partment officials during the
afternoon and will be honor
guest this evening at a recep-
ton given by Ambassador
Grnber at the Shoreham Hotel.
The principal purpose of the
chancellor's four-day stay in
Washington is reported to be his
desire to express his apprecia-
ton for the interest and assist
ance of the United States for
his country. The talks are ex-
pected to include a discussion
OF prospects for ending the mill
tary occupation of Austria.
Mr.. Raab has said he does not
intend to ask for money from
the United States during his
visit. But he is expected to seek
bank loan financing of a system
for distributing Austrian hydro
electric power to Germany, Italy
and France.
Arriving here yesterday from
New York, he was greeted by Mr..
Dulles. who gave assurances that
the United States backs Aus
tria's desire for full indepen-
dence. He will leave Thursday
on a tour of the country.
Evening star., 1954-11-22
Mccarthy Has Hurt
Reputation Of u. 5.
Abroad, Franks Says
ZAP Photo.
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Nov. 22.-Sir Oliver
Franks said last night Senator
Mccarthy, Republican of Wis
consin, has damaged the repu-
tation of the United States
throughout the world and it is
a tragedy that so many Ameri-
cans are unaware of this.
The former British ambassador
to the United States told Britons
in a radio speech Senator Nc
Carthy has made millions of
people in Europe and Asia
change their minds about the
United States and lose conf
dehce in the future of American
democracy.
"He has made it easier to lump
the Soviet Union and the United
States together as the two great
threats to the peaceful progress
of mankind" he said.
Sir Oliver, who served in
Washington from 1948 to 1852,
is now chairman of Lloyd's Bank.
Sees Influence Waning.
He asked the British public
not to judge the United States
solely by Senator Me- cCarthy, say
ing there has never been any
evidence that he might dominate
America "and, in the past few
months, signs have accumulated
etnat his star has passed the
zenith. .
The former ambassador. whose
wife is an American, said the
grg4test source Of difficulty be-
tween Britain and the United
sStates is q wide espEead fear that
the Americans viii getfhe United
Kingdom and others into a third
world war,
I Two Critical Periods.
He referred to what he termed
two critical periods-when the
United States forces suffered
setbacks in Korea in the winter
of 1950-51 and when the French
we're defeated in Indo-C China
last summer.
Il s "On each OCCASION" he said,
distinguished members of the
United States Government and
of the American armed forces
publicly demanded a more ag-
,gressive American policy in the
Far East and publicly advocated
the extension of the fighting by
sea blockade and bombing from
the air."
Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1954-04-30
ANNIVERSARY PARTY

Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bloom
of near Oak Harbor were retently
honored at a surprise silver we'd
ding anniversary party in their
home given by their children, Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Bloom and Linda
Kay and Miss Marilyn Bl IN.
Games were played throughout
the evening. A buffet lunch was
served. A decorated cake centered
the table. The group presented
the couple with a very lovely gift.
Those attending we're the honor
ed couple, Mrs. Mary Bloom, Mr.
and Mrs. Luther Bloom and Mer-
lyn, Oak Harbor; Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Hetrick, Mr.. and Mrs.
Oliver Bloom, Ardith and Lowell,
Fremont; Mrs. Ted Dunham,
Daryl and Eugene of Elmore; Mr..
and Mrs. Vernon Bloom and Linda
Kay and Miss Marilyn Bloom, Oak
Harbor. Unable to attend was Ted
Dunham and Miss Margie Chic.