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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Bill Depriying Reds
OF Rights Is Filed
BY the Associated Press

Senator Ferguson, Republican,
of Michigan asked Congress yes
terday to declare by law that
Communists, by remaining Com
munistS, voluntarily sacrifice
their United States citizenship.
This bill would mean
the end of the Communist
Party" Senaor Ferguson said in
a statement marking the intro
duction of the measure with
Senator Margaret Chase Smith,
Republican, of Maine as CO.
sponsor.
"It would not outlaw the party
as such, but for all practical
purposes would destroy it. be-
cause an alien has no political
rights"
Citizens now have the right Of
expatriation-the right to ADAM
don their citizenship voluntarily.
Senator FerguSon's bill would
allow the Federal Courts to de-
clare that any individual found
in a civil trial to have remained
a Communist has automatically
exercised that expatriation right.
Senator Ferguson, chairman
Of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, had announced
earlier in the week his inten-
ton to offer the measure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Lowell MeHett-
DoConic BooksMuke Bows Bod?
Old Timer Doesn't Think So, but Wonders What Senate
Will Do About 1t if Its Investigators So Decide

when I was a boy" said
Old-Timer, things were differ
ent."
How SOP"
1.-THE United States Senate
didn't spend any time looking
into my reading habits. Or if
it did I never heard about it.
All I had to worry about was
my parents; mostly whether
my dad might discover the lit
erature I kept hidden in the
hayloft."
you refer, I presume, to
the investigation of the comic
book industry by Senator Hen
drickson's subcommittee. Mat
ter of fact, some of those books
are pretty bad and, of course,
they don't pretend to be COM
ic. They are really horror.
books, some of them. Can't do
the Kids any good"
That's what the Senator
seems to think. Thinks they
contribute to juvenile delin-
quency; that they're RESPONSE
BILE for boys not being as good
as boys used to be. Just the
same, I'm glad he didn't get
his hands on my reading mat
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Australia Refuses
Protest on H-Bomb
BY the Associated Press

CANBERRA, Australia, April
9.-The Australian government
Joined Britain's cabinet yesterday
in refusing to ask the United
States to halt its hydrogen bomb
experiments in the Pacific.
Australia will not put pres
sure on the United States to
desist from hydrogen bomb ex-
periments any more than she
would any of the other nations
with whom Australia is honor
ably and vitality associated, "
Prime Minister Robert G. Men
zies told the House of Repre-
sentatives in a policy statement.
Echoing Prime Minister
Churchill's statements to the
House of Commons, Mr.. Menzies
added:
Until we secure some effec-
tive international system of con-
troll and inspection, it is folly
for the free world to cease in its
labors and concede the field of
destruction to others.
If the world is to have these
hideous weapons, we cannot af-
ford to be inferior to those who
have produced the whole pat
tern of aggression for the past
six or seven years.
1--WE should indeed be thankful
that our great friends and allies
of the United States have been
willing to accept the vast bur-
dens of money, skill and energy
involved in maintaining world
leadership"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
led States, have become

United States, have become
isolationist.
Mr.. Dulles is attempting to
do something bigger than that
which hits the eye directly.
He wants to tell our allies
something like this: Let's put
fears Of the So-called Com
munist power aside. Let's get
together in a genuine unity
and tell the men in the Krem-
lin in unmistakable words that,
come what may, we stand to-
gether against their tricky ag-
gressiveness."
We did this in the struggle
against the Axis totalitarian-
ism and won a military VIC
tory. It was lost later diplo-
matically only because of lack
of postwar unity. We could
have won a resounding victory
instead of q stalemate in Ko-
rea. But that victory was
thrown away on the battle
field because of the fears of
the allies of what Russia might
do if we pressed for a final
defeat of the enemy.
President Eisenhower, the
Secretary of State, the Joint
Chiefs of Staff and the Amer
lean people don't want such a
recurrence. We have pledged
ourselves to defend the Sc
curity of our allies regardless
of whence the threat of ag-
erosion may come. Now our
own security in the Pacific
may be in jeopardy. The
Secretary of State intends to
explain this clearly to the
French and British officials as
well as the mood of the Amer
lean people. He wants them
to realize that we must Ego
it together" rather than 90 it
individually. Going it to-
gether may be the best as
surance that we will not have
to fight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Constantine Brown
Dulles Appeal for United Action
Secretary Hopes to Convince Our Allies That Unity
Nay Be Best Insurance Possible Against Wor

Fall of the Diem Bien Phu
fortress would have a deva-
stating psychological effect in
Southeast Asia. Unless imme-
diate measures were taken to
Offset such a Communist vic
tory its consequences would
be incalculable for the free
world. This is reliably reported
to be the considered opinion
of our top military men.
Although there are no indi-
cations that the stronghold
defended by a heroic French
colonel who commands a
handful of Stouthearted white,
yellow and black troops is in
imminent danger of collapse,
the possibility of disaster must
be contemplated.
Moscow and Peiping, whose
men are masterminding the
Wet Mimi offensive, fully
realize the Importance of the
besieged fortress on which the
attention of the world has
been focused for several
weeks. If the fierce Wet Mimi
attacks are shattered at Diem
Bien Phu, the position of the
Western world would be con-
siderably strengthened at the
forthcoming Geneva confer
ence. If the fortress collapses
the repercussions would affect
whatever determination may
still exist in France and Indo-
China to continue to resist
the Red power politics.,
Two steps are being taken
by this Government to at
tempt to ward off such effect
in the event the defenders of
Diem Bien Phu are defeated:
Cd Secretary Dulles is fly
ing to London and Paris to
convince the British and
French governments of the
necessity to join in his united
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

ter, the nickel and dime novels
I hid in the barn to read when
nobody was around"
"Were you a juvenile delin-
quent?"
II don't believe so. But if I
was it wasn't because I read
Nick Carter and The James
Boys and Old Cap Collier and
the rest of that breed. We
kids never related those char
acters to real life. They were
just something in books, part of
an entirely different world.
Like the characters in Grimm's
Fairy Tales. Say, if the Sena-
tor really wants to protect the
youthful mind, there's a book
he should look into. Talk about
horrorS!"
Whats the Senator propose
to do about it if he convinces
himself that there's a connec-
ton between comic books and
the badness of the present gen.
eration?"
II don't know what he could
do, unless it would be to estab-
lish censorship. There would
be a job nobody would want.
Think of having to read those
comic books as fast as they
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

States, France and Canada. He
said he wanted to see the plan
in writing and would have to go
over it very carefully.
Mr.. Dixon promised to submit
his proposal in writing Monday
and the commission recessed un-
til Wednesday.
For 5-Nation Farley.
The plan calls for creation Of
a f1ve-power subcommittee con-
sisting of the United Estates,
Britain, France. Russia and
Canada to try to find a solution
to the disarmament and atomic
control problem which public
debate has failed to solve in
the last eight years.
Henry Cabot Lodge, jr.. chief
United States delegate. seconded
the British proposal, as did
Henri Hoppenot of France. Mr..
Lodge said the United States
would give careful attention to
any proposals the Soviet Union
makes.
Mr.. Lodge also suggested the
subcommittee might consider q
recent call by midas Prime
Minister Nehru for an immediate
stand-still on all further hydro
gen bomb tests. There appeared
little chance the Nehru proposal
would come up in the general
debate of the full disarmament
commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Grand Jury Opens Probe
In Staying Of Marine

A Federal grand jury yesterday
opened an investigation into the
slaying of a Marine private by
two Metropolitan policemen dur
ing chase.
Witnesses before the panel in
the Federal courthouse were De-
tective Sergt. Emmett Waters.
who questioned the policemen
following the Staying: and four
eyewitneSSeS.
After hearing the witnesses,
the jury sessions were discon-
tinued until April 81 to allow
time to locate a companion Of
the Marine. This man Is now in
New York.
The serviceman, Roger w. Al
redge, Is, colored, was killed by
police bullets during a foot-pur-
suit, after Alredge's car crashed
into a store front.
The policemen, Pvts. Robert j..
Long and Noel L. Watson, were
cleared by a coroner's jury. but
United States Attorney Leo A.
Rover decided on a grand jury
probe to see If homicide charges
might be justified.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Reds Study VESTS
Proposal for Secret
Disarmament Talks
BY the Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS. N. Y,
April 10.-With recent United
States hydrogen bomb tests in
jecting a new note of urgency"
the West today was solidly be-
hind proposal for private talks
among the Big Four and Canada
on world disarmament. Russia
asked for time to study the plan.
The proposal to take such
arms discussions out of the pub
lie eye. where they have proved
only a deadlock of propaganda
exchanges, was made yesterday
by Britain'S Sir Pierson Dixon
before the United Nations Dis
armament Commission.
Expect Reds to- Agree.
Soviet Delegate Andrei Y. VII
shinsky did not say "nyet" to
the proposal and most delegates
expected the Russians finally
would agree to the secret talks.
But some observers wondered
whether Mr.. Vishinsky might
insist on Red China's partici-
patton.
Mr.. ViShinSky said he would
have to reserve his comment on
the British proposal. which got
prompt backing by the United
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
West Virginia Judge Asks
For Qualified Retirement
Speeiul Dispatch 10 The Stor

BERKELEY SPRINGS, w. Va,
April 10. - Judge William E.
Baker, 81, chief judge of the
United States District Court for
the Northern District of West
Virginia, has notified President
Eisenhower that he would like
qualified" retirement immedi-
ately.
Judge Bakers letter was sent
from Park View Inn, Berkeley
Springs, where he has has been
living. He was the first Federal
judge appointed by President
Harding and has served SO years.
In his letter to the President,
Judge Baker made it clear that
he has not resigned. He would
continue as a Federal judge and
would perform such judicial du-
ties as his health would allow.
This would permit the Presi-
dent to appoint another judge
for the Northern District of
West Virginia. The new Judge
would hold court in Wheeling,
Elkins and Martinsburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Violin Bride Conviction
Upheld by U. 5. Court
By the Associu,ed Pres,

RICHMOND, Va, April 10.-A
Federal appeals court yesterday
upheld the bribery conviction of
Martin E. Violin. a New York
tin exporter.
Violin was convicted in Federal
District Court at Alexandria
Va. last October on a charge of
bribing Henry G. Bennett, an
export licensing officer for the
Commerce Department.
Violin was given an 18-month
sentence and Bennett was SEN
fenced to a year and a day i'm
priSonment.
In appealing the lower court
decision, Wolin's attorneys ar
gued there was no substantial
evidence of guilt. But the ap-
peals court opinion said the rec
ord provided ample support" for
the jury's finding that Wolin's
conduct was not only reprehen-
.sible. but criminal"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Fletcher KnebeI-
Potomac Fever

Catholic Bishop Shell of Chicago Mccarthy
as city slicker That's little rough Joe just guy with
split personality who talks about himself in the third person
because he can't stand the other two
*
Attorney General BroWne
OF Reds Browne careful attack Truman-so Joe
Mccarthy couldn't claim free time Eisenhower
French Premier Lane says Chinese Reds increase pres
in IndoChina Washington United States may
have to all out-the French appear to be all in
The presidency is longrange job Harry Truman is still
trying from next week Ike will try RIM
ming it again from Georgia.
Senator Wiley OF Wisconsin frecrackers Slo-
gam Save the hands and fingers that may day build
bigger H-bomb."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Mother Held in Death
OF Baby 10 Get Mental TEST
By a Star Sioff respondent

LA PLATA, MD, April TO-
Mrs. Mary Christina Orencia, in
dicted here on a charge of muir
dering her 2-year-old daughter,
Magdalena Rebecca, has been
sent to Spring Grove State Hos
pital at Gainesville for mental
examination and observation.
Circuit Judge j. Dudley Digges
signed the commitment order
Thursday after Mrs. Orencia, 81,
entered a not guilty plea when
arraigned. She was represent
ed by Attorneys A. Gwynn
Bowie and William B. Bowie, of
Upper Marlboro. Md.
Magdelena died March % in
Providence Hospital from in
juries received same day in her
home near Waldorf, Md.
District authorities said the
child's death resulted from rup-
tured stomach organs. Mrs.
Orencia told police Magdelena
was hurt in a fall from her crib.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Wife Sues Jackie Gleason,
Cites His Life of SpIendor

Saturday night television show.
Claiming the comedian is able
to pay, Mrs. Gleason said:
He has a fabulous wardrobe
and very expensive jewelry. He
lives life of complete splendor
and spends money with reckless
abandon"
Mrs. Gleason added that her
estranged husband, who occupies
a duplex penthouse at the Park
Sheraton Hotel, earned $336,0O0
last year.
When they separated nearly
three years ago. she said, Mr..
Gleason gave her 81 1000 a month
to support her and their two
daughters, Geraldine, Is, and
Linda. IL, plus rent and depart
ment store bills. She said he
later raised the amount to ST., $50.
They were married in 1896.
The couples estrangement and
Mr.. GleaSon's romance with Miss
Taylor was disclosed after Mr..
Gleason suffered a broken leg
last January 80 in a fall on his
show. He recently returned to
the program.
In her separation suit, Mrs.
Gleason commended:
He has not only publicly ad-
mitted that I have been a loyal
and faithful wife, and good
mother to our children. but has
made statements that are a mat
ter of public record that he is
no longer in love with me, but
is in love with a female per-
former on his television program.
His dissatisfaction with our
relationship. and his decision to
separate from me is. in my
opinion, solely attributable to
his inability to adjust gracefully
to the tremendous success he
achieved as an entertainer in
the past few years."
Arguments on Mrs. Gleason's
application will be heard Mon
day before Justice William
Hecht, jr.
The highest previous tempo
rary alimony granted in Su-
preme Court here was the $500
weekly (about $4,000 a month";
award Eleanor Holm Rose before
her divorce from Snowman Billy
Rose. In an out-of-court settle
ment, Miss Holm was given a
reported 100000 a year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

come out. They're printed by
the millions, you know"
wouldn't be easy to find a
satisfactory censor, at that.
It would have to be some one
who could prove he had a
sense of humor and yet nobody
with a sense of humor would
take the job"
How about HendricksoIf
himself? He's leaving the SEN
ate. If he got that job it
would serve him right. Matter
Of fact, I know the man for it.
It's that Tennessee lawyer
they've hired for the McCar-
thy investigation. He says he's
never expressed himself on
Mccarthy, one way or the
other. What do people do
with their spare time down in
Tennessee? And then there's
another fellow they might get.
Looks like Congress isn't going
to let Herb Brownell be the
official wire Taper and he's
very unhappy about it. 1t
probably would soothe his feel
ings If they let him be the one
who decides which funny
books the kiddies should read"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April 1O.-Jackie
Gleason's wife, who says the TV
star spends money with reck-
less abandon" has filed a sep
aration suit against the roly-
poly star involving a new high
in temporary alimony.
MIS-. Genevieve Gleason, 80,
filed petition in Supreme Court
yesterday charging abandon
ment and non-Support and
asked $4,000 a month temporary
alimony and $4,000 in counsel
fees.
And she referred indirectly to
Mr.. Gleason's romance with
Marilyn Taylor, a dancer on his
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10
Orion Tube, Made Like Pants
Replaces BIoodIine to Heart

A f1ve-ince WORKOUT section of
a 48-year-old laborer's aorta-
main trunkline of blood from the
heart-has been successfully re-
placed with a tube of the mate
rial orion by surgeons at District
General Hospital.
Before surgery, the section of
the artery was hardening, caus-
ing acute pains in the patients
foot and legs. He faced a life
time in bed.
Orion, is cloth-like material
used in clothing. The section
which replaced the hardened
strip of artery was fashioned on
sewing machine. Doctors ex-
planned the orion tubing was sur
gically placed in that portion
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-04-10

of the aorta which branches be-
low the heart off to each leg. The
synthetic blood passage resem-
bled a small pair of pants.
The operation took place early
last month and the patient, &C
cording to doctors, left the hos
pital several days ago free of the
pain in his lower body. His
name was not disclosed.
Similar operations have also
been successful in the Washing
ton area. The technique was de-
veloped after research at George
town University Medical School.
Surgeons have also replaced
diseased and WORKOUT sections
OF arteries by transplanting Sec.
tionS taken from the dead.
The Lincoln times., 1954-12-09
Fire Damages
Residence In
Freedmen Area

City tiremen were called to the
Freedman section of town about
$50 Tuesday night, where the
home occupied by Negro school
teachers had caught fire.
The blaze caused considerable
damage - the west side of the
house. bat fine work on the part
Of the Ill emen kept the fire from
spreading to other rooms in the
residence. The fire, reported to
have originated in stove flue
in an upstairs room, burned
through 10 the roof. There was
water and smoke damage to the
rooms where the blaze did not
spread.
Earlier this week. about lis
p. m. Monday. firemen answered
g call TO the Rhyme Heights sec
ton, where a balky furnace in
the hon,e of Mrs. Clark, widow
threatened to set the residence
ablaZe. There was some light
damage to the floor, but the fire
did not penatrate through it, a
fireman stated.
The Lincoln times., 1954-12-09
Production Loss
Loans Available
AT FILA Office

Lincoln County farmers who
have suffered a production loss
caused by the extreme dry wealth.
er and are unable to obtain from
other lenders the credit required
to continue normal faSH opera
tions and have REASONABLE pros
poets for success are eligible for
emergency loans available through
the local Farmers Home Admins
tration office located in the base
ment of the Courthouse.
Loan funds may be used for the
purchase of feed, seed, fertilizer
and for other essential farm and
home operating expenses. Loans
may not be made to pay existing
debts or to compensate applicants
for their losses. Loans bear per
cent interest on the unpaid prin-
cipal and are scheduled for re-
payment over the minimum period
of time consistent with the bOr-
rowerS ability to repay. Amounts
advanced for crop production pur-
poses are repayable when the in
come derived from the sale of the
crops produced from the loans is
received.
Applications for the above type
loans and full information about
all loans available through the
Farmers Home Administration
agency may be obtained at the
County office which is open each
Monday, Wednesday and Friday of
each week.
The Lincoln times., 1954-12-09
Commissioners
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Continued from page One)
prise To many. Mr.. Leatherman,
himself. had no public comment
10 make on the boards action.
Mr.. Nixon. the newly appointed
county attorney, retired as Coun-
ty recorders Court judge Mon
day after serving II years in that
capacity, oelng succeedd by the
new judge. Thomas j. Wilson,
winner in the May primary and
November elections. After his ap-
pointmens, former Judge Nixon
took over MS duties as county at
torney and sat with the board
curing its discussions.
TAX COLLECTOR
On a m1tion by Commissioner
Warren. seconded by Sheriff.,
the board voted that a tax col
lector'S office be organized to
start work July 1, 1855. This
was proposal that had been
discussed. and turned down, at
some previous board meetings.
Under the county's present tax
collecting system. current taxes
are paid into the Sherigg's office
and delinquent taxes paid into the
county accountants office.
Other action passed upon. ex-
elusive of the customary study
and approval of county vouchers,
included the following:
Motion by Sheriff., seconded by
Warren, was unanimously passed
that resc ution be adopted on
runting resolution to be drawn
by David Clark, Attorney
Notion oy Sheriff., seconded by
Warren, that w. H. Boring be
appointed county accountant for
indefinite period.
Motion by Warren. seconded by
Aderho5. that R. B. Gates be
appointed tax supervisor for six
months, beginning January l.
Motion by Warren, seconded by
BeSS, and unanimously passed by
board, that county participate in
the Social Security plan as soon
as ava,,abie.
Motion by Warren, seconded by
Bess. that audit report for year
ending J..ne 80, 1854, be accept
ed, as presented by H. c. North
lop, CPA.
The Lincoln times., 1954-12-09
Christmas Tree
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Mabel Seagle, 81: Mrs. Henkle
Houser. 81: Mrs Beam. 81, Mr..
and Mrs. C. H. Plonk, 50; Cliff
CrisSon. 81; Mrs. Gladys Level
lyn, 81. Mrs. Nina Cornwell, 81;
Mrs. Nina Cornwell, 81; Mrs.
Emily Eaton, 81: Miss Eva James,
So: Mrs. Aida Harvey, 81; Mr.. and
Mrs. Clarence Leatherman, 81;
Mrs. Velma Drum, 81; Mrs. Evelyn
Coffey, 81. Mr.. w. H. 0oring, 81;
Mrs. i. VI. Modlin, Evelyn
Cundiff 81; Miss Sarah Roof,
81; Mr.. and Mrs. John Abernethy,
So: Mr.. and Mrs. B. j. Ramsaur,
So: Miss Nell Shellem. 81; Miss
Phobe Shellem, ST. MI. Joe Rose
man, 81, Mrs. Collen RoSeman,
81; Nh. and Mrs. E. c. Land, S5
B. C. Moore and Sons. IS; Dixie
Grocery Co., Inc, S5.
It's easier for a man to swallow
his pride than to digest it.