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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Canadian Leader Tells
India u. 5. Is UnseIfish

NEW DELHI, India, Feb. "a
Canadian Prime Minister Louis
ST. Laurent said in a speech to
the Indian Parliament yesterday
the United States was the most
unselfish country ever to take on
the responsibilities of a major
world power.
Vigorously defend ding the
United States in the face of wide
spread anti-American sentiment
here, Mr.. st. Laurent said Cana
dams know America has no
other ambition than to live and
let others live"
The Canadian Prime Minister,
in India on a world tour. praised
1ndia's role in the Korean ar
mistice and expressed the hope
that India. which can bring
much wisdom and experience to
bear con it, will participate as
fully as possible in future eff
forts to bring it nearer to a
solution"
But Mr.. st. Laurent devoted
the climactic portion of his
speech to his defense of the
United States, under heavy fire
in India as a result Of proposed
United States military aid to
neighboring Pakistan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
SchwubIe
Continued From First Page.)

more thought because he did not
expect to be captured.
Maj. Harris said that in prison
camp he questioned personnel of
the Air Force about instructions
they had received if captured.
He said some had been advised
to use their own discretion in
talking. some mad been told
merely to give name, rank and
serial number and others appar-
emily had no instructions at all.
After outlining to the court
the extreme mental torture to
which he had been subjected as
a prisoner for is months, the
witness said: II hope 1 am never
captured again. If / am, think
/ would rather they shot me
than put me through those PAGES
again.
Il have nothing in the world
but profound sympathy for Col.
Schwable for I had a small
amount Of what he had-I don't
think I had as much"
q. s. Chaplain's Role.
In a lighter note, Maj. Harris
told of the great interest the
Chinese had in the role played
by the American chaplain.
1T seems the Chinese think
the chaplain is some kind of
political commissar," he said.
The major said that in his
interrogation he was also ques-
toned about Esquire magazine.
He said the Chinese wanted to
know about it because of its pic
lures.
Mai. Harris said he had read
of Col Schwable's false confess
sion in Communist newspapers
printed in the United States.
He named the New York Daily
Worker, the San Francisco Peo-
pies World and the Chicago Ma
tional Guardian. He said his
own immediate reaction to the
purported confession was, they
certainly must have really put
the pressure on Col. Schwable. +"
Tell-tale Discrepancies.
The major said he and other
American prisoners made a de-
tailed analysis of the confession
and tore it to pieces" because
of its many discrepancies. He
said the British spelling of Ger
tain words and use of a term
bombing up" which he had
never heard in the Marine Corps
indicated that the Chinese had
written the statement for Col.
Schwable to sign.
The major said that he had
been questioned perhaps for two
weeks steadily on germ warfare
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Masquerade Ends
As Woman Admits
He's a Robber
BY the Associated Press

BRISTOL, Tenn. Feb. pa
West Virginia man who mas
queraded as a woman to avoid
police pleaded guilty yesterday
to robbing a loan agency here be-
fore a hearing IL. General Ses-
sions Court.
Robert Philpott, 80, of Inwood,
w. Va, told police he donned a
woman's dress. shoes and hat FIVE
minutes after a $295 robbery was
committed at Credit Finance
Service Monday.
The woman" was arrested in
Kingsport. Tenn, late Monday
by Sullivan County (TennD
Sheriff A. Ham Hurd. Mr.. Hurd
said he was tipped of by Perry
Cooper, a Blountville (TennD
businessman who noticed a sus-
plcious-looking woman" in an
eating place.
Mr.. Hurd and Mr.. Cooper went
by car to Kingsport to meet the
bus they believed the suspect was
on. When they entered the bus
Mr.. Cooper pointed out the
woman" and Sheriff Hurd drew
his gun.
I'm your man." said Philpott.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Man IS Indicted on Charge
OF FoIsely Wooing Widow

An indictment was returned
today against 9 man accused Of
wooing a widow, borrowing
$4,000 from her and leaving her
stranded when she learned he
was already married.
The defendant is Thornley, p.
Harris, for whom a removal
hearing will be held Friday in
Florence. S. c. He is charged
with falsely representing that he
was liable, ready and willing to
marry" the widow.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney william s. Mckinley said
Harris met the woman, then
known as Margaret Zeman. In
Florida in December, 1852.
Two months later Mckinley
borrowed the money in Washing
ton and gave his purported
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24

and. when he refused to CO.
operate, was threatened with
death.
The major was captured on
May 6. 1852. and was released
September 6. 1858. He was
awarded the Legion of Merit at
a Pentagon ceremony January 8
for exceptionally meritorious
conduct as a POW.
The court is expected to invite
Maj. Gen. William F. Dean,
himself a POW for about
three years. and DR.. VIM
fred Overholser. leading pys-
chiatrist and superintendent of
st. Elizabeths Hospital here, to
testify at the request of counsel
for Col. Schwable. DR.. Charles
Mayo, eminent medical authority
and United States delegate who
addressed the United Nations on
Communist prisoner techniques,
also may be asked to testify.
Yesterday. 1t. Col. William G.
Thrash, who was awarded the
Legion Of Merit In a recent
Pentagon ceremony. testified that
he feared the Communists were
going to kill Col. Schwable after
they obtained confession
from him in order not to risk a
reputation by the colonel later.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24

order. The officer requested dis
charge on March 81.
Then DR.. Peress was called be-
fore the Mccarthy subcommittee
at a New York hearing and in
voked the Fifth Amendment in
refusing to answer questions
about alleged Communist con-
nections.
Left Army February 2.
After this episode, the Army
and DR.. Peress agreed to termi-
nate his active duty and COM
mission Immediately. He was
separated February 2.
Mr.. Stevens instructed all
Army commanders that claiming
the protection of the Fifth
Amendment or refusing to sign
the loyalty certificate is sufti-
cient evidence to establish an
individual as a security risk.
Under this directive, Mr.
Stevens wrote Senator Mccarthy
February Is that the Army will
be able to avoid rendering a
commission to any individual
who refuses to submit loyalty
data, or to terminate the COM
mission of any reserve officer
who refuses to sign loyalty
papers.
Any reserve officer already on
active duty who persists in such
a refusal, Mr.. Stevens said, will
be separated Immediately under
conditions other than honorable
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24

bride-to-be a mortgage on some
North Carolina property, Mr..
Mckinley said.
Some time after that she tele-
phoned his Office and was asked
II she was Harris wife. That
led to the discovery the man
already was married.
Mr.. Mckinley said part Of the
$4,000 loan has been returned.
Meanwhile, the disappointed
widow became the wife last May
Of the defendants brother. John
st. L. Harris. Since September
they have separated and Mrs.
Harris has been living in the
1900 block of S street Sc.
The property on which Harris
gave the mortgage was partly
claimed by his wife, who has a
dover interest in 1t, Mr.. McKin-
ley said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Duvid Key Nominated
As Dulles Assistant

President Eisenhower today
nominated David NICK. Key as
assistant Secretary of State for
United Nations Affairs.
Mr.. Key, 81, a veteran Foreign
Service officer who had retired
in 1852, was appointed to the
post last December while Con-
gress was in recess.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Ice Chokes North Europe
As Britain Enjoys Sun
BY the As.eeiotsd Press

LONDON, Feb. 24.-Europe's
freakish winter brought new ex-
tremes today. While England
basked in sunshine. a blizzard
hit Turkey and great ice foes
clogged northern European har-
borS.
Temperature in southern
England rose to the mid-50s.
Compact ice masses isolated
Oslo Norway's busiest harbor.
The ice layer in the Oslo ford
was almost seven feet thick.
About 20 ships lay icebound be-
tween Oslo and Faerder light
house in the mouth of the ford.
Sweden's Baltic Coast was so
cold that police were given or
derS to shoot some of the thou
sands of seabirds frozen fast in
the ice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Harmony
Continued From First 'Page.)

an ofiicer would not be permitted
to serve on active duty If he
refused to sign the required 10y
atty form.
DR.. Peress was called to active
duty on January Z, 1853, without
having signed the loyalty forms.
Unanswered Questions.
Whether he refused to sign
them before going on active duty
or whether there was an over
sight on the part of the Army
and the signed forms were not
obtained from him, are the big
unanswered questions in the
Peress controversy.
At any rate, according to the
Senate subcommittee informa-
ton. it came to the Army's at
tention in August, 1858. that DR..
Peress had not completed the
forms. He was called in and,
according to the Senate sub
committees information, refused
to sign them on grounds of the
fifth amendment.
An Army investigation was set
in motion by the Peress action.
But Army lawyers. it is under
stood, said there were no
grounds to court-martial the
dentist. The lawyers reminded
Army officials that another re-
serve officer had been court
martialed for similar reasons a
year previously and had been
acquitted.
Asked for Promotion.
In September. 1853, according
to the Senate subcommittee rec
ords. DR.. Peress applied for pro-
motion from captain to major.
The application went to the list
Army and on October % letter
was issued notifying him of his
promotion.
Meanwhile, the Army's inves-
tigation Of Dr. Peress continued.
According to a letter from Mr..
Stevens to Senator Mccarthy. a
decision was reached on Deem
Der 80. 1858. to separate Mai.
Peress from the service because
of his refusal to submit loyalty
information.
An order was received at Camp
Kilmer. N. j.. on January 10.
1854. to give Maj. Peress an
honorable discharge at any prac-
ticable date. but in no event later
than 80 days from receipt of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Hospital Probe Finds
No Error in treating
Infant Who Died

An Alexandria Hospital official
said yesterday he was satisfied"
the hospital had made mo error"
in it's treatment of a two-month-
old boy who died there Sunday
night from a skull fracture which
had gone undetected for nearly
q week.
Van c. Adams, administrator
of the hospital. announced his
conclusion after investigating
circumstances in the admission
of the baby, Lewis v. Mitchell,
jr of 108 South Royal street,
Alexandria.
The boy was among those in
jured in two-car auto crash
February II near Kernstown.
Frederick County. Va. He was
admitted to the hospital last
Wednesday night after an x-ray
revealed the skull fracture. He
previously had been treated at
the Winchester (Va.) Memorial
Hospital and at the emergency
room and out-patient clinic at
Alexandria Hospital.
Releases Statement.
Mr., Adams statement declared
he was satisfied that no error
in its treatment had been made"
In part. the statement added:
ION the evening before its adj
mission. the infant was brought
to the emergency room where
Its mother stated that it had had
difficulty in breathing. The ply
stefan who examined 1t found
no abnormality. He was not in
formed of the. accident of the
preceding week nor of any con-
vulsion. After a period of OBJ
servation. Mrs. Mitchell was
asked to return to the out
patient clinic on the following
morning.
Here. the physician in charge
obtained the full history of the
injury and arranged for an
X-ray to be made. although the
examination of the child showed
no abnormalty. The private
physician who later saw the
child found it was again normal.
He knew of the X-ray and adj
viSed that the child be admitted
to the hospital for observation.
Within IL hours after its
admission to the hospital, the
infant was examined by the
neurological surgeons on the
staff and it's condition at that
time remained entirely salts
factory. It was not until SO
hours after admission that the
infant began having continuous
commissions which terminated in
its death"
Treated at Winchester.
At the Winchester Hospital,
the doctor who treated the baby
said the child was. conscious
when brought in and showed no
signs of a fractured skull. He
said the next day the mother
was anxious to go home andsthe
child appeared to be all right
and SO both were discharged.
The doctor there said there
was slight swelling at the back
of the baby's head, but he was
eating normally and behaving
normally in every other way.
The doctor added he cautioned
the mother to watch the baby
carefully and get in touch with
a physician at home if the baby
became i'll.
He said that evidently a de-
layed hemorrhage occurred and
nothing could have been done
to prevent it.
Mrs. Mitchell had reported
that the baby was on her lap
when the accident occurred, and
apparently struck his head on
the dashboard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Rabbi Brickner to Talk

Rabbi Balfour Brickner of
Temple Sinai will speak on
Toward a Creative American
Jewry" at 8:15 o'clock tonight in
the B'nai Birth Hillel Founda-
ton of George Washington Uni
versity, 2129 F. street NV,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
BoqomoIov in ltoIy

ROME. Feb. "a tR.-Alexan-
der Bogomoloy. former Soviet
ambassador to Czechoslovakia.
presented his credentials today
to President Luigi Einaudi as
new Soviet ambassador to Italy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-24
Good Reason

NEW BRITAIN, Conn, Feb.
"a R.-The New Britain Irish
American Club has returned the
tickets for a st. Patrick's Day
dance to the printer. He printed
them on orange paper.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
Explanation By
killer" Accepted

SAN FRANCISCO IA fright
ened Los Angeles housewife sent
police in CALIFORNIA; two largest
cities hunting Charley the Killer
yesterday.
They found their man in hotel
here-but let him 60 after he ad-
mitted he was a killer.
"a man just phoned. He said,
I'm Charley the Killer and hung
up" Ruth Grossman of Los An
geies reported to police there at
4 am. yesterday.
The call was traced to the hotel
room Of Charley Kays of Eureka,
Calf, here.
81 was trying to get Ruth Gross
man in Beverly Hills and they
gave me some other Ruth Gross
man." he told Inspector william
Stanton. $50 / hung up.
killer? Oh, yes. In Eureka,
everybody calls me Charley the
Killer
II run the Eureka Termite
DISCRIMINATING Agency"
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
TODAY'S
STOCK MARKET

NEW YORK R,-The stock mar
ket opened with a rush of higher
prices today and then turned quiet
in the first 'hour.
Price changes usually were frac-
tons with plus signs very much in
evidence. A few stocks posted gains
to around 2 points.
There were several blocks
- American Wooden $500 shares
up 1 at 20, Remington Rand
$500 up 70 at 10, Raytheon 5000
up " at 11S, New York Central
5000 up 70 at 1884, and General
Electric 5000 up rs at 12O.
Most major divisions of the mar
ket were higher, but there were
minus signs in chemicals, distillers
and rubbers.
Advancing were U. S. Steel, Chry-
Sler, Boeing, American Telephone,
Homestake Mining, Southern Rail-
way, and Southern Pacific.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
Fire Extinguished
Aboard Banana
Boat Near Tampa

TAMPA H-Fire aboard the mo-
tor vessel Caravel was extin-
guished today and the banana
carrying boat is being lowed into
Tampa.
Fire broke out In the engine
room while the vessel was a short
distance off Bradenton Beach in
the Gulf of Mexico.
Capt. Robert Fearon, associated
with Della Falide, shipping agent
here, said he had talked with the
motor vessel Rio Sixaola and was
told the fire on the Caravel was
put out with little damage to the
vessel.
Capt. Fearon said no one was
hurt and apparently the flames
were confined to the engine room
and forward hold.
The Rio Sixaola stood by while
the fire was, being brought under
control.
; The Caravel is out of Limon,
Costa Rica, and was bound for
Tampa with a cargo of bananas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
TURN OUT THE VOTE

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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
'Snlatllers Tells
OF Near Miss
On WarForU.S,

ST. PETERSBURG R-America
was near active participation in
the war in Indochina just a few
weeks ago, Sen. Smathers (D-Fla)
told the American Legion Florida
department at its annual conven-
ton yesterday.
when the story is finally writ
ten, it will be seen that America
actually took the leap but turned
back in mid-air only after the in
tercession of three or four great
American patriots" he added.
added. Smathers did not identity
these patriots.
"Since that time, the President
has announced that he would not
send American troops into Indo-
china unless he first got permits
sion from Congress-" Smathers
continued. Sin the Light of what
almost happened, the statement is
reaSsuring.
1T is well to remember that
the President is the COM
mander in chief of the armed fore
es and he can send them wherever
and whenever he likes"
Smathers said that if the ques-
ton is put to Congress, chased on
the few facts I have today-and
one of the criticisms of this ad-
ministration is that the Congress
is given very few facts-I would
not vote to send our troops into
the steaming jungles of 1ndo-
china"
Smathers told Legionnaires he
regards the Indochina incident as
brush fire wars and added:
''Total war, when it arrives, will
be savage, devastating and sud-
den. We viii not have time for
long mobilization and training or
even for producing.
"Our survival and our victory
will depend almost entirely on the
force in being not only to am
munition and bombs and guns but
in manpower as we'll"
He called for universal military
training, restoring the five billion
dollar Air Force budget cut and
a faster stockpiling Of war ma
terial.
Smathers said America should |
cultivate friends in latin America |
where things are going badly for |
us now"
He proposed a united front of
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
FHelroice Nurse Is
Flown Out OF
Fallen Fortress

HANOI, Indochina B-Lt. Gene
We've de Galard Terraube, the
heroic nurse of Diem Bien Phu,
arrived by plane today and said
she was in good health.
She flew into beleaguered Diem
Bien Phu March ~ to aid the
wounded and was unable to leave
because Of rebel advances. She
remained, tending her hundreds of
charges, until the fortress was
overrun May 7, the only woman in
the post.
Although prisoner, she was per-
mitted to remain at Diem Bien Phu
to do her work until freed today.
More than 400 of the wounded men
in the fort have been flown out
ahead of her.
The attractive young French air
force nurse posed for press and
television photographers.
II have nothing to say and I've
made up my mind about that"
she told reporters.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1954-05-24
Army-Mc(artlly Hearings Draw
Varied Comment From Listeners

fascism at its worst" - Letter in
Richmond (Va) News-Leader.
"When the shouting dies down,
then will the senator from Wiscon-
sin be known for his exhaustive eff
forts in wedding out Communists.
Then we may well say: Sen. Nc.
Carthy, you are truly a great
American - Letter in Detroit
Free Press.
"For years I have been a great
admirer of Sen. Mccarthy, but
thanks to.the TV hearings I have
discovered that he is just jump
ing jack, publicity hound" -
Letter in Chicago Tribune.
Callers to the TV stations seldom
express opinions on the hearings
or personalities as such, but usual
ly are vehement in declaring the
proceedings should be telecast.
ABC and Du Mont are the only
networks carrying the hearings
''live."
ABC says it has received can un-
precedented volume of letters from
all sections Of the country, lauding
the continued and complete COW
erage of the sessions"
WOKY, only Milwaukee TV sta
ton carrying the hearings "live,"
reports it received $1,000 phone
calls, letters and kilograms the
first week, most of them compli-
menting the coverage.
The NBC station in Los Angeles,
KNBH, said it received about 1000
calls, most of them protesting, in
the four days after NBC dropped
its live coverage.