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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
| Retired Soldier
Wins Freedom After
81 Years as Fugitive

For the first time In 81 years.
John Zagac doesn't have to look
over his shoulder to see il prison
guards are coming after him.
The 7O-year -old retired soldier.
who escaped from San Quentin
tCalif.) Penitentiary in 1917, was
released from District jail this
morning.
Its too hot to keep that old
man in JAIL" said Inspector Ed
gar D. Scott. Il told him to
drop in Tuesday. though. -
That will be the day after San
Quentin officials ask the State
to rule formally that Mr.. Zagac,
alias John Gilbert, has completed
his sentence.
"He has my sympathy" a
penitentiary spokesman told
The Star.
I'VE will ask that Gilbert's
sentence be fixed as the time
he served. We would not want
to bring the old man back to
prison after all these years. We
note that he got a 12-year SEN
tence for shooting man
through the wrists in 1912. The
courts must have been pretty
tough in those days"
He was picked UP IL days ago
on a drunk charge. He was
bailed out the day after starting
/ a To-day sentence. but mean
while he had been fingerprinted.
The FBI fingerprint file revealed
him as fugitive.
He came to the United States
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

ing postal salary Redistribution
that the leadership finds accept
able.
Any House action on the 5
per cent postal pay bill is ex-
pected to be followed by action
on classified pay.
Meanwhile, Chairman Carl
son of the Senate Civil Service
Committee has asked Majority
Leader Knowland to schedule
action next week on the COM
bined 5 per cent classified and
postal pay raise bill. The COM
mittee attached the pay measure
to a relatively minor House
passed civil service bill In hopes
that Senate passage would find
the House agreeable to accepting
the legislation and thus expedite
Congressional enactment.
INSURANCE - Yesterday the
House Civil Service Committee
approved the Senate-passed bill
to provide group life insurance
benefits to Federal employees.
Strongly backed by the admin
istration. the legislation would
afford life insurance policies on
voluntary basis to Federal and
District government employees,
including police and firemen,
members of Congress and leg
islative and judicial workers.
Employees would be entitled to
insurance coverage based on
their salaries. For example, an
employee earning $4,100 would
receive $4,000 policy: one who
earned $1,000 a year would have
insurance coverage of $1,000.
Employees would contribute
$3.50 a year per $1,000 of
coverage for the policies, which
would be payable on death to
the benef1ciaries of an employee.
Retired employees or those who
work past the age of IS would
not have to contribute further
to the fund, even though they
retained their policies. At age IS
the amount of the policy would
decline by 2 per cent a month.
but its value could not go below
Is per cent of the original value
of the policy.
The program would be under
written by private insurance COM
panies. but Government employe
unions which have their own
insurance programs could also
participate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, July 31-Dr.
Samuel Sheppard. charged with
beating his pregnant wife to
death. sat in a 4-by-8-foot cell
today while detectives prepared
to question him.
Arrested on a first-degree
murder charge last night at the
suburban Bay Village home of
his father. the handsome 30
year-old osteopath pleaded not
guilty and preliminary hearing
was set for next Saturday, After
that he was brought to the
Cuyahoga County Jail in Cleve-
land and put in solitary con-
flnement, wearing pair of blue
denim prison pants and white
T shirt.
DR.. Sheppard's wife, Marilyn,
81, an attractive golf playing
mother, was killed by 81 blows
on her head early July 4:
I Nurse Admitted Intimacies.
Since then Miss Susan Hayes,
a 24-year-old hospital techni-
clan. has been quoted as admit
ting intimacies with the hus-
band. Prosecutor Frank T. Gull
Titan, who quoted her after read
ing her signed statement. added
she had told of receiving gifts
from DR.. Sheppard. including a
suede jacket, a signet ring and
a watch.
At an inquest the doctor had
denied being intimate with her.
Taken to the Bay Village Town
Hall last night, DR.. Sheppard
was arraigned before Acting
Mayor Gershom Barber. Mr..
Barber acted for Mayor j.
Spencer Houk. a friend of DR..
Sheppard's, who is expected to
be a witness.
The osteopath slept well later
on an Army cot, awakened for
a breakfast of cornflakes and
coffee at Sis am. and then
went back to sleep.
Attorney Files Writ.
Later he was visited by his at
torney. William j. Corrigan, who
filed a writ of habeas corpus,
contending Mr.. Barber did not
have jurisdiction to issue the
warrant. The writ will be heard
Monday.
AS he was handcuffed to a
patrolman for the trip to the
Jail, DR.. Sheppard remarked, II
didn't think it could happen in
this country"
Richard Weygandt, attorney
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Benson Declines Red Bid
10 Moscow Farm Show
BY Inc Assoeiofed Press

MOSCOW. July 31-Agricul-
ture Secretary Ezra Benson has
''regretfully declined" q Soviet
invitation to attend the opening
Of a farm exhibit here tomorrow,
American Embassy sources said
Invitations have been sent to
almost all world governments to
attend the first, postwar revival
OF such exhibitions. Great Brit
ain also will be unrepresented in
the wake of Agriculture Minister
Sir Thomas Dugdale's recent
resignation.
American Embassy sources in
Dictated Mr.. Benson declined be-
cause the invitation was not re-
ceived until Mid-July, too late
for him to arrange the trip. En-
bassy representatives plan to
attend the function in full force
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31


from Poland as a young man.
After serving two years of the
12-year sentence for the shoot
ing scrape. he walked away from
a San Quentin road gang.
Changing his name to Gilbert,
he joined the Army. served over
seas. rose to the rank of master
sergeant and retired on a PEN
sion after 80 years. In 1947 he
moved to Washington.
He has been rooming in the
1900 block of Calvert street NV.
Edward Rock. IS, his landlord.
said the old soldier sis a won
derful old man" who liked to
wander around the Zoo.
Learning that his tenant has
lived under a cloud more than
half his life, Mr.. Rock said, "Now
/ think I know why sometimes
he would drink too much. re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Bishop Stewart Named
To Head Sixth District
, BY m. A..oeio..d Pres.

. LOUISVILLE. KY. July 81
Bishop William Andrew Stewart
of Washington, D. c., has been
appointed new bishop of the
Sixth Episcopal District by the
Board of Bishops of the African
Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
He replaces Bishop James Clair
Taylor, who died last week in
Montgomery, Ala.
Bishop Stewart will assume
his new duties Immediately. He
will continue to supervise the
18th Episcopal district.
The Sixth District includes the
North Alabama. Central Ala
bama, and Cahaba (Ala.) con-
ferences. The 18th District.
mainly a missionary field. is COM
posed of the California. South
west Rocky Mountain, Oregon
and Washington conferences.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Officials to Quiz Dr.. Sheppard,
Charged With Wife's Murder

for Bay Village, declared he had
recommended the warrant be-
cause evidence which / have
reviewed is of such weight that
in my opinion there is probable
cause to believe DR.. Sam Shep-
pard guilty of the murder of his
wife and I believe that his arrest
should be made"
Weapon Still Sought.
Still hunted is a weapon. Mrs
Sheppard, four months pregnant,
was struck 81 cutting blows on
the head. Police specialized she
might have been hit with a No. 8
iron which is missing from her
gelf bag. But efforts, which in
cluded search by divers in Lake
Erie back of the Sheppard home
have failed to turn it up.
DR.. Sheppard testified at a
coroner's inquest he was awak-
ened from a downstairs couch
early the morning of the kill
ing by a call for help. He said
he ran upstairs, saw a white
form" and was knocked out.
After coming to. he said. he went
downstairs, grappled with a man
on the narrow beach and was
knocked out again.
Since that day he has worn q
neck brace off and on, complain
ing of injuries suffered in the
fights. Jailers took the brace
away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Man Gets Seven Years
In Assault on Woman

Edgar F. Heffner III, 80, who
was found guilty of two charges
involving a 22-year-old woman.
yesterday was sentenced to seven
years in prison.
Prince Georges Circuit Court
Judge John B. Gray. ,jr.. i'm
posed a two-year sentence on
Heffner on an assault and bat
terry charge and a five-year term
on a charge that the, former
Chevy Chase man committed a
sex act on the woman. The
sentences were to be consecutive.
Heffner, an insurance adjuster,
was found guilty Of the charges
by a circuit court jury Wednes-
day. The assault took place on
March Is. 1858, when the woman
was a student at the University
of Maryland.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

pretty good" chance for a Gov
eminent salary raise this year.
He emphasized, however. that
nothing is certain at the mo-
ment.
Moves Taken by Leaders.
The House. on Thursday. de-
feated the. Republican leader
ship move to block action on the
2 per cent postal pay raise bill
that has been discharged from
the House Rules Committee.
And yesterday House Speaker
Martin said there would be no
further move to block House
action on the postal bill on Au-
gust 8. the first date it could be
considered.
However, several hours later
the Republican leadership ap-
parently changed it's mind. BY
a 180-to-166 vote the House re-
versed its action of the previous
day and set adjournment for
today. Although the date UNI
doubtedly will be extended by
the Senate, it will preclude &C
ton on the postal pay bill on
August 9, since such a discharged
measure can't be acted on dur
ing the last six days of Congress.
The House previously had re-
fused to set any specific adjourn
ment date so that the postal pay
legislation could be taken up
on August 8.
The House leadership opposes
the z per cent postal pay bill on
several counts.
First. it would preclude tack
ing on a postal rate increase,
since a bill discharged from the
Rules Committee cannot be
amended.
Second, the pay raise is con-
sidered too great.
Third. the bill does not con-
tain any of the postal salary
Redistribution authority asked
by Postmaster General Summer
field.
Prefer Other Measure.
Instead, administration leaders
would prefer the S per cent
postal pay raise bill approved by
the House Civil Service Commit
tee. They will approve it if the
House attaches a postal rate
increase to it. Also. the bill con-
tains compromise plan regard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District and vicinity-Chance
of scattered thundershowers this
afternoon or tonight, low about
IS. Tomorrow. partly cloudy and
not so hot.
Maryland and Virginia -
Chance of late afternoon or
evening thundershowers. low in
the 70S tonight. Tomorrow,
cloudy and continued warm, with
chances of thundershowers by
night.
Wind - Southwesterly, 1920
miles per hour.
River Report.
fFTom U. 8. Ensineers.t
Potomac River clear at Earpers Ferry.
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear At
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
3 New. Charges Face
:CorpI. Bachelor

SAN ANTONIO. Tex. July
H.-The Army leyeled three
more charges yesterday against
Corpl Claude j. Bachelor, the
repentant prisoner of war who
decided at the last minute to
leave his Red Chinese captors
in Korea.
/ Two charges accuse the Ker-
init cTex.) soldier of informing
on other prisoners Of war. A
third accuses Corpl. Bachelor.
f22. of taking part in a trial in
[sstigated BY Communist sympa-
thizers.
1t. DIllar Barrera, 4th Army
information officer. said the new
charges resulted from sworn
statements by other former pris-
onerS.
Corpl. Bachelor is In 4th
Army custody. awaiting a court
martial next month on charges
Of giving aid and comfort to The
enemy. He is accused of max
ing speeches to lure prisoners
to communism. of writing ar
ticles backing Red propaganda.
and of writing letters expressing
disloyalty.
Corpl. Bachelor has asserted
that he was known in Korean
/ prison camps as "a progressive
who didn't squeal on his bud
dies"
He was one of the last 81
Americans in Communist hands
who refused repatriation. An-
other OF the group, Corpl. Ed
ward Dickinson of Virginia, also
! changed his mind at the last
moment and has been convicted
by a military court of collabo-
rating with the enemy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Brazil Moy Reduce
Coffee Export Price
Rx the As.eeiaiad Press

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil,
July 31.-A cut in Brazil's 81
cent minimum export coffee
price may be in the offing.
Although officials deny it,
there is increasing speculation
that the government will be
forced to reduce the price it es-
tablished last June 8. Then the
minimum export price was
boosted from 68 cents pound.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Cort
Continued From First Page.)

with a batch of cargo, but ships
officers spotted him and blocked
the attempt. The Polish cap
tain intended to take him back
to Poland. But just after the
ship pulled away from the wharf,
river police stopped 1t and went
aboard.
Their conferences with the
captain continued throughout
the morning. In early after
noon, representatives of the
Polish Embassy, the British
Home Office and Scotland Yards
special branch went aboard.
Forty London Poles demon
strated at the wharf last night
in behalf of Klimowicz, who is
believed to be a former member
of the Jaroslaw Drabowski's
crew. a
Dockers said he was found un-
der pile of wood shavings and
indications were that he had
little to eat or drink for nearly
week. There was no hint Of
how the Corts reacted to kim
owicz' plight, or whether as
physicians they were allowed
to see and treat him.
Charges Persecution.
Charging that he would be
prosecuted for having belonged
to the Communist Party in his
student days. Cort recently asked
for political asylum in England.
British authorities refused and
Cancelled his residence permit,
effective today.
The case caused a stir in the
House of Commons yesterday
when Laborite A. Wedgwood
Benn protested the young SCI
entist's custer. He described him
as "a man whose only offense
was that he had been a Com
munist undergraduate"
Sir Hugh Lucas-Tooth, Home
Office undersecretary, replied
for the government that Cort
has never come near to estab-
fishing a valid claim to be re-
garded as political refugee"
Mr.. Benn read a letter from
Cort in Commons disclosing that
the United States expatriate and
his wife were fleeing to the Com
munists. Cort expressed graft
tude to the Czechs for taking
them in and also thanked Mr..
Benn and others who had backed
their cause in England.
Cort, who came to England
on a. scholarship and stayed on,
had taught physiology at Bir-
mingham University for the past
year. His wife had worked at
a Birmingham hospital.
He denied being draft-dodger
at news conferences last June.
He said he had registered for
military service III l948 and been
declared physically unfit. Legal
advisers, he said, had told him
the 1853 call was not binding in
Britain.
He claimed that he quit the
Communist Party in 1851, but
if he returned home, he would
lose his American citizenship and
get up to 10 years in prison.
United States Embassy officials
said they were not sure but
they thought his passport had
expired. They said they had
not been in contact with him for
several weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

But the ups
and downs Of
t h e Federal
pay raise for
tunes h a~v e
G o vernment
employee lead
ers chewing
their nails.
o n e t o p
House Repub-
ican, W h o
asked not to
be n a m e d,
said today he
thinks t h ere
still remains a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Four Hurt as Bolt Hits
Pomona Dynumite
BY The Associated Pres.

PANAMA. July 31.-Lightning
touched off five small dynamite
charges along the banks Of the
Panama Canal yesterday, in
juring four workmen.
The men were stringing the
dynamite along the canals dam
aged Gaillard Cut when the bolt
struck. They are dynamiting to
remove 2 million cubic yards of
rock from a nearby hillside
which threatens to crumble into
the waterway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Resort Areas Forecast
(Sundoy)

Blue Ridge-Partly cloudy
and little cooler.
Upper bay-Partly cloudy,
not as hot; winds, west. 10
20 m.p.h.
Lower bay - Chance Of
thundershowers. not quite as
hot; winds, west, 1920
m.p.h.
Rehoboth Ocean City -
Partly cloudy, a little cooler.
Virginia Beach - Chance
OF thundershowers, not quite
as hot.
Southern Jersey - Partly
cloudy. a little cooler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Nine &yraider Pilots
Shared in Destruction
OF Two Red Planes
Continued From First Page.)

OOntlnueo from FfSC Pa9e.1
the Korean war credited with Is
Red planes, said his boys were
like a bunch Of tigers" when
. the Red fighters-LA7s-at-
tackled.
The commander said, at was
like World War II days again."
Comdr. Duncan had scattered
his fight in layers" for the
search mission. He, 1t. Roy NJ.
latham of Andrews. N. c.. and.
Ensign Richard r. Crooks Of
Los Angeles. were flying at about
5000 feet.
The other planes were in
groups Of four at 1900 feet and
500 feet.
Supporting them were two
Eau fighters. acting as cover,
and three Skyraiders about S
miles to the south serving as
communications relay.
Reds Fire High.
Comdr. Duncan and 1t.
latham saw the Communist
planes about 5000 feet almost
simultaneously.
The Reds barreled in from the
seward side Of the Navy planes
but their bullets went over the
Skyraiders.
Duncan, latham and Crooks
weaved into position. latham
made one pass but couldn't shoot
because Duncan was too close.
He made two more tries and
hit one Communist plane with
machinegun fire both times.
Crooks bullets also found their
mark and the Red plane spun
into the water.
The other Skyraiders below
swooped up and opened fire on
the second Communist plane.
It headed in a 20-degree glide
for the Hainan beach but by
that time the F4Us were in the
act. One of the F4Us screamed
in with guns blazing and scored
a hit. The Red airplane crashed
into the water.
Comdr. Duncan said there was
no chance the Red pilot survived.
Share Credit.
Credit for shooting down the
second LAT went to 1t. Comdr.
william H. Alexander Of James,
town. r. lit. G.g) John L.
Damian. Encino. Calf: 1t. G.g)
Richard S. Ribble. Mountain
Lake. N. j.; 1t. lj.g.) John M.
Rockford, Phoenix. Ariz.; 1t.
Comdr Paul j. Wahlstrom, Mil
ton. Mass. and 1t. Comdr. Edgar
S. Salsig. Philo, Calf. in addi-
ton to Ensign Zardus.
Comdr. Duncan said that after
the battle that Communist
Chinese gunboat opened fire
about three miles south Of where
the Red planes went down.
The tracer bullets missed the
Navy planes. Comdr. Duncan
asked for instructions and was
told to hold fire. So
Admiral Phillips said, Il saw
no reason to cause further COM
plications in this situation. ]
saw no practical advantage and
felt if the pilots returned fire the
gunboat would have been sunk"
The admiral emphasized the
action took place outside the
Communist-drawn 12-mile limit.
He said, Although the United
States does not recognize the 10
mile limit, the search was con-
Quoted outside this range to pre-
vent any claim of provocation
and since it provided visual COW
erage from the air"
Admiral Phillips refused COM
ment when asked whether any
submarines had been sighted or
observed in the area where the
task force was operating.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
Germun Ships Modern

BONN.-WeSt Germany's mer-
chant marine is among the
worlds most up-to-date. Only Is
per cent of its ships are more
than Is years old, and Sc per
cent are less than five years old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31
The Federal Spotlight
--------
House Leaders Seen Nictors
In Compromise Pay Bottle
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

In stunning reversal the House leadership apparently has
won Its fight to block House action the postal pay
raise bill August g. 80 =
this year # 80
In fact it could the way compromise per cent
pay bill for postal and classified" --------
employees, with postal rate in IL. -, W LII. #
salary Reconstruction
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

Rises Sets
! Sun. today 6:07 s:21
Sun, tomorrow sos 500
Moon. today 7:64 am. 200 .. m.
| Automobile lights must be turned on
one-hsn hour after sunset.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-31

(Readings washingt ton National Airport.l
Yesterday Pct To-day Pct,
Noon - a. Midnight --- O.
m as & am rs
8 PM AZ 10 am. SO
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest 100, on June 26.
Lowest IL on January %.
High aud Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, aS, at $40 pm.
Low. 20. at 6:45 am.
Tide Tables.
fFurnisl ed by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Today. Tomorrow.
High q:55 am. 10:34 am.
Low 4:16 am. Sol am.
High 1924 pm. 1903 pm.
Low 4:43 pm. 5:24 pm.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
so Leaders Of Polish
Communities Convene

Some so leaders of Polish COM
munities throughout the United
States are expected to attend a
National Fund Relief Commit
tee. beginning today in the Hotel
Statler.
Highlight of the affair was to
be a luncheon today, at which
the speakers are to include Sem
ator Green, Democrat, of Rhode
Island; Representative Mach
rowicz, Democrat. of Michigan;
Representative Meader, Repub-
licaIl. of Michigan: Representa-
tive O,Konski, Republican, of
Wisconsin; Representative Ia
block, Democrat, Of Wisconsin,
and Matthew Szymczak, a gover-
nor of the Federal Reserve.
The rest of the two-day meet
ings will be devoted to business
sessions. The aim of the COM
mittee is to finance the Free
Polish government in London
in it's struggle against Commu-
mist domination of its country.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Police Suspend Rookie
In Rejecting RESIGNATION

Inspector Archie Winfree. di-
rector Of the Metropolitan Police
Academy, said yesterday the de-
partment has refused to accept
the resignation Of a rookie po-
liceman and has suspended him
instead, pending the outcome of
criminal charges.
Involved in the case is Thomas
T. Keller, %, of 10625 Dunmoor
drive. Silver Spring, Md, as
signed to the police academy on
March "a. The rookie rendered
his resignation yesterday. after
an Anne Arundel County grand
jury indicted him and 10 others
for rioting IN Riba tMd) tav-
ern.
Evening star., 1954-05-15

versity. said most library stu
dents have taken up the profess
sion through personal contact
with working librarians.
He told the some $50 gathered
here for the spring meeting that
not enough emphasis is placed
on the study of library science
in schools. 1T isn't made CLAM
orous enough he said. The
two-day meeting ends today.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
chunae Of Venue

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. R. =
A drunk staggered into the
county jail and demanded to be
arrested and thrown into jail.
The sheriff was willing to oblige
but asked the man why he want
ed to be clapped behind bars.
"I'm going to keep them city
police from getting me-" he re-
piled.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Maryland Librarians
Urged 10 Recruit Siaffs
BY the Associated Press

ANNAPOLIS. Md, May 15.-
The responsibility of recruiting
librarians lies with librarians
themselves. the Maryland Library
Association was told yesterday.
The Rev. James j. Kortendick,
director of the Department of
Library Science at Catholic Uni
Evening star., 1954-05-15

THE EVENING STAR, washington. D. C.
SATURDAY MAY 1884 - . -