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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
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day morning by Washington
time.
The incident was announced
first by Assistant Secretary Of
Defense Fred A. Seaton.
Moscow quickly got on the
official record, summoning Am
baSsador Charles E. Bohlen to
the Kremlin to hand him q note
which declared that the United
States plane had opened fire
when two Russian craft ap-
preached with the aim of pro
posing that it should leave i'm
mediately the air space of the
Soviet Union" The note said
the Russian craft "were forced
to open fire in return"
The Russians contended there
had been previous incursions by
American planes into Soviet ter
ritory, demanded that steps be
taken to prevent any in the
future, and urged this govern
ment to deal severely with those
responsible.
Washington promptly fired
back a rejection and a note of
its own.
1.-THE United States Govern
ment protests this wanton and
unprovoked attack on a United
States Navy aircraft engaged on
a peaceful mission over the high
seas" one note said.
1.-THE United States Govern
ment requests that measures be
taken to subject those reSpon-
sible to immediate and proper
punishment. The United States
Government reserves all rights
to claim damages for loss of
property and lives and for other
circumstances resulting from
this illegal attack by Soviet air.
craft"
Survivors in Good Health.
In Tokyo. the Navy said the
nine surviyors-two of them Of
ficers-were in good health de-
spite their night bobbing around
on life RATS and that none was
injured.
The missing man, Ensign Reid.
is the husband of Mrs. Patricia
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
By John N. Hishtower
Assoeiciad Press Staff Mritar

The cold war has famed to
q shooting phase again in the
Far East despite considerable
talk Of peace and co-existence
between the Communist and
nom Communist worlds.
Geneva-born hopes that peace
In Indo-C China had ended the
shooting are crumbling. under
the bombardment Of Red Chi
nese shore batteries off the is.
land of Quemoy and the spat-
tering of Soviet fighter plane
machinegunS.
Ofiicials here are reluctantly
swinging round to the idea that
trouble on a dangerous scale
could break out again In the
Orient. At present the trend of
events is more Worrison1e than
Immediately threatening but it
Is unquestionably q dangerous
trend.
The latest incident occurred
Saturday when two Soviet jet
fighters swooped down upon an
American Navy patrol bomber
near the Siberian coast and sent
1t diving into the sea. One Navy
ensign is missing.
Seek Explanation.
Officials here searched for
some explanation for the Incl
dent and some significance that
might throw light on Soviet
aims.
One related fact stands out.
About a year ago an American
patrol plane was shot down in
roughly the same position over
the open sea-.
-Four years ago over the inter-
national waters Of the Baltic an
American patrol plane was de-
stroyed by Soviet fighters. Little
more than a month ago. in July,
Red Chinese fighter pilots de-
stroyed a British commercial
airliner near Hainan Island in a
sensational attack that cost
three American lives and in
juries to three other United
States citizens.
May Seek Wider Limits.
The whole series of attacks on
aircraft over the open sea sug-
gests the possibility that the
Reds may be trying to establish
a control of ocean areas around
their shores substantially beyond
the traditional Smile limit or
the sometimes claimed 12-mile
limit.
A special circumstance in the
case of the British airliner was
that the Chinese Communists
claimed they thought they were
shooting at a Chinese National
list plane. They apologized to
Britain and offered to pay dam
ages. The incidents involving
American planes have brought
diplomatic stalemates-each side
insisting its version is correct.
Some authorities speculated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
Prisoners Are Given
-Four Vacations Each
Year in Sweden
By ,hs As.oeiossd Press

STOCKHOLM, Sept. sIn
Sweden the prisoners get four
vacations q year.
Prison rules here are perhaps
the most liberal In the world.
Swedes call It "the modern way
of treating prisoners.
Felons have four annual leaves
of three days each. They cam
not go outside q certain area,
cannot get drunk or start brawl-
ing, and must return in 70 hours.
Otherwise they are on their own
with the equivalent of SIS
earned at work in prison.
Violators Of leave rules can be
punished by 80 days In solitary
confinement. From 10 to 20 per
cent of the leave-takers break
the rules. but no prison plans to
abandon the vacation procedure.
Exerts Good Effect.
Warden Gunnar Rudstedt of
Langholmen Prison says the re-
sponsibility of the vacations ex-
erts a good effect and has "re-
duced the sexual alterations
that occur in every prison."
Eight years ago Swed e n
adopted policy of treating
prisoners with due respect for
their human dignity" Inmates
occasionally receive their wives
in prison rooms. Girls studying
social welfare at a university go
to Uppsala Prison to play chess
and table tennis with prisoners.
or to lead discussions on re-
ligion or ethics. Authorities say
the prisoners behave like gen.
tlemen at prison dances.
There's a novel cure" for
prison breakers. They are sent
to institutions without walls or
fences. There are fewer breaks
from these places than there
are from walled prisons.
Work ON the Outside.
Toward the end of their terms
some Of the men take up work
at regular wages outside the in
stitutions. returning to their
bases only for sleep or ''free
time"
With a population Of seven
million, Sweden has about 5000
prisoners. Only go or 10 of them
are women. The 1916 legislation
setting up new rules for their
treatment abolished confinement
in locked cells in daytime. The
prisons are, in effect, workshops
for state institutions. They make
letter boxes, furniture and car
pets.
Most authorities seem to feel
the system helps ease prisoners
back into society, with substan-
tial benefits.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
152-Yeur-OId Fish
CAUGHT in Ontario

OTTAWA.-Scientists Of the
Canadian Wildlife Service have
confirmed that a sturgeon caught
in Ontario's Lake Of the Woods
was 152 years old.
The 215-pound fish, 81 inches
long, was caught by Harold
Johnson, Kenora, Ontario.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
Admiral {. c. KoIbfus,
Headed War College
BY the Assoeiu,sd Press

NEWPORT. r. l.. Sept. g.
Admiral Edward c. Kalbfus,
U.S.N., retired, died today at the
Newport Naval Hospital. He was
70.
Admiral KalbfuS twice was
president of the Naval War Col.
lege, and was in command OF
the Newport Naval Base from
194l through the war. He re-
tired in 1916.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06

yesterdays report of an Ameri-
can patrol plane shot down.
Mr.. Collins said the grass
roots" of the Legion wants a
definite line drawn showing chow
much of the free world can be
lost before we take a stand"
Asked whether he would draw
the line" at the shooting of the
patrol plane, he replied, mo, I
wouldn't it is just one of
those unfortunate circumstances
of this game we're playing I.
this cold war"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-06
Posture Lend

RALEIGH. - North Carolina
has about one million acres of
improved pasture land.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Frank Getty, Sc, Dies;
Public Relations Man
.+
And Former Editor

Frank Getty, SO. a Washington
public relations man for about
20 years and former newspaper
man, died yesterday at the Will
lard Hotel where he had been
staying for the last week. He
had been in i'll health with a
heart condition.
- Mr.. Getty's widow, Ida, is in
Doctors Hospital where she had
an operation. They lived at
2025 I street NV.
K Mr.. Getty was born in Boston
and was a foreign correspondent
during World War I. He worked
for the United Press until about
1928 and at one time was sports
editor for the news service. He
was city editor of the Milwaukee
journal and then Joined the
Washington Post.
II For several years he was
Washington representative of an
advertising firm before he formed
his own public relations agency.
His Office was in the Sheraton
Building.
/. Mr.. Getty was member of
the National Press Club ard the
Public Relations Society OF
America.
Besides his widow, he is sur
Vived by a brother, Forbes j.
Getty. Pittsburgh.
{ He was previously married to
the sister of silent film star
Theda Bara, and also to Max
Inc Davis. magazine writer.
& Funeral arrangements are be-
ing handled by Gawler's funeral
home.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

Mrs. E. F. Kelly, Widow
OF WASHINGTON Physician

Mrs. E. F. Kelley, widow of
Dr.. Kelly. who was secretary OF
the American Pharmaceutical
Association. died yesterday at
Eibley Hospital.
She lived at 1911 Twenty-sec-
ond street NV. and at her coun-
try home, "Montrose" in Cockeys-
vile, Md.
! The former Marian Low, Mrs.
Kelly was born in Crystal Lake,
Fla. She and her husband lived
In Baltimore until 1884.
Mrs. Kelly is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Kathleen Cox,
Towson. Md: two sons, Army 1t.
Col. E. F. Kelly, jr., stationed in
Chicago: Kenneth L. Kelly, of
the Twenty-Second street ad-
dress, a Bureau of Standards
employe; a sister, Miss Minnie
Low, Towson, and a grand
daughter. Sheila Ann Cox.
Services will be held at 4 pm.
tomorrow at Hines funeral home,
2901 Fourteenth street NV.
Burial will be Tuesday in Car
thage, N. c.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
,Rees Asks CSC 10 Plan
For Hiring in Emergency
sy the A..oe;a,ed Pres.

Representative Rees. Republic
can. Kansas yesterday called on
the Civil Service Commission to
start preparing a blueprint for
recruiting and handling the ad-
ditional Federal workers he said
would be needed in a national
emergency.
Mr.. Rees said in a statement
he has written Chairman Philip
Young of the commission sug-
gested that qualified personnel"
start advance planning.
This is just as important as
some phases of military plan
ning," Mr.. Rees' wrote, because
emergency military operation is
dependent to such a great de-
gree upon our ability" to operate
an expanded staff of civilian Of
ficialS.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Congress to Get Plea to Clarity
Policing of Pentogon Section

The Arlington County Board
has decided to ask the help of
Congress to clear up police jur-
isdiction of the Pentagon area
mo mans land"
The board made the decision
after receiving a report from
Carlisle Johnstone. public safety
director. saying that attempts to
clear up the situation have been
fruitlesS so far. Mr.. Johnstone
said he did not believe anything
would be done until the situa-
ton is decided by Federal
statute"
The "no-man's land" includes
sections under exclusive jurisdic-
ton of Arlington police. Park
police, Pentagon police and mill
tary and air police, together with
some under concurrent jurisdic-
tions, Mr.. Johnstone said. In
addition, he said. there is also
Evening star., 1954-05-02
ca involved" /"

a controversial area involved" /"
Policing "Sidestepped."
The Arlington Advisory Board
of the American Automobile As
sociation had told the board that
traffic law enforcement has
been sidestepped by police au-
thorities who were unwilling to
take action unless assured they
had authority to do So"
The hazy jurisdiction also
clouds solution of crimes in the
area.
Evening star., 1954-05-02
Alexandria Group Meets

The Alexandria Association
will hear recommendations on
preservation of Alexandria's his
toric antiquities at a meeting at
8 pm. tomorrow in GadSby'S
Tavern, Cameron and Royal
streets.
Evening star., 1954-05-02

HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNI HONORED-Drs. Allen Cross Alan
Kreglow W. Smawood will honored for their
Extraordinary interest community activities" at dinner
High School Alumni Association Wednesday,
program held to II pm. in the
school, will be oneact play and selections by the Eastern
Chorus and Band
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
SAR Official 0usfed
For Mccarthy Criticism
ey the Assoeictsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 49,
David L. German. jr., has been
ousted as president of the Phil
adelphia Chapter of the Sons OF
the American Revolution after
he criticized the chapters plans
to honor Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican, of Wisconsin.
The Senator is scheduled to
receive the chapters Good Citi-
zenship Medal at a Washington's
Birthday luncheon. Mr.. Ger
man had said the decision to
honor Senator Mccarthy was
passed over his objections and
he would not attend the lunch
con.
His dismissal was announced
last night in a statement signed
by Charles r. Fish. vice presi-
dent, who said he will at once
assume the Office of president"
Mr.. Fish said the dismissal was
ordered by the chapters Board
of Directors.
Mr.. German, an attorney,
termed his custer illegal" CON
temptible" and "un-American. a."
He identified Mr.. Fish as a "close
friend of McCarthv."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Wet Mini Peasants
Stay 70 in Village
By the Associated Press

HANOI, Indo- China. Feb. ia
Wet Mimi commando troops. dis
guised at peasants, have entered
a busy market place in Catho-
lie village in the southeastern
part of the Red River delta and
killed at least 20 of the Wet
Namese residents.
Firing rifles and pistols and
hurting grenades into defense
less crowds, the Communicated
Wet Mini forced nearly 1000
Wet Namese to flee screaming
from the village to seek hiding
places in the adjoining rice
fields.
The commands attacked be-
tween 9 am. and noon February
II. Five hundred persons are
reported missing and many of
them are feared to be dead. But
spot investigators said today
there was no way of telling how
many of these would eventually
return to the village of Than
Thuong. This village is miles
southeast of Thai Binh, which in
turn is SIS miles southeast of
Hanoi.
The rest of the population al
ready has returned and the viii
lage is now under the protection
of French mobile units and Wet
NameSe soldiers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Trucking Line Seeks to Send
Loaded TruiIers Via Ships

The Interstate Commerce
Commission has been asked to
approve $50 million venture to
haul tractor trailers, loaded
with freight, up and down the
Atlantic Coast in ships.
The application filed this
week was for approval of a
merger between the Mclean
Trucking Co., Winston Salem,
N. c.. and the S. c. Loveland
Co., Inc, a steamship and tug
and-barge water carrier.
Loaded trucks would drive on
and off the ships at Atlantic
Coast ports and continue their
freight carrying journey by
highway. Four special ships
would be built by the shipbuild-
ing division of Bethlehem Steel
Co.
To begin, the new ships are
scheduled to call at one South
Atlantic port, probably Whining
ton or Charleston. and at two
North Atlantic ports, New York
and Providence, r. 1. Company
officials said more ports of call
would be added as the service is
expanded.
Six round trips a week are
planned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18

The new ships would be de-
signed to carry about 240 trail
ers on two inclosed trailer decks.
They could load or unload in
about four hours.
This particular type of oper-
alton could reduce lading costs
considerably. 1t was pointed out
that the average conventional
5,000-ton coastwise vessel re-
quires about 21a days to unload,
whereas the new ships, carry
ing a 3,500-ton payload. can be
unloaded in about four hours.
In addition, the load can be
driven off the docks without ad-
ditional handling.
The firm would build it's own
dockside facilities for it's exelu-
sive use.
j. 4. Mclean, executive vice
president of the trucking COM
pany, outlined the plan this
week to the executive board of
the International Brotherhood
of Transfers, and he said the
board approves the operation.
Officials said the present oper-
atoms of both the trucking COM
pany and the shipping company
would be continued.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
CoIored Civic Leader
Spurns US. Job Here,
Cites Segregation
BY the Associated Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Feb.
18.-Paul Phillips, a colored
civic leader, today rejected
high Government appointment
and said one reason was racial
segregation in Washington.
He said he did not wish to
submit his family, and especially
his young son, to the necessary
adjustment.
Mr.. Phillips, executive secre-
tary of the Grand Rapids Urban
League, had been offered the
appointment as special assistant
in Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby's
Welfare Department.
Gives Two Reasons.
In a letter to Mrs. Hobby, Mr..
Phillips said he was "humbly
grateful for the honor of being
considered for the post, but that
there were two reasons why he
could not accept.
He listed, first, the evident
progress, though slow, being
made in Grand Rapids toward
the desired democratic goal of
equal opportunity for all and
the dignity of the individual. 1t
is our desire to remain with the
league" he said.
THE second reason" Mr..
Phillips wrote, "is a very per-
sonal one. In our opinion it
would be unfair and unwise to
ask my family, and especially
our 7-year-old son, to live in
and attempt to adjust to the
rigid pattern of racial segrega-
ton that exists in Washington"
Difficulty of Adjustment.
Mr.. Phillips said he believed
President Eisenhower was max
ing a sincere effort to eliminate
segregation in the Capital, but
nevertheless the pattern is such
it would make adjustments very
difficult"
Being adults" he continued,
my wife and I try to make
some attempt at understanding
and solving the problem.
But how does one explain
racial segregation to a child"
Mr.. Phillips, a former Mar
quette University athlete, was
member of a group which toured
Europe last summer at the in
vitation of the State Department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Duff Calls for Speed
On Air Academy Bill
BY the Assoeioted Press

Senator Duff, Republican, of
Pennsylvania, asked for quick
Senate approval today Of a
separate Air Force academy as
top Air Force officials were'called
before the Senate Armed Serv-
ices Committee to support the
project.
With chief military emphasis
on air power" Senator Duff said
in an interview, he favors estab-
lishment Of a third service
academy, similar to West Point
and Annapolis.
There isn't any question that
the Importance of air power will
be predominant continuously in
the future" Senator Duff said.
Pending before the Senate
group is House-passed bill
which would authorize establish
ment of the air academy. give
Secretary of the Air Force Tai
bolt authority to select its
permanent site, and authorize up
to $26 million to start the
project.
At present the Air Force gets
up to one-fourth of the gradu-
ating classes from West Point
and Annapolis who volunteer for
air duty.
The academy authorization
was passed by the House Janu-
airy 81.
Chairman Saltonstall has not
announced his position on the
air academy ont other Commit
teemen said they knew of no
opposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Dairy Supply Association
Is Meetinq at Shoreham

The annual meeting of the
Dairy Industries Supply Associa-
ton is being held at the Shore
ham Hotel here today and to-
morrow.
Feature of the two-day ses-
sion will be a dinner address at
$50 pm. today by Horace B.
Mccoy, deputy administrator Of
Business and Defense Services
Administration of the Commerce
Department.. He will speak on
industry Government relations
The association is composed
of 400 member organizations
that supply machinery and
equipment to the dairy industry
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Oil Workers Will Vote
On Merger Of Unions
~ the Assoeiosed Press

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ia
proposal to merge $4,000 work.
ers in the oil industry into one
big union goes back to the rank
arid-file membership today after
their representatives agreed on
a constitution to govern the pro-
posed organization.
The agreement came last night
after three days Of meetings by
200 delegates claiming to rep
resent 81 separate unions in the
oil industry.
A 14-member committee drew
up, and the rest of the delegates
unanimously approved, an as
sessment schedule to finance the
organization. It was the last big
stumbling block to agreement.
The dues structure calls for
a per capita monthly charge Of
$1.35 to be paid to the parent
body, to be called the oil and
chemical workers international
union.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Stussen in Formosu,
Will Talk With Chiuno
BY the Associated Press


TAIPEH. Feb. IS. - United
States Foreign Aid Chief Harold
Stassen arrived today for con-
ferences with Nationalist Chi
nese leaders who are expected to
appeal for American financial
support of a four-year plan to
make Formosa self-supporting.
Mr.. Stassen flew here from Ko-
rea. He talked with United States
Ambassador Karl L. Rankin and
representatives of the military
assistance advisory group. Later
he was to call on Nationalist
President Chang Kai-shek.
He is scheduled. to leave to-
morrow for Saigon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Customs Free in Cunuries

LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands.
The sea water off the Canary
Islands resort beaches is warmer
in winter than the water in
summer off Casablanca, on the
North African coast. Santa Cruz
and Las Palmas are free ports,
with no customs duties.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18

y II e 0CNuI Ivy
Storage Co.
here, has been
chosen a vice
president of
t he National
F. IN i t u r e
w a r e house,
mems Associ-
alton. T h is
group repre-
S e n is t h e
h GU S e h oil d
goods moving
a n d storage
industry. Mr..
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18

m e e ng Of
the ank' S
Board of Di-
rectorS and
Mr.. Rowe will
assume man.
ager S h ip of
the bra nc h
located at the
Naval Receiv-
ing Station, in
Anacostia. "a
Mr.. r ow e,
born in Scot
land May %,
1923, came to
thu Hnifnd
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18

States as a youth, lived in
Ventnor City, N. J. He spent two
years with the Ventnor City
National Bank. Then he came to
Washington and has been en-
ployed by the Anacostia National
Bank since February %, 1948.
He advanced through various
positions to loan interviewer,
post from which he is elevated
to manager. Mr.. Rowe attended
Benjamin Franklin University, is
active in the American Institute
of Banking and is a member Of
the Board of, Governors of the
Washington Chapter of the
Institute. He is now serving his
second year as editor of the chap
ter's publication Dollars and
Sense.
Wurehousemen Pick Gore
Philip Larner Gore, vice pres
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Louis Rowe Named
Branch Manager by
Anacostia National
By William A. MiIIen

A. Scott Offutt, president.
Anacostia National Bank. today
announced appointment of Louis
Rowe as branch manager.
The action was taken after a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Warmth at 40 Miles

NEW HAVEN. - At 40 miles
above the earth the temperature
ranges to ITO degrees above zero.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
Stewart Heads Group

Frank G. Stewart, president
Standard Automotive Supply
Co.. 1885 Fourteenth street NV,
has been named chairman of the
committee in charge of the
Automotive Service Industries
Show. to be held at Chicago in
December. This will display au-
tomotive parts, accessories, ga
rage and service station equip
ment and supplies. Several
hundred manufacturers and
wholesalers are expected to par
ticipate, officials explained.
Mr. Stewart will represent the
Motor and Equipment Wholesal-
ers' Association, a sponsoring
group of which he is former
president.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-18
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