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Evening star., 1954-05-15
BY the Assoeioted Press

HANOI, Indo- China, May Is.
The first contingent of the
$50 wounded, who are expected
to be flown out of Dien Bien
Phu by agreement with the
Communicated Wet Mimi, ar
rived by plane at Hanoi late
yesterday. The wounded eight
men included French paratroop-
ers, Algerians and Foreign Le-
gionnaireS.
Three more arrived today. All
are suffering from critical head
or body wounds. All interviews
were. forbidden until possibly
next week.
The French said the helicop-
ter which brought out the first
load from Dien Bien Phu was
blocked in" for hours by bad
weather. The delay caused ru-
mors that the Wet Mimi was
raising its price for carrying out
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Soviet Stymies Talks
On Atom Peace Plan,
Dulles Indicates
By the Assoeiafed Press

WILLIAMSBURG, Va, May
15.-Secretary of State Dulles
disclosed today that his efforts
to negotiate an atoms-for-peace
plan with Russia have hit the
same deadlock which all other
recent talks with the Russians
have run into.
Mr.. Dulles referred to the
matter somewhat indirectly. but
at Washington officials con-
firmed the impression his speech
gave and said the negotiations
would go on because the Soviet
attitude was not regarded in the
State Department as final"
President Eisenhower proposed
December 8 in a speech at the
United Nations that the United
States, Russia and other atomic
powers set up a world atom pool
for peaceful purposes. Mr.. Dulles
has negotiated on this directly
with Soviet Foreign Minister
Molotov at Berlin and Geneva
and through the American EN-
bassy in Moscow and the Soviet
Embassy here. i--'' s.
Outline Presented.
Between the Berlin and Geneva
Conferences he presented the
Russians with a, general out
line of how such an interna- :
tional organization could be
formed. At Geneva he q talked
further with Mr. Molotov and
got the latest information on
the Russian position.
This position, which appar-
emily formed the basis Of Mr..
Dulles comments here today,
was continued inSistence on
United States acceptance of a
ban en- atomic weapons. The
United States is only willing to
Danish atomic weapons as the
end result of a series of meas
ures designed to prevent viola
tionS and assure peace.
Mr.. Dulles declared that so far
this year I'VE have negotiated
in good faith with the Soviet
rulers in relation to the use of
atomic energy and in relation to
Germany, Austria, Korea and
now Indo- China"
In speech prepared for de-
livery at celebration commem-
Grating the Virginia resolution
for American independence and
the Virginia Bill of Rights, Mr..
Dulles continued:
always there Is a consistent
pattern. Never will they relax
their grip on what they have.
In each of the geographic
areas I mention, they insist upon
formula which will not only
assure the perpetuation of their
despotism within the areas they
now control, but also will allow
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Indo-Chinu
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on his insistence that the French
refrain from bombing the stra-
tegic highway from the fallen
French fortress to Son La, 70
miles to the east.
The Wet Mini explained that
their own wounded were to be
moved over the road. The French
approved this condition in prin-
ciple. 1t could not do otherwise
with thousands of its i'll and
wounded soldiers at the mercy
of the Communicated rebels.
On the face of it, the Wet
Mimi demand appears reason
able since they. too, are entitled
to worry about their own wound
ed. But there are other factors
which make it look highly sus-
picious.
Only Route for Troops.
The most important is that
the Dien Bien Phu-Son La road
route 41-is the only one over
which Gen. Clap can move his
men, vehicles and heavy artil-
lery eastward to their old base
around Tuyen Quang, so miles
northwest of Hanoi.
Gen. Clap stipulated that the
road be left unmolested only as
far as Son La. From there on
many routes and trails branch
off, permitting him to move his
forces without fear Of intercept
ton.
The French carried out heavy
bombardments of the highway
Immediately after the fall of
Dien Bien Phu last week and
continued up to a few hours be-
fore the Wet Mini demanded
they stop.
If French observation planes
report new mass troop move
,ments over the Son La highway,
the command here will be faced
with the angulshed decision OF
whether or not to bomb It.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Lewis Case Studied

Defense motions to quash per-
jury and criminal libel indict-
ments against Fulton Lewis. jr..
radio commentator. were being
considered at Ellicott City. Md.
today by Circuit Judge James
Clark, along with a brief filed by
the American Civil Liberties
Union as a friend of the court.
Judge Clark heard defense
arguments to throw out the
charges yesterday but made no
immediate ruling. June IA was
set as the date for the commen-
tator's trial if the dismissal mo-
tions are unsucceSsful.-AP.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Thanksgiving Mass Set

st. Stephen and the Incarna-
ton Episcopal Church. Sixteenth
and Newton streets NV. will
observe the second anniversary
of the buildings conservation
with a festival mass of thanks
giving at 10 am. tomorrow, cele-
brated by the Rev. Stuart F.
Cast, rector. Assisting will be
the Right Rev. Quentin K. Y.
Huang and the Rev. Rolla P.
Currie.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief
Foirf0x Police Arrest
81 ToqIess Motorists

Fairfax County police set UP
two road blocks last night and
arrested SO county motorists who
did not have the new Fairfax
license tags.
The road blocks were set up
at the county line on Telegraph
and GunSton Hall roads. All
Virginia cars were stopped and
registration cards were checked
to see if the owners lived in
Fairfax County. All motorists
who did live in Fairfax County
and did not have the SIS license
plate were given Summonses to
appear in court. Deadline for
purchase of the new county tags
was April 80.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Horse Show Cancelled

Inclement weather forced the
cancellation today of the ALL
Western Horse Show, sponsored
by the Kiwanis Club of Rock
vile, at Al-Marah Farm, Bethes-
da. Two performances will be
held tomorrow at the farm, River
road at Burdette road.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Saw Three i'm Car.

in the east portion in the fore
noon.
Virginia-Cloudy and cool with
occasional light rain or drizzle
in the east and central portions
tonight. Low $3.50, 50-55 along
the coast. Tomorrow. cloudy
with some drizzle in the east
portion in the forenoon, followed
by partly cloudy and warmer.
Wind-Northerly, 1918 miles
per hour.
River Report.
(From u. s. EngineerS.l
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and slightly muddy at Great Falls; Shen-
andoah cloudy at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Volunteers Protest

A group of Alexandria volun-
teer firemen last night rallied to
the support of Mayor Marshall
j. Beverley in a fight against
budget proposals which he calls
a threat to the volunteer system.
They voted 18 to / in favor Of
Mayor Beverley's campaign to
restore $8,400 to the 1954-55
budget for volunteer flremen and
eliminate funds for employment
of IL new paid flremen.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
PoNerIess Police

Prince Georges County had
eight new policemen yesterday
but none of them were authorized
to perform the usual duties Of.
law enforcement.
AmiXup in their $500 surety
bonds. was discovered by county
officials hours before the new
officers were to graduate from
their basic training. The county
commissioners attended the
graduation exercises after voting
ban on the performance of
any police functions by the new
men until the legal muddle Is
Straightened out.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Dinner at Grace Church

The men of Grace Episcopal
Church will give a chicken din
ner from 5 to 7::30 pm. on We'd
nesday in the parish hall, Ninth
and D streets S.W., for the
benefit of the church.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Dr., Docherty Will Preach

DR.. George M. Docherty will
preach on 'Eschatology" at $3.50
and II am. tomorrow at the
New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church. Thirteenth street and.
New York avenue NV.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
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was smashed on the right front
side, there was only slight dam
age to the left side and the steer
ing wheel was not bent.
Saw Three in Car.
Deputy Vernon also disclosed
the "third-person" phase of the
investigation. He said that while
patrolling on Route 301 at 8 am.
March % he saw the Hicks car
going south near La Plata and
as a sign of greeting touched his
siren.
Hicks pulled off the paving
and drove slowly along the edge
of the road, and as I passed at
low speed / saw three persons
on the front seat" the deputy
said. .s
II recognized two of Them" he
added. Hicks, the driver, and
his wife, who was sitting beside
her husband. and a man I did
not know"
About a half hour later. he
said, he saw the Hicks car
parked at Sollie's Restaurant.
two miles south of La Plata.
Mrs. Raymond Hindle and
Mrs. Donald Head, Mr.. Hicks
sisters, whose homes are near
the crash scene, said their
brother and his wife left their
bungalow about 10 pm. March
.27. ----~- - ..t.4
Told Brother Was Hurt.
Mrs. Hindle, whose. home is
nearest the bungalow in a three
house cluster. said she answered
her telephone 10 hours later and
was told by Mrs. Hicks that her
brother had been hurt in an
accident.
Shortly afterward, Mrs. Hindle
said. Mrs. Hicks called again and
said she believed her husband
was dead. Mrs. Hindle ran to
the scene, then called for med
ical aid while her husband went
to the sheriff's Office at La Plata
to report the accident.
Mrs. Hindle said when she
reached the scene she found her
brother sitting on the floor of
the car with his back against the
right front door and his legs
stretched under the steering
wheel. The car was fitted with
hand controls so that it could be
operated by Mr.. Hicks, who was
paralyzed from the waist down
by war wounds.
His clothing was not dis
arrayed," Mrs. Hindle said, land
his hair was carefully combed
and parted. His right arm was
raised as if to protect his face
and he had a composed appear
ance."
Mr.. Barbour said there was
blood on the victims sports
jacket and shirt when the body
was found.
Mrs. Hindle said several of her
six children told her the morn
ing after the crash they had
heard what sounded like an ex-
plosion, apparently the sound of
the car striking the house.
Mrs. Hindle said both she and
Evening star., 1954-05-15

Highest. 81, on May 3
Lowest. 13. on January 90.
High and Low of Last "a Hours.
High, 50, at 2:10 pm.
Low, 4S, at $40 am.
Evening star., 1954-05-15
ospsnmsn, Of esmme,ss

Scattered showers and thunderSOrm forecast tonight
for the Central Southern Plains Showers expected
Central Pacific Coast and drzzleS along the
immediate the Southern Pacific Coast States
1t will the Southern States east Of the
Rockies. Temperatures tonight will from the sos in
Montana to the low 70s in FOrida< ZAP Wrephoto Map
Evening star., 1954-05-15
Tide Tables.

FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1954-05-15
The Sun and Moon.
Precipitation

Monthly precipitat tion in inches In tn
Capital tcurrent month to datel:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
By Colt HendIey, Jr.

The House Appropriations
Committee today served notice
it would grant no more funds
after this year under the Capper-
Cramton Act. through which
parks in the Washington area
have been developed for "a years.
If the action stands, it would
have the effect of ending the act
which has been responsible for
the expansion of the park sys-
tenn here. It would leave incom-
pleted many major projects of
the areas master development
plan.
To wind up the program of
acquiring a park system in the
Washington Metropolitan Area,
the committee approved a $685.
600 final appropriation" This
included $135, 900 for the George
Washington Memorial parkway;
$4,000 for the Maryland
stream valley parks. and 1924, 900
for a playground in Southwest
Washington.
A subcommittee report accom-
panying the Independent Offices
appropriations bill, in which the
funds were included, declared:
THE committee has revised
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Circus Train Plagued by Death and Violence

report that Mr.. Doctor had been
thrown from the train. The
State attorney said this came
from James E. Kelly, 40, a cir
Gus candy concessionaire-the
man who said he, himself, was
thrown of at Dade City.
Mr.. McEwen said the man
with the skull fracture might
have been the one reported
beaten at Tampa. He was iden-
tilted as Irving L. Holland. a la
borer. He is in a Tampa hos
pital.
State Attorney Ted Duncan of
Gainesville questioned more
than 20 persons and ruled out
any possibility of murder.
A prolonged investigation
would have resulted in assault
charges because of the fights on
the train, said Mr.. Duncan. He
said in fairness to the circus he
cut short his probe and permitted
the train to speed away for its
New York opening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26

beaten and kicked in a drunken
brawl.
At Dade City. 80 miles north
of Tampa, a man was found
beside the tracks. He said he
was thrown off the train.
Ten miles farther along at
Trilby, a man was taken of the
train with a skull fracture.
Finally State Attorney James
M. McEwen of Tampa had the
train stopped at High Springs.
near Gainesville. while Alachua
County authorities questioned
the roustabouts, particularly
those of the elephant crew.
The dead man had worked
with that crew. He was Kenneth
Doctor, 27, of Buffalo, N. Y, an
American Indian.
Sheriff Roy Baden of Manatee
County. where the body was
found, said Mr.. Doctor had been
drinking and walking the tops Of
the cars, and from all reports
his death was an accident.
Mr.. McEwen said he had q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26

noticed on Hams Point; magno-
las are in bloom in Rawlins
Park. forsythia is following on
the Washington Monument
Grounds. among other places,
and pansies are in full flower
near the Tidal Basin.
Many of the visitors were high
school students, making their
annual pilgrimage to Washing
ton
But this years late Easter was
expected to divide the students
some groups coming for the
Cherry Blossoms and some wait
ing for the Easter vacation
The festival proper starts
Tuesday at 3 pm. with the cedi-
cation of a large granite lantern,
latest gift of the Japanese ped
pie to be placed beside the Tidal
Basin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Reds Fail 10 Press
Embassy Spy Charge
BY the Associuied Press

MOSCOW, Mar, 26.-No big
Moscow newspaper followed
through today on the sensa-
tional charges by the trade un-
ion journal Trud that four
Americans on the United States
Embassy's military staff here
Spied on Soviet installations
during a trip across Siberia.
The charges, carried exclu-
sively by Trud yesterday, created
stir in the Western diplomatic
colony here. The paper claimed
the four members of the En-
bassy military and air attaches
staff spied while aboard an ex-
press on which they travelled six
months ago from Moscow to
VladivoStok.
United States Ambassador
Charles E. Bohlen said the So
Wet government had made no
official representation to him
concerning the ewspaper's
charges. He refused to COM
ment otherwise.
The Embassy would only con-
firm the four had made the g.
000-mile rail trip to Vladivostok
last September. They were 1t.
Col. Howard L. Felchlin. Maj.
Martin j. Manhoff. Maj. Walter
Mckinney and S Sergt. Eugene
Williams. .
Trud said documents left be-
hind in the compartment in
which the four Americans had
travelled constituted an INTEL
ligence report on the main towns
and stations between Moscow
and Khabarovsk."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
House Group Action 7 Threatens
Many District Park Projects
'Finur Cupper-Cromton Act Funds Voted;
$545, 900 Provided for Three Projects

the language contained in the
bill to make it clear that this
is a final appropriation under
the authority of the act of May
%. 1880 (Capper-C ramton Act)
and if additional expansion of
the system is desired, additional
legislative authority will be re-
quired.
1T is with this thought in
mind that the committee rec
ommends the full amount of
the budget request for this year
SO that the present program
may be terminated in an orderly
fashion and the missing links
may join together isolated units
already in public ownership"
The move to scrap the Capper-
Cramton Act. led by the Federal
Budget Bureau, was first re-
vealed in The Star in April. 1853.
The land funds granted the
National Capital Planning Com
mission, which controls the
Capper-Cramton money, for the
current fiscal year totaled $780,
900. This money was to buy
land to extend the proposed
George Washington Memorial
Parkway on the Virginia side
of the Potomac River from the
tSee PARKS. Page A-5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26

chanism-a close-knit efficient
organization designed for the
destruction of the state-it can
be uprooted and smashed. But
because the growth of commu-
nism is a symptom of wide
spread and genuine disatisfac-
ton among the people of Italy.
the real cure can be found only
within the government itself.
If, because of corruption. or
political paralysis or neglect of
popular demand. the people lose
faith in democratic government.
no breakdown can save Italy
from totalitarianism of one
form or another. If communism
is stamped out on these terms
it can be done only at the very
real risk of reverting to an equal
ly uncongenial facism.
1t is this risk, one suspects,
that has held the government
hand in the past. Italy. after all.
is not France. The tradition of
democracy here is skin-deep. AS
a political animal, the Italian is
far more likely to run with the
pack than to bark by himself.
In an about war on communism,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Knight Is Given
Months and
$4,000 Fine
Assets DwindIing.
Sentence Ruins
Him, Court Told
By the Associated Pres:

BALTIMORE, Mar. 26.-Henry
Lloyd Knight. Was hington
dealer in airplane parts, today
was sentenced to 10 months in
prison and fined $4,000 for
sneaking material through the
Iron Curtain into Poland.
The fine applies jointly to
Knight and his personal firm, Air
Union, Inc. of Bethesda. Md.
Before imposing sentence, Fed
eral Judge w. Calvin Chestnut
heard a report that Air Unions
assets have dwindled to less than
$1,000 and knights personal
property is represented mostly
by his home at Bethesda, assessed
at $4,000.
In telling the judge of his
financial plight, Knight said.
I'm ruined"
Father Of Five Children.
God knows" he said. when
asked how his wife and their
five children will get along. The
children range in age from 4
to II.
Knight took the sentence
without any sign of emotion, as
did his wife. sitting in the court
roOm behind him.
Knight said he fell accidental
ly at a neighbours home last
night and broke a rib. but he
reported he was all right and
did not ask for any considera-
ton on that account.
Judge Chestnut said he had
no doubt Knight felt sincerely
in 1949 the airplane parts he
shipped to Poland were of no
military value. They were for
Douglas DC-3 transport planes
and went to the government
operated Polish airline.
Federal court officials here
said he was the first person ever
convicted of violating the neu-
trality law.
The Government charged he
shipped $4,000 worth of parts
to Poland.
Shipped to Dummy Firm.
This was done, testimony
showed, through a conspiracy
Knight worked out with his sales
agent and officials of Poland's
Communist government in Paris.
The parts were shipped to
SOFADEX, a dummy firm in
Paris. and then diverted to Pol
ish ships at Antwerp, Belgium.
knight contended through his
long trial which started March
he did not know SOFADEX
was dummy and the conspir-
acy was Matched in Paris with
out his knowledge. A jury Of
seven men and five women con-
victed both Knight and his com.
pany on Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Public Will See
H-Bomb Test Films

President Eisenhower has au-
thorized public release of official
pictures of the first hydrogen
bomb test explosion set off by
the United States in the Pacific
In November, 1852.
A 27l2-minute movie film of
the test will be released for
showing over TV stations and in
theaters as of 6 pm. April 7. At
the same time still pictures will
be released for publication in
newspapers and magazines.
The pictures. with commentary
explaining the significance of
the test, will be distributed by
the Civil Defense Administration
The pictures have been prepared
jointly by the Atomic Energy
Commission and the Defense De-
partment. They previously have
been shown privately to some
members of Congress, Civil De-
Tense officials and big city
Mayors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Advance Tide offspring I ourists
Starts Flowing Into Capital

The spring tide of tourists.
many Of them drawn by the
cherry blossoms. began flowing
into Washington today.
Like the railroads. airlines and
bus companies, the hotels and
tourist homes were preparing for
the big influx, expected for next
week end.
Although the japanese cherry
blossoms around the Tidal Basin
were not yet out of the bud,
Washington had some spring
f1nery to offer early arrivals.
National Capital Parks re-
ported early variety cherry trees
in bloom behind the Japanese
Embassy. visible along Rock
Creek parkway south of Massa-
chusetts avenue.
Some scattered blossoms were
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Three Killed, Four Missing
In Minnesota Hotel Fire
BY the Associated Press

CROOKSTON, Mimi, Mar. Is.
Fire which spread with al
most explosive speed roared
through the old Northwood Ho-
tel early today, killing at least
three persons and injuring six
others. Four are missing.
The blaze at first was thought
to be a minor one in the area
of the hotel kitchen, but shortly
after firemen arrived it burst
through the brick
structure. Most of the 38 guests
were able to get out by fire es-
capes or leaped and dropped
from second and third story
windows.
Only one of the dead was i'm
mediately identified. He was
A. F.. Sowl, A, Duluth. who had
jumped from a second-story
window. Two badly burned
bodies were taken from the
smoking ruins about nine hours
after the fire was reported.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Arab-IsraeI Crisis
Considered Grave as
Tension Increases
U. S. Officials Worried
Thut Bus Incident
Moy Set OFF War
"a, 1~-a. D..
By Jones {. Roper

Arabs and Jews of the Middle
East are embroiled in their worst
crisis in several years.
1t could lead to large-scale
fighting.
The United States is gravely
worried.
The Jewish-Arab crisis has
worsened since March II. On
that day. men wearing Arab
dress ambushed a bus in Israel
10 miles from the border with
Jordan. They killed II Jews.
This was an "incident"-the
type of incident long feared and
long expected. Arab and Jewish
reaction was as violent as diplo-
mats can get.
The Arab bloc and Israel &C
cuSed each other of threatening
war. Each showed it was ready
to retaliate. And each side COM
peted for America favor in the
diplomatic andjor military duel
to come. It went like this:
/. Israeli Ambassador A b a
Eban. even before he received
official word Of the bus shooting,
rushed to the State Department
to call the American Govern
ment'S attention to press dis
patches about the incident.
2. On Tuesday, ENJOYS from
seven Arab states called on Sec.
rotary of State Dulles with a
warning: IF the mounting ten
sion in the Near East. which is
caused by Israel. should lead
Israel to any aggressive, expan-
sionist action concerning any of
their countries. the other coun-
tries. being bound together by
the Arab Collective Security
(See MIDDLE EAST. Page A-3.)