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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Mother Of Two
Found Slain in
Nearby Virginia
Children Are Tied;
Nephew Suspect Is
Caught at cuIpeper
BULLETIN

Virginia State Police this
afternoon picked up Robert
Sigmon, sought in the fatal
shooting of his aunt in nearby
Groveton, Va, early today. He
had taken a taxi to Culpeper
and was arrested near there
attempting to hitchhike.
A 35-year-old mother of two
was shot to death in Groveton,
Va, today after her two terrified
children had been trussed up
with a clothesline. They freed
themselves after three hours.
Police are seeking her 17-year-
old nephew. Robert Sigmon, for
mer inmate of the National
Training School here, who has
been making his home with his
aunt and uncle since his parole
last October. The boy is armed
with rifle, police said.
The victim was Mrs. Isabel
Harris, of Sc Williamsburg road.
Jefferson Manor, wife of Wade
B. Harris, an A&P store butcher.
Mrs. Harris, a bullet wound in
her chest, was found in bed in
her second floor bedroom by her
husband after the oldest child.
Charlotte, IL. had freed herself
from the rope and telephoned
him.
Child Afraid to Move
For almost three hours, she
stayed in the bedroom adjoin-
ing her mothers, afraid to in
vestigate the lone shot she
heard Police Capt. James NJ.
Mahoney and Detective David
Eike said she told them Sigmon
had warned her "he'd shoot her
if she came downstairs"
The younger child, steve, 8.
had been beaten and then tied
and left in the basement.
The girl told police and her
father that the shooting came
after an argument when Robert
demanded money from his aunt.
No Hint of Discord
Mr.. Harris said he left for
work about 8:15 this morning
and that there had been no hint
of discord in the house.
Apparently the shooting came
shortly after he left, but because
of the children's fear in the face
of Sigmon's reported threat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Alert Against Tidal Wave
In Pacific Islands Lifted
BY the Associated Press

PEARL HARBOR, Mar. 49,
North Pacific islands from the
Aleutians to Guam and Hawaii
relaxed today after an alert
against a tidal wave was lifted.
The Hawaiian Sea Frontier
had ordered the alert late yes
terday because of an undersea
earthquake OF Siberia's Kam-
chatka Peninsula. The alert was
lifted after check points in the
Aleutians and on Midway Island
reported no danger.
On April /, 1916, a seismic
wave kicked up in the Aleutians
killed nearly ESQ persons in Ha-
wall and damaged millions Of
dollars Of waterfront property.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Lysistroto Cleared as Post Office Alters Views

however. they decided it maybe
isn't so bad after all.
At least Post Office Solicitor
Abe McGregor Golf released the
book to the booksellers attorney.
Edward de Grazia today.
Mr.. Golf also released a state
ment which did not explain the
departments change of heart:
while the illustrations are
unretouched and the text is
different in some respects from
the common expurgated editions,
we decided to not contest the
delivery of this single book to
an individual collector"
Apparently the department felt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Bonn S Upper House
Votes lis Ratification
OF Arms Pacts, 1919
Soar Agreement Gets
Through by Narrow
Margin of 21-l7
BY the Associated Press

BONN. Germany, Mar. 49,
The Bonn Parliament completed
its approval of West German re-
armament today. 1t was the
ninth of the Is national legis-
latures which must approve be-
fore Germans can put on West
ern uniforms.
Prospects of West German re-
armament improved still more as
a Socialist threat of court action
appeared failing. Socialist sources
said they doubted they could get
enough members of Parliament
to sign a petition bringing the
controversial Saar agreement
with France before the Federal
Constitutional Court.
The West German Bundesrat
Upper House, cast an over
whelming 1913 vote today for the
key Paris treaty ending the Allied
occupation and approving rearm-
ament. The Bundestag Clover
Housed ratified by a similar q
to-1 vote February 81.
Because no objection was
raised, three other Paris pacts
were approved in the Bundesrat
without vote. They would per-
NIT allied troops to remain ir
West Germany and admit the
Bonn Republic to the seven.
nation West European Unior
and the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
Saar Pact Squeaks Through
The final Paris agreement-te
put the German-speaking, coal
rich Saar under internationa
control while leaving it linked
economically to France - JUS
squeaked through the upper
house. The Bundesrat vote wa!
21-17 paralleling the 263-202 ap'
proval in the Bundestag.
Unless the Socialists could fol.
low through on their threat tt
challenge the Saar accord's con.
stitutionality, the majority wa!
sufficient. Otherwise it nigh
need a two-thirds vote for ap.
proval.
The Bundesrat action put thu
spotlight squarely on France
whose Senate begins debate or
the treatiest next Wednesday
The French National Assembly
approved the pacts December 80
And the final Senate vote is ex'
pected next Friday.
Approval also has been giver
by the Parliaments of Britain
Canada, Greece. Iceland, Italy
Norway. Portugal and Turkey
Legislative action still must come
in Belgium, Denmark, Luxem'
bourg, the Netherlands and thu
United States. Their ratification
is considered a certainty ono,
West Germany and France hav,
completed the process.
Adenauer Is Jubilant
Chancellor Konrad Adenaue
was jubliant at the successful
outcome of his long struggle
This does away with Yalta." HI
declared, referring to the BIZ
Three conference in, February
1945, which began the alice
planning for the occupation o
Germany.
President Theodor Heuss wa
Continued on Page AT, Col. /
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

that it's detentions of this classic
about women who use sex as a
weapon for peace would imperil
its current "Clean-Up-the Mails"
drive. Civil liberties advocates
and anti-censorship forces had
severely criticized the mailman's
ban. calling it a clear case of
bureaucratic shopping"
Solicitor Golf personally de-
livered "Lysistratro' to Mr.. de
Grazia, this morning. He will
presumably get 1t into the mails
for his client at the earliest pos
sible moment. Possibly marking
it special delivery"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
By Mary MeGrory
IySistrata is out of stir.

GySiStrata Is out Of SUR.
The Post Office Department
decided today to let the 2,400-
year-old Greek comedy 60
through the mails that is.
Last August. when they inter-
copied a rare English edition Of
Aristophane's most famous satire
en- route from England to a Cali
fornia bookseller, the Post Once
Department called it plainly
lewd. obscene and lascivious."
On second thought-or look
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Cain Urges Early End
0fAttorneyGeneraI's
LIST Of 'Subversives'
Would Give Clean Bill
To All Who Quit Front
Groups Before Publication

By l. Edgar Primo

Former Senator Harry P. Cain,
renewing his criticism of the
Federal internal security sys-
tenn. today called for prompt
liquidation" of the Attorney
Generals list of subversive Or
CARNATIONS.
An Eisenhower appointee to
the Subversive Activities Control
Board. he urged that a clean
bill on security be given to any
one who had been az member Of
any of the more than $50 pro-
scribed groupS-with the excep-
ton of the Communist Party
and had resigned before the
list was first made public in
1947.
In a speech prepared for de-
livery before the annual con-
ference of the National Civil
Liberties Clearing House at the
Hotel 2400, he argued that no
organization should be listed
by the Justice Department unless
it is simultaneously" announced
that prosecution would start
within several months.
Flaunts Historic Tradition
Until the prosecution of a
case is undertaken. the listing
authority remains as judge. jury
and prosecutor" Mr.. Cain said.
This is hardly in keeping with
our historic tradition. :"
The SACB, under the Internal
Security Act of 1850. has the
task of deciding whether the
Attorney Generals charges that
a certain group is Communist
dominated can be substantiated
Mr.. Cain was appointed a board
member a few months after he
was defeated for reelection to
the Senate in November, 1852.
A conservative Republican
from the State of Washington
the speaker also urged that nc
sanctions be applied to any per-
son who quits an organization
when it is found by the SAGE
and the courts to be guilty as
alleged by the Attorney General
He offered two principal ways
to liquidate the subversive list:
! Speed up adjudication of the
charges against the prescribed
groups and eliminate the dead
wood" of organizations no longer
en- existence.
MI. Cain gave strong support
to proposals for establishing ar
independent commission tt
study and recommend changes
in the entire Government secur.
ity system. GA Senate subcom.
mlttee. headed by Senator Hum.
phrey. Democrat, of Minnesots
currently is holding hearings or
the matter.)
Seeks Uniform Standards
He said that such a commits.
sion-and he offered it the name
Of National Internal Security
Council-could help bring about
uniform and consistent stand.
ards and procedures and TAXI
the problem of security out o.
politics.
Il do maintain that politica
considerations in security ques'
tions has been the major source
Of our discomfort and diminish
(See CAIN, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

bit Of Laos or bit OF Burma.
But eventually Pridi Is expected
to do just that.
His aim would be to unseat the
government of Prime Minister
Pibun Songgram, now a staunch
anti Communist.
Pibun's record, however, is not
lily white. When the japanese
threatened Thailand during
World War II, Pibun asked the
British for military support.
When the British were unable
to respond, Pibun surrendered
his country to the japanese. and
(See ROPER, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Fascist Headquarters
Bombed in Naples
BY the Associated Press

NAPLES, Mar. ia bomb
exploded today in the provincial
headquarters of the Fascist Ital-
ian Social Movement. One Of
fee room was wrecked, but there
were no casualties.
A party spokesman blamed the
attack on the Communists. Feel
ings between the two factions
have been particularly high since
group of Fascist youths re-
Gently smashed a Communist
headquarters in Rome.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Thomas in Argentine

BUENOS AIRES. Argentina,
Mar. 10 tP.-United States Navy
Secretary Charles S. Thomas
arrived today to repay last years
visit in Washington by Argen-
tina's navy secretary. Rear Ad-
miral Anibal Olivieri. Mr..
Thomas will spend six days in
Argentina.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

use of the papers when he took
the Senate floor this afternoon
to criticize President Roosevelt
for having told Congress in 1945
that the Yalta conference dealt
only with the war in Europe.
Senator Knowland declared
that Mr.. Roosevelt's statement
comes near to what in the Army
we call making a false report to
a co-equal branch" The con-
ference dealt at length with Rus
sia's entry into the war against
Japan and other Pacific matters,
Capehart Raps Policies
Earlier Senator Capehart, Re-
publican, of Indiana, declared
that the papers, which recorded
the 1945 Roosevelt Stain :
Churchill meeting in the Cri-
mea, would be Every, very dam
aging to the Democrats"
He said the documents, en-
bodying a half-million previously
secret words, are filled with po-
lrtical implications which prob
ably will carry over to the 1856
presidential campaign"
He also said publication would
make Democrats more docile in
following the Presidents for
eign policy"
Senator Mundt. Republican, OF
South Dakota agreed with SEN
ator Capehart when he termed
the papers a political gold mine
which is timeless." =
And Senator Bender. Repub-
lican. of Ohio said that the Yalta
secrets, which for years have
haunted the Democratic Party
may well shock the conscience
of the world"
Still Being Examined
The papers were released by
the State Department Wednes-
day evening in a surprise move
after an official declaration that
publication now would be mad
visable in the light of national
security and United States rela-
tions with foreign nations. Re-
lease came after it was learned
that a newspaper had a copy.
Senator Knowland, in taking
the floor to defend publication
of the papers, said he woulc
discuss them at greater length
later on.
His criticism of Mr.. Roosevelt
was based on a report the late
President made to Congress or
March l, 1945, two weeks after
his return from Yalta.
At that time, the President
said:
quite naturally, this confer
ence concerned itself only with
the European war and with thu
political problems of Europe
and not with the Pacific war"
Misleading Charged
Senator Knowland said HI
could understand the necessity il
wartime of not making public
information about such a con-
ference. He said he could alst
understand a President making
no mention at all of certain sub.
jects. or explaining that full dis
closure was not possible at tina
time. But he said he doubted
if anyone holding the Office O
President had a right to misleas
Congress.
| Running to 1854 pages, tn.
newly released documents ar,
still being examined by politi
clans and others for information
on the crucial discussions which
led to Russia's entry into tn,
Pacific war and controversial
concessions to the Russian leadel
Continued on Page A, Col l.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Teen-Agers Active
In Civil Defense

TEEN ScENE-The community will
count or teen-oser in che event Of
on enemy ottoek. For the weekly
column, Teen Scene. and the things
teen-oeer con and ere doing for
civil defense, see pose BIS.
LEN7tN THoUeHTs-The Rev. G.
v. Hortke. o. p, head Of the speech
and dromo department OF Catholic
University, feels one should Toxic time
out to concentrate on the presence
Of God world Of utility and speed.
See "A Thought for Todoy" on poee
Alt,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Late News
Bulletin

Red Cross Drive at 81 %
Workers in the Metropolitan
area Red Cross campaign to-
day reported S119,S85 in new
contributions since last Tues
day. bringing total collections
to S729,407, which Is 81 per
cent of the $1,424,000 goal for
this year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

VeSUlSdLlOu eTupIeu ultu ucHtS"
dispute TO-DAY with Sc IT,
Capehart, Rccublicar Of il
diana. "a = ging It ~ .esigned
at. hes the Z. hover ar
n.nistratic. and y" 'ess IL the
United Stat"
Senator ca .l,'rt ing tho
charge at Ch,,irl'an 'ult is4lt
of the Sel, 9 Bal ing al.6 Cur
rency Committee. durir the
testimony of Ha, low H. Curtice,
president of Co. raj Motors.
The Indiana : nator, ranking
Republican member of the COM
mittee. took exception to Senator
Fulbright's questioning of Mr..
Curtice on whether General Mo-
tors could obtain monopoly in
the automobile field by lowering
its prices.
Curtice Is Questioned
The f1areup occurred after
Senator Fulbright unsuccessfully
tried to get Mr.. Curtice to say
whether General Motors would
like to have 60 per cent of the
automobile business.
Senator Capehart said the
question had no relation to the
stock market and Senator Full
bright quickly retorted that the
Indiana Republican should re-
serve his criticism for closed COM
mittee meetings and mot start
every hearing with an attack on
the chairman"
Senator Capehart replied that
he had "a perfect right" to keep
the inquiry directed to the stock
markets. This brought from
Senator Fulbright the suggestion
that Senator Capehart keep to
his own questions.
Fulbright Comments
"You have no right to criticize
the questions of the chairman"
Senator Fulbright added.
Senator Capehart dashed back:
II am 100 per cent convinced
that the purpose of this in
yestigation is to harass the Els
enhower administration an d
business in the United States and
has nothing to do with the stock
market"
Then Senator Capehart said:
You and no one else are going
to stop me-"
DO you think this witness
represents the Eisenhower adj
ministration?" Senator Fulbright
interrupted.
"Of course not" Senator Cape
hart replied, adding that he did
not Intend to sit idly by" with
out protesting Senator Full
bright's questions.
Before the outburst, Mr.. Cur
tice testified in a formal state
ment that the automobile in
dustry has been intensely COM
petitive" since its inception and
is even more competitive today
than any other time in its So
year history"
Fulbright Disturbed
Senator Fulbright, who has
questioned whether General Mo-
tors automobile pricing policies
are competitive, said he was dis
turbed by Mr.. Curtice's state
ment because it seemed to him
that the huge corporation could
become a monopoly in the auto
mobile field.
You have been told General
Motors could wipe out COMPETE
ton if it lowered its prices?"
Senator Fulbright asked.
I've heard remarks to that
effect" Mr.. Curtice replied, but
I wouldn't agree with that"
The Arkansas Senator Sug-
gested that on the Cadillac. fol
example, the competitive factor
was design and other attractions
rather than price. Mr.. Curtice
replied that both price and de-
sign were factors for what he
described as "a top car with g
top appeal" Then he added: 81
hope you don't mind me putting
In plug"
Senator Fullbright asked il
(See MARKET, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

offieioI Stupidity Described os Leading
to YoIto Disclosure. poee AS
Press Comment on Yolto; From Apology
to Prosecution Pose AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
.knowIand Raps
Roosevelt on
YaIta Report
Misleading. He Says;
Other Republicans
Blast U. S. Policies

Any hope that the Yalta
papers and their publication
would not become a red hot
political issue went glimmering
today.
Senate Republican Lea der
Knowland made the first formal
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Juvenile Group Advises Child Con-
suItotion. Poee 40
LONE and the construction of an
rely new security-type insti-
= ion at Laurel, Md.
final decision as to whether
his plan will be the permanent
solution will be made later
Com missioners Samuel
Spencer and Renah Camalier.
Welfare Director Gerard M.
Shea. Director of General Adj
ministrations Schuyler Lowe, Po-
lice Chief Robert v. Murray,
Construction Supt. Archie Hut
son and william E. Leahy, chair
man of the Citizens Advisory
Council, all agreed on the COM
promise proposal today.
The understanding came at
the end of an emergency meet
ing of the council called to dis
cuss two earlier proposals for
the Receiving Home.
One proposal, for which Con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
By Fronk SortweII, Jr.

District officials and their ad-
visers agreed generally today on
a new compromise plan to re-
lieve serious overcrowding at the
Receiving Home for Children
but will explore the problem for
her.
The plan involves a slight ex-
pansion of the present Receiving
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

Juvenile Group Advises Child Con-
suItotion. Poee 40
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18

(See SHOOTING, Page AID
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Politics Charge
Stirs Clash at
Market Probe
Inquiry Designed
To Hurt Business,
Cupehort Says
By Cecil HoIIond
BY Cecil HoIIond

The Senate stock market in
vestigation erupted into a heated
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-18
Hockey Riot

More than 100 arrested as Montreal
hockey fans riot seven hours to protest
suspension of their idol, Maurice (The
Rocket Richard. Details on
Page CT.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
N HIGHLIGHTS
TODAY
1850. WMAL (D-cavalcade Of

1880. WMAL (7l-Cavalcade Of
America: Peggy Converse and
Lon Clancy star in "Stay
on Stranger" the story of
a woman who devoted her life
to teaching children in the
Kentucky hills.
500, WTTG (5l-Times Square
Playhouse: Herbert Marshall
is host on a new series Of
stories about people caught
in the web Of their own am
billions.
$500, WRC (4)-Milton Berle:
Receives a visit from Ger
trude Berg and Arlene Nc
Quade.
$3.50, WTOP t9)-Halls of Ivy:
The prospects of Ronald
Colman's college receiving
an expected endowment are
slight after two French visi-
tors arrive during Hell
Week"
800, WTTG 90 Baseball:
Washington VS.. Chicago.
500, WRC (4)-Fireside The
alter: A young man regains
the respect of his family and
the love Of a girl when he
learns there are things more
important than wealth, in
1.-THE Innocent and the
Guilty" starring Alan Wells
and Grandon Rhodes.
$3.50, WTOP t9l-Red Skelton
Wins a free trip to Australia
with Mary McCarty.
$3.50, WRC (4)-Circle Theater:
In "Jet Pilot" william Smith
ers learns the Importance of
the human element in an age
of speed and exciting devel-
opmentS.
$3.50, WMAL (D-Elgin Hour:
John Forsythe. a writer, be-
comes attached to a neurotic
woman and learns a hideous
secret of her past. in Drift
wood" co-starring Teresa
Wright and Lorne Greene.
1000, WTOP (9l-Danger: A
businessman stands by his
wife when she receives letters
and phone calls that threaten
to break up their marriage
in Nightmare"
1880, WTOP t9)-See 1t Now.
Power of the press, as shown
by the Cuero (Tex.) Record
11:25, WMAL tD-Studio Seven,
Patrick O'Neal, a young law
yer, comically builds one case
upon another, in zone Thing
Leads to Another"
11:25, WTOP (S) - The Late
Show: A lord must choose
between a life of royalty OF
be a gypsy. in Gypsy Fury,
with Viveca Lindfors anC
Christopher Kent.
1880, WRC (4)-Tonight: Steve
Allen introduces a new series
1.-THE Psychiatrist," based or
mental health case histories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-05-03
RADIO HIGHLIGHTS.

sos, WGMS-Washington Flu
turama: Homes of the future
discussed by a panel of ar
chitectS.
S:55, WWDC--Baseball: Wash
ington at Chicago.
900. WRC - Radio Theater:
The life of a bride on a tea
plantation in Ceylon is por-
trayed by Joan Fontaine, in
Elephant Walk.
1900, WTOP-Music It'll Dawn:
Mendelssohn's Elijah"
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Trade Board Names Wesi
Honorary Life Member

L. Perry West, president Of
West Brothers Brick Co., has
been named an honorary life
member of the Board of Trade.
having completed so years Of
membership this year.
Mr.. West will receive a life
membership pin, Francis j.
Kane, Trade Board president
said.
Mr.. Kane said 81 members
have completed IS years of
membership and will be awarded
certificates at a meeting in the
near future. They are:
H. Randolph Barbee. Col. Al
vim B. Barber, Edgnar N. Braw-
ner, Morris Cafritz. Charles H.
Cooke, Robert T. Creel, Harry
C. Davis, Milburn j. Donohue,
S. Dolan Donohue, w. A. Cru
man, Granville Guide, ]. E.
HUNT, Luther lager.
Also, Frank E. johnson, Adel-
bert w. Lee, w. H. Luckett. In
spector Richard Mansfield, Rus
sell B. Martin, Julian N. Nc
Dowell, E. K. Morris, Francis A.
Murray, r. E. Nash, Henry S.
Owens, Charles w. Prettyman,
James F. Pullman, Guy T.
Steuart, Robert P. Tiffey,
Charles M. Upham, Charming S.
Walker, M. X. Wilberding and
A. P. WoodsoIl.
Evening star., 1955-02-20
Clergy, Loymen Of All Faiths
Usher In Brotherhood Week

trary to the best interests Of our
nation"
President Eisenhower is hon.
orary chairman of the observ-
ance and Ben Duffy, president
Of the New York advertising
agency Of Batten, Barton. Dur
stine & Osborn, is general chair
man.
Presidents Appeal.
The President has called for
widespread support Of Brother
hood Week and his appeal has
been reinforced by proclama-
tions issued by many governors
and mayors.
Protestant, Catholic and jew
ish clergymen will join President
Eisenhower today as featured
speakers on a Nationwide radio
and television program launch
ing the American Legion's 1855
Back to God" appeal.
The Back to God" movement,
adopted by the Legion in 1851,
calls for regular public worship,
daily family prayer and religious
instruction of youth.
The major portion Of the pro-
gram will originate in New York's
Grand Central Station, where
$4,000 to 10000 persons are ex-
pected to gather in the huge
waiting room,