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Evening star., 1955-01-08
Patient Farmer Robs
Bank Of Cash
BY III. As.oelo,.d Pres.

GENOA. H., Jan. 8.--A man
wearing the garb Of a working
farmer tricked unsuspecting bank
employees and robbed the Genoa
State Bank Of $4,000 yesterday,
Victims later said he was a
patient, quiet and calm man.
Sheriff ALI Deisz said the man
entered the bank in the small
DeKalb County community
shortly before 3 pm. and courte-
ously asked for bank loan.
Since the bank manager, John
Butzow. was busy, the man de-
.cided to wait. He sat on q bench
for an hour before Mr.. Butzow
was free. At that time. the bank
was closed for regular business.
When Mr.. Butzow was free, he
invited the man into his office
and within moments was facing
"a .32-caliber pistol. The man
forced him to have the assistant
cashier, Mrs. Margaret Rudolph,
come into the office. The gun
man produced q paper bag, forced
her to I'LL the bag with cash from
the cash drawers and made Mr..
Butzow and four employees stand
near q wall.
After the bag was filed with
money. the robber took it from
Mrs. Rudolph and sauntered out
of the bank. brushing against q
teller who was returning from a
drugstore.
Genoa is town Of some 800,
about 20 miles west and north
Of Chicago.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
Forgery Charge Against
Naval Lab Aide Dropped

A forgery charge against q
22-year-old secretary at the
Naval Research Laboratory has
been dropped BY the United
States attorneys ONCE, after fun
restitution was made.
The woman. Mrs. Anne G.
WIllett Of the 3400 block Of
Twenty fifth street Sc, the
mother Of q year-old child, was
arrested last month and accused
Of forging about 81, 200 In checks.
Police said the checks were
cashed at the Boiling Field
branch Of the Anacostia Bank.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Kenneth y. Wood said the
bonding company had recon-
mended that the woman not BE-
prosecuted.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
Prestige IS Ransom Of Reds
Officios Here Feel Thut No Mutter Whut Hummurskiod
AccompIishes, He Will Strengthen Chous Position

..n<,.s -. -. = wae
eVoiseo e tne suseestlon y
the Secretary General. He
offered to go himself to Pei
ping and talk over the matter
with the Communist leaders.
It would have been z good
solution If the flyers had
been sentenced for imaginary
crimes and If the Chinese had
actually believed IN their guilt.
But all circumstances Of their
trial and the propaganda
released afterward indicate
clearly that the II men were
being used TO furtner damage
the last yestiges o. respect
Wnicn the peoples q asa may
stiii nave Tor the western ma
lions. particularly Ine United
states.
Our enemies have reached
the stage where they are not
particularly disturbed even by
espionage activities IN q coun-
try as vast and disorganized
as China. But with oriental
shrewdness they know the ef-
feet on the minds Of millions
Of Asiatics of a hard slap
across the face of the West.
And in the present instance
the West is personified by the
top oficial Of a world organi-
Evening star., 1955-01-08

week before Congress in Joint
session when he figuratively
poured good will in those
gourds with which Southern
leaders In that body are ia
miliar.
He did everything but use
a Southern accent and say
''you-all."
Never did Roosevelt turn a
neater one than did Mr.. Eisen-
hover when, at the beginning
Of his state-o -the- Union adj
dress. he digressed to recall
how he was born in the Texas
district represented for a.
years by Speaker Sam Ray
burn who sat on the daiS back
Of the President. The Presi-
dent thus was a Constituent"
as a baby. He then alluded
,graciously to the fact that
this was the Speakers 73d
birthday. upon which, he felici-
tated "Mr. Sam The thun-
derous applause that followed
this little aside was chiefly for
the veteran who Is so beloved
and respected by his colleagues
in the House-but II didn't
hurt Mr.. Eisenhower with
House Democrats. nor with
their Speaker.
Nor, in fact. did the general
tone and substance of the.
Presidents rather lengthy an
nual message on the state Of
the Union.
He flattered the Democrats
by asking them, now that they
run Congress, to give him leg
islation which he was denied
by the previous Republican
Congress - though never. In
those words, not so crassly. no.
But Democrats were quick to
point out that this was ex-
actly what he was doing.
AS q whole. the Democratic
Party. with all its blocs and
divisions. found more to please
1t In the Presidents program
than did Republicans as q
party. There was. for In
stance, virtually nothing In
the message to satisfy the
staunchly conservative wing
Of the Republican Party, nu-
Evening star., 1955-01-08

nations which the Reds intend
to dispiace.
Mr.. Hainniarskjold Is a :iti-
zen of Sweden. q singdonl
which has managed to remain
strictly neutral for more than
100 years. Politico -econon ic
circumstances have permitted
it to keep out Of European ttir-
moiIs since the days Of Nap0-
leon I and IN the two world
wars. Thus the pacifisni Of the
Swedish people is based on
facts. not on wishful thinking.
These thoughts are expressed
not as criticism of Sweden's
present attitude toward COM
munist Russia and China but
to interpret the thinking and
reactions of one OF her citi-
zens who happens to nave been
elected Secretary General Of
the U. N.
The u. N. adopted the reso-
luton to try to liberate II
Americans in uniform whom
the Red Chinese had sentenced.
in contrayention Of the Ke-
rean armistice. to long Jail
terms under the charge Of
si.spying.p
A number Of Americans who's
understand. the realities of the
Communist game urged a de-
mand to the Chinese to liber-
ate forthwith the American
airmen sentenced on trumped-
up charges. In the event of
refusal they expected the ap-
plication of the full penalties
provided by the U. N. Charter.
such as an economic boycott
or a blockade Of the China
coast.
This was considered too dar-
ing by the overwhelming ma
jority of the U. N. membership.
Being a loyal member, the
American Government agreed
that that organization. created
for preservation Of peace and
international order by all
means including military
action should take whatever
steps it deemed advisable to
bring about release OF our men.
Evening star., 1955-01-08

to its $4,000 customers, Mr..
Dunn conceded that all these
customers helped pay bill Of
$500. 900 q year to supply 600
volt direct current to the Capital
Transit Co., formerly 8 sister
company of Pepco. for 'streetcar
operation.
"You can look at 1t from that
point Of view," he said under
questioning by F. w. Denniston
Of the General Services Admin
lstration. representing the United
States Government.
Public Has Big stake.
However, Mr.. Dunn insisted
the general public has q big
stake In mass transportation.
while the Government and nier-
chants depend on 1t to take
customers and workers to- and
from downtown Washington.
At the same time. he said.
Capital Transit car miles are
showing q steady decline, as Is
kilowatt consumption, as they
cut out routes and keep curtail-
ing service"
He said the transit company
probably will change over to
buses" and it will be possible TO
eliminate more and more Of
Pepco's 20 suhstations which
| convert alternating electric cur
rent to direct current and supply
| 1t to the transit company at
strategic points in the rail
system.
| Pepco, Mr.. Dunn said. lists the
expense OF the conversion service
| as an operating cost and said
Capital Transit is not charged
1 for 1t directly.
This Arrangement, he said. will
not be affected by q proposed
contract between the two COM
panies, under which Pepco
agreed to charge CTC only half
of the amount it had requested
through the Public Utilities
Commission.
Hearing on Contract Set.
A special Utilities Commission
hearing on the proposed contract
actually an amendment TO an
old agreement set up when the
two companies came under cons
troll Of the same holding COM
pany-will be held at 10 am.
next Friday.
Mr.. Dunn was followed to the
witness stand by Charles L. Carr.
Pepco controller, who had testi-
fed during November on ac-
counting procedures,
He was questioned yesterday by
Lloyd B. Harrison. assistant cor
poration counsel assigned to the
utilities commission, on the ori-
gin of the modified sliding scale
plan" under which the company
was supposed to hold IN reserve
any money over its allowed rate
Of return for later use when
Pepco failed to earn that much.
Since l948, he said. the company
has never made enough to make
any deposits in the fund, and
the original deposit has been
entirely Withdrawn.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
constontine Brown--
Some Of the highest ofiicials

Some Of the highest officials
in Washington are worried
that no matter what United
Nations Secretary General
Hammarskjold may achieve
on his Peiping mission he will.
only enhance the already ex-
2 tensive prestige of the Chinese
Communists In Asia and other
sensitive parts Of the world.
In this period Of prosperity
. at home. healing Of physical
wounds of war in the allied
countries and ebb OF interna-
tional morality. the Western
world is prone to overlook the
thigh stakes involved in the
East West conflict created by
fithe Communists to establish
oftheir dictatorship over the
world.
Since l946 and I949 Russia
i5and China have been, respec-
lively. on q rampage Of con-
Nquest. Yet neither Of these
6two countries with vast terri
jftories and enormous popula-
stions needed territorial expan-
1 sion or a place in the sun" as
-swas the case with land-poor
Germany. Italy and Japan
n before the last war. The OUT
law actions Of the U. s.. 8, r.
soon after WI day and Pei
pings displacement of the
Chinese Nationalist govern
4 ment thanks to Russian help
o,,and Il American shortsighted-
4 eness) were intended to ter
srorize the rest of the world
!, into submission.
=, It is through terrorism that
the KreFnlin reigns in Russia
land Peiping in China and
Northern Wet Nam. The for.
:. .frnuia has proved so successful
sSthat the Red dictators intend
..5to apply it TO the rest Of the
z;world. which has SO far escaped
dtheir domination. If to this
rTecipe is added enhanced pres
sstiges particularly among the
sibewildered Asiatic peoples. the
Communist leadership feels
that IL cannot possibly fail.
This prestige was once held by
1.-THE highly respected Western
Evening star., 1955-01-08

merous and influential in Con-
gress, which wants the budget
balanced pronto. taxes cut.
and none. II you please, Of
that welfare legislation.
In this last field the Presi.
dents proposals were modest,
among them. Government re-
insurance Of private voluntary
health insurance plans which
the 83d Congress failed to give
him: strengthening and inn
proving of existing health pro-
grams; an increase in the
statutory minimum wage from
rs cents to 80 cents an hour;
Federal aid for school con-
struction. details of which are
to be submitted in a later
message.
While this program is not
broad or comprehensive enough
to please the New DeaI-Fair
Deal wing Of the Democratic
Party. they can hardly oppose
it in a wholesale manner. and
it is generally acceptable to
middle of the road Democrats
and Republicans. Extreme con-
Servatives in both parties will
hardly care for it.
The many New Deal type
phrases with which the PreSi-
dent decorated his speech did
not blind Democrats to his
insistence on policies about
which they disagree, and vio%
lently In some cases. Among
these is the so-called partner
ship" policy on hydroelectric
power still sponsored by the
President and Secretary of In
terror Mckay despite obvious
referenda against 1t in some
election contests In November,
notably in the Northwest.
Democrats expect to attack
the Mckay policy along a
broad front. Likewise, it was
plain that they win attempt
to restore rigid go per cent Of
parity in farm price supports,
from the way they sat on their
hands when the President in
his message praised the 83d
Congress for substituting the
flexible price formula for rigid
30 per cent supports.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
New Fluid Developed
To End Buthtub FuIIs

NEW YORK. - A chemical
fluid has been developed which.
Its manufacturer claims, viii
take the slip out Of taking q bath
or shower.
The fluid is sprinkled in the
tub or shower stall. When the
water Is turned on. 1t spreads q
thin, invisible coating over the
entire surface. taking away the
dangerous gloss" according TO
the manufacturer.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
Press Club Group Backs
NEGRO for Membership

The National Press Clubs
membership committee has rec
commended acceptance Of Louis
r. Lautier Of the Atlanta Daily
World. as the clubs first Negro
member.
The recommendation now will
60 to the clubs l2-man board Of
directors for q vote.
Under membership procedures
If the board approves the recon-
mendation Of a candidate. his
name is posted for IS days, dur
ing which time members have
an opportunity to file obiec.
tions to the candidates. The
board then makes its final deci-
sion on election.
Mr.. Lautier is the first Negro
to be recommended by the mem
bership committee. His members
ship was sponsored by Column
lists Drew Pearson and Marquis
Childs and by Lee Nichols OF the
United Press Washington Bu-
reau.
Evening star., 1955-01-08

United States Court OF Military
Appeals-has recommended IT
amendments. These were re-
viewed at the session here by
Brig Gen. Ralph Boyd, an Army
reserve officer who headed the
committee.
Need for Distinction Seen.
Gen. Boyd asked clearer dis
tinction between minor and ma
jor infractions of military law.
He told the conference:
I'VE must determine the line
between military justice and dis
cipline. Personally. ! think the
line is at that point where q man
be done permanent harm by
punishment, rather than i1con-
venienced
The Federal Bar Association
executive council in Washington
Thursday gave its approval to
measures advocated by Gen.
Boyd's committee, except for
four changes which 1t felt should
be further strengthened To safe
guard rights of service men and
women.
John H. Grosvener. jr., of
Washington, former Tulane Uni
versity Law School dean and
chief counsel for the Federal
Bureau OF the Public Debt, told
the conference the FBA feels
the code change recommended
tions are only start.
Study Due This Year.
He said the Federal bar group
plans a study this year to deter
mine whether armed forces per-
sonnel practices affecting legal
duty should be changed, and
whether a tri-service judge adj
vocate system and judge advo-
cate school should be established
under the authority of the De-
partment of Defense.
Gen. Boyd said he believes the
most important changes asked
by the uniform code review COM
mittee are those which would
permit a single law officer to sit
as a trial Judge. This pro-
cedure would save a tremendous
amount Of time and money. he
said. recalling that he had seen
as many as II officers and en-
listed men tied UP with court
room functions during q single
minor case.
Evening star., 1955-01-08

vious n1isfits who have no In
terest in being q policeman,
even though they apply and en-
ter training.
For several years. police have
had dificulty with applicants
who sign up, get half way
through training school. and
quit.
Mrs. Stunkel hopes to change
that with revised applications
and tests.
In working out better applica-
tion forms and tests, Mrs. Stun
kel win study test results and
personnel reports on rockies Of
past years, both those who have
quit early and those who have
remained on the force and be-
come good policemen.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
Renlon's 5 Brother
To Direct Hunt for
leader 5 Assassins
By ths A..eslst.d pts.s

PANAMA, Jan. S.-The young
er brother Of assassinated Presi-
dent Jose Antonio Remon has
been assigned to the Job as gov
ernment minister in Panama's
cabinet to take over the six-day-
old search for the slayers.
President Jose Ramon Guizado,
who was sworn into ofiice short
" after his predecessor was ma
chinegunned to death last Sum
day, was expected to announce
the appointment Of Alexandra
Remon to the key cabinet post
later today. The government
minister controls the National
Guard, Panama's only armed
force. and the nations secret
police.
Catalina Arrocha Garell gave
up the job yesterday. saying he
thought Eat this time the
brother OF the slain president
should head this ministry.
The younger Remon, As, is
head of the National Revolution
ary Party. and a member of the
National Assembly.
The dead chief executive was
shot at the Juan Franco race
track. Two. other men were
killed and three wounded.
At least 20 persons have been
held for questioning. District
Attorney Francisco Alvardo said
last night that 23 Of these have
been released.
Among those still held were
ex-P President Arnulfo Arias. q
top political foe Of the slain
president, and Martin Irving
Lipstein, a 34-year-old New
Yorker who formerly taught
school In California.
Authorities have refused to say
whether any formal charges
have been placed against LIP
stein. who was arrested Monday
night at the airport while trying
to board a plane for Mexico. The
American has denied any con-
nection with the killings.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
pepco Official Sees
Ultimate Elimination
|Of 5ireeicars Here
By Hector MeLson

Ultimate elimination Of street,
cars from the Nations Capital
was forecast yesterday by r. Roy
Dunn. president Of the Potomac
Electric Power Co.
He made the prediction as
cross-examination Of Pepco witt
nesses went into the fourth day
at q hearing Of the Public Util-
ities Commission in the District
Building. The fifth day viii open
at 9:301a.m Monday.
Defending the company6 bid
for $5.7 million rate increase
Evening star., 1955-01-08

didate. Mr.. Bramblett was
found guilty Of falsifying his
payroll BY '.kickhacks." The
Supreme Court has agreed to
review the action Of q District
Court Judge. setting aside the
conviction.
The Californian made q strong
bid for election during his cam
paign on the basis Of his sup-
port Of President Eisenhower.
particularly the Presidents pro-
gram for q durable peace and
real prosperity
Mr.. league was married to
Evening star., 1955-01-08
| Cost of Hurricane
| Placed at SIS, 900
In Repairs BY Pepco

Hurricane Hazel cost the
Potomac Electric Power Co,
$685. 900, Charles L. Carr.
the cotnpany's controller.
told the Public Utilities
Commission yesterday.
Pepco. he said, spent
S22s 900 on repairs resulting
from the hurricane UP TO
the end Of November. Nor
lnally he declared, such ex-
penses would have amounted
to only $4,000.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
Boy Killed in Pronk

INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 8 Or
Aryine Reese. IA. who told police
he jumped in front Of an auto
mobile driven by his brother
Thursday night ito see how fast
he could stop died Of his in
juries yesterday. The brother,
James. is. told police he was
blinded by the Lights Of another
car.
Evening star., 1955-01-08
New French Proposal
For Arms Pool Sent
Ito European Nations
sy Ne As.oeisi.d Press

PARIS. Jan. 8.-The six ma
tions to be linked with France
lin the new West European IN
ion studied today q new French
plan to pool their arms and
troops in a combined defense
against the threat Of Communist
aggression.
France reportedly hopes the
plan will repair the damage in
| fiicted on allied unity by French
rejection of the European De-
fense Community.
The plan was set forth In q
memorandum from French Pre-
/ mier Pierre Mendes-France 70
/ the other prospective WEU
| members-West Germany. Brit
ain, italy, Belgium, Netherlands
and Luxembourg.
The arms pool plan win be de-
bated when delegates Of the
seven governments assemble
here January II under the re-
cent Paris accords on West Ger
man rearmament.
| Pool Would Be Progressive.
There was no official an
| nouncement Of the outline, but
reliable French sources said II
contained three main proposals
| /. Establishment Of the pro-
posed pool would be progressive
rather than immediate. There
would be q transitional period
OF two years before the pool
took permanent shape.
q. The pool eventually would
be managed by an international
board acting If necessary by q
two-thirds majority instead OF
by unanimity.
8. The international panel
would have relatively wide pow
ers to standardize West Euro
pean armament under q co-ordi-
mated purchasing program.
Supranational Elements.
Mr.. Mendes-France and his
staff envisage 1t as pool which
would provide the supranational
elements which the WEI needs
| for effective control of West
Germany's military potential
while mastering German man-
power into Western defense.
Planned as a sort Of interna-
1 tional Pentagon in charge oi
larming troops of the seven ma
tions serving under WEU. the
central international admins.
Itration would have power to:
| /. Draft armament programs
| for member nations with EN-.
lphaSis on standardization.
/ 2. Place ammunition ant
equipment orders with factorie,
lin members, nations and pre-
sumably elsewhere, such as the
United States and Canada.
8. Allocate arms thrus pro-
duced.
/ A. Cooperate with American
/ authorities In handing out guns
and equipment which the United
States would give WEI
members. The United States
has refused to delegate any al
location authority to an arms
pool but Secretary of Statt
4 Dulles has promised to coop.
perate with such q pool.
Distinct Administration.
This administration would bs
distinct from the "arrns con.
troll agency" of WEU. It's func.
fion is to set and enforce mobili-
cation ceilings. particularly fol
West Germany.
The key point in the French
| proposal was that decisions on
such matters need not be unani-
nous, but could be made by q
two thirds majority. This ap-
| parently was designed to cor
respond to a similar majority
which britain has accepted
under WEU as decisive for keep
ing British troops on the Con-
tinent.
Evening star., 1955-01-08

Marjorie cowden Of Santa
Paulso in 1929. They have three
children.
Tomorrow: Representative
Harris B. McDoi0ell. III, Demo-
crat. OF Delnfpdre.I
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