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Evening star., 1955-01-30
Collaboration Trial
OF Sergeant Delayed
sy The Assoeiatsd Press

FORT BRAGG. N. c.. Jan. 20.
The trial Of MfSergt. William n.
Olson, charged with collaborat-
ing with Chinese Communists
while q prisoner of war in Ko-
rea. was postponed today until
FEBRUARY IA.
Seret. Olson, q native Of
Youngsyille, Pa, was not re-
quired to plead at his arraign-
ment today. Trial originally had
been set for next Wednesday.
The defense had sought a post
ponement of three weeks, but
the prosecution suggested the
February IL date. Sergt. Olson
may undergo further PSYCHE
atric examination before then.
The 10-officer general court
martial named to try Sergt. Oh
son, a veteran Of 20 years Army
service, was reduced to eight
when both sides challenged one
member today. Removed were
Coils. Kenneth Eckland and
Edison Raff. The defense chal-
lenged Col. Ran, who was
scheduled to be president of the
court. Col. George H. Garde re-
placed him as president.
Sergt. Olson has not been con-
fined since the charges were
read to him January IL. He Is
accused of eight violations of
the uniform code Of military
justice.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Dr.. Warren 10 Speak
In AImas Temple Friday

DR.. Louis A. Warren. director
Of the Lincoln Foundation at
Fort Wayne, Ind, will be guest
speaker at the Almas. Temple,
1915 K street NV. at 1890 pm.
Friday.
DR.. Warren now making his
9th lecture tour, has spoken on
Abraham Lincoln in nearly every
State and major cities.
uted a number of monographs
DR.. Warren, who has contrib
about Lincoln. once edited a
newspaper at Hodgenville, KY,
Lincoln's birthplace.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Won1un's Auto-Bomb Death
Arrests Disclose
Ex-Son-in-Luw
Held in Plot on
Texas Architect
sy n. A.so,eioi.d Pres.

SAN ANGELO, Tex. Jan. 29.--
Police said today the bomb-slay-
ing Of q wealthy West Texas
ranchwoman, Mrs. Harry E. Wea-
yer. was q mistake" They said
q former son-in-law had plotted
for nearly year to ambush her
husband.
Still untold is the motive for
the death plot. outlined to police
by two men who said they were
given money, guns and a car to
kill Mr.. Weaver. a prominent
Texas architect and scientist.
The former son-in-law. Harry
L. Washburn, 38, and Carl Hem
niger. 81. originally booked as
Henneger, were arrested in Hous-
ton before dawn today. They
were charged with murder. Hen
niger was also charged as an
accomplice.
They were brought the 469
miles from Texas Gulf Coast to
this sheep ranching center where
the Staying took place January
19. Washburn said nothing.
Deninger denied any knowledge
Of the killing.
Mrs. Weaver was slain when
she stepped on the starter Of her
husbands automobile. setting of
a nitroglycerine bomb under the
hood.
Washburn once was charged
with terrorizing the Weavers
with two guns and q knife and
attempting to extort 100000
from Mrs. Weaver. Charges we're
dropped before the case came to
trial.
The story Of the alleged death
plot was told police to John Nc
Kinnis. As. and Ray Fife, 80,
who were not held.
Detective H. K. Thompson Of
Houston said they related in
written statements that Wash
burn. formerly married to Mrs.
Weaver's daughter. contacted
McKinnis last March, offering
him and Fife money to kill Mr..
Weaver.
McKinnis said Washburn gave
them a 12-gauge shotgun, a .32-
caliber pistol and $3.50. Later.
he said, Washburn supplied them
a car and more money. and pro-
vided information on Mr.. Wea-
yer's movements. in San Angelo.
McKinnis said Washburn
never told them why he wanted
Mr.. Weaver killed. McKinnis
said there was a period of stall
ing" Washburn when they were
pressed about "the job"
Four days before Mrs. Weaver
was killed, McKinnis said Wash
burn advanced the bomb plan.
McKinnis said he rejected this
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Chldren's Intern, Polio Victim,
Iso Wheel to Tiny Patients
star stan Photo.

He Is on loan to Childran's S
from the Washington Sanitar-
ium, the Seventh-day Adventist
institution in Takoma Park. He
returns to the nearby Maryland
hospital next month. He and his
wife and their three children
live in a cottage on the hospital
grounds there.
No Special Treatment.
DR.. Reynolds hews to the same
schedule as other interns-9 in
the morning to S at night on
weekdays, 9 to 8 on Sundays.
And he ministers to the usual
assortment of diseases. He re-
ceives no exceptional treatment
from fellow staff members.
There is no getting away from
the fact that polio cripples a doc
tor in some functions. But it
helps me In other ways" DR..
Reynolds says.
For example, there was the
woman in her early 30s, who had
tried to kill herself. She was
brought to him. She wouldn't
talk to other doctors, but she
opened UP to him as he listened
from his wheelchair.
"She told me-" he said, "I'm
ashamed Of the way I acted in a
bad situation"
Evening star., 1955-01-30

and Washburn said, "I'll do it
myself. then"
McKinnis said that was the
last he heard Of the plot until the
car blew up In San Angelo.
Mr.. Weaver was not immedi-
ately available for comment.
District Attorney Aubrey
Stokes Of San Angelo termed
Mrs. Weaver's death q mistake
killing. no doubt about it."
Mrs. Weaver's daughter. now
Mrs. Helen Willcockson Of Bill
ings, Mont. filed suit for divorce
from Washhurn Dec, IA, 1850,
and was awarded custody Of two
children, Gregory Allen. 8, and
Margaret Diane. Is months.
Percy Foreman, q Houston at
torney representing Washburn,
said his client was awarded the
children In a later custody suit.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Pennsylvania Policeman
Guilty in Double Killing
BY M. Associated prsss

JIM THORPE, Pa. Jan. 29.-
Daniel Falcone, 5l-year-old for
mer State policeman, was con-
victed today Of killing his woman
friend and her husband as the
couple walked into church.
A Carbon County jury OF eight
men and four women recon-
mended mercy and Judge James
C. McCready Immediately SEN
fenced Falcone, who wept at the
verdict, to life In the Eastern
State Penitentiary at Philadel-
phia.
Falcone was convicted of the
pistol Staying last October 8 of
Matthew Daneker, 38, a justice
of the peace in nearby Palmer
ton, and Mr.. Daneker's 36-year-
old wife Mildred. She had been
carrying on q love affair with
Falcone since 1851.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Valentine Messages
To Go to GIs Free

The Armed Services Hospi-
tality Committee once again has
invited family or friends of
servicemen and women stationed
overseas to send them a free
radio valentine.
The committee, with head
quarters at 1850 Pennsylvania
avenue NV, asks that the
senders include the name, rank,
serial number, outfit. APO or
FPO and the port city to which
you direct mail on the 'ham-
grams" Interested friends may
send messages of Is words. Mes
sages should be filed by Febru-
airy 10.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Senate judiciary Unit
Fayors Pay Raise for
Congress and Judges
By ths AssoeIessd Prssa

A Senate Judiciary subcom-
mittee agreed yesterday that
members Of Congress and Fed
eral judges should have pay
raises, but, in effect. left the
amount to be determined later
by the full committee.
The five-member subcommit-
tee, headed by Senator Kefauver.
Democrat. Of Tennessee. decided
to report to the full Judiciary
Committee q bill providing a
$I2.5O0 salary increase for Sem.
ators and Representatives and
similar boosts for Federal judges.
Subcommittee members re-
served the right. however. to
support o lesser amount In any
legislation recommended to the
Senate by the full committee.
The bill reported by the SUBJ
committee was introduced by
Senator Kilgore, Democrat, Of
West Virginia. chairman Of the
full committee. It embodies the
salary recommendations Of a
special 18-member commission
set up in 1858 to study congress
sional and judicial pay scales.
Members of the Senate and
House now receive q salary Of
$4,000 annually. including q
$4,000 expense allowance. and
the Kilgore bill would raise this
to $27, 500. 1t also would boost
the pay Of Federal District
judges a similar amount. Su-
preme Court Justices would
have their salaries increased, by
$14,5O0 to $3e.500.
Another bill, introduced by
Senators George, Democrat, of
Georgia and Bridges, Republic
can, of New Hampshire, would
provide salary increases of ST.
500. and some Senator's have
said privately they thought it
had a better chance Of passage.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Arson Suspect Tells
OF Nine Other Fires
BY the A,,oeia,sd Pres,

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, Jan.
Mildred Shrewsbury, %.
charged with first degree arson
in a Huntington apartment house
fire last December, has admitted
setting nine other fires dating
back to 1946. authorities re-
ported today.
Detective Chief Herman A.
Frazier and Fire Chief John w.
Gallagher said today she broke
down while taking a lie detector
test at Charleston yesterday.
Miss Shrewsbury. who ap-
parently started the blazes for
revenge, told of setting a total
of four fires in Huntington, one
In Wayne County, and one each
in Charleston. Beckley. Elkins
and Baltimore, Md. Chief Fra
zier said.
I'm each instance, she was an
CRY with someone" Chief Frazier
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Record Dry January
Probable for District;
Freezing Spell Stays

With a marked deficit in rain
fall from last year, the WASH
ington area headed toward q
record dry January. still In the
grip of the coolest weather Of
the year.
Temperatures dropped toward
the eight-degree mark in the
suburbs early today. No warm
up is in sight. No precipitation
is expected at least for the next
few days.
The record dry January on
Weather Bureau books Is the
.35 of an inch which fell in 1872.
Thus far this month, Washing
ton has had 80 of an inch.
Mostly Sunny Today.
The forecast for today was
mostly sunny but continued cold
with a high Of about 80 degrees.
Ice skates, which Washing
tonians seldom get to use. were
coming out Of closets. The Re-
fecti1g Pool Is still closed to
skaters. however. until the ice
thickens to three inches, but
many a farm pond and sections
Of the c. g. o. canal were being
used.
The icy cold was general over
most Of the eastern half Of the
Nation. At least a dozen deaths
have been attributed to it. Sub
zero cold extended from northern
New England westward across
the northern Ia ies region and
the upper Mississippi valley and
as far South as northeast Mis-
souri, and central Illinois.
Near-Freezing on Gulf Coast.
Temperatures were only q few
degrees above freezing along the
immediate Gulf Coast from
northern Florida to southeast
Texas.
The Weather Bureau in Chi
cago blamed upper level winds.
$4,000 feet high for the mara
thon cold wave. The winds have
been going steadily in a south
easterly direction, carrying cold
Artic air into the United States.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

A Children's Hospital intern,
confined by polio to a Wheel
chair, is perhaps the doctor who
is most envied by the tiny pa
tients receiving treatment at
that polio center.
DR.. Glenn Reynolds, 29, is any,
thing but pitiful to his pigtailed
and cowlicked wards.
He gets to ride everywhere.
DR.. Reynolds, 90, with three
kids of his own, doesn't find
this outlook odd. His own chill
dren get a great kick out of
riding around the house with
me-" he said.
Both Legs Crippled.
4 In January. 1852, when he was
III medical student in California,
he was felled by polio that para
lyZed both legs. That killed his
dreams of medical missionary
work in India or Pakistan. But
'it didn't blight his medical yo-
cation.
Until he was able to maneuver
his own rolling chair. classmates
had to wheel him to lectures and
laboratories. But once self
sufficient, he delivered his quota
of babies and--with special
braces-assisted In surgery.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

District and vicinity-Mostly
sunny and cold today with high
near 80. Fair and continued cold
tonight. and tomorrow.
Maryland-General fair and
continued cold today but partly
cloudy with a few snow flurries
over the mountains. High today
27-32 in east and in the 20s In
the mountains. Fair and con-
tinued cold tonight.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Talk on Youth Crime

Police Inspector John 3. VIM
ters. head Of the juvenile squad.
win speak on the police depart
ment's role In combating juvenile
delinquency at q meeting Of the.
National Capital optimist Club
at 1875 pm. Tuesday at the
willard Hotel.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

virginia-Partly cloudy and
cold today with high $3.50 in
west and north and 1896 in
southeast. A few snow flurries
possible early today in extreme
southwest. Fair and continued
cold tonight and tomorrow.
Wind--West to northwest 10
Is miles per hour tomorrow.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest SO. on January =.
Lowest IL, on January 2S.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

said. Nobody was injured in any
Of the blazes.
The fires in Charleston, Beck
ley and Elkins were set in hotel
rooms, Miss Shrewsbury was
quoted. The Baltimore fire was
set in q third-floor apartment
because she was mad at her boy
friend, the officers said.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
SECTION c.
Amusements, Features.

This edition also contains
THIS Week Magazine Of 20
pages. a i0-page comic section
and 20 pages OF Totogrdpure.
Evening star., 1955-01-30

predicted today wide areas Of the Eastern
Of the Nation and far West the Eastern Dakotas
and far South Western North Carolina. Fair weather
elsewhere except for rain In the coastal Of
Washington and Oregon II will continue cold In the Upper
Mississippi Valley Upper Great Lakes Md-Atantic States
nd New England win turn slightly in the South
atlantic and States in the Great Basin region
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Tho Sun ana Moon.

Rises. Sets.
Sun, today 7:l6 b:9T
Moon, today 1880 am. m.
Autcmobile lights must be turned on
r.-half sour after sunset.
pfeeinttatfon
Evening star., 1955-01-30
Tide Tabi,
ka n,.4eAA q

High and Low Of Last 2l Hours.
ending 9 pm. yesterday.
Hish, 90 at : pm.
Low II at $40 Am.
Evening star., 1955-01-30
River Report.

River KepOft.
tProm U. s. Engtneers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Drivers Can Puy
Fines by Mail on
81 More Offenses

It's no cheaper, but the Metro
Ipolitan Police Department ha
made it easier to pay the fine
ON "a more traffic offenses b!
adding them to the list of penal
ties which can be sent in by mail
Management Office Kenneth
IHoll said there are from 5000 tt
10000 such cases a year and tina
the change would save the polic'
$4,000 items OF paper work an
nually.
Under the new procedure. thu
violations are no longer booked
and. like all parking violations
will be handled by the Contra
Violations Bureau.
The list ranges from "adver
Itising, using vehicle principal.
for S." and Bicycle: Hitch
ling on vehicle :. SIS" to wind
shield: defective o S." TIL
prices vary from maximum o
$40 for inspection: failure to re
port for" and Tags: no rear
down to 81 for items such a
Ignition: fail to lock" and so
liciting rides on public highway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Jet Plane Crashes
Near North Beach

A pilot bailed out Of plane ar
instant before it exploded anc
crashed near Lower Marlboro
about nine miles southwest Of
North Beach, Md. late yester-
day.
Andrews Air Force Base iden-
titled him as Mai. Thomas L
Moffat, based with a National
Guard unit at Madison. Wis.
A helicopter rescue plane
landed near the scene and re-
moved the pilot from a tree. He
was reported to have suffered
Ia broken arm.
The plane was enroute to
Andrews. The plane, in radio
contact with Andrews, was max.
ing a landing approach ma
newer when contact was lost
the airfield reported.
William r. Scaggs. a farmer
near Lower Marlboro, said he saw
a low flying plane burst int
flames. He saw a man coming
down in a parachute and ther
heard and saw flashes of two ex'
Iplosions from the plane in
wooded section between Route
4l6 and the Patuxent River.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
|GM Ready to Sell
|Curs to Soviets
If u. S. Approves

DETROIT. Sept. 3 P1.-Gen-
eral Motors Corp. said today 1t u
ready to do business with Russia
but only after approval by the
State and Commerce Depart
ments in Washington"
The corporation, as have other
auto producers, has been rumorec
ready for such action for several
weeks. The Russian delegation
which visited the Ford Motor Co
Rouge plant recently announced
it twas ready to buy" On August
II, Secretary Of Commerce Weeks
said the Government would APP
prove sale of "nonstrategic" ma
Iterials to Russia and her satellites
The GIN statement said that
decisions ION the sale OF auto
mobiles or any other product:
are wholly subject to approval
by the State Department"
Russia manufactures several
cars and has announced a new
line, the "Volga." a six-cylinder
automatic transmission model. to
go into mass production this Fall
or Winter.
GIN had voluntarily banned
Russian trade since 1858, al
though the Government has
never done SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
ACCIDENT
Continued From First PAGE

Continued From First Page
have been the driver. was critic
ally injured. He suffered Q frac-
|tured skull and severe loss Of
blood.
The Blalock car was hit BY
10 Norfolk q Western passenger
train at q crossing just Oh Lee
highway, west Of Marion.
Lewis Alfred Sharp, %, Of
Charlottesville, Va, was killed
when his car crashed on Route
1850, 6 miles north Of Dillwyn in
Buckingham County, the As
ISOLATED Press reported.
A Fredericksburg (va) air
man, Gene Andy Howard. 10
was killed near San Bernadino
Calf, when q ear In which he
was riding went out Of control
and overturned. the News Serv-
ice reported. He died instantly
when he was pitched 90 feet
through the canvas top Of the
auto. The driver, listed as Eu-
gene M. Henderson, II. Of Green
Vile, s. c.. was slightly injured.
police said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Charles Town to Shift
Time Schedule Today

CHARLES TOWN, w. Va,
Sept. 3 (SpeciaD. Charles
Town City employees will turn
their clocks back at midnight
here Sunday to Standard Time
rather than wait until the end
of the month when the change
will be general. The shift coin
cides with opening of the schools
which operate on Standard Time
The shift back Sunday will not
be uniform in the county, how.
ever. Harpers Ferry, Shepherds
town and Bolivar will remain or
Daylight Saving until theeno
tof the month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
School Opens Tuesday
For 6. 0. P. Choirmen

| organization, the purchase OF
radio and television time, the
ltechniques Of door-to-door fund
raising. the effective use Of lad
vance men,, the use Of direct
mail, organizing the rural vote,
setting up affiliate campaign
organizations. and methods II
reaching the non-Republican
vote. The national COMMITTEES
has selected experts to discuss all
these subjects. In addition, the
staff Of the Republican National
Committee will be available to
get the state cnairmen any in
formation they may individually
desire.
Vice President Nixon, members
Iof the Cabinet. including two
former chairmen Of the Repub-
lican National, Attorney General
IBrownell and Postmaster Gen.
eral Summerfield, and members
Of the White House STAFF win be
on hand to greet the State chair
men and to take some part in
the school proceedings,
Social Events Scheduled
Two receptions end a luncheon
ARE among the social gatherings
planned. The FIRST reception will
be given Tuesday by the Midwest
and Rock Mountain Republican
State Chairmen's Association In
honor Of the chairmen Of the
national, senatorial and con-
Igressional committees. in the
Sheraton-Park Hotel. The Sec
ond will be given Wednesday
evening by Chairman Hall for
the press. radio and television
Representatives in honor of the
State chairmen, also in the head
quarters hotel.
The luncheon, which will be
addressed by Mr.. Nixon, will be
given Thursday by the Repub-
tlican National Finance Commit
tee, of which ]. Clifford Folger
of the District Of Columbia is
chairman.
| The campaign school is not an
overnight product. Mr.. Hum
phreys and Chairman Hall have
been working on the project since
last April. All forty -eight State
chairmen accepted. However. the
Delaware chairman has beer
delayed in Hawaii and the vice
chairman viii take his place In
the school.
This school for State chairmer
is only the first Of three steps in
the development Of a strong Re-
publican drive for the 1856 cam
Ipaign. Similar schools will be
held in each State by the chair
men. when they return home, fol-
Republican county chairmen
The county chairmen. in turn
will hold schools for the Republi-
can precinct chairmen.
That third STEP Mr.. Hum
lphreys commented, 'is the most
important of ALL"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Lucketts Man Hurt
In MARYLAND Accident

LEESBURG, Va, Sept. /;
Especially Wesley Frye, 80, OF
Lucketts, Va. was in underter-
mined condition at Loudoun
County Hospital tonight with in
juries received when he was
struck by car.
Mr.. Frye repeatedly was sit
ting on the side of the road near
Point of Rocks, Md, when a
vehicle struck him. The in
veStigating State Police trooper
was not available to supply de-
tails Of the accident Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
GULF STORM VEERS
NORTH, DUE TO HIT
TEXAS TOMORROW

MEXICO CITY R.-A
small storm in the Gulf Of
Mexico. with gale winds at
its center. swung northward
today and may strike the
Texas coast Monday.
Weather Bureau observers
at VeracruZ and Tampico
said the storms course had
changed from northwest to
north. They also said the
winds at the center were
even stronger but that the
size of the storm had dimin-
ished in "a hours.
Wind velocity was reported
at 80 miles per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-09-04
Eisenhower Faces Fight
By Liberal Democrats

have in Speaker Rayburn of
Texas. q willing House leader
and ally. Unless all the signs
|are wrong, among Mr.. Rayburn's
first moves when Congress re-
|convenes viii be q Democratic
effort to beat President Eisen-
hover to the punch with q tax
cutting program.
In the Senate. Democratic
Leader johnson Of Texas may
have to follow o less bellicose
line. His majority of two over
the Republicans includes such
Eisenhower admirers q Senators
Byrd. Democrat Of Virginia, and
lThurmond, Democrat of South
Carolina. as well as other South
erners who seldom agree with
Democrats who describe them
selves rs liberals"
There are signs. however, that
Senator johnson is ready In the
ELECTION year to 60 much further
than he has in the past in open
Opposition to Eisenhower pro-
IpoSals.
This could mean the evolution
Of . Democratic program draw
ing an unofficial line between
that party and the President or
such controversial issues q.
taxes. highway and school con.
struction. farm price supports
power policy. social security ex-
pansion and health reinsurance
Splits Inevitable
There win be times, Of course
when issues will split the two
parties internally with little
likelihood Of partisan votes.
Such . demonstration may
come In Senate consideration OF
the House bill to exempt natural
gas producers from Federal
regulation. Although the Presi.
dent apparently favors such q
bill, he has avoided any public
Endorsement before Congress
acts.
But Democratic legislators
who are convinced that they
must run against Mr.. Eisenhower
as well as their own particular
Republican opponent expect to
find plenty Of opportunities for
opposition.