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Evening star., 1955-02-18
Nationalist Forces Claim Sinking
OF Submarine and q 1Red Ships;
Convoy Battle Believed Still On
8Londine Croft
Reported Lost in
East Chino Sea
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

TA1PE1, FormoSa, FeD. 16.-
The Chinese Nationalist Air
Force claimed one Of its bombers
sank a submarine of the Red
held Taishan Islands this after
noon while other planes and war
ships inflicted havoc on a Chi
nese Communist troop supply
convoy.
The airforce said the bomber
went into a power dive and
bombed and strafed the sub,
scoring direct hits and causing
bubbles to rise as it went down.
Planes patrolled the area for
D long period but found no trace
Of the undersea craft.
In the same East China Sea
area, Nationalist warplanes and
ships claimed at least 81 Red
vessels sunk, with indications the
battle would go on through the
night.
Warships Deal First Blows.
The Nationalists said the at
tack opened against a 14-ship
Red convoy, with warships deal
ing the first blows. Then the
planes swept to action.
The Nationalists reported that
the Red shipping toll grew as
other Communist ships raced to
the scene.
(There was no mention
made in the Taipei dispatch Of
the possible nationality Of the
submarine. The Chinese Reds
are not known to have sub
marines but they could have
been given some by their Rus
sian ally.)
May Be Severe Defeat.
II the Nationalist claims are
confirmed, it would be the most
severe defeat they have ever
given the Reds.
The ministry said the Reds
lost eight landing craft. five
gunboats and eight armed mo-
torized junks, plus other unspe-
Gifted craft. The landing craft
were believed to be carrying
about 200 soldiers each.
(The NationalistS made the
same report to the Pentagon
and officials said that it was
s'being checked very carefully"
CA spokesman pointed out,
however, that there was no in
dependent report on the action
and that the dispatch was
based entirely on reports by
Nationalist pilots. He pointed
out that it would not be un-
usual for planes in the area
to sink 81 ships because most
of them would be junkS and
sampans.)
The Ministry said the Nation
h1lSU Wal P1d1ICo dloO oWOORSA
down in an attack on the Red
held Taishan Islands, Destroy
ing eight barracks and causing
heavy Communist casualties.
Heading Toward Taishans.
A Ministry spokesman said
the Red f1otilla was cruising
southwark toward the Taishans
when the Nationalist warships
intercepted it. After the Ma
tionalist navy reported seven
landing craft and possibly three
gun boats sunk, Chang Kai-
shek's warplanes raced out over
the sea to pursue the surviving
craft.
The ministry said none Of the
Nationalist ships was lost. The
sea battle erupted of the Che
kiang Province coast about 130
miles northwest Of Formosa be-
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Evening star., 1955-02-18
"eturs on Pose A.3


had been set for the opener in
favor Of the air drop in daylight
Last night a wind and rain
storm hit the Las Vegas area,
With the shift to an air drop
troop maneuvers were Cancelled,
but l.100 military observers ex-
pected to watch the explosion
above Yucca Flat from News Mob,
at least seven miles away.
Chairman Lewis l.. Strauss OF
the acc was still on hand, but
four members Of the Joint Con-
gressional Atomic Energy Com
mittee have returned to Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Captured Flyer
Got No Turkey

MERRY" cHRIsTMAs-squodron
Leader A. r. Mackenzie wos promised
q turkey dinner for christmos IL he
eo-operated with his Chinese eoptors.
Ne tells whot he got insteod on poss
B-S.
THE WoMEN's PoWER-The wives
Of men who heod the Governments
independent agencies decided It wos
obout time thsir husbands got TO-
sesher soeiolIy. What they did obous
il is told On paae R-3.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
New York Wiretop Ring Barred,
Raid CoverupC Charged Police
Crime Unit Speaks Out After Reports
Of Hookup Tied to Swunk Privute Phones
onal financial manipula.

national financial manipula.
tions.
An official Of the Crime Com.
mittee said the apartment raidec
contained $4,000 worth Of tht
most modern and expensive
phone tapping and recording
equipment.
He said 1t could be used te
listen In on practically any
phone conversation anywhere ir
the plush business and residen-
tial areas from Fifth avenue
east between Thirty-sixth ano
Ninety sixth streets.
At the time of the raid, said
the committee spokesman, Coun-
sci William ]. Heating, two men
and two women in the apart
ment were operating 10 tele-
phone taps. Two other men also
may have been working in the
apartment or elsewhere, he
added.
MIR. Heating said, however,
that police arrested none Of
them even though the operation
was illegal and that no report
on the raid was made to the
Manhattan district attorneys
Office.
"Coverup" Charged.
Mr.. Heating asserted it was a
"coverup" to protect the New
York Telephone Co., two OF
whose employees were said to be
involved In the tapping center.
First accounts Of the purported
raid came from Albany, where
Crime Commission officials have
been conferring with State legis-
lators In an effort to obtain a
full-scale probe OF city WIRE
tapping and tighter laws against
1t.
But newspaper reports on the
matter brought strange and
puzzling responses from police
officials.
At first they vowed they had
no knowledge Of the raid, then
issued denials that there was
any such raid. Still later II was
announced that Police Commis-
sioner Francis w. II. Adams
would have q statement some-
time today.
Two Suspended.
Meanwhile. the New York
Telephone Co. said two employees
had been suspended as a result
of unauthorized use of telephone
equipment.
But phone officials who were
available for comment said they
did not know whether the two
were men on the premises of the
apartment supposedly raided.
The Anti-Crime Committee
declined to say how it got wind
Of the affair, except to say it was
not through police sources.
Wiretapping is illegal in the
State without court permission.
However. as legal experts ex-
plain 1t, the law covers only
overlapping which involves an
actual connection onto tele-
phone circuits.
Numerous Devices.
There are numerous modern
devices which make possible the
same result without such con-
These are induction
(See WIRETAP. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Task Force 10 Ask
Procedure Changes
In Security Setup
U. S. Program Studied
In Woke ofStorm Over
Lodejinsky Case
By [. Edqor Primo

A special Justice Department
task force re-examining the Fed
eral Employe Security Program
has concluded that several
changes in administrative proce-
dure are desirable to protect in
dividual rights and reduce the
chances of hasty and ill-advised
decisions.
After more than q month Of
study. however, the group headed
by Assistant Attorney General
william r. Tompkins has decided
to recommend no changes In the
program itself-or in Executive
order 1045O which set 1t up.
MIR. Tompkins is chief Of JUS
tees internal security division.
President Eisenhower ordered
the Justice Department analysis
Of the program after a storm Of
public controversy broke over the
Wolf Ladejinsky case.
MIR. Ladejinsky Is a Russian
born land reform expert who was
ruled a security risk by the De-
partment Of Agriculture last De-
cember and subsequently hired
last month by the Foreign Oper-
ations Administration for a job
in Wet Nam.
Three Recommendations.
While the Justice Department
report is not expected to be for
warded to the White House until
next week, an informed source
said the recommendations prob
ably would include these:
/. That agency and depart
ment security officers confer with
their respective general counsels
and obtain their signatures on
the formal statement of charges
to be given to individual en-
ployes. The charges thus would
be reviewed by an experienced
lawyer before they are issued.
2. That security officers hold
up suspension of employees, when
ever practicable, until they are
ready to give the individual a
statement of charges. Under
present procedures, person may
be suspended and then have to
wait weeks before being in
formed of the specific charges.
3. That security officers call
in the suspected employe and
discuss the allegations against
him before deciding whether to
suspend. And that at another
stage. after the statement Of
charges has been issued, the
individual be given a chance to
tell his side Of the story in
formally. If the security officer
is satisfied, the case may be
closed and the person restored
to duty without the need of a
hearing.
Fears Cited.
Some Justice officials feel that
a few agency security officers
have in the past suspended per-
sons and then set about trying to
build cases against them.
Some Of them (security off,
cers) have a rather well-devel-
oped fear of being caught with
a Red on their payroll" one
official said.
Mr.. Tompkins indicated In a
speech earlier this week at Glen
Ridge, N. j., that the recon-
mendations Of his group would
not include any basic changes
changes which have been urged
by critics of the program.
One Of the features most often
proposed by the critics Is that
the accused be given the right
tSee SECURITY, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Health Officials
Back Free Polio
Vaccine Here
Dr.. Seckinger Urges
Inoculutions for All
lst and I'd Groders

The District Health Depart.
ment today backed free polio vac.
cine inoculations to all first anc
second grade school children
here this school year.
The decision was made by
Health Director Daniel L. Seek
niger after a special conference
this morning of public and pri-
vate health, medical and educa.
tional authorities.
Depends ON Three Factors.
Actual launching of the inocu-
lation program, however, depends
upon three things:
!. The results of an evaluation
Of polio vaccine trials made last
year by the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis. The eval-
uation report, by DR.. Thomas
Francis Of the University Of
Michigan, a leading evaluation
expert, is due around the first
of April.
2. Wether the National Insti-
tutes Of Health licenses the
vaccine on the basis of DR..
Francis and its own findings.
8. Approval Of the local pro-
gram by the District Commits
sioners.
Commissioner Renah F. Cana
lier said he would submit the
Health Department action to the
board at the earliest possible
date. The Commissioners de-
cision would, Of course, hinge on
the Francis report and the licens-
ingk action by the NH, Mr..
Camalier pointed out.
Urges Prompt Action.
But on q keynote OF ..tine ID
Of the essence" " the health direc-
tor with the urging of the spe-
cial conferees, moved ahead with
local incubation program plans
by appointing q steering COM
mittee that viii get busy right
away, even though final author
ization won't be Forthcoming ,in-
til April.
This group, headed by DR..
Grace Stone, chief of the Health
Departments school health serv-
ices, is charged chiefly with pre-
pairing an educational program
preliminary to the start of the
pupil vaccination, and with the
organization and techniques Of
the incubation teams.
Officials agreed that ground
work must start now so that the
inoculations, which will cover a
five-week span, could be started
and finished before the present
school year ends and the polio
season starts.
Require 10000 CCs.
The proposed District school
program will require about 1885,
900 ccs. Of vaccine. Five drug
manufacturers are producing a
total Of 1913 million ccs. at a cost
Of SO million on requisition by
the polio foundation, which went
ahead with the order on a seal
culated risk basis. Foundation
officials say that even now they
have no idea what the evaluation
report will say or whether the
Health Institutes will decide to
license the vaccine.
DR.. Seckinger's polio conferees
today also agreed that the in
jections here should be made
with individual disposable hypo-
dermic syringe needles. These
are made of plastic, rubber and
steel. and will cost an estimated
$4,000.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Late News
Bulletin
Teacher Raise Asked

Three members Of the Sem
ate District Committee today
co-sponsored . bill for pay
raises for Washington school
teachers and officers which
would cost about SIS million
additional each year. The bill
was introduced at the request
Of the District Education AS
ISOLATION.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Bettencourt Resigns

LISBON, Portugal. Feb. 18 (PD.
Vice Admiral Manuel Ortins de
Bettencourt resigned today as
chief Of the general staf Of Por-
tugal's armed forces.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Jupunese Won't to FIy

TOKYO. Feb. l8 (R.-Japan's
fledgling air force has>100 OPEN
ings-and 3,723 applicants. Of
ficials said today. The volun-
teers will be screened next
month.
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Atom Test On Today;
Air Drop Scheduled
BY the Associated Press

LAS VEGAS, New, Feb. ia
plane drop Of an atomic device
was scheduled today as nuclear
weapons testers banked on a
break In the weather which
might allow the long delayed
1856 series to get started.
Test chiefs discarded a power
full predawn tower shot which
Evening star., 1955-02-18
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(See TRADE, Page A-2)
Evening star., 1955-02-18
Eskimo TB Victims Aided

tSee SECURITY, Page A-2.
Evening star., 1955-02-18

(See LAMB, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1955-02-18

An AssoeIoted Press Newspopsr
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
CYO BOXING TOURNEY
SETS ENTRY RECORD
Three Preliminary Ehmiuanons Shous

its biggest entry in the past
five years. More than IFS lads
from IL boxing clubs IN De
troit, Dearborn. Highland
Park and BEDFORD Township
Will come out swinging in the
big mltt meet.
The CYO Center. coached
by Nick Lucky Malik has
size and class as IT seeks to
set new all-tlme tournament
record by annexing It's fourth
straight team title Malik will
send 30 earnest young men
into action. almost twice as
bic squad as any other club
has entered
Half dozen outstanding
open class boxers are included
on the CYO Center aggrega-
ton
Bcb Cornwall. Louis KoikaS,
Leroy Allen, John Powell, Don
Farmer and Henry Miller all
own fine records in past CYO
and Golden Gloves Journeys.
Malik'S squad also has four
novice boxers and l9 junior
novlces. This is the largest
junior novice contingent any
team has shown IN the post
war years.
The Redford Township DC,
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Why Sugar Resy Bs'OAe
VOsr Ia Quit boxing

was not As much as he bad made
or was capable Of max ne in as
minutes or less IN the lnz. but
While Sugar Ray Is wealthy set
for the time az hand he IS cssh-
broke
He dreams Of building ali IT,.
tcrnstional Variety show whicn
be plans 20 take ON WORLD tour.
patterned after those made bv
the Harlem Globe Trotters Sugar
Ray believes that operating N
Europe alone on 4 lour-nights
week basis. he can pack $4,000
people al prices ranging from
soc TO s. into the biz arena each
night
He needs an initial investment
of S2500OO to put the show on
the road lie hopes TO get this
money and perhaps more IN a
million dollar title fight with
Bobo Olson following several
tune ups
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Turturs Face St. Francis
in Charity Game Thursday

to take the first meeting played
on December % at Altoona, Pa.
Earn Breather
Coach Joel Mason gave his
squad rest after their fine show
ing in the recent Motor City
Tournament. Heavy workouts are
scheduled for this week in prep
aration for Thursdays game.
Wayne upset Penn State II TO
66 in the first round of the tour
nament and grabbed l0-point
lead over the University of De-
troit in the first half of the
championship game only to fall
ter in the second half and lose
80 to 81
Wayne also has a Saturday,
Jan. 8. game with Central Michi-
gan scheduled for the Memorial
Building, and revenge is also q
motive in this game. Coach Bill
Kelly's experienced Chippewa
squad surprised the Tartars by
winning SO to So in an earlier
game played at Mt. Pleasant,
Mich
Two Home Contests
The TartarS also have two dates
at home next week facing Beloit
College on Monday. Jan. 10. and
Brandeis University here on
Thursday. Jan. Is. Both games
are scheduled for the Memorial
Building.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

organized only two months ago
by Jim Burch, is second in
entries with II. Burch has one
open. four novice and II
junior novice Scrappers
Dearborn Recreation an d
Highland Park Recreation,
coached respectively by Russ
Gilbert and Ed Celia, are tied
for third place with 10 fighters
apiece. The Dearborn &c IS
next with IA and the West
Side Be follows with IL
Wide Open Scramble
A wide-open scramble FOR
honors is foreseen in the open
class. where not a single 1854
ttleholdcr will be back 10 de-
fend his laurels Only three
of last seasons open runners
up have returned-light heavy
weight Allen Hedge. Light
weight Leroy Allen snd
featherWeight Greg Rice.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Rindone
Sure of
Victory

Joe Rndone. who learned his
fighting in the Marines. will shoot
for the biggest victory of his
career when he faces Sugar Ray
Robinson at Olympia Stadium
Wednesday night.
The former leaiherneck has
won some big ones in the past.
beating such sfandouis as Pierre
Lsnglois. Billy Kilgore. Irish
Bob Murphy. Ralph Zanelli.
Charles Angelee and Pete Mead.
He also holds draw with
Gene Hairston.
But none of these fictorieS car
ries the financial promise that a
rumph over Robinson would
bring. If Rindone whips Robin
son, he will be in line for several
lucrative middleweight matches.
Nobody knows this better than
Rindone.
81 wouldn't have taken the
bout if ! didn't think | could
win" says Rindone. Il know
Robinson. ! fought him once be-
fore On April. l950). He's good
but I've met others who I'M
pressed me just as much. Lang
lois and Robert NIllemain. for
examples.
They gave me as much trouble
as Robinson. | beat Langlois and
lost a split decision 10 Nlllemain.
| thought ! won that one. too. y
Rindone's style and his attitude
are in his favor against Robinson.
He is hustling. aggressive
fighter who plans to keep On top
Of the ex-champion all the way.
lie is damaging puncher and
he can take solid blow.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Metro BeSScH
Sill Mecca

Ice fishing. skating. board walk
Strolls and seats in the coy food
bar are bringing crowds the equal
of some summer DAYS TO Metro
politan Beach on Lake ST. Clair.
Free parking. warm shelters. and
bait and tackle for sale or rent
make this the perfect set-up for
ice fishing. There were 5000 fish
ermen and 1000 spectators on
Dec. %.
The first of weekly prizes of
tackle awarded by the Huron
Clinton Metropolitan Authority
for catches are rs follows:
Mems division: Isl, Rudy Mon
to, 1870 Riverside. Mt. Clemens,
IL inch perch; 2nd, Charles Wick
man, POSTS Pelkey, Detroit. ia
inch perch.
Women's Division: Eve yn
Kemple. 1852 Hooker. Detroit,
ga inch perch: End. RoSemarie
Weiss, 20763 Panama, Ga inch
perch.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Tenn. State Five
Act Like Champs

The Tennessee State hoopsters
lived up to their reputation by
giving Coach John McLendon his
second tournament victory IN a
fourth night by defeating Xavier
University Gold Rush 1851 in the
finals Of the annual Holiday Bias
ketball Tourney held in the
Xavier University Gymnasium
last week end
Grambling bounced back into
the win column after having
lost 10 Xavier University on
the first night of the tourney
and managed 10 overcome the
determined billiard Blue Devils
team by a score OF 1878.
Rober, Hopkins. currently lead
ing the nation in scoring. was
held TO total of 81 points in the
two contests. This is considerably
under the records of 37.6 per
game established prior to the
tournament by Hopkins.
The most thrilling game OF the
series was undoubtedly encount
cred between Xavier University
and Grambling College.
With the lead having see.
sawed back and forth between
the two contenderS. Xavier Uni.
verSiiy's captain Paul Gaines
scored two points as the horn
blew ending the terrific battle
giving Xavier a 60-59 win.
The teams played to a capacity
crowd on both nights which was
not disappointed by the outstand-
ing performances of Marvin Rob-
ertS. senior center of Tennessee
State. Robert Hopkins OF Gramb-
ling. Richard Calvin of billiard.
and Thurston Warlick Of Xavier
University.
The Detroit Lions established
a new NIL home attendance rec
ord of 326,040 for six games dur
inc the 1854 season.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

The CYO boxing tourna-
ment, famed for the lively
action and the good sports
manship Of its participants,
will open its 10th season in
Detroit early in January.
Director Frank Connolly
has booked three prelimi-
nary elimination shows 10
whitile the big starting field
down 10 the band of out
standing youngsters who
will fight for championships
Saturday. Jan. ~ at the CYO
Community Center. Mack
and Maxwell.
The opening card at the
CYO center is Saturday, Jan.
8. followed by another al the
Center Jan. IL. and the tourna-
ment semifinals at the Dear
born X. of c. Hall. Helen and
Michigan AYES, Jan. 18th.
Biggest Entry
The tournament has drawn
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

NAL WHITFIELD. who q P-r-
vsis life has been much n the
limeliqhi as 10 whether - not
he was committed 10 marry
Swedish girl. became the first
Negro 10 ever win the James
Z. Sullivan Memorial Trophy
As Americas outstanding anna
teur athlete Of the year.
OF course. il was Bit OF
irony that "a was not Mails
greatest year. for IL was in 81
that he was the No. Sullivan
candidate after setting five
world records indoors and out
doors. But his name was taken
off the ballot due 10 his being
investigated for alleged viola
lions of amateur rules. He was
never formally charged and
eventually won clearance from
AAU.
Nal won IN comparative ease.
being named on asa OF 6ST
ballots cast. The trophy Is
awarded each year for the last
Is years TO the amateur ath-
lsis who by performances. exam
pie and good influence did the
most 10 advance the cause OF
good sporfsmanship." will be
presented 10 Whitfield on Feb.
20. The track star ID now In
the Far East on goodwill
tour for the State Department.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Fishing Festival

Entry tickets and rule sheets
are being distributed now for the
third annual Ice Fishing Derby
on Saturday. Jan. Is. when Is
trophies Will be awarded for the
biggest catches. most unusual
tackle and oldest fisherman and
llSherwoman.
Thousands attend this Tree tcs.
tlval. largest of lis kind IN south.
ern Michigan. which is co-suon.
sored by the Huron-Clinion
Metropolitan Authority and the
Detroit News.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08
Skating Information

The holiday warm spell tenn.
porarily spoiled skating conditions
al Metro Beach. Kensingion Met
ropoliian Park near New HUDSON.
and Lower Huron Metropolitan
Park near Bollevillc. but few
cold days Will bring the ice back
20 peak condition.
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

AS flashY fighter who made
life hum wherever he went.
whether in the ring. 10 donate
a Damon RunYon Cancer Fund
check or 10 rule over the Ray
Robinson Enterprises in Har-
lem. Robinson was always the
center of attraction.
As dancer. he no longer
ENJOYED the ilmelight as cham
pion-neither on stage nor in
boxing. and the farther he drifted
from his ring career, the closer
he came to being just another
song and dance man For the
ever proud and ambitious Sugar
Ray this would never do. accord
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

Mg 10 Vie article.
He repeatedly earned 100000
during ms first year as song
and dance man working FIVE
and SIX shows a cav This figure
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1955-01-08

Sponsored by the Detroit
CommanderY OF the Knights
Tsmplar. Thursdays game will
find only the Starr Common
wealth profiiing. Wayne has
agreed 10 turn over all pro-
ceeds Of the game 10 the Albion.
Michigan. boys town" 10 help
build a Community Center.
Wayne hopes to avenge an
earlier IS TO 40 loss at the hands