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Evening star., 1955-10-13
Peace Efforts Continue
In St. Louis Strike

,pute before the State would seek
an Injunction or impose penalties
Under the State utility anti-strike
law. The Governor seized the
company several hours after the
strike started late Monday night
in q dispute over wages.
In q stormy meeting, the op-
orators overwhelmingly shouted
down suggestions by their union
leaders yesterday that they obey
the Governors order and 80 back
to work.
Under an Injunction. violators
would be subject to contempt Of
court proceedings.
The anti-strike law provides a
10000 daily fine against any
union and $1,000 total fine
against any union leader taking
part In a strike Affer State
seizure IN addition. workers re-
fusing to do Their Jobs could be
fired with loss Of seniority.
Daniel Rogers. State Mediation
Board chairman. named as the
Governors agent to operate the
company. said the State. al
though it has the power. has nc
intention Of trying to recruit op-
orators outside the union to op-
crate buses and streetcars.
Meanwhile. a change In the
weather improved the situation
today for those who normally
ride the transit vehicles. Rain
hampered them yesterday, but
the skies were clear today.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
TODAY'S WEATHER REPORT

$3.50 on the coast and cooler
tomorrow.
Wind-Southerly shifting to
west or northwest 1915 miles
per hour and becoming north
west 1920 miles per hour to-
morrow.
River Report
tFrom y. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and clear at Great Falls: Shenandoah
clear at Harpers Ferry
Temperatures for Yesterday
Readings Washington National Airport
Midnight So Noon "A
4 am. ---- Fl pm. .---- Ge
sam. 81 SPIN. 65
Record Temperatures This Year
Hiehest. 81, on July -, August 2.
Lowest. 10 m February q
High and Low Of Last "a Hours
High, IS at 4:I0 PM
Low, 81 at 5:52 am.
Evening star., 1955-10-13

ST. LOUIS. Oct. 10 R.-Ef-
forts to bring about q settle
ment in q Gripping bus and
streetear strike without legal &C
ton continued today. but there
was little prospect of resump-
tion Of service until possibly to-
morrow.
Attorney General John M.
Dalton of Missouri left for a
speaking engagement at Drury
College in Springfield after ses-
sions with union leaders last
night at which he said some
progress was made.
! Arthur East, union president,
said q membership meeting was
scheduled for some time tomor-
row ito tell the workers to &c
back to work" Mr.. Dalton was
sent here by Gov. Phil M. Dom
nelly after defiant AFL opera
tors ignored orders 70 return to
their jobs.
Mr.. East would not say wheth-
er the meeting was q result OF
his session with Mr.. Dalton after
which the attorney general called
union leaders very co-opera-
tive"
Robert Welborn. an assistant
attorney general. was to meet
with fcompany officials during
the day for further discussions
but indicated there would be nc
new developments at least until
Mr.. Dalton returned here this
afternoon.
No union meetings were sched-
uled for today.
Mr.. Dalton indicated an effor'
would be made to reach q SETTLE
ment in the prolonged wage dis
Evening star., 1955-10-13
|McGowun Named
Army Chief for
National Guurd

The Army has announced
appointment Of Mai. Gen. Dom
aid w. MCGOWAN, 56, to succeed
Maj. Gen. william H. Abendroth
as chief of the Army division
of the National Guard Bureau.
Gen. Abendroth, SO. will con-
tinue as commander Of the Dis
trict National Guard. He has
held both positions since taking
charge Of the division in October.
1851. :
The Army explained that Gen.
Abendroth has concluded q nor
NAL tour of duty as chief Of
the division. The tour is three
years with an extension Of one
year optional.
Gen. McGowan's National
Guard experience goes back to
1915 when he served for six
months In the Mexican border
campaign. He now lives In
Trenton, N. j., and is COM
mander Of the 50th Armored
Division of the New Jersey Ma
tional Guard.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Gen. Sturgis Tours
Fl. BeIvoir School

1t. Gen. s. D. Sturgis, Chief
Of Engineers, yesterday toured
the Command Management
school at Fort Belvoir, Va. In
the second Of a new series OF
Technical Service Days.
Mai. Gen. Louis w. Prentiss,
commanding general Of the en-
gineer center and former District
Engineer Commissioner, was host
to Gen. Sturgis and others who
toured the management school.
The Technical Service Days
were inaugurated at the school
to point out to each service how
the instruction at the school can
affect its personnel and methods
Of operation.
Col. Frank Kowalski, jr., COM
mandant of the management
school, explained the mission,
purpose and method Of operation
Of the school.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Truman Scores
Legion Politics

NEW YORK. Oct. 10 R.--
Former President Truman today
accused the American Legion Of
going "haywire" in wanting the
United States to quit the United
Nations Educational. Scientific
and Cultural Organization.
The Legion, In q resolution
dopted by an overwhelming voice
vote at its Miami convention yes
terday, urged Congress to abolish
the United States National Com
mission for UNESCO.
THE Legion doesn't know
what it Is talking about" Mr..
Truman declared.
They have gone haywire in
the last three or four years.
They don't know what they are
doing"
Mr.. Truman, q Legionnaire
himself, voiced his feelings to
reporters as he took his usual
early morning stroll. He and his
wife are spending a week in New
York.
Noting that the Legion's reso-
luton came in the face Of action
by a special Legion COMMITTEES
which gave UNESCO clean bill
OF health, Mr.. Truman asserted
Their own committee said
that shouldn't be done"
However. Mr.. Truman went or
to temper his criticism, saying
of the Legion membership:
They're a fine bunch of kids
They fought for the welfare OF
their country. Most of them
knew what they were fighting
for. but they seem to have for
gotten about it now"
Evening star., 1955-10-13

District and vicinity-Cloudy
with showers tonight ending
early tomorrow followed by clear
ing. Low tonight near 56 and
cooler tomorrow.
Maryland-Cloudy with show
ers tonight and in east early
tomorrow followed by clearing.
Low tonight 1885 in west, 1862
In east and cooler tomorrow.
Virginia-Cloudy with showers
tonight and in east early to-
morrow followed by clearing.
Warmer in the interior to-
night with low 50-55 in west,
Evening star., 1955-10-13

investigation OF civil service
problems seem far from enthus-
iastic about the idea.
Their attitude indicates that
creation Of . Senior Civil Service
Corps Is not In the immediate
offing, since any such action
must be approved by Congress,
The principal objections seems
to be that the plan is impractical
and would lead to internal poli-
tics and "empire building within
the Government service In select
ing the elite corps. The Hoover
group envisioned the select corps
Of careerists being paid higher
salaries than are now provided by
the Classification Act and being
shifted from agancy to agency as
various demands arose for their
talents and services.
In addition to Congressional
objections. Carter Burgess. As
sistant Secretary Of Defense for
Manpower and Personnel, also
expressed his doubts about the
program recently.
Mr.. Burgess said the diversity
OF functions and autonomy Of
control Of the different agencies
do not lend themselves TO such
fluid personnel uses Is enyisioned
by the program.
in addition, the program
would be dependent upon willing
acceptance by agencies Of the
concept Of having their key po-
sitions earmarked for the Senior
Civil Service, an acceptance that
may or may not be forthcom-
ing" Mr.. Burgess said.
1T may be that q Senior Civil
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Jupon BUYS Pulp

TOKYO, Oct. 13 R.-Japan
has allocated $9.4 million to i'm
port paper pulp from the United
States. Canada, Finland and
Sweden. the foreign ministry an
nounced today.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
Indiana Guard
Digs In for Stay
Al Struck Plant

NEW CASTLE, Ind, Oct. 13
R.-The Perfect Circle Corp.
foundry was in partial produc-
ton today as the company. the
striking CIO United Auto Work
ers and the National Guard dug
in for what shaped up as an
extended deadlock.
The plant had its doors open
to anyone who wants to work. +"
The union had vowed that 1t
backs the strike all the way"
Gov. George N. Craig had said
that the guard viii stay as long
as there appears TO be q threat
of renewed violence.
Little Hope for Break
There wasn't any apparent
hope for q break In the impasse
before November. Petitions for
elections to decertify the union
at Perfect Circles Hagerstown
and Richmond plants are before
the National Labor Relations
Board. but the UAw has been
granted until October "a to file
additional briefs. NLRB action
will follow that filing.
The New Castle foundry is not
involved in the liberalization
move, but the UAW has refused
to bargain for it separately from
the HagerstoWn and Richmond
plants in adjoining Wayne
County. The company has de-
ciined to sign an agreement for
these plants while the decertifl-
cation actions are pending.
The union Is asking a 2l-cent
hourly wage increase, union
shop and q layoff plan. Perfect
Circle has offered II cents. Pres
ent wages range from $l.2l to
more than 50 an hour.
Six hundred Guardsmen moved
into New Castle q week ago after
a demonstration by an estimated
5000 strike sympathizers In
which shots were fired by both
demonstrators and non-strikers
and eight persons were wounded.
l.00o Guardsmcn ON Duty
This week Gov. Craig declared
fun martial law In New Castle,
all Of Henry County, the town Of
Hagerstown and the Richmond
plant area. Additional guards
men moved into Hagerstown and
Richmond. bringing to about L.
900 the total on duty.
Plant Manager Chesley Juday
said 80 workers Of a normal pro-
lduction force Of $50 reported
for work yesterday. along with
1913 office workers. The foundry
makes rough castings for the
other plants. which produce pis-
ton rings for automotive and
other internal combustion en-
lgines. MIR. Juday said it should
be up to so per cent Of normal
production by early next week.
The other plants have been
operating at reduced levels
throughout the strike. which be-
gan July IS.
Evening star., 1955-10-13

Service Is too visionary at this
time. . Mr., Burgess added. "a
more practical approach might
be for each agency to concen-
ltrate on establishment or expan-
sion Of Its own career develop
Iment program for civilian en-
lployes, and for the Civil Service
Commission, within the frame-
work Of the present system. to
concentrate on assisting in the
placement Of key personnel
across agency lines
Mr. Burgess added that the
csc could do much to assist In
such interagency placements by
identifying men and women Of
capacity in the various agencies
who may be available for trans
fer to positions where their tall
ents can be more effectively
used. A program Of this charac-
ter will give to the civil service
some Of the fiexibility which it
lacks.
DEFENSE CHANGES - Bill
IKushnick. who was civilian per-
|sonnel director Of the Army dur
ing World War II, has been APP
pointed by Assistant Defense
Secretary Carter Burgess to head
a special committee to study the
Hoover Commissions proposals
for civilian employe reforms in
the Defense Department. The
Hoover group urged greater pro-
motion opportunities for civilian
Iemployes, a clearer demarcation
between military and civilian
duties, and other reforms.
KLEIN RESIGNS-Samuel E.
Klein has resigned as president
of the United National Associa-
ton Of Post Once Clerks to be-
come assistant to the regional
personnel manager Of the Post
Once Departments New York
regional ONCE. Joseph Thomas,
the unions secretary-treasurer.
lis expected to succeed Mr.. Klein
as president. Mr.. Klein will be
missed here. He was one of the
hardest working and most ef-
fectiye unionists on Capitol Hill
in behalf Of Federal employe
legislation.
CONvENTION--The Retire
Iment Federation Of Civil Service
Employees holds It's annual con-
Ivention here next week. The
convention will be highlighted
by a banquet at 7:30 pm. next
Thursday in the Washington
Hotel.
AIR FORCE EVALUATION-
| A joint Civil Service Commission
and Air Force team is now con-
Quoting q survey Of the Air Force
Departments civilian personnel
management program, including
q review Of the classification OF
positions. Both supervisors and
employees at all levels are being
contacted by the survey team.
r. \ ~
SEVEN AGENCIES REACH
GOAL - Red Feather Govern
,ment Unit Chairman Harvey v.
Hisiey reports that seven agen-
icies have reached 100 per cent of
their goal in the 1856 Commu-
nifty Chest Campaign.
Mr.. Higley's own agency. the
Evening star., 1955-10-13
'ReargulrlentSe
In Tofh Case
BY N. Associated Press

The Supreme Court called for
new arguments this afternoon
on whether Congress has the
power to enact legislation pro-
Ividing for court-martial Of civil
Iians.
It's decision could settle the
fate Of a key provision Of the
1850 uniform code Of military
Justices well as determine
whether former Air Force Sergt.
Robert w. 10th must stand mill
|tary trial for murder.
Toth's case originally was
argued last February, when
there was q vacancy on the high
court due to the death Of Justice
Robert w. Jackson. Instead Of
deciding the issue, the court or
dered reargument so that Justice
John Marshall Harlan. who took
Justice Jackson's place, could
hear the case.
Constitutionality Argued
While the court gave no indi-
cation how the eight justices
stood, the call for reargument
before a full court led to specu-
lation they may have been
equally divided.
The arguments, outlined by
opposing counsel In legal briefs.
center around constitutionality
of section Of the uniform code.
This authorizes court-martial of
a civilian who cannot be tried in
q civil court for an offense
committed In the armed forces
which Is punishable by at least
five years in prison.
Presumably q decision striking
down this provision could bar
|court.martial Of some American
CTS who first embraced and then
rejected the Chinese Reds. Sew
eral turncoats. who were dis
honorably discharged while in
Red hands. are awaiting possible
military trial.
Two Oficers Convicted
10th, 24-year-old Pittsburgh
steelworker, was honorably dis
charged by the Air Force De-
cember 8. 1852. He was arrested
at his work the following May
l3 and flown to Korea to face
court-martial on charges he and
two others murdered and con-
spired to murder q South Ko-
rean civilian. The two other
airmen. who had not been dis
charged. were convicted and
given prison sentences.
Judge Alexander Holtzoff in
q. 8. District Court for the Dis
trict Of Columbia ordered the
Air Force to bring 10th home
and release him. The United
States Court Of Appeals re-
versed the lower court judge.
but 10th has remained free on
81 900 bond during the long legal
battle.
Toth's attorneys contend that
to subject him to military trial
would deprive him Of his guar
|anteed basic rights as a civilian
under the Constitution.
Solicitor General Simon E,
ESobeloff argued in his brief that
Toth's seizure was clearly
valid"
Evening star., 1955-10-13
THE FEDERAL SPOTLIGHT
Plan for Elite Service
Finds Cool Reception
By JosEPH YOUNG

The Commissions concept Of Senior Civil Service
Corps Of topleye employees meeting generally cool
reception House Civil Service Committees
Key members the committees who have been In town
during the congressional recess 70 supervise
Evening star., 1955-10-13

ALL Arthur Murroy
Students Are
Invited to Special
PARTIES
Here's your chance to be-
come a popular dancing
partner and have a world
OF fun, too. Come into
Arthur MurTay's now.
You'll find not only do you
learn quickly and easily
thanks to his Magic Step"
method of teaching but
you'll be invited to gay
studio parties as well. At
these parties you meet new
people, make new friends
and get a chance to put
the finishing touches on
your dancing. So come in
today for q FREE trial les
son and start on a new life
of fun.
Evening star., 1955-10-13
TEEN AYERS

Teen Age dancing classes
are starting now. A few
openings are still available.
Special attention to boys
who are beginners.
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Woodward Probers
To Question Duchess

NEW YORK. Nov. 2 ca The
Duchess Of windsor was slated
today for questioning In the fatal
shooting Sunday Of millionaire
sportsman William Woodward.
ljr., by his blond wife.
District Attorney Frank GU
llotta Of Nassau County disclosed
this indirectly by saying ques-
Itioning is planned for everyone
present at 3 party attended by
THE Woodwards on q Long Island
estate q few hours before the
tragedy.
The duchess was guest Of
honor at the party.
| Mr.. Gulotta's announcement
came as more than 1000 persons
lcrammed st. James Episcopal
Church in Manhattan for Mr..
Woodward,s funeral.
His widow, confined to Doc
TORS Hospital by shock since the
tragedy. wept bitterly at being
unable TO attend. The former
model has said she killed Mr..
woodward accidentally in early
morning darkness in belief he
was prowler
Ordered by her physician To-
stay in bed, she sent q blanket
lof flowers to the church. A
hymn she had requested because
lit was her husbands favorite4
was sung during the 20-nainuteI
services.
The couples two SONS, ll-year-
old william III and James, I, at.
tended the services with their
grandmother. Mrs. william
woodward. ST., and Mrs. John
Pratt, q sister of Mr.. Woodward
Two hymns were sung Ten.
Thousand Times Ten Thousand
and 'sThe Strife Is Ger but
Hi was not disclosed which was
the one requested BY the widow,
The flowers sent BY the widow
were in red and white--the rae
ing colors Of Mr.. woodward.
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physician. told newsmen that
lshe asked me II there wasn't
some way to get her to the
funeral today.
"She asked me II there wasn't
something ! could give her to
make 1t possible for her TO go
and i told her it wasn't possible. .
Mrs. woodward s.had a bad
reaction Of intense grief when
she asked me to have my Sec
rotary cali florist and send
flowers for her. the doctor con-
tinued.
she ordered q blanket Of
large. white chlysanthemunls
and red carnations. DR. Prutting
said. sShe said they were his
favorite colors and his racing
colors. She also ordered their
nicknames to be put on a small
RIBBON and discreetIy written SO
that people wouldn't see them. !"
He said Mrs. Woodward asked
him not to reveal the nicknames
because they were .'very per-
sonal."
Visits Re-EIiacted
Meanwhile, a prowler picked
up by police re-enacted visits he
had paid to the Woodward
estate at Oyster Bay on Long
Island. Mrs. Woodward has
told police it was these visits
that made her nervous and up
set and prompted her to shoot
when she saw a shadow or heard
8 noise in the darkness.
Police took Paul w. Wirths. q
convicted burglar, to the sprawl
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ing woodward home at dusk
yesterday. They said he adj
United breaking into the garage
and bathhouse Of the estate on
two occasions several days before
the shooting.
Mrs. Woodward had told police
that evidence Of these break Tins
caused her and her husband to
arm themselves with shotguns
before going to bed early last
Sunday morning. An hour or so
later, the statement to police
continued, she fired at what she
thought was the prowler on q
return visit. Instead. she hit
and killed her husband.
After questioning Wirths for
hours. Inspector Stuyyesant Pin-
nell, chief of Nassau County
detectives. said he was convinced
the 22-year-old German refugee
was mot on the Woodward
property at the time Of the
shooting. Mr.. Pinnell said
Wirths at the time was raiding
d golf course snack bar at a
nearby country club.
The woodward Investigation
includes a check on whether the
couples marriage was harmoni-
Gus. There have been reports
from various sources Of discord,
but so far police have not re-
ported any such findings. There
also were reports that the two
were quite happy together.
Among persons to whom Mr..
Pinnell said authorities probably
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would talk IN connection with
the case Is Mr.. Woodward'l
mother, Mrs. William Wood
ward, sr.
Mr.. Pinnell said he also in
tended to continue interviewing
members Of the group who were
with the Woodwards at the
party for the Duchess Saturday
night.
Mr.. Pinnell said ne has not
questioned the Duchess, but
added, IF we believe she can
help us we viii attempt to in
lteryiew her."
Wirths Held In Burglary
The investigation yesterday
was largely confined to Wirths.
Police had been seeking him in
connection with a number Of
lhousebreakings even before the
Woodward shooting. He was
held on q burglary charge not
directly related to the Wood
ward case.
Mr.. PlnnelI said Wirths told
police he did not hear any dog
bark when he was prowling
around the estate on the two
occasions prior to the shooting.
Interest in the dog stemmed
from Mrs. Woodward's state
inent 70 police that the noise
that woke her could have been
her dog barking.
Mr.. Pinnell said Mrs. Wood
ward answered YES when he
specifically asked her: Does
the dog bark usually on the first
strange noise it hears
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HELD IN WOODWARD
CASENew York.Named
by police as a man who
once broke into the William
WoodWards' bath house.
Paul W. Wirths, 2-year-old
German immigrant brick
layer, is being held in the
investigation Of Mr.. Wood
wards staying at his Oys-
ter Bay IN. " home early
Sunday ZAP Wirephoto.
wner Of the fabulous race hors
lashua.
Dr. John M. Putting. he
Evening star., 1955-01-26
Your Money 5 Worth
How You Con suye Money on Your Income Tox-xIII

Providence. Rhode Island. was
hit hard by Hurricane Carol
last August. How do ] prove q
casualty actually occurred7
ANSWER: You viii have no
dif6culty proving q casualty If
it was nationally reported-and
the 1854 hurricanes certainly
were. But you stiil must prove
it affected your property. Photo
graphs Of your property before
and after the damage win be
helpful; so viii newspaper stories
and pictures placing the damage
In your neighborhood; SO viii
police. fire or other municipal de-
partment records Of the casualty.
QUESTION: In our case. the
hurricane destroyed our trees.
What should we do?
ANSWER: Damage to your
trees or shrubs or tropical plants
as a result Of this unusual act
of nature is q deductible loss.
This also applies to damage to
your trees by severe winter bliz-
zard or by drought. extreme dry
waves Of thaws. This also COW
ers damage to your home or
grounds caused by tornado.
lightning or floods. heavy rains
or freezing-all the casualties
due to q sudden act Of nature.
QUESTION: How can I esti-
mate the value Immediately be-
fore and after the casualty for
tax purposes?
ANSWER: Appraisals by q
competent expert are important.
Get the appraisals in writing--in