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Evening star., 1955-01-26
PaTaeuaYan Plot
Reported QueIIed
By shs Assoeiai.d Press

AsUNcIoN. Paraguay. Jan.
2o.-A plot to overthrow Presi-
dent Gen. Alfredo stroessner
has been discovered and crushed,
the government announced
yesterday. The country was re-
ported calm.
The ringleader was identified
as DR.. Eulogio Estigarribia, for
mer head Of the Colorado Party.
from which he recently was ex-
PEELED. The government charged
that he was aided by some
civilians, retired army officers,
two officials of the military
academy and a group of cadets
in the acadmey's graduating
class.
At least some Of these were
reported under arrest.
President StroesSner, Al,
emerged as the dominant figure
in Paraguayan politics last May.
when, as commander in chief Of
the country's armed forces. he
led a revolt against President
Federico Chaves.
Evening star., 1955-01-26

sweeny in blue pajamas in a
raid in the Hotel westbury. on
the Upper East Side. last July 10.
Mr.. Barrett said he was ac-
companied by Mr.. Wade; Mr..
Wade.s sister. Mrs. John Hearst.
and Mrs. Elsie Berry. a private
detective.
Mrs. Wade Is q former debu-
tante friend Of jeanne connelley.
whom Mr.. Sweeny divorced in
1858. naming Porfirio Rubirosa
as correspondent.
Mr.. Sweeny is a former British
amateur golf champion.
Evening star., 1955-01-26
london Police Break Up Red March on Parliament

and 1--WE don't want war;
Police on horseback pushed the
crowds back into adjacent Par
lament Square. The demonstra-
tors shouted and booed. Several
tried to pull officers from their
horses.
The demonstrators massed at
the call Of the Communist
backed British Peace Committee.
The Communist Daily Worker
had supported them as the
voice of Britain and said they
constituted . peace lobby"
Evening star., 1955-01-26
Cotton Broker Divorces
Socially Prominent Wife
Br lie Asso<iolsd Pres

NEW YORK. Jan. "a. Testi-
nony that his ocially-prominent
wife. Pamela Curran Wade. "a.
was found nude with golf star
Bob Sweeny won an uncontested
divorce yesterday for Joseph
Austin Wade. 20. cotton broker.
A private detective. Joseph
Barrett. testified he discovered
Mrs. Wade unclothed and Mr..
Evening star., 1955-01-26
Freezer Used Is TobIe

DEERFIELD. Mich.A home
freezer that doubles as a kitchen
table is being manufactured by
q Deerheld company. Chairs
that match the color Of the a.
by-42-inch table top can be OBJ
tanned with the freezer.
Evening star., 1955-01-26
D. he hssoeia.sd Press

LONDON. Jan. 26.-Mounted
police broke lup crowds Of Conn
munist-encouraged demonstra-
tors outside the House of Conn
mons last night and arrested 10
persons.
The demonstrators. estimated
at about 1000. arrived with de-
mands to see their members of
Parliament and sought to pro-
test German rearrnament. At
first they were orderly. but later
shouted. mo arms for Germany
Evening star., 1955-01-26

It's rare thing when you find socks Of this quoy at
this price In oddton to the wool fonnels and eobor-
dnes there few 1870 WOOL l79o nylon eobordnes.
Eoch pair is outstondney toilored peoted fronts,
Snuetex woist bonds and carefully finished seems
throughout There is on extraordinary color ronoe. It's
reol chance to buy oil the slocks you need for sports
coat and cosuo wear. Sizes 28 TO AZ.
WGL-The Men's Store, End Floor
also Chevy Chose and Aexondrio
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17

the pavement and to drive disabled
cars off the paving; good safety
measure no doubt where high speed
is expected and no lighting provided.
But have you driven over this road
lately and seen what they expect you
to drive off into? Soft mud, axle
deep. It is a common sight to see
cars hopelessly mired down with what
apparently was nothing more than
fiat Add to this the fact that there
are not turnouts. no garages, no filling
stations or hotdog stands from which
to make call, and what might have
been nothing more than an inconven-
fence comes near to being catas-
trophe. A few hard-stand turnouts
along the route to which you might
limp along with soft tire or busted
fan belt would be of some help.
AS it is now they are never to get
grass to grow on shoulders anyway
with cars driving off and breaking up
the shoulders before the grass is estab-
lished. I would hazard guess that
maintaining these shoulders in their
present condition will eventually prove
more expensive than construction Of
suitable gravelled shoulders.
Local Citizen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
This and That

very much resembled the tree they
called the sycamore at home.
This came sabout through the like
ness of the foliage and the stripping Of
the bark.
The bark is smooth, and the upper
portion flakes of every year. sometimes
to the extent noted by our corre-
spondent, leaving white patches or all
white.
Dry, abnormal weather sometimes
accounts for this.
Flowers come clustered in compact
round balls, and the fruit heads retain
this form and contain small nutlets,
somewhat triangular in form. They are
solitary, mostly, and swing on long
peduncles.
There is a false sycamore, mostly
called the Pride-of-China tree.
Our National Capital is full Of trees,
thank heaven. though poisoned water
and gasoline fumes have taken their
toll
Everyone who loves this city has sor-
rowed, now and then, over some poor
old tree heroically trying to live in
concrete.
AS these die, or are taken cut to
widen streets-we call it progress-the
explaining division Of the District
Government plants more. bus at times
1t seems to be an almost hopeless task
to get them to grow.
Just how much the dispirited looking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Charles PorterfieId Light

Charley Light, who died IN Staunton
on Monday evening at the age Of "a, en-
riched his long life with friendships. He
enjoyed more of them than most men, for
he seemed to find in each new acquaintance
something of special interest, and he gave to
each of them the warmth and charm of an
unusual personality. He lived in modest
circumstances. He never held or aspired
to any public Office after he came to WASH
ington in 1911. Yet he knew more people
in Washington, and was known to more of
them, than many of the great or prominent
men in whose company he was so often
found. He was welcome in any circle, and
he made himself an enjoyable part of many
of them He was the survivor of four men.
who founded the Alfalfa Club in 1918. For
most of his 40 years in Washington, he
found enjoyment and relaxation in running
the affairs of that unusual organization as
benevolent dictator-revered-b by menu
bership he had personally elected" Illness
and the advancing years persuaded him to
leave his beloved Washington six years ago,
to spend his remaining days with relatives
in Lexington. But even now, dying quietly
as an old man, he leaves o vacancy that
no one but Charley could ever I'LL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
BY Charles E. Trocewen

trees are due to gasoline fumes is not
known. Some say one thing, some
another.
All the average human being can
say is that If the plant had nose,
as he has, 1t could not endure the
smell long.
AS for the chlorine and now fluorine
in water, who can say how much they
harm trees already disturbed by too
much concrete impinging on them?
The home gardener knows that
watering the lawn seems to do little
good now
There is group of gardeners, in
deed. willing to swear that water from
the hose is almost worse than no water
at all.
Now "fall-out" from bombs, no mat
ter where fired of. is likely to make
going all the harder for all living
things, including trees, SHRUBS. vege-
tables and flowers-and man.
This is matter on which there is
absolutely no data, but time may prove
it one way or another, If there ever
is any proof in such matter.
The word proof" has been very
much misused in recent years.
Anyone who doesn't want to believe
something cries, prove i'll" in very
loud tones.
There are many things it Is impos-
sible TO prove. but most honest persons
know In their hearts when something
II wrong, even II they can't prove 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Hoover Report ON VA Medicine

A recent letter regarding the Hoover
report stated that "the Hoover Commits
sion's recommendations on VA medicine
are doomed to failure" certainly
hope not However, if this does hap
pen, it will be due to pressure from vet
Grams organizations and not from any
lack Of truth in the report. It happens
every time anything is mentioned about
veterans benefits.
After three and one-half years Army
service surely want to see the veteran
receive everything he deserves. AS a
taxpayer, I also want to be assured that
veterans privileges are not abused.
have no fancy figures to quote. but ]
do know from personal experience that
some investigation and correction are
needed.
have been under the impression,
perhaps a false one. that a veteran
needed only sign statement of in
ability to pay, in order to receive treat
ment for non-service disability. No in
vestigation was made as it was against
VA rules to inquire into the financial
status of veteran.
There are many veterans receiving
disability compensation who have no
impaired earning power. Certainly all
those who truly need and deserve COM
pensation and all the other VA medical
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Visiting Nurses

Mi The members and friends Of the Visit
iflg Nurse Association will meet at luncheon
tomorrow to celebrate IS years Of service
to residents of the District. The occasion
deserves few words OF comment because
of the imponderables 1t representative
deeds of kindness which are the day-to-day
history of a social agency which ever since
1900 has made real in Washington the scrip
tural axiom: IT was sick, and We visited me-"
Visiting Nurses take the latest skills and
patterns of nursing practice directly into
the homes of patients without regard to race
or creed or ability to pay. They instruct
the sick and their families in nursing pro-
cedures. Rehabilitation is the objective
which they emphasize. It is their proud
boast that everybody may have the help OF
Visiting Nurse" on application for it. The
Community Chest Federation contributes
go per cent of the funds required for the
support of the work. So valuable is the
v. N. A. to the city that the District Health
Department annually "buys" $4,000 worth
of its aid. The Veterans Administration also
has contract with the Visiting Nurses.
Contributions come from the organizations
fighting infantile paralysis and cancer, and
money sometimes is given as memorial gifts
In tribute to relatives and friends who have
known from experience the merit of the
v. N. A. as humanitarian cause.
The story of the past SIS years of service
has turned largely on wars and economic
disturbances involving the shifting of pop
ulations and other social changes. It has
been necessary for the Visiting Nurses to
adjust their methods and techniques to the
demands made upon them. In this they
have needed the generous support of the
public, and The Star, which has chronicled
their work since the foundation Of the
v. N A. in 1900, gladly testiaes that they
deserve 1t.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17

half million dollars to carry on the
fight.
After the Revolution. when the great
men of the new Nation gathered at
Philadelphia to write a Constitution,
there were among them four men born
in Ireland and four others Of Irish
descent.
In the trying post-Revolutionary days
the Irish gave us two Supreme Court
justices, and many members Of Con-
greSs
Andrew jackson, war hero and one
Of the founders of a great political
party, was, of Irish descent this parents
were born in County Antrim, IrelanO.
Other Irish descended Presidents were
Polk. Buchanan. Arthur. Mckinley and
Wilson. And Teddy Roosevelt was
proud Of the fact that two collateral
branches Of his family were Irish.
John C. Calhoun, South Carolina
Senator and arch-foe Of jackson, was
the son Of Irish-born Patrick Calhoun.
Dewitt Clinton. Senator from New York
and candidate for President, was the
son Of a distinguished Irish family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17

Harvey Matusow, self-confessed liar sat
in Texas jail under a three-year prison
sentence last night following his conviction
for contempt of court.
The guilty verdict was announced by
Federal Judge R. E. Thomson of Ell Paso,
presumably because he thought Matusow
had INSTRUCTED justice by lying when he
testified last week that he had given false
evidence in an earlier proceeding against
O union official. The precise basis for the
conviction of Matusow was not made clear
in the news dispatches, and the possibility
remains that an appellate court may reverse
the conviction. Pending some such action,
however, it appears that stern judge has
found one way to punish a-witness who un-
questionably lied under oath on one Of two
occasions.
This same judge, incidentally, barred
Attorney Nathan Witt from his court last
week after the lawyer invoked the. Fifth
Amendment in refusing to say whether he
is or had been Communist. This is of more
than passing interest here, since Witt was
something of power In Washington back
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
SEVENTEENTH STREET.

II .
Dear sir:
"IIas Templeton Jones noticed how
snow-white the sycamore trees In and
around Washington have become?
Some have lost their bark entirely,
and are cleaning white from the
ground to the tips Of their branches.
"Silhouetted against deep blue sky,
decorated with its small black balls,
the sycamore presents a striking study
in black and white.
There is q most beautiful one IN
Dupont Circle.
Thanking you for all the very in
teresting bits you write us in your
delightful column.
yours sincerely, r. M. T."
The sycamore has an interesting
history.
The original was q species Of fig,
normal to Egypt.
It bore fruit directly on the trunk,
and was known in Biblical times as
the tree into which zacchaeus climbed
for sight OF the Savior.
Many centuries later, European
maple was chosen to represent this
tree, and called the sycamore. It was
used to represent the tree Of Zacchaeus
in the miracle plays.
The name was later transferred to
the American plane tree. Or button
wood, which was called the sycamore
because the early settlers Thought It
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Provoo Treason Case

There is no occasion for a layman to
quarrel with the legal correctness Of the
decision to dismiss treason indictment
against John David Provoo, former Army
sergeant.
The indictment was dismissed by Fed
eral Judge Thomson, in Baltimore Provoo,
according to the Government, turned traitor
after being captured by the Japanese on
Corregidor in 1912. He was brought back
to this country after the war, charged with
treason in 1949, and convicted in New York.
An appellate court reversed the conviction
on the ground, among others, that he should
have been tried in Maryland Subsequently
Provoo was reindicted in Maryland, and it
is this indictment which has been dismissed
by Judge Thomson. b.
. In the judges view, Provoo had been
denied the speedy trial guaranteed by the
Sixth Amendment. The juriSt also thought
that Provoo could not receive fair trial
at this late date. If the Government dis
agrees with Judge Thomson on his estimate
of the law, 1t can, of course, exercise It's
right of appeal.
The Judge made one comment, however,
which cannot be appealed and which should
not be unreservedly accepted.
There were several counts in the indict-
ment on which Provoo was convicted. He
was accused of giving military information
to the Japanese and Of broadcaSting propa-
ganda for them. The most serious charge,
however, was that he denounced another
prisoner Captain Burton Thomson, to the
Japanese. Provoo complained that Captain
Thomson had refused to give him fancy
food from the hospital mess, and the Jap
anese, thereupon, took Captain Thomson
out to lonely spot. bound him and shot
him.
Commenting on this phase of the in
dictment, Judge Thomson said: ut would
be poor tribute to Captain Thomson to
deny to this defendant (Provoo) the rights
for which Captain Thomson gave his life
It is with respect to this point that reser-
walton should be noted Perhaps it is pos
sible, Is years after the event, to take the
philosophical view that Captain Thomson
gave his life to preserve Provoo's right to
a speedy trial. But let us not gloss over
the fact that a jury has found that Captain
Thomson also gave his life because he was
denounced to the enemy by fellow Amer.
lean.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Move it?Neyer!

Commissioner Spencer sees no likeli-
hood of moving the unsightly shack, which
houses the headquarters of the veterans
Information Center" from the front yard
of the District Building.
Three cheers! Nobody wants to move
the building. What ought to be done is to
tear 1t down and burn the rubbish. The
Commissioners would thus demonstrate that
they, at least, are anxious to do what lies
within their limited power to clean up the
war-born litter Of temporary" buildings,
despoilers of SO much of the great beauty
and dignity once associated with Wash
ington.
What ought to be moved is Colonel Wal
dron Leonard, the head man; his secretary,
his chief clerk and three employees who run
the photostat equipment. They use this
shack for their headquarters. They should
be moved across the street to the more
commodiouS and even more permanent
temporary building known as 1400 PennSyl-
vania avenue. There they could join the
eleven employees who compose the rest OF
the staff of the veterans center. There is
room for all of them there.
We are not advocating abolition of the
veterans center The Commissioners for
years have been trying to rid their tight
budget of the Temporary Home for Soldiers
and Sailors, which started right after the
Civil War, and which houses veterans for
brief visits to Washington, provided they
are not residents d the District of Columbia.
This temporary" home is over rs years old.
About the year 203O will be time enough,
Therefore, to consider ending the services
of our own veterans center. Our immediate
concern is to get rid Of the temporary
shack which houses its headquarters.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
In Strength There Is Hope

President Eisenhower, In serving notice
on any potential aggressors that we will
use atomic weapons against military targets
without hesitation, has flashed go-slow
signal against brash moves based on mis-
conception Of our policies. The Presidents
press conference comments, coupled with
other recent statements as to our capacity
to retaliate with formidable array Of new
weapons, should help to make it clear that.
while we oppose war, we are determined to
resist any attacker. And all the evidence
points to our ability to strike devastating
blow at such an enemy.
The President went even further than
Secretary Dulles in describing our policy
respecting the use of tactical atomic
weapons. Mr.. Dulles indicated that such
grim devices would be used in any general
war In the Far East. Mr. Eisenhower did
not appear to limit their use to general
war, however. He said he could see no
reason why atomic weapons should not be
used tactically against military targets in
battle just as conventional weapons are
used.
Such weapons, our experts believe, spell
disaster for an enemy reckless enough to
launch an attack on us. OF course Russia
is developing similar weapons, and 1t will
be as difficult for us to defend ourselves
from them as it will be for the Reds to
escape atomic retaliation. Yet it is this
very balance Of catastrophe threat and
counterthreat that gives reasonable hope
that war can be stayed indefinitely, while
mankind strives for better guarantee Of
peace than today's growing stockpiles OF
nuclear bombs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
D. c. Welfare Pioneers

The writer wishes to applaud all the
fine things said in tribute to Mrs. Whit
man Cross by our great friend and
leader, Herbert c. Blunck. president
of the Community Chest Federation,
whose letter appeared in The Star.
The writer. a native of the District
and who has had an active interest in
the evolution. Of District of Columbia
welfare activities, recalls also the col
laboration Of Mrs. Cross and the late
Newbold Moves in launching the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies (planning body
the predecessor to the Community
Chest, or might one say 1.-THE John the
Baptist" thereof.
This pioneering brought order out
Of chaos.
Let the people OF this area count
their blessings and back 'em up with
funds to do the job.
Joseph ID. Kaufman.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17

In the boom days Of the New Deal. He
worked very closely" by his own admission
with Alger Hiss as a member Of the legal
staff of the Department Of Agriculture, and
he served as secretary to the National Labor
Relations BOARD when that agency was
ripping into American industry under the
mantle Of the Wagner Act. What was done
then cannot be undone now. but there, is
some satisfaction in Endorsing Judge Thom-
ason's comment that mo lawyer who takes
the witness stand and invoices the Fifth
Amendment on grounds of self-incrimina-
ton viii be allowed to practice in my court"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Great Day for Irish-ond America, Too
By Dovid Koonce

nNE Of the major ingredients Of the
" American melting pot" has been
the Irish. for sons Of Fire since Colonial
times have given their Drawn and their
brains to the military might and cul-
tural greatness Of the Nation.
American history Is dotted with SO
many Irish names, in fact. that st.
Patrick's Day is day that belongs to
all Of US. whatever our descent.
Irish influence Is to be found in the
earliest efforts for American freedom.
There were three native-born Irish
signers of the Declaration Of Inde-
pendence. and three more who were
direct descendants Of Irishmen.
A list of American generals during
the Revolution reads like the roster
of a Hibernian society: Anthony
Wayne, John Patton. Grifith Ruther-
ford. William Thompson, Steven Moy-
Ian (trusted aide of Gen. Washington.
Richard Butler, Edward Hand, William
Irvine, John Sullivan, Richard Mont
gomery. William Maxwell. Walter
Stewart and John Shee.
Gen. washington, at Valley Forge on
st. Patricks Day In 1778. passed down
orders that all the army keep the day.
Two years later, he gave holiday to
all fatigue and working parties on st.
Patrick's Day, day, he noted, "held in
particular regard by the people Of the
Irish nation"
Even among the French troops sent
over in the cause OF liberty, there were
Irishmen. The regiments Of the Irish
brigade under Gen. Dillon and Col.
Walsh acquitted themselves well in our
fight. which many Of them regarded
as theirs. too.
John Barry. the first captain to be
commissioned in the American Navy,
was an Irishman. He later became the
Nays first commodore.
How do we account for the energetic
Irish eight in behalf Of our freedom?
Well, the Irishman's devotion to liberty
is, even more ancient than his struggle
with the British. All Of them brought
their courage to these shores, along
with their enmity for the English.
But It was not only military leader
ship that Irish Americans contributed
to liberty. The Friendly Sons of st.
Patrick in Philadelphia gave over q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-17
Lines for St. Putrick

ireland ,cas heather Dhen st. Patrick
came
So the old folklore tales and legends
say,
But Christian tDhep death summoned
him dtDdy,--
And thus radiance gathered round
his name.
He rho has NON crotDn of holiness
Can neuer lose it. Mist and moss of
years
Obliterate small deeds, but sainthood
fears
No dinnirg of Its glory. Men stu bless
Patrick OF ireland. Echoing like chime
OF bells, unfading through the
centuries,
His burning faith. his selfless
charities.
His loUe for man Hves on, defying time.
Inez BoreIoy Kirby