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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Morals Case Postponed
In Prosecution Mixup

A soliciting for lewd and i'm
moral purposes case was con-
tinued until April 8 in Municipal
Court yesterday pending a con-
ference between the United
States Attorney and the Corpora =
ton Counsel to see who should
prosecute.
To date such cases have been
handled by the United States
Attorneys Office but part of the
District Code indicates the Cor
poration Counsel should prose-
cute.
Yesterday Judge Thomas C.
Scalley postponed the case
against a man after a defense
attorney moved for a dismissal,
saying that the wrong prosecutor
brought the charge to court. The
prosecutor was an assistant
United States Attorney.
It was pointed out that part
of the District Code says the
Corporation Counsel shall handle
charges for which a fine and a
jail term as an alternative may
be imposed.
The maximum sentence for
this case, however, is three
months in Jail plus a $3.50 fine.
In still a different section of
the code, prosecuting authority
is given to the Corporation
Counsel. United States Attorney
Leo A. Rover and Corporation
Counsel Vernon West were to
confer this week end,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Reds Treated Him Well,
Says U. 5. COPPER Pilot
By the Associated pre..

STUTTGART, Germany, Mar
26.-An American Army hell
copter pilot, forced down by a
snowstorm in Communist East
Germany, said today he received
good care" from the Russians,
who gave him a bottle of cognac.
First 1t. Louis H. Jacquay, 26,
of Fort Wayne, Ind. whose wife
bore a son last night, said he was
confined to a room in a Soviet
military compound near the West
German border. He said that at
no time was there ANY indica-
ton of violence" and he and a
German companion were only
questioned a couple of times dur
ing the week for Is to 20 minutes.
1t. Jacquay was forced down
a few miles inside the East
German border March II with
Horst Kuehn. IS, lieutenant in
a German labor service unit.
They were on an aerial survey
mission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Retail Milk Price
Faces Early Cut
OF nc Per Quart

A Acknowledgment reduction
In retail milk prices is expected
here in a week or so.
A spokesman for the Mary
land-Virginia Milk Producers
Association made this prediction
today. He based it on a reduce
ton in prices which the associa-
ton will pay its dairy farmer
members. effective next Friday.
The official said the cut is a
seasonal one. likely to remain
until September. He said the
same thing happened last spring.
and attributed it to a better milk
supply during summer months.
The association will reduce
prices paid its farmer members
% cents a hundredweight,
which figures to one-half cent a
quart. This will be passed on to
diaries which the association
serves. Diaries probably will pass
the cut along to consumers, he
said.s
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Dulles Doesn't Know Source
Of YoIto Data Leak to Press

Secretary Of State Dulles does
not know how the Yalta papers
leaked to the New York Times.
State Department Press Officer
Henry Suydam passed the word
today, after a 24-hour check.
Reporters Of the Times secret
ly obtained a copy Of the long
suppressed Yalta document on
March Is. They promised to
print the full text and were
shooting for a major newspaper
beat" in editions Of March II.
But word got around town on
March Is that the Times had
obtained the papers. A storm Of
protest broke over the State De-
partment. which promptly re-
leased the document to all news
media.
Politicians and some column
lists have charged the State De-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Civic Federation 10 Call
Session on SIum Drive

The Federation of Civic As
sociations is planning a special
meeting to discuss the Keith
Rouse anti-slum program with
housing and redevelopment Off
Gals.
At the federation's meeting
in the District Building last
night, resentment was expressed
against some aspects of the way
the program was prepared. Fed
Grafton President George O. But
Ter said today.
In other action, the fedora
ton:
Went on record opposing a
proposed increase in school
children's bus and streetcar
fares from the present cents
to 10 cents.
Approved a conference be-
tween its Civil Protection Com
mittee and the District Com
missioners to discuss racial in
tegration of the Fire Depart
ment.
Endorsed the Commissioners
efforts to get more Federal
money for the District.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
House Subcommittee
Still Undecided on
Draft for Reserves

A House Armed Services Sub
committee is still undecided
whether to give the Pentagon
authority to use the draft, if
necessary, to help build up the
military reserves.
Failing to reach q vote yes
terday, the subcommittee put off
until next week a final decision
on the Defense Department S
second request for power to in
duct men 1926 years of age for
six months training. These train
ees would be obligated to seven
and one-half years reserve duty.
Carter L. Burgess, Assistant
Secretary of Defense, said draft
authority would be used only as
a "last resort" if there are fewer
than 100000 volunteers a year
for this special corps.
The subcommittee already
tentatively has approved a plan
to allow up to 100000 youths
between II and 10 years to VOL
unteer for the program. They
would be in active service IS
months less than draftees. The
regular draft would continue.
Mr.. Burgess called draft au-
tf1ority' a major part" of the
Pentagon program to build the
present active reserve force of
about 100000 men to over 2 mil
lion by 1859.
The subcommittee also put off
a final decision on the Penta-
CONS request that the President
be given authority to recall a
limited number of reservists in
situations he may designate as
emergencies.
The Pentagon wants the Pres
ident to be given authority to
recall a maximum of / million
reservists who have left active
service within the previous IL
months. They would be recalled
either in organized units or as
individuals,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Bing Will Bring
La Trovioto' and
Faust Here in April

Rudolf Bing, general manager
of the Metropolitan Opera, says
the Met is bringing two "jolly
good operas" to Washington next
month.
The opera executive used this
description yesterday for La
Traviata" and Faust" sched-
uled to play the Capitol Theater
on April Is and 26, respectively.
: Washington critics greeted
the announcement of the pair
caustically last month, labelling
them warehouses;" Mr.. Bing,
however, told a National Press
Club luncheon, at which he was
guest speaker. that only stand
ard works sell out the house and
that the Met cant afford to
lose money"
The Met head also said local
committees VERY often" choose
what the company presents. He
didn't say whether that hap
pened here. however.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Jordan Again Complains
OF Border Violations
By the Associated Press

JERUSALEM, Mar. 26.-Jor-
dan today filed three complaints
of border violations against Is
rael with the U. N. Mixed Armi-
stice Commission a Jordan mill
tary source reported.
The charges were lodged only
a day after Israel blamed Egypt
for an attack on an Israeli we'd
ding party at the village of Pat
ish, near the Egyptian-held GAIA
strip. One girl was killed and
% other persons injured in the
shooting.
1t was understood, meanwhile,
that Israeli Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett has invited the
United States, French and Brit
ish Ambassadors to meet with
him this afternoon.
1t was assumed that Mr.. Shar-
EFT would express to the three
ENJOYS his governments concern
over the situation along the
Egyptian-Israeli border, partic-
ularly in view of the Patish at
tack.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26

partment slipped a copy to the
Times in advance of general dis
tribution. One columnist said
the document was deliberately
planted with she New York pa
per. Some critics blamed Secre-
tary Dulles and Assistant Secre-
tary Carl McCardle for the leak.
Besides denying that Mr..
Dulles knows how the Times OBJ
tanned its copy. Mr.. Suydam has
said no investigation of the leak
is planned. He said the papers
already were declassified.
Meanwhile, Senator Humphrey
Democrat. Of Minnesota Is await
ing Secretary Dulles reply to
questions concerning the matter.
The Senator has asked whether
q confidential stamp had been
removed from the Yalta papers
before they were given to the
Times. ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Russians Turn Down
Armed Forces Cuts,
West Delegates Say
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 26.-The Rus
slams have turned down a West
ern proposal to cut the United
States, Russian and Red Chinese
armed forces to between / and
is million men each, Western
representatives at the London
disarmament conference say.
This was one of the points
made last night by United States
and French delegates who out
lined their versions of the month
long talks. They pledged to con-
tinue the negotiations to "cast
aside the horrible threat of H
bomb warfare"
The Western views were pre-
sented after London, Paris and
Washington accused Soviet Dep
uty Foreign Minister Andrei A.
Gromyko of violating conference
secrecy rules by leaking to the
Soviet news agency Tass a plan
presented by him at the talks.
The three Western powers also
charged that Mr.. Gromyko's
Tass interview misrepresented
their position and attempted to
give the impression that only
Russia was trying to reach a
disarmament agreement.
The Russian rundown of the
Western-proposed cut in armed
forces was reported by Jules
Moch. chief French delegate.
Under the plan. French forces
would be trimmed to 650,000
men. In an interview. Mr.. Moch
said the Soviets countered by
suggesting a one-third reduction
all around, an idea Russia has
presented many times before.
Mr.. Moch described it as "un-
acceptable" United States Am
bassador James j. Wadsworth,
chief American delegate. said in
a statement that such a cut
would merely perpetuate the
present Soviet superiority in
mass armies"
Mr.. Gromyko's interview was
published yesterday by Tass
shortly after the Soviet diplomat
left here for an official visit to
Stockholm. His place at the con-
ference was taken by Jacob
Malik, Russian ambassador to
London.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
CPc CRAFTS. PROTECTIVE, CUSTODIAN

amendment, the 10 per cent
postal increase was approved
easily by a vote of u to 81. with
some of the Senators who had
voted for the amendment SWITCH
ing their votes to the 10 per cent
bill. Senators Byrd and Robert.
son, however, voted against pas
sage of the bill.
6 Per Cent Figure Suggested
Immediately afterward, the
Senate took up the classified
pay bill. Senator Carlson Of
fered the administrators 6 per
cent pay raise proposal for CLASH.
fed employees "for the record"
but did not speak for his amend
ment nor urge the Senate to
adopt it. Earlier. Senator Carl
son had said that, If postal
workers received 10 per cent
raises, classified employees de-
served equal treatment.
The Senate defeated the Carl
son 6 per cent amendment by q
voice vote. and then by another
voice vote approved the average
10 per cent increase for classi-
fed employees. There was very
little debate.
The 10 per cent legislation for
both classified and postal work.
ers was handled on the Senate
floor by Chairman Johnston Of
the Senate Civil Service Com
mlttee. He was assisted by DEM
ocratic Senators Pastore Of
Rhode Island and Monroney Of
Oklahoma and Republican Sena-
tor LANCER of North Dakota.
Senator Pastore declared a 10
per cent raise was fully justified
and that Congress had the obIi-
cation to vote what it thought
was fair for Federal employees.
regardless of how the President
might feel. #4 H..
S72O Million Cost ~.
The two Senate bills would cost
a total of $720 million a year.
$500 million for classified pay
and 1920 million for postal pay.
Yesterdays Senate vote rep
resented a notable triumph for
the heavily organized postal EN-
ploye unions. All the postal
groups worked all week to line UP
votes in favor of the 10 per cent
postal measure. The groups
were led by the ALL National
Association of Letter Carriers and
it's president William c. Doherty,
jr.. and vice president Jerome
Heating: and the AFL National
Federation of Post Office Clerks
and its legislative representative,
E. c. Roy" Hallbeck and presi-
dent Leo George.
One top Democrat remarked
after the Senate's vote: CLASH
fed employees once again rode in
on the postal workers coattails.
They should be thankful to the
postal workers, because we never
would have approved a 10 per
cent raise for classified workers
If it were not for the fact that
we voted that amount for postal
workers and felt obliged to give
the same amount to the Others"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Boy, 10, Puts Lighted
Cigarette in Girls Ear

A 10-year-old boy who stuck
q lighted cigarette in a 2-year-
old girls ear yesterday was held
for juvenile authorities on an
assault complaint.
Both children are colored.
Sherry r. Downs of 413 street
Sc. was treated for second-de-
gree burns at Providence Hos
pital.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Bad Weather DELAYS
Dynamiting 10 Break
Niagara S Ice Jam
By the Asseeioted Pres,

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, Mar.
26.-Foul weather today held up
the ticklish job of setting dyna-
mite charges intended to break
up a mass of ice that has shoul-
dered its way down the Lower
Niagara River and smashed
everything in its path.
Snow, sleet and rain, a low
ceiling and poor visibility forced
postponement of the attempt.
Karl Dintruff of Rochester, a
demolition expert, was prepared
to strap himself in a harness
slung beneath an. Army hell
copter and set dynamite charges
in the monstrous jam.
A break in the weather was
all he needed.
Agreed to Try Blasting
Col. Loren w. Olmstead,
United States Army district en-
gineer in Buffalo, agreed last
night to try blasting the ice
loose, despite his belief that it
would do little, if any, good.
He acted on the plea Of the
mayors Of Lewiston and Youngs-
town. ''
The center of operations was
just off historic Fort Niagara,
where the river f1owes into Lake
Ontario.
The ice carried riverside
homes. docks and boat sheds
with it as it moved downstream.
The damage in one village,
Lewiston. was estimated at near
ly 100000. There was no over
all estimate.
The ice originated in Lake
Erie. Windstorms Tuesday swept
it over Niagara Falls.
Appealed for Help
Mayors Ashton c. McEvoy OF
Lewiston and Henry c. Yale of
Youngstown, the two villages
hardest hit. had appealed to the
Army engineers yesterday for
help.
The engineers previously had
maintained that dynamite would
have no effect on the ice, since
the soft slush underneath would
only act as cushion.
An attempt to dynamite the
pack failed Wednesday. Engi-
neers said at that time that
nature would have to provide
the necessary help in the form
Of a slow thaw.
A too-rapid thaw might result
in worse flood threats, authorities
said.
Power Plants Hampered
Aside from smashing river
front homes and other struc-
lures, the ice has hampered
power plants in Niagara Falls
and Ontario.
Several boat yards also were
damaged as the wall of ice slowly
ploughed downstream.
Engineers said the three
bridges spanning the Niagara
River gorge and the Lewiston
suspension bridge were not in
danger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Gen. FeIIers to Speak

Brig. Gen. Bonner Fellers, ma
tional director of For America"
and author, will address the In
ternational Crossroads Sunday
Morning Breakfast group at 9
am. tomorrow in the Central
Branch YMCA, 1876 G street
NV. Gen. Fellers will talk on
is There an Unseen Hand In
Our Military Planning?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Maryland House
Hears Supporters Of
Ocean Beach Bridge
b. 8 s,a, s.uff cerr..pond.nt

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 26.-Prop-
erty owners at Ocean Beach seek
ing a bridge to their land on As
sateague Island yesterday took
their case before the House Ways
and Means Committee.
The committee has before 1t
two proposals for construction Of
the bridge that would connect
the island with Worcester County
In Maryland.
Committee Chairman A. Cor
don Boone told the residents the
committee wanted to see a bridge
built but added it "does not want
to see the Legislature being used
as tool for a real estate adver-
Using scheme"
One proposal under considera-
ton is the creation of Wor-
gcester County authority with
power to sell private bonds and
build a toll bridge leading to the
island. 1t also would have power
to develop recreation areas and
boating places along the ocean
front.
Another Proposal
The other proposal would per-
NIT the recently created ASA
league Island Bridge Corp. to
build a bridge which Corpora
ton Chairman Marshall Diggs
said would cost about $3.50, 900.
The corporation, Mr.. Diggs
said. is composed of property
owners on the island, which is
now reachable only by ferry.
Corporation spokesman said
they opposed the authority bill
on grounds it gave the agency
too much power and did not as
sure that bridge construction
would get first priority in its
plans.
Harold F. Watson, patent at
torney. of 1882 Manor road,
Chevy Chase, under questioning
from the committee, said Wash
ingtcn Developer Leon Acker-
man had no connection with
the bridge corporation.
Mr.. Watson said 3.547 per-
sons had bought lots on the is
land. Mr.. Boone added that
80 per cent of the lots had been
sold.
Jack Culver, of Snow Hill, Md,
told the committee that he was
q salesman for Mr.. Alderman.
A committee member noted that
it was Mr.. Culver who had ar
ranged a meeting between the
bridge corporation officers and
the Worcester County delegation.
Once Authorized
The House two years ago
passed bill authorizing a bridge
from the mainland to the island
but when a performance bond for
it was put up it was deemed of no
value. Mr.. Boone said. He added
the Legislature had been criticized
for the measure which was used
merely for advertising"
The bridge corporation plans
call for a 3,300-foot wooden
bridge.
Robert G. Walker, Washing
ton consulting engineer, said the
authority has been talking of a
bridge that would be $4,000 feet
long at point where the water
is deep. He said such a structure
would cost 81 million.
Mr.. Walker yesterday present.
ed letters of clearance from some
Government agencies for a
bridge at the south end of Assa-
league Island which would con-
meet with the Chincoteague
Island in Virginia.
The Ways and Means Com
mittee is expected to act on the |
two proposals Tuesday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
Massive Storm Hits
Great Plains States;
Temperatures Drop

DENVER. Mar. ga massive
spring storm. barbed with wind
and bitter cold. mushroomed
over the Great Plains today after
numhing three mountain States
with temperatures ranging to 20
below zero.
Locked for three days in the
Rocky Mountains, the storm
whisked over the wind battered
plains with scattered snow and
record cold.
Damage was expected to run
high to early fruit crops in Okla
homa and Texas. Less serious is
the threat to Stockmen whose
herds were caught in the critical
Landing and calving season. In
Montana, where blizzard condi-
tons have prevailed since Tues
day, officials were preparing a
survey of damage to livestock.
Only scattered snow was re-
ported over the storm belt late
yesterday and today, most Of it
on the plains.
Cold Air Spreads
The cold air spread over most
Of the area between the Rockies
and the Appalachians and as
far south as Southern Texas.
Temperatures were around nor
NAL east of the Appalachians
and west of the Rockies.
Light snow spread eastward
from the Missouri River into the
Middle Mississippi Valley and
early today continued over most
OF the Middle Atlantic States,
the Ohio Valley and the East
ern Great Lakes. Strong north
erly winds caused considerable
blowing and drifting of snow,
which ranged in depth from l
to 3 inches.
A second belt of light snow
extended over the Upper Missis-
sippi and Missouri Valleys.
Heavy Snow in Denver
The Weather Bureau said most
of the snow was sprung from the
storm during its stay in Colo
RADIO, Wyoming and Montana.
Top snow depth was in Denver
with 9l2 inches.
Bozeman and Drummond, in
West-Central Montana, reported
thermometer readings of 20 be-
low zero.
Blowing dust, mixed with snow
IN Oklahoma, was reported in
New Mexico and West Texas.
The weatherman predicted
moderating temperatures, still
far under the seasonal average,
for Colorado, Wyoming and
Montana today.
A sharp cold wave blew heavy
snow and record low tempera-
lures into Indiana today.
Hfp-deep drifts in the down.
town district of La Porte in
Northwest Indiana virtually par
alyzed the business district. The
snow measured IL to IA inches
IN mid-morning and it was still
falling.
Eight persons died in Indiana
accidents on the glazed high
ways within a short period as
the temperatures dropped to be-
low freezing last NIGHT
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-03-26
New Police Head Named

HARRISBURG, Pa, Mar. 26
(R.-Maj. Earl j. Henry, So,
who started as a private with the
Pennsylvania State police 81
years ago, has been named new
State police commissioner by
Gov. George M. Leader. He re-
places Col. C. M. Wilhelm, only
remaining member of the small
group which was established as
the State police force in 1905.