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Evening star., 1955-07-16
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BRAINWASHING-o TREASON?-om Army has
been criticized for convcting Gil prisoners who
helped the Reds in Korea. But comes this
tortured or branwashed to make him collaborate.
Read They Were Not Brainwashed' by A. E.
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FIGHTING FROGMEN-I The star Pictorial Maga-
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ture of a frogman iE action.
MEETING AT THE SUNINuT-What are the issues and
intentions of the four heads of government who
meet at Geneva next Monday in the first top-level
big power conference in 10 years? This weeks
preliminary statements by all the principal particle
pants are analyzed, and the issues are put i'm
perspective, in Washngtons only Review OF The
Week regular feature Of the Editorial Section.
TODAY in MEDICINE Sometimes a patient shows
symptoms of two different diseases at the same
time. In the News Section, Star staff Writer John
McKelway tells Of the headway being made in
arriving at more precise diagnoses.
HIGHIIGHTs FOR wOMEN--In the women,s Section,
Betty Beale goes backstage politically speaking, at
the White House and comes up with another
exclusive story And two teen-agers on the job are
interviewed by Ann Moffett for another in The
Stars series on the working girl.
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Evening star., 1955-07-16
Speed Is Hailed
In Check Case

Montgomery County detec-
tiyes yesterday said q bogus
check charge to be tried Tues
day in Silver Spring is an ex-
ample of the speed Of prosecu-
ton possible under a recently
revised Maryland law.
1t. William M. Whalen. head
fof the County Detective Bureau
Iat Silver Spring, said the Mary
land General Assembly this year
revised State law to permit lower
court magistrates to try false
ipretense cases involving checks
under 500.
The case Tuesday is against
Donald E. Mortweet, 27. a
butcher. arrested Tuesday in the
Hecht Co.'s Silver Spring store
Mortweet. formerly of the
I11000 block Of Monterey drive
Silver Spring, is charged with
writing a had check for $25 or
July 4 in another Silver Spring
store. His bond was set at $1,000
| Arrested with MortWeet anc
held under $4,000 bond on a for
Igery charge was James r. Lyons
l22, formerly of the 1100 block OF
Fern street NV. He is accused
sof forging relatives name TO a
check on June Is and cashing ii
at Silver Spring shop.
Since check cases involving
forgery are still prosecuted un-
der the old system. Lyons Is
scheduled to appear Tuesday in
Silver Spring Peoples Court for
| a preliminary hearing. If held
| for grand jury action. and If he
lis indicted by the grand jury,
Lyons will be tried in the County
Circuit Court.
1t. Whalen said Hecht store
lemployes alerted him and Detec-
tive Corpl. Fred Thrailkill when
Lyons and Mortweet attempted
to cash check signed by Nor
Itweet and payable to Lyons.
Evening star., 1955-07-16
EorIy Decision Forecast
On Nearby Milk Prices
Virginia Commission Promises Ruling
AS Heurinos on Industry End

from the long-and sometime
noisy-testimony:
/. Should the commission dror
retail price fixing? This wa,
favored by Safeway. Highs. al
least q dozen housewives anc
members Of the Arlington County
Legislative delegation.
Q. Should the commission ster
out Of the nearby Virginia area
altogether. Thompson's Dairy
suggested there should be nc
|price-fixing at the producer level
III none is maintained at the re-
tail level.
8. Should both producer and
retail prices be maintained. and
new minimums and maximunas
established? The producers
pleaded for continuation Of price
controls at their level. without
commenting on what should bs
done with retail prices. The pro-
ducers asked that the COM
mission maintain producer prices
at their current levels.
Price War. Forecast
Alexandria Dairy urged re-
|tention of producer and retail
price controls. warning that q
bitter price war could force some
diaries out Of business and even
|tually leave the public with In
inadequate milk supply or In
ferior milk.
The one strong plea for re-
tention of retail controls came
from Alexandra Dairy. No rep
resentative appeared for Chest
nut Farms Chevy Chase to take
any stand. James Thomson,
Democratic nominee to the
House OF Delegates from Alex
andria. also indorsed retention
of controls at all levels, but
that the minimum
prices should be lowered so
diaries could sell milk at the
cheapest possible price with a
reasonable profit.
Attorney Arthur B. hanson
for Safeway said that, il
minimum price controls were
retained. his arm would like
Ito offer milk for 81 cents
a quart in its Virginia stores
Evening star., 1955-07-16
Fluoridution Approved

BALTIMORE. July is (R.
The State Board Of Health yes
terday approved the request Of
the Bainbridge Naval Training
Station to add nuorine to its
water. The naval base also pro-
vides water to residents Of Port
Deposit, Md.
Evening star., 1955-07-16
|IreIun Denies
NeeIectingJob

The question of whether his
appearance as counsel at a Sen
|ate subcommittee hearing con.
fiicted with his county duties wa.
firmly answered today by Mont.
|gomery County Attorney Charles
M. Irelan.
Mr.. Irelan, former Unitee
States attorney for the District
of Columbia. who was appointed
last December to the county post
declared he devotes more hour
to the job than required HI
said his appearing for a former
client Thursday did not conflict
with his official duties.
At a subcommittee hearing Of
the Senate judiciary COMMITTEES
Thursday, Mr.. Irelan represented
|Dr. Harry Friendenberg. Dis.
|trict physician questioned about
his narcotics records.
A provision Of the Montgomery
County Charter states that thu
county attorney shall devote al
his time to the duties of his
office"
Mr.. Irelan said all his norma
working day is devoted to the
county job, and that he spends
|''innumerable nights working
on county business. He said hi
told County Council President ]
|Grahame Walker about tht
Thursday subcommittee appear.
|ance beforehand.
Mr.. Walker confirmed this anc
said, it was his opinion that TAX
ing b day of in that instance die
not conflict with Mr.. Irelan's
duty.
Evening star., 1955-07-16
Son Moy Replace
lPhoebus in Senute
BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE

BALTIMORE. July is (P.-
State Senator Harry T, Phoebus,
Republican minority leader, will
resign and his 26-year-old lawyer
son, Harry T. Phoebus, jr., will
be appointed to his Senate seat,
lit was reliably reported today.
The Somerset County auto
mobile and real estate dealer.
contacted at his Princess Anne
home, would neither confirm nor
deny the report.
Mr.. Phoebus, who has served In
the Legislature or held some pub
lie Office since 1917, has been
mentioned during the last six
months as being In line for q
State appointment.
Evening star., 1955-07-16
BY MARY LOU WERNER

An early decision about the
fate of milk prices in nearby
Virginia is expected from the
Virginia State Milk Commission.
A two-day hearing. which
brought testimony on all phases
of the milk industry. ended yes
Iterday
v. P. Randolph. jr., who pre-
sided at the hearing. promised
that the commission would
reach q decision "as soon as
possible" He did not indicate
how soon that would be, but
|dairymen accustomed to at
tending commission hearings
predicted a decision would be
ANNOUNCED shortly because OF
the confused milk price situa-
Ition in nearby Virginia.
Highs Virginia stores are
selling Vitamin D milk at "A
cents a gallon-18 cents below
the current minimum price for
that type Of milk on the Alex
Iandria- Arlington market. Highs
lcontends there has been no
minimum price since the recent
Virginia Supreme Court decision
directing the commission to set
maximum as well as minimum
prices.
End Of Controls Asked
The Supreme Court decision
brought about by a suit of Safe
way Stores. led to the hearing
IIt also covered possible elinlina-
|tion of retail price controls in
the area, as requested by the
Arlington County Board and
Arlington representatives in the
General Assembly.
Other dairies have continued
to sell milk at prevailing mimi
mum prices established by the
loommission. pending outcome OF
the hearing which ended yester-
Iday. The current minimums are
% cents a quart for standard
milk sold In stores and ~ cents
a quart for home delivered milk
The Supreme Court ruled. how
ever. that the commission cam
mot set separate minimums for
Istore-sold and home-delivered
milk.
These major issues emerged
Evening star., 1955-07-16
Hearings Show
Dope PeddIers
Are Active Here
Also Demonstrate
Need Of Stronger
Laws. Doniel Says
BY MIRIAM oTTENBERG

Senator Daniel. Democrat Of
Texas. said today the Senate
Judiciary Narcotics subcommit-
tee has enough evidence to show
that some pretty big dope
Ipeddlers" are still operating on
THE streets of Washington.
The subcommittee chairman
said the testimony. taken at
four days Of hearings on the
narcotics traffic here, also dem
onstrates the need for more
laws to help enforcement officers
get peddlers behind bars. More
specific recommendations on law
changes will be heard when the
subcommittee resumes hearings
ion Tuesday.
On the basis of yesterdays
testimony. Senator Daniel said
that search and seizure" laws
here certainly need to be
STUDIED.
The testimony he referred to
was given the subcommittee by
la Federal Bureau of Narcotics
agent. who described the efforts
|of law enforcement officers to
|get evidence against william
Douglas In the 1900 block Of
Gales street NE.
Warrant Denied
The agent, Fred Wilson, said
he was unable to get q search
warrant for the Gales street ad-
dress because the United States
Attorneys Office didn't think
there was enough evidence. He
described surveillance Of the
Gales street house and observa-
ton of known addicts and
peddlers entering and leaving
there.
Mr.. Wilson said agents could
have obtained a search warrant
had they wished a disclose the
identity of the undercover agent
but that they wanted to further
the investigation without doing
this. He said the agent would
have been expected to swear to
1.-THE warrant.
Wants Another Law
Mr.. Wilson said he felt that
when an officer had reason to
believe, beyond any doubt, that
la man was traffiicking in mar
Icotics. he should be able to get
la search warrant. He said he
believed there should be q diff
sferent law. But he said that SO
many cases had been reversed
by the United States Court of
Appeals that the attorneys gov
lerned their actions by the ap-
Ipellate court decisions.
Senator Daniel said the sub
committee has gone into the full
development of the Douglas case
because Federal officials had rec
commended that special search
land seizure laws be considered.
Under the present law or inter@
ipretation. he said. they are '.ab-
tsolutely handicapped" far be-
iyond investigating officials in
THE various States. where search
and seizure laws are more iihs
leral.
Criminal Record
Called to the witness stand,
Douglas. colored. ~. alternately
stood on his constitutional rights
and denied he had ever bought
ior sold narcotics. While he
wasn't claiming the Fifth
amendment. he was insisting
that he didn't even know what
heroin looked like.
Douglas said he was not en-
lployed but had been working as
la general helper in Pentagorl
restaurant for a month or two
until his criminal record was
discovered. He refused to say
what kind of a car he drove.
whether it was true that he had
between Is and 80 suits and
whether he knew several persons
ALREADY identified TO the commit-
Itee as dope addicts.
Evening star., 1955-05-10

the case of personal and house.
hold belongings.
To-day, people are making
more money than ever before.
There are more pensions, more
annuities and there is more
insurance. More people own
their homes than ever before.
In the case of wills women
should realize the State laws
differ and they should inves-
tigate them. Today. most banks
give free advice about money
matters. Women should take
advantage of this.
If you were going to have
an operation you wouldn't go
to harness maker. You would
go to a surgeon. When bothered
about questions of finance you
should go to your bank. Far
too few women take advantage
of the service their bank is
glad to give them"
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Mrs. Nixon
TOAttend
PROPS Tea

Mrs. Richard Nixon, wife of
the Vice President. will be an
honor guest at the third annual
membership tea of PROPS to
be given on Thursday from 3
to 5 pm. at the Anne Archbold
Hall of the District of Colum-
bia General Hospital.
Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, Sec
retary of Health, Education
and Welfare, also is expected to
attend.
PROPS was formed several
years ago to provide financial
assistance to the Volunteer
Services of the District General
Hospital. and annually holds
its membership fete on Hos
pital Day.
Introductions to the honor
guests will be made by Mrs.
John E. Walker, chairman of
the Board of Volunteer Serv-
ices; Mrs. Frank D. Norton,
vice chairman. and Miss A.
Barbara Wiegand, chairman of
the tea.
The receiving line also will
include DR.. Philip A. E. Steb-
bing, superintendent of the
hospital, and Mrs. Stebblng;
Miss Beatrice Ritter, director
of nursing: Mrs. G. Harris
CollingWood. D. C.. mother of
the year, and the presidents of
several organizations which
cooperate with the volunteer
program at the hospital.
A number of congressional
wives also will assist at the
tea tables.
The tea is open to the public
which also is invited 10 take
conducted tours of the hospital
which will start at 1870 pm
Evening star., 1955-05-10
New Kind of American
Going Abroad Today

dent who will be of to Europe
herself in a few weeks.
I'm going to buy some" !"
Shades of Washington news
paper woman Mrs. Harry Kel-
Ter tthe former Mary Jane
Dempsey who f1oored the
Swiss help in st. Moritz a few
years ago with her portable
clotheSline.
While the women chatted
after luncheon their husbands
travel experts from all over
the world shop talked
through the first of their three
day sessions here.
Spain's Lady Drivers
In Spain, senoritas, according
to the Due de Montellano.
watched women visitors from
other countries behind the
wheel for just so long-and
now, he smiles" 10 per cent
of Spain's drivers are women"
Although automobile clubs
in a number of European
countries provide a roadside
telephone service for members
in distress. there's a unique
twist to the system in Eng
land.
Mr.. John Young, Assistant
Secretary of OTA, says every
British member carries his
own key to these countryside
telephone boxes
In Argentina where gasoline
stations might be 200 miles
apart, explains Mr.. Young, the
s2rvice goes even farther. A
member driver gets a wireless
set to use between gas stations
for long trips. If he runs into
motor trouble he simply radios
for help.
Egyptians evidently expect
one routine question from
every American who comes to
see the pyramids-"can we
drink the water?"
An Egyptian book of tourist
information left in the hotel
lobby yesterday had this to
say on the subject:
1T is pure. free of bugs,
clear. sanitary. palatable.
germless, hygienic, digestable
and guaranteed to flow
through you harmlessly. Every
American tourist in Cairo pops
the same wearing question.
My dear American, it is safe
to drink the water in the
hotel. in the restaurant, in the
pension. the bars, in the gar
den. of course, it is"
Evening star., 1955-05-10
BY JOSEPHINE LOWMAN

We never think it is going
to happen to uS-SickneSs, sud-
den misfortune, accident or
even death. We can imagine
it happening to anybody else,
but never to us.
AS a result. many of us are
caught short when a misfor-
tune does overtake us. Be-
cause of this I thought I'd
pass along some sound advice
from Dorcus Campbell. As
sistant Vice President of East
River Savings Bank in New
York City. Miss Campbell is
Evening star., 1955-05-10
Miss Wiederhold
To Wed Nov 28

MI. and Mrs. Oscar Weider-
hold of University Park. Md.
announce the engagement of
their daughter Ethel Jane to
Mr. Hugh H. Snowden. son
of Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Snow
den of Salisbury. Md. and for
merly of University Park. The
wedding is planned for May 90.
Miss Wiederhold will gradu-
ate from the University of
Maryland in June. Her fiance
is a graduate of the same
University.
Evening star., 1955-05-10
By PATRICIA SIMMONS

Women drivers in Spain =.
wireless equipped automobiles
in Argentina the first
motel in Sweden.
The wives of delegates to
the World Touring and Auto
mobile Organization now meet
ing in Washington leave sub
jects like these to their better
halls"
It's not hard to guess what
the women talked about when
they got together at a fashion,
show luncheon yesterday at
the Mayf1ower.
Clothing is a good subject in
any international gathering.
A new kind of travelling
American. it appears, has
sprung up in Europe.
Well-to-do sightseers from
the United States who stay in
first class hotels but think
nothing of doing their own
undry. Furthermore they
hang it all over their swank
quarters to dry.
It's one of the social changes
attributed to the age of nylon.
Wash at the Crillon
On this subject Mrs. NJ. H.
Perlowski, of London, whose
husband is Secretary General
of the OTA. recounted her
amazement a few years ago
when visiting some American
friends in their suite at the
famed Crillon Hotel in Paris.
The last thing she expected
to find in such grand sur
roundings was the family
wash.
Mrs. j. D. Ryan, who's hus-
band is director of the Ameri-
can Automobile Association
International Travel Depart
ment. tossed in an anecdote
about some friends stopping in
palatial quarters in Naples.
1t was worth the whole trip
to see the Italian maids face
when she walked into the hotel
room and spotted operation
nylon."
The ingenious Americans
had nylon in all shapes and
sizes hanging from suction
gadgets they brought with
them.
Why that's a wonderful
idea" beamed Mrs. Andrew
Sordoni. wife of AAA's presi-
Evening star., 1955-05-10
WHY GROW OLD?
1t Can Happen to You;
Prepare Financially

brilliant, charming and has a
vast knowledge of economics
and finance. especially as they
apply to women.
She expressed concern that
so many women fail to make
their wills. It is true that
many otherwise intelligent
women are lax in this matter.
She feels that this is essential
if one is to have a free mind,
and also that we women should
do that for those we love who
remain on this earth after we
leave it. We should do this in
matters of money as well as in
Evening star., 1955-07-31
Harvest Ffom the Sea
Saltwater Deposits in Venezuelan Flats
\ Are Gathered by Natives for Shipment


EAvING NO salt mines such exist in the United
Il States and Europe Venezuela has developed
unique way to harvest salt from the
The flats from which the salt is obtained lie below
the level of the sea- and water is admitted to these
flats through system of canals to depth of about
2h feet This entry of water goes constantly
at rate determined by the rate of evaporation Of
the water in the pond, fiat. The salt in the water
drops the bottom and crystallizes in layer varying
from to IL inches in thickness.
Since salt Is constantly being formed workers prefer
to gather the thckest deposits They push their wooden
barges about the lake. break the salt crust with their
feet and bring large pieces with their hands When
they have ed their barges they push them back to the
dock unload the salt and carry to of the salt
hills where it dries out under the hot preparatory
to shipment
Each worker gets Is cents per basket Of ITO pounds
and on pecework basis makes from $3.50 to $50
day Some 400 men, representing seventh of the total
population of the remote sea-ncosed village of Araya
working q A-hour basis part Of q national
program to balance Venezuela's economy and raise
living standards.
Evening star., 1955-02-11

transportation study. This is
still under wraps but is said
to contain the suggestion that
a modernized railroad system
could take a large share of
traffic off the highways, help
ing both automobile drivers
and the taxpayer.
Mr.. Eisenhower, when que
ried about this report, gave the
distinct impression that it was
raising more questions than it
answered. 1t is not on his
desk, he said.
The White House has Spon-
sored both road and school
programs because not only is
the need recognized but be-
cause both programs would be
just what the political doctors
order for election time. They
would create jobs and call at
tention to the administrations
concern for people Just as the
presidential campaigns moved
into high gear.
What the administration
seeks to do. however, is to
have the programs and a low
budget deficit as we'll This is
strictly in the category of a
good trick if you can do it
as the debate in Congress will
soon prove.
Evening star., 1955-02-11
No Silver Lining in Soviet Shift
Political Police Likely to Take Back Seat as USSR
Changes From Police Stote to Military Stote

Marshal Zhukov is known
for his contempt of the MVD
and the political commiSsars
attached to army units. Soon
after the disastrous campaign
against Finland he spoke out
firmly against political COM
missars in the armed forces
and declared that they were
demoralizing the troops by
their stand against the mill
tary commanders and their in
sistence that political training
should take precedence over
military training. To the sur
prise of everyone, he got away
with his proposal that during
the war the political commits
sars should be relieved of duty
and placed in the ranks of the
fighting men.
Zhukov's contempt must
have changed to hatred after
the war. Lavrenti Beria sue
ceeded in convincing Stain
that Zhukov might become a
dangerous man and the fore
most Soviet marshal was sent
to a number of obscure COM
mandS from which he returned
to Moscow only after Stains
death. 1t is believed now that
Zhukov had much to do with
the early demise of Comrade
Beria.
The optimists in Washing
ton are inclined to believe that
the MVD will be seriously
clipped in the months to come
and the USSR may change
from a police state to a mill
tary state. This, of course,
does not mean that the mill
tary dictatorship will be easier
to deal with or that it will
abandon the aims of world
empire under the Red flag. 1t
would be a serious mistake to
imagine that the military do
not share the world -domina-
ton ambitions of the Com
munist civilians.
Zhukov himself is a ruthless
man. President Eisenhower,
while chief of staff of the
Army in 1916. told a group Of
newspapermen who met him
informally in the Pentagon a
significant story about zhukov,
Evening star., 1955-02-11

The White House proposal
to raise the Federal Govern
ment's contribution to high
ways outside the Federal budg-
ct is under fire from an Eli
senhower Democrat, Senator
Harry Byrd of Virginia.
The gimmick to which he
objects was born of the in
tense desire of the administra-
ton to avoid the appearance
of further increases in the
national debt and greater
budget deficits. 1t consists of
a Governfnent-owned corpora
tion to raise $25 billion which
would not be counted in the
debt. Congress in the end, of
course, would have to pay up
but it is suggested that the
payments be spaced over 80
years.
To the eminent fiscal con-
servative from Virginia, this
is an invitation to extrava-
gance, and disingenuous in the
extreme.
Another difficulty seems to
be purely an administration
matter. A special cabinet COM
mittee, including the aSsidu-
Gus Secretary of Commerce
Weeks, has been making a