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as he spoke in the glare OF
television lights. In the first row
were Lazar Kaganovich. first
deputy chairman of the USSR
council of ministers, Marshal
Nikolai Bulganin, defense min
lister; Communist Party General
Secretary Nikita Khrushchev;
Premier Georgi 'Malenkov; and
the Chairman of the Presidium
of the USSR Supreme Soviet,
Klementy Voroshilov.
v. M. Molotov, foreign minis
ter, occupied the end position
in the second row with other
members of the government Sit
ting alongside him. Mr.. Khrush-
chev carried on animated con-
versation wit hothers in the front
row during the speech.
Military Share About 20%.
The military share of the
budget was about 20 per cent
of the total estimated expendi-
lures for 1855, as compared with
17.8 last year.
Diplomatic boxes in the hall
were filled as the Soviet Of Ma
tionalities - one of the two
eoual-ranking houses in the SUI
preme Soviet-began it's pro-
ceedings at noon. Prominent
among the foreign ENJOYS were
United States Ambassador
Charles E. Bohlen and British
Ambassador Sir William Hayter
The other chamber, the Soviet
of the Union, assembled soon
after, to hear Mr.. Zverev.
The Soviet of Nationalities sal
only a half hour, approving
unanimously a three point
agenda that provided for the
adoption of a national budget
hearing reports on "the interna'
tional situation and the foreign
policy of the Soviet Union" -
In the press box as the frs
session opened were Unitet
States prhlisher William Ran
dolph Hearst, jr.. and Executive
Frank Commit of the Hears
papers. They were accompanied
by Kingsbury Smith, European
manager for the Hearst organl
Zation,
Evening star., 1955-02-03
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would probably be largely OF
the trade type, however.
The school might extend
through both the Junior and
senior high school levels. Many
students now drop out at the
end of Junior high.
Junior High Glasses Likely.
DR.. Corning disclosed today
that some teachers for special
classes for emotionally upset
children may be made available
by midyear graduations just
completed. Recently high school
principals reported such classes
are needed urgently to deal with
trouble-makers.
! Some additional Junior high
classes for retarded pupils also
may be set UP, DR.. Corning said
The superintendent also dis
closed that committees are study
ing several school buildings be-
sides Cardozo High School as
possible locations for a merged
teacher college. Earlier he hac
Evening star., 1955-02-03
.psychiatrist Insists
Askins Was Insane
Al Time Of Staying

A psychiatrist today stood
firm under cross-examinatlon
and said his opinion is that Rob-
ert E. Askins. Is. on trial for
first-degree murder, was insane
late in 1888.
Askins, who is colored, is &C
cused of numbering Ruth Nc
Donald, 81, colored. in Decem-
ber. 1888, by giving her a drink
of whiskey containing poison
His trial is before a jury in the
U. S. District Court for the Dis
trict of Columbia. Judge Edward
M. Curran is presiding.
Askins' trial was delayed be-
cause he was adjudged insane
in 1899. He was released from
st. Elizabeths Hospital in 1852
An original indictment was dis
missed in 1943 while he still was
in the hospital. He was REIN
dicted last November.
Late yesterday. DR.. Joseph l.
Gilbert, psychiatrist at st. Eliz-
abeths Hospital, testified he ex-
amined ASkins early in 1889 and
| found the defendant insane. HI
reiterated his opinion today.
DR.. Gilbert, who at that time
was psychiatrist at District Gen.
eral Hospital, testified he be-
| lieves AskinS was OF unsounc
mind in December. 1888.
Another defense witness yes
terday was AskinS' mother, Mrs
Ethel M. Young. She testlf1ec
her son became upset" in the
summer of 1888 and that in De-
cember she concluded he was ol
unSound mind.
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would be rank, unrestralned,
unadulterated socialism.
The Democrats question the
statement Of Chairman Strauss
of the Acc that no major atomic
program has suffered as a result
of the Dixon Yates controversy.
They also charge that the Budget
Bureau overstepped its authority
by intervening in the contract
negotiations. They recommend
that Congress investigate the
Budget Bureaus role.
The contract promises to re-
main a controversy throughout
this session of Congress and into
the 1856 elections. Democrats
indicate they will try to have
Congress cancel the contract.
At his news conference yes
terday, Mr.. Eisenhower shot
back a short, unequivocal answer
when asked If he planned to
Withdraw the power pact. i
do not" he said.
The President then added that
the 10-to-8 vote in the Joint
Congressional Committee on
Atomic Energy to cancel Dixon
Yates was strictly along party
lines. He did not indicate the
contract would be resubmitted
to the new Congress, as has been
suggested.
Senator Anderson, Democrat
of New Mexico. committee chair
man, reacted swiftly.
"Yes, the vote last week was
along party lines. So was the
vote on the waiver last Noven1-
ber," he said. THE Lord giveth
and the Lord taketh away"
He referred to the fact that
In the Republican-controlled 83d
Congress, the committee voted
10 to 8 to speed the contract or
its way by waiting the 3O-daN
waiting period required under
the law.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
Ex-Radio Announcer
Acquitted in Death oi
Wife in Apartment

A former radio and television
announcer was acquitted today
of a manslaughter charge in
which ne had been accused OF
fatally injuring his wife last Oc-
tober by striking her with his
hands.
The man cleared by the jury
is Harry F. Brown, 81. His wife
was Mrs. Margaret M. Brown, "a.
She suffered fatal injuries in an
apartment building where she
and her husband lived in the 2700
block of CORTLAND place NV.
The immediate cause of her
death was cerebral hemorrhage,
according to trial testimony.
Mr.. Browns acquittal was by
a jury of II persons in the U. S.
District Court for the District of
Columbia. A twelfth juror had
become i'll and counsel for the
prosecution and defendant agreed
to carry on the trial with the II
Jurors. The panel deliberated
about two and a half hours in
reaching its verdict.
Mr.. Brown testified that he
and his wife had been drinking
in their apartment and that
she had gone out into a hall
way. He was trying to get her
back inside. he said, when she
fell and struck her head on
tiling.
DR.. Richard M. Rosenberg
deputy coroner, testified at ths
trial that Mrs. Brown has a
number of bruises about the
head and body. There was nc
fracture, he testified.
Mr.. Brown was represented by
attorney John T. Reyes. Judge
Charles F. Mclaughlin presided
at the trial.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
PTA Congress Opens
Campaign 10 Restore
Retarded Pupil Funds
, By Jones 6. Deone

The District Congress of Par
ents and Teachers yesterday be-
gan organizing a campaign to
restore funds for retarded and
handicapped children to the
District school budget.
Mrs. Richard G. Radue, PTA
legislative chairman, disclosed
that PTA units are being urged
to protest school budget slashes
to Congress.
Associations are being called
on particularly to protest a
$225,155 slash deleting so special
teachers. They also will seek
restoration of funds for clinical
psychologists, counselors ano
assistant principals, Mrs. Radue
said.
Near Campaign Plans.
legislative chairmen Of ma
jority of the 81 associations OF
the PTA congress met Tuesday
to hear plans for the campaign
and a report on the budget
slashes from school officials.
Mrs. Bessie Cramer, elemen-
tary special services director
and Mrs. Agnes N. Arnold, as
sistant principal Of Macfarland
Junior High School, addressed
the session.
The session focused especially
on the Commissioners deletior
of funds for 81 teachers for tht
mentally retarded. The Star las
week disclosed that more thar
1000 such children are now II
regular classes in grade school
alone because of a lack of funds
In a statement handed to tn
PTA leaders. Mrs. Radue sai'
parents are aware of the city
financial plight. She said, how
ever, that the school slashes at
feet services which our educa
tional system should offer bu
which have been overlooked to
long"
while these services woul
reach a relatively small numbe
of children, they would affec
our whole school system an
ultimately our whole conmu
nity," Mrs. Radue declared.
| Sees Community Affected.
"There are hundreds of chill
dren-retarded, maladjusted Q
physically handicapped-now i
regular classes who should 70
their own sake and that of tn
other children be in specis
classes. But we do not have tn
special classes or the teacher
for them.
"Unless this lack is remediet
the whole community will pa
for it in lower educations
achievements for many childre
and in illiteracy and delinquenc
for some unhappy youngsters.
"As concerned parents and q
responsible citizens" she adde'
; I'VE can protest to the Congre:
that these needs must not b
overlooked"
One PTA-that at Taft Junic
High School-already has vote
to seek the budget restoratio
for retarded children. The az
ton was taken at q meetin
! Tuesday night.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
Train DeruiIed in Ohio
But No One Is Injured
By the Assoeiaied Press

SALEM, Ohio, Feb. 81 Six
cars-f1ve sleepers and a mail
express-of the Pennsylvania
Railroads eastbound Gotham
Limited were derailed early to-
day at nearby Leetonia, Ohio.
The PRR said the cars re-
manned upright after leaving
the track and no one was in
jured. The cause of the derail-
ment was not Immediately de-
termined. The train was en-
route from Chicago to New York
The derailment tore up severaj
hundred feet of track and un-
dercarriages of the cars.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
Police Quiz Beauty
Who Had Nighteap
With Rubinstein
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Feb. 3.-Estelle
Gardner, brunett model who was
a guest in Financier Serge Ru-
binstein's Fifth Avenue mansion
a few hours before he was slain,
has been questioned for a third
time in police efforts to solve the
mystery murder.
Questioning Of the 26-year-oid
Miss Gardner was renewed last
night after Cab Driver Abe Lewis
told police he had picked up a
woman fare near the Rubinstein
home shortly after 2 am. last
Thursday. This is the time the
model said she left the Million
aire playboy after having a good
night drink with him.
But Mr.. Lewis could not iden-
tify Miss Gardner as his fare.
Between 2 am. and $3.50 am.
when Mr.. Rubinstein's pajama-
clad body was found in his bed
room by the family butler. the
murderer or murderers gained
access to the locked and barred
house and Gagged, trussed ana
strangled the 46-year-old World
War II draft dodger.
No Clue Found.
Mr.. Rubinstein's bizarre busi-
ness and social life, including
allegedly devious business deals
and a penchant for numerous
glamour girls, has led to many
theories, but no clue as to VINO
killed him.
Stanley T. Stanley, a broker
friend, yesterday denied ne hao
furnished police with a list OF
10 of the slain mans business
foes for possible questioning.
Meanwhile, it was reported
that Mr.. Stanley, fearful OF MS
own life, is guarded by a chaut- :
feur and a police dog.
Police say they have checked
through about three-quarters OF
1000 names appearing in han
dozen address books kept by Mr
Rubinstein.
Rubinstein left $4,000 to Betty
Reed, a blond night-clubblng
companion, in addition to pro-
yiding for his mother, two chill
dren and employees, his will dis
closed yesterday.
He left $4,000 to his secretary,
Billie Kane, and $4,000 to Miss
Mary Payne of Paris, a former
secretary.
Provisions Of Will.
Rubinstein provided $500 a
month each to his daugh-
tiers. Diana, 8, and Alexandra. .
but stipulated they were not to
receive the principal OF ms
estate until they are SO years old
To his mother, Mrs. Stella
Rubinstein, 79, he provided ST.
600 a month until her death.
His will. on being filed fol
probate Tuesday in Surrogate''
Court, formally valued the estate
at "over 100000" although 4
business associate has estimated
it at $40 million. .
Rubinstein's children live witt
his divorced wife. the forme
Laurette Kilbourne, who sine
has married John Lochhead, op
orator of a Las Vegas tNev.
hotel.
Rubinstein left $4,000 t.
William Morter. the butler VIII
discovered his bound and gagge'
body.
He also left $4,000 to Theo
dore Schultz Of Manhattan, no
further identified in the will.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
Rutoers Alumni to Meet

DR.. Lewis Webster Jones. pres
ident of Rutgers University. will
be guest of honor at a Rutgers
Alumni Club of Washington buf-
fet dinner tomorrow.
Evening star., 1955-02-03
Far East Chiefs to Coll
On Hqtoyumo Tomorrow
By the Asseeioisd Press

TOKYO, Feb. 3.-America's
four top Far Eastern military
leaders will make a courtesy call
on Prime Minister Ichiro Hato-
yama tomorrow.
They are Gen. John E. HUI
Far East commander: Gen. Max
well Taylor. Far East ground
force commander; Admiral VIII
liam M. Callaghan, Far East
naval commander. and Gen
Earle E. Partridge, commander
of the Far East Air Force.
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06
HARRINGTON
Mrs. Jack fitlick
Phone Harrington 3AS

Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Stewart of
Germantown, Pa, were weekend
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel
Kitchens.
Mrs. Arthur M. Taylor and Mrs.
George Hanson lad dinner at the
Dinner Bell Inn in Dover on
Thursday, and later attended the
lecture on Winterthur, given by
the Friends of Old Dover.
Mrs. r. w. Vane, Sr., who has
been patient in the Johns Hop
kins Hospital in Baltimore for the
past three weeks, returned to her
home on Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry d. CULLEN
and children of Georgetown were
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and
Mrs. r. Harry CULLEN.
Miss Joyce Gruwell of the Del
aware Hospital, Wilmington, was
the weekend guest of her par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood Cru
well.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. B. Holloway, Sr.,
Mr.. and Mrs. S. L. Denney and Mrs.
Maude Hill visited in Ocean City,
Md, on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Sharp and
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Dean spent
Wednesday at Winterthur.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hayward CULLEN
were Sunday dinner guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Francis Derrickson of
Ocean View.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Melvin and
son Kenneth were the guests on
Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry
Gruwell.
Mrs. G. w. Hanson spent Friday
in Wilmington as the guest of her
aunt, Mrs. Joseph S. Clark.
TIE Mothers Auxiliary of Asbury
Church will meet on Tuesday eve
ming, May 10, at the home of Mrs.
j. Edward Taylor with Mrs. Grace
Howard assisting.
Many people from Harrington
attended the Ladies' Night of Tenn
pie Lodge, A. F. and A. NJ, held in
Calvary Church, Milford, on Thurs
day evening.
James Simpson has accepted a
position with the Simpson Ford
Agency, south of town on Route
10.
Miss Mary Ellen Thomas attend
ed the dinner and dance of the
Alumnae Association of the Del
aware Hospital in Wilmington at
the DUPONT Hotel on Saturday eve
ming.
Mrs. Harry English of Laurel
spent Friday with her daughter,
Mrs. Calvin Wells.
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

Miss June Thompson and Charles
McNally represented st. Stephens
Episcopal Church az the presen-
tation service of the Lenten Mite
Box offering of the Diocese of Del
aware at the Cathedral Church of
st. John in Wilmington on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Winkler
were recent visitors to their former
home in New York State.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. C. Messner and
Mr.. and Mrs. I. II. Harrington
were weekend guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. I. Scott Purse at their cot
tage in Rehoboth.
A &c Larry Ahlstrom, son of
Mrs. George Ensley, has returned
home following nine months SER
vice in Korea.
Mrs. Hayward CULLEN and Mrs.
Lewis Slaughter will accompany
the pupils of their fourth grades
to the Philadelphia Zoo on Friday.
The WSCS of Asbury Church
evening. The awards for the year
were as follows: A prize of $500
| for the most members attending
the society meetings was awarded
to the Rebekah Circle. A prize of
$500 for the second greatest n:m-
Der of members present at the
meetings was received by the Ruth
Circle. The Ruth Circle also re-
ceived a prize of $500 for secur-
ing the most new members during
the year. A past presidents pin
was presented to Mrs. Charles
Greenhaugh for four years service.
Mrs Clyde Perry presented the
program when the new circle
leaders told of their plans for the
new year and reported the pledges
to date.
Mrs. Guy Winebrenner led the
devotions.
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

The following new officers were
installed with the Reverend, Rob-
ert E. Van Cleaf conducting the
ceremony:
President, Mrs. Mark Wiley;
vice president, Mrs. Guy Winebren-
ner; recording secretary, Mrs. Will
liam Taylor; assistant recording
secretary, Mrs. o. I. Roberts,
Sr.; treasurer, Mrs. T. III. Har-
rington; assistant treasurer, Miss
Oda Baker; promotion secretary,
Mrs. Charles Rapp; missionary ed
ucation, Mrs. r. e. Van Cleaf;
Christian social relations, Mrs. w.
w. Sharp; local church activities,
Mrs. Charles Greenhaugh and Mrs.
George Toppin; spiritual life, Mrs.
Emory Hedgecock; literature and
publications, Miss Heba Baker;
student and youth work, Mrs. Full
ton Downing; children's work, Mrs
Calvin Wells and Mrs. Melvin Wy
att; supply work, Mrs. Roy Por-
ter; circle leaders, Mrs. w. w.
Sharp, Mrs. e. w. Dean, Mrs. A.
B. Parsons, Mrs. Edgar Dill, Mrs.
j. A. Masten, Mrs. Abner Hickman,
Mrs. Clarence FARRELL and Mrs.
Charles Peck, Jr.
The Harrington Girl Scout Troop
No. 143, held an investiture service
in the New Century Club on
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

Thursday evening. The troop lead
ers, Mrs. Edgar Layton and Mrs.
Kenneth McKnatt invested the fol-
lowing troop members, cara Mae
Abshure, Connie Biddle, Patsy
Cox, Barbara Dean, Nancy Der
rickson, Darlene Hutchins, Jean
Mcfarland, Kenna 10 McKnatt,
Carol Ann Moore, Agnes Morgan,
Mary Lou Myer, Bonita Porter,
Charlotte Rapp, Lillian Smith, Bar
bara Spicer, and Sandra Tatman.
The troop members and their lead
ers enjoyed hike to Wheeler's
Park on Saturday.
The Harrington Glee Club, UNI
der the direction of Professor Mel
vim Brobst was represented at the
Choral Festival held in the Field
House in Dover on Wednesday.
They gave ten minute concert
consisting of three numbers,
"Grandfather's Clock" Ezekiel
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

Mrs. j. Edwin Wilson and Mrs.
Charles Short of Georgetown were
Tuesday dinner guests of Mrs.
George Toppin.
The Explorer Scouts held open
house for their parents and
friends on Wednesday evening in
the school cafeteria. Robert Wech-
tenheiser is Explorer advisor and
William Jester is his assistant.
Mrs. Edward Maull of Lewes
spent Monday with Mrs. w. W.
Shaw
Leonard Horleman is recuper-
ating in the Anne Arundel Hospi-
tai in Annapolis, Md, following a
knee operation on Wednesday.
The Merrymakers Home Demon
stration Club will meet at the home
of Mrs. Joseph Konesy on We'd
nesday evening, May II, with Mrs.
Charles Greenhaugh assisting. The
topic will be Making Corsages.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Richardson
were Sunday dinner guests of Mrs.
Helen Pyle and Miss Anna Lewis
of Rehoboth.
Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Parks were
Wednesday dinner guests of the
Reverend and Mrs. Kenneth KEEP
Ter of Milford.
Miss Nancy Harrington was the
weekend guest of Miss Sandra
Davis of Wilmington and attended
the perforcance of Little Red
Riding Hood" at the Playhouse on
Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. F. B. Greenley, Sr., Mrs.
Blanche Cahall, Mrs. T. H. Har-
rington and Mrs. J. r. Wilson of
Smyrna, attended a luncheon
bridge on Tuesday at the Dinner
Bell Inn in Rehoboth, given by Mrs
r. J. Emory and Mrs. Laurence
F'itchett.
Miss Shirley Harrington was a
weekend guest of DR.. and Mrs.
X. NJ Corrin at their farm near
Elkton, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Baynard
visited Mrs. Baynards mother,
Mrs. Coppage of Church Hill, Md.
on Sunday.
The Boy Scouts, Troop No. 76,
under the chaperonage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Howell Kitchens, Mr.. and
Mrs. Roland Kitchens and George
Won Goerres, spent the weekend
on Snow Shoe Mountain in Penn
sylvania.
Milford chronicle., 1955-05-06

Mr.. and Mrs. Marshall Benson
and Mr.. and Mrs. Mitchell Jones
spent the weekend with their
brother, Mckinley Jones and family
in Cape May, N. j., and sister, Mrs.
Sturm and family in Cape May
Court House, N. j.
Robert Kolb and John Christie
I of Philadelphia, Pa, were dinner
guests of Mrs William Dwier and
Miss Betty Dwier on Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Coverdale
and Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Slaughter
spent Saturday in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Thomas,
| formerly of Milford are occupy
| ing the Richard Johnson property.
Emmons w. Chapman, of Will
mington visited Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam r. Wright on Saturday. On
Sunday their guests were, Mrs.
Harold Shockley and Mr.. and Mrs.
Stephen Shockley, of Dover
Mrs. Richard Johnson, Mrs.
James Wilkins, Mrs. Grace Cooper
and Mrs. Elmer Coverdale of Ellen
dale were shoppers in Wilmington,
on Friday.
Mrs. Helen DeSilver of Phila-
delphia spent the weekend with
her sister. Mrs. Herman Benson
and family and attended the funeral
of her aunt, Mrs. Edith Donovan,
in Milford, on Sunday Mrs. Dono-
van died in the Jewell Nursing
Home, Thursday night after long
| illness. She lived in Lincoln for
many years and was loved by all
who knew her.
/ Mrs. Martin Clendaniel and chill
dren have motored to Milford.
S/Sgt Martin CIendaniel left
on Friday for Tuhla Greenland
after spending a thirty day leave
with his parents and family He
was accompanied to MISSIONER
Field, Mass, by his brother, Bob,
and Bob Aubrey, who visited Bob
Aubrey's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
George Aubrey in Chickapee Falls,
Mass, over the weekend.
Our community was shocked by
the sudden death of Mrs. Dennie
Macklin Thomas in the Presby-
terian Church, Milford, on Sunday
morning.
She had lived most of her life
i in Lincoln, until few years ago
when due to the falling health of
her husband, they moved to Mil
ford
She is survived by two sisters,
Mrs. Audie Sockrider and Mrs.
Flossie Fitzgerald of Milford, Lew
Macklin of Philadelphia and Hub
bard Macklin, of Houston.
The funeral was held from the
Berry Funeral Home, in Milford,
Wednesday afternoon, with Rev.
Kenneth Kepler, of Milford, offici-
ating. Interment in the Lincoln
Cemetery
The Community Building of Lin
coin, will be sold at auction, May
4, 1855, at 2 p. m.
There will be an auction of
goods and sundries donated by
the community for the purpose of
raising funds for the construction
of a new Community Building. All
persons desiring to donate any
articles, large or small, that may
be offered for sale, call any of the
following people: Riley Jefferson,
5849: Gordon Mclean, 1895. James
Berwick. 1857; Ralph Hunt, 1854;
and they will pick up your dona-
tions. A local committee of ladies
will offer refreshments for sale.