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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-22

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Evening star., 1955-07-28

These are the same five clubs
who fought it out for the 1910
pennant, when the season closed
with Cleveland a game behind
Detroit and New York two
games back. Boston ran fifth
that year, eight games out.
Kansas City grabbed a double
win over the Senators. GA and
Al, the opener going IL innings,
in other American League action
yesterday.
In the National League, the
Redlegs ganged up on the
Dodgers in the 10th inning for
Ia 4-3 victory, while the Braves
handed Robin Roberts his first
defeat since June 26. The Braves
|2-1 victory left them in second
place, 1919 games behind
Brooklyn. The Cubs fattened the
Giants twice, Az and 9-8, while
ISt. Louis downed Pittsburgh, 6-l.
Walt Dropo was the hotshot
hitter for the White Sox. who
ievened their series with the
Yankees at one each. Dropo had
three hits and sent in three runs
Continued on Page CA, Col. &
Evening star., 1955-07-28
SAVED FROM FIERY DEA tn IN SARATOGA BARNS

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y-Police sought cvi-
dence today Of a firebugs work in two fires that
destroyed three barns and damaged another at Sara
toga track not far from the stable in which the
great Nashua is quartered The first blaze Tuesday
night, destroyed one barn. The second, IA hours
Evening star., 1955-07-28

Baseman Grady Hatton have
hit 'em when they were needed
Piersall got the hits that beat
the third-place Indians twice
in as many days. With the score
tied IL Tuesday night, Piersall
showed his speed by beating
out a high hopper that scored
what proved to be the winning
run in 5-1 triumph. Yesterday
his three-run homer put the
Red Sox ahead. 3-2, and they
went on to a 6-2 victory.
Klaus. the scrappy little guy
from Spring Grove, Ill. is neal
the league leaders with a .291
average. His fancy glove work
has everybody hustling.
Hatton, a National League
castoff, is doing some outstand-
ing fielding himself. and is prov
See RED SOX, Page ca
Evening star., 1955-07-28
TIMELY SINGLES HELP, TOO
PiersoII, 3 InfieIders
Help Red Sox Surge

BOSTON. July % R.-Jim
Piersall. Boston's "other out
fielder" and the left side of the
infield are the unsung men of
the Red Sox' push to within
three games of the American
League lead.
The names most frequently in
the headlines are those of Left
fielder Ted Williams, who leads
the team in batting with a $40
mark while playing in 43 of the
90 games. Rightf1elder Jackie
Jensen, with 76 runs batted in,
and First Baseman Norm Eau
chin, with 20 home runs.
But it's taken timely singles,
too, to enable the Red Sox to
win 81 of their last 48 games.
And the quartet of Piersall, Sec
ond Baseman Billy Goodman.
Shortstop Billy Klaus and Third
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Yanks> Tribe Lose Ground
In Widest Race Since 40
Dropo, PiersoIl
And Byrd Help
Tighten Dogfieht
BY the Associated Press

The heat was on in more ways
than one today. with only six
and a half games separating
the f1rst-place Yankees and
fifth-place Tigers in the broad
est American League pennant
scramble in Is years.
Not since 1910. when Detroit
won the flag two days before
the season ended. has there been
such a knock-down, drag g-out
race. although four clubs fin-
|ished only six and a hall
games apart when the Tigers
beat out the Senators in 1945.
To compress the cozy situa-
ton, the White Sox defeated
the Yankees yesterday, IA. and
the Red Sox downed the In
|dians, 6-2. Detroit missed big
chance to gain ground, losing
the second game of a double
header to Baltimore. 81. after
winning the opener, ga.
This is the situation today:
Evening star., 1955-07-28
MAJOR LEAGUE STANDINGS
AMERICAN
Results yesterday

liz. c., Cd: Wash,
Al list game IL
innings.
Det., 81: Bait, As
Bos.. 6. CleVe.. 2.
Chi. z; New York, 4
Games Today
Detroit at Baltimore
Chicago at New York
Cleveland at Boston
(Only games sched. J
Games Tomorrow
Chi. at Wash, 8.
lCleye. at Bait. tn.).
K. c. at N. Y. tn.l.
Det. at Boston M.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
BY LEWIS r. ATCHISON
Star STAFF Correspondent

LOS ANGELES, July 28.-A
mysterious cough has stymiet
Halfback Jim Monachino's bic
for a berth with the Redskins al
the squad awaits the kickoff fol
tonight's West intra -squae
game in Pasadena's Rose Bowl.
| At the same time, Linebackel
Ralph FELTON,. former Maryland
star, disclosed that he has beer
Ereclassified la by his Pennsyl-
Ivania draft board and expects
Ito be called in late September OF
mid October. FELTON,, whose all
ling ankle kept him out of the
draft a year ago, was re-
examined just before reporting
to training camp. His loss viii
be a serious one, for he had the
squad made" and figured in
the defensive plans.
With "a new men striving foi
positions, the doctors decision
to sideline Monachino, at least
until next Monday, came as o
blow to the one-time California
back who began his pro career
in 1851 with the San francisco
Forty-Niners. X-rays were tt
be taken today in an effort tc
find the trouble.
Monachino reported to train
ing camp with a slight cold and
has been unable to shake it of
He has had no fever, no loss oi
appetite or any other symptom
of serious illness. Jim sleeps
soundly and runs well. but cant
stop coughing and yesterday the
cough caused him to seek medi-
cal advice.
| Monachino was to have
started at right halfback for the
West, in a backfield rounded
out by Scooter Scudero at left
half, Dale Atkeson at fullbacl
and Eddie LeBaron at quarter.
back. Hal Norris from Califor.
MIA will replace him.
| The Vests line will have
Ralph Thomas, former Sar
Francisco University and Chi.
lcago Cardinals end, and Bot
Lyon Of San Diego State at tn.
|flanks, Fred Miller, College o1
the Pacific. and Don Doll al
tackle, Red Stephens, Sar
Francisco, and Marvin Berschet
Evening star., 1955-07-28
MYSTERY COUGH BARS MONACHiNO
Redskins Cuts Awaited
After Tonight S Come

at guards, and Gerry Wenzel,
Indiana, at center.
The East win line up with AL
Dorow at quarterback, Bob
Haner Of villanova and Vic
Janowicz at the halves, and Leo
Elter at fullback. Haner, just
recovered from an illness, is
starting because Bert Zagers Of
Michigan State will be used on
offense early in the game, and
both will have to double up be-
fore the evening is over.
Tom Petty of .VPI and John
Carson will man the ends, with
Vic Thomas and Joe TiburZi OF
Auburn starting at tackles. Ron
Marciniak of Kansas State and
Walt Houston of Purdue at
guards and Harry Ulinski at
center.
The East-West game boils
down to nothing more than q
scrimmage under game condi-
tions, plus some half-time
hoopla featuring Gene Autry and
his troupe. But its Importance
to members of the squad, includ-
ing several veterans, cannot be
minimized, for Coach Joe Ku-
harich plans to make the first
cut in personnel later in the
week, and tonight's perform
ances will have q bearing on his
decision.
Several players will be used
both ways tonight. and II the
game develops into a one-Sided
contest in the first half. players
will be switched to the opposite
side during the intermission.
Regardless Of the outcome. the
game obviously is not expected
to give a clear-cut picture of the
See REDSKINS, Page c.
Evening star., 1955-07-28
double-headers, particularly after

double-headers, particularly after
bowling, GA and Al. to the
Kansas City Athletics last night
before a smattering Of 3.l44
customers. The first game went
II innings.
Jerry Snyder is an example OF
the shifting fortunes of in
dividuals on the club. Since re-
joining the club, he has batted
1927 In 13 games, a vast improve
ment over his previous deport-
|ment, and has played a respec-
table second base.
But when Jerry Is blazing Roy
Sievers and Clint Courtney are
frosty. When they're clicking
Mickey Vernon and Eddie Yost
cool of. They've lacked q con-
|" See SENATOR'S, Page c.;
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Senators hired
|byHot-and-Co|d
individual Play
BY BURTON HAWKINS

Some Of the Senators are f1av-
ing their moments, but there's
little cohesion to their efforts
and so they continue to wallow
deep in the second division.
It's probably just as well that
today's scheduled game was
called of because-for lack of
any other excuse-club officials
felt the transit strike and abb
normal weather" made play i'm
practicable.
The Senators could use a rest
after q pair of successive night
Evening star., 1955-07-28
SENATORS PUT OFF
|TODAYS GAME

The baseball game between
the Athletics and Senators
scheduled for this afternoon
at Griffith Stadium has been
postponed because of the
Capital Transit strike and
the heat. The game will be
played as part Of a twi-
night double-header Sep
tember 8.
Evening star., 1955-07-28

II you don't know tires--BE SURE
first-line tires often cost less than
Ws % eel tirst. line. new tires--and q Z
YOU CAN SEE AND FEEL THE I
pay to gamble with your family's
SAVE with inferior second or thir
YOU BUY ONLY FIRST-LINE TIF
prices are lower
Evening star., 1955-07-28
PROBABLE PITCHERS.
By the Associated Press

6y IH0 ASBUCIHGeu FEgAB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Detroit at Baltimore--Lary te-11)
vs. Shailock (2-3).
Chicago at New York-Johnson t2-1)
Cleveland at Boston--wynn da-4)
vs. Parnell (2-2).
(only games scheduled)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
(2-0) VS.. Fowler (5-6l.
Philadelphia at Milwaukee-Dickson
(S.6) VS.. BuhI cd.
:. NsE g,.S YORK as- ,st chicaso-oomss t7-6'
Pittsburgh at st. Louis (n.)--Hall
(1-Ol VS., Schmidt U-1),
Evening star., 1955-07-28
Games Toda,
Games Tomorrow
NATIONAL
Results Yesterday

Gin, 4: Bklyn., 3 t1t
innings).
MilW.. 2: Phila.. !.
st. L.. 8: Pitts, /.
Chi. 40; N, Y, 2-S
Games Today
Bklyn. at Gin. (n.).
phila. at Milw.
New York at Chi.
Pitts. at st. L. (n.).
Games Tsnsrrow
Pitts. at Gin. tn.).
N. Y. at Milw. tn.D.
Phila. at Chicago. -.
Bklyn- at st. l.. tn.)
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Solar Eclipse
Study Planned

BOSTON, Nov. 25 (R.-Plans
for an intensive study Of a solar
eclipse on December IA have beer
outlined by the Cambridge CEN
ter of the Air Research and De-
velopment Command.
The command said So SCI
entists. technicians and airmen,
representing a dozen agencies,
will be stationed at observation
posts stretching from the Anglo
Egyptian Sudan across the In
dian Ocean to the island Of For
mosa to study the December an
nular eclipse In that area. The
cambridge research center,
sponsor of the study, viii corre-
late the findings.
Advance parties from the
American Geographical Society
lof New York have charted the
stations where special instru-
lments win be set UP to take
measurements designed to de-
lternline more accurately the size
land shape Of the earth.
Scientists viii man sites In
Africa, Ceylon, Burma. Thailand,
Wet Nam and Formosa.
An annular eclipse, AFCRC
scientists explained. is one in
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Negro Vote Rights
Probe Is lJrqed

Representative Harrison A.
Williams, Democrat Of New Jer-
sey. has urged the Attorney Gen.
eral to determine whether
Negroes are being denied their
voting rights In Mississippi.
He said in q statement yester-
day that he acted after a con-
ference with many community
LEADERS"
In q letter to Attorney General
Brownell, Mr.. Williams said that
lin reading newspaper accounts
of the Emmett Till murder trial
in Mississippi he was struck by
Ia statement by the clerk of the
Evening star., 1955-11-25
German Auto Output
Increases 38.7 Pet.

BONN. = Western Germany
produced sso.5ss automobiles in
1854. an increase Of 1877 per cent
above the output in 1858.
Exports totaled $4,000 cars,
which was 4s per cent Of the en-
tire production and 6s per cent
laboye exports in 1858.
Evening star., 1955-11-25

which the sun is never COM
|pleteiy obscured by the moon.
and one In which q thin ring Of
the sun can still be seen at the
Imidpoint Of the eclipse.
The project scientist is Robert
Fitzpatrick, geophysicist with the
Terrestrial Sciences Laboratory,
AFCRC. Among his aides will
be astronomers from the Uni
Iversities of Georgetown. Pitts
Iburgh, Indiana. Johns Hopkins,
Penn State, Swarthmore, North
Carolina, Loyola. Ohio State and
Yale.
Evening star., 1955-11-25

Icourt that there were no negroes
lon the Jury because no Negroes
are registered to vote In the
county.
II am informed that there
Iare some 10000 Negro residents
in the county. and this would
seem to me an indication OF
strong circumstantial evidence
that Negroes are In one way or
another being prevented from
voting" he wrote Mr.. Brownell.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
Stote's 5 Oil Output

NEW ORLEANS. - Louisiana
produces enough oil every 10
days to pay the total costs OF the
Louisiana purchase.
Evening star., 1955-11-25
WHEATON, CITY CHURCH TO BE CONsECRATED

of
Paand Grenobe
Methodist
600 seating
Evening star., 1955-11-25

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In bed. Rayon moire cover in gold,
green, wine. blue or rose, with soft
Kapok filling. Bed rest is ny high,
has handy side pockets.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
POWS
Continued From First Page

Continued From First Page
held accountable for. any
wrongful act" they may have
committed. In Washington to-
day a Defense Department
spokesman said each individual
case would be investigated close
ly If the men actually return tc
American control.
Concerning the prospective re-
lease of the five men, Peipinf
said:
"We are engaged In going
through the formalities for theil
exit and making all necessar!
arrangements. Upon completion
of these formalities, our fiv'
friends will leave China"
| Lin Shih-hsiao, vice secretary
general of the Red Cross Societ,
of China. read the announcement
of the governments decision tt
the former U.N. soldiers. He salt
the Red Cross would continue t,
give those who choose to remain
"all possible assistance and care.
"At the same time" he said, 81
anyone Of you wish to leav'
China. please tell us at any time
We will certainly do everything t,
help him. in accordance with hi
wish"
He wished the five who ar
leaving "a smooth future"
Lin commented upon tn
"many difficulties" the men ar
likely to encounter. He sail
China 'is an economically back
ward country" and does not hav
the living standards to which tn
men were accustomed in thei
native lands.
He pointed, too the languag
barrier and the difference in 9Th
customs and way of life" of tn
Chinese people and those o
Europeans and Americans.
At the close of his statement
Lin invited comment from tn
men.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
|Disorming Major Topic
AT Summit Conference

it-a way which is perhaps more
popular in the rest Of the world
than 1t Is In the United States
American caution and scepti-
cism on the disarmament ques-
ton may be thoroughly justified
but 1t stands out in startling
contrast to the reaction Of most
|of our European allies.
Too Good To Be True
So far as Geneva is concerned
the objection to discussing tht
matter raised by American STRAIT.
Iegists seems to be based on thret
considerations. First Is the feal
that q disarmament plan woult
be used as a device by the Rus
slams to bring the Chinese Com.
munists into the talks as one o.
nations vitality concerned. Their,
is also a suspicion it win be usec
to block rearmament of Ger
many. Finally and most impor'
tant is the feeling that it is jus
too good to be true; that tn,
Russians simply couldn't mear
what they say-that the glitter,
ing vision can be no more thar
Ia Trojan horse designed to lur,
Evening star., 1955-06-19
II Die in Sinking
|Of French Boot

CAEN, France, June 18 (P)., =
A wartime landing craft con.
verted to a tourist boat stranded
and sank tonight of this north.
western French port. At least
II of the % or 80 passengers
drowned.
All aboard were said to b
French. mostly from suburban
Paris.
The vessel was used to carry
tourists from OuiStreham. a por'
on the Orne River, to Riva Bells
Point of Caen, l25 miles north
west of Paris.
Officials said the vessel wen
aground on a rocky sandbar
Some victims drowned while try
ing to swim ashore. Most, how
ever. were trapped when tht
rising sea spilled into th'
stranded vessel.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
the free world to It's own de-

the free world 10 IT. own de-
lstruction.
For the last Of these ideas there
lis considerable sympathy here in
Europe. It Is freely admitted
that the Russian proposals may
turn out to be nothing more than
q grandstand play designed to
create dissention in the Western
camp and throughout the neutral
people Of the world. There is, 1t
lis felt, no question the Russians
must be pinned down firmly on
the question Of inspection and
control and there would be little
surprise II. when this were done,
they changed their mind about
the whole thing.
Even so the next move is clear
" up to the West, it is felt here.
So far as European opinion is
concerned. it is unthinkable that
every effort should not be made
at the highest levels to remove
the remaining points Of disagree
ment. II the Russian offer is q
hoax, this reasoning goes. it is
up to Western leaders to expose
it as such in terms that reason
able people can understand. To
avoid the issue or show confusion
and disarray in the face Of the
Russian offer is to play directly
into the Kremlin's hands. accord
ing to many Of the experts here.
And yet this is precisely the i'm
lpreSsion being created here dur
ing preparations for the Geneva
conference.
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Hopes Exceeded
|By Atomic Sub

KANSAS CITY, June 1S tP.-
Rear Admiral Emmet P. For
restel said today the atomic
powered submarine Nautilus ex-
ceeded expectations in its test
runs and naval officers plan to
build three more subs with even
better power plants.
Admiral Forrestel. command
ant of the 9th Naval District
Great Lakes, ILL.,, spoke to the
Kansas City chapter of the Mill
tary Order of the World Wars
1--WE have developed specially
designed killer su marin e +.
which are equipped to seek Out
and destroy enemy submarine.
hundreds of feet beneath the
surface" he said. I'VE nov
have troop-carrying submarines
tanker models and perhaps the
most deadly of all-guided mis-.
Isile submarines"
Evening star., 1955-06-19

Iresentatives Mailliard, Younger,
Gubser and Scudder. Republic
cans, and Miller, Democrat.
| At 1880 am. tPDTD Monday
there will be a small reception
for Mr.. Eisenhower at the st
Francis Hotel. where he will
meet Gov. Goodwin Knight and
other California officials. The
President will give q small lunch-
con in his suite for u N. Secre-
tary General Dag Hammar-
skiold, U.N. General Assembly
President E. N. Van Kleffens
Secretary Dulles and U.N. Am
lbassador Henry Cabot Lodge. jr
The President is scheduled to
speak at 3 pm. Is pm. Washing
ton time).
Hint of Topic
Mr.. Eisenhower gave q clue
in a May 81 news conference
in Washington to what at leas1
part of his speech will be about
He said then: "I think it is well
that the whole country review
1.-THE record of accomplishment
and failure tof the U. M. and
we kind of fix in our own minds
again what are our hopes ane
expectations for such a body
So I would hope to do my little
part >. . to bring us all to think
ling about it more seriously"
He hardly can avoid dealing
also with the worlds main hopes
for a durable peace that lie in
the conference that will take
him to Geneva next month for
talks with Soviet Premier Bull
iganin, British Prime Minister
Eden and French Premier Faure
the first Big -Four conference
lat the summit since World Wal
III.
:. The British and French for
eign ministers agreed. at theil
meetings in New York with Mr.
Dulles, with the Presidents view
} that the Geneva conferences
should not attempt to work out
. any specific solutions for tn,
} problems that divide the world
! They will attempt to persuade
lMr. Molotov away from the po
sition previously taken by Mos
, COW that the Big Four shoult
, try to achieve something con
, crete at Geneva to lessen work.
tensions.
The Western powers see Gen
. eva only as the place for givinl
new impetus to the search fo
r solutions to specific problems
!. for defining the problems TO
. subsequent lower level confer
: ences to work on, and possibl,
Evening star., 1955-06-19
MoIotov Rodiotes Charm
On Trons-Country Trip

that phrase can be used-as he
Travelled into the Midwest. APP
Iparently he felt as one mem
Der of his delegation felt-"this
lis America"
Some of the Russians have al
ways said New York is not Amer
erican. His tour Of Chicago
gave him impressive view Of
American steel capacity when
he was given q fast trip Of one
of the largest mills in the Chi
'cago area. He slept through
most of the corn country be-
yond Chicago but was up early
Friday morning enough to see
some of the trim corn fields Of
Nebraska. where the corn is be-
ginning to show to good advant-
age.
Curious in Wyoming
He was curious about the flood
damage in Wyoming and also
asked questions about the size of
Wyoming and whether it was an
agricultural state or grazing
land.
His private dining car was
taken off at Chicago and he ate
once with the public, laughing
and chatting with three mem
bers of the delegation. He
showed handsome appetite all
the way.
While Mr.. Molotov was relax
ing and enjoying the scenery,
his guards were not. Two Rus
SLAMS maintained guard post at
each end of his Pullman carl
and scrutinized passengers care
fully.
Once a train representative
went back to deliver messages.
BY chance he put his hand in
his pocket-and found himself
Immediately squeezed between
two guards with no chance of
removing his hand from his
pocket. Two other men stepped
in front of Mr.. Molotov. The
trainman turned and left the
car, sending the messages back
later.
There have been no incidents
on the train but one Pullman
porter on the car had this to
say about the distinguished pas
senger: Boss, I'll sure be glad
when we get to the end of the
run. Everybody's so nervous
around here"
Evening star., 1955-06-19
Families Offer
Little Comment
About P0Ws
BY the Associated Press

The families Of three turncoat
Americans expressed little emo
ton yesterday at the news that
the men have changed their
mind about living in Red China
There was cautious silence
from some and the statement
"of course it makes me very
happy :" from others.
But there were no exuberant
tears of Joy from most of the
kin of the men who had beer
discharged dishonorably fol-
choosing to live in a Communist
country rather than come. home
The three were among 81 for
mer American prisoners of wal
who after the Korean conf1ic'
decided to stay in Red China
Yesterday a Red Chinese broad.
cast said the men have requested
to leave the country. All three
were corporals when captured
Mother Is Reticent
The broadcast said two Of
them intended to go back to the
United States, and one to Japan
In Jacksonville, Tex, Mrs
Albert Griggs. mother of Lewis
w. Griggs. %, had little to say
about the news.
II had just rather wait until
he gets home" she said. until
/ know something for sure"
Mrs. Jewell Bell. wife of Othc
G. Bell, of Olympia, Wash. said
she was not surprised at the
news. She said Bell wrote hel
recently that he planned to re-
turn as soon as he could.
I'm glad he's going to re-
turn" Mrs. Bell said. But Tn
afraid to say anything until he
gets home, lest something might
happen"
Awaiting Bell is his four-year-
old daughter, Paula, who he has
never seen.
Father Is Pleased
In Hillsboro, Miss, E. A. Bell
Otho's 55-year-old father, sale
Its the "best news I've ever had.
II would certainly like to know
just when and where he viii
arrive so I can be there" th'
elder Bell said.
! And at Monticello, Ark. Mrs
Chester Green, mother of vii
liam A. Cowart, %, said she wa
happy that her son had decides
Ito leave Communist China.
Told of a red broadcast repor
that he had elected to go T.
Japan rather than back home
-iMrs. Green said:
I'D rather see him 60 any
t where than stay in China"