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Evening star., 1955-03-14
WoIfson Asks Probe
Of Unfair Pressure
In Ward Contest
By the Associoted Press

NEW YORK. Mar. 14.-Louis
E. Wolfson, challenger in the
battle for control of Montgomery
Ward 81 Co.. said today he had
wired the Fulbright committee
to ask that he. SeWell Avery.
board chairman. and E. A.
Krider, president of Montgomery
Ward, appear to testify under
oath in Washington on what MIR.
Wolfson termed unfair" vote
inferences made concerning him
by management.
Mr.. Wolfson made the state
ment at a news conference here
on his return from a barnstorm-
ing tour which carried him to
the West Coast.
Mr.. Wolfson said that unfair
pressures" were put on E. w.
Endter, who resigned as presi-
dent of California Oil Co. to join
the Wolfson candidates fighting
for Ward directorships.
Mr.. Wolfson said pressures
applied to Mr.. Endter were the
most un-American acts I have
ever seen"
In resigning from California
Oil Co.. after "a years service.
Mr.. Endter lost valuable pension
and stock option rights as we'll
as giving up a salary of $4,000
a year, Mr.. Wolfson added.
Mr.. Wolfson also said he is
asking for an investigation of
pressure" on his supporters
which he said originated with
Montgomery Ward and was ap-
piled by various sources to per-
suade them not to back Mr..
Wolfson.
While managements proxies
were put in the mail over the
week end to the $4,000 stock
holders, Mr.. Wolfson said his
own proxies have not yet been
cleared by the Securities and
Exchange Commission and his
attorneys were busy trying to
get clearance. The 43-year-old
Evening star., 1955-03-14
80 Of 100 Families
Expect More Money
In Sc, Survey Shows
ev the Asxoe;ot.d Press

The Federal Reserve Board re-
ports that 80 of every 100 FAM
lilies expect to be making more
money in another year while 6
per cent expect a drop in income
These preliminary findings Of
the boards annual survey Of
consumer finances were consid-
erably brighter than a year ago.
In 1854. 90 per cent of consum-
ers looked forward to bigger in
comes while 19 per cent expected
to earn less.
The survey also showed that
the buying public plans to spend
more for houses. furniture and
appliances in the coming year.
Fewer families plan to buy new
cars but they expect to pay
more for them.
Predictions of Record Supported
These we're among the pre-
llminary findings of the boards
10th annual survey of consumer
finances. The survey supports
in general the official predic-
tions that 1855 will be a near
record or record year for busi-
ness activity.
Strong indication that the
housing boom will continue was
seen IN the survey on home
buying plans.
About 9.6 per cent of city
families said they intend to
buy or build a dwelling. This
was one-third more than the
number year ago. and a greater
percentage than in any previous
survey year. Another 22.7 per
cent of families said they plan
to make home repairs and i'm
provements.
This again is higher than the
returns from the 1854 survey, in
which 1876 per cent of families
had plans for improvement out
lays and &c per cent expected
to buy new or used houses.
Veterans Planning Homes
''The increase tin planned
home purchase is almost en-
tirely accounted for by veterans"
said the survey, in which the
University of Michigan Survey
Research Centef Co-operated
with the Federal Reserve.
Increased availability of
mortgage credit to veterans and
other buyers on attractive terms
is apparently an important fac
tor in the increased interst ex-
pressed in home buying"
The sense of economic better
ment among consumers was re-
flected also in the plans of 28.7
per cent of families to buy new
furniture or major household
appliances, as against 26,9 per
cent in early 1854, and in the
expectation of TO per cent of
all families to buy used cars,
as compared with 6.5 per cent
a year ago.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

financier said he did not under
stand why they had been de-
layed AND had been complaining
to his attorneys about it.
He remarked that the man.
agement gets things cleared
much faster than we get them
cleared"
Meanwhile. he said, his stock
holders committee had mailed
message to the shareholders
appealing for them to wait for
the facts" and not vote for
either side until they had heard
the whole Montgomery Ward
story"
Mr.. Wolfson said John Tyler,
chairman of the board of Farm
ers Insurance Group of Los An
geles, was one of four of his
nominees for directors on the
Montgomery Ward board. He
said Mr.. Tyler owns 200 shares
of Ward stock which he pur-
chased recently.
Mr.. Avery's proxy material
stated officially that his nine
man board either owns or rep
resents $4,000 shares of the
6.703,922 shares of voting stock
outstanding.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Market
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decline. He pointed out that
stock prices are affected by news
developments, but in the long run
business health" will determine
price levels.
WashingtOn's Venture Cited
Senator Robertson asked Mr.
Martin if he thought it was de-
sirable for investors to speculate
on borrowed money.
The witness replied that you
have got to be careful in ap-
plying any curbs in that field.
He pointed out that risk taking
venture capital" has played a
major point in the development
Of the Nation and that even
George Washington bought stock
in the C. & o. Canal.
Mr.. Martin said that the
board would not ask Congress
for any new legislation to curb
market speculation at this time
He said, however, that present
laws such as the Securities Ex-
change Act were under continu-
ing review and that there was
a study going on now tn de-
termine whether there was need
for any change in the law.
Fears Speculative Trend
Earlier in his prepared testi-
mony, Mr.. Martin said that, sc
far as the stock market is con-
cerned, 1T seems to me that
there are certain signs or Symp-
toms of unhealthy tendencies
when businessmen or the public
generally become unduly pre-
occupied with stock markets anc
stock prices"
He added that IAN unSouno
speculative psychology may ther
develop that can have adverse
effects throughout the economy
Senator Robertson pointed out
that some experts saw a danger
of an approaching recession
while others held out imitation
as the real threat to the economy
which side are you on?" he
asked Mr.. Martin.
I'm in the middle" Mr.. Mar.
tin replied with laugh.
Senator Capehart then pressed
the witness to say whether he
thought stock prices were toe
Evening star., 1955-03-14
South Carolina Storm Kills 2,
losses Passengers Out of Jet

said they hoped his parachute
opened automatically.
Officers said frame buildings
and houses in the storm area
were being checked to determine
if there were any other casual
ties.
Several miles of U. S. High
way ! in the BateSburg- -Monetta-
Ridge Spring area were blocked
for more than two hours by
about five inches of hail that
made the road indistinguishable
from fields. The State Highway
patrol reported that several auto
mobiles were blown practically
off the road"
The hail first hit in York
County and later was reported
to have hit Mccormick, Lex,
ington. Saluda and Edgefield
Counties.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Details Are Revealed
In Settling Of Suit
AGAINST WincheII
lx III, A,.esiai.d Pr.,,

NEW YORK. Mar. IA
statement ending a sl.525, 900
libel suit brought against Walter
Winchell, columnist and COM
mentator. has been published by
the New York Daily Mirror and
broadcast by the American
Broadcasting Co.
The suit was filed against Mr..
Winchell by the New York Post
and its editor, James A. Wechs-
Ter. They charged that Mr..
Winchell in his column and his
radio and television broadcasts
had tried to create the impress
sion that the Post and Mr..
Wechsler were supporters ofsthe
Communist Party and disloyal
to the United States.
Papers Statement
In today's editions the Mirror
published this statement:
Walter Winchell has author
lied the editor to state that he
never said or meant to say in
the Mirror or over the air that
the New York Post or its pub
Usher, or Mr.. James A. Wechsler.
its editor, are Communists or
sympathetic to Communism. If
anything which Mr.. Winchell
said was so construed, he regrets
and withdraws it."
"The Mirror, too. wishes to re-
tract any statement which was
subject to such construction.
Diverse litigation now pend
ing between the Post and its
editor and the Hearst Corp,
American Broadcasting Co. and
Mr.. Winchell has been discon-
tinued by all parties. thus ending
a lengthy controversy"
Settlement Condition
The statement was published
as one of the conditions for set
tlement of the libel actions
against Mr.. Winchell. Also
named as defendants were ABC,
the Gruen Watch Co.. Inc, spon-
Sor Of Mr.. Winchell's broadcast
program; the Hearst Corp. and
King Features Syndicate, Inc.
ABC last night broadcast a
statement similar to that pub
lished by the Mirror on behalf
of Mr.. Winchell. the Gruen
Watch Co. and ABC.
In suits filed December II,
1852, Mr.. Wechsler sought SITS
900 in damages and the Post
sought $750,000.
The defendants agreed to pay
lawyer fees and expenses total
ing $50 1000 for Mr.. Wechsler and
the Post. No other money was
involved in the settlement.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
ribe
Continued From First Page

They had no sports. music or
art. They didn't even draw pic
lures in the dirt with their fin
gers. They had no leader. They
spent all their waking hours
avoiding tigers o. human hunts
men and trying to find some
thing they themselves could kill
and eat.
They worshiped a Spear Spirit.
If anyone touches another
mans spear, there must be an
animal sacrifice to satisfy the
Spirit. Illnesses are a sign that
the souls of dead relatives have
not been able to find food, and
again an animal sacrifice is
called for.
When tape and film were eX-
hausted, MI. Weaver arranged
to return to Bangkok for more
supplies.
Sets New Rendezvous
He set another rendezvous with
the tribeSmen at a river conflu-
ence they described to him.
Later. Mr.. Weaver found to his
dismay that newly made aerial
photo of the previously unchart-
ed area showed at least so con-
f1uences that fitted the descrip-
ton. But he set out anyway to
find the tribesmen. A flood, how
ever, trapped the expedition in a
river gorge and forced its men,
bers to flee the area.
Now MIR. Weaver is back in
Bangkok preparing for other ex-
peditions on behalf of the Amer
ican Museum of Natural History.
which has headquarters in New
York. He also wants to try to
locate once again the Phi Thong
Luang.
The clan he studied apparently
is doomed to extinction. The
yaws-stricken woman was re-
covering rapidly when he saw
her last. but she was not cured
and seemed assured of an early
death without modern medical
treatment. All other members of
the clan were male.
The clan. however, was trying
to locate other groups of its
people. Maybe there are clans
in Laos or Yunan province Of
China. The terrain in some of
these areas is suitable for sup
Evening star., 1955-03-14

that if he is acquitted by reason
of insanity. he will be presumed
to be insane and may be con-
fined in hospital for the insane
as long as the public safety and
his welfare require"
Judge gerton adde d
Though this fact has no
theoretical bearing on the jury's
verdict, it may have a practical
bearing"
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Copehort Says Senate Probe
Helped Send Stocks Down

NEW YORK, Mar. IA (P).-
Senator Capehart, Republican, of
Indiana says he believes the
Senate investigation Of Wall
Street is one reason why stock
prices dropped 81 billion last
week.
At neyS conference last
night, Senator Capehart said the
investigation cant help but
throw some shadow on the
houses of industry He added
that this was. not the only
reason for the market break, but
he did not say what the other
causes might be.
Senator Capehart said the
Senate committee. of which he
is a member and which is headed
by Senator Fulbright, Democrat,
of Arkansas, should be looking
for specific conspiracies to ma
nipulate the market. The COM
mittee, he added, should not be
condemning the whole stock
industry"
Senator Capehart asked why
stocks should suffer their
greatest drop in Is years when
a healthy business picture in
a growing Nation like ours should
keep stock prices up." Then he
added:
II hope that there is no one
person or any group who is
trying to destroy or even shake
public confidence in the stability
of the many corporations whose
securities are listed on the stock
exchange. -.
"Only those who must want to
cause a business recession, create
unemployment, and weaken our
Nation would seek to precipitate
a stock market decline"
Senator Capehart discussed the
market investigation with news
men after appearing on the Walter
Winchell program over the
American Broadcasting Co. radio
and television networks.
Mr.. Winchell, who had been
mentioned during the Senate
hearings as having unsettled the
market for certain issues by
broadcasting stock tips, denied
in his broadcast last night that
he ever recommended stocks. He
said he merely made statements
of fact about them.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
by the Asseeiotsd Press

JOHNSTON. S. c., Mar. IA
A wind and hail storm roared
down the middle of South Caro-
lima last night. killing a man and
a baby girl and throwing a pas
senger out of a Navy jet plane.
Buck Coats, so. and Rec Ann
Gary. 3, died in the cave-in of
a concrete block house at Ridge
Spring in nearby Saluda County.
The pilot of a Navy jet plane
reported to the Charleston Air
Force Base that he lost his pas
senger and canopy while over
Kingstree during the storm. The
plane was one of two en- route
from Sanford, Fla, to Norfolk,
Va. Names of the pilot and the
passenger were not disclosed.
Clearing weather today per-
mitted an air and ground search
for the passenger. Authorities
Evening star., 1955-03-14
South Korea Gets Potatoes

SEOUL, Mar. IA P).-Four
hundred tons of seed potatoes
arrived today at Inchon harbor
for distribution to South Korean
farmers. 1t was the first ship
ment of a 1855 United States
$43, 3,800.000 .agricultural-aid pro-
gram under the Foreign Oper-
atiols Administration. Scheduled
to arrive next is $145,000 worth
of garden seeds.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

porting such child-like peoples
as the Phi Thong Luang.
But civilization is pressing the
tigers into the area where the
Phi Thong Luang have lived. and
these people seem incapable of
out-fighting the tiger.
Thus there is a chance that
Mr.. Weaver's movies and tape
recordings will be the only docu-
mentation of this fragment of
human culture.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

high in relation TO prices for
other things.
| Mr.. Martin refused to give an
opinion, but later cited figures
showing that over the years stock
prices had not increased as
much as prices of consumer
goods and other things.
\ The Reserve Board chairman
told the committee that brokers
loans to their customers have
risen to s2.6 billion. the highest
level since the keeping of such
! figures began IN 1881.
/ All told. Mr.. Martin said. loans
of securities total some $7.2 bill
lion today-an increase Of
around 50 billion since the emo
of 1916.
Total Credit Also Up
/ But Mr.. Martin said this in
crease must be viewed in the
light of "the whole picture of
credit outstanding in the econ
omy" The total increase in
credit since 1916. he said. is
nearly $500 billion-so that stock
loans make up only about l per
cent of the eight-year increase
Mr.. Martin stressed that the
Federal Reserve Board has no
responsibility toward determin-
ing stock prices.
He said it insists on more cash
only to check excessive use of
credit" And that, he said, lis
largely a question of judgment.
! Mr.. Martin said he viewed the
Senate inquiry which some
Wall Street sources regard as a
cause of recent price breaks
as useful and constructive.
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Mental
Continued From First Page.

mitted, without the consent Of
the person afflicted, or of his
legal representative, to disclose
any information. confidential in
its nature. which he shall have
acquired in attending patient
in a professional capacity and
which was necessary to enable
him to act in that capacity"
Judge Edgerton declared: "Ob-
viously Dr.. Epstein attended
Taylor in a professional capa-
city Obviously he succeeded
in getting his patients con-
fidence. He tried to respect it
rs the District of Columbia
statute requires. The court
erred in requiring him to violate
it,"
Cites Distinction
Judge Edgerton acknowledged
that doctor who does not treat
a prisoner but only examines
him in order to testify about
his condition may testify about
1t, but he said a doctor who
makes such an examination is
not attending patient and
there is no confidential relation
between them.
He said that since the whole
of DR.. Epsteins testimony was
inadmissible because of the Dis
trict's privilege statute, we need
not consider whether some or
all of it would have been mad
missible if DR.. Epstein had
merely examined Taylor and not
treated him."
Judge Edgerton said Taylor
did not consent to what the
judge described as the violation
of his privilege and could not
have consented.
Since it had been judicially
determined that he was incom-
petent to stand trial" he said,
she could not validly consent to
a trial or any part of a trial"
Points in Dissent
The majority opinion listed
other reasons for reversing the
conviction but Judge Prettyman
concentrated on the privilege
question in his dissent. He
based his objections to the
majority on these grounds:
/. No objection was made by
defense counsel to Dr.. Epstein s
testimony or to the charge to
the jury in which the testimony
was discussed and no point about
this testimony was made in the
motion for a new trial.
2. Under the statute. otherwise
inadmissible information can be
disclosed with the consent of the
patient or of his legal represen-
tative and the silence of patient
and counsel in this can be con-
strued as consent.
3. On the question of the ma
tority opinion that Taylor could
not consent because he was men,
tally incompetent, Taylor had
been reported competent and
would not otherwise have been
undergoing trial. and IF he was
competent to stand trial, he was
competent to consent to this evi-
dence."
4, The testimony was not
privileged.
mot Ordinary Relationship"
when pursuant to the die
tates of criminal justice" wrote
Judge Prettyman. "a person is
confined by order Of court
in a State institution for the
mentally i'll. the relationship be-
tween him and the doctor on
the staff at that institution is
Evening star., 1955-03-14
Pioneer in Natural Cos

FREDONIA.-While this New
York community was lighted
with natural gas on June S. 1925,
gas did not come into general
use until about the 1880s.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

license IN case Of personal
injury and may cost your license
in case of poreprty damage.
Evening star., 1955-03-14

In "hit-and-run" accidents in
the District last year, one per-
son was killed and 327 injured.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-25
Italian Boys Town Head Is Honored

New York - Clare Booth Luce,
U. S. Ambassador to Italy, on
Nov. 18th hailed Monsignor John
Patrick Carroll-Abbing, founder
of the Boys Town of Italy, as
zone of the great figures of our
day" in a message to the Ameri-
can Public Relations Association.
The APRA Annual Award for
Outstanding Humanitarian A.
chievement was conferred on
Monsignor Carroll-Abbing, at a
luncheon at the Midston House.
"This man." said Mrs. Luce,
"has saved lives by the score, has
givn shelter, opportunity in life to
hundreds of thousands of child
rem"
"When it is remembered" she
continued, "that in the same year
in which the great Boys Town
operation began, in 1945, he also
served on a pontifical relief COM
mission, that he founded an in
stitute for the study, diagnosis
and cure of pernicious anemia,
that he founded a dispensary for
diabetes, that he set up centers
in two cities for children with
vitamin deficiencies, that he car
ried out a relief plan for thirty
thousand sufferers from malaria /.
!. \. some conception is gained Of
the scope of his endeavors."
Rarely is it possible" Ambas-
sador Luce concluded, $50 un-
stintingly to give merited praise
to any person as to this Eire-born
churchman, this servant of God
who has become the great bene-
factor of the youth of Italy"
Borough President Hulan E.
Jack made the presentation of the
APRA Citation of Honor to Mon
signor Carroll-Abbing, on the
tenth anniversary of the founda-
ton of the first Boys Town of
Italy. Today, Boys Towns of
Italy consists of nine citizen re
pubIics with more than 2400
youngsters.
Messages from Governor Aver
ell Hartman, Mayor Robert f,
Wagner, Father Nicholas H. Veg
ner, Director of Father Flanagan's
Boys Home, Omaha, Nebraska
and many others were read laud-
ing Monsignor Carroll-Abbing for
his outstanding work.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-25
Best Seller
Reaches
Screen

"Good Morning Miss Dove"
Frances Gray Patton's novel a.
bout a stern schoolmarm in a
small New England town, who
influenced the lives of a genera
ton of townspeople, has been
translated into a heart-warming
motion picture. Jennifer Jones
stars in the title role with Robert
Stark as her co-star in this Gin
emaScope Deluxe color produc-
ton which opened Wednesday at
the State Theatre.
In her characteraziatin of this
remarkable schoolteacher, Jenni-
fer Jones displays the versatility
that has kept her in the top rank
of Hollywood stars. In the course
of the pictures many flashback
scenes she plays Miss Dove at the
age of 20, IS, As, and so. Her
portrayal of the terrible Miss
Dove" already has been hailed
as worthy for an Academy Award
for the years best actress.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-25
Ada Belle Wilkes


Mrs. Ada Belle Wilkes 20 years,
933 North 25th Street, passed a.
way Saturday morning, November
10Th. Mrs. Wilkes had been a
resident of Omaha forty years.
Her husband, Cecil B. Wilkes
preceded her in death having pass
ed away in 1947. Mrs. Wilkes
was member of Clair Methodist
Church and was a former Sunday
School teacher and choir member.
She is survived by a foster
daughter, Mrs. Helen Douthy, O.
maha, niece, Mrs. Margaret
Pierce, Kansas City, Kansas and
other relatives.
Funeral services were held
Wednesday afternoon from Clail
Methodist Church with the Rev
E. T. Streeter officiating. Burial
was at Forest Lawn Cemetery
Arrangements by Thomas Mort
Uary.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-25

The general principle is the same
as the cathode-ray tube in a TV
set.
The great problem in space
ship design has always been heat.
Rocket fuels give enormous
thrust, but their burning-temper-
ature is so high that heavy, ex-
Ipensive propulsion-tubes are nee
essary. This leads into tn e
vicious cyle Of heavier tubes to
carry the fuel-more fuel to carry
the tubes. But ionized cesium is
far cooler BY comparison, which
allows light, inexpensive materi-
ais to be used.
In Coronet's illustrated article,
the diagrams show how parabolic
mirrors on the ships hull would
catch the sunlight, and converted
into power, the energy would be
sufficient to run not only the pro-
pulsion-units, but the ships in
struments as well. Cesium gives
a smaller. but steadier thrust,
with a corresponding reduction
in the amount of fuel necessary.
Only a small amount would be
required to run the ship for
months, or years. Dr. Ernest
Stuhlinger, designer Of the ship,
estimates that, leaving from a
space station in orbit LOTS miles
above the Earth, trip to Mars
would take about IS months.
The Omaha guide., 1955-11-25
Mental Illnesses Will Be
Studied BY New Commission

This week marks the beginning
of the first nationwide study of
our most serious health problem,
Senator Roman H r uska (R.-
Nebr,) said today.
He said the Joint Commission
on Mental Illness and Health.
authorized by the Saith Congress,
will hold its first official meeting
in Washington on October 9Th.
The Commission was set up by
the Mental Health Study Act of
1855, passed by Congress July
28th without a single dissenting
vote.
The Act authorizes the Com
mission to spend $1,250,0O0 over
a three-year period, Hruska. said,
to make an analysis and re-
evaluation of the human and &C.
onomic problems Of mental ILL
ness"
Senator Hruska said it is heart
ening to see the enthusiastic CO.
operation promised the Commits