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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

Leslie =. Dixon Of Monterey.
Calf, said the case will be APP
Ipealed "aIl the way TO the Court
of Military Appeals"
Col. Lilies stood erect and I'M
fiinching as the verdict was an
nounced by the president Of the
court, Brig. Gen. Fred w. Sla-
den. Jr.
The West Pointers pretty wife,
who has been in court every day
during the five-week trial. was
mot present when the decision
was read.
Col. Lilies was captured by the
Chinese Communists In North
Korea, October %, 1850. and
spent the next three years in
prison camps near Pyoktong
and Pyangyang.
He was brought before the
court martial on three charges
containing five specifications
listing numerous violations Of
Army regulations.
The court acquitted him Of all
specifications in charges l and
3. and guilty of portion of the
specifications in charge 2.
The accusations Of which he
was found guilty charged him
with aiding the enemy by max
ing recordings. at the request of
the enemy. inimical to the in
terests of the United States. and
Iof knowingly. communicating.
corresponding and holding inter-
course directly and indirectly
with the enemy, without proper
authority, by making recordings.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Col. Lilies Guilty Of Aid
To Reds, Wins Leniency

FORT LEWIS, Wash, Dec. Il
tR.-Lt. Col. Paul Lilies was con-
victed today Of aiding the enemy
by making propaganda record
Iings while he was a prisoner Of
war in North Korea In 1950-53.
but he won leniency from the
military court.
He was reprimanded by being
suspended in rank for two years.
Army attorneys said that
meant he will retain his present
rank as a lieutenant colonel. but
win be put two years behind all
|officers in the order Of promo
|tion to higher rank.
Col. Lilies won acquittal on the
other charges against him.
He was the 18th soldier to be
tried on collaboration charges
since the end of the Korean war.
Two other officers and six en-
listed men were convicted two
Officers and one enlisted man
were acquitted.
Col. Lilies was the first West
Point graduate to be tried on
collaboration charges.
The 39-year-old career officer
from Birmingham, Ala, was
found innocent by the 10-man
court martial of two other
&c harges embracing several
counts, They were accusations
that he was disloyal to the
United States, led Red indoc-
ltrination classes, became q mem
Der Of a so-called Prisoners
Peace Committee under Com
Imunist sponsorship, signed sur
render appeals to United Ma
tons troops and refused to take
charge Of American prisoners
when he was the senior officer
present.
His defense counsel. 1t. Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Huge Profits
Revealed in
SEC Filing
By CECIL HOLLAND

The Ford Motor Co. today
barred for the first time some Of
its closely guarded financial rec
ords in disclosing plans for the
sale Of 10 million shares Of stock
owned by the Ford Foundation.
The shares will be sold next
month in the largest equity stock
issue in history.
A registration statement filed
with the Securities g. Exchange
Commission as preliminary
step in the sale of the stock re-
vealed that the company's earn
ings in the first nine months OF
1855 were a record-smashing 1912
million on sales totaling more
than 81 billion.
The statement also listed sur
plus-total capital and earnings
retained In the business-of $1.84
billion.
Dividend Decided
The SEC also was advised In
the same statement that the
company's directors have decided
on a dividend of so cents a share
in the first quarter Of 1856. On
this basis the stock would pay
$2.40 a year.
The company reported its as
sets now are $2,483,0l0,550.
The statement filed with the
SEC said, however, that later
dividends win be considered
quarterly subject to business
conditions and the operating
and financial position of the
company"
The huge offering has aroused
widespread interest in financial
Icircles and the investing public
as the Ford mpire-largest pri-
Ivately owned business in Amer.
Iica--took the step toward own
Iership by outsiders.
Excitement High
There was an air Of suppressed
excitement at the SEC as Fran.
cis Reed OF the Wall Street Law
firm Of Hughes, Hubbard, Blair
g. Reed arrived to file the regis
Itration statement. At the same
time Mr.. Reed gave the SEC a
check for $76.50O as a regis
/ tration fee.
Announcement of the action
was made simultaneously at a
news. conference at the National
Press. Club here and In a dozen
other cities throughout the
country.
The foundation evidently made
a late decision to increase the
amount Of the public offering.
1t had been indicated earlier the
offering would total $685. .293
shares.
A heavy public demand for
the new common stock, which
will have voting rights in the
company, family controlled since
See FORD, Page AS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Shorted DoorbeII
Rouses Family as
Basement Burns

A ringing door bell, short cir
cuited by flames, reused a Chevy
Chase family early today after
fire broke out in the basement
Iof their home.
Bethesda f1remen said Mr. and
Mrs. Julius Lombard and their
daughter. Of 4108 Blackthorn
street, were forced out into IT.
degree weather by the fire which
caused an estimated $1,000 dam
age.
A fireman said the damage was
confined to the basement recre-
alton area and the supporting
Ijoists but 1t could have beer
really serious II that bell hadn't
started ringing"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Council Acts to Tighten
Narcotics Control Here

"The actual burden to the tax
payer, is even more, said the
report.
The narcotics problem here
was described as a "societal can
Ger, so to speak, which unless
checked. will continue its evil
growth and encompass more and
more people who will commit
more crime and who will become
in the end. public charges at
terrific cost"
On the dark side. the commit
tee found that the amount Of
drug addiction and narcotics
traffic here in the five years since
1850 has been greater than for
the five years before 1850.
On the brighter side, the COM
mittee found that the narcotics
traffic is not utterly rampant"
here and that the "evil has not
struck the very young" A re-
cent Health Department study
Iof 937 District cases was quoted
as showing that less than three
per cent Of the addicts were
under 20 years of age.
Hampered by Few Laws
The committee found police
and prosecutors efficient in deal
ing with the narcotics traffic
but hampered by some laws
which the committee wants
changed.
The sentences now melted out
by the judges were rated as above
criticism and the penalties were
considered adequate. The COM
mittee twice went on record as
opposing the death penalty in
| Continued on Page Ais, Col. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Living Costs Dip
Slightly Here
Toke-Home Poy Tops
National Record
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON

The cost OF living nationally
rose slightly during November
but measured for Washington or
q three-months basis showed {
slight decline, the Labor De-
lpartment reported today.
| At the same time, the depart.
ment reported that November
was the third month In 0 row
lin which take-home pay reachet
q new record high nationally.
For the country as Q whole
1.-THE Federal Bureau of Labor Sta.
Itistics said consumer price
lclirnbed i per cent between Oc'
ltober is and November Is. TIL,
report showed that q further de-
icline In food prices was no
enough to Offset high prices paie
by consumers for other maiol
Icategories Of goods.
Aryness Joy Wickens, deputy
commissioner of the Statistic.
Bureau. announced that the
largest price increases were fol
transportation, rejecting high
prices for new automobiles. and
the living cost categories Of med.
lical care and housing.
3 Per Cent Rise In Year
| The national consumer price
index In November was lis pei
cent Of the 1947-1949 average
which Is the base period. This
was 3 per cent higher than q
year ago and only 3 per cent
below the all-time high set in
October, 1858.
Consumer prices in Washing
ton declined i per cent between
August and November. This was
attributed largely to lower food
prices, although Miss Wickens
said that the cost locally OF
transportation, fees for medical
land personal care services, cloth
ling prices rose during the three
month period.
The cost of house furnishing.
here was slightly lower in No.
vember than at the time Of the
August survey.
Consumer Price Index
/ The consumer price index fol
Washington on November /!
was 1877 per cent of the 1947.
40 average. This was 2 per cen
higher than a year ago but ;.
Iper cent below the record higf
level reached in November 1853
The Washington food price in,
dex In November stood at 1884,
tl.3 per cent below the Octobe
level and 2 per cent lower thar
in November last year.
The department. said tina
average net spendable week.,
earnings in November totalet
I$7285 for worker with tire,
dependents and $65.49 for ,
worker with no dependents
about 80 cents higher than tn,
Iprevious all-time peak set IL
October. The October to No
Iveinber rise was due to 2 cen
increase in average hourly pa,
and frightening of the hours o
work week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
BIG DEAL GETS OFF
IN FORD TAXICAB

The Ford Motor Co.'S big
deal with the Securities and
Exchange Commission got
off on the right foot today
from a Ford standpoint.
Francis Reed, Wall street
attorney, and Robert w.
Hefty from the Detroit pub
lie relations Office Of Ford
walked out of. their hotel
and hailed a taxicab.
1t was a Ford.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

|chalance.
For all the scare talk, the tour
list season is of to a booming
start. Hotel rooms are hard to
come blythe overflow at the
fashionable Samiramis Hotel are
|crammed aboard ex-King Fa-
Irouk's ex-yacht, riding peacefully
lat her Nile moorings. From the
tourists standpoint, the main In
Idustry of Egypt is still the manu-
fracture of ancient scarabs.
Wherever he turns. squads of
Idragomen guides are still there
lying In wait for him. eager to
take him on a short trip out to
the pyramids, to see the treas
lures of King Tut's tomb ct the
museum. and perhaps Q quick
tour Of the city's antique shops.
Cars Vie with Carts
A business-as-usual atmos-
Iphere prevails throughout the
Iungainiy, sprawling city. Shiny
american cars plough along III
paved streets honking at ped
oilers pushcarts. caimel-trains
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Butler Assails
Commissioners
On Transit Deal
Congress Deceived
On Revocation of
Franchise, He Says
By HECTOR MCLEAN

The District Commissioners,
who yesterday started formal
planning for public ownership
of Washington's transit system.
today were accused by Senator
Butler, Republican of Maryland,
Of having deceived Congress. "
This occurred, he charged,
when the city heads urged Con-
gress last summer to revoke the
franchise Of Capital Transit Co.
and commended that applicants
TO replace etc would be a dime
q dozen"
Six applicants for the fran
chise turned up last August when
the District Public Utilities Com
mission began hunting a private
operator to take over with a
new bus company here next
August is.
Only one Of these applicants,
"a group Of Baltimore investors
represented by former Senator
Millard E. Tydings, managed to
satisfy the Utilities Commission
that 1t had a reasonable pro-
posal.
Union Vote Decides
Last night, however, the Ty-
Idings group saw its last minute
bid to complete plans go down
ito failure. as transit union en-
Iployes shouted their rejection OF
Ia wage increase and contract
Extension plan offered by the
Baltimoreans.
More than 800 union members
voted unanimously to reject q
I3-cents-an-hour wage increase Ii
return for extension Of the pres
|ent union-CTC contract for two
years beyond August 49,.
The action followed announce
|ment earlier yesterday that the
commission had arranged FOL
1.-THE advice Of investment bank
lers' In setting up a privately
financed public authority" to op-
Ierate transit system here.
Officials Meeting
Meanwhile, the Commissioners
met for two hours this morning
with the Utilities Commission
and planned to continue
throughout the day.
With them was Attorney Jer-
ONE M. Alper. consultant for the
100000 study of Metropolitan
Area transportation problems
He is the author of a report
recommending creation by inter-
State compact of an area wide
regulatory commission to govern
the operation of privately -owned
transit companies here.
District Commissioner Robert
E. Mclaughlin said today's con-
ference was a sort of a where
do-we-go-from-here conference.
He declared most Of the meet
ing was devoted to discussing is
suance of bonds to finance a
public authority with Mr.. Alper,
who spent IL years In the Public
Utilities Division Of the Secur-
titles and Exchange Commission .
In his charge that the District
Commissioners deceived Con-
Igress." Senator Butler commended
the city heads made public
ownership of the Washington
transportation system almost in
Ievitable.'
Under the circumstances" he
See TRANSIT, Page A-4
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
CRISIS IN NEAR EAST
Surface Calm in Egypt
Wells Explosive Unrest
BY CROSBY S. MOVES
Foreign Correspondent Of The Star

CARoconderng how upset everyone is about Egypt these
the Egyptians themselves keeping remarkably calm
Perhaps chagrn the casual visitor finds little evidence
crisis taking place here In turning toward the
Communists Egypt be standing today at
desperate CROSSROADS But doing with considerable non
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
BY MIRIAM GUTENBERG

ADVISED that narcotics ped
dlers and addicts are now costing
District taxpayers more than
$500, 900 annually. the Council
on Law Enforcement has ap-
proved a batch Of proposals
aimed at tightening narcosics
control.
The council acted late yester-
day on the recommendations OF
its special narcotics committee,
headed by Donald Clemmer, di-
rector of the District Depart
ment of Corrections.
George L. Hart, jr., said the
subcommittee report was APP
proved unanimously with minor
changes. AS soon as these
changes are written into the re-
port, he said. 1t will be presented
to the Commissioners with a
recommendation that they push
for the proposed District legis-
lation.
Proposed changes in Federal
laws. Mr.. Hart said, will be
handled by a request from
United States Attorney Leo A
Rover to the Attorney General
Mr.. Rover is a member of the
Law Enforcement Council anc
served on the narcotics commit
tee.
Cost Put at $502.000
In a 55-page report carrying
its findings and recommended
tons, the special committee fig
ured the annual cost to handle
addicts and peddlers here al
about $500. 1000. not counting thu
costs Of prosecution, trial anc
District General Hospital treat.
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
The Oven Is Cold
SOUTHINGTON.

! SOUTHINGTON. Conn, Dec.
III R).-It was an unofficial five
below in The Oven last night.
The Oven is a section of South
| ington.
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by Mr.. NoyeS noSeo on th5ee-Week uIp
through the tinderbox Near Eost oreo
and high-piled donkeywagons.
Between the soaring apartment
buildings, nightshirted Arabs
squat in the doorways Of tumble
down coffeeshops, talking end
lessly around their gurgling
water-pipes. Here and there Is q
soldier in a dark blue battledress
and beret leans on his bayonet-
tipped rife before a public build
ing.
Soccer games, race tracks ant
movie theaters, Offering vintage
American films, are crowded
The main amusement attrac.
ton, however, is q whale, illogi-
|cally named Jonah, on display II
10 huge, tent-covered trailer Il
Ione of the city's main public
squares. For days, Jonah, who's
|lifelike portrait adorns the en-
trance to the tent. has beer
Continued on Page A-6, Col.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21
Ford to Sell 10 Million
Stock Shares to Public
FORD EARNINGS COMPARED
WITH GIN AND CHRYSLER
Ry the Associated press

Here's how Ford Motor Co.'s earnings over the past
eight years stacked up against those Of its major
competitors, General Motors and Chrysler:
For the first nine months of 1855, Ford reported net
profit 1912 OO0 against for GIN and $91
100000 for Chyser Comparative earnings for prior years
were as follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

This is the first Of o series Of articles
Iby M. Moves based on three-week trip
through the tinderbox Near Eost oreo.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-21

Temperatures Today
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25
Reports on Truck,
Education Bills

HELENA-House bill 81 that
will increase the "state support"
foundation program by 7 per cent
is still in the senate education
committee.
Flathead's Senator Charles Jelli-
son contacted late Wednesday said
that there was no development ov-
er a week ago when he felt that
the Senate would pass the bill
with little or no change.
Senator Jellison emphasized that
he was talking for himself and
not for Senator Paul Working,
chairman OF the Senate education
committee.
The bill passed the house with
an "a to 0 vote, and provides the
mechanism" for dividing state
funds appropriated for grade and
high schools. The mechanism
favors school districts with high
enrollments and comparatively
less valuations as are found in the
Flathead, and less prevalent in the
wide open wheat areas. The Flat
head received about 10 per cent
of the whole state equalization
fund.
Senator Jellison Wednesday af-
ternoon expressed concern at the
Gross Vehicle Weight revisions
now in committee. The tax would
be increased about 5000 on loggins
trucks, but appears to be heading
for reduction for farm trucks.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25
Mrs. Shunuhon
TO Take Office

KALISPELL-Mrs. Freda Shan
ahan will take over as Flathead
county treasurer, Monday, March
succeeding Mrs. Merlyn Emmert
Taborsky.
Nrs. Shanahan was elected on
the Democratic ticket last NOvem-
Der. The law provides that county
treasurers assume office the first
Monday in March. Other office
holders 60 in the first Of the year.
Mrs. Shanahan has been a resi-
dent Of the Flathead since 1920,
and made her home in Whitefish
Mr.. Shanahan passed away in
1916, and had been Great North
ern yardmaster.
The new county treasurer was
employed at Knott Mercantile Co,
tor nine years as bookkeeper.
Mrs. Shanahan has three chill
dren, Wayne Shanahan who will
graduate from the U. S. Naval
Academy in June; Bill Shanahan
in Whitefish, and q daughter, Mrs
c. O. Erickson, Kalispell.
The county treasurer's staff
viii be announced next week.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25
Consider Logging
Truck Bypass

KALISPELL-Henry w. Irwin,
Flathead county commissioner for
the northern district, Wednesday
afternoon said that the county
commissioners were still thinking
in terms of logging truck by
pass to avoid the oiled road to the
aluminium plant.
Plan is to construct an east-west
connection from the North Fork
road near the top of the hill just
north Of the first Crystal creek
crossing. The road would connect
with an existing county road that
crosses the Great Northern tracks
near the old Westberg mill west
of the Great Northern depot.
Survey and construction is not
planned until summer. The pres
ent oiled surface will receive seal
coat.
Meanwhile instead of a stop sign
at the AAC corner, a "yield right
of-way" sign has been placed by
the county road crew on the alum
| mum plant turmoil from the main
North Fork road. If logging truck
or other vehicle comes down the
road, cars from the plant yielc
right-of-way. Previously there hac
been stop sign on the main NORTH
Fork road.
A $50 pound load limit has beer
posted for the North Fork road tt
the AAC turmoil and for the La
Lasalle road. No passing signs have
been posted on the North F'orl
road and the posted speed limit i!
to be As miles an hour.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25
y. S. Highway No. 2
CONTINUED from pace

Continued from page ~
ent development is a major ac-
complishment.
Kalispell's Chamber of Com
merce has taken lead in the US.
No. 2 improvement campaign for
over Is years.
Reconstruction of u. S. No. 2
over the mountains since World
War II saw the Union Construction
Co. contract for $739,941.77 to re-
build six miles from West Glacier
to Nyack in 1947-48. This was fol-
lowed by the S. Birch and Sons
contract to place plant mix sur
facing on the six miles in 1949 for
$128,570.72. This section is con-
sidered the best mountain road in
the Flathead.
In 1850 there was four-mile
contract across Nyack flats award
ed to Painter and Douglas, Mis-
soula, for $166,356.4O. Then follow
ed rebuilding U. S. No. from just
west of the continental divide to-
ward East Glacier Park.
U. S. highway No. 2 offers less
grade and provides the shortest
transcontinental route across Mon
tana.
The present Montana legislature
unanimously passed a memorial
to Congress asking that No.
be placed on the strategic fedora
highway network that already in
cludes u. S. No. 10.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25
Park Having First
Real Winter

WEST GLACIER-First actual
winter weather in Glacier Nation
al Park so far has made little diff
ference in the wildlife census now
underway and to be completed late
next week.
The census is taken every two
years, and more elk and deer are
observed in cold, deep snow win
tiers that cause animals to bunch.
West Glacier so far has had three
days with below zero tempera-
lures. They were Feb. 10 with
below; Feb. IL, 2 below and Feb.
II, 2 below and Feb. 10, 6 below.
Coolest January reading was 8
above.
Elsewhere in the park this week
was also more like real winter
Wednesday morning readings
were West Glacier l above, St
Mary Is below, Polebridge IL be-
low, Essex, 5 above, East Glacier
Park IL below.
Snow depths generally are two
thirds of normal. Wednesday anG
Thursday brought the winters
heaviest fall to increase Essex
snow depth from 35 to AZ inches
and West Glacier from Is to 81
| inches.
Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-02-25

KALISPELL - The Bonneville
Power Administration report for
the fiscal year July l, 1858 to
June 80, 1854 released Thursday
shows that Hungry Horse Dam and
downstream use of water stored at
Hungry Horse produced $4,000, 260
worth of electricity. About half
was actually produced at the local
powerhouse.
Ed Cartwright, Western Mon
tana manager for Bonneville, help
ed us go through the report.
Operating and maintenance ex-
pense at Hungry Horse for the fis-
cal year was $1,148,741. Interest on
the federal investment to build the
dam was $1,778,076.
Net profit for the year from
power produced was $1,373, 443 for
Hungry Horse. This does not in
clude an auditors figure of $685.
O31, a paper value to show flood
control benefits.
The report shows 682, 134, 900 XIV
hours produced by Hungry Horse
during the fiscal year, not count
ing downstream benefits.
The fixed cost of Hungry Horse
including interest on the U. S. in
veStment was set at $106,933,312
ALLEGATION was 86,122,418 to be
paid through power sales, and
$20,81O,894 to be written off as
flood control benefits. Hungry
Horse is now considered 1928 pei
cent repaid on investment.
Actually the 1953-54 fiscal yea1
marked the start of Hungry Horse
as q major power producer. The
1928 figure was 126,477 900
compared to the next years $780,.
$4,000 XIV hours.
Bonneville customers serving thi!
area include Flathead Coop which
bought 12,216,072 kilowatt hours
during the fiscal year; Mt. States
Power Co. (before P, P & L tool
them over) and for the who'll
Montana, Oregon areas Of the com
pany purchased 1875, 402 900 XVII
including about 100000 purch
ased for re-selling in the Flat
head. Montana Power Co. purch
ase during the fiscal year was $50,
485,0O0 XVIII and the Lincoln FL
ectric Coop 5,143,728. Victo
Chemical Works figure was 313,
500, 900.