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Two From Washington
In Military Air Wreck

the plane trip and did
not relish the journey. He was
en- route to an assignment in
England and Mrs. Blanchard
was to join him there later
The plane. a military trans
port, carried so militry pas
sengerS and 6 civilians. 1t
crashed near Fort Dix, N. j.,
yesterday. It's destination was
England.
Col. Wall was to represent
the Army in the dedication cere-
for American cemeteries
and memorials in Europe. He
left Washington yesterday NOM
ing and expected to spend a
month in Europe.
Col. Wall and his family had
been here for two years and
had lived at the Ridgemoor drive
address for a year Before his
See RESIDENTS, Page A-3
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the secret police officer who
drew a gun. and turned all the
four crew members out of the
control cabin except the chief
pilot.
"Polyak sat down beside the
chief pilot and together they
flew the plane" Mr.. Kiss said
He kept a gun pointed at the
head of the chief pilot in case
he tried anything more"
The pilot was forced to fly low,
at times only about 80 feet
above the ground, Mr.. Kiss said,
as the plane hedgehopped along
the Danube through Austria and
into West Germany.
I'VE found our map-which
we had lost in the chaos uf the
ride-after we got control of
the plane" Mr.. Kiss related
we decided to head for Munich.
But we were running very low
on gas. We flew by compass
and the radio was out of order.
Over Ingolstadt we saw what
looked like an abandoned air.
field and decided to land. We
were still not sure whether we
were in East or West Germany. I"
1t was the United States Air
Forces still uncompleted air base
at Manching. $50 miles from the
Hungarian border.
The first to emerge from the
plane was one of the rebels. his
face bloody. He shouted, "Born!
Adenauer! Germany"
Before German police could
get command of the situation,
several brief brawls broke out
again between the rebels and
the others.
Bavarian officials today ques-
toned all aboard the plane in
an effort to determine whether
asylum should be granted the
seven. In such cases before,
West Germany has given asy-
lum.
Police said the plane, an
American-built DEB of the
state-owned Melav Airlines, will
be returned to Hungarian au-
thorities after a check to see
whether it is safe to fly.
The plane had been en- route
See ESCAPE, Page Al
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shooting, won a first place medal
in a local match sponsored last
year by the National Rifle AS
ISOLATION.
In 1851 John r. Polk and a
Bethesda man, William r. Payne
Kidnapped a 20-year-old bride Of
a Navy ensign from their ground.
floor apartment in Colonial Viii
lage. Both men pleaded guilty tc
kidnap and rape charges anc
were given long terms.
Richard Polk was released re-
Gently from the penitentiary
after serving time for breaking
and entering an Arlington florist
shop, Arlington police records
Show.
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control Of the plane and from
loops made by the aircraft when
the pilot tried to upset the plot.
Five of those in the hospital were
members of the band, including
one woman, which seized the
plane late yesterday.
The seven passengers and crew
not injured were under police
guard in the village of Man.
ching, near here.
Police said an eighth person
aboard the plane who first had
indicated he would join the plot
tiers in asking asylum may have
changed his mind about stay
ing in the West.
Planned Far in Advance
The daring break through the
Iron Curtain-perhapS the most
spectacular in a long series of
such breaks-was planned far in
advance.
The leader, Gyorgy Polyak, a
Hungarian World War II pilot
referred to by his comrades as
"the lieutenant" was the only
one with a gun. The others we're
armed with iron rods secreted in
their clothes.
At a signal, they attacked the
other passengers with the iron
bars because they had been
tipped a secret police agent was
aboard and they had no way of
telling which one it was.
One of the plotters, Joseph
Jakaby, a 25-year-old Budapest
student. said he had relatives
in the United States. He slipped
a message to reporters asking
them to contact Mrs. William l..
Farmer, Chicago. The message
said, please send me money"
He did not indicate his rela-
tionship to Mrs. Farmer.
One of the other rebels, Gabor
Kiss, a Budapest student, said
at a prearranged signal in which
Mr.. Polyak shouted Look,
there's Gyor "a Hungarian.
town. the plotters pulled out
their concealed iron rods and
began hitting the other pas
Sengers.
Policeman DiSarmed
In the battle, which turned
the interior of the plane into
wreckage, Mr.. Polyak disalmed
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'WaIkout' Talk
ByDixieChiefs
Unity, Not q Bolt,
Is Aim Of Meeting,
Georgian Asserts
BY JAMES Y. NEWTON
Star STAFF Correspondent

ATLANTA. July 14.-"Walk-
out" bolt" and third party"
are dirty words to a group of
Dixie Democratic chieftains
gathered here for a preconven-
ton strategy pow-wow.
In fact. one Deep South poll
tician told a reporter that his
mouth should be washed out
with good strong soap for even
Iuttering such words.
GAS a loyal Democrat" said
John SammonS Bell, Georgia
Democratic chairman. II am
getting fed up with those who,
when Southern Democrats get
together, imply that a bolt. a
Iwalkout or third party move
ment is under discussion.
Others like the ADA (Ameri-
cans for Democratic Action -
continued Mr.. Bell, keep one
foot in and one foot out of the
Democratic Party. Georgia and
in fact the South. has been the
most loyal segment of the party
If it were not for the segregated
States, the party would not have
carried a single State in 1852"
Wants to Win Election
When asked in a televislon in
terview later if he would walk
out of this convention should
the Democrats approve a plat
form calling for racial irItegra-
ton, Mr.. Bell said, "A waikout
is something l refuse to contem-
plate. We want TO win the cleo
ton and the only way to do that
is through unity"
The occasion was the OPEN
ing of a two-day gathering Of
Democratic chairmen from
States where segregation is still
in effect. 1t was called by Gov.
George Bell Zimmerman of
South Carolina, who is not pres
ent. Party chairmen of IL States
representing 276 Democratic con-
vention votes were invited to at
tend. The last count showed in
attendance six States. Missing
were Texas, Louisiana. Arkansas,
Mississippi and Florida. A Flor
ida delegate was reported on the
way.
The meeting was both in
formal and unusual. Specific
reasons for it apparently were
unclear to most delegates when
they met first at o'clock last
night. After this session broke
up in the wee hours of morning
seemingly not much light had
been shed on the purpose There
were no obvious developments.
Virginia Decision Waits
State Senator Thomas H. Blan-
ton. Virginia Democratic chair
man. said he had received Gov
Timmerman's invitation and ac-
cepted to see what the meeting
was about. He said there wasn't
much he could do toward COM
hitting Virginia Democrats to
anything, because the convention
policy would be set at the State
convention later this month.
Roy Mayhall. Alabama State
chairman, said it wasn't exactly
clear to him why the meeting
was called.
This occurs to me-" Mr.. May
hall told reporters who outnum-
Der the delegates roughly by 10
See DIXIE, Page Al
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A widely known Army officer
on his way to Europe for the
dedication of United States GEM
eteries and memorials was
among the As killed in the Ma
tons latest plane disaster.
He was Col. Roy A. Wall, 81,
chief of the memorial division
in the Office of the Quartermas-
ter General. He lived at 10000
Ridgemoor drive, Silver Spring
with his wife, son, and daugh-
ter.
Another Washington man,
Sergt. lic Richard C. Blanchard
81, whose wife lives at 1912 AS
pen street NV, survived the
crash, but was injured. He is
a brother-in law of 1t. Jacob
Wolf, head of the police pawn
squad.
Mrs. Wolf said Sergt. Blanch-
ard was "a little nervous" about
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70 Quit,
Lawyer Says
Wife at Once Denies
Pressmun Report

BALTIMORE, July IA (Py.-Hy-
man Pressman, lawyer and po-
litical badger, said today he'd
heard that Willard E. Tydings
will resign the Democratic nom
ination to the Senate due to
i'll health.
The resignation rumor was de-
MED, however, by Mrs. Tydings.
Mr.. Tydings has been in Johns
Hopkins Hospital with a facial
skin infection since June 8.
Tydings within the last week,
however, issued his first cam
paign statements from the hos
pital. In one instance. it was
a reply to criticism of a group
which contributed money toward
his election in November.
Mr. Pressman's gossip that Mr.
Tydings will resign the nomina-
ton he won in the May primary
was contained in a telegram to
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro.
Mrs. Tydings Denies
Mrs Tydings, in denying the
Pressman report in behalf of
her husband, said:
He hasn't withdrawn, nobody
has asked him to withdraw and
he doesn't intend TO withdraw"
She added that Mr.. Tydings
"was highly amused at the re-
port"
She also said he did not in
tend to get into any discussion
with Mr.. FRESHMAN.
Mrs. Tydings emphasized her
husband does not have a serious
ailment" and that "all it re-
quires is complete rest and
quiet" She reported he is "a
lot better, getting along fine and
has gained eight pounds in the
past week.
Mr. Tydings' doctor had re-
fused to permit delivery directly
to him of a message asking for
comment on the FRESHMAN re-
port. Only immediate members
OF his family are allowed to visit
him and telephone calls are not
accepted.
Other Nominee Feared
Mr.. PreSsman said he also
heard that the Mayor plans to
influence a majority of the
State Central Committee to
nominate someone other than
George P. Mahoney" in the
event Mr.. Tydings does with
draw.
1t would be up to the COM
See TYDINGS, Page Al
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Nixon at Farm,
Tells President
AboutAsia Trip
They Will Review
Legislative Situation,
Perhaps Talk Politics
By JOSEPH A. FOX
Star stan Correspondent

GETTYSBURG, Pa, July IA
(R.-Vice President Nixon flew
here today to report to President
Eisenhower on his Asian trip,
review the legislative situation
and perhaps do a little poll
ticking.
Anything the President wants
to discuss, We'll discuss the
Vice President told reporters who
met him on arrival at the Get
tysburg airport in company with
Wilton B. Persons, White House
legislative liaison aide.
Making an appearance that
was delayed "a hours by bad
flying weather, the Vice Presi-
dent arrived about 10 am. and
was driven Immediately to the
Presidents farm home.
A second plane brought sew
eral White House staff members
with a batch of paper work for
the Presidents attention.
Foreign Aid a Topic
The Vice President was asked
If the foreign aid bill would be
among the legislative items taken
up. and he said that it would,
adding I'VE are very much in
terested in that"
That the President and his No.
2 man would get into politics
seemed certain inasmuch as the
President had just re-afflrmed
his backing for a second term for
Mr.. Nixon.
The President and Vice Presi-
dent have been together but once
since the President was rushed
to Walter Reed Army Hospital
five weeks ago for an abdominal
operation, and on that hospital
visit. Mr.. Nixon told reporters
nothing was said about politics.
The President meanwhile was
preparing to return to Washing
ton Monday or Tuesday to pre-
pare for the Panama conference
of the Presidents of American
States.
Under present plans, he will
fly out of Washington next
Friday night for the two-day
session on the IsthmuS, after
participating in the initial StagN
of Operation Alert" which calls
for a mock dispersal" of Gov
eminent operations from the
Capital between July 20-26 in a
program aimed at perfecting
steps that would have to be
taken under wartime conditions.
The President took part in a
similar undertaking last year
when he moved from the White
House to an undisclosed destina-
ton. Just what his role will be
this year has not been made
public.
His plans beyond Panama are
indefinite and presumably will
depend on what Congress does.
Tank Veterans Meet
Veterans of the World War
tank corps who trained at Camp
Colt here in 1918 when Mr.. Eli
senhower was a major, are hold
ing their annual reunion here
this week end. They will have a
ceremony this afternoon at the
Eisenhower memorial tree which
marks the site of Maj. Essen
hower's headquarters. The Presi-
dent is sending a message to the
gathering.
At their banquet tonight, the
tankmen will be addressed by
Harry H. Semmes, Washington
lawyer. who was decorated for
gallantry in two wars while
serving with the fo,,ly oo,,.s
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Uganda Lions Kill AZ

KAMPALA, Uganda. July IA
CPl.-Lions have killed AZ per-
sons in Uganda this year. the
game department announced to-
day. Two African herdsmen were
the latest victims. Game guards
are hunting their killers.
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Seized Plane AIoft
Request Asylum in West
5 of Anti-Red PIotters in Hospital Along
With II They Subdued in BIG Bottle

lNGOLSTADT, Germany, July IA H1.-Seven desperate
anti Communists asked political asylum today Selling
control of Hungarian ariner in flight craShlandng
West Germany.
Twelve of the 10 Hungarian passengers and
ing secret poicemanwere hospazed with injuries received
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i
"A military transport plane, APP
parently caught in freakish air
currents moments after takeoff,
crashed in a remote. storm
dashed forest yesterday, killing
As persons.
The 81 others aboard were in
jured. five critically.
Among the survivors was Sergt.
lie Richard c. Blanchard, 81,
Decd and Injured Listed in Military
Crosh. Pooe A-3
whose wife, Lillian, lives at 1912
Aspen street NV, Washington.
Sergt. Blanchard'S injuries still
are undetermined.
Col. Roy A. Wall, 81. of 10000
Ridgemoor drive, Silver Spring,
Nd, was among those killed, as
were five women and two chill
dren.
The plane went down in a
storm of rain, hail and lightning.
Violent DOwndraft
Survivors spoke falteringIy of
sudden. violent downdrafts that
shook the plane seconds after
it left Mcguire Air Force Base,
adjacent to this huge Fort Dix
military reservation.
The plane rocketed to earth
in an isolated, Swampy woods.
breaking into fragments and rip
ping a 300-yard swath through
the trees.
Everything happened so
quick" said Airman Albert j.
Buck of Philadelphia, who was
knocked unconscious when the
plane hit. I'VE were going along
steady, hit downdraft and then
she dropped.
Pvt. Thomas Kiley of Law
renee, Mass, who staggered
bleeding and dazed from the
wreckage. said: "A tremendous
Earring" hit the giant C-118 be-
fore 1t veered into the Doggy
forest of tall pines.
Il saw things flying of to
the side and then tearing and
breaking" he said.
Bound for England
There were IS persons aboard
the plane, a 10-man crew, so
military and six civilians bound
for Burtonwood Army Base, near
Manchester. England.
Lit. Col. Richard GoSs of the
air base. said there would be no
statement as to the cause Of the
crash until an accident board
looks into AL aspects of it,"
Investigators were on the
scene today, probing through
the scattered remnants of the
plane.
Its wings were ripped off. its
fuselage broken in parts. Bits
OF cloth and equipment hung in
the treetops. One of the four
engines was nearly buried in
the mud.
An air safety team from
Norton Air Force Base, San
Bernardino. Calf. was flying
here to join in the investigation.
In Air 80 Seconds
The plane had been in the
air only 80 seconds, a spokesman
said, when it lurched and
plummeted from an altitude of
an estimated 500 to 700 feet.
The crash was about three
miles from the takeoff runway.
I'VE hit some sort of down.
draft when we NEEDED power"
said Sergt. Robert r. Ashley, Of
WrightStown, N. j., another in
jured survivor.
passengers still had their seat
belts on when the crash came.
Some-both among the dead and
inlured-were still strapped to
their seats when rescuers
reached them an hour later.
AS the first rescue group ar
rived, after sloshing and chop
ping its way through water, mud
and dense brush, one officer said
Continued on Page A-3, Col. 4
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STOCKS
IN THE SPOTLIGHT

NEW YORK 0Pl.-Following are the
sales (add uOI high. low. closing price
and net change of the 20 most active
stocks for the week:
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Picture on Poee Az
>-------~-~--~--~--------
don Airport As minutes after the
American film star arrived to
make movie with Sir Laurence
Olivier. About 100 reporters,
photographers and television
men were on hand.
Please sit down." said Sir
Laurence with his wife, Actress
Vivien Leigh, at his elbow.
Miss Monroe sat.
Then she gave a gentle tug at
her tight-fltting skirt, revealing
"a goodly part Of her shapely
left. leg.
Mat started it.
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PASTORS SERMON
BRINGS PAINTING

LISTENER REMEMBERs-The pos
tor OF the coIvory Baptist Church
preached sermon n years oso. II
inspired pointing by one OF the con.
sresoton ond recently she presented
him the picture Poee AS.
SOCIAL SECURITY At AN
Oregon boy, 7, mode $500 Lost yeor
and got social security number. He
moy be the youngest on the rolls.
Reed Security for You" on poee 8 II.
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BY EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press Correspondent

LONDON, July 14.-Marilyn
Monroe crossed her shapely legs
for the first time in Britain to-
day-and started mild panic.
1t happened at a news con-
ference in a large shed at Lon
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As Killed in Air Crash,
District Man Escapes
SiIverSpring
ArmyCoIoneI
Among Dead

FORT DIX, N. j., July IA (E1.
"A military transport plane, APP
parently caught in freakish air
currents moments after takeoff,
crashed in remote. storm
dashed forest yesterday, killing
As persons.
The 81 others aboard were in
jured. five critically.
Among the survivors was Sergt.
lie Richard C. Blanchard, 81,
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-26
Tiny Etchison Airport
Slated for New Life

i Unfortunately, an accident re.
Gently occurred at the field. A
CocaCola truck backed into one
of the planes and crumpled a
wing tip.
Davis Field was only one Of
many small strips that opened
after the war to take advantage
of the governments willingness
to pay for eX-Servicemen's flying
training Mr.. Davis, now dead
ran out of money after he'd spent
$1,000 bulldozing a cornfield into
an air field. That's why Davis
Field is not quite flat.
AS the 40's waned, so did busi.
ness. The field changed hands
several times. Col f. Brooke Lee
owns it now.
Bill was discharged from the
Air Force in 1947. In the Air
Transport Command, he ferried
planes from the factory to vari
Gus field and embarkation points
during the war Later he super
vised the ferrying operation as
control officer at Baltimore's s
Glenn L. Martin plant.
After the war he ferried war
weary aircraft to junk yards. Re
members Bill, Il watched a giant
guillotine slice off the engines" "
He ferried % different kinds of
planes.
Bill became a bird man in 1892
"just for tthe fun of it" in his
native Massachusetts. Before the
war he operated a small charter.
plane service.
After his discharge Bill worked
at Rutherford Field in Baltimore
and at Glen Burnie Field before
taking over at the Etchison strip.
Farmers are my best custom.
ers for gas" says Bill. Occasion.
ally a private plane flying from
New York to the south will stop
to refuel. Bill does a lot of repair
work on planes and sells small
parts.
Among the pilots parking their
planes at Davis Field are Air
Force 1t. Col. Donald Jones, we'll
known architect Warren Sar-
geant, and radio consultant Rob
ert r. Sillaman.
Bill is a staunch advocate of a
county.owned airport. He thinks
two 30-acre strips in a cross pat
tern would make a fine field. Or
single 50-acre strip running
from northeast to southwest
could serve. He says the location
would dictate the amount of
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-26
Novel; to Appeal
Decision in Case
Against Safeway

David Novel;, former Bethesda
Safeway store manager, has de.
cided to appeal the law suit he
lost to his ex-employers early this
month. A Westminster Judge
ruled that the evidence presented
did not prove Novel; had been ma.
hciously prosecuted by Safeway
The case grew out of series
of letters Novel; wrote in 1854
after he'd resigned as Safeway
manager. In the letters Novel;
accused the food chain of operat-
ing a crooked business"
On charges brought by Safe
way, Novel; was arrested for ex.
tortlon. He was acquitted. The
ex-manager claims the extortion
charges were malicious.
Novel; is seeking $4,000 dam.
ages. His lawyer is Charles K.
Davies, Jr., of Gaithersburg.
Montgomery County sentinel., 1956-04-26
G'burg Lions
Attend Party,
Charter Night
By Mrs. Marie Wayne
Gaithersburg 666

On Saturday evening 1S mem
bers and wives of the Gathers.
burg Lions Club attended the Dis
trict 22C Lions Club International
anniversary party at the Shera-
ton Park. The guest speaker was
Edward G. Barry. vice president
of Lions International.
The Gaithersburg Lions Club
held its annual charter night on
Tuesday evening at the Francis
Scott Key Hotel in Frederick.
The Gaithersburg High School
Band will march tomorrow in the
Apple Blossom Parade in Win.
chester, Va.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Walker
attended the dinner dance Spon-
sored by the Montgomery County
Real Estate Board Wednesday
evening at the Congressional
Country Club. The music for the
dance was supplied by Sammy
Kaye and his orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Christian and
son, Jay, recently spent the
weekend in New York.
We are glad to report that Rev.
Stewart Labat of the Ascension
Chapel is improving after his
bout with pneumonia.
The, ladies auxiliary of the AS
cension Chapel met at the home
of Mrs. William Morrison in Oak
mont.
Howard Miles is in Charleston,
S. c., on two-week tour of duty
with the Army. He is expected to
return on Monday.
The Blue Devils" popular
teen-age combo, will be featured
on the Gaithersburg teen show on
Saturday at 1890 pm. on WINK.
Mrs. Irene Waters and Mrs.
Betty Goheil we're the voting dele.
gates to the northern convoca-
tion of the Episcopal Diocese of
Washington held at st. Lukes in
Bladensburg.
1t. Clayton Arundel is at home
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Arundel, enjoying his
leave from the Air Force. Clay
ton recently graduated and re-
ceivde his wings and commission.
The Upper Montgomery County
Council of Church Women will
meet on May 4 at 2 pm. at the
Darnestown Presbyterian Church.
Don't forget the paper and
magazine collection being made
May by the MY.F. of Epworth
Church.
The choral group of the Sew
enth Day Adventist Group Of Ta-
koma Park presented a music
festival on Sunday evening at
Epworth Church.