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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
FotherArrested After Cries Of Girl, 7,
Tied in Closet, Lead Police to Rescue

Caknip and Foley ]. Jonathan
did not enter the house to unite
Nancy. The two were able to
unite her and lift her through
the window, he said.
Sergt. MCGOWAN said Nancy
had a cut alongside her nose,
which she said she received when
her father struck her.
Sergt. MCGOWAN said the
father, a laborer, was arrested
when he returned home from
work shortly after his daughter
was freed.
The child did not appear seri-
ously injured. police said, all
though her face was grimy and
she seemed tired from her ordeal.
Mrs. Cockrell said Nancy's
hands, whitened by lack Of cir
.culation. regained their color
after tap water was run over
them. One Of Nancy's eyes was
blackened, Mrs. Cockrell said.
Police said the father gave
them statement. They did not
release 1t for publication.
Police said they did not know
the name Of Nancy's real mother,
but that they we're told she lives
in the District.
Mrs. Cockrell said Nancy's
father and stepmother have a
son is months old. She said
Mrs. Cronk apparently took the
baby with her when she left
home yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

she had Just heard Nancy cry
ing for a glass Of water. The
Cockrell home and the Cronk
house are rear to rear.
Mrs. Cockrell said she was on
the patio Of her home and heard
q cry. What is that?" she asked
Darlene.
That's Nancy" Darlene said.
"She's in the closet again"
The grandmother said she
walked to a window in the Cronk
home. on the bottom floor Of a
two-story duplex. The window
was in the closet where the child
was confined. Mrs. Cockrell re-
lated the following conversation
to a reporter:
Reach up and I'll hand you a
drink Of water" Mrs. cockrell
called to Nancy. She said she
could not see the child through
the window.
How can /? My hands are
tied"
How long have you been in
there?"
i've been here a week and I'll
be here until schools open"
Mrs. Cockrell said Nancy also
called out, Darlene, my nose has
stopped bleeding
She said Nancy told her she
was alone in the house.
Alexandria Police Seret. Thom-
as MCGOWAN said Pvts. Earl
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outside scorekeepers are per-
mitted to observe each move in
the game If six men are to arrive
at a meeting of minds, specifi.
cally some plan for canal opera
ton that can later be written
into treaty form, one side OF
both will have to give way. Both
Col. Nasser and committee mem
bers have taken such firm
stands on opposite side OF in.
standardization that it woulc
be extremely difficult for either
to back down in public.
The committee hopes to worE
out some scheme that can looh
like a victory for both sides. Thi;
difficult job would be impossible
if the Arab and Western pres;
were watching each bit of give
and take and shouting to the
world which side was backing
down.
The secrecy is expected to last
as long as the present gentle
manly atmosphere prevails. Mr.
Menzies. a crusty character under
any circumstances, is clipper
and outwardly satisfied with the
progress. Coli Nasser is still
showing the charming side Of his
personality.
No one here is forgetting. how
ever, that British. French ano
Egyptian troops are ready to dc
battle and that both sides are
publicly committed to fight be-
fore they will back down.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
BY ROBERT X. WALSH

New York Attorney General
Jacob K. Javits told the Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
today that as a prospective cam
didate for Congress in 1916 he
conferred with DR.. Bella Dodd,
then Communist Party leader.
He declared. however, that the
brief conversation in New York
City dealt entirely with "edu-
cational matters" and had moth
ing 10 do with Communist asso-
citation.
The former Republican House
member took the stand at an
open hearing after a one-hour
closed conference with the COM
mittee. He had requested the
opportunity to appear before the
committee to answer what he
called a smear attack implying
that he had received Communist
support when he first ran for
Congress.
He insisted at the open session
that he never knowingly asso-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Reds Display Bodies
OF Slain Fugitives

HONG KONG. Sept. S (P).-
The bodies of three Chinese
farmers slain by Communist Chi
Inese soldiers while attempting to
flee the mainland were displayed
publicly in a customs station
north Of the Portuguese colony
of Macao, travellers reported to-
day.
The Reds put signs on the
bodies warning others against
attempting to leave Communist
China. Yesterday a 31-year-old
farmer, Tou Kun-si, reached
Macao after swimming the chan
mel from the mainland. Three
others were shot during the same
attempt.
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Jovits Saw Red Leader
On Educational Matters

ciated with Communist leaders,
but that he specifically repudi-
ated any tieup with Communists
or st-dominated groups
when he first sought election
to Congress 10 years ago.
Subcommittee Chairman East
land, Democrat of Mississippi,
and subcommittee counsel Rob-
ert Morris. asked him whether
he had met Frederick B. Field,
Mrs. Louise Brantsen and several
other persons at the time of the
United Nations Organization
meeting in San Francisco in l945
All Of the persons named by
the subcommittee were identified
as prominent Communists OF
Communist sympathizers.
Mr.. Javits said he recalled
having casually met Mr.. Field
and Mrs. Brantsen. but he had
no recollection Of ever visiting
Mrs. Brantsen's home in Cali.
fornia. AS for the meeting with
DR.. Dodd, a former Communist
See JAvITS, Page AT
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FRENCH EMBASSY
DUE TO GLOW

ALPHANDs ARRIVE FRIDAY-A
bright. -heorted atmosphere is
anticipated for the Freneh Embassy
when Ambassador and Mrs. Claude
AIphond assume their Washington
post. Reed about the eoloruI couple
on pose B-s.
SLAVIC GARDEN OF EDEN1--Doto,
II not proof. thot the humon roes
odsinoted in Russio is described by
The Stors science editor, Thomos R.
Henry on page All.
GOLDEN YEARs--The retirement
dreom Of settling down on form
moy NOT olwoys be best for those post
the Oss Of IS. The experience Of
two such couples is reloied on The
Stars Feature Poss. A-37.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

popular American Air Force gen.
erals to serve at Clark Field. He
taught President Eisenhower tc
fly when the latter was stationed
in the Philippines in the 1905.
Clark Field announced last
month that Gen. Lee would
leave August Is to assume COM
mand of the 2230th Technical
Training Wing at Amarillo, Tex.
and would be succeeded by Mai
Gen. John B. Alderman. former
vice director Of the National
Security Agency in Washington
His departure was delayed fol-
unexplained reasons.
Immediately after Gen. Lees
transfer was announced Filipino
See LEE, Page Al
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Pictures on Page 81

Pictures on Page B.
tied up in the closet of and on
during the past week.
The father, Gilbert Cronk, "a,
of the 500 block Of Prince street,
was free on $500 bond today,
charged with felonious assault
and neglect.
Police said they are searching
for the child's stepmother. Mrs,
Hazel Cronk. They said she left
the home before police arrived,
They said warrant has been
issued, charging her with neglect
Of the child.
Mrs. Clara N. Cockrell, 202
South st. Asaph street. called
police to the scene shortly be-
fore 5 pm. yesterday.
Mrs. Cockrell said her 5-year-
old granddaughter, Darlene Out
ten, was visiting her. The grand
daughter had played with Nancy
on earlier visits. Mrs. Cockrell
said the granddaughter told her
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AT General Transferred
After Row, MoniIo Hears

MANILA. Sept. S (R. The
Manila Bulletin said today Brig
Gen. William Lee. commander
Iof the United States 18th All
Force. is being transferred tc
the United States this month be-
cause Of an argument he had
with Undersecretary of Defense
Reuben Robertson. jr.
The Bulletin, quoting Philip
pine Air Force sources, said Mr.
Robertson, during a visit here
last May, ordered Gen. Lee to
withdraw United States security
guards from around a reserva-
ton area near Capas, TarlaC
Province. Filipino miners were
digging manganese ore and other
base metals there, on United
States leased land.
Gen. Lee, the bulletin said, re-
lportedly answered he would with
draw the guards Immediately
provided Mr.. Robertson would
give him a written directive. Mr.
Robertson was said to have re-
piled that written authority
would be given later and again
ordered Gen. Lee to remove the
guards. The security force then
was removed.
Dispute Over Mining
The Philippines and the United
States have been in dispute over
Filipino mining operations neal
Capas because the land being
mined is part of the Clark Field
military reservation. The dis
Ipute was touched off when Amer
lean military police from Clark
seized an ore truck.
Gen. Lee is known as the
father of the Philippine Air
Force" He is one of the most
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05
Santa Fe Chief Crashes
Into Mail Train> 20 Die
Doctors Rush
To.Scene in
New Mexico

SPRINGER. N. Mex, Sept. 5
(Pl.-Twenty railway workers
persisted early today when the
speeding Santa Fe Chief smashed
headon into a siderailed mail
train in Northern New Mexico.
Railway officials said the death
toll may be higher when wreck
ing crews pry into the twisted
and torn cars of the Chief.
At least seven were injured.
Santa Fe spokesman said as
far as can be determined there
were no passengers killed in the
early morning tragedy.
The Chief shot into the by
pass where the fast Santa Fe
mail train No. 8 was waiting its
turn for the main line to con-
tinue north.
The dead included the enei-
neer Of the mail train, the en-.
glneer, fireman and conductor
OF the Chief. and 16 walters and
lounge car attendants who were
asleep in a dormitory car on the
Chief.
Dead Identified
The identified dead are Babe
Foster, fireman; w. H. Adams
engineer, and w. L. Schrieyer.
conductor of the Chief, and Leo
Rush. engineer on the mail train.
Hospitalized at Springer in
critical condition is Jim Walter
OF Rockford. ILL.,, cook on the
Chief. In serious condition are
Charles Kincaid Of Albuquerque,
brakeman, and William P.
Wright of Chicago. waiter.
In less serious condition in
Springer are Mr.. and Mrs. Nor
man Rosen of New York, Miss
Jessie Schweizer of Maplewood,
Mo-, and Mrs. Hattie Meckfeasee
of Maplewood.
Associated Press Writer John
B. Curtis said "the task even Of
determining the number of dead
is complicated because Of con.
dition Of the trains"
THE cars" Mr.. Curtis said,
"are mangled, twisted and stand-
ing on end. Women's shoes. bed
lclothing and suitcases are strewn
every place"
All available doctors. officers
land ambulances from most of
Northern New Mexico were sum-
moned to the scene.
The tragedy was at $40 am.
5 miles south of here in gently
rolling ranch country. The main
line of the Santa Fe at this point
parallels U. S. Highway IS.
Diesel Units DeraiIed
Only the diesel units of the
main train went off the track,
lcruSneu ana torn.
OF Is cars in the Chief. only
seven remain on the track.
Others, Curtis said. were twisted
and mangled and telescoped,
pointing upward at grotesque
angles"
Santa Fe spokesman said an
open switch on the bypass caused
the Chief to head into the side
rail and pillow into the mail train.
j. P. Reinhold, Santa Fe Rail-
way vice president in charge Of
public relations. was aboard a
Continued on Page Al, Col. l
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delivery at the 38th annual con-
Ivention Of the American Legion.
Mr.. Stevenson worked on the
speech into the early morning
hours-after a rousing welcome
at International Airport in which
he and Senator Estes Kefauver
claimed the Democrats are unit
ed for the campaign ahead.
Here in California Mr.. Steven
son and Senator Kefauver, now
THE Democratic ticket for 1856,
staged the last and one of the
bitterest clashes of the presiden-
/ tial primaries. Mr.. Stevenson
won then and got a long boost
toward the presidential nominal
ton.
Raps G. o. P. Tactics
Mr.. Stevenson's address today
sprayed the G. o. P. with criti-
cism, accusing it of "a shocking
abuse of the elementary political
decencies" in handling the peace
issue.
| He said the claim that the
Democrats were responsible for
the Korean War and the Re-
publicans stopped it was "as
miserable a fraud as has ever
been used by a political party to
confuse and embitter a people
who must govern themselves on
facts, not fiction"
Mr.. Stevenson issued a plea
for honesty in our national de-
bate about war and peace" He
said this debate will be poisoned
if one party claims deeper love
for peace than the other.
| Mr.. Stevenson said that the
q. o. P. charge that under the
Democrats prosperity depends or
war is infamous. The truth is
he said. that no depression fol-
lowed World War II and that
readjustment was accomplished
painlessly under a Democratic
administration with ever in
icreasing prosperity"
Notes Defense Rise
Defense expenditures have av-
Ieraged SIS billion more each
year under Mr.. Eisenhower thar
they did under President Tru-
man, Mr.. Stevenson said. IF oul
prosperity has ever been de-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

pendent on spending for war
it is right now"
Emphasizing that the ultimate
peace is not yet won, the Demo.
cratic nominee told the Legion.
naires there isn't q peace we seel
while our sons and brothers arr
still being drafted for two years
of military service, their school.
ing interrupted. their norma,
lives postponed =
1t is clear, he said. that in thi!
atomic age 1--WE must rethinl
the problems of military strategy
and military requirements"
Already, Mr.. Stevenson said
the possibility can be anticipated
hopefully but confidently, thai
in the foreseeable future tn,
needed military forces can bt
maintained without the draft.
ASKS Flu " OEdIt
First" he said. IT trust thai
both parties will reject resolutely
the thought of playing polite:
with this issue which as closely
affects every American home a!
the Korean War did in 1852 ant
is susceptible to the same politi.
cal exploitation"
Second, l think the nationa
will shared equally by ever!
American-candidate or voter
Democrat or Republicans tina
the draft be ended at the earlies
possible moment consistent will
the national safety. I subscribI
with all my heart to this pur.
pose"
Mr.. Stevenson led into hi
stand on the draft by saying tn,
struggle for peace must be waget
on three fronts: Military, eco
nomic and moral. He mentioned
the draft in discussing the mill
tary front.
"Our guiding principle" h
said, must be a degree of pre-
paredness which will make mill
tary aggression at any level un
profitable to our enemies evel
as Korea proved improbable II
them. Thereby, we will fore
the great struggle that goes on il
the world out into the safe
! Continued on Page AS, Col.
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Missing GirI,6
Sought With


A 6-year-old girl, last seer
a week ago with an intoxicated
Ihandyman, was being sought BY
police today and the Fedora
Bureau of Investigation wa
notified officially of her dis.
appearance.
The hunt. carried on in Sc.
lrecy since August 81, has in.
yolved checks Of all area bus
rail and air terminals. tavern;
and rooming houses.
William Collins Of 1921 Har.
ward street NV, a part-titns
Railway Express Co. employe
told police his daughter vanished
from his home on August 80: HI
said the child. Belindas is about
4 feet tall, has large hazel eyes
brown hair and poor front teeth
Dressed in White Print
He said she was wearing 9
white print dress of a f1owerec
design, white mocaSsins and ne
socks.
In his complaint at the 10tI
precinct he said Belinda left the
house accompanied by the han
ldyman, who roomed at the girl,
home and boarded a southbounc
Fourteenth street streetcar.
With his daughter and tht
handyman, Mr.. Collins said, wa.
a friend of years standing
Thomas (Popl McGurk, 70, o.
lot Second street NE.
/ Mr.. McGurk told police the
handyman had been drinking
He quoted the missing man as Al
first saying that he was. going tt
take the child with him to De.
ltroit.
| Later, however, Mr.. McGurl
said the handyman changed hi
mind and told him he was goins
to take Belinda back home.
Mr.. McGurk got off the cal
lat Fourteenth and U streets NV
He said the handyman and the
girl remained aboard.
FBI Studies Case
Meanwhile, an FBI spokesman
said study is now underway tt
determine if any Federal law
have been violated. If there Il
an infraction, he added, tht
lFBI will step into the case i'm.
Imediately.
| Capt. Michael j. Mahaney
chief of the missing persons anC
special investigations bureaus
said the case at present is still
being carried as that of a miss,
ing person.
| Mr.. Collins told police he anC
his wife, Mrs. Gloria Collins, ar,
separated. He said she is livinI
with a relative in the 1900 blocl
Iof Twenty-seventh street Sc
Wife Told on Saturday
He said his wife learned thu
child was missing on Saturday
when she called to visit Belinda
and their other two children, II
and 3 years old.
All three children live witt
MIR. Collins at the Harvard
street address. Mr.. Collins sale
he employs a baby sitter regu.
larry to watch over them wher
he is at work.
I The handyman, he added. hac
often taken Belinda to a nearby
store and had treated the chile
kindly. always making 1t a poinl
to get her some sweets or littl,
! trinket.
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Atom Plant Burns

PARIS. Sept. S (P).--Five fire.
men were injured last night
fighting a blaze at an atomic
research center south Of Paris
but the French Atomic Energy
Commission said today they were
not exposed to any radioactivity
The IRE destroyed q plant max.
ling radioisotopes at Fort
Chatillon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

A weeping little girl, alone ir
the house and tied in a closet
was rescued from her Alex
andria home yesterday after a
playmate heard her whimperine
for a drink, police reported
today.
The child, Nancy Cronk, z,
told her rescuers she had been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-09-05

ing presentation of the so-called
Dulles proposal to International
ize the canal. Col. Nasser yes
Iterday outlined his attitude. He
insists on Egyptian operation of
the waterway-in a half hour
of calm but firm extemporaneous
remarks. The discussion was
then opened to all and in in
formal way six men discussed the
points of disagreement.
The general go-around will
continue in the next session,
starting at Z in the evening
Cairo time. No one connected
with the conferences is talking
loutside the meeting room about
specific suggestions made for
operation of the canal. Mr.. Men
zies, chairman, and 10y Hender-
son, Americas representative on
the committee and perhaps the
key man there. agree that the
conference will get nowhere If
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Teacher Hiring
Ban Cut From
Budget
City Heads Muy Ask
More Funds for
Larger Stuffs
By LANES @. nEANE

The District Commissioners to-
day dropped from next years
proposed school budget a bar
against hiring of more teachers
Commissioner Robert E. Nc.
Laughlin said the city head:
may increase the proposed bud
get to allow more teachers.
But before a decision is made
on this, the whole question Of
class sizes is to be reviewed by 9
joint task force Of school anc
city officials.
The Commissioners and the
Board Of Education met for al
most two hours today on the
teacher issue and other details
of the $34 million school operat-
ing estimate which has been rec
commended by city budget officers
for the 1878 year.
Meeting Ends AmicabIy
The session ended amicably.
Mrs. Ruth B. Spencer, a school
board member, coming out smil-
ingly, said:
1T looks as If we are getting
what we came for"
Mr.. Mclaughlin said the Com
|missioners are hoping to arrive
at a meeting of minds" with
school leaders in time to present
a united front when the budget
goes to Congress.
The task force of school and
city officials. Mr.. Mclaughlin
said, is to look specifically into
the question of what are the
valid pupil-teacher ratios for the
city's schools, in terms Of those
used elsewhere.
The school board is seeking
funds to hire enough teachers
to reduce class sizes in the city's
elementary grades from q tradi.
tional ratio Of 36-to-1 to q new
standard Of 30-to-1. The board
wants enough money to reach
32-to-l a year from now.
Not vet Committed
Mr.. Mclaughlin said the Com.
Imissioners have not yet commit
ted themselves either for OF
against 30-to-1 as goal. But
he said they agree that smaller
Glasses "are consistent with the
modern concept of elementary
education.
Teacher stating standards in
Junior and senior high schools
as well as elementary schools
will be studied by the special
task force, Mr.. Mclaughlin said
The group will report back to
another meeting of the school
board and the Commissioners on
October %.
The school board wants the
pending budget increased SIS
million. Mr.. Mclaughlin said
what action is taken on this plea
will depend on the report of the
task force. a revenue prediction
due October 8. and the needs OF
other city departments.
Must Shuttle Funds
If budget increase is moi
granted, school officials will have
to shuttle funds around if they
are to proceed with additional
teacher hiring.
The ban on such hiring, in 81
far as it pertains to reducing
class sizes, was inserted in the
budget by city officials before
they sent the estimate to the
Commissioners. The ban hao
been strongly protested by school
leaders.