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Evening star., 1957-12-25
Detective Ruins Suit,
Saves Cut Marines Life

and a half from the scene OF
the stabbing TO No. s precinct.
Detective Deggs followed the
boy TO the 800 block OF Sixth
street and saw tho Marine
sitting on the curb, with blood
gushing from his throat.
The detective Immediately
clamped his hand over Pfc.
Thell's jugular vein. stopping
the flow OF blood until an am
bulance arrived In a matter
OF minutes. A new suit given
the detective by his mother
in-law was spattered with
blood.
Mitchell was later arrested
at his home and charged with
assault with a deadly weapon.
The case was continued before
Municipal Court Judge John j.
Malloy this morning until Pfc.
Thell is sufficiently recovered
tolfestify.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Menshikov Is Named
New Red Envoyto US.
BY the Associated Press

Mikhail A. Menshikov. a
foreign trade specialist with a
reputation as a tough negoti-
ator, has been selected by Rus
sia to be its new Ambassador
to the United States.
The Soviet Embassy reported
last night that Mr.. Menshikov.
until recently Russian Ambas-
sador to India. has been named
TO replace black -browed Georgi
Zarubin.
II was understood that the
Soviet Foreign Office has asked
the State Department to ap-
prove Mr.. Menshikov's nomina-
tion, but American approval
repeatedly has not been given
yet.
An Embassy spokesman saio
Mr.. Zarubin. Russian envoy
here for more than five years,
will return to Moscow. The
spokesman said Mr.. zarubin
might become a deputy foreign
minister. He is expected to
leave here about the middle Of
next month.
Mr.. Menshikov, about so. is
considered by United States
officials to be a top negotiator
and one who does not bulge
easily.
He was recalled from New
Delhi last October for reassign-
ment after having served as
Russian Ambassador to India
since NP3.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Queen Calls for Honesty
And Courage in World

LONDON. Dec. rs R.-
Queen Elizabeth II appealed in
her first televised Christmas
message today for loyalty to the
old virtues Of honesty and cour-
age in a world being changed
rapidly by startling inventions.
The young Queen told an
audience estimated at $50 nil
lion that scientific and tech
Inological advances do not in
themselves cause difficulty for
the world.
THE trouble is caused by un-
thinking people who careleSsly
throw away ageless ideals as if
they were old and outworn ma
chinery." she said.
The Queen herself made ex-
tensive use of modern tech
nological developments to make
10 talk which she repeatedly
wrote herself. Her Christmas
message was delivered before
the TV cameras Of the BIC
and Britain's commercial TV
network. Ninety BIC trans
mitters relayed her remarks
throughout the world, and the
BIC said about $50 million per-
sons heard them. She read her
message from teleprompters at
tached to the cameras.
AT this critical moment in
our history" she said, I'VE need
a new kind of courage. not the
kind needed in battle but a kind
which makes us stand up for
everything that we know is
Evening star., 1957-12-25

holiday for their Gettysburg
tPaJ farm 70 spend 4 few
days.
Lull on Highways
For the first time since last
Friday. there was a lull on the
highways and railroads. The
heavy traffic was due to pick
up again tonight as some Of
the thousands of holiday trav-
elers turn toward home.
In the washington post office,
where new volume records are
set every Christmas. weary
clerks and mailmen we're
cleaning up the overflow. Some
deliveries went ahead today in
trucks hired especially for the
seasonal emergency.
Bright lights glowed last
night in windows to light the
way for any number Of Santa
Clauses making their ways on
neighborhood routes.
The true meaning Of the
festival was reaffirmed in
churches open TO midnight
worshippers. and continuing
throughout today with appro-
pirate services.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

right, everything that we know
is honest.
I'VE need the kind of cour-
age that can withstand the
subtle corruption of the cynics
so that we can show the world
that we are not afraid Of the
future"
Rebuking those who abandon
the traditional virtues. Queen
Elizabeth declared:
They would have religion
thrown aside. morality in per-
sonal and public life made
meaningless, honesty counted
as foolishneSs and self-interest
set up in place of self-restraint. !"
Speaking often in highly per-
sonal terms. she noted that her
predecessors had led their peo-
pie into battle and practiced
their leadership in a close and
personal manner.
Gives Heart and Devotion
To-day things are different" :"
she said. II cannot lead you
into battle. / do not give you
laws or administer justice, but
! can do something else-I can
give you my heart and my de-
votion to these old islands and
to all the peoples of our broth
erhood Of nations"
She pointed out that the
royal Christmas messages were
begun on radio 25 years ago
by her grandfather, King
George v.
To-day is another landmark
See QUEEN. Page "A
Evening star., 1957-12-25

A Quantico Marine may owe
his life to a detective who
spoiled a new suit TO stop up
10 wound in the Marines throat
Christmas eve.
The Marine, Pfc. Richard
M. Thell. 81, Is In good condi-
ton at Bethesda Naval Hos
pital with a slight wound In
his jugular vein.
No. 5 precinct Detective
Randolph c. Deggs said that
Pfc. Thell was walking down
Sixth street Sc. about IL
O'Clock last night when he
overheard an argument be-
tween William A. Mitchell. 40.
of 6l0 d street Sc, and Mrs.
Mitchell.
Mitchell told police the Ma
rine slugged him and that he
then stabbed Pfc. Thell In the
throat, Mitchell's son, william
Mitinell. jr.. IL. ran q block
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Two Injured
AS Car Takes
14-Foot Leap

Two persons we're injured
early today when their car
went out Of control on the Bal
timore- Washington parkway.
overturned twice and smashed
into a tree fourteen feet above
the ground.
The crash occurred at 2:30
am. just south of Riverdale
road, Park Police reported. The
driver, Richard N. Jacob. %,
Of 1904 Newton street NE. and
his passenger. l6-year-old Eve
lyn Boxwell OF 4009 Seventh
street Me-. were admitted to
Prince George General Hospi-
tai.
Mr.. Jacob was reported in
serious condition with head
cuts. a possible fracture of the
nose. and other injuries. The
hospital said Miss Boxwell's
condition was satisfactory. She
suffered cuts on the body and
an ankle injury.
Park Police Pvt. E. p. Smith
said the two victims were
thrown from the car as 1t rolled
over. He said the car plum
meted before ramming the
trunk of the tree IA feet above
its base. The base Of the tree
was two or three feet below the
parkway level. The car was
demolished.
Mr. Jacob as charged with
failing TO keep his car under
control. Pvt. Smith said.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
80 Reported Dead
In BruziI SINKING

RIO DE JANEIRO. Dec. 25
B.-All 80 persons aboard a
chartered yacht carrying stu
dents home for the Christmas
holidays we're reported killed
last night when the ship ex-
ploded and sank in the At
lantic.
A small plane that few over
the area where the Brazilian
yacht Cisne Branco went down
found some debris but no sign
Of survivors.
The yacht was carrying stu
dents from schools in Salvador.
Brazil. about $50 miles north
east Of Rio de Janeiro. to their
homes around Belmonte. about
200 miles TO the south. Re-
ports reaching Rio said the
Ship exploded south of Itacare.
10 miles north Of Belmonte.
The yacht repeatedly carried
an inflammable cargo but its
nature and the cause Of the ex-
plosion were not known.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Pilgrims knee|
In Bethlehem
Christmus Season
Huppiest in Years

BETHLEHEM. Dec. IS Up
As they did in the days Of
Herod. they came today to
Bethlehem.
There were no Wise Men, no
Star in the East. no heavenly
hosts singing above. Only q
worn figure Of the Christ child.
laid in a model Of the manger.
But the pilgrims from both
sides Of the Arab-Israeli bor-
der knelt piously just the same.
rejoicing as choirs once again
caroled the story Of the mirac-
ulous birth. The familiar
hymns swept out over the sur
rounding hills Of Judea. telling
once more how the Christ child
was born 70 Mary.
For the Holy Land it was the
happiest Christmas season in
years. Palestine is still divided
by the Arab-ISraeli enmity, but
this year the tension has re-
laxed. More than 5000 pilgrims
crossed no mans land. in con-
traSt with a few hundred last
year In the tense aftermath Of
the British-French-Israeli m
vasion Of Egypt.
The annual Christmas serv-
ice at the Church Of the Nativ-
ity reached its climax when the
Roman Catholic patriarch Of
Jerusalem. Msgr. Alberto Corr.
placed q figure Of the Christ
child on a large silver star in
the Grotto. the place where
tradition says the child was
born.
the deacon Of the church
took up the figure Of the infant.
He stepped three PAGES. then
down two worn steps. and laid
the statue in the manger
Church bells pealed. the choirs
sang out the news. and the
multitude prayed in thanksgiv-
ing.
Christmas services also were
held at Nazareth, the Galilee
town Of the annunciation,
where Christ spent his youth.
Guests included Christian
Arabs in the Israeli Army. At
Haifa. Israel's chief port. sailors
from Swedish. Finnish. German
and Norwegian ships attended
the Christmas service in the
Scandinavian Seamen's Church
Evening star., 1957-12-25
u. S. BABY CROP
FOR THE YEAR SETS
9TH ANNUAL RECORD
ny the Assoelated Presa

By the Associated Press
The 1857 crop of Amer
ican babies is expected to
reach about 4.3l8,000--A
seventh straight annual
record.
The Public Health Serv-
ice. releasing this estimate
yesterday. said the 1857
total OF births is expected
TO top the 1856 figure by
$4,000.
The health service at
tributed the steadily rising
birth totals to increased
marriages and a trend to-
ward bigger families.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

normal. moving into the high
40s. similar to the maximum 46
Of last Christmas.
Children at White House
President Eisenhower's S
Christmas was representative OF
that in homes throughout the
land. The White House was
enlivened by the happiest of all
Christmas sounds-the laughter
of children.
The four Eisenhower grand
children were on hand with the
Presidents son. Mai. John s.
Eisenhower and his wife Bar
bara. They unwrapped gifts and
thrilled to Is Christmas trees
arranged throughout the living
and public rooms.
Christmas carols. heard in
many churches and on the
streets. fioated from the East
Room Of the White House by
phonograph.
The Eisenhowers we're to top
of the day with an early eve
ming turkey dinner. They are
expected to leave soon after the
Evening star., 1957-12-25

He long has been active in
Russian trade negotiations He
was named a first deputy tor.
eign trade minister in l948 and
the next year rose to the min-
iSter's post. He served In that
job for two years.
In April. 1855. Mr.. Menshi-
kov was the Soviet Unions
delegate to the United Nations
Far Eastern Economic Confer
enceN Tokyo.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

least a start on a disarmament
agreement with the Soviet
Union and other leading mill
tary powers.
Forced 70 Backtrack
Several Of the United States
leading European allies criti-
cized him bitterly during the
London disarmament negotia-
tions earlier this year for pres
enting American proposals
before they had been approved
by the Allies.
AS 1t turned out Britain and
France. particularly. foun d
they could not go all the way
with the American proposals
This forced Mr.. Stassen TO
backtrack from his original in
formal offers" to the Soviet
disarmament delegate and was
perhaps a contributing factor
to the breakup Of the negotia-
tons last September.
In the wake of recent Soviet
advances in military tech
nology. notably in the field of
long-range ballistic missiles.
some leading State Department
officials. believe the time is not
now ripe for disarmament
negotiations.
Western Europe, however. in
dicated at the NATO summit
meeting last week that ii pre-
ferred to keep arms control dis
cussions open
II Mr.. Bohlen is nominated
by the President and approved
by Congress. he will be taking
over the disarmament job at
what many believe to be an un-
favorable time.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

SANTIAGO, Chile. Dec. rs
CR.-President Carlos Ibanez
was confined TO the presidential
palace by illness and his wife
has Cancelled the annual Christ
mas message which she was to
deliver. The nature of the 30
year-old Presidents illness was
not disclosed.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Auto Deaths
Run Heuvy;
Counted
By the Associated Press

The trafic death toll OF the
Christmas holiday appeared
running tragically heavy.
With millions on the high
ways and streets. the National
Safety Council urged everyone
70 show consideration for
Others in the true Christmas
spirit.
Unseasonably mild weather
in many parts Of the Nation
brought the flow Of trafIic over
normal. increasing the possi-
|bility ef q mounting toll.
Early tabulation Of violent
deaths showed So trafIic fataE-
ties. Is deaths from nres and
Is from miscellaneous mishaps
for a total Of ITO.
The Nationai Safety Council,
In a preholiday estimate. said
lS0 persons would be killed in
trafnc accidents in the 30-hour
period from 6 pm. Tuesday to
midnight tonight.
The Associated Press. for
comparative purposes. con-
Quoted a national survey Of the
80 hours between 6 pm. Tues
day. December 10. and mid
night Wednesday. December
IL. 1t showed "a traffic deaths,
is in fires and 81 in miscellane-
GUS accidents such as falls,
shootings and airplane mishaps,
for an overall total Of 1875.
The record traffic toll for a
one-day Christmas holiday was
253 in 1916. The lowest for a
one-day Christmas period since
World War II was l79 in l947,
The four-day Christmas hol-
iday period last year was the
deadliest on record for any hol-
iday period. Traffic deaths to-
tailed 706. The overall total,
including fires and miscellahe-
Gus deaths. was 884. also a rec
ord for any four-day holiday
v1a,-i0d
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Ship Operator Buys
Worlds Biggest Ronch

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. rs
@.-Joseph J. Coney, presi-
dent Of the Hillcone Steamship
Co. which operates oil tankers,
said last night he has bought
the worlds largest ranch in
Argentina.
1t comprises 100000 acres
in Mendoza Province and
dwarfs the 900.000-acre King
Ranch in Texas.
The price, he said. was
under 81 an acre"
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Jordan Regime Wins

AMMAN. Dec. rs (A1.--The
Jordan government won a vote
of confidence last night as
Parliament debated a draft law
for the l957-l968 general
budget. OF 81 deputies present
90 supported the government
a1n 8 voted against.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
BohIen Reported SIoted
To BE Peace Secretary
By EARL II. vOss

Charles =. (Chip) Bohlen,
now United States Ambassador
TO the Philippines, is being
mentioned in high Admins
tration circles as the successor
TO Harold e. Stassen as chief
United States disarmament
|negotiator.
Mr.. Stassen still holds the
job, but 1t is an open secret
that he intends to leave soon
to organize q campaign for the
Republican nomination for the
governorship Of Pennsylvania.
Close advisers of Mr.. Stassen
are now leaving the White
House disarmament staff in
anticipation of his departure.
Mr.. Bohlen has been in WASH
Iington much OF this month.
repeatedly on leave. .
Mr.. Bohlen, widely regarded
as the Foreign Services lead
ing authority on the Soviet
Union. was A m b q ssa dor at
Moscow until last spring.
When he was transferred to
Manila there was widespread
criticism Of this waste" Of so
eminent an expert on Soviet
affairs.
Target OF Mccarthy
Mr.. Bohlen was the target Of
right-wing Republican oppos.-
ton when he was named Am
bassador TO the Soviet Union
early in 1858. The late Sena-
tor Mccarthy Of Wisconsin
spearheaded the attack on Mr..
Bohlen despite the fact that
the envoy designate was one
Of the United States outstand-
ing experts on Russia.
The anti-Bohlen fight was
the first real inkling that
the EiSenhower-congressional
honeymoon" would not last
forever. The battle ragged
through March. 1858. and
threatened TO end the first
harmonious relationship in 20
years between the two ends Of
Pennsylvania avenue almost
before 1t began.
Mr.. Bohlen was the late
President Franklin D. Roose-
velt's interpreter and confidant
at the historic wartime summit
meetings with Soviet Dictator
Josef Stain at Yalta and Te-
heran. He served President
Truman in the same capacity
at PotSdam.
Since he was appointed Sec
retary for peace, Mr.. Stassen
has worked prodigiously. some
times against strong admins
tration opposition. to get at
Evening star., 1957-12-25
PHONE SERVICES
FOR TODAY

The stort holiday telephone
services will observe the following
closing hOun today:
Classified Department. I pm.
lcIossiiied ods moy be ploced in
person ei the business counter in
The sior lobby 10 5 PM.
cireulotion Department. 7 pm.
Main switchboard. 7 pm.
Night service lines will be pIoeed
in opNetion following closing Of
main switchboard.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
i'm BISHOP GOES
TO A GRID GAME

FOOTBALL WATCHING is q
fascinating business. reporter Jim
Bishop discovers. especially when
you ore sitting beside q big nome
announcer and his spotter Jim tells
how they coll the game os the
plcys develop and gets hoorss in
the process on the Feoture Pose,
A-22.
TWO COMMON FEARS ore ex.
ploded BY Dr.. Peter J. Steincrohn.
The danger Of eorbon monOxids
poisoning IS cosy to check ond pre-
vent. ond people with high blood
pressure ore not necessarily totter-
ing at deoth's door. he reports on
the Feoture Pose. Az.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Pre-HoIidoy Rush Yields
To Peace of Christmas
Day Downs CIeor. Only q Hint Of Rain;
Is Trees Delight White House Children

The peacefuness of Christmas almost ant-climactic
after all those renzed getready days. settled the
area today
On streets and sidewalks, where II seemed impossible
to jam another shopper yesterday the
tranquil as that first Christmas must have been.
The weather ideal for visiting and gf-exchangng
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Has Surplus

LISBON. Dec. IS (P).-For
the 30th time since Premier
Antonio Salazar took control
of national finances in 1928,
Portugal'S budget shows O sur
plus. This time it amounts to
$472.500.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Subcommittee
On Arms Curbs
Insure Of Fate
World Race ToneIes
Situation Of Expiring
Senate Group
BY ). A. OLEARY

AS 1t tackles the problem OF
expanding this country's mis-
sile program next month. the
Senate also will face a decision
on whether TO keep alive its
special subcommittee on dis
armament.
The subcommittee. which has
been wrestling with the dim
culties Of arms limitation for
more than two years. Is due 10
expire at the end Of January
AS Of now. 1t is not clear
whether another extension will
be ordered. Some Republicans
leaders are understood TO have
been reluctant TO agree to the
last extension. and 1t is not
known how they feel at this
time.
It is probable the subcommit-
tee viii meet soon after the
session starts on January Z.
to determine whether recent
events make IL desirable to ask
for another extension.
HickenloOper's Mind Open
Senator Humphrey. Democrat
.of Minnesota. subcommittee
chairman. was not available to-
day for an expression Of
opinion.
But one Republican member.
Senator Hickenloober Of Iowa,
said he has an open mind on
the question. He called dis
armament q very important
question. and said the subcom-
mittee should discuss the mat
ter Of whether to keep going
Another Republican member.
Senator Wiley Of Wisconsin,
said future developments in the
world will determine whether
any useful purpose would be
served by continuing the sub
committee.
The way things are going
now II doesn't look like much
disarmament" he added.
Pressing Task Seen
In its last report to the
Senate in September the sub
committee said the potential
spread Of nuclear-weapons pro-
duction among many countries,
the increasing possibilities of
pushbutton warfare started in
haste by an irrational leader.
and the constant spiral OF the
cost Of the arms race make
the need for progress on dis
armament one Of the most
pressing tasks confronting man.
kind"
At the same time. the SUBJ
committee recognized that large
scale reduction OF armaments
cannot be made without CORES
ponding progress in solving at
least some political issues.
It described the division of
Germany and the aggressive
nature Of Red China as "the
two most outstanding political
problems which are impeding
progress on arms control"
Even If the special subcom-
mittee is permitted to die. the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee is expected to keep in
close touch with all efforts made
through the United Nations to
promote limitation OF arma-
ments.
Evening star., 1957-12-25
Plane S Plume
Came During
lis Fire Drill
ARodor Craft Sonk
Quickly OFF Howoii,
Survivors Soy

aONOLObO, Lee. 20 NJ.-
The big Navy radar plane
which plunged into the Pacific
|off Oahu Island with % crew
men was forced to ditoh with
out warning during fire drill.
rescued survivors told investi-
gators today.
There was no time to give a
radio distress call before the
craft struck the heavy seas and
sank within five minutes. One
Of the four survivors picked up
yesterday said he did not be-
lieve many of the crewmen had
time to get out. Not having any
warning to brace themselves
they possibly were knocked un-
conscious by the impact.
The admiral ia command Of
the radar warning wing said
he doubted the craft exploded
since only one Of the men
picked up was burned. One
survivor said the plane was in
a steep descent which he
thought was part of the drill
and all four engines seemed to
have power when the craft hit
the waves.
Survivors Questioned
The Navy began questioning
survivors Immediately but said
no statement on possible cause
Of the crash would be made
until the investigating board
completes its findings.
(The II listed by the Navy
as missing included:
Henry Murdaugh, avia-
ton machinists mate lfc,
whose wife, Mrs. Matte z.
Murdaugh. was listed at
2730 Richmond highway. Al
exandria. Va. Residents Of
the trailer court at that ad-
dress said she had moved
away.
Robert Howard Neil, avia-
ton machinists mate 1Ic.
whose wife, Mrs. Lorena
Neil. formerly lived at Point
Lookout. Md, but is now in
Hawaii
Il don't think many got out
Of the plane said Aviation
Technician &c Franklin A.
Henry, %. of Kankakee. H.,
from his wheelchair at the
Army's Tripler General Hos
pital.
Floating Wreckage Found
An intensive air and surface
search of rough seas Is miles
OF BARRIERS Point Naval Air
Station. base of the ill-fated
four-engine Super Constellla-
ton. turned up only floating
wreckage yesterday. 1t will con-
tinue through Christmas Day.
the Navy said.
A rescue boat plucked the
four survivors and two bodies
from the Pacific Monday night
several hours after the SIS
million plans ditched. The
other II are missing.
Rescued with Henry were
Comdr. Guy Howard. IL, Of
Oakland. Calf. the planes ex-
ecutive officer: 1t. G.g.) Rich
ard L. Rentschler. %. of Lin
coin. Neb.. and 1t. Q.g.) John
Thomas Kline. IS, of Honolulu.
All are in good condition.
Henry. who had survived a
plane crash OF Guam in Sep
tember 1856. realized the Super
Connie was going in when he
saw the altimeter drop to the
300-foot mark.
ITS 800 feet. We're going
right now" he yelled and
grabbed for a microphone to
give the May Day distress call.
The call was never made be-
cause the plane hit the water
at that moment with shatter-
ing impact.
Saved by Warning
Rentschler. who was with
Henry in a forward compart-
ment, said his crewmate's
See PLANE. Page A-4
Evening star., 1957-12-25

hs the dAy daWned bright and
clear. But not far away rain
clouds were ready TO push in
this afternoon. with rain ex-
pecte6 to begin late tonight
and continue steadily through
tomorrow.
Temperatures were above
Evening star., 1957-12-25
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Pictures Of Hohdsy- Deeksd Homes IA
Afeo. Pose A-ls
Evening star., 1957-12-25

normal. moving into the high
40s. similar to the maximum IS
Of last Christmas.
Evening star., 1957-12-25

Saved by Warning
Rentschler, who was with
Henry in a forward compart-
ment, said his crewmate's
See PLANE. Page "A
Evening star., 1957-12-25

Cloudy with rain tonight and Thursday
low tonight, 80. Windy and warmer TO-
morrow. high, S. Full report. Page A-2l