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Evening star., 1959-12-17

the run. "The kids were in the
house. We didn't stay. There
wasn't much time"
The railroadmen made the
stop so they could be sure their
admirers among the Is little
Jarretts would enjoy a full cup
board on Christmas Day.
This all started because we
know of this fellow-he doesn't
get to work but about siz
months a year - and we set
those kids every day." Engineer
Owens explained.
Every day we throw the
kids newspapers and candy" hi
said. I'VE all do l.. Every time
I blow the whistle they bust
out Of that house. It looks al
most like a chain-gang lock.
STEP"
Mr.. Owens and Fireman E
T. Simmons of Little Rock took
up a collection for the food.
"All crafts contributed" Mr.
Owens said. "Firemen, engi'
neers, brakemen, conductors
all of them.
"The whole business gave III
all a nice feeling. :"
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Freighter Sends
SOS in Pacific

LONG BEACH, Calf, Dec.
IT tAP).-A freighter loaded
with scrap iron was reported
sinking in the. Pacific today.
An SOS call indicated the crew
of II was abandoning ship.
The distress call did not say
why the ship was in trouble.
A Coast Guard plane sped
to the area but, six hours after
the distress call, had been un-
able to locate the SIS Guam
Pioneer.
A Coast Guard cutter was
dispatched to the scene, about
$40 miles southwest of Los
Angeles, but won't reach the
area until midnight tonight.
A Navy picket boat, the
Watchman, was reported about
70 miles north of the Guam
Pioneer. and was proceeding
to the scene.
The 300-foot freighter, with
a gross tonnage of $500, sailed
from San Francisco Sunday
bound for Hawaii and Kobe,
Japan. 1t is of Liberian regis
try with a Greek crew and an
American captain,
Evening star., 1959-12-17
UIine Arena Sold
For Million

The Uline Arena and ice
business at Third and M
streets NE. was sold today to
a Washington businessman for
a price "in the neighborhood
of 81 million"
The buyer, Harry G. Lynn,
of 4445 Twenty ninth street
NV, announced that the
arena viii continue in use as
a sports stadium.
IT want to assure Washing
toms many loyal sports fans, I"
he declared, that there will be
no interruption in the sports
events which are housed in
the arena. Rather, I intend to
investigate thoroughly the pro-
grams of all major sports
arenas in the Nation and
bring the best Of them here
as part of a general expansion
of activities.
The sale, announced by the
real estate firm Of Shannon &
Luchs, was made by the M. j.
Uline Co., the principal asset
Of the estate of the late M.
j. Uline, who built the arena
in 1941.
Mr.. Lynn until recently was
vice president of the Fairfax
Distributing Co., national buyer
for the Kay Jewelry chain Of
stores.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
WINDING THE STORE
White House Aides
Keep Shop In Order

halfway around the world, was
on the appropriate desk in the
White House in just six min
utes. The delay" was blamed
on atmospheric conditions.
Radio communications are
set up to keep the President
in instant touch with the
White House wherever he is
whether in the air, on land
or at sea. On his plane is radio
teletype equipment that sends
and receives coded messages
There is even more elaborate
communications equipment on
the USS Des Moines on which
he now is cruising in the Med
iterranean.
Each day there goes from the
White House to. the President
by radio q coded summary OF
intelligence reports from
around the world and develop
fnents at home in such situa-
tions as the steel dispute.
Whenever there are docu-
ments demanding his atten-
ton, an Army courier carries
them. to him, using a Military
Air Transport Service plane
See WHITE HOUSE, Page A.:
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Glass Broken
In 11Autos
IsMystery

The owners Of at least II cars
in Northeast Washington and
nearby areas Of Prince Georges
County found their windows
shattered today.
Police blamed the damage on
atmospheric conditions, but the
Weather Bureau said this was
unlikely.
The rear windows of seven
autos in Chillum and West
Hyattsville were shattered,
county police said. In an ad-
joining area Of the District,
18th precinct police reported
three rear windows and one
windshield broken.
Alton Wood. manager of the
Hyattsville Auto Glass Co.,
said the manufacturer blames
the incidents on temperature
changes. Mr.. Wood said this
particular type Of rear window
glass contains no sheet of plas-
tic between layers of glass, as
does safety glass, which Is in
stalled in front windows.
A Weather Bureau spokes-
man. however, said atmospheric
conditions last night were
more normal than usual" and
suggested the solution to the
mystery was probably small
kids with rocks"
An official at the Bureau Of
Standards said incidents of
windows shattering for no ap-
parent reason are IAN old
story" He said this sometimes
happens in a certain type of
tempered glass.
A spokesman for the Ameri-
can Automobile Association
said such occurrences have been
common for three or four years.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
I rain Hats Run to Rain
Gifts on Family of17

FAIR OAKS, Ark, Dec. II
(AP).-Christmas came early
for Edward Jarrett and his
wife and Is children.
1t wasn't Santa on a sled.
But it was something almost
as astonishing to this little
village on the Missouri Pacific
tracks, near Wynne.
The passenger train that
always flies past with a blast
from its horn pulled up and
stopped yesterday.
In a matter of minutes the
train crew had unloaded $10O
worth of food from the bag
gage car and transferred it to
the Jarretts' small house.
The trainmen worked fast
They were making an unau-
thorized stop and already were
behind schedule on the Little
Rock-Memphis run.
It happened so fast nobody
had time to say much, least of
all the Jarretts.
"He broke down and went to
crying" said w. H. Owens of
Little Rock, the engineer on
Evening star., 1959-12-17

itors spend about 100000 each
ChriStmas-a welcome windfall
for this impoverished area Of
the Middle East. Twenty pei
cent of the total visitors during
the Christmas season come
from the United States. The
largest number come from
nearby Arab countries, but
some make the pilgrimage from
as far of as Manila.
Gay Scene at Gate
One of the gayest scenes
just before Christmas each
year is enacted just inside the
Jordanian side of the famed
Mandelbaum Gate in divided
Jerusalem.
Each year about 1.500 Chris
tian Arabs are permitted tc
cross over into Jordan from Is
rael. They walk across a few
hundred yards of "no-man'S
land" and fall into the waiting
arms of brothers. mothers anc
cousins they have not seer
since the Christmas before.
Those who make the short
pilgrimage are part of the
213, 900 Arabs who remained ir
Israel after the 1948 fighting
Evening star., 1959-12-17
BY GARNETT d. HoRNER
star stan Writer

Two men called Jerry are
minding the store at the White
House while President Eisen-
hover is on tour.
They are Wilton B. Persons,
retired Army major general
who is the assistant to the
President, and Gerald D. Nor
gan, deputy assistant.
Both answer to Jerry, and
sometimes that makes for con-
fusion. But they are seeing to il
that there is little confusion in
the Executive Branch of the
Government while the boss is
away.
With the help of a special
ized staff, they keep the Presi-
dent informed Of what is going
on in Washington and trans
late into action orders that
can come back from him,
wherever he is.
One typical message, sent
from the Presidents plane as
it landed at Karachi, PakiStan,
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Touhy Killers
Are Sought by
ChicagoPoIice
Former Gang Chief
Is Slain q Doys
After Purole

CHICAGO, Dec. II (APO.-l
Police pressed their search to-
day for the shotgun slayers of
Roger Touhy, the notorious
prohibition era gang leader
who was slain from ambush
last night.
Police said they had no leads.
The 61-year-old former gang
leader was cut down by six
shotgun blasts by two assail-
ants.
His death came only % days
after his parole from Statewide
Prison, where he had served
nearly 26 years for a kidnapping
he said he did not commit
Touhy died on the operating
table in st. Anne's Hospital
after telling police he did not
know the aSsassins.
Companion Wounded
Seriously wounded in the
shooting was Touhy's compan-
ion and long time friend, Wall
ter Miller. 81, a retired police
sergeant. He said he believed
he wounded one of the gunner
before he collapsed.
Touhy, known as "The Ter
rible" during his gangland
reign in the 1920s. was shot as
he was about to enter the home
Of his sister. Mrs. Ethel Alesia
at 125 N. Lotus street in the
Austin district.
Sergt. Miller was a prin-
cipal defense witness at Touhy's
trial for the kidnapping of
John (Jake the Barber) Fac
tor, a one-time confidence man.
Sergt. Miller was seriously
wounded in the back and arms.
His condition was reported
critical at Loretto Hospital.
Sergt. Miller fired several shots
at the slayers before he COL
lapsed.
Factor, who lives in Beverly
Hills, Calf, was in Chicago in
connection with a libel suit
against Touhy. Told that
Touhy had been killed, he told
a reporter: 81 am very broken
up about it. I hope they get
the killer"
Factor Expresses Sorrow
Factor said he was in a near,
North Side restaurant when he
learned of the shooting.
This really breaks me up
Factor said. I'm very sorry to
hear 1t. I Just hope they find
the killer"
Police questioned Factor at a
Loop hotel where he had regis
tered earlier this week.
Factor will be an important
witness in an inquest hastily
summoned by Walter E. Nc
Carron. coroner.
Factor told the police he has
no idea who might have wanted
Touhy out of the way. He
said he would attend the
coroner's inquest even If his
lawyer advised him not to. He
made the statement shortly
after being handed subpoena
to appear.
Wants to Pay Hospital Bills
Factor said he also wants to
pay the hospital bills Of Sergt.
Miller. Factor declared Sergt.
Miller had served as his body
guard for four months after
his kidnapping.
He was with me when it was
a dangerous thing for any man
to be with me-" Factor said.
He's a fine officer and I'm very
sorry about what happened"
Factor declined to say any,
thing more, explaining 81 have
strict orders from my attorney
not to say anything"
He left his hotel suite in
company of two Homicide Bu-
reau detectives assigned to
guard him.
Like most of the gangland
killings in the records, the
assassination of Touhy left
police with little in the way
of clues.
These included five empty
12-gauge shotgun shells, the
stories of two boys and two
See TOUHY, Page AS
Evening star., 1959-12-17
NAT0Avoids
French Issue
Tiff Turned Over
To Eisenhower

PARIS, Dec. II tAP)-The
is North Atlantic allies today
tossed the United States
French deadlock over unified
defense to Presidents Eisen-
hover and de Gaulle for So
luton.
Defense ministers of the
allies made a last stab today
at reaching agreement on in
tegration at least of their
European air defenses under
command of the North Allan
tic Treaty Organization. But
France for the third day OF
|NATO's annual ministerial re-
view held firm against the II
other allies, refusing to pass
control Of any more of her
forces to the central command
Informed sources confirmed
that the issue was now firmly
on the schedule for discussion
when Gen. de Gaulle and Mr.
Eisenhower meet privately
Saturday, in a session accom-
panying the Western summit
meeting this week end.
The defense ministers de-
cided today to meet again in
Paris in mid-March to review
progress toward integration.
Truce May Be Short
It appeared the NATO allies
did not want to risk an open
row with Gen. de Gaulle and
had declared a temporary
truce. But the truce was likely
to be Of short duration.
I'VE are determined to get
this thing settled" one NATO
diplomat said with conviction.
France doesn't want to con-
tribute even to the unified air
defense system being pushed
as a face-saving compromise
The United States has beein
leading a campaign for over
all integration of armed
forces-under unified COM
mand-to defend Western Eu-
rope.
Gen. de Gaulle insists on q
loosely linked alliance, with
each nation retaining control
Of its land, sea and air forces.
Radar May Be Put Up
Mr.. Eisenhower is expected
to remind Gen de Gaulle that
United States forces were
pledged to the continent under
the principle of integrated
NATO forces. without this
concept. the United States
feels there is little if any rea-
son for being in Europe.
Some French officials were
reported privately to be dis
See NATO, Page At
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Mueller in India
For Farm Fair

BOMBAY, India, Dec. II
(AP.-United States Secretary
Of Commerce Mueller arrived
last night en- route to New Delhi
to see the World Agriculture
Fair in the wake of President
Eisenhower's visit.
He will see Prime Minister
Nehru and others for explora-
tory talks on United States
economic aid to India.
Mr.. Mueller told reporters
American money would flow
into India if and when a
proper business climate is Gre
ated. He did not elaborate.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Eisenhower and Bourguiba
Back France on Algeria
De GuuIIe
Endorsed in
Tunisi1TuIk
By JOHN CALI
Associated Press al Writer

WITH EISENHOWER IN
THE MEDITERRANEAN, Dec.
17.-President Eisenhower re-
ceived the cheers of thousands
Of Tunisians today and dis
cussed with President Habib
Bourguibs the war in Algeria.
He then resumed his voyage to
Toulon, France, aboard the
United States cruiser Des
Moines. ......
White House Press Secretary
James c. Hagerty said the two
Presidents in their Tunis meet
ing inforsed French President
Charles de Gaulle's proposals
flor ending the Algerian con-
f1ict by an offer Of self-deter-
mination.
Mr.. Hagerty stressed that the
two Presidents did not seek to
settle the conflict, leaving that
to the Algerians and French
themselves. 9.
A Joint communique issued
an hour after the Presidents
brief visit said the two leaders
agreed failure to achieve a
solution in Algeria was of
grave concern"
Self-DeterminatiOn Urged
"The achievement of self
determination by African and
Asian peoples is one of the
most important events of our
times" the communique said.
Returning to the scene of his
North African triunphs as a
general in World War II, Mr..
Eisenhower was hailed by
thousands Of Tunisians shout
ing "yia hia dong live) Ike" as
he landed at La Marsa, a Tunls
suburb.
A helicopter flew him from
the Des Moines to the specially
built landing spot in chilly,
gray weather only a few hun
dred yards from Mr.. Bour-
guiba's white Moorish style
palace. ~.
Il
Because the President was
not scheduled to enter Tunis
during his three-hour visit,
hundreds Of buses and trucks
brought thousands of specta-
tors to La Marsa. The watch
word of Tunisia's. ruling Neo
Destour party was ''Tunis will
come to him."
Women in White Robes
The crowds waved and
cheered during the short pa
rade to Mr.. Bourguiba's palace
where the two men talked over
a lamb chop breakfast.
Other crowds estimated at
200, ,000-swarthy men in thick
See EISENHOWER. Page AS
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Gains Claimed
ByRockefeEIer
Comedies Nixon
Has Big Edge
by hELMAN MOhIN
Associated Press stan Writer

OhDAHOMA CITY, Dec. IL.
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller,
taking political soundings in
the Southwest today. said he is
receiving more promises of sup
port if he becomes a candidate
for the 1860 Republican presi-
Dental nomination.
He looks like a candidate
and an increasingly confident
Stevenson Proposes Big Foreign Aid
Pool. Page A-l0
one. Gov. Rockefeller headed
for Texas today. nearing the
end Of an eight-State tour,
The purpose, he says, is to help
him decide whether to an
nounce for the G. o. P. nomi-
nation.
Even in a tightly controlled
Republican luncheon in Mil
waukee last Tuesday, an affair
dominated by adherents of Vice
President Nixon. he says he
received encouragement.
Some Of them indicated
they would support me-" he
said yesterday. "1t was a small
but heartening portion"
Comedies Nixon Edge
In both Wisconsin and In
diana-and in fact every State
he is visiting-party leaders
favor Mr.. Nixon for the nomi-
nation.
Gov. Rockefeller readily con-
cedes Mr.. Nixon has a big edge.
Reporters asked whether he
is considering trying for the
nomination because Of a belief
that MIR. Nixon, If named, could
not win the presidential elec-
ton.
mo. sir" Gov. Rockefeller
said. II deplore any tactics
based on a Nixon-can't-win
argument.
He has been an outstanding
Vice President and has done a
superb job"
Small Turnout
Only about IS people bought
tickets for a $50-a-plate dinner
in his honor. Running far
behind schedule, he found
about 200 people-perhaps one
fifth of the seating capacity
in the municipal auditorium
where he spoke.
He told his audience that
when President Eisenhower lays
down hSi burden the United
States will be faced by new
problems bigger than any in
the past. He hinted he could
call the shots to solve them.
A poll Of the State Republi-
can Committee, taken in No
vember, showed Sc members
favoring Mr.. Nixon, two for
Mr.. Rockefeller.
1T wasn't that we're against
Rockefeller" said Nationa /
Committeewoman Connie
Brand. TITS just that we're for
Nixon. He has been here and
we know him. We have never
seen Mr.. Rockefeller"
This has been the refrain all
along Gov. Rockefeller's line of
march-"We know Nixon f..
Rockefeller is a stranger in this
State"
Then, after Republicans have
been exposed to the Governors
See ROCKEFELLER, Page AS
Evening star., 1959-12-17
81 Iruqis Face Trial

BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. II
(AP) ).-Fifty-one persons al
legged to have been involved in
an attempt to assassinate Iraqi
Premier Abdel Karin Kassem
will be tried before a Peoples
Court starting Saturday. They
include 21,to be tried in absentia.
Evening star., 1959-12-17
WHY NOT A PARTY
AROUND THE TREE?

TREE TRIMMING time is getting
close. Violet FouIkner, The stur's
food editor. suggests q porty around
the tree on Poee c-l.
THE WOMAN Behind the Man
series on the wives Of presidential
hopefuIs today presents q story and
full color picture Of JoequeIine Bou-
Vier Kennedy on Pose D-l.
Evening star., 1959-12-17

inn nor hotel, so the expected
legions Of foreign tourists will
fill all hotels in Jerusalem and
spill over into less modern ac-
commodations in such adjacent
towns as Hebron and Jericho.
It's a boon for touriSm in
Jordan that centuries-old cal
endar differences have pro-
duced three conflicting dates
for Christmas, thus spreading
the season out over nearly q
month.
100000 Windfall
Western Christians make
their holy pilgrimage to Beth
lehem on December Is. But fol-
Eastern Orthodox Christians
the birth of the Saviour is cele-
brated on January Z. Then. on
January 18, the Armenians
celebrate their Christmas in
Bethlehem.
About 5000 foreign visitors
have been coming to Bethle-
hem each Christmas, except fol-
1856 when the Suez war re-
suited in only a trickle of pill
grims. Up to 1000 are expected
this season.
Tourism officials say the WIS.,
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Jerusalem Has Boom
With 3 Christmqses
Tourist Rush Lasts Nearly q Month
Because of Different Dates Observed

JERUSALEM, Dec. IT CNANA).-The Jordanian side Of
this hafArab halfJewish city preparing today for its
biggest triple Christmas celebration since those lush
tourist seasons before the 1856 Suez war.
In the nearby little town of Bethlehem Christmas again
will three times this year. and usual there will be
no at the inn.
The sacred village of the Christ chdS birth neither
Evening star., 1959-12-17
Owen Resigns
Key Post al
{. General
Hospital Loses
Sd Administrator
In ~ Years J.
By HERMAN F. SCHADEN
star staH Writer


District General Hospital, Of
ten involved in intra-staff
squabbles in the past, lost its
third administrator in az
years today with the unexpected
resignation Of DR.. Joseph Karl
ton Owen.
DR.. Owen was appointed only
last February 2. The 42-year-
old Virginian's decision to quit
was accepted by the District
Commissioners, effective jan
uary 20.
However, the Commissioners
agreed to retain DR.. owen at
the hospital for several more
months for the preparation of
q manual of administrative
practices and procedures.
Won't Explain Reasons
DR.. Owen refused to go into
basic philosophical reasons for
his action, choosing to say:
81 am resigning because l
feel that my professional career
can better progress by reloca-
ton where opportunities have
presented themselves.
81 am not at liberty at this
time to divulge my plans, but
/ have a very lucrative offer in
the h hospital administration
field"
Last August DR.. Owen. one
Of five men in the Nation with
doetorateS of philosophy in hos
pital administration. was forced
to take second place in the hos
pitfalls chain of command.
Schultz Named Director
At that time DR.. John D.
Schultz, chief of psychiatry at
the hospital since 1854, was
named medical director. sue
ceeding DR.. Joseph Fazekas,
who had retired after several
controversial years.
DR.. Daniel L. Finucane, Dis
trict Health Department direc-
tor, had brought DR.. Owen from
Richmond on an equal status
with DR.. Fazekas. DR.. Finucane
selected his new administrator
from a list of SIS candidates.
But when DR.. Schultz moved
up to medical director, he also
was given authority over DR..
Owen.
DR.. Owen, with many years
study and degrees in admin
istration, said his relations with
the medical staff at the hos
pital "have been excellent as
o group"
Two Operations
However, he said, his concept
of a hospital embraced two
types of organization, func-
tional and line.
"At the patients bedside, the
physician prescribes the type
of drugs, the type of nursing
care, bed. linen, food. laboratory
procedures and other services" I"
he said. "At the bedside he is
IN command. This is a func-
tional organization.
I'm order that the physician
carry out his medical practices,
all of the services mentioned
above must be provided by CO.
ordination of activities of all
personnel in the respective de-
partmentS. This is a line or
See OWEN, Page AS
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