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Evening star., 1960-02-06
COURT

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Noto, a party leader in Western
New York.
Scales Convicted In 1855
Scales was Arst convicted in
1855 but a rev trial was Or
dered by the Supreme Court in
the light Of its Jencks decision,
which gave defendants the
right to examine pre-trial
statements to the FBI by Gov
ernment witnesses. He was
convicted again in 1858 and
sentenced to six years in prison
Protesting the Supreme
Courts delay in deciding the
Scales case. Justice Clark said
II have found no appellate
case in the history of the court
that has been carried on the
active docket so many consec-
utive terms or argued so often"
+ The Scales case was argued
before the high court for the
second time last year and a
neutrality-suspicious. by yes
iterday's action-granted for
this term.
Noto was also convicted un-
der the Smith Acts member
ship clause though he, like
Scales, had held high-level
party office.
There are currently esti-
mated to be less than 10000
members Of the Communist
Party in this country. FB1
Director ]. Edgar Hoover said
in a report to Congress last
month, however, that a men,
bership drive was launched re-
Gently to take advantage of the
changing "international
climate"
The long legal battle by the
Communist Party against the
registration order is holding up
action by the Subversive Activi-
ties Control Board against IL
alleged "Communist-front" or
ganizations.
The 1850 law makes them
subject to the same basic
restrictions as Communist
action" groups, except that
their members would not be
barred from defense employ
ment. Court appeals by the
IL Communist-front groups
from registration orders have
been held up pending DISPOSE
tion Of the Communist Party
case.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Polar Society
ToHonor Rome

Capt. Finn Rome, USNR, of
63l3 Wiscassett road NV, the
noted polar explorer, will be
honored tonight by induction
as the eighth honorary member
of the American Polar Society
DR.. Paul A. Siple, 131 North
jackson street. Arlington, him
self an Antarctic explorer and
scientific leader of the IGY's
South Pole station in 1857, will
present the scroll to Capt.
Rome at the society's silver
anniversary dinner at the Co.'S
mos Club.
Organized in 1894, the So
ciety acts as a clearing house
of information to aid in the or
ganization Of polar expeditions.
Other members of the group
include Sir Douglas MaWson,
Sir Hubert Wilkins and DR..
Vilhjalmur Stefansson.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Attucker Given
80 to so Years

NEW YORK, Feb. 6 (AP).-
Kings County Judge Samuel S.
Leibowitz has sentenced a 20
year-old youth to 80 to go years
in prison for raping and rob-
bing a Brooklyn nurse.
"You and your kind have
struck fear in the hearts OF
women" Judge Leibowitz told
Leroy Grant, a Brooklyn Negro
"They don't venture out after
dark, but this sentence will re-
move one savage beast from
circulation for a long time"
Grant was stunned by the
sentence. He had pleaded gull
ty to the robbery charge last
December 10, hoping for a light
sentence.
Police said he raped a young
Negro nurse last November 4
at knifepoint in a vacant lot
in Brooklyn. He had tried to
Irob her but found nothing In
her purse, they said. }
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Accord Reached
In Chevrolet Strike

FLINT, Mich, Feb. 6 (AP).-
United Auto Workers meet to-
day to vote on a settlement
aimed at ending a Chevrolet
strike here which has affected
plants throughout the Nation.
General Motors and the UAW
announced an agreement last
night, but it must be approved
by the members of UAW Local
$50.
Grosvenor Swift, plant man.
ager, said he expected all op-
erations at the plant to resume
on regular shifts Monday.
E. S. Patterson, UAW regional
director, said the unions bar
gaining team would recon-
mend that the workers accept
the agreement.
The strike shut down the
plant Wednesday. The plant
makes six-cylinder engines for
standard Chevrolets and pro-
duces other parts for autos and
trucks.
The UAW called out some
10000 workers in a dispute
over production standards.
Chevrolet said operational
changes had been made in the
grinding department
and work standards were
changed for fewer than 20 men.
The union called it a speedup.
Neither side would reveal the
terms of the agreement.
Effects of the strike were be-
ginning to be felt throughout
the Chevrolet organization in
the United States and a shut
down had been expected next
week in Canada.
Evening star., 1960-02-06

The attorney for the suspend
ed principal of Randall Junior
High School charged today that
some of the principals accusers
are sexual deviates and have
been arrested for numerous Of
fenses, including housebreaking
and yoking.
The attorney, Henry Lincoln
johnson spoke as the District
Board Of Education opened a
hearing involving Ernest S.
Jenkyns. He said that if the
principal is found guilty on
such testimony, a difficult dis
ciplinary problem for every
school teacher in the system
will arise, because children will
make up ridiculous stories
about them.
"You have a greater duty to
the school teachers Of this city,"
Mr.. johnson asserted.
Some 13 Specifications
School Supt. Carl F. Hansen
has recommended that Mr..
Jenkyns be dismissed from the
school system. The suspended
principal is charged with COM
mitting "offenses against NOR
Iality and good order" in viola
ton of the District public
school rules. Some l3 specifica-
tions have been drawn up
against Mr.. Jenkyns in which
immoral, improper and in
decent liberties" are charged.
Eight juveniles, all under 16
years of age, are involved.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
HOPKINS
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inherited royalty rights in Lam
bert Pharmacal Co., and sole
the rights in 1861 fol-
$1,85O,71O.
Mr.. Hopkins was fiat broke, .
Mr.. Ryan said.
Mr.. Hopkins is a great grand.
son of J. J. Lawrence, who de-
veloped the formula for Lis
terine mouthwash and sold il
to the Lambert firm on 6
royalty basis. His grandfather
was DR.. John R. Hopkins, At.
lanta, Ca, who amassed a for.
tune from the sale of a hail
straightener.
In 1853 Mr.. Hopkins was
sued in Florida for divorce by
his Socialite wife, Jeanne Hus.
son Hopkins of Palm Beach
who charged him with extreme
cruelty. Mr.. Hopkins was
placed under $4,000 bond tc
keep him from leaving juris-
diction of Circuit Court.
Mrs. Hopkins claimed they
had not lived together as man
and wife in four years and she
asked support money for their
two sons. She asked custody
of the children, a receiver for
his assets and an injunction tc
keep him from molesting her
Several months before the
divorce was granted on Decem-
ber %. 1858. Hopkins disap.
peared. forfeiting the $4,000
bond. He had been reported
sighted at various places al
various times since then.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Oklahoma Wife
Beaten to Death

COLONY, Okla, Feb. 6 (AP)
Patricia Davis, %, wife of the
high school basketball coach
here, was beaten to death last
night in her apartment. Her
year-old daughter lay un-
harmed in a crib.
An autopsy was ordered.
The apartment building is
adjacent to the high school in
this Western Oklahoma COM
munity of 500 persons.
County Attorney E. N. Sas-
seen said several families liv-
ing in the building were at
tending a basketball game. He
said others in the building
heard no sounds.
The body was found by two
girls sent to the home by Jim
Davis, who became concerned
when his wife failed to appear
at the game.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Germans Jail
7 Desecrators
0fSynagogue

COLOGNE. Germany. Feb. 6
(AP.-Two young Germans
who touched of a worldwide
wave of anti-Jewish outbursts
by the Christmas Eve desecra-
ton of the Cologne Synagogue
were sent to jail today by the
State Court here.
Arnold Strunk. 25-year-old
baker. who said he defaced the
temple to draw attention to the
Jewish danger to the Ger
manic race" was sentenced to
one year and two months.
Paul Schooner, rs, an ap-
prentice clerk, was given a 10
month term for assisting
Strunk and talking him into
smearing a monument to Nazi
victims because he felt it was
"soiling the honor of the Ger
man people"
They were convicted on null
tiple charges of damaging a
religious shrine, slandering the
memory of the dead, blasphemy
and insult. In addition, Strunk
was found guilty on endanger-
ling the Bonn Republic.
Both are former members OF
1.-THE extreme rightwing German
Reich Party. Bonn authorities
are considering a ban Of the
party.
Strunk and Schoenen denied
during their one-day trial that
they had been instigated by
Reich Party leaders.
A medical expert had de-
scribed both as "pSychopathic"
scatterbrains with no intelli-
gence rating and an animal
lake fanaticism."
Friends since their school
days, the pair had previous
criminal records. Both were in
volved in the theft of a car and
forgery.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Principal AssoiIs
Accusers' Record

Mr.. johnson recalled that
last November, District Judge
Edward M. Curran acquitted
Mr.. Jenkyns of charges that
he had performed indecent
acts with three male pupils
The jurist granted a judgment
of acquittal at the conclusion
of the Governments case, be-
cause testimony of the boys
was not corroborated by other
evidence.
Mr.. johnson told the board
that identical evidence woulc
be presented in this case.
Assistant Corporation Coun.
sci Robert H. Campbell, repre-.
senting DR.. Hansen. declared
that the entire administration
of the public school system is
on trial.
Behavior Is Criticized
Mr.. Campbell said that the
welfare of hundreds of chill
dren, as well as those charged
with the operation of the
schools, is at stake in the case
He said that Mr.. Jenkyns, who
has served "a years in the
school system, had behaved ir
a way that could not be con-
doned by well-meaning anc
thinking peoples
The assistant corporation
counsel told the board that
after all the evidence is in, il
will have no recourse but tc
separate Mr.. Jenkyns from the
school system"
Evening star., 1960-02-06
De GAULLE
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| COntlnueu FROM FIRST rage
dangerous any policy of repres-
sion and revenge against
Frenchmen, even those who
have strayed, as long as (Mos-
lem) terrorists guilty of terrible
crimes are spared"
With Mr.. Soustelle sidelined
Gen. de Gaulle counted or
quick and thorough actor
against the rightists who re-
volted against his policy o.
elf-determination for Algeria :
9 million Moslems.
The three ministers were ex-
tpected to bring recommends
tionS back to a cabinet meet
ing next week.
The cabinet, with Gen. de
Gaulle's approval, has been
given authority by Parliament
to rule by decree in the loosely
defined domains of maintain
ing order, safeguarding the
state and pacifying and ad-
ministering Algeria"
Paris newspapers were full
of speculation on what the de-
crees would be. Some said
there would be a widespread
administrative shakeup in AL
geria, with the army no longer
holding any civilian admins
trative duties. This would be
accompanied by a new crack
down on right-wing European
agitators and Moslem rebels.
Evening star., 1960-02-06

lishment Of the membership;
John Cunningham. originally
leader of the anti-Hoffa rebels
but now apparently in Mr..
Hoffa's camp; Thomas L.
(Honest Tom) Hickey, a former
Teamster vice president who
opposes Mr.. Hoffa; Irving I.
Boigon, lawyer for Henry Low
er, an associate Of Mr.. Hofa,
and w. D. Wilson, cashier of
the Florida National Bank at
Orlando.
Charge Against Hoffa
The monitors have asked
Judge Let's to ouSt Mr.. Hoffa
as president of the Teamsters.
They charge, in part, that he
nisused $500, 900 of union funds
by depositing the money in the
Orlando bank.
They contend, and Mr.. Hoffa
denies, that the money was de-
posted as collateral for loans
to Sun Valley, Inc, a Florida
real estate development headed
by Mr.. Lower. Mr.. Hoffa held
an option to buy shares in Sun
Valley, but relinquished the
option in November, 1858.
Trial of Mr.. Hoffa is sched-
uled to begin before Judge Let's
on February %. The monitors
expect to start taking deposi-
tionS to bolster their case next
week.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Sentry's Victim
Ignored WARNING

SEOUL. Feb. 6 (AP).-South
Korean police said today the
South Korean killed by United
States Army sentries Thursday
entered a prohibited area to
gather firewood.
The U. N. command, in an
nouncing the shooting of Won
Pong PAX, 40, said he failed
to heed warning shots and that
more than 20 other Koreans in
the same group were arrested.
The area, Is miles north of
Seoul near the demilitarized
zone, is patrolled by guards to
prevent infiltration of Com
munist agents.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
County, Aid
Planned in
New Tax Bill

RICHMOND, Va, Feb. &
(AP).-A bill went into the
House yesterday to give coun-
ties the authority to levy taxes
up to 5 per cent on public
utility services. business and
professions.
Delegate Robert Whitehead
Of Nelson County. patron of the
bill, said passage and utiliza-
ton Of tie measure would make
it possible for many of the
local needs to be met at the
local levely taxes assessed by
local auth critics"
Delegate Whitehead said
many Virginia counties have
passed resolutions declaring in
subs ice that they have large
ly exhausted the sources of rev.
erue available to them. He said
his bin would broaden the base
available for local taxation.
Trapping of Ducks
Another bill providing sitter
penalties for trapping migra-
tory waterfowl went in with
the Endorsement of 81 House
members. The bill provides
for penalties of $1,000 fine and
a year in jail. 1t was aimed
at stopping the commercial
trapping of ducks, such as has
been reported on Virginia S
Eastern Shore. Delegate A. H.
Richardson of Dinwiddie was
the chief patron.
Another measure introduced
would place Is million dollars
of literary fund assets for sale
as securities on the open mar
ket. It went in under the
signature of Delegate w. A..
Pennington of Buckingham.
Mr.. Pennington said it was
designed to aid localities in
their pressing school needs.
New GarniShment Bill
Delegate William L. Winston
of Arlington introduced a new
garnishment bill. 1t would pro-
hibit a lender from filing a
garnishment claim for debts
against the same person twice
within a three-year period.
He said the object of the
measure is to prevent careless
extension of credit"
Earlier, Delegate James M.
Thomson of Alexandria had in
troduced a bill patterned after
the District of Columbia gar
nishmert law which prevents
more than one creditor from
attaching a persons salary at
thA same time.
Evening star., 1960-02-06

1, to get shot. that's ALL" he said
Everything was bang bang
bang-everything was so quick
Struck Wife With Gun
He wrested the pistol away
and hit his wife on the head
trying to knock her out. Ther
he rushed Miss Ldholm as sht
entered the doorway anc
banged her head against the
wall. Blood led him to think
Mrs. Finch had a skull fracture
and he must take her to the
hoSpital-bu first he wanted tc
find Miss Tregoff.
Mrs. Finch. still conscious
seized the gun and it dis.
charged once out the door a:
she and her husband fought
again. Moments later Mrs
Finch fed.
II thought Carole was out
side and Barbara was there
with the gun-Ive got to help
her."
He couldn't find Carole. But
he found his wife. They grap-
pied once more and the weapon
discharged. Then he saw her
running and
Barbara just crumpled right
down the steps,"
A few minutes later, he said,
he reached down and took her
hand and said, What is it,
Barbara"
He said:
And she just sort Of opened
her mouth a couple of times
like she was going to say some
thing. but she didn't, and then
she spoke, and her voice was
very, very soft. I could hardly
hear it. It'was very soft"
Evening star., 1960-02-06

opinions are offered as a guide to area rie1Ders
Perry MasonCase of the Gallant CRATER An intricate
plot about businessman, pressured by wife and an
associate, is frightened by murder Lawyer MaSons
patient unravelng of the mystery Sympathy for the
murder suspects with difficulty but the production
is first rate. 7:3O pm. WTOP-9
High ROad-Japan: The People, An informative and en-
tertaining half hour. After brief ook-in at school
for Gesha girls japanese Shirley Yamaguch
escorts visit to typical upper class Japanese family
and demonstrates tea service ritual The latter part Of
the show, more on the modern side, looks at fashion
show in of Tokyos ultramodern department stores
and visits japanese movie studio which looks surpris
ingly like any you'd see in Hollywood pm WMAL-7.
Leave 1t to Beaver-Walys Election" Waly gets nom-
mated for president of the sophomore class which pleases
everybody but Waly When Ward talks him into putting
on an aggressive campaign he Snatches defeat the
jaws of possible victory Well played with chuces
and admirable philosophy, but the whole mider
than usual. $50 pmq WMAL-7.
Mr. Lucky-The Fortuna gambling boat now restaurant
but it still attracts trouble Lucky stops rich girl from
committing suicide steps to clear up her problem
The girl is Lisa Gaye formerly the Bob Cummings
series. pm, WTOP-9.
World Wide 6O-"Freedom Is Sweet Bitter" An unusu-
ally enlghtening and objective report about a young
country in West Africa-Ghana-which is experiencing
the rewards and problems of an independence explo-
Sion." Narrated by Chet Huntley-who contributes
thoughtful summation-youu scenes including the
university in Accra how the import and export trade
handled without docking facilities in the biggest coastal
city, and meeting of young district commissioner and
paramount" chief. Prime Minister Nkrumah is the
subject of much of the program although he avoided an
interview with Huntey. The statement crtczng Nkru-
nah from opposition party leader J. Danquah most
courageous This easily the finest network program
of the day and special credit to the sponsor and Pro-
ducer Reuven Frank Editor Piers Anderon and Director
Jack Sughrue. $50 pm, WRC-4
Gunsmoke-Again must for fans. running part of this
series has Doc Adams kidding Deputy Chester about his
laznesS, coffee making and bravery It's always delight
and there's of it tonight Then Chester gets chance
to defend the Doc and he acqus himself nobly. 10 pm
WTOP-9.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
flushed Court Hears Finch
ell Of Wife's Dying Words

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 6 (AP).
DIR. r. Bernard Finch. his
usually strong voice cracking
under the burden of his story,
told the jury at his murder
trial yesterday that he knelt
sobbing at the side of his dying
wife and heard these last
words:
Take care of the kids"
The words came from the
mortally wounded woman in q
near whisper, the doctor said,
and then
"She just went limp"
A packed courtroom was
hushed, hanging on every word.
Several women jurors wept.
Recess for Week End
At one point DR.. Finch
paused, staring at the rail in
front Of the witness stand.
Scarcely a muscle moved in the
audience while the wealthy
physician fought for composure.
IT checked her pulse. She
was dead. She was dead. Bar
bara,' I said. Barbara I said
louder.
"She couldn't answer me-"
With stunning swiftnesS the
courtroom drama ended late
yesterday. The doctors words
still hung in the supercharged
air when his attorney, Grant B.
Cooper, asked and was granted
q weekend recess.
The jurors-six men and six
women-had two days to think
about the spellbinding scene.
Doctor Claims Accident
DR.. Finch, AZ, and his mis-
tress, Carole Tregoff. %, are on
trial charged with first-degree
murder in the July 18, 1859,
gunshot death of DR.. Finch's
socialite wife, Barbara Jean, SO.
The prosecution charges they
hired a hoodlum to murder her,
then plotted to do the deed
themselves when he failed.
The alleged motive: To avoid
dividing with Mrs. Finch the
Finch estate in a divorce set
tlement.
DR.. Finch testified his wife's
shooting was an accident. The
pistol discharged, he said, as
he tried to throw it away after
struggling with Mrs. Finch
over the weapon he himself
had taught her to shoot.
II was going to throw it,"
he said, ito get the gun away
so we wouldn't have any more
wrestling with the gun. I got
1t here he said. showing how
he meant he started to throw
it away with his left hand,
"and it went off"
Scene of Violence
The shooting, DR.. Finch said,
followed a scene of violence in
the Finch garage at suburban
West Covina-during which he
said he struggled with his
panic-stricken wife. then with
the family maid. Marie Anne
Lidholm, 10, who came running
at Mrs. Finch's cries for help.
1t all came about, DR.. Finch
said. from his desire to talk to
his wife that night about her
getting a Nevada divorce.
In a long, exhausting day on
the stand, DR.. Finch:
/. Denied he or Miss Tregoff
ever intended to kill Mrs. Finch
or have her killed;
2. Said an attache case which
Evening star., 1960-02-06

District Judge F. Dickingson
Let's to authorize them to take
the sworn statements before
Mr.. Hoffa's civil trial on charges
brought by court appointed
monitors.
Mr.. Meany, one of Mr.. Hof-
fa's bitterest enemies, engi-
.neered expulsion of the Team
.sters from the AFL-CIO. Mr.,
Kennedy, brother and cam
paign aide of Senator John
Kennedy Of Massachusetts,, the
Democratic presidential aspir-
ant, conducted the Rackets
Committees drive to prove Mr.
Hoffa unfit for union leader
ship.
Others Named
Others in the list submitted
by Mr.. Hoffa's lawyers are
Martin F. O'Donoghue, chair
man of the board Of monitors
appointed to police the Team
sters; Lawrence T. Smith and
Daniel B. Maher, the two other
monitors; Nathan Cayton, God
frey P. Schmidt and L. N. D.
Wells. former monitors; Car
mine Bellino and several other
investigators for the Rackets
Committee; members of the
staff of the board of monitors.
Also IL anti-Hoffa members
Of the Teamsters who tried to
keep Mr.. Hoffa from becoming
president of the union in liti-
cation that resulted in estab-
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Ex-Chomp Bombed

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina
Feb. 6 (AP).-A powerful bomb
early today damaged a gasoline
station and automobile shop
'owned by Juan Manuel Fangio
retired world auto racing cham
pion. No casualties were re-
ported. .
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Hoffo Lawyers to Take
Dispositions From 33
By LEE M. COIN
Star stan Writer

Lawyers defending James R. Hofa against corruption
charges plan to take deposons from 80 including
AFLCIO President George Meany and Robert Kennedy
former chief counsel Of the Senate RacketS Committee
James Haggerty Of Detroit Clifford Alder of Wash
ngon lawyers for the Teamster Union president asked
Evening star., 1960-02-06

the prosecution calls a "mur-
der kit" was merely an emer.
gency medical kit he was pre-
pairing for use by doctors at hi,
clinic;
3. Said he and Miss Tregofl
hired Jack Cody, a Minneapoli.
ladies man." to gather evil
dence about Mrs. Finch for q
divorce suit-not to murder hel
as Cody has testified. If neces-
sary, Cody was to seduce hel
himself.
4. Re-enacted the night Mrs
Finch died.
Tells of Struggle
The actual shooting took
place, the doctor said. when he
encountered his wife for a Sec
ond time as he frantically rar
about the hilltop property look
ing for Miss Tregoff-fearing
she might have been shot.
DR.. Finch. telling his story
of the death for the first time
publicly, said he and Miss Treg-
off waited at the Finch home
for Mrs. Finch to get home. He
gave this account:
Barbara, we'd like to talk
to you," DR.. Finch told her.
well. you're not going to-
she replied.
Il sort of took a look at
Carole and then looked back,
and Barbara turned. a gun in
her hand pointed at Carole
She held it in both hands
I charged into her"
They fought wildly. the ten
physician said. He
said he tried to get the pisto,
away.
II didn't want either of us
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Counter-Spy PorIey

LAHORE. Pakistan, Feb. 6
(AP).-Sixty counter spy ex-
.perts of the Southeast Asia
Treaty Organization (SEATO)
will meet here February 9-26
to discuss combating Commu-
mist subversion.
Evening star., 1960-02-06
Nine Crewmen Saved

TAIPEI, Formosa, Feb. 8
(AP).-An American warship
rescued the nine crewmen Of
a fishing boat which capsized
in the Formosa Strait. a Chi
nese press report said today.