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Evening star., 1961-12-28
5 Powder Plant
Blasts Hurt 26

NORTON, Va. Dec. 2S (AP)
-Twenty-six persons were In
jured yesterday in a series OF
explosions that devastated a
powder plant and destroyed or
damaged every home in the
tiny Southwest Virginia noun
tain village Of Sutherland.
Five explosions touched of
by a fire in the Whitaker Atlas
Supply Co. left the community
a shambles. The supply COM
pany, which sells blasting pow
der for mining operations, was
virtually leveled.
The final explosion - which
shook buildings and broke glass
as far away as 10 miles
knocked down five nearby
houses and heavily damaged
the remaining Is.
TWenty-one persons were
treated and released at Norton
Hospital. Five others were ad-
mitted with serious injuries.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

When the dog attacks, turn the
cat loose and while the dog
is chasing the cat, the mailman
can get his work done"
Pistol Proposed
Others proposed less dramatic
equipment-a water pistol filled
with ammonia, a tear gas gun
which is painful but harmless"
electric shock canes like those
used by livestock auctioneers,
dogbiteproof leather boots or
even dogbiteproof pants made
of aluminium thread.
But a Highland Park (Mich)
man would shun these purely
defensive measures in favor
of the tooth for = a tooth
philosophy. The Post Office
should set up centers for dogs
Of its own, he said, and these
should "be trained to attack
any dog attacking a postman."
One correspondent from Bi-'
loxi, Miss, delved into canine
psychology. He's noticed that
"a perferctly >gentle animal is
aroused by the sight of a man
carrying a load on his back,
he said.
His theory: "An instinct has
been instilled in animals dating
back to prehistoric times, when
man brought his kill in from
the forest" :
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Italians Rip Up Tracks
Of Train That Killed 70

crowd smashed station win
dows, ripped out doors and set
fire to waiting room and office
furniture.
At Decollatura, a village of
5000 which had % dead in the
accident, another angry crowd
pulled down telephone and
telegraph poles, and ripped up
ties.
After scattering the demon
strators. police put special pa
trolls on the tracks.
Emergency crews, sought to
restore communication wires
cut by the demonstrators along
the tracks.
In Catanzaro, the prosecutor
ordered the formal arrest OF
the death trains motorman
and its chief crew member on
charges of manslaughter.
Investigators said one cues
ton they were seeking to an
swer is whether the train was
going too fast. The accident
came after the train left a
tunnel and rounded a sharp
curve.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Finoncier Pleads Guilty
In $4,000 SwindIe

NEW YORK, Dec. % (AP)
Samuel Rubin, accused of
mushrooming a forged $4,000
promisory note into an $817. 900
swindle, pleaded guilty yester-
day to three counts of grand
larceny.
General Sessions Court Judge
George Postel released Rubin
in $4,000 bail pending Sentenc-
ing February 16. Rubin could
get up to 10 years on each
count. Assistant District Attor-
ney Leonard Newman had de-
scribed Rubin as cooperative
with investigators.
Rubin'S first forged note. for
$4,000, came in 1945 while he
was working for a commercial
finance company.
During the next IS years, the
State said, Rubin poured more
than $40 million in false notes
through a bank account he had
set up as a cover.
Principal victims of Rubin's
operations were the Chemical
Bank New York Trust Co
branch at Broadway an6
Thirty-eighth street. whic h
lost $475. 900. Other losers were
listed as Pam g. Co., and Cohen.
Manheimer Co., both CONNER.
cial finance concerns. $47.65t
each. Stockholders in Rubin.
firms were said to be out
$249, ,2SS.
Earlier yesterday, a New YorE
County grand jury handed dowr
a 38-count indictment against
the 49-year-old Rubin.
Rubin told authorities he al.
ways hoped to cover any lar.
cenies with profits of his legiti,
mate businesses, but he added
Il never quite did"
Rubin lived with his wife IL
a $4,000 home in Atlantic
Beach. N. Y. They have a mar
ried daughter and a son IL
college.
Rubin. who never took {
vacation since 1945 for fear hi
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Eiehmonn Appeal
Extension Sought

COLOGNE, Germany, Dec. %
CAP) DIR. Robert Servatius,
defense counsel for Adolf Eich-
mann. flew to Israel today to
seek more time to prepare an
appeal against the former SIS
colonel's death sentence.
The lawyer also plans to
confer with Eichmann on de-
tails Of the appeal. Eichmann
was found guilty December IL
of crimes against humanity and
the Jewish people for his part
in sending millions Of Jews to
their deaths in Nazi concentra-
ton camps. DR.. Servatius has
until December 80 to submit an
appeal Of the conviction and
sentence.
He has disclosed he will hand
in the formal appeal by then
together with his arguments in
short form. At the same time
he will ask for additional time
to prepare fuller arguments.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Mikoyon Slated
To Visit Guinea

LONDON. Dec. % (AP).-
One of the Soviet Unions top
troubleshooters, First Deputy
Premier Anastas I. Mikoyan,
will visit Guinea next month in
an attempt to smooth ruffled
relations with that West Afri-
can republic.
Moscow Radio said Mr.. Mi
koyan is making the trip as the
guest Of Guinea President Sekou
Toure for talks on various
problems Of further co-opera-
ton between the two countries.
There were rumors in Mos
COW last week that Toure hao
complained to the Kremlin that
a Communist plot to overthrow
his previously pro-Soviet gov
ernment had been directed BY
an East European Embassy.
A London newspaper said the
Soviet ambassador in Conakry
had been expelled. but this wa!
denied by the Guinea Embassy
in Moscow.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
BY the Associated Press

Director j. Edgar Hoover said
today the FBI helped obtain
more convictions and recapture
more fugitives in 1861 than
last year.
But in a year-end report to
Attorney General Robert F.
Kennedy. the FBI chief also
said his agency received reports
of record-breaking numbers of
interstate auto thefts-nearly
10000, compared with 18,047
last year-and bank robbery or
embeZZlement cases-more than
900. compared with 810.
Mr.. Hoover reported more
than 12,400 convictions in FBI
cases this year. up 379 from
1860. and nearly 10,700 recap
tured fugitives, compared with
9,739 last year.
He said fines, savings and re-
Evening star., 1961-12-28

operations would be uncovered,
said when he surrendered:
I've been living in prison
for is years. Now I'm a free
man"
Since 1945, he became pres
ident and principal stockholder
of Albany Factors, Inc; A.
Bresim Co., Deon Factors, Inc. :;
Franklin Factors Corp. and
Rubert Factors, Inc, all Of 370
Seventh avenue.
Last October. Rubin, learning
that the Chemical Bank was
thinking of reviewing all its
notes, invited bank official
to his home and confessed that
he had some bad notes. He
asked for time to raise the
money. But banking officials
went to the district attorny's
office.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Ships Crew Hits
Bios in Durbun

DURHAM, South Africa, Dec
% (AP) Burmese officers ano
crewmen Of the freighter Pagan
have voluntarily confined them
selves to their ship in Durham
Harbor after being embarrassed
by South Africa's racial Segre-
cation laws.
Officers and crewmen told
newsmen: We've never beer
so humiliated in our lives"
Some of the Burmese are
dark skinned, some fair. Wher
they go ashore together, thu
whites" are accepted in res
taurants and places Of enter.
tainment while the darker ones
are refused entry.
The Pagan is scheduled tc
load in Durham until mid
January.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

the CIO in 1850 on union
charges it was Communist
infiltrated.
The Labor Department lists
the union as having about 100,-,
900 members. The membership
figure, however, dates from 1859
and the union more recently
has been claiming only $4,000.
to $4,000 members. .
Fourteen present and former
officials of the union were tried
on charges Of filing false non
Communist affidavits. Three
pleaded no contest, nine were
found guilty and two were ac-
quilted. The appeals of the
nine convicted are pending in
the 10th Circuit Court Of Ap-
peals. r-
/ After their convictions, re-
ports circulated that the Team
sters Union lent mine officials
money for their defense.
Before the Senate Internal
Security Subcommittee last Oc-
tober, TIE eamst ters President
James r. Hoffa defended his
dealings with the Mine, Mill
and Smelter workers on grounds
of trade union solidarity. The
subcommittee was questioning
him about a mutual assistance
pact arranged between the
union and the Teamsters last
August.
Two officials of the union
said a 100000 loan obtained
with Teamsters Union collateral
was used for strike benefits and
not to pay legal expenses for
officials convicted on the
charges of conspiracy to de-
fraud the Government. The
subcommittee was told that the
loan was made by the National
Savings and Trust Co. of WASH
ington. .
Evening star., 1961-12-28

dogs with a yen for mailmen's
shank.
The present policy Of warn
ing the offending dogs owner
by mail-was adopted three
years ago after more than
5000 carriers reported canine
attacks in 1857.
The Post Office said today
its new policy, under which the
owner will be telephoned to
pick up his own mail, will be-
come effective January l3.
From Bats to Cats
But the mailmen's plight
caught the imagination of
many inventive citizens, and
Of many who apparently don't
much care for dogs. They came
up with patches of suggestions,
most Of them urging the use
of special equipment ranging
from bats to cats.
"The carrier should be fur
nished with a walking stick
constructed along the lines of
a baseball bat" suggested one
writer, land be given permis-
sion to remove the offending
dogs head right out from be-
tween his ears"
He added, Il am not a dog
hater."
A Waller CMont0 man pre-.
ferred the subtle approach. Give
the carrier a cat, he suggested
Evening star., 1961-12-28
FBI Convictions Rose
In 81, Hoover Reports

icoverieS in FBI cases totaled
about $3.50 million, down from
$195 million last year. But the
1861 total still exceeded funds
spent to operate the bureau,
whose current annual appro-
priation is $127,2l6,000.
U. S. Seen Target
Warning that the United
States remains the primary
target for Soviet bloc .intelli-
gence operations. Mr.. Hoover
noted the 1861 conviction of
Dr.. Robert Sobel and Irwin
Scarbeck on espionage charges.
Sobel was sentenced to life i'm
priSonment and Scarbeck drew
a 30-year term.
The FBI director said a third
man arrested for Soviet intel
ligence activities was allowed
to leave the country. .'and -four
Communist-bloc officials left
or were denied admission "be-
cause Of activity beyond the
scope of their recognized &C
tivities."
He also noted the indictment
returned by a Federal grand
jury in Washington on De-
cember l against the Com
munist Party of the United
States for failure to register
with the Attorney General
under provisions of the In
ternal Security Act. Trial has
been tentatively set for Feb
ruary /.
Major Cases
Other major cases in which
the FBI participated, Mr.
Hoover said, included:
The conviction of Melvin
Davis Rees, jr., in the kidnap-
Staying of four members of q
Virginia family.
The conviction of Joseph
Corbet, jr.. in the murder OF
Adolph Coors III, near Denver
Colo.
The conviction Of five in the
abduction of Anthony AleSSio
at San Diego. Calf, and re-
covery of $4,000 of the $780,
900 ransom.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

CATANZARO. Italy. Dec,
% (AP). - More than 5000
demonstrators, incensed over a
train crash in which 10 friends
and relatives died, ripped up
tracks and wrecked several sta
tions of the railroad yesterday.
The protest forced authorities
to suspend service op the line
in Calabria in Southern Italy.
National police units were
rushed to the mountainous area
between this city and Cosenza,
to restore order.
The disaster occurred Sat-
urday on the privately operated
railroad when a crowded pass
enger coach snapped loose and
plunged 100 feet to the bottom
of a rocky gorge.
Most of the 10 dead were
Christmas shoppers, students
and workers from the villages
Of Cerrisi, Decollatura and
Soveria- -Mannelli. The demon
strations occurred on the g.
mile stretch linking the viii
lages.
At Soveria- -Mannelli, the
Evening star., 1961-12-28

Cnat kunaShlrl ana Etorofu
have never been part of the
Kuriles and are part Of the
Japanes home islands.
Washington Accused
japanese Prime Minister
Hayato Ikeda in a letter to So
Wet Premier Khrushchev last
month called on the Soviet
Union to help improve rela-
tions between the two countries
by returning KunaShiri and
Etorofu. The State Department
on December 13 declared that
the Japanese position "is based
on fact and is legally correct"
The TasS statement asserted
that Washington "is trying to
fan up revanchist (revenge
seeking) sentiments among GER
tain Japanese circles to
kindle enmity in Japan toward
neighbors and to raise obstacles
to the development of Japan'S
cooperation with the USSR
and other neighbors."
1t also claimed that United
States authorities are clearly
trying to distract attention
from the policy of the United
States toward Japan, which
aims at subordinating that
country to aggressive United
States plans in the Far East"
A State Department spokeS>
man said in Washington that
I'VE know of no international
agreements which give the So
Wet Union control of the
Kuriles or South Sakhalin." He
reiterated that the department
fully supports the Japanese
stand outlined by Mr.. Ikeda ir
his letter to Mr.. Khrushchev
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Quemoy Hit Again

TA1PE1, Formosa, Dec. %
(AP) The Chinese Commu-
nists fired 109 rounds at the
Quemoy Islands last night. The
Red guns had fired SO rounds
at the Nationalist-held off
shore islands on Christmas Day
after 104 days of unexplained
silence.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Examiner Rules Reds
Infest SmeIters Union

A Subversive Activities Con-
troll Board examiner has rec
commended that the Interna-
tional Union of Mine. Mill and
Smelter Workers be declared a
Communist -infiltrated organ
ization, Attorney General Rob-
ert F. Kennedy announced
today.
If the SACB adopts the rec
ommendation. Mr.. Kennedy
said, the independent union
would be ineligible to bargain
for or to represent employees
under the National Labor Re-
lations Act.
Francis A. Cherry, SAGE
member who sat as examiner
concluded that the union "is
substantially directed. domi.
mated or controlled by individ-
uals who are COR have BEEN
actively engaged in giving sup.
port to the Communist PARTY
of the United States :"
Aid Called Significant
The examiner found tha'
"the aid and support flowins
to the Communist Party USA
from (the union) and It's con.
trolling leadership has beer
real, substantial and signifi.
can't"
Through the Union, he said
"the Communist Party has &C.
quired and will continue to havt
a dependable foothold in the
labor movement in the United
States"
The action against thu
Smelter Workers was frs
brought on July %, 1855, wher
the Justice Department filed {
petition with the SACB charg,
ing that the union had beer
dominated and controlled b,
Communists and had beer
made into an instrument fol
the promotion and advance,
ment of the aims of the Com;
munist Party.
The Government charged
that the great majority of unior
members had no knowledge
that the union was Commu,
nist-infiltrated.
The lengthy hearings begar
in February. 1857, and included
nearly $50 witnesses as well a,
more than 300 exhibits.
Board to Hear Case
The next step against tn,
union will be action on tn,
examiners recommendation b,
the five SACB members. TIL,
board will hear arguments be
fore issuing its order and tn,
order would become final onl,
after exhaustion of court ap
peals.
The Communist Control Ac
of 1854 provides that when tn
SACB finally determines a la
Dor organization to be Commu
nist-infiltrated the union
barred from making use of tn
NLRB and also must identif,
any publications or broadcast
as being disseminated by
Communist organization.
The union was thrown out o
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Russia Charges U. S.
Violates YoIto Poets

MOSCOW. Dec. % (AP) -
The Soviet Union declared last
night that United States Gov
ernment support of Japanese
claims to two of the Soviet
occupied Kurile islands violates
one of the 1945 Yalta agree
mentS.
A declaration of Soviet policy,
distributed by Tass, claimed
that this question was settled
by the Yalta agreement which
also bears the signature of the
United States President Frank
lin D. Roosevelt"
Therefore the question of
whom the Kuriles belong to is
perfectly clear and cannot de-
pend on the mood of this or
that American leader today"
the statement said in reference
to a recent State Department
statement backing Japanese
claims to the islands Of Kuna-
shiri and Etorofu, the southern
most islands Of the Kurile
chain.
Provision Of Agreement
One of the Yalta agreements
published by the State Depart
ment in 1947 provided that the
southern part Of Sakhalin and
adjacent islands would be re-
stored to Russia and "the Ku-
rile islands shall be handed
over to the Soviet Union" as a
condition of Russia's entering
the war against Japan.
Japan relinquished all claims
on Southern Sakhalin and the
Kuriles in the 1851 San Fran
cisco peace treaty-which Rus
sia did not sign-but contends
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Nehru Denies Seekinq
Soviet Backing on Goa

8 (AP).-Prime Minister Nehru
ldia's invasion of Goa and two
the Soviet Union beforehand
of Moscow's support.
I'VE tried to find some way of
But he rejected any suggestion
in Portuguese Mozambique that
the government will begin
operating Indian-owned trad
ing concerns in the territory
which were shut down by the
internment of Indian nationals
after the Invasion of Goa. In
dians control an important part
of Mozambique's import-eXport
business.
Evening star., 1961-12-28

NEW DELHI, India, Dec. 2
said today he did not discuss Il
other Portuguese enclaves with
and had no advance indication
He told a news conference
escape" from military attack.
that India withdraw from the
former Portuguese territory
now.
There would be hell in the
world If this happened" Mr..
Nehru said vehemently with
bang Of his fist on the table
Not just in India but in the
world" He did not elaborate.
Mr.. Nehru said the invasion
date was postponed twice be-
cause of diplomatic approaches
by the United States and
Britain urging a peaceful settle
ment. But he said the final
American effort came too late
only three hours before In
dian troops struck.
Appreciated Efforts
I'VE appreciate the anxiety
of the United States Govern
ment to help us to solve this"
he added.
The Prime Minister said the
United States attitude was
much closer to India's on CO.
lonial issues than that of any
other major power. He declared
that even when the United
States was trying to find a
way to prevent the use of
force in Goa, Washington in
dicated it had little hope of
Portuguese concessions.
Asked If he thought the
Indian invasion would spur
Indonesia to similar action
against Dutch-held West New
Guinea, Mr.. Nei1ru said he did
not think any incitement was
necessary for Indonesia to take
action against West Iran, as
the Indonesians call the terri
tory.
Mr.. Nehru added that he
thinks Indonesia's claim to the
territory is justified but I'VE
still hope it will be done peace
fully"
Pledges Autonomy
The Indian leader pledged
that Goan autonomy would be
preserved and said private
companies engaged there in
exporting iron ore and manga
nese will be left alone to full
fill their commitments.
Mr.. Nehru said he was dis
tressed by the division in world
opinion-"to put it crudely.
white against black"
India's action.
The Prime Minister said he
also was amazed to find others
preaching to him about the
Gandhian doctrine OF non
violence. He declared those
doing the preaching have no
right to . 1t is not for people
who have no respect for (the
doctrine of nonviolence) or
understanding of it."
Mr.. Nehru added it was not
for him to say what Mr.. Gandhi
might have done, but he con-
tended keeping the peace at the
price of cowardice is worse
than violence.
Asked If he had any new
years message for the world,
Mr.. Ndlru replied that he
might now be called a hypocrite
but that his message would be
work for peace"
Depends on Change
India has told Communist
China that any new treaty be-
tween them will depend or a
change in Peipir1g's hostile
policies, Mr.. Nehru said. Their
treaty Of trade and friendship
is due to lapse in April and
China has suggested a new
. pact.
Asked if India would demand
that the Chinese evacuate dis
puted borderlands, Mr.. rTehru
declined to give a definite
answer.
In South Africa, meanwhile
the johannesburg Rand Daily
Mail said there is speculation
Evening star., 1961-12-28
u. ). Military
Strength Told
BY the Associated Press


United States strategic mill
tary forces have been SO
strengthened they could sur
viVe even a massive enemy at
tack. Secretary of Defense
Mcnamara says.
In a summary Of his first
year as head Of the Defense
Department, Mr.. Mcnamara
declared yesterday:
During the past year we
have taken a number CT steps
to make the military establish
ment a more effective servant
of American foreign policy.
I'VE have strengthened our
nuclear strike force so that il
is a more powerful deterrent
to potential aggressors.
Command Improved
I'VE have increased the Ca
pability of our strategic forces
to survive even a massive at
tack, and we have improved
our command and contro,
arrangements so that the
temptation to an aggressor tt
attempt another Pearl Harbol
is considerably reduced.
I'VE have added to our non,
nuclear forces so that the range
of military options open to Vi
is greatly increased.
I'VE have assumed a new anc
expanded program for civil de-
fense so that we can improvI
our military defenses, alonj
with our military defenscs
against the distant but terribl,
possibility of a major thermo
nuclear exchange"
Specific Items
Among the specific item
which the former automobil,
manufacturing executive citet
as accomplishments of the pas
year:
A so per cent increase il
the number of Strategic All,
Command bombers kept or
15-minute alert.
A so per cent increase ordered
| for Polaris submarines, to bt
reached by the end of 1864. :.
A 100 per cent increase ir
the Minuteman missile produc.
ton capacity.
A substantial increase in thu
number of combat units, size o.
anti-guerilla forces, and over
all manpower Of the militar!
services.
An increase in facilities fol
long range transportation O
troops by air and sea.
Evening star., 1961-12-28
Post Office Turns Tail
To Ideas for Dog Curbs
BY the Associated Press

Unless you have that's really surefre don't bother
to send the Post Office Department any ideas for solving its
dog bite problem.
They've been streaming since the department
announced last month that would change policy
Evening star., 1961-12-28

Mrs. Mary Bell Turner, dropped from the
iobless benefit rolls December 10 because she
appeared in blue jeans to collect her unem.
plOyment check, wears black dress and coat
and white Jewel on a return trip to sign
for benefits at the State Employment Sc
curity Office in Nashville, Tenn. ruling
requires suitable attire when claiming job.
less .benefits.-AP Wirephoto.
, 1961-08-03
Governor Wunts
PUG Keep Eye On
Electrical Rdtes in VI.

Even though the Public Utili-
ties Commission has no authority
to regulate the electrical rates of
the Virgin Islands Corporation,
Governor Ralph PaieWonsky is
keeping them fully informed of
developments, it was announced
at Government House in st. Tho
mas.
Governor Paiewonsky conferred
with Judge Herman E. Moore,
chairman Of the group. He noted
that if and when the Vicorp pow
er facilities were sold to private
industry, the rates automatically
would be governed by the Public
Utilities Commission
The Governor also said that as
long as he was a member of the
Vicorp Board Of Directors he
would continue to inform the
Commission Of developments, seek
ing their opinion as to whether
or not such rate increases were
fair, equitable and in the public
interest.
Members Of the Board are:
David Puritz, Cedric Nelthropp,
Johannes Rasmussen. Commission
er of Public Works, James Huston
as ex-officio member.