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Latins Will Be Asked To Share Defense Load At Coming Conference By Garnett D. Horner Latin American countries at a forthcoming conference of foreign ministers here, probably will be asked to bear more of the burden of defending the Western Hemis phere. United States officials hope policies for military co-operation will be worked out to free for duties elsewhere most United States troops that otherwise would have to be committed to defense of the Panama Canal and the vital Caribbean area. The conference—in official lan guage the Fourth Meeting of Con sultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of American States—will open on March 26 with a welcom ing address by President Truman in Constitution Hall. Edward G. Miller, jr., Assistant Secretary of State for Inter American Affairs, told a news con ference late yesterday he is “quite optimistic” regarding results of the conference, which he expects to “produce a sense of common cause among the countries of this hemisphere” in face of the current world crisis. Limited to Three Topics. Program of the conference is limited to three main topics: 1. Political and military co operation for the defense of the Americas. 2. Strengthening of the internal seecurity of the American repub lics. 3. Emergency economic co-op eration. » Mr. Miller refused to go into detail about specific military co operation measures to be taken up, saying only that most of the discussion probably will be on how to make effective existing com mittments for joint defense ac tions. It is understood, however, that one of the main aims of officials here is to try to establish a sys tem under which Latin American countries themselves would bear most of the burdens for defense against Communist aggression Bouth of the United States. Dur ing World War II, United States troops were stationed at several bases in South America. Common Action on Subversives. Mr. Miller said common meth ods for dealing with subversive actions also will be considered. He made clear that a major concern of the Latin American governments is in the economic field. Emergency mobilization meas ures in ttiis country, including price controls and defense produc tion that is resulting in shortages of many types of goods normally imported from this country by South America, already are hav ing some impact on the economies of the other American republics, he said. Second Stalin Prize List Is Published By th« Associated Press MOSCOW, Mar. 16.—Another list of 249 Stalin prizes, totaling 17 million rubles, for instrument manufacture, metallurgy, geologi cal exploration and other achieve ments were announced today. The list was on top of 141 prizes, totaling 11 million rubles, an nounced yesterday for scientific research and invention. (Russia values her ruble at 25 cents. At that rate the total prizes announced today would be $4,250,000.) The lengthy new list covered five full pages in Moscow’s prin cipal newspapers. It included a first prize of 150,000 rubles to Sergei Sokolov and six others for the invention of a “supersonic microscope”; a second prize of 100,000 rubles to Evgeni Niko laenko and two others for a meth od of making thin sheets directly from molten pigiron, and a third prize of 50,000 rubles to a team of six headed by Alexander Ago rov-Kuzmin for designing new electric vacuum devices. Four groups of geologists re ceive awards for the discovery of sources of unspecified ores. Foreign observers studied the list avidly for it is one of the few sources available to indicate the Soviet Union’s technical and scientific progress. These observ ers noted that very few awards go to individuals anymore. Near ly all are to teams of researchers and technicians. LOST BILLFOLD, lost by elderly lady: black bill fold with engraved name “A L. Wathen.” Call MRS. GRACE 8TR0NG, CO. 3289. Reward.» BILLFOLD, containing driver's license,-1. D. card, car registration card, etc. Re ward. Call RA. 9332.—17 BILLFOLD, red. In vicinity of 7th and 8th sts. n.w. on March 13; keep money. TA, 8661. —16 BOXER PUPPY, fawn male. 4 mos. old. Answers to “Joe.” Vic. 18th and Law rence n.e. Reward. HO. 5124. —18 feROWN EYEGLASS CASE, with large sum of money; vie. Whelan's or 11th and Pa. ave. n.w . Thurs. afternoon. Reward. LU. 4-3671. CASH REWARD return green milateen woman’s suit, lost from light green Plymouth. L st nr. 13th n.w.. Tues., Mar. 13. JA. 2-9078,—16 CAT, black and white, female; vie. 4600 block 38th st. n.w., Monday night. Re ward, OR. 2430.16* DIAMOND SETTING from ring, in vicinity of 15th and K sts. n.w., on March 14. Reward. Call Ml. 0158,_—16 DOG. Welsh Corgi, cor. 17th and K sts.. Tues. p.m.; br . blk. and white; long haired, big pointed ears, long curly tall. Reward. ST. 2916.—21 DOG. male, black, short hair: lost vicinity Franklin ave.. Silver Spring. Reward. SL. 5229 after 4:30 p.m._—17 DOG, predominantly cocker breed, light red with graying muzile. answers to "Ter ry.” Fort Myer rabies tag; vie. of Arling ton and Fairfax County line, Falls Church area. Reward. FA. 5559._—16 GOLDEN RETRIEVER, inoculation tag Mo. 223; near Franklin Park, Va. Reward. KE. 3-5182.—17 GREEN PARAKEET, vie 404 So. Garfield st.. Arlington. GL. 2366. METROPOLITAN POLICE BADGE. No. 690, lost In vicinity of Mayflower Hotel. LI. 4-6431.—17 PEKINGESE, male, light red coat, white throat, brown leather harness. Answers to name of “Yow.” Reward. SH. 4071. —18 P!nT small. Jeweled, turtle shaped. Reward. LU. 1-0175.—18 POCKETBOOK, black, with identification plate; vie. 8th and G sts s.e. Reward. MRS. JEANETTE L. MILLER, GE. 0052. • ItlNG. lady’s yellow gold diamond, fishtail mounting, large center diamond and 3 diamonds on sides. Phone TA. 2920. steward. —18_ IpRINGER SPANIEL, liver and white. male, tag No. 4676 Montgomery County; vie. Chevy Chase Circle. Reward. WI. 4918.—21 ' ITOBE CERTIFICATES, valued at-841; on first floor of Lansburgh’s Dept. Store. Tues., Mar. 13. Call RA. 1440. Reward. —18 b'ATCH. lady's gold rectangular, heavy link bracelet: between New York ave. and H st. n w„ or 15th st. Reward Call NA. 5657 on Fri. and LI. 3-7528 •n Saturday and Sunday. —18 i ‘I AM GOING TO WALK OUT’—New York.—And he did. Gambler Frank Costello, daring the Senate to jail him for refusing to testify before the committee investigating crime, gets up from his chair to leave the hearing room. At right is his attorney, George Wolf. The gambler told the committee he did not feel well enough to continue testifying. Mrs. Virginia Hill Hauser exhibits varied moods as she testifies before the crime committee. Left: She smiles at a comment from thfe committee. Center: Earnestly explains a point. Right: She gropes for an answer. Mrs. Hauser gained notoriety as the girl friend of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, a mobster who was mowed down in her Beverly Hills (Calif.) home in June, 1947. * —AP Wirephotos. Crime (Continued From First Page.) out of the hearing room, had claimed he was ill, and unable to continue answering questions. Dr. Vincent J. Panaterri said he had examined Costello and found him able to appear for a “reasonable” length of time. It was on the basis of Dr. Pana terri’s certificate, stating that the 60-year-old Costello was suffer ing from acute larygitis, that the gambler yesterday had declared his right to walk out. Threat of Arrest. On the basis of the doctor's testimony today. Senator Kefauv er said, ‘‘it appears that Mr.; Ccstello is physically able to answer a certain number of ques tions for at least a time.” Costello's rebellious departure brought him a threat of arrest on contempt charges. Dr. Panaterri, testifying at the opening of the hearing today, said Costello called him yester day morning and “spoke to me with a hoarse voice, coughing and asked me to see him.” Committee Counsel Rudolph Halley asked: “He has a normally hoarse voice, hasn’t he?” The physician said that this was so. He added that after the call, he went to Costello’s home, found him in bed, with a severely inflamed throat, but with no fever. Advised Rest for Costello. On the basis of this, he had given the certificate yesterday advising “bed rest and voice rest for several days.” “In your opinion,” Mr. Halley asked, “is he able to talk in a normal tone for a reasonable time?” The doctor said he didn't think this would hurt Costello. Senator Kefauver then issued the order for Costello’s reappear ance. The next witness, a Catholic priest from Louisiana, said that “political higher-ups and public officials” have not co-operated in efforts to stamp out corruption in the New Orleans area. Tile Rev. Jerome Drolet of Thi bodeaux, La., said he was executive secretary of a “secret committee" that was fighting racketeering, and that he has been “harassed and threatened” by telephone .and otherwise. “My people,” he said, “have been told ‘I should be killed’.” His committee, he said, has un earthed evidence linking New Orleans racketeers with Costello and “Capone mobsters” in Chi cago. Father Drolet, pastor of St. Charles’ Roman Catholic Church, said that the work, undertaken on directions of the Archbishop of New Orleans, was concentrated in a parish 55 miles southwest of that city. Trying to Carry Out Orders. He said elected officials, par ticularly a sheriff and district at torney, whom he did not name, have sought to thwart the work. “We are still trying to carry out the archbishop’s orders,” he said, “and that is to ‘exterminate the ratholes of immorality,’ to use the archbishop’s own words.” He said his committee num bered about 1,150 persons, but he refused to list other leaders, ex LOST WRIST WATCH, lady's. Bulova. name en graved in case; keepsake; between 14th and P sts. and 12th st. and Pa. ave. n.w.. or A. B. A W. busline, Alex. Reward. TE. 0705.—16 WRIST WATCH. Swiss, lost at Pour Mile Run playground. Reward. GL. 4400. Ext. 574,—17 WRIST WA^CH, lady's, Hamilton, gold, brown cord band; lost March 13, down 1 town area. TA. 0476. —17 FOUND COCKER, male, buff, harness. AL. 3059. COCKER SPANIEL, young, black. lemale; on 20th st. north. Owner call OW. 6055, DOg. small, black, male, long hair, brown markings on lace and lower part of leg, stub tail! Woodridge area. Ml. 3573. plaining that the group works secretly. He left with the Senators a large stack of documents. As Costello tooK the witness i chair for a third day. his attor I ney, George Wolf, read a pre pared statement condemning the Klieg lights in the courtroom, the grinding of newsreel and televi sion cameras and “the hordes of photographers . . . darting about.” Because of the “intolerable con ditions” in the courtroom, the at torney said, his client was “unable to testify properly, . . . could not properly concentrate and ... as a result, his answers were inco herent, unintelligible and at times inconsistent and seemingly con tradictory.” The reference to “contradic tory” was picked up by Committee Counsel Halley, who asked Costello to clear up conflicting testimony brought out Wednesday concern ing wiretap checks of telephones. Said He Didn’t Check Phones. Costello had said he never had his phones checked for wiretaps. Another witness testified Costello hired him and paid him to check the phones. Senator Kefauver had said all testimony on the wiretap evidence would be submitted to the United States attorney for possible per jury prosecution. Reminded of the theatened perjury charge, Costello said, “I refuse to answer. When the time comes, I'll answer it in my own way.” Senator Kefauver warned Cos tello that he would be arrested if he arbitrarily left the proceedings, and also would be cited for con tempt. Postponement Refused. Mr. Wolf asked the committee to postpone further testimony from Costello. The committee refused. Costello, his voice made hoarse by the laryngitis he has suffered since he started testifying Tues day, rasped, “I refuse to testify until I am well.” As Mr. Halley started to ques tion him again, Costello asked: “Mr. Halley, am I a defendant in this court—am I under arrest?” “No, you are under subpoena,” Mr. Halley replied. Senator Kefauver ,cut in and said, “This is not a grand jury. This is not a court. This is aa investigation, and you’re a very important witness.” Then Costello took his walk. Virginia Hill Testifies. Before Costello took the stand he listened frowningly to testi mony by the former Virginia Hill, one-time girl friend of Benjamin “Bugsy” Siegel, the slain gang leader. Siegel was shot down by mob ster bullets in her California home in 1947. His murder has not been solved. She now is the wife of Hans Hauser, an Austrian skier. Her dark eyes smoldering un der a broad-brimmed hat, the 36 year-old brunette carelessly wore an expensive mink cape as she snapped her answers to commit tee questioners. She denied knowing anything about Siegel’s enterprises, includ ing his gambling wire service business. Got Tips on Horses. She said her income, which varied from $15,000 to $30,000 a year was derived mainly from horse race bet winnings. Lots of people gave her tips on the horses, she said. She listed her current assets as $15,000, includ ing some bonds. She testified that she met Cos tello and his purported crime syndicate lieutenant, Joe Adonis, in a hotel “around 1942 or 1943.” She said she never got money from either of them, or from Charles Fischetti, named by the committee as a leader in a Chi cago crime gang. As for Fischetti, she added, “I don’t even like him.” Questioning the Alabama-born Miss Hill, Committee Counsel Halley asked if she gave parties “to help certain people in their business.” "That’s not so.” she snapped. “I was told that was the worst thing I could do.” “Did you ever have any trouble finding bookmakers in New York?” asked Senator Kefauver. “I didn’t find them,” she an swered. “They just seemed to be around. Sometimes I would bet $100, sometimes $200 or $500— it would depend on the horse.” She added that she was easing up on betting because “I’m afraid I’ll win and they’ll say I bet more than I did.” The witness admitted she had spent about $12,000 or more on one visit to Sun Valley. Idaho. Mr. Halley noted that records of the ski resort showed she spent about that amount, with only $1,500 of the bill paid by checks and the rest paid in cash. On her trips to Mexico. Miss Hill said, she became aware that narcotics were in common use and she was approached “by a lot of people” asking her to bring drugs into this country. She said she turned them all down. Miss Hill showed animosity to ward the TV and newsreel cam eramen and news photographers as she took the stand. “I hate these people,” she told Senator Kefauver. As flash bulbs continued to pop around her, she said, "You don’t know what I have been through with those bums.” Runs for Cab. As she ran for a cab, Miss Hill called reporters in general “you louses” and shouted over her shoulder, “I hope the atom bomb falls on every one of you.” William O'Dwyer, who resigned as Mayor last year to become am bassador to Mexico, is leaving by plane from Mexico City today for New York. He is scheduled to testify before the committee on Monday Commenting yesterday on his coming appearance before the committee, Mr. O’Dwyer said in Mexico City that while he was Mayor he had his telephone “checked many times to see whether it was tapped.” Puerto Rican Revolt Leader Gets Additional 7-15 Years By the Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico. Mar. 16.—Judge Julio Suarez Garriga today sentenced Pedro Albizu Campos, 63-year-old Puerto Rican Nationalist leader, to serve 7 to! 15 years in jail for attempted murder in the abortive revolt of last October 30. Albizu Campos already had been sentenced to 10 years and 9 months for illegal possession of firearms and explosives in con nection with the same bloody up rising. He still faces trial on charges of subversion. Albizu Campos’ attorney an nounced that he intended to ap peal and asked the judge to fix bail. The judge told the attorney to file a written petition. Thirty three persons were killed in the revolt and attempts were made on the lives of Gov. Luis Munoz Marin in San Juan and President Truman In Washington. WHY NOT? It costs no more to park at the Capital Garage New York Avenue between 13th and 14th Textile Strike Threat Averjed With Raise Of H Cents an Hour By th« Associated Press BOSTON, Mar. 16.—A Threat ened strike of 200,000 CIO cotton and rayon workers was averted today with an llth-hour agree ment between the textile workers’ union and mill owners in the New Bedford and Pall River areas. Settlement came only a few hours before the midnight strike deadline last night, when the union accepted management’s of fer of a 7>/2 per cent wage increase. The union had sought a 12 per cent raise. Ratification Awaited. The agreement must still be ratified by the rank and file. Union President Emil Rieve ex tended existing agreements until March 31 to forestall work stop page pending ratification. The agreement directly affects some 30,000 workers in New Eng land, but the union said a walkout would have spread to 200,000 mill hands in Northern and Southern mills along the Atlantic seaboard. The settlement came only two hours after the Defense Depart ment had requested a 15-day cooling off period beginning with the expiration of contracts last midnight. The Government cited an ur gent need for textiles by the armed forces in its request. Other Provisions. Other provisions in the accepted proposal: A cost-of-living allowance to be changed every three months, based on the Government’s cosl-of-living index. Weekly payments for sickness and accident insurance increased from $17.50 to $22.50. <7. he union hah sought $25 or 60 per cent of the weekly wage.) Severance pay for workers at age 65 or more with 15 years’ service and who have worked at least 1,000 hours per year—at the rate of one week’s pay per service year up to 20 years. Daily hospitalization fees raised from $7 to $8, plus an increase from $35 to $80 in special hospi tal and surgical fees, and an in crease in operating fees from $150 to $200. Wage Reopening Provided. The union said the contract. If ratified, will run for two years with a wage reopening at the end of the year. Current wages, the union said, are $1.31 in the North and $1.21 an hour in the South. The pay raise must be approved by the Wage Stabilization Board but Mr. Rieve said: “There’ll be no work stoppage in the event of disapproval. We are not going to strike the mills for something they cannot help.” Only a few hours after settle ment was reached in Boston CIO textile workers went on strike in Knoxville. Tenn., and Central New York State. Agreement Indicated. However, union leaders in those communities indicated last night they’ll institute a back-to-work movement today during negotia tions for a settlement patterned after the agreement with New Bedford and Fall River mills. In Utica, N. Y„ James A. Dun don, managing director of the TWUA’s joint board, said he would offer mill owners, who em ploy 3.865 workers, a 15-day ex tension today if management “at tempts to reach an agreement with us.” A Knoxville union spokesman said negotiations probably will be resumed today on the basis of the New Bedford-Fall River formula. The New Bedford and Fall River mills generally set the pattern for the industry. CORRECTION Advertisement of Potomac Fish Company located at 19 Municipal Fish Market S.W. which appeared in The Star, Thursday, March 15th stated — "Spiced Shrimp $1.00 lb." This should have read—"Spiced Shrimp $1.50 lb." We regret the error... 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