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Western Union Seeks
To End Illegal Use
Of Racing Wires
By tHt Associated Rresi
NEW YORK, Dec. 14.—Western
Union says it will file today with
the Federal Communications
Commission a plan to prevent the
illegal use of racing news over
Its wire facilities.
In a statement last night the
company said its proposed new
tariff—a set of working rules re
quired by law and subject to FCC
approval—would become effective
February 1. It would limit its
racing news facilities to press as
sociations, licensed radio or tele
vision stations and publications
with second class mailing privi
leges.
Up to now, Western Union has
contended it is required by law
to furnish service to every one. As
a result, the company has en
countered legal difficulties in New
Jersey and Michigan where its
equipment allegedly was used in
violation of state gambling laws.
Company Position Cited.
The company statement said:
. “For years the Congress of the
United States, as well as every
State LegiMature, has endeavored
to find some way to stop profes
sional gamblers and racketeers.
“No satisfactory legal solution
has been forthcoming to the prob
lem which involves far-reaching
•onsiderations of the inherent
rights of the individual and free
dom of speech and press. •
“The revision of the company’s
tariffs which is now being made
should help to avoid such outright
violations of every American prin
ciple, and further assist in pre
venting illegal use of legitimate
news information.”
Rights Not Invaded.
Its plans for the future, the
rompany said, “do not include in-!
vading the inherent rights of free
speech, free communication and
freedom of the press . . .
“The further step now being
taken by Western Union is de
signed to avoid violation of these
basic principles and to end the
harassment of Western Union em
ployes by local court act^m.”
5 Argentine Congressmen
Face Charges in Revolt
ly tK« Associated Press
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, Dec.
14.—Five opposition deputies face
Federal Court charges of "sub
versive activities” in connection
with the military revolt that failed
September 28, congressional
sources said today.
The Argentine Congress has
been called into special session
next Tuesday to air the charges
and decide whether the five will
be stripped of their congressional
immunity so that they can be
tried in Federal Court.
The charges are against Dem
ocrat Reynaldo Pastor and four
members of the Radical Party:
Arturo Frondizi, defeated vice
presidential candidate: Mauricio
•Yadarol, Miguel Zavala Ortiz and
Silvano Santander.
All five have been outspoken
critics of President Juan D. Peron
In the Chamber of Deputies and
during the campaign preceding
the November 11 elections when
Mr. Peron was returned for a sec
ond six-year term. The Peronista
Party has 113 seats in the cham
ber. compared with 19 opposition
neats. A two-thirds vote is re
quired to lift congressional im
munity.
Wife of Entertainer Found
Shot to Death in Bed
ly th« Associated Press
BOSTON. Dec. 14.—The wife of
an entertainer was found shot to
death in her bed early today.
The woman, Mrs. Dorothy Sow
der. 26. died of a bullet wound
over the right ear.
Police were called by her hus
band, Edwin Sowder. from whom
she had a legal separation which
became effective about three
months ago.
Mr. Sowder told police he came
into town Wednesday to help one
of his two young sons celebrate
his seventh birthday tomorrow
and that he and his wife had dis
cussed a divorce action before go
ing to bed.
Police Lt. Joseph Fallon quoted
the husband as saying that while
they were in bed his wife asked
him if he had the gun he used
in his act.
At her request. Mr. Sowder said,
he passed the gun to her and she
put it to her head.
The husband’s act, in which
he uses an "educated” horse, is
booked' out of Washington, D. C
He said he fired blanks when he
used the gun in his act.
Husband of Widow
Of Traffic Victim
Also Dies in Crash
ly rtw Aiieciated Prcti
PASADENA,,Calif., Dec. 14.—Ir
1939 Mrs. Helen Heinz De Wit
lost her first husband. Rust Heinz
pickle fortune heir, in an aut<
crash. Yesterday her second hus
band, Joseph C. De Witt, died thi
same way.
Only last Tuesday Mrs. De Witt
32, filed suit for divorce fron
Mr. De Witt, 34-year-old insur
ance broker and Air Force cap
tain. She charged cruelty.
He was en route to her subur
ban La Canada home to attemp
a reconciliation when liis ca
crashed through a highway guar
rail. He died in her arms severs
hours later in a hospital.
Mrs. De Witt, a beautiful bru
nette, charged in her divorce com
plaint that Mr. De Witt ha
pressed lighted cigarettes again!
her flesh in the presence of the:
son Meredith. 4.
However, friends said she we
more than willing to discuss h
proposed reconciliation.
Mrs. De Witt’s marriage to M
Heimi May 10. 1937, was cm
•idejfcd an outstanding soci:
•vein.
THE FIRST SNOW OF WINTER—Mrs. Marion Steele, 3701 S street N.W., smiles cheerfully as
she wipes the first American snow she had ever seen from her windshield during today’s
storm. She arrived here last month from England. Other motorists were not so cheerful as
their cars slipped and skidded on the treacherous unde^coating.
Weather
(Continued Prom First Page.)
12:25 from police on Wisconsin
avenue between Fessenden and
Brandywine streets where more
than 50 cars and trucks were re
ported caught in a snarl.
Traffic Snarl at Hyattsville.
Traffic on U. S. 1 was tied up
at the railroad overpass in Hyatts
ville.
The police radio broadcast this
message soon after the snow
started:
“Due to the slippery conditions
of highways the operators of all
police vehicles will proceed with
utmost caution. Chains will be
installed on all cars.”
An unexpected drop in tem
perature hastened the formation
of ice on the streets.
The Weather Bureau ther
mometer registered 30 degrees
when the snow started at 11:20,
but by noon it had dropped to
26 degrees.
Cars Turn It to Slush.
This caused the snow to turn
to icy slush as soon as it was
churned up by automobile tires.
The temperature is expected to
go above freezing before mid
night. Then the skies will clear
and the temperature will begin to
drop. Tomorrow night may be the
coldest of the season.
Motorists traveling toward the
mountains of Western Maryland
were advised to equip their cars
with chains and to expect about
4 inches of snow. Last night was
one of the coldest so far this win
ter in Maryland with readings
ranging from 9 above zero at Con
owingo to 16 at Rockville and
Frederick.
Navy Steward, Woman
Die in Annapolis Crash
iy th« Associated Press
ANNAPOLIS. Md.. Dec. 14.—A
Navy steward assigned to duty at
the White House and a young
Annapolis weman were killed late
yesterday when a car careened off
the Generals Highway northwest
of Annapolis.
The fatalities brought Mary
land's highway accident toll in
1951 to 510.
Police identified the dead as
Arthur B. Bryant, 24, and Juanita
Stinnett, 23.
Carlton Cawthorne, 25, another
steward at the White House, and
Mary Jones, 22, of Annapolis, were
treated at hospitals in Annapolis.
All those involved in the acci
dent were colored.
Police reported Cawthorne was
driving the car when it veered off
the highway and crashed into a
tree.
Man Is Charged With Using
Photos for Blackmail
Lonnie (the Weasel) Jackson
today was held for action of the
grand jury on charges of black
mail, housebreaking and carrying
a concealed weapon.
Municipal Court Judge Andrew
J. Howard set his bond at $5,000.
Police said Jackson. 21, colored,
of the 600 block of Twentieth
street N.E., told them he broke
linto the home of Benjamin
Holmes. 46, colored, of 2030 E
street N.E., and took, among other
things, some photos of Holmes in
the nude.
Then, police charged, he asked
Holmes for $300 on the threat of
showing the photos to Holmes’
business acquaintances. The vic
tim operates a laundry at 1239
Seventh street N.E.
Senator Capper Rallies,
But Illness Is Serious
By the Associated Press
TOPEKA, Kans., Dec. 14.—
Arthur Capper, former Republi
can Senator from Kansas, wras
: reported somewhat better today
■ but still critically ill.
The 86-year-old publisher is
' suffering from pneumonia in re
| cent months. Yesterday his condi
; tion became much worse, but his
physicians reported he rallied
• strongly last night.
1 Senator Capper held a Senatt
' seat for 30 years before retirinf
’ in 1949. Capper Publications
which he heads, published twc
‘ daily newspapers and eight farrr
" periodicals.'
i Bethesda Man Appointee
. To Board of Trade Post
- A. W. Perkins of the Pook’s Hil
3 Apartments, Bethesda, has beei
t appointed to the staff of the Mu
r nicipal Research and Tax Depart
ment of the Washington Board o
s Trade, it was announced yester
s day.
Mr. Perkins is a graduate o
r. George Washington Universil:
i- and Recently completed a year o
il activ^ service in the Naval Re
serve.
Mrs. George Ross of 6612 Glenmore Drive, Falls Church,
walks through snowflakes that seem suspended in midair. This
effect was achieved through use of a Strobelight camera at
tachment that stops action at l-5000th of a second.
_ _ —Star Staff Photos.
Mississippi Soldier
Wins Medal of Honor
Master Ser*t. Hubert L. Lee.
36. of Leland, Miss., who was
wounded three times while lead
in* six assaults in Korea, has
Deen awarded
the Medal of
Honor.
The Nation's
highest military
decoration was
a w a r ded the
sergeant, a vet
eran of World
War II, for "in
domitable cour
age. consum
mate valor and
o u t s t a n ding
leadership."
When his
platoon leader
Srrrt. Lee.
was wounded. Sergt. Lee took
command and, although wounded,
refused assistance and crawled
along, rising to his knees to fire.
There were only 12 men left in
his platoon when the successful
assault was completed. Eighty
three of the enemy lay dead. The
sergeant was carried back on a
stretcher.
He led Company I, 23d In-j
fantry Regiment, 2d Infantry
Division.
Worst Fog in Three Years
Closes In on Britain ;
fty the Associated Press
LONDON, Dec. 14.—Britons
early today groped through the
worst fog since 1948. All London
airports were closed, trains hours
late and road traffic at a stand
still.
By midmorning the dense
blanket had thinned and trans
portation w'as returning to nor
|ma). But government weather
jmen warned that more of the
! same might settle in tonight.
I Visibility in many parts of the
! British Isles, including London,
I was near zero last night.
Motorists pulled up and either
walked home or slept in their cars.
Firemen on foot carried flares
to guide their apparatus to sev
eral minor alarms. An ambulance
was lost in the murk for four
hours with a hospital-bound pa
tient.
Saturday Hours
Of Post Offices
Here Extended
All postal stations in the Wash
ington Metropolitan delivery area
will be open longer tomorrow and
next Saturday to accommodate
| the heavy Christmas mail. Regular
week day hours will be observed
on those two days.
I Postmaster Roy North also an
{ nounced today t.iat the Benjamin
. Franklin station at Twelfth street
. and Pennsylvania avenue N.W.
F will remain open until 10 p.m
. daily through December 22.
The main post office at North
F Capitol street and Massachusetts
r avenue will be open daily, in
F eluding Sundays, from 7 a.m. until
■ midnAtyt for the acceptance oi
parcerTVost and the sale of stamps
U. N. fo Hear Charge
Of Reds Against U. S.
Sy tK« Associated Press
PARIS. Dec. 14.—The United
Nations General Assembly agreed
today to hear Russian charges
that the United States is trying
to foment rebellion against the,
Kremlin.
The vote, by which the Assem
bly accepted a recommendation
from its 14-nation Steering Com
mittee. was 55 to 0 with two ab
stentions (New Zealand and
Cuba).
American Delegate Ernest A.
Gross told the Assembly the
United States had no objection to
a public airing of the charges,
which he said the United States
would disprove. He suggested,
however, that th^ item be taken
up directly by a plenary session
of the Assembly without prior
committee debate.
The Russian charges are based
on an interpretation of the Mu
tual Security Act. which Congress
passed this fall, by which the
Russians claim the United States
has appropriated $100 million to
pay ‘'traitors” on Russian soil.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky presented the Rus
sian charges today.
Brannan Cites U. N. Move
To Solve Food Problems
The Food and Agriculture Or
ganization of the United Nations
is ‘‘just beginning to take a bite”
into the problem of world food
shortages. Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan, just back from a con
ference of the organisation at
Rome, Italy, said today.
Food supplies are falling behind
the increases in population, he
said. He pointed out that West
ern Europe is producing more food
than before the war but due to
population increases present pro
duction is not as high per capita.
One thing that impressed him,
he said, was the “very sincere and
earnest effort of the Italian gov
ernment in establishing the FAO
headquarters in Rome.”
South Los Angeles
Shaken by Earthquake
Ey the Associated Press
| LOS ANGELES, Dec. 14.—A
rumbling earthquake awoke resi
dents in the South Los Angeles
area early today. Polce and news
paper switchboards received many
calls of inquiry but there were no
reports of damage.
The tremor was also felt in
beach cities from Santa Monica
to Long Beach. It was presumed
to be caused by the nearby Ingle
wood fault, a source of frequent
minor quakes.
Sea Freight Ferry
Called 'New Railroad'
In Alexandria Suit
By th# Associated Pros*
A three-judge Federal Court In
Alexandria today heard argu
ments that the ferrying of freight
cars along the Atlantic coast is
equivalent to adding a new North
South railroad.
Counsel for 41 railroads asked
the court to set aside a tempo
rary permit issued to Seatrain
Lines, Inc., by the Interstate Com
mission.
Charles T. Abeles, Norfolk (Va.)
counsel for the railroads, contend
ed the Seatrain operation, which
involves carrying tracks laid upon
the decks of vessels, is "tanta
mount to adding another rail line"
between New York and Savan
nah, Ga.
Judge Offers to Quit.
He added he could imagine how
quickly the commission would dis
miss an application for a new
railway line between those points.
The arguments were interrupted
in midmorning when Circuit
Judge Armstead Dobie of Char
lottesville. Va., offered to disqual
ify himself.
He announced that when he was
assigned to the case he had not
noticed that the Southern Rail
way was a party. He explained he
holds some stock in that company,
and suggested a short recess to
permit counsel to vote any ob
jection they might have to his sit
ting.
Counsel for all parties immedi
ately told Judge Dobie they not
only had no objection to his sit
ting but wanted him to partici
pate as one of the judges.
The car ferry service began op
eration between New York and
Savannah, Ga., on December 1,
several days after the railroad
suit was filed.
Federal District Judge Albert
V. Bryan refused to rule at that
time and left the issue up to the
three-judge court. It includes
himself. District Judge Sterling
Hutcheson of Richmond and
Judge Dobie.
Seek Permanent Permit.
Seatrain's permit is scheduled
to expire May 11. 1952. In the
meantime, the commission will
consider Seatrain's application for
a permanent permit.
The railroads in asking an in
junction against Seatrain's opera
tion declared they would "suffer
irreparable loss.”
They also said the ICC. in ap
proving Seatrain's permit acted
without a public hearing. They
said they should have been given
an opportunity to be heard.
Juvenile Court
^Continued From First Page.)
supervisors, in June and Septem
ber.
The possibility that aspects of
the controversy may come to life
again was raised yesterday, when
the advisory committee decided
to invite spokesmen for interested
agencies to appear at future meet
ings to discuss their relationship
with the court.
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
chairman of the committee, named
the Board of Public Welfare, the
public schools and United Com
munity Services as among groups
that would be invited. All have
voiced criticism of Judge Cock
rill's "secrecy” policy.
Mr. Palmieri in addition to his
official positions in Richmond has
been a part-time faculty member
at the School of Social Work of
the Richmond Professional In
stitute. a part of the College of
William and Mary.
During the past year he also
has been president of the Rich
mond chapter of the American
Association of Social Workers. He
has been active in the work of
Catholic Charities and the Vir
ginia Association of Probation
Officers.
He is a graduate of the Uni
versity of Ohio and has a mas
ters degree from the New York
School of Social Work. He is
married and has four children.
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Loss of jewelry valued at $12,
608 was reported to police yester
day by Mrs. Loutie Thompson of
1406 Thirty-fourth street N.W.
The jewelry was in a cardboard
box and was lost between New
York City and National airport
or between the airport and her
home November 20, she said.
The box contained an emerald
ring, set with diamonds, valued at
$10,000; a sapphire ring, set in a
ring of diamonds, valued at $2,
500, a string of pearls, pearl ear
rings and a gold tie clip and pin.
Anderson Minimizes
Scandals as Issue
After Seeing Truman
Senator Anderson of New Mex
ico, chairman of the Democratic
Senatorial Campaign Committee,
talked politics with President
Truman today and told reporters
afterwards he thought the tax
scandals would be an issue in the
next campaign only if they are
‘‘not touched in any way—not
cleaned up.”
He said that ‘‘stories about peo
ple” do not figure very largely in
elections and pionted out that the
Teapot Dome scandal in the Har
ding administration, on which
the Democrats had leaned heavily
in the 1924 campaign, had not
kept the party from defeat.
Talked to Key West.
“You had a prosperous country
and people felt that an effort had
been made to clean it up.” Mr.
Anderson said. He added that he
did not discuss current develop
ments today with the President
because "I didn’t think he needed
any advice from me.”
He admitted, however, that he
had had a phone conversation
with President Truman at Key
West last Friday and had urged
the President to take drastic ac
tion to clean house. He stressed,
however, that he had not discussed
personalities.
Discusses ‘52 Outlook.
Senator Anderson said he came
to the White House today “to talk
about some thoughts I had about!
the senatorial campaign of 1952.”
He said he wanted to tell the
President that the Democratic
Party had some very good possi
bilities in the line of candidates,
adding that Representative Mans
field of Montana and Representa
tive Jackson of Washington both
are considering making Senate
campaigns.
Chamber Elects Board
Herschel Allen, Manley Rust.
Carl Hink, Francis Wagner and
George Stewart have been elected
to the Board of Directors of the1
Greater Falls Church Chamber of
Commerce.
Girl, 5, Critically Burned
In Home at Scotland, Md.
Five - year - old Barbara Ann
Lefeged, colored, was in critical
condition at Suburban Hospital
today with second and third de
gree burns after her clothing
caught fire yesterday from a wood
stove at her home at Scotland,
Md.
The child's mother, Mrs.
Dorothy Lefeged, told police Bar
bara was standing in front of a
wood stove when her dress caught
fire from flames coming through
the front of the heater where a
door was missing.
Rockville Fire Department Res
cue Squad administered first aid
and took the child to the hospital.
She was burned on the stomach,
[legs and arms.
—
Snow Flurries Bring
Warning to Motorists
Snow began falling here shortly
after 11 a.m. today and the
Weather Bureau warned that a
mixture of freezing rain and fall
ing temperatures this evening will
make driving hazardous.
The snowfall will be light, the
Weather Bureau isaid, but the
streets may become icy. No relief
from the cold weather is in sight,
the forecaster added.
The temperature dropped to 25
degrees at 6:55 a.m. today, match
ing the season’s previous low re
corded on November 25. In the
suburbs, observers reported the
temperature dropped as low as 16
degrees in some areas.
This afternoon the temperature
will climb to about 35 degrees, the
forecaster said.
Tomorrow will be clear, windy
and colder, the foiecaster pre
dicted.
The bureau issued a special
warning to motorists venturing
into Western Maryland to be sure
their cars carried chains. That
part of Maryland east of the
mountains is expected to get
snowfall this afternoon or tonight
ranging from a trace in the south
ern counties to from 1 to 3 inches
in the central and northern coun
ties.
Holiday Furlough Period
Lengthened by Pentagon
A broader leave policy for serv
icemen because of the holiday tra
vel rush has been instituted by the
Defense Department.
Previously the department had
fixed leave periods between De
cember 22 and January 6. But
under the new policy announced
last night, base and post com
manders were told they could start
leaves earlier and end them later.
Length of leaves was left to their
discretion.
The order applies only to serv
icemen serving in the United
States.
Mill Shutdown Is Seen
In Shortage of Scrap
Manly Fleischmann, Defense
Production Administrator, warned
today that some of the country's
steel mills may be forced to shut
down because of the shortage of
scrap iron and steel.
Mr. Fleischmann and Defense
Mobilizer Charles E. Wilson ad
dressed an emergency conference
of business paper editors called by
Government to intensify the scrap
metals collection drive.
Mr. Wilson told the croup "the
Nation’s tongue is hanging out
for scrap metal.”
Mr. Fleischmann said that even
if the maximum amount of scrap
metals is collected, the country
still will be short all during 1952
of copper, aluminum, brass and
other metals.
He said the defense program
would need larger supplies of
iscarce nickel during the coming
year than are available in the
entire free world.
E. Merl Young Testifies
Again Before Grand Jury
E. Merl Young returned to Dis
trict Court today to testify before
a grand jury investigating possible
perjury and other matters at Sen
ate subcommittee hearings on the
affairs of the Reconstruction
Finance Corp.
Mr. Young, a former RFC offi
cial and a familiar figure at the
White House, appeared before the
grand jury yesterday, as did At
torney Joseph H. Rosenbaum, who
helped Mr. Young obtain a mink
coat for his wife while she was a
White House stenographer.
Mr. Rosenbaum had represented
some applicants for RFC loans.
Mr. Young appeared before the
jury this morning and was to re
turn this afternoon.
One Moment
With God
By EDW ARD L. R. ELSON
Pastor. National Presbyterian Church.
IMPROVING THE NATION.
You cannot make a good omelet
by scrambling rotten eggs. Nor
can you have a good nation with
bad people. Only as individuals
are improved can we have an im
proved country.
"There's only one corner of the
universe you can be certain of
improving, and that’s your own
self. So you have to begin there,
not outside, not on other people.
That comes afterwards, when
you've worked on your own cor
her.”—Aldous Huxley.
(Reading for today: John
1:12-13.)
k
(Prayer: Give me strength to
make righteous and noble my
little corner of life. Amen.)
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