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100th Year. No. 335.
Gen. Eisenhower
Selects Lodge
For U. N. Post
Senator Will Succeed
Austin; General Adds
Hughes to His Staff
By Robert K. Walsh
Star Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. Nov. 29.—Senator
Henry Cabot Lodge of Massa
chusetts was chosen by President
elect Eisenhower today to head
the United States Mission to the
United Nations.
The announcement, read to re
porters by John Foster Dulles,
Eisenhower Appointments Indicate Middle
of-Road Policy. Page A-35
Secretary of State designate, said
Gen. Eisenhower would ask the
Senate in January to confirm
Senator Lodge for the $25,000-a
--year post as successor to Ambas
sador Warren R. Austin, former
Republican Senator from Vermont.
It made clear also that the 50-
year-old Senator Lodge, a leader
in the drive that nominated and
elected Gen. Eisenhower, would
be “one of the administration’s
principal advisers and representa
tives in the formulation and con
duct of foreign policy.”
Permanent Representative.
The Massachusetts Senator, de
feated for re-election on Novem
ber 4, will be permanent United
States representative to the U. N.
and this country’s representative
in the Security Council.
A simultaneous statement an
nounced that Emmet J. Hughes
of New York will be an adminis
trative assistant to the President.
Mr. Hughes, an editor of Life
Magazine, will work in the White
House principally on the prepa
ration of speeches and reports
and as liaison in special matters
with the State Department.
As a member of the campaign
speech-writing advisory staff of
Gen. Eisenhower, Mr. Hughes has
been referred to frequently as the
man who wrote the Detroit speech
in which the general promised
to visit Korea if elected.
Worked on Speeches.
Mr. Hughes informed reporters
today he worked on that and
other speeches. He refused to
say whether he suggested the Ko
rean trip. He declared that Gen.
Eisenhower alone made all "basic
decisions.”
The fact that the statement
concerning Senator Lodge was
given out by Mr. Dulles at a news
conference, and that the an
nouncement relating to Mr.
Hughes was released by Gov.
Sherman Adams, who will be the
assistant to the President, did not
mean Gen. Eisenhower is on the
way to Korea.
Mr. Dulles and Arthur E. Van
denberg, jr., who will be secretary
to the President, conferred with
Gen. Eisenhower at the Morning
side drive residence for almost an
hour today. The two returned 1
to the Commodore Hotel head
quarters to issue the statement.
In recent days, announcements
about appointments to the White
House staff have come through
Gov. Adams. This procedure was
followed in the case of Mr. Hughes,
although the Governor now is in
New Hampshire.
Eisenhower W’atches Game.
Meanwhile, Gen, Eisenhower,
his headquarters aides said,
watched a telecast of the Army-
Navy football game from Phil
adelphia this afternoon. He
planned to have no official visitors
at his residence tonight, and listed
only one conference for tomorrow.
Headquarters said he would
confer at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow at
his home with Mr. Vandenberg,
Nelson A. Rockefeller, his brother,
Dr. Milton Eisenhower, president
of Pennsylvania State College, Dr.
Arthur Flemming, president of
Ohio Wesleyan University, and
Dr. Robert L. Johnson, president
of Temple University.
A “newsworthy” announcement
will come after that meeting,
headquarters said. This probably
will not include any job appoint
ments. It might reveal further
plans to revamp the executive
branch of the Government and co
ordinate independent agencies.
Dr. Johnson was president of
the Citizens Committee for Re
(See Eisenhower, Page A-4.)
Death 101 l Rises to 37
In Crash of C-54
By th« Associated Press
TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 29.—The
death toll in yesterday’s predawn
Crash of a C-54 military transport
from Alaska rose to 37 today.
Airman Third Class Bobby R.
Wilson of Fort Worth, Tex., died
of the multiple skull fractures and
burns he suffered in the crash in
darkness and fog a mile from Mc-
Chord Air Force Base. He had
been the lone survivor of the
seven-man crew from the Great
Falls (Mont.) Air Base.
The two other survivors re
mained in critical condition.
They are Curtiss Redd, an Air
Force passenger, of Fairfax, S. C.
and Joseph lacovitti, aged 8. of
Bridgeport, Pa. Joseph’s parents.
Lt. and Mrs. Anthony R. lacovitti,
jjis two brothers and A sister died
in the flaming crash. They were
en route from two years at an
Alaska air base to a new station
at Cambridge, Mass.
An Air Force inquiry was under
way to determine the cause.
4,000 Young Americans Draw
Long Terms in Korean Cases
Pvt. McConnell, Sentenced to 10 Years
For Sleeping, Not Alone as Offender
By Charles A. McAleer
Like Army Pvt. Warren G. Mc-
Connell, some 4,000 young Ameri
cans have been sentenced to long
periods of confinement at hard
labor since the Korean conflict
began 29 months ago.
The 4,000 figure is an army es
timate for the number of general
court martial convictions in Korea.
These are the kind which end in
long-term sentences, forfeiture of;
pay and allowances, and dis
honorable discharges.
A majority were for strictly i
military offenses such as that in-1
volving Pvt. McConnell, the 20- !
year-old combat infantryman who
got 10 years for. sleeping on sentry
duty. The combat zone violations
also included such cnarges as de
sertion, misbehavior before the
enemy, and going absent without
leave. Some were convicted of
raping Korean women; others were
tried for murder and various
felonies. Their sentences ranged
from a year to 30 years or more.
In a few instances, it meant life
imprisonment.
This may come as a shock to
people who were indignant over
the case of Pvt. McConnell. Yet
it’s a familiar story to every Gli
who fought in Korea. There werej
many courts martial there, as a!
Charge of Graft Paid
To District Detectives
Goes to U. S. Attorney
Bribery Defendant's Story
Has 'Some Substantiation/
Officials in Case Say
A full report on a bribery de
fendant’s charges that he paid off
several No. 2 precinct detectives
will be forwarded tomorrow to
United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan.
Meanwhile, Inspector Robert C.
Pearce said the Police Department
was proceeding with its own in
vestigation, but there was no plan
at this time to suspend the officers
named.
William C. Hill, 35, of the first
block of V street N.W., accused
the detectives of taking graft
money from him, according to As
sistant United States Attorney
Paul Leonard.
Hill’s statement was taken in
a closed-door session with Mr.
Leonard and Inspector Pearce
after he was arrested in the Muni
cipal Court building Friday.
Transcript Prepared.
Mr. Leonard said thereis “some
substantiation” of Hill’s story from
other witnesses. A transcript of all
statements made at the session
was to be sent to Mr. Irelan.
Hill was arrested by Pvts. James
H. Jones and Eugene Duvall, who
said he gave them $92 with the
understanding they were to have
prostitution charges against his
girl friend dismissed.
The policemen said Hill first
approached them on November 18.
They arranged to meet him later
that day, and concealed a sound
recording device at the place
named. Hill, however, failed to
appear.
Meet on Steps.
Pvts. Jones and Duvall said they
did not see Hill again until they
met him on the steps of the court
building.
They said Hill passed the money
to them at this time, and his ar
rest followed.
The policemen Hill said he paid
off are now attached to the morals
squad at No. 2 Precinct, according
to Mr Leonard.
Municipal Court Judge Andrew
J Howard yesterday continued
the bribery case against Hill until
December 18 to give the accused
man time to obtain an attorney.
Bond was set at SSOO.
Senator Off for Paris
NEW YORK, Nov. 29 (#•).—Sen
ator Hickenlooper, Republican, of
lowa, left by plane tonight for
Paris on the first leg of a round
the-world inspection of United
States Information Service and
Voice of America activities abroad.
Mother Abandons Five Children
In Unheated Maryland House
By th« Associated Prose
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md„ Nov. 29.
—Five young children, apparently
abandoned by their mother in a
cold, damp farmhouse because
welfare officials refused to help
her, today were assigned to foster
homes.
The youngest, a 13-month-old
boy remained in Hartford Mem
orial Hospital for treatment of
exposure and a slight cold.
His three brothers and a 5-
year-old sister also spent part of
Friday night in the hospital after
being found by State Police.
The baby was sleeping in a crib.
The others were huddled on a bed
in their tenant home near Falls
ton, Md.
Lt. Earl W. Reith of the State
police said the mother was Mrs.
! Dorothy Morris, 36. He said she
was divoroed from a serviceman
.now in Germany and had re-
I married.
Wt\t Sunday Sfctf
J WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION
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| matter of necessity, and the sen
tences were within the limits of
.jthe military code. On many oc
casions, the penalty could have
I been death.
; Most of the cases went un
publicized. Pvt. McConnell, though,
. made the headlines when his
I case aroused friends and neigh
. bors in his home town of Alloway,
i N. J. They circulated petitions
; and got signatures of some 50,000
persons. It led to a new trial,
j tentatively set for next Thursday
'i at nearby Fort Meade, Md.
| Some statistics on the number
of cases are available in a joint
1 report submitted to Congress by
the judge advocate generals of
; the various services at completion
of the first year of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice. This
was the measure enacted by
Congress to give the service man
a better break in military justice.
In general, it consolidated the
disciplinary law of all the serv-;
ices and created the Court of Mili
tary Appeals, a three-man body
comparable in scope to the Su
preme Court. The law became
effective May 31, 1951.
Among, other things, the report
j notes that 7,261 cases were re
i See Courts Martial, Page A-3.)
Information Trailers
On Highways to Aid
Inauguration Visitors
Will Serve as Booths
On All Highways
Leading to Capital
Trailers will be set up as in
formation booths for the Eisen
hower inaugural program at
convenient points on all highways
leading into Washington.
Visitors arriving from various
parts of the United States will
receive information on inaugural
functions, housing reservations,
transportation and tickets. They
also will be supplied with a shop
ping service—all as a part of the
program of the Inaugural Hos
pitality subcommittee.
Mrs. G. Gordon Moore, sister
of Mrs. Eisenhower, is chairman
of the subcommittee. She said
the trailers will be manned by
volunteers.
Information Centers.
In addition, the committee will
establish information centers in
hotel lobbies and at scattered
points throughout the District.
Visitors will be informed on such
things as religious services and
restaurant locations. They also
will receive booklets containing
pertinent facts about the inaugu
ration program.
Mrs. C. E. Bowers will be vice
chairman of the subcommittee.'
She has been prominently indenti
fled with the Eisenhower move
ment from the early days. On the
subcommittee’s executive commit
tee will be Mrs. Ruth B. Butcher,
former Municipal Court Judge
James A. Cobb, J. Bernard McDon
nell, Douglas G. Mode and Mrs.
L. Corrin Strong.
Appointments Announced.
Additional appointments were
announced yesterday for the In
augural Ball Subcommittee.
Mrs. Howard A. Coffin, a co
chairman of this group, will be
assisted by Mrs. Paul H. Hatch, a
member of the board of the
League of Republican Women. L.
Corrin Strong, the other co-chair
man, will be assisted by Ralph E.
Becker, former chairman of the
Young Republican National Fed
eration.
Mrs. Hatch is secretary of the
Republican Women’s Finance
Committee of the District. She was
active in the fund raising work of
the Eisenhower-Nixon Club of the
District during the recent cam
paign. Mr. Becker, an attorney,
was field man for the Republican
National Convention in the Rocky
Mountain States during the cam
paign. He was author of the
G. O. P. campaign manual.
Swedish Envoy in Peiping
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 29 OP).
—The Communist Peiping radio,
heard here, said today Hugo
Winstrand, new Swedish ambas
sador to Red China, called on
I Foreign Minister Chou En-lai
1 preparatory to presenting his cre
. dentials.
"She had threatened to walk
. off from the children if she
’ couldn’t get assistance from the
i county welfare,” said Lt. Reith.
i “I imagine she may be out of the
» State by this time.”
Mrs. Pearl Rhodes, owner of the
farm, said Mrs. Morris came to
[ her place Friday, carrying two
■ shopping bags.
' “I’m leaving,” Mrs. Rhodes
quoted her. “You can call the
■ Red Cross and give them the
: kids.”
Miss Henrietta Mace, director
of the Harford County Welfare
. Department, said aid was not
I given the family because the fa
• ther had been living and working
on the farm. She said she be
! lieved the father also had left
. the county.
Besides the 5-year-old girl,
Jerry, and 13-month-old John,
the children are Douglas, 2;
Charles, 3, and Michael, 4.
WASHINGTON, D. C., NOVEMBER 30, 1952—230 PAGES.
Morse to Back
Republicans for
Senate Control
Favors Taft as 'Open'
Majority Leader, Not
'Sub Rosa' as Now
By J. A. O'Leary
Senator Morse of Oregon, who
bolted the Republican Party in
the recent presidential campaign
and declared himself an Inde
pendent, announced last night he
will vote with the Republicans to
organize the Senate in January.
He also said he would support
Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio,
for majority leader.
Senator Morse made it clear,
however, he is not rejoining the
party and reserves the right to
jvote against any proposal of
President-elect Eisenhower or the
| Republican Party which he de
cides is not in the best interests
of the people.
Retaining his new status as
Independent means, he said, that
he will not be a member of either
the Republican or Democratic
caucuses.
The Oregon Senator said the
responsibility for the legislative
program of the new administra
tion should not be a divided one
but should rest equally on the
Republicans. He said, also, he
thought it would be unethical for
him as an Independent to take ad
vantage of the close party lineup
in the Senate to deprive the party
which won the election of the re
sponsibility which goes with con
trol.
Could Create Tie.
When the new Congress meets
on January 3 the Senate will
consist of 48 Republicans. 47
Democrats and one Independent
i (Morse). Senator Morse, there
fore, could create a tie at the start
of the session by voting with the
Democrats.
Democratic Vice President Bark
ley will be the Senate’s presiding
officer until January 20, and could
vote to break a tie. The Demo
crats have shown no inclintaion,
however, to try to organize the
Senate temporarily.
Even if they had the votes their
control would last only about two
weeks, because on January 20 the
new Republican Vice President,
Senator Nixon, would acquire the
deciding vote. Since California has
a Republican Governor, it is ex
pected a Republican will be ap
pointed to fill the seat Senator
Nixon is vacating.
To Let Senate Decide.
Senator Morse is taking no hand
in the reshuffling of committee
assignments. He said he is going
to let the Senate decide his status
as an Independent in such matters
as seniority, committee assign
ments and other prerogatives.
In practical operation, this
means that the Republican Sena
torial conference will have to de
termine whether to discipline him
for bolting, by giving him less de
sirable assignments, or ignoring
his defection and let him retain
his committees and seniority.
At present he is third ranking
member of Armed Services and
fourth ranking on Labor and Wel
fare. The big question the Re
publicans will have to decide is
whether to leave him in that po
sition of seniority if he says he
is not a Republican. There is no
question that he will receive com
mittee assignments under the
Congressional Reorganization Act,
which entitles each Senator to
two committee places.
The precedents are divided as
to how the Republicans have re
acted in the past toward bolting
members. In some cases they
have applied discipline, through
committee assignments, while at
other times they have not.
Senator Morse, who started out
early this year as an Eisenhower
supporter, then switched to Gov.
(See Morse, Page A-4.)
$1,200 Robbery Reported
By Liquor Store Owner
Two gunmen wearing gaudy
sport shirts held up the Benoba
Liquor Store at 609 Maryland ave
nue S.W. last night and escaped
with about $1,200 in cash, tne
proprietor reported to police.
Alvin B. Oremland, 33, the pro
prietor, who lives at 35 Tuckerman
street N.W., said he was alore in
the store when the men entered
about 10:15 p.m.
He told police the men. both
colored, pulled out revolvers and
ordered him to turn over the
money in his pocket. The owner
said that amounted to SSOO. The
men then rifled the cash register.
Police said the robbers were be
tween 20 and 25 years old. One
was wearing a brown cap, other a
brown felt hat.
10 Years of Atomic Research
Ten years ago man achieved the first self-sustaining
nuclear chain reaction. Then no one had any idea or
intent of contributing to a major industrial or military
development. The atomic bomb, developments toward the
hydrogen bomb, atomic-powered submarines—the whole
story of how these discoveries have affected or will affect
the course of world history is told in a .series of seven
articles, the first to appear in The Star December 2.
The authors range from Enrico Fermi, famed atomic
scientist, to Gordon Dean, chairman of the Atomic Energy
Commission.
Read the first story in The Star on Tuesday.
Siesta.
Sister Kenny Dies Peacefully
At 66 at Home in Australia
Nurse Who Developed I
Treatment for Polio
Had Been in Coma
By th« Associated Press
SYDNEY, Australia, Sunday, I
Nov. 30.—Sister Elizabeth Kenny
died peacefully at her Toowoomba
home early this afternoon.
1 Dr. John Ogden said the noted
66-year-old nurse, who developed;
a treatment for poliomyelitis,
knew she was dying before she
went into a coma two days ago. :
“I know now that this is it,”: ]
he quoted her as saying.
Sister Kenny suffered from
cerebral thrombosis and a few \
days ago contracted pneumonia.
Her right side was paralyzed. j
She was treated last night with'
a new drug, trypsin, which was!
flown from New York. But the'i
doctor already had announced j'
that he had given up all hope.
Outside her sickroom in Too-
Archbishop Mclntyre
Os Los Angeles Among
24 New Cardinals
Stepinac, Freed From
Yugoslav Prison Year
Ago, Is One of Group
By 1h« Asiociated Pratt
VATICAN CITY, Nov. 29.—Pope
Pius XII today named 24 new
Cardinals, the princes of the Ro
man Catholic Church, including
Archbishop James Francis Mc-
Intyre of Los Angeles. This re
stores the Sacred College of
Cardinals to its full strength of 70.
Two archbishops in Communist
nations were made Cardinals in
the long awaited action. These
were Archbishop Alojzijc Stepinac
of Zagreb, freed from a Yugoslav
prison last December but still re
stricted to his native village of
Krasic, and Archbishop Stefan
Wyszynski of Warsaw, primate of
predominately Catholic Poland.
The group will receive symbolic
red hats at a consistory here Janu
ary 12, the second since World
War 11. Thirty-two prelates en
tered the College of Cardinals in
a great consistory February 18,
1946.
Picked From 12 Nations.
The new appointments fill ranks
depleted by deaths. John Joseph
Cardinal Glennon of St. Louis died
in Ireland while returning home
from the 1946 consistory. Another
American, Dennis Cardinal Dough
erty of Philadelphia, died last
year.
The Pope, 76, picked tne Cardi
nals from 12 nations.
In what was described by some
Vatican sources as a partial re
turn to tradition, he gave Italians
the lion’s share, 11 appointments.
The Italians got only four in 1946.
The makeup of the full college
by nations now will be Italy, 27;
France, six; United States, four,
Spain, four; Portugal, three; Bra
zil, three; Argentina, Canada and
Germany two each; Armenia,
Austria, Australia, Belgium, Brit
-1 (Continued on Page A-3, Col. 5.)
. » 4 •*
SISTER KENNY.
woomba* tha plateau town in a
rural area 85 miles from Brisbane,
some of her first polio patients
were walking about with little or
(Continued on Page A-2, Col. 1.)
First Snow Hits
District Area;
Roads Slippery
The first snowfall of winter
swirled down on Washington last
night.
The snow arrived from the 1
West some four hours ahead of
schedule. It had hit West Vir-
Picture of the Capitol in the Snow on
Page A-10.
ginia and parts of Virginia and
Pennsylvania earlier. The Weath
er Bureau predicted a fall of one
or two inches with the snow later
turning into rain.
Police warned of hazardous
driving conditions with the wetj
streets expected to develop an
icy film. A low of 28 degrees was
forecast for early morning.
The temperature dropped from
37 degrees at 9 p.m. to 31 at 11.
The first flakes melted on hitting
the streets. District Traffic Di
rector George Keneipp said he
did not expect any unusual traf
fic problems. Plane traffic at Na
tional Airport was unaffected.
The Weather Bureau discounted
the possibility of any great in
convenience caused by the fall.
Today’s forecast was for cold,
and rain in the morning with to
morrow fair and colder.
Maryland State Police at Wa
terloo reported the Washington-
Baltimore highway extremely slip
pery. Conditions were much the
same in most sections of the State,
police said.
Notre Dame Upsets USC, 9-0,
To Climax Dramatic Season
Notre Dame climaxed a dra
matic football season yesterday by
upsetting previously undefeated
and untied Southern California, 1
9-0, before the largest throng to
see a game at South Bend this :
season.
A crowd of 58,394 fans saw the
Irish spoil the Trojans’ bid for
an all-victorious nine-game sea
son. Millions more saw the lat
ter part of the game, which was
shown after the Army-Navy
game, on television.
A fumble on a punt-return by
Southern Cal, which will meet
Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl on :
New Year’s Day, set up the Irish :
touchdown in the second quarter.
A 17-yard field goal by Bob Arrix
in the third quarter gave the Irish I
their other points.
The Irish, who lost to Pitt and I
Michigan State, also knocked off!
Texas, Oklahoma and Purdue, all i
conference leaders. Southern Cal 1
is the Pacific Coast champion.
S
Donohue Favors Law
To Compel Treatment
Os Narcotics Addicts
Commissioner Sees
Way for District
To Control Victims
Commissioner F. Joseph Dono
hue last night threw his support;
behind legislation to |
compel dope addicts to submit to;
hospital treatment of their
“disease.”
“I’m for compulsory commit
ment of dope addicts,” he de
clared. “I consider a dope addict j
much more dangerous than a!
tuberculous person because he i
infects more people.”
In his weekly broadcast over
1 Station WWDC, Mr. Donohue was
1 told by a Star reporter that
• United States Attorney Charles
M. Irelan has said he would draft
a bill to assure compulsory com
' mitment. Mr. Donohue responded:
“If Mr. Irelan will propose a
bill, I’m confident the Board of
Commissioners will give it every
support.”
Must Face Responsibilities.
Mr. Donohue also said the Dis-j
trict must be prepared to provide
; hospitalization facilities.
I He pointed out that the Com
j missioners have the power to
designate communicable and pre
ventable diseases and make regu
lations for their control .
He then proposed that the
Commissioners enlarge the defini
tion of communicable and pre
ventable diseases to include dope
addiction and require hospitaliza
tion of addicts “not only as a
! danger to themselves but to others
whom they persuade to become
; narcotic addicts.”
Possible Answer to Problem,
i He said if the medical profes
sion could provide sufficient
grounds for considering dope ad
diction a communicable disease
“there might be the answer to
our problem.”
Dr. William P. Herbst. chairman
of the District Medical Society’s
committee on public policy, was
asked whether he considered dope
addiction such a communicable
disease.
Ordinarily, he responded, a
communicable disease is one
transferred by the virus or bacter
iological method. But, he added,
dope addiction might be com
municated by tlw psychological
method. He thought it would be
technically; difficult to
prove dopjt fcddtetion was a com
municable jjflfeease although he
commendeacommissioner Dono
hue’s search for a solution to the
problem.
]
Georgia Tech and Mississippi, >
who will meet in the Sugar Bowl, •
both had scares but came through.
Tech scored two touchdowns in
the last quarter to .beat Georgia,
23-9, while Mississippi turned
back a last-minute Mississippi
State drive to win, 20-14.
Orange-bowl bound Alabama de
feated Auburn, 21-0, while Vir
ginia won over William and Mary,
20-13, and Tennessee trounced
Vanderbilt, 46-0.
On the racing front, Walter A.
Edgar’s Prince Dare won the
$50,000 Maryland Gold Cup at
Bowie. Campbell Stable’s Anne's
Love, coupled with Prince Dare
as an entry, was second and
Howell E. Jackson’s Caesar Did,
third.
The program was marred by
four spills. Jockey Bobby Mitchell
suffered a broken collar bone, fall
ing with Jack The Great in thr
fifth race.
(Details in Sports Section.) 1
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TEN CENTS
Middies Defeat
Army r 7 to 0,
Before 102,000
Phil Monahan Gets
Game's Only Score;
Fumbles Frequent
By Francis Sfann
Stor Staff Correspondent
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.
Navy prevailed over Army today
for the third year in a row- and, as
widely predicted, it turned out to
be a tense struggle. The final
score was 7-0, but it wasn’t such a
thriller as the tally suggests.
Before a capacity crowd of 102,-
000, including President Truman,
Trumon Sees Army-Navy Game for Lass
Time os President. Page A-4
For Picture Story, see Page C-3.
today’s 53d battle between the
service academies was a cat-and
mouse affair with Navy in the role
of the cat.
A 65-yard scoring drive, ending
with less than a minute of the
first quarter remtaining, extended
the winning streak of Navy over
Army to three straight years. John
(Phil) Monahan, who played only
junior varsity football last sea
son, plunged across from the 2-
yard line and Ned Snyder, a place
ment specialist, converted for all
the points.
It was Navy's 22d victory in a
rivalry that dates back to 1890 and
it put a damper on West Point’s
150th anniversary. The Cadets
have won 27 times and four games
in the series have ended in ties.
For the Naval Academy, which is
107 years old, it wound up the
most successful season in a long
time.
Best Season Since 1945.
Navy today was winning its
sixth game, against losses to
Notre Dame and Maryland and a
tie with Penn. Not since 1945,
'when the Middies had a 7-1-1
| record, has comparable success
; been achieved and even during
I that year Navy was a 32-12 loser
to its only conqueror, Army.
Navy had all the “horses” on
this chill, slightly overcast day,
as reflected by the Middies’ 17
first downs to Army’s four and by
the 258 yards gained by rushing
to West Point’s mere 55. Neither
I side showed much of a passing
attack but the feeling prevailed
that Navy wasn’t playing up to its
potential. All day the Middies
■ limited their offense to ground
; plays and aside from the scoring
drive, a lack of imagination and
' derring-do was suspected.
5 Navy conceiveably could have
; led by 21-0 at the half and won
.! by an even larger score, but the
Middies, more so than the Cadets,
were sloppy as well as unimagina
tive. There was a total of 11
fumbles and eight w'ere by Navy.
A factor which kept Army in the
game
I The once-feared Black Knights
iof the Hudson never represented
serious threats but Navy figured
to score more points than the lone
touchdown with which the Mid
shipmen wound up. In the final
period the Middies had a first
down on Army’s 3-yard line and
Fred Franco was sent into the
near-center of the line three times
in an attempt to score. Franco
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4 Killed in Explosion
At Texas Oil Refinery
By the Associated Press
NEDERLAND, Tex., Nov. 29.
Four persons were reported killed
and an undetermined number in
jured tonight in an explosion and
fire at the Pure Oil Co. refinery
here.
The Sheffield funeral home at
Port Neches said four had been
killed.
Police Desk Sergt. W. A. Rob
bins at Beaumont said highway
patrol Capt. C. O. Lane radioed
him at about 11:45 p.m. (CST)
that he believed several men
might be trapped in the burning
buildings, and rescuers couldn't
get to them because of the in
tense heat.
Estimates of the number of
men in the vicinity of the ex
plosion ranged from 12 to about
16.
Sergt. Robbins said he under
stood another four persons had
been taken to hospitals.
Deputy Sheriff Turner Ross in
Beaumont said he could see me
glow of the flames from the re
finery, some 10 miles distant.
Port Neches is the center
of the State’s teeming coastal
petroleum and petro-chemical in
dustries.
Story of Poolesville,
Delight of Antiquarians
ABOUT POOLESVILLE-This town
in Northern Montgomery County it
described by Star Writer George Ken
nedy as the despair of planners but
the delight of antiquarians. The wan
dering reporter tells the story of the
village in an illustrated feature on
Page A-32.
BALTIMORE POLITICIAN—SamueI
Nathan Friedel is omong the new
faces that will be seen in Congress
next month. The from
the new Maryland 7th district is the
second native of Washington to be
sent to the House this yeor by Mory
lond. A biographical sketch appears
on Page A-27.
Complete Index, Page A-2
Radio-TV Programs, Pages E-4-5
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