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An Associoted Press Newspoper
101st Year. No. 322.
Eisenhower Discounts Reds
As 54 Election Issue, Hopes
Dispute Over White Will End
Says Americans
Can't Live in Fear
Os Each Other
By James E. Roper
President Eisenhower said to
day he hopes that disputes over
Communists in Government—a
problem highlighted by the Harry
Dexter White case—will be his
tory by the time the next elec
tion rolls around.
Gen. Eisenhower told a news
conference that he hopes his
See Editorial, "Bad Doy for Mr. Tru
man." Poge A-18
Text of J. Edgar Hoover's Statement on
White Case. Page A-8
Text of Brownell's Statement to Senate
Subcommittee. Page A-6
Other Stories and Pictures Relating to
the White Case. Pages A-4, A-5, A-9
clean-up of Washington will
eliminate the Communist issue
and wipe out the suspicions of
the American people that their
Government is weak in handling
Reds.
The President sought to avoid
direct comment on the White
case, which yesterday found At
torney General Brownell and
FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover
disputing the statements of for
mer President Truman.
But one question Gen. Eisen
hower could not avoid: What
comment did he have to make
on Mr. Truman’s remark that
the Eisenhower administration
has embraced “McCarthyism.”
Responds Angrily.
Gen. Eisenhower's face flared
angrily red. He shot back that
he was ready to take the judg
ment of the reporters attending
the news conference. He spoke
so quickly that he had to repeat
the remark for reporters who did
not understand his staccato
words.
Gen. Eisenhower in general
discounted communism as a po
tential election issue, although
the White case reached a peak
only yesterday.
Mr. Brownell and Mr. Hoover
assaulted Mr. Truman’s story
that he kept White in Govern
ment service in order to help the
FBI watch the man who was
labelled a Soviet spy. Mr.
Brownell and Mr. Hoover hotly
denied that the FBI favored such
a decision.
In Kansas City, Mr. Truman,
asked to comment on the rebut
tal of Mr. Brownell and Mr.
Hoover, told reporters he already
had “set the record straight.’’
Earlier, after saying “why waste
words.” the former President
had said he didn't hear Mr.
Hoover’s testimony, but added
“I'm sure he told the truth.”
Mr. Brownell and Mr. Hoover
testified before the Internal Se
curity subcommittee of Senator
Jenner. For Mr. Hoover, it was
a memorable event because he
had to step actively into the
political arena. He did so re
luctantly, nut decisively.
Hoover Urged White Ouster.
Mr. Hoover said he recom
mended White be dropped from
Government service because of
his espionage activities. He all
but ridiculed Ms. Truman’s story
that keeping White on the job
would help FBI investigations.
Mr. Hoover said Mr. Truman’s
transfer of White from Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury to a
job on the International Mone
tary Fund “hampered” FBI ef
forts to keep White under survel
lance.
Spectators overflowing the
Senate Caucus Room applauded
periodically is the witnesses,
sometimes with disdain and
sometimes with anger, disputed
Mr. Truman’s account of “all
the facts.”
Brownell Amplifies Charge.
Mr. Brownell, lijce the lawyer
that he is, presented a lengthy
elaboration of his November 6
(Continued on Page A-5, Col. 1.)
President Receives
SO Millionth Phone
In U. S. (It's Fancy)
The Nation’s 50 millionth tele
phone—a fancy one trimmed
with gold—was installed in the
White House today for President
t Eisenhower’s use.
The telephone was presented
to Gen. Eisenhower by Cleo F.
Picture on Page A-3
Craig, president of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Co., as
a symbol of America’s world
leadership in telephone commu
nication. The ceremony consist
ed of Mr. Craig plugging in the
telephone at the President’s desk
The President tried out the
telephone without delay and
when the White House switch
board operator answered his call
he told her he wanted to see how
his new phone worked.
The instrument is black.
Around the base are 48 gold
stars, one for each State. The
presidential seal takes the place
of the number plate and the dial
and numbers are finished in gold.
Phone ST. 3-5000 S ** WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1953— EIGHTY-FOUR PAGES. * CENTS
Snyder Promoted Spy Suspect
Despite Report, Senators Told
Probers Say Ex-Treasury Secretary
Advanced Glasser, Named by FBI
By Cecil Holland
I Evidence was submitted to
Senate investigators today indi
cating that former Treasury Sec
retary John W. Snyder promoted
Harold Glasser after receiving
FBI reports linking him with
Harry Dexter White in Soviet
espionage activities.
The evidence, mostly in the
form of letters signed by Mr.
Snyder, was studied by the Sen
ate Internal Security Subcom
mittee. >
This is the committee which
heard FBI Director J. Edgar
, Hoover testify yesterday that he
had given repeated warnings that
j White, Glasser and others were
connected with an alleged es
pionage ring. Glasser is a for
mer Treasury Department offi
| cial
Mr. Snyder now employed by
an automobile manufacturing
company in Toledo. Ohio, was
I invited by Chairman Jenner to
appear and give what Senator
Jenner said was “some explana
! tion of these very serious letters
signed by him.”
Could Not Appear.
Mr. Snyder telegraphed that
he had received the subcommit
tee's invitation too late for him
to arrange his affairs so that
he could be present at today's
hearing.
Mr. Snyder added:
“In connection with your j
present hearings, however, I
want you to point out that the
record clearly shows that within
approximately 18 months after
I became head of the Treasury
Department and 116,000 em-
Guatemala Seizes
Most of United Fruits'
Atlantic Coast Lands
Honest Blow Struck
Jmt, Red Soys; Eventual
j . Company Ouster Seen
By the Associated Press
GUATEMALA, Nov. 18.—The
leftist Guatemalan government
has expropriated about 200,000
acres qf land belonging to the j
United Fruit Co. AGu •‘emalan |
Communist leader called the
move “the most profound blow !
suffered by Yankee imperialism.” j
i The land, in the Tiquisate |
zone of Southern Guatemala,
was expropriated Sunday under ;
the agrarian reform law. A
decree provides for distribution
of the land to peasants. The
program would take away more
than two-thirds of United Fruit’s
Atlantic Coast acreage.
Red Cites Futile Plea.
At ceremonies marking the ex
propriation. Carlos Manuel Pel- j
lecer, Guatemalan Communist :
leader, said:
“This day marks the most
profound blow suffered by
Yankee imperialism. The expro
| priation is the most important
i that has been carried out up to
now, despite the fact that the \
company (United Fruit) ap
pealed to the State Department
! in Washington on behalf of its
I claims, which have no basis for
| thp’r existence.”
The government has previously i
taken about 215,000 acres from j
the fruit company on the Pacific j
side of the country, leaving it
; 64.896 acres.
The United States has ob
jected to Guatemala’s proposal to
pay for the expropriated land
at its 1921 tax evaluation in 25-
year agrarian bonds. United
States officials insist the valua
tion is unjust and that the bonds
have doubtful value.
Law’s Application Disputed.
United Fruit contends that the
land taken over was not uncul
tivated, within the meaning of
the agrarian reform law. out
iwas needed for banana growing
when cultivated areas had to j
be abandoned, as periodically
happens because of a soil fungus
! called banana disease. The
| company also insists the i
land should be paid for at a j
much higher tax valuation which j
it tried unsuccessfully to get the ;
government to accept in 1948
after improving the land.
Observers here of the leftist
government’s policy have ex
pressed the view that Guate
mala intends eventually to drive
out United Fruit, which does a i
multi-million dollar business in
jboth bananas and shipping. |
Gale Torments Refugees
AMMAN, Jordan. Nov. 18 (JP).
—A November gale accompanied
by torrential rain tore down
tents here occupied by Arab
refugees from the Palestine war. J
The tents have been their homes
1 for six years. The refugees lud- i
died in mosques and schools
i made available to them.
W)n lEticniiiQ §kt
ployes, to the best of my knowl
edge, all suspected subversives
were separated from the depart
ment and none have been found,
so I am advised, in the depart
ment since I left.”
Mr. Snyder added that he
would be happy to furnish the
subcommittee “any facts in my
possession which you desire and
to answer any questions” the
subcommittee may wish to ask.
Jenner Sees Conflicts.
As the letters were being read
by Robert Morris, the subcom
mittee counsel. Senator Jenner
interrupted to say there appeared
to be discrepancies between what
the letters indicated and what
Mr. Snyder said in his telegram.
“We’ll have to call him at some
later time to get this situation
straightened out,” Senator Jen
ner added.
Other highlights of the day’s
session, at which no witness ap
peared, were:
1. Senator Jenner said another
hearing would be held at 2 p.m.
Monday to receive FBI sum
maries on Glasser, V. Frank Coe,
Victor Perlo and Solomon Aler,
all identified in FBI reports as
having been connected with
White in alleged espionage ac
tivities.
2. Senator Jenner said that,
until reports on various indi
viduals were received, the sub
committee would not go into the
matter of seeking information
from Supreme Court Justice Tom
Clark, former Attorney General,
(See GLASSER, Page A-3.)
Case Against Killers
01 Greenlease Boy
Is Nearing Jury
Prosecution Winds Up
Case Against Hall
And Mrs. Heady
By tha Associated Press
KANSAS CITY, Nov. 18.—The
Government concluded its case
today against the kidnaper-kill
ers of 6-year-old Bobby Green
lease. whose mother climaxed
I testimony by confronting them
I in Federal Court with the lie
! they used to get $600,000 in ran
som after the boy’s cold-blooded
slaying.
The Government wrapped up
its case quickly on the third day
Confession Speeds Hunt for $303,720
of Greenlease Ransom. Poge A-3
of the trial to determine whether
Carl Austin Hall, 34-year-old
criminal son of respectable par
ents, and Mrs. Bonnie Brown
Heady, 41-year-old divorcee, are
to die in the gas chamber.
The closing testimony was
largely corroborating evidence
already admitted. Several FBI
agents testified.
Six Defense Witnesses.
The defense was expected to
move swiftly toward conclusion
of the case. It has called only
six witnesses—five for Hall and
one for Mrs. Heady. Her only
witness will be her aunt, Mrs.
T. R. Baker of Chicago, who
raised her after the death of
her mother.
The case is expected to go to
the jury late today. *
In an unfaltering ' voice
Bobby’s attractive mother told
the jury yesterday how Hall re
peatedly assured her that her
only son was alive, even though
he had been slain soon after
he was kidnaped from a private
Catholic school.
Husband Watches closely.
Her multi - millionaire hus
band, Robert C. Greenlease, sat
only a few feet from Hall. The
71-year-old automobile dealer
(Continued on Page A-3, Col. 3.)
President Won't See
Army and Navy Play;
Plans Georgia Trip
President Eisenhower to
day announced tentative
plans for Thanksgiving holi
day that rule out his at
tendance at the Army-Navy
football game November 28.
He told his news confer
ence he hopes to go to
Augusta, Ga., about next
Tuesday, spend Thanksgiv
ing there with his children
and grandchildren and re
turn to Washington Sunday
night, November 29. He
. presumably will get in some
golfing at Augusta’s Na
tional Golf Club, scene of
the annual Masters’ Tour
nament.
President Maps
Six-Point Plan
On Legislation
Doesn't Look for
Next Year's Budget
To Be Balanced
By Joseph A. Fox
President Eisenhower today
outlined a six-point program
that will be pressed by flis ad
ministration in the next Con
gress. He said at the same time
he did not look for a balanced
budget in the fiscal year starting
next July 1.
Listing the measures to be
taken up with Republican con
gressional leaders at a White
House meeting December 17-19,
the President also opened up the
possibility that Democratic lead
ers also may take part in the
conference. Gen. Eisenhower
said that certainly where a bi
partisan action was called for,
he intended to have leaders
from both parties represented.
White House sources expressed
a conviction afterward, however,
that no Democrats would sit in
on the December 17-19 meeting,
which is actually looked upon as
an organizing of the Re
publicans for the next Congress.
At the same time it was felt
that this did not preclude Demo
cratic leaders being brought into
conference at the White House
before Congress returns.
Security Major Topics.
The President listed these as
the principal items to be taken
up at the conference:
1. Security—meaning defense.
2. Fiscal policy—including ex
penditures, taxation and the
budget situation.
3. A new farm program.
4. Labor law changes.
5 Public housing and slum
clearance.
6. Social security expansion.
7. Foreign aid, particularly
the military aid phase. ,»
The President stressed that
he was not excluding other
topics.
In explaining why he does not
anticipate a balanced budget in
the next fiscal year, Gen. Eisen
hower said some taxes
ing—actually the Government
will lose about $8 billion in cuts
starting in January—and that
there will be some gap, as he
put it, between income and
outgo.
The President also said there
had been some unusually heavy
farm expenditures needed—be
cause of emergency conditions.
Earlier, administration spokes
men had been emphasizing the
likelihood that a balanced budg
et would be possible in another
18 months.
Would Bolster Economy.
Covering a wide range of do
mestic topics in the 30-minute
session, the President also:
1. Said that the full resources
of the Government would be mo
(See EISENHOWER, Page A-3.)
Way Cleared in Baltimore
For Old Pumper's Return
By th« Associated Press
BALTIMORE, Nov. 18.—Bal
timore’s city solicitor has ruled
the City Fire Board may either
lend or sell that antique fire
pumper the city of Alexandria,
Va„ has been trying to get.
The pumper was donated to
the old Alexandria fire company
by George Washington and now
reposes in the Washington Mon
ument here.
City Solicitor Thomas N. Bid
dison recommended today that
the pumper be loaned to Alex
andria.
President Frank Bauer of the
fire board said the matter wil)
be discussed at the next meeting.
Mayor Marshall J. Beverley of
Alexandria wants to put the
pumper in Friendship Volunteer
Fire Company headquarters, now
being remodeled for dedication
as a national shrine.
Gls Grouse as Turkey Menu
Fowls-up Korea Thanksgiving
•y the Associated Press
SEOUL, Nov. 18.—The United
States Bth Army announced with
apparent gusto this week that
the soldiers in Korea would be
“devouring more than 150 tons
of turkey” on Thanksgiving Day.
But the apparent gusto, it
seemed, was confined to the
quartermaster people.
Slowly the dread news spread
—from the rear echelons right
up to where troops look out on
the demilitarized zone.
You could hear the wail in tent
and bunker: “Oh no. not turkey
again—anything, even boiled eel
or turnip greens.”
Time Lag in Juvenile Court
Action on Charges Studied
100 Cases Charted to Find Why
It Takes Months to Dispose of Them
By Miriam Ottenberg
An official investigating group
is charting 100 Juvenile Court
cases to pinpoint the reasons
why it takes months between
the time a juvenile commits an
offense and the court decides
what to do about it.
The 100-case study was dis
closed in a progress report made
Judge Cockrill Hits Proposal to Try
Youths as Adults. Page B-8
Youths in Revenge Beatings to Face
Victims in Showdown. Poge A-29
Senate Hearing on Juvenile Delinquency
Opens Tomorrow. Poge A-29
to the Council on Law Enforce
ment by its Juvenile Delinquency
Committee last night. The com
mittee asked for another month
to complete its findings.
It was apparent from the re
port, however, that the time lag
between the commission of an
unlawful act and the disposition
of the case in Juvenile Court is
emerging as one of the focal
points of the full-scale investi
gation of juvenile crime and
correction here
The council, created by Con
gress in the District’s big crime
curb bill last summer, must
report to Congress at the begin
ning of its next session. Com
missioner Samuel Spencer, coun
cil chairman, said that, while
the council is investigating all
phases of law enforcement, it
will put the emphasis in its first
report on juvenile delinquency
and, presumably, on what steps
can be taken to strengthen pro
cedures for dealing with juve
niles.
Many Questions Raised.
The council’s Juvenile Delin
quency Committee, headed by
Attorney Newell W. Ellison, re
ported that with its investiga
tion not yet complete, “it is
already evident that many ques
tions have been raised.”
In reporting that it is study
ing 100 Juvenile Court cases, the
committee made it clear that its
primary purpose is to chart the
time lapse. Juvenile Court Judge
Edith H. Cockrill, member of
the full council but not of the
Juvenile Delinquency Committee,
has said it takes an average of
two months for a case to reach
her. She has blamed this delay
on insufficient staff.
To pinpoint causes, the com
mittee said it had noted these
dates in each of the 100 cases:
1 Date of the offense.
2. Date of arrest.
3. Date of the complaint.
4. Date the complaint was re
ceived by the intake department
of Juvenile Court.
5. Date the complaint was
first received by the juvenile
department of the court.
6. Date the case was assigned
to a probation officer' to make
a social study.
Date of Completion.
7. Date of completion of the
social study, together with dates
of contact with the child where
available.
8. Date the records of the
case were returned to the ju
“Why couldn’t it have been
steak?” asked a captain. He was
an obvious beef eater.
“Chances are 3 to 5 we’d have
got turkey whether it was
Thanksgiving or not,” said a
private.
“Back home, moaned another
enlisted man, “we ate turkey
about three times a year instead
of three times a week, and I
could enjoy it.”
That was it. The Army here
suffers from a glut of turkey.
So the situation is normal—all
fowled up. Turkey is on the
menu twice a week with hot tur
key sandwiches and turkey salad
in between.
j venile department for the prep
aration of a petition.
| 9. Date the petition was ap
j proved by the assistant corpo
i ration counsel.
10. Date the petition was filed
with the court.
11. Date of any preliminary
hearings by the court.
12. Date of the hearing at
S which final disposition of the
case was made by the Juvenile
1 Court.
The committee said a second
objective of the 100-case study
is to determine the length of
treatment of the child. In cases
where the juvenile was put on
| probation, the study will show
j the length of time on proba
■ tion, the reasons for dismissal
‘ from probation and further of
: senses of the child, if any. and
i what disposition was made of
| such offenses.
Where the juvenile was com
: mitted to the Wel&re Depart
ment or the National Training
School for Boys, the subcom
mittee plans to chart the date
of release to the community,
whether by parole or escape, and
the date the juvenile was form
ally discharged from commit
; ment.
Other Information Obtained.
The subcommittee said it has
drawn other information from
the 100 cares, such as ages, na
ture of -'flenses, former offenses,
simultaneous and later offenses,
if any The- investigators also are
noting whether and why the
child was held at the Receiving
Home and how long he was held.
The 100 cases involve children
who came before the court be
tween January l, 1951, and Au
gust 15. 1953. The committee
said they were picked arbitrarily
by dates—cases coming into
court about the Ist, 15ih and
30th of one month and about the
11st, 10th, 20th and 30th of the
next month.
| The subcommittee said it plans
to do a similar study of cases
coming before the judge during
some week in November to get a
current picture of the lapse of
time between arrest and disposi
tion.
The progress report noted a
series of interviews with virtu
ally all the officials dealing with
juvenile delinquents—most of
whom had some recommenda
tions for changes.
Other Actions Taken.
In addition .to hearing the
Juvenile Delinquency Coinmii
; tee’s progress report, the council
took these other actions at its
closed session last night:
1. Referred to the juvenile De
linquency committee a proposal
from the Federation of Citizens’
i Associations for legislation to
make parents responsible for the
crimes of their children and pro
vide criminal penalties for par
ents The council broadened this
to have the Juvenile Delinquency
committee also study the pos
sibility of making parents liable
for damages in civil suits.
2. Discussed last Saturday
night’s outbreak of crime and
heard Police Chief Robert V
Murray report that heavier pen
alties meted out to adult of
fenders in past months have
been holding down crime.
3. Heard a progress report
from Hugh Rivers, chairman of
the council committee studying
adult misdemeanors. Mr. Rivers
said it is too early to note any
trends resulting from the heav
ier penalties provided for some
misdemeanors under the big
crime bill. *
4 Elected United States At
torney Leo A. Rover vice chair
man of the council and adopted
by-laws.
Trespassers Threatened
PUSAN, Nov. 18 UP) The
South Korean Chief of Naval
Operations today threatened to
unlimber navy guns on any Jap
anese patrol boats coming to the
assistance of fishing boats "tres
passing” in Korea waters. i
Front and Center
This Capital of Government is becom
ing a big stage for motion pictures. A
report on the new industry appears on
Page A-29.
New York Markets, Pages A-22-23
D. C. Pilot Missing
In Jet Plane Crash
On Minnesota Farm
Craft Reportedly Buried
In 15 Feet of Mud, but
Chance of Escape Is Seen
A Washington jet pilot was
reported missing by the Air
j Force today following the crash
of his F-86 Sabre jet 35 miles
northwest of Minneapolis.
He was listed as Lt. Richard
G. Pace. 22, son of Mrs. Stanley
I T. Ewell, of 2050 Thirty-seventh
street N.W.
The Associated Press said Lt.
Pace's plane crashed and ex
ploded yesterday in a swampy
area of a farm near Anoka,
00 J|ll
■KL J 0 ■
LT. RICHARD PACE.
Minn., during a routine flight.
The craft was reportedly buried
in 15 feet of mud. but officials at
Wold - Chamberlain Air Force
Base said there is a possibility
that the pilot may have para
chuted to safety but had been
unable to make his way through
the remote area during the
night.
Lt. Pace, a graduate of Wilson
High School and a two-year stu
dent at Southern Methodist
University, was attached to the
18th Fighter-Interceptor Squad
ron at Wold-Chamberlain. He
entered the Air Force in January,
1951.
He has one brother, Air Force
Sergt. Lawrence J. Pace, jr.,
stationed in Texas.
Warm Weather Averages
20 Degrees Above Normal
Temperatures averaging 20 de
grees above normal continued in
the Washington area today as
the Weather Bureau predicted
more warm weather.
The forecast called for the
thermometer to rise to about 75
degrees this afternoon.
Tonight the temperature will
drop to about 42 degrees. To
morrow will be rather warm
again but with increasing cloudi
j ness.
No records are being set by
the unusually mild weather,
i However, the Weather Bureau
said the temperatures were aver- j
aging 20 degrees above normal
in the daytime and about normal
at night.
A long-range outlook published
by the Weather Bureau today
called for temperatures above
the seasonal averages for the
next 30 days over the Eastern
half of the Nation.
/
Commons Votes to Extend
Military Draft 5 Years
By th# Associated Press
LONDON. Nov. 18.—The House
of Commons voted 288-38 last
night to continue Britain’s
peacetime military draft for at
least five years more. Most of
the Labor opposition abstained
on the vote.
The overwhelming approval
came after Prime Minister
Churchill warned the House
that any change in the present
24-month conscription system
might lead the Communist world
to think NATO forces were
“breaking up.”
Body of Selph r
Shot in Head,
Believed Found
Slain Man in Woods
Listed Tentatively as
Missing Messenger
The body of a young man
tentatively identified as that of
a finance company messenger
who vanished October 9 with
more than $3,000 in cash was
found in the woods near David
sonville, Md., yesterday.
Police said a bullet had been
fired into the head, apparently
after the man had been knocked
unconscious. The bullet, which
appeared to be a .32-caliber, was
found during an autopsy at the
Baltimore city morgue.
Capt. Richard Felber. chief of
the homicide squad, said he is
personally convinced the body is
that of Thomas N. Selph, jr., 23,
of 209 Atlantic street S.E.
Object of Wide Search.
Mr. Selph had been the object
of a Nation-wide search since
discovery of his blood-stained
automobile in Barnard Hill Park,
a few blocks from his office, the
day after he disappeared.
Mr. Selph’s father went to the
morgue last night to view cloth
ing and other effects taken from
the body. Police said the visit
resulted in “no positive identifi
cation.”
Today, however, Mr. Selph
was quoted as saying: “There
I is no doubt that it is my son.”
Mr. Selph said the two rings were
similar to those owned by his
son.
One was a gold signet ring
set with black onyx, bearing a
gold initial “S.” The other was
! a plain white gold wedding band.
Capt. Felber and an aide,
Detective Carl A. Rudbeck, went
this morning to the spot where
the body was found to search for
further clues.
Found by Cab Driver.
Anne Arundel County police
said the deteriorated body, dis
covered by a Washington cab
driver, appeared to have been
at the scene about a month.
“We have reason to believe he
was murdered and the body
dumped there,” said Capt. Wil
bur C. Wade, of the county
police.
District and county police met
at the scene today and decided
to conduct a joint investigation.
Washington Police Chief Robert
V. Murray said jurisdiction can
be decided after the slayer is
caught.
A signet ring, a wedding band
and clothing on the body ap
peared to fit the description of
articles worn by Mr. Selph when
he vanished. No wallet or pa
pers were found, but Capt. Fel
i ber said he is hopeful that such
! articles might be found at the
scene.
Tokens in Jacket.
Three Washington street car
tokens were found in a jacket
pocket Detectives said the fi
nance agency for which Mr.
Selph worked furnishes employes
with tokens when they make
business trips, even when they
use their own automobiles.
The body was found near an
old logging road off Central
avenue just across the Prince
Georges County line. The cab
driver who discovered it, Elmer
A. Basinger, 54, of 609 Fifty
seventh avenue, Capitol Heights,
Md., was en route to a beach
cottage and had stopped his car
on Central avenue and walked
into the woods.
Identification experts from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation
are being asked to determine if
fingerprints can be obtained
from the left hand, which was
beneath the body and not as
exposed to the elements as the
right hand.
Clothing Described.
Police description of Mr.
Selph at the time of his disap
pearance said he wore a green
dress shirt, dark trousers and a
maroon corduroy sports coat.
Anne Arundel County police
said the body was clad in gray
pants, tan shoes, dark socks, a
(See SELPH. Page A-20.)
Movie Makers
Are Busy Here
BOOMING BUSINESS—The motion
picture industry in Washington, young
but already a multi-million dollar
business, is estimated to employ 300
persons in the producing and labora
tory processing fields. For a story
on its bright future see page A-29.
STUDYING BY TV-The role thot
television could play, through educa
tional TV stations, is the main in
terest of the National Citizens' Com
mittee for Educational Television.
Story on page B-4.
CHILDREN'S CODE—Yesterday Tha
Star published a code proposed for
parents by the Shepherd School PTA.
The students at Shepherd Elemen
tary School also have drown up their
own code of good conduct. See page
A-29.
Guide for Readers
Amuse'nts A-36-37 Lost, Found A-3
Classified C-5-13 Obituary A-20
Comics A-40-41 Radio-TV A-38-39
Editorial A-18 Sports C-1-4
Edit'l Articles A-19, Woman's
Financial.. A-22-23, Section 1-1-4