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THE EVENING STAR
Washington, D. C.
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 18.U1 _
Three Korean Fleeing
—Reds Given Refuge
In U. 5. Sentry Box
By the Associated Press
PANMUNJOM, Nov. 20.—Com
munist officers today refused a
face-to-face meeting with three
Korean soldiers who last night
bolted from a Red troop unit
and were given refuge in an
American sentry box.
The three said they were South
Koreans and were shanghaied
into the Communist army after
being captured.
The Reds insisted that the
three be returned immediately,
but the United Nations command
said they would be turned over
to Indian custody. If they re
fuse to go back to the Reds, all
presumably would be liberated
in South Korea.
Neutrals to Decide Fate.
An Indian spokesman for the
Neutral Nations Repatriation
Commission said “no single man
on the commission can decide
this and it will have to be dis
cussed at the full sitting of the
commission, tomorrow.’’
Communist members of the
Panmunjom joint observer team
refused to appear today for an
investigation to determine the
identity of the three fugitives.
The three soldiers, still dressed
In Communist uniforms, talked
to United Nations newsmen
through an interpreter.
They related:
They were captured by the
Communists in 1950 and 1951
and forced into the Red armies
as laborers with a North Korean
Army unit.
After the armistice they were
among 100 prisoners who signed
a petition asking to be sent back
to South Korea. They were
promised repatriation, but later
were told they were not prisoners
of war but members of the North
Korean Red Army.
The Koreans appeared ex
hausted but willing to talk.
Walked for Three Days.
They said they had walked
from Chunghwa, 5 miles south
of the North Korean capital of
Pyongyang, day and night for
almost three days to the neutral
zone where they bolted to allied
lines.
The three said they all were
borrt near Pusan.
’ v.Tfcey identified themselves as
Sergt.’ L C. Song Sang King,
Pfc. Tak Ha Sik and Pfc. Kil
Hu Bong
-Communist guards milled about
the tiny building most of the
night, spitting at the feet of
two American military police
man and trying to push into the
sentry box where the three Ko
rjwhs were put for protection.
Hoyt Urges County to Foster
Retail Sales for Tax Revenue
Montgomery County residents |
do more than 55 per cent of their
department and apparel s|ore
buying within the county, in
cluding S2O million out of the $27 j
niillion they spend in department 1
stioies, according to Dr. Homer
Hoyt, Chicago land economist.
Despite the growth of shopping
facilities, however, the county i
should try to capture more tax
revenues through increased re
tail sales within the county, Dr.
Hoyt said.
He cited the shopping esti-'
mates in an address last night
to the County Commerce Asso
ciation, composed of representa
tives from nine business and
trade groups in Montgomery
County.
Dr. Hoyt said his estimates i
show county stores pick up about
$27 Million of the $47.7 million
spent by Montgomery residents
in department and wearing ap
parel stores. The apparel shops
don't do as well as the depart
ment stores, according to his
figures.
He gave this breakdown:
Os $27 million spent in de-
The Weather Here and Over the Nation
District and vicinity—lncreas- ;
lnr cloudiness tonight, with
lowest around 50. Tomorrow,
mostly cloudy and mild, with
rain moving from the southwest
end probably reaching the area
by afternoon.
Maryland—lncreasing cloudi
ness and warmer tonight, lowest
in the 40s. Tomorrow, mostly
cloudy and mild, with occasional
rain probably reaching the area
by afternoon.
Virginia lncreasing cloudi
ness and warmer tonight, with
rain beginning in southwest dur
ing the night. Lowest 45-52.
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Gulf Coast. Precipitation also will occur over the North Pa
cific States and the Plateau region. It will be colder over the
Western Lake region and the Central and Lower Mississippi
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KISS FOR A NEW JUDGE—Former Senator John A. Danaher
of Connecticut gets a kiss from Mrs. Danaher after being
sworn in as a member of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Colupibia. —AP Photo.
Ex-Senator Danaher
{Takes Oath as Judge
Os D.C. Appeals Court
Former Republican Senator
; John A. Danaher of Connecticut,
I was sworn in today as a mem
ber of the U. S. Court of
Appeals for the District of Co
lumbia.
The ex-Senator. more recently
a Washington lawyer, fills the
| vacancy created by the death on
September 17 of Judge James
M. Proctor.
| The 10-minute ritual was held
in the ceremonial courtroom on
! the sixth floor of the U. S. Court
House. The new judge's com
mission was read by Deputy At
| torney General William P. Rog
ers. Chief Judge Harold M.
Stephens of the Appellate Court
swore in the 54-year-old Mr.
Danaher.
Mr. Rogers said he represented
Attorney General Brownell who
was unable to attend because of
( a cabinet meeting.
Judge Danaher took his place
with seven other judges of the
court. Missing was Judge Ben
; nett Champ Clark, who is ill.
Chief Judge Stephens de
j scribed Judge Danaher as a man
! “with a keen judicial type of
mind who is fully qualified for
the position. We welcome Judge
Danaher to the court.”
Members of the Federal bench,
lawyers and well-wishers wit
i nessed the ceremony.
partment stores. S2O million is
within the county: of $9.4 mil
lion spent in women’s wear
shops, $4 million is within the
county: of $4.3 million in men’s
and boy’s clothing stores, $750 -
000 in the county; of $3.5 mil
lion in “family clothing’’ stores.
$1.5 million in the county: of
$3.5 million in shoe stores, SBOO,-
000 in the county.
Among the factors most im
portant in attracting buyers to
regional shopping centers, he
said, is having a heavy variety
of merchandise to offer. He said
he thinks most existing centers
would do better if they were more
concentrated. Surveys among
women shoppers, he said, show
that a variety of merchandise is
more important even than such
factors as parking and price
levels.
Dr. Hoyt has made land-use
studies for Arlington and Fair
fax Counties in Virginia and is
now making a joint study of
Prince Georges and Montgomery
Counties. Describing the proj
ect, he said one of its major aims
will be to show how land can be
used to produce higher tax
revenues.
Tomorrow, » mostly cloudy and |
mild, with occasional rain in
southwest and spreading to east
and north portions.
Winds Gentle and variable
tonight and south to southeast
at 10-15 miles per hour tomor
row.
5-I)a.v Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, Nov. 21-25.
Temperatures will average 4
to 7 degrees above normal.
Washington normals are 53 and
37 for the daily high and low. I
Cooler Sunday and Monday, with i
little change thereafter. Some
rain over the week ehd and again
| Maryland
and
Virginia
New* in Brief”*
Fairfax Federation
Backs Bond Issue
A S2O million sewer bond issue
which will be voted on in Fair
fax County December 15 had the
; backing today of the county's
| Civic Federation.
The federation indorsed the
: issue at its meeting last night
after county officials appeared to
answer several questions. The
money from the bonds is to go
for construction over the next
five years of the first integrated
sewer system for urban sections
! of Fairfax.
** * *
Assessment Cut Hit
The Prince Georges County
Municipal Association has joined
a growing list of opponents to
the plan of the county commis-
S sioners to make a blanket 10 per
cent cut in property assessments
on December 31. *
The municipal officials. In
going on record against the pro
posal last night, urged the com
missionerj to reduce the county
I property tax rate rather than the
! assessments. * A n assessment
; cut, they said, would work a
! hardship on several towns in the
! county because their tax rates
are based on assessments and
some of them are legally unable
to raise their tax rates to make
up the loss.
** * *
Charterites in Race
The Montgomery County Char
ter Committee agreed last night
to sponsor charter-backing can
didates in both political parties
i in the primary and general elec
i tions next year. The action was
taken at the committee’s 11th
annual meeting in Rockville.
* =k * *
Liquor Ruling Tightened
The Prince Georges County
! Liquor Board yesterday banned
the use of loud-speakers, sound
trucks or other mechanical de
vices and portable signs to pro
mote liquor sales, effective No
vember 27.
Meanwhile, civic leader Ernest
L. Hines was called before the
board to put up or shut up on
allegations he made that illegal
liquor purchases can be made in
at least 64 county establish
ments.
Mr. Hines declined to name
the 64 places, the identity of
which he said he had learned
through personal investigation,
because “I’m not the man to
by the middle of next week will
total around 1 inch.
River Report.
(Prom U. S Engineers *
Potomac River clear at Harpers Perry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
(Readings Washington National Airport.i
Yesterday— Pet Today— Pet.
Noon :$T Midnight ... 80
! 4 p.m. 35 s a.m. _ tin
8 Piin. ti 9 10 a.m. 89
Record Temperatures This Tear.
Highest, 100. on Aug. 31 and Sept 2.
Lowest. 22. on March 2.
High and Lon of Last 24 Hours.
High. To. at 2:55 p.m.
Low, 30, at 7:10 a.m.
Tide Tables.
(Furnished Bv United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey )
Today Tontorruw
High 7:ol a m. 7:52 a.m.
Low 1:20 a.m. 2:21 am.
Hish 7*28 p.m. B:is p.m.
Low 1:38 p.m. 2:29 p.m.
Tho Sun and Moon.
Rises. Set*.
Sun. today 0:50 4:51
Sun. tomorrow __ 6:58 4:50
Moon, today 4:22 p.m. 0:38 a.m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour alter sunset
Precipitation.
Monthly precipitation m Inches In the
Capital (current month to date):
Month. 1953. Avg Record
January 4.13 3.38 7.8* 37
February 2.35 3.00 0.84 81
March 7.43 3.05 8.84 91
April 4.7 7 3.30 9.13 89
Mav 10.09 3.71 10.09 89
June 298 3.97 10.94 (Ml
Julv 2.57 4.40 10.83 80
August 3.48 4.35 14.41 28
September 4.07 3.09 17 45 34
October 3.73 2.91 8.81 37
November ... 004 2.71 718 ’77
December 309 750 01
Temperatures in Various Cities.
..., H. L. H. L.
Abilene 00 33 Kev West 85 74
Albany 03 32 Knoxville 74 44
Albuquerque 34 21 Little Rock 08 53
Anchorage 20 10 Los Angeles 05 49
Atlanta 71 58 Louisviile 74 54
Atlantic City 07 4 1 Miami 81 7.3
Baltimore 00 34 Milwaukee 72 52
Billings 35 18 Minneapolis 54 37
Birmingham 70 01 New Orleans 72 04
Bismarck 35 22 New York 70 4 7
Boise 45 29 Norfolk 75 44
Boston _ 72 52 Oklahoma C. 04 35
Buffalo 07 48 Omaha 50 35
Burlington 03 42 Philadelphia 07 30
Charleston 77 HI Pittsburgh 05 41
Charlotte 73 52 Ptland. Me. 7" 30
Cheyenne 20 9 P tland. Or. 45 42
Chicago 74 58 Raleigh 75 44
Cincinnati 71 52 Reno . 55 28
! Cleveland 59 48 Richmond 70 38
Columbus _ 09 40 St. Louis 73 00
Dallas 70 40 Salt Lake C. 38 21
I Denver . 20 10 San Antonio 80 42
Detroit _ 1 08 48 San Diego 07 49
Duluth 44 31 S. Francisco 59 40
1 Fort Worth. 70 41 Savannah 78 50
i Houston 70 55 Seattle 45 38
Huron 40 25 Tamoa 83 05
Indianapolis 72 52 Washington 7 0 39
I Jackson .71 02 Wichita 62 37
Kansajjcitf 64 44
Money Bag Viewed
As Possible Clue to
Slaying oi Selph
A Federal Reserve money bag
found on a lawn in Baltimore
was being checked by police to
day as a clue to the slaying of
Thomas N. Selph, jr., 23, of 209
Atlantic street S.E.
Mr. Selph’s body, with a bul
let in the brain, was found in
Anne Arundel County two days
ago on a lonely road near route
214, just over the Prince Georges
County line.
He has disappeared October 9
with more than $3,100 in money
he was carrying from a bank to
his office at the finance company
where he worked.
Baltimore police said the
money bag was found by Mrs.
Ethel Farrell on her lawn in
Southwest Baltimore.
Earlier, Anne Arundel County
police were checking a farmer's
report that he saw strangers in
the neighborhood about the time
the messenger disappeared.
Farmer Pushed Car.
Capt. Wilbur C. Wade, chief of
Anne Arundel County detectives,
said a house-to-house check of
the area turned up a farmer who
had helped push a stalled car on
the road.
The farmer, who lives within
a half mile of the spot where the
body was found, told police the
auto was a late model Packard,
and carried a man and a woman.
He said he gve them a push
with his own car, and: then dis
mised the incident from his mind
until police knocked at his door
yesterday.
Anne Arundel County police
yesterday searched the woods
but found no new clues.
Questioning 300 Persons.
Capt. Wade planned to confer
today with Capt. Richard J. Fel
ber of the Washington homicide
squad. The District and Anne
Arundel County are co-operating
in the investigation.
Capt. Felber said his men are
questioning more than 300 per
sons who knew Mr. Selph as the
I investigation settled down to the
old police routine of doorbell
1 ringing.
Mr. Selph disappeared while
running errands for the Ameri
j can Finance Co., 3308 Rhode Is
land avenue. Mount Rainier, Md.
Police found his blood-stained
| car the following day, abandoned
in Barnard Hill Park four blocks
I from the loan company office.
Later they learned that it had
i been seen there within an hour
after Mr. Selph disappeared.
There was no money or papers
found on Mr. Selphs body.
Selph Neighbor Reported
Missing Since Yesterday
Glen A. Mixdorf, 24, of 2of
Atlantic street S.E., has been
missing from his home since
yesterday, his wife reported to
police today.
She told detectives she has
not seen him since he took her
to w r ork at 4:30 p.m. yesterday
at the downtown office of the
! Chesapeake & Potomac Tele
j phone Co. Mr. Mixdorf is a
neighbor of Thomas N. Selph,
j jr., 23, of 209 Atlantic street
I S.E., who was found shot to
■ death three days ago in nearby
; Maryland.
Mr. Mixdorf is an employe of
the Buzzards Point plant of the
Potomac Electric Power Co. and
I a part-time cutlery salesman.
police them.” He added that if
| he were on the liquor board, he
| “would know where to send the (
| police.”
Mr. Hines also proposed that
Sunday whisky sales be legalized
in the county, but the board ap
j peared to cold shoulder that
‘ idea.
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The Federal Spotlight
Defeat in Congress Predicted
For Move to Unblanket Jobs
By Joseph Young
Key members of the Senate and House Civil Service Com
mittees privately express doubt that Congress will approve legis
lation next year designed to remove sizable blocs of Federal
i jobs from the civil service system.
Such Republicans as G. O P National Committee Chairman
; Leonard Hall have declared that ♦>
| legislation is urgently needed to
remove more “policy-making”
Federal positions from civil
service and .
place them in
the
g e
category. Mr.
Hall predicted
such legisla- JMMjK
tion would be 1. <
introduced in
Congress next
year.
Howe ve r, Hn||g£|pp9|
key members Hpljjß
of the House R 11
and Senate
Civil Serv ice
Committees Joseph Younr.
j the two groups in Congress that
would have to act on such leg
islation—declare such a bill
j would not stand a chance of
being approved.
Furthermore, they declare, it
“would be bad politics” for the
Republicans if such legislation
were enacted. The Democrats
could then raise an effective
campaign issue on the charge
j that the Republicans were bring
|ing back the political spoils sys
tem to Government, they say.
An even more realistic ap
praisal of the situation given by
the committee members is that
this Congress is so evenly divid
ed between the Republicans and
Democrats that no such bill
could be pushed through.
} It's pointed out that the
Democrats actually have a nu
merical majority in the Senate,
and the Republicans have only
a four or five-seat margin in
the House. And there would be
enough Republicans in the
j House to join with the Demo
| crats to block any such legisla
! tion in the lower chamber.
Furthermore, the majority of
the members of both the House
| and Senate Civil Service Com
mittees appear to oppose such
i a bill, with the result that it
j couldn’t reach the Senate or
House floor.
A rider on an appropriations
; bill is always a possibility, but
even such an approach wouldn’t
be expected to get very far. An
example of this is the fate of
riders in this year’s session
which sought to give the ad
ministration blanket authority
i to fire employes.
i Not only was the rider to waive
job protection rights in civil
service jobs overwhelmingly de
feated, but Congress also snowed
under a rider that would have
removed job protection rights
from certain employes in ex
cepted positions. On these oc
casions, many Republicans
joined with the Democrats in
voting against the riders.
★* * *
TOUGH JOB—According to
the monthly journal of the So
ciety for Personnel Administra
tion a file clerk in one of the
Government’s agencies gave this
description of her job duties:
“I am responsible for main
taining the obsolete material as
up-to-date as possible.”
TAY STRATEGY—'The strat
egy that will be used by the AFL
Government employe unions in
next year’s drive on Capitol Hill
for classified and postal em
ployes’ pay raises will be dis
closed by Wiliam C. Doherty,
j president of the National Asso
ciation of Letter Carriers, on our
Federal Spotlight radio broad
cast at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow over
| WMAL. Mr. Doherty 'is also a
vice president of the AFL and
vice chairman of the AFL Gov
ernment Employes Council.
** * *
ASSURANCE Theodore C.
i Streibert, director of the new
United States Information
Agency, has assured the agency's
employes that the USIA offers
them “a good permanent career.”
“If I didn’t believe this, I
wouldn’t be here,” declared Mr.
Streibert. “This is no temporary
move, this new, independent or
ganization. The information of
the United States will always be
carried on as long as the United
States is to maintain leadership
in the world.”
** < *
SCHEDULE C—The Civil
Service Commission has placed
24 more jobs in political Sched
ule C. bringing the total number
of these jobs to 794. The com
mission has rejected 852 such
requests.
The new Schedule C jobs are:
State Department—A private
secretary to each of the follow
ing: Special assistant for Mu
tual Security Affairs, the deputy
administrator of the Bureau of
Security and Consular Affairs,
the deputy assistant secretary
for congressional relations, the
deputy assistant secretary for
public affairs, the deputy assist
ant secretary for economic af
fairs, the deputy assistant
secretary of the Bureau of Near
Eastern, South Asian and Afri
can Affairs: the deputy assistant
secretary, Bureau of United Na
tions Affairs: the deputy assist
ant secretary, Bureau of Euro
pean Affairs; the deputy assist
ant secretary, Bureau of Inter-
American Affairs, the deputy
legal adviser, the director and
deputy director, policy planning
staff, and the deputy assistant
secretary, Bureau of Far Eastern
Affairs.
Justice Department—Six addi-
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Eight-lnch Rainfall
Floods New Orleans
By th« Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 20.
The heaviest November rainfall
in New Orleans’ history—nearly
8 inches—flooded the city last
night and more rain was fore
cast for today.
The torrents created traffic
jams, stalled transit lines, flooded
many stores and knocked out
numerous residential electric
lines.
tional positions of secretary and
confidential assistant to United
States attorney ' and a special
assistant to the Assistant Secre
tary for International Labor Af
fairs.
Labor Department—Deputy as
sistant secretary for manpower.
Army Department—Special as
sistant to the Secretary.
Agriculture Department—Pri
vate secretary and administra
tive assistant to the executive
assistant to the Secretary.
Treasury Department—Confi
dential assistant to the general
counsel.
** * *
TEST CASE—Federal Judge
Richmond Keech has agreed to
speed up action on the test case
that will determine the adminis
tration’s right to fire summarily
career employes whose jobs are
A or C.
Leo A. Roth, who is fighting
to get back his SIO.BOO-a-year
attorney’s job in the Justice De
partment, asked Judge Keech to
move up the original January 5
date set for a hearing on his mo
tion to force the department to
rehire him. Justice Keech agreed
to speed up action and set De
cember 11 as the date for the
hearing.
Mr. Roth obtained status in
his attorney job in 1940. In 1947,
attorney jobs were placed in
schedule A, and the Justice De
partment contends this gives it
the right to fire status workers
in these jobs. The Civil Service
Commission strongly supports
Mr. Roth’s contention that he
still has civil service job protec
tion rights because he obtained
status in the job before attorney
positions were transferred to
schedule A.
WM&A Asks Boost
In Fares of 5 Cents
The Washington, Marlboro &
Annapolis Motor Lines, Inc.,
(W. M. & AJ, proposes to in
crease its bus fares on December
16—unless there is a public
protest.
A general rate increase of 5
cents is planned by the com
pany.
But in one case, the Suitland
route, via South Capitol street
and the Indian Head highway,
the company wants to double the
fare—from the present 20 cents
to 40 cents, officials said.
On Monday, the company filed
with the Interstate Commerce
Commission a proposed schedule
of fare increases. The official
name for it is-a tariff. Under
the law, these increases can
automatically go into effect,
without commission action, un
less there is a public protest.
But the ICC could suspend the
increases, pending an official
hearing.
The ICC’s Board of fauspen
sion, which would act in case of
protests, said as yet there has
been no protest to the proposed
fare hikes. Interested parties
have until December 6 to file any
written petition protesting the
rates. Under the rules of the
ICC. a complaint must be filed
at least 10 days before the ef
fective date of the proposed fare
increase.
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