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around 42. Tomorrow, cloudy, occasional
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103 d Year. No. 1.
Russians Set
Price to Free
3 Americans
U. S. Officials Won't
Talk About Terms of
Proposal by Moscow
Russia reportedly has offered
—for a price—to free three
Americans held prisoners for
yean inside the Soviet Union.
The proposal, according to
informants, was put forward
yesterday .in a note handed the'
United States Embassy at Mos
cow. Except to acknowledge
receipt, the State Department
haa been unusually reticent
about this note.
Secretary of State Dulles,
asked about It at bis news con
ference yesterday, said he was
not yet aware of the note’s sub
ject or its content. Later,
when enough time had elapsed
to allow for. transmitting its
text to Washington, depart
ment spokesmen refused to dis
cuss it.
f»» Were AWOL. -
The three imprisoned Ameri
cans are William T. Mumhiit,
38, Brackenrldge, Pa.; William
A. Verdine,~2B, Starks, La., and
John H. Noble, 31, Detroit.
Mr. Marchuk and Mr. Verdlne,
AWOL from the Army in West
Germany, were picked u( by the
Russians at Dresden in February,
IMP. Mr. Noble, taken as a boy
back to Germany in 1938, has
been a prisoner of the Russians
since IMS.
This week the Soviets released
85 Austrians they had held as
World War □ war prisoners. One
among these told Vienna news
men he had seen the three Amer
icans at a prison camp southeast
of Moscow. He said all three ap
peared in good health and spirits
and expected to be released
shortly.
Inquiries Get No Answer.
The United States has made
eight official queries last year
concerning their whereabouts.
The latest was in October. And
like the others made before by
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen
or his aides, It got no response.
Then came the note yesterday
from the Soviet foreign minis
try. It was understood to have
\ offered to release the three
Americans. But it was also un
derstood to have suggested that
the United States do something
in return.
There was considerable spec
ulation about what that could
be. One theory was that it had
. to do witb the 15 to 20 Russian
sailors interned on Formosa and
reported seeking asylum In the
United States.
These seamen are among. 48
crewmen from the Russian mer
chant vessel Tuapse, captured
by the Nationalist Chinese last
October in the Formosa Straits.
The Soviet Union accused the
United States of having had a
hand in this seizure because
the United States 7th Fleet is
on patrol in the Straits. But
the State Department rejected
that accusation.
The State and Justice De
partments am said to be weigh
ing the Russian seamen’s re
ported request.
Work Being Rushed
To Clear Suez Canal
CAIRO. Emrpt, Jan. I.—The
Sues Canal may be open again
10 two or three days, a canal
company spokesman said today.
The waterway was blocked yes
terday when ui oil tanker
smashed Into a swing bridge.
Workman began at dawn to
day to lift the steel span which
jammed against the tanker's
superstructure. The spokesman
warned however, that if the spaa
cannot be raised immediately the
canal will be Mocked for at least
10 mom days.
The wrecked bridge Is 50 miles
south of Port Said, the Mediter
ranean terminus of the canal.
Reports there said about 70 ships
were held up at both ends of
the canal and more expected.
The block occurred when the
10.882-ton tanker World Peace
veered into the open arms of
the Perdan swing bridge and
wedged against the west bank
of the canal. The ship is oper
ated under Liberian registry but
is owned by a Greek company.
Peurifoy Nans Inspection
BANGKOK. Jan. 1 United
States Ambassador John K Peu
rifoy will leave Bangkok Tues
day for a four-day mspecttoii
tour of aorthaaatern Thailand
projects aided by the United
States FnrMgn Operations Ad*
ministration.
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Hope, Prayer, Gayety, Sorrow:
Ail Are Part of 1955 Welt opt
Merrymakers add Churchgoers
Enjoy Crisp, Clear New Year's Eye
As nearly every one had pre
dicted, the New Year began at
midnight, i
For moat .it began on a note
of hope that 1888 would be even
better than 1854. For many, it
began with worship la the
churches or merrymaking in ho
tels and night clubs or at private
parties.
For some—the families ot ac
cident victims In this area and
Veer's *irsf Beby Arffves 21 Seceeds
After Mitoykt. fepA-1
across toe Nation—it began on
a note of sorrow.
The New Year opened with
crisp and clear weather, but
clouds were moving in today,
along witb slightly warmer
weather. Tonight’s low win be
around 42.
Streets Virtually Deserted.
The merrymaking seemed at
a normal level, but the streets
were virtually deserted as the
revelers celebrated indoors. The
hotels and dubs reported Mg
crowds and police had a busy
night ■ answering complaints
about noisy parties.
The churches had good at
tendance, too, at watchnight
worships and at early morning
masses.
Dulles Says Vitality
Os Free Work! Cuts
Global War Danger
■ Secretary Proposes
Vigilance and Unity as
Prescription for 1955
Secretary of Mate Dulles de
clared yesterday the Free World’s
ability to bounce back from ad
versity in 1954 has fostered a
unity and strength far dealing
with the Communists in 1955.
“As a result,” he told a news
conference, "the danger of gen*
eral war recedes.**
Mr. Dulles added a word of
caution:
“But we must beware of over
confidence. Hostile forces remain
strong and implacable and they
are operating with even greater
guile than'heretofore.”
Peace Calls!or Sacrifice*. "
The Dulles prescription for
1955. as he voiced it In his pre
pared “year and review” state
ment, is: Vigilance and unity.
“Peace will never be won if
men reserve for war their great
est efforts,” he commented.
“Peace, too, requires well-direct
ed and sustained sacrificial en
deavor,”
Summing up the events of
1954, Mr. Dulles said, “there has
been substantial gain.” He also
cited two setbacks—the Indo
china truce which divided the
area with the Communists; and
France’s rejection of the Euro
pean Defense Community which
would have created a one-uniform
West European army.
Sees Western Victories.
But even from thek adversi
ties. he s«dd. the West was able
to wrest victories. Out of Indo
china came the Manila defense
pact, he said, and out of EDO’s
death came the Western Euro
pean Union plan approved yes
terday by the French National
Assembly.
“Thus when there has been ad
versity the Free World has shown
a capacity to react to it,” Mr.
Dulles declared. Then he totted
up solutions which the Free
World had found to unity-threat
ening controversies:
The Italy-Yugoslavia dispute
over Trieste, the Britatn-Egypt
quarrel over the Suet bate, the
Britain-Iran oil row and the
France-Germany discord on the
Saar.
Cites NATO Decisions.
Going on in this vein, Mr.
Dulles declared the North Atlan
tic Treaty Organization made
some far-reaching decisions.
Similarly, he skid, the 21 Amer
ican states affirmed at Caracas
thrir determination to keep oom
munism out of tbs Western
Hemisphere. Middle East de
fenses began to take shape with
the Turkey-Pafeiatan pact, and
Western Pacific security was
strengthened with tew Manila
Treaty and United States agree
ments with South Korea and
As to the united Nations. Mr.
Dulles that twfawaaMnw*»or
ganisation has shown “increased
vigor.” He singled out U.N. See*
retary Dag Hamntarskjoid’s trip
to Peiping to seek release of II
Americans and other U. N. per
sonnel, and the U. N. secretary’s
approval of President Eisenhow
er’s ttoms-foi-peace plan.
X
Takes New Year Swim
ROUE, Jan. 1 UP) —Rig De
Sonag, 58 - year -old Belgian
artist, celebrated New Year’s in
his customary way. For the
eighth consecutive year, at mid
night he stripped to bathing
trunks and divided into the
chilly river Tiber from Cavour
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The year began with tragedy
t on the highways, with tense
traffic deaths reported 1 in the
i Washington area,
i Accidents In tells city started
t early, with the first at one
■ sailor’s cm went out of control
> and smashed into a tree la the
980 block of O street N.Wt
i Accident Bate High.
Deputy Police Chief George
[ R. WaUrodt said that between
’ 8 pm. yesterday and 7:15 am.
, today there were 41 accidents
I* the District—“an unusually
I high number.”
t Folise said that despite the
nature of last night’s celebre
f tton no more to*-" the normal
. number of Friday night drunks
were rounded up. ;■■■
Federal and District Govern
ment workers began their holi
t day at noon yesterday, having
9 been given half a day off. They
e will start work-a-day IMS Mon
• day, along with thm«*nri« of
[ Washington residents who spent
f the between-holldays period out
s of town on vacation. The Amer
- lean Automobile Association es
• t united that about 15.000 took
t their cars out of town for a long
{ holiday between Christmas and
New YeM’s.
British Are Cool
Ta MilnnhWc Riff
w trill ■
for Far Eastern Ml
Foreign Office Willing
To Discuss Some Issues,
But Won't List Them
- LONDON, Jan. I.—Britain to
s day cold-shouldered what it in
terpreted as a Soviet proposal
for East-West talks on general
1 Fir Eastern tames.
t The British Foreign Office is
sued a formal statement on a
i statement made yesterday by
ffftiriat Pilamla9 BJfaf—wtlvrae* - »
m OvviCo naiiiiw jnmvFiUMfV ipyui^
for & settlement of Par Eastern
issues. Mr. mbibdkov s state - *
ment was matte in reply to ques
tions submitted tor in American
\ newsman.
f Foreign Office took the
r view Mr. Malenkov’s statement
amounted to a proposal for East-
West talks. The officials said
their statement amounted to a'
r turndown for any general discus
• sions but lift the door open for
• an agreed specific issue at the
proper time.
1 Cites General Conference.
Mr. Malenkov said yesterday
; he would welcome negotiations
. between interested powers on
settlement of Far Eastern ques
f lions,
. “The experience ot the Geneva
, Conference in which the Chinese
. Peoples’ Republic took part to
. gether with other power shows
| that such negotiations bring
beneficial results,” the Premier
. said. t
, The British statement de
clared:
“We agree the Geneva Con
ference ares useful. It was sum
. moned to deal with specific prob
. lems (Korea and Indo-China)
. and on one of them agreement
• was reached. It is unlikely that
i a conference to discuss Far
. Eastern affairs in general would
. make progress at this Mage.
I “Her majesty’s government’s
policy has throughout bent to
‘ <Sec MALENKOV - PM* A-2.)
| Peiping-North Korea
Pact Reported Signed
•y «*• AtwllM Fim.
1 TOKYO. Jan. I.—Peiping Ra
< dio said today Red China had
! rigrmH «« agr—mowt to restore
1 North Korea’s economy with
'■ loans and grants of building ma
totftftlft, amt otbftr mft*
chinery, coal and cotton fabrics.
The agreement was signed yes
. terday in Peiping, a l *" signed,
■ the broadcast, mi a trade
'■ under which North Korea will
. supply Rad China with electric
• newer, minerals, martn* products
> and fruit in exchange for rolled
• steel and cotton yam.
i Russians Battle Traffic Jams ;
: Even Before They Buy a Car !
I 9rD»A«KM(wi
MOSCOW, JOB. I—An Amer-
lean auto dmiyr ggyid ftad
I paradise to the Moecow car
I While Detroit car manufac
i turers fight for sales, Moecow
. has a registered watting list of
; 60.000 persons who want to buy
Starting today a new art of
regulations make It even banter
to obtain a new car—or to resell
a used one. This is aimed at
stopping speculation which is
> under sharp gorermaenl aeru
i tiny.
i To get a new car so 1895,
t here’s what a Russian will have
• to do.
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On Armv Cut
Russell Says General
i Will Be Heard in
Defense'Plan Review
i SrHwAaiactosdPitu
Senator RusseD. Democrat, of
Georgia said today Gen. Mat
thew B. Rldgway would be called
before toe Senate Armed Serv
, Ices Committee in a “very care
ful inquiry” into administration
defense plans, including a pro
, jected sharp cutback in Army
, strength.
Senator Monroney, Democrat,
, of Oklahoma, indorsing the idea,
mid he hopeanSehator Russell—
as chairman of the Armed Serv
j lees group in the new Democra
tic-controlled Congress—will con
duct “a full dress study of mili
. tary manpower and defense
. needs.”
r Senator RuaseU voiced no
. opinion on the planned manpow
t er reductions, but he said Gen.
t Rldgway. Army Chief of Staff,
: and other armed service chiefs
. would be summoned to give toe
. Senate group “a complete brief
: ing on our defense Mans.”
| Others Baric Call.
Senators Kerr of Oklahoma
and of Montana, like
Monroney, Democratic critics of
administration defense moves,
said they wanted to hear what j
Gen. Rldgway had to say about
plans to reduce Army strength
243,000 men to a new level of
1,100,000 by June 30. largely by
sharply trimming draft calls. A
further paring of 100,000 army I
men is projected for the year
following.
The Democratic Senators
moke out in separate interviews
after the unofficial Army-Navy-
Air Force Journal reported yes
terday that Gen. Rldgway had
protested toe projected Amy
cute in a letter to President
' Eisenhower.
[ In Augusta, Ga„ where Presi- <
1 dent Eisenhower is vacationing, ,
Press Secretary James C. Hag
erty denied the report that Gen.
. Rldgway wrote the President
expressing concern over the cut
i back.
t He said that prior to toe cut- J
Swreta^^f^feMe^^ronrMj\ 5
Wilson was in touch with all his
service secretaries and their'
chiefs of staff regarding the
, problem.
Among recommendations re
ceived at .hat time was Gen.
I Ridgway’s. Mr. Hagerty de
' Mined to say what the general
said.
Dismissed at Pentagea.
After toe recommendations
were received, and at the Presi
dent's direction, there was a
’ Pentagon meeting at which
i everything was discussed. This
i was still before Mr. Wilson an
nounced the cutback.
Mr. Hagerty said the Journal’s
story implies that Gen. Ridg
way went over the heads of Mr.
Wilson and the Army Secretory
to make a protest and that this is i
not the case. V :
In a move toward thinning its i
ranks, the Army announced yes
terday it hopes next May and i
Jane to discharge 44,000 draftees
as much as two months before i
thfeir 24-month hitches are up. <
. This Man still must get final !
approval. Also tabbed for early I
, release would be about 3,400 re- 'i
ftßTYft lifiitenMiti.
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Charges Cuts Dangerous. ,
Senator Monroney said ‘l’ve \
been protesting tola cut since it i
1 was first announced. It appears ]
to weaken our strength for peri
meter warfare of toe type that i
toe Communists have continued |
in recent years.”
Senator Mansfield, a member I
of toe Senate Foreign Relations
Committee, said he is certain
Ooocress “will have atony ques
tions for Gen- Rldgway concern- <
ing toe newest “new took.” i
“It sharply reduces our reg- 1
ular Amy. it cuts back our 1
defensive strength and it les- •
sens our security.” he edited. 1
Senator Kerr also questioned *
pi* Amy cutback, say- 1
“The only thing I’m more in- '
terested in teurn economy is an <
adequate national defense. Any- •
tiling that Gen. Rldgway would 1
say on that would be very stg- ,
nificant with me.”
certification from the police
which he Is planning to sell.
SL Be has to deposit the full
purchase price of the new car.
In return, he gets a certificate
that the car will be delivered to
him within one year.
3. If he gets a new car. he has
to guarantee to keep it for a
number of years. The Moskvitch.
smallest Soviet car costing
about *2,250. mutt be kept three
yean. The rent size—the
Fotaeda which markets at 94.600
—mutt be kept five years.
This is all aimed at break
ing up a racket of speculators
who get bold of cars by placing
—ante on waiting lists, then
mate private sales at huge
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A Slight Headache, but Glad to Be Alive.
Man Ignores Weas,
Leaps to Death From
Calvert Street Bridge
Had Spent Evening
Celebrating New Year
At County Night Spot
Despite pleas of police closing
in on him, a young grocery
deliveryman plunged to his
death off Calvert Street Bridge
early today after a New Year’s
eve celebration.
‘ Officers identified him as Elroy
P. Harris, 23, colored, of the 700
block of Twelfth street N.E. He
died in Emergency Hospital
around 5145 am., about two
hours after he jumped.
Eluded Pursuers. .
Park Police pvt. James E.
Thomas, one of toe officers who
tried to dissuade toe victim,
said Mr. Harris went off the
railing before' rescuers could
get close enough to grab him.
“I said, ‘Boy, don’t I know
you from school days?’ ” Pvt.
Thomas said. “And he an
swered. 'Well, these ain’t school
days at Armstrong now.'
“I asked him if he wasn’t
nicknamed ‘Sunny,’ and he said
be wasn’t Os course I didn’t
know him at all but I was try
ing to take his ?pM off what
he was doing.
Police Closing In.
“There were three or four Met
ropolitan officers trying to close
in, too, and when a sergeant
started doting in from one side,
he jumped. None of tu- could
grab him.”
Investigators said Mr. Harris
and an 18-year-old girl cousin,
of toe same address, returned
home around 3:30 am. from a
Prince Georges County night
spot.
The girl said her cousin told
her toe had to return his truck
to a garage where be worked, at
the District Grocery Stores, Inc.,
market at 2331 Calvert street
N.W.
Reds Claim Capture
Os 3 Nationalist Isles
ty Sw Associate! Nil
TOKYO. Jan. l.—Communist
China claimed today it had ac
counted for 132 Nationalist
planes seized three Nation
alist in fighting
January 1, 1954, through De
cember 20. The claims were
made by Peiping propaganda
radio.
(elartftc oalu TAnmatt an/1
iue lsianos were louxnen &nu
Tienao, 13 and M miles north
of Important Nationalist
Tachen group, and one listed
as Chtangerou. i
All three islands are small and
like most of tile minor islands
in that area 200 or so miles
north of Formosa were ng*itiy
defended.
Other Communist claims:
Thirty-nine planes sliot down,
92 damaged. 1 defected; des
stroyer escort Taiptng mid 7
other vessels sunk, 18 escort de
destroyed or^ damaged; 376 Na
wounded, 2,848 captured and 138
I Slocks in the SpoHight I
Traffic Death Toll of 59 Here
In 7954 Is Lowest on Record
Agencies' Teamwork
And Co-operation by
Public Praised
Washington Mosed out 1954
with a record tow year for traffic
diaths.
During the year, the city’s
traffic claimed only 59 lives—
the lowest figure on record la
the District.
The record is six deaths be
low the previous best traffic
Wky Ttoy Wri. H f A4
safety yew. That was 1952,
when 65 persons were kilted in
. traffic.
The District has been record
ing statistics on traffic since
1928. The worst year was 1934.
when the ton reached 135.
Officials hailed the new record;
as a life-saving payoff of team
work by interested agencies and
co-operation by the public.
Traffic Director George E. Ke
neipp, along with other officials,
said toe 1954 low fatality “figure
Is toe cumulative result of years
of effort.
He pointed out there has been
ad overall decline in traffic
deaths since 1934 although ve
hicle registration has roughly
doubled here since then.
Mr. Keneipp declared that, “to
the final analysis, it is up to our 1
citizens to understand and obey”
the regulations. “The sound ap
plication of engineering, enforce
ment and education.” be said,
along with “co-operatipn of mo
torists and pedestrians is respon
sible for our consistent winning
combination to traffic safety."
Police Chief Robert V. Murray
Fatting Tree Cut Down
By Son Kills Mother
LYNCHBURG, Va., Jan. I.
A mother Winging lunch to her
son who was cutting timber was
struck and fatally injured yes
terday by a towering pine tree
he felled.
Mrs. Lucinda Hartless Floyd,
41, of near Amherst, died a few
minutes after she was brought
into Lynchburg General Hospi
tal. . V
The son said he was unaware
ot the accident he found
her covered by pine Roughs and
unconscious as be started strip
ping the fallen tree. He said a
package of lunch she had
brought for him lay nearby.
Eleven Aliens Held
For Deportation Escape
CHICAGO, Jan. 1.-Eleven
aliens held for deportation
have escaped from the United
qteitff immigration Service de
tention tame on the South Side.
vnymtgMfiww mis the
pringnem right Mexican* and
tiawe Cwaadtene--cat through a
wire cage to which they were be
fog held. Nine other prisoners
in the cage remained.
Business £f Financial Review
Each year The Star publishes a comprehensive review
and prr view of industrial and 9—inrot trends. This section
ioetaili s comment by leading business figures to the National
Capita l and The Star’s Financial Editor. Donald B. Hadley.
Also featured are toe year-end aummairtea of activity on the
Now York and American Stock Exchanges and reports of
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not be published today. Subscribers to
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SCENTS
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72 Die in Traffic
Throughout U. S.
In Early Hours
ly On Anociatel Nil.
Seventy-two persons were
killed in traffic throughout
the Nation in the first hours
of the New Year’s holiday,
an early survey showed to
day.
The survey covered the I
period beginning at 8 pm.
yesterday.
The National Safety Coun
cil b»s estimated that traf
fic accidents would cause 240
deaths during the holiday
ending at midnight tomor
row night—somewhat less
than the 392 killed during
tta Christmas week end.
and Deputy Chief John J. Agnew
seconded the traffic director’s
views. Chief Agnew mid that the
key to traffic safety is a public
education program, followed by
“Item, steady enforcement.”
The education program here
is the responsibility of the Com
missioners’ Traffic Advisory
Board, to co-operation with the
Department of Vehicles and
Traffic.
In IMS, there were 70 traffic
fatalities. Washington's chances
of setting a new record during
the vast 12 months received a
Strong boost'when toe city went
52 days—between August 28 and
October 15—without a tingle
fatality- This in itself set a new
record for cities ot comparable
size. . ■" ■ >-■'
A traffic accident on Tuesday
at the South Capitol Street
Bridge caused the final fatality
to 1984.
West Warned to Beware
Os ’Red Peace Traps'
•y Hw Aiiectotod Nil
TAXPEH, Formosa, Jan. Ia-
Vlce President Chen Cheng of
Nationalist China today warned
the Western world to “beware of
Communist peace traps” and de
clared:
“The Communist aggressors
are like a map riding a bicycle—
they cannot atop midway with
out falling off.”
In a New Year's message. Mr.
Chen ruled out any possibility at
peaceful coexistence between the
Nationalists and the Commu
nists.
“The security of free China
hinges on toe restoration of the
mainland,” he mid. “We free
Chinese cannot share toe same
roof with the Communist trai
tors.”
Radford Continues Talks
TAIFEH. Formosa. Jan, 1 UP).
—Admiral Arthur W. Radford,
chairman of States
Joint Chiefs of Staff, today con
ttaued his UltajTlto
*rita B proiiJent
[ New-Year's Eve
; Auto Accidents
r Kill 3 in Area
i Woman and 2 Man
| Are Victims; 14 Hurt
In Other Mishaps
; Three traffic deaths to eeff
- ante New Year’s eve accidents
in this area were reported today
by Maryland and Virginia po»
i lice. : . i
The dead:
tars. Irene Yurie Aaaka. 40,
► of 9410 Riggs road. Hyattsvilte.
Md . fatally injured early tote
morning in a collision with a
tear which failed to stop, police
reported.
UfoWnond W. Deer ing, 81, of
Schuyler, Nelson County, Va.,
was killed to a three-car colli
sion on Route 1, south of Wood
bridge. Va.. last night. This
brought toe Virginia death toll
to 808 for 1854.
\ Thomas Charles Stafford, 41,
of Barstow, Calvert County, Md.,
died last night of injuries re
ceived when struck by %car near
his tame.
14 Ferae— Hurt.
Fourteen persons were injured,
some critically, to these and
- other accidents reported.
Mrs. Asaka was pronounced
I dead of a fractured skull and
’ chert Injuries at 2:80 am. at
Washington Sanitarium, Tako
ma Put. Md.
County Police Pvt. E. W. fcup
pert said Mrs. Aaaka was thrown
from toe driver’s amt of a smell
panel delivery truck at toe inter
section of Merrim&c avenue and
Takoma drive in Langley Path
at about 1:30 am.
Police charged William Robert
Wakeham, 20, a draftsman at
721 Kennebec avenue. Takami
Park, with manslaughter, failing
to yield the right-of-way and
reckless driving by colliding. He
was placed ureter 11,200 bond for
MTBtfSS
Pvt. Ruppert said Mr. Wake-
STreSKbom SiJEM
l-“happened and wra himself
up. He was quoted by police
saying he was-roforoing home
from a round of New Year’s eve
parties when the accident oc
curred. .
Car Badly Damaged.
" Pvt. Ruppert said Mr. Wakt
ham’s car was so badly damaged
« that “it was amazing that he
e was able to drive it home”—a
f distance of about a mile.
The collision occurred at an
intersection which is not con
e trolled by traffic lights or stop
signs, according to police, but
’ Mrs. Asaka was approaching from
. tiu right on Merrimac avenue.
The delivery truck was spun
. around for the Impact and Mrs.
, Asaka was thrown out the
* pavement. Her husband, Harry
[ S. Asaka, 33, sitting beside her.
’ was not injured.
I Mr. Wakeham returned to
t the scene ot toe accident with
ir his grandparents. Witnesses to
. the collision had a description
of his car. police said, but *
f search for it had not started,
t Pvt. Ruppert said Mr. and
f Mrs. Aaaka were business part
ners to a small grocery at 1838
. Eleventh street N.W.
Mr. Deering —a dead on ar
rival at Quantlco Hospital after
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Bay, A, Stolen With Car,
r Recovered, Still Asleep
I ly •N AmctoM *r«»
( LONDON. Jan. I—Vernon
Ballsy told poUcf today that
his car had been stolen. And
to make matters worse bis four
-9 year-old son Robin was asleep
- to the back seat wrapped to a
. blanket.
Two hours later police to
formed Mr. Bailey his car had
. been found four miles away,
f Robin was still asleep in hie
s blanket.
4 Storm-Damaged Vestel
| Safe in Japanese Fort
1 TOKYO, Jan. I.—The Ameri
can freighter Oceanic fimped
into Hakodate harbor on the
northern tip of Japan today, ***
Japanese Coast Quant reported.
The 7,250-ton Liberty-type
■ vessel sprang a |t*k Wednesday
. during a storm 200 miles east
I of Urup island in the Russia—
held Kurftaa.
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