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WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly sunny today, high 30. Pair tonight,
low 15 in city. 10 in suburbs. Fair, not as
cold Saturday. (Full report on Page A-2.)
Temperatures Today
Midnight 10 6 a.m 9 11 a.m 23
1:35 a.m.-_8 8 a.m 11 Noon 28
4 ajn 910 a.m 18 1 p.m 30
105th Year. No. 18.
Union Official
Defies Senate
Racket Inquiry
Refuses to Talk,
Declaring Group
Lacks Authority
By JAMES Y. NEWTON and
CECIL HOLLAND
A top official of the 1.4 million
member Teamster Union today,
refused to answer questions at
the Senate hearing on alleged
labor racketeering. He said he
did so on the grounds that the
committee lacked authority' to
conduct the investigation. He
was then accused of giving the
American labor movement a
"black eye.”
"If you were deliberately plan
ning to discredit labor as a
whole," Senator McCarthy, Re
publican of Wisconsin, told the
balky witness, Einar O. Mohn.
Teamsters’ vice president, "you
couldn’t do a better job than you
are doinß here today.”
Mr. Mohn was subpoened by
Chairman McClellan of the Sen
ate Investigations Subcommittee
to tell about telegrams he re
portedly sent to regional vice
presidents urging them to resist
testifying in the Nation-wide
labor union rackets investigation
being conducted by the commit-,
tee.
He answered questions regard
ing his name and address and
then declined to aAswer all other
queries put to him by the Sena
tors, including one concerning
his business and occupation.
Authority Challenged
“I have studied carefully the
jurisdiction of this committee
with the advice and benefit of
counsel,” Mr. Mohn said. “I
don't believe this committee has
the authority to go into these'
matters and for that reason I
decline to answer any questions.”
The Teamster officer stead
fastly refused to answer ques
tions even when ordered to do
so by Senator McClellan.
The telegrams the Senators
say Mr. Mohn sent in his ca
pacity as acting for Teamster!'
President Dave Beck, who is out
of the country, described the j,
McClellan subcommittee investi
gation as a “fishing expedition.” j:
and urged Teamsters’ officials to
challenge committee authority ,
to conduct the labor inquiry. j‘
The messages also asked ap-j
proval of a policy that no unionj
member would be faced with un- !,
ion disciplinary action if he [
asserted “his constitutional rights '
and privileges” and refused to:
co-operate with the committee.:
Mr. Mohn, under orders to be
on hand at 10 a.m., was required ;
to sit through the testimony of,
two witnesses identified as offi- j
cers of a Teamsters’ local in
New York who refused to answer
any questions about the financial
affairs of the local. One of the
Teamsters officers invoked the
Fifth Amendment Against pos
sible self-incrimination to nearly
all the Senators’ questions.
Invited to Remain
When Mr. Mohn appeared yes
terday and later was excused
from testifying because his at
torney was unavailable. Senator
McClellan invited him to re
main and see how some of the
local officers were acting under
the instructions they had re
ceived.
“I have some work to do,” Mr.
Mohn said as he left the room.
Two local New York Teamster
officers invoked the constitution
al previlege frequently yester
day.
Today Senator McClellan read
the lengthy telegram Mr. Mohn
allegedly sent Teamsters’ officials;
and asked the union vice presi-:
dent if he sent it.
Mr. Mohn. as on other ques
tions, refused to answer on the
grounds the committee lacked
jurisdiction to conduct the hear
ing.
“Have you been in touch with
Mr. Beck since you were here
yesterday?” asked Senator Mc-
Clellan, and again the witness
refused to answer.
"Is it the policy of your or-
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DRY RUN FOR INAUGURAL PARADE—Members
of the 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry, Fort Myer, march
Probable Cause
Plea Ruled Out
Newsman Loses
Contempt Case
By HOWARD L. DUTKIN
A congressional committee
does not have to have "probable:
cause” to believe a witness has
pertinent information before it
legally can question him, Federal
Judge Ross Rizley ruled today
jin United States District Court.
In his decision, Judge Rizley
jfound Robert Shelton, a copy-:
jreader for the New York Times,; 1
guilty of two counts of contempt
of the Senate Internal Security
Subcommittee. Shelton was ac- 1
quitted of a third contempt '
count.
The charges against the news- I
paperman stemmed from his re- i
fusal. in December, 1955, and i
January, 1956, to tell the sub- :
; committee whether he was a i
member of the Communist :
Party: whether he ever had a
conversation with a suspected
Communist and the gist of a
conversation with his employers.
Main Contention
The main contention of the
defense was that the subcommit
tee did not have probable cause
to believe that Shelton had per
tinent information when it called
him during an investigation into
subversive activities and Com
munist infiltration.
The defense had contended
that the calling of Shelton was
instigated by receipt of a con
fidential letter mentioning among
other names, that of “Shelton”
with no first name affixed.
An original subpoena was is
sued which bore the last name
“Shelton” but which contained
a different first name. A later
subpoena was correctly made out
for Robert Shelton.
Judge’s Statement
j In brushing aside the defense
argument as to "probable cause,”
| Judge Rizley declared:
“There is a complete want of
precedent for the proposition...'
which in simplest terms would!
limit the powers of a duly
authorized committee of the
Congress, in conducting an in
quiry for a legitimate legislative
1 purpose, by permitting such com
mittees, and hence Congress it
self, to compel the attendance
and testimony of only such
. witnesses as the courts might
judicially determine were ‘rea-
See CONTEMPT, Page A-15
B-36s Being Scrapped;
AF Seeks Use for Them
By JOHN A. GILES
The Air Force hasn’t figured out a use for the B-36
bombers it Is replacing. The more than 60 so far "retired”
have been scrapped.
The elght-J>s B-52—currently the No. 1 deterrent to
World War III—Is taking the place of the controversial 36, which
has been the chief answer to possible atomic attack since 1948.
Several proposals for further use of the 36—labeled by
Admiral Arthur W. Radford,
now chairman of the Joint <
Chiefs of Staff and associates in i
the 1949 “admirals’ revolt” as a
bilUon-dollar blunder in testi- ’
mony on Capitol Hill—have been i
and still are under consideration, i
However, it has been i
that it would be far too expen- '
jsive to mothball the ships. In l
the case of many other craft it l
has been possible to put them 1
away for future use. but in the
case of the 435 mile per hour 365, '
the very complicated electronic <
equipment and bombing devices I
make it impractical. 1
Another proposal has been to <
use the planes as a transport.
, Here again the experts have de-|
Wyt Ifoenina Skf
\ X J V WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION \^/
Rehearsal Parade Cuts
5 Minutes Off Schedule
Officials View Dry-Run as Indication
That Event Will Be Short and Snappy
Inaugural Parade officials today expressed satisfaction
with a dry-run march completed in 38 minutes—five minutes
ahead of schedule—despite numbing cold.
Officers of the Military District, in charge of the practice
parade that stepped off from the Capitol at 10:15 a.m., said
they were pleased with the results and that no major changes
for the parade Monday were
planned
Inspector William J. Cunning
ham, one of the top police offi
cial* in the parade, said the
department also was satisfied
with the handling of the practice
run and that no changes were
contemplated.
Only about 800 marchers took
part in the march down Penn
sylvania avenue today past the
reviewing stands at the White
House. Parade officials said the
cut version of the official 2 to
2Vi hour parade provided them
with the information they
sought—that the parade could
be kept short and snappy. Sev
enteen thousand will participate
Monday.
Pleased by Reduction
Prior to the test run, officials
had estimated that the practice
march would take 43 minutes
from the time the first unit left
the Capitol until the last unit
passed the White House review
stand. They were agreeably
surprised at the five-minute re
duction.
| The entire parade, which tied
up traffic, was clocked and
speeded along by a closed-clr
cuit television set-up operated
by the Military District of <
Washington.
The marchers and cars were
checked by television cameras
and electronic devices at six
points along the parade route
and were viewed by officials
watching in a command post
near the White House. This
enabled them to order gaps and
spaces closed and the marching
pace speeded up when neces
sary. The information was re
layed to officers marshalling the
parade through walkie-talkies.
Band Instrument* Freeze
Despite the cold there was an
air of holiday festivity along the
line of march. However, one
thing lacking was the snappy
marching music the Army Band
jwlll play Inauguration Day. Most
of the 100 bandsmen today were
unable to play because the slide
- instruments or those with valves
elded that the cost of such con
versions would be prohibitive.
Another possibility remains
That is conversion of the re
maining B-36 fleet into tanker
planes to refuel its B-52 replace
ments and fighter planes. How
ever, the 365, powered by six
pusher-type engines plus four jet
pods are not now thought to be
fast enough for today's aircraft.
The 36 has been used since
1952 as a carrier for reconnais
sance type aircraft. It also Is
the worm's largest reconnais
sance bomber. But these fields
arc limited.
Quantity production of the
I See B-36, Page A-5
briskly past the Capitol in a chilly dress rehearsal
for the Inaugural Parade.—Star Staff Photo.
*1 1
froze. Another obstacle was the
■ discomfort of playing with brass
■ mouthpieces. Only one of the
: bandsmen had a plastic mouth-
I piece and the others said that it'
s was difficult to play with the
: metal ones.
The parade was led by a wedge
: of Washington police motorcycle'
• men, followed by two battalions
! <360 men) of the 3d Infantry
! Regiment, the Army Stand, a;
: color guard representing all serv
) ices and the 48 States and some
i of the shiny new automobiles
> that will carry Government offl-
I cials and dignitaries Monday.
Because of the cold a platoon
: of servicewomen scheduled to
march in the practice session,
did not appear.
The scores of policemen in
> the march or directing traffic
! along the parade route were un
-5 der the supervision of Inspector
: Cunningham. Chief Robert V.
1 Murray will be the top police
1 official in the parade Monday.
r|
Court Upholds
' PW Sentence
E j By tXe Associated Press
1 The Court of Military Appeals
■ today upheld the Army court
-5 martial conyiction of Sgt. James
c jC. Gallagher of Brooklyn, N. Y.,j
-for the killing of two fellow
' prisoners of war in Korea.
[ The court ruled that despite
j an overnight break in his mlli
-1 tary service, the 25-ycar-old
’ Gallagher could be tried for
' crimes allegedly committed dur
| ing a previous enlistment.
: To hold otherwise, the court
said, would be unfair to other
men with spotless records who
j stayed in the service.
, An Army review board had
, reversed the conviction and life
j charge given Gallagher upon re
t enlisting after his liberation by
a the Communists stripped him of
; liability for any actions per
-5 formed during his previous hitch.
Overruling this decision, the
Appeals Court sent the case back
to the Judge Advocate General
who had passed it on to the
servicemen's high tribunal for an
answer to the question of
whether the Army did retain
jurisdiction. Conceivably, the
review board could look into,
other aspects of the case, but it
iiwould have to be guided by the*
Appeals Court's ruling.
Gallagher was found guilty of
unpremeditated murder in thej
5 deaths of two fellow POW’s in
1 a Korean stockade. He was ac
. cused of throwing them out of a
! hut and leaving them to die in
sub-zero weather.
Tokyo Cabinet Bars
Buying U. S. Surplus
r TOKYO, Jan. 18 (IP).— The
■ Japanese cabinet today officially
■ Indorsed a previously disclosed
c decision not to buy United States
1 surplus farm products this year.
■ The cabinet action paves the
■ way for the reopening of stalled
5 'Japanese-Australian trade talks.
* Australia had indicated it!
s would lower restrictions against
■ Japanese imports if it could sell
5 wheat to Japan. Japan would
-not need the wheat if it com-
s lpleted a proposed third purchase
sos American surpluses.
' j
McKeldin Asks
Record Budget
Plan Would Balance
t $363 Million Request
S By GENE GOODWIN
Bt*r BtafT Correspondent
: ANNAPOLIS. Jan. 18.—Gov.;
1 McKeldin today unveiled his
» $363,067,911 record-high State
budget for next fiscal year, which
| he proposes to balance with a
, tobacco products tax and the use
■ jof a whopping (15.725.653 sur-j
t plus.
! As expected, his budget makes'
;no provision for increases In
! —— |
> McKeldin Proposes Raisas for University
; of Maryland Faculty. Pago B-2
State public school teacher sal--
; ary minimums. However, a !
[ group of nine Senators and 49
was ready to introduce
[bills in the Legislature to
raise the minimums SBOO across
! the board, which would mean
[a further tax increase.
, In his appearance before a
joint session of the Maryland
i Senate and House, the Republi
can Governor also proposed a
$13,545,800 capital improvements
• program for the next fiscal year
. beginning July 1.
: He said the State property tax
. rate for next year will decrease
about a half a cent —from 14.25
cents this year to 13.97 for each
SIOO of assessment on personal
property and real estate.
$176 Million Bonded Debt
The State property tax, which
is only a small part of the total
5 property tax bill paid by Mary
. land residents, goes to pay off
s the bonds which finance State
capital improvement projects, j
; The State’s bonded debt totaled
$176,616,000 as of last Decem
, ber 31. ,
" The Governor’s proposed
j budget, which the Legislature
: may cut but not raise, is $43.-
r 401,126 higher than total State
' appropriations for the present
t Continued on Page A-15, Coi. 1
rj
’Government Chiefs Rule
■ For Public Oath—in 1793
f I
(, By the Associated Pre**
There was a dispute in George
Washington’s time, too, on the
; question of “publick” or private
c oath-taking by a President en-
I tering a second term.
: The first President’s chief ad-
I I visers said he “ought to take the
f oath in public.'” And so he did,
i in the Senate chamber at Phila
delphia on Monday, March 4.
j. 1793.
I By coincidence, the Justice De
:«partment recenly placed on dis
play, at the entrance to Its main
r | library, a group of historic opin
? j ions by Attorneys General. These
I I Include the opinion on Washing-!
. ton's second-term swearing-in.
i The display was set up before
i the announcement that President
Elsenhower would take his sec-!
- on-term oath privately and with
out public representation, In the
White House, on Sunday, Jan
uary 20, because his first term
technically expires on that day.
The elaborate second inaugural’
/ will follow on Monday.
J The handwritten document re
s latlng to Washington's scoovkl
• term is labeled on the reverse
- side, in Washington’s own flow
i ing script;
. “Gen. Knox
t “Mr. Randolph
t “The qualified opinion of Col.!
1 Hamilton respecting the Presl
-1 dent's taking the oath of office
■ In publick."
; The references were to Gen.
Henry Knox, Secretary of War;'
Big Jets Encircle
Earth in 45 Hours
Mercury Hits 8, Relief
Due for Inauguration
Cold Wave Sets 9-Year Low Here;
5 Deaths Attributed to Weather
A cold wave, which early today brought Washington Its
lowest temperatures in nine years, is expected to let up some- '
what for Monday's Inauguration ceremonies. 1
The Weather Bureau said the temperature dropped to 8 de- 1
grees here at 1:35 a.m. This was the lowest reading since Janu- >
ary 31, 1946, when the low was 5. 1
Temperatures in suburban areas dropped even further,
reaching a low of 11 degrees
below zero in Greenbelt, Md.
Falls Church recorded a mini
mum of zero; Rockville, 3 above,
and Arlington County, 4 above
I according to the Weather Bu-
I reau.
There was a slight letup today,
with temperatures rising to about
30 degrees. However, the mer
|cury will tumble again, with the
low tonight predicted at 15 in,
the city and 10 in the suburbs.
If there is a cheerful note in
the weather picture, it’s the pre
diction for higher temperatures
beginning tomorrow and con
tinuing through Monday. The
Weather Bureau says the brief
reprieve will end with more cold
weather next Tuesday and
Wednesday.
Deaths Listed Here.
The bone-chilling cold wave
gripping Washington, Virgina
and Maryland has brought
death, frozen waterways, traffic
jams and hundreds of stalled
autos.
Two deaths In this area were'
attributed indirectly to the
weather Washington Police said
Grover Ratto, 65, of 411 Fourth
Street N.W., died yesterday in
' District General Hospital of in
juries suffered Wednesday in a
"fall near his home.
>' The other victim was Phyllis
. M. Shaw, 11-year-old daughter
. of Capt. and Mrs. John E. Shaw.;
who was fatally injured in a'
City Opens First Phase
Os Inaugural Program
Washington moved into the
' first phase of its five-day in
augural program today and
1 there* was mounting evidence
of the excitement which always
attends a presidential oath-tak
ing.
With a substantial number of
visitors already on hand the
. Other Inougurotion Stories and Picture.
Page 8-1
city was getting into holiday
. mood for celebrations which
; will continue morning, after
noon and night until Tuesday.
For thousands of persons there
! was a small preview this morn
ing of things to come on Mon
■day. The Military District of
Washington and the Metropoli
tan Police staged a dress re-
I hearsal for the parade which will
. honor President Eisenhower and
; Vice President Nixon after they
• are sworn into office for a second
. term.
1 G. O. P. Woman Set Tea
Throughout the city, pre-In
augural activity increased, and
I the first formal event of the
■ week-end program, a tea and
■ fashion show sponsored by Re
; publican women, attracted a big
: crowd to the Mayflower Hotel.
1 Another event on the official
Edmund Randolph, the first At
■ torney General, and Alexander
i Hamilton, then Secretary of the
! Treasury.
The document reads:
“It is our opinion
"1. That the President ought
: to take the oath in public.
"2. That the time be on Mon
■ day next as 12 o’clock in the
• forenoon.
“3. That the place be the Sen
■ ate chamber.
“4. That the marshal of the
district Inform the Vice Presi
dent that the Senate chamber,
being the usual place of the
’ President's public acts, it is sup
posed to be the best place for
[ taking the oath, and that It is
' i wished that the chamber be
[iopen.
, "5. That It may be informally
notified to the Vice President,
! Governor (sic) and foreign min
isters, that the oath is to be
[ taken at the time and place
above mentioned.
“6. That Mr. Cushing (United
. States Supreme Court Justice
William Cushing of Massachu
setts) be requested to attend,
and administer the oath.
“7. That the President go
without form, attended by such
gentlemen as he may choose and
return without form, except that
i he be preceded by the marshal.
"H. Knox.
“Edm. Randolph.
• "March 1, 1793.”
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sledding accident at Fort Bel- 1
voir iVa.).
Three more deaths in Vir- 1
ginia and Maryland were also 1
attributed to the weather. Mrs
Elizabeth Winston, 57, of Rem- 1
ington, Va., who was found un- 1
conscious in a snowdrift outside *
her home Wednesday, died yes- ]
terday in a Fredericksburg hos
pital.
Maryland State police idenli- |
fled a man found dead behind \
a tourist cabin at Elkridge, Md.
as Clarence Wilson, 50, of New ,
York. Police said he apparently ]
collapsed in the snow and died ,
of exposure. ,
The third victim was Archie .
McQueen, 76, who Baltimore J
police said also died of exposure. ,
House Burns Near Belvoir 1
Fairfax County reported a se- '
ries of house fires this morning,
mostly caused by defective flues, ■
overheated stoves and attempts j
to thaw out frozen water pipes, 1
fire officials said.
The worst blaze burned out 1
the interior of a two-story house 1
iat Newington near Fort Belvoir. [
Three fire companies fought the 1
flames in temperatures about 1
4 degrees above zero.
Five other fires which caused
minor damages were reported
at Clifton, Centerville, Fairfax
and two near Falls Church.
Alexandria firemen reported
that the rear of two houses in;
the 400 block of Queens street
' See WEATHER. Page A-5
: program today is a congressional
■ reception to be given from 7 un
i til 10 p.m. by the New York State
in the caucus room of
5 the Senate Office Building.
Inaugural officials welcomed
today’s bright, clear weather, but
f everyone wondered what is in
; store during the remainder of the
- program.
j’ The 8-degree temperature re
-1 corded last night wasn’t causing
/ snow to melt from parade stand
i seats for which thousands of
. persons have paid many thou
sands of dollars. A snow removal
» Plan prepared by the Military
. District of Washington is ex
. pected to be invoked, if neces
[ sary.
Festival Tomorrow Night
1 Tomorrow’s calendar is crowd
i ed with Inaugural events. Many
if State societies and various poli
i tical organizations have sched
uled receptions for visitors.
The Inaugural Festival, feat
. uring some of the brightest
i stars in the entertainment world,
s ] will be held tomorrow night
i simultaneously for audiences at
- Uiine Arena and the Capitol I
’Theater.
• The principal social function
1 on tomorrow s program will be
a glittering reception in nonor
of Vice President and Mrs. Nixon
at the Mayflower Hotel. The
hosts there will be Republican
National Chairman Leonard W.
Hall, Assistant Chairman Miss
Bertha Adkins and Finance
Chairman Clifford Folger
- President Eisenhower and Vice
r President Nixon will take their
e oaths of office privately at the
White House Sunday morning.
This is in compliance with a
provision of the Constitution,
t which fixes January 20 as the
date for the start of a four
. year term.
e The public swearing-in cere
mony in front of the Capitol at
. noon Monday will be witnessed
personally by perhaps 25.000
„ persons and on television screens
[[ by millions of others.
Breakfasts, luncheons, recep
’ tions and dinners fill the lnaug
[ ural programs both Sunday and
" Monday. The outstanding en
‘ tertainment on Sunday will be a
, concert featuring Ethel Merman
5 and the National Symphony Or
chestra in Constitution all be
-1 ginning at 8:45 p.m.
• The parade Monday will begin
■ at 1:30 p.m. The presidential
; party is expected to be seated
; in the reviewing stand at the
White House by 2:15 p.m. and
1 officials hope the procession will
; be run off in two and a half
■ hours. In other words, their
. goal is to efid the parade at 4:45
p.m.
> Inaugural balls in honor of
i the President and Vice Presi-
I dent will be the social climax
tof the celebration. These will
. be held at the Armory, the
Sutler, Mayflower and Shera
'ton-Park hotels at 9 o'clock
Monday night. •
New York Morkets, Page B-15
Three B-52s
Refueled
In Flight
By the Associated Press
The Air Force announced to
day that three B-52 bombers
landed at March Air Force Base
near Los Angeles today after
making a 24,325-mile, nonstop
flight around the world.
The planes were in the air
about 45 hours and flew at an
average speed of 525 miles an
hour. The flight left Castle Air
Force Base, Calif., at about 4
p.m. EST on January 16.
The Air Force said a fourth
plane, following a previously
prepared plan, left the forma
tion over Africa and landed in
England "on schedule.”
Refueled Several Times
The big Boeing, eight-jet
bombers were refueled several
times in flight by tanker planes.
The route took the bombers
across the United States to New -
foundland, then over the Atlan
tic to French Morocco; over the
city of Dhahran in Saudi Arabia:
along the coasts of India ar.d
Ceylon; near ihe Malay Penin
sula; over the Philippines and
Guam before heading over the
Eastern Pacific area.
Off the southern tip of the
Malay Peninsula, a little more
than half way, the planes made
a simulated bomb drop.
The Air Force said the bomb
drop over the South China Sea
demonstrates the strategic air
command’s capability to strike
any target on the face of the
earth.
Halved Previous Time
The bombers just about halved
the time of the first non-stop
round-the-world flight which
was made in 1949 by a propeller
driven Air Force B-50 Super
fortress in 94 hours, 1 minute.
The round-the-world flights of
i the Stratojets was a well-kept
secret until last night, when
word leaked out that they were
heading for the west coast of
the United States.
The Air Force then notified
newsmen to be at March Air
Force Base for "an event of
historical importance.”
Saud Is Welcomed
Warmly by Nasser
At Arab Parley
CAIRO, Egypt. Jan. 18 (JP).—
King Saud of Saudi Arabia ar
rived today to a 21-gua salute
and a warm welcome from Presi
dent Nasser.
Some hours later King Hussein
of Jordan also flew in for high
level talks with Col. Nasser of
Egypt and Prime Minister Sabri
Assali of Syria.
Saud and Hussein have been
conferring in Saudi Arabia.
Prime Minister Suleiman Nabulsi
of Jordan accompanied his King.
The Arab leaders were ex
pected to discuss their atti
tude toward President Eisen
hower’s new Middle East pro
gram. Saud will visit Mr. Eisen
hower in Washington at the end
of this month and Syrian sources
said he would convey the deci
sions of the Cairo meeting.
The Arab leaders also were
expected to discuss the question
of Arab aid to Jordan to replace
the British subsidy Jordan now
receives.
Six Russia n-made MIGs
escorted Saud’s plane to A1 Maza
military airport. Col. Nasser
embraced the King warmly
United States Charge d’Affaires
Parker Hart was among the wel
coming diplomats.
Camera Factory Burns
RASTATT. Germany. Jan. 18
(JP).—Fire destroyed a branch
factory of the Ernst-Leitz Co.,
producers of the German Leica
cameras, yesterday. Damage was
estimated at $250,900. Cause of'
the fire is under investigation.
SCIENCE WORKS
FOR THE FBI
THE FBI pul a science crew le work
back in 1936 to help a United States
morshal catch the killer of an Alaska
prospector. See The Star’s Featura
Page, A-32, for the 11th of a series,
The FBI Sfory, by Don Whitehead.
TOSCANINI appeared so be in
destructible, writes W. 6. Rogers, As
sociated Press arts editor, in the sec
ond of three articles on high spots in
the coreer of the late Arturo Tos
canini. Page B -17.
SALLY TONG, wife of tht Chinese
Ambossador, tells the story of SO
years in o happy marriage os tho
couple observe their SOth wedding
anniversary today. Poge B-8.
Guide for Readers
Amusements C-4 5 Editorial ..'..A-16
Business ond Feoture Pago A-32
Finance B-14-iy Lost, Found A-3
Classified C-7-16 Obituary C-6
Comics A-34-35 Rodio-TV .. A 31
Crossword A-34 Sports C-l-3
Editorial Womon’s
Articles A-17 1 Section 1-5-6