Evening star., 1946-10-03
2 Women, Child
From D. 6. Area
On Crash List
Seven Commerce Aides
On Way to Germany
Also Were on Plane

Three residents of the Wash
ington area-one a 3-year-old
child-seven representatives of
the Commerce Department and
a representative of UNRRA
were listed as passengers aboard
the American Overseas airliner
that crashed today in New
The residents were Mrs. Vera
Hines of 4429 Thirty eighth street
north. Arlington, and Mrs. Elizabeth
formerly of 40 Rosemary
lane, Falls Church, and her 3-year-
old daughter, Lucy Jean.
The Commerce Department repre-
sentatives, all from the technical
services office, were Rudolph Zane
and his wife Clare of Seattle, Wash; !;
william Lotze, Burbank, Calf; DR.
Ludwig Walk, Morganville, N. j.; DR.
Joseph Percy, Woodmere. Long Is
land, N. Y; DR.. MAJ Goepp, jr.,
Wilmington, Del, and John T. Sim
mons, Richmond, Va. The UNRRA
representative was Benjamin Alpert
of New York.
Both Mrs, Hines and Mrs. Haw-
kins we're en- route to Germany to
join their husbands, DR.. Norman E
Hines and Philip Hawkins, both
civilians attached to military serv-
ices overseas.
DIR. Hines an Instructor.
Mrs. Hines left here Tuesday, The
Star was told, apparently going to
New York to take the transatlantic
plane which left there yesterday
DR.. Hines Is an instructor o1
sociology in American universities
conducted overseas for occupation
Army personnel.
He went overseas in September
1945, after joining the educational
service in 1914. Prior to that he was
connected with the War Manpowel
c Commission and, before that, the
Surgeon Generals ONCE.
After DR.. Hines left the country
his wife continued to live at the Ar.
hngton address with her mother, II
was learned, but Mrs. Hines mothel
left here Tuesday to return to hel
home In Somerville, Mass.
Hawkins II Economic Aide.
According to War Department
records, Mrs. Hawkins received he,
passport August 80 to join her hrs.
band In Berlin, where he Is deputs
director Of the economic division
of the military government.
While awaiting transportation
overseas, Mrs. Hawkins has been
living with sister in Marion, Mass.
according to the Associated Press
The Hawkins sold their Falls
Church home last June when Mrs
Hawkins was preparing to go to
Germany.
Mr.. Alpert was a key man in the
UNRRA organization for relief OF
displaced persons, officials here said
He was on his way to Germany to
become deputy chief of field opera
tions for displaced persons in that
area. He had been with UNRRA
since 1914 in Washington and New
York, and at one time headed the
displaced persons employment pro-
gram.
OF the Commerce Department
personnel, Mr.. Zane was an expert
on solid fuels while his wife was a
biologist.
DR.. Valik was going to Germany
to investigate pharmaceutical prod
ucts and DR.. Percy to investigate
German synthetic chemicals.
Mr.. Simmons was on an assign.
ment from the department to tax.
microf1lm pictures. He is a former
employe Of the Virginia State Ii.
brary and was stationed here for 4
time while serving with the Nav
during the war.
DR.. Goepp was to investigate Ger.
man chemicals and Mr.. Lotze wa,
to investigate German industrial
machinery.
The entire group was represent
ing the Office of technical service
of the Technical Industrial Intelli
gence Division of the Commerc'
Department. All were in Washing
ton recently for final instructions.