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Evening star., 1947-01-26
Finn Rome Expedition
Leaves for Antarctic
By the Associated Press

BEAUMONT, Tex, Jan. 25.-The
Finn Rome Antarctic Expedition
sailed from Beaumont today for an
1S-month scientific and research
voyage to the south polar regions.
The 183-foot vessel with its 23-
man crew left at 3 pm. four hours
after the scheduled departure time.
Several thousand persons watched
the departure and hindered the crew
in loading the last two airplanes and
other equipment.
The expedition will base on Mar
guerite Bay, Palmer Land Peninsula,
on the Antarctic continent 1000
miles from here. 1t expects to be
gone for approximately ID months,
returning to Beaumont in the sum-
mer of 1948.
Research experiments in minerals,
oil resources, cosmic radiation and
performance tests on electric equip
ment will be conducted. Data on
weather. climate and terrestrial
magnetism viii be sought.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Cupone, Prohibition Mobster,
Attuins His Wish to Die in Bed

|nouncement OF the death OF the
Chicago mobster to be delayed for
an hour.
The gangster was stricken with
apoplexy on Tuesday at am. The
last rites of the Catholic Church
were administered two hours after
his stroke.
Dozens of persons, none of them
identified, were admitted to the
Capone estate on sub-tropical Palm
Island, an artificial spot of land
dredged up from Biscayne Bay.
More callers than the villa has
ever had before were admitted A
block long line of sleek, black hmou-
sines were parked outside while
their occupants went In.
A hearse pulled through the gates
and soon afterward bore the body
OF Capone to a funeral home on
Miami Beach.
This was the last Of long series
CONTINUED on Page AS, Column ID
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Nazi Plot 10 Return
To Power Is Reported
Growing in Germany
First Aims Said to Include
Control Of AIIied-Bucked
Democratic Institutions
By the Associofed Press

LONDON, Jan. 25.-The Inter-
national Committee for the
Study of European Questions
charged today that a Nazi net
work in Germany whose strength
'is increasing more and more
each month";" was laying the
groundwork to recapture power
through control of allied-fos-
tered democratic institutions.
The committee, which includes
many outstanding British, French,
Belgian, Danish and Dutch lead
ers, said the exhaustive reports of
trends in Germany was given to
the prime ministers and foreign
ministers of the various Allied ma
tions yesterday.
"Tfe Nazi party has recovered
from the first shock of Germany's
defeat and is quietly reorganizing
for a return to power through cap.
turing control of the democratic
institutions set up by the Allies"
the report declared. ii
Directed by Former Leaders.
The report said the network was
directed by former important Nazi
leaders, by members of foreign col
laborationist' movements who took
refuge in Germany after her defeat,
by officers and non-commissioned
officer of the Wehrmacht."
1t said that among the leaders
"are a fairly important number"
Of those liberated July 8, 1946, in
the general amnesty granted by
United States Gen. Lucius D. Clay.
DR.. Robert Borel is general sec
retary of the international commit
tee, which includes:
Lord Brabazon of Tara, former
minister of aircraft production;
Lord Vansittart, former permanent
undersecretary of state; Prof. D. w.
Brogan, of Cambridge University,
and Labor and Conservative mem
bers of Parliament, for England;
former Premier Edouard Herriot and
former Washington Ambassador
Paul Claudel for France: Senate
President Robert Gillon, of Belgium;
former Foreign Minister Christmas
Moeller, of Denmark, and former
Foreign Minister Deelaerts Van
Blokland, of Holland.
Passive Resistance Is Aim.
The report said the Nazi organiza-
tions presently aim at passive re-
sistance only" endeavoring to:
/. "Thwart de-Nazification and
(See NAZI PLOT, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1947-01-26
CIO and Chrysier
Aqree to Extend
Contract 80 Days
BY the Associated Press

DETROIT, Jan. 25.-Chrysler
Corp. today extended its con-
tract with the CIO United Auto
Workers, due to expire tomor-
row, for 30 days.
The extension was mutually
agreed to, a company an
nouncement said.
r, It followed the action of the
CIO in extending its contract
with the United States Steel
Corp. to April 80 announced
Friday.
Negotiations between Chrys-
ler and the UAW-CIO began
January 16, and the company
statement said arrangements
have also been made to con-
tinue negotiations toward re-
newing this contract"
The extension, in effect, vir-
tually eliminates the possibility
OF an early strike of major pro-
portions in the auto industry
since the unions contracts with
General Motors Corp. and the
Ford Motor Co. have several
months to run.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Negligence Ruled 0ui
By Coroner $ Jury
In Death Of Scott
NoturuI Causes Verdict
Accepted by His Lowyer;
Official Action Ends

A coroner's jury decided late
yesterday. that Charles w. Scott,
"a, colored, died of natural causes
last November 2 in District jail.
After a prolonged inquest in the
Morgue, the jury deliberated about
so minutes before reaching its
verdict.
1t appended this statement:
Further, we believe there was no
negligence on the part of any party
or parties concerned"
BY it's decision, the jury completed
official action in the case.
Scott, driving an automobile listed
by police as stolen, was injured
when the car crashed into truck
at New York and Florida avenues
NE, November l. Harry E. Hamil-
ton, one of the two police detectives
who had been clinging to the sides
of the car, was hurt fatally.
More Than so Testify.
Coroner A. Magruder Macdonald
held Scott had died of natural
causes-shock reaction to tetanus
and gas bacillus antitoXins admins
tered in the Jail infirmary. How
ever, Curtis P. Mitchell, who was
Scott's attorney, and several or
ganizations repeatedly demanded an
inquest. 1t was argued all circum-
stances surrounding the death
should have been made known pub
licly.
DR.. Macdonald finally decided to
hold an inquest, thereby setting
aside his first finding. 1t began
Thursday and was continued yes
terday. More than so witnesses were
heard.
Following announcement of the
verdict, Mr.. Mitchell said he now
considered the matter closed.
In his charge to the jury, DR.. Mac
Donald pointed out it could return a
verdict Of natural causes or OF negh-
gence.
Mr.. Mitchell, who was present at
the inquest as representative OF
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Organizer Charges Clio
Fired Him for Organizing
By the Associated Press

WINSTON-SALEM, N. c., Jan.
25.-The CIO was charged with be-
ing unfair to organized labor in .
complaint filed here today at the
sub-regional NLRB Office by Arthur
Calvin Leonard of Salisbury, N. c.,
who identified himself as a former
CIO organizer.
Mr.. Leonard said he was fired
from his CIO organizing job because
he attempted to establish an
"Organizers Independent Union"
not affiliated with the CIO.
Mr.. Leonard said he was assigned
by the CIO to organize textile en-
ployes at Kannapolis, N. c., for the
Textile Workers Union of America.
At the same time, he said, he
was seeking to enlist other or
ganizers as members of the inde-
pendent group.
Reed Johnston, examiner IN
charge of the NLRB Office here, said
a decision in the case would rest
On whether the CIO is engaged in
interstate commerce within the
meaning of the Wagner Act.
Evening star., 1947-01-26

ineuuities with adjustments to be
retroactive to January 4, 1914.
The corporation said that by
agreement with the union costs OF
intra-plant adjustments would be
limited to 35s cents per employe
hour and that the retroactive pay
ments will approximate 10 per cent
of the total hourly adjustment, pay
able in lump sums as soon as prac-
ticable.
30 Labor Classifications.
Under the agreement, the corpor-
alton said, more than $4,000 widely
varied steel mill jobs are grouped
into 80 general labor classif1cations,
resulting in scales ranging up to
S1.98 an hour in all plants in which
common labor base is now 96i2 cents
an hour.
The union estimated the agree
ments Jumps into 30 classifications
1.-The hodge-podge of some $4,000 to
$4,000 separate job title"
The Wage scale agreement fol-
lowed hard on the heels of a COM
pletely amicable agreement between
big steel' and the union which
claims 853 1000 members in the entire
industry. to extend contracts with
the corporation until May l.
Contracts negotiated between
United States Steel and the unior
traditionally have set the pattern
for the industry, and last year
after a month long strike-the 1872.
cent hourly wage boost granted GIG
workers in Big Steel" plants createe
a national pattern in all segment'
of industry.
The contract extension, plus an
nouncements by Philip Murray
PRESIDENT, and Benjamin F. FAR
tSee STEEL, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Five in Private Plane
Die in Crash in Indiana
By the Assoeiofed Press

RENSSELAER,, Ind, Jan. 25.-A
in-motored private plane en- route
from indianapolis to Chicago
crashed and killed five persons to-
night near a road intersection 8
miles southeast of here.
State police reported papers
found in the plane indicated the
pilot was l. j. Enger OF Minneapolis,
and that one of the passengers may
have been Ralph Allen Wheeler OF
Austin, MINI. -.
The plane left Indianapolis late
this afternoon, the airport there re-
ported. 1t crashed about $3.50 pm.
Sheriff William Webb of Jasper
County and State police took charge
of the wreckage and began inquiries
into the accident.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Austin Pledges
u. 5. 10 baruch
Atomic Policy
U. N. Assembly Plan
For Arms Cut Also
Will Be Retained
ey the Associoted Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Warren
r. Austin, chief American dele
gate to the United Nations, to-
night reaffirmed the United
States full support of the Baruch
plan for international atomic
control and of the U. N. General
Assembly's recommendation for
worldwide arms reductions.
The statement in prepared
speech to the annual dinner of the
New York State Bar Association was
looked on as assurance that changes
in the State Department and the
United States delegation to the U. N.
would reflect, no change in United
States atomic policies.
Mr.. Austin left no doubt that he
would follow the basic principles laid
down by Bernard M. Baruch In the
Atomic Energy Commission before
Mr.. Baruch resigned and turned over
the American representation on that
body to Mr.. Austin.
Firm Support Of Principles.
"The United States stands firmly
in support of the principles en-
bodied in the General Assembly'S
resolution and the (Baruch) recon-
mendations of the Atomic Energy
Commission to the Security Council"
Mr.. Austin said.
The speech was described by an
American spokesman as "clariflca-
ton" to show that atomic controls
id be set up free of the Big Five
Power veto in the Security Council
and still comply with the charter
provisions.
The former Senator from Ver-
mont, now chief United States dele
gate on both the Security Council
and Atomic Energy Commission.
said the charter provides safeguards
against any act of notification by
Ia Chg ,Five) permanent member
which could result in temporarily
paralyzing the Security Council"
This lies in the general obliga-
ton of Article / to take collective
action against a threat to the peace,
or breach of the peace" he added.
I'm so great matter as the con-
troll of atomic energy to ensure its
use for peaceful purposes only, and
control of other weapons of mass
destruction" Mr.. Austin said, the
great nations should be ready and
willing to apply the obligations and
use of the powers of the charter.
THAT means agreement on sys-
| tenn under which international
(atomic) controls are so effective
that violations can be surely de-
tected and corrected before they
endanger peace"
Mr.. Austin said the Atomic Energy
Commissions report, which has been
adopted by the Security Council,
and the Assembly resolution for
arms reduction represented -"en-.
couraging progress"
He added, however, that IAN i'm
mense amount of further negotia-
ton, exploration and study of the
problems, and all of the drafting OF
air. tight treaty provisions, remain
to be accomplished in the Security
Council and Atomic Energy Com
missions.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Y Bondits Take SIS, 900
AT Coney Island Both
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Jan. 25.-Seven
masked men held up one of Coney
Islands largest Turkish baths today
and fed with an estimated $25 ZOO
to $4,000 in cash and jewelry be-
longing to $50 patrons.
The loot was contained in indi-
vidual strong boxes which had been
locked in the bathhouse vault.
With drawn guns, the robbers
entered Silvers Baths on the Coney
Island boardwalk, tied up two at
tendants and carried the steel de-
posit boxes to two waiting cars in
which they made their getaway.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
S.. .000, 900 Recovered
In PIune Crosh
By the Assoeioied Press

HONG KONG, Jan. 26.-Polics
officials reported today that "all OF
the gold" aboard the Philippines
Airlines plane which crashed into
a Hong Kong mountain yesterday
with four persons aboard had been
recovered. Authorities said that
"ail of the crew were killed"
CThe plane was reported by au-
thorities in Manila to have been
carrying $4,000 in gold coins and
bars, which was destined for Hong
Kong banks.)
The company listed those aboard
as Capt. o. T. Weymouth, an Amerl-
can pilot, and a crew of three Fill
pinos, M. A. Lin, co-pilot; B. Merza,
radio operator, and Miss Lourdes
Chuidian, flight attendant.
Evening star., 1947-01-26

Senate wings, which would provide
many new rooms for members, and
for committee work.
It is understood that Senator
Brooks, Republican. of Illinois,
chairman of the Rules Committee,
and Senator Bridges conferred re-
Gently on the Office space problem,
which has been aggravated by the
Reorganization of Congressional
Committees.
They plan to meet again soon with
Senator Revercomb, Republican, of
West Virginia, chairman of the Pub
lie Works Committee, and Sena-
tor Vandenberg, Republican, of
Michigan, President of the Senate,
to canvas the situation.
Senator Bridges emphasized he is
not committed to any one plan,
hut said he thought the suggestion
that Congress erect a modern, eff
cient Capitol in which to legislate,
without disturbing the old Capitol,
has a great deal of merit"
Extension Plan Opposed.
Heretofore, the plan which has
been on file for many years to extend
the east front of the old Capitol has
encountered sufficient opposition to
prevent it from being carried out.
Whether the suggestion to build a
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Is Pushups and Rope Climbing
New West Point Requirements

seconds, 100 yards in 1873 seconds and
800 yards in 46.7 seconds, and carry
q man pick-a-back 100 yards in ~
seconds.
Among other requirements:
Jump over a horizontal bar 4 feet
6 inches high, do 20 situps in 80
seconds, throw a softball 140 feet, a
basketball 65 feet, and a medicine
ball 80 feet, and climb rope 10 feet
6 inches long in seven seconds.
"All candidates are hereby advised
to condition themselves physically
for this examination by participating
in a wide range of physical activi-
ties" the Army said.
All candidates, the letter added,
must pass the examination, which
is designed to measure neuromuscu-
lar coordination, muscular power,
muscular endurance, cardiovascular
endurance, and flexibility."
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Ottowo's Spy Case

Last summer anu IAN tiie
newspapers carried sensa-
tional stories of how a net
work of spies operating from
the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa,
had been uncovered by the
confession, to Canadian au-
thorities, of a disillusioned
Communist who was sick OF
his part in what was going on.
But the complete story OF this
intrigue, as found between the
covers of the thick Report OF
the Royal Commission" which
investigated it, has not been
adequately told in Washing
ton. Because that story con-
tains an important lesson to
Americans, Rex Collier, OF the
Editorial staff of The Star,
has written a series of articles
on what was found. 1t will be
published, beginning tomor-
row, on the editorial page. 1t
is fascinating and important
reading.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Fire in Bed Proves FutuI
To Northeast Resident

Charles w. Crickenberger, 40, of
219 Fourteenth street NE, died at
Casualty Hospital shortly after
l am. today after being burned
about the head and chest and over
come with smoke when his bed
caught fire.
Police said he apparently fell
asleep while smoking in the bed,
which was on the second floor of the
two-story brick house.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
U. 5. Steel Gives
Clio 80 Million
In BackPaY
Union Says l75,000
Workers Also Will
Get Wage Increases
BY the Assoeioted Press

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 25.-An
hourly wage Standardization
agreement which will net work.
ers in U. S. Steel plants more
than $30,000,0OO in back pay was
announced today by the corpora
ton and the United Steel Work
ers, CIO.
The union set the back pay figure
at S32,000,000 and said the agree
ment additionally will mean wage
raises totaling s17,000,000 for many
of about 175,000 workers in the cor
poration's five principal steel pro-
ducing subsidiaries.
The corporation said the back pay
would be in excess of $30,000,000 but
fixed no figure for raise benefits to
workers in the standardized scale.
Employees of the American Steel
and Wire Co., Carnegie-Illinois
Steel Corp, Columbia Steel Co., Ma
tional Tube Co. and Tennessee Coal,
Iron and Railroad Co., whose rates
have been lower than the new scale,
will benefit, United States Steel re-
ported. The agreement also applies
to the plant of the Geneva Steel
Co. at Ironton, Utah.
Effective in February.
The new scale will be effective the
first pay in February. Corporation
sources said it was equivalent to a
l1a cents hourly increase to a large
percentage of workers. The union
estimated the hourly wage benefits
at from l per cent an hour to around
% cents an hour and said some
workers may receive as much as
$1,000 in back pay.
The agreement was reached after
two years of work by a joint union
management committee following a
directive by the National War Labor
Board to negotiate wage scales elm
mating alleged intraplant wage rate
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Crashed Plane Reported
SIGHTED in Colombo
By the Associated Press

BOGOTA, Colombia, Jan. 25.-
Avianca Airlines said today that one
of their transports reported missing
since Wednesday had been located
from the air in jungle near Puerto
Araujo, on the Carare River, 125
miles north of Bogota. The plane
apparently had crashed and the fate
of the II persons aboard was not
Immediately known.
The aircraft was en- route from
Bogota to Barrancabermeja, ITO
miles to the north on the Magdelena
River. 1t was piloted by Clifford
Pitman of Los Nietos. Calif.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
House Members See
How Navy Radar <
Talks Down Planes
Watch from Ground and
Air at Demonstration of
Bad Weather Landings
By w. H. Shippen, Jr.
Aviation Editor Of The Stor

PATUXENT, Md, Naval Ali
Test Center, Jan. 25.-House
members investigating civilian
air transport accidents appeared
favorably impressed today with
the Navy's standard radar sys-
tenn for talking down" aircraft
in bad weather.
While the Navy's experts hac
hoped to run the demonstrations
through fog, rain and low ceilings
the Representatives who flew in the
"blind" transports managed to corr
ceal any disappointment. they may
have felt when the day turned ou'
calm and sunny with visibility un.
limited.
| After the flights, Chairman VOL
verton said he and II members oi
the Commerce Committee hae
learned much of practical value tt
guide them in their efforts to i'm
prove the safety of commercial all
Operations and help restore public
confidence in air transportation.
Peek Over Pilots Shoulders.
Not content with watching from
the ground, and listening to ground
controlled approach operators guide
planes into precise landing positions
or touch downs" on the runway,
the Representatives climbed into the
transports and peered over the
pilots shoulders while they clrcled
and flew in blind with only their
instruments and the voice in their
radio ear-phones to guide them.
Several committeeman expressed
surprise that neither this facility
nor the Army's GOA system at
nearby Andrews Field was used for
emergency landings by air trans
port pilots who were caught in a
holding, stack over National Airport
one night several weeks ago and
either flew to other fields with fuel
running low or landed under adverse
conditions with little gasoline to
spare.
It was brought out that the Navy
had offered the facility on request to
pilots in emergencies. On the night
in question, the planes could have
flown here in Is or 20 minutes for
GCA guidance to bring them under
the low ceiling into position for an
easy visual landing. One airliner
passed up this area and landed in
the darkness on the edge OF the
breakers on Jones Beach, New York
Funds to Be Sought.
While it was Navy show here
today, and conclusive one-as fal
as many representatives were con.
cerned, one result probably will be tt
speed up the Civil Aeronautics Ad-
ministration. of the Army Air Force
offer to lend 20 additional GCA
sets to the Federal airways. CAA
Administrator T. P. Wright assured
the committee this week he will
seek a supplemental appropriation
to install the sets at 10 airports ano
10 alternates.
While Mr.. Wright feels that GCA
has yet to prove its adaptability te
safe commercial operations through
service tests, and should be used as
monitor" or auxiliary standby
for instrument landing systems now
being widely installed, the Repre-
senatives were told that the Navy
considers the system thoroughly
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Polar Plane Finds
15,000-Foot Peaks
In UnexpIored Area
Bv Thomas R. Henry
s,or Stoff CORRESPONDENT

WITH ANTARCTIC EXPE-
DITION, Jan. 25.-One of the
highest mountain ranges in the
world was discovered today
about $50 miles south of the
Franklin Roosevelt Sea in an
unexplored and unnamed land.
Peaks in the range rise to
heights of more than $4,000
feet. The discovery, one of the
most important yet made by
the expedition, was reported oy
the crew of an exploration
plane under command of Capt.
George Dufek of Rockford, Ill.
(Another Henry dispatch on
Page A-2.l
Evening star., 1947-01-26
|McKeIIor, Nearing 78.
|WiII Not Run Again
BY the Associated Press

Senator McKellar, Democrat, OF
Tennessee, who began his senatorial
service March 4, 1917, said yesterday
he never expects to run again
Now ranking member of the Sen
ate in point of seniority, Mr.. Nickel
lar will be 78 Wednesday. He has
been elected to six successive terms
in the Senate.
Evening star., 1947-01-26

Two youths were killed and
three others injured yesterday
when their automobile, pursued
by an Arlington County police
car, crashed head . on into a
crowded bus on Fort Myer drive,
Arlington.
The dead were identified as
Charles Voshall, 10, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, and Earl Henry Rombouski, 81,
of Washington. The injured, all in
Arlington Hospital, were listed by
police as George Mottern, 26, of
1701 South Nelson street, Arlington;
George MacMannis, 20, of Pitts
burgh, and Robert Brink, %, of
Tulsa, Okla.
Bus Passenger Slightly Hurt.
! The hospital said the condition OF
the three injured was good. They
received bruises and lacerations.
A bus passenger, Reba v. Perkins.
81, of 1912 South Oakland street,
Arlington, was slightly injured and
was released from the hospital after
receiving frst-aid treatment.
Driver of the bus was Marvin M.
Thompson, "a, of 2727 South George
Mason drive, Arlington.
Passed Stop Sign.
Police said the flve-passenger
coupe, containing the youths, was
first spotted at Eighteenth and
South Monroe streets. Police be-
lieved it had passed stop sign at
that intersection and said they
followed it over Eighteenth street,
Glebe road, and Highland street,
where it cut through a gasoline sta
ton and entered Columbia pike
without stopping.
With speeds exceeding more than
10 miles an hour at times, the
chase continued to Fillmore street,
over to the Lee boulevard and up
Fort Myer drive they said. There
the automobile struck the bus, near
the north entrance to Fort Myer.
Evening star., 1947-01-26
Two Youths Killed
AS Car Pursued by
Police Crashes Bus
Three Others Are Hurt
In Heud-On Collision
On Fort Myer Drive

ELDERLY MAN KILLED crossing
Connecticut avenue to return
book. Page Az
Evening star., 1947-01-26

Radio Prosroms, Ps. c-S
Complete Index, Pg. AZ
Evening star., 1947-01-26

(See AIR SAFETY, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1947-01-26

(See CAPITOL, Page A-9)