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Evening star., 1947-07-15
Shuttle Buses Carried
n,984During June on
State Department Run

A special shuttle bus service oper-
ated by the State Department be-
tween its new" and "old" head
quarters carried 22,984 passengers
last month, officials reported today
Two old buses borrowed from the
Navy maintain schedule of de-
partllres every, Is minutes during
the working day from each of the
tive terminals-one from the rear
of the new State Department Build
ing at Virginia avenue and Twenty
6Est street NV, and the, other ut
the corner of F and Seventeenth
| streets NV, opposite the old State
Department Building.
With its principal political offices
now concentrated in the new
building and economic Offices in the
"old" headquarters, State Depart
ment operations still overflow into
30 other buildings. The bus route
is arranged to cover some is OF
these.
officials say the service saves con-
siderable time for department per-
sonnel required to go from one Office
to another. But they are working
toward a still greater concentration
of offices in the area around the
new" headquarters to eliminate so
much travelling.
The special bus service was
started with one vehicle on April 7,
cooy,. a ffar Ctafo nono ~ ,,an& of6,oe
began moving into the new build
ing. The second bus was added on
April IA, when the schedule of Is
minute departures was established.
Besides the two main buildings,
those covered on the route include
three former apartment buildings
between Twenty first and Twenty
second streets on G street NV,
housing the Foreign Service Insti-
tute, Office of Special Political
Affairs, Office of Public Affairs and
some other Offices; four buildings
in q row between G and E streets
on Twenty-t third street NV, con-
tanning the departments research
and intelligence units, Office of the
Foreign Service and files; the old
Washington Auditorium, at Nine
teenth and E streets NV, housing
the Division of Map Intelligence;
the Office of Controls at Sis Twen-
t4-second street NV; economic
units at 718 Eighteenth street NV;
the old Manpower Commission
Building at 1778 Pennsylvania ave-
nue NV, housing international
information and cultural divisions
and other offices; the Winder
Building at 604 Seventeenth street
NV, housing the passport division
the Grant Building, at 532 Seven
teenth street NV, housing some
cultural Offices, and the Walker
johnson Building at 1874 New York
avenue NV, housing administra-
tive offices.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Plank Killing Suspect
Questioned Again on
Conflicting Stories

Fairfax County police today re-
sumed questioning suspect in the
Norman LIE Roy Plank murder in
an effort to clear up confused
stories they said he had told of his
activities.
The suspect, Alvah B. Martin, 20
signed a statement in Kingston
N. Y, after his arrest there last Fri
day in which he told of leaving the
home of Plank's sister. Mrs. Neil L
Burner, 4108 Forest Lane, Chester
brook Woods, July 5.
The body of the District Small
Claims Court deputy clerk was
found on the basement floor of the
Burrer home early July 7. He had
been shot.
Podolnick Questions Martin.
DR.. Nelson Podolnick, county cor.
oner, joined the questioning, which
was held behind closed doors. Or
leaving, he said he had examined
Martin and asked him about severa.
phrases of the case.
Martin was not doped and moi
i'll" today, DR.. Podolnick declared
He said he found several old bruises
on Martins back and arms which
did not require medical attention. d.
Fairfax Police Chief Carl R. Nc.
1ntosh said he felt. Martin was at.
tempting to help police piece out the
story Of his.actions and actually was
hazy on some points because sse1
heavy drinking at the time.
The possibility of suicide has not
been ruled out completely, Chief Nc.
Intosh said earlier.
Did Not Charge Beating.
1t. H. T. Magarity, Fairfax Coun-
ty detective chief, said today Martin
claimed he was given truth serum
while under arrest in Kingston. He
told OF having been given pills by q
doctor which made him "talkative
and dizzy" 1t. Magarity said.
Martin did not charge he was
beaten, the detective added. There
was bruise on his left arm when
he arrived in Fairfax, but it did not
appear serious, and he was not eues.
toned about it, 1t. Magarity said.
He was interrogated for IL hours
yesterday in the Fairfax Jail and
insisted he left the house near Falls
Church at about 7:30 pm. July S
1t. Magarity said, however, Martin
had told him while en- route to
Fairfax from New York he had
left day later.
Chief Mcintosh said Martin even
tually might be taken to the scene
of the killing. but added there were
no plans to do this Immediately.
Woman Saw Man in Yard.
Meanwhile, Mrs. G. A. Christian.
son, the neighbor who told police o1
having seen a strange man in tn.
yard Of the Burner home, was asked
by reporters whether she coulc
identify Martin from newspaper
pictures as the man.
She said she could not, explaining
she had seen the man in the yare
full face, at a distance. and hac
noticed only profile pictures II
newspapers.
Martin may be brought face
to face with G. w. Mcdonald, q
Vienna tVa) carpenter who told
police he believed he saw Plank
and Martin together about II pm
July at the Vienna Volunteer
Fire Department carnival. Iden-
tification by Mr.. Mcdonald would
contradict Martins claim that he
last saw Plank at 7:30 O'Clock that
night.
Evening star., 1947-07-15

before the hearing that a desk in the
Detective Bureau had been Jim
mied."
"Are you making the charge that
the Post stole those records?" Sen
ator McGrath asked.
Maj. Barrett said he was. He
added that he became aware of the
missing records when he saw photo
stats of them published in the Post
and knew that no permission had
been given to have the records re-
moved and photostated.
J. r. Virgins, managing editor
of the Post, later told the sub.
committee:
THE Washington Post did moi
obtain by lawless methods or force
or violence any police records and
does not now have records belonging
to the Police Department."
Maj. Barrett, elsewhere in his
testimony, acknowledged that some
police cases do not get into the
official records. He said he was not
responsible for the system of with
holding cases which had been in ex-
istence when he came to the de.
partment, but he said that under
his administration as detective CHIEF
all detectives who wished cases helo
had to initial these cases on the
precinct book and be able to give
legitimate explanation for theil
action in each case.
He said the same practice existed
in other police departments.
Maj. Barrett pointed out that some
cases were false reports involving
complaining witnesses who wanted
to recover their money but wer'
ashamed of the circumstances under
which they lost it.
"It wouldn't be true statistics t
put on the teletype that man ha'
been held up and robbed when VI
find he lost his money in pokel
game" the police chief asserted.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
libroriun to Go on Air

Mrs. Mary B. Kenan, librarian OF
the Prince Georges County Memoir
ial Library System, will be inter-
viewed over Radio Station WGAY at
noon Saturday. The systems book
mobile will be on display before
the studios.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Please Phone Your Sunday
Classified Ads Early in the Week

Saturday rush for Sunday classified advertising mas
become great telephone facilities have been over
taxed This rush is result of customers phonng aos
at the last minute before the Saturday deadlne
To avoid annoyance of repeated "ousy signal we
urge our customers phone their Sunday ads any e
Monday through Frday-rom 800 am to soo ai.nt pm i
this way your ad will be handled promptly ana eHclenty
the minimum of inconvenience Save SATURDAY Ior
who place ads earlier We appreciate your
cooperation in this effort to provide you our customers ~
better service
Evening star., 1947-07-15

COMMITTING BETWEEN STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICES
J. Johnstone assistant chief of the State Departments Cen
al Services Division and Bratberg head of his motor
transport section head line Of department employees boarding
buses that maintain special service between
"old" State Department headquarters The of
new building the background of the picture above The
map below shows the route followed by the buses to tie to-
gether the 80 buildings in which the departments
Offices scattered. Star Stah Photo.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Marine Bond to Give
Concert at Capitol

A concert will be given by the
Marine Band at pm. tomorrow
at the East front Of the Capitol.
The program includes selections
from Annie Get Your Gun" by
Irving Berlin and ballet music from
Prince Igor" by Borodin. Maj. VIII
liam r. Santelmann directs the
band,
Evening star., 1947-07-15
ID. T.. Firms Delivering
By Common Carrier
Not Liable for Use Tax

District merchants were informed
today that if they use common car
riers for delivery of merchandise
into Maryland they are not re-
sponsible for collecting the 2 per
cent State use tax.
Walter E. Kennedy. chief of the
retail sales division of the Maryland
controllers Office, made this inter-
pretation of the law, companion
measure to the 2 per cent sales tax
within the State, at question and
answer forum in the Board of Trade
office.
More than 80 Washington busi-
ness men and women attended the
morning session of the forum which
was to continue throughout the aft
ernoon.
Responsibility of Buyer.
Celebrating on the common car.
rier point, Mr.. Kennedy said thai
it is the responsibility of the buyer
to compute and pay the tax on de.
liveries of this type. If the Wash.
ington merchant uses his owr
trucks, however, then the respon-
sibility for collecting the tax be.
comes his.
In response to q question by John
Tribe, who said he owned two ap-
pliance stores, one in thes District
and the other in Maryland, Mr.
Kennedy said that he did not think
business in Mr.. Tribes Maryland
store would be harmed.
II don't think people will change
their shopping habits regardless OF
the tax" Mr.. Kennedy asserted.
No Tax on Federal Purchases.
In answering other queries, II was
brought out by Mr.. Kennedy that:
No tax is required on goods sold
directly to the Federal Government
providing they are not sold first tt
a contractor.
A contractor building homes ir
Maryland must pay the tax on al
materials going into the structures
A fixed price contract for mer.
chandise or services, if concluded
before the tax went into effect
would be tax-exempt. If there were
an "escalator" clause in the contract
providing for price Quotations. how
ever, then the buyer must be
responsible for the tax.
Virginia Tax Fight Planned.
Mr.. Kennedy said he would remain
in the Board of Trade Offices until
5 pm. and would return again next
week If District dealers need further
information. -.
The Board of Trade said it is re-
ceiving 40 to so calls a day concern
ing the new tax, companion meas
ure to Maryland's per cent sales
tax, which became effective July /.
Meanwhile. in Arlington County
plans for formation of a Statewide
organization in Virginia to fight
imposition OF q sales tax were laid
last night at a meeting sponsored
by the Clarendon Business Associa-
ton. e.- .. 8, s-.. e
j. Maynard Magruder was chosen
chairman of a five-man committee
to go ahead with plans for an anti
sales tax association. The meeting
was attended by representatives of
about Is civic, consumer and busi-
ness organizations of Arlington.
Race Horse Sales Subject
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Race Horse Sales Subject
To MoryIond's 2 Pct. Tax

BALTIMORE, July IS Lp).-Sales
of horses claimed from races run
in Maryland will be subject to the
2 per cent State retail sales tax,
as will all transactions completed
at yearling sales.
This was announced yesterday
after a meeting of sales tax divi-
sion officials and representatives of
racing interests.
Race programs which sell at 10
cents or above also will be taxed.
Evening star., 1947-07-15
Pistol Match Announced

BALTIMORE. July Is (P.-Ofi.
GERS of Federal, State, and mum.
cipal law enforcement agencies will
compete in a pistol match .tomor.
row on the range of the Sparrows
Point police, the Maryland Police
Association announced Yesterday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
MINIS STUDENTS PICK
/ OFFICIAL FOR
SPECIAL EVENT HERE

Paul Horton, Jr. has been elect
cd to act as Mayor of Wilmington
for a day when the students at
New Hanover High school take
over the city government on April
20.
The city council, elected by the
government students at the nigh
school. held a two hour organiza-
ton meeting in which they ap'
pointed Horton as Mayor, Marilyn
Goodman as treasurer, and Eu :
gene Ensley IS mayor-protem.
The other two members Of the
council are Sara Kay Jordan and
J. L. Thorpe.
Other city officers appointed
are as follows:
Jimmy Caudill. city manager;
Jennie Lee Brandt, city clerk;
Frank Bruce, city attorney; Dan
Kelly. tax collector; Neal
Patrick, head of the health de-
partment: Bill Kuhn, juvenile
judge; Roger Corbett, director Of
of the Bureau of Identification;
Sophia VERBAL, librarian , and
Ann Merritt, assistant librarian.
The appointment Of the city
planning board will be made by
the council at its next meet
ing with each of the nine govern
ment classes nameing n mem
Der for the board.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
OF CP&L STOCK
OPPOSED BY HOLDER

PHILADELPHIA, April 11-(P)-
Samuel Okin, New York, a COM
mon stockholder of Electric Bond
L. Share company, today demand
ed q hearing before the securities
and exchange commission on the
company's application to sell COM
mon shares of Carolina Power
& Light company.
Okin, who opposes the sale, made
his request for a hearing In an
oral argument before the commits
sion.
The company seeks to sell 423 4OS
lCarolina common shares at com
petitive bidding.
Richard Jones, counsel for the
company, said bond and share
plans to file a registration state
ment on the offering lin the near
future"
Jones declared the only questions
involved are when and how the
share will be sold and asserted
the matter was not the subject
for a hearing.
Okin charged the market price
of Carolina has been deliberately
depressed during the past month
in order to enable prospective
purchasers to obtain The sto:k at
low prices
The commission took the matter
under Amusement.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
MAY PAY
DRIVERS DEBTS

NEW YORK. April 11.-P>-
The ease of the Maynard
bus came up in Bronx Coun-
ty Court today and William
Cimillo, driver who made a
detour in his Bronx bus to Hol-
lywood, Fla, entered a plea of
innocent to an indictment
charging grand larceny.
The court proceedings lasted
only a few minutes, and bail Of
$1,000 was continues penning
trial.
More than so bus drivers in
uniform attended the hearing.
Cimillo, with his wife clinging
to his arm, told the drivers
about his unscheduled trip to
Florida. He said he would
endeavor to clear up his status
with the surface transportation
CO., today, adding that he did
MT know whether he still had a
job there.
A bus drivers committee has
schedled a dance to raise funds
to help emilio pay his debts.
Assistant District Attorney
Sylvester Ryan has called
Cimillo "a bookmaker in debt"
One of the dance prizes is
two round-trip tickets to Flor
ida.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
PALESTINE
Continued From Page One)

NSOlbl1luCu oSS oAGS(
regular meeting. 1t is possible,
therefore, that a new president
might preside over the extraordl-
nary session and that Spaak might
be elected again in September.
At any rate, the special session
will be opened by Fernand Van
Langenhove, permanent Belgian
delegate to the U. N, who will
serve as president pro tempore
until an election is held.
Under Assembly rules, the ses-
sion must be convened within Il
days after majority approval, but
not less than 10 days.
The session was expected to con-
fine its work to the establishment
of a special investigation commit,
tee which would make preliminary
studies and recommendations
needed for consideration by the
September session, when the sub
stance Of the Palestine problem
will be tackled.
Many Questions
However, several highly con
troversial questions T involved
such as whether the Arab states
will be represented on the commit
tee, how this body will hear Jew
ish viewpoints and whether the
committee will be merely a fact
finding agency or will be asked tt
make recommendations.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
GIRL SCOUTS PLAN
WEEK-LONG CAMPING
PROGRAM AT SOUND

Plans for the Girl Scout day
camp which will be held June TO-
II at GreenviDe Sound are near
completion, according to Mrs.
Helen Jones, scout executive.
The Girl Scouts of Wilmington
will hold camp from 10 am. to
4 pm. and will return home to
spend the night, Mrs. Jones said.
The camp committee is now re-
cruiting volunteers to assist with
the program, and special training
on camp procedure will be given
to all those participating.
The ten-day camping activities
are being arranged for the scouts
through the cooperation of Mrs.
Thomas H. Wrigh, Wilmington,
and Mrs. j. Hunter Wood of
Southern Pines, co-owners of the
camp site; W. H. Wendt OF Green
vile Sound who is allowing the
scouts to use his swimming facili-
ties: and George A. Carey who
has granted the use Of his land
for hiking.
Mrs. Jones explained that none
of the money received from the
cookie sale is used for this activ-
ity. All receipts from the sale are
put into a special fund for the
purchase of a permanent camp
site.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
BOYD TO ATTEND
TAMPA HEARINGS
Local Representative 7,
Contest Complaint o.
Florida Group

Col. Henry E. Boyd, traffic M.
ager of the Wilmington-Por tn
fic association, indicated yes,.t
day that he would be present ~ -
June 9 hearing in Tampa. ~
where Interstate Commerce 49,
Gals will hear a complaint ot -,
Tampa Traffic Association.
Boyd will represent WiIming,o,
against the complaint wSio.
charges that the local port maj"
tains and applies class and CON-
modify rates on domestic inno,,
and export commerce to and frorn
Tampa which are higher ,b.'
those rates applied to and from
Wilmington.
Tampa contends that should ,hi,
condition continue the differenr,
will be to the disadvantage and
prejudice of shippers and receive,
operating from the port Of TAMPA
Boyd said the complaint va,
filed with the ICC on April 8 n
last year and that following this ,
Joint conference between Tam,
representatives and delegates from
Wilmington and other interested
locations for the purpose of offer.
mo the Florida group a propose1
adjustment of rates satisfactory IN
Tampa.
The complaint rejected this id,
justment, Boyd explained, and IN.
formed the defendants that thew
would ask the ICC to intervene in
the case.
In answere to the Tampa move,
Boyd said that he prepared a pei.
ton of intervention and forward.
ed it to the ICC last January
so that Wilmington might becon,
a party to the case in order ths!
the interest Of the local por,
might be protected.
Boyd predicted yesterday that
the Tampa hearings would be lorx
and detailed.
Tampa has the right to file III,
complaint with the allegations"
he said. The law gives that RICH,
but inashuch as the port of VII,
mington has been attacked we do
not propose to sacrifice our rat
structure to satisfy the Tampa
compliments"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
THE W1LMINGTON MORNING STAR, WILMINGTON, N.
MAN
FOUND DEAD HERE
County Coroner Ruled
Death Due To Ma
turaI Causes

Joseph E. GARRISON, a resident
of HAMPSTEAD and a Pullman con-
ductor for several years, was
found dead in his room at a local
hotel yesteray afternoon.
His body was found by 4. Muir
ray, a Pullman official, and a
hotel bellboy when they went to
his room to learn why he had not
kept an appointment with Muir
ray.
The room door was found locked
from the inside but was opened
by use of a pass key.
Coroner Gordon Doran, who was
called to the scene, termed Gar
rason's death due to natural caus-
eS
Funeral services will be held
Sunday afternoon at three O'CLOCK
from the Union Methodist church
at Hampstead. The Rev. j. q.
Carroll, pastor of the church, will
of~ficiate and interment will follow
in the church cemetery.
TIE is survived by two sisters;
Misses Annie and Elizabeth Cara
son. Two brothers: ]. H. ana
L. l.. GARRISON, all OF Hamp-
stead.
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12

amnesty to the dissident Greeks.
Instead Of reinforcing the govern
ment in a campaign to crush
them, we should reinforce a re-
constructed government which
can guarantee the personal safety
of h e d~issidents who lay down
their arms.
The Administration has not
been impartial and sufficiently
frank about the civil war in
Greece. 1t spoken much of
the armed bands of the extreme
Left. It has CLOSED over the arm
ed bands of the extreme Right.
Yet If thu civil war is to be
settled, if the armed Communists
are to be isolated from the,
Greeks who, though not Commu-
mist, are in rebellion, these mod
crate Greeks must be protected.
Today, if they surrender to the
government forces, the chances
are that they will be murdered.
They will be murdered not by the
government forces but by armed
bands of the Right that the gov
eminent has tolerated, and
therefore no end to the civil war,
until there is an honest govern
ment in Athens which makes it
safe for Greeks TO accept
amnesty.
There is no doubt that this is
intervention in the internal affairs
of Greece. But what is the use of
pretending that we r not inter-
vening while in a everybody
knows that we intervening?
To support one side in a civil W.T.
is intervention. 1t is, however, an
odious form Of intervention. On
the other hand, intervention to re-
form tn Greek government, TO
settle the civil war by mediation,
10 enforce amnesty by all the
power and influence we can exert,
is a kind of intervention which
can be explained and justified to
the conscience Of mankind.
The sooner, therefore, that the
State Department makes it plain
that our intervention is not to
foment civil war to the bitter end,
the better the prospect of success
for it's Greek enterprise.
Copyright. ls47, New York Tribune Inc
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
WALLACE
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day to announce support for the
Truman bill. But it made little
progress there or in e House
Foreign Affairs committee.
The Senate recessed at 500 p.
m. until noon on Tuesday without
reaching a vote on ar amend
ment by Senator Edwin c. John
son (D-Colo) to strip the aid to
Turkey from the measure. It will
take a holiday on Monday for the
opening baseball game of the sea
son, which President Truman also
will attend.
Rep. Eaton (R ND, chairman
of the House committee which
still is studying amendments to
the bill, said it will continue its
work next Tuesday and that he
hopes it will finish by the end of
this month, sending tn legisla-
ton to the floor then.
The group heard Undersecre-
tary Of State Dean Acheson in
closed session today and mem
bers reported t h t he expressed
satisfaction at real progress"
made by Congress.
Fears Delays
But Acheson told a news con-
ference later, in reply to ques-
tons, that every day Greece's i'm
ports decline, more money is
printed and initiation increases.
If American aid is withheld much
longer, he added, there might be
a collapse Of the Greek govern
ment.
Johnson's Amendment to re-
move Turkey from the program,
leaving only the aid to Greece,
is the first by a Zoe of the bill
to reach actual consideration on
the floor and may furnish a test
when the vote is reached, proba-
bly, next week. Johnson called the
Turkish government "a Fascist
military dictatorship" and said
the proposed American assistance
to that country implies a mill
tary alliance"
The Wilmington morning star., 1947-04-12
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dead upon arrival at the James
Walker Memorial hospital.
A radio broadcast was inn
mediately sent out by the state
patrol and Burkheimer was an
pretended at Atkinson, from where
he was returned to the New Han
over county sheriff's office for
questioning.
According to patrolmen, he ad-
mitted going on after the mishap,
but said that he thought the child
was properly cared for as he saw
him placed in the automobile
which was travelling behind him.
Time of the accident was placed
at TAO p. m. by the patrolmen who
Investigated the accident. Burk-
heimer was taken into custody in
Atkinson shortly after 10 pm. by
patrolman.