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Evening star., 1947-07-11
Six Named in Cana
Accused Of SteaIinq
100000 in 7 States
By the Associoted Press

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, July II.
Authorities today named six men
as members of gang they said
netted approximately 100000 in a
series of 200 safe-crackings in Mich
igan and Indiana during the last
three years. Officers reported they
were questioning four men and in
dicated two others still we're being
hunted.
Assistant Prosecutor Roger Nc
Mahon said elaborate pains taken
by the gang to cover up their rob-
berries came to naught when one of
the men. seeking to withdraw from
the group, informed on them to
police.
The assistant prosecutor said the
gang carried gas masks on all jobs
in the event they ran up against a
safe protected by tear gas.
Mr.. Mcmahon identified Alex
Jerome, 80, alias Al Geronis, as
leader of the group, which he said
included Leo Price. 81; George Nab
key. 25; George Hamilton, 27; Al
bert Muldey, %. and Carl Her
man, 10.
Herman is serving a term in the
Ionia (Mich) State Reformatory on
theft charges. Mudley is a resi-
dent Of Warrick, r. I. The others
are from Grand Rapids.
Mr.. Mcmahon said warrants
against all six would be issued later
today.
He identified Hamilton as the
man he said surrendered to Deputy
Sheriff George Layman and first
revealed the gangs operations. The
assistant prosecutor said he also
had statement from Jerome's 29-
year-old wife, Darvia, whom he
quoted as saying my loyalty to my
children is more important than my
love for my husband"
A third statement came from
Mabkey who, Mr.. Mcmahon said,
admitted his part in number of
safe-crackings.
The assistant prosecutor said the
safe-crackings occurred in Al coun-
ties in Michigan and Indiana.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Home Rule
Continued From First Page.)

upon whether an adequate home rule
government otherwise is set up. If
that were done, with adequate safe
guards to insure capable local gov
ernment," the statement continued,
mo reason suggests itself why the
fiscal operations should continue to
be integrated with those of the Fed
eral Government"
After outlining the present Federal
control over District revenues and
taxes, the GAO declared, IF home
rule is determined upon as matter
of policy, it would seem to follow
by hypothesis that such delegation
would carry with it the inherent
right to control local financial af-
fairs"
On this point. the GAO said "the
power to levy taxes should include
the right to aff1x programs for the
flow of revenue to meet expendi-
ture demands and to negotiate
temporary loans in anticipation of
revenues for the fiscal year."
Fiscal Director Urged.
As to appropriating power under
home rule, the GAO pointed out the
citys right would apply to its own
revenues. But control over annual
Federal payment toward city costs.
it was emphasized, "is a matter of
Congressional policy"
The financial department Of q
home rule government here, the
GAO said. should be headed by q
fiscal director and include treas
urer. The audit Of city funds, 1t was
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Soap Box Derby Guide

THE EVENT-A coaster race
for boys II to IS, inclusive, in
which the contestants drive
cars of their own building.
PLACE Pennsylvania ave-
nue. Sc, between Texas avenue
and Carpenter street.
TIME-Tomorrow. beginning
at 8 am. with a parade and
ending at approximately S pm.
with the city final.
PARKING-Prohibited in the
Immediate vicinity of the
course.
BUS TRANSPORTATION
The Hillcrest bus, route C-6,
of the Capital Transit Co., leav-
ing Seventeenth street and
Pennsylvania avenue Sc,
which point can be reached by
streetcars of routes 80 and 30
and b. buses.
SEATING-As provided by
the spectators.
REFRESHMENTS-At stands
operated by U. s. S. Jacob Jones
Post, American Legion.
RADIO BROADCASTS-On
Station WMAL at 8 and 1880
am, and 2:30, $3.50 and 4:45
pm.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

A $4,000, 100000 cut in individual
income taxes and a so per cent limit
on taxation Of big earnings was pro-
posed to Congress today by the Ma
tional Association OF Manufacturers.
Tax rates now reach 85.5 per cent
on the highest bracket incomes.
Don G. Mitchell, chairman of the
MANS taxation committee, told the
House Ways and Means Committee
the NAM program is designed to in
sure full production and employ
ment by encouraging investments.
The proposed tax cut would not be
in. addition to the 81, 600, ,000, 900 Re-
publican backed bill now before Con-
gress, but an alternative means of
reducing taxes.
Mr.. Mitchell described the COP
bill as "a step in the right direc-
tion," in a statement prepared for q
committee hearing on possible tax
reyisions to be considered next year.
While not calling for reductions
in corporate rates now, the NAM
said these should be lowered las the
Federal budget is brought down to
a stable postwar level"
Evening star., 1947-07-11
|. 5. Johnson, Retired D. {.
Aide, Plans Travels

Livingston 8. johnson, 10. of Gill
Utah avenue NV, was looking
forward today to sightseeing trips
over the country after 4s years of
service with the District govern
ment.
An assistant assessor of real estate
in the District assessors office 81 nee
1920 and chairman of the Board of
Assistant Assessors of Real Estate,
Mr.. johnson retired July l.
A Washington resident since he
was 13, Mr.. johnson joined the Dis
trict government as a telephone
operator in 1889 at SO cents a day
while studying law at Columbia
University, now George Washington
University. Although he received
several law degrees and became a
member of the District Bar Associa-
ton, he remained with the District
government
Evening star., 1947-07-11
WAR Contracts Fraud
|lCharge 10 Be Probed
|By House Committee
BY the Associoisd Press

Chairman Michener of the
House Judiciary Committee said
today the committee will investi-
gate promptly charges by Con-
troller General Lindsay Warren
that at least 10 war contractors
defrauded the Government OF
more than $4,000, 900 in contract
settlements.
Mr.. Warren declared in report
to Congress that certain War anc
Navy officers and employees engaged
on termination settlements went te
work Immediately thereafter with
the very war contractors on whose
termination claims they had worked. ;
He said there was no doubt that
some officers and employees" were
guilty of "feathering their nests
when reaching the postwar settle
mentS.
Action Held Limited,
Mr.. Michener told a newsman the
Warren report probably will be re-
ferred to a subcommitte for investi-
cation.
I'VE will deal judiciously with
anything that comes to U.s." he
added.
One Judiciary Committee member
said privately about the only action
the group could cake would be to
ask the Justice Department for ac-
ton in any case where criminal re-
sponsibility could be shown.
Mr.. Warren said Congress had
failed to heed his request that the
General Accounting Office be au-
thorized to make an independent
audit of proposed contract settle
ments.
The settlement act, he said, gave
the GAO power only to see that
payments conformed to terms of
the act and to report whether rec
ords submitted after settlement in
dicated "a reasonable doubt that the
settlement was induced by fraud"
Regardless of these impedi-
ments, however" he continued, "in
the examination thus far made,
evidence has been found which,
after careful analysis, has con-
vinced me that at least 70 termina-
ton settlements, involving LOT con-
tracts Of 10 war contractors, were
induced by fraud"
Warren Opposed System.
He added that there seems cause
for a reasonable belief" that the
same was true of "at least 81 addi-
tional settlements involving 81 con-
tracts, of Is war contractors"
Mr.. Warren said that so far as he
has heard from the Justice Depart
ment mo case thus far referred
there by the GAO has yet been
brought to conclusion"
The Controller General said he
opposed the contract termination
system from the start because it
opened such a fertile field for
fraud"
He concluded:
I'VE have no idea, and, unfortu-
nately, never will have any idea,
just how many former officers and
employees of the Government worked
and still work-for war contract
ors." ~,
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Rescue
Continued From First Page)

small boat and brought the girls
on board.
Parents here only learned of the
rescue when their daughters called
from Baltimore this morning. They
had spent several days att Shady
Side and had planned to return to
the city today.
Mr. Tobey said the girls would
return here by bus around pm.
and meanwhile they were engaged
in sightseeing in Baltimore.
The girls said they weren't least
bit worried. All are old hands at
sailing.
After boarding the South Bend
they took showers and changed from
their bathing suits into dry clothes
brought along from the locker of
their craft.
Anne Fenton gave this account: !:
I'VE started out from Shady Side
to Annapolis and lost the rudder
pin. Pat Keen and Margaret held
the rudder with their feet and 1t
took us two hours to reach An
napolis.
I'VE bought new rudder pin and
Pat and Margaret made repairs.
We started back to Shady Side
about 4:45 pm.
The wind picked up as we
reached the shipping lane. 1t didn t
bother us, but about an hour later
we started shipping water.
Pat started out on port tack
and everybody else sat on the high
side of the boat and took turns
bailing. The mast broke and went
over the starboard side.
1T wasn't dark but ship passed
us going down the bay Anne Flagg
was waving her T-shirt from an oar.
We were all singing and yelling.
Just before it got dark, we saw
the South Bend. She sighted us
and changed her course. 1t went on
by. We got little bit disguised.
A ten-man boat crew went back
for them.
You know what the first thing
they said was?" asked Margaret
Crumbaugh. "'You got any Gig
arettes?' We gave them all we had"
Evening star., 1947-07-11
will be available along the In

tOIS Will DC dNhAduic dlOiAS VaAc Aa-
cline.
The Capital Transit Co. Hillcrest
bus, route C-6, reaches the course
from Seventeenth street and Penn
sylvania avenue Sc.
Drinking fountains and COM
fort station have been provided by
the District sewer division.
Refreshment stands will be oper-
ated by U. S. S. Jacob Jones Post of
the Legion.
Extensive first-aid arrangements
have been made under supervision
of DR.. Eugene G.. Lipow.
Traffic Arrangements.
At $50 am. tomorrow, Pennsyl-
vania avenue will be closed to
through traffic between Branch and
Alabama avenues, Police Inspector
Arthur E. Miller, in charge of traf-
fic, announced. Traffic will be di-
verted over Branch and Alabama
avenues throughout the program,
which is expected to end shortly
before pm. with the city final.
Parking will be prohibited in the
vicinity of the course, except with
respect to officials, who will be per-
mitted to use. park roadways. They
will enter the restricted area at
Thirty eighth street and Alabama
avenue.
The contestants will assemble at
the starting line at 7:45 am for the
parade. Under the eye of Chief
starter Haywood N. Saunders, they
will race by threes in two classes
one for those II and IL; the other
for boys 13, IA and Is. The two
class champions will meet for the
city title in the last race OF the day.
Prizes are to be awarded in each
round of eliminations, including
medals. trophies, sports goods, radios
and bicycles. 4
The presentations will be made at
3 pm. Tuesday in the Commerce
Department Auditorium.
Features of tomorrow's program
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Chicugoun Protests to British
Against Criticisms of fU.S.

America. For these wars, we are
told. America furnished the money
and the British Empire furnished
the men and casualties. A glance at
the acres of silent crosses. the seven
seas where our countrymen rest un-
til the resurrection, our staggering
debt, our depleted resources, all bear
evidence we had some losses our
selves.
THE American people are not
forcing money from their depleted
treasury on others. There are many
uses for it here But If this
outward flow is frightened up even
slightly we are Immediately branded
as 'Shylocks,' money grabbers, land
grabbers, etc"
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Coal
Continued From First Page.)

now. becomes slightly lower than
that of the .bituminous fields.
Anthracite operators also agreed
to double contributions to the union
welfare fund, increasing the take"
from to 10 cents per ton on all
coal mined. A similar concession
was made by the soft coal operators.
Amendments to Contract.
The hard-coal welfare fund Is
administered by two representatives
of the union and one of the opera
tors. The new Taft Hartley law
provides for equal representation in
the administration of welfare funds,
although the provision is not ef-
fective until a contract expires or
until July /. 1948, whichever occurs
first.
However, Mr.. Lewis contends that
the anthracite contract does not
expire, and that each time he wins
concessions those are simply amend
ments to the old agreement.
There was no change made IN
the administration of the fund and
officials differed as to whether It IS
in conflict with the new law.
The report of DR.. Nourses group
is understood to contend that the
large monetary concessions called
for in the new soft coal contract do
not constitute serious infiationary
threat.
DR.. Nourse sent the report to the
White House yesterday. Since
terms of the soft coal agreement
were made public only three days
ago, economists of the council had
little time in which to consider
economic effect of the contract.
The report is understood to state
that the higher coal costs nacessi-
tated by the contract should not
cause any large increase in prices OF
steel and other products. That is
contrary to statements made by
steel spokesmen, who have placed
the steel price increase resulting
from the coal contract as high as
IS per ton.
A number of other economists, in
cluding DR.. Emerson p. Schmidt OF
the United States Chamber Of Com
merce, have taken a contrary view.
Mr.. Schmidt told congressional
hearing Wednesday that he believes
the coal settlement is inflationary
and will touch OF general demand
for higher wages.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Compensation Chief
Opposes Refunds for
800 D. {. Employees

A move to permit about 300 Dis
trict employers to collect more than
$500, 900 in refunds from the District
Unemployment Compensation Board
was opposed today by Board Chair
man c. A. Wharton.
He told Chairman KEN of the
Senate District Committees Judici-
ary Subcommittee that the board
was opposed to a measure which
would permit the refund "at this
time" He said the 5000, 900 would
not deplete the boards, $44 900 900
reserve. but such payments. would
entail considerable bookwork.
K. E. Chapman, chief Of the
boards experience rating section.
told Senator KEN, Republican, of
Missouri it would take staff of
40 persons 18 months to two years
to figure out who had money COM
ing.
Amendment Proposed.
The refunds would go only to
those employers who had paid
high compensation rate after pur-
chasing an old business entitled to
low rate. This is provided by an
amendment to the District Unem-
ployment Compensation Act pro-
posed by Mrs. Ann Dodge Goodbee,
Washington attorney.
The subcommittee took no action
this morning.
Meanwhile, Senator Kem said an
amendment to the act which would
mean lower payments into the COM
pensation fund for employers who
were forced to close their businesses
during the war because they were
in the armed forces will be placed
before the Senate District Commit
tee later today.
Mr.. Wharton yesterday testified
he favored the amendment because
it gives the employer who enters
military service the same rights as
the employe who entered the serv-
ice."
Doctors Would Benefit.
The bill would be of benefit
mostly to professional men such as
doctors, lawyers and dentists. 1t
would permit them to count the
time spent in the armed forces as
time of business operations. Thus
they could receive rate reduction
they would have been entitled to If
they had kept their business operat-
ing during the war. To receive
rate reductions, District employers
must have a record of three years
continuous operation.
At the suggestion OF Leonard
Lesser, Federal Security Agency
attorney, the amendment was
changed today to provide that re-
fund to CT employers who had
already paid the higher rate would
be in the form of credit against
future payments and not in cash.
He said the change was necessary
to make the amendment conform to
the Federal Security Act. ).
Evening star., 1947-07-11
By the kssoeioisd Press

LONDON, July 11.-An Ameri-
can who described himself as lust
an ordinary worker" protested in
print today against criticisms of the
United States which have been
voiced recently by British speakers
and writer's.
Some nation must be blamed
as we say. must be the 'goat'-for
world conditions and 1t seems that
in the eyes of the Englishman,
America is it," wrote J. w. Reeves
of Chicago in a letter to the weekly
New Statesman and Nation.
Mr.. Reeves letter continued:
May remind you that World
Wars No. and 2 did not start in
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Constellation Sets Record

NEW YORK, July II (P).-Eastern
Airlines said last night one of its
new-type, 60-passenger Constella-
tions had set a new record OF 4
hours and 80 minutes in a nonstop
flight from Houston, Tex, to New
ark, N. j.. clipping eight minutes
from the mark set by another East
ern Constellation June 6. The dis
tance flown was 1924 miles.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Hartman Counters
Red Charge That Aid
Has Political Links
BY the Associofsd Press

LONDON, July 1l.-Secretary
of Commerce Hartman rejected
today the charge by Russia and
the Slav states that the Mar.
shall "aid-Europe" proposal
would impose political condi-
tions on countries accepting
American aid.
There has never been any
discussion in the government Of
any political conditions" he told
a news conference.
Where we have free people
we have friends. That does not
apply to distatorShips."
Evening star., 1947-07-11

will include music by the Maritime
Commission Band and the filming
Of the racing for future presentation
by television when Station WMAL-
TV goes on the air.
Inspections of racers and weighing
of drivers and their cars will be
completed tonight at the District
National Guard Armory. Early to-
morrow morning the racers will be
transported by truck to the starting
line and arranged in the order in
which they will be sent off the ramp.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
Marshall Plan
CONTINUED From First Page.)

mark, Switzerland, Italy, Portugal,
Greece and Turkey.
Not invited-Spain.
The French Foreign Ministry dis
losed last night that it had changed
the scene of the conference from
the clockroom to the larger state
dining room with a view to allow
ing more room for reporters and
photographers In event the dele
gates decided to deliberate in the
open.
Santa Claus Policy Rejected.
Herve Alphand, director of the
Foreign Ministry's economic section,
told the American Club in Paris
yesterday that Europe must do all
she could to make American aid
temporary and constructive because
I'VE do not want America to practice
a Santa Claus policy"
Russia and Poland had objected
that the Marshall plan might mean
interference with national SOW
ereignty. But Mr.. Alphand said he
never had heard "one word which
might make me believe that the
United States wished to interfere in
any way in the affairs of my coun-
try"
In Budapest last night, trust
worthy Hungarian source said Hun
gary's decision yesterday not to at
tend the conference had been made
in the light OF Communist leaders
warnings of Russian reprisals If the
country accepted.
He said the Communists told an
interparty conference and Coun-
Gil of Ministers meeting that ac-
ceptance would lead the Soviet
Union to stop sending home Hun
garian war prisoners, demand i'm
mediate payment of overdue repara-
tions, seize more Hungarian live
stock and hold up ratification Of
Hungary's peace treaty.
Plans Already Under Way.
A survey of European capitals dis
closed yesterday that many Of the
nations which will cooperate in the
Marshall plan will come to the Paris
Conference with something definite
to offer toward rebuilding the Euro
pean economy.
The reports from the capitals in
dicated that as an expression Of
good faith the delegations will 60 to
Paris not merely to ask for Ameri-
can dollars, but to state how far
they can go toward organizing a
program of self-help.
The survey disclosed that the
knottiest problem facing the eco
nomic planners will be-as it has
been since the war-the shortage
of cosl. Reports from all but
Czechoslovakia indicated that the
fuel shortage is the No. stumbling
block to restoring industrial produc-
ton.
Well defined economic blocs such
as the Scandinavian countries and
Benelux-Belgium, the Netherlands
and Luxembourg-will be repre-
sented. They are expected 70 join
with few reservations in setting up
q European pool of food, transport,
coal and raw materials needed to
put the continent and Britain back
on their feet,
OF the nations which have re-
jected the invitation, Poland is re-
garded as being in a position to
have contributed the most. Polish
coal would have gone far toward
relieving the fuel famine that has
industry in q strait jacket.
Czechs Could Help Greatly.
, Czechoslovakian CO operation
would have meant much for the
success of the Marshall plan. The
Czechs are exporting large quanti-
ties Of coal and humber and could
Evening star., 1947-07-11
CycIotron
Continued From First Page.)

DR.. D. B. Miller, Dr.. P. r. O'Connel
and DR.. r. c. Thompson.
The hitherto unknown products
Of these operations will increase the
versatility of atomic medicine and
the various branches of research
which use radioactive substances.
The different forms of the elements
mean different rates of radioactivity
or different kinds of radiation.
For example. the first form of
radioactive carbon, produced before
the outbreak of World War II, was
radioactive for only a few minutes.
Experiments in biological research
sometimes failed because the radio
activity gave out before the biologi-
cal process was completed. A RADIO
carbon of longer life solved their
problem. The new elements from
the cyclotron will solve other such
problems.
Helium Nucleuses Used.
In one of the operations the ex-
perimenters used the nucleuses OF
helium atoms for bullets. These
nucleuses were whirled around in
the cyclotron chamber until they
had the striking power OF 1000, ,00O
volts and then were turned against a
target of uranium atoms. They pro-
duced fission of q different kind than
in the atom bomb. The breakdown
products included two kinds of ra-
dium and a form of astatine. which
is element No. IS in the regular
periodic table. =
Drs. Seaborg and -Perlman said
the energy developed by the CYCLIC
tron was approximately 10 times
that of the most powerful cyclotron
previously in operation.
The smashing effects reported are
similar in some respects to the shat
tering of atoms by low energy cos
mic rays. These rays, however, are
still more devastating than anything
man has produced. They can blast
a nucleus into many parts. including
mesotrons, which are mysterious
factors in the makeup of atomic
nuclei.
DR.. Ernest o. Lawrence, builder
of the cyclotron. has predicted that
the machine eventually will produce
bullets with energies up to 1000. .00O,- :
600 volts, giving scientists something
more nearly approaching cosmic
rays in atom-smashing ability.
Evening star., 1947-07-11
HeIicopters Fiqht BIiqht

HAGERSTOWN, Nd. July II (4).
"A Chambersburg, Pa. packing
house reported it would use low
flying nelicopters to dust tomato
crops in Washington County in
efforts to combat late blight.
Milford chronicle., 1947-12-05

Do your Christmas Shopping in
Milford and Save Money. Milford
Chamber of Commerce. MATT