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Evening star., 1948-10-23
Rockets Aid Takeoff
OF Giant Navy,PIane
BY the Associafed Press

BURBANK, Calf, Oct. 23.-Pow-
erful jato rockets have been used
successfully to speed up the take
of Of the Nays giant 180-pas-
senger Lockheed Constitution, Lock
heed Aircraft Corp. announced
today.
Lockheed engineers said the tests
demonstrated that extra power, ap.
proximately equal to the $500 horse
power obtained from one of the
planes engines, can be obtained by
using six jato jet-assisted takeoff)
rockets.
The engineers said tests were
made at gross weights up to the
maximum weight of $4,000 pounds
with no effect on control of thu
huge craft. Use of the six 1000.
pound rockets shortened the Con.
stitution's normal takeoff run by
approximately "a per cent, Lock
heed said. In the tests the rocket.
were fired by the pilot as soon a.
the plane broke ground and retrac'
ton of landing gear begun.
Three jato bottles we're located ir
compartments inside the wing or
each side of the fuselage behind the
inboard engines and above the flaps
Lockheed engineers predicted thai
installation of jato rockets on large
transport planes as standard equip.
ment would provide an extra meas
ure of safety in case of sudden
power failure during takeoffs.
Lockheed has built two of the
Constitutions for the Navy. They
are undergoing final tests.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Oct. 23.-High Amer
lean sources predicted today the
United States and Canada in the
next few weeks will begin to
draft a military treaty rledging
full aid to the ffve-nation Brus-
sells Alliance.
The sources said the process of
drafting q treaty will begin soon
after the elections in the United
States, although their result is not
expected to affect the plan as both
major parties have committed
themselves in principle to backing
the Brussels alliance.
The informants said the alliance
would link the United States and
Canada in formal treaty relation
ships with Britain, France and the
Benelux countries Belgium, the
Netherlands and luxembourg.
The whole concept of the pro-
jected North Atlantic pact will. be
the main subject of discussion by
the foreign ministers of the Brussels
pact signatories when they meet
here Monday for three-day con-
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Pope Says Jerusalem
Should Be Put Under
International Control
EneycIicol Also Urges
Free Access to A! Of
Palestine Holy Places
BY the Associofed Press

VATICAN CITY, Oct. 23.-Pope
Plus XII recommended interna-
tionalization of Jerusalem and
nearby holy places in an encycli-
cal made public today.
international guarantees could
also insure free access to holy places
throughout Palestine" the pontif1
said.
The encyclical, directed to the
College of Cardinals, was entitled
"in multiplibus first two words
of its latin text.
Among the multiple preoccupa-
tions that assail us in this period,
the Pope wrote, "the war that con-
vulses Palestine occupies special
place.
I'VE are confident that the fer
vent appeals arising to the omni-
potent and all-merciful God from
Christians scattered throughout the
world will serve to render less
ardurous for the men who govern
the destinies of peoples the task
of giving to Palestine the real bene-
fits of justice and peace, and
of creating an order which will
guarantee to each of the parties to
the present conflict security and the
material and moral conditions of
life properly suited to give rise to a
state of spiritual and material well
being.
I'VE are confident these suppli-
cations and hopes will deepen
the conviction in the high assem-
blies in which the problem of peace
is being discussed, that it would be
expedient I" to give an interna-
tional charter to Jerusalem and its
vicinity ="
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Taft Says G. O. P.
| Will Gain Seats
In Senate Races

Senator Taft, Republican, of Ohio
predicted today that the Senate not
only would stay Republican but that
his party would gain several seats
from the Democrats.
The Republicans now have 81
Senate seats to As for Democrats.
In a statement released by hts
Office here. after Southern tour,
Senator Taft said:
Recent reports from Minnesota
indicate that Senator Ball (Repub-
lican) will be reelected and similar
reports from West Virginia and
wyoming indicate the reelection Of
the incumbent Republican Sen.
ators." O.
The Ohio Senator also voiced be-
lief that Republicans would gain
Senate seats in Montana, New Mex
leo, Tennessee "and perhaps Texas"
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Anesthetic Gas Explosion
Blamed in Pafient's S Death
By the Assoeiofed Press

HARRISBURG, Pa, Oct. 23.-An
explosion of anesthetic gas appar-
emily killed Mrs. Annabarbara Vug-
rinec. SO. on the operating table at
the Harrisburg Hospital yesterday,
Wester S. Kohlhaas, hospital super
intendent, said today.
Two .anesthetists, Miss Frances
Metz and Miss Dolores Cartier, were
slightly injured in the blast, but
kept on working, Mr.. Kohlhaas said.
The surgeon, DR.. Norman B. Shep-
Ter, and his assistant, DR.. Thomas
E. Davies, were uninjured. 4
The accident occurred as the
woman, mother of five children, was
undergoing an abdominal operation.
Mr.. Kohlhaas said the operation
was about completed at the time
of the blast. However, Mrs. Vug-
rinec was still under the aneSthetic,
a combination of gas and ether.
"She apparently died Of shock" he
added.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
.UE Warned 10 DisavoW
Communism or Face
Atom Plant Custer
lilienthoI in New Letter
Tells Union He PIuns
To Take Prompt Action
BY the Assoeiofed Press

The Government bluntly told
the CIO United Electrical Work
ers today that the union faces
very prompt" custer from
atomic energy plants unless UE
officers disavow any Communist
links.
The union already has beer
barred from representing workers at
any new A-bomb plants.
| In a new letter today to UE
Chairman David Lilienthal of the
Atomic Energy Commission said the
union has let two weeks go by with
out acting on Aces invitation fol
UE officers to sumbit nom -Commu-
mist pledges and to FBI security
| tests.
The commission wishes to en-
| phasize that it intends to move
promptly on this matter" Mr.. Lili-
enthal wrote. a
Red Charges Recalled.
Mr.. Lilienthal recalled that there
have been serious charges" that UE
officers are Communists or Com
munist sympathizers and that they
have not submitted non-C Communist
|oaths to the National Labor Rela-
tons Board.
Prior Acc action has barred the
union from representing workers at
the New Knolls atomic power lab
oratory, Schenectady, N. Y. This
plant is about to be put in opera
ton by the General Electric Co.
However, UE still represents
workers at Aces other Schenectady
plant, the Peeks Street Atomic Lab
oratory, also operated by General
Electric.
Today's letter said that unless UE
officers prove their loyalty-sub-
mitting to the tests required of all
A-bomb workers and their union
representatives Acc will direct
General Electric to withdraw union
recognition from UE at the Peeks
street plant.
Will Take Prompt Action.
1--WE shall either receive co-opera-
ton from the present officers of UF,
- o or we shall very promptly take
action in the absence of that CO.
operation" Mr.. Lilienthal said.
Mr.. Lilienthal reiterated that Acc
considers that union officials "exer-
cising administrative, negotiating
and disciplinary authority over
workers employed at atomic energy
projects, are themselves participants
in the atomic energy program"
He pointed out that union officers,
both AFL and CIO, representing
workers at the Oak Ridge Tenn.)
atomic plants all have taken the
required security tests.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
3 Of Bernie Shelton Gang
And Reporter Indicted
By the Assoeioted Press

PEORIA, Ill, Oct. 23-Three
members Of the gang Of Bernie
Shelton, who was slain from am
bush last July, were indicted today
on charges of kidnapping, intimida-
ton and conspiracy. The Peoria
County grand jury also indicted a
reporter for the st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch on similar charges.
Named by the grand jury were
Theodore G. Link, the reporter;
Earl Shelton, Fairfield, ILL.,; brother
of Bernie Shelton, and Ray Walker
and Jack Ashby, henchcmen Of
Bernie Shelton.
The indictments resulted from the
reported forcible detainment and
questioning of Peter Petrakos, as
sociate of the slain gangster, in
Links Peoria hotel room on the
night of July 30.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
U.S.. Is Reported Ready to Draft
Alliance With Western Europe
Canada Also Expected to Join in Pact
Pedeng Full Military Assistance

ference, responsible British sources
said.
There remains, however, at least
cne major consideration-how such
q treaty would fare with the United
States Congress.
British informants said the For
eign Ministers, meeting as the con-
sultive council of the Brussels union,
have reports from their Washington
representatives of secret talks in
volving American State and War
Department officials.
They said the reports recon-
mended that each government con-
cerned should begin drafting a
treaty.
the foreign ministers will discuss
also the expressed American desire
that the framework of the alliance
be extended to take in other West
ern European anti-Communist pow
ers.
A list of countries, drawn up by
the. British, which they would like
included if the union is extended,
shows them in this order of prior
(See ALLIANCE, Page A-2D
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Retiring Polish OfficioI
Reported Under Arrest
By the Assoeiofsd Press

WARSAW, Oct. 23.-Unconfirmed
reports circulated in Warsaw today
that Wlodzimierz Lechowicz, retiring
Minister of Food Supply, had been
arrested by security police.
Government spokesmen said they
could neither confirm nor deny the
reports.
The minister's Office said he was
i'll and refused to say when he would
return to his duties, now being ham
died by Vice Minister. The Min
istry Of Food Supply was abolished
by government decree October ! and
Lechowicz was designated to liquid
ate its affairs.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
High Winds Hamper
Vessel Fighting Fire
BY the Assoeioted Press

NORFOLK, Va, Oct. 23.-Ham-
pered by winds of from 80 to IS
knots, crewmen on the 3,799-ton
Venezuela freighter Ciudad L
Caracas battled flames today as the
ship steamed toward Norfolk at IL
knots.
The Coast Guard cutter Cherokee
neared the vessel which had fires
burning in her second and third
decks and a patrol plane from the
Coast Guard air station in Eliza
beth City, N. c., circled the ship
but was unable to land in the rough
seas. It returned to its base a few
hours later.
The freighter, which left New
York Thursday, bound for La
guaira, Venezuela, radioed last night
that she was afire. Two other cut
ters besides the Cherokee-the
Jonquil and Agassiz-were dis
patched to her assistance. Two
merchant ships in the vicinity
changed course to go to her aid.
Early this morning the stricken
vessel radioed that although the
blaze was still out of control she
did not need assistance. The AgaS-
siz and Jonquil were recalled and
themerchant ships returned to their
courses.
In a report at 3:55 am. the ship
said it was proceeding to Norfolk.
While Coast Guard officials could
not estimate the number Of persons
on the Caracas, no passengers were
believed on board.
At one time last night, soon after
the fire was reported, the vessels
skipper had said he expected the
crew to abandon ship "in few
minutes"
NEW YORK, Oct. % (P.-The
Weather Bureau today said small
craft warnings had been ordered
hoisted from Block Island south to
the Virginia Capes. =.
Fresh northeast winds will pre-
vail along the Atlantic Coast today,
the bureau said.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Jury Probe Of Payroll
Scored by Rep. Thomas
As Cheap Politics
Welcomes Investigation,
House Member Declares
In Letter to Clark

Chairman Thomas of the
House Committee on Un-Ameri-
can Activities, whose handling
of his Office payroll is being in
vestigated by the District grand
jury, said today he welcomed
the investigation, but he accused
Attorney General Clark OF
cheap Pendergast politics"
Justice Department officials an.
nounced last night that the grand
jury yesterday received the results
Of an FBI investigation into the
New Jersey Republicans handling
of his congressional Office.
Mr.. Thomas, in an open letter II
Mr.. Clark released by his Office TO-
day, declared:
"I welcome an investigation b.
tho FBI and the grand jury, bu
for you to use such an investigation
on the eve of an election to detrac
from the embarrassment which yo,
and the President are suffering Il
the eyes of the American people a!
result of your failure to do you
duty, is despicable and revolving
not only to the citizens of my dis.
trict, but to every patriotic either
Of the United States"
Charges Called Baseless.
The sudden zeal to prosecute him
on "baseless charges" Mr.. Thoma.
told Mr.. Clark, is "the dying gasr
Of reprisal on your part against one
who stood up against the enemies
of this country and did not cove,
before them"
The committee chairman said il
was "singularly strange" that out
OF all the members of Congress, Mr.
Clark had selected him as "the tar.
get of this vicious smear technique
less than 10 days before the elec.
ton"
The New Jersey Republican and
the committee he heads has beer
critical of the Justice Department
in connection with the committees
hearings on atomic espionage. The
committees demand for prosecution
Of at least four persons on espionag,
charges brought response from tn,
Justice Department that there was
insufficient evidence to warrant
prosecution.
Criticism Reiterated.
Mr.. Thomas reiterated his criti-
cism of the Justice Department ir
today's statement when he said that
no one in official Washington was
more aware than he of the complete
failure of Mr.. Clark and his admin
istration to prosecute the Commu.
mist fifth column" here.
why you have seen fit to coddle
rather than prosecute the Com.
munist traitors and. conspirators
who threaten the very security OF
the United States can best be
answered by yourself" Mr.. Thomas
wrote Mr.. Clark.
Mr.. Thomas said that two day.
before his committee opened publ,
hearings into Communist espionag,
within the Government, Vincent
Quinn, then Assistant Attorne,
General, and United States Attor.
ney George Morris Fay visited hi.
Office.
Mr.. Quinn, he said, called him bJ
telephone at his home in New Jerse,
when it developed he was not here
and during the telephone converse.
ton "implored him" not to hole
public hearings.
At the proper time, Mr.. Thomas
added, he will make public the full
facts regarding this attempt tc
head off the embarrassment to YOU
and your administration which you
knew would follow as a result of our
hearings.
Mr.. Clark, during one of his ex-
changes last month with his Capitol
(See THOMAS, Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1948-10-23
.eIicopter Flyer Killed

DESTTN, Fla, Oct. % R.-One
Eglin Air Base officer was killed and
another critically injured when an
HIS helicopter crashed in the Cult
of Mexico near shore yesterday. 1st
1t. william H. Major, 80, of Kansas
City was killed! The name Of the
injured officer was withheld tenn
porarily.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Alexandra Veteran
Charged With Murder
In Strang|ing Of Two
Police Soy He Admitted
Killing Wife, Then Boby as
Everything Went Block

A 26-year-old Navy veteran
today was charged with murder
ing his wife and 18-month-old
daughter after an Alexandria
policeman said he admitted
strangling the woman first and
then the baby.
Pvt. Robert Schwartz said the
man, Herbert Alexander, jr., when
asked why he killed the child,
replied:
What good is a baby without a
mother?"
Alexandria police charged Alex
ander with two counts of murder
The bodies of his wife, Gloria, %,
and daughter, Bonnie, were found
yesterday in their residence at the
Beverly Park apartments, 1908 FL
bert avenue, Alexandria, Va.
Says Everything Went Black. -
Pvt. Schwartz, who spent three
hours with Alexander in a jail cell
yesterday, told reporters the man
said:
Il don't want to live. I'm afraid
to live now"
He added that he had always loved
his wife, but that everything went
black" Pvt. Schwartz said.
Taken before Judge James r.
Duncan in Alexandria Civil and Po-
lice Court today, Alexander was
committed to Jail and arraignment
was set for 10 am. Wednesday. The
court appointed Attorney T. Regi-
nald Dyson to represent the de-
fendant.
Alexander's wife and child were
found in the apartment yesterday
after a man telephoned police II
have just killed my wife and child"
Alexandria Police Inspector Rus
sell Hawes said Alexander was
found in the apartment and ap-
parently had made an effort to slash
his wrists and arms with a razor
blade. For several hours after his
arrest, Alexander sat in his cell
muttering I've killed my family =. .
couldn't stand it any longer
police said. He slept well most of
the night, they said.
Treated in August.
From various sources, authorities
pieced together story of the young
wife's love which prompted her to
obtain his release from a veterans
hospital and her later fear of him.
officials of the Perry Point Vet
Grams Hospital near Havre de Grace
said Alexander had been treated for
a mental disturbance there from
August IS to August 20, but '.left
against medical advice" Such b
release is possible unless the patient
is committed under a court order,
they explained.
Alexander's father, taxi driver of
636 I street Sc, said, my boy left
| Perry Point hospital because his
I wife went down and signed his
release"
The dead woman's former en-
ployer, a restaurant owner on
Mount Vernon boulevard where Mrs.
Alexander had worked part time,
and her relatives and the elder
Alexander confirmed her fears of
her husband.
Death Threat Reported.
/ Neighbors said Mrs. Alexander
had once told them her husband
threatened to kill her. Police said
he left the apartment last Satur-
day, threatening to commit suicide
and at the time, Mrs. Alexander re-
ported him missing. He returned
Monday.
The restaurateur said Mrs. Alex
ander had worked for him part
time until about four weeks ago,
when her husband called him and
told him "she couldn't come to
work any more.
Mrs. Alexander's relatives said her
husband had told her about a week
ago that he had been fired from his
job ct Warfield g. Sanford, Inc,
clnrfrico1 contra ctorc of ora r Street
Evening star., 1948-10-23
BY the Associated Press

PARIS, Oct. 23.-United Ma
tions consideration of the Pales-
tine problem was postponed
today for a week on demand of
the Arabs. Israel Immediately
protested the delay.
The U. N. Assembly's Political
Committee voted the postpone
ment, 10 to Is, with the United
States backing the delay. Great
Britain, along with 13 other nations,
abstained.
An Israeli spokesman said the
motion was made ION a trivial pro-
cedural matter" which was an "un-
convincing pretext" for postponing
consideration of a question pre-
viously marked urgent.
Decision Up to Kremlin.
The Security Council marked
time, meanwhile, awaiting Moscow's
answer to Neutral Six" plan for
settling the Berlin crisis. Foreign
Minister Juan A. Bramuglia of Ar
gentina conferred during the day
with Soviet Deputy Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky.
An Argentine source said the
meeting was sat MIR. Vishinsky's re-
quest, but there was no immediate
indication of what was discussed
Mr.. Vishinsky was said to have in
formed Mr.. Bramuglia, a leader in
the efforts to mediate the crisis aris-
ing from Russia's blockade of Ber-
lin, that the decision on the COM
promise plan now is up to the
Kremlin.
The Soviet bloc and Australia leo
the fight against postponement of
the Holy Land debate.
Disarmament to Be Debated.
Committee Chairman Paul Henri
Spaak of Belgium adjourned the
body until Monday morning when
he said the disarmament question
would be debated If a subcommittee
has completed its work. Otherwise
the Greek question will be taken
up, he said.
Yugoslavia proposed inviting rep
resentatiyes of Gen. Markos Vafi-
ades. Communist leader of the
Greek guerrillas, to attend the COM
mittee debates as observers. The
Yugoslav resolution said the U. N.
had not received direct information
concerning the situation in Greece
from all the parties concerned"
The Council adjourned yesterday
until Monday to give the principals
in the Berlin dispute time to study
the proposals. The delay apparently
was to give Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister ViShinsky time to refer the
text of the neutrals' resolution to
the Kremlin for final decision.
The Western powers already had
signified their acceptance of the
settlement plan outlined by Argen-
tine Foreign Minister Juan Bra
muglia yesterday as spokesmen for
the six nations offering the resolu-
ton.
Would Permit Travel.
The formula called for an immedi-
ate end to all travel and transport
restrictions between the Eastern
and Western zones of Germany and
immediate calling of a four power
parley to establish the Soviet zone
mark as the sole currency of Berlin,
under four power control.
The resolution called on the four
powers to conclude currency
agreement by November 20 and to
convene a meeting of the four
power Foreign Ministers Council
to take UP all outstanding German
problems within 10 days thereafter.
Mr.. Vishipsky, it was learned,
made a futile last-minute effort to
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Political Broadcast

The only political campaign
speech broadcast tonight over
a District radio station will be
by President Truman from
Pittsburgh, on NBC network,
8 to $50 pm, WRC.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
(See MURDER, Page A-2)'
New zeuIund PIune Missing

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, Oct.
% (P.-A National Always plane
with 10 passengers and two crewmen
aboard was reported missing today
on a flight from Palmerston to Ham
ilton on North Island. r.
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Tie in the Senate?

Some political experts pre-
dict the Republicans will con-
troll the Senate. Others hold
the Democrats will have the
whip hand when the ballots
are all in. But what If the
final returns show the Senate
seats evenly divided between
the two major parties? J. A.
OLeary, one of The Stars top
political writer's, explores this
interesting angle In tomorrow's
Editorial Section. Read 1t in
MI
Evening star., 1948-10-23
Reds Reported
Rejecting Berlin
Sett|en1entP|an
U. N. Delays Debate
On Palestine Issue
After Arob Request
BULLETIN

PARIS R.-An authoritative
source said today Russia has
rejected the six-nation plan
for settling the Berlin crisis in
the United Nations Security
Council.
Evening star., 1948-10-23

(See U. N, Page A-20
Evening star., 1948-10-23

(See TRUMAN, Page A-29
Arizona sun., 1948-04-23
Vicksburg News
BY Ira Jordan

Bishop and Mrs. VIM. Washing
ton and their niece, Mrs. Ethel
Finn, have returned to their home
in Los Angeles, after resting and
visiting relatives and friends here
for four days. Robert Relf was a
weekend guest of his father. Mr..
and Mrs. Sellers were also among
weekend guests who were inter-
viewed by Ira C. Jordan regarding
the Ohinder Model Ranches. The
ranches are laid out in five acre
tracts suitable for small stock and
poultry farming. Mr.. Sellers said
he was representing two more fam
lilies who are planning to live here.
Among the recent visitors were
Mr.. Morris Thompson, Prescott,
Ariz.; Mr.. James c.. Thompson,
San Bernardino, Calf; Mrs. Roset-
ia Heller and her two sons, of Los
Angeles, Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Williams are
planning to improve their garage.
They have recently redecorated
their cafe and cabins.
Mrs. Beatrice Williams celebrat-
ed with a party for ten out-of-
towners, who were very pleased.
They will come again soon.