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Evening star., 1948-09-21
New Hearing Slated
For Building Inspector

A District building inspector, who
is scheduled to receive new hear
ing tomorrow on charges that he
submitted false inspection reports
declared through his attorney to-
day that illness was responsible for
his difficulties.
The employe, William NJ Phoe-
bus, Sc, of Gaithersburg, Md, de-
clared he did make the inspections
he was responsible for but later
went to the movies to recover from
an attack of nausea.
Attorney John B. Diamond III,
representing the veteran District
employe. said Mr.. Phoebus' reports
were honest" and that he did not
think the rest period in the movies
was improper.
District Building sources said
Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young, En-
gineer Commissioner, decided to give
Mr.. Phoebus another hearing to-
morrow at 10 am. because the en-
ploye has served the District gov
ernment for % years and is eligible
for retirement in about four years.
Mr.. Phoebus also is a veteran OF
World War I. ~ -
Mr.. Phoebus said he previously
had been given permission to take
time out for treatment and hac
been told to rest when he fel,
nauseated. The Commissioner
have not decided whether to dis
charge or retain Mr.. Phoebus as 9
result of testimony at an earlier
lhearing into the case.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Street Car Noise Protested
In Lincoln Park Area

Residents of the Lincoln Park area
are asking that steps be taken te
stop the almost unbearable" noise
made by street cars on East Capitol
street between Thirteenth and Fiji
teenth streets
Members of the Lincoln Park Citi-
zens' Association last night agreed
to make this request in the form OF
a letter to the Capital Transit Co.
G. Leslie Schafer said he thought
the tracks at this location should be
creased to tone down the screeching
noise made by the wheels.
In second motion the group
asked the Public Utilities Commits
sion and Capital Transit Co. to shift
the bus stop at Thirteenth and q
streets NE. from the southeast to
the northeast corner.
c. c. Glen and Mr.. Schafer were
elected delegates to the Federation
of Citizens Associations. .s
The meeting, conducted by L. r
Tindal, president. was held in the
Epworth Methodist Church, Thir.
teenth street and North Carolina
avenue NE.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Ii. Col. TyrreI| Heads
CAP Capital Wing

1t. Col. Melvin E. Tyrrell of Avon
dale terrace, Hyattsville, Md, has
been named new commanding officer
of the recently formed National
Evening star., 1948-09-21

lIduS.
He is a member Of that groups S
permanent aviation committee
chairman of its subcommittee on
airport facilities, and also OF the
Skyway No. l subcommittee.
Col. Tyrrell is on the standlng
World Trade Committee. This body
deals with international aviation
problems that come before Congress
and Government agencies.
The new CAP commander has
been active in the development OF
air navigation aids, and some now
in existence are the result OF his
research.
Col. Tyrrell is president OF the
Aeronautical Services, Inc, 1866
Irving street NV. He has more
than 1900 hours as pilot and OBJ
server. During the war he was IN
charge of production of aeronauti-
cal charts for the Commerce De-
partment, heading a project of 1850
persons here and in six field offices.
He is married and has two children:
The Wing deputy commander is
Maj Joseph c. Bergling, Oldest
ranking CAP senior member in this
area with six years service, includ-
/ ing wartime duty.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Fort Davis Representative
Named for Fare Hearing

The Fort Davis Citizens Associa-
ton is to be represented by Mrs.
Edward B. Morris at today's public
hearing before the Public Utilities
Commission on the request of the
W., M. & A. Motor Lines for fare
increase.
A resolution of the group, adopted
last night, opposes any increase, un-
less it is necessary to bring the
company a fair rate of profit and
unless it brings with it improvement
in bus service. The resolution
stresses need for improvement on
local service in particular.
W., M. g. A. Is asking an increase
to Is cents for all rides within the
District.
In a further action the grour
voted to write the District Commits
sioners, urging completion of the
South Capitol Street Bridge as soon
as possible.
The association reiterated Its
stand in favor of the Modified
Lincoln Park Plan" for traffic i'm.
provement at Barney Circle. This
was done to aid the Southeast in
presenting a united front when i:
again requests work at the circle.
The meeting, held in the Ryland
Methodist Church, Branch avenue
and street Sc. was conducted by
William F. Osche, president.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
JUS. Begins Reduction
OF Forces in Korea

The United States has begun re-
ducing it's occupation forces in
Korea, but will not withdraw all of
them until the United Nations gives
the word. -.
This was made clear here yester-
day in the wake of a Moscow an
nouncement that Russian troops
will be withdrawn from the north
ern part of Korea by next Janu-
ary l.
A State Department statement
said the United States regards with
draWal of occupation forces "as but
one facet of the entire question of
the unity and independence OF
Korea"
This larger question" is to be
considered by the United Nations
General Assembly session beginning
in Paris today. A State Department
spokesman said decision on with
draWal of American troops from the
southern zone will have to await
U. N. consideration.
The United States long has ia
lVOred WltnQraWal OF all occupy lllS
forces from Korea as soon as prac-
ticable. A U. N. resolution last
November called for withdrawal
after creation of an independent
government for all Korea and es-
Establishment of its own security
forces. Russia refused to Coop
crate with a U. N. commission sent
there to supervise elections, with
the result that separate republic
was set up in the southern part
of the country occupied by Ameri-
can forces.
Officials said the United States
lis helping the new government in
South Korea set up its own security
forces and their increasing effec-
Itiveness has made it possible to
Ihepjn reducing occlIpation trOOroS
Evening star., 1948-09-21
u. N.
Continued From First Page.)

Of the Assembly the Foreign Minis
ters of the United States. Britain
and France called a halt yesterday
to their two-month-old attempt to
negotiate a direct settlement OF the
Berlin issues with Russia.
Secretary of State Marshall,
British Foreign Secretary BeVln
ard French Foreign Minister Rob-
ert Schuman summoned their top
rank diplomatic and military repre-
sentatlves from Moscow and Berlin
for a series of high, policy-maklng
conferences to determine their next
move in the East-West crisis.
The American delegation to the
United Nations was reported eager
to place the Berlin case on the AS
sembly's program or take it to the
U. N. Security Council. Britain and
France were said to be holding out
for further discussion with the Rus
slams, possibly through an informal
| foreign ministers meeting here con-
current with the assembly sessions
| Second Session Scheduled.
Gen. Marshall Mr.. Bevin and Mr.
! Schuman, who met for about an
hour yesterday with their foremost
advisers on German and Russian
policy, scheduled second meeting
for 5 pm. Il pm. EDIT today.
From Moscow they summoned
American Ambassador Walter Be-
dell Smith, Frank Roberts, British
special envoy, and French Ambas-
sador Yves Chataigneau, who have
held secret talks with Prime Min
lister Stain and Soviet Foreign Min
lister Molotov on the Berlin cur
Irency issue and the blockade.
From Berlin came Gen. Lucius D
Clay, American military governor
and the French commander, 1t
Gen. Joseph Pierre Koenig, to join
the British commander, Gen. Sil
Brian Robertson, who arrived yes
terday.
At the same time. it became known
that neither Mr.. Molotov nor Deputy
Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko
Russia's veteran U. N. delegate
would attend this meeting. The
Soviet delegation is headed by
Andrei Y. Vishinsky, another deputy
foreign minister.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
|0ueui|Ie May Summon
Cabinet 10 Meet Red
Election CHALLENGE
BY the Asseeiossd Press

PARIS, Sept. 21.-Premier Henri
Queuille may call cabinet meeting
today to decide what to do about
local elections this fall.
| The Co m m unists jolted Mr..
Queuille's moderate government last
night by coming out in favor of
municipal balloting.
Local elections for half of Frances
3,023 general councillors were sched-
uled originally for mid-October. The
General Assembly voted several
weeks ago to postpone them
| At the time of the postponement,
communist deputies abstained from
voting, but it was believed the Com
munists did not want municipal
voting either
| Last nights Communist maneuver
was viewed as a move to embarrass
Mr.. Queuille and to force the Social
lists and Popular Republicans to the
polls just after Mr. Queuille's cabinet
made up chiefly of members Of
these parties--had voted a series Of
unpopular new taxes.
Mr.. Queuille now has to decide
what to do about the elections The
elections bill is back before the as
sembly because the Council of the
Republic, upper house of Parlia-
ment. overrode the postponement
decision.
General Strike Threatens.
All France is threatened with a
two-hour general strike Friday.
| Three communist unions de-
cided yesterday on a general stop
page from 4 pm. to 6 pm. Friday.
Today, the Communicated General
Confederation of Labor announced
similar plans.
The strike will be part of the labor
protest against government refusals
to increase wages to meet the high
cost of living and against dismissal
OF employees from nationalized in
dutries
Tha National Assembly today voted
a bilS1imiting the right of police to
strike. Communists led the opposi-
ton to the bill.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
German Communists
Deny U. n. Right 10
Debate Berlin Issue
BY the Associoted Press

BERLIN, Sept. 21.-German
Communists said today the
United Nations General Assem-
bly, has no authority to debate
the Berlin crisis.
Obviously mirroring Moscow's
views. the Communists said the
blockade and Allied German prob
lens can be settled only by the tour
occupying powers-the United States.
Britain: France and Russia.
Neues Deutschland, official news
paper OF the Sovlet-sponsored and
Communist controlled Socialist
Unity Party, discussed reported
American plans to bring the Berlin
issue before the u N. in Paris.
THE chief problem of our times
the German question-can only be
settled by the great powers which
are occupying our country" Neues
Deutschland said. TT is the task OF
the United Nations to uphold peace
and security among nations. But to
construct a peace for Germany is
the task only OF the Foreign Minis
ters' Council. So it was decided at
Potsdam.
New War Forecast.
The Russian controlled Berlin
press claimed that bringing the Ber-
| lin question before the U. N. would
result in the "torpedoing" of the
prolonged Big Four conferences in
Moscow on East-West differences.
The Russians also charged that
Germans are being groomed for the
role of 'nercenary soldiers in a fu-
ture war against the Soviet Union.
Taegliche Rundschau, official pub
LEGATION of the Soviet military ad
ministration. said the criminal
policy supported by Gen. Lucius D.
Clay, the American military gov
ernor, will provoke new war"
In this war, the paper said, West
ern Germans will play the role of
mercenaries."
The political leaders of Western
Germany and Germans drafting a
new Western government at Bonn
were termed Warmongers serving
"imperialistic capital
Showdown Held Near.
In the Ruhr. Max Reinmann,
Communist chief in Western Ger
many, told a mass meeting:
The time is at hand for a final
showdown between capital and the
working masses and there will be no
possibility of avoiding it."
The Soviet-licensed news agency
Adm said Reinmann spoke to thou
sands of party members at Duessel-
dorf.
The Berlin city government, forced
by riots two weeks ago to withdraw
to Berlin's Western sectors, charged
that the Soviets had snuffed out
democratic government in the Soviet
sector.
The government said all impor-
tant posts in Eastern Berlin had
been filed by members OF the
Soviet-supported Socialist Unity
Party.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
50 More Estonians Cross
Atlantic in 79-Foot Boat
By the Associoted Press

WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept. al
Sixty-nine Estonians. victors in a
battle against the Atlantic Ocean,
today hoped their luck would hold
good against American immigration
laws.
The group, which includes 13
children, ended a 60-day crossing of
the Atlantic in a small boat here
yesterday. They were Immediately
secluded by immigration officers,
who refused to let them tell their
story because of security reasons. .
They came in a 79-foot auxiliary
schooner, the Prolific, which was
taken under Coast Guard escort.
| 1t was the second group of Eston-
ians to land near Wilmington this
year. Fifteen put in at Southport
last August is and were taken tc
Ellis Island to await action by immi-
grafton authorities.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Hotel Delegates Urged
To Look Under Hood
OF Economic Machine

Americans are riding in "won-
derful economic machine, but too
few know what's under the hood"
Charles c. Mortimer, jr.. chairman
of the board of the Advertising
Council, declared here today.
To acquaint the Nation with that
machine. which carries us farther
and faster than any other" the
council has undertaken campaign
called "A Better Understanding of
our Economic System" Mr.. Morti-
mer told the American Hotel Asso-
;iation luncheon in the Mayflower
:Iotel.
The council, during the war and
comprising ranking civilian minds,
used all forms of advertising media
to put over. among other things,
the War Bond drives.
In the council, he said, II believe
yo, Eill agree that American bus
mess has now forged a weapon that
democracy has sorely needed"
The essence of democracy is
| that it puts its faith in individual
opinion and it depends on its infor-
nation processes to carry the basic
fact to the people" he said. I'VE
Americans agree that actions, how
ever vital, cannot and should not
be taken unles they are supported
by public opinion. First should come
the job Of mass information. If the
information job is badly done. the
national decision may be tragically
wrong
Mr.. Mortimer, who also is vice
president in charge of marketing
for the General Foods Corp. was
principal speaker of the association
program today. High light of the
convention comes with the annual
banquet in the Hotel Statler at 7:30
o'clock tonight. A luncheon for
women visitors was held in the
Wardman Park Hotel at noon to-
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Gen. Huebner Appeal,
To GIs in Germany 10
Extend EnIisfments
BY the Assoeiossd Press

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany, Sept
21.-The commander Of the Ameri-
can Ground Forces in Europe ap-
pealed yesterday to his. soldiers ir
Germany to extend their enlist.
ments because of the grave inter-
national situation.
1t. Gen. Clarence r. Huebner, in
an address to about $4,000 1st Divi.
sion and constabulary troops who
completed summer maneuvers here
said:
II don't need to tell you how tense
the world is today. I don't need tc
tell you how short our ranks are"
Situation Held Serious.
He asked the men to consider q
new Army regulation authorizing
extension of enlistments for six
month periods.
I'VE need you so much" he said
In a later speech to officers who
criticized the maneuvers, Gen
Huebner spoke again of the serious
world situation. Without referring
to war or mentioning the Soviet
Union, he declared:
I'VE are going to win. We have tc
win. We are on the only side that
defends the freedom of the indi.
vidual."
Maj. Gen. Frank w. Milburn
commander of the 1st Division
joined his chief in appealing for re.
enlistments.
Our authorized strength il
8.0O0," Gen. Milburn said I'VE are
short of that by 5000 Stay with III
until spring or summer"
Lauds 1st Division.
Both Gen. Huebner and Gen. Mil.
burn lauded the 1st Divisions show.
| ing in the intensive field training
just completed.
Il wouldn't hesitate to commit
this division to combat tomorrow l.
it were necessary in the defense o.
our country" Gen. Huebner told hi
troops. Il doubt if there is a divi.
sion in the whole world the equa
of this,
A discussion of the maneuvers b.
the officers was held. The officer
praised the generally fine perform
ance" Of the men, but said the.
dwelled on spots where there wa
still room for improvement.
They advocated further study o
various types of weapons and bette
performance by the men in taking
advantage of proper ground cover.
Evening star., 1948-09-21
Uruguay Cuts Peso Again

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Sept. 21
(P'--The Uruguayan peso was de-
valued last night for the second
time in two weeks. The Uruguayan
Central Bank, the Banco de la Re-
publica. fixed the buying price at
23O pesos to the dollar. On Sep
tember the price was fixed at 2.2l
to the dollar. Pesos previously were
quoted AS high as l go to the dollar
Evening star., 1948-09-21

SoPltoA 'AAi6 VA
the Civil Air Pa
troll, 1t was an
nounced today.
A n a t i v e
w a shingtonian,
Col. Tyrrell has
been associated
closely with ma
tional aviation
activities for the
last IA years and
has pl y e d a.
| prominent p a r t
in the aviation
program of the
w a S h | n g.
ton Board OF
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and was backing through a culvert
into their barnyard.
Bob Baker, who has lived five
miles above Libby on the south
bank of the river for over 40 years,
was in Libby yesterday noon, and
stated there is more water going
down the stream than he has ever
seen in the past, though it was not
so high at his home as he has seen
1t when the waters were confined
more to the channel below his
place At noon the flood waters
only lacked three inches of being
inside his house Mr. and Mrs. Bak-
ker have put their furniture on
benches above the probable final
water level, and moved over to
higher land by the railroad track
where they are living in their por
table cabin.
Mail and railroad services have
been curtailed into Libby all week,
the last mail train to come in from
Spokane, being Sunday evening.
Monday about 1900 Noon an earth
slide some three miles above Libby
directly across the river from the
onto the right of way, pushing ESQ
feet of track into the edge of the
river. Fortunately the road bed
was not damaged and practically
all of the rails and ties were re-
trieVed from the water Workmen
were rushed to the scene and in
10 hours time the road was re-
paired and traffic resumed. Water
is over the track in several places
between Troy and BonnerS Ferry
and no trains are being routed over
the Main Line west of Troy. Pas
senger freight trains are coming in
from the east and being run through
here to Troy, and then east again.
According to Ed Boyes, local agent
for the Great Northern. mail and
express is being routed from the |
west over the Northern Pacific from |
Sand Point to Havre via Helena, |
and thence back here on the main
line.
J. B. Farris of Troy was in Bon
ners Ferry Tuesday and states that
all the business houses down town
are banked high along the street
front with sand bags, and the only
places open for business were the
and bars. At that time
the water was almost level with
the levees but had not broken over
into the business section, but while
the party was there, people were
warned to Vacate the streets. Mr..
Farris reports there is an 18-in.
drop in the Railroad bed at Leonia,
and only the top of the depot there
shows above the water. Yesterday
Roscoe Garrison talked to
Boomers Ferry and learned that
he S. l. Railroad track was washed
1ut, and six more inches rise would
out the water down town in Bon
lers Ferry. That section had ap-
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Flood Domoge

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eral Home east to in front of St.
Johns Lutheran hospital on Second
Street.
Much damage is being done to
low farm lands and buildings on
low banks up and down the river
The NJ Currie farm (the former
Plumb Ranch) and Howard Huttons
across the river some five miles
below Libby. are reported sur
rounded by water as are buildings
on the Bitterman ranch several
miles farther down. Monday after
noon water had covered some seven
acres of newly planted alfalfa
ground on the William Boothman
Ranch four miles up the river on
No. 81, and the water by yesterday
noon was over some 20 or 25 acres
Of good alfalfa land on their place,
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proximately $4,000 acres of farm
land inundated Tuesday according
to The Spokesmap-Review.
Great damage is being done by
the flood at Troy, where J. B. Far
ris stated 20 to 25 families along
Riverside Drive had been evacuated
from their homes on account OF
waters from the river A full ac-
count of the flood in that area ap-
pears on Page Six under the Troy
News heading.
Eureka is also suffering from
flood waters along the Tobacco
River. The town is reported cut
in two by the destruction of the
Tobacco River Bridge. and no mail
sent after Monday has been re-
ceived by The Western News. Ac-
cording to unverified reports Eur
eka citizens in the south part of
town have to drive to Rexford to
cross the Tobacco River and come
back into the north part of town
just two blocks from home.
Great interest is shown in Libby
by hundreds of people who go down
to the river bridge each day to
watch the swollen waters roar past.
A huge raft of pulp wood from
Canadian mill pond started down
stream Monday, and is said to have
passed through Libby between 100
and 800. a. m. Tuesday. The raft
is said to have contained a million
feet of wood. Incidentlv it is quite
sight to see the Great Northern
depot in Libby furnishing boat ser
vice for its business visitors.
Waters in Flower, Parmenter and
Pipe creeks were reported to be
falling yesterday, but is was still
to forecast with any GER
tainty when the flood crest may be
to pass. While there would
not seem to be as much water in
town as in the noted flood of 1916,
there is no ice jam to back up the
waters as was the case then, and
many old timers say there is fully
as much water going down stream
as on that occasion.
Meanwhile flood waters are pre-
yalent along the Flathead, the Bit
MissouIa and Clarks Fork |
'ivers in Northwestern Montana, as
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well as in most of the Northwest
This morning as The Western
News goes to press, a rise of about
five inches shows at the river
bridge Walter Partlow and Russell
Deist flew over Boomers Ferry this
morning between 500 and ZOO o.
clock and report water apparently
ready to run over the dixie into the
business section. They report entire
communities flooded with only the
tops of buildings showing. Leonia,
they state is entirely flooded. The
bus driver who came through Bon
ners Ferry early this morning, re-
ports water beginning to run into
the business section.