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strikers. The PWA chief denied
that to House Labor subcommit-
tee. When White House Press Sec
retary Charles G. Ross was asked
about the story, he said that the
White House had no comment be-
yond the original statement that
President Truman had put the mat
ter in the hands Of Secretary
Schwellenbach. r..
Ohdcials of Local Al, United
Cafeteria Workers, CIO, earlier had
called another closed meeting of
strikers tonight to discuss measures
for strengthening their stand.
MP Escorts Charged.
Oliver T. Palmer, union business
agent, said members at session
yesterday at Shiloh Baptist Church
heard that military police" were
used earlier in the day to escort
nonstrikers through picket lines at
Arlington Farms.
GSI representatives and Public
Buildings Administration officials
denied the report. j. G. Niehuss,
GSI personnel manager, said most
of the regular building guards were
assigned to posts yesterday morning
when some of the pickets repeatedly
chased nonstrikers. But there was
no violence, arrests or use Of mill
tary forces, he said.
AS the strike affecting AZ GS1
cafeterias went into its seventh
week, Mr.. Niehuss remarked that
this is just another week" for GSI
in operating 40 of the eating places.
Union officials declared broader
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Traffic Safety Radio Man
Off Air After Car Crash

Metropolitan Police 1t. Harry
Blackman will miss his daily radio
appearance today, in which he
broadcasts lists Of missing persons
and finishes off with hints on traffic
safety.
He is recuperating from minor in
juries received in an automobile &C
cident yesterday.
The head of the special investiga-
ton squad told police here he was
driving on Route 211 near Fairfax
when he struck parked truck. He
suffered facial cuts, possible chest
injuries and a knee injury. His
wife suffered a cut on the chin,
police said. Both were treated at
Arlington Hospital and released.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
by The Assoeiaisd prsss

PRAGUE, Feb. 16.-The spy
trial Of a woman who says she
is Dorothy Brown, a., was post
poned today to allow Czechoslo-
yak authorities to investigate her
claims to American citizenship.
The defendant, a dumpy, pouting
blond, testified she was born In
washington, D. c. Both Prosecutor
Miroslav Janesek and the woman's
own counsel, a Czech lawyer, ex-
pressed belief that she was lying.
During q trial recess she insisted
to reporter that she was born in
Washington. but she could not re-
member any street address or land
marks there. Also she said she could
not remember the name Of the boat
on which she sailed to Europe with
her parents at the age Of 8, nor the
city from which 1t sailed. She said
she did not 60 to school in the
United States.
She was indicted as a spy hired by
mysterious Czech In British uni
form" to obtain military barracks
plans for "a certain military power. b"
She freely admitted the charge in
an open hearing before three-man
court today.
She also was accused Of spreading
venereal disease. She admitted that
charge, too.
Prosecutor Janesek asked the
court to halt the trial indefinitely
to permit further investigation OF
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Zoo Mystified
AS Pigmy Hippo
Is Found Dead

Washington children who take
advantage today of the spring Like
weather to visit the Zoo will find
one Of the most popular attractions
missing.
He is Gumdrop w, pigny hippo
who was born at the Zoo last Oc-
tober, and had been favofite at
traction. The baby hippo was found
dead in his cage last week.
-Four pigmy hippos have been
born at the Zoo since 1887, but the
new addition was the first to die
here. The first animal burned to
death in a circus fire, the second
was sold to a trader and Gumdrop
III is still a tenant of the Zoos
elephant house.
Keepers were at a loss to explain
the cause of the hippo's death. No
marks were found on his body, and
his mother, Hannah, was known as
"a good parent. Gumdrop Nv was
her fourth child. The young ami
NAL had not been Ill to keepers
knowledge. They ventured an opin-
ion, however, that the hippo might
have died Of a quickly-fatal type
of pneumonia.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Inquest Sci in Death
OF Man Hit by Car

A coroner's inquest was scheduled
today into the death Of Henry e.
Stopsack, IA, veteran music instruc-
tor who Saturday became the Dis
trict's 10th traffic fatality for l94s.
Mr.. Stopsack, who lived at 231
Sixth street Sc, was injured Janu-
ary 5, according to police, when
struck at Sixth street and Pennsyl-
vania avenue S. E. by an automobile
driven by Edward Lyons, 27, colored,
1148 Thomas street NV. He died at
Casualty Hospital.
Funeral services are scheduled at
2 pm. tomorrow at the Lee Funeral
Home, Fourth street and Massachu-
sets avenue NE.
Two persons were treated and re-
leased from Casualty Hospital yes
terday after the streetcar on which
they were passengers were involved
in an accident in the first block OF
n street NV.
Police said Raymond Hughes, az
of 843 Xenia street Sc, told them
the brakes of his streetcar failed
as he travelled west on H street. II
struck stopped streetcar, police
said. which in turn struck another
Balls A. Dunlap, So, colored, of 324
G. street NE, q passenger in the
Car operated by Mr.. Hughes, ane
Greta Carson, 46, colored, OF 374
Focte street NE, a passenger ir
the middle car, received hospital
treatment.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Deaths Reported

(From D. G. Bureau Of Vital statistics)
Robert ]. Barrett, 81, II Grant Circle
Abbie T. Keefe, 81, 1872 10th st. NV.
George Kegok 81, I'LL Staples ST. NE.
Mike Moleson, IS, Soldiers Home.
Mary r. Fay, 81, 1880 North Carolina ave
sSnf Ss f. a v;oa Ii a 4s 20 ssIs sG? 81 lssh T. M Il
Infant Ridgewsy. Arlington, vs:
Ernest Waters, So. AIS Lane pl: Sc.
cisnas s'E. T. A e. g. g. ISL s bssv.rs sw
George H. Morgan, ss 1853 Ontario road
Lawrence J, Reinheart, sr" "a. s60s
Nichols aye: s.E. 900,
Morse r. Norwood. Sc. 1881 franklin st
NE
1deiia Moody, n, no address given
William 2. Bradburn, 70; 4103 Ms. ave.
5efa Brooke &C., Mt a. Rainss hss Nd
Daniel 4. Sullivan. 81, ,351 10th St. Sc;
B. oy g. 81 4s4 rrankn Afn' ST. e.
Joe Chiodi, so. 1915 Mass ave.
Eudoxie Etrother, 3S. 1901 Z st.
Michael F. Greene, 81, 1407 Ridge place
Esiaat hss5 sfssss fsssdos a. 4sfs sSt sEa s. Sc
Caleb Green, S3, 607 Kenilworth Terrace
corneiia F. winston, e5, 212o 9th st,
tmsna stonnis T. T. MatSeWs. g. g. Tfenholm, FEM n Va.
James ADAMS, s.; Chapel Oaks, Md.
HsTvey W,.me Gs1re P4 5s 5s wssrsn W. ST. St Me-
ase. %asf s5 sS 5ais ssa Palm St st. Me-
infant Singleton, -2112 10th st.
Emma Galmon, 43, 3769 Foote place NE
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Two Firemen Overcome
Fiuhtinq Blaze in Home

Fire of undetermined origin
yesterday destroyed the second floor
of a Washington clothing mer-
chants home. Two firemen fighting
the blaze were overcome by smoke
Damage was estimated at $4,000
Firemen said the blaze spread to
the lower floor of the home, belong
ing to Abe Sachs at 5601 Utah ave-
nue. NV, before it was brought
under control.
Treated at the scene and then re-
leased from duty pending further
examination at the fire department
clinic this morning were 1t. F. C.
|O'Donnell and Pvt. j. A. Cronin OF
Engine Co. No. 81.
Hyman Sachs, brother of the
owner, said the $4,000 estimated
damage included the furniture
silverware and clothing destroyed In
the blaze.
The fire was reported by a neigh
Dor, who saw smoke coming from
the windows of the second floor. Mr.
the time.
Sachs and his family were away at
the time.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Members Of Many Races
Sinq in Methodist Choir

Members of many races sang in a
choir yesterday at Foundry Method
ist Church during an interracial
service.
Among those in the choir were
two Filipinos, an American indian,
two Japanese, three Chinese, two
natives of India and two Armenians.
A colored girl sang solo and a
colored organist played several Sc
lections.
The musical program was directed
by Justin Lawrie, director of music
of Foundry Methodist Church. This
was the second year such a pro-
gram has been given. More than
1000 persons attended.
Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pas
tor of Foundry Chucf, told the gath
ering the important thing in life is
to discipline ourselves to changing
conditions. He compared life to a
machine with many parts, pointing
out the mechanism will stop if a
vital part goes wrong. Our job Is
to keep everything in proper work.
ing order, he said.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Czechs Delay Espionage Trial
OF Woman CIuin1inq D. G. Birth

the woman's claims to American
birth.
The hearing was conducted in
German at her request. She told a
story Of having been brought back
to Germany. at the age OF 8 by
her parents, of having lost all her
papers, and Of having been spirited
from a German bordello at Buchen-
wald In 1945 to -czechoslovakia.
Her father. she testified, was a
William Brown Of Washington,
D. c., an industrial engineer who
wrongfully sold a patent but was
released by American authorities on
the condition that he 60 to Germany
and spy for the United States"
Her father was shot by the Ger
mans in Berlin, she contended, and
her mother q Jewish native Of
Pilsen, died In a concentration camp.
She admitted dealing with the
mysterious Jiri Klein, identified as
a Czechoslovak in British battle
dress Ito fight communism in
Czechosloyakia and to disrupt the
security police. She said she met
him in the Bordello and later in
Prague.
She identified a barracks plan
given her by Jaroslav Kouba, a
Czech soldier, who is on trial with
her.
Kouba, testifying later, said he
had given her plan in an attempt
to trap her as spy "for the
Americans and the British"
She told reporter in good Eng
lish that William Brown was her
second father" and she did not
know her real father.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

workers union here have filed affi-
davits.
The Executive Board of Local 181
of UPWA in Detroit drew UP reso-
lutions yesterday demanding the re-
call of Mr.. Flaxer and three Mich.
igan members of the UPWA Execu-
tive Board for refusing to sign such
afidavits and for welcoming the
emergence of third party" Earlier
this month Local 191 officials pro-
tested policies of the international
officers. Mr.. Flaxer retaliated by
ordering ans Investigation OF the
Detroit groupk
Evening star., 1948-02-16
House Hears Hebert
'CategorieaIIy' Deny
Tax Evasion by Long
BY the Assoeioied Press

Representative Hebert, Democrat,
Of Louisiana told the House today
81 categorically deny" that Earl K.
Long, candidate for Governor Of
Louisiana, Is guilty of any income
tax evasion or fraud.
Mr.. Hebert replied to accusations
made by Representative Domen-
geaux, Democrat, Of Louisiana In
the House on January IS.
Mr.. Hebert said that in 1914 Mr..
Long paid under protest deficiency
tax Of $3,13983 for 1887, 1898 and
1889 but has refused to pay a SO per
cent penalty which carries with
it the implication that fraud has
been committed"
In support of his contentious, Mr..
Hebert exhibited various photog-
raphic copies of Mr.. Longs income
tax records and letters.
Mr.. Domengeaux had charged
that Mr.. Long had an income in
excess of $3.50, 900 in 1888 and 1889
while he was Lieutenant Governor
and Governor of Louisiana; that he
had failed to report this full in
come, and that the Internal Reve-
nue. Bureau had assessed against
him a 100000 tax liability "includ-
ing fraud penalty"
Mr.. Domengeax made his al
legations a few days before the
January 20 Louisiana primary in
which Mr.. Long led four candidates
for the Democratic nomination for
governor. In a run-off primary set
for February "a his opponent is
Sam Jones, whom Mr.. Domengeaux
supported.
Mr.. Hebert took no part in the
first primary but since has an
nounced his support Of Mr.. Long.
In his speech today Mr.. Hebert
said the tax investigation involved
political funds spent" by Mr.. Long
in his campaign. He said Mr.. Long
still contends he does not owe the
tax but agreed, under protest, to
pay 1t and settle the case.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

plans" were made yesterday and
will be considered further at meet
ing at Shiloh Baptist Church to-
night. Mr.. Palmer said there is no
present plan to increase the number
of pickets as a result of milder
weather. Recent cold and storms,
he said, did not cut down the picket
lines.
A move was started in Detroit to-
day to remove Abram Flaxer as in
ternational president OF the United
Public Workers of America, parent
union Of the cafeteria workers unit.
Mr.. Flaxer has refused to sign non-
Communist afldavits in accordance
with Taft-Hartley Act provisions.
Present officers Of the cafeteria
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Col. Toppy Will Discuss
Leoion's Community Role

Col. Thomas N. Tappy, U. S. A.,
will speak on THE American Le-
gion's Place in Community Life" at
a meeting of Cissel-Saxon Post No.
Al, American Legion, at 8 pm.
Thursday at the Silver Spring
Armory.
The post will hold George
Washington Birthday dinner at 1880
pm. Saturday at the clubhouse on
Sligo avenue, Silver Spring.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Florido VA Hospital
To Cost $4,000, 900
BY the Asseeioted Press

Preliminary plans have been ap-
proved for a 1,000-bed veterans
hospital at Gainesville, Fla, it was
announced today by the Veterans
Administration. The hospital will
be for war veterans who are emo
tionally disturbed.
The cost is estimated at SIS 900 900,
officials said. Construction is ex-
pected to begin within six to eight
months.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Former DC. Woman
Sentenced in BUDAPEST
BY the Assnrintsd prsx.

~ tHe SSSoStote0 FFeS&
BUDAPEST, Hungary, Feb. l6.-
Miss Elizabeth Proiszl-Pallos, an
American citizen, was sentenced to-
day to six months in prison on O
charge Of failing to report alleged
suhyersive actions to police.
Miss Pallos, native of Pittsburgh
and once a resident of Washington,
was secretary and interpreter for
the Associated Press Office in Buda-
pest when arrested.
Acting as secretary to ZAP Cor
respondent) Jack Quinn, member OF
the secret American organization,
civil information corps, she was
bound to know that her employer
stood in the services of an organiza-
tion aiming at the overthrow Of the
present political system In Hun
gary" the verdict of the peoples
court in her case read.
She was convicted OF ''neglecting
the duty of reporting to the police"
She was given credit for the three
months and II days she already has
spent in jail.
(Mr. Quinn, who left Budapest
when the Communists
government threatened to Jail
him If he remained. denied all
the charges. He said his activi-
ties were only those OF a normal
reporter.)
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Russians Turn Back
Tanker Lent by u. S.

TRIESTE, Free Territory, Feb.
16.-The 10,448-ton tanker Elbrus
was docked here today by Russian
crew for delivery to American
authorities.
The ship, built in 1945 in Port
land, Ore, was lent to Russia under
lend-lease. She will be returned
to the United States for service,
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Drama Group to Perform

American University's Dance The
ater Group will give demonstra-
ton in Hurst Hall on the school
campus Friday at $3.50 pm. Miss
Erika Thimey, director of the group,
and other faculty members and ad-
vanced students will participate.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

Miss Proiszl-Pallos attended st.
Martins parochial school here while
her father was a member of the
Hungarian Embassy staff until 1928.
when she went with the family to
California.
Evening star., 1948-02-16
Carnations Flown to u. S.

Carnations grown in Sussex, Eng
land, are flown regularly to the
United States, where they are sold
for $40 per 100.
Evening star., 1948-02-16

Lincoln Drug Co.
Simpsons Pharmacy
Modern Pharmacy
Porkview Pharmacy
Petworth Pharmacy
Briehtwood Pharmacy
Shepard Park Pharmacy
Kinner s. Membert
Kennedy Pharmacy
Tower Pharmacy
Days Drug
BYon Stationery Shop
Bronoueh's Drug.
O'Donnel's Pharmacy
Simpsons Shop
Stewards Pharmacy
Presidential Pharmacy
= Quality Drug
Lesser's Pharmacy
QuigIey's Pharmacy
Simmons Drug
Columbia Drug
Kenner's Drug
Dupont Pharmacy
Higeer's Pharmacy
Calvert Chemists
Chevy Chase Pharmacy
Uptown Pharmacy
Alto Pharmacy
Peorson's Pharmacy
Morgan Bros. Pharmacy
Won Sont Pharmacy
Morgan Pharmacy
Georgetown Pharmacy
Hill 6 Poole Pharmacy
Sugars Drug
Greet Western Pharmacy
Evening star., 1948-02-16

us New York Ave.
7th s O Sts.
7th 8 R. |. Ave.
300 llth St. NV.
Ga. Ave 6 Park Rd.
Ga. Ave. 6 Upshur St.
59l6 Georgia Ave.
7723 Georgia Ave.
3rd 6 Kennedy SIS
9Th 6 Kennedy SITS
l4th s K SITS.
l4th 8 P Sts.
29l2 18th St.
l4th s Monroe SITS.
18th s Colorado Ave.
46OO l4th St.
1900 You St.
ll08 18th St.
2OO3 18th St.
l84l Columbia Rd.
2lst s 6 Sts.
2lst s. L SITS.
18th s Penno. Ave.
18th s Q SITS.
1908 Mass Ave.
50I7 Conn. Ave.
Calvert St at Conn. Ave
Conn. 8 Northampton
$3.50 Conn Ave.
22l3 Wise. Ave.
2448 Wise. Ave.
423l Wise. Ave.
4940Wisc. Ave.
Both s P SITS.
Wise. Ave. 6 O St.
$3.50 M St
35th s 0 SITS.
35th s. Reservoir Rd,
Evening star., 1948-09-12

life, which came from the sea, keeps unStlleo
its yearning for the mothering ocean.
An eminent scientist has observed: When
the vertebrates took to the land they carried
with them a blood of the same salty COM
position as that Of the sea water which was
left behind" In the heaving sea, with tides
too full for sound and foam, mirroring the
sunset and evening star. Is glimpsed an un-
plumbed meaning in Tennyson's mystic line:
When that which drew from out the
boundless deep turns again home"
What are the wild waves saying?" is ques-
ton which none but the poets. who speak best
our deepest thoughts, only partially can an
swer. Breaking waves speak Of plenty. The
sea is symbol of opulence. Dry earth where
so much is cabined. cramped, confined, sug-
gests the struggle for sufficient to sustain the
bare necessities of life.
No wonder q poor woman, whose years
pinched by penury had scanned her face and
gnarled her hands, on seeing the boundless
ocean brimming to the far horizon exclaimed:
Thank God, at last I have seen something
there is enough OIL" 1t was the opulence Of
the opaline sea which inspired the lines:
I'VE can only see little of the ocean,
Just te1D miles distant from the rocky shore,
But out there, far beyond the eyes horizon,
There's more, in1neasurGbly more"
Evening star., 1948-09-12
World Labor Red Front

The denunciation of the World Fedora
ton of Trades Unions by its president
highlights a situation that has become a
scandal in the field of international labor.
This fortnight statement probably indi-
Gates showdown within the WF'TU which
could end either in its dissolution or
the withdrawal of n-Communist ele
ments from the organization, leaving it
fully exposed for what it has now become
Red front" and propaganda agency.
The WFTU was one of those hopeful
experiments in cooperation between So
Wet Russia and the Western democracies
which were started at the close of the
late war. This experiment was criticized
from the first by conservative labor or
ganizations in the West, especially by the
American Federation of Labor, which re-
fused to have anything to do with the
WFTU, warning that it would be domi-
mated by Communist influences and that
it was designed to destroy the existing in
ternational labor organization, the Inter-
national Federation of Trades Unions, to
which the AFL belonged.
Those warnings were disregarded, how
ever, by our CIO and the British Trades
Union Congress. The late Sidney Hill
man, CIO leader, discanted persuasively
on the advantages of cooperation with
the Russians as the best way to arrive at
a genuine understanding between East
and West. So the CIO and the British TUG
Joined up in an organization wherein the
Kremlin- dominated Soviet trades unions,
with their enormous membership, plus
other ommunist-dominated unions on
the European continent. automatically OBJ
| tanned a numerical majority.
| The subsequent course of the WFTU Is
the familiar story of Communist penetra-
! ton and eventual domination wherever
Communists and Communists SEQ
operate" Although the presidency fell to
a prominent British labor leader this year,
he found himself powerless against an
administration that was in Communist
hands Accordingly Arthur Deakin has
spilled the beans" before the annual
8. convention o. the British Trades Union
Congress He asserts that the Communist
have captured" the WFTU and are using
it for their own purposes, including the
fomenting of trouble by their agents
throughout the world.
Mr. Deakin said he had no intention Of
resigning his WFTU presidency, since this
would merely play into the Communists
hands. But the logical inference from his
Evening star., 1948-09-12
Hibokhibok

Any attempt to understand what is
happening at Hibokhibok must start with
appreciation Of the fact that the Philip
pines are the tops of drowned mountains.
They are constantly being forced upward
by the weight of the water in the Pacific,
an ocean so large and so deep that some
scientists think 1t once contained the
Earths beautiful dead satellite-the Moon!
Prof Reginald Aldworth DAILY of Harvard
University describes the whole Pacific re-
gion as being bounded by "a circle of fire"
He mentions the volcanoes of Alaska,
Patagonia, Japan and New Zealand as links
in the chain Yet there generally is less
eruptive activity in the Philippine archi-
pelago than in single Hawaiian island.
The principal centers are in Southwestern
Luzon, Camarines Norte, Mindanao, Jolo
and Negros, in all of which territories
seismic disturbances are common.
Hibokhibok had been quiet for seventy
seven years The isle of Camiguin, how
ever, always has been suspect. Morgan
Cilley of the Naval Observatory has in his
possession photographs of the burning hill
taken nearly half century ago, when
road engineers told him that they expected
an outbreak momentarily. Vast forces OF
undisciplined nature exist beneath the
surface. The blistering ashes and the
streams of molten rock emerging from the
crater are relatively harmless as compared
with the clouds of poison gas which II
is emitting.
Whether the earthquake reported from
Tonga, south of Samoa Wednesday wa:
connected with Camiguin is matter o
debate. The tremor allegedly was not felt
at Canton Island, and this circumstance
suggests that it was a fairly local incident
Yet it was recorded in Honolulu as very
very strong" and at Berkeley and Pasa-
dena in California as major" Reverbra-
tions continued for two hours.
The danger Of tidal wave throughout
Evening star., 1948-09-12
For Whom the Polls Toll

The Crossley Poll, which Is back in The
Star for the duration of the presidential
campaign, is in substantial agreement with
others in predicting lean days ahead for
the Democrats Governor Dewey, it seems,
is all but In the White House. Although
November Is still some distance away,
the voters apparently have already made
up their minds. The measurers of public
opinion have gone out on the limb very
early, with daringly few qualifications to
save themselves from embarrassment in
case events prove them wrong. Quite
bravely they say it's in the bag for the
Republicans-unless, of course, there is q
miracle of Sorts
Needless to add, President Truman and
the Democratic high command are not
going to like this. But If they raise an
guished cries against the polls as mis-
chievous device undermining the voting
process, or as kind of conspiracy designed
to create bandwagon psychology Turing
the electorate to the opposition, they will
merely be echoing the complaint OF the
Republicans in the days when the poll
takers were saying that Landon, Willkie
and Dewey had no chance against Roose-
Somebody else's OK Is being gored. The
tables are turned and all is a pleased
silence in the G. o. p Certainly, nobody
but Democrat will rise today to speak
out in favor of outlawing soothsayers like
the Messrs. Gallup, Roper and Crossley.
Politics to one side, however, there prob
ably are more than few Americans who
look with jaundiced eye on this business
of divining the future. 1t dulls the pleas
ures of anticipation and eliminates the
spine -tingling thrill of the unexpected.
Besides, 1t seems rather presumptuous to
foretell today exactly what is going to
happen tomorrow, and for that reason
IN purely nonpolitical spirit-there are
some among us who would delight in see
ing the pollsters confounded on November
2. But that is highly unlikely. Alas for
MIR. Truman and the Democrats, the pulse
taking appears to be pretty scientific Just
to be on the safe side, though, Mr.. Dewey
had better remember that miracles can
happen.