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Evening star., 1948-09-20
Stiffer Credit Curbs Return;
MAY Hif Used Car Prices

Beginning today 1t vii take one
third payment to buy new or used
car and a 20 per cent payment to
purchase refrigerator, radio, furni-
ture and other major household
goods.
The credit controls, voted at the
special session of Congress, return
after an 11-month absence. The
terms were fixed by the Federal
Reserve Board.
Auto manufacturers do not expect
the new rules to affect new-car pur-
chases because of the heavy back
log of orders. But some auto dealers
and finance men predicted the gen.
orally sitter terms viii put the
skids under the premium prices for
used cars by putting them out Of
reach Of many families.
The new rules cover purchases
of more than $50 and UP to 5000.
After the down payment the bal
ance, If less than $1,000, must be
paid of In IS months. If it's over
81 900, the buyer has up to 10
months TO pay.
The 20 per cent down rule covers
cookstoves. dishwashers, ironers.
vacuum cleaners. refrigerators.
washing machines, or any combina-
ton of these, air conditioners, radios.
television sets, monographs. sewing
furniture and rugs.
Regular 30-day store charge ac-
counts are not affected.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Thousands Line Up
To Leave Germany
BY the Associassd Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Sept. 20.
Thousands of would-be immi-
grants to the United States lined up
at American Consulates in Germany
today.
1t was announced Friday that the
ban on immigration would be lifted
for a total of $4,000 Germans, eth
mic Germans" and Austrians a year.
Some Germans arrived before the
Consulate in Frankfurt four hours
before it opened for business.
All of them seemed to be in a
hurry to leave poor old Germany as
quickly as possible" said German
policeman on duty.
The crowds gathered despite the
fact newspapers had announced all
applications to go on a quota wait
ing list would be handled by mail.
Many, however, already had their
applications prepared and handed
them in.
IT just want to work-it doesn't
matter what sort of job it is" said
q baker.
II want to get out of Germany
before the next war;" farmland
said.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
BY the Associoied Press

PARIS, Sept. 20.-United States
Secretary of State Marshall ar
rived here by plane today to
attend the opening of the United
Nations General Assembly to-
morrow.
British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin also has arrived Problems
arising out of the tense situation in
Berlin and other factors in the cold
war between East and West over
shadow the U. N. conference.
A meeting of the three Western
foreign ministers, Gen. Marshall,
Mr. Bevin and Robert Schuman of
France, was expected with the pos
sibility that the Berlin crisis may
be laid before the So nations.
Both Mr.. Bevin and Gen. Mar
shall will have their top advisers on
Germany with them by tonight.
Berlin dispatches said American
military Governor Gen. Lucius Clay
will fly to Paris to report to Gen.
Marshall this afternoon. His British
colleague, Gen. Sir Brian Robertson,
is going to confer with Mr.. Bevin.
They will be joined in the French
capital by w. Bedell Smith, United
Evening star., 1948-09-20
South Florida Warned
As Hurricane Sweeps
Closer 10 Cuba
Rescue Tug Standing by
Grounded British Ship;
73 Aboard Still Safe
BY the Associoted Press

MIAMI, Fla, Sept. 20.-South
Florida from Miami through the
Keys today was placed in the
danger zone" of a hurricane
with winds over 100 miles an
hour which was sweeping down
on the south coast of Cuba.
Meanwhile, tug blowing through
mountainous seas reached the side
of the British freighter Loc11monar,
which went aground yesterday on
Little Cayman Island on the fringe
of the storm. The 9,000-ton vessel
had 73 persons aboard.
After the tug Curb from Kings
ton, Jamaica, reached the Lochmo-
mars side, the master of the strick-
en- vessel radioed the Coast Guard
that he did not believe his passen-
gers and crew were in danger, since
the hurricane was moving away
from the ship and was closing in
on the Cuban coast.
Those on Ship Believed Safe.
Consider passengers and crew
safe on board until weather calms.
Do not think ship will break up.
Vessel settled more and pounding
eased. Holes in five fuel tanks,
Three holds taking water slowly
Auxiliaries working. Sky clearing
and wind easing slightly. Tug Curb
standing by" the message to the
Coast Guard said.
An earlier wireless from the
Lochmonar's master to the Associ-
ated press in New York said the
vessel was standing up surprisingly
we'll and that it was on an even
keel. Except for anxiety and some
discomfort, he reported, the passen-
gers and crew are well and carrying
on a normal ships life.
1--WE have six British passengers
(See HURRICANE page A-40
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Boy, s, Killed by Truck
During School Recess

A 6-year-old school boy was killed
instantly during the morning recess
today when he was struck by truck
as he ran across East Capitol street
from q nearby store.
He was identified as Philip Glover,
colored, OF 301 Fifteenth street NE,
a pupil at the Richardson School,
Fifty third and Blaine streets NE.
The fatality was the 50th of the
year, compared with So traffic deaths
at this time last year. The total
trafic toll in 1947 was u.
Driver of the truck was listed by
police as John Henry Nelson, "a,
colored, of $3.50 Clay street NE.
A policeman said q group of the
children had left the school grounds
to run to the store during the recess
period. He added that school au-
thorities had repeatedly warned"
the children about crossing the street
from the playground during school
hours.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
BY the Assoeioted Press

National income rose to an annual
rate of 1921 400, 900 900 in the second
quarter of 1s4s, the Commerce De-
partment reported today.
Corporate profits increased more
than any other type of income, the
department added.
The April-May-June rate OF total
national income was $1,000, ,000, ,O0C
above that for the first quarter. 1t
was $500 900 900 above the figure
for the full year 1947.
Business developments in August
showed little indication OF any
letup in the high rate of economic
activity" the departments office OF
business economics commented
Industrial prices continued to ad-
vance - as the influence of third
round wage advances spread
and as continuing high incomes
maintained the demand pressure.
The department said all Other
types Of income shared in lesser
degree the. increases achieved In
corporate profits.
On an annual rate basis, corpo-
rate profits rose from $24, TOO. .000, ,00C
in the first quarter to $50, 900, ,00o, ,ooG
Evening star., 1948-09-20

Washington's experimental
fringe parking system for down.
town shoppers got of to a slow
start today.
Only one customer appeared at
one OF the two new fringe parking
areas, located to avoid midtown
congestion, up to late this morning.
And a bare dozen shoppers drove
into the second lot.
Mrs. Richard Kett, a new resident
of the Washington area, was the
sole patron of the new parking
shuttle bus plan at the lot at Twenty
fifth and e streets NV.
Mrs. Kett, who arrived from
Detroit to move into a new home
at 1869 North Quincy street, Airing
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Dewey Declares U. 5.
And Latin America
Should Be Partners
Inter-Americon Porley
Delegates Meet 6. O. P.
Condidote in Chicago
by J. A. OLeov
By J. A. O'Leory
Stor Stoff Correspondent

ABOARD THE DEWEY sPE-
CIAL, Sept. 20.-The United
States and Latin America should
face the future not only "as
good neighbors but as full part
ners," Gov. Dewey declared to-
day as he headed for Des Moines,
Iowa, for his opening campaign
speech tonight.
He made the statement to a
group of delegates to the Inter-
American Council of Commerce
and Production, meeting today in
Chicago. Some of the delegates
visited the Republican nominee on
his train as it stopped In Chicago
train yard.
In his first major speech tonight
Gov. Dewey will outline the basic
policies. foreign and domestic, he
would follow as President. Indica-
tions are he will take no direct
notice of President Truman's Sat-
urday speech at Dexter, Iowa,
which is near Des Moines.
Gov. Dewey told his visitors from
below the Rio Grande that the
United States and their countries
are drawing steadily closer together
with improved communication and
transportation facilities.
Joined In New Pacts.
MANY of us were partners to-
gether in the war against totalitar-
ianism and we now are joined to-
gether not only in the pact of Rio
de Janeiro to present our united
strength against aggression, but also
in the declaration made at Bogota
condemning the aims and methods
of international communism"
As the Republican nominee headed
into the Mid West today on the first
leg of an 8.000-mile trip, his secre-
tary, Paul F. Lockwood, said:
Gov. Dewey in his first major
speech at Des Moines tonight will
set forth the basic principles and
purposes of free government as he
sees them. He will pledge his un-
swerving adherence to these princi-
Piles. He believes that they must
be followed by the next national
administration in order to unite
America and to carry forward in
troubled world the hope of freedom
and the living premise that men can
be free and that free men can
live in peace"
Changes From 1914 Candidate.
1t was a totally different Dewey
from the candidate OF 1874 who
stepped aboard the 17-car campaign
train in Albany yesterday afternoon,
and waved cheerful goodbye TO q
battery of newsreel cameramen
perched on the front of q yard en-
CINE to photograph his departure.
The 1948 Dewey is confident, but
is taking nothing for granted. He
is completely sure Of himself, but
is going to see and talk to more
people than he did four years ago,
despite the fact his prospects for
victory are much brighter than In
1914.
The whole atmosphere of the
Dewey train has changed since the
last campaign. Then the press and
radio reporters could sense q feel
ing that the war and Franklin d. |
Roosevelt's name on the ballot were |
too much to overcome.
The identification badges issued
(see DEWEY. Page A-31
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Dismissed Policemen
Indicted in SHOOTING
OF Girl at Night Club
Two Rockies Charged
With Assault; Victim
May Not Walk Again

Two former policemen, were
indicted by the District grand
jury today in the night club
shooting of 2O-year-old Dorothy
Kilmer. The two, who were
rookie members of the force at
the time, we're charged with as
sault with a dangerous weapon
and one faces an additional
charge of failing to arrest the
other.
The men, both subsequently dis
missed from the force, are Wayne
w. Edmondson, 20, of 2210 Shan
non place Sc, and Rolald H. Holi-
field, rs, Of 1000 Ely place Sc. Holi-
field also was charged with failing
to arrest Edmonson, who allegedly
fired the shot which struck Miss
Kilmer.
Now in Sanitarium.
Miss Kilmer is now in Washing
ton Sanitarium, facing months of
convalescence, and doctors predic-
tions are that she will never walk
again. The bullet struck her spine
and paralyzed her from the waist
down.
The shooting took place July 29
in the Palm Grove Club, 1901 Four
teenth street NV, where Miss Kill
mer was employed as a hat check
girl. The two rockies were off duty
at the time. although Holif1eld was
still in uniform. The shooting oc-
CURED about 4:20 am.
Re-entered Cafe.
Police had been called to the club
to investigate a report that man
was bootlegging whisky in front
of the place. Witnesses said the
two policemen apparently heard the
phone call for police. drew their
guns and walked out the front door
They were there, police reports
said, when police answered the
call and then left. Afterward, they
re-entered the cafe.
The uniformed man put away his
gun but the other man was toying
with his pistol, according to police
versions Of the affair.
George Stott, manager Of the
cafe, said the man pointed it first
at him, then at Miss Kilmer. She
said Don't point that at me-" but
a short time later, he said, thu
revolver discharged and Miss Kilmel
fell to the floor.
Police said both men admitted
having a few drinks, but witnesses
said neither was drunk.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
in Denver
For His Second Major
Speech Campaign
Governor Of Colorado
And Secretary Bronnon
Joins Trumun's Party
Rv Ioeenh A Enx
By Joseph A. Fox
Sior Stoff Correspondent

DENVER, Colo. Sept. 20
President Truman arrived here
at $50 am. today (11:50 EDIT
to bring his appeal to the people
of Colorado for votes in No
vember.
The President was accompanied
into Denver by Gov. William Lee
Knous and secretary Of Agriculture
Brannan, who were members of a
delegation which met the Presi-
dents train early today at Hugo
Colo.
AS Mr.. Truman swung into an
other rough day of campaigning, he
told reporters that he was feeling
good, and that the hoarseness which
developed as the aftermath of his
stumping tour in Iowa Saturday,
was clearing up.
Greeted BY Crowds at Stations.
The President was crested by
some sizeable railroad station crowds
as he crossed Kansas last night
after leaving Kansas City, but he
stuck to his rule of doing no
politicking on Sunday, although he
had a few kind words for some
Democratic candidates, including
former Senator McGill, Democrat,
Kansas, who is making the SEN
atorial race again.
The President will make the Sec
ond major speech of his 16-day
swing to the Pacific Coast here
this afternoon, but along with this
address, which will be delivered or
the State Capitol grounds, there will
be the customary off-the-cuff talks
as the President moves across Colo
RADIO.
Tomorrow will find the President
in Utah, with a night speech pro-
grammed in Salt Lake City, at the
Mormon Tabernacle. It will be Mr..
Truman's second trip to Utah since
he entered the White House, as he
spent several hours in Salt Lake
City while returning from the
United Nations Conference in 1945.
Faces Crowded Schedule.
The President faced a crowded
schedule today.
In addition to the capitol address,
he was to take part in a parade,
attend two receptions, look in on the
American Conference on Renewable
Resources, and drop by Fitzsimmons
General Hospital for a chat with
war wounded.
The major address no doubt will
follow the pattern of the Presidents
talk in the West in June, when he
lashed at Congress for cutting down
on the appropriations for land and
water development.
In addition to looking after his
own welfare in Colorado, the Presi-
dent is confronted with a tough
senatorial fight, as the Repub-
licans are trying to oust Senator
johnson, Democrat, and the Demo-
Gratis cannot afford loss of the seat.
Under ordinary circumstances, the
President could be expected to 60
into the State swinging, but Senator
Johnson. whose personal relations
with Mr.. Truman have been good,
has been something less than an
administration stalwart on Capitol
Hill. Hence, there is speculation as
to the treatment the Senator will
get from the President.
The President got in some rest
yesterday after his blistering push
(See TRUMAN, Page ABB
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Marshall in Paris, to See Bevin
And Schumon on Berlin Crisis
German Situation Overshodows Opening
Of U NJ; Smith and Clay to Arrive

States Ambassador to Russia, Mos
COW dispatches said, and Frank Rob-
erts, Britain's special envoy who has
been participating in talks with the
Soviets on the future of Berlin.
Moscow dispatches also re-
ported the departure of Francois
Seydoux, political adviser to the
French military governor, and
the expected departure of French
Ambassador Yves Chatagigneau.
Ending of the talks after bog
ging down on technicalities was
hinted despite lack of an Off
cial announcement from a Big
Four capitaD
Gen. Marshall and his party ar.
rived at Orly Fielc in President
Truman's plane, the Independence
at 9 Am. IS am. EDIT after an un.
eventful 15-hour and 50-minute
flight from Washington.
He went directly to the United
States Ambassadors residence
where it was announced he would
remain most of the day.
(Just before he left Wash
ington yesterday, Gen. Marshall
described the world situation as
unusually critical" He added
(See U. N, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1948-09-20
9O-Degree High Indicated
With Showers Later Today

The temperature was headed for
80 degrees today but the Weather
Bureau promised scattered showers
late this afternoon and tonight to
break the warmth. By noon the
mercury had climbed to 86, two
degrees above yesterdays high at
l:36 pm.
Cooler and clear weather is in
prospect for tomorrow, the District
torecaster said.
The District had it's first rain in
nine days when a thundershower
came in from the west last night
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Heiress Won't Tell
Probers Whether She
Aided Atomic Spies
Louise Brunsten Bermun
Took Typical Red Stond,
Mcdowell Declares
By Miriom Ottenbero

Mrs. Louise BranSten Berman,
attractive New York heiress who
repeatedly has contributed heav-
lily to the Communist Party, to-
day refused to tell the House
Committee on Un-American Ac-
tivities whether she ever engaged
in atomic espionage. She said
the answer might incriminate
her.
After questioning Mrs. Berman for
more than an hour in closed session,
Representative Mcdowell, Republi-
can, of Pennsylvania announced:
Mrs. Louise Berman took typi-
cal Communist position on all ques-
tions put to her by the committee
However; much testimony al
ready had been given the commit
tee regarding this witness and her
connections and associations and
various activities in behalf of the
ring of espionage conspirators."
Refuses All Answers.
Mr.. Mcdowell said the witness
stood on her constitutional rights
under the fifth amendment and re-
fused to answer all questions re-
garding alleged association with
Communists, including "the giving
of money"
One of the committees questions,
he said, was whether she ever en-
gagged in atomic espionage activi-
| ties.
Mr. Mcdowell said she pleaded
elf-incrimination and refused to
answer.
The blond, curly-haired witness,
however, was allowed to read a
statement, in which she declared:
Il have never engaged in any
wrongful activities, and the at
tempt to create the impression that
I have done so is in itself an infa-
nous act
Subpoena Extended.
Mr.. Mcdowell announced that
Mrs. Berman's subpoena calling her
before the committee was extended
for an indefinite time and "she was
forbidden by the chair to leave the
United States"
The acting chairman explained
that Mrs. Berman has travelled
abroad and 'at the moment we
don't want her to go anywhere"
Mrs. Berman, according to Mr..
Mcdowell, would only answer a few
"innocuous" questions.
Among other questions she de-
clined to answer, Mr.. Mcdowell said,
was one asking her what is her
present husbands visible means of
income. Mrs. Berman is now mar
ried to Lionel Berman of New York,
who has previously been identified
as being interested in documentary
| films.
Fortune Estimated in Millions.
An heireSs whose fortune reputed-
ly now runs into millions of dollars,
Mrs. Berman is the former wife of
Richard Bransten, who once owned
the New Masses under the name of
Bruce Minton and is now married to
authoress Ruth McKenney.
Emerging from the session as calm
and unruffled as when she entered,
Mrs. Berman handed reporters her
statement and refused to make any
additions to it. The statement fol-
lows:
II come from a family of Cali
fornia pioneers. My grandparents
helped settle California during the
gold rush. From earliest childhood
I have been brought up to value
the spirit of American justice and
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Fringe Parking Starts Slowly;
Few Shoppers Use Either Lot
New Arlington Resident, Sole Patron
At 18th and Streets, Halls Shuttle Plan

ton. only yesterday, appeared at
8:45 a.m.-half an hour before the
scheduled Inauguration of the new
service.
II saw about this new service in
yesterdays newspaper" she ex-
planned. II used to do this in Michi-
gan. Ordinary parking is so expen-
sive, and this way you don't have
to fight heavy traffic"
To get downtown, she stepped onto
one of the Rs Capital Transit
buses that have been rerouted to
pass by the parking lots entrance.
From there she was carried directly
to Fourteenth and F streets NV.
Other terminus of the shuttle bus
1See FPINCE PARKING Po. A-20
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Political Broudcusts

Political campaign speeches
broadcast tonight over local
hroadcasting stations are as
follows:
Gov. Dewey from Des Moines,
Iowa. 10 to 10:30 pm, WTOP
and VOL.
Henry Wallace, on NBC net
work, 1890 to 10:45 p.m- WRC.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
New Envoy Leaves for Peru

Harold T1ttman, new United
States Ambassador to Peru, left yes
terday for Lima. Peruvian Ambas-
sador Alfredo Ferreyros and PERU
Wan Embassy Counselor Fernando
Schwalb were at the airport to say
good bye to Mr.. Tittman.
Evening star., 1948-09-20
Dr.. Best Doomed to Die

COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Sept.
20 R).-Dr. Werner Best, Hitler's
Ambassador in Denmark from 1912
to l945, was sentenced to death by
a Danish court today.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover,
who has been i'll at his home for
a week. was reported showing some
improvement today. Mr.. Hoover is
sufferingS from bronchial pneumonia.
Evening star., 1948-09-20

(See HURRICANE, Page A-4D
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(See BUDGET, Page A-4J
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kea ders

A Associoted Press Newspor
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(See PALESTINE, Page A-5)
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J. Edqur Hoover Guinino

(See PROBE, Page A-4)
Evening star., 1948-09-20

~ y u . II - ~ y - u . .
Increasing cloudiness with scattered thun-
dershowers by night. ending tomorrow
morning. High today about so, low about 66.
Cooler tomorrow. dull report on Page A-2D
Evening star., 1948-09-20

(See FRINGE PARKING, Pg. Az
Evening star., 1948-09-20

(See BERNADOTTE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1948-09-20

ate New York Markets. Poae Al.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25

Miss Jane Joy May, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles H. May of
Roanoke, became the bride August
Is of Mr.. Barton w. Pairo, jr., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Pairo Of Washing
ton.
The ceremony took place in Our
Lady of Nazareth Church in Roa-
noke, and among those who went
from Washington for the ceremony
were the groom's parents, his uncle
and aunt, Brig. Gen. and Mrs. John
w. Oehman, and his grandmother,
Mrs. w. z. Pairo.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and attended by the
Misses Lewretta Knott, Mamie Wat
son. Peggy Ann Meredith. Edna
Knott and Anita Kerfoot. Mr.. Eu-
gene r. Spencer was best man and
the Messrs. william H Graybill and
Robert Prince were ushers.
The couple now are residing At
1927 Marietta place In Washington
following q honeymoon in Ocean
City, Md.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25

Prlsensrs return. For 5 lonely years he
soldier dreamt Of his wife. Was she still
faithful Finally the lons-awaited day
came: and as he approached their cot.
tase :. Andre Maurois tells how fate
wronged French eouple-a true story
that can sill end happily 4 the absent
husband happens 10 read il.
Now smart are you : How sharp are your
reasoning powers7 Given 4 set Of facts.
how quickly can you reach the right con.
clusion? Try this challenging quiz-ths
kind used in many standard mental tests.
It's fun to do, and may reveal whether
your minds as logical as you think 1t is.
(Condensed from TEST YoHseJf'')
17.psgs eeadsnsstieR from "okIahsma
Attacks It's Snake Pits" Two years ago
Oklahoma's mental hospitals were infer.
nos Of filth, degradation. Here's the blaz-
Ing, true story Of how 4 newspapsrman
fred whole state TO action {. and how
the cleanup came to pass-despits heart.
aches and setbacks. From Mike Gorman's
forthcoming book.
Advice shout heart trouble. Make your.
self 60 limp all over when you feel angry
-, don't try parking in tight place :.
think of something pleasant when in the
dumps. A doctors letter to 4 heart pa
tent tells how he can still lead a happy,
useful life -. and gives sound advice to
the healthy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1948-08-25
Miss Wait to Wed

The engagement Of Miss Patricia
Ann Wait to Mr.. James George
Strong III, son of Mr.. George E.
Strong Of Bethesda, is announced
by her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. George
r. Wait.
Miss Wait Is a graduate of Marion
Junior College and Is now attending
American University where she is a