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Evening star., 1948-09-17
Japanese Casualties
In 1yphoon Reported
Ranging Up 10 1000
BY the Associated d Press

TOKYO. Sept, 17.-Between
800 and 1000 japanese were
killed, injured or missing in
flooded Ichinoseki City, go miles
north of Sendai, japanese and
occupation authorities said to-
day.
A Kyodo news agency report from
a technician to his prefectural Office
at Morioka in Iwate prefecture
placed the number of dead at 1000
Allied headquarters, however, said
reports from army units at Sendai
listed 800 dead or missing.
500 Homes Washed Away.
Kyodo said 2 feet of rain deluged
the city in a typhoon last night.
About 500 homes in Ichinoseki were
washed away and 1000 were flooded,
the news agency reported.
The swollen Iwai River burst
through its dikes near Ichinosek
and poured through the city OF
5000 population.
Reports were that the rain in the
northern Honshu city had stopped
but that some fires had broken out
later.
News reports added at least eight
more dead and "A missing in the 10
prefectures struck by the moderate
tvphoon. Tokyo officials said f1ve
were dead or missing here and more
than 1000 homes were flooded or
partially flooded by the heavy rain
that preceded the storm.
Rice Damage Not Great.
Fears that the ripening rice crop
had been hard hit by the storm
abated with a report from the Agrl-
cultural Ministry that the crop had
not been greatly damaged.
Many Honshu Island rivers were
swollen by the deluge. Residents
of Toride, Is miles northwest OF
Tokyo, were ordered out Of their
homes tonight as the rampaglng
Tore River began sweeping through
its dikes and into the streets.
Eighth Army headquarters in
Yokohama said three landslides
were blocking the road to the Allied
rest hotels in Miyanoshita and Cora
where some $50 Americans were
stranded but in no danger.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Food Price Increase
OF 1% Reported

Food prices rose l per cent at
wholesale for the week ended Sep
tember II, Bureau OF Labor Statis-
tics figures showed today, while the
entire wholesale price index regis
tered an increase of 0.4 per cent.
The new figure for the index as
whole is reversal of the down.
ward trend of the preceding two
weeks. Two other price gauges, the
Associated Press and Dun and Brad
street wholesale food indexes, also
have reversed a downward trend
and started up again.
The latest BIS index figure is 1853
per cent of the 1926 average but it
is still OF per cent below the post
war peak reached three weeks ago.
1t is 81 per cent above the CORE
spending week of 1947, however.
BIS said the food increase was
led by higher meat prices as demand
improved after the Labor Day week
end. Food prices averaged 2.3 per
cent below four weeks ago, but were
2.8 per cent above year ago.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Intended Immigrants
To u. ). From Reich,
Austria Registering

American consular Offices in Ger
many and Austria today began &C
cepting applications for registration
as prospective immigrants to the
United States from persons living
in the western occupation zones of
those countries. the State Depart
ment announced.
The department said the purpose
Of the registration is to establish
priority for consideration OF indi-
vidual cases under regular imnigra-
ton quotas, which are expected to
be heavily oversubscribed.
Not DIP Program.
While the registration has no
relation to the special displaced
persons program. the department
said that persons in Germany and
Austria intending to apply for ad-
mission to this country as displaced
persons should register in order
that they might have the benefit of
the priority established thereby in
the event they should fail to qualify
under the Displaced Persons Act.
Cases of persons registered will
be processed in the order in which
their registration occurred as soon
as practicable, the State Depart
ment said.
Persons registered on the quota
waiting list will be informed indi-
vioually when it becomes possible
to process their formal applications
for immigration visas.
Total German Quota 25.957.
The registration is intended to
include persons living in Germany
who were born in other countries
and hence chargeable to other i'm
migration quotas. as well as those
who seek to come here under the
German and Austrian quotas.
The German quota itself is lin
ited 10 25.957 a year. Half of this
is set aside under the Displaced
Persons Act for persons of German
ethnic origin born in other coun-
tries. Approximately 5000 other
quota numbers already have been
allotted for Germans this year,
leaving room for less than 1000
under the German immigration
quota. The Austrian quota is only
1913 and half of this also is set
aside for persons Of Austrian ethnic
origin horn elsewhere
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Mediator, Truckers Meet
To Draft Uniform Pay Plan
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Sept. 17-Attempts
to straighten out a jigsaw puzzle OF
varying union wage demands today
occupied principals in the 17-day-
old metropolitan truck strike.
Hugh E. Sheridan, named by the
city to mediate the dispute. called
union leaders to meeting this
morning in an effort to draw up a
uniform truckers wage program.
Last night. Joseph M. Adelizzl,
chairman of the Truck Employers
Labor Committee. said the owners
will consider any recommenda-
ton" made by Mr.. Sheridan In the
dispute.
But at present, Mr.. Adelizzi added,
the employer group is committed to
a 15-cent hourly wage increase
agreement reached some time ago
with an area wide committee repre-
senting l3 locals of the AFL Inter-
national Brotherhood of Teamsters.
New York's two largest teamsters
locals have turned down the 15-cent
offer.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
4Face Gaming Charge
After Two Raids Here

The owner of an uptown valet
shop and three Southwest Washing
ton men were to face gambling
charges in Municipal Court today,
following their arrests yesterday In
two raids by the Metropolitan Police
Vice Squad.
Arrested in the first raid, on Nick's
Valet Shop. BIS Fourteenth street
NV, shortly before noon, were
Nick Ruggeri. So, Of 1905 Thirteenth
street, the stores owner, and Ste
phen Ealey, 30, oolored, of l06 Canal
street SW.
Mr.. Ruggeri was charged with
permitting gambling on the premises
and released on $500 bond for ap-
pearance in court today. Mr.. Ealey
will face charges of operating lot
terry, possessing numbers slips and
setting up a gaming table. He is
under $500 bond.
Continuances until October 6
were granted in all four cases by
Judge Aubrey B. Fennell. They
were requested by Attorney Denny
Haghes. who represents each Of the
defendants.
Police said undercover men had
been watching the shop for several
days and had placed bets with Ealey.
In the other arrests. made after
raid on a parking lot in the 200
block of Fourth street S.W., two
men were charged with operating
lottery and possessing numbers slips.
They are Robert Dunmore. 64,
of 112 Canal street S.W, and
Charles Davis. Sc, both colored,
of 353 G street S.W. Both were
released under $500 bond.
Numbers books were found on
both men, police said, and marked
money used by plainclothes men in
placing bets with Dunmore was
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Lyric Theaier Acts 10 Block
Repair Shop Next Door
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 17-Freder-
ick r. Huber. manager of the Lyric
Theater, has started campaign to
keep hammer and drill artists from
improvising on symphonies and
other works of the old masters.
The Lyric is used by the Baltimore
Symphony Orchestra. as well as
visiting opera companies. But now
it seems somebody wants to set up
a shop next door to service and re-
pair trucks.
Mr.. Huber says the first he knew
of it was when the owners Of the
filling station next door began to
tear it down to build the repair shop
He promptly wrote to the Board OF
Zoning Appeals to explain that a
hammer certainly would throw q
monkeywrench into Beethoven.
He pointed out there were plans
to build a dance hall and bowling
alley next door few years ago, and
that an acoustics expert had gone
before the Board Of Zoning Appeals
to describe what something like ths
Woody woodpecker Song" or thu
flying duckpins would do to Mozart
Evening star., 1948-09-17

Capt. EDWARD Serann OF
Norfolk, Va, master of the
Cecil N. Bean, which rescued
creWmen from the sinking
British freighter Leicester.
-AP Photo.
manner. Among the latter was the
freighters Capt. H. N. Lawson.
The Bibb stood by the leaking
Gaspar. pending a decision after
dawn today whether her condition
would allow her to be toWed to port
or whether she would have to be
sunk as a menace to navigation.
The Bibb is based at Argentia, New
foundland.
Capt. Edward Serafin of Norfolk,
Va, skipper of the Bean, heading
for Bermuda with the men rescued
from the Leicester, said she was
listing badly "and is expected to
capsize momentarily. Capt. Sera-
I'm is making his maiden voyage as
master of the Bean.
The Leicester was rich prize
and, under maritime law, could be
taken by any company whose men
boarded her Several vessels start
ed race toward her through high
seas, Halifax, Nova Scotia. ship
ping sources said.
The stories of the Leicester and
Gaspar rescues were .pieced together
from radio messages to the Coast
Guard here.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
expected to do very much with tn
resolution.

expected to do very much with thu
resolution.
LOYALTY Amid thunderous
cheers of approval the convention
reiterated its stand of fully support
ing the Governments loyalty in
vestigation program.
And the delegates adopted a reso-
luton calling for the enactment Of
the present program into perma.
lnent law.
The resolution asserted that the
loyalty program has two principle
objectives-"the protection of the
United States against disloyal en-
ployeS. as well as the protection OF
loyal employees against unwarraAted
and unsubstantiated charges.
WAGE BOARD EMPLOYES-The
question of what stand to take in
regard to the pay problems of the
Governments Wage Board employees
was referred to the NEFE executive
council for appropriate action at
later date
Wage Board employees now have
their salaries fixed by Federal wage
boards, and many of these employees
felt they should have shared in the
recent $3.50 pay increase given to the
Governments classified employees,
who depend on Congress for their
wage adjustments.
BE sure to listen at 1915 am.
erery Sunday oper WMAL. The
Star station. for Joseph Young's
Federal Spotlight broadcast, ted-
turing additional netus and pieiOs
OF Government affairs and per-
| SOuQ[itieS
Evening star., 1948-09-17

reer employees in any reductions
regardless of seniority fac
tors. OF course. veterans who do
not have permanent status cannot
bump" non-veterans.
But with the Government rapidly
converting to a permanent status
basis for all personnel, it won't be
long now before practically all vet
Grams in Federal jobs will have job
rights ahead of all nom
veterans, without regard to senior
ity rights That's the thing that
is causing some concern among
union officials.
ELECTION-The convention to-
day is expected to re-elect for an
other two years Luther c. Stew
ard as president and Gertrude M
McNally as secretary treasurer.
This team has headed the NFFE
almost since its inception in 1917.
Henry G. Nolda of Washington
is expected to win election as the
NFFE's ninth vice president He
would succeed Ulrey Biller of Wash
ington, who is retiring.
Also. the delegates will vote to-
day on the NFFE convention city
in 1850. The choice seems to lie
between Detroit ana Los Angeles
with several other cities, including
Salt Lake City and Dallas, also
bidding for the convention.
SEA GREEN-A bit OF humor
was injected during yesterdays ses-
sion with the introduction of a
resolution from Local No. 4 of New
York City providing that the walls
of sll Government Offices be painted
a shade of light green.
This. the resolution said, would
relieve eye strain and resultant
fatigue.
One Official of this predominantly
conservative union cracked: Thank
goodness they didn't ask for the
walls to be painted red"
Incidentally, the convention isn't
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Parents Hear DR.. Granatier
On Mental Hygiene Tonight

DR.. William Granatier, director OF
the Washington Institute of Mental
Hygiene, will discuss mental hygiene
for those who have to face dis
ability. when he addresses the first
fall meeting OF the Parent-Study
Group of the Washington Hearing
Society at 8 o'clock tonight. The
session will be held at the society'S
headquarters. 243l Fourteenth street
NV.
The meeting will be opened by
Mrs. Max Chapman, group president;
who will present the incoming otti-
GERS. They are: Mrs. James E.
Walsh, jr.. president; Mrs. Lyle Mills,
vice president. and Mrs. Pauline
Proctor. secretary treasurer.
The group meets the third Friday
evening OF each month.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

in giving displaced career workers
priority in other Federal employ
ment.
The resolutions committee, ham
ding this problem, is expected to
recommend master resolution
which will call for legislative
changes by Congress to protect job
rights of career employees and at the
same time ask for more cooperation
from Federal personnel people in
dealing with the problem.
NFFE officials, as we'll as most
of the delegates here, are in. accord
with the principles Of veterans
preference in Government employ
ment. But they feel some legis-
lative changes should be made to
protect non-veteran Federal workers
with many years of service. AS one
NFFE delegate put it:
There's something screwy about
the present system which conceiv-
ably could result in veteran with
one year of service dumping a
non-veteran career employe with
Is years of service in reduction
in-force program"
The present system provides that
veterans with career status must be
retained over all non-veteran ca
Evening star., 1948-09-17
RefenaI 10 Grand Jury
Before Hearing Protested

An attorney for a man charged
with gaming offenses objected
strenuously in Municipal Court
yesterday to referral of such cases
to the grand jury in advance Of
preliminary court hearings.
United States Attorney Harold
Bacon asked a two-Week continu-
ance in the case of Alvin Jeter, 43,
of the 100 block of U street NV,
charged with operating a lottery
and possession of lottery slips. Mr..
Bacon explained the case had been
offered to the grand jury
Curtis P. Mitchell, attorney for
the defendant, argued in opposition,
contending my man has not been
given his right to a speedy trial"
Mr.. Mitchell charged the United
States Attorneys Office was "either
violating or circumventing the law"
Evening star., 1948-09-17
State Department Says
II Plans Action on Red
.Pushlin SoufheastA Asia
By the Associated Press

The United States pressed a
sharp counterattack today
against a mounting Communist
drive for power in a strategic
quarter of the world-Southeast
Asia.
With a pointed reference to the
Soviet Union, the State Depart
ment indicated yesterday it is CIV
ing close attention to the rapid in
crease in Communist activity
among the colonial peoples OF
Indonesia, Indo China and Malaga
and among the citizens of inde-
pendent Burma.
Press Officer Michael McDermott
said the department is considering
course of action" which takes
these developments into considera-
ton.
Just what action this country has
in mind was not disclosed in the
departments formal statement.
Greater Struggle Seen.
Diplomatic observers, however
saw signs of an intensified Western
! Power Communist struggle in % q
recent statement by British Foreign
Secretary Bevin and 20 the Wash
ington visit Of Dutch Foreign
Minister Derk Udo Striker.
Mr.. Bevin told Parliament Wed.
nesday that Communists are follow
ing a plan aimed at Seizing South
east Asia-a vast and rich store.
house of rubber, tin, oil and Other
strategic materials.
Declaring Britain's intention ol
fighting communism at every turn
Mr.. Bevin termed the Orient con-
fict part and parcel of the CLASH
between the two PHILOSOPHERS which
will keep on breaking out every
where it can"
The Netherlands Foreign Office
said Mr.. Striker came to Washing
ton to discuss the general politica
situatio and the development o.
communism in the Far East" The
Dutch diplomat told reporters or
arrival last night he hoped Amer.
lea would take a stand" againS
spread of communism in the Orien
Just as they are at present In Ber.
| lin."
Reds Banned in IndOnesia.
I'VE have been patient enough
about communism" ne added. His
government on Wednesday banned
all Communist activity in Indonesia
where an independent regime was
proclaimed last year - on the
grounds that it pursues "crimlnsl
aims"
In Malaga. Communists have at
tackled the British administration
in pitched battles. In neighborine
Indo-China, the French have useo
troops against a nationalist fac
ton, the Vietnamese, one of whose
leaders is an acknowledged Com
muniSt.
Noting the recent upsurge Of
Communist activity in that area
the State Department said:
ITO win support in their drive for
power. Communist leaders have
consistently pretended to champion
the cause of local nationalists.'
This scheme worked we'll the
statement added, until the Moscow
inspired denunciation Of Marshal
Tito's Communist government fol
being guilty of nationalism.
AS a result of the crackoown on
Tito, the State Department said
sincere nationalist leaders in
Southeast Asia - have now aw&k-
ened to the fact that in Communist
controlled states outside the Soviet
Union, the nationalism to which
they aspire is regarded as a high
crime and grounds for ruthless in
reference in the international af-
fairs Of such states by international
Communist organizations"
Evening star., 1948-09-17
|Ohioon Travels
| 656 Miles to Do
[One-Minute erm
By the Assoeioted Press

LITTLE ROCK. Sept. l7.-Frank
Ferris. rs, travelled 656 miles from
his home in Cincinnati to Little
Rock to serve a one-minute jail
sentence.
While on a July outing he was
charged with possessing a flrearm
in the White River game refuge
near St. Charles. Ark. Taking a
week of from his job as machin-
list. he came here yesterday and
entered a plea of guilty before Fed
ersl Judge Thomas c. Trimble.
Judge Trimble decided that the
defendant already had been SUBJ
jected to sufficient expense, and
sentenced him to one minutes i'm
prisonment.
The halo around the sun, rims
colored like a rainbow, is caused by
tiny ice crystals that bend light rays
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Correction

1t takes only one trip to New York
to vote. The Star was in error yes
terday in an article on the informa-
ton booth for absentee voters main
tanned in the lobby Of The Star
Building, in saying that the New
York voter must go home twice,
once to register and once to vote.
The New York citizen can ask to
have an absentee ballot mailed to
him when he registers, and mail in
his vote.
Evening star., 1948-09-17

role in what
police conceded
today might De
called a comedy
of errors.
After Wiltshire
district residents
complained OF a
prowler, De Ea-
ven was arrest
ed on suspiclor
of burglary.
B ut W h e n
K a t h e I ! Ii Z
ORou r k e. %
appeared a n d
said De Haven
Evening star., 1948-09-17

was her mama Carter De Haven.
ger and dramatic coach. he was re-
leased.
No charges were filed against the
veteran actor.
Miss O'Rourke said De Haven
was terribly jealous" of her. Of
flcers said he was arrested standing
rear her home before dawn. De
Haven said he was Just waiting for
0 friend.
His interest in Miss O'Rourke. De
Haven told reporters later, was
purely professional"
Evening star., 1948-09-17
British Phnes Strike
At MoIoyon INSURGENTS

KUALA LUMPUR, Malay Fedora
ton, Sept. II P.-British planes
struck today in their heaviest at
tack to cate on the Malayan in
surgents.
The Raj planes hit in three
waves at jungle encampment
north of the Selangor area. They
used rockets, cannon and machine
o,It, fro
Evening star., 1948-09-17

reduction In
force program.
Many resolu-
tions ON the sub
ject have been
S u b m i t t e d
by various locals
to the conven-
ton. Some ask
for modification
of veterans pref
erence rights in
Federal employ
ment. o t h e r S
call for more
positive action
by Government
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Four Get q Squure Deol

Four players sitting at Table No.
Is at whist party held recently
at St. Andrews. in London, were
each dealt a complete suit Of cards.
The odds against this, they were
subsequently advised by experts, are
635 ,0t3 $50 500 to one.
Evening star., 1948-09-17
| De Haven Arrest
| All a Mistake,
Police Concede
sy the Associoted Press

LOS ANGELES. Sept 17.-Carter
De Haven. 81. matinee idol of yes
teryear and father of Film Actress
Gloria De Haven. had the leading
Evening star., 1948-09-17
New Shooting Reported
In Java Red Strife

BATAVIA. Java. Sept. II lP.-
The Indonesian Republican news
agency Antara said shooting broke
out again today in Soerakarta, scene
of Communist strife. The agency
said martial law has been imposed
in the city, 40 miles from the cap
ital of Jogjakarta.
Shops. offices and schools were
closed as result of the outbreak,
the report said. It was not known
if there were any casualties.
Antara said the firing had spread
TO the previously quiet south and
northeast sectors of the city.
the report said an armed gang
had invaded the Office of Sobsi
central labor organizationD and
entered the home of a Socialist
youth organization member. The
identity OF the gang was not known.
Earlier, a Republican spokesman
said disorders still are going on be-
tween Stalinist and Trotskyist
Communists in the city and that
elements of the republican army
and navey are involved in the
fighting.
A military governor. Gatot SUBJ
roti. has been appointed. the in
formant said.
Relia BILE sources in Singaport said
last night the Indonesian Republi-
can army apparently is prepared to
meet force with force if pro-Stalin-
ist Communists attempt coup
Evening star., 1948-09-17
The Federal Spotlight IL
NFFE Plans Action to Insure
Security for Career Employees
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young
Stur Stoh Correspondent

MILWAUKEE, Sept 1-Acton to afford greater job security
rights employees last major policy
the agenda of the biennial convention of the
National Federation of Federal Employees.
With the convention preparing its veday
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny with high at about 81 this
afternoon; clear tonight with lowest
near 81. Fair and a little warmer
over the week end
Maryland, Virginia and West Vir-
einia-Fair tonight and tomorrow.
Somewhat warmer tomorrow.
Wind velocity, IA miles per hour:
direction. south-southwest.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ending
am. September II, l8 grains per
cubic yard Of air.
Fiye-Day Weather F0recast-Sep-
tember Is Through September 22.
Maryland and Northern Virginia
Temperatures will average about s
degrees above normal Normal maxi
mum. 70: normal minimum. So.
Warmer Saturday and Sunday. fol-
lowed by little change until cooler
Wednesday. Showers likely about
Wednesday, with total amount less
than 2 10 inch.
River Report.
From United States Engineers.D
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear At
Harpers Ferry.
humidity.
Yesterday. Pct To-day Pct.
Noon ~ Midnight -- -
0 m. - ~ I'm. ---- 81
pm 81 80 pm So
Hirh and Low for Yesterday.
Hlsh. -, at $50 pm.
Low, 55. at 6:4" am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 90. on August 81.
Lowest. 3. on January %.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey)
Today. Tomorrow.
Hieh S.223 am. S:.os a m
Low r:5l am. :i.:}3 AN
Hish -- S:4Sam Q.20 pm.
Low - 3:l4 pm. 3:5l pm
The Sun and Moon.
Rises. Sets.
Sun today 6:5I IA
Sun tomorrow h.5a 1:l2
Moon. today IA pm. 5:5i m
Automobile lights must be turned on
one half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.
Monthiy preCfpitat,op in inches in the
Evening star., 1948-09-17

on the problem Of strengthening
the job rights Of longtime Fed
eral career workers in any future
Evening star., 1948-09-17
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
CAPITAL leurrent month to datel:

Automobile lights must be turned on
one-half hour after sunset.
Precipitation.