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AtIunticCounciI
Continued From First Page. J

leagues. He recalled that they had
signed the Atlantic Pact in the
same building last April and said
they now were meeting to work
out the machinery to put the
treaty into effect.
Scene of the meeting was .
large room behind the stage in
the Departmental Auditorium.
The Foreign Ministers and their
ambassadors in Washington oc-
cupied "a seats around a square
table.
Secretary Acheson was accom-
panied by Assistant Secretary Per-
kins. Mr.. Bevin sat on his left,
fianked by British Ambassador Sir
Oliver Franks.
Secretary Of Defense johnson
is expected to be the American
member Of the Defense Committee
under plans calling for 1t to be
composed of the defense ministers
|of the alliance members. except
Iceland. That country has no
armed force organization. but may
be represented by another official.
No Supreme Command.
The Defense Committees func-
tions will be limited to recon-
mending plans for action by the
governments linked under the
treaty. There is no intention of
creating any supreme command AZ
this time, officials said.
In establishing the defense
committee, the council is expected
to call for 1t to get to work
promptly. Speed is made necessary
by indications that Congress will
make the development Of common
strategic plans one condition for
American arms aid to European
members Of the pact. The defense
committee may have its first meet
ing early next month.
Nations represented at the
Council meeting today are the
United States, Canada, Great
Britain. France. Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg. Nor
way, Denmark. Italy, Portugal
and Iceland. Secretary Of State
Acheson and the foreign ministers
of all the other nations except
Iceland were on hand for the ses-
sion. Iceland's Foreign Minister
Vjarni Benediktsson assigned Thor
Thors. Icelandic Minister here. to
represent him.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Farm Bureau Head
To Make ECA Survey

Allan B. Kline. president of the
American Farm Bureau Fedora
tion. left here yesterday for brief
study Of ECA operations in Europe
at the request Of ECA Admins
traitor Paul G. Hoffman.
Mr.. Kline will appraise and
explore the attitude of European
relief nations toward the United
States and the effect of ECA
operations on these attitudes.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
VA Dividend Formula
Will Give Insurance
Payments Up 10 $528

Some 100000 World War
II veterans, including about lac, 900
in the Washington area, today
started figuring their shares in
a $2.800,000,000 special dividend
on national service life insurance
under a formula announced by
the Veterans Administration.
This, formula for the biggest
insurance payoff in history. pro-
vides for individual payments as
high as $528. Most veterans will
get return Of IS cents a month
for each $1,000 worth of insurance
they held during and after the
war. First checks are expected to
go out by January and all are to
be sent by June.
Veterans Administration officials
explained, however, that the for
mula is not as simple as it looks.
Several factors such as the vet
erans' ages. the time they had
policies in force, and the amounts
OF the policies enter into individ-
ual calculations.
100000 Veterans Apply.
Publication of the formula was
to have been made tomorrow. It
was given out last night because
OF a mix-up about release time.
THE dividend will be paid on
both term and converted insur-
ance policies and only for the
period that the policy was in ef-
feet prior to the policy anniver-
sary of 194S." officials said. mo
payments will be made for periods
Of lapse"
About 100000 veterans al
ready have filed applications for
their dividends. Such applica-
tions must be filed before divi-
dends can be received.
The rate formula gives veterans
their first chance for an accurate
preview Of the amounts of money
they will receive when dividend
checks are mailed, beginning next
January.
Formula Explained.
Here's the way it works:
/. Study this rate scale and
check the amount of money listed
for your age at the time the
policy was issued:
Dividend per 81 900
Of Insurance for Each
Age at Issue. Month in Force
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Three Teen-Age Boys
Help Trap Two Men
lin Hit-and-Run Case

Following a trail in true detec-
tive fashion, three teen-age boys
were credited by police today with
solution of hit-and-run case in
which one man was seriously in
jured.
One Of the boys. Terry Davis.
13. Of 1925 Twelfth street NV,
told this story:
Playing near the corner OF
Twelfth and M streets NV. about
8 pm. yesterday, they heard a
crash. They ran to the corner
and found Max Mann. 20. of 2o9
N street NV. lying beside his mo-
torcycle. Richard Holden. 49,, OF
1925 Burns place Sc, a passenger
on the vehicle. also was on the
ground.
The boys remembered two men
they had seen earlier. circling
the block in a car. A short time
after the accident. they saw one
Of the men walking along the
sidewalk. About the same time
they saw the car again and no.
ticed it was damaged as though
1t had been in an accident.
Car Leaves Trail Of Dirt.
I'VE thought that If the man
was walking. they must be going
somewhere nearby" Terry said.
They saw the car turn the
corner, but by the time they
reached the corner. it had disap-
peared. But the boys noticed q
fine trail of dirt. possibly knocked
loose in the accident. and followed
it, up an alley between Eleventh
and Twelfth streets NV.
Police Arrest Two Men.
In the meantime, they had told
passerby to call police. Sergt.
Roy Ostrom of the Accident In
vestgiation Unit arrived to find the
boys, who pointed out the car.
Sergt. Ostrom arrested Robert E.
Hodges. 40, in house in the 1900
block of Eleventh street NV. and
charged him with leaving the scene
OF an accident and passing a stop
sign.
He posted $500 bond in Munich
pal Court today and the case was
continued until Monday.
His brother. Thomas Hodges, 43,
was arrested at a house next door
and charged with drunkenness.
Police said Terry and his friends,
whose names neither they nor
Terry knew, did some fine work.
In Gallinger Hospital Mr.. Mann
Is suffering head injuries and con-
cussion. Mr.. Holden was released
after treatment for cuts and
bruises.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Tito Clique Is Unmosked
In Trial, Reds Declare

BERLIN. Sept. II B.-The
Soviet Army newspaper Taegliche
Rundschau said today the Buda-
pest trial Of former Communist
leader Lasxlo Rajk finally un-
masks the Tito clique in Yugoslavia
AS an agency Of foreign imperial
lists"
From Rajk. the paper said, "the
threads run to the Tito clique and
further to business makers In Wall
Street"
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Weather Report

: District Of Columbia-Sunny
with highest near 80 degrees to-
day. Fair tonight with lowest
about 81 degrees. Tomorrow
mostly sunny and warm with
highest in middle 80s followed by
increasing cloudiness In after
noon.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
tonight. Tomorrow mostly sunny
but with some cloudiness in after
noon. Highest tomorrow In low
or middle 80s.
Wind velocity. 10 miles per
hour; direction. north-northwest.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Hungary
Continued From First Page J

Rakosi, on a certain night at
about midnight.
Col. Bella Korondy "a former
Budapest police official and a CO.
defendant in the triaD was
charged with execution of the as
sassination plan. Rankovic tAlex-
ander Rankovic. Minister: of the
Interior and police chief in Tito's
regime) promised to help. He
said he would send experts and
other things
We also planned to seize i'm
portant public buildings in the
capital which were to be occu-
pied by 10 reliable army battal-
ions to be brought to Budapest
on this very night"
II the putsch succeeded, Palffy
said. the plotters planned to an
nounce "a sort Of loyalty to the
Soviet Union, but emphasizing
from the start friendship to Tito's
Yugoslavia."
Palffy asserted that the pur-
ported plot had been planned for
earlier execution but was delayed
by purge in the Hungarian
Communist party.
But in March," he said, 'Rajk
told me there could be no further
delay and the putsch must be car
ried out by the end Of May at the
latest"
Rajk was arrested May 20,. ac-
cording to court testimony. and
this apparently put an end to
hopes for the purported plot.
Gen. Palffy's narrative lasted
about an hour. Then the No. 3
defendant. Lazar Brankov, ST.
year r-old former councillor of the
Yugoslav Legation in Budapest,
took the stand.
After some hesitation he de-
clared that he was partly guilty"
Like his predecessors. he then
began a public confession incrimi-
mating himself, his co-defendants
and other persons not yet brought
to trial.
He charged that Allan Dulles,
brother Of Senator Dulles, Repub-
lican, Of New York, was linked
with the alleged plot here as chief
of American wartime spying
organizations"
He also brought In the name Of
Winston Churchill, alleging that
the former British Prime Minister
early wanted to promote Anglo
American influence in Yugoslavia
and Hungary through espionage.
Bankov testified that Yugoslav
diplomats assigned to Budapest
had promted anti-Soviet activity
and espionage as early as 1945.
He quoted Tito as saying: "The
situation is not stable Gin Hun
gary and We can do good work
there"
Speaking in slightly accented
Hungarian, Brankov said the
Yugoslavs held a club of COM
promising documents" over Rajk,
but that "it was easy for us to
get Gen. Palffy on our side be-
cause it was evident rather soon
that he was q Nationalist"
Seeking to involve the Amer
leans and British. he claimed that
|all the secret information OBJ
tanned from Yugoslavia's Hun
garian agents was forwarded to
the. American Legation in Buda-
pest. He cited particularly ma
terial on the Ferenc Macy "con-
spiracy" of 1947.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Yemen Gets Four PIunes

The Yemen Government has
acquired four new airplanes, two
Of them DCs, but is making little
use Of them and thus far has not
accepted offers to use them during
the pilgrimage season to Mecca.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Regatta
Continued From First Page.)

pear on the race course for a
tuneup this morning was Horace
Dodge's My Sweetie from Detroit.
At the wheel was Bill Cantren of
Louisville. KY. one of the coun-
try's outstanding speedboat
drivers.
My Sweetie Is Favorite.
With three major victories this
year to its credit. My Sweetie was
the favprite to win the President s
Cup. Oficials listed a field of
about eight starters. including last
years winner. Jack Schafer's Such
Crust I Of Detroit. He also has
entered Such Crust II, which will
be driven by Dan Arena. who
piloted the 1948 winner here.
President Truman is expected to
return from a downriver cruise
in time to witness the final heat
Of the Presidents Cup race to-
morrow and to welcome Miss Jane
Lingo. this years regatta queen
who is a friend Of the Presidents
daughter, Margaret.
Miss Lingo and her court are
to be on hand both days at re-
viewing stands set up along East
Potomac Park seawall. opposite
the committee boat, the 165-foot
Coast Guard cutter Nemesis.
Tomorrow's races begin at 12:4O
pm. and run until about 5 pm.
A running account Of the races
was given by AL Bauer, senior
vice president of the Ameri-
can Power Boat Association and
outstanding expert on speedboats
over a public address system set up
along the seawall.
Gardiner Directs Starts.
Charles Gardiner, chairman OF
the Race Committee, directed the
complicated business Of starting
boats, clocking each one with split
second accuracy and keeping driv-
ers informed of their start at both
the outboard pits at Gravelly
Point and the inboard pits at the
Naval Air Station.
Serving with him were Charles
r. Chapman, referee: r. E. Gould
chief timer; Bill Rogers, chief
starter; Jack Anadale, chief scorer;
William r. Glazier. inboard meas
urer; E. M. Peatross, outboard
measurer; Bill Hermann, general
pit manager, assisted by Horace
Williams and Earl Hildebrand;
Capt. c. M. Durgin, surveyor: Jack
Hyde, inboard racing commission
representative for mile trials.
Also, Murray Seymour. william
Warman. Thomas and Edward
Jones, James Dillon. Willie Wilson
Edward Reaney. John Robertson
Robert Slime. Bill Havens, ST.,
Donald Malcolm and James Little
The Coast Guard was on hanc
with six picket boats and two IRE.
fighting craft, along with the biz
Evening star., 1949-09-17

2. Determine the number Of
months the policy was in effect.
II 1t is still in effect, the period
ends on the policy's anniversary
date in 1948.
8. Determine the value Of the
policy In terms Of $1,000 over the
entire number Of months.
4. Then multiply the amount
corresponding to your age by the
number Of months determined, per
$1,000 worth Of insurance.
No Payments on Lapsed Periods.
Thus. If veteran was IS years
old when his policy was issued
and he held a $4,000 policy for
40 months. he would multiply IS
cents by 40 by 10. His estimated
dividend return would be 1920.
Dividends do not extend beyond
the anniversary of the policy in
194S, even If the policies are still
in effect. The formula also ap-
plies equally to term and perma-
nent type policies. VA stressed
no payments will be made for Pc
riods during which the insurance
has been lapsed. however.
Officials said the basic rate of IS
cents was established for all vet
Grams under 40 years of age be-
cause the mortality rate for this
age group did not vary greatly.
Not included In computing this
rate were war deaths, benefits of
which were paid from q separate
congressional appropriation not
involving the mutual fund from
which the dividends will be paid.
Insurance Risk Involved.
VA said the higher payments
for younger age groups reflected
the insurance risk involved and
correspond to standard insurance
practices in computing dividends.
AS the rate table indicates, vet
erans who were under 40 when
their policies were issued will re-
ceive nearly triple the amounts
which will 60 to those over IS. The
amount Of premium payments are
in no way involved in the divi-
dend.
The maximum possible payment
of $528 is based on a $4,000
policy in force for So months, the
longest possible period.
VA officials doubted earlier that
the formula would be made pub
lie. In the first place, they said
the estimated amounts by age
groups had to be verified against
millions of actual applications. In
addition, officials were frankly
upset at the prospect of COM
plaint and letter writing If divi-
dend checks failed to match cal
culations.
zone of the factors probably re-
sponsible for Veterans Admins
txator Gray's decision to reveal
the figures, it Is felt. was the
sHong possibility of a leak of the
Information. A large number of
employees, hired and trained es-
pScially for the dividend project,
necessarily would become familiar
with the formula.
sVA asked that veterans refrain
from writing about the payments.
But with the. release Of the
formula, the agency is almost GER
tain to be swamped with requests
for information about policies.
AT the same time, one official
speculated that the high dividend
amounts probably will lead to
Widespread reinstatement of
lspsed policies. More than TO-
OK. 900 of those in effect during
tie war have lapsed.
For a veteran Is years old, for
example. CT term insurance cost
81 cents q month per thousand
AT a 55-cent a month dividend re-
tutn, the actual cost of his in
surance amounted to IL cents a
month per thousand-or $1.20 fol
$4,000 policy.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Milford Haven
Continued From First Page.)
ington Palace. inquiries brought
only the answer:


His lordship is away"
Mrs. Simpson. who came here
some days ago from Paris. is stay
ing at Claridges Hotel. Reporters
were told Mrs. Simpson Is out"
Milford Haven returned from
the United States last March. He
has gone there frequently in the
last year or so as q salesman for
a British manufacturer Of oil
heaters. -,
The tall. handsome marques is
considered in court circles as one
Of Britain's most eligible bach
elors.
His name has been linked with
many girls. He frequently has been
in the company Of Princess Mar
garet Rose. and Sharman Douglas,
daughter Of the American Am
bassador.
The marques Is the great grand
son Of Queen Victoria. His full
name is David Michael Mount
batten.
He is more reserved and aloof
than his cousin. Prince Philip. He
appears as traditionally British as
they come.
He went into the Royal Navy
IN 1888. and was awarded the Dis
tinguished Service Cross while
serving in a Malta convoy. He was
given the Order of the British EN-
pire for leadership and devotion
to duty when the British destroyer
Kanadahar was sunk in a mine
field in 1912. He held the rank OF
lieutenant. -, -, -.
Evening star., 1949-09-17

0SAAoIoA oy1op DCnlOVld dt, III IL
ginia-object of Mr.. Truman's re-
cent jibe that there are too many
Byrds in Congress-led the fight
that scuttled the ngenfritz nomi-
nation.
1t was the second major presi-
Dental appointment the Virginian
has blocked. His vote was the de-
Gliding one when the Senate Armed
Services Committee bottled up
the nomination Of former Gov.
Mon c. Wallgren of Washington
to head the National Security Re-
sources Board.
Mr.. Ilgenfritz-who didn't want
the Munitions Board Job in the
first place, according to Senator
Tydings. Democrat, of Maryland
said hescouldnt give up his $40, 900
pay because he would lose his pen
sion and other benefits.
Senator Tydings argued that
Mr.. ngenfritz was the only sman
in sight for the job. It calls for
direction Of advance planning for
industrial mobilization, the fixing
Of priorities on materials and the
ALLEGATION Of Government buying
authority.
In q telegram read to the Sen
ate during the. debate. Mr.. ngen-
fritz offered to work for the Gov
eminent for nothing. But he
added he didn't believe any such
arrangement would be legal.
Bad Precedent Seen.
Senator Byrd insisted that 1t
would be bad precedent to let
Government officials draw pay
from private companies. He said
it wasn't like the case Of wartime
dollar-a-year men, since Mr.. Ilgen-
fritz would put in full time and
draw . $4,000 salary from the
Government.
He said it would be a case of
United States Steels "subsidizing'
the Government. That precedent,
he added, might have "very dis
astrous consequences in the years
to come"
Senator Byrd told reporters he
doesn't think the President-who
has complained often about the
difficulty of getting good men to
take Government jobs-should
have too much trouble in finding
a board chairman.
TITS ridiculous to say that ngen-
fritz is the only man in the United
States that can do this job" he
said. There are thousands of
business men capable Of doing it."
Some of Mr.. Truman's staunch-
est supporters in the Senate voted
against the nomination. They in
cluded such Democrats as Sem
ators Humphrey of Minnesota,
Kerr Of Oklahoma, Magnuson OF
Washington. Mcmahon of Con-
necticut and O'Mahoney Of Wy
oming.
Bricker Attacks Carson's Views.
Republicans split about evenly,
with IL for confirmation and Ia
against. The Democratic count was
16 for and % against.
The Democrats seemed likely,
however, to give more substantial
backing to the Carson nomination.
Senator Magnuson. Democrat, OF
Washington predicted the Trade
Commission nominee viii be con-
firmed. Senator Lucas Of Illinois,
the Democratic leader, said he
wasn't SO sure.
Senator Bricker, Republican, of
Ohio led an attack on Mr.. Car
sons economic views, calling him
"a dreamer and q kind Of fuzzy
thinker" The Ohioan said Mr..
Carson wasn't q Republican. but
had registered the last time in
1916 as q Democrat. He said
confirmation would upset the BIZ
partisan balance on the COM
mission.
Senator Lucas said the way the
nominee had talked about the free
enterprise system in committee
testimony made him sound like q
RAntlbiican. at laa IT
Evening star., 1949-09-17

Mrs. Simpsons marriage to
William Simpson of Locust VAL
ley. N. Y, which took place in
New Jersey in 1916, ended two
years later in a Reno divorce.
She is a great-granddaughter Of
Admiral John Dahlgren, q Civil
War naval oficer, and 4 descend
ant on her maternal side Of VII
liam Clark, youngest brother of
George Rogers Clark who partici-
pated in the Lewis and Clark
expedition in the early 1800s.
She lives at $40 Park avenue,
New York.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
ID. G.. Pollen Count.

ID. e. Pollen Count.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ended am. September II, "a
grains per cubic yard of air.
River Report.
rrom U. 8. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and At Great Falls; Shenandoah clear
at Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1949-09-17

HiEh and Low for Yesterday,
High, 73, at 1:01 am.
Low. so, at 6:04 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 81. on August II.
Lowest, Fl, on January 80.
Evening star., 1949-09-17
Appointments
Continued From First Page
Fight Led by Byrd.

Der Of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion.
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Rrecfpftatl0n.
Monthly precipitation in inches In the
CAPITAL (current month to date):
Evening star., 1949-09-17

Tide Tables.
Furnished By United States Coast ant
Evening star., 1949-09-17

pear on the race course for a
tuneup this morning was Horace
Dodge's My Sweetie from Detroit.
At the wheel was Bill Cantrell of
Louisville. KY. one of the coun-
try's outstanding speedboat
drivers
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chapter q

Il
CHRIS HARTMAN motioned for
~ silence. Just a second" The
voices. ceased. Ace Spade threW a
quick look in Haid's direction.
What's the natter" William
Owens looked puzzled.
They could hear II now. tool A
light knock on the door
'sAny of you boys expecting
some. company2" Haid asked.
looking at the other two He new
er got an, answer. for his whole
attention was suddenly taken by
the sound Of Harmari's voice
raised in protest.
whats the big idea. busting
in here like this? tell YOU the
place is closed" He tried to push
the door shut.
With a shove that sent Hartman
Keeling backwards. the intruder
forced his way through.
"This is the. law. bud. We have
4 warrant to search the place
and bring back anyone we find
here"
There was the momentary fash
ofhis badge as he tucked Il away.
THE D.A. wants to have a
little talk with YOU OK. boys,
lets see. what's at the back" he
said over his shoulder to the two
burlg figures that followed him.
Rushina past the laundry store
propriafpr. be opened the door
into the back room. Owens rose
from behind his desk.
What's the meaning Of this?"
he mustered.
Police. ~ the other replied. 'sYou
gents get a nave on. We're TAX
ing YOU along"
In about. ten minutes one of
the. men at the front shouted,
"The wagons here.
They were unceremoniouSly
bundled inside the patrol wagon.
The ride to the station was one of
unbroken silence. Each was occu-
pied with his own thoughts. AS
they felt the van pulling up, Har-
man cautioned them. Remember
keep your traps shut. They've got
nothing on us, and the boSS'l
see that we're sprung. Just act
dumb and say you don't know tc
everything"
The rear doors were thrown
open and one by one the four
jumped to the pavement. The
other three preceded Haid down
the corridor. The detective in the
lead threw open a door. Wait
in here" he indicated. AS Haid
was about to follow. he held out