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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-02

Assisting DR.. Sims and Alex
andria police In the identity search
were a group of fingerprint ex-
perts from the FBI, headed by
Quinn Tamm. Mr.. Tamm, who
left at sos pm. said prints had
been taken Of all the victims, for
checking at FBI headquarters.
Soon after he left, volunteer
members of Alexandria Rescue
Squad No. l began to remove the
bodies to mortuary establishments
In the city. DR.. Sims and Alex
andria Police Inspector Russell
Halves explained the bodies were
removed because there were no
facilities for caring for them in
the armory.
In addition to the three bodies
positively identified and the four
sent to the District Morgue, 1t.
Halves listed IL persons who were
tentatively" identified, principal
ly through personal papers. There
remained unidentified one man,
badly mutilated. and six women,
the officer said.
Eastern Air Lines officials said
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last night 1t was felt that no fur
ther bodies would be sent to Alex
andria, but to the District Morgue,
since recovery operations were
centralized in the river.
Meanwhile. similar searches for
Identification were under way at
the District Morgue. where DR..
Macdonald reported Identification
of 10 victims.
J. Whitney Baker, SIS, an insur-
ance executive of Plainfield, N. j.,
was identified by his sister-in-law,
Mrs. Eberhardt l.. Faber, who was
accompanied to the Morgue by
Senator LANCER. Republican. OF
North Dakota and Mrs. LANCER.
Mrs. Faber is q niece Of Mrs.
LANCER.
In another direct identification
Gordon c. Hopkins, Washington
Office manager Of the Radiomarine
Corp. of America, identified the
body of Frank e. Spaulding, jr.,
80, as an RCA engineer of White
Plains. N. Y.
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Gas Furnace Stolen

PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2 R-
Maybe the coal shortage is to
blame. Thieves stole complete
gas furnace from a house under
construction In the west end.
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Miss Thelma Foster of Mis-
soula, Mont. en- route from New
York to Charlotte, N. c.
Noah N. Gallop. 80, of Jamaica
Estates, N. Y, head of the &C
counting firm of Noah N. Gallop
Co. He was en- route to Wash
ington.
Robert M. Lynyak, IS, of Ridge
wood, N. j., senior financial bond
underwater with the United
States Guaranty Co.. New York.
L. SAKE Of New York, en- route
to Washington,
William Smyth. 80, of Roslyn
Estates, N. Y, secretary treasurer
of the DECENTRALIZATION Pencil Co.,
son-in-law of J. Whitney Baker,
another victim.
Gardner w. Taylor, so. Bronx
vile, N. Y, president of the First
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New York Citizens Committee for
the Hoover Report. He was en-
route to Washington on business
for the committee.
w. H. st. Clair, 80, of New York.
He was en- route to Richmond.
S. FitzHugh Scribner, A, of
New York, educational director of
Charles Scribner's Sons, publish
ing firm founded by his grand
father. He was en- route to Rich
mond to attend a meeting of the
Virginia Education Association.
Ralph B. Shaw, so, of New York,
q salesman for the Pacific Mills.
He was on his way to Richmond.
Philip Silverman, IS, New York
attorney, en- route to Washington
on business.
Harold v. Smith, SO, civil engi-
neer of Saratoga Springs, N. Y,
en- route to Florida for a vacation.
Frank E. Spaulding, 80, of White
Plains. N. Y. An engineer with
the Radio Corp. of America, he
was enroute to Washington for a
conference on the ALLEGATION of
short wave bands.
Miss Betsy Thorup, 10, q Duke
University student. She was a
daughter OF Sheridan Thorup of
Wellesley Hills, Mass, a vice presi-
dent of the State Street Trust
Co. in Boston. A member of the
Duke Student Council. she was
len route to. Durham.
E 6rx Isabel Velutini, rs, OF
IC4raEAs Venezuela. wife of the
president Of q Venezuela textile
firm. She boarded the plane in
New Y0rk and intended to visit
friends here.
Francis NJ. Weld, "a, Of New
York; Seni0r partner in the Wall
trett banking arm of White,
Weld q GO. He was en- route To
washington.
J. d, Wicks Of Gastonia, N. c.,
president Of the Accessories Corp,
manufacturers Of oil filters. en-
route to Charlotte.
PASSENGERS. -
Unidentified.
Representative George J. Bates,
Republican, Of Massachusetts,.
veteran House member on his way
to Washington for q conference
on defense policies.
Mrs. Silas Bent Of Greenwich,
Conn.,. en- route to Bowling Green.
Va. to visit her brother, Judge
Porter Sims. In her late COS, she
was the widow Of the free-lance
writer and author of biography
Of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Mrs. Charles Chase, Is, of Wis
casset, Me-, en- route to Richmond.
Carter Darlington Chase, g.
month-old son of Mrs. Chase.
Miss Mary Donovan, SO, of Car
teret. N. j.. a nurse, en- route to
New Orleans.
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month-old daughter Maureen. Mr..
McCusty was en- route to WASH
ington.
Theodore MCGEE Of Oklahoma
City, Okla, president of a park
ing meter company. He was en-
route to Charlotte.
Miss Olga Martinez, ~. of Rio
Padres. Puerto Rico. who was en-
route to Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. r.. r. Miller Of
5612 Grove street, Chevy Chase,
Md.
Leland B. Moss, 46. of White
Plains, N. Y, manager of the in
dustrial relations department Of
a paperboard manufacturing COM
pany. He was on his way to
Richmond.
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Morques for Air Victims Set Up Under Old pLon

who pressed forward for glimpses
inside. Until darkness. about half
the crowd were small children.
Inside, the bodies, many brought
from Alexandria Hospital, were
lined in rows, with personal eff
fects of the crash victims piled
nearby.
There were few visitors to make
personal Identification Of the vic
Tins. most Of whom lived far
from Washington.
Uncle Identifies Baby.
But 1s-month-old Maureen Nc
Cusky was identified by her uncle,
Philip F. Thompson, 1885 F street
Sc, who tearfully told reporters
afterwards that Maureen was fly
ing here with her mother and
father to live with him.
Later, Mr.. Thompson went to
the District Morgue and identi-
fled Maureen's parents, Fred e.
McCusky, Is. of Boston, who in
tended to take civil service ex-
animation here, and his wife Mar
tina, %. Mr.. Thompson's sister.
The bodies of both were recovered
from the river.
The Identification of Mrs. Isabel
Velutini. rs. was made by Otmara
Sylvia. Second Secretary of the
Venezuelan Embassy. He told re-
porters Mrs. Velutini, the wife OF
Enrique Velutini, a textile manu-
facturer of Caracas. Venezuela
was on the way to visit her small
son, . pupil in q school here.
The only other positive identi-
ficatien In Alexandria was made
by q group OF airline pilots, who
identified Helen Gilbert Of Brook
lyn. stewardess on the Inflated
airliner. Larry Gates Of the Air
line Pilots Association said the
pilots all Eastern Air Line cap
tains, Gid not identify any Of the
others sas crew members.
Col. Jack Finks, chief of re-
search and development for the
Once Of the Quartermaster Cen
|eraL was unable to identify the
body ~ Dr.. Francis Randall OF
Lawrence, Mass, who is connected
with Army research projects
among the victims,
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PASSENGERS.
Identified.

]. Whitney Baker, Sc. of Plain
field. N. j.. president of the firm
of Carpenter & Baker, insurance
brokers. He was en- route to
Washington with his son-in-law,
William Smyth, also a victim.
w. J. Casey, AZ, of Brooklyn,
president of the w. j., Casey
Trucking and Rigging Co. He
was en- route to Richmond on a
business trip.
Miss Beatrice Costa, %, of Rio
Padres. Puerto Rico. who boarded
the plane in New York for Wash
ington. She was an employe of
the Puerto Rican government.
M. L. Daniel of New Boston,
N. H.. who boarded the plane at
Boston en- route to Atlanta.
Raymond B. Deane, jr.. 80, of
Yonkers. N. Y, en- route to Wash
ington. He was an accounts
executive of the Bureau of Adj
vertising. American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
Eugene Love Fair Of oxford,
Miss. bound for Richmond.
Robert M. Field, jr., Of the
Bronx, N. Y. lawyer, author and
one time Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, who was en- route to Wash
ington.
Lawrence p. Glasner, AZ, of New
York, eastern sales manager for
Schick. Inc. razor company. He
was en- route to Charlotte on the
first leg of an extended business
trip.
Fred A. Hartman, 81, of Amity-
vile. l.. T., vice president of the
Protexol Co., New York, manufac-
turers of f1reprooflng material. He
was on his way to Washington on
a business trip.
Howard C. Haupt, so, Of Garden
City, Long Island, chain store
sales manager for the bureau of
advertising, American Newspaper
Association.
Miss Helen E. Hokinson, Of
Wilton, Conn, well-known car
toonist, who was en- route to
to address a Commu-
nifty Chest meeting.
Ralph Horton of Rye, N. Y,
certified public accountant, who
was on his way to Washington.
Louis Igsur Of Brookline. Mass,
who boarded the plane in Bos-
ton.
Michael ]. Kennedy, So, former
New York Representative and
Tammany leader.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred McCusty of
Brighton, Mass, and their 49,
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been with the airline since 1914.
Charles r. Hardwood, %, CO.
pilot. of Roselle, N. Y. He served
% months overseas with 453th
Troop Carrier Command during
the war and went to work for
Eastern in 1916.
Oscar Orihuela, 80, of New York,
flight attendant, a native of
Tampa, Fla, who went to work
for the company six years ago.
Unidentified.
Capt. George Ray, 80. the pilot,
OF Mount Kimball Lake, N. j. He
had been with the company 10
years, having started as q me-
chanic. He had been . pilot for
10 wears.
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Lawrence Oleck, New York at
torney, who was bound for Wash
ington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul H. Peck of
Richmond.
Mrs. nj. A. Perkins, SO, of Cairo,
Ga, en- route to Atlanta.
DR.. Francis E. Randall, IS, a
staff member of the United States
Climatic Research Laboratory at
Lawrence. Mass. He had made
detailed measurements of the
stature of Army recruits to learn
the effect of Army life on them.
Theodore M. Richie, So, of New
York. He was president of the
John M. Richie & Co.. insurance
brokers, chairman of the Greater
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Capt. Rickenbocker
Voices Sympathy
In Air Disaster
BY ths Assoeioisd Press

NEW YORK, Nov. Capt.
Edward v. Rickenbacker.
president Of Eastern Air Lines,
expressed sympathy today to
relatives and friends of the SIS
persons killed in yesterdays
crash on one of the company's
planes at Washington.
I'VE of Eastern Air Lines"
he said In q statement, deep
ly regret the tragic accident
resulting from causes beyond
our control.
"All members of Eastern
Air Lines organization SYM
pathize deeply with relatives
and friends of those lost.
There Is little that I per-
'sonally can add or say In adj
dition to the facts already
known"
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Under terms Of a long standing
jurisdictional agreement. the old
red-brick armory of the Alex
andria Light Infantry yesterday
became a temporary morgue,
where body after body was
brought from the disastrous air
crash over the Potomac.
During seven horror filled
hours, 26 bodies were examined,
searched and finger printed in
the ancient building in the 200
block of South Royal street. as
local and Federal officials sought
to establish their identity.
The bodies became the respon-
sibility of Alexandria Coroner
John A. Sims, because they were
discovered on the Virginia banks
of the Potomac, in an area deter
mined to be the jurisdiction Of
Alexandria.
Victims dragged from the river
itself were sent to the District
Morgue. Under the jurisdictional
agreement, Coroner A. Magruder
Macdonald explained, the Dis
trict's responsibility extends in
the Potomac as far as Jones
Point. south Of Alexandria.
Thus it was, DR.. Macdonald
said, that four bodies recovered
from the river later were trans
ferred to the District, after they
had been "misdirected" to the
Alexandria "morgue."
The horrifying scene at the
Alexandria Armory was in sharp
contrast to the night before
when a gay Halloween party was
held for children of the city. And
last night, as the bodies were be-
ing removed, members Of Alexan-
dria's Battery B, 710th AAA Gun
Battalion, National Guard, trooped
in to report for duty but were sent
home Immediately, their regular
drill period suddenly Cancelled.
Barbados Exclude Crowds.
A steady rain heightened the all
OF bleak dependency outside the
armory, where reporters huddled
against the side of the building
awaiting word of the identifica.
lions. Police put up barricade.
10 keep back crowds Of the curious
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Switched Reservations
Save Executives Life
,y the Associated Press

br We %SsoSfutod FIeSx
PITTSBURGH, Nov. 2. - A
Pittsburgh executive probably
saved his life yesterday by switch
ing airline reservations. &
J. P. Lally, president of c. g.
Hussey g. Co., q copper fabricat-
ing firm, whose name was car
ried on the passenger list Of the
Inflated Eastern Air Lines plane,
called his Office to say he was not
aboard the plane.
Mr.. Lally said he changed
reservations at the last minute
because he wanted to go directly
to Philadelphia. He originally
was booked to fly to Washington
first, then back to Philadelphia
on another plane.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-02

GARDNER w. TAYLOR,
Banker, One of Crash Victims.
-AP Wirephoto.
Federal Reserve and Loan Asso-
citation of New York. He was
pound for Washington.
jules Vogel, AZ. Of New York,
en- route to Washington. He was
a salesman for the Warren Thread
Co.
Mrs. Shirley Bartlett Williamson,
Al, of Boston, bound for Atlanta.
CREW MEMBERS.
Identified.
Miss Helen v. Gilbert, 80, stew
of Brooklyn. She had
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Boiling Tower Heard
Bolivia! Bolivia! Cry
Just Before Crash
Bolivia! Boliyiai Bolivia I"

Bolivia! Bolivia! Bolivia!"
These frantic words prob
ably were the last spoken in
the National Airport control
towers desperate effort to
avert yesterdays airliner-
fighter plane collision. They
were directed to Eric Rios Bri-
doux. Bolivian pilot of the
P-38.
In his own control tower at
Boiling Air Force Base, where
he had just brought down a
BIS, S/Sergt. William S.
Buckwalter, 80. heard the cry
on the National Airport radio
channel and looked up.
A split second later two
planes tumbled from the sky
in a mass of wreckage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-02
Il Bags Of Mail Found,
5 From DC-4 Still Sought

City Post Office inspectors have
salvaged II pouches of mail from
the Potomac River and are search
ing for five more carried on the
|DC-4 when it crashed, officials
said today.
The letters, thoroughly soaked,
are being dried and prepared for
forwarding at the Post Office.
Many of the damaged letters will
be placed in separate envelopes If
addresses still are legible.
Two inspectors, on the scene
since yesterday afternoon, are con-
Quoting the search for the mail,
most of it marked for destinations
| in the South.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-02
List of Persons Aboard N|-Foted Ar|iner

Here is an UNOFFICIAL list OF
passengers and creW aboard
the Eastern Air Lines plane
which crashed here yesterday:
Evening star., 1949-06-24

C. Smith College and OF the
Theological Seminary at Char
lotte, N. c. He came to his present
Washington charge in 1925 from
st. Augustine Church. Paterson,
N. j.
Was Moderator Here.
He was moderator of the Wash
ington City Presbytery. l939-40,
and vice president of the Wash
ington Federation of Churches,
1944-46. He lives at IT'S First
street NV.
In commenting on election to
the highest Office in the synod,
DR.. Taylor said:
"Such a radical change from
ones being excluded-because of
his race-to his elevation to the
highest Office, in great body of
this kind. is seldom expected to
be made in the run of 20 years.
1T seems rather like a fancied
success story Without the full
and enthusiastic initiative of the
Presbytery of Washington City.
could not have been elected" .
THE action here today will have
repercussions here> in our synod
but here and elsewhere. it will be
significant to ministers, elders and
also the lawmakers"
Evening star., 1949-06-24
District Negro Pastor Named
Presbyterian Synod Moderator
DR.. HALEY B. Taylor
Is First of His Roce
Ever TO Hold Post
Speeial Dispoieh 10 The S,or

FREDERICK, Md, June "a
Twenty years ago the Rev. DR.
HALEY B. Taylor. pastor Of the
Fifteenth Street Presbyterian
Church, Washington, walked ou,
on a conference Of the Presby-
terian Synod of Baltimore at Hood
College because he was refused a
place to stay.
Yesterday, at a similar confer
ence at the same college. he was
elected a moderator of the synod
first colored man ever to hold the
post.
AS moderator, he is head of 153
churches. 200 ministers and 4,167
members of Presbyterian churches
in Delaware, Maryland, Washing
ton and Virginia. He was nomi-
mated without opposition and his
election was unanimous.
Twenty years ago this month
DR.. Taylor withdrew his name
from the conference register. left
the meeting and returned home
when the college denied him quar-
tiers. At that time he was secre-
tary of the Presbyterian Ministers
Association of Washington.
Stays at College This Year.
This year he stayed at the COL
leg during the synod meeting.
Named as his assistant is the
Rev. Richard M. Mussenn, pastor
of the Sherwood Church, Wash
ington. Their terms are for one
year.
The Rev. DR.. A. Brown Caldwell,
Baltimore, was reelected for a
three-year term as stated clerk and
treasurer.
Named to the synod's general
council were DR.. Taylor, DR.. Cald-
well, the Rev. William j. Keppler
of Northminster Church, Washing
ton; the Rev. j. J. Brown, Sails
bury; McCarl4on A. Guenther, Bal
timore; s. Gordon Mitchell, Will
mington, Del, and David S. Bender,
Arlington, Va.
A native of New Bern. N. c., DR..
Taylor is a graduate Of johnson
Evening star., 1949-06-24
| ArmIess, LegIess
Veteran Visits
| White House

James Wilson, %. quadruple
3mputee. walked into the White
House yesterday for a talk with
President Truman.
The Jacksonville. Fla. war vet
(ran walks with artificial legs. He
Also has artificial arms. A former
Air Forces radio operator, he lost
his arms and legs In plane crash
hear Burlington, Vt. in World
War II.
Mr.. Wilson asked President Tru-
man to use his influence to get
bills passed providing automobiles
knd preferential civil service rat
angs for veteran amputees. He
said the President promised to dc
what he could.
The veteran drove his own car
10 the White House. accompanied
by his 11-year-old nephew. Pat
Robinson. A law student at the
University of Florida. Mr.. Wilson
ts en- route to Atlantic City to ad-
dress the Disabled American Vet
trans' convention.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
LIQUOR Store License
Transfer Studied

The Alcoholic Beverage Con-
troll Board today has under con-
sideration the transfer of a license
for a package liquor store from
81 Florida avenue NV. to 1913
Kenilworth avenue NE.
The three-day hearing ended
yesterday. Attorney F. Joseph
Donohoe, representing Henry
Ridge, who is seeking the trans
fer. accused the attorneys for
the protesting groups of being
an "unholy alliance" of a COM
petitor and an apartment dwell
ing company in an effort to create
a monopoly for another package
store just over the District line
in Maryland.
Attorney Robert z. Lynch. who
was accused of being the attor-
ney for the competing liquor deal
er. said the applicant for the
transfer had made a previous ap-
plication for license in the same
building and was refused. This
fact. he said. should govern the
boards ruling in this case.
In another hearing held later
the board heard a protest from
Herman Weisenblatt. owner Of a
package store on Fourteenth street
between Spring road and Quincy
street NV, against the granting
of license to sell light wines
and beer to Jack w. Linderman
who conducts a delicatessen store
across the street at 1901 Four
teenth street NV. Mr.. Weisen-
blatt told the board there is not
enough business for another
store.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
Public Barred From Trial
In Roanoke Church Yayino
D. .. A.sassssss ss.s,

ROANOKE. Va. June 34--Tks
murder trial Of Lee Buddy, Scott.
ls. scheduled 10 start In Husssnga
Court Monday wiil be closed TO slAs
public. judge Dirk A. Kuyk an
nouneed yesserdaT.
An persons wisoas presence &C
the trial . . is not necessary VIII
be excluded - Judge kuyk
aaid. adding that Instructions 10
this effect have h~~n given city
sergt. EdxRr l. wirassead. Tns
press. however. wall be rwue@eni@a
nj tfe trial.
Scott ID charged with the saAy-
Ina OF ie-yeAs -oad jefferson Hign
School eaAassnsss. Dana Aarss
Weaver. In The paYtah house ~
Christ Episcopal Church CO tks
nixtzs OF Nay O.
Evening star., 1949-06-24
'HeIicopter Lands Atop Market
ToPick Up Fruit for Suburbs

There's nothing quite 10 handy
as a helicopter for delivering fruit
from downtown Washington TO
Congressional Airport.
To demonstrate this fact and
the feasibility OF rooftop landings
10 facilitate the mail service. the
Center Market and Hitler He'll
copters. Inc. of Palo Alto. Calf E.
teamed up this morning
The 'copter. branehild OF the
youthful California aeronautical
genius. Stanley Hitler. jr,. was
brought down on the markets one
acre roof Aboard were some token
mail and Senator Frear, Demo-
crat. OF Delaware. q member OF the
Senate Post Once Committee. On
the return trip Pilot Harry Wat
son carried q bushel basket full OF
assorted citrus and tropical edi-
Evening star., 1949-06-24
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