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Evening star., 1949-10-20
Navy Morale Climbing,
Re-enIistmenfs Indicate

Morale in the Navy has shown
a steady climb during the past
six months, if the number Of en-
listed personnel who have signed
up for additional periods is any
indication.
The Navy disclosed today the
number of re-enlistments climbed
from 1,577 in April to 6,185 during
Sept te m ber. Military officials
always have taken the re-enlist-
ment rate as a partial barometer
of morale.
Navy Secretary Matthews re-
Gently defended naval morale be-
fore the House Armed Services
Committee. declaring it was good.
Previously, Vice Admiral Gerald
Began, commander of the First
Task Fleet in the Pacific, had
written Mr.. Matthews that Navy
morale had plummeted almost
to dependency because of a
widespread belief that the coun-
try was being sold a false bill of
goods" His letter was one of a
series of documents given news
men by Capt. John G. Crommelin,
who was suspended for that
action.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
BY the ksseeioted Press

BALTIMORE, Oct. 2O.-When
he won a field commission in
France in 1914, Albert Miller raised
the allotment he was sending
home to $170 a month.
The Army got it mixed up and
made it $270 month. Mr.. Miller
continued to get the difference
between $170 and his regular pay.
The lieutenant found out about
the mixup while he was convelesc-
ing from a wound suffered at st.
Lo. He wrote Army fiscal officials
a letter or two and was told that
things would be Strengthened out.
But the Army continued to send
$270 month back to Baltimore.
That went on for % months.
When Mr.. Miller was handed his
discharge papers, he was also
handed communication which
said, in effect:
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Two Navy Reservists Die,
WAVE Is Saved in Crash
BY the Associated Press

DALTON, Ga, Oct. 20. At
tempting an emergency landing
on a hastily Lighted football field,
a small Navy plane crashed into
a cemetery last night, exploded
and burned. Two reserve officers
were killed and a WAVE was seri-
ously burned.
Volunteers snatched the WAVE
from the flaming wreckage while
fremen tried to extinguish tho
blaze. Firemen said the planes
fuel tanks were nearly dry.
The plane had circled Dalton
several times before it attempted
to come down on the makeshift
landing field.
The WAVE, identified as Mary
Goldstein of Glen View, Ill.,, was
reported in critical condition at
Dalton hospital. The Atlanta
Naval Air Station listed the dead
as Ensign Ralph Meeks, jr., the
pilot, and Comdr. c. Ross Kiester,
both of Atlanta. They were re-
Servists,
Ensign Meeks was an employe
of United Press in Atlanta.
The plane was returning to itS
Atlanta base from the Naval Air
Station at Glen View, Ill.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Captain Of Noronic
Declared Not Drunk
BY the Assoeioted Press

TORONTO, Oct. 20.-Constable
William Dugan of Toronto testified
today that Capt. William Taylor
of the steamship Noronic "smelled
of liquor" Immediately after the
ship fire September II but there
was nothing in his actions to
indicate he was intoxicated.
Constable Dugan, a witness at
the federal inquiry into the cruise
ship disaster. said he saw the cap
tain on Pier 9 about $3.50 am.
on the day the fire raced through
the ship, taking 119 lives.
The constable said he first saw
the captain in the company of a
detective who asked me to escort
him to waiting room. We noticed
he had cut on his hand and
wanted to take him to a hospital" !"
why did you feel you had to
give Capt. Taylor a hand?"
HE wanted to go back to the
docks"
Constable Dave Smith said he
was with Constable Dugan on the
docks and that he could detect a
slight smell of liquor" on Capt.
Taylor's breath.
"His speech and walk were all
right" Constable Smith added.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Reich Unity Still Aim
OF u. s., McC|oy Says
BY the kssocioted Press

FRANKFURT. Germany, Oct
20.-American High Commissioner
John j. McCloy said last night
that unity of Germany still is
an American objective despite
formation of the separate Soviet
zone government.
He said the German nation
could not continue indefinitely
half slave, half free"
The United States will cooper
ate with Germany in helping her
achieve true unity on the basis
Of free institutions, and free elec-
tions, he declared.
A reporter asked how unity
could be achieved on this basis
'If Soviet Willingness were not
forthcoming"
Mr.. McCloy asked in turn how
else it could be achieved.
He indicated he hoped the Ger
man people would form their own
judgments concerning the rival
East and West regimes and be
drawn toward the Western sys-
tenn.
Asked whether the Germans
would not be swayed by the in
dependence offered by the Eastern
regime, Mr.. McCloy replied: THE
bulk of the people will judge it
for what it is worth"
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Army Stroightens Things Out,
Also Mixes Them Up Again

you owe us $4,000. Please
remit"
Mr.. Miller paid, and received &
receipt.
He dismissed the whole thing
from his mind.
Then, early last year, he re-
ceived a letter from the Army.
It said, in effect:
"You owe us $4,000. Please
remit"
With it was q self-addressed
return envelope.
A series of letters was ex-
changed. After many months, the
Army wrote that it had found its
mistake and that Mr.. Miller's
financial record was straight.
|, Mr.. Miller carefully put the
whole file away for a possible
contingency. It came a day or
two ago. In the mail was a letter
from the Army. 1t said, in effect:
you owe us $4,000. Please re-
nit in inclosed envelope"
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Former PIX Official
Convicted in Reich
BY the A,soe;oted Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct.
20.-A United States Army court
martial today found James. w.
Mobley, 81. of Macon, Ga. guilty
on 13 counts Of misappropriating
Government property-cigarettes.
He was sentenced to five years in
prison and fined $4,000.
The court decreed that if he
did not pay his fine he would
serve another five years. Mobley
is a former post exchange pur-
chasing official.
The court also found him guilty
of breaking arrest last year when
ordered confined to the Frankfurt
military post.
Joseph S. Robinson of New
York, Mobley's counsel, said he
would appeal the sentence to the
Judge Advocate Generals Office
In Washington. and, if unsuccess-
full there, would attempt to have
Mobley released on a writ of
habeas corpus.
Mobley's case was the last of
10 in which defendants were &C
cused of misappropriating post
exchange cigarettes and disposing
OF them on the black market.
Testimony indicated 10000 car
tons were involved.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
-Four Virginia Towns
Ask Emergency Coal
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND. Va. Oct. 90
Virginia's Emergency Fuel Com
mission has received orders from
four localities for coal from it's
emergency stockpile in Southwest
Virginia.
Richmond's Emergency Fuel
Committee asked for three car
loads of coal yesterday. Lexing-
ton and Leesburg requested two
carloads each and Norfolk one ad-
ditional carload.
AT Covington, coal dealers told
that city's local committee there
is an acute coal shortage. They
estimated the present supply at
40 tons and ordered five carloads
from the State commission. After
October "a coal in Covington is to
be sold by certificate only, the
committee announced.
t. Ashby Newton of the State
commission staff said orders for
coal from the State stockpile thus
far have taxed less than a third
OF the capacity to ship emergency
fuel.
He explained that at least IS
carloads. about 2,100 tons, a day
can be loaded and shipped. This
capacity is expected to be in
creased to about so carloads
shortly.
Mr.. Newton urged that Vir-
glnlans worried about coal supplies
communicate with their local
fuel committees so that provision
may be made to supply their needs
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Sawyer Tells Latins
How 10 Earn Dollars
BY the Associated Press

MEXICO CITY, Oct. 20.-Sec-
retary of Commerce Sawyer today
gave Latin American countries
two tips on how to earn badly
needed dollars.
He suggested Cd that they
stage big international trade
fair. and 90 that they plug harder
on their color and romance" to
attract tourists.
The Marshall Plan, or some
similar plan for Latin America
could not solve the dollar shortage
problem, Mr.. Sawyer said in a
speech prepared for the 10Th an
nual convention of the American
Society of Travel Agents.
In the long rum" he said, I'VE
must find ways to enable other
countries to earn dollars they
need by exporting their goods
and selling their services to the
United States"
A trade fair, Mr.. Sawyer said,
would display Latin American
goods to the world, and. citing
Mexico as an example of the i'm
portance of encouraging tourists,
he added: Travel between our
two countries is one of the most
promising means of closing the
export gap"
The Commerce Secretary also
suggested that United States capi-
tai spent in business enterprises
south of the border might help.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Britain 10 Ban Machines
Selling Contraceptiyes
BY the Assoeioted Press

LONDON, Oct. 20.-The British
Home Secretary promised today
to take action to outlaw slot ma
chimes that dispense contracep-
tives. The decision followed
Church of England criticism of
the machines.
I have concluded, that the So
cial mischief involved is so Sc
rlous as to require immediate
action" declared Home Secre-
tary Chuter EIDE in the House of
Commons. He said a law would
be drafted at once.
Mr.. EIDE said it would be a
model law for circulation to all
county and borough councils for
their consideration.
Contraceptive-selling slot ma
chimes were installed recently for
the first time outside many Brit
lsh drug stores. Churchmen pro-
tested. The Archbishop of Can
terbury, DR.. Geoffrey Fisher. said
the Church of England would
campaign for a law against them.
The Bishop of Chelmsford called
earlier today for a boycott of drug
stores that have installed ma
chimes.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Bradley Lists Rules
For Martyrs; Sees
Few Opportunities
BY the Associated Press

Gen. Bradley laid down
some ground rules for
martyrdom in his testimony
before the House Armed
Services Committee yesterday
on Navy protests against ma
tional defense polices. He
said
with no malice, I would
like to offer some impartial
advice to all aspiring martyrs:
To be successful in a sacri-
flee, he must be 100 per cent
right; to be respected a mar
tyr must be completely un-
selfish in thought and mott
vation: his sacrifice must be
for the good of the entire
Nation.
Under such requirements.
I see few opportunities for
martyrs in this defense con-
troversy today"
Evening star., 1949-10-20

her engagement ring-a huge ruby
set in a circlet of diamonds-to
reporters. She pulled off a glove,
and then almost Immediately
donned it again.
The marques travelled in a
5000 cabin on the main deck,
while Mrs. Simpson had a $500
cabin on a deck below. Neither
suffered much discomfort during
the big liners stormy voyage.
Atlantic storms delayed the ships
arrival IL hours.
Milford Haven said he has not
yet met Mrs. Clark McIlwaine
of Washington, mother of the
26-year-old Mrs. Simpson. He
plans to stay in New York for
about a month with friends. -
Mrs. Simpson will stay at her
Park avenue apartment. he added.
The marques, obviously reluc-
tant to talk, said they would make
their home in England, but ex-
pected to be in this country some
of the time.
The marques said Prince Philip
definitely would not be his best
man, adding that it would be an
Englishman whose identity he was
not ready to reveal.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Oct. .20.-The Mar
guess of Milford Haven apparent
ly is going to do the talking for
his family when he gets married.
At least his f1ancee, Mrs. Romaine
Simpson, hardly peeped when they
arrived in her native land today.
The slender, dark-haired Amer
lean divorcee and blond David
Mountbatten. second cousin of
King George VI, were shy when
the Queen Elizabeth docked.
Questions about their romance
and wedding plans mostly were
brushed aside by Milford Haven,
who was best man for Prince
Philip when the latter married
Princess Elizabeth.
He did disclose, however, that
his mother. the DoWager Mar
chioness, would come to this coun-
try for the wedding. They expect
to be married in Washington
"late in November" he said.
Mrs. Simpson was not present
when Milford Haven talked to re-
porters and showed up reluctantly
from her cabin for photographs
with her f1ance.
Later, she did consent to show
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Estronged Wife Laughs
At Husband, Is Slain
BY the Associated Press

LEAVENWORTH, Wash, Oct
20.-A 28Syear-old unemployed
logger told authorities he shot and
killed his young estranged wife
yesterday because she passed him
on the street without speaking
and laughed at me-"
The 20-year-old wife, hit by
five bullets. died on the sidewalk
Prosecutor Robert E. Conner
said a signed confession was OBJ
tanned from the man, George
Washington Stinnett.
Stinnett is being held without
charge in the Chelan County jail
He and his wife, Dovey Whistman
Stinnett, had been separated since
last May, three months after the
birth of their only child.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
PuroIee Lands Back in Lorton
Charged With 4 DC. Robberies

September 17-Milton Scheerer.
at a grocery at 305 M street NE.
$3.50; September 20-Benjamin
Jones, at bakery at 413 street
NV, $50; September 23-Abra-
ham Baimel, at a grocery at 936
Ninth street NE, $40, and October
1-Marris L: Rubin, at a grocery
at 100 Fourth street NE, 1923.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Policeman S Assault
Hearing Postponed

Judge Thomas D. Quinn today
continued until Tuesday Munich
pal Court hearing in the case of
Pvt. Leslie K. Smoak, 36, Metro
politan policeman arrested yes
terday on complaint of an 11-year-
old girl.
Assistant United States Attor-
ney j. Warren Wilson asked the
continuance because the girl,
Carolyn Sue Mcdonald, 4 Ana
costa road Sc, still is in Gal
linger Hospital. She suffered a
broken arm and cuts and bruises
when she repeatedly jumped from
Pvt. Smoak's moving automobile.
She declared the policeman made
improper advances.
Pvt. Smoak remained under
$500 bail set yesterday after he
was booked on a charge Of simple
assault.
Pvt. Smoak, who lives in Ken
sington. Nd, and has been a po-
liceman for eight years, denied her
accusation that he made improper
advances after she accepted his
offer of a ride to school. He de-
clared he was teasing" her by
trying to grab bag of candy she
was carrying. The child was in
jured when she jumped from the
car in the $500 block of Minnesota
avenue Sc. Pvt. Smoak took her
to the nearby Office of DR.. Bernard
KatZen.
Before being assigned to the
statistical Office several months
ago, Pvt. Smoak was in the de-
partment's executive Offices at
headquarters. He is an expert in
the sign language, police said.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
District Ready for Bids
On Rental Of Lots 10
YuIe Tree Vendors

The District auditor will receive
bids until 2 pm. Monday for
rental of several unimproved Dis
trict-oWned lots for the sale of
Christmas trees beginning Decem-
ber IL.
Proposals should be sent to the
auditor at Room 4054, East Ad-
ministration Building, 800 In
diana avenue NV. sealed in en-
velopes marked Bids for the
rental of Christmas tree conces-
sions to be opened at 2 pm. octo-
ber a."
The bids should be accompanied
by certified checks payable to the
Collector of Taxes for the amount
OF each bid. plus a check for $25
covering each lot as a guarantee
it will be left in a neat condition.
The guarantee will be returned If
the lot is left clean.
The lots are located as follows:
Fronting on Seventeenth street
Sc. Good Hope road Sc. and u
place Sc. 46.695 square feet.
Fronting on the south side of
Benning road, east of Minnesota
avenue NE. containing 25,O67
square feet.
Fronting on Eighteenth street
NE, Rhode Island avenue NE.
and Hamlin street NE, 20,811
square feet.
Fronting on Newark street NV,
Connecticut avenue NV. and
Macomb street NV, 1885 square
feet.
Fronting on the east side of
Georgia avenue NV, between
Old Shepard road and Madison
street NV. Fronting 664 feet on
the east side of Georgia avenue
NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Bulgarian Town Named
For Marshal ToIbukhin
by the Assoeiotsd Press

SOFIA. Bulgaria, Oct. 20.-The
Ministerial Council decreed today
that the town of Dobrich, in Do
bruja Province, Will be named Toll
bukhin, in honor of Soviet Mar
|shal Feodor I. Tolbukhin, who
died Monday in the Soviet Union.
Dobrich is a town of about II 900.
A statue of Marshal Tolbukhin
will be placed at Tolbukhin ave-
nue.. in Sofia, and regional cities
also will name streets for him, to
honor him as the iberator of Bull
garia the council decreed. Mar
shall Tolbukhin's forces took part
in routing the Nazis from Bulgaria
in World War II.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
U. S. Sued for $100, 900
For Plane Lost in Crash
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Oct. 90
Eastern Air Lines seeks 500, 900
from the Government for the loss
of Douglas DC-3 plane.
In a suit filed yesterday, the
airline seeks compensation for the
plane which collided with a Navy
craft in the air near Fort Dix,
N. j., July 80. Sixteen persons,
is of them EAL passengers, were
killed.
The airline claims the Navy
plane was "recklessly, carelessly
and negligently" flown by 1t.
q. g. Robert v. Pee-26, Fairfax,
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Corning AssoiIs Rush
Of Essay Contests
Then OKs 2 More

There are just too many
essay contests for students,
School Supt. Hobart M. Corn
ing complained to Board of
Education yesterday.
He said so many organiza-
tions sponsor essay contests
that almost a resistance on
the part of students and
teachers" has developed. The
contests don't interfere with
the students time, however,
he said, because nobody much
bothers to enter most of
them.
The board then approved,
on DR.. Corning's recon-
mendation, two more essay
contests.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Diurrheo Kills ; Bobies
In Cleveland Hospital
ey the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Oct. 20.-A quick
acting diarrhea germ swept
through Mount Sinai Hospital's S
maternity ward and killed three
babies, the Cleveland Health De-
partment announced today.
DR.. Sigmund L. Friedman,
Mount Sinai superintendent, said
the disease was not the greatly
feared epidemic diarrhea and one
of the other infected babies is in
danger. He said new mothers will
be barred until the ward is re-
painted and disinfected.
Evening star., 1949-10-20

Onions left in the ground over
winter will sprout of themselves
in the spring, even before all the
snow is gone, giving tasty early
green's.
Evening star., 1949-10-20
Floods Prevented

Floods were common in New
Orleans before 1900 because levees
were inadequate and the city
had no proper system of drainage
for excessive rainfall.
Evening star., 1949-10-20

The average modern house uses
from $500 to 10000 board feet of
lumber.
Evening star., 1949-10-20

Greece Is helping many of its
million refugees to plant and har-
vest crops. ..
Evening star., 1949-10-20

Lima, Peru. has received 20 OF
Is new buses purchased in the
United States.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

He expressed the belief that the
industry can be conducted to war
rant the continuation Of need
only in limited fashion In cases
Of emergency.
In citing deficiencies In air
transportation, MFR. Smith said,
for one thing, there are too many
companies engaged In the enter
prise. AS long as the present
"cost-plus" method Of aiding air
transportation continues, he add
ed. there will continue to be In
sufficient incentive for logical
merger and the net result will be
continuation of transportation
units which are not logical and
which must be supported by pay
ments from the Federal treasury" +"
Readjustment Problems Stressed.
Mr.. Carmiachel agreed with the
general proposition. but con-
sidered 1T untimely now. Most
OF the companies, he pointed out,
still are working on postwar re-
adjustment problems and should
solve these before the qeustion
Is tackled.
While some are advocating leg
islation to effect the separation
Immediately, it will be months
before the CAB has completed a
study and submitted a new for
mula for payments.
Aid to airlines is based on the
Evening star., 1949-05-08
Daughter Of Paul Bentz
Recovering From Poison
sy tho Assoeia,ed prsss

EVANSTON. H., May THE
condition Of Miss Joan Bentz. 19-
year -old daughter Of Paul Bentz.
general counsel Of the Panama
Canal. was reported much I'm
proved today after what police
called q suicide attempt.
Detective Sergt. Francis J. Plum
kett said Miss Bentz, q North
western University. sophomore.
apparently swallowed poison
Thursday. He said she left note
In which she described herself
as O "perfectionist" and declared
she felt she had failed to come
UP to her own ideals.
This is the only way out Of
the whole situation" Sergt. Plum
kett quoted the note as saying.
Sergt. Plunkett said Miss Bentz
collapsed during a class Thursday
morning. The mother. Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Bentz. is visiting here.
Mrs. Bentz told police her
daughter had confided to her she
was afraid of failing in her school
work because she was unable to
make up work she missed while
Ill with influenza recently.
Evening star., 1949-05-08
CAB, Senators StudyNewAirIine AidPIon

policy Of developing foreign and
domestic commerce. postal wei
fare and the national defense.
What assistance given the air
lines Is charged 10 the postal
service and accounts. in part. for
the Postofnce Departments large
annual deficit.
Under proposals being consid-
cred, funds would be voted d.
rectly to the CAB which. in turn.
would make the ALLEGATIONS TO the
commercial airlines. Advocates,
such as Mr.. Smith. say this would
enable the board to act more
effectively in strengthening air
transportation.
Evening star., 1949-05-08

A new basis for Government
financial aid to commercial air
lines, involving separation Of air
mail service pay from subsidies.
is being studied by the Civil Aero
nautics Board with the Senate
Commerce Committee and indi-
vidual airlines.
This complicated technical
question has been taken up during
the Senate committees current
inquiry into why most Of the air
lines are failing to make money
during a period Of record pros
perity.
It will be explored further this
week when the committee headed
by Senator johnson, Democrat, Of
Colorado hears from three more
airline executives. William A.
Patterson of United will testify
tomorrow, j. A. Carmichael of
Capital will be heard Tuesday
and C. r. Smith OF American on
Thursday. Croil Hunter of North
west was a witness last week.
Amsrican Supports Proposal.
The somrn1ttee interest was di-
reeted to the problem by the rate
OF air mail service pay which has
g been rising steadily since 1946 and
Is estimated this year by commit
tee experts at about s125, ,000, 900.
Most of the airline executives
have indicated approval in prin-
ciple Of the separation of air mail
service pay from subsidies as a
step toward obtaining more eff
cient operation Of the established
: airlines and ending In time what
'' many Of them consider a dole"
In the form of Government aid.
The Civil Aeronautics Act pro-
vides for Government assistance
to the development of CONNER
cial aviation through air mail
contracts.
One Of the major lines favor
ing the separation proposal is
American whose views will be
presented to the committee by
Mr.. Smith. wartime deputy COM
mander.. Of the. Air Transport
Command.
Too Many Companies
ut may be impossible to be-
lieve that all enterprises In the
field Of air transportation will
soon be self sufficient" Mr.. Smith
said. But 1t is certainly possible
TO believe that many Of them
should be, can be and must be.
On no other basis can there be
reasonable assurance that air
transportation will have the basic
strength. vigor and initiative
which the Congress must have
expected when it was willing to
say. in the act, that it was the
policy Of the United States to
aid transportation"