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Evening star., 1949-03-26
Aged German Couple Thrilled
By u. S. After Year Here

can feed the pigeons without
thinking of that paper bag Of
crusts they guarded so carefully
on the trip over.
He loves to watch the big
steamshovel out behind the
Webers' apartment. Scoop.
scoop, scoop-wunderbar." And
he hasn't missed single parade.
Once the Driefers wandered to the
White House and were shown
through the mansion by a kindly
guard. 1t had so many new
things in it: not at all like an old
German castle.
Fun For Girl, IL.
When you're II years old and
full Of fun and like school best
of all" you can learn English in
six months and get nearly all
LAS" on your Calvert School re-
port card.
Brigitte Boeck, the Driefers'
granddaughter who few from
Germany with them, likes to get
a big strawberry sundae in her
uncle's restaurant kitchen and
then practice on the piano she was
given for ChristmaS-flrst some
German folk songs and then some
of Stephen Fosters favorites.
English wasn't hard at all"
said Brigitte. whose family said
she now speaks German with an
American accent. Il could under
stand it after a few months, and
a little bit later I was speaking it. !"
Although she had to drop back a
bit because of the move from Ger
many. Brigitte thinks American
schools are easier than German
ones. But she likes school even
better than the movies or the big
Christmas celebration at the Web
ers,' when she received more than
so gifts. Only one low mark last
month"; 3D."
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Train Robbery Suspect
To Be Arraigned tuesday
BY the Associoted Press

FAIRMONT, w. Va, Mar. 60
One of two Youngstown, Ohio.
youths charged with participating
in q Baltimore and Ohio train
robbery near Martinsburg March
8 is to be arraigned here Tuesday.
Court attaches said George L..
Ashton, 20. is to appear before
Federal Judge Harry E. Watkins
at that time. He was returned
here Thursday from Washington,
where he was arrested March 10.
His companion, Luman Rams
dell, remains in a Washington
hospital recovering from gunshot
wounds received while resisting
arrest. RamsdeIl is expected to be
brought here for arraignment in
about two weeks,
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Spending Without Tax
Provision AssaiIed by
Chairman Cannon
BY the Assoeioted Press

Representative Cannon, Demo-
crat, of Missouri, whose House
Appropriations Committee rides
herd on Government spending
said today Congress is voting
heavy outlays without voting
taxes to pay for them. He warned:
Eventually we must pay the
fiddler"
Mr.. Cannon sounded the warm
ing as the House prepared to add
more than $6.00O,000 to funds
recommended by the committee
for flood control and river and
harbor projects.
Criticizes Senator Claghorns."
In a statement in the Congress
sional Record, the committee
chairman declared:
The mythical Senator Claghorn
who voted for all appropriations
and against all taxes is represent
ed here by members who voted to
reduce taxes in the last session
and are voting for every increase
offered to this bill"
The result. he said. "is vast ex-
penditures with no thought of
where the money is coming from. u
Mr.. Cannon said the funds be-
ing voted by Congress without
regard to how the bill will be paid
must be provided for either by
increasing the national debt or
raising new taxes"
Flood Control Buildup Hit.
He was particularly irked by
what he called "home district"
amendments to the flood control
and rivers and harbors bill
amendments which Congressman
offered to get work done in their
own districts.
The bill came out Of the Ap-
propriations Committee with a
total recommended expenditure of
1886, 1852 900. When the House fin
ished debating it yesterday its
total was 1898 ,292,270 and the
increases were expected to remain
after the final vote next Tuesday
Its total still is approximately
STA, ,000, 900 below the President's s
request, but the Appropriations
Committee promised supplemental
funds if those recommended turn
out to be inadequate.
The bill is the fourth regular
1850 money measure which the
House has considered. The admin
istration asked $4,000. 900, 900 to
finance operations covered by
those bills. The House cuts SO far
have totaled about 1902 200, 600
None of the bills has been con-
Sidered bV the Senate.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Argentine Music Union
To Try to Bar Cueot
BY the Associated Press

BUENOS AIRES, Mar. 26.-The
Argentine Musicians Union said
last night that it would try to pre-
vent Xavier Cugat, United States
orchestra leader, from playing q
series of engagements here. Mr..
Cugat is due here March 80 with
his orchestra on a South Ameri-
can tour.
The union, threatening to call q
general musicians strike, said its
opposition was based on the fact
that Argentine musicians are not
permitted to play in the United
States until they have been resi-
dents for six months.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
'Babich Admits SEEING
Slain Teen-Ager on
Day She Disappeared
kY the Axsooiofed Rfsxs

MILWAUKEE,. Mar. 26.-De-
tective Capt. Adolph Kraemer
said today that Milton Babich,
10. told police he saw a teen-age
murder victim the day she dis
appeared. but did not speak to her.
Capt. Kraemer said Babich had
been questioned intermittently
from noon until shortly before
2 am. in connection with the
murder of pretty Patricia Bir-
mingham. Is. a suburban West
Allis High School girl.
Babich eloped with Patricia s
sister, Kathleen. II, last Friday.
Two days later Patricia's body
was pulled from the Milwaukee
River. She had been shot twice
with a % calibre gun and a con-
crete building block had been
tied to her feet.
Changes Earlier Story.
Capt. Kraemer said Babich
abandoned" an earlier story that
he failed to keep a date with
Patricia the afternoon Of February
10. the day she disappeared. He
quoted Babich as saying he had
made inquiries about her in the
neighborhood in which they were
to meet and that he had seen her
from a distance, but did not talk
to her.
Previously, Capt. Kraemer said
Babich termed impossible" the
story OF a girl witness who said
she saw him in a car near the
Birmingham home that afternoon.
He originally told authorities,
Capt. Kraemer said. he had made
a date to see Patricia in hopes she
would be able to patch up quar-
rel he had with Kathleen.
But he saw Kathleen first. Capt.
Kraemer quoted him as saying,
and did not keep his date with Pa
tricia. He said he went shopping
with his mother and then spent
the rest of the afternoon in the
public library.
Lie Test Proposed.
Capt. Kraemer said Babich
would be questioned further and
might be asked to take lie de-
tector test this morning.
Babicn and Kathleen were re-
turned to Milwaukee by air Thurs
day after they were apprehended
in Minneapolis. He told author
tiles they had been married at
Kalamazoo, Mich, Friday.
The couple was taken to police
headquarters for questioning.
Kathleen was released after a long
session with Capt. Kraemer, but
Babich was held in the county jail.
He was charged with contribut-
ing to the delinquency of Kathleen
by persuading her to elope with
him against her parents wishes.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Hungarian Red Deputy
Blasts Atlantic Treaty

BUDAPEST, Hungary. Mar. rs
(R.-A Hungarian Communist
parliamentary deputy yesterday
blasted the North Atlantic treaty.
praised the New York peace"
conference and declared Hungary
is strong bastion" of peace.
Josef Revai. addressing meet
ing of the National Committee Of
the Hungarian 1ntelligentsia, said
peace is in danger" but added
the Third World War is avoid.
able, and we shall avoid it."
Revai said the North Atlantic
treaty is an aggressive alliance
comparable to Hitler's anti
Comintern pact. He added the
treaty is sponsored by President
Truman and Secretary of State
Acheson. whom he called Meter.
nichs of the Goth Century"
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Montgomery County
School Board Bill
Waits House Action
BY J. B. Zotmon
Skar St.f{ f.r.~..>I.

ANNAPOLIS, Mar. 26.-Bearing
Senate approval, a bill to require
the Governor to appoint members
OF the Montgomery County School
Board from recommendations of
the County Council today awaited
House action.
The Senate passed the measure
last night by a voice vote. There
was no debate.
In the meantime, the House
passed legislation designed to clear
the way for elimination of the
150-year-old flood problem in the
Bladensburg area in Prince Geor-
ges County.
It authorizes three county agen-
cies to issue a maximum of ST.
250,000 in bonds for flood control
projects in the area if and when
Congress approves overall plans.
Involved are the county COM
missioners, the Washington Su-
burban Sanitary Commission and
the Maryland National Capital
Park and Planning Commission.
Opposition Had Been Expected.
Senate action on the School
Board bill came as a surprise,
since Democratic leaders there
had been expected to fight it. At
present, according to the meas
ure's sponsor, Montgomery Senator
Roy Tasco Davis. Republican,
board appointments are made by
the Governor on recommendation
of the Democratic State Central
Committee for the county. Il
Under the bill the Governor
would fill vacancies on the board
from a list of three names submit
ted by the County Council. If he
rejects the list the Council would
submit three more. from which he
would have to make his selection.
The measure was introduced as
q substitute for one providing for
an elected nonpartisan Board OF
Education. The latter was de-
feated in the House last week.
Home Rule Bills Approved.
Also receiving Senate approval
we're two bills by Senator Edward
D. Storm, Democrat. of Frederick
County, to give wide home rule
powers to certain towns and cities.
Municipalities affected are those
In Montgomery. Frederick. Gar
rett, Carroll. Hartford, Queen Anne
and Talbot Counties.
Counties which would receive
broad powers to govern themselves
are Montgomery, Frederick, Bal
timore, Carroll. Garrett, Hartford,
Queen Anne and Talbot.
Also adopted. after a short de-
bate, was bill to reduce the gross
receipts tax on railroads, effec-
tive on 1850 income. Senator
Louis L. Goldstein, Democrat. OF
Calvert County, one OF those
speaking against the bill. claimed
It would cost the State" about
$500,000 a year.
Evening star., 1949-03-26

1t is too late to learn English
when you are 80 even though you
live 100 more years, but that
doesn't stop you from getting q
big thrill out of living in the
United States.
|. Ludwig Driefer was talking. He
was speaking in his native
German. But. roughly translated
that is how he feels about 1t on q
very special anniversary.
One year ago today he and his
81-year- old wife Marie stepped
off a big four -engine plane which
had whisked them magically
from the hungry. rubble- -strewn
Ruhr to a new life with their
daughter here, Mrs. Etienne Weber
of 730 Seventeenth street NV.
There has been so much to see
and do since they left their little
restaurant in Dortmund where
wreckage and bomb craters made
walking dangerous for the aged
couple.
So Many Things to Buy.
Here are lovely homes with
gardens and fresh strawberries all
year around, which Mrs. Driefer
uses in tarts with a recipe she
brought from Germany. There is
so much electricity to burn in gay
neon lights and. ach!. so many.
many automobiles and things to
buy. American women spend 50
much time beautifying themselves
(they don't help their husbands as
much as they should. and nearly
all have fur coats. Everything Is
SO modern.
. Mrs. Driefer keeps watch over
the family mending and helps In
Mr.. Weber's restaurant, over
which they live. She's slowly
getting used to seeing so much
food wasted here-enough to feed
a German city-and Mr.. Driefer
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Sofe With $4OO Stolen

A 3maIl safe containing $400
was removed by burglars who
broke into the Western Union
branch office at 1011 U street
NV. some time early today, po-
lice reported. Entry was gained
by forcing open q rear door, &C.
cording to police.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Britain 10 Tighten Up
On War Goods Trade
With Red Countries
BY the Associoted Press

LONDON, Mar. 26-Britain is
moving to tighten up on ship
ments of potential war materials
to countries behind the Iron Cur
tain.
Official sources disclosed last
night list of commodities having
possible military value is being
drawn up for addition to the list
of articles already forbidden for
export to Communication ted
countries.
The informants said the new
restrictions will be based on a
confidential schedule of goods
and materials which the United
States feels should not be allowed
to reach areas in the Soviet orbit.
They said Washington has. sent
these schedules to the 10 countries
which receive American assistance
under the European Recovery
Program.
Banned Items Listed.
Two of the American schedules
asked for bans on the shipment
to Iron Curtain countries of arms.
munitions. radar' equipment, atom
bomb materials, or anything which
might be used in the manufacture
of jet engines and certain pre-
cision instruments, the sources
said.
A third schedule, which they
said is the basis for the proposed
new restrictions. is much more
far-reaching. They refused to
disclose its contents or to state
whether Britain has agreed to
ban everything it mentions.
They said several Western
countries, especially Sweden, have
objected to some sections Of the
American schedules. One official
said complete compliance would
affect Britain's trade with Eastern
Europe seriously"
The new restrictions probably
will affect British trade agree
ments with Russia, Poland and
Yugoslavia. A one-year trade
pact between Britain and Russia
expired recently, but trade con-
tinues under its terms while nego-
tiations for a new agreement are
in progress.
Moscow Radio Accuses U. S.
The disclosures came as the
Moscow radio, in a broadcast heard
here, charged that the United
States looks on Britain as IAN ad-
vanced base for atomic bombing
forces" and source of military
manpower.
Similar remarks had been made
in Parliament Wednesday by John
Platts- Mills, an independent M. P.
Disclosure of the impending new
export restrictions follows state
ments by Republicans in the Unit
ed States Senate urging tighter
restrictions on trade with the East.
They had criticized a statement in
the House of Commons by Harold
Wilson, president of the British
Board of Trade, that "considera-
tions of economic advantage"
guide Britain's trade relations with
the Russians.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Insurance Investment
Bill Asked by Synder

Treasury Secretary Snyder yes
terday asked Congress to enact
legislation to permit insurance
companies organized in the Dis
trict to invest funds in the obliga-
tions of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Develop
ment.
The communication was referred
to the District Committees. Sec
retary Snyder made the proposal
as chairman of the National Ad-
visory Council on International
Monetary and Financial Problems.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Pvt. Marshall ReburiuI
Set for ; PM. Monday

Reburial services for Pvt. Robert
McCleary Marshall, jr., a World
War II veteran killed in action,
will be held at pm. Monday
instead of 2 pm, as stated yes
terday.
Pvt. Marshall, a 21-year-old
member of the seth Infantry Di-
vision, was killed at San Pietro.
Italy, on December 80, 1943. Born
and educated in Washington. he
was the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert M. Marshall, 6112 Seventh
street NV.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Mediation Board Act!
To Avert Strike Of
Pullman Conductors
BY the Associoted Press

The National Mediation Board
said today it has intervened in q
Nation wide strike of Pullman
conductors set for March 81. This
means an indefinite postponement
Of the Walkout.
The Order of Railway Conduc-
tors called the strike. Its griev-
ances are over pay and working
conditions under the unions con-
tracts for 2,1O0 Pullman conduc-
tors.
The National Railroad Adjust
ment Board was created to settle
disputes like this-arising over
differing interpretations of con-
tracts But the machinery of that
board has been stalled for a long
time.
Union Not Notified.
Harry w. Fraser. union presi-
dent, who is in Washington today.
told a reporter that union hasn't
yet been notified of the board S
Intervention.
But if they have intervened," !"
he said, I'VE will of course defer
the strike date and try to settle
it,"
The boards action is customary
under the Railway Labor Act.
The board, headed by Frank P.
Douglass, will call a meeting of
the union and the Pullman Co.,
and try to settle the dispute.
Seeks to Enforce Awards.
In calling the strike, the union
said it's purpose was to enforce
awards made by the adjustment
board.
The Pullman Co. replied that
most of the matters are still pend
ing before the board and the union
apparently feels" that it can
get more from a presidential fact
finding board than it can through
the procedures of the adjustment
board.
If the National Mediation Board
fails to settle the dispute, the
customary next step under the
Railway Labor Act is for the
President to appoint an emergency
board to recommend a settle
ment.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Congress in Brief
BY the Assoeioted Press

Senate:
In recess until Monday.
Labor Subcommittee continues
hearings on cutbackS in veterans
hospital program.
Interior Committee continue.
on Colorado River rights
Senate House conference COM
|mittee on rent controls meets tx
resume compromise efforts.
House:
Adjourned until Monday,
Evening star., 1949-03-26

CHICAGO-WORKING NURSE RESCUED FROM FIRE-A fire
is shown he carried Mrs Lucy Koch, down
ladder from smokeed apartment yesterday where she had
been administering blood TRANSMISSION Ethel
L. Able who in tent Femen rescued the elderly
who under treatment for heart condition. and
removed hospital The confined restaurant
the first floor. -AP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Atlantic Alliance Bid
Formally Accepted by
Danish Government
By the Assoeiofsd Press

COPENHAGEN, Denmark, Mar.
26.-Denmark formally accepted
yesterday an invitation to join
the North Atlantic treaty. Parlia-
ment gave final authorization for
the step.
A note announcing Denmark's
decision was handed Edward ].
Sparks. American charge d'affaires
in Copenhagen. by Foreign Min
lister Gustav Rasmussen.
The upper house Of Parliament
approved the nations entry into
the alliance by vote of 81 to 8.
with four members absent. The
lower house voted its approval
Thursday, 119 to %.
Now Premier Hans Hedtoft's
government has permission from
both houses to ratify the treaty,
after signature. without further
reference to Parliament.
Mr.. Rasmussen will go to the
United States March 80 for the
signing ceremonies in Washington
next month, the Foreign Ministry
announced.
Subject to final ratification pro-
cedures, at least eight other ma.
tions will make up the alliance.
They are the United States, Cam
ada, Britain, France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg and
Norway.
Italy has obtained lower house
approval of participation in the
treaty. Iceland and Portugal also
have been invited to join. The
alliance provides for mutual aid
in the event of an attack on any
member.
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Reds Report Danes Fear
Anti-Poct Demonstrations

MOSCOW. Mar. Is (R.-Mos-
cows morning newspapers pub
lished without comment of their
own today the story of Denmark's
acceptance of the invitation to
join the North Atlantic Pact.
The Tass dispatch which they
printed said the Danish govern
ment has posted police guards in
and around the Parliament build
ing, and is so disturbed by public
demonstrations against the pact
that it carefully handpicks those
admitted to the public seats dur.
ing parliamentary sessions.
TasS quoted the Danish Com
munisv newspaper Land Og Folk
as charging that the lower house
OF Parliament, in voting to &C.
cept the invitations, betrayed for
the second time in a decade the
independence of Denmark"
Evening star., 1949-03-26

High and Low Tor YeStefdAy.
High, 5S, at 1855 pm.
Low, As, at 4:26 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, II on February Is.
Lowest, 21, on January 80.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED b. United States Coast 81
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1949-03-26
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
cloudy weather with scattered
showers this afternoon, tonight
and tomorrow with mild tempera-
lures. Lowest tonight about So
degrees.
/ Maryland-Cloudy and mild to-
day. Scattered showers tonight
and tomorrow.
Virginia - Mostly cloudy and
continued mild. Scattered show
ers and a few thundershowers to-
night and tomorrow.
Wind velocity, miles per hour:
direction, south.
River Report.
From U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and muddy at Great Falls; Shenandoah
clear at Harper's Ferry.
Humidity.
Daa "a Nat
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14

Mullins.
Sgt. Carmel Duncan and daugh
tiers, Ruby Kathlyn and Loretta
Jane, visited his sister, Mrs. Earle
Sluss, through the 4th.
Miss Hattie Sluss spent Satur-
day night with her sister, Mrs.
James OMullins.
Mrs. Exile Mae Farmer attend
ed church at Cumberland Satur-
day night.
Fred Farmer and wife visited
Mrs. Farmers parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. James Branham, Sunday.
Nina Lou Farmer and June
Willis called on Mrs. Woodrow
Farmer one day last week.
Clarence Mullins and wife Wis
tied at the home of Auty Rose
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hobert Smith at
tended church at Cumberland on
Saturday night.
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called at the home of Charles
Sluss Sunday afternoon.
Garland Sluss was a dinner
guest at the home of Cline Sluss
Sunday.
Miss Alene Sluss spent a few
days last week with her sister,
Mrs. Robert L. Mullins, of Nc
Clure.
Mrs. Elizabeth Moore has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Tom
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Billy Swindall.

Billy Swindall.
A birthday party was given
Sunday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter Stanley for their
daughter, Gaynen. In spie of the
rain, several were present and
had a wonderful time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Logan Childress
and daughter, Emma Jean, were
visiting friends in Kentucky on
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Buckley Prick
of Detroit were visiting at the
home of Estes Hanover this week.
Niolen Short is visiting his sis
ter and brother in Alexandria.
Greta Stanley spent Saturday
night with Emma Jean Childress.
Joyce and Jacqueline Vanover,
Harry Lee Strouth, Gerald and
Emma Jean Childress, Greta and
|. Ival Stanley, Clara Barrett and
Garland Davis spent the 4th by
going on a picnic on Pound Riv-
While there, Emma Jean Child
ress cut her foot on tin can
and had to be taken to the hos
pital for treatment.
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through the 4th.
MIR. and Mrs. Kenneth Rose
spent the 4th on Moccasin Creek
fishing.
Gaynell Rakes and others spent
hte 4th at Clintwood.
Ernest Mullins, son of Dewey,
is in the Norton hospital. He has
had an operation of the head.
We wish him a speedy recovery.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Newberry
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The Herald $3.50 a Year
NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Supervisors of Dicken-
son County, will at their regular
meeting on September 5, 1949,
consider petitions previously fill
ed with the clrek Of this board
requesting a hog law in Frying
Pan Precinct and a general stock
lay in Twin Branch Precinct,
All persons interested in either
OF these matters are requested to
be present on the above date at
p. M, at which time the board
will act on these petitions.
Any persons desiring to inspect
either of these petitions may do
SO at the Clerks office at the
court house.
(4tc 7-14~49] E. B. Stanley, clerk
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NORLAND

Sunday guests at the home. of
Estes Vanover were Miss Lena
Mae Swindall and Raymond Rob
ertson of Alexandria, Carson and
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MULLINS RIDGE

Everyone had nice time at
the picnic in Blowing Rock Gap
July 3. George Potter and Bun
yam Phipps of Kentucky were
present.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Charles of
Haysi visited Mrs. Charles par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Rakes,
Dickenson County herald. [volume] (Clintwood, Va.) 1939-195?, 1949-07-14

"MONTY" CONFERS Wis.,
count Montgomery, head of the
Western Europe Permanent De-
Tense. organization, is shown as
he left the French National De-
Tense ministry after comforting
with Gen. LIE Cheres who is nj
his right.