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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Johnson Returns Here
After Ottawa Talks

Secretary of Defense johnson
returned to Washington early TO-
day after a one-day visit to Otta-
wa for defense talks with the
Canadian government
In an interview in Ottawa yes
terday Mr.. johnson said, "We'v:
no fears about the Alaskan ode.
fense) picture. thanks to the un.
derstanding we have in the West
ern Hemisphere"
Mr.. johnson was quoted by the
Associated Press as saying he wa:
"tickled to death" with the Cana
dian defense setup. He also indi.
Gated approval of a plan, prev.
ously discussed, to allow ar
exchange of Canadian and United
States military production which
would prevent further strain or
Canada'S dollar problem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Fugitive Who Wed Daughter
:0f Policeman Back In Cell
by the Associofed Press


DETROIT, Aug. Lice Thomas.
who settled down in the home OF
a Detroit policeman after escap-
ing from a reformatory in Ken
lucky, today began a term in
Southern Michigan Prison on a
bad-check charge.
Thomas, Is, married the 20
year-old daughter of Patrolman
Thomas C. Kelly eight months
after fleeing the reformatory In
April. 1913.
Yesterday he pleaded guilty to
q charge of cashing a 5000 bogus
check to make a down payment
on a new car. Recorders Judge
w. Mckay Skillman sentenced
him to one to two years in prison.
Later, authorities said, Thomas
may be returned to Kentucky to
complete his four and-a-half-year
term for grand larceny. He had
served about a year Of it when he
escaped.
Thomas wife Dolores, mother
Of a 9-week-old son, said she
would wait until her husband is
released from prison.
Lee has learned his lesson"
she said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Italian Reds Declare
War Against Church
BY the Associated Press


ROME. Aug. 12.-Italy's Com
munist Party declared theological
war today against the Roman
Catholic Church. te-rN ~ r -
The movement is aimed, spon-
sors said, at counteracting the re-
cent Vatican decree imposing ex-
communication against Catholics
who remain militant Communists.
A resolution published in the
Communist Party organ ~Unita'
charged the church and American
imperialists with waging "ideolog-
ical terrorism" to prepare the
masses for q new world war.
It said forces Of clerical obcur-
antism" were at the center Of an
offensive against the progressive
forces of labor and culture. And
closely tied to these forces. the
resolution said. are the economic
political and cultural agencies OF
American imperialism.
The Communist resolution
mapped "the great movement for
popular culture" in these "most
urgent" fields Of action. among
others:
Creation of a network Of popu-
lar libraries as part Of a great
campaign Of cultural illumination
Systematic organization Of
conferences Of scientific. economic
and technical arguments.
Organization of courses at
popular universities with calen.
dars Of studies for the people.
Organization and participation
Of the masses of workers and
students in youth culture Olym-
pics"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
BY The Asseeiassd Press

CENTRAL CITY, Colo., Aug.
IA 6S-year-old church organ
list, who insisted on going to jail
on gambling charges, added a
few comforts Of home to her cell
today.
She had her own rocking chair
and q radio.
Mrs. Alice c. Ramstetter, q cafe
owner, was one of 80 business men
and women charged yesterday
with gambling by Justice Of the
Peace Lowell Grifith.
Most Of the charges resulted
from slot machine operations In
regular business establishments.
Summer visitors here also have
been able to cure their gambling
fever with dice, roulette and card
games at different times.
The complaint against Mrs.
Ramstetter accused her OF operst-
Ing slot machines In her eating
place. !
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Stuart Gives Truman
Data on China Policy

DR.. J. Leighton Stuart. ambas-
sador to China, who has Just re-
turned to this country, went over
the Chinese problem "in broad
outline" with President Truman
today and offered some sugges-
tons for formulation Of new
American policy in dealing with
conditions in the war torn culm-
try, he told reporters after the
conference. 3o'-
Pressed for details, Dr. Stuart
said "it is too early to say any
thing about American policy be-
cause it is being studied as you
know"
His reference was to the State
Department Commission headed
by Ambassador Philip c. Jessup,
which is studying the Chinese Sit
uation in the light Of the White
Paper on China issued several
days ago by this Government.
DIR. Stuart was asked whether
the Chinese problem has reached
the stage where I'VE must decide
whether we will recognize the
Communist regime"
He said no and asked whether
the decision was imminent, he re-
sponded, 81 would not make a
guess on that"
The Ambassador said he thought
the progress of the investigation
commission will determine how
long the formulation of the new
American policy will require.
DR.. Stuart expects to be out of
the Capital several days and then
will meet with the commission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
iran Protests Detention
Of ; Officials by Reds
By the Associated Press

TEHERAN, Iran, Aug. 12.-Iran
has protested vigorously to Russia
against detention of three Iran
ian border officials and an in
terpreter.
A government spokesman, who
announced dispatch of the note
said it involved 1t. Akhavan, two
soldiers and an interpreter who
had gone at Russian invitation to
a Soviet border post near Kalat
Kalat is on the Northern Khora-
san Province frontier.
All were arrested, the spokes-
man said. Russian officials later
Informed the Iranian government
they would be released only if
Iran returns to Russia some Soviet
officers and soldiers who took
refuge in Iran three weeks ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Stewordess Leads ~ to Safety
Just Before Fire Engu|fs Plane

Donnellan led the way to the rear
door when she couldn't open the
front door-the hydraulic system
wouldn't work-and flames blocked
an emergency exit.
Thomas Clish. so, of Falmouth,
passenger. said AL hands got
out inside of a minute"
THAT little stewardess was
grand" he said. She did a grand
job"
The burning plane was evacu-
ated without panic. Miss Donnel-
Ian said there was only a little
natural confusion"
Mrs. Cora Connors Of Portland
thought that 1T was amazing"
THE people in the ship were
the calmest I ever saw" she said.
Among the passengers were A. I.
Spant, retired dean of Akron
(Ohio) University. and William s.
Newell, president of the Bath Iron
Works. which built destroyers for
the Navy in World War II.
Northeast airlines said the crash
came on the 10th anniversary of
a perfect safety record. The line
has flown $4,000, 900 miles without
fatality, officials said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Fact-Finding Board
Told Steel Pay Raise
Could Start Slump
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 12.-The
chairman of the American Man
agement Association told presi-
dental fact finders today that If
steelworkers win their pay de-
mands it could plunge the United
States into a depression.
John M. Hancock, appearing in
behalf of the steel industry, said
that any wage increases granted
the CLIO United Steelworkers are
likely to "go through the whole
economy" and would lead ito a
national pattern of another round
of wage increases" He said he
was giving his own views and was
not receiving any compensation.
He said the issue facing the
country-and this boards: Does
America want more imitation?
Can America stand more inf1a-
tion?"
The three-man fact finding
board before which he appeared
was set up by the President to
avert a general steelworkers strike
last July Is. Its recommendations,
which must be submitted to the
President by August 30, will not
be binding on either side.
Partner in Lehman Brothers.
Last week, the union, in pre-
senting it's side of the case told
the board it wanted a 80 cents
an hour package" increase. This
would include a 1212-cent wage
boost plus social insurance and
pensions.
Mr.. Hancock also is partner
in Lehman Brothers, New York
investment bankers, and a one
time associate of Bernard M.
Baruch as American representa-
tive on the United Nations Atomic
Energy Commission.
Predicting that steel worker
wage increases would swirl
throughout the nations industry,
:. Mr.. Hancock said such develop
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Rich SiciIiun Boron
Kidnapped for Ransom
By the Assoeioisd Press

PALERMO. Sicily, Aug. IA
Armed, masked bandits kidnapped
q 62-year-old baron today, the
fourth rich Sicilian to- be seized
for ransom in the past few days.
Police blamed the kidnapings
on Salvatore Giuliano's bandit
gang, which has terrorized Sicilian
mountainsides near Palermo for
more than two years.
The baron, Gabrielle Dara. was
kidnapped while riding in q bus
with some 20 other persons about
80 miles from Palermo. The other
passengers were not harmed.
Dara's seizure was followed by q
ransom note demanding 100, 000,-
900 lire ($173,000). ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
75c Pay Bill Passage
By Senate Seen Sure,
But Delay Is Expected
By the Assocjofed Press

A 75-cent-an-hou minimum
wage bill seemed today to have
a clear-if long-road ahead of
it in the Senate following House
passage. A
Senator Taft of Ohio, chairman
of the Senate Republican Policy
Committee, told a reporter he will
support the 75-cent minimum. He
predicted most Republicans will
join him. He forecast eventual
Senate passage of the measure in
about the form it was approved
by the House yesterday on a $751;
toss vote.
Senator Lucas of Illinois, the
Democratic leader, has put the
bill on the administrations must
list" 1t carries out a pledge made
in the Democratic national plat
form last year, so far as raising
the minimum wage from 40 cents
to rs cents an hour is concerned.
However, as it passed the House
the bill would take perhaps
l 100000 workers out from under
the law. About 100000 are now
covered.
Money Bills Have Priority.
Senator Lucas said he antici-
pates no serious trouble getting
approval of the 75-cent measure
when it is reached. He said, how
ever, that four pending money
measures will have to be cleared
before it, can be brought up for &C
ton. He wouldn't guess when that
might be.
The bill exempts some workers
who have been put under the laws
operations by Wage Hour Admin
istration and court rulings. Among
these would be some workers en-
gagged In production for interstate
commerce and employees Of local
and retail establishments.
The bill also would exempt sea-
men, fishermen, farm workers,
employees of daily, weekly and
semiweekly newspapers with less
than 5000 circulation, suburban
streetcar and bus operators, taxi
drivers, employees of telephone
companies with fewer than 500
customers and employees of saw
mills with fewer than IL workers.
Other Exemptions Seen.
Senator Taft said he thinks the
Senate also will insist on an
amendment which would exempt
employees of cotton gins and small
canning factories.
Democratic leaders who ex-
pressed disappointment at the
number excluded by the House
said they hoped to get a better
bill" in the Senate.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
U. 5. Buying Program
For JobIess Areas
To Take ; 10 4 Months

President Truman believes that
from three to four months will be
required to get effective Govern
ment aid into areas hardest hit
by unemployment. and he consid-
ers this satisfactory. ,..+f -
The President made this Clear
at his. news conference late yes
terday wien asked aSsut.the pro
gram to channel Government buy
ing into depressed regions as q
cushion against idleness::'.. 90:
A reporter wanted to know If it
would be- possible to- follow the
practice Of awarding contracts on
competitive bidding and still aid
industries hurt by the business
slump.
Mr.. Truman said it was not in
tended to do away with COMPETE
tlfC Ul1OlllS, Jlld0 VIC WiAOAC AA0S-
ter was one to be worked out, and
that whatever orders were neceS-
sary would be issued.
Under the Government plan an
nounced Tuesday, efforts will be
made to center Federal contracts
lin regions where unemployment
has reached IL per cent or better.
A start is being made in the
Northeast.
Another reporter got a laugh
when he asked the President if he
agreed that the Nation is ION the
last mile of the back road of col
lectivism"-the reference being to
criticism of Government policies
voiced by former President Hoover
is speech Tuesday night.
The President said he didn't
know what that is, but he doesn't
think it is so.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Russian Flyer Of 70
Active After 40 Years
By the Associated Press

MOSCOW.-The Soviet Union
has flier who is 70 years old. v.
Keburia, a Georgian, made his
first trip in the air more than 40
years ago.
"Disregarding his age" said
Efening Moscow, "he even now
participates actively in the work
of DoSav."
Dosav is the voluntary organi-
cation for assisting aviation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

ment could increase total labor
costs by S25, 100000.
Yesterday. an industry keynoter
assailed President Truman's in
tervention in the steel dispute,
terming it a move that destroys
collective bargaining '-'''' IA
President Defends Board. "
In Washington late yesterday,
President Truman replied briefly
to charges by Inland Steel Co.
President Clarence B. Il Randall
that the fact-f1nding inquiry
marks IAN industrial revolution
in America"
Mr.. Truman told news con-
ference that fact-finding boards
have been operating for Is or 20
years and that there was nothing
unusual in his appointing this
one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
THE EVENING STAR, Washington, D. c. *7
FRIDAY 1919
Village Of 500 Buried
By Drop Of 1900 Feet
During Ecuador Quake
By the Associated Press

QUITO, Ecuador, Aug. ia
country doctor from Brea. Calf.
told yesterday how it looks after
last Fridays earthquake swallowed
a town and buried 900 villagers in
mile-wide pit more than 1900
feet deep.
He is DR.. C. Glenn Curtis, who
heads joint United States
Ecuador public health project.
1T was the most astounding
thing I ever saw" DR.. Curtis said.
For an area of perhaps a mile
or more in diameter on a mountain
plateau, the earth simply sank
down.
No Known Survivors.
This produced a tremendous
landslide which buried the village,
La Libertad, completely.
There were no known survivors
in the village. q %
THE whole valley grew much
sugar cane and for hundreds of
acres the ground was churned up
so violently by the quake that it
somehow left the growing cane
with roots upwards"
DR.. Curtis said the highway
leading from Pelileo to La Liber-
tad and Palate was turned full
right angle and ended at a preci-
pice where the sink produced the
landslide.
President Gallo Plaza Lasse
visited the quake area again
yesterday and said he would pre-
sent in Congress today a project
for reconstruction. A bill intro
duced Wednesday would ask q
loan of $50, o0o, 900 from the World
Bank or any friendly nation giving
the president full authority to
handle it.
More Trem0rs Occur.
More earth tremors were re.
ported last night as residents OF
Ecuador's richest agricultural area
still removed their dead from the
QeDTlS Oh tIle QUAKE.
Col. Gabriel Nunez, military
commander of the Ambato area
the hardest hit-said the tremors
were not strong, but were intense
enough to terrorize the inhabi-
tants and tumble quake weakened
walls.
Our greatest problem now Is
the prevention Of an epidemic, but
everything possible is being DONE"
Col. Nunez said. "Stores have re-
opened at Ambato Qargest city to
receive the brunt of the quake).
the Ambato electric system is
functioning, water is available and
food is being distributed by fleet
of 10 military trucks circulating
continuously throughout the Am
bato region"
A priest buried four days in the
ruins Of the Ambato cathedral has
been brought out alive, reports
reaching Quito said.
The priest, Father Juan Bautista
Palacios, was in the huge cathe-
dral Friday, teaching so catechism
students when the earthquake lev
eled the building. AL the students
were killed.
A supporting arch fell across
the priests body, shielding him
from the huge granite stones Of
the crumbled edifice.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Chevy Chase Man Named
ACTING AMG Stuff Chief
By the Assoeiofsd Press

BERLIN, Aug. LIT. Col
Milton L. Ogden Of Chevy Chase
Nd, has been appointed acting
chief of staff Of the American
Military Government In Germany
lit was announced today.
He succeeds Brig. Gen. Charles
TX. Galley, who has been assigned
to duty with the End Armored
Division at Camp Hood, Tex. Col.
Ogden has been secretary-general
OF the AMG since he came to
Berlin last April.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Reds Impose Showdown
On BerIin:Bound Trucks

!. BERLIN, Aug. IL. Russian
army guards cut down west Ger
man truck traffic to Berlin for
eight hours early today. American
military sources reported.
Passage through the Soviet
checkpoint at Helmstedt, zonal
frontier post on the main road
from the British zone to Berlin
was reduced without warning at
2 am. to four trucks an hour.
Eight hours later. the showdown
order was lifted and traffic began
returning to normal. American
sources said more than 100 trucks
were lined up in the slow-moving
queue during the interval.
said.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

She was past president Of the
Zonta Club and a member Of the
Business and Professional Wom-
ems Club. the Chevy Chase Gar
den Club. the Washington Res
taurant Association and the First
Church of Christ, Scientist.
A native of Wisconsin, she is
survived by six sisters, Mrs. John
Moehring, Evanston, H.; Mrs.
Martha E. Miller, Mrs. Frieda
H. Lehman: Mrs. Ella H. Soren-
son, and Mrs. Edna H. Miller, all
of Washington, and Mrs. Clara
L. Barr, Glendale, Calf, and two
brothers, Eduard and Herbert
Hahn, both of Chicago.
Private funeral services will be
held tomorrow at Gawler's chapel,
1855 Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Burial will be private.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Rumors Of New Crisis
Persist as Bargaiiners
Seek Coal Contract
BY the Associated Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS,
w. Va, Aug. 12.-Rumors and re-
ports of another crisis in coal
persisted today in this mountain
resort where John L. Lewis union
and Northern and Western opera
tors are holding contract talks.
One insistent report is that some
operators plan to stop paying into
the United Mine Workers welfare
fund the 20-cents-per-ton royalty
on all coal mined. This could mean
a strike.
Sixty days ago next Sunday, Mr..
Lewis gave notice of contract ter
mination to the Northern and
Western operators. The Taft
Hartley Act requires a 60-day
notice.
Some operators, the report had
it, consider that they will have no
obligation after Sunday to make
welfare fund payments.
PactS Expired June ~.
All formal soft coal contracts
expired June 30. The UNIV has
held that pacts in which the ter
mination date is specified do not
come under the 6o-day cooling
off" requirement.
There has been no confirmation
of other reports that the miners
would go on strike Monday or that
the present three-day work week
in mines east Of the Mississippi
would be heightened to four or
five days.
The various reports took the
spotlight away from the actual
negotiating sessions.
The operators lost the head Of
their bargaining team yesterday
when Ezra Van Horn stepped out
of the job. The announcement OF
his resignation came just 10 days
after disclosure that he has been
paid $35, 900 a year as the industry
trustee Of the UNIV welfare fund.
/; 90. Offered to Withdraw.
,IpMr. Van Horn told reporters in
washington he had offered to
Withdraw as chairman Of the joint
negotiating conference both this
year and last year. following his
appointment as the operators
trustee Of the UNIV welfare fund.
He said there had been some
talk" among the operators, about
the salary, disclosure. ...,.a,
Truman E. johnson, secretary
Of the operators negotiators de-
clined comment on the resignation
except to state that it had been
accepted with regard.
Frank r. Amos, vice president
of the Pittsburgh Consolidation
Coal Co., was named temporary
Of the bargaining team
for operators in Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Northern West Virginia.
Indiana, Illinois and the Far West.
The operators represent about
900, 000, 900 tons Of annual produc-
ton.
First Talks Since July II.
Yesterdays union operator
talks were the first since July ~.
Neither side would comment on
what went on or what was to be
taken up at today's session.
Negotiations between the UNIV
and the Southern Coal Producers
Association are in progress at
Bluefield, w. Va. No word of
PROFESSOR lack Of it-came
from there, either. The SCPA
speaks for operators producing
about $1,000. 900 tons of soft coal
a year.
Harry M. Moses. negotiator for
United States steel's coal-produc-
ing subsidiaries. met in a brief
separate session with UNIV repre-
sentatiyeS here Yesterday,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Chess Tourney Dates Set

PORTSMOUTH, Va, Aug. IL
B.-The Virginia Chess Fedora
tons tournament will be played
| in Portsmouth September SIS.
Tournament Director w. r. Trip
lett announced yesterday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
Miss Emma Hahn Dead;
Helped Found Allies Inn

Miss Emma T. Hahn, one of
the founders and owners of the
Allies Inn, 1903 New York avenue
NV, until her retirement last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12

October, died
yesterday at
her home, Bon
ME Brae, 6036
Oregon avenue
NV.
Mrs. Hahn,
who had lived
in Washington
for the last 80
y e ars, helped
found the inn
during World
War I and it re-
manned under
h er direction
until she'retired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-08-12
LOS

7 7 or ny. t o51 s."' 0n "eo' Gail VA
CAMERA lost, zeiss super Ikomat, IA. 8
lens; reward. AID. 1894. la
CANADIAN PASSPORT and border cross.
Ing card in book form; urgent. Box 235-Y
COCKER SPANIEL, black, male. answers
hind leg: reward. RI. 46Ss. IL
COCKER SPANIEL, buff colored, female,
ton. Arl. Liberal reward. cali ca. s sss
after $50 pm. or all day Sat. and Sun
EYE GLASSES. shell rims, in Edmond,
dun; reward dis FIR. ios7.o >fiH'n S'a'
KODAK, lost on August 9, in taxi, be.
Hsmpshirs s ave-: reward. IA. sosl. N Nfs
POMERANIAN, reddish, clipped; vic. R. I
doesn't know his pet is lost. s25 reward
4015 Utah ave, Brentwood, Md, AP. 1897
Ia
REWARD FOR INFO. leading to return
town vic July 81. MI. IT'S after S. ia
sun CLASSES. light blue frames greer
lens, on Friendship Hts. car Wed, Aug. 10
Call TR. 1891
UPPER DENTAL BRIDGE, vicinity 15ti
and K SITS. NV; reward. vi. $3.50 aaftel
BUTCH has lost his tag and wandered
away from home. He is a reddish brown
Irish terrier. 10 mos. old and weather.
beaten harness; reward. SH. 1904. liz
FOUND
DOG, mixed breed, female, tan with white
RR ing 7 s1Ss; Sum- Hwy No. L. SO. Alex
DOG, male, medium sized. bushy coat ant
tail, black, white on face and chest, blind
81. 600.
PUPPY, tan. hound. in vicinity Of wash
6anitorium, collar, no tag, evidently child
FOR LOST or unwanted animals, cal
WASHINGTON ANIMAL RESCUE LEAGUE
u o st. NV, NO. $3.50.
Marion progress., 1949-06-30
|KIWANIS DELEGATES
REPORT ON CONVENTION

The Marion Kiwanis club held
its regular weekly meeting Tuesday
evening at the Marion community
building. Roy w. Davis, president,
presided during the meeting. w. G.
Watt was in charge of the program.
The program was in the form of
report on the Kiwanis Internation-
al Convention which was held at
Atlantic City, June 19 through June
"a. Immediate, past-president, v. T.
Eckerd and Rem Honeycutt were
the Marion delegates attending the
convention. Eckerd and Honeycutt
each made report on the activities
during the convention.
Kiwanian R. W. Twitty gave a
report on the organization of jun
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