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CITY CIVIL SERVICE

Continued From Page One)
Ter until the members read about
it in The Citizen.
Mrs. Isabel Fleming, another
board member, wanted to know
why five applications given to
the city manager were never
placed before the Civil Service
Board, The application from
Butler is the only one before the
board.
Albert Roberts, local plumber
was then given the floor.
Mr.. Roberts said: The peo-
pie of Key West are highly in
suited by the appointment of
Butler. Applications of quail
fled Key Westers were not
placed before the Civil Service
Board. This is a raw deal. and
! will see il to the end if have
to mortgage my property. 1t
seems to me that MIR. Spaldinq
doesn't want to appoint any
Key Westers."
Monroe County Commissioner
Clarence Higgs then addressed
the board and the audience that
had gathered. Mr.. Higgs said
Five applications have been sub,
mltted to the city manager. These
two men here (pointing to Gerard
). Daniels and Ralph Russell
have never been questioned.
don't call that justice. l am going
to present this matter before the
City Commissioners"
Spalding Speaks AS Citizen
Higgs then took a rap" at City
Manager Spalding by saying that
when the present Monroe County
Beach was being considered. the
Board of County Commissioners
received a bid from a West Palm
Beach engineering firm, but in
stead gave the engineering work
to Spalding, Harvey and Asso-
ciates, because they were a local
firm. Now, the commissioner
said, Spalding wants to waive
the law and hire an outsider
Higgs said the last remarks in q
strong, angry tone.
City Manager Spalding then
asked the board to hear him first
as an individual and then as city
manager.
AS a citizen. Spalding ex-
planned that the firm of Spald-
ing. Harvey & Associates made
little out of the beach Job for
the work expended. He added
that the engineering firm of
Spalding. Harvey and Associ-
ates is not seeking any business
whatsoever at the present time.
AS city manager, Spalding gave
his reasons for appointing Butler
Said the manager: The charter
made the city manager the adj
ministrative head, of the city
Certainly some question arises in
the minds of the citizens as to
whether this or that city official
is a controlled official. In this
city, as in others, the city officials
are subject to influence by pres
sure groups. It would be very
detrimental if it became known
that the building Inspector was
subject to influence of some
group. The city manager has
been called dictator and other
implications have been made.
Il was impressed by a resident
of the city and requested he make
application. | couldn't even get
him to put in an application, and
l hesitate to tell you what he
said.
We need a good building in
spector now. Effort has been
made by the city charter to
free the manager from political
and pressure group influence"
Oyster eggs, once fortified,
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Children will enjoy an inflata-
bic, four-foot clown toy made of
plastic II can be used for box
ms. wrestling. tackling or in the
water II returns to an upright
position when il is pushed and
initiates and debates like a tire.
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Sam Loves Boat Rental Service.
New Mercury cupboard motors
and Ramsey plywood boats and
rowboats. Visit Stock Island
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quickly become free-swimming
larvae and then grow thin shells
within "a hours.
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Simonton st. (near Sears
Key Vests oldest shop exclusive
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texture, color and design in the
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Etched antique window glass. "a
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Fully-eduipped Poinciana Rendix
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Priced for quick sale. Phone
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Court UphoIds Revocation
Of Sisto's Pilot License

The United States Court of
Appeals yesterday upheld the re-
vocation of the flight license held
by a former American Airlines
pilot found responsible for the
near crash of a loaded passenger
plane near Ell Paso, Tex, two years
ago.
The courts action upheld an
order by the Civil Aeronautics
Board resembling flying privileges
Of Charles r. Sisto, who was In
charge of an airliner which went
into 5,000-foot dive and Tipped
over on its back before it. could be
Irighted again about 500 feet from
the ground.
The 40 passengers in the plane
as well as the crew were shaken
up, but none was hurt. -
The CAB found that Mr.. Sisto
who handed in his resignation to
the airline about a week after
the incident, had operated a con-
troll which caused the plane to
perform half an outside loop In
violation of civil air regulations
Mr. Sisto petitioned the court
to review the CAB revocation or
der. claiming that he did not re-
ceiye a full hearing before the
board.
Judge Bennett Champ Clark
wrote the decision for the court
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Air Force Plane Flying
|vandenberg From Home
By the Assoeiotsd Press

GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. Dec
Ex-senator Vandenberg, Repub-
lican. of Michigan left his home
here today in an Air Force plane
presumably headed for Washing
ton.
His departure on this foggy
morning was surrounded by elab-
crate efforts to preserve secrecy.
1t had been reported earlier that
the Senator. who has been con-
valescing from a lung operation
for so days. planned to return to
Washington this week to catch up
on international affairs.
Airport officials said Senator
Vandenberg left at $3.50 am. in q
four engine plane which slipped
in yesterday. They reported there
were o-high-ranking military
officers on the plane.
The Senator's nephew, Gen
Hoyt K. Vandenberg, is Air Force
chief of staff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

session in February. authorizing it
to condemn land for parking lots
in or near business districts.
simultaneously, the Board OF
Directors Of the Bethesda Cham
Der of Commerce recommended
acquisition Of six public parking
lots in the Bethesda business dis
trict.
The Hyattsville Council directed
it's attorney, Nicholas Orem, jr.,
to draft a proposed law for SUBJ
mission to the Prince Georges
County delegation to the As
sembly.
The Bethesda chamber directors
sent their resolution to the Mont
gomery County Council which Is
empowered to act under the char
ter form of government at legis-
lative session in May. 1t also was
directed to the Maryland National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
Blair Lee III, vice chairman OF
the planning agency, and County
Manager Irving G. McNayr each
pledged his assistance in working
out the parking lot program.
In other action, the Bethesda
chamber directors asked the plan
ming group to make q resurvey Of
the Woodmont triangle with .
view to relocating some Of the
streets and eliminating others be-
cause of existing handicaps to
commercial development In the
area. The commission also was
asked to include in its master plan
Of the Bethesda business area, to
be released soon. commercializa-
ton of all property east Of Airing
ton road to Wisconsin avenue.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Jockeys Widow Asks Million
In Suit Over 'Seubiscuit' Film

out which the moving picture
could not have been produced.
Mrs. Kurtsinger contends the
Warner Company did not obtain
her permission or the permission
Of any Of Kurtsinger's family fol
her husbands portrayal in the
Aim.
The match race in the fllm Is
an old news reel of the event. Mr.
Richard said. In it Mr.. Kurt
singers name is used several
times as the race announcer makes
calls on the progress. OF the race
he declared.
The widow asks $750, 900 per-
sonally for invasion Of privacy
and $780, 900 for alleged damage
to her husbands estate. She also
asks q financial accounting of the
Aim, contending she is entitled to
the entire net profits.
The petition also carries the
names Of Kurtsinger's mother
Mrs. Jane Kurtsinger. Louisville;
. brother. James. and two sisters,
Mrs. Frances Hammond and Miss
Freda Kurtsinger, all of Louisville
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Model Tells Exforfion Trial
k|ekner Offered Money
~ the Assoeiofsd Press

LOS ANGELES. Dec. 20.-Helen
Keller testified at her trial on
extortion charges yesterday that
portly Ben Klekner told her his
wife didn't give him the love he
needed"
Klekner. 49-year-old television
school head, has accused her and
Toni Hughes. 20, Of shaking him
down for some $4,000.
Miss Keller, 81, said Klekner
told me again and again and
again that he loved me and would
marry me as soon as he could
get a divorce. And I thought ]
loved him, too"
She testified he promised to pay
her 500 a month If she would
remain here and not 60 East
to help defray expenses while
she was looking for work as a
model. She said the money
Klekner gave her was to be called
love gifts" and not extortion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
BaII-du Pont Interests Cited
In 30-Mi|Iion Trust Suit
BY the Assoeiaisd Press

ORLANDO, Fla, Dec. 20.-An
antitrust suit for $30.000.000 was
filed here against the Ball-du Pont
banking and investment interests
Of Florida.
The suit, filed in District Court
late yesterday In behalf of the
drummer Co. and r. E. drummer
81 Co., investment securities firms,
charges the Ball-du Pont inter-
ests plotted to capture" the State
economically.
It charges restraint Of trade in
the underwriting of bonds and
other securities issued by public
taxing agencies in Florida. Among
defendants listed were Edward
Ball. dominant figure in the du
Points Florida holdings; Jessie
Ball du Pont and the Florida Ma
tional Bank Of Jacksonville.
Five persons described as en-
ployes Of the Securities and Ex-
change Commission between 1941
and 1915 also were named as par
ties to the suit, but were not made
defendants because they are out
side the jurisdiction of Florida.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Wilcox, Actor, Gagged and Tied
In Diana Borrymore's Home
Two Men Invade
Apartment, Loot 1t,
Police Report
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-Two men
bound and gagged Movie Actor
Robert Wilcox today in the duplex
apartment of Diana Barrymore
and escaped with loot including a
mink coat and $50 in silver, &C
cording to a police report.
The men bound his hands and
feet with stockings belonging to
the daughter of the late John
Barrymore and sealed his mouth
with adhesive tape, police said.
Miss Barrymore at present Is
confined to Roosevelt Hospital re-
covering from the effects of fall
last week. Mr.. Wilcox. whose
name has been linked Economically
with the young actress, said he
had been occupying the apartment
In her absence.
Police said Mr.. Wilcox told
them the two men first appeared
lat $50 am. saying they wanted
to leave flowers for the actress
and declining his suggestion that
the flowers be taken to the hos
.p1tal.
I'VE want to leave these here, I"
he quoted them as saying. and
we want to leave a note"
The men left the flowers but
no note. Mr.. Wilcox said they
returned at 10 am. brandished
guns when he opened the door
and forced their way into the
apartment.
Police quoted Mr.. Wilcox as say
ing they tied him up after he
maintained there was no safe they
could rob in the dwelling.
They rushed from the building
carrying the mink coat and silver
fox scarf in a suitcase they found
there.
Their hasty escape attracted the
attention of Alex Orr, an artist
who has a studio In the building.
He noticed the Barrymore door
open and found Mr.. Wilcox lying
on the floor.
Miss Barrymore previously was
married to John Howard and
Bramwell Fletcher. Last year she
said she intended to make Mr..
Wilcox her third husband.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
GIoriu De Haven Files
New Suit for Divorce
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 90
Gloria De Haven. wife Of Actor
John Payne, says their trial recon-
Citation has not worked out. She
has reinstated her divorce suit.
The new suit, filed yesterday,
alleged cruelty. the same charge
contained in her original action,
dropped October %. The actress
reafirmed a property settlement
made March 10 during their orig
inal arrangement.
The couple married March 20,
1914, and have two children. Miss
De Haven asks their custody.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Gen. Cress Appointed
Executive for ROTC
" the Associated Press

Secretary Of Army Gray yester.
day named Maj. Gen. James B
Cress Of Richmond. Va, as execu-
tive for Reserve Officer Training
Corps affairs.
The appointment is effective
January l. Gen. Cress, q reserve
officer. will succeed Brig, Gen
Wendell Westover. who has beer
executive for two years. Gen
Westover will retire soon.
Gen. Cress is q former deputy
administrator for the Veterans
Administration at Richmond. He
now is commanding general OF
the S0th Airborne Division Gre
serve) at Richmond.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Auto Firm to Distribute
.25% of Profit to StoH

twenty-five per cent of the an
nual net profits Of Capitol-Cad
lac Oldsmobile Co. here will be
distributed this Christmas to the
firms $40 employees under its j.
year -old profit-sharing program
President Floyd d. Akers has an
nounced.
The employees each will receive
$50.27 Of company profits this
year for every year they have
served the firm, Mr.. Akers said
In addition they will be given q
bonus amounting to 7.3 per cent
of their yearly salary and also q
Christmas turkey.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20

yea.
But President Humans action
in pairing the various budget re-
Quests down to more modest levels
means that most agencies won't
be able to do much additional hir-
ing during the next fiscal year,
although some added personnel
will be approved.
AS for present employees, the
White Houses approved budget
would not make necessary, in most
cases, any reductions in personnel
OF course, Congress will have the
final word on what the appropria-
lions will be.
4 + ~
IMPATIENT-Some important
Budget Bureau officials are grow
ing impatient with what they feel
is the Civil Service Commission
lack of action since being given
new reorganization authority.
These officials feel that the COM
mission has just been giving out
with talk instead Of action" re-
garding the objective Of improv-
ing the Governments civil service
system.
Commission officials defend their
record during the past few months,
declaring that q definite start has
been made toward streamlining its
operations.
AS reported here several days
ago, commission and Budget Blu
reau officials are sharply split over
the Hoover proposals for civil
service. with commission ofhcials
opposing any sweeping decen-
tralization Of personnel authority
to the individual departments and
agencies. Some Budget Bureau Of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
(From Yesterdays Last Edition.)


BY me Assssiatsd Press
LOUISVILLE. KY. Dec. 19.-The
widow and other members Of the
family Of Jockey Charlie Kurt
singer filed suit in Federal Court
here today against Warner Bros,
Inc, and Warner Bros. Pictures
Distributing Corp. for $1,000, 900
and net profits Of the hlm, THE
Story Of Seabiscuit."
Mrs. Catherine Kurtsinger con-
tends the Aim company portrayed
her husband in the picture with
out obtaining her permission. The
suit was fled by Attorney Carl J.
Richard. -
Kurtsinger, who died Septem-
Der "a, 1916, at the age Of 80, rode
Sam Riddles War Admiral in the
famous Pimlico Special. . match
race with Seabiscuit, on November
l, 1888.
The running Of the race, which
was won by Seabiscuit, is an i'm
portant part Of the film, Mrs.
Kurtsinger's petition said. with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
100, 900 Eligible to Vote
In Jumuico Today
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Dec. 20
Some 100000 voters are eligible
to cast ballots in today's general
election on this British Caribbean
island.
Polls close at 5 pm. in an cleo
ton in which 116 candidates are
fighting for the 80 seats in the
House of Representatives.
The bitterest fight has been be-
tween William Bustamante's La
Dor Party and the Peoples Ma
tional Party, led by his Oxford
educated cousin. Norman Manley
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Shakedowns Reported
Al Philadelphia City Hall
~ the Assoeiotsd Press

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 20
businessmen have been shaker
down for substantial payments te
gain certain privileges from city
and county employees according tc
State investigators.
Assistant Attorney General r
Royce Russell said yesterday that
signed statements have been re-
ceived from several businessmen
The statements, Mr.. Russell
said showed that the businessmen
paid to obtain permits and privi-
leges to which they were legally
entitled. Payments were made
under pressure, he added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
| Bethesdons Demand
Equality With D. c.
In Postal DESIGNATION

Bethesdans, full of civic
pride, want post Office recog-
milton equal to that Of Wash
ington.
The Board of Directors Of
the Bethesda Chamber of
Commerce is at odds with the
City Post Office here over a
change in the areas official
postal designation from BE
thesda IA, Nd" to "Bethes-
da IA, Washington, D. c."
This they don't like and
they so stated last night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
II War Criminals
Released From j. ).
Prison al Landsberq
BY The Associated Press

LANDSBERG, Germany, Dec.
20.-Twenty- seven smiling Ger
man war criminals were freed to-
day from the United States Army
Landsberg prison for good beha-
vior during confinement.
They had served the greater
part of three and five-year SEN
fences given them by American
military courts for war crimes.
All their sentences would have
expired next June 80.
None was a blg-name Nazi
criminal. These were the men
. who commanded Nazi concentra-
ton camps, who served as camp
guards or mistreated captured
American airmen.
The oldest was Friedrich Katz,
80, q former Wiesbaden police
man, convicted of taking part in
the murder Of American flyers.
Col. Walter r. Graham, the
prison commander, said ~ others
probably will be released tomor-
row. One other prisoner eligible
for release is i'll in the prison
hospital.
Five Top Nazis to Be Freed.
The American High Commission
announced yesterday that five top
Nazi criminals, convicted by Amer
lean courts at Nuremberg, also will
be released. They include Ernst
Wilhelm Bohle, English-born SIS
general who was head of the Nazi
Party's foreign organization.
Col. Graham, whose home is in
Bozeman, Mont, said, however,
that he has not yet received an
order for their release.
The first sight that greeted the
prisoners as they filed into the
prison waiting room from their
cells was a symbol Of the holiday
seasons scrubby little Christmas
tree.
Stacked around 1t were heaps Of
presents sent by friends or rela-
ttves to prisoners who will not be
released this year.
Only two lonely spectators were
on hand as the big wooden prison
gates swung open to free the
prisoners.
One Of the spectators was
former Landsberg inmate who said
he came to greet "old friends"
The other was q young girl OF
about 20. Shabbily dressed and
blue with cold in the chill Bavarian
morning, she greeted one Of the
released men with a slight muir
muir. Then they walked off arm
In arm.
Col. Graham Praised.
One prisoner praised Col. Ora
ham. saying:
"He Is one Of the finest officers
rye ever seen. We have received
good treatment ever since he came
to Landsberg last June. Even in
the German Army it would take
you some time to find-an officer as
good as he is
At the station, a railway guard
jokingly told one of the men: !
you'd better be glad you were
IN there the last four years. It's
been tough outside"
Replied the former prisoner:
1T was tough in there, too"
Another prisoner commented;
From now on nobody will be
able to talk me into anything. re-
gardless Of who is In control in
Germany. I'm going home and
lead quiet life"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Correction

In news stories Saturday and
Sunday in The Star, Miss Camille
Allensworth, who was carried to
safety by f1remen from a fire at
2040 S street NV, was described
as a paralytic.
It developed later that Miss Al
lensworth, a music teacher, was
unable to walk or climb down the
ladder because she was recover
ing from an operation; she is not
paralyZed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
President Lis Condition
acknowledgements
~ the Asseeiofsd Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 20.-China's
acting President, Ii Tsung Jen.
was reported resting comfortably
today. following an operation for
stomach ulcers.
Columbia Presbyterian Medical
Center announced after the oper-
alton yesterday that Mr.. LIS con-
dition was excellent.
Physicians said he had been
suffering from extensive ulcera-
ton of the stomach. He arrived
here by plane December 7.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-20
Bethesda, HyaHsviNe
Push Plan 10 Provide
Public Parking Lots

Two suburban Maryland COM
munities today had set in motion
plans to provide public parking
lots in their business areas sim
liar to those already in existence
at Silver Spring.
The Hyattsville City Council
last night asked for legislation at
the Maryland General Assembly