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Evening star., 1949-08-10
Baltimore Firm Low Bidder
For Annapo|is-D. {. Road
BY the AssoeiSfsd Press

BALTIMORE, Aug. 10.-C. j.
Langenfelder & Son. Inc. of
Baltimore, has submitted low bid
OF 81 ,971 ,861 for building second
section of the new dual highway
from Annapolis to Washington.
The State Roads Commission
may let the contract today but no
date has yet been determined for
starting the work.
Ire project is 6.3-mile stretch
from the head of South River in
Anne Arundel County westward to
an intersection with Route 30l in
Prince Georges County.
1t runs roughly parallel, but
somewhat to the south of Route so,
which it will supplant as the main
highway between Washington and
Annapolis. .
The first sector, from the west
tedge of Annapolis to South River,
already is under contract. Bids
on a bridge across South River to
connect the two sections also are
under consideration.
The new dual highway ultimate
lys will connect with a bypass
bridge across the Severn River
avoiding Annapolis and then with
Maryland's projected bridge across
Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern
| Shore.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Navy Asking $50 Fami|ie,
IIo vacate Bellevue Units

Because s~Navy -ssaeeds ~tae
Bellevue housing eiopment@ t@on
Nichols avenue near Boiling All
Base for enlisted personnel as
signed to the Naval Gun Factory
$50 civilian families are being
asked to vacate, officials an
'nounced today.
Rear Admiral Glenn B. Davis
commandant of the Potomac River
Naval Command. has written let
ters to the civilian occupants OF
the housing development. which
is controlled by the Navy, asking
them to vacate. Under the Navy's
program, about 40 a month will
be moved out from November to
July /. Non-veterans earning at
least $4,000 annually are being
asked to move first.
The 601-unit apartment build
ings rent from $35 for one-bed-
room apartment to $51 a month
for three bedroom units.
Naval officials made it clear that
no legal eviction proceedings are
pending at this time, but that
tenants merely are being asked to
arrange their affairs so that en-
listed personnel may move in.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
| Death Of Woman Golfer
Second After Plane Crash
By the Associoted Press

HARTFORD, Conn. Aug. TO-
Mrs. Anna M. Larrabee, 43. died
at st. Francis Hospital tooay of
injuries suffered Monday when a
private two motored plane
crashed and burned while taking
off from Rentschler Field, East
Hartford.
Hers was the second death re-
sulting from the crash.
Mrs. Ida M. Strike, wife Of Cliff
ford s. Strike. president Of the
McGraw Construction Co., died a
few hours after the accident.
Mrs. Larrabee was the wife of
DR.. John w. Larrabee. West Hart
ford. She was the former Anna
M. McDavitt, Marblehead, Mass,
a prominent golfer.
Meanwhile the hospital said
that five other persons, including
Mr.. Strike and the pilot, were in
improved condition today. Mr..
Strike, internationally known con-
struction engineer who had been
engaged in reconstruction of war
damaged areas of Europe end ia
pan, suffered critical burns
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Secretaries of the Army, Navy and
Air Force but trim their pay to
$4,000 or $1,000 less than they
now receive.
5. Rename the Office of Under
secretary Of Defense-now held by
Mr.. Early-"Deputy Secretary
with rank just below the Sec
retary but ahead of the Army
Navy and Air Force Secretaries
and $500 a year more pay.
'One-Man Rule Denied.
6. Make the Vice President q
member of the National Security
Council, top defense advisory
group which is headed by the
President. Secretaries of the
Army, Navy and Air Force would
be dropped from this group un-
less the President asked that they
be kept on and the Senate con-
firmed them for this added duty
7. Authorize three assistant Sec
retaries of defense.
8. Install a business or flnan-
cial manager. known as a con-
troller. for the Defense Depart
ment with similar officials in each
of the military departments.
Sponsors of the legislation say
they can save a billion dollars or
more annually by eliminating du-
plications, overlapping and waste.
President Truman has assured
Congress that the new powers the
measure gives Secretary Johnson
docs not mean the creation of
one-man rule or dictatorship.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Goldsmith Team Wins
Masters Bridqe Title
BY the Associated Press

CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-A team
headed by Arthur Goldsmith.
Cleveland, last night defeated a
team led by Oswald Jacoby, Dali
las, Tex. by~l70 points in So
board final match to win the world
masters team contract bridge
championship.
Playing with Mr.. Goldsmith
were jeff Click, Miami; Bruce
Gowdy, Toronto. and Alvan Landy
and Sol Mogal. both of New York.
Mr.. Jacoby's teammates were
Henry Chanin, Atlanta: Waldemar
Won Zedwitz. New York; David
Clarren, Minneapolis, and Jack
Krause, Milwaukee.
Mr. Goldsmiths summer Ma
tional tournament titlists were
ahead only 10 points at the quar-
ter, then fell behind 1900 points
at the half. They forged ahead
by 80 points at the three-quarter
mark and clinched the victory by
ITO points.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Psychiatrist Challenges
'BIackout' by Mrs. Beck
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-A State
psychiatrist has challenged Mar
tina Beck's claim that she blacked
out a few moments before she
found Mrs. Janet Fay beaten.
bleeding and dying on the floor
in front of her.
DR.. Perry M. Licchenstein tes-
titled yesterday that he inter-
viewed Mrs. Beck last March Is
in her jail cell at Mineola, Long
Island. and that she gave a clear
account of beating Mrs. Fay over
the head with a hammer.
"She knew the nature and quail
ity of her act and knew that the
act was wrong" DR.. Lichenstein
said.
The 2o0-pound Mrs. Beck, on
trial with Lonely Hearts Romeo
Raymond Fernandez in the killing
of Mrs. Fay last January 4 has
testified she remembered nothing
of the death blows.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
1000 Men Fight 10 Check
Forest Fire in Idaho
BY the Associated Press

MCCALL. Idaho, Aug. 10
More than 1000 men fought to-
Iday to control Payette National
Forests worst fire in Is years.
The flames have burned 5,100
acres of timber.
Fire fighters are spread over 18
miles of fire lines in the Salmon
River area and the blaze has now
licked to within miles of the
Golden Anchor Mine. In addi-
ton to 18 miles of fire lines, a
Smile stretch of fire front along
the Salmon River is being used
in an effort to beat back the
flames.
The flames jumped fire lines
In two sectors last night, requiring
a long struggle to check them.
Fire Dispatcher Slim Vassar
said radio contact has been re-
sumed with a crew of rs men
fighting in one sector.
Last-night efforts to reach the
men were unsuccessful.
Meanwhile, Phil Murphy, Helena
National Forest fire dispatcher,
announced the Gates Of the
Mountains fire-which killed 10
men and laid waste 5000 acres Of
Montana forest-has been con-
quered.
Mr.. Murphy said the fire moves
into the mopup stage today. He
said 100 men would be with
drawn from the head of Meri-
wether Canyon. which leads to
the Missouri River in the Gates
Of the Mountains northeast of
Helena.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Capital Unit 10 Seek Funds
For $500 HOUSING Units

Funds to build $500 additional
public housing units in the District
will be sought by the National
Capital Housing Authority under
the National Housing Act, John
Ihlder. executive officer Of NCHA,
said today.
Mr.. Ihler said the quota would
cover the first half of a six-year
program and that another appli-
cation for public housing funds
be made at the end Of three years.
The request would provide
homes for about one-fourth of
the applicants, on the NCHA
waiting list. The list now has
about $4,000 names and has been
growing since passage of the
housing act, Mr.. Ihlder said.
Mr.. Ihlder said he was hope
full that private industry might
help out in providing for the other
three-fourths of the ill-housed
group by renovating or redevelop-
ing slum housing here.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Unificution
Continued From First Page

agement Committee and a man
agement advisory group.
This news agency is to work out
q program for maximum reduction
of Defense Department expend-
itures-and still maintain military
effectiveness.
McNarney to Head Committee.
Mr.. johnson named Gen. Joseph
T. McNarney as chairman of the
Management Committee. Other
members will be Secretary Gray,
Undersecretary of the Navy Daniel
A. Kimball and Eugene M. Zuckert,
Assistant Secretary of the Air
Force.
Gen. McNarney will be relieved
from his present assignment as
chief of the Air Force Material
Command and transferred to the
Defense Department. He has been
on temporary duty as adviser to
MIR. johnson on organization and
administrative matters since the
Defense Secretary took Office last
March.
Mr.. johnson said the business
management firm Of Robert Heller
g. Associates, Cleveland, will
provide the personnel for the
management advisory group.
Newsreel cameramen- and still
photographers recorded the scene
as Mr.. Truman signed the bill.
Repeats Ceremony for Press.
The President patiently followed
the: directions of the cameramen
as he went through the signing
ceremony repeatedly for the bere-
fit of the zone More Club"-pho-
tographers who invariably cry
"Just one more. Mr.. President" !"
The new legislation would:
/. Raise the present Defense
Establishment to full cabinet
status as an executive department
ranking second only to the State
Department. This will give Sec
retary johnson more power to
force greater teamplay among the
three services.
2. Reduce the Army, Navy and
Air. Force from executive status
to military departments. Actual
merger of the three services and
their subordinate units-including
naval aviation and the Marine
Corps-however, is prohibited.
Bradley May Get Top Post.
8. Set up permanent chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The
new chairman would have no vott
or command authority but woule
be ranking military officer OF thu
Nation. His prestige would bt
enormous. The Chiefs Of Staff
top commanding officers OF tht
Army, Navy and Air Force, woule
continue as chief military ad'
visers to the President and th'
Secretary of Defense. Gen. Eisen
hover has been acting temporaril!
as head of the Joint Chiefs. Gen
Bradley, now Army chief Of stan
Is expected to be named by tn
President to take over this tol
fob on a regular basis.
4. Keep at the present It'll
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Arlington Elementary Schools
To Offer Piano Instruction

other instrumental material, a
total of about $22 for a school
year, Mr.. Reed said. Glasses are
optional and will be given during
school hours.
A six-week demonstration course
to train teachers and acquaint
parents with methods will begin
at $50 a. m. Tuesday at the
Woodrow Wilson School, 1901
Wilson boulevard, under the di-
rection of Miss Joyce Sutherland,
teacher of piano classes in Balti-
more public schools. Sixteen chill
dren are being chosen to make up
this test class.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Arrest as Murder Fugitive
Ends Mans Art Career
Nv the Associated Press

FRANKLIN, Ind, Aug. 10.-A
landscape painters art career
ended today when he was taken
back to a jail from which he
escaped more than 20 years ago
while awaiting trial on a murder
charge.
Ralph Lee, 81, artist with q
record which officers said includ-
ed at least II jailbreaks in II
years. was arrested as he ate
supper with his wife, Mrs. Jessie
Edwards Lee, at their home south
of here in Brown County.
Indiana State Police and In
dianapolis officers arrested Lee on
a charge Of escaping from the
johnson County Jail here on New
Year Eve In 1926. He was being
held at that time on a charge of
murder in the holdup killing of
Abner Peek. Speedway City grocer.
Lees record. as related by Of
ficers, started with a burglary
sentence and an escape from the
Indiana Boys School in 1911,
when he was 13 years old.
It includes. besides three breaks
here. escapes from the Wells
County Jail at Bluffton, WASH
ington State Reformatory. Indi-
ana State Farm at Putnamville
and Indiana State Reformatory
and Tennessee State Penitentiary
twice each.
His present wife is a one-time
missionary to China and Saliva
ton Army worker who had en-
gagged in religious work among
convicts. He married her two
years ago and settled in the
Brown County artist colony tc
paint Landscapes.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
GubrieIson Asks Beck
Ito Retuin 6. @. P. Post
kx fhe Asxoeiafad Press

Guy G. Gabrielson, new Republi-
can national chairman. yesterday
called on Axel j. Beck Of South
Dakota to continue as chairman
of the Republican Subcommittee
on Agriculture.
MIR. Beck, who was narrowly
defeated by Mr.. Gabrielson in the
recent contest for the party chair
manship, had telegraphed his
resignation.
Mr.. Gabrielson said in a state
ment that he is convinced the
interests of the party can best be
served by Mr.. Beck's retention
ship" Of the post.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Continued From First Page)
been superseded through later
tests.
The committee is investigating
the military aircraft procurement
program with special emphasis on
the B-36 order. The inquiry is
the outgrowth of a House speech
by Representative Van Zandt, Re-
publican, of Pennsylvania and an
Anonymous memorandum Received
in the mail by Representative
Deane, Democrat, of North Caro-
lima. The speech and the docu-
ment mentioned reports Of unus-
ual influence in the National De-
|fense establishment by Atlas
Corp, an industrial combine head
ed by Floyd Odlum, which con-
trolls Consolidated-Vultee.
Mr.. Odlum's name came up in
the testimony of Gen. Smith to-
day. He said the Air Force de-
cided in June. 1948, to build the
Northrup B-49 flying wing
in the Governments Fort Worth
plant, which was being used for
|B-36 production.
Northrop Opposed Merger.
Consolidated-Vultee and the
Northrop firm were requested to
work out arrangements to ac-
complish this, inasmuch as North
rop's plant at Hawthorne, Calf.
twas inadequate for quantity
production of the B-49," Gen
Smith explained.
A conference was arranged in
Los Angeles in which Mr.. Odlum
participated and suggested 9
merger of Consolidated-Vultee
and Northrop, he continued. Mr.
Symington, on the West Coast fol
a speaking engagement. had din.
ner with the conferees, and the
subject was discussed informally
Gen. Smith told the committee
He said the Northrop management
Opposed a merger at the time, ant
it was decided that NorthroI
should subcontract its production
to Consolidated for the tim'
being.
The unsigned memorandum
Iplaced in the hearing record yes
! terday by Mr.. Deane charged tina
Atlas Corp. was taking over" tn
National Defense establishment
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Committee Approves
Proposal 10 Double
Payroll Taxes by 81
BY the Associated Press

An increase in Social Securit,
payroll taxes from $1,800.000, ,00l
this year to about $4,000, ,000, 900 il
1850 and $3,600,000.000 in 1851
has been agreed on by the Hous'
Ways and Means Committee.
The committee. meeting yester'
day behind closed doors, was re-
ported also to have called fol
further increases in the tax ratt
in 1860, 1865 and 1870, until 1t Il
more than three times the present
rate.
To meet the increased cost o.
living, the committee voted for ar
increase Of about 10 per cent ir
the old-age and survivors benefit.
of $500, 900 persons already draw
ing them.
Now $6OO,OOO,OOO Yearly.
These benefits now are running
at approximately $600,000,000 6
year but this total will increase
sharply as persons now working
reach retirement age.
The old-age insurance program
is entirely separate from the Gov
ernment public assistance" pro-
gram. Under the insurance pro-
gram the workers and their en-
ployers pay for what the workers
get when they reach retirement
age.
The assistance" Is direct relief
to persons in need.
Would Broaden Coverage.
The committee approved other
sections of social security ex-
pansion legislation that would:
/. Add 100000 persons to the
81, 900, 900 already covered by old
age insurance.
2. Boost by an average of 80 per
cent the benefits for persons now
insured and not yet retired, and
for those to come into the pro-
gram in the future.
But Democratic leaders have
virtually abandoned hope of COM
pleting congressional action on the
social security expansion bill this
year, despite the important COM
mittee actions that represent par
tial victories for President Tru-
mans program.
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Explosion
Continued From First Page

M. Davis, 43, of 1922 Manning
place NV, a foreman with thu
Capital Transit Co., touched ar
acetylene torch to a bolt on the
street car track.
He and gang Of IS workers
were repairing the track in the
middle of the intersection. Mr.
Davis gave this account:
Il was standing with one foot
in three-foot ditch between the
tracks, and had just touched the
torch to the track.
There was a loud noise, then q
flash of flame a few feet away.
saw manhole cover shoot into
the air. Then I was too busy
getting away to see anything
else"
Gas May Have Backed Up.
Mr.. Davis said it was probable
that gas had backed into the duct
from which streetcars get their
power.
All the injured except one were
women and children. None was
injured seriously, according to
Emergency Hospital officials. but
two were to be admitted for fur
ther treatment because the burns
covered extensive portions OF their
bodies.
The injured are:
Mrs. Lila D. Ruddle, %. Of 4608
Lewis avenue Sc. admitted to
Emergency Hospital with burns
on her face. arms. shoulders and
legs.
Mrs. Wilma Phau. "a. of 1921
Terrace drive Sc. to be tra1s.
ferred from Emergency Hospital
to Bethesda Naval Hospital fol-
treatment of burns on her head
face and arms.
Charles Jacobs. 73, of 623 Penn
sylvania Avenue INV, maybe
admitted to Emergency Hospital
with face, hand, arm and leg
burns.
Others to Be Released.
The following were treated and
were to be released:
Mrs. Roberta Jewell, 81. Of 72f
North Arlington street, Arlington
face and arm burns.
Margaret Jewell. 7, face and
arm burns.
June Jewell, 8, face and arm
burns.
Mrs. Margaret Mauglitz, Sc, OF
905 Varnum street NE, arms, face
and hand burns.
Mrs. Ann Huffman, 80. of 270e
Bellevue avenue, Cheverly, Md.
burn on right arm.
Young Girls Escape Injury.
Mrs. Jewell, the mother of the
two injured girls. also had hel
third daughter. Shirley Jean. 3
with her, but she was apparently
uninjured, the hospital said. Mrs
Huffman's daughter, Kathleen, 4
also apparently escaped injury.
Also injured was Laura Blanche
Gregory, Sc, of 439 Peabody street
NV, who suffered burned eye
brows, hair, face and arms.
Her dress burned down the
back, she rushed to the f1rst-aio
room of the nearby Civil Service
Commission Building, where she
is employed. She was to be trans
ferred later to a hospital.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

Beginning this fall, piano in
struction will be offered pupils in
Arlington County elementary
schools, Raymond r. Reed, super
visor of music for Arlington
schools, announced today.
This will be the first such large
scale "co-ordinated" program in
the Washington area, according
to Mr.. Reed. Glasses will be
taught by private instructors and
will be limited to pupils who have
never studied piano before.
Cost will be so cents for each
weekly lesson plus a maximum Of
81 for a dummy keyboard and
Evening star., 1949-08-10
Grandmother Is Held
In Counterfeit Case;
Pulls Hair Of Accuser
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 10.-A small,
quick-tempered grandmother was
being held in $4,000 bond here
today on charges that she served
as contact woman between a big
time counterfeiting gang and
underworld elements in Connecti-
cut.
She is Mrs. Beatrice Resch, 50,
operator of a dress shop in her
Lower East Side home. She has
an invalid husband and six chill
dren, including three married
daughters.
Arraigned yesterday on charges
Of conspiracy to pass counterfeit
money, she shook her head and
sobbed, "Oh. no, that's not true" I"
Then she launched brief hair
pulling attack on convicted
woman counterfeiter who iden-
titled Mrs. Resch before United
States Commissioner Edward w.
Mcdonald.
Charges Called Poetry"
The grandmother's attorney
called the government charges "a
lot of poetry"
Assistant United States Attor-
ney Roy N. Cohn said the woman
worked with Michael Malone, ac-
cused East Coast kingpin for
Chicago counterfeiting ring said
to have flooded this area with
more than $1,000,o00 in bogus
bills.
Malone and several others al
legedly connected with the ring
have been arrested here.
Mr.. Cohn said Maione's gang
sent Mrs. Resch to contact a man
he described as Connecticut's
Public Enemy Number One"
The purpose, Mr.. Cohn said, was
to get the Connecticut "top man"
to dispose of bogus $40 and $40
bills in that State.
Palatial Home Mentioned.
Mr.. Cohn did not identify the
Connecticut figure, but said he
lived In a palatial home in West
vile, New Haven suburb.
1t was there, the United States
Attorney said. that Mrs. Resch
accompanied by four other New
Workers, tried unsuccessfully to
arrange deal whereby the Con-
necticut underworld leader would
buy $4,000 worth of phony
money.
The New York party was led
10 the Westville home by a woman
they contacted in Bridgeport,
Conn, Mr.. Cohn said. The
Bridgeport woman was not named.
The attorney said the Bridge
port woman and the Connecticut
underworld figure had failed to
answer a grand jury subpoena
here. and that both now are being
sought by authorities. !
Agents Break Up Fight.
Mr.. Cohn named one Of the
New Workers who accompanied
Mrs. Resch on the trip as Mrs.
Lillian Mizell, 81, who last June
was sent to prison for three years
on q counterfeiting charge. ~a-l
Whens Mrs. Mizell appeared toI
identify the older woman, the two|
engaged in a brief scuff1e. Secret
Service agents broke up the fight.
Mrs. Resch's attorney, Louis
Kaye, said she made the trip to
Connecticut only to help make
bond for a defendant VIE 1a5eEl
was released from jail there. Hal
gave no other details on the case.
The attorney said Mrs. Resch
knew Mrs. Mizell only as GUS
toner for her dresses.
Evening star., 1949-08-10

whose connection with the track
was not explained.
On October Is. Mr.. Hunt put g
memorandum in his files saying
that Gen Vaughan was "damt
sore" at the treatment given Gen
Vaughan's Tanforan friends by
the Housing Expeditor's Office. Mr.
Hunt wrote he had agreed to SEE
about Strengthening out any mis-
understanding.
On October %, Mr.. Hunt con-
ferred with housing officials, in.
forming them of Gen. Vaughan:
indie'' ion at the "brush-off
giver. Ills friends.
Suggested Vacating Injunction.
About November l an affldavi
signed by Mr.. Orlando and datet
October "a was submitted to th'
housing agency. This affidavit
stated that the ownership of th'
track had changed hands and th'
stock was now controlled by Mr.
Mori and William G. Helis of Bev'
erly Hills, Calf.
On November 3 Mr.. Wood!
wrote Acting Assistant Attorney
General Herbert A. Bergson a let.
ter which said in part: Since il
is represented that the individuals
responsible for the violation BY
the Tanforan Co. are no longer
connected with that company, II
is the desire of this agency that
the contemplated construction be
treated on the same basis as con-
struction on any other race track.
Mr.. Woods proposed vacating the
injunction and issuing a new in
junction which would put Tan
foran under the same building
restrictions as other tracks.
On November 6, Mr.. Woods
wrote another letter to Mr.. Berg
son carrying much the same in
formation and saying I'VE do not
believe that the new owners should
be penalized for the violations
committed by the former owners .
Track Given Building Permit.
Late in November or early in
December the injunction was
lifted. The track owners, however
still had to get a permit to do any
building since building material.
were still under Federal restric.
tions.
On January 9, 1948, Gen
Vaughan called Mr.. Woods to th'
White House and told him, &C
cording to Mr.. Woods. Il want tt
be sure there is no prejudice be-
cause this is a race track"
On January l3, 1948, the tract
got its building permit.
Before yesterdays session end.
ed committee investigators cast
some doubt as to the actual pres
ent ownership Of the track. Mr.
Woods said he would submit tc
the Justice Department the affi-
davit listing present owners to
determine if any perjury or false
swearing was involved.