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Evening star., 1949-12-26
Traffic Deaths Rise
To7 Over Week End
In Washington Area
Mishops Total so Here;
Wife Of Chief Engineer
At Willard Hotel Killed

The District areas Christmas
week end traffic toll stood at
seven deaths today, with Mrs.
Guy Chamberlain, IS, wife of the
chief engineer at the Willard Ho-
tel. the latest victim.
Washington police reported that
nearly so accidents occurred in
the city itself over the week end
from 8 am. Saturday to 8 o'clock
this morning-nearly double the
normal week end traffic accident
rate.
Mrs. Chamberlain was fatally
injured in collision Christmas
afternoon on the Baltimore Wash
ington boulevard near the inter-
section of Lackawanna avenue in
Berwyn, Md. Her husband suf-
fered serious injuries-both legs
fractured as well as his right
ARMAND is in Leland Memorial
Hospital" Riverdale.
Police said the Chamberlain
automobile collided with a Car
driven by Staff Sergt. Edmund
Magalon, rs, of the Boiling Air
Force Base.
The Chamberlains were pinned
in their car and the Branchville
Frescue squad was called to extri-
cate them. Sergt. Magalon was
uninjured. A technical charge of
manslaughter was placed against
him.
The accident occurred at 2:10
pm. and Mrs. Chamberlain died
lat Leland Memorial Hospital
about four hours later.
Mr.. Chamberlain had been with
the Willard Hotel as chief engi-
neer for two years, coming to the
Willard from Cleveland, Ohio.
Willard officials said he was an
"old- timer" in the hotel business,
at one time serving as supervising
engineer for the Dewitt Hotel
chain. He and his wife lived at
the Willard. They had no children.
The accident occurred while
they were, out on Christmas
afternoon drive" 4
Others dead in automobile acci-
dents were: j
Primus Feaster, "a, colored, OF
s lCno ArCTnENTC pouo A-Rl
Evening star., 1949-12-26

so, in whose home the fire started
He said he made the Identification
through dental plates.
Mrs. Fischer was the only per-
son killed in the fire, which start
ed when a Christmas tree in her
home caught fire.
Her husband, Somers Fischer,
was seriously burned. He was
taken to Cumberland Memorial
Hospital. The hospital termed his
condition bad"
The fire spread rapidly from
one old frame building to another,
and the entire business section of
this small town of 1,500 was de-
stroyed.
More than three blocks of the
business district and surrounding
residences were burned to the
ground. The flames consumed
the post Office, the bank, about
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Tokyo Area Hit
ByEarfhquake,
Volcano Erupts
7 Killed, ! Injured,
3 Missing; No U. S.
Personnel Included
By the Assoeioted Press

TOKYO, Dec. 26.-Japan awak-
ened this day after Christmas to
the rumble of the earth and the
roar of the worlds largest volcano.
The earthquake shook a nine
prefecture area north of Tokyo
far into the day. National police
said seven were killed, one in
jured and three missing at Ina
ichi.
Residents took to the streets
with their bedding.
Mount Aso, the worlds largest
active volcano and Japan's Oldest,
erupted on Kyushu Island. south
of Honshu. Rocks of tremendous
size were hurled 500 feet into the
air. No lava flow followed.
Half of Towns Homes Hit.
No American personnel were
among the earthquake casualties.
The town of Imaichi, IS miles
north of Tokyo, was hardest hit.
The homes of about half of its
1900 inhabitants were damaged
or destroyed.
A hundred American service
men in quarters at Nikko, five
miles north of Imaichi. escaped
injury. Pvt. Charles Penton of
Terrell, Tex. desk clerk at the
Kanaya Hotel in Nikko. said the
hostelry suffered only a few
broken windows.
Persistent earth tremors have
been recorded by the Tokyo central
meteorological observatory for sew
eral days.
Sections of Railroads Sink.
Sections of the railroad between
Utsunomiya and Nikko sank,
forcing passengers to take to buses
for the last 20 miles of the Tokyo
to Nikko run. Unconflrmed re-
ports said two freight trains near
Nikko were derailed.
The police chief at Imaichi said
doctors and nurses arrived there
and were caring for the injured.
He said for the time being there
is enough food and clothing for
quake victims.
Mount Aso. IL miles from Ku-
mamoto on Kyushu Island, began
erupting with a great explosion
heard for miles. Black and brown
smoke scared from Nakadate, the
center peak of five cones forming
the 1o0-square-mile crater. Ashes
covered wide area. The volcano
Is 5000 feet high.
Mount Aso has been erupting
since 533 AID, according to jap
anese records.
Meteorologists said there was no
connection between the eruption
and the earth tremors.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
By the Associated Press

HYNDMAN, Pa, Dec. 26.-The
body of a woman was recovered
from debris in the center of this
burned out Southern Pennsyl-
vania town today.
DR.. John Topper. the towns S
only physician, identified the body
as that of Mrs. Corrine Fischer,
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Syrian Leader
Put in byCoup
Resigns Post
Attossi's Departure
Follows Thut of
23-Hour Cabinet
BY the Associated Press

DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 26.-
Syria's aged chief of state, former
President Hashem Bey Attassi, re-
signed today soon after the de-
parture from Office of a Populist
Party cabinet which lasted for only
% hours.
Mr.. Attassi, who is in his sos
handed his resignation soon after
noon to the speaker of the Con-
stituent Assembly.
He had served as chief of state
and head of the government since
August IA, when a military coup
overthrow the government AMI ex-
ecuted President Husni Zayim and
Premier Muhsen Bey Berazi.
Respected Political Figure.
Mr.. Attassi, Syria's oldest anc
most respected political figure
had assumed leadership of the
government at the request of the
coup leader, Gtn. Sami Hennawi
and so prominent Syrian politi-
clans called together by Gen
Hennawi.
Mr.. Attassi's coalition govern.
ment announced when it took Of
flee that it was only a temporary
regime. On November Is the Pop
ulist Party won a large majority
in elections for members of a new
Constituent Assembly.
Nazem Kudsl, a Populist Party
leader and Syrias first Minister
to the United States, formed q
cabinet Saturday night but re.
signed % hours later after the
shortest life span of any Syrian
government.
No Reasons Given.
Premier Kudsi's letter of resig-
nation did not specify the reasons
for his move. which came after an
unexpected meeting of the Coun-
Gil of Ministers.
Mr.. Kudsi formed cabinet on
Christmas Eve in the hone of end
ing a week-long cabinet crisis
Former Premier Khaled Bey Azem
had been unable to form a gov
ernment and Faris El Khoury
Syria's delegate to the United
Nations, had refused TO try.
The weeks political unrest had
begun with coup within Syria s
army which unseated the COM
mander-in-chief, Gen. Hennawi
had seized the government last
August in the coup which resulted
in the executions of the President
and Premier.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
One Dead in Three-AIarm
81, Louis Hotel Fire
By the Associofed Press

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 26.-Fire swept
the third floor Of the three STORY
Embassy Hotel here last night
causing one death.
The small hotel is just west OF
the main downtown district. The
flames leaped high in the air for
several minutes and three alarms
were necessary.
The victim was identified as
William Coco. rs. hotel kitchen
employe. His body was found in q
hallway. John Sankovic, As, suf-
fered burns.
Evening star., 1949-12-26

OGDEN. Utah, Dec. 26 R.-Mr
and Mrs. Ezra Richardson cele-
brated Christmas by giving each Of
81 relatives a check for $1,000
They have no living children ,o1
their own. Mr.. Richardson is
retired merchant. He said he and
his wife have given away more
than 100000 since they began
the custom Of cash Christmas gifts
to nieces, nephews and other rela-
tives.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Bulletin
Store Owner Found Dead

Randolph r. Bonthorn, A.,
proprietor of a ladies' clothing
store at 1408 F street NV,
today was found dead in bed at
his Arlington apartment, 1924
South Eighth street, county
police reported. He was found
by his wife, police said, when
she awoke this morning. DR..
w. C.. Welburn, Arlington cor
oner, and Arlington detectives
were investigating. Police said
IN autopsy would be performed.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Boy, IS, Jumps Away
From Firecrocker,
Dies in Path of Auto
By the Assoeiofed Press

BY the Assoeiafsd Press
BAXLEY, Ga. Dec. 26.--
Fifteen-ye -old Eugene Spell
and his buddies were cele-
brating Christmas with fire.
crackers.
Somebody dropped a crack
er at his feet to see him Jump.
He did-sideways into the
path of an automobile.
He was dead on arrival at
a hospital.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Lacking in Facilities,
Hospital Explains in
Admissions Dispute
Injured Potent Needed
SpecioI Core, Emergency:
Superintendent Says

An Emergency Hospital official
said today that attendants left
a stretcher- borne injured man at
Gallinger Hospitals doors Christ
mas eve because Emergency did
not have the facilities" to give
him the care he needed.
He said by facilities" he did
not mean they had no space.
Earlier, however. DR.. Lunetta
Memming, an Emergency intern,
said she was told to take the pa
tient to Gallinger because 1--WE
didn't have any room for him."
The man, Stephen Gardner, an
unemployed carpenter, was taken
to Gallinger after receiving treat
ment at Emergency for head in
juries and deep arm wounds.
Although Gallinger had told
Emergency doctors the municipal
hospital could not accept Mr..
Gardner as patient because he
did not meet residency require
ments for INDECENT care, he was
admitted after the Emergency
attendants left. A North Caro-
linian who has lived recently in
the 900 block of K street NV,
Mr.. Gardner spent several hours
on a stretcher during the dispute.
Dispute Brought into Open.
The incident brought into the
open a long standing disagree
ment between Health Department
and private hospital officials over
care of the INDECENT. particularly
those who have not lived in the
District long enough to meet Dis
trict requirements for free care
James G. Capossela, Emergency
administrator, said he and a hos
pital doctor decided Mr.. Gardner
should be sent to Gallinger when
it was determined that he had
to be under constant observation
and that we had no facilities for
the type Of patient he would have
been"
Mr.. Capossela said the problem
was not one Of enough bed space
because we always can put up
an extra bed someplace."
Mr.. Capossela said such patients
have been sent to Gallinger in
the past. But he added that the
question Of payment for his care
Ibid not enter our minds" in the
case of Mr.. Gardner.
However, Henry D. Hamilton
executive secretary of the Hospital
Council of the National Capital
area, said the incident was an
example of a long standing dis
pute with District officials over
payment for the care of non-
resident emergency INDECENT pa
tientS.
Nine Hospitals Have Contract.
Nine Of the hospitals have a
contract with the District, which
reimburses them for treating
emergency patients who are Dis
trict residents. The District will
pay for nonresident emergency
patients only If the patients are
brought to the hospitals in Dis
trict-owned or operated ambu-
lances. Mr.. Gardner, officials
said, walked into Emergency with
the aid Of policemen at about 10
am. Saturday. ..s.t
Mr.. Hamilton said he did not
think it was standard practice for
the hospitals to send to Gallinger
patients who did not meet the
non-residency contract clause.
District Health Officer Daniel L.
/r.. YAr>Y~rNrrrc n.~. 0I
Evening star., 1949-12-26
China Reds Reported
Concentrating Troops
For Attack on Hainan
Amphibious Assault
Expected on Nationalist
Island Stronghold
BY the Associofed Press

HONG KONG, Dec. 26.-Pro-
Communist reports said today
that heavy concentrations of Red
troops are moving into staging
areas on Liuchow peninsula for
amphibious assault on the big
South China island of Hainan.
The Communists were reported
collecting large numbers of boats
for crossing the narrow Hainan
Strait. Less than 10 miles of open
water separates the peninsula
from the Nationalist island re-
doubt. But the Communists are
expected to launch their main
attack from beaches further UP
the peninsula.
Chinese news reports from Can
ton said heavy Red troop move
ments were under way from that
area toward Liuchow. Several
hundred thousand troops are ex-
pected in the operation.
Hainan Island is defended by
several Nationalist armies with a
total strength estimated at 250,00C
men. 1t is the second largest of
three island positions remaining
in Nationalist hands. Formosa,
seat of the government, is the larg-
est. The Chushan Islands. 100
miles southeast of Shanghai. are
the other Nationalist position of
the China coast.
Military observers believe Hainan
Island will be a much softer tar
get for the Communists than For
mosa. There are many Red guer-
rillas on Hainan.
Gen. Pal Chung -hsi. one Of the
Nationalist top commanders. heads
Hainan's defenses. He is aided by
Gen. Yu Han-mou who salvaged
some troops from Canton.
A new restriction on shipping In
China waters was reported last
night.
The independent newspaper
Wah Kiu Vat Pao said in a dis
patch from Hainan that no for
eign or Chinese ships would be
allowed to sail within Is miles OF
the island without special per-
mission.
Meanwhile. the Red radio al
Peiping reported the capture OF
Crankiang. the last Nationalist
stronghold on the Liuchow Pc
ninsula. The broadcast, heard by
the Associated Press in San Fran
Disco, said the city's fall cut of
the sea escape route of all Ma
tionalist forces in the area.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
No Late Editions
OF The Star Today

Due to the Christmas holi-
day. the Night Final editions
of The Star will not be printed
today. Subscribers to these
will receive the regular Home
edition.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
300 Orphans Entertained
At Naples by U. S. Fleet
By the Associated Press

BY me Ns3oeIofed TFess
NAPLES, Italy, Dec. 26.-Three
hundred orphans were the guests
today Of United States ships of
the Mediterranean Fleet at a
luncheon party here.
The children received presents
from the sailors and then merrily
sat around the long mess tables
for a Christmas lunch.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
$100, 900 Fire Injuries
10 Scranton Firemen
By the Associofed Press

SCRANTON. Pa, Dec. 26.-Ter
firemen were hurt, none seriously
early yesterday in a blaze which
completely destroyed the H. j
Cokely plant, manufacturer OF
wire frames and distributors OF
seedlings. s..
William E. Decker, plant man.
ager, estimated the loss at $780,
900, including $4,000 worth OF
seeds.
Evening star., 1949-12-26
-Four PrisonersFIee
Virginia Prison Camp;
One Called Dangerous
Guards Shots Fail to Holt
Escape of Men Into
Woods Near Wurrenton
Special Dispatch 10 The Siar

EAYMARKET, Va, Dec. 26.-
Four prisoners, one of them be-
.lieved dangerous, escaped last
night from Virginia State Prison
Camp No. 26 on Route Is, midway
between Fairfax and Warrenton
A camp spokesman said the -four
men sawed off their leg shackles
and cut a hole in the canvas and
wire wall on the side of their prison
building. Two guards were in the
building but were unable to stor
them, the spokesman said.
It was the second escape by
prisoners in or near the Fairfax
area in less than a week. Last
Friday, four men broke out OF
the Fairfax County jail, but were
recaptured shortly afterwards in
Washington and Prince George
County.
The prisoner described by police
as dangerous was identified a.
Walter M. Barnett, 10. who was
given a 5-year sentence in Fairfax
County last March for robbery
A prison official said Barnett tried
to escape once before, last May IL,
but was seriously wounded. He
was confiened in another camp in
the southern part of the state at
the time.
Others Listed.
The other prisoners were listed
as Roy Bennett, Is, who was sem
fenced in Caroline County to Z
years for housebreaking; William
Davis Beasley, "a, sentenced in
Princess Anne County to 3 years
for Notwithstanding. and John
Aldrich, Is, who was jailed in
Norfolk and given concurrent g.
year sentences for robbery, store
housebreaking and possessing bur-
glary tools.
The jail spokesman said there
we're 81 prisoners in the building
1See ESCAPE, Page A-4o
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Witnesses Describe Efforts to Save
Burning Town Page Al
Evening star., 1949-12-26

(See JAP TRIAL, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-12-26

(See ACCIDENTS. Page A-6D
Evening star., 1949-12-26
$4,000 Sonto Claus

(see INDIGENTS, Page A-23
Evening star., 1949-12-26

(See ESCAPE, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1949-12-26

tSee HYNDMAN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1949-12-26
Guide for Re a d ers

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1949-12-26

Cloudy with occasional light rain today;
high near so. Cloudy tonight and tomor-
row with occasional light rain likely. Low
tonight about As. (Full report on Page A-2D
Evening star., 1949-12-26

(See GRANT, Page A-2o
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-01
Legal Notice

AegaA lNOtlCe IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE TFRRI1ORYOF LASKA, THIRD DIVISION In The Matter Of The Estate Of GEORGE FRANCIS MCKAY,
 Deceased
 No, 338 Probate
 NOTICE or SETTLEMENT of
 ADMINISTRATORS
 ACCOUNT Notice is hereby given that Merrill Carl Coon, the Admins. trator of the Estate of George Francis Mckay, deceased, has rendered and presented for settlement, and filed in said Court, his final account and petition for distribution of said estate; and that Thursday, the 10th day of November, 1949, at 200 o'clock P. M at the court room of said Court, at the Unit ed States Commissioners Office, in the City Of Kodiak, Territory of Alaska, has been duly ap- pointed by the judge of said Court. for the settlement of said account, at which time and place any person interested in said es tate may appear and 6'e excep tions in writing to he said ac count, and contest the same A. M. Vokacek United States Commiss- toner & Ex.Officio Pre-. bate Judge
 Last Publication l0-8 49
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-01
deception Tomorrow For Sh0IiS


 A reception for MT. and Mrs. Melvin SholI vii be held to- morrow evening at the com" munity center.
 Because of inclement weather last week many friends of the newly married couple were un- able to attend their wedding at Afognak Friends of the bride and groom are invited to attend the reception and are urged to come at s D m.
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-01

Charles Chrlstofferson was granted a divorce from Flora Christofferson last Friday in Judge Anthony J. Dimond's District Court, in session here
Kodiak mirror., 1949-10-01
Hospital News

BIRTHS:
 To Rev. and Mrs. John Mar shall, a son David Leon, Sept. 30, 9 lbs 10 oz.
 To Mir. and Mrs. Daniel Lyda, a daughter Lenore Clara, Sept. 28, 5 lbs 2 oz.
 For medical attention, Elmer lesser, Marion o. Parker, Robs It Boyd; fractures, Dennis Boskof' sky, Afognak. Dick Lightfoot
 EITGrT7D AYNuT
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10
Thompson Photo

immature in their thinking ana
warnings have very little meaning
to them. the Department says.
eve can't over-estimate the inn
nortance of conscientious traffic
training on the part of parents.
Kirkman said, but we shouldnt
forget that the responsibility TOT
child safety will always lie heavier
on the shoulders OF the motorls'
than the parents"
In connection with its project, the
Department reminded all drivers
that in 194S about 70 children be-
tween the ages of s to IA. were Kill
ed in motor vehicle accidents In
Florida.
MANY Of these Deaths" Kirkman
said. happened because motorists
forget to expect the unexpected
while driving near schools, play
grounds, and residential districts
When a child's life is at stake we
can't afford the luxury of laxness.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10
Miami Soldiers In
Japan

JAPAN, August 26 - PFC George
w. Hudson, son of Mr.. and Mrs
David Hudson, APT NV 9th street. is
now serving as a security guard
with the 61Oth Transportation Port
Company.
Stationed in Yokohama, Japan's
major port and seat of the head
quarters of the Eighth Army, Pri
vate Hudson is filling an essential
job with the Army's Occupational
Forces here. His company is respon'
sible for the security and the safe
guarding of the army-operated 70
kohama port facilities.
Entering the Army in September
i94S. he arrived in this theater in
January 1949. He is a former stu
dent of Booker T. Washington High
School in Miami.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10
School Kids Form
New Traffic Hazard

Readin' 'ritin'. and 'rithmatic
time is here again for the nations
youngsters.
School has either started - or is
about to everywhere, and once
again we must increase our vigi'
lance while driving" This was the
warning issued by II. N. Kirkman
who heads the Florida Department
of Public Safety's September cam
paign for child safety in traffic in
cooperation with the National Safe.
ty Council.
School time" said Kirkman.
takes the child away from his
mothers apron strings for a few
hours a day and during part of that
time he is a potential traffic acct
dent victim unless we adults pro-
tect him."
Emphasis on child safety Is par
ticularly appropriate in September
according to the Florida Depart
ment of Public Safety, because at
no other time of the year are so
many very young children exposed
for the first time to the dangers of
our streets. In spite of careful
teaching by their parents of correct
pedestrian habits, children are still
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10
w. B. Holman Chosen
Master In Chancery
In Chicago

CHICAGO - CAMP - Claude w.
B. Holman, local attorney, and one
time secretary of eX.Rep. Arthur w.
Mitchell, was appointed masted in
chancery of the Superior court in
Chicago last week by Judge Wilbert
F. Crowley.
Holman, who is 40, served as
Mitchell's secretary from 1885 to
1888. He is an associate of Richard
f. Westbrooks, local Chicago law
yer.
The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1949-09-10

Private First Glass woodrow w.
Truesdale. son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
J. Truesdale of 4451a NV 10Th ST.
Miami, is a member of the oath In
fantry Regiment, now stationed at
Gifu. Japan. The oath Infantry is
part of the 25th Infantry CTropic
Lightning) Division, commanded by
Major General William B. Kean.
He is a member of Medical Comp
any and was recently awarded a
good conduct certificate for having
demonstrated excellent character and
efficiency and for having his rec
ords free from disciplinary violations
over a period of at least six months.
He entered the Army in April ia
received his basic training at camp
Crowber, Missouri and departed for
overseas duty in August 1947.
Sergeant Eddie Owens Of 1910 N.
w. 5th ave, Is a member Of the
gath Infantry Regiment, now sta
toned at Gifu, japan.
He is a squad leader in Company
F and is now on guard duty at Kobe
Base, the supply point for Southern
japan.
He entered the Army in April ls47
1947, received hi basic training at
Fort Dix. New Jersey and departed
for overseas duty in October 1s47.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-23
IN HOSPITAL

Mrs. Nina Parks, of Belpre, a
former resident of Caldwell, is
a patient in the st. Joseph's hos
pital, Parkersburg, w. Va.
where she underwent surgery.
Her condition is reported as i'm
proved. Mrs. Parks is the mother
of Mrs. Ruth Davis, Main street.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1949-06-23

sunday with relatives ana
friends at Lower Salem. !,
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldon Love ana
Larry Keeton, of Canton, spent
the weekend with Mrs. Mar1ory
Love and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie weston
spent Sunday with Mrs. winnie
Warren.
Trvil Tilton visited last week
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Charley Tilton at the home of
Mr., and Mrs. Clarence Wiley in
Caldwell.
Mr. and Mrs. James Tidd and
family called on her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Pearl Rowlands, Mon
day.
Mr., and Mrs. Guy Brown spent
the weekend with Mr.. and Mrs,
Howard Devoll Jr. and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Keith and
Charley Crossen visited MIS-.
Rebecca Keith and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wilson
visited her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
Jim Harper and family Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Crum of Pen
nsvlvania, visited Mrs. Lamely,
last week.