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Evening star., 1949-04-07
Coroner Ends Probe
OF Fire Death, Sets
Inquest in Another

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stories wtgr told aho4i The are
At5ey Mss Eads sAs admitted 10
the hospital they chAgked Frank
J Poster IS colored and Aelen
Marie Foster. -, eolo;rd. both q;
the Stgesg address. ~ib assault
with intent 10 XII
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bend each pendtnk a Municipal
Court appearance Apfu IS
A two alarm Are Tuesday de-
Stroyed coal and other materials
stored IN The basement q! the
three story apartment house At
1883 Columbia road NV No one
was injured and Are damage wAs
confined 10 the basement
Evening star., 1949-04-07
West Europeans Food
Seen Nearing Prewar Level
By the Assoeiotsd Press

Western Europeans may eat al
most as much food in the coming
year as they did in prewar times.
but it won't be nearly as good.
That forecast was made today
by the Economic Cooperation
Administration for the IL months
starting July ].
The agency said that II food
production in Europe holds up, the
average diet per person may hit
2.7O0 calories a day. slightly less
than prewar" and Is to 20 per
cent below the United States
average.
For most Of the population In
the Marshall Plan countries,
ECA added. diets will continue TO
be deficient in meat, dairy prod
ucts, fats and oils. as compared
with prewar standards"
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Woman, Dragged Into Alley,
Talks WAY Free Without Harm

The wife of a United Nations
official last night talked an as
sailant into releasing her un-
harmed after dragging her into
a darkened alley.
Mrs. Inger E. Jensen. As, OF
2501 @ street NV, said she was
seized at Eighteenth and K streets
NV. by a colored man who
clapped a hand over her mouth
and dragged her into an alley.
AS she struggled. she said, the
attackers hand slipped from her
mouth. She cried, Why do you
do this? Don't you know you'll
be punished? I'll give you my
money, but I feel sorry for you.
Very sorry"
Evening star., 1949-04-07

State governments.
Mr.. Bisfae. however. SAYS he Isl! I
indorsing anybody and has no dl-
rect interest IN the matter. Mean
while. Donald S. Dawson, admins
trative assistant 10 President Tru-
man. still has the inside track for
the Job II he wants it.
PAY-Members OF Congress are
being bombarded with thosuands
OF letters. postcards and telegrams.
urging pay raises for Government
employees,
Most OF the communications are
from the highly organized postal
employees and their families. Its
reported that comparatively few
Of the other Government employees
are bothering 10 write. which also
was the case last year when postal
workers wound up with a larger
pay raise than did their colleagues
in Government.
- -
DISPLACED CAREER Rs
The first batch OF dismissal notices
to war-service employees who have
Jobs that can be filled by displaced
career employees has Just been sent
out by the Civil Service CommiS-
sion. The agencies have 10 days
in which TO dismiss the war-Serv-
ice workers.
Seventy jobs were involved in
the first dismissal list sent TO the
various departments and agencies
Additional war-service employees
dismissal notices will be sent out
by the commission within the next
few weeks.
More than 900 displaced career
employees are seeking Government
unemployment here.
MORE JOBS-The State Com
merce- Justice 1850 money bill re-
ported yesterday by the House
Appropriations Committee would
mean more than 10000 new jobs
here. Most of them are in the
Census Bureau for the 1850 ma
tional census. Hundreds OF other
positions will open up in the Fed
eral Bureau of Investigation and
other Justice Department units.
= = = =
VIEW-At least one member Of
the House Appropriations Com
mittee. Representative Preston.
Democrat. Of Georgia, brought up
the question Of merging the Civil
Aeronautics Administration with
the Civil Aeronautics Board during
hearings on the money bill.
Commerce Secretary Sawyer.
under whose supervision CAA
operates while the CAB is an in
dependent unit, evaded q direct
answer but indicated quite clearly
that he felt the CAB should be
under the Commerce Department.
together with the CAA.
- -
STATE The appropriations
group recommended that the
State Departments public rela-
tions and publication services di-
visions be combined under one
Office to effect more economy and
efficiency. The committee also
threw out the suggestion that the
material furnished to the public
be made more concise and under
standable.
-
MAGIC TOUCH - J. Edgar
Hoover and his FBI have done II
again. The. House Appropriations
Committee allotted them more
funds than were asked for In the
Presidents budget. The extra
money involves the FBIs original
budget request that was trimmed
Evening star., 1949-04-07

backing Will as
sure their sp-
pointment or
the top CON-
mission lob
ne u d G d
among the can
didates Is q
present oMeisl
OF he ciytl
Service CO m
mission / n e
others are IN
top personnel
jobs IN either
the Fe deral
GoKernment or
Evening star., 1949-04-07

At that point. she said. the man
she described as desperate look
ing" dropped his hands. murmured
Il feel sorry for myself, lady.
and ran.
Mrs. Jensen said she reported
the incident to police because her
new hat was back in the alley and
she was afraid to go for it alone.
Otherwise l would not have
called them" she said. II don't
think the man knew what he was
doing"
Mrs. Jensen is the wife of an
official with the Food and Agricul-
ture Organization of the U. N.
She is a citizen Of Norway.
Evening star., 1949-04-07
'FBI Volunteer Bares
Revolt Plans Learned
In Nine Years as Red
D. ss.s AsssSss.se Press

NEW TOAh. April s.-A VII
ness who said he Joined the Com
muniSt Party as an undercover
informant for the FBI testified
yesterday about classroom instr1le-
ton in violent revolution 70 De
carried out by bands O. arnored
workers"
Defense attorneys al the Com
muntst conspiracy trial objected
without sueceSS-that the revela-
tions came with unfair surprise.
The witness. Herbert A Phil
brick. 33-year-old Boston adver-
tfsing executive, said he Was a
Communist member in good
standing at the time ne took
the witness stand TO reveal secrets
learned in nine years OF invest!-
cation.
Mr.. Philbrick testlfed that he
attended a Communist school for
teachers in Boston, where doctrine
of armed revolt was taught. The
pupils ranged from high school
age to about 30
He said two 'mobllizationS' of
party members were held last year
in Massachusetts for training in
case OF emergency"
Mr.. Philbrick produced a mem
bership card in the Communist
Political Association-the name
the party was using in 1914.
/ Defense lawyers and IL top
Communist leaders, being tried on
charges of conspiracy to advocate
forcible overthrow Of the Govern
ment, whispered among themselves
and shook their heads.
| Clasps went up from the section
/ of the Federal courtroom where
relatives and friends OF the de-
PENDANTS and Communist sym
pathizers sit.
| Supports Budenz Testimony.
Mr.. Philbrick, a slight and stu
dious dark man, with curly hair
and trimmed glasses. de-
clared: During the entire nine
years OF my activities have been
continuously in touch with the
FBI."
The witness corroborated pre-
vious testimony OF ex-Communist
Louis F. BudenZ that in ls45 the
party policy switched from war
time peaceful cooperation with
American democracy to postwar
advocacy Of violent revolution,
The defendants were members
Of the American Communist Polit-
buro in that year.
Mr.. Philbrick, who will resume
his testimony today. also corrobo-
rated Mr.. Budenz' testimony
about the Communists use Of first
names only at meetings and on
membership cards. secret meet
ings, clubs split into five-man
units for security" reasons. and
totalitarian control over members.
Mr.. Philbrick. resident Of Mel
rose, Mass. and the father Of four
young daughters. is an assistant
advertising manager for a chain
of Boston motion picture theaters.
He produced a stack Of letters and
other Communist documents.
The documents had been guard
ed by FBI agents.
The witness told the jury and
Judge Harold r. Medina that he
got in touch with the FBI after he
became suspicious Of the motives
Of the Cambridge CMass) Youth
Council. a non-Communist group
which he helped organize in 1910
and of which he was chairman.
He said an FBI agent named
"Healy" instructed him to stick
with the organization, and in 1912
he Joined the Young Communist
League and in 1914 the Commu-
I
Evening star., 1949-04-07

little chance to stop them. Since
January / the government has
been too weak militarily to meet
the Reds on equal terms.
From the sea inland to Hankow
there are fewer than 100000 Ma
tional defenders. South Of the
river, National Gems. Pal Chung
hsis at Hankow and Tan Gen-po
at Nanking have their slim forces
dispersed,
Evening star., 1949-04-07

by Tie Et2eget Bureau 5r scgr tfAF
items wrge submitted ,Ss CsugFe>s
The extra 1aasaes 1a&s3l op~n ~
as mary AS 900 rrw zoos !. t,sr
FEi 20 clear up me ksrneys "a
yeStlgAtlyr aaSk.ax
CAPITAL ROT mt r-S.X
State Department enplates have
been gwen cash awards tag igae
contributors 10 tEr eIap,aye sQg
seS,4on program They are Ca.
r Mansfield Aylh9f G AayF.$
Roocg; ( Wilson Miss Alike ~
BAIl NorVeile S. SanneSe~k ans
Frederick J Lnaoe Tne
Clvl Service Commission An
noQnces exams 70. printing plant
workers. s. 2ss 10 s-T&3 wear
and landscape architects. s3s.T
10 sT.4S2 TIE AL Csosern~
ment Ernp.oyes Council has p~g-
suaded several members al Con
gress 10 sponsor Dill which
would exempt the Government 5
part-t.ne and temporary workers
from proposed social security GOV e
erage. These employees al pres
ent have no elvQ seryiee retire
ment benefits. but the counel.
feels that their inclusion IN the
social security Seiup would be tho
opening wedge III u drive &
weaken the civil service rrtlremen!
system This view Is disputed es
administration officials. who say
that there is no intention 70
weaken civil service retirement
benefits. but simply 10 give these
part-time and temporary workers
some kind OF protection. Fred
Howard MONT OF the Geological
Survey was given surprise party
the other day on the occasion o!
his 18th birthday anniversary,
Charleion Z. Myers has been
elected president OF the Agricul-
ture Department branch OF Fed
eral Employees Union, No, 2, Ma
tional Federation OF Federal Em i
ployes, Also elected were Guy II
Stewart. Emily E. Clark and
Charles r. Remington. vice preSi-
dents: Mary B Hall. financial sec
retary. and Mrs. Nellie NJ. Ras-
mussen, recording secretary,
BE sure 10 listen IN Sundays
at li:Is an, orr RhAL.
The star Station for Joseph
Youno's broadcast psrsion o.
the Federal Spotlight. teafaF-
ing additional neos and p;ens
OF the Government serrice
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Boby's Body Recovered
From Annapolis Horbor
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

ANNAPOLIS, April THE body
of a 2-year-old Baltimore boy was
recovered yesterday from the An
napolis harbor near his uncle's
machine shop.
Emergency Hospital attendants
said Robert Stephen Dernicak had
drowned. He is believed to have
fallen into the water from pilings
behind the shop.
He had been visiting his uncle,
Harvey Gates, who discovered the
body.
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Jnpun Sells Buttons

Japan's thriving plastic button
industry recently got an order for
more than 172 900 gross of buttons
for textile garments to be exported
70 the Indonesian and South Afri-
can markets.
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Dominicons Get DESTROYER

The Dominican Republics navy
got its second destroyer when the
British destroyer II. NJ. g. Fame
was turned over TO the republic
Evening star., 1949-04-07

District of Columbia-Consider-
able cloudiness and mild with
chance of a brief shower. Highest
near 65 this afternoon. Fair to-
night. Lowest about "A. Tomor-
row mostly sunny and continued
mild.
Virginia-Considerable cloudi-
ness with scattered showers east
and central portions this after
noon and near the coast this eve
ming followed by fair tonight and
tomorrow. Not quite as cool in
interior of south portion tonight
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cloud
mess with scattered showers this
afternoon and near the coast this
evening followed by fair tonight
and tomorrow. Not quite IS cool
on Eastern Shore tonight.
Wind velocity, is miles per hour;
direction, southwest.
River Report.
(From United states Engineers9
Potomac River clear az Haspers IS Ferry
ana CLOUDY al oIedb CuchoAoeah
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Humidity.
tReadinss at WASHINGTON National Airport }
Seon SXsStsrday- - PSI S. MIdaikshs nGaaikM - pss s.
! pm. -------- g sam; -------- e e
8 Pm High and Los es 10 for r; Yesterday.
High, 90. at 40 pm.
Record Te@per.taIe. This Year.
Highest, S3, on March n.
Lowest, 81, on January 30.
FURNISHED o151,s ey gnlsed s5SsS states Coast and
Hish ----- s:Ss am. ,$:Is am.
Lev H3Sb --- - gag gag e.m. em. 1916 $40 pm. sm
Low Low ------------ 9.5i pm 10.52 pm.
The sun and Moon. s
sum sum to@oTrov soasg 5:sI ssI ee::S$ss
Moon, today 1s:0i pm. 2:3s am.
Automobile lights must be turned on
One-half hour Pl.eip,tasi.a: st.ef saasss:
Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcurrent month to date, .ors
,s.ss:sR s:ss:.s, SssSs. s$s s}s' 81 S' 90 :.
March ------- 55t4a 3'52 a9s a9s 20
APT April ----- o"S 37o 1SsS az
July .---------- ~ I9.oS .ssS
September S.24 1879 70
Octobet --- S.S4 s.Sl -
November - 2.St Soy os
December - - 3.32 1856 Ol
Temperatures in Varieus Cities.
Albuquerque 73 43 Miami Fla, 81 b
Atlantis, Ca. ~ 81 Milwkee.Wis. 53 III
Atlantic City SIS 46 New Oriear9- T3 81
Bism ck,N.D. 50 rs New York So 40
Bost ton. Mass. 54 AZ Norfolk,Va. IS A.
| Buffalo. NY. AZ % Okhoma City so 81
| Chicago, Ill, 81 40 Omaha.Nebr. IS ~
Cineiti., Ohio 55 IL Phoenix.AriZ. Sc 81
Detroit.Mich. So 3S Pittsb' reh, Pa. As 80
1 81 Paso, Tex. rs 4S Portland,Me. 81 IS
| Galvst'n. Tex. II 81 st. Louis. Mo. 66 Al
Harrfsba, Pa .4p AZ Salt Lake City ss AZ
| Indianapolis 81 40 SanAntonio so N
Kan's Csy,Mo rs 43 SanFrapcisco 90 III
| Los Angeles II So Seattle. Wash. 6S ~
/ Louisville Ky, 90 43 Tampa, Fla II 6t
Evening star., 1949-04-07
Five Seek BnfIe's Endorsement
For Top Civil Service Post
D, Joseph fossa

Senate Leslie l. B4~e eoss -
Hte can35Ass
landing @. Chairman c Cva s~yrsos co
Arabs and capable B@e has influence a.
White House and he has been - -. -. =. - -,
candidates oF Ee o~@se ne@ 'TF -"
Evening star., 1949-04-07

By the candidates o.
on the theory that his
Evening star., 1949-04-07

BY tae BGcEei Bureau ac.cgT thf
items wwcr submitted ,ks Congress
The extra money ra-sti op~a ~
as mary AS 900 rrw zoos !. t,sr
FEi 20 clear up me kgrncys IL
yesi.gAt1ye aatk.ax
Evening star., 1949-04-07

MAGIC TOUCH - J. Edgar
Hoover and his FBI have done II
again. The. House Appropriations
Committee allotted them more
funds than were asked for In the
Presidents budget. The extra
money involves the FBTs original
budget request that was trimmed
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
National All Club Week

The committee has planned to
place posters in the various COM
munities throughout the county
and to encourage all new members
to put up a All Gate Sign. Ar
rangements have bee nmade for a
radio broadcast over WGAY on
Sunday, March 9th, 1:l5 30
P. M. Those participating will be
Marjorie Burdette, Margaret Lew
is, ]. p. King, Jr., and William
Anderson.
Montgomery County 1-H'ers will
participate in their first Television
Snow over WMAL-TV, Channel T.
on Tuesday evening, March 8, $3.50
to 1000. There will be a total OF
nine girls and five boys from Mont
gomery County.
The Countrywide All Vesper
Service is scheduled for March l3,
8 p. M, at Grace Methodist
Church, Gaithersburg. DR.. Gather
Warfield, Commissioner of Over
seas Relief in the Methodist
Church, will speak on Sure
Foundations" The remainder Of
the service will be conducted by
older Alters.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
F. Conrad Schneider
Purchases Business
In Rockville

F. Conrad (Bud) Schneider, a
lifelong resident of Rockville, has
purchased the business of Robert
T. Baughman at 20 West Mont
gomery Avenue, Rockville.
Mr.. Schneider has acquired the
services of Halves Reyes as man
ager Of his new store, as he will
continue in the insurance business
in Washington. A new name will
be announced for the business
later on, but Mr.. Schneider states
that otherwise the same lines of
merchandise will be sold and the
same store hours observed.
Mr.. Baughman, former owner,
has been a resident of Rockcrest
for several years. He acquired his
former business in October 1947.
He was originally from Kentucky
and has tentative plans for return
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Local Students
To Enter Art
Work In Contest

Eight Richard Montgomery High
School students are being given
the opportunity to win regional
and national recognition for their
creative work in art, photography,
design and the like. Their crea-
tons will represent the school on
March 8-12 in contest exhibition
to be held in the Department Of
Commerce Auditorium in Wash
ington.
Miss Helen Day, art instructor
at Richard Montgomery, has
selected ten art water col
ors, pastels, designs, textile paint
ings, and block print-to enter
the competitive show. The works
were done by Donna Diehl, Sibyl
Parks, Fay Van Ripper, Stephen
Hardy, Charles Cue, Joseph Kelly,
William Humphrey and Lucille
Campbell.
The contest is conducted nation
ally by Scholastic Magazines and
sponsored locally by Jelleff's. Gold
achievement keys and certificates
of merit will be awarded local win
ners.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Entertainment,
Free Fishing At
SpOrtsmen's Show

Local Izaak Waltonians, sports
enthusiasts in general and all ma
ture lovers, are awaiting the open
ing of the Second Annual Sports
mems and Outdoors Show schedul-
ed for March 5 through 18th in
the d. C. National Guard Armory,
2C01 East Capitol Street, Wash
ington.
Entertaining and educational,
the Sportsmen's Show will offer
a 12-act tank and stage extrava-
ganza featuring champions of out
door sports and hundreds of ex-
hibits which may be seen from
until II p. M. daily. The show is
produced by the League Of Mary
land Sportsmen headed by Glenn
l.. Martin, noted aviation designer
and manufacturer. All profits go
into the Inns fund for conserva-
ton work in soil, forests, fish and
game.
Local, state and federal govern
ment departments will contribute
heavily to the shows appeal with
exhibits reflecting life in the open.
Free fishing for live fresh water
denizens will feature one of Mary
lands displays. Many live birds
and animals (even pair of
skunks-deodorized) will be fea-
lures of the show.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Area Chairmen Announced
In Red Cross Fund Drive

Rockville's 1949 Red Cross drive
had its formal kickoff at meeting
Tuesday night held at the Fire
house. The meeting was attended
by the various workers in the area
and was presided over by Valen-
tine c. Wilson, chairman for the
Rockville area. Mr.. Wilson ex-
pressed confidence that Rockville
this year would over-subscribe it's
modest quota in the drive which
lasts throughout the month of
March. He added that with the
growing population and the spring.
ing up Of new subdivisions border
ing the town, workers should have
no trouble in making this drive
successful one.
Vice-chairman for the Rockville
area is David E. Belts; treasurer.
Richard Culp; residential chair
man, Mrs. William P. Sherman;
publicity chairman, Herbert A.
Yocom; Mrs. Theodore Ricketts,.
Sr., chairman for Court House:
and Charles w. Merry, business
district chairman.
l.. Howell LaMotte, of Potomac,
is chairman of the 1919 Fund Cam
paign for the county. As in previ-
Gus years the six chapters in the
Metropolitan area of Washington
will conduct unified campaign to
raise the combined quota of 1924
900, which is their apportioned
share of the national goal of $780,
100000. Mrs. James H. Nolan, also
of Potomac, who has directed sue
cessfully four previous campaigns,
will serve as Manager in the coun-
ty drive.
Other area chairmen are: Wal
ter H. Norman, Bethesda; Mrs.
James Ball, Chevy Chase; Mrs.
Raymond King, Clarksburg; the
Rev. Paul Groseclose, Colesville;
Mrs. James Stephens, Damascus:
Mrs. George Edworthy, Darnes-
town; Mrs. Garry Bell and Miss
Alverda Cooke, Gaithersburg; Mrs.
Kenneth Waters, Germantown;
Mrs. Austin Donaldson, Kensing-
ton; Mrs. Thomas E. Bailey, Lay
louisville; Mrs. Steven o. Beebe,
Olney-Sandy Spring; Mrs. G.
Robert Gray, Poolesville; Mrs.
George P. Plummer, Potomac;
Mrs. W. Douglas Weir, Silver
Spring; Vinson L. Gingerich, Tia
koma Park; Mrs. Bernard Bent,
Washington Grove; Mrs.. Elgie
Hawkins, Woodfeld.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03
Two Big Fires
In Up-COunty;
Fireman Injured

Bernard Stolz, %, Gaithersburg
fireman, was burned about the
face and left leg while fighting a
fire in two barns on the property
of James w. Deppa, Gaithersburg
nurseryman. He was given first
aid on the scene by members of
the Gaithersburg rescue squad and
sent home.
One hundred chickens and nur-
sery equipment were lost in the
fire but a livestock barn was saw
ed. Mr.. Deppa estimated his loss at
$4,000.
On Sunday evening a 48 stall
COW barn on the farm of Harold
Smith at Poolesville was destroyed
by fire with a loss estimated by
the owner at $4,000.
No cattle were injured but the
flames consumed 40 tons of hay
and damaged 26 milk cans, it was
reported by Clarence Offutt, Jr.,
tenant.
Members of the Gaithersburg-
Washington Grove and Upper
Montgomery volunteer fire de-
partments prevented spread of the
fire to a 60 stall barn only 20 feet
away and saved adjoining sheds of
grain and horses. The Kensington
Volunteer Fire Department filled
in at Gaithersburg for two hours
with two of their trucks.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1949-03-03

Mary Ann Ward, who is chair
man of the annual Montgomery
County Interscholastic Press Con-
vention which will be held at
Damascus High School on Satur-
day, April %. Miss Ward is a
sophomore and is treasurer of the
Student Council at Damascus
High School. According to Miss
Ward this years convention will
offer contests in four writing
felds-news, editorial, sports and
feature. Each school will be per-
mitted to enter two contestants in
each category. The Montgomery
County Press Association has set
aside funds for individual prizes,
and the floating PLAGUE will be
awarded to the school having the
longest grand total of points at
the end of the convention.