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Evening star., 1949-12-16

they've Just about lost their last
chance of keeping their positions.
This exam was their second
chance, more than so per cent
of clerical applicants having
failed the commissions first exam
for permanent status given last
year.
The large percentage of per-
sons flunking the exam caused the
commission to give another cleri-
cal exam several months ago. One
interesting sidelight of the second
exam is that, although $4,000 per-
sons applied to take the test, only
g. 900 actually showed up.
ONE BIG FAMILY-Who says
the Government is conducted in
a cold heartless atmosphere?
An incident the other day at
the National Labor Relations
Board should go a long way to-
ward dispelling this erroneous i'm
preston.
It seems that Albert Bethel, 26.
a $2,730 a year NLRB clerk. and
his wife. Althea, Is, became the
parents of triplets-two boys and
a girl-several weeks ago. Well,
it takes lot of money to raise
a family these days. So NLRB
employees. from Chairman Paul
M. Herzog down. went into action.
Until the time that Mr.. Bethel.
can get a salary increase. NLRB
employees collected s181 for him
and his family. In addition, the
employees contributed funds to give
the Bethel triplets one-year diaper
service. And they arranged with
the Pet Milk Co.. to provide the
triplets with a years free supply
of milk. Also. the employees will
supply the Bethel triplets with all
the baby clothing they will need.
Presentation Of the check for
$181, plus the announcement of
the other contributions, was made
at a special ceremony yesterday
by Mr.. Herzog and General Coun-
sci Robert N. Denham. As one
NLRB employee said: "We cele-
brated Christmas a little bit early
this year."
GAO-Despite sharp personnel
cuts taking place in the General
Accounting Ofnce's reconciliation
and clearance division. GAO Of
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Of abolishing the unit.
A rumor that the division would
be abolished was widely circulated
among the employees during the
last few days.
VA-Employes in the Veterans
Administrations special insurance
project service were notified
yesterday they would not be al
lowed to have a Christmas party
a week from today as they had
planned. This was especially dis
appointing to them, because the
rest of VAS employees have re-
ceived no such notice.
However. this column checked
with VAS top personnel officials,
who said they would rescind this
order. They promised that VAS
special insurance project en-
ployes. along with the rest of VAS
employees, will be allowed to hold
their Christmas party.
CAPITAL ROUNDUP-Richard
Pagett and Thomas Morris, two
of the authors of the Hoover Com
missions task force report on the
Governments civil service system,
were among the l8 persons injured
in the airline crash at National
Airport earlier in the week that
killed five persons Three
civilian employees of the Army
Surgeon Generals Office have
been given cash awards and pro-
motions for meritorius work. They
are DR.. Myron K. Gordon. Miss
Elizabeth L. Rowen and Mrs.
Teresina S. Pavone Martin
j. Duflcy, chief of the Army De-
partment's Washington Finance
Office Transportation Division, is
retiring after 80 years of service
. Production and Marketing
employees in the Agriculture De-
partment are staging a drive this
week to collect food for making up
Christmas baskets for distribution
to needy families during the holi-
days. Harry Robshaw is in charge
of the drive And the Recon-
struction Finance Corp. Employees
Recreation Association will hold
a Christmas party. complete with
gifts, Santa Claus and a lunch
con. for a group of orphan child
rem at II am, Monday The
Veterans of Foreign Wars have
gone on record in opposition to
the Hoover Commission proposals
for decentralizing the Govern
ment's civil service system to the
various departments and agencies.
The VFW charges this would kill
veterans preference in Federal
employment.
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grams in the cancer fight.
Gen. Donovan, who is chair
man of the society's board OF
directors, said the campaign will
"offer each Of us an opportunity
to strike back at cancer"
1.-THE success Of our program
can mean . future free of con-
GERS agony and tragedy" he de-
clared. Advances have already
been made. but our achievement
to date must not lessen our zeal
to see the fight against cancer
fought to complete victory"
Evening star., 1949-12-16
U. S. NeeIeeting Orient,
Tokyo Educator Says
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Presi
dent Shigeru Nambara of Tokyo
University declared yesterday his
visit to America has convinced
him that the United States pays
too much attention to Europe and
too little to the Orient"
Afer visiting Columbia Univer-
sity, Nambara told a newsman one
of the chief aims of his trip is
to facilitate the exchange Of
teachers and students between
American and Japanese institu-
tions of higher learning.
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Weather Report

District of Columbia-Sunny
and rather cold with highest tems
perature around 38 degrees today.
Fair and cold again tonight with
lowest about rs degrees in the city
and Is degrees in the suburbs.
Tomorrow fair with rising tenn
perature.
Maryland and Virginia-Fair
and cold tonight with lowest tenn
perature from 10 to Is degrees in
the west and from Is to 20 de-
grees in the east. Tomorrow fair
and warmer.
Wind velocity. II miles per hour;
direction. north-northeast.
Five Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, December 16-21e
The temperature will average
about normal for the period. The
normal maximum for the Wash
ington area is 43 degrees, normal
minimum % degrees. Mild Sum
day followed by colder Monday
and Tuesday with a rising trend
on Wednesday. Rain likely Sunday
end possibly again Wednesday
totaling from one to two tenths
of an inch.
River Report.
tFrom United States Engineeno
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
HarperS Ferry,
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lea cancer 90
ciety drive for
funds. 1t was an
nounced today.
DR.. George C..
Ruhland. ex
ecutive director
Of the society's
District divi.
sion, said the
national drive
will h1ve q
quota Of $l4,-.
5s5,ooo,F TO fur
ther education-
al, research and
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cants will be
notified as to
whether t h ey
were successful.
The jobs of
thousands of
Gov ern m ent
wa r. erV ic e
c. cal en-
ployes depend
on this exam.
If they pass.
they will retain
their jobs with
permanent sta
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Higher Cost Of Steel
May Foresta|| Cuts
In 50 Auto Prices
By the Assoeiotsd Press

DETROIT, Dec. 16.-Increased
steel costs may not raise 1850
model car prices generally. but
they undoubtedly will forestall
any major reductions the auto
makers may have planned.
That was the general auto in
dustry reaction today to Big
Steel's $4-a-ton increase in steel
prices.
Most of the larger car makers
refused to forecast the effect OF
the steel price increases. They
were apparently as much con-
cerned about other rising costs
like wage adjustments and pension
plans in their own plants-as they
were about higher steel prices.
The car manufacturers gener-
ally anticipated higher steel costs.
Today, however. most of them
were reluctant to say fatty that
car prices may have to be ad-
vanced. K. T. Keller. Chrysler
president. when asked about the
possible effect Of higher steel
costs, said "of course, If we can't
make a profit at present prices,
we'll have to raise them"
No Action Indicated.
He did not indicate what action
would be taken on prices when
Chrysler's new line of cars is in
troduced next month.
Chrysler is one of the few COM
panies that increased car prices in
1949. On February %, the cor
poration announced advances
ranging from $16.35 on its three
passenger Plymouth coupe to 1882
on the Chrysler convertible coupe.
A few days later General Motors
cut prices from $40 to $40 and
Kaiser Frazer announced cuts Of
up to 1888 on it's various models.
Willys, Packard, Nash and Hudson
and Ford also reduced price tags
during the year.
The most recent price reduc-
ton was by Oldsmobile. which
dropped list prices on its 49,
series model by SIS to SOS. This
cut was announced earlier this
week at a press preview OF the
1850 model Oldsmobile lines.
However, as long as month or
six weeks ago, when talk OF pos
sible further price cuts in the car
industry was still being widely
heard, some informed sources
suggested that possible price ad-
vances not be ruled out. They
agreed that price cuts would stim-
ulate demand, but pointed out
that pension demands would add
substantially to operating costs
in the year ahead.
Profits Improve.
Where profits are concerned the
auto industry has Jared even bet
ter this year than in its record
year of 1948. The years final
figures will not be available until
some time in January. However,
reports for the first nine months
of 1949 show virtually every car
maker ahead of last year. Major
exception to this rule is Kaiser
Frazer, which has made no nine
month statement.
But General Motors reported
1949 nine month net of $502 .414,-
029, against $327.155,2 ,220 in the
like period Of 1913; Chrysler. a
net Of s97.651,453 compared to
s59. .8S7, sol. and Studebaker, ST.
242,245, against $13,392,724.
Ford makes no regular annual
statement of net earnings. Pro-
duction-w wise. however, it is far
ahead of last year. So far in
1949 it has built 035,000 cars
and 235,s70 trucks. compared to
1879 cars and 294.500 trucks
in the like period Of 1948.
Evening star., 1949-12-16

fThe Federal Spotlight radio
program featuring additional
netos and pie,Ds OF the Gopern-
nnent Is heard each Saturday at
6::l5 pm. ouer WMAL. The Star
stdtion.)
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Electric Propulsion Costly

Nearly S257 100000 was spent in
l94S for electricity and petroleum
products to power the Nations
streetcars, electric trolley coaches
and buses.
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Escape Is Costly

For escaping from custody by
violence Kamango. native, was
fined $400 or two years hard labor
and six strokes with the cane at
Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia.
Evening star., 1949-12-16
Gen. Donovan 10 Head
Cancer Fund Drive

Mai. Gen. VAN j. Donovan,
OSS leader during World War II,
has accepted appointment as ma
tional chairman of the 1850 Amer
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Precipitataon
AOnfhly tint, tr

Authors and journalists will be
exempt from paying income taxes
in Brazil.
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In a garden for the blind,
started at Brentford. England.
only strongly scented flowers will
be grown.
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight
CIeHcoIExom Grading Indicates
Fewer Than Half Passed
By Joseph Young

Civil Service officials estimate only $4,000 to 1000 of
the $4,000 who took the for Gs2
and clerical jobs will receive passing grade.
Although the commission finished its job of grading
ALL graded indicate less than half
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The commission hopes to COM
plete the job of grading the exam
sometime next month, at which
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GAO-Despite sharp personnel
cuts taking place in the General
Accounting Ofice's reconciliation
and clearance division. GAO Of
ficials declare there Is no intention
Evening star., 1949-12-16

River Report.
tFrom United States Engineers.)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
Evening star., 1949-03-24

A factory in Sialkot, India. IL
making bagpipes to send to Scot
land. SzF.
Evening star., 1949-03-24
Miniature Golf Operator
Fined on 'Caddy House

The operator of a miniature golf
course in the 5100 block of Wis
consin avenue NV. was fined $25
in Municipal Court yesterday for
having a "caddy house" on public
space.
Judge Thomas D. Quinn i'm
posed the penalty on the Pla-Mor
Golf Course Of Washington. Inc,
through it's president. Henry
Cherner. who paid the fine.
The company was found guilty
on the testimony of Charles
O'Connell. building inspector. who
reported the 12-by-12 foot frame
structure. housing golf equipment,
is located almost entirely beyond
the building line at SAL Wiscon-
sin avenue NV.
Judge Quinn took the matter
under advisement last week to see
if the owners would take steps to
remedy the situation. Mr.. O'Con-
nell reported back yesterday that
no efforts to obtain expert help on
'rearranging the gnn course had
been made.
Mr.. Cherner contended that to
relocate the house would mean
rearranging the entire course. The
company can be charged each day
the Violation continues. according
to Assistant Corporation Counsel
Clark King. 80, 60. ;
Evening star., 1949-03-24
Hebef Sees Vote Goal
In Civil Rights Fight

Civil rights legislation is being
held up as a straw man to gain po-
litical minority votes" Represent
ative Hebert, Democrat, of Loulsi-
ana, declared last night in a de-
bate on the civil rights issue be-
fore the Harvard Club CT Wash
,ington at the Army and Navy
Club, Eighteenth and I streets
NV.
Joseph L. Rauh. Executive
Committee chairman OF Amer
leans for Democratic Action, who
opposed Mr.. Hebert. maintained
fair employment. anti-lynching
and anti-poll tax legislation
should be enacted as the first step
to ultimate elimination Of segre-
CATION.
Mr.. Hebert said there was only
one lynching in the South last
year and contrasted it with the
picket oeatings. "A civil rights
program should be an overall
one." he said. Ito include both
white and black"
Such legislation would merely
be a step toward destroying the
sovereignty of States and the
rights of individuals in States, Mr..
Hebert added, and that right is
guaranteed in the Constitution.
Evening star., 1949-03-24
Ritesfor Mrs. Burg
To Be Held Tomorrow

Funeral services will be held at
II am. tomorrow for Mrs. Anna
Sophia Langhof Burg. "a, past
president Of the District chapter
of the American War Mothers,
who died Tuesday at her home,
910 Tenth street NV, after an
illness of seven weeks.
The services will be in the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Rock Creek Cemetery.
Mrs. Burg, who was born in
Cullman. Ala. came here in 1912.
She was the widow of Robert
Burg, former superintendent Of
the Soldiers Home Hospital, who
died in 1912, the year of their 50th
wedding anniversary.
Mrs. Burg was active in a num-
Der of Women's organizations here.
At the time of her death she was
treasurer of the John Jacob Astor
Auxiliary of the United Spanish
War Veterans here. She also was
q member of the Daughters of the
GAR.
Surviving her are two sons, Al
fred c. Burg of 627 Underwood
street NV, and Edwin l.. Burg of
202 oxford street, Chevy Chase,
Md. Edwin Burg has been a
broadcasting engineer for Station
WMAL for the last 20 years.
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Capt. Elmer KiehI, U. 5. n,
To Be Reburied Tomorrow

Reburial services will be held
at 10 am. tomorrow in Arlington
Cemetery for Capt. Elmer Kiehl,
u. S. NJ. who was killed in action
at Okinawa April 2, 1945. while
commanding a division of attack
transports. He was 48.
Capt. Kiehl was born in Gin
cinnati and was graduated from
the Naval Academy in 1920. Early
in World War II he was on the
staff of the commander in chief
of the Atlantic Fleet. He was
sent to the Pacific in January
1945.
Surviving are his widow. Mrs.
nellie Grant Kiehl. 1854 Chevy
Chase drive. Chevy Chase, Md:
two sons, Ensign Elmer H. Kiehl,
U. S. NJ, Norfolk. Va. and Mid
shipman William A. Kiehl,
U. S. NJ, Annapolis. and a
grandson. Also surviving are two
sisters. Mrs. A. Austin Weimer of
Pittsburgh and Mrs. John Mar
shall, Cincinnati, and a brother,
Arthur Kiehl. Cincinnati. .
Evening star., 1949-03-24
III. n. Little Assembly
Has 3.Point Plan for
East-West Mediation
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

LAKE SUCCESS, Mar. 24.-The
Russian -boycotted United Nations
Little Assembly has worked out
;hree proposals aimed at concili-
ating East-West disagreements.
The proposals will be presented
o the General Assembly at the
session which opens April 5.
One top delegate saidSthe pro-
posal would be the most impor-
tant on the coming session, in the
long view. Some delegates
see this plan as a way for the
Russians to cooperate with the
Western majority in the U. NJ, If
an easing of the East-West ten
sion is what they really want.
Many Issues Stalemated.
Members of the majority say
the Russian-Western disagree
ment is the main reason for the
stalemate in the U. N. on many
important issues.
The three proposals are:
l. For the Security Council
President to take steps for concili-
alton and mediation Of a new
case as soon as both sides have
laid down their arguments. This
was done in the Kashmir case,
where a truce eventually stopped
fighting in the princely state.
This plan would make such con-
ciliation steps standard practice
in the U. N.
2. For the president of the AS
sembly to use his powers of moral
persuasion in an attempt to con-
ciliate problems among members
Of the U. N. in the same way.
This was done by DR.. Herbert v.
Evatt, Australian Foreign Min
lister and Assembly president last
fall when he and Secretary-Gen-
eral Trygve Lie appealed to the
big powers to settle their dis
agreements.
3. For the u. N. members to set
up a panel of conciliators on
which the Security Council or the
Assembly could draw when neces.
Sary. They would be men of the
standing of Admiral Chester w.
Nimitz. named Tuesday as admin
Evening star., 1949-03-24
500 Scientists See Giant X-Roy Machine

The most powerful industrial
X-ray machine ever built was
viewed by 500 scientists today at
the Naval Ordnance Laboratory at
nearby White Oak, Md.
Powered by 100000 electron-
volts, the machine is capable of
piercing is inches of steel-twice
as much as its most potent pre-
decessor.
Requiring four years and $95. 900
to build, the machine-called a
betatron-is installed in q recently
finished $250.000 laboratory de-
signed for hitherto impossible
studies of naval ordnance.
Visitors today saw one such un-
precedented study already in
progress on an experimental basis.
Suspended from a movable crane
near the betatron was a 17,000-
pound anchor cast for a cruiser
at Newport News. Impenetrable
to the 2,000,000-volt X-rays avail
able up to now, this giant mass
Of steel already has been partially
Photographed with the new ma
chine.
Until now, such an anchor had
to be put into service without any
positive check as to it's soundness.
Henceforth. any flaws in these and
many more complex ordnance de-
vices-such as torpedoes and
mines, will be readily revealed.
The betatron, like the anchor,
Is suspended from a movable crane
and can be lifted and tilted ac-
cording to the demands of the
object under study. The central
part of the machine is about the
height of a man. X-rayS. gen.
Grated by an electron gun similar
in principle to that in a television
set, are emitted from a small port
In one side. ..t
Walls of concrete 8 feet thick
surround the X-ray laboratory for:|
the protection of scientists work.
ing there. In charge is Donald
T. O'Connor, radiology chief and
wartime scientist at the Navy's
Evening star., 1949-03-24
CzechsfoTryPapanek,
Navik and IS Others
BY the Associofed Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia. Mar.
24.-Dr. Jan Papanek, former
chief Czechoslovak delegate to the
United Nations, and 16 others are
named as the principal defendants
In a trial scheduled to begin here
March 90.
Ali are charged with high trea-
son, and charges of embezzlement
are lodged against several. All the
defendants have escaped to
France, England, or the United
States.
The list in the official gazette
includes DR.. Juraj Slavik, former
Ambassador to Washington; Fer
dinand Peroutka, the liberal edi-
tor and playwright who fed the
country last summer: Deputy
Premier Petr Zenkl. Vaclav Majer,
right wing Social Democrat who
was ousted as food minister after
the Communist coup, and Hubert
Ripka. former trade minister. .
Vladimir Krajina, the organizer
of a Czechoslovak refugee move
ment in England. and former sec
retary general of the outlawed Ma
tional Socialist Party. is another
of the defendants. He has al
ready been tried on other charges,
in absentia. and sentenced to life
Imprisonment.
At least two of the Czechs
named as defendants are now
residents of Washington-Drs.
Savik and Zenkl. DR.. Zenkl is
president of the recently formed
Council of Free Czechoslovakia.
An official of the council said
he felt the treason charges were
an outgrowth of formation Of
council, which will direct overseas
opposition to the Communist
dominated Prague government.
Evening star., 1949-03-24
7 Students Bodies Found
After Fall al Yosemite
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

YOSEMITE, Calf, Mar. o.
The death plunge of two Stanford
students down a 620-foot ledge
at Yosemite was disclosed last
night with the discovery OF their
snow-covered bodies.
Their battered condition led in
vestigating rangers to conclude
they had fallen at least 400 feet.
They had attempted to climb the
ledge linked by 100 feet Of rope,
q length considered by veterans
as too great for such a risky
ascent up wet, snow-whitened
rocks.
Cards in clothing identified the
two as Peter B. Yeazell. 18, and
Kenneth Alden Haines, 10, both
of Fresno.
The badly torn bodies were
found at the foot of the ledge.
They were lying 80 feet apart.
Nearby the waters of Lower Yo-
semitic Falls plunge down from
the ledge top. The students fall
was down a series Of ledges.>
Evening star., 1949-03-24
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Engineer Killed, Fireman
Hurt in Georgia Wreck
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

JESUP, Ca, Mar. pa pas
senger and freight train collided
'head-on today, killing an engineer
and injuring a fireman seriously.
James Paul Parrish. 81, Of
Savannah. Ga, engineer on an
Atlantic Coast Line passenger
train enroute from Montgomery,
Ala, to Savannah. was killed. He
was buried under a pile of coal.
His fireman, Willie Murray Of
Savannah, was scalded and is
not expected to live.
None Of the Is passengers was
hurt, the three cars in which they
were riding remaining upright.
Two baggage cars were derailed.
Both engines were damaged badly
Evening star., 1949-03-24

building other than a church can
be erected on land acquired a.
church property.
Evening star., 1949-03-24
istrator of the plebiscite In Kash.

istrator of the plebiscite in Kash-
mir.
The Russians filed on December
10, 1948, little-noted resolution
in the Assembly calling on the Sc
curity Council to apply the meth
cd of consultation where neces-
sary to develop cooperation be-
tween nations.
This proposal is expected to be
debated at the Assembly when the
majority view comes up.
Evening star., 1949-03-24

nuclear physics laboratory found
the only suitable site for their
synchro-cyclotron was corner of
the cathedral site. Roman Cath
olic canon law says Vatican au-
thority must be given before a
Evening star., 1949-03-24
Vatican 0K's Cyc|otron
On Cathedral Grounds
By the Associated Press

LIVERPOOL, England, Mar. "a
The Vatican has authorized
Liverpool University to build an
atom busting machine on the
grounds of a new Roman Cath
olic cathedral under construction
here.
officials of the university's
Evening star., 1949-03-24

ceremonies at the laboratory that
the new machine would be of
value not only to the Navy but
to all the armed services. Wis.,
itors included representatives of
other services and industry.
Evening star., 1949-03-24

Army R. Petzing rght) examines the huge 17oOo-
pound anchor being xrayed by the Navys 1OO0oooO
betaron its White (Md
tory days about exposures required
complete xray photographs the anchor Rear Admiral Frank
E. Beatty laboratory commander Donald T. OConnor
radoogy chief stand next to the beatron itself the
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1949-03-24

Stump Neck laboratory at Indian
Head, Md.
Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty,
laboratory commander, told the
visiting scientists in dedicatory