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by frantic" radio calls from ra-
dar operators who declared an
emergency" as the airliner pill
oted by Capt. Davis CROPPED
through q heavy fog in attempts
to land.
Co-pilot C. D. Luther. who was
in the cockpit with Capt. Davis
at that time, was the last witness
heard by the six-man board as
it concluded public hearings into
causes of the December IL crash
in which Capt. Davis and five
other persons lost their lives
Seventeen persons were injured in
the crash.
Plane Veered to Left.
Mr.. Luther submitted a state
ment which revealed that the air.
liner piloted by Capt. Davis veered
sharply to the left as it ap-
preached the airport runway on
October 8. On December IL, ra-
dar operators testified earlier, the
plane veered sharply to the right
of the radio beam that was guild
ing the pilot to a landing.
Earlier, George Clark, Civil Aero
nautics Board investigator, testi-
fed that the carburetor heater on
the right engine of the Inflated
airliner had been reported defec-
tive on December S. He could find
no record to show that the heater
ever had been repaired. In his
statement describing the neal
tragedy on October 8, Mr.. Luther
said heavy fog obscured the air.
port when an airliner with Capt
Davis at the controls arrived over
Washington on a fight from Chi
cago.
AS the plane came down through
the fog, Mr.. Luther said, the in
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Jail Inmate Thinks
It's Safer There With
The Holiday Comma

An inmate OF the Alexandria
Jail today refused to have the
rest of his short sentence sus-
pended for the Christmas
holidays.
When Alexandria Civil and
Police Court Judge James r.
Duncan had q prisoners
brought into court to suspend
the remainder of their sem
tences, Irving B. Grant. said
he didn't want to be freed.
Grant, a 42-year-old carpen-
ter from Bailey's Crossroads,
Va. explained he might get
into more trouble while the
suspended sentence was hang
ing over him. Grant has
served 8 days of a 15-day SEN.
tence for drunkenness.
The other 20 prisoners, all
nearing the end of short terms,
willingly accepted release and
wished the judge a Merry
Christmas.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
II Killed When B-50
Crashes in Flames in
Savannah River Marsh
Chothom Base BomberWus
Only 7 Miles Out on
Routine Flight to Texas
By the A..oeioi.d Pres

SAVANNAH, Ga, Dec. ga
flaming Air Force, B-50 bomber
crashed into Savannah River
marsh last night, killing all II
airmen aboard and scattering and
burying bodies and wreckage in
the muck.
The big bomber had just taken
of from Chatham Air Force Base
here when it went down on the
bank OF branch of the river.
The crash was only 7 miles north
of Savannah, but it was so mac
cessible it took rescue parties
hours to reach it by boat.
The first persons to reach the
scene were forced back by flaming
gasoline floating on the water.
The flames were visible for miles.
Col. Frederick E. Glantsberg
Chatham Field commanding off,
Ger, identified the plane. He said
it took off at 9:12 pm. on a
training fight to Ell Paso, Tex. 1t
crashed about five minutes later.
Two Miles From Highway.
The plane had been in service
at Chatham for about 18 months.
The B-50, an improved version of
the B-29 superfortress, has wing
spread of 141 feet, is 80 feet long,
and weighs 125.000 pounds. The
Air Force describes it as more
powerful version of the B-29 which
bombed Japan.
The crash scene was less than
2 miles from U. S. highway II,
which crosses the river just above
Savannah. But it could only be
reached by small craft guided by
boatmen who knew the river.
The crash was only a few miles
from the spot where a chartered
airliner crashed January 7, 1948
killing 18 and injuring Is Puerto
Ricans on a flight from Newark
N. j., to their home.
The Air Force waited until dawn
to send large crash boat with
a score or more men, equipped
with shovels and ropes, to try to
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anese has been developed. Hence,
if the first one had a destructive
force equal to the orthodox bombs
that could be carried in 1000 of
our B-29s, and the new atomic
bomb is 1000 times as powerful
as the first one, we soon reach
astronomical figures of destruction
that I cannot comprehend.
So. the next war must never
start and we should never let our
selves think that one is newt
able. There is far too much at
stake. The future of our very
Evening star., 1949-12-23
President and Pope
Exchange Messages,
Call for World Peace
Ambassador Taylor
Presents Christmas
Missive at Vuticun

In an unusual exchange of
Christmas messages with Pope
Plus XII made public at the White
House today. President Truman
declared that in this Yuletide sea-
son "the United States gladly re-
tdedicates it's efforts to the crea-
ton of a peaceful and advancing
world order"
Rejecting on "the significance
of the divine CALI for peace and
good will "personified in the birth
and mission of the Savior" the
President said the establishment
of "a just. enduring peace among
the nations is the great task that
beckons still ahead and calls for
rededication."
In response Pope Plus lauded
the work of the American people
for peace. and recounted his own
efforts to that end. He bespoke
recognition everywhere of the
brotherhood of man, saying that
alone would foster the principles
on which lasting peace would be
founded.
Taylor Presents Message.
The Presidents message, dated
December II. was presented at
the Vatican by Myron c. Taylor,
personal representative of the
President. who is reported to be
relinquishing this post after a
decade of service which started
under President Roosevelt.
Mr.. Truman refused to COM
ment on these reports at his news
conference yesterday. Months ago
when some Protestant Church
groups were calling for the with
drawal of Ambassador Taylor, the
President said he intended to keep
his emissary in Rome until-as he
put it-there is peace in the world
The teIt of the Presidents
message to Pope Plus follo1Us.:
The summons to peace on earth,
good will toward men, has come
ringing down the ages, giving direc-
ton to the thought and the action
of every human being whose life
is lived according to Gods purpose
The significance of the divine call
personifled in the birth and mission
of the Saviour, is increasingly Wis
lble in the record of history despite
the vicissitudes oftentimes encoun-
tered on the long path of the CEN
turies. 1t is found in the progress
that man is making toward a bet
ter world. 1t is found in the hu-
manitarian help given to tighten
the burden of suffering wherever il
has overtaken men, women ano
children. 1t is found in the stead,
achievement Of friendly, mutually
helpful relations among most Of
the worlds peoples today, living
indeed as good neighbors. 1t il
found in the efforts of these peo.
q,
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of 5232 Eighth street NV, who
was attracted by the screams OF
a purse-snatching victim at Con-
necticut avenue and Garfield
street NV. and chased the escape
car bearing the purse snatcher.
After Mr.. Gleason lost his
quarry. he came back to the
victim. Mrs. Margaret Kingsbury,
43. Of the Shoreham Hotel, who
told him she had called police.
At that point. Mr.. Gleason later
told police, he saw the car he had
chased earlier back out Of Z park
ing space and pull up beside him.
"We1l give the woman back her
pocketbook and money II youu
stop her from calling police" !" the
colored man In the car told the
cabbie.
"She's already called policeA and
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Bulletin
Conner Pleads Insanity

John S. Conner pleaded not
guilty today in Alexandris
Corporation Court to charges of
numbering his three children
December !. Defense Attorney
T. Brooke Howard said the pleas
were based on insanity. Judge
william p. Woolls granted q de-
fense request to have Conner
adjudged January 30 by . COM
mission which will consist Of
the judge and two doctors he
appoints.
Earlier Story on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1949-12-23

civilization may be the price we
pay for that next war. Our
strategic concepts and military
plans should be prepared with a
first objective: prevent the next
war. Second objective: If it
should start. then we must be
strong. have the proper balance
between our armed forces and
their composition, modern equip
ment. and the proper operating
technique to win.
Democracies have seldom been
Continued on Page AS, Col. u
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Jacobson Was Arrested
For Spying, Hungary Says
By the Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Dec. 23.-The
Hungarian government announced
tonight that it arrested Israel
Jacobson, American Jewish well
fare worker, on suspicion Of spy
ing against the Hungarian state. :"
Mr.. Jacobson, director in Hun
gary of the American Joint Dis
tribution Committee, was arrested
a week ago after returning here
from leave in the United States.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Sunday Reading ;.

Once a year The Stars drama
critic deals out his personal
Oscars for the best movies.
Jay Carmody does 1t again this
Sunday, when he lists the 10
shows he considers the stand
outs of 1949.
Aneurin Beyan, Britain's
Minister of Health and an arch
foe of Winston Churchill, Is
one of England's most contro-
versial figures. Some see him
as a future Prime Minister.
"Nye" Bevan's career and per-
sonality are examined In q
Sunday Editorial Section arti-
Gle by William McGaffln.
These and many other spe-
cial features supplement the
usual thorough and accurate
news content of
Ttr 8uftna,1 Star
Evening star., 1949-12-23

A youthful cab driver early
today managed to persuade a
purse snatcher and his woman
companion to wait for the police
to arrest them.
The persuasive Premier cab
driver was Elmer E. Gleason, 81,
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Population Reaches
$50 Million, Gains
100000 a Month
By the Associated Press

The United States popula-
ton has crossed the 100000
900 mark.
The Census Bureau today
estimated the population,
growing at a 200, ,000-a month
clip. reached 150,183,000 on
November /.
This was a 2,l32,O00 in
crease in the first 10 months
of 1949 and a gain of 1854
900 since the last full census
on April l, 1910.
Evening star., 1949-12-23

the President left National Air
port in the independence at 8:37
am. Flying through rain and
overcast, the presidential plane
reached Kansas City at 12:42
pm, the Associated Press re-
ported.
The President planned to motor
directly to his home in Inde-
pendence, where Mrs. Truman has
preceded him. He returns We'd
nesday.
Puts in Busy Day.
On the eve of his departure.
the President put in busy day
which he topped off with a brisk
news conference Two major de-
velopmerIts growing out of a Is
minute interchange with news
men were:
/. Mr.. Truman's assertion that
he does not view Gen. Eisenhower
as presidential candidate.
2. An equally firm declaration
that there is not a word of truth
to reports that he is dissatisfied
with Defense Secretary johnson
and will have him out Of Office
by midsummer.
The President brushed aside all
questions about the recommends
tions that will go to Congress in
his forthcoming state-of- the
Union, budget and economic mes
sages. telling newsmen to wait
and see.
The Eisenhower and johnson
items had their genesis in Mr..
Truman's recent vacation trip to
Key West.
News dispatches out of the
Florida naval base quoted "in-
Inmates" of the President as say
ing he looked on the World War
commander who now heads CO.
lumbia University as a potential
contender FOR the presidency.
Afterwards, the White House de-
MED the President ever had made
such statement.
Candidacy Doubted.
When the President was asked
yesterday If he thought Gen
Eisenhower would be in the run
ming, he answered with an empha-
tic no.
| "Dn vnu know what is In the
Evening star., 1949-12-23

~ otuT FHOto9ToPHeJ. P0qe A-S
Sebastian, Is. of the 1900 block Of
Fairmont street NV; Robert
Mosley, i9, listed as AWOL from
the Army, and Max Cecil, 80, of
312 Seventeenth street Sc.
Cecil was picked up about $50
a m, when 10th precinct Police
men A. M. Shutta and w. S. Britt
stopped to question four men they
saw running near Mount Pleasant
street and Park road NV.
Three other men fled but were
recaptured early this afternoon.
Recaptured Near Peace Cross.
The three were captured near
the Peace Cross on Bladensburg
road by Prince Georges County
police from the Hyattsville SUBJ
station.
The nearby police were alerted
along with radio cars from the
9th and 18th precincts after
Washington police spotted their
quarry in a taxicab.
Washington police had given
chase but lost the cab in a fast
dash through heavy holiday traf-
flc.
Escape of the four men from
the jail was affected so quietly
that the jailer knew nothing about
it until after Cecil's arrest.
Volunteered to Go Back.
It was not until the policemen
got Cecil. to the precinct station
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Danny P|ummer Gets
Suspended Sentence
On Gaming Charges
HummeI's Waiter PIons
Appeal After Being Put
On 2-Yeur Probation

Walter c. Danny Plummer, a
waiter at Hammels Restaurant,
was given a suspended sentence of
to IL months and placed on pro-
baton for two years today by
Judge Richmond B. Keech in Dis
trict Court.
Plummer is the only person con-
victed on gambling charges SO far
as a result of the widespread
gambling raids of March Is di-
rected by United States Attorney
George Morris Fay.
In sentencing the waiter. Judge
Keech said he had received many
communications about him, many
of which were from persons Of
substantial character. The judge
noted also that he had a full
report on the defendant from the
probation officer.
T. Emmett Mckenzie, Plum
mer's attorney. Immediately an.
nounced that the case will be ap-
pealed.
One Count Is Felony.
Because one of the counts on
which the waiter was found guilty
is a felony. it will be against the
regulations of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board for him
to work for any restaurant with
an ABC license. However, the
filing of the appeal will stay any
action before the board.
Plummer has been free in bail
since his conviction and has been
working daily at the restaurant.
Judge Keech imposed sentence
after rejecting motion Of de-
fense counsel to acquit on the first
count, setting up a gaming table
(the felony. and to grant a new
trial. The motion was submitted
to the judge in writing.
Mr.. Mckenzie in presenting the
motion pointed out decisions that
define felonious gambling as pro-
fessional gambling. Judge Keech
said those matters had been raised
in the trial.
Admitted Placing Bets.
Attilio Acalotti, a Fourteenth
street newsdealer arrested in the
March Is raids. has been con-
victed of threatening a Govern
ment witness. The trial of Will
liam (Snags) Lewis and 13 others
arrested in a Bladensburg. Md,
bungalow in a raid that netted a
truckload of gambling parapher-
MALTA, resulted in hung jury.
Plummer was charged specifi-
cally with setting up a gaming
table and accepting a bet on
horse race, misdemeanor. as a
result of visits to the restaurant
by a young law student, Wilfred
Barrett, and stenographer, Mrs.
Edith Wildrich, both employed in
the United States Attorneys Of
flee.
They testified that on three oc-
casions Plummer had accepted 81
and So bets on the horses.
Plummer took the, stand and
admitted placing the bets for
them as IAN accommodation" His
attorney pleaded "entrapment" as
a defense.
Plummer is from Damascus, Md.
He has worked at the restaurant
for more than 10 years with the
exception of service in the West
ern Pacific as ground crew man
with the Air Forces.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Next War Must Never Stort'
Next War Must Never Sturt'
Arnold Fears for Civilization
Itself if New Conflict Beams
We Must Accept Fact That Other Nations
Will Have Arms EquoIine Ours, He Says
(Eighth of a Series.)
Rx II. n. Arnold

Former Commencing eroI AmyAm Forces
Modern with
OF spreading death destruction thrilled
Khan Our devastation cities with demoions
ment of ncendaries and finally
deaths wholesale
to do most of his work
It reported that powerful
Evening star., 1949-12-23

SANTA MARIA, The Azores,
Dec. % (P).-An italian airliner
en- route from Natal to Dakar was
destroyed by fire today in landing
at the Dakar airport. according to
word received here. There were
no casualties, the message said.
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Defectin Plane Caused.
Close Call Here Oct. g.
Pilot Tells Hearing
Flyer Who Died in Wreck
OfSume DEB Had Trouble
With Instruments, He Soys

Capt. w. ]. Davis, pilot of the
Capital airliner which crashed
near National Airport December
II. narrowly missed crashing into
the airport radio range station
on October 8. when his blind
landing instruments went awry,
q Federal board of inquiry was
told today.
The board was told that a
tragedy was prevented then only
Evening star., 1949-12-23

Picture OF Toxieob Driver Who Held
Purse snqtcher For Police. Page Al
Evening star., 1949-12-23

Busos To Heed Inquiry Into Security
OF Atomic Secrets. PogeA-2
Allen To Tell Tito U. S. Is Opposed To
Any Aggression. Pose AZ
Evening star., 1949-12-23

Boi;vion Pilot Feels No Responsibility"
in Fotoi C,osh. PogeA-4
cAA Circulating New Airport Rules To
Industry In Sofety Move. Poge A-I6
Evening star., 1949-12-23
Truman in Missouri
To Spend Holidays
After Flight in Rain
Regards Eisenhower
As Not q Candidate,
Will Keep Johnson
By Joseph A. Fox

President Truman few home to
Missouri today for brief Yuletide
interlude before the big push in
Congress opens January 3-with a
campaign year in the off1ng.
Accompanied by his daughter
Margaret and a few. associates,
Evening star., 1949-12-23

(See BOMBER, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1949-12-23
.4Saw Way0ut
0fFaiirfax JAIL;
One Arrested in D. c.,
Others in Maryland
After Fast Chase

Four prisoners sawed their way
out of the antiquated Fairfax
County Jail early today but all
were captured by police before I
p.m.-three of them after spir-
tied chase into nearby Maryland.
The four are: Charles Riddle,
jr., 20, Of the 1900 block of New
ton street NV; James Howard
Evening star., 1949-12-23

(see CHRISTMAS, Page A-5.o
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(See AIR CRASH, Page A-60
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(See POPE, Page A-4D
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Picture OF Captured Joiibseoker Lvnoino
At Stor Photographer. pooe AS
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Fire DESTROYS AirIiner

Continued on Page Al. Col,
Evening star., 1949-12-23

(See TRUMAN, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1949-12-23

Cloudy and windy. light rain mixed with
wet snow today. Clearing tonight. low in
mid-2Os. Tomorrow, partly cloudy and
cold. Full report on Page A-2)
Midnight, So am ---58 IL am. Al
4am So Sam. -53 Noon 39
2 am. go 10 am. ---44 pm. ST
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Daily Worker Charges
Decree Is Political Move

NEW YORK, July Is (P).-The
Daily Worker said today a Vatican
warning that accommodation
faces all Catholic Communists
constitutes "a political action dis
guised as a religious one."
The Communist Party news
paper said in an editorial that
the recent decree of Pope Plus XII
clearly violates the sovereignty
of nations"
The editorial declared that the
Vatican never had excommuni-
Gated "a single Nazi, Fascist, anti
Semitic or Axis war criminal.
ION the contrary, the Vatican
openly supports and abets Fas-
cism in Spain, just as the Vati-
cans agent in Austria, Cardinal
Innitzer, welcomed the Hitler
armies as liberators: just as the
Vatican's Priest Tiso acted as di-
rect agent of the Berlin Fascists
in Slovakia."
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Soviet Troops Seizing
Truckmen's S West Marks
BY the Assoeiotsd Press

BERLIN, July 15.-Russian troops
began confiscating West marks
today from rlin-bound truck
drivers inside the Soviet zone.
Arriving drivers said they haG
been halted briefly at Michendorf
10 miles from Berlin. by a new
Russian checkpoint.
East German police, under Rus
sian military supervision, demanded
all West marks in the drivers
possession. y..2 s}a<ht"
American military government
officials Immediately started an
investigation OF the new Soviet
maneuver, which followed yester-
days easing of the little blockade
ofWest Berlin : - tt~- 5g
The trucks tagged down at
Michendorf had been cleared q
few hours earlier at Helmstedt on
the Soviet zone frontier by Russian
gaurds who quickly stamped their
travel documents and did not make
a detailed inspection of their
cargoes.
Evening star., 1949-07-15

Washington Catholics were re.
minded today that the church
seeks to ban the reading of Com
munist literature and propaganda
but not the objective study OF
communism"
This was brought out by the
Rev. Philip M. Hannah, assistant
chancellor of the Archdiocese of
Washington. in connection with
the papal decree Wednesday
against communism.
The Vatican ruled that Catholics
who profess "materialistic and
anti Christian doctrine" of COM
munism are accommodated au-
tomatically. In addition, the
church stated it was not lawful to
publish, disseminate. write in or
read publications supporting Com
munist doctrines and practice.
Father Hannah explained that
the Papal decree set up an "ipse
facto" penalty. In other words
as soon as a Catholic has violated
the precept, he incurs the penalty
without any further declaration
by any church authority.
Catholics having any questions
as to whether they may be vic.
lating the decree should consult
with their parish priest or bishop
it was pointed out.
No Retroactivity in Decree.
The church official explained
that if a person has knowingly
aided the Communists. he woulc
incur the penalty, unless he de.
sists Immediately" He added
however, that there was mo ret
roactivity" implied in the decree
For instance, Catholic who
formerly aided Communists but
no longer has any connection with
them is not faced with eXcom-
munication, Father Hannah said
A Catholic who finds it neces-
sary to read the Daily Worker
Communist Party paper, in con-
nection with his work must get
permission from his priest, Father
Hannah said. He added that the
clergy would advise other Cath
olics not to read the paper and
similar literature.
A journalist, a scholar. Gov
ernment worker or any other per.
son whose work requires cortact
with Communist writings would
be given permission as a matter
Of course by his confessor or
priest. Vatican sources said to-
day. 1t would be necessary to
ask such permission only once,
it was explained.
There is some confusion among
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Low Bid Announced
For Vienna Bond Issue

The Lynchburg firm of Scott
Horner & Mason was low bidder
last night on purchase of a $780,
600 water and sewer bond issue OF
the town of Vienna. Va.
The low bid was for a par pur-
chase paying 2.9 per cent inter-
est. There was one other bid
by Pohl & Co., Inc, of Cincin-
natl.
Mayor Jack j. Nichols said the
town will advertise for materials
and construction bids immedi-
ately. He predicted completion
Of the projects in six to eight
months.
The bond issue was approved by
voters last year after attempts
to set up a sanitary district in
cluding the town had failed.
Vienna has no water or sewer
system at present.
When the systems are installed,
the mayor said, only the 1000
persons in the town may be
served. but provision will be made
for future expansion outside the
town.
A sewage disposal plant will be
built near the Washington and
Old Dominion Railroad right of
way at the western edge Of the
town. Water supply will be
derived from wells within the
town.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
One Of Nine Who Ate
1oadsfooI 0meIef Dies
BY the A.seeiotsd Press

CHICAGO. July 15.-One of
nine persons poisoned by toad
stools in an omelet died last night.
He was Joseph Chordzik, 20, q
supervisor for a rawhide products
company here. Two other victims
Of the toadstools, mistaken fol
mushrooms, are in hospitals here
and six are in Lakeland Hospital
at Elkhorn, Wis. r.
All nine persons were stricken
several hours after they had eaten
the omelet Sunday at the home OF
Louis Pravada of Burlington. Wis.
Members of the party had gath
cred what they thought were
mushrooms. Mr.. Chordzik, his f.
ancee. Miss Loretta Szpila. 26, and
Albin Tomko. owner Of a dairy
products firm, became i'll early
Monday as they were en- route
home to Chicago.