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By DREW PEARSON

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RUMMAGE SCALE

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PELICAN VISITOR Mrs. Beta Leslie of Pelican is a guest at the Baranof Hotel
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A. Dishaw, local contractor, constructing marq' he front the Seward Building
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Evening star., 1949-10-07

pensation ''for personal injuries,
pain and suffering, permanent
disability and loss Of earnings"
In reporting in some detail the
Senate proceedings in Miss
Schiek's case, The Star intends
neither to ridicule nor criticize
any of the able and sincere men
who participated in them. When
the battle was over and the smoke
had cleared, there was general
agreement on one solid point
The trouble, if there was a trouble,
lay in the fact that the Senate
as an organization, is not equipped
to deal properly with the kind of
personal problem that was here
presented.
The debate on Miss Schiek
opened quietly enough. Through
the afternoon, in its routine call
ing OF the calendar" the upper
congressional chamber had been
approving of such private bills"
as could command its unanimous
support. This is . process by
which bills usually are quickly
disposed Of, one way or the other.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Bus Injuries Attorney
Al 18Th and New York

Attorney Harry S. Hall, IS, Of
Fredericksburg. Va, who has prac-
ticed law here for many years.
was critically injured this morn
ing when struck by a bus and
hurled. several feet while crossing
New York avenue at Thirteenth
street NV.
Unconscious from. probable
fracture of the skull, ,sMr. Hall was
removed to Emergency Hospital
in an ambulance. He was placed
under an oxygen tent soon after
arrival. ~
Mr., Hall, who shares a law
Office in the Munsey Building with
his partner. Attorney j. c. Trim
BILE, was on his way to store
when the accident occurred. Po-
lice were told that Mr.. Hall was
struck by Capital Transit Co.
bus making a left turn from Thir-
teenth street.
The driver of the bus was said
to be Hugh N. Hanger, "a, of 237
Fourteenth street NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
By NewboId Moves, Jr

The Nation doesn't know it.
but it spent about two hours last
week debating its responsibility
to the individual citizen.
The Nation was represented in
this unreported incident, by the
United States Senate. The indi-
vidual citizen was Mary Thomas
Schiek Of Milwaukee, woman
of courage who also is a cripple,
The story of Mary schiek leaves
little doubt about her courage,
If the final proof is needed, II
probably lies in the fact that q
year ago, she defied her fate by
getting married. But that is an
other story.
Miss Schiek Cor Mrs. Ben Sar-
gent, as she now is called was
not always q cripple. She was
a healthy woman of 81 in May,
1945, Red Cross worker serving
with the American forces in In
dia. She organized a sightseeing
tour for the enlisted men. to see
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Sunday Reading

In these days when inter-
national crises and industrial
strife make gloomy reading it
is pleasant occasionally to
consider the positive prospects
for peace and prosperity. The
Twentieth Century Fund has
recently made an exhaustive
study of Americas Needs and
Resources" reaching the con-
clusion that the next decade
could be the finest in our Ma
tion's history. An article on
these finds appears in the
Editorial Section of this weeks
Sunday Star.
Full coverage on. one Of
sports great week ends
World Series baseball and foot
ball all across the country
also will appear in The Sunday
Star, along with the customary
special-interest features.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Unruh, Insane, Won't Stand
Trial for Camden Sayings
BY fhe Associated Press

CAMDEN, N. j., Oct. 7.-Psy-
chiatrists today found Howard B.
Unruh, Camdens mass killer, in
sane. Prosecutor Mitchell H.
Cohen said he will be sent to an
insane asylum without ever stand
ing trial for the slaugter Of 13
persons on a Camden street on
September 8.
The decision came after a
month-long study Of Unruh at
the New Jersey State Hospital at
Trenton.
Phychiatrists reported to Mr..
Cohen today that they found
Unruh to be "a case of dementia
praecox.
Dementia praecox is a type of
insanity In which the brain cells
deteriorate. 1t Is considered in
durable.
The report by the four mental
experts concluded:
This man should be regularly
committed to the Trenton State
Hospital where custody, super
vision and treatment is available
and peoples in the community will
be protected from injury or danger
should there be a recurrence OF
his homicidal impulses"
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Rodfords Conclusions

a primary role of the Air Force.
However, the United States is
not sound in relying on the So
called strategic bombing con-
cept to its present extent. This
concept is symbolized by the B.
36 delivering the atom blitz.
In the minds of our citizens this
fallacious concept promises a
shortcut to victory. Our citi-
zens must realize that its mill
tary leaders cannot make this
promise-that here is no short
cut. no cheap, no easy way to
win q war. We must realize
that the best way to win a fur
ture war is to prevent it. We
must realize that the threat
of instant atomic retaliation will
not prevent it, and may even
invite it. We must realize that
we cannot gamble that the
atom blitz OF annihilation will
even win a war. We must real
ize if war is forced upon us, we
must win it, and win it in such
a way that it can be followed
by a stable, livable peace.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
SIS, 100000 Sesqui Fair Fund
Wins Approval of Conferees
Reimbursement Of 3 Hospitals and 100000
For Six Day Care Centers Also Provided

The House was in recess today
however.
The $3,OO0,OOO fund was inserted
in the supplemental bill by the
Senate recently after the House
had stricken the sum on the floor
Also agreed to by the conferees
was $103,065 approved BY the
Senate, but previously denied by
the House, to reimburse three
Washington hospitals for INDECENT
care in the fiscal year 1948.
The House conferees also agreed
to the full 100000 inserted in the
bill on the Senate floor to finance
the Districts system of six day
care centers for the children of
working mothers.
The House had approved only
$50, 900 and the Senate Appropria-
See SESOIJI page A-12)
Evening star., 1949-10-07

the Maharajah's palace near
Dhudkhundi, Bengal. She, painted
a poster on it for the Red Cross
club, and the boys signed up to go.
On May 81, in the back of a
2h-ton Army truck, Miss Schiek
and a score of soldiers rode to
the palace, took in the sights. and
snapped their photographs. They
topped off the outing with, q sort
of picnic on the palace grounds
cokes and cookies she had brought
along. About 4 pm, they started
back. She was singing with the
boys in the truck as it crossed a
culvert, approaching a sharp left
hand turn in the road.
It was at this turn that a thing
happened which changed the
whole course of Miss Schiek's life,
and set up a chain of events to
which the Senate devoted so much
time on September n.
At the end OF. that chain. the
Senate found itself considering
"A bill for the relief Of Mary
Thomas Schiek"-providing COM
Evening star., 1949-10-07
s$ Senate Debates Courageous Girl Cripple Two Hours

The objection Of one member
causes a measure to be passed
over, and the Senate moves or
to another one.
So it had gone until Miss
Schiek's case came up. The bill
came from the House. as HR $500
and the first few minutes Of dis
cussion established the situation
clearly enough.
The House had voted to allow
her $35. 900.
The Senate Judiciary Commit
tee had recommended that this
sum be reduced to $4,000, al
though q subcommittee. which
studied the evidence, approved the
larger sum. Senator Kilgore, Dem
ocrat, Of West Virginia. acting
chairman of the committee, ex-
planned that Miss Schiek's situa-
ton was identical with that of
a woman to whom the Senate
earlier had awarded $25 900. Be-
sides, he said. $4,000 was the
largest amount of damages ever
CONTINUED on Page A-l6, Col. IL
Evening star., 1949-10-07
1000 Reported Jailed
Since Tuesday as Red
Roundup Grips Prague
Czech CopitoI Is Flooded
With Reports Of Arrests
In Nightly Operations
By the Associated Press

PRAGUE, Czechoslovakia, Oct.
IA spreading wave of arrests
appeared to be engulfing all Pra-
que today, and unofficial sources
said more than 1000 persons have
been picked up by police since
Tuesday.
No official statement could be
obtained from Prague police or
the Ministry Of the Interior. but
the capital was flooded with
rumors and reports from people
who told of i1eighbors and bust
ness associates being seized in
nightly roundups.
II there was any pattern to the
police action, it appeared to be
aimed mainly at small business
men-to drive them out of business
or force them into nationalized
enterprises. Many of these people
had previously complained OF
government pressure in withhold
ing of merchandising or mate
rails needed to keep their busi-
nesses going.
Shop Owners Seized.
Owners of shops and cafes In
several downtown streets were re-
ported seized. There were further
unconfirmed reports that some
shooting scrapes accompanied the
nocturnal arrests.
There were also reports that
some Communist Party members
had been rounded up. It is known
that government heads have been
instructed to weed out political
unreliableS" and replace them
with Communist-trained employees.
Particular emphasis has been laid
on this since the Hungarian spy
trial In which the former No. 2
Communist, Laszlo Rajk, and his
co-defendants were convicted OF
treason.
The busy Prague rumor mills
frequently talk of plots. After the
Hungarian trial, government and
Communist Party spokesmen is
sued pep talks about increased
vigilance against the reaction"
A young woman employe of the
Associated Press Office disap-
peared last night and is believed
to be victim of the present
police dragnet. She was born in
Yugoslavia, although she is now
(See PRAGUE, Page A-12.)
Evening star., 1949-10-07
By Harold B. Rooers

The controversial $4,000, 900
fund for Washington sesquicen-
tennial next year was approved
by House and Senate conferees
today and now goes to, both cham
bers for final action.
Denied by the House three
times before, the appropriation
now faces it's final hurdle when it
comes up for House approval in
the first supplemental appropria-
ton bill.
The measure. agreed to at a
brief conference of House and
Senate managers this morning,
was whipped into final shape in
the form of a conference report.
This must be acted on by both
House and Senate before 1t can
60 to the President for approval.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Top Economists See
Prosperity for 1850,
With I Danger Spots
Coal and Steel Strikes
Mentioned by Nourse os
He Gives Trumon Report
By Joseph A. Fox

Top administration economic
advisers believe that, with proper
management" of the economy, the
country will stay prosperous
through 1950-but the coal and
steel strikes are danger spots.
This conclusion was stated today
by DR.. Edwin G. Nourse. chairman
of the Presidents Council of Eco
nomic Advisers, whose members
called at the White House to give
President Truman their third
quarterly report covering business
conditions.
Emphasizing that there are "too
many factors to come into the
picture YET to warrant a predic-
ton, DR.. Nourse told reporters: /
II think that the situations OF
course, is one of undressing
strength and with proper manage
ment we will have prosperity not
only for the rest of this year but
continuing through the next year.
DR.. Nourse told questioner he
thought the country could sur
mount" the threat posed by the
tieups in coal and steel if they
were ended within a month.
Beyond that, they become an
alarming factor" he said.
Inasmuch as the coal strike
has been running for two weeks
the effect of that will be felt first,
the economist said, and he believes
| if it lasts another two weeks lit
will be felt seriously"
DR.. Nourse would not discuss
the report given to the President
today, explaining it was intended
for the private information OF
the President.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Yankees Score
In Third toLead
Dodgers, | foo
Mupes Driven Home
By Rizzuto's Fly; Byrne
Opposes Bronco
By Burton Hawkins
S'or Staff Correspondent

EBBETS FIELD, Brooklyn, Oct.
THE New York Yankees were
leading the Brooklyn Dodgers in
the third game of the World Series
today.
The Yankees scored in the third
inning to lead the Dodgers. l to o.
Ralph Branca started in the box
for the Dodgers and Tommy
Byrne for the Yankees as the
series shifted to Brooklyn. Branca,
with a 1876 record for the season,
was chosen over Rex Barney by
Manager Burt Shotton.
It was Byrne's first appearance
in a series. Branca saw service
against the Yankees three times
in the 1947 series.
Yankee Manager Casey Stengel
returned Catcher Yogi Berra to
the lineup despite his swollen
thumb. He benched Third Base
man Billy johnson and Left Field
er Johnny Lindell and substituted
Bobby Brown and Gene Woodling
for the pair. He put Cliff Mapes
in right field. leaving only Phil
Rizzuto, Tommy Heinrich, Joe Di
Maggie and Jerry Coleman as his
original starters.
Because of the selection Of
Byrne. Shotton made one conces-
sion. benching Third Baseman
Spider Jorgensen for the right
handed hitting Eddie Miksis. He
also returned the injured Carl
Furillo to right field and kept Luis
Olmo, who finished yesterdays
game in left field, in the lineup.
Rain, which had been threat
ening all day, still held off. Brook
lyn fans. Jubilant over yesterdays
1-to-0 victory over the Yankees.
were lined up early this morning
for the bleacher and standing
room tickets.
| BY game time, Ebbets Field was
jammed with $4,000 fans.
FIRST INNING.
YANKEES-Miksis went to his
left for Rizzuto's grounder. and
threw him out. Hodges took Hen
rich's sharp grounder and beat
him to first base. Berra fou1ed off
several pitches, then struck out.
DODGERS-Byrne hit Reese
on the right ankle with a low
inside pitch. Miksis took Byrne
to a 3 and 2 count, then fouled
to Berra near the stands back Of
home plate. Reese attempted to
take second after the catch and
was whipped out, Berra to Cole
man for a double play. Furillo
flied deep to Di Maggie.
SECOND INNING.
YANKEES-Di Maggie went
down swinging. Robinson went
to short center for Browns pop
fly. Woodling fouled to Miksis.
DODGERS-Robinson popped
to Coleman. Hodges fouled to
Berra. Brown scooped up Olmo's
slow roller and threw him out.
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Missing Boiling Plane
Found Wrecked on
Carolina Mountain
Seven Flyers Are Dead
And Two Missing in
Mount Mitchell Crosh

Wreckage OF Boiling Air Force
Base CAT transport plane missing
since early Wednesday was founc
on the steep eastern slopes OF
Mount Mitchell in North Carolina
today and the Associated Press
quoted forest rangers as saying all
nine men aboard were dead.
However, the Air Rescue Service
reported to Boiling operations
Offices that two bodies were not
located in the first exmination OF
the burned-out wreckage.
AS rescue parties began tedious
ascent to the scene, it appeared
hours would be required to remove
the bodies. Apparently driving
straight into the face of ths
mountain, the plane was broker
to bits.
Two Were Hitchhikers.
Aboard the plane, which lef
Washington at 8::55 am. Wednes
day bound for Brookley Air Fore
Base, Mobile, Ala. were four Off
GERS and three enlisted men from
Boiling and two Army private
said to be hitchhikers. They were
Capt. John w. Sensor, ~, O.
1906 Wheeler road Sc. the pilot.
First 1t. Frank J. Clark, 26, o.
Is Danbury street Sc. co-pilot.
Capt. John ]. Jett, 81, of 1900
Fort Davis place Sc.
First 1t. Charles w. Cross, 26
of 1914 Barnaby terrace Sc.
T/Sergt. Walter E. Cosby. 81, Of
331 Anacostia road Sc.
S/Sergt. Reginald E. Silva, 20
of 1927 First street Sc,
Sergt. John W.. Mcdonald, IS,
lof 829 Virginia avenue, Hagers-
town, Md.
Pfc. c. j. Grimes of Fort Bel
voir, Va, and Jay, Fla, one of the
hitch mixers.
Pvt. Louis H. Acree of Fort
Meade, Md. and Hattiesburg
Miss, the second hitch-hiker.
1 Wreckage Sighted BY Rangers.
The charred wreckage was
sighted by forest rangers an hour
after searching parties began NOV
ing over the mountain for the
second day. Yesterday they were
impeded by fog and rain, and by
rough terrain of the mountain
which at 6,684 feet is the highest
lin this country east of the Rockies
The exact location was three.
quarters of a mile down the east
side of the mountain, near rough
road that once was the bed of q
lumber railroad. and six miles
Evening star., 1949-10-07

listed the tollo1Oi7lg conclusions
at the end of his prepared state
mept to the House Armed Seru-
ices Committee today:
/. The B-36. under any the
ory of war, is a bad gamble
with national security. Should
an enemy force an atomic war
upon US. the B-36 would be
useless defensiyely and made
quate extensively. The plane
itself is not so important as the
acceptance or rejection of the
theory of atom blitz warfare
which 1t symbolizes. 1t is for
tunate that honest doubts as
to the adequacy Of the B-36
have served to bring this more
vital issue before the country.
2. I do not believe that the
threat of atomic blitz will be
an effective deterrent to war.
or that it will win a war. do
not believe that the atomic
blitz theory is generally ac-
cepted by military men. How
ever, if after careful study of
all sides of the question the
retaliatory atomic blitz were to
become the determined and
studied policy of the United
States, then we must have a
much more efficient weapon
than the B-36 to deliver the
blitz. We are today capable
of procuring more effective and
more efficient planes for the
task than the B-36.
3. Development in the Air
Force of planes suitable for
tactical and fighter missions
has suffered by over-emphasis
on the heavy bomber. This is
apparent by inspecting the pro-
portions for each category
not in terms of numbers of
groups and planes - but in
terms Of money, men and ma
terials. Less than six per cent
Of Air Force Research and De-
velopment funds is earmarked
for tactical and fighter types.
The lack of adequate fighters
may have grave consequences
for future security of our bases
and our homeland. It is not
only wasteful, but may be dis.
astrous to spend our scarce
budget dollars on large expen-
sive planes dedicated to an I'M
sound theory of war.
4. The unusual procedures
used to push the B-36 program
to its present status were not
justified. They undermine all
unif1cation; they prevent pro-
gress toward mutual trust.
understanding and unified plan
ming; they short cut the vital
and proven procedures devel-
oped through experience for
safeguarding the security of our
country.
S. Any service must be per-
mitted to bring an experimental
weapon through the develop
ment, test and evaluation
stages. On the other hand,
any service must be prevented
from procuring any weapon in
quantity until it has passed
these stages.
8. We should develop
weapons capable Of maximum
effectiveness from all land and
sea areas which we can con-
troll. We should push research
and development of weapons to
this end. We should not, how
ever, base our war plans on
such weapons, nor should we
procure them in quantity, un-
til they are proven. Our defense
budget should not be used for
unproven weapons. American
taxpayers cannot afford billion
dollar blunders. Nor can they
afford expensive military pro-
curement on "stop and go"
basis involving costly cancella-
tions for which our country
receives nothing.
7. Strategic bombing should be
Evening star., 1949-10-07
Reds Proclaim
Eastern German
State in Berlin
Peoples Council to
Become Lower House
Of New Republic
WESTERN ALLIES WEIGH Ber-
lin Addition to Bonn Republic
Page Ar
By the Assoeicted Press


BERLIN, Oct. THE East
German Republic-Russia's new
est satellite-was proclaimed to-
day under the leadership of Ger
man Communists.
The German Peoples Council,
heretofore a pro-Soviet public
forum without any legal powers,
voted unanimously to become i'm
mediately the lower house of the
German Democratic Republic"
The Germans now have two
separate regimes-the one for the
eastern part of the country estab-
! lished today, and the recently
formed West German government,
which has authority in the Amer
ican, British and French occupa-
ton zones.
A president. premier and full
cabinet for the East German Re-
public will be named next week.
The new Red regime was built up
without the formality of elec-
tions in a week of intensive So
viet-fostered propaganda.
Manifesto Adopted.
Preceding the proclamation of
the new government, the People S
Council unanimously. adopted a
manifesto to all Germans which
the Communist Central Commit
tee had drawn up. The manifesto
calls for a fight against the West
German Republic by national
'front.'" including elements with a
Nazi past who promised to be
democrats in the future.
Both the East and West gov
ernments hope ultimately to be
the government for all Germany.
Described the Communists as
a great hour of German history" ="
the formation Of the Peoples
Chamber of the East Republic fol-
lowed seven approving speeches
by Communist sympathizers in
the council. No one spoke against
the resolution.
The council agreed to meet for
the first time as a Peoples Cham
Der later today.
Wilhelm PECK, Communist
elder statesman, asked the Soviet
Union Ito return full sovereignty"
to the Germans. Informed Ber-
liners said earlier that the Rus
SLAMS already have promised the
infant state full membership in
the Cominform-the Moscow
dominated political block which
includes all the Communist
regimes of Eastern Europe except
Yugoslavia.
Election October Is, 1850.
PECK said the new republics
first election will be held October
Is, 1850. Until then, he added,
the regime will be known as the
Provisional Alderman govern
ment." PECK is expected to be
the new regimes first president,
with Otto Grotewohl, the No. 2
Communist in Eastern Germany,
slated to be chancellor, or premier
Gerhard Eisler, fugitive from
the United States, and East Ber-
Inns mayor. Friedrich Ebert. pro-
Communist son of the first presi-
dent of the Weimar Republic,
were among the peoples council
lors at today's session. Eisler is
slated to become information
minister in the new regime.
No Soviet authorities were
visible in the crowded meeting
hall of the old Goering air force
headquarters, but the meeting
went exactly according to Mos
cows plan.
All speakers lauded Russia's
Leadership of the peace loving
Evening star., 1949-10-07

CASTEL GANDOLFO,, Oct. Z
@.-Pope Plus XII today received
in private audience the Most Rev
John Swint, Bishop of Wheeling
w. Va. He was accompanied by
the vicar general, Bernard D
Morrooph.