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Evening star., 1949-06-26
By Harry Lever

More than 100000 persons are
expected today to attend the
Fourth Annual National Capital
Model Air Show. with its accom-
panying military aircraft attrac-
tions, at Andrews Air Force Base
in nearby Maryland. Admission
to the all-day meeting will be
free and there will be no charge
for parking.
Air Force police will direct each
car. on arrival at the field. to q
free space without delay. There
are facilities available for parking
about 10000 cars.
Special signs will mark the way
to Andrews.
After the show motorists will be
directed to the highways back to
Washington to permit quick re-
turn to the city and vicinity. The
whole matter of traffic control has
been carefully studied by the
military authorities and no con-
sestion should occur.
Andrews Air Force Base Ii about
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Thank You!

Thanks TO the hundreds OF
washingtoni2ns eager 10 in
vest" In shares Of happiness
for needy youngsters, The
Evening Star Summer Camp
Fund has reached and passed
It's goal OF providing two
weeks ut Camps Good VIII
and Pleasant for 26o needy
children and - with heart
defects--tiae children whose
stories we're told In these
pages. The first group win 30
TO camp tomorrow.
The Congressional baseball
game for the camp fund
netied. S4,17s.4s. 30 far, 81
847.is has been sent direct 20
The Star for the camp fund.
with s7s3.71 left Fer from
Evening star., 1949-06-26
By John A. Giles

Details of the pentagons far
flung restaurant system. recently
criticized by the General Account
ing Once. were disclosed yester-
day In response to request made
by The Star FIVE years ago.
Three cafeterias. restricted TO
officers and their civil service
equivalents and nine private din
ing rooms for top brass and their
stats occupy more than 20 per
cent OF the available rent free
space allotted to eating places.
They serve less than 10 per cent
of the total personnel who eat
daily in the huge public building.
In addition. white-coated en-
listed men often can be seen
wheeling food-laden carts through
the long corridors and into i'm
pressive looking Offices. That serv-
Evening star., 1949-06-26
RiverdaIe Man Dies
In Virginia Smashup

A man identified from q
drivers permit as Giles T. Berk-
ley. Ct. of 1903 Riverdale road,
Md. was killed instantly last
night when q car he was believed
to have been driving collided with
a truck about three miles south
of Culpeper. Va. on Route 20.
His wife. IS. was taken to Uni
versity Hospital in Charlottesville
with undetermined injuries. The
truck driver, willard r. Rupard,
"a, Of 1914 Twenty-second street
NV. also was taken to the hos
pital.
Police said the vehicles side
swiped. The Berkleys were head
ed north. returning from a visit
to their daughter in Tennessee.
Witnesses said the whole left
side Of the car was ripped away.
The truck, it was said, turned
over four times.
TRAFFIC on the highway. which
connects Culpeper and Charlottes-
vile. was held up for about two
hours while police cleared away
the wreckage. Police said there
was a tremendous amount of
glass strewn along the highway.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
BarkIey's Party
In Forced LANDING
ev shs kssoeiassd ersss

COLUMBUS, Ohio. June as
A private airplane. carrying Vice
President Barley. Government
and Democrat Party ofhcals made
an emergency forced landing here
today.
No one was injured.
A bad right engine forced the
Lockheed Loadstar to land at Port
Columbus on a scheduled flight
from Washington to st. Louis.
Government officials aboard the
twin-engine plane were Air Force
Secretary Symington, Attorney
General Clark, Postmaster Gen.
eral Donaldson. and Donald A.
Dawson, administrative assistant
to President Truman.
Other passengers included Rob-
ert M. Moore, assistant chairman
Of the Democratic National Com
mittee: Leo Cadison. Justice De-
partment: and Miss Patricia
Underwood, neice OF r. r. Under
wood. president Of Knox Glass
Associates. Knox. Pa.
The l4-passenger airplane is
owned by the Knox Glass As
sociates.
The group was enroute to a
jefferson Jackson dinner at st.
Louis.
The pilot. ]. A. Huth. 20. a
World War II Navy veteran. said
engine trouble developed near
Parkefsbtrg. w. Va.
There was no danger. Mr..
Huth said. We stopped simply
70 play safe."
Evening star., 1949-06-26
House Group Is Reported
Concerned ot Communist
Contacts in Government
HOUSE COMMITTEE calls Ameri-
can Slav Congress Moscow
inspired. Page AZ

The Communist Party OF the
District has been under scrutiny
for some time by investigators OF
the House Un-American Activities
Committee, and part OF the infor-
nation collected probably will be
revealed In a public. hearing this
week. 1t was disclosed last night.
The hearing may open Tuesday.
a committee official said.
The committee Is concerned
particularly with the extent TO
which the party here may serve
to build UP Communist contacts in
the Federal Government. !. was
explained.
Membership Reported Down.
The names Of prominent Wash
ington residents probably will be
involved. it was indicated. mas
much as wealthy contributors to
Communist causes are known to
the committee.
The committee official said open
party membership here In under
stood to have slipped approx
mately one -third-to about ATS
persons-in recent months. Gov
ernment loyalty checks may have
prompted members In Government
employment to 90 underground. "
1t was suggested.
II has not been decided what
witnesses will be heard In public,
Ii was said.
The committee lis known to have
made extensive use Of q confsden-
tial card file o! %. 900 names as
sembled by the Metropolitan Police
Department.
For more than II years. the de-
partment. through q SPECIAL squad.
has been checking attendance NJ
Communist Party meetings and
Gee 70 C COMMUNISTS. Pr. Al
Evening star., 1949-06-26

Samuel jackson Snead, golf S
greatest drawing card, its sweetest
swinger and the present holder of
two National championships. yes
terday wired glad tidings to the
fans of the Nations Capital.
Il will be at Prince Georges July
IA for the Washington Star
Open" That was Snead's mes
sage, and with it The Stars
$4,000 Open took on added i'm
portance.
For starting Friday at the
Landover club. Masters and PGA
Champion Snead and National
Open Champion Cary Middlecoff. .
now serious threat to Snead's
grip on the nations golf fans,
will meet in competition for the
first time since Middleco1 edged
Snead and Clayton Heafner for
the Open title.
And Americas big three OF pro-
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Pentogon Data on Cafes Show
Special Service for Top Brass
System Criticized by GAO Reveals offieioIs
Use 20oo OF Spoce. Are Served l0oo Of Meols

ic. is for the really busy general
or admiral who just can't find
time to walk some three or four
hundred feet 10 q restricted Gen
eral and F1as Oftcers' Dining
Room.
The top officials maintain that
they transact q great deal OF i'm
portant business while eating In
their ofYiceal
The National Military Estab-
lishment save this explanation
yesterday:
Due to the geographic location
OF the Pentagon. which has 70
outside choice or selection OF eat.
ing places and service for the var
ious personnel on duty. such ~
normally exist in the metropolitan
areas. 1t has been considered nee
essary to operate various methods
tSee PENTA0ON. Page A-9l
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Czech Justice Chief
Accuses Archbishop
OF Spreading Lies
Charges Vatican Tries
To EstobIish Base for
Fight on Socialism
By the Associotsd Press

PRAGUE, June 25.-Czechoslo-
vakia's Communist minister of JUS
tice, DR.. Alexei Cepicka. tonight
accused Catholic Archbishop Jo-
sef Beran of spreading lying re-
ports" about the government.
He charged that the Vatican
was trying to make the Catholic
church here "a base for resistance
against Socialism. as was done in
Hungary"
It was the second time within a
week that a high government Of
flcial has lashed out at Archbishop
Beran. who has been fighting what
he called Communist attempts to
enslave the church and destroy
religious liberty in Czechoslovakia.
Tuesday Prime Minister Anton
in zapotocky went on the radio
for an extraordinary nationwide
broadcast in which he charged
Archbishop Beran with anti-state
agitation and threatened legal ac-
ton against him.
Attacked by Veterans.
While Archbishop Beran's exact
status remained shrouded in the
seclusion of his police guarded
palace, he was attacked from still
another powerful source.
This was the Communist con-
trolled Union of Fighters for
Freedom veterans of Czecho-
slovakia's s wartime resistance move
ment.
This group roundly denounced
Archbishop Beran-himself a sur
vivor of the Nazi concentration
camp at Dachau--as a reactionary
and declared he had placed him
self outside the pale of the
nation"
These attacks, coupled with the
nonstop invective In the con-
trolled press. indicated that the
Communist government was STEP
ping up its campaign to build a
case against the defiant arch
bishop which might make him a
"Czechoslovak Mindszenty."
In fact. attempts to draw ana
logies between Archbishop Beran
and Hungary's Cardinal Mind
szenty have been coming from the
formers opponents.
The Communist controlled press
claimed Archbishop Beran was
fighting the government church
Evening star., 1949-06-26

late contributions last year.
the fund has now reached
si3.4io37.
Since the goal has been
passed thrpuah the generosity
of the good people Of wash-
snxton. Tfe star viii diasxfb-
ute the surplus 10 needy chill
dren going 10 Other nearby
camps. The Star viii BE- glad
To continue receiving gifsa for
these other children ard the
gifts will Be Acknowledged In
the columns Of The Star.
GifA received yesterday are
acknowledged on rxxe Al.
I'm fh< name cs the Children
who viii 70 To camp only BE-
canse you wanted HEM tn 70.
The Star iae mis- -
Evening star., 1949-06-26

fessional golf, Snead. Middleton
and Lloyd Mangrum. locked in the
closest race for leading money
winning honors in several years.
will take another step toward de-
Gliding the top coin collector in
The Star Open.
Middlecoff, who tied Mangrum
for the Motor City Open title last
week in Detroit. took advantage
of Snead's absence to take over
the top spot with $14,249, only
1853 ahead of Slammin' Sam. And
$28 back of Snead comes the con-
sistent Mangrum, who last year
placed to second to Ben Hogan
in the money department.
Snead has been a Washington
favorite for many years. In formal
and informal 18-hole rounds he
has blistered almost every course
in the District area. He has
played Washington Golf and
(Topfip,,od ~, Do n Col,,v,oY /,
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Model Air Show Takes Place
Today With 100, 1000 Expected

II miles from washington. roI
those without cars. buses will
leave the w. M. & A. bus terminal
at 403 Eleventh street NV, just
opposite The Star Building, at Is
and IS minutes after the hour
throughout the day, as indicated
by the schedule printed elsewhere
In today's Star.
Considered the greatest show OF
its kind ever held in the United
States. the big meet win feature
all phases Of model plane COM
petition under jurisdiction Of the
Academy Of Model Aeronautics,
recognized governing body Of
model aviation.
Also on public display viii be
a large exhibit of military air
craft and equipment. including
the Air Forces rarely displayed
giant C-74 "Globemaster" trans
port, which Is so big 1t contains
q freight elevator. Everybody will
be permitted to board and inspect
the tremendous craft. The pro-
LIeee MODEL Plane, P1xe X-o.)
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Decision on Transfer
OF White High Schoo
Awaited Tomorrow
Commissioners to Act
On Proposal to Shift
Roosevelt Or CentroI
By Colt Hendiey, Jr.

The Commissioners and the
Board OF Education tomorrow will
decide whether 1t is necessary to
transfer either Central or Roose-
welt High School to colored stu
dents to end crowded conditions
in the cityis colored high schools.
1t was learned yesterday.
When the scheduled conference
Is held at the District Building to-
morrow, Commissioner Guy Mason
will ask for an answer to the ques-
tion. which will be simply-should
one of those white high schools be
transferred?
The proposal first was made to
the Board OF Education two
months ago by Local q. American
Federation Of Teachers tAFL).
The teachers union recommended
that Roosevelt High be transferred
as a first choice with Central as
an alternate.
Since then the school board has
not acted on the controversial pro-
posal.
At the school board meeting
last Wednesday, Mrs. Velma Will
liams, colored member. wanted to
know why Central High School
should not be transferred. The
board agreed to have School Supt
Hobart M. Corning make study
Of what could be done to end the
overcrowded classes at the three
colored high schools-Cardozo.
Dunbar and Armstrong.
c. Melvin Sharpe. board presi-
dent. said at that time that the
problem was imminent" and
plans should be made before
September.
The Commissioners summoned
the Board of Education after re-
ceiving inquiries from members
of the Senate and House District
Committee, 1t was learned.
At that same Wednesday meet
ing. a petition signed by 10000
residents. asking for improve
mentS In the colored schools, was
presented to the school board by
Gardiner c. Bishop. representing
the Consolidated Citizens Group.
Other civic organizations in the
city have sent resolutions to the
Board of Education as well as
members of the House and Sem
ate District committees asking
that the transfer Of either Central
or Roosevelt be made.
DR. Corning. at Wednesday g
meeting. pointed out that transfer
of one of the two high schools
must be considered carefully. He
said it could have an adverse ef-
feet on the proposed building pro-
gram which viii bring the colored
students q new Spingarn High
School. requirements for Cardozo
and Armstrong and an addition to
Dunbar.
During the past school year. en-
rollments at the colored high
schools showed that classes there
&
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Kills Boy,
Knocks Down Others
On D. T.. Golf Course
Excessive Heot, Humidity
Expected to Continue
Today ond Tomorrow

Lightning killed one boy and
felled three others yesterday dur
ing brief but freakish hit-and-
run thunderstoms in Washington
and nearby Maryland.
The bolt struck the youths as
they ran across Langston Coli
Course in northeast Washington
Rain fell heavily though briefly
in the Northeast. Northwest and
downtown, but Southeast sections
reported no storm at all.
At National Airport, the Weather
Bureau had no rain to record, but
regretfuly reported that yester-
days excessive humidity and high
temperatures. which prostrated
two persons, were here to stay for
another day or two.
Lightning also struck two places
in Fairmont Heights. Prince
Georges County. Several electric
wires were knocked down there
and in Washington, but In spite
of 800 to 400 trouble calls. the
Potomac Electric Power Co. re-
ported small damage and no ex-
tended power failures.
The boy killed by lightning was
Alfred Lincoln Lyons, IL. of 2l06
Maryland avenue NE. son of
Edward w. Lyons, a Naval Gun
Factory employe.
His companions were Eugene
Johnson, II. Of 1104 Twenty-first
place NE: Howard Gardiner, IL,
of 2l07 Maryland avenue NE. and
Charles Bruce Coleman. 6. Of 100
Twenty first place NE. All are
colored.
The Coleman boy was released
after examination, but the others
remained in Gallinger Hospital
overnight for observation. Since
sometimes affects the
heart. electro-cardiographs were
taken. DR.. Jack Kleh, admitting
officer at Gallinger. said the boys
hearts appeared to be uninjured.
The boys had walked a short
distance toward home from the
Theater. Twenty nth
street and Benning road NE.
when the storm struck. AS they
began running they were knocked
down. Later. the survivors said
they thought they had tripped.
The lightning dug a hole into
the left leg Of the Lyons boy. The
Gardiner boy suffered q cut lip
and bleeding nose.
One tree Of eight-inch diameter
-
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Alabama KIan Chief Orders
Members 10 Lift Hoods
Earlier Story on Page A-lS.1
~ sne Axscxiused Press


By she Asseeiossd Press
BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June IS.
The head Of the Ku Klax Khan
In Alabama tonight directed MEM
bers to stop wearing hoods. An
other high ofiicer said. however.
that no action was taken on the
order.
DR.. z. p. Pruitt. chairman Of the
Board Of Governors of the FEEDER
ated Ku Klax Khan. Inc. said he
directed that members discard
their yisors."
Later. William Hugh Morris,
director of the federated Khan.
said: He doesn't have authority
to hand out that order. ! seriously
doubt such action viii be taken.
II the santi-masking, Law is
passed. we will raise the visors.
unless the Law Is declared uncon-
stitutional. This was q refer
ence to . bin approved by the
senate and In line for passage
~ ths house next weak.
Evening star., 1949-06-26
Results Of D. T.. Probe Income Tax Evasion
0fReds May Come Out By Gaming Big Shots
AT Hearing This Week And Official Probed
U. S. Deciding Whether
To Prosecute; Brentwood
Wors on Numbers Men

Cases OF possible income tax
evasion featuring two Washington
gambling biz e-shots and q Prince
Georges County Law enforcement
officer have reached the Justice
Department but are lust at the
investigative stage. reliable
source disclosed last night.
At the same time. one Prince
Georges County community open
ed war on gambling activities
when Mayor James L. Russell Of
Brentwood and two town council
men walked In on \ group Of
numbers writer's taking orders In
. beer warehouse and told them
TO get out OF town fast
In the income tar cases. II was
indicated. the Justice Depart
ment has pot yet decided whether
1t has enough evidence 10 make
cases against the two Washington
men and ths nearby Maryland
officer.
Financial Activities Checked.
Usually. however. the fact that
a case has reached the Justice De-
partment In an indication that the
Bureau Of Internal Revenue be-
lives . case may warrant prosecu-
ton.
The presence Of a Prince
Georges County man Tn The group
vas described a. only incidental =
There was no indication that the
Justic Department is delvinT into
possible links between county
gamblers and county osncaaia al
though the Burrai OF Internal
Revenue Ia known TO be interested
The financial activities In Prince
Georges County of Gre Of The
two Washington men. however
hare been thoroughly explored by
the bureaus special agents. These
are said 10 include connections
See GAMBLING. Pare A-s1
Evening star., 1949-06-26

Rodio Prosroms, Poee cs
u. Complete Index, Pose AZ
Evening star., 1949-06-26

(See CZECH, Page A-9D
Evening star., 1949-06-26

tSee COAL. Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1949-06-26

(See CENTRAL HIGH. Page AS.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

(See WEATHER. Page A-5D
Evening star., 1949-06-26

tSee BERLIN. Page AID
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tsee 0AMHi-IEO. PAGE A-s.p
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SEE d. c. COMMUNISTS. Ps. A.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

Continued on Pg. B-l. Column 3.
Evening star., 1949-06-26

sse. HOME RULE. r'ass Ars }
Evening star., 1949-06-26

lSee MODEL PLANE, Plge 4.
The Valley settler., 1949-06-10
Tc can guarantee a flun contract to our
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Evening star., 1949-03-27

ages. Tits close today, isn't
it? Could (which way is the
rest room?"
She sat there in a chair in the
rest room, the packages in her lap.
The wall across from her was mir
rored, and she examined her re-
Election. Her last summers hat
had slipped forward over one eye.
WlsPs of hair strayed down the
nape of her neck. She looked tired
and hot and harried. She looked
heavy-laden and - and drab. She
looked like just what she was: a
fond mother and doting grand
mother, living in her children and
their children. 1t was her ami
versary. and she sat here, hiding
out while John lunched with Alice
Morrow. What was it he had said
about Alice? She couldn't remem-
Der. She couldn't think, but it was
something about wishful thinking.
A maid offered her an aspirin.
and she shook her head. The
maid came back with glass of
water and spirits of ammonia. 1t
was easier to swallow from a
spoon, but never as long as she
lived would she smell ammonia
again without that feeling of loss
and loneliness. The maid hovered
near by, uneasy, and Martha said,
running her tongue over dry lips:
"lHERE's a woman in a blue hat
at a table in the alcove. A woman
and a man. Would - would you
see if they've gomez" The maids
eyes turned quickly, knowing.
She came back to say. They've
left, madam"
Martha gathered up her pack
ages. She found the car in the
parking lot and piled the packages
in the back seat. At the wheel, she
threaded traffic automatically.
She turned into the drive at
home, and Joyce was waiting for
her on the porch steps; for her
and for the car. She saw Joyce
coming across the lawn in sweater
and shorts, switching at the grass
with a tennis racquet. She heard
Joyce say, Il got the hellions down
for their nap, but don't let Herbig
run the sweeper, will you? Not
unless you want thelittle dears to
open their pretty bright eyes and
Continued on page rs
Evening star., 1949-03-27
ESCAPE In TIME
Continued from page eighteen

April twenty-fifth oh, well.
Dana's was crowded today. The
warm sun slanted through the
windows across the bowls of ion
quils on the tables, touching up
the gaily flowered hats. 1t was
spring again, and there was a
quickening in the air that spoke
of new life and new beginning.
One hat in the alcove caught
Martha's glance. 1t had special
flair somehow; a real Tilt. She
twisted in her chair to get a
glimpse of its wearer. Her back
was to Martha, but there was
something familiar in the turn of
her head. 1t reminded Martha of
Alice Morrow. Why, it ,cos Alice!
AND with a man. Well! So she
had been wrong about Alice. She
had told John Alice would never
marry again, and John said, why
not?
She's waited too long"
Martha said. "All the men her
age are married"
"Oh, we'll. she can make a lot
of 'em do some wishful thinking,
anyhow" John said.
Martha twisted again to catch
glimpse of the man, and her heart
turned over. The man was John.
1t was John, but a different John.
Her eyes clung to his face. The
tired and drawn look was gone.
John was - he was forty-six, but
he looked like man in his prime.
His eyes were interested and
amused. He leaned across the
table to light Alice's cigarette.
Alice said something, and he threw
his head back, laughing. He looked
like a man in his prime who was
having his own idea of a good time.
Your order, madam"
MARTHA saw the waitress in a
blurring whirl. If only she could
vanish into thin air! They mustn't
see her. They mustn't. John
would take over her packages.
He would have the third place set
at their table. He would glance at
his watch then, and he'd say,
well, if you two can get along
without me, I'd better get back
to the Office"
Are you faint, MADAME" The
waitress looked uneasy.
Martha clutched for her pack