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Evening star., 1949-10-30
Discovered in 1906

Pixies Peak was discovered Ia
1906 by Gen. Zebulon M. Pike.
and was first assembled success
fully in 1919 by Maj. S. H. Long.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
| Freezer Cabinets
May Have Been
Faulty, Firm Says
BY the Associated Press

MILWAUKEE,, Aug. 13.-There
may have been some defective
steel in the cabinets of the deep
freeze units sent several top Wash
ington officials. an officer of the
firm which made them said to-
night.
II know we had certain
amount Of trouble with the steel
in some of the cabinets we made
in 1945." said James F. Quirk,
secretary-treasmer of the Quirk
Co., which supplied cabinets to
Albert j. Gross. Milwaukee manu-
facturer.
II don't know whether any oi
the cabinets we sold gross were
defective, Mr.. Quirk added. "Al
we sold him were the boxes ane
I don't recall any complaints
Our first shipment to him was or
September 30, 1945."
Mr.. Quirk's brother, Robert
vice president of the firm, said
There may have been some de-
fective steel in some of them, bu
we didn't know it nor did we sci
them to him as rejects" He ad
ded that his company sold severa
hundred cabinets to Mr.. Gros
for $110 each.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Ru the AsSooioted Press

The Democratic National Com
mittee yesterday slammed the door
against its States Fighters men,
berS, barring them from its next
meeting to elect a successor to
Chairman J. Howard McGrath.
McGrath himself sent out the
blunt notice that the Louisiana
and Mississippi delegates have not
been invited to the August "a Ses-
sion at the MayfloWer Hotel here
starting at 10 am.
, At that time William M. Boyle,
, ir., now serving as the 100000 a
year executive vice chairman, is
slated to take over the chairman S
job-which carries no salary. Sen
ator McGrath is stepping out to
become Attorney General. The
Democratic announcement said
Senator McGrath will recommend
Mr.. Boyle as his successor.
South Carolina Mentioned.
In his statement Senator Nc
Grath did not clarity the status
of committee members in Alabama
and South Carolina which also
supported the States Rights party
last fall. However. he pointedly
remarked that the national COM
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Mother and ; Children Die
AS MARYLAND Home Burns
BY the Associated Press


FRUITLAND, Md, Aug. ia
mother and her three children
died today after she had tried to
rescue them from a second floor
bedroom of their blazing home.
The mother, Mrs. Bessie Lee
Wells. "a, colored. was on the
first floor of the four-room frame
house when the fire was discov-
cred this morning.
She rushed upstairs to the chill
dren. All four were trapped. The
house burned to the ground.
The dead children were Berta
Mae. 9: Willie Lee. 4, and I. j.. 2.
Three other adults were in the
house, the father Of the dead chill
dren and a visiting couple. The
two men-Merion Wells. 80. and
Charles Hicks, 22-escaped un-
harmed.
The woman visitor, Mrs. Lola
May Hicks, "a, was badly burned
about the face and the arms. She
was taken to Salisbury Hospital
It was the second such fire in
this area of the Eastern Shore In
the last two days. Yesterday, five
houses, were destroyed by flames
just outside Salisbury, about four
miles north of here, and 4 two
month-old baby persisted.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
West Germans
To Vote Today
On Parliament
Bitter Campaign Ends,
Chief Issue Socialism
Or Private Enterprise
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Aug
13,.-A German election campaign
spiced with violence and anti
Allied oratory ended tonight with
a sober radio appeal from all par
ties for a vote for freedom.
Tomorrow the 45,OO0,O0 inhabi-
tants of Germanys three western
zones will choose a 400-member
Parliament to set up their new
West German republic. 1t will
be the first federal election since
Hitler seized power in 1888.
With numerous parties in the
race and total of more than
1000 candidates, forecasts were
that no party will win a majority
and it will take a coalition of two
or more parties to form the cabi-
net.
The campaign has been so bit
terly anti-Allied that occupation
authorities and many German
newspapers and politicians have
expressed alarm.
Criticism of Allies Avoided.
Tonight, however, in a joint
radio broadcast. rival party lead
ers largely avoided criticizing the
Allies. Instead, they appealed to
the voters on German domestic
issues.
All of them stressed a desire for
a free. democratic and united
Evening star., 1949-08-14
High Of IS Expected
Today, "a Tomorrow

Somewhat lower temperatures
are expected today and tomorrow
in q gradual moderation OF the
heat which caused one death yes
terday and has held August av-
erages at least six degrees above
normal.
Some cloudiness this morning
the weatherman said, should give
way to clearing skies in the after
noon with a maximum of about
IS. as compared with yesterdays
humid SO degrees.
Tomorrow probably will be
partly cloudy with a high OF
around "a, which is normal for
this season.
Last night was especially humid
in the wake Of rains that had
helped to bring the temperature
down "a hours previously.
The week of blistering weather
mounted from a high Of 81 Mon
day to % Tuesday, 95 Wednes-
day. 81 Thursday and "a Friday.
The death attributed to the heat
was that of Lafayette Eye, about
| IS, farmer from near Monterey
Va. living temporarily at 47e
MARYLAND avenue S.W.
Mr.. Eye was found unconscious
Yesterday morning in the rear OF
the 200 block of Fourth street s.W
Police were summoned and he was
removed to Gallinger Hospital
where he was treated for heat
prostration. He died yesterday
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Herbert Hoover Rallies Quickly
After Beino Stricken on rain

Mr.. Hoover Is en- route to New
York after celebrating his 18th
birthday at a public reception at
Stanford University, Palo Alto
Calf, Wednesday.
The former President told DR.
Dale Hatfield at Elko, New: 81
think I am having a gall bladder
attack. I have had them before
and I know what they are"
DR.. Hadfield treated MIR. Hoover
then permitted him to continue
the trip after advising him to seek
further treatment at Ogden.
DR.. Stratford met the train and
was ushered into the Hoover COM
partment. He emerged 20 min
utes later to announce: THE at.
tack was a mild one and Mr.
Hoover will go on to New York.
An ambulance had been waiting
in the Ogden railroad yards tt
rush Mr.. Hoover to 4 hospital II
necessary.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Continued on Page
By John A. Giles

You would have to climb a
times to the top of the Washington
Monument to lose one pound OF lat
and the only real reducing ex-
ercise is pushing yourself away
from the table" says a new Navy
publication entitled Feel Alive"
Directed primarily to over-feo
and over weight naval officers, the
humorous yet dignif1ed illustrated
brochure makes light Of the violent
exerciser and heavy eater and ad-
vocates close watch on diets.
Muscle -toning exercises are
necessary, the brochure tells the
officers, but ito lose even one
pound of body fat by exercise alone
is a tough job" since most weight
lost by exercise is "water-not
body fat"
In addition to the Washington
Evening star., 1949-08-14

Germany. They differed widely
however, on how they proposed te
achieve that goal.
DR.. Konrad Adenauer. leader
of the powerful Conservative
Party, the Christian Democratic
Union, said: Your votes can de-
eide whether the rights of the in
diyidual will be respected by the
state, or whether the people will
be defenseless ut the whim OF ar
all-powerful state and its bureau
cracy."
DR.. Kurt Schumacher. head OF
the Social Democratic Party. said
You cannot make a capitalistit
preserve out of West Germany In
the manner of 1850"
Red Demands Controls End.
Max Reimann. the Communist
leader, appealed for a government
for all of Germany instead of just
the Western zones. He also de-
manded the removal of occupation
troops and controls as well as the
signing of a German peace treaty.
These contrasting arguments
summed up the real domestic is
sues of the campaign. The out
come of the election may show
which way Germany will go-to-
ward socialism or free private en-
terprise. Most observers feel that
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Democrats Ban States Fighters
From Voting on New Chairman
McGroth Says Mississippi and Louisiono
Have Left Party, Bors PorIey Invitations

mitteeman from South Carolina
Gov. j. Strom Thurmond-"was
a candidate for election on the
ticket of another party"
He made no comment on the
position of that States committee
woman, Mrs. Anne A. AgneW of
Columbia.
AS for Alabama, Senator Nc
Grath noted that Marion Rush
ton had resigned from the COM
mittee post. Capitol Hill sources
said Mr.. Rushton had not been
invited. but that Alabama's S
committeewoman, Mrs. Lennard
Thomas, had received bid.
Charges Bolt From Party.
Senator McGrath said the rea-
son he blackballed the Louisiana
and Mississippi members was be
cause in my judgment by their
several actions at the convention
and subsequently in the campaign
they have left the Democratic
Party"
The Louisiana members are
William H. Talbot of New Orleans
and Miss Mary Evelyn Dickerson
of Oakdale. Mississippis are j..
(See DEMOCRATS, Page A-5D
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Trailer Truck Crash
Kills Two AT Men
Special pispotch 10 The Star

MIDDLEBURG, Va, Aug. 13-
Two Air Force men were killed at
Hallway, about five miles south of
here, when the tractor-trailer in
which they we're riding skidded on
the wet pavement of Highway Is
and went over an embankment
this afternoon.
Virginia State Trooper S. S. Sc
crist, who lives in Middleburg, said
it took the crews of three wrecking
trucks more than four hours to
remove their bodies.
The dead men were identified as
Sergt. James Nero, 26, Sacramento.
Calf. the driver, and Pvt. Winston
Arhes Gwinn. 81, Meadow Bridge.
w. Va. who was riding in the cab
with him. Both were stationed at
Langley Air Force Base, Va.
Trooper Secrist said cargo on
the truck indicated it was carrying
supplies from Middleton, Pa, an
other Air Force base, to the Vir-,
ginia field.
When the truck rolled over the
embankment the trailer portion
came to rest atop the cab. The
men were trapped inside.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Nv the Axsoeiofed Press

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Aug. 13.-
Herbert Hoover was stricken with
a gall bladder ailment aboard an
eastbound train today. He con-
tinued his trip, however, after
emergency treatment.
DR.. Keith Stratford of Ogden
Utah. who boarded the train there
at the request of the Southern
Pacific Railroad, said Mr.. Hoover
the Nations only living former
President, rallied quickly after the
attack.
Mr.. Hoover sis now playing CIR
rummy with friends" his secre.
tary, Bernice Miller, said at Raw.
Inns, Wyo., when the train arrived
at Cheyenne it was said Mr.
Hoover had won $1.20.
DR.. F. E. Wagrath, who boarded
the train at Mr.. Hoover's request
said his condition was nothing
to be worried about"
Evening star., 1949-08-14
D. {. Derby Winner
Is Confident Today II
International Finals
Alfred Ashton Completes
With l47 Other Soop Bo,
Drivers for Scholarship
By Wallace E. CIoyton
Stor Stoff CovreSpondent

AKRON, Ohio. Aug. 13.-Alfred
E. Ashton was as calm and conf
dent on the eve of the All-Ameri-
can Soap Box Derby as he was
the night before he easily won
the Washington championship last
month.
The District champion is max
ing no prediction on the outcome
OF tomorrow's world series of boy
built cars-but an observer can't
help getting the impression that
Alfred thinks the Evening Star
entrant. will be among the top
contenders for first prize of four
year college scholarship.
His first appearance In the in
ternational finals will be in the
last heat of the initial elimination
round. Luck favored Alfred ir
the assignment of the first heats:
He will race against but one other
contestant. All but two Of the
first heats will have three boys in
them.
Winners in the elimination
rounds will race against each other
until but three are eliminated
These three champions will race
for the top prize Of the scholar
ship. the second prize Of new
Chevrolet. and the third prize of
a motion picture camera and
protector.
Alfred's competitor in the first
round will be Richard Holderman,
13, of Elkhart. Ind. The weight
of the Holderman youth and his
car is As pounds less than the
combined weight of Alfred and
his aluminum-painted speedster-
a definite advantage for Alfred.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Chinese Communists
Press Drives Toward
Canton on 7 Fronts
Nationalist Defenses
Holding OFF Red Troops
In Vicinity Of Konhsien
By the -,ssociaisd Press

CANTON. China. Aug. 13.-The
Communists pushed two increas-
ingly furious drives south towards
this Nationalist capital today.
Oficial Nationalist reports said
the nearer one was being held in
check on the outskirts of Kanh-
sien, 215 miles from Capton.
Private reports said the other
had bypassed or captured the
railway town of Henkshan. 200
miles north, and was aiming at
the key railway junction of Heng-
yang, 265 miles north of Canton.
The government account esti-
mated $4,000 to $4,000 Red troops
were hurting themselves at Kanh-
sien, but said they still were un-
able to crack the city's defenses.
led by Gen. Fang Tien. governor
of Kiangsi Province.
The private reports said fight
ing was in full sway at unspecified
places south of Hengshan, indi-
eating the Reds had skirted or
taken that town.
A Nationalist army spokesman
denied persistent rumors that
no 900 to 10000 government troops
had deserted to the Communists
in the HengShan area.
Unofficial dispatches said the
Nationalists were blowing up rail-
way tunnels and bridges in an
effort to halt the advance.
Other reports indicated the
Reds were moving to Isolate the
important port city of Foochow,
$50 miles northeast OF Canton.
They were reported to have
reached points 80 miles southwest
and 80 miles northwest of Foo
chow in sharp fighting.
On the other active war front in
the distant northwest. the Ma
tionalists asserted they had in
fiicted heavy casualties on the
Reds in beating off an attack on
Tungsin, on the Kansu-Ninghsia
provincial border. Tungsin is a
strategic point, $50 miles north
east of Lanchow, Kansu capital,
and 100 miles south of Ninghsia,
capital of the province of the
same name.
The top Nationalist commanders,
meanwhile, were gathering in
Canton for an important military
conference.
+ Gen. Pal Chung-hsi. COM
mander on the front before Can
ton, arrived today.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Greek Army Cuts Off
Supply Route From
Albania 10 Rebels
PIones Pound Thousonds
Attempting to Escape
Governments Drive
Nv the Assocjoted Press

KASTORIA. Greece. Aug. l3.-
Greek troops cut off the main sup
ply route from Albania for 5000
guerrillas in the Vitsi mountain
redoubt today.
At the same time Greek com.
mandos drove from two direction:
in an effort to close off the north.
ern half of the frontier while the
air force plastered thousands ol
guerrillas attempting to escape in
to Albania.
tThe Greek general staff in
Athens said national forces
also had cut the Vitsi noun
tains in two, reaching the shore
of Lake Prespa at the village
of Mikrolimni. The thrust cut
off retreat for guerrillas in the
north into Albania. the gen.
eral staff saidD
Lake Major Escape Route.
Army troops entered Vatohorion
in the heart of the redoubt
cutting the main supply road tt
the Albanian border on the west
side of the Communist mountain
area. This left only a causeWay
across Lake Prespa on the north
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Council Of Europe
To Discuss Changes
Necessary. for Unity
e-Point Agendo Adopted.
Discussion of Irish
Partition Ruled Out
Rv the Assnointed Press

STRASBOURG, France, Aug.
13. - The Council of Europe
adopted tonight point work
program for its drive to pull the
war battered countries of the old
world closer together. At the
same time it ruled out any spe-
cific discussion of Irish partition.
The councils Committee of
Ministers approved an agenda
which was drawn up earlier by
the Consultative Assembly's 101
delegates, and which will keep
them busy for at least several
weeks.
The nine-point agenda provides
for debate on such items as po-
litical changes necessary in
Europe to bring about greater
unity of member nations, human
rights and fundamental freedoms
These we're among six points
added today by the Consultative
Assembly. to three points orig
inally proposed by the ministers
committee.
t The addition of the six points
was a victory for Winston
Churchill and the majority<in the
Assembly. None of the points
covers military subjects, since the
committee and the Assembly
agreed this was not within the
competence of the Council OF
Europe.
The touchy nationalistic issue
over Ireland was ruled out as a
problem for debate during todays
talk on possible agenda items,
Eamon de Valera. former Prime
Minister of Ireland, made two de-
termined efforts to put the dis
pute with Britain over Northern
Ireland on the program. The AS
sembly rejected Mr.. de Valera's
suggestion by an overwhelming
show of hands.
Strong opposition to the Irish
mans proposal came from most Of
the British delegates. The six
counties of Northern Ireland
since 1921 have been part of the
United Kingdom along with Eng
land, Scotland and Wales.
The Irish proposal was for the
Assembly to discuss the best way
to eliminate causes of disputes
between member states. Previ-
ously. Irelands foreign minister,
Sean MacBride, had made it clear
he considered the partition OF
Ireland a cause of dispute be-
Evening star., 1949-08-14
.Nov Bross Told to Push Back
From Table to Avoid Pushups

Monument trek, Feel Alive" lists
"a few other examples of what
you'd have to do" to lose one
pound of body fat through
exercise:
Sind for 100 hours, shovel 114,-
739 pounds of sand, run 43.2 miles
at the rate of a mile every 6
minutes, and do STA push-ups
from the floor.
I'm order to have bounce, to
feel alive-it's not necessary to
be muscle bound or move noun
tains," it states. "All you need Is
muscle-tone-a sense of physical
harmony in which every muscle is
at the right pitch.
Feel Alive" which has just gone
to the printers. is a joint publica-
ton of the Bureaus of Medicine and
Surgery and Personnel and is the
lSee PUsHUPS. Page A-5)
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Bates Asks Quick End
0fB-36 Hearings With
'Accusers' Called
Critics Should Put up
Or Shut up, Member
Of Committee Says
By Chris Mothisen

A demand for a speedy end of
the B-36 hearing with "accusers,
whoever they are. called on to
bring out their evidence-if they
have any," was made yesterday by
Representative Bates, Republican,
of Massachusetts,.
Mr.. Bates. a member Of the
House Armed Services Committee
which is conducting the hearing.
said:
This cloud has been hanging
over the heads of our top military
leaders and defense officials toe
long already
Critics, he added. should put
up or shut up" He suggested that
Secretary of Defense johnson be
given a chance to answer hints
of political influence in the B-36
program and then the accusers
present their case.
THE hearings" he added,
should not run more than an
other week."
Unit to Interview Arnold.
Meanwhile, the inquiry is in
recess until August %. A six-man
subcommittee is going to Califor-
MIA to interview Gen. Henry H.
(Hap) Arnold. retired Air Force
chief, who is i'll on his ranch. Mr..
Bates. a member of the 1subcom-
mittee. said he thinks this is a
pointless trip.
When the hearings began last
Tuesday, Joseph B. keenan,. spe-
cial counsel of the committee, ad-
mitted it had a peculiar basis.
He pointed out that all the COM
mittee had to go on was a speech
on the House floor May 26 by
Representative Van Zandt, Repub-
lican, of Pennsylvania. and an
anonymous memorandum turned
over to the committee by Repre-
sentative. Deane, Democrat, of
North Carolina.
The mysterious document ac-
cused Secretary of Defense john
son and Secretary of the Air Force
Symington of going out of their
way to protect the interests OF
-onsolidated-Vultee Aircraft Corp.
maker of the B-36. It was in
timated in the memorandum that
high Air Force officials, once dis
appointed in performance reports
on the huge six-engined inter-
continental bomber, began to
clafnor for more of the planes
because the word was passed that
the financial position of Conti-
nental-Vultee had to be protect
ed.
To Ask Author be Produced.
The nine page unattributed
document appears to have been
given selective but reasonably
widespread distribution among
members of Congress and others
in Washington. But Mr.. Syming-
ton complained to the committee
in his testimony Friday that no
one sent a copy to him or
I~I:..~I -, Don, AZ Hol A.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
By the Assoeioted Press

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina,
Aug. 13.-President Juan Peron
today cut loose from his distin-
guished foreign minister. Juan
Bramuglia, who at the same time
was challenged to a duel.
Mr.. Bramuglia, who resigned
two days ago. was challenged to
fight by Jeronimo Remorino, Ar
gentine Ambassador to the United
States. Mr.. Bramuglia was re-
ported to have struck the Am
bassador in the face with his fist
when they met and had a bitter
argument. "
Late, tonight one OF Mr.
Remorino's seconds. Rogue 1zzo
said that the duel would not take
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Reimonn Is Target
| OF Tear Cos Bomb
| At Political Rally
sy the Associated Press

FRANKFURT. Germany,
Aug. ia tear gas bomb
was hurled tonight at Max
Reimann. Western Germanys S
No. / Communist, during a
political rally at Reckling-
hausen in the Ruhr.
Tears streamed from the
eyes of the silver-haired Com
munist leader and he was
compelled to end a campaign
speech he was delivering be-
fore 1000 persons. Police at
ReckliAghausen said he. es-
capped injury.
Evening star., 1949-08-14
Remorino, Peron's S Envoy Here,
Challenges Bromug|io to Duel
But His Second Says 1t Won't Take Place;
Argentine Foreign Minister Out

place. He said there was no cause
for action, he gave no further
explanation.
Political circles here said Mr..
Remorino will return to his post
in Washington next week.
President Peron interrupted his
weekend holiday today and after
meeting with several ministers ac-
cepted Bramuglia's resignation.
He appointed Hipolito Jesus Paz,
ardent 32-year- nationalist
lawyer and Peron supporter. as
new foreign minister.
The acceptance of Mr.. Bramu-
glia's resignation was followed by
rumors that his departure would
be the signal for several Other
tSee ARGENTINA. Page A-5.)