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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1949-02-25

Sdruzeni Csl. SpolkG " Balti-
more, Md. Urednfci ma rok
1919: - Preds. Jan Kaspar,
m1stopreds. Jos. Pokorny, II.
m1stopreds. Anezka Rys, tai.
Sylvia PETER 1907 Ednor Road
(18), ucet. M. Kraft, TIC N.
Milton Ave. (5), pokl. Marga-
ret Kolomazn1k.
Sprawl Vybor ceskeho Ma
rodniho Hrbitova. SchGze 2.
ctvrtek v mes1ci v 7 hod. vecer
We skole Aug. Hefmana, Pfeds.
A. Vancura, 906 N. Madeira ST.
tai. A. Masek, 626 N. Curley
st. 81, 1cet. S. Tuna, jednatel
pi. R. Stock, 2412 E. Monu-
ment st. Tel. Broadway $500,
pokl. j. Prochazka, GIG N. Bel
nord Ave. Obchodn1 zalezitosti
hTbitova vyTizuje jednatel.
Observation-Disclosures Civic
Association. Sch6ze $50 p. m.
|tretf patek v mesfci We Sloven-
skem Dome, rob Eager a Mont
ford ul. Pfeds. Louis j. svehla,
1921 N. Patterson Park Ave-,
mfstopreds. Vaclav J. F. Wallis,
tai. Jos. Pokorny, 81 N. Clio
yer St., 1cet. Matej Hromadka,
pokl. Frank J. Rick, strazce
u dveTi Petr Mifkovic.
Patronat Ceske Svob. Skoly
Augustin Herman odbyva sve
schGze 2. stredu v mes1ci We
Skolni budove v 8. hodin vecer.
Pred. Jos. Pokorny, m1stopreds.
stepan Tuna, tai. M. Kraft,
TIC N. Milton Ave-, ucet. Rnz.
Stock, pokl. Anezka Rys, uci-
tel Jar. Smejkal. Dopisy zas1-
lejte ma tajemnici.
Ceskoslovensky Krouzek Zen
Schdze v Delnickem Dome.
25O7 Madison St., 4. patek v
mesici v 8 hodin vecer. Pfeds.
M Zeleny, m1stopreds. A. Rys:
tai. Marie Kris, White Marsh
Md, 1cet. Andela Petr, 81 n
Rose St., pokl. Rose Gabriel.
Slovensky Narodny Dom
Schodze posledn1 nedelu Y
mesiaci v 6 hodin vecier v dome
6526 Holabird Ave. Predseds
Albin Blahus, m1stopreds. Ro'
bert Marsik, zapisnik JOSEPH
Jenko, 1913 Maxwell Ave. (22)
1ctovnik John Petrasovic, pc
kladnik Stefan Kratochvil. A
dresujte vsetky dopisy a pc
zvanky ma z%apisnika.
Del. Vzdsl. Spolek "Pokrok'
Schdze v Delnickem Dome
25O9 Madison ul. kazdy 4
patek mesici v 8 hodin vecer
Preds. FIR. Vasicek, 5710 Red
mond St., m1stopreds. Jos. Kris
1886 N. Milton Ave-, tai VaclaN
Picek, 234O Ashland Ave. 20
1cet. John Benes, 2507 B.. Ma
Olson St., pokl. Jerry Cincibus
721 N. Montford Ave.
Ceskoslovenske Americke U
stredi Washington, D. c., Inc.
kona schGze kazdou prvnl ne
deli v mesici CHROME cervenc'
a srpna) v Pythian Temple
1912 = 9th St., N. W., Wash
ington, D.. C. We A bod. odpol
'lPTeds. Jerry Kroutil, Is Yves
-lSpring St., Alexandria, Va, ia!
May Saba, 1923 Austin ST., S. L
Washington : 20, D. G.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Atlantic Pact
Continued From First Page)

the Departmental Auditorium
Monday afternoon. The President
plans an address of about 10
minutes at about 4:30 pm. Mon
day, near the conclusion of the
ceremony expected to begin at
3 pm.
Mr.. Berkner. borrowed from the
Carnegie Institute of Washington,
takes over from Assistant Secre-
tary of State Ernest A. Gross di-
rection of the work Of preparing
the projected program for helping
To- rearm with American equip
ment Western European partners
in the North Atlantic Security Al
lance.
Mr.. Acheson said the appoint
ment was designed to free Mr..
Gross from this responsibility so
that he might devote his entire
time to his duties of handling the
departments relations with Con-
gress. Mr.. Gross will handle the
arms program legislation in Con-
greSS.
Mr.. Acheson refused to give any
estimate of what the program will
cost. This has been estimated un-
officially as $1,0O0,O00,0O0 and
$500, 900, 900, plus approximately
$500, ZOO, 900 for continued assist
ance to other friendly nations
such as Greece and Turkey.
Mr.. Acheson said he hoped to
have draft legislation ready for
submission to Congress by the time
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Mother Sought in Seizure
OF Girl, ), in Baltimore
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Mar. 30.-Assault
warrants were issued today against
the mother and uncle of a 3-year-
old girl who was snatched from a
sidewalk here yesterday.
The warrants named Mrs. Cath
crime Grace, %. the mother, and
Charles Quinn. rs, New Hyde
Park, Long Island.
Police thus far have found no
trace of them or Florence Ann
Grace, who was wrested from the
arms Of her paternal aunt by a
couple who drove off in a black
sedan with New York license
plates.
William Grace, the girls father
and a steel plant millwright here,
said he had been separated from
his wife about a month.
Mrs. Florence Bell, the aunt,
had taken her own 9-month- -old
baby and Florence Ann for a
walk. She said a man and woman
jumped out of a parked car about
a block from her home and
grabbed the little girl. They
showed Mrs. Bell against a wall
and broke her grasp on Florence
Ann.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

blue Cadillac which Acalotti
bought last fall for January de-
livery. The automobile salesman
recalled the car was selected by a
red-haired woman who accom-
panied Acalotti.
She told in one of her afhdavits
of seeing the car parked in front
of an apartment in the 1900 block
of Twelfth street NV. last March
2, and several times after that.
Both Mattresses Discharged.
Acalloti told her he had been
forced to change his business ad-
dress to the Twelfth street number
because she had been talking to
the authorities. she said.
When Acollati was arrested
Saturday, it was at the Twelfth
street address.
Arresting officers identified the
address as that of a waitress at
the Thomas Circle cafe, where
Miss Franklin also worked.
Both Miss Franklin and the
other waitress were discharged by
the cafe Saturday night for what
the manager described as fight
ing with each other"
Investigators have insisted Miss
Franklin's only pay from the Gov
ernment for her information was
in witness fees the several times
she has appeared before the grand
jury. All her information has
been backed up by corroborative
d documentary evidence, one official
said.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
0ES Chapter |nsta||s
Officers in Mclean, Va.

Mrs. Jean A. Mutersbaugh has
been installed as Matron of Sharon
Chapter, No. SO, Order of the
Eastern Star, Mclean, Va. Other
officers are:
Harold Lind. worthy patron;
Mrs. Genevieve Smith. associate
matron; Dewey B. Miller. associ-
ate patron; Mrs. Geneva Graves,
secretary; Mrs. Cecil Rawlings,
treasurer: Mrs. Ethel Kidwell,
conductress; Miss Mary Capper,
associate conductress; Mrs. Nellie
Lucas, marshal; Mrs. Beulah
Trammell, chaplain.
Also. Miss Dorothy Sanders, Or
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Waitress RoweN Beating Story
Led to Gambling Testimony
Mention of AcoIotti
By Miss Franklin
Widened Probe

Miss Bernice Franklin, red
haired key witness in one segment
of the United States attorneys
war on gambling, set off a chain
Of arrests with an affidavit given
in another case, it was disclosed
today.
Contrary to common belief, the
25-year-old former waitress did
not work directly for the prose-
cutor's Office as an undercover
agent. Instead, she offered evi-
dence on things she remembered
about her association with a
clique of half a dozen gamblers,
it was said.
Her possible value in the gam
bling inquiry became known to
the Office Of United States Attor-
ney George Morris Fay early last
month when she gave an affidavit
in the James Rowell case.
Led to Acalotti.
Mr.. Rowell is a cab driver who
was mysteriously beaten January
IA at Thomas Circle. In the affl-
davit Miss Franklin mentioned
Attilio Acalotti, a newsstand oper-
ator at the circle, and she also
mentioned gambling. That's when
the prosecutor lost interest in
Miss Franklin as a possible Rowell
case witness and sent her before
the grand jury to talk about
gambling.
The result was the arrest Of
Acalotti and half dozen others
on gambling charges. Acalotti
also was charged with threaten
ing bodily harm to Miss Franklin
if she continued to talk.
Revealing remarkable memory
for names, places, telephone num-
bers and automobiles, Miss Frank
lin signed complaints against
several men she insisted she knew
personally through a two-year
friendship with Acalotti.
Helped Lay Off Bets.
AS matter of fact, her state
ments to investigators disclosed,
Miss Franklin frequently assisted
in laying off bets with gamblers.
In so doing, she learned the names
of several men who either were
arrested in last Fridays raids or
since have given themselves up.
Miss Franklin's most vivid
memory of cars concerned a pale
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Cherry Blossoms
(Continued From First Page.)

increase in reservations on flights
into Washington this week end.
The railroads said it was too soon
to forecast accurately the expected
travel increase.
Armory to Be Decorated.
The Festival Committee was to
start decorating the National
Guard Armory today for the
Cherry Blossom Ball Friday night.
Decorations for the first such Gel
ebration in connection with the
annual festival will be featured by
30 living cherry trees in front of
each of the boxes occupied by the
princesses.
In an effort to prolong the life
Of the blossoms, National Capital
Parks employees yesterday started
spraying the nearly 900 cherry
trees with special hormone solu-
ton.
Officials planned to augment
the conventional sprayer with a
turbine fan, known as a mist
blower. today.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Virginia Teachers College
Changes Name 10 Longwood
By the Assoeioied Press

BY the Assoeiofed Press
FARMVILLE, Va, Mar. 30
The State Teachers College at
Farmville today discarded this
name for a new one-Longwood
College.
For the new name the State
Board of Education and school
officials dipped into a bit Of the
institutions own history.
Longwood is an estate that
originally included thousands OF
acres and was acquired by Peter
Johnston, ST., as a grant from the
English crown. For 20 years 1t
has been owned by the college
that today bears it's name. The
estate was the birthplace of Con-
federate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston
and Col. Charles Venable, Con-
federate soldier and later chair
man of the faculty Of the Uni
versity of Virginia.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Is Teamsters' Locals Vote
Not 10 Join Member Drive
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 30.-Twenty-
five New York locals of the AF'L
Teamsters Union have voted not
to join a nation wide plan for
halting trucks to check on drivers
union memberships.
Two locals, however. say they
plan to cooperate in the on-the-
road checkup, which is scheduled
to start Friday and last two weeks.
Dave Beck, executive vice presi-
dent of the AFL international
Brotherhood of Teamsters, an
nounced the plan recently as
part of a general organizing drive.
The joint Executive Council of
New York City. comprising q
locals, met last night to discuss
the plan.
One of the two locals which
announced approved is No. 807.
the largest in the council. 1t in
cludes most of the long haul
general trucking drivers.
In Chicago, Mr.. Beck said last
night that the locals which oppose
the plan would not be affected
by it,
Evening star., 1949-03-30
FHA
Continued From First Page.)

an additional 5000 to 10000
apartment units.
These, added to the 265 prof.
ects to provide 25.938 apartment
units on which FILA already has
committed itself to insure mort
cages, are considered by FILA at
present be a sufficient number for
the Washington area at present
rent levels.
i. OF the units already approved,
nearly 10000 have been finished
and are occupied. Still others are
in different stages of construction,
while others have not yet been
started. Normally. a percentage
of projects for which FILA agrees
to insure mortgages do not get
under way at all for a number
of reasons. including difficulties
in obtaining private financing.
$50 Covert Rental.
Lowest rentals proposed for any
of the apartments in the program
are about $50 for one-bedroom
apartments and $40 for two-bed-
room apartments. The rental av-
erage for those constructed or
under way probably is SIS or $50
for one-bedroom apartments and
$50 or $95 for tWo-bedroom apart
ments.
Under the National Housing Act,
FILA is authorized to insure mort
cages representing UP to 80 per
cent of the necessary current
costs as of December 81. 1947."
Projects which can be insured
under the program must have
eight apartments or more.
A rider to the rent bill would
extend the program three months
from March 81. President Tru-
man signs the bill. the $70.000.000
of unused authorization would re-
main. and the President. at his
discretion, would be permitted to
increase the authorization by
s4O0, 100000, which would provide
a total authorization of $470. .000.-
600.
Commitments Here High.
Still other bills before Congress
provide for the extension of the
rental program to March 81, 1850,
presumably the $470,000,000 in re-
manning authorization would be
available for the years program,
in case the years extension is
agreed on.
Few areas outside Metropolitan
Washington have found builders
for rental projects in the high
volume undertaken here.
The national FILA Office said the
Washington areas volume of COM
mitments for large-scale projects
was among the three highest in
the country for metropolitan
areas, and that 1t exceeded the
total commitments received by
builders in each of more than two
thirds of the States.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Friend Held in Suicide
Of Cancer Victim
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Mar. 30-Fred.
erick Burwick. 6o-year-old res
taurant worker, was arrested last
night and charged with aiding and
abetting the suicide of a 65-year-
old cancer victim, police reported.
They said the cancer victim, 10.
seph Ziakowski, a matchmaker.
was found dead yesterday with q
bullet hole in his head.
Detectives said Burwick, friend
of Ziakowski. admitted furnishing
a gun at his friends pleading be
cause I thought it was the only
human thing to do
Evening star., 1949-03-30
the Senate is considering ratiflca
ton of the Atlantic Pact.
Special Aide to AcheSOn.

ton of the Atlantic Pact.
Special Aide to AchesOn.
Mr.. Berkner was made special
assistant to Mr.. AcheSon for work
on the arms program. Mr.. Acheson
said Mr.. Berkner is widely known
for his activities in the fields OF
electronics and physics.
Mr.. Berkner headed a special
committee appointed by former
Secretary of Defense Forrestal
which made a study Of the prob
lem of evaluation of the relative
Importance of weapons systems to
American security. This led to
the establishment in January of
the Weapons System Evaluation
Group, which Mr.. Forrestal hailed
as one of the most Significant
accomplishments in the work of
unification of the military services.
Associated with the Carnegie
Institution since 1888, Mr. Berk-
ner served in the Navy from 1941
to 1916, reaching the rank of
captain. In 1916 he was made
executive secretary of the Joint
Research and Development Board.
He returned to the Carnegie In
Istitution in 1947.
Many Meetings Planned.
Mr.. Acheson outlined a heavy
schedule of meetings starting
tomorrow with Foreign Ministers
of the other North Atlantic Pact
countries, who are converging on
Washington to join in signing the
treaty Monday.
He added that he hoped the
discussions would advance efforts
for agreement among the Western
powers about carrying out their
policies in Germany and on dis
position of Italy's War-lost African
colonies.
Mr.. Acheson said he had meet
ings scheduled tomorrow with
British Foreign Secretary Bevin
and Netherlands Foreign Minister
D. U. Striker. Other meetings are
scheduled Friday with the French,
Belgian and Luxembourg Foreign
Ministers. Mr.. Acheson said sew
eral other meetings would prob
ably be added to the schedule.
All of the Foreign Ministers
here for the North Atlantic treaty
signing will meet with Mr.. Ache
son in an executive session Sat-
urday morning to approve finally
the text of the pact and consider
such matters as establishing a
council to implement some of its
provisions.
The Saturday meeting, also will
give final approval of plans Tor
the Monday signing ceremony. |
Acheson to Preside.
Mr.. Acheson will preside and
introduce the Foreign Ministers of
the other participating nations,
each of whom is expected to make
a brief speech.
The nations which have agreed
to sign the pact Monday are the
United States, Canada. Great
Britain. France, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Luxembourg, Nor
way, Denmark, Italy and Portu-
gal. Iceland still is considering
the matter and may be repre-
sented. Portugal announced only
today that she would join the
signing Monday.
The British. Belgian, Dutch and
Luxembourg ministers arrived in
New York today aboard the liner
Queen Mary. Mr.. Bevin was due
here by train at 2:25 o'clock this
afternoon.
Count Carlo Sforza, Italy's For
Evening star., 1949-03-30
TroditionoIIy Arid Lima
Suffers in Downpour
BY the Associated Press

LIMA, Peru, Mar. 30.-Lima,
where rain is almost unknown,
had a downpour yesterday.
Residents stood in doorways or
under trees just to watch the
water come down. Many mud and
tile roofs, not made for such a
downfall, leaked badly.
Oldtimers, searching for a COM
parison, had to go back quarter
of a century when heavy summer
floods on Peru's arid coast de-
stroyed pre-Inca ruins at Chan
chan near Trujillo,, in Northeast
ern Peru.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Party Opens Drive to End
Deadlock on Constitution

BONN. Germany, Mar. 80 (P).-
One of West Germany's strongest
political parties launched last
minute drive today to break the
deadlock threatening the new
West German constitution.
The Christian Democratic Un-
ion appealed to the other major
party, the Social Democrats to
agree on a compromise.
Unless the Germans agree soon
on a constitution acceptable to
the Allied occupying powers, the
planned creation of West Ger
man state may founder.
The American. British and
French military governors reject
ed the constitution drafted by the
German parliamentary council.
The military governors want 1t
modified to weaken proposed pow
erS of the central government.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

ganist; Mrs. Florence Knudstrup,
Adah: Mrs. Elouise Revercomb.
Ruth; Mrs. Mary Trammell, Es-
ther:: Mrs. Eloise Miller. Martha;
Mrs. Zola Robertson, Electa; Mrs.
Maude Simpkins, warden, and
Lester Kidwell, sentinel. Pages
are Mrs. La Veta Poole and Mrs.
Lorena Hood.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Parliament of Iceland
Votes to Join Alliance

REKJAVIK, Iceland. Mar 30
R.-Iceland's Althing (parlia-
ment) today approved this stra-
tegic island republics membership
in the North Atlantic pact.
The vote to join in the alliance
was 81 to 13.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

eign Minister who got in ahead
of his colleagues to confer for an
hour with Mr.. Acheson here yes
terday, was in New York to join
them. The other participating
Foreign Ministers are scheduled
to arrive separately tomorrow and
Friday.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Western Allies Agree
On Harvesting Power
OF Germany 10 ERP
BY the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. 30.-Western
power negotiators today con-
cluded an agreement aimed at
harnessing West Germany's in
dustrial might to the European
Recovery Program.
A series of meetings between
high American. British and
French officials ended today. The
three powers were reported agreed
to:
Reprieve between $50 and 155
West German industries due to
have been dismantled and dis
tributed as war reperations.
Revise the list of warlike indus
tries disallowed Germany under
the Potsdam Pact.
Raise the gross tonnage of Ger
constructed ships from its
present level of 1900 to about
5000.
Governments OK. Needed.
Responsible diplomats said the
agreement will have to receive the
approval of the American, British
and French governments.
The negotiations have been con-
Quoted by the American and
French Ambassadors, Lewis w.
Douglas and Rene Massigli, and
Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick, who heads
the German section of the British
Foreign Office.
After formal governmental ap-
provel is given to the accord, it's
details will be worked out by the
staffs of the three Western mill
tary governors.
Mr.. Douglas initiated the talks
earlier this month with the British
and French foreign ministers.
Ernest Bevin and Robert
Schuman.
The latest Western move to
utilize West Ger1nany'S pro-
ductive resources came on Ameri-
can mSiStence.
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Ministers
Continued From First PageD

test of Britain's policy toward
Israel.
Mr.. Gromyko, who came to at
tend the United Nations Assem-
bly,, had mo prediction" on what
would occur there. He answered
."no comment" to reporters other
Other Foreign Office chiefs be-
sides Mr.. Bevin who arrived were
Belgian Premier and Foreign Min
lister Paul-Henri Spaak, Dutch
Foreign Minister D. U. Striker
and Luxembourg Foreign Minister
Joseph Bech.
Bevin Remarks Assailed.
The pickets. representing the
Joint Committee to Combat Anti
Semitism. protested Mr.. Bevin's
alleged "anti-Semitic statements
and hostile policy to Israel They
carried placards and stomped and
shouted.
At a news conference aboard the
big liner after she docked, Mr..
Bevin declared the alliance was a
pact of solidarity which should
prevent war for many generations
to come"
He said the pact did not in any
way undermine the United Ma
tions. adding:
Il hope we can build collective
security through the United Ma
tions-and that will come
Under security phases of the
alliance, he said, IF we were at
tackled. we could move very
quickly"
Asked if he believed there would
be a sudden attack, Mr.. Bevin
shook his head and replied:
I mo, we are not expecting any
sudden attack"
He said, however, that it would
be insufficient Just to sit back"
and expect everything to turn out
all right.
Stresses Implementation of Pact.
The pact, he said, needs imple-
mentation."
The remark appeared to be an
obvious reference to the Western
European nations request for
arms from America.
Pressed harder by reporters on
his views of any attack on Western
Europe, Mr.. Bevin said:
mo. we're not expecting an
ultimate attack. But we can't tell
what lies in the future"
Asked if he talked to Mr.
Gromyko during the ships calm
Atlantic crossing, Mr. Bevin
brought laughter with this reply:
Il never disturb the ship and
cause any danger"
Enthusiastic Endorsement of the
pact was voiced earlier by the
Foreign Ministers Spaak, Striker
and Bech.
Mr.. Spaak said he found the
pact entirely within the frame
work of the United Nations" and
that it strengthens the U. NJ
I'm convinced" he declared.
that since the end of the war and
the organization of the United Ma
tions, the Atlantic pact is the
worlds most important step to-
ward collective security"
Referred to Gromyko.
When a reporter asked if he be-
lieved Russia would agree that the
pact strengthens the U. NJ, he
laughed and replied:
ASK Gromyko. He's an au-
thority on that"
Mr.. Striker predicted the ma
tions involved in the pact would
have no difficulty in agreeing on
all its phases.
It certainly is going to pro-
mote peace and security in West
ern Europe he added.
Mr.. Bech said the pact "has the
Overwhelming Endorsement of the
people of Luxembourg. think our
people are very much impressed
with the vital Importance of this
pact"
The taciturn Gromyko, asked if
he believed the condition of the
U. N. good or bad. replied, "It's
about the same"
When told Mr.. Bevin would hold
a news conference and one was
wanted with him too, Mr.. Gromy-
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Will Rogers, L, Fined
For Speeding, Hears
Words of Father
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 3d.
A former member of the House
was fined $40 for speeding
and also heard a famous quo
tation from the late humor-
iSt, Will Rogers.
Traffic Judge Roger Pfaff
yesterday also suspended the
violator's license for 80 days
and then recited this famous
Rogers advice:
Don't speed. Get up is
minutes earlier"
The violator who pleaded
guilty to driving SIS miles an
hour in a 25-mile zone was
Will Rogers, jr.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

ko said, MY opposite number and
I had a smooth trip"
Later he sent word out to re-
porters from his cabin that there
was nothing he wanted to say
now
Evening star., 1949-03-30
Venezuela Reserves Up

Venezuela, second largest crude
petroleum producer, now is also
one of the worlds most prosper
GUS nations, with reserve funds at
an all-time high.
Evening star., 1949-03-30

The new hearing aid worn here
by Miss Lenore Ibsen, we'll known
model, is practically invisible.
The receiver "button" usually
seen in the ear is replaced by q
tiny plastic insert specially
moulded to fit down into the
ear. A new powerful miniature
Sonotone is easily concealed be.
meath her corsage. This new de.
velopment of the Sonotone Lab.
oratories may be seen at the
local Sonotone offices. Test and
fitting without charge or obli'
CATION.
SONOToNE
o0l Washington Bldg. Dl. 0sZI