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Evening star., 1949-07-15
Board Studies Plans
10 Expand Maryland
Recreation Areas
sy the Assoeioted Press

SOLOMONS. Md, July Is.
-Maryland's Board of Natural
Resources today studied plans for
expanding recreation areas in the
State.
Joseph F. Kaylor, director of
the State Department of Forests
and Parks, reported that Mary
land spends about a penny per-
son a year on State parks.
Georgia. he said, spends $1.12.
He made his report to the board
at its two-day annual meeting
here, which ended last night.
Offers Long Range Plans
Mr.. Kaylor presented long
range plans of every large popula-
ton center in the State.
These would be for picnics and
more or less spur r-of the-moment
outings. The plan visualizes more
elaborate facilities for weekend
use within so or rs, miles of every
large community.
The parks director said the
State needs in the meantime to
go ahead with immediate i'm
provement of the parks it has.
A small prison camp is being
built there. he reported. so so
convicts will be available for la
bor. They will clean the beach
of debris and dismantle several
unneeded buildings. Work has
started on a new entry road.
He made q detailed report on
the new one at Sandy Point, on
Chesapeake Bay just above An
napolis.
Visitors From Wide Area.
Mr.. Kaylor said half of the
visitors to the part of the park
which can be reached are from
Baltimore and most Of the Others
are from Washington and Prince
Georges and Montgomery Ccun-
ties.
He declared that Montgomery
County and Maryland's Eastern
Shore are the areas which most
need recreation areas.
About 20 per cent more people
are visiting State parks now than
a year ago, he said. and the
$50.000 budget for them is
strained just for maintenance
work.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Maryland U. Dorms
Robbed Of $400 and
.S225Hair- Ki

Between $400 and $500 in cash
and professional hairdressine
kit valued at $225 were taken early
today from mems dormitories ane
a fraternity house on the Univer.
sity of Maryland campus in Col
lege Park. p
Police believe the loot was taken
by a man chased from room in
the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity
House. 1900 Knox road.
The suspect was described as
between 25 and 80 years old. with
black hair and wearing khaki
trousers and tan shirt. He
talked with a Southern accent
and walked with a limp.
The description was furnished
by E. Scott Moore. 23. of Fullerton,
Md, a law student. who is attend
ing summer classes at the uni
versity.
Mr.. Moore said he was awak-
ened about 6:15 am. at the fra
ternity house by a man who was
holding the students wallet.
Mr.. Moore told police the in
truder asked him, "Is Paul Smith
in here? I'm looking in the wal
let for his name because I don't
want to wake up any one"
II was still half asleep and I
guess I sort of believed him." Mr..
Moore told police. After I said
no one by that name was in the
room he dropped the wallet on
the floor and left.
"A few minutes later the man
came back and grabbed the wal
let. I put on my trousers anc
chased him, but couldn't catch
him."
The wallet contained $40, Mr.
Moore said. He told police about
$25 was taken from other students
in the house. Police said the re.
mainder of the money was taker
from about 80 other persons II
several dormitories.
The hair-dressing kit, accord.
ing to police, was taken from q
dormitory room occupied by Frank
Lavina, Baltimore, and JOSEPH
McCune, Hagerstown, who are at
tending a cosmetology course al
the university.
Police said Mr.. Lavina told them
a man answering the description
given by Mr.. Moore had entered
his room about 6 am. and asked
for Paul Jones. He then left.
Also occupying the dormitories
are summer students and persons
attending a tax assessors course
and businesSmen's institute.
Police are examining the files
at the Hyattsville station in an
attemnt IN identify the thief
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Two Silver Spring Youths Start
SuiIbout Cruise to Michigan

Two Silver Spring youths were
an their way down the Potomac
River today on the first leg Of
@projected 1,40o-mile cruise to
Michigan in a 20-foot sailboat.
~ Thomas Eesley, Is. of 239 Dale
s1five, and Lewis Chesley. II. Of
sells Pierce drive. left Buzzards
hoint Boat Yard here at l O'Clock
xthis morning.
When the wind fails the will use
asmall outboard motor to keep
coins.
Their boat, named Jeep. will be
sailed up Chesapeake Bay, through
the Chesapeake and Delaware
Evening star., 1949-07-15

Canal and north to New York.
They will travel up the Hudson
River, through the Erie and Oswego
Canals to Lake Ontario, then
through the Trent Waterways to
Georgian Bay. Lake Huron, the
Straits of Mackinac to Sheboygan.
Mich, and finally the Eesley sum-
mer home on Black Lake.
The shippers father. Leonard
Eesley, said he planned to meet
the youths in Annapolis in a few
days ito see what they forgot to
take with them"
The youths will sleep In the
Jeep's cockpit In sleeping bags and
will cook aboard.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
P Street Bus Line
To Be Rerouted Sunday

Because Of the Dupont Circle
underpass construction work. the
Capital Transit Co. today an
nounced its bus route G-2. the
P street line. will be rerouted
westbound, effective Sunday.
This means the buses will travel
from Eighteenth and r streets
NV, north on Eighteenth street
to S street, west on S street to
Florida avenue, south on Florida
avenue to r street. where they
will join the regular route.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Madison Books in Order

RICHMOND, Va, July Is a.
State Auditor j. Gordon Bennett
yesterday reported to Gov. Tuck
that the accounts and records Of
Madison County for the fiscal
year ended June 80. 1s4S. were in
excellent order.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Murder Indictment
Among Al Returned
In Alexandra Court

turned against 80 persons in Alex
andria Corporation Court yes
terday.
One was against Everett Lee
Allen, 90, colored, 1900 block JET
ferson Davis highway, Arlington,
who is accused of numbering Ge-
neva Perry also colored, on
June 18. Police said Allen shot the
woman shortly after he was re-
leased under bond for assault and
battery charges she brought
against him.
Roger Thompson, 18, colored,
400 block Ridge street NV. who
was shot by Alexandria police
when they said he was trying to
break into a meter washing ma
chine at the Dominion Gardens
Apartments May 8. was indicted
on three burglary charges. All in
volve thefts from the washing
machines.
Man Indicted in Robbery.
Charles H. Mccoy. 19. colored,
of Fort Belvoir, who police said
hitched a ride in a scout car
shortly after holding up the Co.
lonial Hot Shoppe June 18. was
indicted on three robbery charges.
He is accused of taking total of
s104 from three persons. Police
arrested him when they said he
sought ride in the scout car.
The officers became suspicious be-
cause he was carrying a dis
mantled carbine, and said he ad-
mitted the robbery.
Kenneth Wilmington. "a, Of the
John Roberts Homes was indicted
on a charge of sodomy. Also in
dicted on two counts on the same
charge was Edward r. Petty, rs,
of the 400 block of Powhatan
street.
Other Indictments.
Other charges and those in
dicted are the following:
Robbery-Joyce Baldwin, rs. Of
the 300 block North Alfred street
and Lindsay Brookman. IS. OF
Slater's lane. Grand larceny
Charles Lee Corbin, jr., 18, of the
1900 block of Duke street. two
charges: Raleigh Harlow. 81. OF
the 200 block of Commerce street;
Leon H. Hooks. jr., 81. Charleston.
IS. c.: Charles Lee Keller. %. OF
the 400 block Irvington road, Falls
Church; David S. Kornbruth. As,
no address; Melvin Robinson, %,
of the TOO block South Patrick
street, two charges, and Harold
Shepard, 10, of the 800 block of
Raymond street.
Burglary-Freddie George. 40,
colored, of the 900 block of Queen
street: James Wallace, 80. colored,
of the 400 block South Columbus
street, two charges. Forgery
Charles Lee Corbins, jr.. 18. of the
1900 block of Duke street, Thurs
ton Mcintosh. 80. of the 900 block
of Glebe road. two charges, and
Edna Weaver, 48, of the 300 block
Of Raymond avenue.
Felonious assault-Everett Car
ter. 26, of the 1900 block King
street; Albert Cowen, 40, colored.
of Delaney's court: Robert Esk-
ridge, 40, colored, of the 900 block
of North Alfred street; Jesse
Coins, q. colored, of the 1900
block of Cameron street: Warren
Jones, 43, colored, of the 800 block
of North Fayette street; Pete
Lynch, 80, colored, of the 100 block
of Emerson court: Mckinley
Matthews, 81, colored, of Fort
Belvoir; Mildred Robinson. 10, COL
ored, of the 900 block of North
Alfred street; James Scott, 80. COL
ored, of the HOO block of North
Royal street: Charles Turner. SIS.
colored, of the 800 block Of Com
merce street and Charles Henry
Reaves. 80, colored, of the 1900
block of King street.
Attempted felonious assault
Jesse c. Imam, SO, of the 1900
block of Harvard street NV, two
charges.
Evening star., 1949-07-15
Democrats Plan Purty

The goth Election District
Democratic Club of Prince Georges
County will hold it's annual gar
den party at 1880 pm. tomorrow
at the Fire House, West Lanham
| Hills Md
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Mount Etna Showers
Black Dust on Sicily
BY the Associofsd Press

CATANIA. Sicily, Dec. a.
People Of Catania got under their
umbrellas today - Mount Etna
was showering black volcanic dust
on them.
Europe's highest volcano thun-
dered and belched for hours,
starting before dawn and ending
at about $50 am.
People from the grape-growing
hamlets on the mountains sides
fled to this port city to report
that several huge cracks had
broken open around the mouth
of the volcano.
Loud rumbling signaled the
start of the eruption, which sent
smoke and cinders spewing into
the air from the 10,758-foot-high
volcano on Sicily's east coast.
It was the first activity Of the
famed volcano since last June I.
AT the time Etna belched smoke
and cinders, but there was no
damage.
The last heavy eruption was In
February, 1947, when flowing lava
did considerable damage to crops
on the cultivated slopes Of the
mountain.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02

Leroy Birch, 81. descendant OF
one of Georgetown's Oldest fam
lilies and conf1dant of countless
boys who attended Mckinley High
School where he taught for AZ
years, ended his life with a re-
volver today in his home at 30s2
r street NV.
Mr.. Birch, who retired from the
District public school system in
December, 1914. had been in III
health since last July when he
underwent a serious throat opera
ton.
Detective Sergt. Robert Talbot
of the Homicide Squad said Mr.
Birch apparently stood in front
of full-length mirror and placed
a .38-caliber revolver in his mouth
before the fatal shot was fired.
The weapon was selected from the
former teachers large collection
Of modern and antique firearms.
Mr.. Birch was pronounced dead
by his daughter, DR.. Catherine
Birch. 5000 r street N.Y.. who
was summoned by her mother
after q shot was heard in Mr..
Birch's room.
Coroner A. Magruder Mcdonald
issued Z certificate Of suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Invading Jops Blamed for Low
Supply, High Price Of Pepper

that it might move into tina,
vicinity again.
The monthly average importers
wholesale selling price for October
in New York was 1884 cents Q
pound. according to the Bureau
of Labor Statistics. It stood al
$1.342 cents in August, but these
figures are in sharp contrast with
the 62.2-cent average for the veal
1916 and 44.1-cent average fol
1947.
It's likely to remain expensive
until 1862 Or later, according to
the Commerce Department. The
word from the worlds prewar
pepper bin - Indonesia lis that
thoughts are drifting back to
pepper.
In recent years, the people OF
the Netherlands East Indies have
been occupied with matters they
have considered more pressing
than supplying a condiment for
export.
Here is a layman's guide to
the pepper situation. as supplied
(See PEPPER. Page A-7o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Years Best Reading
The Stars annual book sur.

The Stars annual book sur
vey will appear Sunday as a
special supplement of The
Sunday Star. Designed to
serve the full range of literary
interests in all age groups, this
survey presents an evaluation
of books published in 1919
under the classification of fic-
ton, biography, history, Amer
icana, world affairs, science,
children's books, poetry, crit
icism and others. Books in
each field are reviewed and
discussed by Sta: staff spe-
cialists.
In addition, the issue will
present authoritative articles by
well-known guest contributors
including: Norman Cousins,
editor of the Saturday Review
of Literature, who appraises
the American literary scene
and emphasizes books of non
fiction that have contributed
to an understanding of our
time; Frederick G. Melcher,
editor of Publishers Weekly,
who writes of new trends and
developments in the book
trade, and Samuel x. Rat
cliffe, English journalist and
author, who reports on the
literary activities in Great
Britain during the past year.
Watch for this special feature
In
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Hiring / Halls on Coast
Being Run Illegally,
NLRB Examiner Finds
Maritime System Held
Excluding Non-Members
Of Bridges Union

The West Coast hiring halls for
longshoremen and waterfront
clerks are being operated il
legally. a trial examiner for the
National Labor Relations Board
declared today in ruling on case
involving Harry Bridges Long
shoremen's Union.
The hiring hall system on
which the trial examiner, Irving
Rogosin, ruled was set up under
a contract with West Coast water
front employers signed last De-
cember to end 97-day strike OF
Bridges union which tied up all
ports on the Pacific Coast.
Bridges is now on trial in San
Francisco for perjury, the charges
resulting from statements he
made under oath at his natural
ization hearing in 1945 that he
was not and never had been n
member of the Communist Party
Discrimination Seen.
Mr.. Rogosin held that, while
the longshore hiring hall system in
itself does not conflict with the
Taft-Hartley Act, the hiring sys-
TENS are being operated in such
a manner as to discriminate
against prospective employees who
are not members of Bridges un-
ion. The case involves about 49,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Twenty Killed in Crash
|0f Brazilian AirIiner
BY the Associated Pre.s

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Dec
IA Real (RoyaD Airlines DC;
plane crashed in a rainstorm al
an emergency field in Sac Paule
State yesterday. killing 20 Of the %
persons aboard, the line announced
today.
A woman and her 5-year-olo
daughter were the only survivors
of the crash, which killed the other
16 passengers and four crew men,
bers. the announcement said.
The pilot apparently was at
tempting to make forced landing
at Riberao Claro Field near Sac
Paulo, $50 miles southwest Of Rie
de Janeiro, instead of trying tc
make his destination in the heavy
overcast.
The twin-engine plane had been
bound from Sac Palilo to Jacresin-
no, a short distance from the scene
of the crash. The emergency field
is in a bush clearing q few miles
outside the city Of Riberao Claro
No foreigners were aboard the
airliner, company officials said.
Oficials Of the airlines company
said they had not determined the
cause Of the crash Immediately.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
More Secret Papers
Identified for Jury
AT Hiss Retria|
Powers Prewor Flirting
With Germany Revealed II
Suppressed Document
By NewboId Moves, JF.
Stor SfeH Cerrespendent

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The long
job of building the Government
documentary case against Alger
Hiss is the main business of to-
days session of his second perjury
trial.
With Walter H. Anderson, CHIEF
of the State Departments records
branch, on the stand. the prose-
cution is matching up original
diplomatic dispatches. one by one,
with copies, summaries and micro
films which Whitaker Chambers
says he got from Mr.. Hiss in 1887
and 1888.
The 45-year-old defendant, one
time State Department official
and later president of the Car
negie Endowment for Interna-
tional Peace, is accused Of falsely
denying to a Federal grand jury
that he ever gave secret material
to Mr.. Chambers, an admitted ex-
Communist agent, for transmits
sion to Russian spies.
The first Hiss trial ended with
a hung jury last July 8.
Powers Jockeying Revealed.
Sixty-five sheets of paper, rep
resenting more than so separate
documents, are involved in the
case, and most of yesterdays ses-
sion was spent sorting them Out
and identifying them.
One Of these documents, sup.
pressed in the first trial, described
French, British and Russian ma.
neuvers to win a prewar accord
with Germany. The document
| formerly was suppressed on the
basis of national security.
A high French official quoted in
the document, dated early in Jan.
uary, 1898, describes Great Brit.
ain as flirting constantly with
Germany and Italy"
Thomas F. Murphy, assistant
United States attorney. interrupt.
ed the document presentation
briefly during the afternoon tt
present testimony on another
point barred as Irrelevant in thu
first trial-what happened to the
old Ford car Mr.. Hiss had before
1896?
Mr.. Hiss says he gave this cal
to Mr.. Chambers and cannot re.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Leroy Birch, Former Teacher
AtTech, Is Dead of Gun Wound

While he was a student at
Western High School, Mr.. Birch'S
skill with tools was so pronounced
that he was offered a position as
a manual training instructor at
Mckinley High School after he
graduated.
He was appointed on the faculty
of Mckinley in September, 1902.
When he retired, he was one OF
the few remaining members OF
the original faculty.
Mr.. Birch was a member Of the
track team while at Western and
his interest in athletics never
dimmed. He attended every foot
ball game played by the Mckinley
football team until he became Ill
last year.
Because he always carried a
small black bag filled with band
ages and antiseptics from which
he dressed the wounds of foot
ball players, Mr.. Birch many
years ago was given the affection
ate nickname of doc
In the shops at Mckinley. MIR.
Birch turned out delicate metal
work and taught his students how
| to make surgical instruments,
(See BIRCH, Page A-3o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02

for Democracy" Actually, as an
arsenal we had been producing
military supplies for England,
France. and China prior to 1910
The British were confident there
must be the utmost coordination
between our Army, Navy and Air
Stats to end the war speedily
But things were not that easily &C
eomplished. The British were Or
ganized on a triangular system:
Land, sea and air. They had their
staff meetings and the chief OF
each of their armed forces had
an equal voice in the proceedings.
How different it was in the
United States!
Confusion at Argentia.
When the meeting between the
Prime Minister and our President
took place at Argentia in the sum-
err of 1941, there were almost un-
limited people who were author
lied to talk on air matters. Things
became so confusing at that meet
ing at Argentia, when members OF
the general staff, the Office of the
Assistant Secretary of War. our
Navy and our own chief of Air
Force all gave advice and told the
British Air Chief what could or
could not be done, that the tole-
rant, unruff1ed. diplomatic British
came out and said they could not
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Lewis Seeks 10 Free
Welfare Payments
AT Meeting Today
Seating Of Dawson as
Trustee for Coal Fund
Is Principal Issue
By Jones Y. Newton

John L. Lewis faced the soft
coal operators on q new front to-
day-the operation Of the United
Mine Workers Welfare and Re-
tirement Fund.
Mr.. Lewis, having put the 480,-
900 soft and hard coal miners on
an indefinite three-day work week
beginning Monday, sought once
again to unite the big welfare
fund so that payments can be
resumed to distressed mine work.
ers and their dependents.
The trustees of the welfare
fund, of which Mr.. Lewis is one,
were scheduled to meet this morn
ing. First big issue before the
trustees will be the seating of
Charles I. Dawson. former Federal
judge of Louisville. KY, as the
operators trustee. Mr.. Lewis pre-
vented Mr.. Dawson from taking
his seat two weeks ago on the
grounds his selection had not been
approved by the trustees.
Dawson May Side With Bridges.
Mr.. Dawson was expected to side
with Senator Bridges. Republican,
|of New Hampshire the third or
neutral trustee, in opposing Mr..
Lewis efforts to free funds col
lected since June 80, the date of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
Reds Express Regret
Over Staying Of G|
BY the Assoeioted Press

BERLIN, Dec. Mai. Gen
Maxwell D. Taylor, American
commandant of Berlin, said today
the Russians have expressed re-
greet over the fatal shooting OF
q United States Air Force SER
geant by a Soviet sentry last
week.
Gen. Taylor did not immedi-
ately disclose details of the note
which was in reply to his protest
against the shooting. He de-
scribed the incident as brutal
in his protest and asked assur.
ances that there would be no re-
currence. He also asked that the
sentry be punished.
S/Sergt. John E. Staff Of Ram
sey, ILL.,, was fatally wounded by
a Russian sentry November rs
when he apparently failed to heed
a challenge.
A high American official who
refused to be identified described
the Russian note as Surprisingly
conciliatory." He said the Rus
sian sentry was mentioned by
name, in itself an unusual prac-
tice for the Russians.
He said the note was not quite
an apology in the accepted sense
but it was Every mild"
The Russian sentry. he said
told his superiors that he had
challenged the car, that it had
failed to halt while in the Soviet
zone and that ID had fired at the
tires.
One shot struck Staff ID the
head. He was driving the car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02

The Japs were the little foxes
that spoiled the vines.
And that's why pepper is ex-
pensive.
Chain stores here are selling 1t
for about 81 cents a 4-ounce' tin,
or 20 cents for a 11a-ounce tin
There was a retail price rise OF
2 cents in recent weeks. Before
the war, the 4-ounce can price
stayed well under 20 cents.
Pepper is readily available in
groceries. But this is a period
Of peak demand in rural areas,
because large quantities are used
In curing by farmers who are
butchering their own meat.
Should you need a carload OF
black pepper and have the right
connections In the trade, it might
be picked up from an importer
on q good pepper day for about
SIPS q pound. In the free-and-
easy pepper days before the war,
1t came for as little as 4 cents
= pound in carload lots.
The bulk price has approached
$50 In recent times, and there
has been some talk in the trade
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
By Francis P. Douglas

Public relations men in Wash
ington were told today that the
greatest service they can do for
American business is to dispel the
misconception that the Capital is
the "City of the Big Fix"
William Wight, vice president
of Carl Byoir g. Associates, Inc,
said that radio commentators, the
movies and some columnists have
portrayed a huge. mysterious
bureaucratic labyrinth on the
banks of the Potomac where moth
ing can be done simply or directly
This nonsense has become part Of
American folklore"
Mr.. Wight was member Of
a panel of four speakers addressing
the fourth annual meeting of the
American Public Relations Asso-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-12-02
PubIicists Urged to Dispe| Idea
Capital Is City Of the Big Fix
Influence PeddIers' Said to Have Moenfied
Red Tape Here Out of All Proportion

citation at the Washington Hotel.
The meeting is being sponsored al
so by the associations National
Capital. Forge.
Mr.. Wight said that influence
peddlers" have magnif1ed out Of
all proportion the red tape in
Washington.
THE fact is that the over
whelmingly majority of congress
men and Government officials re-
gard the influence peddler as an
unmitigated pest" he said.
THE businessman who hires a
Washington f1xer assumes a
colossal risk. He is the one who
gets hurt, not the f1xer. In many
cases the advice given is bad.
Because they are unwelcome and
resented by Government bureaus
&C., roYyr3Y rs pEY Au-T0NC n \