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Evening star., 1949-12-24
Released LITER Met by Son, Il;
Won'tSee Wife Who Remarked

He insisted he was not bitter
because she had remarked.
II was glad for her." he said,
because you can't expect .
woman to wait all her life"
She waited II years after the
1talian-born boy was convicted.
Then in 1912 she remarked be-
cause under the law Boy was
legally dead, since he was sent
to prison for life. Her second
marriage was annulled and in
1914 she was wed to Joseph Cor
repti.
II want Louis to come out"
she sobbed, "but I'm remarked.
| I can't meet him. I can't"
Two jobs have been offered TO
Boy-one in a lumberyard and
another as a machinist. Since
his trade is that of a machinist,
he hopes to take that one.
Another thing he plans to do,
he said, is clear his name.
Boy was convicted of f1rst-de-
gree murder because he supplied
the guns with which cashier
was killed in a holdup.
He insists he was innocent.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Bidau|t Regime Wins
Slim Confidence Vote
By ths Associotsd Press

PARIS, Dec. a. - Premier
Georges Bidault's coalition gov
ernment still faced shaky times
today, even though 1t had wor
a narrow vote of confidence on
the national budget.
The lower house Of the ma
tional Parliament early today
backed by q slim margin Of six
votes Mr.. Bidault's demands that
it discuss his proposed 2,257, ,000,-
000. 900 franc ($6, 400, ,000, ,000)
budget instead Of q lower opposi-
ton one.
But his government still could
stand or fall on the item-by-item
discussion-and vote-to come. In
today's balloting the vote was 3o3
to 297 in favor Of Mr.. Bidault's S
coalition Of his own popular Re-
publican Movement (MRP) Rad
ical Socialist and Socialist par
ties.
The principal argument is over
increased taxes the cabinet says
are needed to balance the budget
The opposition had presented q
slightly smaller budget outlined
by the Assembly's Finance Com
mittee without increased takes.
The chief attack on the govern
ment before the vote Of conf
dence was by former Premier Pau
Reynaud.
The new taxes Mr.. Bidault pro-
posed would be imposed on un-
distributed profits, production
and trucks,
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Child Sees Mother Of Six
Die in Plunge Under Train
BY the Assoeioisd Press

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Dec. "a,
The Car stopped near the rail-
road track.
The young mother Of six small
children cried out to her 7-year-
old daughter:
"Tell your father I love him
very much. And always will. Now
don't watch what I'm going to dc" j"
Then, as the child looked on In
horror. she fled to the track and
threw herself in front of an on
rushing train.
The woman, Mrs. Faith M.
Land. rs, was injured fatally. She
died yesterday.
Deputy sheriffs said Mrs. Land
had been under treatment for a
nervous disorder.
The woman's husband, Tip c.
Land, said he and his wife had
argued as they were driving
around town. He got out Of the
car at their home. he told author
tiles. His wife drove off with Z
year-old Patty Lou, who. with two
brothers and three sisters, were
left motherless by the pre- Christ
mas tragedy.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

tall, 1oe pounds. 34-inch bust, o.
inch waist and 34-inch hips.
Young Cook admitted just be-
fore the announcement party that
beauty contests were things I
hated" IT,.
Il was pleased, amazed and
aghast when I learned Jacque
won," Doug admitted.
Both Jacque, who will be 10 on
January Z, and her f1ance were
honor students at Phoenix Col
lege last year. They firSt met
when she was IA and he Is
They've dated ever since.
Friends who expected to walk
into a Christmas open house were
surprised to find Fourth Of July
motif. Jacque explained the date
is the 22d anniversary Of her par
ents' wedding.
Miss America is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur L. Mercer
of the X-Bar-X Ranch at Litch-
field Park. Mr.. and Mrs. Neil e.
Cook, Doug's parents. own a citrus
ranch here.
About plans for the future.
Doug said he planned to attend
art school In HOLLYWOOD and
Jacque has q two-year movie con-
Evening star., 1949-12-24
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-The son
looked up and saw the white
haired man come in the door.
Dad, Dad" he shouted.
Then he embraced his father,
Louis Boy, a 5o-year-old life
termer who won his freedom be-
cause he risked his lie to try tc
save a little girl doomed by Leu.
kemia,
"son, God bless you, my son.
whispered Boy.
Then Boy, and his son, Joseph
81. left the State Parole Board
Office here and went yesterday tc
the home of the older mans par
ents in downtown Manhattan
where they will spend Christmas
Boy also has a 22-year-old daugh-
ter, Eleanor.
Boy, who last summer voluntar-
lily underwent a vein-to-vein blood
exchange with a leukemia- stricken
little girl, was pardoned by Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey.
The convicted murderer was the
first person who ever knowingly
took the taint Of the cancerous
blood disease into his viens. II
failed to save the girl, but his
courage ended for him 18 years
In Sing Sing prison.
He said he did not plan to see
his former wife, who remarked
seven years ago.
II don't think that would be
proper" he said.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Boy, s, Found EIectrocufed
AT Foot Of Christmas Tree
by ths Assoeiotsd Press

NEWTON. Mass. Dec. 24.-The
6-year-old son Of a prominent
physician was found electrocuted
last night in q tangled mass OF
wires at the base of his galy
decorated Christmas tree.
Medical Examiner T. Morton
Gallagher said Albert Kevorkian,
jr.. apparently was electrocuted
when he put his finger In an open
socket Of . Christmas tree light
while lying on his stomach on
an iron hot-air register.
The boy was found by his
mother. who had been working in
the kitchen. when she entered the
living room about q half hour
after the accident. The parents
said the boy had helped them
decorate the tree only a few hours
earlier.
Two Of the youngsters uncles,
Alexander and Edwin Keyorkian,
were outstanding college football
stars. Alexander played varsity
hockey and football at Harvard.
Edwin was a lineman on Brown
Universitys famed Iron Men"
Of 1926.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Ringing 70 Pay 100000
Dividend in Circus Fire
BY fhe Assoeiotsd Press

HARTFORD, Conn, Dec. a.
A dividend totaling $200,551.75 for
the benefit of victims of the 1914
Hartford circus fire was approved
yesterday by Superior Court
Judge Ernest A. Inglis.
Attorney Julius B. Schatz, rep
resenting Edward S, Rogin. re-
ceiver for the Ringing Bros. &
Barnum 81 Bailey Combined
Shows. Inc, said cash on hand
amounts to $25.551.75 and that
the circus has promised to pay
SITS, 900 out of its 1949 income.
This will be the fifth dividend
paid and will leave about $500. 900
still due on claims totaling
81 ,000, 900 from estates Of the 1853
persons who died in the fire and
the hundreds who were injured.
Arrangements for distribution
of the dividend, which amounts
to 5 per cent, will be made next
week.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
FEC Bans Bell System Curb
On Te|evision Connections
BY the Assoeidtsd Press

The Federal Communications
Commission yesterday ruled un-
lawful the Bell Telephone SYSTEMS
restrictions against connecting its
|intercity television channels with
similar facilities owned by others,
The commission ordered ~ COM
panies In the system, headed by
American Telephone & Telegraph
Co., to file a schedule Of rates for
such interconnections by next
March /. It applied the same order
to the Western Union Telegraph
Co., which does not have such re-
strictions against interconnections.
In an order looking to the event.
ual expansion Of facilities for
transmitting TV programs between
cities, the FEC made both groups
parties to q hearing scheduled for
January Is on questions involved
in the ruling.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Rain and Saving
Ease Wafer Crisis in
New York Slightly
~ ths Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. Dec. 24.-City Of
t1cials were q little happier about
the water crisis today. They
didn't show any outright opti-
misrn, but there was a solid note
of restrained cheer.
First of all, the city's 5000, 900
people-.usually billed as the most
cynical population on earth-have
been cooperating in water saving
like one big troop Of Boy Scouts.
They have cut down consumption
by 800, ,000, 900 gallons q day.
Second, there has been q little
rain, and there are hopes for more.
Yesterdays fall is expected to add
$50, 100000 gallons to the reser-
voirS.
Figures Reassuring.
All this adds up to some very
reassuring figures after q month
of doubt and fear.
Since December /, the net loss
| in the reservoirs has been only
| 1000 ,000, 900 gallons - compared
with a terrific drain Of nearly 30,-
600 ,000, 900 q month since last
summer.
The water conservation pro-
gram and two rains have gone
hand-in-hand to hold down the
loss. Until this month, there had
been no significant rainfall In the
reservoir area since last spring
The water was running just one
way-out.
But now we hope we have
touched bottom" Chief Water En-
gineer Edward j. Clark said.
IF consumption is kept at pres
ent levels we are hopeful that we
will stop losing storage. This con-
tinued and increasing co-opera-
ton is pushing further into the
future the drastic measures we
feared we would have to impose,
he said.
At the first Of the month, City
Water Commissioner Stephen j.
Carney said rationing would have
to start mot later than New
Years" If the loss wasn't checked
Rationing Date Delayed.
Now-even at the city's old rate
of consumption-the rationing
date has been pushed back to the
middle Of February. At the new
low rate-about 87s. s.000,0 900 gall
Ions a day-it would not be nee
essary until February "a. This, Of
course, takes no account Of the
rainfall and snow likely to fall
during the winter.
This already has begun to take
some effect, and yesterdays net
loss in the reservoirs was only 22l,-
000, 900 gallons.
But the city leaders were quick
to point out that this was not a
pardon-just a short parole. The
water problem is expected to last
for at least two years until new
supplies are tapped in upstate
New York.
For the present the biggest
constructive plan aside from
continued self-restraint-is to tap
i the Hudson River above the sew
age level. This Is expected to
produce an extra 100 ,000. 900 gal
Ions a day.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Boy, ;, Gets Electric Train
From Trainmen He Hailed
" the Assoeiofsd Press

STEUBENVuLE. Ohio, Dec. "a
Until yesterday, 3-year-old Eric
West had seen his heroes-the
railroad men-only as they thun-
dered by in their big trains.
But yesterday two Of them
stopped in to see the sickly boy
at his home at nearby Amster-
dam. They had $50 for Eric, col
lected from u of the men who
have come to watch for his daily
greetings. They said they wanted
him to have an electric train for
Christmas.
Eric has been waving to New
York Central trains from his win
dow since last spring. The train
men have been waving back and
footing their locomotive whistles
for him.
Eric has been In . head-to-hips
cast since January because Of q
vertebrae infection. Perhaps by
next spring he will be out Of his
cast and into the brace he prob
ably must wear until he enters
school.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

By The kssoeiatsd Press
PHOENIX, Ariz., Dec. 24.-Miss
America has announced her en-
sagement to her high school and
college boy friend who hated
beauty contests.
Jacque Mercer, vivacious brunei
from Litchfield Park. Ariz., breezed
in IS minutes late last night for
the engagement party at which 1t
was revealed she will marry
Douglas Cook. 2o-year-old art stu
dent, on July 4.
A big -1sign well lose our in
s4e6sndence on Independence Day
announced to the 400 guests that
18-year-old Jacque and her
"steady" Of f1ve years standing
planned to marry.
Jacque and Doug worked until
the last minute putting the finish
ing touches on posters that formed
the party decorations. Then they
hurried out to change clothes, and
didn't get back in time for the
start Of the party.
There wasn't any engagement
ring. 1--WE plan just to have .
double ring wedding ceremony" :"
Jacque explained.
When Doug left for classes at
the University Of Chicago. he ad-
vised Jacque against entering q
Miss Phoenix contest. Evidently
not . woman to be swayed, the
native Arizona ranch girl not only
became Miss Phoenix, she became
Miss Arizona and Miss America
as well.
Her face, figure and acting won
the acclaim Of the Atlantic City
Judges In the big contest. Her
measurements: 5 feet 1 inches
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Area Home BUILDING
In November Drops
,7296 From October

Home building took q "a per
cent drop In the Washington
Metropolitan Area during Novem-
ber from the October level. the
Bureau Of Labor Statistics re-
ported this week. Builders started
1910 dwellings in contrast to
$3.50 In October, the agency said.
Almost 1000 single-f a m lily
houses were started last month.
but there was less rental housing
started than In any month during
the last two-and-a-half years.
Employment Drops.
Meanwhile the Labor Depart
ment reported that employment
by construction contractors
dropped by $1,000 between mid
October and mid-November to q
total of 2,245,000-a drop Of 8
per cent.
This decrease reflects the mod
crate seasonal downturn In con-
struction activity which began In
October, the Bureau OF Labor
Statistics said.
Six States account for two
fifths of the workers employed by
construction contractors. New
York led with $4,000 construction
workers In October, the latest
month for which data by States
are available, followed by Califor-
mia, with It's, 100, and then, Penn
sylvania, Texas, Illinois and Ohio.
Weekly earnings In construc-
tion rose by $1.26 between Sep
tember and October. to reach
$71.99. only slightly less than the
1949 August peak.
Average hourly earnings re-
mained steady at $1.88. The Oc-
tober gain in weekly earnings was
due to q rise of nearly an hour
In the workweek, to 38.s hours.
A special effort is usually made
in the fall to inclose new build
tngs before the onset Of winter
weather, resulting In increased
working time for many trades,
B. L. 8. explains.
Earnings Compared.
Among the special building
trades, weekly earnings In October
averaged $76.43, and ranged from
$66.06 for employees Of roofing and
sheetmetal contractors to $86.02
for workers employed by electri-
cal contractors.
Construction workers employed
by general building contractors
received $67.89. rejecting some
what shorter hours on the average
than on work for special trades
contractors, and employment OF a
proportionately larger number OF
1aborers.
The 42-hour average work-week
IN October for employees Of non
building contractors reflects the
continuing high rate Of construc-
tion activity on highways. bridges
and ether nonbuilding public
works into the fall Of this year.
Hourly earnings on such jobs,
which include large amounts Of
unskilled work. averaged only
$1.74-20 cents less than on build
ing construction. But weekly
earnings were 81 cents higher be-
cause the average workweek was
five hours longer on nonbuilding
than on building construction.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

tract with tho Music Corp. of
America.
Mrs. Mercer said she had been
advised by officials Of the Miss
America pageant that jacques
marriage won't mean she'll have
to resign as Miss America. This
was confirmed by q pageant OFF,
cial in Atlantic City last night.
Her successor won't be crowned
at Atlantic City until September
Evening star., 1949-12-24
CONTINUED From Page BID

the schedule Of fees promul-
gated by the FILA in October,
194o.
"Alternatively, . local author
ity and its architect may enter
into o contract on = reimburs-
able basis.
In this case the architect
Will receive compensation COM
posed Of three parts:
II. A dxed fee for his profess
sional and administrative serv-
ices, this fee being 40 per
cent of the total compensation
under q lump-sum contract.
q. An amount equal to the
architects technical production
costs limited to technical SAL
aries on q time card basis;
"3. An allowance for over
head equal to so per cent Of the
technical production costs.
The sum Of these three parts
may not exceed q maximum
amount under an agreed-upon
schedule which is somewhat
higher than that for lump-sum
fees. If the sum of the three
items Is less than this maxi
mum limit. the architect is to
receive an additional amount
equal to Is per cent of the
savings under the maximum.
1.-THE construction cost to be
used for computing architects
compensation on either basis
will be the Estimated Improve
ment Cost. as determined at the
time a Development Program is
approved by FHA. The fees in
clude general architectural in
spection but not detailed super
vision.
THE fee schedule applies to
Evening star., 1949-12-24
100 Christmas Gifts
| And $4,000 Cards
| Sent to White House
BY The A.soeiotsd Press

More than 100 Christmas
gifts-mostly food packages
have arrived at the White
House for President Truman.
In addition, the mail room
reports receipt Of more than
1900 Christmas cards.
The gifts include hams.
turkeys, fruit cakes and bacon
much Of which is expected
to be distributed to hospitals
and other institutions. Shirts
and ties by the dozens also
have arrived for the man who
once ran q haberdashery in
Kansas City.
Odd gifts included q 72-
inch candle sent from Harpon
Springs, Fla.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Christmas Party Held

An annual Christmas party for
the % employees Of the Peake
Motor Co., Wisconsin avenue and
Albermarle street NV, was held
yesterday at the company offices.
Christmas bonuses were distribu-
ted to employees.
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Woynesboro PIuns School

WAYNESBORO, Va, Dec. "A
@.-The Waynesboro School
Board yesterday announced the
purchase Of 5 approximately IL
acres Of property as the site for
a school to serve the Wayne Hills
Jefferson Park area Of the city.
Evening star., 1949-12-24

role of Santa Claus about week at the rst
Christmas party Of the Washington Home Builders Association
party of the Washington Real Estate Board Toys col
be distributed by the Washington Council OF
Church Women helper Eileen JOY entertained
Star Staff Photo
Evening star., 1949-12-24
Architects Win Fee Boost
In PHA Compromise Plan

all types Of projects, except that
in respect to structures having
elevators, the lump sum fee for
such structures on the first part
OF the fee under a reimbursable
contract will be increased by 10
per cent. while the maximum
fee allowable under reimburs-
able contract will be increased
by 5 per cent.
II special foundation designs
are required. the fee may be
increased by either the cost Of
technical services for such de-
signs or the fees paid by the
architects for structural engi-
neering In connection there
with.
THE PHA, NAHO and the
Ala believe that through the
use Of the reimbursable form of
contract on q substantial num-
ber Of projects, comprehensive
and valid data on architects
production costs on low-rent
projects may be obtained.
1T is contemplated that as
soon as such information be-
comes available. the new sched-
ule will be subject to reconsid-
GRAFTON on the basis of an evalu-
alton of its fairness to the
parties concerned.
"PHA will shortly release a
new form of architects contract
and a schedule of applicable
fees. In the meantime, as an
Illustration of the effect of the
agreement, the following brief
tabulation is presented:
Evening star., 1949-04-18
Union Removal of One Worker
Is No Strike, Labor Board Says

tanned the contracts for two build
ing projects. the unions reacted
against the construction compa-
nies doing the work. Gould g.
Preisner filed charges.
The board said the electrical
workers. plumbers and the Build
ing Trades Council picketed one
of the projects, causing some
union members TO quit work. and
therefore the law was violated.
The board ordered them not to
do it.
The board said business agent
for the carpenters union ordered
Mr.. Moller of the job at the other
project but this was no law vio-
lation because Mr.. Moller was
alone in the act.
The board also, by a 80 vote
exonerated the carpenters union
Of responsibility for the picketing
at the first project. This was the
only aspect of the case that was
not decided unanimously.
One unusual thing about this
case was that when the NLRB
general counsel's Office applied for
a temporary injunction against
the unions. as required by law In
secondary boycott cases, Federal
Judge j. Foster Symes refused to
give 1t. He said the building prof.
ects were purely local. that they
didn't affect interstate commerce
and didn't come under the Federal
law at all.
But the board ignored Judge
Symes' finding and ruled that
Gould & Preisner is engaged In
interstate commerce within the
meaning of the act.
Evening star., 1949-04-18
Mental Health Week
Set for April 24-30

National Mental Health Week
will be observed April 24-30 and
the Junior Board of Commerce Is
planning to arrange for mental
health experts to speak before
civic groups here to publicize this
health problem.
The United States Junior
Chamber of Commerce. through
it's 1900 local organizations, has
launched the observance in CO.
operation with the American Psy-
chiatric Association and the Ma
tional Mental Health Foundation
Evening star., 1949-04-18
Southern Democratic
Support Forecast for
6. 0. P.'sLabor Bill
by the Asseeiofed Press

Two Southern Senators pre-
dicted today that most Southern
Democrats in the Senate will sup
port a Republican-written substi-
tute for the Truman labor bill.
The forecast came from Sena-
tors Ellender. Democrat. Of Louisi-
ana and Mcclellan, Democrat. of
Arkansas. They said they had in
mind the substitute measure be-
ing drafted by Senator Taft. Re
publican. of Ohio; other Repub-
lican members of the Senate La
Dor Committee and Senator Ives,
Republican, of New York.
Senator Taft tells me-" Sena-
tor Ellender said. that the sub
stitute will preserve all the basic
principles Of the Taft-Hartley law
From what I've seen Of the bill
1t does just that.
"For that reason. I don't think
there Is any doubt that most of
the Southern Democrats who
voted for the Taft-Hartley law in
1s47 will vote for the substitute
for the administration bill"
Group Passed Taft Act.
Two years ago a group OF Re-
publicans and Southern Demo-
Gratis teamed UP in both branches
of Congress to put the Taft
Hartley law on the books. !.
The administration bill would
repeal the ft-Hartley measure
and replace it with a modified
version of the old Wagner Act.
The House plans to start debate
on that bill April 26. The Senate
probably won't get around to it
for another three or four weeks.
Senator Mcclellan told a re-
porter he is opposed to any legis-
lation which would junk the basic
provisions of the Taft-Hartley law,
"1ike the administration bill
would"
Prefers Substitute.
80 I think it's safe to say that
I prefer the substitute bill, and
I feel sure that nearly all the
Democrats who voted for the
Taft-Hartley law will support 1t,
too"
Senator Ellender said he wanted
to emphasize that as far as he is
concerned no deliberate coalition
of Republicans and Southern
Democrats Is jelling, in support
of the Taft measure.
ITS wrong to call 1t a coali-
tion," Senator Ellender said. II,
for one, have never been ap-
preached by any Republican on
the labor law situation. It just
50 happens that on this issue the
Republicans and the Southerners
seem to be thinking alike"
Meanwhile, Senator Taft, CO.
author of the Taft Hartley law.
said he won't fight paper" repeal
of that law.
Wants Only Principles Kept.
He said the substitute he and
other Republicans are drafting
will not seek to eliminate the
Evening star., 1949-04-18
Policeman Hurt in Foil
is in Good Condition

Pvt. Richard II. Fisher. 33. COL
ored. OF l24 Forty-eighth place
NE. attached 10 No. 0 precinct
today was reported in good condi-
ton at Casualty Hospital. where
he was taken with broken leg
after falling out Of q window.
Pvt. Fisher was injured late
yesterday as he attempted 70 leave
the Giant Food Store. s45 Bla-
densburg road NE, through q
rear window. Police said he had
entered the store through the win
dow on finding it open a few min
utes earlier. He checked the store
inside and was leaving when the
accident occurred.