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Evening star., 1949-03-01
Gales Lash Europe;
AT Least 23 Killed
BY the Associated Press

NDON, Mar. 1.-Gales
whipped Europe and Britain to-
day, killing at least % persons.
Scores were injured and heavy
property damage resulted from
the tail end lash of a mild winter.
War damaged buildings coll
lapsed in Western Germany. kill
ing 20 persons, 10 Of them in
Cologne. A man died in Rome
when winds toppled the walls Of a
building. The roof of Yorkshire
(England) house was blown in.
killing a woman.
The gales closed landing fields
throughout Western Germany
and halted the Berlin airlift.
Gusts of up to so miles an hour
tipped the wings of some of the
huge four-engined planes as they
TAXED up to the runways at Tenn
pelhof Airdrome in Berlin and
airports in Frankfurt, and it was
decided to suspend operations. A
big snow covered the Berlin area.
Trees and walls were blown
down, roofs were ripped of and
shop windows were blown out by
the freakish weather in many
areas of England and the con-
tinent.
Ten ships we're grounded. six
off the Dutch coast, three oil
Denmark and one off Scotland.
Property damage in Britain
alone was expected to total about
$4,000 ($2OO,OOo). The British
coasts were lashed by gusts which
at their peak were recorded off,
cially at rs miles an hour.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
By james J. CuIlinone

The Government today struck
Axis Sally in a woman's most vul-
nerable point-her age-as Chief
Prosecutor John M. Kelly forced
Mildred E. Gillars, 48. to admit
that she swore to a falsehood
when she applied for a passport
in 1929.
why did you lie about your age
in 1922" demanded the prosecu-
tor soon after he began his cross
examination of the small-gray-
haired defendant.
Il don't know of any woman
who tells the truth about her
age" Miss Gillars responded de-
murely, after Judge Edward M.
Curran ordered Mr.. Kelley to re-
phrase his question to make it
less blunt.
Mr.. Kelley brought out that
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Ybarbo Conviction
Appealed in Germany
By the Associated Press


WIESBADEN, Germany, Mar. l..
Defense counsel for Mrs. Wilma
Ybarbo, sentenced to 20 years on
a charge of killing her soldier
husband, told an American Mill
tary Government Appeals Court
today she should be freed.
Attorney Stanley Gaines held
that a lower military government
court, which sentenced the young
Massachusetts, woman under both
military government and German
law, had no authority to try her.
He said dependents of military
personnel should be tried by
courts-martial instead Of by mill
tary commissions set up by Gen.
Lucius D. Clay, military governor.
The lower court found that Mrs.
Ybarbo shot her husband, Sergt.
John Ybarbo of Goliad, Tex, dur
ing a quarrel in their home after
q party last September.
The case gives the appeals court
its first chance to rule on whether
Cd military government courts
can try American civilians under
German law and (2) military gov
ernment courts instead of Army
courtS-martial can try American
civilians in Germany.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
BY the Associoted Press

Funds to hire 1900 new tax en-
forcing workers were approved
today by the House Appropria-
tionS Committee.
The Treasury had asked for
1000, saying they were needed to
avert the threat of a weakening
in taxpayer morale"
But the committee thought
otherwise and said that to add
1000 employees would be to ap-
proach the point of diminishing
returns" in tax collections.
Committee records showed thas
the addition of 1900 enforcement
workers would give the Internal
Revenue Bureau about 10000
employees in all. There was no
breakdown as to how many OF
these $4,000 would spend full time
in the enforcement field.
At the same time, the commit
tee called for an increase in post
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Cross-Exoniination of Axis Sally
Beams After She Finishes Story
Witness Laughs Off Ke|Iey's Charge She Lied
About Age When Getting Passport in 1929

Miss Gillars in 1929 listed her age
as 20 when she was really %.
After all, John Barrymore was
IS until he died" Miss Gillars ex-
planned airily.
The prosecution launched its
cross-examination shortly before
noon when Chief Defense Counsel
James j. Laughlin completed his
direct examination of Miss Gillars,
who for three and half days had
been testifying in her own defense
at her trial on charges of treason.
Miss Gillars completed her direct
testimony with ringing re-
affirmation of previous statements
that she remains a loyal and
patriotic American and had never
intended to betray the United
States or to adhere to its enemies
while she was broadcasting Ger
CONTINUED on Page A-3, Col. 81
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Dredge Worker, Blown
Into Potomac, browns

A workman on a dredge
drowned this morning when a
strong gust of wind apparently
blew him over the side of a small
boat in the Potomac River about
2 miles south of Alexandria.
The Smoot Sand & Gravel Co.,
owner of the dredge, identified the
victim as William D. Fitzgerald,
about 40, of Charlottesville, Va.
He made his home here aboard
the dredge.
Fairfax County police quoted
Lawrence S. Morris, operator OF
the dredge, as saying MIR. Fitzger-
aid stepped into a small "hat
boat" alongside the dredge, and
while stopped over, the wind
caught him off balance and top
pied him into the water. The
body was recovered a short while
later, but efforts to revive him
were futile.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Cold Threatens Peach Crops;
Low of 20 Due Here 7 oniq ht

general discomfort and to traffic
problems.
The wind carried off many hats
and, in one instance, resulted in
a traffic accident.
Agnes C. Corcoran, As, of 1712
Lyman Place NE. was injured
when her hat blew off on Four
teenth street between K and L
streets NV. yesterday. Pursuing
it into the street. she was struck
by a taxicab operated by Alonzo
C. Macaraog, IS, of 1925 L street
NV. She was treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for leg injuries and
released.
A freak traffic hazard was ere
ated this morning when spray
from the roof of the Uline Ice
plant covered nearly half a block
of Third street NE. in front Of
the plant. When it froze on the
streets, employees covered the slick
surface with sand.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Woman, Two Children
Die as Tourist Cabin
Near Alexandra Burns
Infont Son of Soldier
At BeIHoir Rescued From
Flames by Neighbor
Pictures on Page BID

A soldiers wife and two of her
small children were burned to
death today in a tourist cabin on
Route /, about 10 miles south of
Alexandria.
The victims were Mrs. Agnes
Ottens. %; her daughter, Melody
Ann. 212. and son, Danold Ed
ward, 112.
Another son, Michael, 3 months,
was rescued while flames were en-
quilting the cabin, but not before
he was critically burned. He was
taken to Fort Belvoir Hospital and
later removed toe Walter Reed
Hospital.
Mrs. Michael Resetar, who with
her husband owns the Pine Air
Tourist Cabins. said fire depart
ments were not notified until she
had a friend drive her to the State
police barracks at Groveton, eight
miles away.
Before driving to the barracks.
Mrs. Resetar said she succeeded in
getting the telephone operator on
Continued on Page "A. Col. H.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
HoIober Re-enacts
Staying Of His Wife
Before Cameras
Fuirfox Detective Plays
Role of Dead Woman
At Murder Scene

Charles Francis Holober today
calmly re-enacted for Fairfax
police the shooting of his wife in
an isolated clearing in the woods
where he also buried his baby
daughter alive with the mothers
body.
The 40-year- old husband went
over the crime, step by step, in
cluding holding the murder weap-
on at the back of the head Of a
STOPPING county detective who as
sumed the position Mrs. Frances
Garner Holober was in when she
was shot last Thursday afternoon.
The re-enactment was recorded
by the cameras of Fairfax Police
Detective John Hailman and a
Star staff photographer.
Holober signed a full confession
of the crimes after his arrest early
Monday in front of his Washing
ton home. He was charged yes
terday and held in Fairfax County
Jail in lieu of $4,000 bond.
Shows Where He Hid Shovel.
The bodies of Mrs. Holober, 81,
and her 8-month- old daughter
June were found Sunday in an 18-
inch deep grave Holober said he
dug after he shot the mother while
the baby lay on the back seat OF a
parked car he had borrowed.
Handcuffed to Detective Sergt
Cecil Brown, Holober showed
where he had hidden the pick and
shovel with which he had dug the
shallow grave; pointed out where
the car had been mired down as
he left after he had packed the
earth over the bodies. and indi-
Gated the point at which he had
shot his wife.
AS he pointed to the spot where
the shooting occurred, detectives
asked Holober:
Did you scrape the blood
away?"
He replied
mo, just turned the sod over.
He also volunteered the infor-
nation that he had buried the two
empty shells elected from the
foreign make automatic when he
fired the two shots. Detectives die
not dig for the shells because OF
the frozen ground.
Slept Well in Jail.
A crowd of about dozen curl
Gus persons, including man and
wife and young child, gathered 1r
the clearing as Holober went
through the re-enactment. They
left abruptly after he showed how
/ he shot his wife.
( The untroubled state OF mlno
of a man facing the death penalty
was indicated by his causal con-
versation with a Star reporter and
detectives.
He told them he slept we'll last
night for the first time since the
crime. The food (beef stew fol
dinner last night and mackerel
for breakfast today he described
as very, very good" adding he
had told Mr.. Lowe" (the jailer)
he enjoyed it.
Meanwhile, funeral services fol
Mrs. Holober and her daughter
were to be held this afternoon al
the Goldberg funeral home, 42l'
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Bulgarian Cleric Charges
Chief Denounced Stain
By Richard Kosischke
Associated Press Foreign Correspondent

Associated Press Foreign Correspondent
SOFIA, Bulgaria, Mar. 1.-One
OF Is Bulgarian Protestant
churchmen on trial for treason
here today accused his superior
of having stated from the pulpit
that Stain is a bloodsucker."
The accusation was made by
the Rev. Mitko Dimitrov, 39-year-
old Baptist pastor, against the
Rev. Nikola Naumov. supervisor
of the Baptist Church in Bull
garia.
Both have pleaded guilty to
charges of spying for the United
States and Britain.
Mr.. Naumov, however. is one
of four major defendants on
whom lesser defendants are try
ing to place the chief responsible
ity for their alleged illegal activi-
ties.
Last of Is COnfeSSeS.
The last of the accused church.
men went to the stand today and
Itearfully confessed. The state then
began calling witnesses. The clergy
men are accused of spying and
black market dealings in addition
to treason.
Only one of the IS deviated from
a full confession. The Rev. Ladin
Popov. SO. a Pentecostal pastor.
denied he had been spy but said
in a quaking voice that he was
guilty of illegal currency dealings.
The Rev. Angel Dinez, 40, also
Pentecostal preacher, accused his
superiors in the church of being
leaders of the alleged spy ring.
He ended his testimony with the
standard utterance of repentance.
He asserted he was converted to
what he called the rightness Of
Communism during the three
months he has been imprisoned
by the secret police.
Il want to thank the security
police for showing me for the first
time the human Communist" Mr..
DineZ said.
The Rev. Alexander Zahariev,
73, a Methodist, was the last and
oldest of those on trial. He &C
cused his son-in-laW. the Rev.
Yanko Ivanov, the Methodist SUI
pervisor, of duping him into col
lecting spy data. The old man
said he didn't know the informa-
ton was wanted by foreign inter-
ests, as the Communist state
alleges. He said he never was
paid for his work and concluded
his confession in a burst of tears
and sobs.
All defendants have followed
the routine of making long con-
1Cae TuITPCHES PAGE A-3O
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Committee Votes Funds to Add
7,5OO Tax Enforcement Agents
Also Asks Higher Postal Rates in Approving
Treosury-Post Office Appropriation Bill

age rates, especially those on pub
lications under second-class per-
mitS.
The committee action was in
a $3,072,817,9O3 bill making an
nual direct appropriations to the
Treasury and the Post Once De-
partments for the year starting
next July l.
In addition. the committee ap-
proved so-called permanent and
uncomfortable appropriations for
the Treasury Department amount
ing to an estimtaed $8,260, 500 ,683
These include interest on the pub
lie debt and such items as the
old-age and survivors insurance
fund and the employment trust
fund administered by the Treas
ury. Interest on the $251 100000
900 national debt is estimated at
$5,450,00O,00O.
The direct and comfortable ap-
lCoptipIled IN pape A Col 2)
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Clay May Starve Out
Russian Mission i
II Refuses 10 Leave
Indicates Army Will Not
Use Force in Expulsion
Of Repatriation Group
By the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Mar. 1.
Gen. Lucius D. Clay indicated
tonight that an eight-man Rus
sian mission, which so far has de-
fed an order to leave the Amer
ican zone of Germany, would be
starved out if it did not leave
today.
The American military governor
indicated the Army would not use
force to compel the Russian re-
patriation mission to leave Frank
furt. He said the problem now is
that of Brig. Gen. Robinson E
Duff, the Frankfurt military post
commander.
The Russians are no longer en-
titled to facilities here and I fee
confident that they will be denlec
such access" Gen. Clay said.
Given Till Midnight.
Earlier the Army had said the
mission had until midnight tc
leave the zone or it would prob
ably be escorted to the border"
Gen. Clay said if he were in
Gen. Duff's position he probably
would cut the telephone line to
the Russian mission, cut off their
water and food supply and prevent
them from having access to IA
cllities.'
The military governor regards
the Frankfurt sidewalks as "a ia
cility.'
"As long as they don't want to
get out of the house" Gen. Clay
said, I'VE are in no hurry about
getting them out
Col. Sterling Wood, Frankfurt
military police chief, acting fol
Gen. Duff, advised newsmen tc
see him at 8 am. q am. EST
tomorrow.
II hope the Russians will have
sense enough to pull out tonight,
Col Wood said. lin which CASE
they will be on their own COM
pletely.
May Lose Facilities.
II am going to have breakfast
at my normal time tomorrow. anc
if they are still there afterward.
am afraid some facilities will NJ
longer be accorded them
Col. Wood said as far as HI
knew all eight members of the
Soviet mission-four officers anc
four enlisted men-were in the
big yellow house in the middle o1
Frankfurt's American community
The mission is headed by Col
Vastly L. Argoonov.
Col Wood said an American
captain had been to the mission
at 4 40 pm. Q0:40 am. EST anc
that the Russians told him they
were sent here by their govern.
ment and they intended to stay
until they had orders from theil
superiors in Berlin to leave.
IF their orders come at Il
O'Clock tonight" Col. Wood said
81 guess they will hightail it out
of here right aWay,"
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Late News
Bulletin

Economic Program Backed
A touchdown report back
ing President Truman's pro-
gram for dealing with economic
problems, including standby
authority over prices and
wages, was approved by the
Senate-House Economic Com
mittee today. The vote was
7 to 4 on party lines.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Pledge Of American Aid
Given in Australia
BY the Associated Press

SYDNEY. Australia, Mar. l.
The United States would imme-
diately come to the aid of Aus
tralia if she were threatened by
an aggressor, Brig. Gen. Robert
Travis said on his arrival here
today.
Gen. Travis. commanding gen.
eral of the United States Pacific
Air Command, is here on a good
will mission.
The mission will fly to Samoa
via Tasmania and New Zealand.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
King George vi Confers
Honors on 300 in Rites
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Mar. liking George
vi conferred knighthoods and
other honors on 300 men and
women today at an investiture in
Buckingham Palace.
It was the ailing monarch's first
full state function since he fell i'll
of a circulatory malady in the legs
last November.
Dressed in an admiral's uniform,
the King sat in a gilt and red
armchair. Behind him five yeoman
of the guard in picturesque Tudor
uniforms stood at attention.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Relief Plan Allows Aid
To Strikers Families,
AItmeyer Testifies
Decision Is Up to States,
Social Security Chief Soys;
Program Faces Fight
BY the Associated Press

Arthur J. Altmeyer said today
that President Truman'S plan for
aid for all needy would permit
relief payments to families of
workers on strike
But the decision on whether they
would get home relief" he said,
would be made by the individual
States. AS for what the States
might do, Mr.. Altmeyer said: Il
don't think any State would let
the family of a striker starve."
Mr.. Altmeyer, as social security
commissioner. has the Job of SELL
ing the administrations program
of social security expansion to
Congress. He was before the
House Ways and Means Commit
tee. which is holding hearings
on it.
Rough Going in Prospect.
Indications already have cropped
up that the home relief" idea
is in for rough going. One was
an exchange between MI. Alt
meyer and Chairman Doughton.
Mr.. Altmeyer protested that the
program is not "a vast new Sys-
tenn of home relief as some have
called it. Mr.. Doughton asked:
1T this is not vast. what would
it take to make it waste"
One thing the lawmakers dug
at was the possible cost, in event
of a depression, of giving aid to
all the needy.
In answer to questions about
that MI. Altmeyer said:
Nobody on earth could tell
what the cost would be if a de-
preston of the 1929 magnitude
came upon us. In a period OF
deep economic depression the list
(of recipients) would grow, with
the rolls including workers who
had exhausted their unemploy-
ment insurance"
Cost of S23O,0OO,OOO Seen.
Mr.. Altmeyer has estimated that
extending this relief to all the
needy would cost $230,0OO, 600
more. But this might well be
doubled or go even higher in time
of depression, Mr.. Altmeyer &C
knowledged.
However, Mr.. Altmeyer said he
hopes that the administration S
proposal for expansion of the gen.
eral social security insurance cov-
erage will eliminate, in a matter
of years, any need for the Federal
Government participating in di-
rect relief.
Representative Reed, Repub-
lican, of New York asked Mr. Alt
meyer if Mr.. Truman ever had
read the bill calling for aid to all
needy. Mr.. Altmeyer replied: Il
don't know"
He said Oscar Ewing, Federal
security administrator, had con-
ferred with the President about
the legislation before it was SEM
to Congress. The actual drafting
of the bill, he explained, was done
by the Federal Security Admins
tration'S legal division.
Sees Treasury Doors Opened.
Before the hearing, Mr.. Reed
had told reporters that as he sees
the proposal it would throw the
doors of the Treasury wide open.
Mr.. Altmeyer contended that Fed
eral aid for the needy aged, the
blind and dependent children is
not enough.
He argued that the Government
should participate with the States
in aid to all the needy, not just
those three groups. He specifically
mentioned the sick and physically
and mentally disabled and jobless
persons not protected by unem-
ployment insurance.
He said that in addition to the
money-matching program which
provides relief to 100000 per-
sons. the States alone are aiding
800 900 others who do not fall
within the three categories.
Evening star., 1949-03-01
Conna||yLabe|s
Fi|ibusterC
As Obnoxious
Says Senate Should
Remain Retreat for
Free Discussion

The Senate filibuster fight went
into its second day today as Sen
ator Connally. Democrat. of Texas
declared the real purpose of the
proposed curb on debate is "tc
foist upon you obnoxious and
harmful legislation"
He described as such legislation
the anti-poll tax proposal, the
anti-lynching measure and the
proposed Federal Fair Employ
ment Practices Committee. all
part of President Truman'S civil
rights program.
The f1libuster discussion got un-
der way in a leisurely manner to-
day with the Senate agreeing
unanimously on meeting to take
time out for introduction of bills,
committee reports and insertion of
speeches in the Congressional
Record. Senator Connally took
the floor at 1922 pm. He said
the Senate is the last retreat for
freedom of discussion of all pub
lie questions" and ought to re-
main so without impairment and
without invasion.
Showdown Due Soon.
While the floor debate con-
tinued, indications that a show
down on the Democratic leader
ships move to enact an effective
fllibuster curb will begin late this
week.
But it will take the far from
certain combined votes of North
ern Democrats and Republicans to
win the key roll call which Senate
Majority Leader Lucas says may
come early next week after some
complicated parliamentary ma
neuverS.
President Truman yesterday told
Senate leaders he wanted the fill
buster issue met head on and
Senator Lucas promptly outlined
his strategy for winning the fight
This is what he plans:
Probably on Thursday. after q
couple of days of Southern oratory
a petition will be filed to invoke
cloture, the method Of cutting of
debate. Vice President Barkley
then will be faced with ruling
whether such a petition applies to
motion to take up a measure
The Senate now is technically de-
batting whether or not to take UP
a proposal by it's Rules Commit
tee to alter Senate rules and cut
off any debate by a two-thirds
vote.
If Mr.. Barkley rules the cloture
petition does apply, as he is ex-
pected to rule, the Southerners
will appeal from the ruling of
the chair. But such on appeal it
self is debatable. Hence Senator
Lucas. in order to get showdown
roll call. expects to move to table
the appeal A tabling motion is
not debatable and vote must
then be taken. This is the roll
call the majority leader said late
yesterday he thinks will come
early next week.
Support for Ruling Uncertain.
However, it is far from certain
that a majority of the Senators
will vote to back up Vice Presi-
dent Barkley. If they do, the
flibuster will be broken because
cloture can then be applied tc
the debate now going on and the
rules change itself can be brought
to a vote. There appears to be
no doubt the change would win
if vote is had.
This proposed change would
simply plug the present loophole
in the cloture rule by providing
that cloture can be applied to any
business before the Senate.
Previous presiding officers OF
the Senate have ruled that
cloture does not apply to g
motion to take up resolu-
ton. such as the proposed
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(See HOLOBER, Page AS.
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Continued on Page A, Co
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(See CHURCHES, Page A-30
Evening star., 1949-03-01

Sunny but windy and cold today: high in
low 30s Clear tonight; low about 20 in
CITY. IA in suburbs. Tomorrow fair, rising
temperature. Full report on Page A-2D
Midnight, "a am. pa II am. 81
2a.m 24 am. 25 Noon 80
4am 23 10 am. 20 l pm. --33
Evening star., 1949-03-01

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The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1949-08-18
FAIR BOOKS AND ENTRY
BLANKS AVAILABLE

Fair premium books and entry
blanks for the Western Lincoln
County Fair and Labor Day Cele-
bration are now available at hard
ware, dry goods, and feed stores
in Libby and Troy.
In the livestock division, poultry
has been omitted this year because
of Newcastle disease. This disease
inflicts heavy losses in poultry
flocks and it is not yet definitely
known how the disease is trans
mitted 1t has been reported in the
vicinity of Whitefish. Other than
this, there have been no major
changes in the premium book
Exhibitors will be required to fill
in their own entry blanks this year
for the articles they wish to exhibit
This should be done before the ex-
hibits are brought to the fair
grounds to save time