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Evening star., 1949-10-03
70 Dead in Italian Floods,
Hundreds Left Homeless
BY the Assoeiofed Press

NAPLES. Italy, Oct. 3.-Flood
waters which swept through three
nearby inland provinces yesterday
took at least 20 lives and left hun
dreds of persons homeless, scat
tered reports showed today. =
Eleven persons were killed at
Benevento when the water-weak-
ened walls of a house collapsed
A mother and four children were
drowned at San Lorenzo Maggi-
ore. Four other persons were re-
ported drowned at Nocera Supe-
rior, about Is kilometers to the
south in the province of Salerno.
The flood waters, following a
heavy storm, swept down the Ca
lore and Sabato Rivers and nu-
merous other streams, inundating
areas in the provinces of Bene-
vento, Caserta and Avellino.
Communication lines south of
Naples were down and rail traffic
halted.
Evening star., 1949-10-03

"Slow down at sundown. Look
out when it's dark out
These warnings were issued to-
day by the Commissioners Traffic
Advisory Board with the coming
of what 1t calls the killer months"
for driving, and walking in the
District.
The fact that the last three
months of the year are dangerous
In this way was emphasized by
Capt. Lorraine T. johnson. head of
the police traffic division. He
pointed out that the September
traffic toll of 10 fatalities was the
greatest since September. 194l
when IA were killed. All but two
of last months fatalities were
pedestrians.
He said he was particularly
alarmed over the increase in
deaths Of pedestrians in the older
age brackets. OF the 36 pedestrians
killed in 1949. he said. IA were
from so to 80 years old.
Last year only five persons
were killed in September trafflc
In view Of these figures, Capt.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Truman 10 Fly 10 Fl. Bragg
For Airborne Maneuvers

President Truman will get an
opportunity tomorrow to see the
latest developments in the Army's
airborne operations when he flies
to Fort Bragg, N. c., to watch
the 82d Airborne Division show
how to establish an effective
'airhead."
The President will fly to Fort
Bragg in the morning and return
in the afternoon.
Since the war, vast improve
ments have been made in the
functioning OF airborne units
which. from a strategic stand
point, have become Of major i'm
portance. With it's vast inter-
national commitments, the United
States might be called on to de-
liver a striking force or police
force thousands of miles from
home on short notice.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
New Attempt by u. n.
To End Balkan War
Due 10 Begin Today
By the kssoeIoied Press

LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y. Oct. s.
A new effort to end the vocal and
sometimes shooting-conflict be-
tween Greece and her Communist
northern neighbors gets under
way today.
Brig. Gen. Carlos P. Romulo,
president Of the United Nations
General Assembly. has called q
meeting this morning of the four
member Balkan Cancellation Com
mittee chosen unanimously by the
Assembly's Political Committee
last week.
Gen. Romulo, who heads the
committee, will meet with Lester
B. Pearson Of Canada. chairman
Of the Political Committee: Selim
6arper Of Turkey. vice chairman
Of the Political Committee. and
Secretary General Trygve Lie.
Invitations Planned.
The plan approved by the COM
mittee calls for invitations to
Albania and Bulgaria to send
special representatives to appear
before the conciliation group.
The other nations involved,
Yugoslavia and Greece. already
have delegations at the q. N.
meetings. The Bulgarian repre-
sentatives have arrived in New
York. but it is not yet known
when the Albanians are due here.
The conciliation task has as
sumed some urgency since the
q. N. Special Committee on the
Balkans reported recently there
was danger of a serious outbreak
Of hostilities in the Balkans un-
less Bulgaria and Albania stopped
aiding the Communicated Greek
guerrillas.
The committee said Yugoslavia
had fulfilled its promise to close
the border with Greece.
The conciliation group will re-
port back to the Political Com
mittee by October II on the re-
suits OF its peace efforts.
Colonies Debate Continues.
The Political Committee is
scheduled to continue debate to-
day on the disposal of Italy's pre-
war African colonies.
The U. N. spotlight this week
is likely to shift, however. to the
Assembly's special Political Com
mittee, which may reach the sub
ject of charges of human rights
violations in Russian satellites
Tuesday.
The special Political Committee
Is to vote today on a proposal to
continue the U. N. Korean Com
mission and instruct the COM
mission to report any activities
threatening peace in Korea.
The next order of business for
the special Political Committee
will be the charges that three
Russian satellites-Hungary. Bull
garia and Romania-have denied
human rights and fundamental
freedoms to their citizens.
The Latin American countries,
solidly Catholic. have been wait
ing a chance to get in their licks
against Hungary for the impris-
onment of Josef Cardinal Minds
zenty.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Johnson, Ear|yPIan
Personal Inspection
OF u. ). Bases Abroad
By the Assocjoted Press

Secretary of Defense johnson
has tentative plans for a first
hand inspection of American mill
tary forces and bases in Europe
within the next few months.
To check up on the United
States military position on the
other side of the world, Under
secretary Stephen Early is con-
sidering a similar inspection trip
to Japan and other areas.
Unless pressure of work here
interferes, Mr.. johnson hopes to
get away for the European visit
before the end of the year.
In addition to comforting with
the commanders of United States
Army, air and sea forces in the
European area, the trip could
afford the defense chief an oppor-
tunity for talks with military
leaders of the other Atlantic Pact
nations.
Defense Talks Start Wednesday.
BY that time, the mutual mill
tary defense framework under the
North Atlantic pact may have be-
gun to take shape out of commit
tee conferences here beginning
Wednesday in Washington.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff-the
commanders of Army. Navy and
Air-made a European trip last
July to look over American forces
and bases there and confer with
military leaders of the Atlantic
Pact nations on the defensive or
ganization under the pact.
However. major development
which can influence all plans for
the defense of the free Western
European nations has come since
that visit-announcement that
Russia has had an atomic explo-
sion of her own.
Strategy May Be Changed.
Thus Mr.. Johnson's European
visit would be against definitely
different background than the
earlier conferences.
Defense strategy now may have
to be patterned to the possibility
that Western European capitals
must be protected not only from
invasion by conventional ground
forces and attack by standard
explosive and incendiary bombs,
but against atomic attack.
Atlantic coast ports through
which United States troops could
be landed for the support of pact
country armies henceforth must
be considered as potential targets
for A-bomb attacks which could
render them useless as ports OF
debarkation and supply.
Bases Could Be Vulnerable.
Strategy-makers must review.
too, the plans for early retaliatory
attacks by United States long
range strategic bombers against
Russian munition-making and
military centers if Russia should
move on the Western European
powers.
Russian atomic developments
also raise the question of in
creased vulnerability of American
bomber bases in England and
fighter fields in Germany.
The timetable for getting
ground forces and arms to Eu-
rope to help the Western Eu-
ropean powers becomes even more
critical if the planners must reck-
on with the possibility Of atomic
blitZ.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Hawaii PorIeys Stir
Talk of Labor Peace
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

HONOLULU, Oct. 3.-There is
talk of labor peace along the
waterfront.
1t spread hopefully from a Sc
cret meeting of employer and
union representatives yesterday
They discussed proposed terms for
ending Hawaii's l56-day C1O dock
strike.
An employer spokesman said
there might be full-dress nego-
tiatlons today. But union sources
said the talks today would con-
tinue on the same basis as those
yesterday.
Neither side gave any inkling
of settlement terms.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Congress in Brief
BY the Associotsd Press

Senate:
Starts debate on new farm pro-
gram.
judiciary Committee meets to
question Judge Sherman Minton,
Supreme Court nominee.
Commerce subcommittee re-
sumes hearing on nomination of
Leland Olds as Federal Power
Commissioner.
Senate-House Atomic Commit
tee meets again with the Atomic
Energy Commission to review
atomic program.
House:
Considers miscellaneous bills.
Foreign Affairs Committee con-
tinues hearings on aiding under
developed countries. ..
Evening star., 1949-10-03

g r a d e d, al
though they ex-
press the hope
that this might
be avoided.
The employees
involved are ma
t u + ally COM
planning. In re-
ply. GAO Off
cials ay that
they are doing
the only thing
DO S s ible. Ac-
cording to the
agency, its bud
Evening star., 1949-10-03

SCO SNto AAA"NS
it necessary several months ago
to fire hundreds of war-service
clerical employees.
AS a result, GAO is reported to
need clerical help badly. So. in
stead of hiring outsiders, the
agency is-shifting employees in its
auditing division to the clerical
force. Otherwise. these audit en-
ployes would have to be dismissed
to make room for persons who
have to be hired to do the clerical
work the agency contends.
In reply. some of the employees
who have been downgraded de-
clare that they have given many
years of service to GAO and that
some other program could have
been worked out to prevent sharp
cuts in their salaries.
PAY-It will be at least a week
or more before House-Senate con-
ferees on the Federal reclassii-
cation and postal pay bills are
expected to reach agreement.
The House and Senate bills
differ greatly, and it will take
more than meeting or two to
reach agreement on compromise
measure. Also. : the conferees
must reach agreement on the
top-executive pay measure and
this bill may be considered ahead
of the others. This is because the
salary scale decided on for the
Governments top officials must
first be worked out before the top
ceiling for the classified service
can be determined.
y X
INJURY BENEFITS "A quick
agreement between House and
Senate conferees can be expected
on the bill that would substan-
TALLY increase the compensation
benefits to Government employees
who are injured on the job. The
Senate last Friday approved in
substance the measure previously
passed by the House.
The only real difference be-
tween the two bills is the Senate's
$545 ceiling on the amounts of
monthly benefits that can be re-
ceived by employees, while: the
House bill does not provide for
any limitation.
*&x ~
PROTEST - The Veterans of
Foreign Wars have protested the
issuance Of the presidential exec
utive order which blankets into
permanent status about 5000 war
service and temporary employees
who have been in the Govern
ment since before March Is. 1912.
In fact the VFW protest was
written before the order was is
sued last Friday and was released
after the new presidential direct
i've went into effect.
Administration officials say the
order will not be rescinded, de-
spite the protest. The VFW had
urged President Truman not to is
sue the order, declaring that war
veterans not now employed by the
Government "be given equal op-
portunity to compete fon civil
service jobs"
Meanwhile. most Federal agen-
cies are expected to take quick ad-
vantage of the new "blanketing
in order to secure permanent
status for the employees covered
in the directive.
X
JORS-The Civil Service Conn
Evening star., 1949-10-03
A. B. Tiff to Speak

w. A. B. Tiff. national loan di-
rector of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Develop
ment. will be guest speaker at 9
meeting of the Clemson College
Alumni Association on Wednes-
day at $3.50 pm. at MAYORS Res.
tanrant.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
The Federal Spotlight
Hundreds of GAO Employees
|Downqroded to Meet BUDGET
The Federal Spotlight
By Joseph Young

Accounting major downgradng
program salaries OF hundreds of its employees
the for the action which
employees by three grades.
than 200 employees GAGS audit division already have
reassigned clerical work GAO
officials say that other GAOi
down. MISSION exams ol
Evening star., 1949-10-03
ENGINEERS to Meet

L. F. Livingston, manager OF
the extension division Of the du
Pont company, will be guest
speaker at a meeting Of the Wash
ington Society Of Engineers at
8:15 pm. Wednesday at the Co.'S
mos Club, Madison place and II
street NV.
Evening star., 1949-10-03

Almost $4,000, 900 cars Of rail-
way freight were loaded in the
United States during l948.
Evening star., 1949-10-03

Tannev in
smss a
the Of
Evening star., 1949-10-03

Small glass jars with screw-on
tops make excellent containers for
bolts, nails or similar items in the
home workshop.
Evening star., 1949-10-03
Weather Report

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny with highest around Il
degrees today. Increasing cloudi-
ness tonight with lowest about
So degrees. Tomorrow mostly
cloudy and mild with showers
likely by night.
Maryland - Increasing cloudi-
ness and slightly milder tonight
Tomorrow rather cloudy and mild
with showers likely by night.
Virginia-1ncreasing cloudiness
and slightly milder tonight. To-
morrow rather cloudy and mild
followed by scattered showers in
the west portion and by night in
the east portion.
Wind velocity, 6 miles per hour;
direction, southeast.
River ReU0rf
Evening star., 1949-10-03

JOBS-The Civil Service Com.
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Girl, 70, Held for Trial
I'm Shooting Of Father
Suffering From Cancer
BY the Associated Press

STAMFORD. Conn, Oct. l.
Carol Paight, 20-year-old college
student. today was bound over fo1
trial in Superior Court on charges
that she murdered her cancer
ridden father in Stamford Hos
pital on September %.
Dressed in deep mourning, Caro-,
stood silently before City Court
Judge Peter j. Ryan as her coun.
sci. Joseph L. Melvin. argued 8
formal demurrer to the charge o1
murder.
Bond Is Not Allowed.
Judge Ryan found probable
cause for the charge after dis
missing the demurrer and did not
allow bond to be fixed.
Carol is charged with firing 8
slug from his .38-caliber service
revolver into the head of Police
Sergt. Carl w. Paight a few hours
after surgeons told her and her
mother he had inoperable cancer
Police Chief John B. Brennan
quoted Carol as saying she shot
her father because I didn't want
to see him suffer-
Transferred to Jail.
After the hearing Carol. who
had been brought from Stamford
Hospital for today's court session
was transferred to the Fairfield
County Jail at Bridgeport.
There she will await the de-
cision of States Attorney Lorin
/ w. Willis on, if. and when he will
call a grand jury to inquire into
the tragic shooting.
! Accompanied by Mayor George
D. Barrett, friend of the family,
Carol sat with bowed head as De-
tective Sergt. John J. McInerney
testified she told him she shot her
father. Mayor Barrett refused
comment
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Polish General Warns
OF Friendly Russians
By the Associofed Prsss

NEW YORK, Oct. .1.-Gen.
Casimir Sosnkowski, wartime
commander in chief of the Polish
Army. said today that Russia 8
possession of the atomic bomb
changes nothing in essence"
Gen. Sosnkowski, who was oust-
ed in December, 1914. issued 4
warning against the Russians
when they act in a friendly man
ner.
In my opinion the Russians
are very kind because they have
the bomb" he said. when the
Russians have something up their
sleeve and evil intentions, they
always act kind and friendly"
Gen. Sosnkowski, who now lives
on a farm near Montreal, came
here by plane to take part in the
18th annual Pulaski Day parade
on Fifth Avenue.
Asked if he believed the Polish
people could overthrow their
present government. he replied:
1T depends on you Americans.
America is the hope of all human
ity and Of Poland"
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Police Puzzled by Death
.0f Scientists Widow
By the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-The
death of Mrs. Betsy Ross Hansen,
32-year-old widow of an atomic
scientist, puzzled authorities today
Police listed Mrs. Hansen as
probable suicide after her body
was found in her Greenwich VIII
lage apartment last night. along
with several apparent farewell
notes and a high-powered Ger
man air rifle.
Chief Medical Examiner Thorn
as A. Gonzales said after making
an autopsy, however, that he
Evening star., 1949-10-02

found no evidence Of gunshot
wound. He gave the cause OF
death as general visceral con-
gestion" and said further tests
would be made.
Mrs. Hansen's husband, DR.. Will
liam Webster Hansen, a Stanford
University scientist and radio
Evening star., 1949-10-02
Cord Come Gloss to Open

Instruction classes in bridge.
pinochle and whist will begin on
October IL at the Bannecker Com
munity Club, $500 Georgia ave
nue. NV, the District Recreation
Department announced yesterday.
Registration will be held from 8
pm. to 10 pm. Wednesday.
Evening star., 1949-10-02

activity specialist, died last year.
A young son, Peter. died last
spring.
One note found in Mrs. Han
sens room said: II know this is
cowardly thing to do. But the
bottom has fallen out since the
death of Peter and Bill"
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17
D. G. Omegas' Give
White Minister
Award

WASHINGTON CAMP The
first white man to receive the
national achievement award OF
Omega Psi Phi fraternity in the
2O-year history of the ~presenta-
ton is DR.. A. Powell Davies,
pastor of All Souls Unitarian
church. DR.. Davies was presented
the award at recognition ceremon-
les in the 18th Street Presbyterian
church here last week.
Others honored were Col. West
A. Hamilton, recently retired U.
S. Army officer; Woolsey w. Hall,
president, Federation of Civic as
ISOLATION; Paul Cooke, Miner
Teachers college and Cato w.
Adams, recently retired vice.
principal Of Armstrong school.
H. Carl Moultrie, executive
secretary of the national body,
spoke and the Rev. John M. Bur-
CESS of Howard university, pre-
scented the awards.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17
BY A. J. Siggins

LONDON (ANP)- In New
Zealand, the Labor party has suf-
fered a defeat after a years Of
power and the Conservatives have
been elected by approximately a
10 percent majority vote. Mr..
Holland, Conservative leader, will
undoubtedly be the prime minis
ter in the new government.
Holland is reported in the Bri-
fish press to have said he had
faith in and would stick by ''the
dear old empire" : SO the Tories
Nhere are rejoicing nightly.
"New Zealand led the way to
Socialism and now, after IA years
of it, she is going back to con-
servatism and private enterprise"
many are saying.
Holland was born in Yorkshire,
England, and emigrated to New
Zealand. He knows very little, if
anything, Of Africa.
When Holland speaks Of the
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17
Five Lincoln Pa
Students Make
"WhO's Who"

LINCOLN UNIVERSITY (AN-
P)- Five Lincoln university stu
dents will appear in "Who's Who
Among Students in American
Colleges and Universities" this
year it was announced last week
by H. P. Randall, editor.
They are Farrell Jones, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Farrell Jones, ST.,
of New York City! Claude G. Kill
gore, son of Mrs. Alice Kilgore,
Cincinnati, O.; William C. Left
witch, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Will
liam S. Leftwich, Johnstown, Pa;
Albert H. Mitchell, son of Mrs.
Madge L. Mitchell, Magnolia, N. j.;
and Jacques E. Wilmore, son Of
MI. and Mrs. Gayroud S. Wilmore
Philadelphia. All are members of
the senior class of Lincoln, with
the exception of Kilgore, who is
a student in the Theological Sem
mary.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17
The Dear Old Empire

"dear old EMPIRE" he includes At
RIGA. But few Africans would
agree that there is anything in
the history Of African colonies to
endear them to British white inn
perialists. All they can say is that
British justice was, and is clean
and that many Britons were good
friends of Africans.
But no Briton can state with
any degree of truth that Britain
has done her duty to Africa or
that she is now capable of either
developing her African colonies or
of defending them. Britain is, in
fact, busy trying to Great a huge
war base in Africa and thus she
is at present deceiving Africans.
No one has told them that they
will be working and fighting to
maintain white imperialism : the
"colonilism" that both President
Truman and Pandit Jawaharlal
Nehru said they would destroy.
Thus, while the U. S. anc India
are destroying colonilism, Britain,
South Africa and Australia are
planning to defend it and embroil,
by deceit, innocent colonials who
have no voice in their own affairs
and not the slightest inkling Of
what is in store for them.
We have held the German, Jap
anese and Italian people response
| BILE for the acts Of their govern
ments during the war. Africans
will be held responsible for the
vets Of the British government in
the next war.
Britain supports the lunatic
colorphobia, the genocidal color
policy of the Union of South At
RIGA! I wonder whether Holland
knows what that is. No New Zea-
lander who does know would de-
| fend it for a minute. On the con-
trary, he would fight against it,
like India, Pakistan and every de-
cent individual, colored or white
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17
Stowe Votes Law
Barring Negroes
From Restaurants

DRESDEN, Ontario (ANP)-
White citizens Of this eastern town
in Ontario, the birthplace Of the
original "Uncle Tom" made fam
GUS in Harriet Beecher Stoves
novel "Uncle TOMS Cabin" have
taken on a racial superiority out
look. Last week, they voted in the
civic election to bar the large Ne
gro population from the towns
restaurants. It had been a debat-
ed issue for several months.
The barring Of Negroes from
restaurants was the main issue Of
the election. The final tabulation
showed that the 1000, residents
voted five to one to ban Negroes
entry to local eating places. Ne
groes make up. 20 per cent Of the
towns population.
The Ohio daily-express. (Dayton, Ohio) 1946-1950, 1949-12-17

on earth.
Evening star., 1949-08-13
Pope Satisfied With Outcome
OfSpeIImun-Roosevelt Dispute

called it anti-Catholic because. as
introduced by Representative Bar
den, Democrat, of North Carolina,
it excluded private and Catholic
parochial schools from assistance
for health and transportation
services.
The audience here was one OF
the last the Pope granted before
beginning tomorrow a 20-day rest,
During this period the 73-year -old
pontiff, who faces the arduous
tasks of the Holy Year in 1850
will have no audiences.
The Pope said it was too early
yet to make any statement on
Holy Year. He expressed the
hope, however, that 1t would prove
beneficial to universal peace.
The Pontiff stepped briskly
from his private Office into the
Consistorial Hall of the summer
residence, where he received the
correspondents.
The audience had been ar
ranged by Samuel Cardina.
Stritch, archbishop OF Chicago
whom the pontif described as 9
very able and prudent man.
Evening star., 1949-08-13
Man Visits Chiropracior,
Dies Before Treatment

Joseph Artascas. 36. Of 1926
North Veitch street. Arlington
died this morning shortly after
he walked into an Arlington chiro-
practor's Office complaining of a
pain in the back of his neck.
Mr.. Artascas told the chiroprac-
tor, L. c. Mitman, with Offices
at 1920 Wilson boulevard, that he
felt faint and then slumped In
his chair, Acting Detective Chief
John Sanders was told.
Mr.. Mitman offered the man spir-
it's of ammonia. and placed him
on bed. He summoned a physi-
clan and an ambulance. Mr.. Ar
tascas died before either arrived
Police said Mr.. Mitman never
had treated Mr.. Artascas and did
not know him but that Mr.. Ar
tascas was visiting the Office as a
patient. Before he collapsed he
told attendants he was a typist
and expected to go to Philadelphia
Monday in quest of job.
Residents at the Witch street
address said Mr.. Artascas moved
there about a month ago and
worked at the Pentagon.
DR.. William d. Dolan, Arlington
physician, pronounced the man
dead.