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Evening star., 1949-05-16
New Disaster ImperiIs
Georgia Peach Orchards
BY the Assoeiossd Press

ATLANTA. May Is R.-A new
disaster. entailing thousands of
dollars in losses. may be about to
overtake Georgia's already Grip
pied peach orchards.
State Entomologist c. H. Alden
predicts that so per cent of the
trees south Of Fort Valley will die
this summer because Of unfavor-
able weather conditions. He said
they did not have enough cold
weather last winter for normal
rest or dormancy.
Fort Valley Is the hub OF
Georgia's industry.
Mr.. Alden also estimated this
years peach crop will be so per
cent short in South Georgia and
from rs to 40 per cent of in North
Georgia. He blamed an Easter
freeze in the north and a mixture
of mild winter and late freezes
and frosts in the south.
Evening star., 1949-05-16
Johnson to Get DEGREE

OMAHA. May 10 tSY.-Secre-
tary Of Defense Louis johnson wiIl
be awarded an honorary doctor Of
laws degree by Creighton Uni
versaty June 2 and viii be the
commencement speaker. Speaker
at the senior alumni banquet June
viii be Brig. Gen. Wallace II.
Graham. President Truman's per
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
Jimmy La Fontoine Dies at 81;
Gambler Here for Half Century
Fabulous Operator
Ron Casino Across
DC. Line in Maryland

James A. La Fontaine, whose
big-time gambling enterprises in
cluded operation of famed jim
my's Place." died in a Baltimore
hospital at 1855 pm. today at the
age of 81.
A cerebral hemorrhage. suffered
on the eve of his departure from
Maryland General Hospital, ended
a fabulous career for the dapper
little man, who directed the big
casino just over the District line
on Bladensburg road.
La Fontaine entered the hospi-
tai eight weeks ago for treatment
of a severe cold and a slight at
tack of pneumonia. Although
heart complications set in, he i'm
proved SO greatly his complete re-
covery seemed assured.
For more than half a century,
the name of Jimmy" La Fon-
tame has been linked with the
gambling interests of Virginia.
Maryland and the District. To the
reading public, the name became
synonymous with an almost
figure who boSsed dice
tables, numbers games, horse bet
ting and roulette wheels in an
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 21.-Field
Marshal Viscount Montgomery.
military chairman Of the Western
European Union Defense Alliance,
said today he saw no immediate
threat Of open conflict in Western
Europe.
III there were any immediate
danger I wouldn't be here. would
II" he asked with grin on his
arrival on the liner Queen Eliza
beth.
The field marshal wore British
Army battle dress, with nine rows
|of ribbons, and the black beret
he has made famous.
He said he did not intend to
ask United States authorities for
more American troops in Western
Europe.
1.-THE number of troops in West
ern Europe has nothing to do with
me-" he said.
He explained that the question
Of the number Of troops was polit-
ical In nature and said the sol
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
FIorido's Mosquitoes Winning
Aquinst DOT, Experts Report

successful use OF the mSectlcloe
in mosquito-infested areas Of
Florida.
Freedom from mosquitoes in the
area following use Of the insecti-
eide was considered one Of the
miracles Of present-day insect-
control practices" it said.
4 The department said certain
new promising" mosquito insecti-
cides, are under study ct It's en-
tomology laboratory at Orlando.
Fla.
"a few Of these" the agency
said. appear to be promising as
substitutes for DDT."
The department said DOT had
turned some Of the mosquito-rid-
den salt marsh areas Of Florida
into year around recreational and
resort areas. Previously they
were virtually uninhabitable dur
ing certain seasons Of the yAar.
Now the DID resistant mosquito
threatens to reconquer these areas.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
70 Push Fight
With Lewis as Talks
Open on Welfare Fund
New Operator Trustee
Appears at Session
Of 3-Mun Bourd
BY the Assoeioisd Press

John L. Lewis and other trustees
met today to debate the spending
of what is left of the coal miners
dwindling welfare fund.
The session cast Mr.. Lewis and
Senator Bridges. Republican. Of
New Hampshire, in the role OF
antagonists. In the past, they
have voted together on most de-
cisions.
This time, Mr.. Lewis wants to
make payments for miners hos
pital bills. Senator Bridges has
questioned the legal right OF the
trustees to spend welfare funds in
the absence of a formal mining
contract.
Lewis Has Nothing to Say.
Mr.. Lewis, suffering from a cold
and with his neck bundled in a
scarf, had nothing to say to re-
porters when he went into the
closed meeting. Senator Bridges
told them: Il think it will be a
very interesting session"
Mr.. Lewis represents the miners
on the Board Of Trustees. Sen
ator Bridges is the neutral trustee
Former Federal Judge Charles
I. Dawson of Louisville-the third
trustee-was attending his first
session as the operators repre-
sentative. He replaces Ezra Van
Horn, who resigned.
Senator Bridges intends to press
the fight against using funds col.
lected since the miners contract
expired June 80. and to cut Out
all payments from money re.
manning in the treasury from col
lections before that. The fund II
financed by a 20-cent royalty or
each ton of coal produced.
The miners have been working
this summer and fall without 8
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
(See HISS, Page AID
Freezing Temperatures
Expected Here Tonight

Freezing temperatures are ex-
Epected in the Washington area
tonight on the heels Of yester-
days balmy weather. which
brought out motorists and pic
nickers.
The Weather Bureau said that
the mercury win drop to low OF
about % tomorrow morning and
that the rest Of the day viii be
fair and rather cold" Today
will be mostly cloudy, with q high
in the low sos.
Although q few snowhakes fell
this morning. the Weather Bureau
said the precipitation was too
slight to be worth mentioning.
No snow is expected here during
the coming cold snap.
Temperatures rose to an unsea-
sonable 50 at 2::55 pm. yesterday.
with a low Of a at $40 this
morning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
sy the As.seis,sd Pssss

Efforts to conquer the mosquito
through use Of dot insecticide
appear doomed to failure.
The Agriculture DEPARTMENT
reported today that strains Of
the insect resistant TO dot have
been found along the East coast
of Florida.
Previously, the department had
reported discovery Of strains Of
houseflies which also were re-
sistant to the new insecticide.
Obviously disappointed, the
department said the value Of DOT
as q means Of controlling certain
insects that annoy or transmit
diseases to man Is apparently
disappearing BEFORE the very eyes
OF the entcmoloGtsts who de-
veloped the remarkable chemical
for the United etates Armed
Forces during WAL.
The departmeHt recalled early
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
Montgomery Arrives, Sees
No Immediate Threat Of War

diers do what the POLITICIANS tell
them"
Lord Montgomery refused to
comment on the position OF the
atom bomb in the world military
picture. However, he said he might
have something to say on this
topic tomorrow when he is guest
OF the National Press Club in
Washington.
He also refused comment on the
European Western Union defense
alliance, as this is to be the sub
ject of a speech before the English
Speaking Union in New York,
November 90.
Lord Montgomery was to ny TO
Washington today to be the guest
of Sir Oliver Franks, British Am
bassador to the United States. He
is due to return to New York next
Monday. and sail for England
December 2.
He said he expects to attend the
.Army-Navy football game at
Philadelphia Saturday.
THAT will be proper battle,
won't it," he asked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
WMAL-N to Garry
Met. Opening Tonight

Opening night Of the Metro
politan Opera season In New
York win be seen In Washing
ton tonight from 7:45 to 1880
pm. on VITALITY television.
Besides viewing the Richard
Strauss opera der Rosenka-
vaier," washington watchers
will see q closeup Of the first-
nighters.
TO make possible this first-
time television event here, the
regular Monday evening box
ing matches at Turner's Arena
were rescheduled for 8 pm.
tomorrow, through co-opera-
ton Of Mrs. Florence Turner
and Gabe Menendez. boxing
promoters; the Globe Brewing
Co. and the boxing commits
sioners.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
BiffIe, With AiIing Arm,
Breaks Wrist in Fall

Leslie L. Biffle, popular Secre-
tary of the Senate. has about de-
cided this is not his lucky year.
For several months he has been
suffering from a severe case Of
bursitis. He few out to the Mayo
Clinic in Minnesota last week for
q check-up and got back here
Saturday with the encouraging
news that the bursitis is respond
ing to treatment. +.
Arriving at his home here. he
slipped on a rug and suffered q
fracture and . sprain Of the wrist
on the same arm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
U.S.Asks 3ONations to Intervene
With Chinese Reds on Behalf Of
Jailed American Consul General
Soviet Is Included
In Group Urged to
Express Concern
By the Assoeiotsd Press

The United States has appealed
to 80 nations, including Russia, to
intervene with the Chinese Com
munists In behalf of the impris-
oned American Consul General,
Angus Ward.
The State Department an
nounced that Secretary Acheson
sent out messages Friday night
asking the other governments las
a matter of urgency" to express
to the Communist authorities at
Peiping their concern" over the
failing Of Mr.. Ward and four men,
bers of his staff.
Mr.. Ward and the others were
Jailed October "a.
The State Department said
that even today other American
staff members at Mukden are
still unable to get permission to
visit Mr.. Ward.
Mr.. Acheson made his appeal
after the repeated protests to the
top Chinese Communist officials,
through American consular rep
resentatives at Peiping. had been
ignored.
Mounting Cry for Action.
There has been a mounting
cry in this country for some &C
tion-including demands that the
United States use force against
the Communists.
Yesterday, Senator Knowland,
Republican, of California said in a
Formosa news conference that he
had radioed President Truman,
demanding a blockade Of the Chi
nese Communist coast If the Reds
don't quickly release Mr.. Ward.
Senator Knowland is touring the
Orient.
There was no official comment
here in reply to the Senator's
suggestion. Last week State De-
partment officials indicated in
formally that they doubted a
blockade would bring the Commu-
nists to terms. They said the
Chinese Nationalist already have
cut of imports to Communist
China fairly effectively.
Legion Urges Using Force.
George N. Craig. national COM
mander of the American Legion,
also called for forcible action. He
said in a weekend statement that
the United States stands "ridi-
culed before the world" and
added:
"The American Legion calls
upon the Government to serve no.
tice on Communist leaders in
China that Consul General Ward
and his associates must be re-
leased unframed by an early spec
flied date, or armed forces will
be dispatched to obtain theK re-
lease"
The State Department has been
asking for advice on the Chinese
situation generally. Gen. George
C. Marshall, former Secretary of
State; Harold Stassen. president
of the University of Pennsylvania,
and John D. Rockefeller III were
among group of Is American
leaders who have been called in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
Big Hunt on Near 0sl.
For Dc-3hissing VIII
2S Refugee Children
8 Nurses, 4 Crewmen
Also Aboard PIone
En- Route From Tunis
~ the Assoeiotsd Press

OSLO. Norway. Nov. 2l.-Land,
sea and air teams pressed an lin
tensive hunt today for a missing
plane feared to have carried IS
persons, including 28 undernour-
ished Jewish refugee children, to
a flaming death in the tangled for
ests of Southern Norway.
The plane, with the % chill
dren, three nurses and four crew.
men aboard, last was heard from
by radio at about s pm. last night
as it neared Oslo's Fornebu Air
port. Soon afterward a sharp
flash, followed by an explosion,
was reported near Gjersjoen Lake,
a mile southeast Of Oslo.
Home guards and police. along
with hundreds Of volunteer
searchers, combed the dense for
ests and the lake region swamps
Rescue vessels searched in Swe-
dish and Norwegian waters far
out in the Skagerrak on the
chance the plane came down at
sea. Danish ships were alerted.
Swedish and Danish planes and
craft OF the Norwegian Air Force
Joined in the hunt for the plane
owned BY Aero Holland. The
owners said at The Hague the
plane was considered lost.
Another Dutch DC-3. sister ship
Of the lost craft. landed safely to-
day at Goeteborg, Sweden, with
~ other Jewish children, like the
others en- route from Tunis
North Africa, to Scandinavia. The
youngsters, ranging in age from
s to IL years, had been so under
nourished. that they had beer
threatened with tuberculosis. AL
IS children were to have had SIX
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
10 Of By C,IeiiNillel
Safe in Pot After
~ Hours on Raft z.
Survivors Are Landed
At Bermuda From
conodion Destroyer
BY IN. Associated Press

HAMILTON, Bermuda, Nov. IL
-Beefsteak, families, insurance
and move over and give me a
little room
That's. what survivors Of the
ditched B-29 said they thought
about during 10 miserable" hours
on two six-man life RATS in heavy
Atlantic swells north Of Bermuda.
The 18 survivors-Four Of them
on stretchers - arrived here
yesterday afternoon aboard the
Canadian destroyer Haida. The
ship picked them up Saturday
afternoon after a United States Air
Force Bit sighted them about
400 miles northeast OF Bermuda.
. Two of the 20-man crew
drowned before they could get
through the heavy swells to the
two life RATS. One Of the la
survivors was suffering consider
ably from shock.
But II of the bruised and salt
caked airmen walked unaided
from the crashboats that brought
them to the shore from the de-
stroyer. They grlnned at the
wildly cheering hundreds who
watched them transfer to am
balances that took them to the
Kindley Air Base Hospital here. :
: Most Of the men were consid-
cred in good condition. Some had
suffered sprains. Some had salt
water sores. But the majority
seemed fairly 1T.
The planes commander and
pilot. 1t. Col. John Cradle OF
49, n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21

British colony. He arrived yester-
day.
Chang still is awaiting Ii In
Chungking. The generalissimo
went there from Formosa last
week at LIS invitation.
Foreigners from inland China.
who arrived over the week end.
said the new party, which would
expect United States help In
stemming the Communists, likely
would shape up this way:
Ii and his old friend. Gen. Pal
Chung-hsi, strongest Nationalist
military man left on the main
land, would join forces with three
other important Chinese, Gen
Chan Chai-tong, administrator OF
Hainan Island, and Gems. Hu
Seh-yueh and Yu Han-mow, In
Southern Kwangtung Province.
These observers said the new
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
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Starts Next Sunday
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
FAC Sets Goal to End Hunger
And Give Every Man a Home
Dodd Outlines Plan as Conference Opens;
Says 1949 Has Been Good Food Year

partment of Agriculture. He said
in his prepared text:
I'm respect to the state OF food
and agriculture, 1949 has been in
general what farmers call good
year, even if not quite as good in
total as 1948.
Food scarcity IS no longer
perilous for nearly the whole
world. as it was through is47.
For more than half The world,
however, the old chronic under
no,,rishmesat continues and hum
ser is scarceiy one meal away
from millions. For the world q
a whole, per person food supplies
are not as good IS before tie war. :
Mr.. Dodd thus summed up ar
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
By the Associated Press

A world in which mo man need
60 hungry, or ill-clad, or without
a home" was the goal held up to-
day to the Food and Agriculture
Organization OF the United Ma
tons.
The goal was pictured by
Norris E. Dodd. director-general
of the FAC. ct the opening OF its
annual conference. Representa-
tives Of q nationx are here e
tackle the job Of how to increase
food production Ii some countries
and how to handle unmarketable
SURPRISES In others.
Mr.. Dodd Is q former Undersec-
rotary Of the United States De.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
New Party Predicted
In Flight From China
OF Acting President
Lis Coalition Movement
Would Be Hostile to Both
chiong and Communists
BY the Associatsd Press

HONG KONG, Nov, "A new
party. hostile to both the Com
munists and Chang Kai-shek,
may be in the ofiing in China.
Acting President Ii Tsung-jen
is expected to take the lead In It..
He is now in a hospital in this
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
Noronic Master,
Liner Owners
Blamed forFire
Shippers License
Suspended, Stricter
Safety Laws Urged
BY the Associated Press

~ INV NSsSk'S'eS ''SsS
OTTAWA, Nov. 21.-Th6 own
ers and master of the cruise ship
NorQnic were blamed by a Su-
preme Court of Canada judge to-
day for the September II flash
fire that took 118 lives as the
luxury vessel lay at a Toronto
dock.
Justice R. L. Kellock. reporting
as commissioner in the Transport
Departments inquiry, ordered the
masters certificate Of Capt. Will
liam c. Taylor of Sarnia. Ontario,
suspended for a year. He also rec
commended a series of measures
designed to tighten safety regu-
lations for vessels like the Noronic.
A 30,000-word report was pre-
sented to the House of Commons
following the reading by Justice
Kellock of a brief court judg-
ment suspending the captain. In
the report, Justice Kellock found
the loss of life and the loss Of
the ship were caused by a fail
ure" of the Canada Steamship
Lines, Ltd, the Noronic's owners,
and Capt. Taylor to take adequate
precautions against fire.
Owners and Master Censured.
. The justice censured the owners
and the master, saying they failed
to provide proper means Of de-
tecting and fighting fires while
in dock, and for getting passengers
Oh the ship in the event Of ire
in port.
Acting Transport Minister G. D.
Howe. presenting the report, told
Parliament the government would
carefully consider the judges
recommendations with a view to
preventing In the future disasters
such as the Noronic fire. The
blaze broke out suddenly in the
dead Of night and spread panic
through the 900 holiday-bound
passengers. All but one OF the
passengers were from the United
States. mostly from the Detroit
Cleveland area.
Besides suspending Taylor's GER
tificate. Justice Kellock ordered
the company to pay expenses in
CURED by the transport depart
ment in a 17-day investigation
held at Toronto. Inquiry hear
ings also had been held in Cleye-
land and Detroit. ..
Ill Of Dead Identified.
Justice Kellock had been ap-
pointed commissioner by the de-
partment to seek answers to spe-
cific questions dealing with the
disaster to the 36-year-old ship
as she lay at her pier in Toronto.
Her fateful cruise had started at
Detroit.
OF the dead, Ill have been
identified. Most of them had been
trapped in their hunks. Remains
of the other seven-it had been
thought previously there were
eight other dead-still are to be
identified.
Drunkenness No Major Factor.
The report said the question of
drunkenness played no major part
in the disaster. There had been
testimony at the hearings that
Capt. Taylor had been drinking,
but he testified he had nothing
more than one small drink of
Scotch whisky.
Justice Kellock was critical Of
the actions of the master. but
said the actions of the Is crew.
men aboard at the time Of the
fire were about what would be
expected in the circumstances.
adding that no officer took charge
of the situation or attempted to
give general directions.
after the alarm was given, the
Judge said. "the only thing 1t
might have been possible to do
(See NORONIC. Page A-4.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21
123 Fired, AZ Denied
Federal Jobs After
Loyalty Investigation
Civil Service Report
Covers Period From
Stort of Plan in AT

The Civil Service Commission
announced today that 1913 persons
have been dismissed on grounds
of doubtful loyalty since the Gov
eminent loyalty boards were es-
tablished in March 1947.
Jobs have been denied to 48
persons seeking them.
Tnese He hieh1ights Of an ala
borate report Of the Loyalty Re-
view Board Of the csc. Most Of
the loyalty Investigations were
carried out by the Federal Bureau
Eof Investigation, totaling 10.059,
while about 800 were conducted
| by the Office Of Naval Intelligence
and the Civil Service Commission
s In making public action regard
Ing several CiviI Service examina-
lions, the commission urged per-
sons asking information to save
time by inquiring before II am
Most Calls In Afternoon.
Most Of the, 1920 individuals
who called in person, and the
$500 who telephoned during
October. it was explained. con-
tacted the information office be-
tween II am. and 2 pm, and
from 4 pm. to closing time at SIS
pm.
During the three-month period
ending November /, more than
IS, 900 civil service job announce
ments and various forms were
distributed through the Informa-
ton ONCE to $4,000 persons.
These figures show an increased
distribution Of more than $4,000
forms and examination an
nouncements over the same period
in 1913. .E
Since August /. 1t was ex-
planned, the commission has an
swered about $4,000 telephoned
requests. an increase Of $500 over
the same perold in 1948.
Al Nurses Get Jobs.
The commission also announced
that Al civilian nurses, recently
separated from duty at Walter
(See LOYALTY Page A.3.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-11-21

aura of mystery and amazing i'm
munity to the law.
His fortunes were said to have
fluctuated in ratio to his Glen
tele's fortunes. but his business
acumen was such that he pros
pered by wise investments in real
estate, stocks and bonds.
Recently an intimate estimated
La Fontaine's worth at $4,000, 600.
Back in 1881, when Internal Rev.
Continued on Page Az, Col. ~