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The Miami times. [volume] (Miami, Fla.) 1923-current, 1950-04-01
MISS WILMA FULLER, Mrs.

MISS WILMA FULLER, Mrs.
Eula Walker and Mrs. Eva Frank
lin. three of the most friendly per-
sons you've ever met, were enter
tanned wednesday night by the one
and only Ben Brice and his party
q. James Edwards, star Of Home
OF the Brave" appeared Sunday
night at the Rockland Palace, on
the same bill with the Norma Miller
Dancers. The Revue was emceed
by Songbird Kenny Preston, who
incidentally, as fine an emcee as he
is singer.
Roy "Long About Midnight" Brown
and his Mighty Men at the Bill
Rivers nitery.
Miss Me Willie Workman and
Mrs. Margaret Archer Gray Of TT.
Myers, were weekend visitors in our
village a couple Of rs ago =. San.
dy Green is spearheading the or.
ganizing of all local bartenders,
mattresses. walters, cooks, porters
and all other domestic help who are
employed in public places DR..
w. A. Patterson, the young 3rd ave.
medic will make future calls in his
new 80 Pontiac While DR..
Henry cruise along In his 80 ODDS
mobile The Garth Reeves, she's
the former jamie Henderson. are
cha1king up their first anniversary
= as Of March 20.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Freak Tornado With Hail
Damages English Village
nv @k,a As.or;axad pra..

LONDON. May GA freak
tornado twisted through three val
leys north of London yesterday,
leaving 500 persons homeless in
one village alone and plastering
the area with hailstones as big as
chicken eggs.
The tornado-one of Britain's
rareSt weather disturbances
climaxed q day of sharp lightning
storms that claimed at least three
lives. One victim. an 8-year-old
girl, was swept from jeep and
drowned by a flash flood.
The tornado dipped to earth
three times in Its 23-mile course
between the Thames and Ouse
River valley. Half the homes In
Its path were unroofed and trees
were uprooted. Torrential rains
sent the Ouse flooding It's banks
in Bedfoydshire.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Red Ships Hover in Rodur RANGE
AS Western Ships Sturt Games

off In patches Of three, headed by
the Tambov.
First moves in the maneuvers
are slated for today, when three
Dutch submarines pull out of
Portland on their way to the
maneuver areas. The Royal Air
Force Coastal Command planned
mock attacks on them.
Yesterday. the British aircraft
carrier Theseus-which Is not TAX
ing part in the maneuvers-popped
up unannounced in Mounts Bay
beside the Russians.
The Admiralty said nothing
oficially was known Of her pres
ence there but q spokesman
couldn't see ''any particular sig
nificance" In 1t.
Since the maneuver areas are
well down In the Bay of Biscay.
the sprat fishermen would have
to pass right through them II
they're en- route to the Black Sea
as advertised.
Russian conversation with curl
Gus newsmen was limited to I'VE
fiSh."
Evening star., 1950-05-22
BY the Assoeiafed Press

Labor Leader Dan Tobin said
today his present opinion is that
Republican Senator Taft will be
reelected from Ohio.
Mr.. Tobin,. president Of the
AFL's Teamsters Union and a
powerful figure in the Democratic
Party for years. is one of those
working to defeat Senator Taft.
He wrote his views in his unions
monthly magazine, the Teamster.
"At this moment" Mr.. Tobin
said, ut is my personal opinion
that Taft will be reelected in
Ohio to the United States Senate.
Taft has made one Of the
most careful and strenuous cam
paigns that I have ever known a
Senator to make in this country
Of ours. On the other hand the
opposition ticket has no unity"
Joseph Ferguson, Ohio State
won the Democratic
nomination and is Senator Taft's
opponent in the November gen.
eral election.
Mr.. Tobin was labor manager
for the late President Roosevelt's
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Boys Body Found Hanging
From Tree Near His Home

The body OF i6-year-oid Robert
Crawford was found today hang.
ing from q tree near his home at
Woodland Beach. Md.
Anne Arundel County police and
Or. John M. Claffy. county deputy
medical examiner. went TO the
scene after discovery Of the body
about II am.
The Woodland Beach Fire De.
partment said the boys knees
we're touching the ground when
he was found and that several
belts. linked together, were sus-
pended from a limb overhead. His
face was scratched and the ground
bore evidence Of being scraped
beneath him. the fire department
reported.
The scene was a clump Of pine
woods, about 100 feet from the
victims home. The area Is on
Ridgeley road about a block from
the flrehouse.
Police said the boys grand
parents reported him missing at
$3.50 am. today and said he was
last seen about 8 pm. yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Miss TroubeI Soys
She Advised Rest
For Miss Truman
By the Assoeiotsd Press

NEW YORK. May 22.-Helen
Traubel. Metropolitan Opera So
prano and Margaret Truman's
voice supervisor. said today she
has advised the Presidents daugh.
ter to cancel all her summer sing.
ing engagements.
There's no mystery about It,"
Miss Traubel said. II asked Mar
garet to rest and TO devote herself
to further study this summer.
she has Jus finished q spring
tour and is booked heavy for the
fall. I advised her TO rest-as
simple as that. Seasoned veterans
do the same thing-take rest
periods"
Miss Truman, who Is In New
York. was not available for COM
ment.
Earlier. James Davidson, head
Of the New York agency which
handles Miss Truman's bookings,
said in Los Angeles that she
planned no concert bookings until
October.
Miss Truman asked to be re-
lieved Of appearances at Robin
Hood Dell. Philadelphia. and
Lewisohn Stadium. New York.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
SenatorsFail
To Take Action
0nFederaIPay
Unexpected Situotion
Arises on Resolution;
Wording Scrutinized
Appropriations

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today Unexpectedly
failed to approve the continuing
resolution to enable Federal and
District employees to get their
regular pay checks during the
rest Of the fiscal year.
The committee met on the
House-approved resolution today.
but decided to take no action.
Chairman Mckellar said his
group wants to investigate the
situation little more before act
ing. He said he did not know
when his committee would meet
again.
Wording Examined.
Another committee member.
however, told reporters that the
delay was caused by committee
dissatisfaction with the wording
OF the House-approved resolution.
The Senator said the committee
wants to make certain that the
wording Is such that none Of the
money would be paid for salaries
involving new functions between
now and July /.
This committee member said It
was his understanding that the
group would meet again within
the next day or so.
The resolution approved by the
House would give the various Cow
ernment agencies the right 70
disburse money for salaries and
pensions up TO July /. even though
Congress hasn't got around yet
to taking final action on the de.
flciepcy bill containing these items.
ID. C. Needs June 8 Cash.
Most agencies have enough
money on hand TO meet one w
two more payrolls. but need addi-
tional money 70 meet ct least one
payroll before July !.
The District government needs
additional money II about 5000
city employees are to be paid on
the June 9 payday.
The agencies lack Of funds for.
salaries resulted from last Au.
gusts Federal Pay tion
Act. Due to the general pay In.
ereases voted most Federal em.
pioyes. the agencies find them.
selves lacking FUNDS.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Air|ift Speeding Aid
To Inca City Of Cuzeo,
Devastated by Quake
50 Reported Killed. 17s
Injured; Temblors 1opple
Historic Structures
Dy the Assoeiotsd Press

LIMA, Peru. May 22.-An emer.
gency airlift today rushed doctors,
medical supplies and food to the
ancient Andes city Of Cuzco. dev-
astated yesterday by Q i2-second
earthquake. At least so persons
were reported killed and l7s 9TH
ers injured In the once-thriving
seat of Inca civilization.
Peru's President Manuel Odria
Amoretti dispatched rescue crews
to the stricken city. $40 miles
southeast of Lima. The Peruvian
health director called on all avail.
able doctors and nurses to go to
Cuzco at once.
The quake, which struck at l:45
p.m.. sent many of the eity's
5000 residents rushing into the
streets while centuries-old stone
buildings crashed down. Terrified
citizens knelt in prayer before a
statue Of Christ in Cuzco'S main
plaza, a radio broadcast from the
isolated provincial capital said.
Casualty Total Unknown.
Until the rescue parties search
the Cuzco ruins the number of
casualties will not be known, but
a radio broadcast from there late
last night said the deaths "have
risen to so" and the number of
injured to 178.
A government communique said
the nearby town Of San Sebastian
also had been hit by the quake
and had suffered heavy damage.
The communique said the cas-
ualty toll in Cuzco probably would
have been far greater except for
the fact that some $1,000 persons
were watching a football game In
the town stadium when the quake
struck. None Of the spectators
were believed hurt.
It was reported that the Hotel
Turista. where most foreign visi-
tors stay, was not damaged. Cuzco
is a popular center for tourists
who come to see the ancient Inca
ruins and historic churches.
Much Of archeologically rich
Cuzco was reported in ruins.
!. THE restaurants and shops
were almost totally buried" Cuzco
radio reported. The task of re-
moving the debris is extremely
difficult.
Until now" the broadcast said,
1T has been impossible to calcu-
late the damage. since almos.
everything has been destroyed"
The quake disrupted communi-
(See QUAKE. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Nine-Doy Diet
Begins Today
On Womon's S Poqe

The first daily menu Of Jo-
sephine Lowman's popular
Nine-day Diet appears today
on the Woman's Page.
If you faithfully follow Miss
Lowman's daily menus and
suggestions you may lose from
5 to 10 pounds in 8 days.
Be sure to look your best for
summer styles and living. Try
the Nine-day Diet. Read Jo-
sephine Lowman's special fea-
ture now running every day on
the Woman's Page.
Phone Sterling 5000 for home
delivery Of the newspaper most
Washington women read
THE STAR.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Taft Victory in Ohio Predicted
By Labor Leader Dan 7obin
Teomsters' Union Chief Says in Magazine
Democrats Lack Unity, Workers Won't Vote

campaigns in 1892. 1896. 1910 and
1914. Plugging for the Demo-
Gratis, he said that whatever hope
labor has of getting rid of the
Taft-Hartley law is through the
party now controlling Congress.
Mr.. Tobin urged labor leaders to
start the ball rolling" in round
ing up votes against Senator Taft
in Ohio.
ITO give Taft a close run for
his money" Mr.. Tobin wrote, will
perhaps convince the Republican
machinery in 1852 that the rea-
son for them being out of Office
for so many years is the Taft
Hartley law and they might, un-
der the leadership Of somebody
besides Taft. modify their fight
against labor and they might de-
eide. as has been proven. that the
Taft-Hartley law has been q
failure"
Mr.. Tobin also said it's his an
alysis that "the working men and
women of the Nation won't go to
the polls in November" He said
they have "lost faith in the South
ern Democrats and it has been
proven to the toilers that pledges
amount to nothing"
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Boby's First Cry
Heard 6 Minutes
Before Its Birth
Nv tho Assoeioted Press

ARTES1A. Calf. May 22.-Lit-
Tie Lynn George has a distinction
few babies can claim. She. cried
before she was born, says the
doctor who delivered her.
Born yesterday, the child cried
six minutes before actual delivery,
DR.. Clifton N. Brakensiek reported.
He said the medical rarity oc-
CURED because the baby was face
up, instead Of face down, and an
air pocket formed to keep the
baby from drowning in the fluid.
Both the attending nurse. Faith
M. Fisher. and the mother. Mrs.
Earl George. ~. under spinal an
esthetic, also heard the cries.
Or. Brakensiek said he had
heard Of only one other case Of
prenatal crying.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Oklahoma PoIicemon's Wife
Admits Kidnapping Was Hoax
Husband Feared She
Had Been Abducted
From Home in Nude
By the Associated Press

OKLAHOMA CITY, May o.
The distraught young wife Of a
vice squad officer admitted today
the bizarre 2l-hour kidnapping
chase she led police yesterday was
spurred by her own Imagination.
Mrs. 10 Alice Raper. 23. abruptly
halted a frantic police hunt when
she called her husband. c. v.
Raper, from q suburban filling
station and asked him to come get
her.
But Detective Chief Dwight
Brown said officers still hadn't
found all the pieces to the puzzling
case.
Chief Brown said MI. Raper
and his fellow officers feared Mrs.
Raper had been overpowered by
kidnapers. taken nude from her
bedroom and held captives as re-
venge on her husband.
Mr.. Raper Is assigned to the
police gambling detail.
Chief Brown reported Mr.. Raper
Evening star., 1950-05-22
First Steps Are Taken
Here on Emergency
Civil Defense Plan
Gen. Young Seeks Ideos
For Interim Setup Pending
Complete Program

Initial steps to set up an emer-
gency civil defense plan to deal
with a possible atom bomb attack
on Washington were taken today
by the Districts Temporary Com
mittee on Civil Defense.
Engineer Commissioner Gordon
r. Young explained to a meeting
Of the committee at the District
Building that the present task Of
the committee was to set up an
interim plan. not a complete civil
defense program. He passed out
questionnaires to the group OF
representatives from business, in
dustry and other endeavors.
He asked that the question:
naires-which seek suggestions as
to the proper procedures-be COM
pleted by next Monday.
Preparing Larger Plan.
Gen. Young said that since the
first meeting Of the committee In
March. the National Security Re-
sources Board had come to the
conclusion that 1t would take
some time to prepare a complete
civil defense plan. Therefore the
board felt it important to develop
promptly an interim or emergency
plan, he added.
This emergency plan would be
based on the imaginary assump-
ton that. in the near future, an
acute international situation
would develop which would lead
to national declaration of emer-
gency," Gen. Young said, "and
that from that moment every city
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Kansas City Probers
Indict 7 on CHARGES
On Income Tax Evasion
Discharged Prosecutor
And Associate Of Slain
Goreotto Are Named
BY Ms Assoeiossd Prsss

KANSAS CITY, May IA
Federal grand Jury that has beer
investigating crime condition.
here for nine months, today In.
dicated a former assistant county
prosecutor and D. gambler who was
linked with the slain Charles
Gargotta.
The indictments charged In.
come tax evasion.
Indicted were Samuel c. Hay.
den. who was fired as a prosecu.
tor when the grand jury recently
Identified him as . gambling
house partner. and Thomas
(Tano) Lococo.
Lococo was described by the
grand Jury as o gambling partner
of Gargotta. who with Charles
Binaggio, Northside Democratic
political boss. we're slain In gang
land style here last April. Their
killers have not been caught.
Seeking to Recover Taxes.
The grand jury already has
acted to recover money the Gov
eminent claims Binaggio and Gar
gotta beat 1t out Of through in
come tax evasion.
It also has moved to collect
money from the estate Of Wolf C.
Rimann, golf club manager and
coin machine operator. who was
shot down by gangsters near the
downtown district a year ago.
Hayden was accused by the jury
Of filing an income tax return OF
$4.500 In l948. Actually. the jury
said. his income for the year was
$10.569.63.
Lococo was indicted on five
counts. the alleged evasion oi
payments covering the years 1914
through 1948. The true bill Sc,
forth that he made returns ol
$65. .588.39 for those years. while
actually his return should have
been $130,250.27.
The indictments were returned
(See KANSAS CITY. Page A.3)
Evening star., 1950-05-22
BY the Assoeiofsd Press

PORTLAND, England, May %.
Western Union navies self con-
sciously opened hush-hush sea
maneuvers today-with 30 dead
pan Soviet shippers within radar
range.
The Russian mothership Tam
bow and her 20 trawlers and
coasters-of,lcially on q sprat and
sardine fishing jaunt from the
Baltic to the Black Sea-were of
Falmouth yesterday when the
British cruisers Superb and Cleo
patra plus, four destroyers left
Portland for the maneuver areas
south Of Britain.
Then the Russians upped an
chor and moved 0 miles westward
to Mounts Bay, where they re-
anchored.
Just changing anchorage" was
the Soviet reply to hopeful mes
sage from shore ofilcials.
BY midafternoon. however, the
Russians left their anchorage and
headed southwest In the direction
Of the Bay Of Biscay. They moved
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Senate Resumes Fight
On Truman Proposals
To Revamp Agencies
Tomorrow Is DeudIine
For Rejection Of Lost Of
n Reorganization PIons
BY }. A. O'leory

Several more Of President Tru-
mans reorganization plans will be
under attack in the Senate today
and tomorrow-the last two days
on which Congress can do any
thing to stop them.
The Senate, which already has
killed five Of the 81 plans sub
mitted by the President In March,
will vote early this afternoon on
the proposal to revamp the Fed
eral Trade Commission.
This decision will be followed
by debate on the reshaping Of the
functions Of the Federal Power
Commission.
Two Plans Studied by House.
The House has considered two
of the plans, but has refused to
kill them, mainly because 1t has
been difficult to get a clear ma
jority of the 435 members Of that
branch.
In the Senate opponents of the
reshuf1ling program have been
more successful. In that branch
49 votes kill a plan, and the law
guarantees q vote on any plan
called up. by limiting debate to
not more than 10 hours.
Any Of the plans submitted in
March and not disapproved by
tomorrow midnight will 60 into
effect.
Plans affecting the Commerce
Department and the General
Services Administration also may
be challenged in the Senate be-
fore the deadline.
Management Centralized.
In general. the plans affecting
the various regulatory commits
sions are intended to centralize
the management of each commits
sion In the chairman, leaving the
other commissioners to deal with
poiciy matters.
One plan which escaped the
Senate's veto power was the one
to abolish the Maritime Commis-
sion. and create a new three-man
board, with maritime admins
traitor in the Commerce Depart
ment. This plan was approved
when put to vote last week.
Reasons for the decline in en-
thusiasrn for the Hoover Com
mission ideas are obscure. Hoover
plan supporters have speculated
on wholly unconfirmed suspicious
that some Republicans are seizing
q chance to shoot more holes In
Mr.. Truman's legislative programs.
Evening star., 1950-05-22
Truman Repeats
Call for Senate
Vote FEPC
Committee Pro;ses
Military Efforts to
End Discrimination

President Truman today called
again On the Senate to let the
controversial legislation setting
up a Fair Employment Practices
Committee come to a vote.
Opposition of Southern Demo-
Gratis has been the principal stun
bling block and a move to invoke
cloture on debate failed Friday.
leaving little hope for action this
year.
The President renewed his de-
mand for the legislation as he
received a report from the Presi-
dents Committee On Equality of
Treatment and Opportunity in
the Armed Services. which showed
progress In the campaign of the
past two years to end segregation
in the Army. Navy and Air Force.
President Truman set up the
committee to map programs to
deal with the segregation issue
and his statement today lauded
the work of the commission men,
bers and said every American who
believes sincerely in the language
Of the Constitution and the Dec
laration Of Independence owes
them a debt Of gratitude"
Urges Senate to Study Report.
This report Is submitted as
the United States Senate is con-
sidering a motion to take up a
fair employment practices bill.
The work Of the Presidents Com
mittee on Equality Of Treatments
and Opportunity in the Armed
Services shows what can be &C
complished by a commission in
this admittedly difficult field.
y hope the Senate will take
this report into consideration as
1t debates the merits of FEPC, and
that. as I urged In my State-of
the Union Message In January, 1t
will permit this important measure
to come to a VOTE"
The President said also that it
IS with q great deal of con-
fidence" that he learned from the
committee that the present pro-
grams of the three services are
designed to accomplish the objec-
tive he had In mind when the
committee was set up and that
there will be. within the reason
ably near future. equality Of treat
ment and opportunity for all per-
sons In the armed services with a
consequent Improvement in mil.
itary efficiency"
Military Methods Approved.
The report to the President ex-
pressed approval Of armed serv-
ices methods of handling per-
sonnel without reference to race,
color. religion, or national origin.
1T is the committees convic-
ton that the present programs Of
the three services are designed to
accomplish the objectives of the
President" a report stated. LAS
the programs are carried out,
there will be. within the reasona-
bly, near future, equality of treat
ment and opportunity for all per-
sons in the armed forces with a
consequent improvement in mill
tary efficiency"
"All the committees recon-
mendations have been approved
and accepted by the President, the
Secretary Of Defense and the serv-
ice secretaries" 1t stated. They
are now in effect"
Headed by Judge Fahy.
The committee Is headed by
Judge Charles Fahy Of the United
States Court Of Appeals, former
solicitor general.
A great deal of the criticism of
alleged discriminatory practices in
the services has been leveled at
the Army; the committee reported
that that branch had a tougher
problem than either the Navy or
CONTINUED on Page AS, Col. g.
Evening star., 1950-05-22

BERLIN, May ~ (P.-British
officials reported today that Soviet
zone border control authorities
had frightened their showdown on
Berlin's barge trafnc by hating
four coal barges inbound from
West Germany.