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Evening star., 1950-11-16
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GENEROSITY IN AcTIoN-The
young veteron set his sights on bright
eivilion future. For the story of how
his dreom dimmed-ond then slowed
osoin, see Pose B-l.
OSCAR OF THE WALDoRF-The
worlds most fomous moitre d. hotel
wos no chef but his cookbook hos be-
come O collectors item. Stor Stoff
Reporter George Kennedy odds some
contributions to the oseor legend on
Page Az.
NEW FACES IN coNGREss-Everet.
N. Dirksen is no stronger to the CopitoI
but the rumpIe- -hoired legislator will
help give a new look to the Senote.
The Stor continues its series on new
Senotors and Representatives by re-
introducing Senator Elect Dirksen, Re.
publieon, Of Illinois, on Pose b..
Evening star., 1950-11-16
District to Purchase
q Afraid Sirens
For Business Area

The Commissioners today
approved the purchase and
installation of four air raid
warning sirens for the down.
town area.
Acting Electrical Engineer
Herbert A. Friede advised the
Commissioners that the sirens
should be located at the Capt.
tol; the new State Depart
ment building, Twenty-flrst
street and Virginia avenue
NV; the National Museum.
Tenth street and Constitution
avenue NV, and the Sumner
School, Seventeenth and M
streets NV.
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Female of (Seot PIeosont) Species Is DeodIie,

That is dead-end street. Both
the driver and the hanger ON took
off for the bushes in the undevel-
oped section.
A short time later the three
women and Mr.. Hollar were
standing with Mrs. Hollar on one
side of the street and a stranger
walked up, volunteering the infor-
nation that IT saw that man grab
your purse. He jumped on my
car"
Then" Mrs. Margaret Craw-
ford of 301 Sixty-ninth place con-
jectured, you must have known
him." The stranger denied such
an acquaintance. At that time
another stranger walked up on
the other side of the street-27
feet aWay-and one of the women
asked, isn't that the MANI"
AS the one stranger Joined the
other, the four women pounced on
both and Mr.. Hollar ran home for
Evening star., 1950-11-16

There is no ladies' auxiliary of
the Seat Pleasant vigilantes but a
reasonable facsimile went into ac-
ton last night to snare two purse
snatching suspects.
The clarion call to action was
Mrs. Elsie Hollar's scream when a
man hoped off a passing auto
mobile in the 800 block of Sixty
ninth street, showed her into the
bushes at the dark corner and
grabbed her purse.
Her husband, 100 yards away
at their home, $40 Seventieth
street. heard the scream, but three
neighborhood women reached the
scene first.
The purse -snatcher fled, hoped
on the side of the same auto,
which went as fast as 1t could as
far as it could-which wasn't far.
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Air Force Major Held
On Charge Of Passing
phony Check for $500
Police Soy Pentoeon
Investigators TotoI
Moy Reoch $4,000

An Air Force major. who
worked in the Pentagon Building
as a special investigator. today
was accused of passing bad checks
totaling possibly as much as
$4,000 to clear up debts.
The major. Donald c. Goewey,
33, of the TOO block of North
Wayne street. Arlington, was
charged with one specific instance
involving a 5000 check cashed at
the Federal Security Agency EN-
ployes Federal Credit Union.
"I've investigated many people
and have seen what a mess they
were in. And here I've done it, he
said, according to William P. NAL
lard, FSA director of security.
Held for Grand Jury.
Maj. Goewey appeared before
United States Commissioner Cyril
S. Lawrence today and was
ordered held for grand jury ac-
ton on the one charge of false
pretenses involving the 5000
check. He surrendered to Police
1t. David Higgins. of the check
squad. late yesterday.
1t. Higgins testified before the
commissioner that in addition to
the 5000 check, Maj. Goewey had
caShed eight other worthless
checks at the FSA over the past
two months. These totaled $1,000,
he testified.
Written On Texas Bank,
1t. Higgins said another $500
worth of checks also were being
held by Washington bank. All
were written on a Texas bank, he
stated.
Mr. Mallard, who worked on the
investigation with 1t. Higgins, said
the major told him he did not run
around with women, drink or
gamble, but used the money to pay
debts.
Maj. Goewey is married and the
father of three children, all un-
der 3h years old. He is a graduate
OF Georgetown University and has
been in the Air Force for nine
years.
The majors attorney. Edward
Williams. said he advised him to
surrender to the police after Maj.
Goewey had come to him for ad-
vice.
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his shotgun. The women still had
firm hold by the time he re-
turned. They still held on-and
held Mr.. Hollar off the suspects
until Seat Pleasant police arrived,
Jailed on charges of assault
and robbery filed by Town Police
man Jacob Windsor were William
Stanley Taylor Of the 5100 block
of N street and Edmund Sitter of
the 1900 block of Fifty-seventh
street. Both are % and both live
In Hillside, Md. They are held
on bonds Of 1000.
The purse, containing about 50
and between $50 and $40 in jew
elry, was found in the bushes. No
one had a ready explanation for
the two suspects return to the
scene, but an opportunity for ex-
planation has been set for Trial
Magistrates Court In Upper Marl-
boro tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Retention of Omnibus Plan
For Funds Favored by Cannon
House Appropriations Chief Pleased
With Results of One-Pockuge Experiment

pointed out that the handling of
the normal budget in one omni-
bus bill this year made possible
economies in non-defense pro-
grams after war broke out in
Korea in June.
If Congress had followed the
old system of starting early in
the year to pass separate appro-
priation bills for each department,
this overall economy review after
the fighting started in Korea
would not have been as easy, he
said.
When the shooting began In
Korea on June Is, the omnibus
appropriation bill. covering all
Government departments. was
| {See BUDGET PAGE A-4l #
Evening star., 1950-11-16
New Porley to Break Arms Deadlock Due
in London December 4. Pooe A. q

Comet tanks rolled from q freight
train to the British armored force
depot. Shortly afterward 200
American soldiers also arrived by
rail.
The soldiers were members of
the Headquarters Company of the
9Th Infantry Regiment, which by
January will reinforce the Ameri-
can troops here to the level of a
powerfully armed regimental COM
bat team.
At noon, the Allied Komman-
datura the three Western conf
mandants) announced it would
equip and train the 13,800 police
force in West Berlin with SUBJ
machine guns, automatic rifles
and rifles.
In Interests of Security.
This is Gin the interests of Ber-
lin security" the Kommandaturs
asserted. 1t described the weapons
as types normal to a modern
police force"
Most of them will be retained
in Allied hands and issued to the
police only in case of emergency
the Kommandatura continued
ut is felt that this re-equipping
Of the West Berlin police is long
overdue, since the Soviets have
long ignored Allied Control Coun-
Gil directive No. 16 which author
ICES only pistols and truncheons
for the police.
apart from their creation OF
military formations, the Soviets
have always given their East Ber-
lin and East zone police armament
beyond that which we only now
are providing"
Tear Gas in Reserve.
i The Western powers have
charged that Russia trained
$4,000 or more East German po.
licemen in military battalions with
automatic weapons, tanks anc
artillery. West Berlin police hav,
carried only pistols but have hae
tear gas grenades in reserve.
Several other units of 9Th In
tantry Regiment still training il
Western Germany are due in Ber
lin soon. Whether the American
will bring tanks to the city tt
replace armored cars has not beer
announced officially. But tn,
question has been under discus
sion for several months.
Until today, a few French ligh
tanks of wartime American manu-
facture were all the armoret
punch the West possessed II
Berlin.
/ The Allied combat strength
here is about 5000 troops al
present. Under its expanding
defense program, the West ma.
have 10000 by early 1851.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Hits
6. 0. P. Attitude
On Profits Tax
Says Members Are
Ignoring Mandate
For Speedy Action
By Cecil HoIIond

Chairman Doughton today
charged that Republican member.
Of his House Ways and Mean.
Committee seem willing to ignore
a mandate Of Congress by oppos.
ing limitations on the scope ant
duration of current hearings or
an excess profits tax.
He made the statement as tn,
committee began hearing repre-.
sentatives of business and finan.
cial interests after Secretary o.
the Treasury Snyder yesterday
outlined administration recon-,
mendations for a rs per cent ex,
cess profits tax estimated tt
produce 81 billion annually from
corporate earnings.
Under President Truman's VI.
ging for action at this session
the committee yesterday voted or
strict party lines to shut off public
hearings on the tax bill not latel
than next Wednesday and confin,
testimony to an excess profits lev!
and no alternative forms Of taxa
ton.
Republican members charged
that the action of the Democratic
majority was steam roller tac'
tics" and gag rule"
Says Tactics Will Block Bill.
"It is not for me to judge tht
motives of members of our com
mittee, Mr.. Doughton said in {
statement handed reporters, "bu
every one familiar with the Cir
|cumstances knows that under The
procedure proposed by Republican
members, no tax legislation what.
ever would be possible at this ses.
sion of Congress, despite the dire
need for additional taxes"
Mr.. Doughton pointed out tina
in passing the tax bill in Sep
tember which raised individual
and corporate income tax rate
Congress directed the COMMITTEES
to report an excess profits tax bill
las early as practicable" aftel
November Is.
"The minority membership.
the chairman added. seems will
ing to ignore the very directive
for which they voted"
The Republican members, COO
toward an excess profits tax, hav,
insisted on the need for testimon,
on other forms of taxation to hell
raise revenue for the country
mounting defense program.
Is Witnesses Called Today.
The committee scheduled l!
witnesses for the second round o
hearings today and held them t.
testimony on features of an excess
profits tax. Most of the witnesses
expressed their opposition to sucl
a levy and in their testimon!
they urged provisions to lessen it!
severity in tapping corporation
profits.
One of the witnesses wa
Thomas N. Tarleau of the Com
merce and Industry Association o.
New York who said that an exces.
(See TAXES, Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Commissioners Name lo to Civil Defense
Medicol Committee. Poee B.

the civil defense department, po-
lice officials and the corporation
counsel, were submitted to the
Commissioners today by Brig. Gen.
William H. Abendroth. COM
mander of the District National
Guard.
AS approved, the Home Guard
Unit would be IAN organized body
OF volunteer citizens" of about 800
officers and men to start with.
They would be trained and
equipped to carry out the follow
ing missions in case of any emer-
gency:
Help law enforcement agencies
to maintain law and order; help
in the protection of Government
buildings and property; protection
of private property; help in the
evacuation or protection of civil
ian population, and augment the
city's defense protection if re-
quired."
Legislative Angles Studied.
The outline for the guard de-
scribes the initial organization as
consisting of at battalion head
quarters and headquarters COM
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Life Jacket Is Found
In Search for Wife Of
Insurance Executive
Escort Of Mrs. F. H. Ecker
Also Hunted~After Upset
OFF South Carolina Coost
BY the Associoted Press

CHARLESTON, S. c., Nov. TO-
Searchers sighted only a life
jacket and an empty rowboat to-
day as grim clues in a sea hunt
for the wife of a wealthy insur-
ance executive and her escort.
No trace was seen of Mrs. Fred
erick H. Ecker. 48-year-old wife
of the chairman of the board OF
the Metropolitan Life Insurance
Co.. or James Merrill Herd, jr.
80, head of New York theatrical
corporation. Both were pitched
into the sea yesterday as their
fishing boat capsized. Two COM
panions survived.
Two planes and six Coast Guard
boats hunted along the strands OF
Seabrook Island, Is miles south
of here.
Jacket Is Identified.
"It looks like they're goners,
said County Police 1t. Silas Welch
who has known the area for years
The life jacket, found by Coast
Guard boat. was identified by one
of the rescued members of the
party as the one worn by Mrs.
Ecker.
Mrs. Ecker's 83-year-old hus-
band arrived in New York today
from the West Coast and was en-
route here.
The fishing party put out yes
terday from the home of Mrs. Vic
tor Morawetz, owner of Seabrook
Beach. Mrs. Ecker arrived last
Friday to be guest at the pala-
tial home of Mrs. Morawetz,
wealthy widow of a New York
railroad lawyer and financier. Mr..
Herd, head of Herd Theatrical
Corp, which backs theatrical
productions, had been a house
Evening star., 1950-11-16
B-50 Falls in France,
Crew of II Found Safe
BY the Associated Press

MONTPELIER, France, Nov.
16.-An American B-5o crashed
9 miles west of here in South
western France early today with
one engine burning.
Police said at least 10 of the II
occupants parachuted to safety in
the dark and only l of the 10
had any sort of injury-a slightly
bruised knee. The eleventh occu-
pant also parachuted but had not
yet Joined his comrades.
Later in the day the eleventh
man was found safe not far from
the scene of the crash.
Evening star., 1950-11-16

to divisions" In Korea were com.
Ipleted between October ] and is
The Senator. in a letter. sale
he was like "all Americans
greatly distressed" about reports
of serious shortages of warm uni
forms.
The Senator added that he had
asked experts of the Senate Ap-
preparations Committee, of which
he is member, to determine i'm
mediately how much money the
armed forces requested and how
much Congress appropriated for
winter clothing and equipment.
Caught Off Guard.
He asked Secretary Marshall to
tell him whether the Situation is
as grim as we have been led to
believe" whether the armed forces
anticipated it, whether winter
clothing and equipment had been
shipped to Korea from this coun-
try, and why it was not in the
hands of American soldiers.
Il am greatly disturbed by re-
ports we have had that our SOL
diers in North Korea are fighting
in the bitterest cold without ade-
quate cold-weather clothing and
equipment" Senator Ferguson
wrote.
Some Of the reports by war
correspondents on the fighting
front have indicated that head
quarters was caught off guard
when United Nations forces met
stiff resistance from Chinese Com
munist troops just when the war
seemed near an end. However,
both the Army in Washington and
Gen. MacArthur's headquarters
have maintained that sufficient
winter clothing and equipment is
In the Far East and that the stu
alton was brought about because
the U. N. forces outran their
supply lines.
Units Took Adequate Supply.
A Pentagon spokesman declared
that units shipped as units from
this country took their own COM
plete winter clothing and equip
ment with them.
He said all Far East Command
requiSitionS for winter clothino
and equipment had been filled
and that in the very few cases.
where substitutions were neces-
sary the Far East Command ap-
proved them in advance.
However. the spokesman could
not say whether all individuals
on the extreme northern fighting
front had been supplied with win
(See FERGITSNN pooe AN
Evening star., 1950-11-16
By ]. A. O'Leory

Chairman Cannon of the House
Appropriations Committee will
urge the new Congress to stick to
the single-package money bill
plan the present Congress tried
for the first time this year.
From his home in Elsberry, Mo-,
Mr.. Cannon said in telephone
interview today that he is pleased
with the results of the 1850 expert
ment and favors following the
same procedure in 1851.
Chairman Taft Of the Senate
Republican Policy Committee also
believes good job was done with,
the one-package bill.
Mr.. Cannon. who was reelected
in an easy victory last week
Evening star., 1950-11-16

pany, four companies and one
medical detachment" It's COM
mander. for training purposes
will take orders from Gen. Abend-
roth.
The Commissioners have asked
the corporation counsel to deter
mine whether the force can be set
up under the existing Militia Act
or whether additional legislation
will be required.
Formation of home guards was
provided in bill Congress passed
just before the recess. The new
force would step into the breach
left by the departure of regular
National Guard units for Federal
service. Legislators in urging en-
(See HOMIE cITApD pooa A-d>
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Cruiser Back From Koreu
PANAMA CITY. Panama

PANAMA CITY, Panama, Nov.
Is (R.-Back from the Korean
War. the United States light
cruiser Worcester is en- route to
the Philadelphia Navy Yard for
overhaul. The ship berthed here
last night before going through
the Panama Canal. BY November
81 she will have circled the world
in a voyage Of $4,000 nautical
miles.
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Scot Wants to Know
| If British in Korea
Have Enough Rum
By the Asseeioisd Press

py me Asseeiofed PreSS
LONDON, Nov. 16.-James
Stuart. a Scot. expressed con-
cern in the House of Commons
today over whether British
troops in Korea "have a good
supply of good quality rum"
Amid the laughter of fellow
members at such a query by
a man from the fountainhead
OF Scotch whisky, Defense
Minister Emanuel Shinwell
replied:
"A question after my own
heart. I will certainly look
into it,"
Evening star., 1950-11-16
FatherCharged
In Child Death
On nSky|ineDrive
Confession Reported;
Wife Badly Hurt
In Wreck of Car
PIuI ETlN
BULLETIN

FRONT ROYAL, Va. P).-
Andrew Danton, found wounded
with his wife and the body of
their dead child in a wrecked
car Just off the mountain-to
Skyline drive. was charged with
murder today by the FBI.
Police in Front Royal today said
a Washington man has admitted
Staying his 4-year-old daughter
and attempting to kill his wife and
himself before plunging their car
over Skyline Drive.
Body of the child, Lynn Frances
Danton, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Danton, $3.50 Thirty
ninth street NV. was found in
the back seat of the blood soaked
car which had plunged 100 feet
down the steep bank of a fill at
the Gooney Run overlook, Z miles
south of Front Royal.
There was a deep cut in her
throat and severe bruises on her
head.
Virginia authorities, National
Park Service and the Federal
Bureau of Investigation were con-
ferring at Front Royal today, but
were reticent to talk.
Front Royal police, however.
said Danton, a former Census
Bureau employe who resigned two
weeks ago, had told them of the
crime.
No Reason Apparent.
They quoted him as saying he
got his wife and child out of the
car. which was parked at the
overlook, on the pretext Of taking
pictures. Then, they said he told
them, he struck the child with
hammer, which broke. Then he
used an auto jack to strike the
wife, they quoted him.
Authorities said he seemed to
have no reason" for the Staying,
but later he mentioned the diff
Guilty of having to spend $40 900
a year to live when he made only
SO, 900.
They quoted his account as
follows:
| Thought of murder came to him
only five minutes before the FAM
ily's south abound car reached the
} overlook. The first blow with the
hammer over the child's head
broke the handle. He then OBJ
tanned the Jack handle and struck
!, his wife on the head.
Slashed Threats.
Then. using broken pop bottle,
he slashed their throats. put them
back into the car. slashed his own
throat and wrists and drove the
lear over the embankment.
AS the car crashed to a stop
against the tree. he said he real
lied the child was not dead and
slashed at her throat with broken
glass. Then. the police said, he
set fire to the car, using notepaper
and the child's comic books.
Two spots, apparently blood,
were found on the overlook park
ing area. Rangers also said the
hammer handle and woman's
shoe were found there.
The unconscious mother, her
head also badly bruised, and her
wrists and neck cut was found on
the floor of the front seat and the
father was seated on the ground,
leaning against the open door Of
the drivers seat.
Mrs. Danto1i, who is 80, is in
critical condition in the Front
Royal Community Hospital. MIR.
Danton, "a, who had neck and
wrist injuries, also is in a critical
condition and is under police guard
at the hospital.
Jurisdiction Discussed.
United States Attorney Roy
Rush of Roanoke, park rangers
and FBI agents were comforting
today discussing. among other as
poets of the case, whether the
(See SKYLINE. Page A-7O
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Father Tries Suicide,
Soddened as TripIets
Make 1t 9 Daughters
BY the Assoeioied Press

ROME, Nov. 16.-Ilario Ba-
Sioni of Pozzo Magra, 46-year-
old father of six daughters,
always wanted a son. When
he learned his wife had given
birth to triplets-all girls-he
jumped out of the window of
his one-story home.
Basioni, uninjured, told
friends who rushed to his aid:
This is the saddest day Of
my life"
Evening star., 1950-11-16
Western Allies Bolster
Berlin Police With
Automatic Weapons
8 British Tunks and 200
More American Troops
Reinforce Garrison
by The Associated Press

BERLIN, Nov. 16.-The Western
powers brought British tanks and
American troop reinforcements to
Berlin today and announced they
will arm German police here with
submachine guns and automatic
rifles.
AS German school children
waved welcome, eight 33-ton
Evening star., 1950-11-16

GI Brothers. One Hurt in Koreo, Land in
Some Hospital Room. Page AZ
knitted through the frost-covered
Pungsan hills in the northeast to
within 20 miles Of the Red Man
churian border. The 17th smashed
S miles to the 41st Parallel against
Red tanks, artillery and infantry
1t was the days biggest gain.
In sharp contrast. the entire
United States 1st Corps advanced
along a 30-mile front in the north
west. virtually unopposed. Tenn
peratures rose, but a sleet storm
made the going rough. Gains
ranged UP to 4 miles.
Navy Helps South Koreans.
American naval guns helped
South Koreans turn the tables or
attacking Reds on the opposite
coast in the extreme northeast.
United States Marines clashed
with a sizable Communist force
In the mountainous center of the
peninsula. They advanced as
much as miles along the west
side Of ice-coated Changjin res
ervoir.
Troops of the Republic of Korea
I'd Corps stabilized the saggine
bottom of the line against strong
Red opposition.
Here's what happened today
looking over the mountainous
battle front slanting from west
to east:
The ROK 1st Division advanced
nearly 4 miles north and west OF
Fakchon. That expanded the
western flank of the Chongchon
River beachhead. Two Chinese
Communist divisions were said to
have pulled back 10 miles.
The British Commonwealth 9th
Brigade entered Pakchon and
pushed about 3 miles forward.
Patrols found no trace of Reds
within another mile and half.
2 Divisions Advance.
The United States Gath Division
advanced UP to 11a miles and sent
patrols as far as Yongsong, IS
miles northeast of Pakchon.
The United States 1st Calalry
Division advanced against light
opposition more than half mile
beyond Yongbyon, 7 miles south
east of Yongsong. and expanded
its positions southeast.
The ROK I'd Corps, whose posi-
tions have been dented in recent
days by Chinese Communist
counterattacks. recaptured road
positions southwest of Yongbyon
and moved back into Tokchon, Is
miles east of Yongbyon.
United States Marines of the
7th Regiment. probing west OF
the great Changjin reservoir
bumped into a Communist force OF
undetermined size. Two Marine
companies skirmished with the
Red outposts. Then the Marines
105-mm. artillery let loose.
Big Red Force Reported.
An unconfirmed report by q
prisoner said Chinese Communists
were building up big force in
the mountains west of the reser-
voir. The entire Chinese 42d
Army may be in the area. The
AID consists of the decimated
124th Division, 125th and 126th
Farther to the northeast the
two-pronged advance of the United
States 7th Infantry Division car.
ried those winter clad troops ur
the east shores of Pujon Reservoir
and along the twisting mountain
= road to bomb-raided Kapsan.
It was this right wing of the
(See KOREA, Page A-3.)