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Evening star., 1950-08-29
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British Communists
Hitch 10 Labor Party
BY the Assecioied Press

LONDON, Aug. 29.-The British
Communist Party today sought to
repair it's political fortunes by
hitching onto the Labor Party.
It announced it would reduce
sharply in the next general elec-
ton the number of Red candi-
dates and support Laborites in
other constituencies.
The Communists indicated a
two-fold strategy: Form a united
front" against a possible victory
by Winston Churchill's Conserva-
tives. and bore from within at
Labor by fighting "for a new
policy and against the right-wing
Labor leaders and their policy"
In the last general election. the
Communists were slapped down
without victory in about 100
contests and lost their only two
seats in the House of Commons.
The party's General Secretary
Harry Pollit said recently that
the policy of contesting every
parliamentary seat had proved a
fundamental mistake"
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Soviet Sub Officers SCATTERING
Over World, London Paper Says
Star Staff Photo.

tinued. actual assembly of the
prefabricated hulls and machinery
has been slowed down for the
training, sea time and skill of the
crews to catch. up.
MY information Is that the
total Of Russian submarines has
reached $50. and the prefabrica-
ton plant could produce As to so
new boats each month If trained
crews were available"
The dispatch said 100 of the $50
are obsolete and that half of the
remainder were built for purely
defensive operation around the
Russian coastline.
80 Russia's long opera
tional underwater strength at this
moment Is 130 submarines" the
dispatch said. Fifty of these are
believed to be In the Baltic and so
in the Pacific"
The dispatch did not locate the
other 20.
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CI0 Executives Vote,
41-2, 10 Gust Bridges
IAnd Union as Leftists
BY the Assoeiaied Press

The CIO Executive Board voted
AL to 2 today to oust Harry
bridges and his West Coast Long
ishoremen's Union from the CIO
Jon charges of following the Com
smuniSt Party line.
The dissenting votes were cast
by j. w. Robertson, vice president
of Bridges union, and Hugh Bry-
Eson, president of the Marine Cooks
sand Stewards who faces the same
certain custer before nightfall.
{ Bridges and Bryson could appeal
the Executive Board action to the
CIO convention in Chicago No
svember 30.
( Included in the custer of the
T5.000 longshoremen was the re-
moval Of the Fisherman and Al
gied Workers, headed by Joseph
Jurich. which had merged two
months ago with the Bridges
9lnion..
k In the past, Bridges has resisted
removal from CIO. and asserted
lae was merely following good
trade union tactics.
4 The CIO already has expelled
eight unions charged with follow
Ang the Communist line at the ex-
PenSe of CIO policy. Another,
the United Furniture Workers,
cleared itself in convention by
getting rid of officers charged
with Communist sympathies.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Cot Mystery Solved
BY Discovery Of 40
In Vacant Store
BY the Associoied Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 29.-It was
a dark room, and 80 yellow eyes
glared at John Stitzel.
He backed out, slammed the
door and called police.
Mr.. Stitzel. an agent for the
American Society for the Preven-
tion Of Cruelty to Animals, had
been summoned to investigate the
strange noises that came from a
vacant Brooklyn store.
His discovery, made yesterday,
solved a mystery that had baffled
police and householders for
weeks. 49,.
What had become of all their
house cats?
Police said an elderly couple
who had rented the store for liv-
ing quarters apparently had col
lected the cats and abandoned
them.
Mr.. Stitzel and his partnn~
John Joule. took the 40 cats to
the ASPCA shelter to be helo lol
their owners. Police went to work
to find the missing couple.
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farben Chemical Trust
Is Broken Up by Allies
BY the Assoeioied Press

BONN. Germany. Aug. 29.-The
British, French and American
high commissioners for Germany
published yesterday a new law de-
signed to bring about the final
breakup Of the octopus-like I. G..
Farben chemical empire. once the
biggest industrial cartel in the
world. a.
The law provides that the re-
naming domestic assets of Far
ben be dispersed among German
companies so that competition will
be promoted in the chemical and
related industries. Farben had
been able to stifle competition.
The 169 plants still under West
ern Allied jurisdiction in Germany
and Berlin will be sold to indie
pendent German companies still
to be formed or to existing Farben
subsidiaries. but the merger of any
OF the new companies is prohibited
by the law unless approved by the
Allied commission. All persons
convicted of war crimes or of
having participated in pushing
Nazi war aims are barred from
any new companies.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
{. & P. Plans 10 Expand
Shepherd, HyattsviIIe Lines
By the Assoeioted Press

BALTIMORE. Aug. 20. The
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.'s Board of Directors today ap-
proved $631 900 worth of expan-
sion for its Shepherd and Hyatts-
vile exchanges in the Washing
ton suburbs.
The projects were part of a So
657 900 program authorized for
telephone facilities throughout the
State.
These included $32, 300 for new
cable and wire facilities at Laurel
$29, 800 at Hurlock and $20,8
at Easton.
The outlay in the Washington
suburban area includes $299 ,00C
for the expansion of the dial
equipment and $4,000 for new
wires and cables at the Shepherd
exchange, and $4,000 for dial
equipment at Hyattsville.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Canada S Parliament
Meets on Rail Strike
By the Associated Press

! OTTAWA, Aug. 29.-Canada' s
parliament assemblies today to ACT
.on government legislation in
itended to start the nations trains
nolling again. There were indi-
;cationS the country's first general
railway strike might be over by
sthe week end.
! One week ago today $4,000
Incorporating rail workers struck
for higher wages and shorter
hours. Since then a like number
.of workers have been laid off in
industries dependent on rail trans
port. Some isolated areas in the
dominion already have been
nipped by shortages of fresh food.
Special legislation to end the
strike was expected to be passed
by tomorrow. Such action, OBJ
servers said, would permit re-
sumption of rail transport by the
end of the week.
Strike leaders were prepared to
yield to parliamentary action un-
der certain conditions.
If a law is passed ordering the
men to go back. they will obey it
but they won't like it" said Frank
H. Hall and A. r. Mosher, rail
union spokesmen.
IF the law requires the resump-
tion of negotiations, the unions
will no doubt comply" they added.
The nature of the governments S
measures to halt the strike still
remained an official secret. It
was expected that the general
terms might be disclosed when
the special session opens this
afternoon.
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Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning. six miles per hour;
direction, southeast. g..
Five-Day Forecast for Washington
and Vicinity, Aug. 29-Sept. 3.
Temperature will average slight
ly above normal for the period, in
Washington maximum 81 and
minimum SO, afternoon or evening
thundershowerS. Total rainfall
about three e-fourths inch.
District Medical Society ragweed
pollen count for "a hours ended 8
am, August 20, 43 grains per
cubic yard of air.
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raise for Government workers" ,"
Mr.. Her declared.
SEVERANCE PAY-The con-
vention's Resolutions Committee
is drafting resolution calling for
severance pay. or unemployment
compensation benefits, for Federal
workers who lose their jobs.
IF it's good for employees in
private industry. then it's good for
Government employees" John
Walker, chairman of the Resolu-
tions Committee, declared.
4 II
ORGANIZATION PLANS-Pres-
ident Her told the delegates the
union will consider plans to have
a new building of its own in Wash
ington. The AFGE now has office
space in building at 900 F street
NV.
Possibly we can't go ahead and
start building Immediately, but it's
something we should begin to con-
slider now," he told the delegates
4 Il Il
SIDELIGHT-Before delivering
his speech. Mr.. Dawson told re-
porters President Truman had
read carefully the manuscript be-
fore his aide left for Omaha.
Don. look on Page 16, anc
you'll see that we have the oldest
employe in the world working fol
u.s." the President wrote on the
first page of the speech.
Mr.. Dawson hurriedly turned
to Page 16 and found that a
reference to Budget Director Fred
Lawton as a Federal career man
with 80 years of service read:
Career man with 300 years o1
service
ABUSE-Assistant Labor Sec
retary Ralph Wright addressed
the conventions banquet last
night and lashed out at what hi
termed wild, reckless and un.
founded charges" against Govern.
ment employees.
There are some people who
seem to make careers of question
ing the loyalty and patriotism
OF Government personnel" Mr.
Wright declared.
"The barrage of baseless
charges has tended to make
some unthinking people wonder
whether. in the Government
offices. a Communist spy is moi
lurking behind every post" Mr.
Wright added. These charge.
and the criticisms traditionally
uttered by some that Government
workers are inefficient loafers anc
clock-watching time servers are
simply not fair to the great body
OF splendid people who work TO,
the Government.
Government employees, as a
group. are among the ablest
hardest-working and most con-
scientious and devoted loyal
American citizens I have ever
known"
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Hurricane Creeping
Toward Gulf Coast
After Lashing Cuba
By the Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS. Aug. ga
small, poorly defined tropical hur-
ricane moved slowly toward the
Louisiana Mississippi coast today
from point in the Gulf Of
Mexico 49o miles south southeast
of New Orleans.
The Weather Bureau said the
storm would inch toward New
Orleans until about 1880 am.
but it could not forecast what
path it would follow after that.
If the hurricane continues its
present course, the bureau said, it
could not reach the city before
early Thursday even if it picked
up speed.
Forward movement of the storm
was reported very slow from a
position $40 miles west of Havana
and about 100 miles north Of the
Yucatan peninsula. Winds up to
IS miles an hour extended out
ward about 10 miles. '.,
Coast Battens Down.
But from Pensacola. Fla. to
Morgan City, La, midway between
New Orleans and the Texas line.
the Gulf Coast began to batten
down.
About 500 Navy planes were
evacuated from the Pensacola
area and from the New Orleans
Naval Air Station.
Another hurricane, located
about $50 miles southeast Of Ber-
muda, remained fairly stationary.
Winds Reach lis M.P.H.
Highest winds were estimated
at lis miles per hour near the
center.
The smaller and less forceful
Gulf hurricane brought death by
drowning to at least 20 persons
in Western Cuba and did damage
estimated at more than 50 mil
lion after hitting there Saturday
night.
Rains of from 8 to 10 inches
that accompanied the hurricane
flooded most rivers in that area,
and hit particularly hard in the
interior of Pinar del Rio Province.
Fruit crops. especially bananas.
were ruined and many cattle were
reported lost as flood damage in
that province reached the pro-
portions of a disaster in some
areas.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

District of Columbia-Some
cloudineSs and humid with chance
of scattered thundershowers and
high around 88 this afternoon.
Rather cloudy and warm tonight
and tomorrow with scattered
thundershowers likely. Lowest to-
night about 72.
Maryland-Rather cloudy, warm
and humid with scattered thun-
dershowers likely tonight and to-
morrow.
Virginia-Rather cloudy, warm
and humid with scattered thun-
dershowers likely tonight and to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Cor Sales Law Voided

In Norfolk, Va, a Circuit Court
judge ruled unconstitutional law
passed by the General Assembly
earlier this year permitting new
cars to be sold only by enfran-
chised dealers.
Unless reversed by a higher
court. the opinion. in effect. means
that used car dealers may con-
tinue to sell new cars. A motor
company sued the State when it
was refused permission to sell va
rious makes of new cars for which
1t held no franchise.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

the AFL Amer
lean Federation
of Government
Employees plans
h a We b e e n
drafted to OBJ
tain the serv-
ices of key Fed
eral workers, if
and when new
e m e rg e n y
agencies are
necessary.
Mr.. Dawson
said the plan
will permit "ef-
fectiye opera
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Maryland
and
Virginia
Maryland G. O. P. Leaders
Stoy Neutral on Towes
News in Brief

Republican leaders have voted
against putting a candidate in
the field to oppose Controller j.
Millard Tawes, Democrat. who
seeks reelection on Gov. Lanes
ticket.
This means that Mr.. Tawes will
be elected without opposition un-
less the Republican State Central
Committee reverses itself before
the September 5 deadline for
nomination by petition. He is
unopposed for the Democratic
nomination. The Republican lead
ers voted 20 to 10 in Baltimore
last night not to offer a candi-
0ate.-AP.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, SO, at 4:50 pm.
Low. ~. at 7:10 am
Record Temperatures This Year
Highest, 90. on June "A.
Lowest. Is. on March 8.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Only One Weapon

The fighting weapon of the
rhinocerous is a horn on the nose.
Its sight is poor. but its hearing
aud scent are acute.
Evening star., 1950-08-29

Sugar pine grows in the Sierra
Nevada mountains of California
and in southern Oregon at eleva.
tions of from 5000 to 1000 feet.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
The FederdI Spotlight
The Federd Spotlight
Dawson Tells of Plan to Shift
Key Aides to Emergency Units
By Joseph YOUNG

OMAHA Nenr Avg ga top White House official today dis
closed plans transfer experienced whatever
Government agencies might be cope the
on Federal personnel matters toldt-
Evening star., 1950-08-29

A total of SO 900 radio amateurs
operate about $4,000 stations in
this country.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
lures In Various Cities.

Hoarding is foolish. Despite
the fighting in Korea there is no
immediate prospect of food ration
ing or shortages. Don't hoard.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
AIexondrions OFT to War

For the 11th time in $50
years, Alexandria's fighting
men marched off for Federal
service this morning.
Battery b of the 710th Ma
tiOnal Guard Anti-Aircraft Ar
tillery Battalion, activated last
month, boarded a train for
Camp Stuart, Ga. 1t is a sue
cessor to the famed old Alexan-
dria Light Infantry which
fought Indians in 1893, crossed
the Delaware with its honorary
captain, George Washington,
and defended Washington in the
War of 1912, to list few Of its
battle records.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
Defense Groups Named

Two suburban communities ad-
vanced plans for civilian defense
last night.
The Falls Church City Council
appointed Joseph w. Seay, real
estate man, as co-ordinator for
that Virginia suburb. In Mary
land, the Kensington Town Coun-
Gil named two of its members to
call meeting of representatives
from civic and business groups
to set up a local defense agency
until a State or national organi-
zation takes over.
Evening star., 1950-08-29
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

River Report.
(From United States Englneers)
Potomac River clear at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls. Shenandoah clear at
Harpers Ferry.
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Tide Tables
The Sun and Moon
Precipitation.

Monthly precipitation in inches in th
Capital (current month to datel:
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ltional convention of
Evening star., 1950-12-05

Save $40 j.. . and get lifetime of ironing
ease! Irons sleeves, Sheets delicate blouses!
Irons every fabric at the exact degree of heat
required for perfect results! Folds into
beautiful, portable console when not in use!
See this top-value at any of Lacy's stores!
Evening star., 1950-12-05

Your hands need never again
touch water! You need never
again lift heavy, wet clothes!
Thor does it all! Clothes are
washed, rinsed and spun
damp-dry all in one tub
while you relax! See
this wonder-washer at Lacy's.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Rites for Ben barrow
To Be Held Today
By the Associoted Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 81
Funeral services will be held here
today for Ben H. Darrow, so, a
pioneer in the use of radio broad
casts for teaching and a member
of the University of Maryland
faculty many years ago.
He died here Saturday.
Mr.. Darrow was on the Mary
land faculty before World War I,
when the College Park school was
known as Maryland State Agricul-
ture College. He was the first
full-tim YMCA secretary at Col
lege Park and during World War !
served as a YMCA secretary at
Camp Meigs near Washington.
In Chicago during the 30s he
conducted "The Little Red School
House of the Air" among the first
educational broadcasts. Later he
became Uncle Ben, the Radio
Schoolmaster" as director of the
Ohio School of the Air.
At the time of his death, Mr..
Darrow was public relations rep
resentative for the Ohio Expend-
iture Council.
His eldest son. Richard w. Dar-
row, is director of public relations
for the Glenn L. Martin Co. in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Mrs. Herman HoIz, Widow
OF Policeman, Dies at 83

Mrs. Herman Holz, 83, widow of
a retired Metropolitan policeman,
died here Sunday after a long ILL
ness.
Mrs. Holz, the former Mary
Swaney, was born in Hanoverton.
Ohio. She had been a Washing
ton resident for 56 years. Mr..
Holz, policeman here for 80
years, and an Indian fighter in
his early days, died last Septem-
ber. They had lived at 829 Twen-
tieth street NV.
Mrs. Holz was a member Of
Martha Washington Rebekah
Lodge No. 3 and formerly had
been active in charity work here.
Surviving are two nieces, Mrs.
Mary Cronin of Geneva, Ohio, and
Miss Martha M. Hester, 1920
Twenty-f1r street NV.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Thursday in Gawler's
Chapel. 1855 Pennsylvania avenue
NV. Burial will be beside her
husband in Arlington Cemetery,
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Herbert ". Mills, 81,
Dies in Alexandria;
Active in Legion

Herbert w. Mills, SO, active in
American Legion affairs in Alex
andria, died Sunday at Alexandria
Hospital. He had been a patient
there week.
A lifelong resident of Alexan-
dria. Mr.. Mills had been assistant
traffic manager of the Ford Mo-
tor Co. here and in Alexandria for
Is years. He lived at 109 Com
monwealth avenue.
One of the youngest members
OF the Alexandria National Guard
prior to World War I, he served
as a regimental sergeant major
with the 116th Infantry.
He served on the Mexican bor-
der in 1915 and later saw action
in France.
Mr.. Mills became affiliated with
American Legion Post No. "a in
Alexandria 80 years ago. He
served as adjutant on several oc-
casions and was commander in
1945. He also was a member of
the Elks.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Lillian A. Mills: his mother, Mrs.
Grace Mills; a daughter, Mrs. w.
F. Egan: three sisters, Mrs. Dor
thea v. Budwesky,. Mrs. Ruth Fa-
will and Mrs. Paul Whalen; two
brothers, T. E. and James w.
Mills. and two grandchildren, all
of Alexandria.
Funeral services will be held at
2:15 pm. tomorrow in the De-
maine funeral home, Alexandria.
Burial will be in Arlington Gene
terry.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
.S27,45O,OOO Asked
For Palestine Relief

President Truman has called on
Congress to furnish $27, ,450, 900 for
a combined relief and public
works program to help Palestine
refugees in the Near East through
the United Nations. This sum
would be matched by other ma
tions. An 18-month plan will be
carried out.
The program was drafted by a
mission headed by Gordon Clapp
Tennessee Valley Authority direc-
tor.
The President asked for con-
gressional action in letters late
yesterday to Vice President Bark
ley and Speaker Rayburn.
This Government earlier con-
tributed $16,0o0,000 for relief in
the area which likewise was
matched by other countries.
Evening star., 1950-01-31
New House Chaplain Familiar
With Role as 'Pinch-Hitter
DR.. Broskomp Admits
Pleasant SURPRISE;
ToOfficiute Tomorrow

The new chaplain of the House
OF Representatives isn't a new.
conner at all.
For the Rev. DR.. Bernard Bras.
kamp, his new job means only 6
change in status from pinch
hitter" to regular.
DR., Braskamp. who is pastor
of the Gunton- Temple Memoria,
Presbyterian Church at Sixteenth
and Newton streets NV. has fillec
in as House chaplain for his pre-
decessor. the Rev. DR.. James
Shera Montgomery, some "175 tc
200 times" over the last 10 OF
IL years. He's also substituted "a
good deal'' for the Rev. DR.. Fred
erick Brown Harris in offering the
opening prayer for Senate sessions
They're pretty we'll used tc
what say in the invocations uI
on the HILL" said the 62-year-old
minister.
Pleasantly Surprised.
But even so, DR.. Braskamp's S
appointment yesterday came as a
pleasant surprise. Action came
after the House accepted the res
ignation of DR.. Montgomery, who
had served more than 90 years.
1T was all very sudden" smiled
DR.. Braskamp. "I had heard
rumors, after all. but had nc
assurance I would be chosen. ]
felt I was merely one among a
number benig considered"
DR.. Braskamp is scheduled to
offer his first prayer in his new
position when the House opens
it's session at noon tomorrow. And
on February 18, he'll celebrate his
63d birthday.
Born in Alton, Iowa, the new
House chaplain received his bach
elor of arts degree from the Uni
versity of Michigan in 1908 and
was graduated from the Princeton
Theological Seminary in 1911. He
was ordained and came to Wash
ington the same year, as assistant
to the late DR.. Charles Wood of
Gurley Memorial Presbyterian
Church.
He later became pastor of
Gurley and when Gunton- Temple
was formed by merger in 1920,
stepped in as pastor there-a job
he has held ever since. Ten years
later, he received his doctor of
divinity degree from Hanover
Qndo College.
In length of active service DR..
Braskamp is dean of Presbyterian
clergy in Washington. He was
moderator in 1929 of the Wash
ington City Presbytery, and in
1910 of the Synod of Baltimore
which is composed of 153
churches. He is also president of
Evening star., 1950-01-31
Commodore A. |. Key
To Be Buried Today

Funeral services for Commodore
Albert Lenoir Key, 90. U. S. NJ, re-
tired, were to be held this after
noon in Fort Myer Chapel. Burial
with full military honors was to be
in Arlington Cemetery.
The commodore, former chief
of staff of the Atlantic Fleet and
aide to President Theodore Roose-
velt, died Thursday in New York.
He had lived there several years.
Commodore Key was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1882
and was one of the oldest living
graduates of the school. He served
in the Spanish american War and
later was naval attache in Tokyo
and Peking.
He served as the Presidents s
naval aide from 1905 to 1907. He
subsequently was commanding
officer of the Cruiser Salem, chief
of staff of the Atlantic Fleet and
commanding officer of the battle
ship Texas. He retired in 1912.
A native of Loudon County,
Tenn, Commodore Key married in
1898 the former Miss Grace Condit
Smith of Washington, who died a
number of years ago.
He was member of the Metro
politan Club and the Army and
Navy Club here.
Surviving are son, David Nc
Kendree Key, counsellor of the
American Embassy at Rio de ia
metro, and three grandchildren.
The son is brother law of Ad-
miral Jerauld Wright, commander
of amphibious forces of the At
lantic Fleet.