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Evening star., 1950-01-15
(See WEATHER, Page
By the Associated Press

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Jan. IA,
Former Secretary of State
James F. Byrnes announced to-
night he would be a candidate
for the Democratic nomination
for governor Of South Carolina
this year.
Mr.. Byrnes, once known as
assistant president" to Franklin
D. Roosevelt, has served in both
houses of Congress.
His statement said:
IT will be a candidate for gov
ernor. I will seek the nomina-
ton of the Democratic Party OF
South Carolina.
when left the service of the
National Government in l947 ]
fully intended not to return to
actual participation in political
affairs, I adhered to this inten-
ton until last spring when the
trend of political events caused
me to express my views of poll
cies affecting the State and
Nation.
During the last six months ]
have been urged by many people
in all walks of life in the State
to be a candidate for Governor
The people of this State have been
good to me, and I have decided
to be a candidate. in the hope, il
elected. I can be of service to
them"
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Trapped Coal Miner Imp|ores
Rescuers to Speed Up Efforts
Crews Only 6 Feet Away from Imprisoned
Mon; Brother Still Missing in Shaft

Rescuers expressed hope that
they could reach Joseph early to-
day. They prepared to lower flash
lights to him.
Mr.. Burda told them he could
hear falling coal and rock as the
power shovel worked overhead. He
said he had to climb to reach the
pipe through which contact was
established and implied he had
plenty OF room to move about.
His wife, Mary, left the scene
shortly before midnight, virtually
exhausted.
Earlier in the evening John
Becker q veteran miner, heard Jo-
seph's voice.
Mr.. Becker said the trapped
man heard the power shovel res
cuers are using to scoop away the
(See MINERS Page A
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Police Report Clues
After Watchman Tell.
OF Arlington Attack
Employe of Firm, Scene
Of Strike, Says Shots
Were Fired at Cor

Detective Capt. C. Burns Press
ley of Arlington said last night
police have something very def
mite" in the reported firing of two
shots at a Smoot Sand g. Gravel
Corp. watchman as he drove home
early yesterday. A strike has been
in effect at the plant since August
1--WE have several leads and they
look very good" Capt. Presley
said. He refused to give further
details, however.
The watchman, Marshall c.
Keys, 81. escaped with a slight
left-arm wound he thinks was
caused by flying glass or a bullet
which smashed a window of the
left front door of his car.
Second Bullet Hits Car.
A second bullet, Mr.. Keys said
tore through the windows of both
front doors-passing only three OF
four inches in front of his body.
Mr.. Keys, who lives at zoos
West Spruce street, Falls Church
was a cement plant foreman for
the Smoot company before union
workers went on strike. Since
work stopped, he has been a night
1See SHOOTING Page All
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Spain Makes Appeal
To World for Grain
To Alleviate Famine
Request Even Carried to
Soviet; New Chase Bank
Loan Is Reported
BY the Assoeioted Press

MADRID. Jan. 14.-Spain ap-
pealed to "any country whatso-
ever" today to ship her 100000
tons of grain to ease wheat FAM
inc.
Payment was offered in Ameri.
can dollars.
Besides the pubic appeal fol
food grains. issued in the officia
organ of the Spanish Commerce
and Industry Ministry, it wa
learned chat Spain has approached
Soviet Russia in desberate at.
tempt to holster ner shortening
food stocks.
(In Washington an official of
the Commodity Credit Corp,
Government agency which ham
dies the purchase and sale of
surplus agricultural products,
said there is sufficient surplus
wheat in this country to meet
the Spanish need.
owed prefer" said the Off
cial, Ralph S. Trigg, a member
of the CCC board of directors,
"that they buy the wheat
through regular trade chan
nels.")
Highly TelIable sources said Gen
eralissimo frances anti-Commu
mist government nas asked Russi'
to send grain to the country in re-
turn for wolfram and mercury.
These sources also said Spaii
soli 5000 gallons of OLIVE oil tt
Communist led Czechos,ovaki'
last month and received paymen
in American dollars.
New Loans in u. S. Exported
They added that the Franc,
government has reached agreemen
with the Chase National Bank o
New York for a second dollar loan
The Chase bank lent Spain SIS,
100000 last February 9. Th
amount of the new loan, the col
lateral put up and the terms wer'
not revealed.
In New York, Crawford
Wheeler, vice = president in
charge of public relations for
lSee SPAIN. Page Asa
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Barry defeated Horace Ashenfelter
of the Shanahan c. C. of Phila-
phia in the Acacia two-mile, an
event which stole the show. Run
ming indoors for the first time and
wearing his first pair of fiat shoes,
Barry allowed the favored Ashen-
felter to set the pace before max
ing his bid.
The course, normally eight laps
to the mile. was discovered to be
short" and the times of the dis
tance events did not count.
Barry's time of 8::27.4 for the
Acacia, if run over a true two
mile course. would have been
phenomenal.
So close and dramatic was the
two-mile event that it overshad-
owed the nominal feature of the
games, the mile run. This was
won by Don Gehrmann of Wis
consin in the short course" time
of 4:01.6.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

East Immediately seized on the
announcement for renewed de-
mands for military aid for the
beleaguered island of Formosa
where the Chinese Nationalist
forces are making a last-ditch
stand.
They coupled with this a call for
resignation of State Department
officials responsible for the coun-
try's Far Eastern policies and the
adoption of non-defeatist atti-
tude in dealing with the Chinese
Communists. Charges of ZAP
peasement" and bankruptcy" in
the State Department policies
marked the Republican comment.
Policy Termed Bankrupt.
"The announcement by the
State Department that the Amer
ican consulate in Peiping had been
seized" said Senator Knowland,
Republican, of California, lead
ing critic of the State Depart
ment's handling of the situation,
"underscores the result of our
bankrupt China policy"
Senator Knowland said it was
time the men responsible for this
policy should resign 80. that the
Nation may have a new and non
defeatist team in whom the Con-
Evening star., 1950-01-15
| Miners Jam School,;
Shout mo, No. on
| Return to Work
By the Associated p,...

MASONTOWN, Pa, Jan.
l4.-Nearly 1,500 United Mine
Workers tried to jam into the
high school auditorium today
to vote on whether to return
to work next Monday.
The auditoriu mhas a ca
pacity of only 750. Streets
around the high school were
blocked by the miners cars.
They're employed at the Ro-
bena Mine of United States
Steel Corp.
John Ozanich, local presi-
dent, said the turnout was the
largest in the locals history.
When he read a telegram
from John L. Lewis suggest
ing the miners resume work
Monday he was answered by
shouts of "No, mol"
Evening star., 1950-01-15

bus off the road. One man was
killed at Stowe, VT, when 70-mile-
an-hour winds blew tree down or
his automobile.
The storm gave Oregon ano
Washington their worst pounding
in years. Then it 1ashed at Idaho
Wyoming, Montana and the
Dakotas. From there it whirleo
out toward Kansas, Nebraska
Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
New Storm Coming.
In Northern California, residents
digging out of the areas worst
storm Of the season hraced for @
new blow. A Pacific storm was in
tensifying rapidly as it moved
toward the mainland. Forecasters
said it would reach the coast by
tomorrow evening.
Winds up to 60 miles an hou,
buffeted Southern Wyoming and
Eastern Colorado. Winds which
swept up ground blizzards in parts
of Montana were calming, and
bitter cold began moving in. II
was 80 below zero at Cut Bank
Mont, and "a below at Great
Falls.
The flood threat in the Midwest
was expected to ease with the ad-
vent of lower temperatures. Bu'
in Arkansas, four rivers swollen
by melting ice and heavy rains
rose to danger points, forcing evac-
uation of numerous lowland res
identS.
Citrus Growers Warned.
In the California citrus areas
growers were warned to start heat
ing citrus orchards early last night
to prepare for an expected tenn
perature reading of % degrees
Los Angeles had its first snow
since January II, 1949, although
snow fell at the city limits one
day last week.
Nine persons perished in the
Pacific Northwest blizzard. Two
of the victims were children who
froze to death as they struggled
toward their farm home in East
ern Washington. An elderly mar
froze to death in Seattle, and f1ge
Washington State residents dice
in highway accidents resulting
from snow and ice conditions. A
crane operator attempting to re-
pair his machine was electrocutec
by live wire he touched during
the height of the blizzard.
Battering winds raked the East.
ern half of the country, spreading
a trail of damage from Iowa tx
New York. Some buildings were
/~-- yYyTs a ryrYr5n n~~n A oa
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Denham Is Expected
To Seek UNIV Writ
In Next Day or Two
Would Accuse Miners
Of unfair Practices
In Working 3-Doy Week
By jones Y. Newton

The Government may move
early this week to obtain a court
injunction against John L. Lewis
three-day work week and restore
full production of coal.
Robert N. Denham. general
counsel of the National Labor Re-
lations Board, has been weighing
the mine operators request for
an injunction and he is expected
to decide on a course of action in
the next day or two. While it
was said Mr.. Denham had not
made up his mind definitely, most
officials believed he would ask for
the court order. In that case, he
would accuse Mr.. Lewis and the
United Mine Workers of commit
ting unfair" practices and using
coercion in the contract dealings
with the operators.
There was word from the Goa
fields, meanwhile. that a large
part of the $4,000 miners who
have been on strike the past week
Evening star., 1950-01-15
81 Die as Winds
Rake East, Snow
Harriies West
'Stoy Home Warnings
Issued in New York
And Pacific States
By the kssociotsd Pr@sx

Winds up to hurricane force
tore at the East Saturday while
one of the worst blizzards In
years was pounding at the Far
West.
Stay home" warnings were
issued for persons in New York
State, the Pacific Northwest and
some Rocky Mountain areas.
AT least 81 persons were blown
or crushed to death, frozen,
drowned. or killed in traffic mis-
haps caused by the storms. Dam
age was widespread.
The Eastern winds shattered
plate glass windows. toppled trees
and power lines and even blew a
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Five Escape as Train
Hits Auto in Virginia
By the Associated prsx.

WAYNESBORO, Va, Jan. IA
Five Waynesboro residents es.
capped with minor injuries wher
their automobile was struck anc
severely damaged by Norfolk &,
Western Railway passenger train
here today.
The driver told police he die
not see the train until he was al
most across the track. He in
creased his speed, he said, but the
rear Of the car was hit.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
By the Associated Press

MAHANOY CITY, Pa. Jan. IL
Hurry up. Get me out. I am
getting weak"
Thus Joseph Burda. 80. who
with his brother is trapped in a
coal mine cavein, implored rescu-
ers late tonight as they came to
within 6 feet of where he is be-
lieved to be.
The rescuers succeeded in sink
ing a half-inch pipe to Mr.. Burda.
Through it they sent water, milk,
egg and whiskey. Mr.. Burda said
he devoured it all and asked for
coffee.
No word has been heard from
Mr.. Burda's brother, Edward, 25,
also caught in the cavein. The
two have been trapped since 2
pm. yesterday.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Mild Weather Here
To Be Followed by
Occasional Rain

In contrast with storms
blasting other parts of the
country, Washington's weather
will continue mild today and
tomorrow. according to the
Weather Bureau.
Temperatures in the upper
40s today and even higher to-
morrow were predicted. Only
hint of the storms elsewhere
will be occasional rain tonight
and probably tomorrow, along
with a trace of wind. the
bureau said.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Amphitheoter Plans Approved: VIII B
Reody in June. Poge A.

'r''F'"s''~~~s' 'S"s "FF'SFSSs WIN SE
Reody IN June. Page AZ
of the Sesquicentennial Commits
sion, has conferred with Gen.
Devers on the subject.
Naming a general manager is
expected to be one of the first
items to be considered by the full
commission when it meets at the
White House about February /.
President Truman is commission
chairman.
Gen. Devers, who retired from
the Army after A years service
last October l, now is managing
director of the American Automo-
bile Associations Foundation for
Traffic Safety. He is 81.
The commissions new general
counsel, Walter M. Bastian, has
prepared a report in which he
urges the appointment of a gen.
eral manager, according to in
formed circles. This report has
not yet been made public.
With an outstanding record as
top administrator and organizer
in the Army, Gen. Devers has little
patience with red-tape or "it
can't be done" attitude.
Because of his prestige, en-
hanced by his wartime record,
Gen. Devers is looked on as pos
sessing the necessary drive to put
over the Freedom Fair program
which has been tagging. mas
much as the Sesquicentennial
program is to stress American
achievement and patriotism, a
man of Gen. Devers' stature would
give added Importance to the
whole program. it was stated.
Reputation Is Cited.
The stories about Gen. Devers'
reputation for getting things done
are legion in the service. Among
them are. his installation of a
streamlined gunnery system at the
Field Artillery School; establish
ing teamwork between Army and
Navy officers: his job as graduate
manager of athletics at West
Point and his direction of a
$5,000.000 construction program
there and his work in locating
American bases under the wartime
destroyer deal with Great Britain.
At Fort Bragg, N. c., he was
credited with pulling 10000, 900
construction program out of the
doldrums. (The Freedom Fair con-
struction program calls for an
outlay of about $9,000,O0O)
Gen. Devers had charge of the
armored forces during the war
and was commanding general of
the 9Th Army group. After the
war. he was named commander
OF the Army ground forces. He
holds the Distinguished Service
Medal and host of other deco
rations.
A parade and review at Fort
McNair here on September 80 was
the Army's official farewell to Gen.
Devers when he retired. He has
a farm at Herndon, Va.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

would ignore Mr.. Lewis "sugges-
tion" that they return to work to-
morrow.
Want to Work Five Days.
Complete figures were not
available, but UNIV locals ir
Western Pennsylvania and North.
ern West Virginia representing
about 1900 men already had
voted to stay on strike. Most oil
the locals involved in the unex.
planned wildcat" walkout were
meeting today to vote on the
question.
Whether most of the Northern
West Virginia mines will be
worked was up to about 800 loca
tSee COAL. Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1950-01-15
What Is Hopp>r ming
In Australia?

For the first time in a
decade two English-speaking
countries-Australia and New
Zealand have repudiated a
Socialist government to swing
to the right. They did so at
the height of an unpreced-
ented business boom. Morley
Cassidy, European corre-
spondent of the Philadelphia
Bulletin, was sent from Lon
don to find out "Why?D Read
the first Of Mr.. Cassidy's seven
consecutive articles tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Bipartisan Demands
Made for Bar 10 All
China Red Relations
Republicans Link Attacks
On u. S. Policies With Coll
For Some designations
By Cecil HoIIond

Angry bipartisan demands that
the United States shun all diplo-
matte relations with the Com
munist regime in China yesterday
marked congressional comment on
the State Departments announce
ment of the seizing of the Ameri-
can consulate Office in Peiping.
Republican critics of the ad-
ministration's policies in the Far
Evening star., 1950-01-15

and John Joe Barry of Ireland
shared individual honors in the
27-event meet as they swept to
dramatic victories.
Only schoolboy in the crack in
vitation field of five sprinters,
Thresher upset Bill Mathis and
Marcellus Boston as he won the
10 and 80-yard dashes in The
Evening Star sprint series and fin
ished second to Jim Fielding,
Georgetown freshman. in the 100
With a great last-ditch kick,
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Devers Is Considered
To Head Management
Of Freedom Fair.
Sesqui Commission
Expected to Appoint
General February |
By WiIIiom A. MiIIen

Gen. Jacob L. Devers is under
serious consideration as general
manager OF the Sesquicentennial
Freedom Fair, The Star learned
last night.
Joseph c. McGarraghy, chair
man of the executive committee
Evening star., 1950-01-15

sporkmon Sees Victory for Middle income
Housing Plan. Page AIS
Liquor Advertising Ban Hearings End
With Both Sides Confident. Page ABS
House Rules Change Moy Block Many
Fair Deal Projects. Page ABS
Evening star., 1950-01-15
u. S. Withdrows All Officials
From Communist China After
Reds Seize Peiping Consulate
1856 Americans Given
Orders to Leuve by
State Department
Bv Gnrneft n Hornar
By Gornett D. Homer

The United States ordered all its
official personnel out of Commun-
ist China yesterday after Com
munist authorities seized American
consular property in Peiping over
angry protests.
Communist police invaded
the Peiping Consulate General and
Ward Sees Exponsion Of Old czorisi
Policy Toward China. Page A-4
Text OF Stote Departments Settlement
on Peipine Seizure. Page Al
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Has Received Complaints,

Has Received Complaints.
Senator NeeIy said he had re-
ceived complaints against the re-
quested boost in transit fares
and also had heard reports that
rates in other utility services were
going up.
I am very much interested in
this situation" Chairman Neelv
said, "and from the crowded con-
dltlon on the streetcars I would
imagine that about a million 9TH
ers are interested in the s:tua-
ton, too"
He said he wanted his staff
TO dig up the facts now so that
the District Committee would
have the information in hand
before the transit fare boost be-
comes an accomplished fact.
Wants to Bring Out Facts.
He added that maybe" some
increase in transit fares was nec-
essary but that he did not know
This to be the case and wanted
to bring the facts to light. "It
is my hope" he said, that the
District Committee, in making
such an inquiry, can render a
public service"
The situation also was being oh
served on the House side but this
SO far was passive. Representa-
tive Beall. Republican, of Mary
land, veteran on the House Dis
tr1ct Committee. praised Senator
Nicely for starting the inquiry. He
added that he had been thinking
OF proposing such a study himself,
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee, said he
thought the Nicely study was "a
good idea" but for the present
said he saw no advantage in
duplicating the work.
The Capital Transit Co. has
asked for an increase in fares to
go into effect January %, largely
because of the latest increase in
wages won by its union employees,
While the company had a net
profit in the past year company
officials are anticipating a deficit
in the coming year unless fares
are increased.
Public Hearing Awaited.
The Public Utilities Commission
has postponed any immediate de-
cision and has planned a formal
public hearing before any action is
taken.
The company is asking a 15-cent
cash fare, with six tokens for 80
cents and elimination of the 81 rs
weekly pass. The present scale is
13 cents cash, three tokens for IS
cents and the pass for an un-
limited number of rides per week.
simultaneously, some attention
was directed on Capitol Hill to the
fact that the PUG now has only
two members, since the recent
resignation of James Lauderdale.
James H. Flanagan is commission
chairman and the other member is
Evening star., 1950-01-15

A crowd estimated at $500
hailed a new potential sprint
champion and a distance runner
fresh off boat from Ireland at
the third annual Evening Star
games at the armory last week.
Henry Thresher, 17-year -old
Mercersberg Academy speedster,
Evening star., 1950-01-15

yet as to the justice of the pro-
posed boost in street car and bus
fares but that he felt the COM
mittee should look into it so the
members would be aware of the
whole situation.
The staff inquiry, Senator Neely
indicated, would be under direc-
tlon of Gerald P. van Arkel,
newly appointed counsel of the
committee, former general coun-
sci to the National Labor Rela-
tlons Board and a former attor-
ney with Federal Housing Admin
istration and the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Details OF stor Comes and Full Poee
Of Pictures in Sports Section.
Evening star., 1950-01-15
Nicely Orders
Transit Fare
District Committee
Stuff Also to Check
Other Utility Costs
By Don S. Worren

An investigation into the tram
sit fare issue and other rising
utility costs here will be made by
the staff of the Senate District
Committee, Chairman Neely an
nounced last night.
The West Virginia Senator said
he had formed no conclusion as
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Whot Happened in St. Louis When the
Weekly Poss Was Dropped. Page As
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Radio Programs, Poee C-8
Complete Index, Page AZ
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Continued on Page A-4, Col. 1.)
Evening star., 1950-01-15

(See TRANSIT, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1950-01-15

(See COMMENT, Page A-2O
Evening star., 1950-01-15

Mostly cloudy and highest in the upper
4os today followed by occasional rain
tonight and probably some rain and
warmer tomorrow.
Evening star., 1950-01-15

(See SHOOTING, Page AS.
Evening star., 1950-06-15
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