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Evening star., 1950-11-26
Short Session 10 Stud,
D. {. Rent Control
And Area Planning
Wiretoppine Bon Also Due
To Be Considered; Action
Prospects Are Uncertain
By Harold B. Rooers

| District rent control, wiretap-
ping legislation and metropolitan
area planning are expected to re-
|ceive attention of the last session
Iof the 81st Congress opening to-
morrow.
/ But with time short. prospects
iof action on local legislation ap-
pear uncertain.
! The chairmen of the Senate and
House District Committees Plan
to look into the problem of ex-
tending rent control here beyond
its expiration date January 81
This issue, however, admittedly is
linked with the problem Of what
Congress may do with national
rent control. which expires at the
end of this year.
Chairman Neely of the Senate
District Committee said last night
he intends first to get action on
his bill amending the present
District rent act to restore con-
trolls over hotel accommodations.
Received Many Complaints.
From his home in Fairmont
w. Va, Senator Neely said he
had received many complaints
from tenants in hotels here.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee already
has announced he will introduce
a bill in the short session to ex-
tend the District rent act. He
contends controls would be need
ed here because of the expansion
of Government personnel for de-
fense.
Chairman Spence of the House
Banking Committee plans to in
troduce a bill to extend national
controls until March 81.
To Consider Wiretapping.
Wlretapping in Washington,
which was the subject of lengthy
hearings by Senate District sub
committee will be considered soon,
Senator Nicely said. He hopes to
get action on legislation to control
such activity in the District. A
bill already before the District
Committee would ban wiretapping
here. and provide heavy penalties
for illegal use of a wiretapping de-
vice.
Senator Nicely said he thought
no further hearings would be
needed.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, of
Florida, who headed the wire
tapping inquiry. is now in Japan,
and it is not known when he will
return to Washington. However
a preliminary report on the prog
(See D. c. LEGISLATION, Pig. A-9)
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Pictures on Poee All.

Pictures on Poee All.
Gaithersburg were without heat,
light or cooking. facilities while
emergency crews fought the
winters icy blasts to bring cleo
trio power back into the area.
Two-and-a-half hours after
virtually all the homes were get
ting electricity agin-just when
residents had put away their
candles and gotten comfortably
warm-the lights went out again.
This time, the power was shut off
for a patching job-to make sure
OF more reliable power than the
makeshift arrangements of the
earlier part of the day.
Hospitals Restored First.
Potomac Electric Power Co. Of
ficials gave this timetable of the
failure and restoration of power:
The blast that caused one of
the biggest power breaks in the
company's recent history occurred
at 5:28 am. in the $500,OOO sub
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Embrace
Brings Surprise
Money Problem

Mrs. Joan Repass, 1S, was
standing in the living room of her
Clifton (Va.) home yesterday, a
50-cent piece in her hand, when
her husband walked in.
Mrs. Repass threw her arms
around his neck in greeting, and
opened her mouth to speak. AS
she did the 50-cent piece dropped
out Of her hand and into her
throat.
Rushed to Arlington Hospital by
her husband and friends, Mrs. Re-
pass was relieved of the coin by
a specialist using an esophascope
Then she went home, none the
worse for her experience, accord
ing to the hospital.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Blizzard Held Worst
OF Kind on Record:
Exceeds 1913 Storm
By the Associated Pres.

The current blizzard and
wind storm is the most severe
of its kind on record, the
Weather Bureau said last
night.
1t said in a special an
nouncement that the current
storm exceeded one which oe-
Cured in 1913 when heavy
snow and drifts paralyzed
rail and motor traffic in the
areas now hardest hit.
The Weather Bureau said
the present storm has affected
a larger area and heavier
amounts of snow have fallen
in the three day period.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

total of three may cover the
ground before the seasons first
icy blast begins slowly moderating
tomorrow, the Weather Bureau
said.
This mornings predicted low of
Is was a 43-degree nosedive from
yesterday mornings top reading
The temperature was not ex-
pected to exceed the freezing
mark today, with wind and snow
f1urries rounding out the crazy
quilt pattern that has been Wash
ington's weekend weather.
Police estimated there were 800
Evening star., 1950-11-26
U. ). Dispersal
Will Be Within
.20-Mi|e Radius
8 Sites To be Picked
With Office Space
At Each for 5000
By Francis P. DouoIos

~ iiulSiS T. OOuQIQS
Dispersal of Government agen-
cles as protection against
atomic bomb attack will be within
a 20-mile radius of Washington,
This was disclosed yesterday by
Jess Larson. General Services Ad-
ministrator.
Earlier discussion had put the
limits of dispersal at 50-mile
radius. Still later the distance was
measured at an hours committing
distance from downtown WASH
lngton. On high speed highways
this might mean 40 miles or more.
Mr.. Larson said that sites .or
the dispersed agencies would not
be beyond Is miles-or perhaps
20 miles.
The General Services Admin
istration is preparing to 20 before
Congress to ask for legislation for
the dispersal plan and, later, far
an appropriation to finance a
start on it.
Will Select Eight Sites.
In discussing the dispersal plan,
Mr.. Larson and w. E. Reynolds,
head of the Public Buildings
Service in GSA, disclosed these
new details:
|. Eight sites may be selected
lnitlally and Office buildings for
5000 Government workers erected
on each site. Further dispersal Of
agencies from Washington could
then be carried out by erecting
additional buildings on the sites.
Original plans were for four sites
initially, with buildings for 10000
workers on each site.
2. Buildings will not be fortress
like concrete structures with
minimum of windows. designed to
withstand the force of bomb
blasts. They will, instead, be build
ings of normal construction. Re-
lance for safety will be on dis
tance from the target center in
the Capital.
3. The Office buildings will be
only three or four stories in height.
Because of the availability OF
ample sites it will not be necessary
to build higher as it is in down.
town Washington where space is
limited.
Won't Disturb Suburbs.
/ Mr.. Larson said he expected
that no sites would be selected
which would upset the suburban
communities. He said the develop
ments would tt into the local
plans.
A circle with a 15-mile radius
with the center approximately at
the White House would, on the
Maryland side, fall a little beyond
Rockville, touch Norbeck, fall a
little beyond Muirkirk on Highway
No. /, be a little short of Bowie
and of Upper Marlboro, almost
reach to TB. and Accokeek, and
touch Marshall Hall.
On the Virginia side of the. Po-
tomac, Pohick Church and Fair
fax would be about on the 15-mile
circle.
A 20-mile radius circle would
touch Seneca in Maryland, fall
beyond Gaithersburg, touch Saw
age on Highway No. l, fall beyond
Marlboro and touch Waldorf.
In Virginia this circle would
take in Woodbridge, touch Clifton,
(See DISPERSAL, Page A-1O.)
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Twins to Bring Fun
In Two New Comics

Two different kinds Of twins will Join
The Stor's oll-stor cost Of comic pace
characters tomorrow.
First, there's The Jackson. Twins"
pretty teen-osers who look SO much
olike thot they sometimes seem TO
hove trouble telling themselves apart.
They get into no end Of mischief
ond it oil odds up to heop Of fun
for reoders.
Then there ore the little "Toodles"
twins. olreody familiar to readers Of
The Sunooy Stor, in which they have
covcrted frequently for several yeors.
Now they're in q dolly strip, along with
other members Of THE ToodIes" fomily,
ond their mischievous doinss will odd
up to considerable fun, too.
Woteh for both these twins-ths
Jocksons and the ToodIes - stortinq
tomorrow in
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Western Pennsylvania with fore
cast of no early letup. The East
ern Seaboard was pounded TO,
more than Il hours by hurricane
force winds. Damage ran into the
millions.
Bitter cold and blustery snow
spread deep into the South.
The deaths came from a variety
Of causes attributed directly and
indirectly to the weather. This is
the breakdown by States:
New Jersey 20, Ohio Is, Pennsyl-
vania 13. New York IL, Michigan
II. Kentucky 6, Alabama S, Him
ois 3, West Virginia 3, Maryland
2. South Carolina 2, Connecticut
z, Georgia 2 and Tennessee 2.
Winds Hit 1Os m.p.h.
The Eastern Seaboard storm
with winds ranging up to 1o8 miles
an hour, ragged from $50 am.
(EST) to $50 pm. before tapering
of. The Weather Bureau said last
night that its full force was spent.
But not the raging snowstorm
In the Appalachian area. No letup
was forecast there until tpday.
The storm along the Eastern
Seaboard was the worst since
the 1888 hurricane. The winds
tore path of destruction from
Virginia to New England.
A huge wind-propelled tide
smashed beach homes a mile in
land on New York'S Staten Island.
More than 1000 families were
evacuated from flooded East Coast
shore areas.
The worst blizzard in 81 years
dumped a paralyzing blanket of
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Chinese Seem ReIuctont to Fiqht
Ameneons. Pose Al
Freed Gls Believe Reds Hoped to Use
Them os Fifth Column Poee 40
Koreo Gls Unlikely to Get Home By
Christmas. Pentoson Soys. Poee A-32
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Sonora Has 104 DEGREES

C1UDAD OREGON, Sonora,
Mex, Nov. 25 R.-Growth of
winter produce is being hampered
here by heat wave. The tempera-
ture scared to 104 degrees yester-
day. The minimum last night
was So.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

snow over the important Ohio in
dustrial centers of Cleveland,
Youngstown, Akron and Canton.
Pittsburgh Smothered by Snow.
Pittsburgh was smothered under
the heaviest continued snowfall in
it's history. Snow piled up to a
depth of % inches and more was
coming down. The United States
Steel Corp. began closing it's big
plants employing more than 50,-
600. A spokesman said the situa-
tion was very serious" and might
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Storm and Floods
Cause Havoc With
Modern-Doy Cadets
BY the Associated Press

BY The Associated Press
NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-Na-
ture in the form of a gale and
floods caused this and other
havoc today to civilizations
carefully contrived gadgets:
Put electricity out of COM
mission in approximately 75O,-
600 homes.
Forced cancellation of $50
domestic airline flights from
LaGuardia Airport.
Left 10000 or more tele-
phones "out of order"
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Electricity Restored
5 10 10 Hours After
Bethesda Explosion
Power Compony Routes
Current to By-Poss
Blasted Satisfaction

Electricity was restored to q
large section Of Montgomery
County yesterday five to 10 hours
after a lightning g-induced explo-
sion in the Bethesda power SUBJ
station blacked out the homes of
thousands of residents.
Homes in Bethesda. North
Chevy Chase, Rockville and
Evening star., 1950-11-26
More FIurries Expected Here
After Drop to IS Early Today
Thousands of Holiday Travellers Held Up;
Auto Accidents Are Estimated at 500

Thousands of homeward- bound
holiday travellers were stalled last
night by the widespread storms
that brought snow. ice and an
expected Is degree temperature
to the Washington area.
Two inches of snow were meas
ured before last midnight and
Evening star., 1950-11-26

spending, rent control and state
hood for Alaska and Hawaii.
Woven in between these subjects
will be generous sprinkling of
post mortems over the November
elections.
Senator Johnson. Democrat, of
Colorado. member of the tax
writing Finance Committee, ar
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Yanks Hurled
.BackbyStrong
.Counter-Attack
Company Is Trapped;
Foe Drives Wedge
Between z Divisions
BULLETIN

TOKYO. Sunday (P.-Strong
Red counterattacks today in
Northwest Korea hurled back
American forces, drove a wedge
between two divisions and
trapped one company. The Reds
struck with coordination and
power along more than Is miles
OF the front where 10000
United Nations troops opened
an offensive Friday aimed at
ending the war in short order.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
By J. A. Oleoy

The 'lame duck" 81st Congress
returns at noon tomorrow for a
short session that promises to pro-
duce more debate than legislation
The oratory will run the gamut
of foreign policy, taxes, defense
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Auto Accidents on Slick Streets Keer
Police Busy. Poee All
Evening star., 1950-11-26

TOKYO, Sunday, Nov. 90
Rallying Red forces fought back
in Northwest Korea today and
rushed reinforcements up for
what may be the showdown bat
ties with 10000 surging United
Nations troops.
The Communist counter-attack
crimped push by the United
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Snow and Wind Storms Para|yze
Midwest and East Coast Areas;
Icy Streets Stall District Traffic
No Relief Near:
80 Known Dead
Due to Weather
BY the Assoeioted Press

November weather exploded
with hurricane winds. marathon
snow storms and bitter cold yes
terday that caused at least SO
deaths.
Large areas reeled under their
worst weather. whipping in years.
Smothering snow paralyzed en-
tire industrial centers in Ohio and
Evening star., 1950-11-26

Shore Ferry Service Closed, Roods Blocked
in Maryland. Poee "A
sideIishts From Here ond There on
Winter Storms. Poee Al
Red Cross Aid Rushed TO Storm Victims
in Hordest-Hit Areas. Poge AS
Jersey Storm Worse Thon "a Hurricane.
Residents Declare. Poee A-3
Evening star., 1950-11-26

'Moderetes' in COP. Offer Co -opetotion
Foreign Policy. Page Al
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Continued on Page 8, Col. A.
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CONTINUED on Page A, Col. L.
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Continued on Page AS, Col. ~
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(See CONGRESS, Page A-9D
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(See DISPERSAL. Page A-10.)
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(See CRIME Page A-1oD (see D. C. LEGISLATION Pe A.
Evening star., 1950-11-26
Weather Forecast

Partly cloudy and cold. Low near 20
tonight. Tomorrow. some cloudiness and
little milder. (Full report on Page A-20
Noon "a p.m.-22 IL pm.19
p.m.--30 p.m.-20 Midnight 18
p.m.--27 10 p.m.--21 am.-18
Evening star., 1950-11-26

The worst blizzard in 81 years
dumped a paralyzing blanket o1
Evening star., 1950-11-26

The Evening and Sunday Star Is
delivered by carrier to all subscribers
at $3.50 per month. Night Final
Edition 10 cents additional.
Telephone ST. 5000.
Evening star., 1950-11-26

(See WEATHER, Page Az. Col. /
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
JAPAN:
Bible VS.. Marx

Believing that Christianity and
the Bible r the dykes that are
holding up the flood of communism
in Japan, the American Bible So
ciety is beginning a campaign to
S d Bibles to Japan Bibles
printed in the japanese language.
Already the society has dis
tributed a total of 2,789, $50 Bibles
among the Japanese, but it is felt
and this sentiment is shared by
Gen. Douglas Macarthur. that isn't
enough.
GENERAL MACARTHUR isn't
alone in that opinion. He has asked
for millions more. And DR.. Shire
Murata, an officer of the Japan
Bible Society, said: THE eyes of
Japan are fixed on two books. One
is Das Kapital by Karl Marx. The
other is the Holy Bible. Japan is at
the crossroads"
To usher in its program of Bibles
for the Japanese, the American
Bible Society this month is spon-
soring a huge signature book of
donors for the purpose of raising
funds with which to purchase and
send the Bibles. Every person
who contributes one dollar or more
to the project will be asked to sign
the donor book.
WHEN the campaign comes to
an end, probably this fall, the huge
book, bearing the signature of w.
cry donor, will be forwarded to
where it will be displayed
in the offices of the Japan Bible
Society as a token of friendship
from the people of America to the
of Japan.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Order Of DeMOlay
Installs Officers

The Norman C. Johnston chap
ter, Order of DeMolay, met Tues
day evening in the Masonic temple
to install officers for the summer
term. The installing officers were
Jack Heebner and Donald Brad
ford, both past master councillors.
Danny Hafer was seated as
master councilOr; Douglas
Toombs, senior councillor; Bob
Stlckleberger, junior councillor;
Jim Graft, senior deacon; Clayton
Sheets, junior deacon; Kenneth
Leuthold, senior steward; Jim
Gass, junior seward; Richard
Hageman, chaplain; Ronald Hage-
man, marshal; Neil Roberts, al
moner; Danny Freund, standard
bearer; Don Schessler, orator;
Harry Hodges, sentinel; James
Morrison, ST., scribe. Preceptors
are: Dick Williams, Don Mobley,
Don Brown, Bob Schessler, George
Pangert, Harold tombstone, and
Keith Gomon.
Jim Morrison received a past
master councillors pin from the
chapter in a presentation made by
His father, James Morrison, Sr.
Lunch was served by Mrs. Her.
man ~Schessler, Mrs. Fred Graft
and E. R. Bradford of the mothers
circle.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
NV. Scientists Develop
Camera Device for Planes

A device for controlling as many
as II cameras in n airplane anc
five in another has been developed
by two research scientists at North
western university's chronological.
institute. The s~ynchronized opera
ton system is designed primarily to
aid the testing Of experimental air.
planes.
Already successfully tested In
flight, the device controls IT CAM
eras located in various positions
throughout the experimental plane,
enabling engineers to photograph
the planes instruments.
The synchronizing mechanism al
so permits the operation of five
other cameras placed in an accom-
panying plane to photograph the
test planes performance from the
outside. Work on the new remote
control device was done by North
western research scientists Miss
Viola j. White and Sidney J. Hor-
WITT for the us. navy.
The entire system of cameras is
controlled through a push-button
panel board inside one Of the two
planes. The equipment, consisting
of only the panel board and the
cameras, is lightweight for airplane
operation, and functions from the
planes 28-volt direct current cleo
trical supply. An interlocking relay
system controls the entire mocha
nism.
Another feature of the synchro-
nizing device is that the film used
has a time-reference Identification,
recording when each picture is TAX
en-. This aids in later analysis Of
data obtained.
The camera system was develop
ed in the Northwestern aerial meas
urements laboratory, a US. navy
sponsored research project at the
chronological institute.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
FLYING DISKS:
Navy Says No

II there are, or were, any flying
saucerS whirring through space,
the United States navy has nothing
to do with them and knows nothing
about them. The air force said the
same thing.
THE SERVICES also denied that
they are developing secret planes,
guided missiles or anything else
that could be mistaken for flying
saucers.
These denials we're issued after
two published reports traced the
saucers to navy and air force "Se-
cret' projects.
An air force spokesman declared
that "the armed forces are not do
ing anything that could be traced
to being the basis of reports of fly
ing saucers."
He said the air force position was
the same as it was last December
when it announced-after investi-
eating 375 reports of flying saucers
- that they were "misinterpreta-
tions of various conventional OBJ
jects, a mild form of mass hysteria
or hoaxes." In other words there
amt no such thing" as a flying
saucer.
A NAVY SPOKESMAN denied
with equal vigor that the navy is
developing super-speed planes that
have been spotted as "~saucers."
Said he: 1.-THE navy is not ex-
perimenting with, or doing research
on, any type of plane or guided
missile that resembles in any way
a flying saucer"
So, that should be that. However,
it would be difficult to convince
many Americans that there are no
flying saucers, and if a troubled
citizen, seeking, su~bconsciously or
not, a momentary relief from his
woes and burdens, thinks an object
in the sky is a flying saucer, no
particular harm has been done. In
fact it may do him some good.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
Lather Aids Shaving

How does lathering the face aid
in shaving? The function of the
lather is to soften the beard by
soaking each whisker thoroughly
and keeping it moist for the dura-
ton of shave. Shaving soap manu-
facturers recommend that the face
+, washed with soap and water be-
fore lathering. This removes both
grease, which might repel the
water and prevent thorough soak
ing of the beard, and gritty mate
rial that may have a dulling effect
on the razor's edge.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
History Of Coal is Marked
By Controversial Episodes

A Wagonload of anthracite Goa
would look mighty fetching in any
ones bin today, but as recently a.
88 years ago a Philadelphia wa!
arrested for trying to sell the worth
less stuff.
The culprit, Colonel George Shoe
maker, was accused of perpetratlng
a fraud, according to Wilbert c.
Fritz, assistant professor at the
University of Pittsburgh and spe-
cialist in coal research. AS every
body knew at the time Q862) soft
coal was the only coal worth burn
ing. Anthracite's superior quail
ties were discovered too late to
do the Colonel much good.
This incident was only one of
several controversial episodes in
the history of coal, as pointed out
by Fritz in his article for World
Book encyclopedia.
The first reference to the use of
coal in England dates back to A. D.
oO6y WAlSl Ill llllllCI al WdO llGN ECU
to give off poisonous gases. Still
following this theory, King Edward
I made the use of coal a capital
offense in 1906, and at least one
man was put to death for violating
the law.
There appears to be a definite
tie-in with coal trouble and the
speaking of English, as the ancient
Greeks and Chinese got along quite
happily with the fuel.
The Greeks used coal several
hundred years before the birth of
Christ. Aristotle, Fritz points out,
mentioned it in his writings; and
still another reference is made to
the mineral in the Book of Proverbs
(26:21).
AS usual, China was a little ahead
of the game. Coal fires we're warm
ing the toes of the ruling Shang
family as early as HOO B. c.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-12
DEFENSE:
Charges Hurled

Charges that the government has
been Tagging its feet" in organ
izing civil defense against an A
bomb attack and in telling Ameri-
cans how to protect themselves
have been hurled by four big-city
officials.
MAYOR Elmer E. Robinson of
San Francisco minced no words in
asserting that federal authorities
have ''fumbled the ball" of civilian
defense. He urged that a policy Of
total defense be inaugurated imme-
diately by the federal government.
Federal planners have said that
local officials will have to assume
primary responsibility for civilian
defense against atomic warfare,
the governments role being that
of coordinator.
THAT MUST have seemed an odd
stand to take to officials who have
no knowledge of atomic bomb eff
fects or Of the first steps to take
toward protection if such bombings
occur. Surely public leaders were
within the bonds Of reason and logic
when they demanded that the gov
eminent channel to them more in
formation on how to provide pro-
lection against atomic warfare
information which only the federal
government possesses, if anyone or
any group does possess it.
The governments attitude seemed
a callous one and hard to reconcile
with all the scare techniques prev
alent in connection with the posi-
bility Of another war in which the
A-bomb or the H-bomb would be
the most frightful weapons.