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Evening star., 1950-10-22
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Gorfies Even Red, Rough Knuck|es in 10 Seconds

fections are concealed to an amaz-
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stantly glamorized in a way
impossible up to now.
This new creation is called Lady
Esther HANDS-UP-A delight
fully delicate cream that comes in
4 exquisite colors that enable you
to choose the exact shade of hand
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Evening star., 1950-10-22
Miss Shaw to Wed
To Mr.. McCurdy

Mr.. and Mrs. William Brenton
Shaw of Pelham, N. Y, announce
the engagement Of their daughter,
Harriet van der Veer. to Mr..
Charles Post McCurdy, jr., Of
Williamsburg, Va.
Mr.. McCurdy is the son of Mrs.
McCurdy and the late MIR. Nc
Curdy Of this city. He is a grad
uate of the College of William
and Mary where he was a member
of Sigma Nu fraternity. He is
executive secretary of the colleges
Society of Alumni and served with
the Navy during World War II.
Miss Shaw, graduate of Sweet
Briar College, has been secretary
of the colleges Alumnae Associa-
ton for the past three years. She
Is a member Of the Lynchburg
(Vao Junior League.
The wedding is to be held No
vember 18.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Winifred Gordon Saturday Bride

The Rev. George w. Docherty
off1ciated at the marriage of Miss
Winifred Juliet Gordon and Mr..
Kenneth Richard Pullen at the
Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church
yesterday.
The bride Is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Howell Cor
don of Chevy Chase. Mr.. Pullen
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
S. Pullen Of Fredericksburg, Va.
The couple will make their home
in Fredericksburg.
Evening star., 1950-10-22
Fruity Desserts

Fruity desserts are very much
in order come the holidays. Such
desserts offer pleasant relief from
hearty meals. One with special
holiday flavor which wins many
friends is chilled canned fruit
cocktail served with a mound of
cranberry sherbet. 1t looks par
ticularly attractive in stemmed
glasses.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

st. Gabriers Church was the
scene of the marriage of Miss
Laura L. Laws and Mr.. Hugh c.
Keesling yesterday. The Rev.
Robert E. Lewis oficiated at the
ceremony.
The bride Is the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs Willard L. Laws. Mr..
Keesling is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harold c. Keesling.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

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Evening star., 1950-10-22

a Flotterins Shades
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o deIieute finish for The
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light 10 medium toned skin.
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oil medium skin tones.
. DEEP BRUNETTE-sun-towny fin-
ish for olive skin tones.
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Evening star., 1950-10-22

NYoW comes an utterly different
IN kind of makeup designed
especially for your hands A natu-
ral-looking no-rub-off makeup
that glorifies even Hopeless"
hands in only 10 seconds by the
clock!
Think what this means. No
more red, unsightly hands or
knuckles. No more "work-worn
look" or redness.
In the twinkling of an eye, red
ness, blemishes and brown spots
are toned down and blended out.
Age-revealing veins and imper-
Evening star., 1950-10-22

clothes or gloves. Stays on un-
failingly until you wash it off! So
it is ideal, too, for neck and
shoulders.
Tokes the Place Of Lotion, Too
In HANDS-UP, I have added
Concentrated Lanolin to be extra
softening-212 times richer than
ordinary lanolin you get in lotions.
Thus, my HANDS-UP does the
work of a fine lotion-as it leaves
a makeup on hands far more fiat
tering than any facial makeup.
Two sizes: 4oe and 9Se, plus tax.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

store. First try it on one hand only. Then
place hands side by side and see the amazing
change. Leading stores have free trial sup
ply for this purpose. So simply ask for q
demonstration of HANDS -UP-free.
Evening star., 1950-10-22

Because my HANDS-UP is so new it is hard
to believe how much beauty it adds even to
the loveliest hands. So invite you to try it
free-at any leading drug or department
Evening star., 1950-05-10

tive cab to tend engines in an
other unit of the locomotive. They
claimed this meant the carriers
expected one f1remen to be in two
places at once.
Before Mr.. O'Neill mentioned
the package" deal, Roob Allie.
secretary of the Michigan Associ-
alton of Railroads, said he was in
formed all demands of the BROTH
erhood had been settled except
one for assignment of a fireman to
Switchers of less than 10000
pounds.
O'Neill said no further sessions
were scheduled and added: If
either side wants to resume talks
they can notify me-"
Rob Allie, secretary of the
Michigan Association of Rail-
roads, said he was informed all
demands of the brotherhood had
been settled except one for assign
ment of a fireman to switch en-
gines of less than 10000 pounds.
The New York Central, one of
the struck lines, uses a fireman
(See RAILS. Page A-3D
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Senators Begin Study
OF Loyalty Files With
Visit 10 White House
Each Will Be Probed,
Tydines Says, to Prove
Or Disprove Charges
By Cecil HoIIond

Senate investigators today be-
gan a study of State Department
loyalty files on 81 persons accused
by Senator Mccarthy. Republican,
of Wisconsin of being Communists,
fellow travellers or security risks.
Each of these 81 files will be
thoroughly investigated to de-
termine the truth or falsity of the
Senator's assertions" said Sen
ator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary
land.
Senator Tydings is chairman of
f1ve-man Senate Foreign Rela-
tions subcommittee investigating
the Mccarthy charges.
Senator Mccarthy, in a Febru-
airy 20 Senate speech, listed the
81 cases without giving names.
His charges resulted in the Sem
ate authorizing the investigation
that has been underway for more
than two months.
TydingS Goes to White House.
Shortly after announcing that
procedures had been worked out
for examining the files, Senator
Tydings left for the White House
He was accompanied by three
other members of the Investigate
ing committee-Senators Green
Democrat. of Rhode Island; Nc
Mahon, Democrat, of Connecti-
cut, and Lodge, Republican, oil
Massachusetts,. Senator Hicken-
looper. Republican, of Iowa, the
fifth member, is in Iowa.
With the committee members a.
they started examining the files
were John E. Peurifoy, Assistant
Secretary of State; Peyton Ford
assistant to the Attorney General;
and Conrad E. Snow, chairman o1
the State Department Loyalty
Review Board.
In a statement Senator Tyding.
said:
1T was the demand of Senator
Mccarthy for investigation o1
these 81 cases which brought about
the investigation now in progress
Since the investigation was
launched, it has been discovered
that the files in the same 81 case.
had previously been made avail
able to and investigated by foul
separate committees of the Re.
publican 80th Congress, and thai
no adverse reports on any of the
81 were made to the Congress, the
(See COMMUNISTS, Page A-7.)
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Steak and Chicken
For Seven Months
Torture to Red
BY the Associated Press

LISBON, Portugal, May TO-
Most Portuguese would welcome
meals of chicken, steak and eggs.
But to Alvaro Cunhal, Commun-
ist leader, the same menu every
day for seven months in jail got
so monotonous he called it a new
police torture method.
Cunhal made the torture
charge yesterday at a trial in
which he was sentenced to prison
for plotting to overthrow the gov
ernment and spreading illegal
Communist propaganda.
The Communist leader told q
three-man court he was served
meals always consisting of the
same courses: Oatmeal for break
fast, chicken broth and chicken
for lunch and steak, fried eggs
and potatoes for dinner"
This became a daily torture. !"
Cunhal added. II was weak and
needing good food but nobody can
stand the same food every day for
seven months"
Evening star., 1950-05-10

(CDT) last night to reach some
agreement.
Asked what the next step would
be, Mr.. O'Neill replied, II can't
say until we make our report. to
Washington" He added:
Unable to Get Anywhere.
"We have been unable to get
anywhere. For the last three or
four days we have been working
on a package deal with the
brotherhood" He refused to say
what the package" contained.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive
Firemen and Englnemen. one of
the five big operating unions,
struck against four major rail-
roads at 6 am. local standard
time today.
Their walkout was to enforce
demands for hiring a second fire.
man on multiple diesel unit loco
motives. The railroads, whose
contention had been upheld by
presidential fact-f1nding boards,
maintained this constituted made
work" since the second fireman
would be unneeded on diesel
which has no fire to tend.
Insist on Extra Man.
The brotherhood insisted the
man should be added as a safety
measure. Union leaders said their
men were being disciplined con-
tinually for leaving the locomo-
Evening star., 1950-05-10
ST. Louis Gambler 10 Quit
Big-1ime Betting Business
BY the Assoeioisd Press

ST. LOUIS. May 10.-Morris l..
(Morrie) Cooper announced to-
day he is retiring from his horse
race and baseball betting business,
said to be one of the largest in the
country.
Cooper was known nationally
as a better commissioner who
fixed odds and handled "layoff"
or insurance bets for other bookies.
He denied he was influenced by
recent hearings by Senate sub
committee investigating gambling.
A local competitor. James Carroll,
testified before the subcommittee.
The hearing in Washington
had nothing TO do with my deci-
sion," Cooper said.
Asked about reports he made
a fortune in the business, Cooper
smiled and said: Just say made
ia living"
He added he win devote his time
TO other interests. including Q
furniture store he operates here.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
GobrieIsonDemonds S
Truman End Tour,
Settle Rail Tieup
BY the Associated Press

Republican National Chairman
Guy Gabrielson today demanded
that President Truman cut short
his speaking tour and return to
Washington Immediately to seek
a settlement of the four system
rail strike.
He issued this statement:
THE railroads are the economic
bloodStream of our Nation. Four
Of our great transportation systems
are paralyzed by a strike. A fifth
is harassed and slowed down by
President Truman's special train.
1T is the duty of the President
to return Immediately to the
White House. He should use the
power and prestige of his Office
to bring about a peaceful settle
ment Of this costly tie-up of
transportation.
"I hope he will find some other
method than his 1946 suggestion
that he be given dictatorial powers
to draft strikers into the Army"
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Grass Fire Threatens
Florida Everglades Park
BY the Associated Press

MIAMI, May 1O.-A grass fire
on Long Pine Key in the Ever
gladeS National Park, raging over
a 12-square-mile area and famed
by a 20-mile-an-hou southwest
wind threatened the entire park
today.
Covering a wider area but con-
sidered a lesser hazard to the park
was a fire which has burned
thousands of acres along the
Tamiami Trail.
Guy Bender, chief of the Ever
gladeS Fire Control District, said
the Tamiami fire appeared to be
stopped. 1t has burned a strip five
to seven miles wide and 20 miles
long, some 80 miles west of Miami
However, wind shift could send
sparks and embers into the ma
tional preserve and start fires
Mr.. Bender added.
Park Rangers, aided by Ever
gladeS fire control crews, worked
throughout the night in both
danger areas. Reinforcements
sent in today.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Train Service Virtually Halted
FromD. C.toWest and South
Hundreds of Workers Face Loyoffs
At Ruiroud Yards in District Areu

with furloughs if the strike con-
tinues until the week end.
A substantial number" of Penn
sylvania Railroad employees in this
area also will temporarily lose
their jobs, it was said.
The Pennsylvania scratched"
all its passenger trains to such
points as Chicago and st. Louis,
and the Southern, which serves a
far-flung region as far south as
Atlanta and New Orleans, called
off % trains.
Electrically operated trains to
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New
York were not affected, which
meant that both the Pennsylvania
and Baltimore & Ohio were oper-
ating as usual on those we'll trav-
eled routes.
Southern left loophole for any
f1remen who would report despite
the unions action. 1t said it
would operate freight and pas
(Cao IT'D INC na~a o>
Evening star., 1950-05-10
BY the Assoeiosed Press

NEW YORK, May l0.-Dom-
mick Aztec was almost uncon-
scious from pain and exhaustion
today as rescue workers toiled to
rescue him from the bottom of a
20-foot well shaft. 8
A physician, DR.. Harold Berson.
25, was lowered into the shaft at
1920 am. and administered more
stimulants to Mr.. Aztec, who had
been buried up to his waist since
noon yesterday. One leg was pin
ioned by boulder.
The physician said the 49-year-
old we'll digger was in a semi
stuperious" state. Mr.. Atteo's
pulse was weak and his breathing
shallow, the doctor said.
A few minutes before Mr.. Aztec
had cried, II can't feel any more
Where's my belt? Where's my
belt?"
DR.. Berson said Mr.. Atteo's eye
sight apparently had been dam
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Trapped N-Digger Losing
Consciousness and Strength
Rescuers Sinking Second Shoft in Effort
To Free New York Father of Before Death

aged by flash fire caused when
a lighted cigarette was lowered
to him last night shortly after
he had been given oxygen.
Mr.. Atteo's face and hands were
burned in the resultant fire. The
physician added, however, that
he did not believe the well-digger
was blinded.
At 8 o'clock this morning a
Catholic priest sprinkled holy
water into the well which Mr.
Aztec had been digging in a
Brooklyn garage.
Rescue workers had dug a sec
ondary shaft down to his level
and knocked out the dirt wal
between the two shafts to about
8 feet above his head.
The trapped mans comely wife
Maria, 80, collapsed about
O'Clock this morning after an all
night vigil at the mouth of the
tSee WELL. Page A-4.)
Evening star., 1950-05-10

Passenger and freight service
from Washington to Western and
Southern points was crippled to-
day and hundreds of workers faced
layoffs as a result of the railroad
firemen's strike.
The Pennsylvania and Southern
lines attempted to operate only
a token service in the strike
bound areas. Chesapeake & Ohio,
not struck directly, had to discon-
tinue passenger service to Wash
ington and other points where C.
g. o. trains operate over Southern
tracks.
C. g. o. had hoped to use
r. F. g. P. Railroad tracks for
those trains usually routed over
the Southern, but was unable to
complete arrangements.
Most of the 1900 Southern
Railway System employees at the
Washington headquarters and
Alexandria yards were threatened
Evening star., 1950-05-10
0ppenheimer Denies
Communist Link, Say,
He Renounced Leftist,
Leading Atom Scientist
Answers Mrs. Crouch's
California Testimony
BY the Assoeioted Press

DR.. ]. Robert Oppenheimer has
fatty denied the accusation of a
woman ex-Communist that DR..
Oppenheimer, top atomic scien-
tist, held a secret, closed meeting
of Communists at his Berkeley
home in July, 1941.
Mrs. Paul Crouch, admittedly a
Communist from 1929 to 1912, yes
terday told a California State Sem
ate investigating committee in
Oakland that she attended such a
Communist meeting at DR.. OPP
penheimer's home when he was
in the physics department Of the
University Of California.
Last night in Washington, DR..
Oppenheimer, who directed the
construction of the first atomic
bomb and now director of the
Institute for Advanced Studies at
Princeton, N. j., said IT never
assembled any such group of peo-
pie for any such purpose in my
home or anywhere else"
Husband Had Part in Meeting.
Mrs. Crouch, who became Com
munist in 1929 while a textile
worker on strike at Gastonia, N.
c.. was called before the State
Senate Committee on Un-Amer-
ican Activities. which is seeking
to determine if Communists had
access to the university's atom
smashing laboratory.
She said the meeting was called
so that her husband. then an
active Communist organizer in
the San Francisco Bay area. could
explain that the party line was
(COntinued on Page AT Col ~
Evening star., 1950-05-10
BarkIey Appoints 5
For Senate Probe
Of Interstate Crime
Committee Consists
Of Kefouver, O'Conor,
Tobey, Wiley, Hunt

Vice President Barkley today
named a f1ve-man committee to
make a Senate investigation of
interstate crime. gambling and
racketeering.
Those named were:
Senators Kefauver OF Tennes-
see; O'Conor of Maryland and
Hunt of Wyoming, Democrats:
and Tobey of New Hampshire and
Wiley. of Wisconsin. Republicans.
Mr.. Barkley did not designate
a chairman. This was left to the
committee itself. Senator Kefau-
yer. who sponsored the resolution
authorizing the investigation, is
expected to receive the post.
Point Is Made Clear.
Before making the announce
ment. Mr.. Barkley said he wanted
to make it clear that "at no time
did the President or the Vice
President ever discuss the resolu-
tion" or the personnel of the COM
mittee.
He added that he made the
statement in view of discussions
about the proposed investigation
Membership on the committee
was picked from the Senate
Judiciary and Commerce Commit
tees as the result of a jurisdic-
tional dispute over which commit
tee should make the investigation
A resolution originally intro.
duced by Senator Kefauver called
for an investigation by the Judici-
ary Committee. This was ap-
proved by the Rules Committee.
Bills Sent to Capitol.
The situation was complicated
when the Justice Department sent
two bills to the Capitol designed tc
curb slot machines and the trans
mission Of racing information ir
interstate commerce. These meas
ures were referred to the Com
merce Committee. headed by
Senator Johnson, Democrat oil
Colorado.
Senate Majority Leader Lucas
and the Senate Democratic Policy
Committee worked out an ar.
rangement by which the investi.
cations would be combined. Re.
publican Senators protested the
plan, since it meant that Senators
Ferguson, Republican, of Michi-
gan, and Donnell, Republican. OF
Missouri, were left off because OF
seniority rulings.
The substitute resolution call
ing for the investigation by q
committee composed of members
from the judiciary and Commerce
groups was called up last week
and passed without opposition
after some debate.
Early Meeting Planned.
Senators Kefauver and Wiley
represent the Judiciary Commit
tee, while Senators O'Conor
Hunt and Tobey are members OF
the Commerce Committee.
Senator Kefauver said the COM
mittee would meet without delay
and organize for it's Nation wide
study of crime and gambling. First
task faced by the committee will
be selection of a counsel.
Senator Kefauver has said he
wants to obtain an outstanding
lawyer of national reputation as
counsel. The Senate has ap-
proved a resolution to pay a CHIEF
counsel up to $17.500 with up te
$12,500 for an assistant counsel
Evening star., 1950-05-10
7 Hurt and Streetcars
Tied Up in Freak Mishap

Two persons were slightly hurt
this morning and eastbound
streetcars were tied up for almost
half an hour near Eighth street
and Pennsylvania avenue NV. as
the result of a freak accident.
Bessie Lappen, 48. of 1926 Six
teenth street NV, and Ronnie
Bocock, 43, of 800 Crittenden
street NV. were treated at Emer-
gency Hospital for cuts and
bruises.
They were knocked off a load
ing platform, it was reported
when passing streetcar struck a
piece of iron in use by track weld
ers and showed the platform out
ward about 3 feet. The accident
occurred at 8:5S o'clock.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
II Dead and Missinq
After Floods Sweep
; Midwest States
Waters Cover Thousands
Of Acres in North Dakota
Nebraska and Minnesota
BY the Associated Press

Seventeen persons were dead OF
missing and more thousands were
homeless today as the most dam
aging floods in years swept over
three Midwest States.
Human misery rose in the flood
areas of North Dakota, Minnesota
and Nebraska. Scores of COM
munities we're isolated as the
surging waters from rain-swollen
rivers and streams spilled out
over thousands of acres of land.
Homeless Total $4,000.
Across the border in Southern
Manitoba, the flood crisis mount
ed. The homeless totaled some
1000, and another 10000 faced
evacuation.
Women and children were asked
today to move out of stricken
Winnipeg, threatened by the ever
rising waters of the rampaging
Red River.
Brig. r. E. A. Morton, flood re-
lief controller. said the appeal was
issued in an attempt to relieve
overtaxed city facilities.
His action came as the Royal
Canadian Mounted Police pre-
pared to remove remaining resi-
dents along the Red River from
Greater Winnipeg to the United
States border. so miles south.
All the fatalities were in Ne
braSka. One of the worst floods
in nearly so years struck the
southeastern section of the State
yesterday. Seven bodies had been
recovered. Hope was abandoned
for the other 10 missing persons.
Seventh Body Found.
Before darkness ended the
search last night, a farmer found
the body of the seventh victim
Berneda Meyer. about 25. of Lin
coin, Nebr. She was identified as
the passenger in an Inflated Bur-
lington bus located earlier eight
miles away.
Most of the dead were highway
travellers caught by rampaging
waters which followed rains of up
(See FLOODS, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1950-05-10

People" trip, Mr.. Truman dis
closed in an early-morning speech
at Pocatello. Idaho, that. he had
signed the National Science Foun-
dation Act.
Vital Force for Peace"
He said it would bolster the
country's atomic developments
and by keeping the Nation ahead
in scientific research would help
the United States exert more
vital force for peace" The lack
of world peace and security, he
added, underscores the need for
the science foundation.
Despite the hour the President
got out a crowd of about 1000 al
Pocatello. Union Pacific division
point.
Mr.. Truman told the audience
that he was not on a politicaI
trip. but was simply reporting
on the State of the Union" a.
the Constitution provides.
The crowd laughed and ap.
plauded when he added with 8
chuckle that he might be bacl
little later and do some poll.
ticking"
Foreign Policy Talk.
The Presidents Pocatello speech
followed foreign policy address
last night at Laramie, Wyo., il
which he declared the struggle
against the new and terribl,
tyranny" of Soviet Russia is q,
longtime project"
Promising ultimate victory TO
free countries in that struggle, Mr.
Truman declared:
There is no quick way, no cas-.
way, to end it,"
Pointing out that non- -Commu
mist nations together have two
thirds of the worlds peoples ant
three-fourths of the worlds pro.
ductive power and, in addition
"the greatest attraction of all
human freedom" Mr.. Truman
added:
II say again that we have lon,
task. 1t may be many years be-
fore we can be sure that com
munism is no longer threat
that our goals of stability ant
peace have been attained. Blu
those goals are clearly within ou
reach"
In the same policy speech h
charged that Chinese Communist
have sent to Soviet Russia foot
that is desperately needed by tn,
Chinese people," He promised
that the United States would seel
to find some way of sending foot
to the Chinese through privat,
agencies.
This was interpreted as a Sigr
that the administration has NJ
plans for early recognition of thu
Chinese Communist regime.
Mr.. Truman'S blunt statements
(See TRUMAN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Dr.. 0yerhoIser Confined
To Home After Heart Attack

DR.. Winfred Overholser. super
intendent of" ST. Elizabeths Hos
pital. is confined to his home re-
covering from a heart attack. his
Office said today.
The hospital superintendent
suffered the attack last week but
is doing well now. his office said.
DR.. Overholser's physicians have
ordered him to take a few weeks
rest and then slow down some
what, the office added.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
Chino Bombed With Rice

TAIPEI, Formosa, May 10 up,
Nationalist warplanes dropped
rice instead of bombs on Red
China, air headquarters said to-
day. 1t said nine C-46s left For
mosa Monday night with 81 tons
of rice for nine areas. The planes
also dropped 270.000 propaganda
leaflets.
Evening star., 1950-05-10
New Program Listings
For Radio and TV

More attractive and con-
venient program listings of
Washington'S radio and tele-
vision schedules now appear in
The Star.
The new listings will be
found today on Page C-13.