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Evening star., 1950-05-21
By Nike Anderson

Several years ago, when the
Edward Achesons were on their
way to Anacapri to visit the villa
Of Axel Munthe, the Swedish doc
tor whose romances and adven-
lures were immortalized in 1.-The
Story Of San Michele" they met a
charming Austrian, Ernst Freund
Last week, young Freund, one
of the few marked by Hitler
for death, who managed to escape
came for visit to Rolling Valley
With him he brought a gift, a rare
and beautiful 5-foot Japanese cut
leaf maple, as a living reminder
of their friendship. Before the
tree was planted, with due cere-
mony, silver coins were dropped
beneath the roots-a guarantee OF
good luck, according to supersti-
ton.
A duck who evidently knew a
good thing when he saw it, took
up residence last autumn near the
Achesons' newly created trout
pond. Pleased with the prospect
of using both pond and swimming
pool. he then brought along two
other ducks, and the three spent
q happy winter with the surprised
and amused Achesons. However,
the problem of keeping the SWIM
ming pool clean. when summer
arrives. presented itself, and it
was decided that Ted would have
to shoot the ducks. But the idea
of his feathered friends served up
with apple sauce and sliced oranges
was more than the tender-hearted
Ted could bear. The ducks are
now residing with the Acheson's
yard man-with the strict under
Evening star., 1950-05-21

long table which was decorated
with white carnations and fern,
and q large white cake iced in
pale pink and white and appropri-
ately inscribed,
The hostess. who is home from
Rosemont College for the week
end, wore o corSage Of white car
nations and lilies Of the valley,
similar to the one she presented
to the guest Of honor.
Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs,
Gillespie were seated with the
group Of young girls. as were Mrs.
Paul Porter. Mrs. Camden Nc
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Atee. Mrs William Butler and
Mrs. John Brown Jacob.
The other guests included the
Misses Nancy Sullivan. RomonA
North. Martha Muse. Sylvia Ma
buco. Joyce Ebel. Eileen Walker.
Betty Browder. Jane McAtee.
Pearce and Caro- Butler. Marion
Seitz. Marguerite Boyer. Laura
Belle Wyatt. Ann Marie Emmett.
Alwilda Ferris. Sue Crosby. Gwen
dolyn Fairlamb, Catherine Knob.
lock. Elizabeth Henry. Ann Gates.
Constance Logan and Helen
Walker.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

gorgeous. right -the-a assembly
line Kaisers, parked in the RFC
garage. Inspection trip? And.
in the definitely different class,
a real believe it or not, was the
woman who wanted her hundred
dollar check cashed into four $25
bills! Where on earth has she
been?" I whispered to the exas-
perated bank teller. 1T is not
where she's been" he whispered
back with a twinkle, TITS where
she ought to bel" P. S.-The
check was good.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

tain, looks like a jewelers. drawers
set on q slant for display, bril-
liant with trilliums, wild Or
chids, columbines and amethystine
phlox.
Time Magazine employees may
adopt II Didn't Know What Time
It Was" for their theme song.
Their zizzy new glass-walled of
fees, at 1000 Vermont avenue, are
decorated with clock without
numerals. Where the numbers
should be there are-ping pong
balls. Also very new, those two
Evening star., 1950-05-21
| Miss Gillespie
Honor Guest
| AT Luncheon

Miss Carol Cunningham. post
deb daughter Of Mrs. James J.
Cunningham. was hostess at q
luncheon yesterday in the Pal
ladian Room at the Shoreham
Hotel honoring Miss Ann Muse
Gillespie, whose marriage to DR.
Jacques Kelly viii take place
Tuesday.
The guests were seated Mt one
Evening star., 1950-05-21
Officials Wives
Are Honor Guests

Mrs. Frank Pace. jr., Mrs. Archi-
bald 8. Alexander and Mrs. Kari
r. Bendetsen were honor guests
ut the luncheon given Thursday
ut the Army-Navy Country Club
by the wives of officers in the
Judge Advocate Generals Corps.
The committee In charge OF
arrangements for the party, which
was attended by $50 ladies. in
cluded Mrs. Tom Barratt, Mrs
Harold Beatty. Mrs. John Lynch
and Mrs. Robert Reed.
Evening star., 1950-05-21

Miss Teresa Marie Sapienza,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Sapienza, and Mr.. Dante Anthony
Zagami, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Zagami, were married
recently in st. Gabriel's Church,
the Rev. Joseph B. Coyne
officiating.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
BY the Assoeiossd Press

LONDON, Jan. 10.-One Of
Briton's biggest bookmakers made
the Labor Party a 4-to-6 favorite
today to win the 1850 general
election.
Douglas Duggie Never Owes
Stuart offered 5-to-4 against
Winston Churchill's Conservatives.
At the same time, however, he
made Mr.. Churchill himself a
hairline favorite over Labor's
Clement Attlee to be the next
prime minister of Britain.
Mr.. Churchill was quoted at II
to 8, Mr.. Attlee at s to 4.
The reasoning behind this: If
the Conservatives win Mr.. Church.
Ill is almost certain to become
prime minister. If Labor is VIC
torious Mr.. Attlee may step down
to make way for another member
of his party.
Mr.. Churchill also is considered
a good bet to take the helm II
the election is so close that no
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Economy Test House
Months Away, With
Budget Cut Uncertain
Lump Appropriation and
Election Year Called
Biggest Obstacles
bv J. A. OIeorv
By J. A. OIeoy

Demands for economy echoed
through the Capitol today in the
wake of President Truman's $42,-
439 900, 900 unbalanced budget, but
it may be several months before
the issue is put to a test if the
House Appropriations Committee
succeeds in its experiment of
Jumping all spending in one bill.
When the test does come, some
members are wondering how far
a majority will go In welding the
ak in an election year on projects
in which their areas are interested.
The threat of higher taxes
with President Truman himself
planning to ask for a moderate"
Increasingly be the factor that
will make the economy drive a
success.
In fact. the first showdown on
taxes will be a move in the Senate
some time this week to cut $780,
100000 or more off the wartime
excise rates on a variety of goods
and services.
Won't Reflect Sentiment.
This first vote will not reflect
the real sentiment for tax reduc-
ton, however, because the lower
excise rates are being offered as
a rider to the oleomargarine bill,
and Democrats who favor excise
cuts will vote against .tsfng them
to the oleo bill.
Administration Leaders believe
they have the votes to beat general
excise amendments to the oleo bill,
but the same reductions will have
a good chance of passage if brought
up separately later in the session.
The most drastic move to cut
the Truman budget came from
Senator Byrd, Democrat of Vir-
ginia, who promptly offered his
own alternative $50, ,000, ,000, 900
budget. The Byrd proposal would
bring Government spending next
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Crash During Quarrel Breaks
Dancer Foot, Hurts Companion

Packard suffered a broken knee,
cuts and bruises. Miss Steese is in
Gallinger Hospital and Mr.. Pack
ard is in Casualty.
He had borrowed the car from
mailman. he said.
Firemen Of No. l Rescue SQUAD
worked 80 minutes to extricate
Miss Steese, who was pinned un-
der the instrument panel. The
cars heater was found in the
rear seat.
Mr.. Packard is a waiter at the
Club Charles, one Of Baltimore's
better night clubs at Charles and
Preston streets and Miss Steese
is a former entertainer there.
They had been visiting friends
here and were en- route back to
Baltimore at the time Of the acci-
dent.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
9OCdrIoods of 7 unks Loudinq
For Formoso in Philadelphia
Turkish Vessel Takes on Arms Shipment
Originating at Lima (Ohio) Army Depot

Agents for the ship, B. H. Sobel-
man g. Co., Inc, said the ship will
depart next week. The agents re-
fused to give detailed information
on the consignment, stating an
agreement with the Turkish COM
pany prohibits release of any news
reports to the press.
The foreign freight department
of the Reading company said the
ship is consigned to the Chinese
government. There was no an
nouncement of individual names
ordering the equipment.
The Reading spokesman said the
tanks and armored cars came
from some Government storage
place in Ohio" He said he did
not know the name of the storage
place nor the site of the loading
point in Ohio.
The Mardin was built in 1918
the ship agents said.
Defense Department officials in
Washington said they had no re-
cent information about Chinese
arms purchased but that China
had not exhausted the $125 ,0CO 900
aid voted by the 8Oth Congress.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Capital Transit 10 Quit
Zone if Safeway Enters

The Capital Transit Co. today
notified Maryland authorities that
II Safeway Trails, Inc, is allowed
to carry passengers between the
Northwest Park Apartments and
the District line, Capital Transit
Will withdraw from that area.
E. D. Merrill, president of the
transit company, sent notification
to the Public Service Commission
OF Maryland. He said. that II
Safeway Trails is granted au-
thority to provide such service on
New Hampshire avenue, Capital
Transit would not apply for re-
newal Of its permit to provide
service beyond the expiration of
It's present permit April l.
The Northwest Park Apartments
are at New Hampshire avenue and
southampton drive, about 3 miles
beyond the District line. Safe
way Trails asked authority to op-
crate its service at a hearing
December Is before a board on
which the Interstate Commerce
Commission and the MARYLAND
PSC were represented.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Alexandra Realty Building
Is Damaged by Fire

Fire damaged the basement and
first floor of a real estate Office
building at 3l1 Washington street,
Alexandria, today.
Employees of the John F. Garrett
and the Adams, Duke g. Smith
realty companies escaped unhurt
from the two-story building after
they noticed smoke coming from
the basement.
Most of the damage was in the
basement, where Fire Chief Ber-
nard Padgett said he believed the
flames started in a pile of trash
ignited by hot cinders from the
furnace. The flames burned
through a small section of the
first floor. Chief Padgett said the
amount of damage had not been
determined.
Traffic along Mount Vernon
boulevard, which traverses Wash
ington street In Alexandria, was
rerouted for about a half hour
while flremen extinguished the
blazs.
Evening star., 1950-01-10

A Baltimore dancer suffered
fractured foot early today
when the car in which she was
riding was wrecked while she and
the driver were arguing.
The dancer was Miss Eileen
Steese, Is, who also had fractures
of the back. arm and hand. Po-
lice. at first reported that she had
suffered fractures to both feet.
Driver of the car was listed as
Edward P. Packard. Is. also OF
Baltimore, a waiter and enter
tainer. who told police his car "hit
something" during the argument,
but he didn't know what it struck
Police said 1t was a streetcar
loading platform. a tree, light
pole and a brick pillar in the yard
Of 200l Rhode Island avenue. Mr.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
AHIee Tells Cabinet
Date for Elections:
Feb. 23Is Believed Sci
Prime Minister Expected
To Make Announcement
On Vote Later Today
BY the Associoted Press
By the Associated Press

LONDON, Jan. 10.-Prime Min
lister Attlee told his cabinet Brit
aims big official secret today: The
date of the first national election
in five years.
He is expected to let the nation
in on it soon. Word spread quick
ly that February % is the most
likely date.
For weeks this has been the
date most favored by guessers for
the clash at the polls between the
ruling Laborites and Winston
Churchill's Conservatives.
Mr.. Attlee's ministers left the
meeting at No. 10 Downing street
smiling broadly.
Health Minister Aneurin Bevan
assured reporters the Prime Min
lister would ha6 al announcement
on the election "later today" But
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert
Morrison. who was the last to
leave Mr.. Attlee, would tell the
only:
"Stop all this guessing. You
are in danger of making fools of
yourselves" Mr.. Morrison will run
the party campaign.
Then the lobby correspondents
political experts of
the British press-were called into
No. 10 for brieflng.
The British Press Association
lobby man quickly came out with
these predictions,
Mr.. Attlee will announce his
election plans tomorrow.
He will dissolve the present
Parliament Friday, February 8,
and voting will take place 20 days
later.
A SNAP" election at an earlier
date can now be virtually ruled
out.
The session of Parliament
scheduled for January "a will be
Cancelled. The present Parliament
will be dissolved without ever
meeting again.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Biz British Bookmuker Fuvorinq
Labor Purty 4 to 6 in Election

party gets a majority and a coal
ition government is formed.
A spokesman for Mr.. Stuart said
he had noticed newspaper stories
that there Is some betting on the
London Stock Exchange with Mr..
Churchill at to 5 and Mr.. Attlee
at 4 to 1.
= "Ha." he said, they're talking
with their hearts instead Of their
heads. Who wouldn't take some
of that 4 to /? I'll take some OF
it myself"
Mr.. Stuart offered these prices
against other possibles in the
Prime Minister Stakes"
Deputy Prime Minister Herbert
Morrison, 4 to l..
Sir Stafford Cripps, Chancellor
Of the Exchequer, 10 to l.
Anthony Eden, deputy Conser-
vative leader, 10 to 1.
Aneurin Bevan. minister of
health, Is to /.
Ernest Bevin, foreign minister,
20 to !.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Mercury Goes 10 New High
For Fourth Time This Month

Another January heat record,
the fourth of the month. was
marked UP today when the mer-
curry climbed to IS at p.m.-two
degrees above the all-time mark
for the date, set in 1889.
Mere showers are scheduled for
late today and tonight, with clear
ing to partly cloudy tomorrow
The nights low temperature is to
be about so degrees. Tomorrow is
expected to be slightly cooler.
New temperature records were
set on the 4th, 5th and 9Th Of the
month.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
|ngrid Bergman's S Divorce
Nearing First Legal Step
By the Associotsd Press

HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 10.-At-
torneys for Ingrid Bergman and
her husband have worked out "a
basis for what we feel is a fair
and equitable property settle
ment."
The actress lawyer, Greg Baut-
zer. made this statement yester-
day on returning from a new York
conference with Lawrence Brinn,
attorney for DR.. Peter Lindstrom,
Miss Bergman's husband.
However, Mr.. Bautzer added
that until the proposed settlement
Is approved by DR.. Lindstrom and
Miss Bergman, mo agreement has
been reached"
Evening star., 1950-01-10
By NewboId Noyes, Jr.
Stor StoH Correxpondsnt

NEW YORK, Jan. 1O.-Thomas
F. Murphy, assistant United States
attorney, got off to whirlwind
start today in his cross-examina-
ton of DR.. Carl A. L. Binger. the
New York psychiatrist who says
that Whitaker Chambers, chief
Government witness against AL
ger Hiss. is q "psychopathic per-
sonality."
The second perjury trial Of Mr..
Hiss. former State Department Of
fetal. resumed at 1890 am. after
two days delay, when juror who
had been i'll was able to return to
the jury box.
In questioning DR.. Binger, the
prosecutor brought out:
!. That the psychiatrist, in his
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Critical Senators Hear
Acheson's S Defense
OF Formosa Policy
Several Republicans Are
Invited to Sit in With
Foreign Relations Group
BY the Associated Press

Secretary of State Acheson de-
Tended the administrators dis
puted Formosa policy today in a
closed-door session with Senators
critical of it.
Mr.. AcheSon was before the
Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee for a general review Of for
eign policy.
Sitting in with the committee
were group of Republican Sena-
tors who are not members but
who had asked for the right to
question Mr.. Acheson face-to-face
The committee voted this morning
to invite them in.
When Mr.. Acheson went into
the committee room, a reporter
asked him if he thought he could
convince the Senators that his
policies are correct.
: Mr.. Acheson quipped: "I'm just
q simple boy. I'll tell them the
truth"
Republicans Attend.
The committee permitted movie
and still cameramen to take pic
lures for half an hour before they
locked the doors and got down to
brass tacks with Mr.. Acheson.
Among the Republican non
members invited to sit in were
Senators Tobey. New Hampshire;
Saltonstall, Massachusetts,; Know
land. California and Ferguson,
Michigan.
Before Secretary Acheson
reached the Capitol, Senator Taft,
Republican policy chief in the
Senate. said that "a small amount
of United States military aid
would save Formosa."
The island should be kept free,
Senator Taft told reporter, un-
til the japanese peace treaty Is
signed.
II don't think the Communists
will attack If we say that For
mosa Is to be kept free until the
disposition of the peace treaty"
Senator Taft added.
Military Moves Ruled Out,
Earlier, Senator Taft and for
mer President Herbert Hoover
had called for the United States
Navy to defend Formosa if neces-
sary from any Communist at
tack.
President Truman's statement
of Formosa last week wiped out
any possibility that the Govern
ment will make any military
moves to save Formosa.
Senator Knowland was primed
to ask the Secretary series OF
questions which he said need an
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Transit Workers
o|d321 More
Will Be Laid Off
Reduction in Force
Expected to Reach
sol by March !
By Francis P. DouoIos

William F. Simms, president Of
the union representing Capital
Transit employees. said today that
the union has been informed by
the company that it plans to lay
off 321 more employees by March /.
Mr.. Simms said that with the
dismissal of 140 employees by the
end of January, already announced
by the company, and the retire.
ment of 40 more. the total reduce
ton in force will amount to SOL,
Mr.. Simms said that notiiea-
ton Of the additional dismissals
was given union officials yesterday
by Samuel E.. Emmons, general
manager of the company. Mr..
Simms added that the union was
not informed whether bus and
streetcar operators would be in
cluded in the group to be dis
missed.
May Include Operators.
It was considered likely, how
ever, that there will be dismissals
of operators because E. D. Mer-
|rill, president of the company,
earlier notified employees that a
wage increase granted employees
December Is would make neces-
sary drastic steps to effect reduc-
tionS in service"
The company has made no
further announcement about re-
ductions contemplated.
The wage increase of 10 cents
an hour was granted by an arbi-
tration board, retroactive to last
July /.
Mr.. Merrill in letters sent to
employees asked them to get be-
hind a company move for fare
increase and suggested that if
friends or organized groups should
ask them questions about the need
for a higher fare which they could
not answer. that they pass these
questions along to their super
visors.
Retirement Order Opposed.
Union officials who met with Mr.,
Emmons and other company off,
GERS yesterday said they attempted
to get the company to modify its
order retiring 40 employees who
have reached the age of IS. This
group, each member of which has
mad 70 years or more of service.
is to be retired February l, ac-
cording to the union men. Twenty
are operators and 20 are EMPLOYED
IN other duties.
Many of these men are the
cream of the CROP" Mr.. Simms
said. They include men with
years Of no accidents and no
trouble. In replacing them, the
company would have to take on
new men and take the RESPONSE
bllltles for their training and per-
1ormance Of their duties"
Under the retirement plan set
up in 1945, a man who has as
years service and who is IS years
Ola is retired on a pension the
maximum of which is $50 a month
Mr.. Simms explained. He added
that the retired employe would
also get $3S to $40 from Social
Security, but called attention to
the fact that man cannot get
along on 500 a month.
Earlier, Mr.. Simms. Division
68s, Amalgamated Sheet, Electric
Railway and Motor Coach en-
ployes (AFL), said the company is
persisting in its refusal to give
retroactive pay increases to en-
ployes who left the company be-
tween July l and December Is.
Mr.. Simms said the board NAV
be called back to decide the
present problem through an in
depreciation of its decision,
About IA former employees ara
involved. Back pay to cover the
higher rate already has been paid
othcrs
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Chile's President to Sion
U. 5. Friendship Treoty
BY the Assoeioisd Press

~ "'e Sssoetofsd rFeSS
SANTIAGO, Chile. January 10.
President Gabriel Gonzalez vi
della will sign a treaty Of friend
ship. commerce and air traffic be-
tween Chile and the United States
during his scheduled April visit to
Washington, a high authorized
source declared last night.
The source said negotiations
were in their final stages.
Mr.. Gonzalez Videla plans to
go to Washington April IL at
President Truman's invitation.
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Murphy Uses Suove RidicuIe
On Hiss Defense Psychiotrist
Points Out Dr. Bineer Couldn't Explain Away
Documents Produced by Chombers

direct testimony, had said moth
ing which can explain the fact
that Mr.. Chambers, admitted ex-
Communist agent, has produced a
mass of documentary evidence
supporting his charge that Mr..
Hiss gave him State Department
secrets for transmission to Rus
sian agents before the war.
2. That DR.. Binger was certified
as a psychiatrist by the American
PSychiatric Association as re-
Gently as 1916. and that before
that he may have been refused
certification on grounds of "in-
sufficient training"
3. That DR.. Binger has had no
full-time training in the anat-
omy and pathology Of the brain,
and has never served as a resi-
Evening star., 1950-01-10
Sherman Confirmation
DeIayed>for Decision
On Denfe|d Inquiry
Senators to Vote Jan. 19
On Probe of Custer of
Navy Operations Chief
BY John A. Giles
he Senate Armed Services

The Senate Armed Services
Committee today showed signs of
reopening the inquiry into the bit
ter military unif1cation row as it
delayed voting on the confirma-
ton Of Forrest P. Sherman as
chief of naval operations.
It voted to hold up the ,confir-
nation until January 10, when it
will vote on whether or not to
investigate the circumstances sur
rounding the custer of Admiral
Sherman's predecessor, Admiral
Louis E. Denfeld.
Admiral Denfeld was removed
from the top Navy post by Navy
Secretary Matthews with Presi-
dent Truman's approval after he
had testified in the House Armed
Services Committees uniflcation
inquiry. However, both Mr.. Mat
thews and Defense Secretary
johnson insisted their differences
with the admiral pre-dated the in
quiry. Admiral Sherman was
given a recess appointment under
which he is now serving.
Tydings Opposes Delay.
Admiral Denfeld, who only two
months before had been nomi-
mated by MIR. Truman to another
two-year term, told the House
group that the administrations
unification policies were wrong
and that they were cutting the
Nays offensive power.
His testimony took the defense
chiefs and the White House by
complete surprise since they pre-
viously had considered him sup
porter of unif1cation.
Republican Senators Knowland
Of California and Bridges Of New
Hampshire led the fight for post
ponement and possible full dress
inquiry.
Chairman Tydings opposed
holding up the confirmation be-
cause he said it would penalize
Admiral Sherman. He told the
committee members he would not
Evening star., 1950-01-10

ATHENS, Jan. 10 (P).-The VOL
canic little island Of Santorini. In
the Aegean Sea, began erupting
smoke today. sending sulphurous
clouds high into the sky. The is
land, one Of the Cyclades in the
Grecian archipelago, has popu-
lation Of about $4,000.
Evening star., 1950-01-10

MULHOUSE, France, Jan. 10 (H).
Twenty workmen were drowned
today in a crowded bus that
swerved of bridge into a canal
near this Alsatian city, the French
News Agency reported. Twenty
eight other passengers in the bus
escaped.