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Evening star., 1950-09-28
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Virginia-Rather cloudy with
occasional rain likely over south
east portion tonight and in east
and central portions tomorrow.
Little change in temperature.
Wind velocity at 1880 o'clock
this morning. 10 miles per hour;
direction, north-northeast.
District Medical Society rag
weed pollen count for "a hours
ended 8 am, September 28, 8
grains per cubic yard of air.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

IFruitland and Salisbury brought
the. flames under control.
Princess Anne, Somerset Coun-
ty seat, has population of about
1000.
Night Policeman Fred Phoebus
who was attending TO- a nigh
light In. the rear of = a building
across the street, said "all at once
it sounded like the whole world
had blown up.'
Cause of Blast Sought.
If he had been in the front OF
the building, he related, q
wouldn't be here to tell you
about If" B
C M Baugfl Princess Anne
school principal and volunteer
fireman. speculated, IF this had
happened in the daytime. I won-
der how many people would have
been killed"
Mrs. C.. D. Griffith, who owns
the three wrecked buildings and
operates the five and ten cent
store. had to be taken to her apart
ment when she was nearly over
come by shock.
Fire Chief Carey said he had
telephoned the Chincoteague (Va.)
Naval Air Station for explosion
and fire fighting experts to ex-
anime the wreckage and see il
they could determine the cause
of the blast.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
GIN Pension Approval
Seen Ayerting Strike
By The Assoeioted Press

WILMINGTON, Del, Sept. "a
Charles E. Wilson, president y0t
the General Motors Corp. says
q disastrous strike" of GIN work.
sers has been avoided by stock
holders approval OF an employe
pension and retirement program.
The stockholders yesterday ap-
proved the pension -retirement
plan and also voted In favor OF q
stock split plan which doubles the
amount of GIN stock and cuts the
par value of each share in half
I'VE could not have avoided
a disastrous strike Mr.. Wilson
told the stockholders at the con-
cIslsion of tlae tWo-hour netting,
ss'if yoU Mad failed to approve the
pension program. In fact, doubt
very much if the present manage
ment could have gone ahead op-
Grating the business"
The non-eontributary pension
plan for hourly rate workers was
drawn up by the company and
the CIO United Auto Workers
Union. It provides a minimum
pension of $100 a month including
social security for workers with
Is years service. A contributory
plan was worked out for salaried
employees.
The stock split was recommends
ed by the company's Board OF
Directors and Board Chairman
Alfred P. Sloan. The split au-
thorized the change of GIN com.
mon stock from rs million shares
of $40 par value of $50 million OF
$5 par value. Each present share
holder will be given two shares
of the new stock for each share
of the old.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Reds Seize 7 Bridges
In Vienna, but Tension
Generally Is Easier
BY the Assoeiatsd Press

VIENNA, Sept. 30. - Scattered
Communist disturbances brole
out for the third day in vienna
this morning as Russian-orsan-
lied Red workers CONTINUED to
-harass the Austrian government.
Communists seized control of
two Danube river bridges connect
ing suburbs in the Russian sector
Of the four power city with the
central part of the town.
One railroad station on the line
from Vienns to Bratislava, in
C1echoSlovakia. also was occupied
by Communist demonstrators
but the Austrian government
diverted trains by another route.
Spans Are Blocked.
The Danube bridges-one Of
which bears the name of the
Bridge of the Red Army''-were
. blocked by automobiles and Com
munists sitting astride the road.
In another Russian sector Reds
held up streetcar traffic for several
hours.
The demonstrations were all re-
stricted to Russian districts of
Vienna.
Austrian Chancellor DR.. Leo
pold Figls press officer said the
situation was much calmer than
in the last two days, during which
the Communists staged strikes,
demonstrations and traffic inter-
ruptions. They said they were
protesting government wage and
price increase.
Some Justification Seen.
Allied quarters said today the
Communists have some juStifica-
ton for their protests, since the
wage increases are not equal to
those of prices, particularly food.
There was a back-to-work
movement in many factories, al
though in some Russian-con-
troled factories workers remained
on strike.
Austrian sources said the Rus
slams apparently had given orders
that factories which had fulfilled
their production quotas could re-
main idle. Those, however, which
had failed to do so apparently
were ordered back to work. SINH
lar sporadic strikes were reported
throughout the country.
The Communist press threat
ened that factory shop stewards
from throughout Austria, at a
Communist called meeting in
Vienna Saturday. would urge the
workers on to more trouble.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Storm Areo Probed

MIAMI. Fla, Sept. % tP1.-Two
"areas of suspicion" were under
observation today but Miami
Weather Bureau forecasters said
there was no indication that either
would turn into storm. A large
low-pressure area was located in
the Caribbean Sea about 400 to
500 miles east-southeast of Miami
and a squall wave was reported
about 1000 miles east-southeast
of the Florida coast.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

District of Columbia-Rather
cloudy with high around Sc this
afternoon. Mostly cloudy tonight
with low about So. Tomorrow
cloudy and mild with chance of
rain by night.
Maryland-Mostly cloudy to-
night and tomorrow with some
rain likely over east portion by to-
morrow afternoon or night. Little
change in temperature.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Eastern Shore Town
OF Princess Anne Hit
By Blssi| ana Fire !.
By III. A..psis,sd p,s.. !.

PRINCESS ANNE ND sept .i2s
An explosion rocked this East
ern Shore town early today, set
ting FIRE to three business places
and showering an entire main
street block vlth broken glass
Unofficial estimates put, the
damage at between 100000 and
5000. 900
A chain food store. a five and
ten cent store and q. restaurant
were wrecked. Windows were
broken in at least 20 stores and
offices on both sides of the street.
No one was hurt, Fire Chief
Raymond Carey repoted. He
said the cause or exact location
of the blast could not be deter
mined Immediately.
There was speculation about
what part two drums of bottled
gas attached to the restaurant
building played in the explosion
and the rapid spread of the flames
afterward.
Heard Mile Away.
The explosion. heard more than
a mile away. aroused many resi-
dents. Some of them said they
at first thought their own oil
burners had exploded. Other.
reported the blast sounded like
dynamite.
The blast hurled 10-by -3-foot
sign across the street and sfot
bricks from the side of the Arder
Inn across a narrow alley smash.
ing windows in the Bank of Som.
erset.
Firemen from Princess Anne
Evening star., 1950-09-28
II Policemen Testify
Before Brooklyn Jury
Investigating Graft
BY the Assoeioied Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 28.-Police
Commissioner Thomas F. Murphy
-heartened by results Of his first
move to weed grafters out of the
department-dug deeper into the
gambling payoff mess today.
The new commissioner started
his cleanup yesterday by sending
the city's top police brass before
a special grand jury in Brooklyn.
considerable progress" at the
jury session was reported by
Brooklyn District Attorney Miles
F. Mcdonald, who has been con-
Quoting a gambling and graft In.
vestigation for several months.
Got Information.
Mr.. Mcdonald, who is working
closely with Mr.. Murphy. said
the grand jury gained valuable
information from at least one
policeman"
Mr.. Murphy, who stepped from
a Federal prosecutors job to take
over as head Of the scandal
shaken police department on
| Tuesday, ordered 81 policemen
before the grand jury yesterday
at Mr.. McDonald's request.
! Seventeen showed up, includ-
ing Chief Inspector August w.
Flath, commander of all uni
! formed men, and Chief of Detec-
tiveS William T. Whalen. At
least five inspectors also were on
I the list. .-
II Sign Waivers.
The II who were questioned
signed waivers of immunity, max
ing themselves liable to possible
prosecution for anything they
might say.
Two of the 21-a lieutenant
: and ainsclothesman-had filed
retirement papers and refused to
sign waivers. If they had refused
to sign while still policemen, they
would have been fired and, de-
prived Of pension rights.
The last two among the 81 were
on vacation and could not be
/. reached.
More to Be Called.
More policemen are to be called
before the grand jury later as
Murphy continues his promised
cleanup. He said the calling of
the 81 yesterday was no indica-
ton they were accused of any
thing.
Investigators posted Harry Gross.
big-time bookmaker, to look over
the police witnesses as they ap-
preached the grand jury room.
The purpose was not announced.
but the assumption was that the
district attorneys men had placed
him there for possible identiflca-
ton Of some Of the policemen.
/ Gross, "a. named as head of a
$40 million-a-year betting organi-
zation with high police backing.
has told of graft payments to
police of 81 million a year. But he
has refused to identify the graft
erS. authorities say. He was taken
to the grand jury corridor from
his cell where he is held in lieu
of $250.000 bail as material wit
ness.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Karen Rebels SIoy n
In Burmu Bus Ambush
BY the Assoeia.sd Press

RANGOON. Burma, Sept. 90
Rebel Karen tribesmen ambusheo
a bus on the South Burma coast
killing 81 persons and woundine
Is others, an unofficial report sale
today. Two policemen were listec
among the dead.
The report said the tribesmer
stopped the bus near Mergui with
a hand grenade, then raked the
passengers with rifle fire,
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Recess Appointments
Begun by Truman on
Delayed Nominations

President Truman today began
giving temporary appointments to
some of the persons whose nom-
nations for Government jobs
were not approved by the Senate
before Congress recessed Satur-
day.
The first recess appointment
went to CIO Union Leader Robert
T. Creasey of Metutchin, N. j..
as Assistant Secretary of Labor
This will permit him to hold the
job until the Senate acts on a
new nomination.
Mr.. Creasey, a 38-year-old ma
tive Of Dallas, Tex, is president
Of the long lines division of the
CIO Communications Workers OF
America.
Remon Gets Appointment.
The President also gave a recess
appointment to John A. Remor
of Washington, to be a member
of the District of Columbia's Re-
development Lang Agency. The
Senate had failed to act on his
nomination.
When Congress quit until No
vember q, an even 100 nomina-
tions were left hanging and thus
died. Some of them were sub
mitted so late that the Senate haC
little chance to consider them
others were held up by contro-
versies.
Under Senate rules, all nomina
tions not acted on when the law.
makers adjourn or recess for more
than 80 days are returned to ths
White House, to receive further
consideration. They must be re.
submitted.
The recess appointments will
be good only to the start OF tn,
new Congress on January 8, how
ever. They cannot carry over from
one Congress TO the next.
25,600 Choices Confirmed.
During the 1850 session Jus
ended, the Senate confirmed 25..
600 nominations submitted by Mr.
Truman and rejected only four
Figures don't tell the whole story
More than 10000 were routin,
promotions Of armed services per.
sonnel. Many others were selec.
tions Of postmasters and marshals
The four turned down by tn,
Senate-all in one day last Au.
gust-were Martin A. Hutchinson
Of Virginia to be a member o.
the Federal Trade Commission
Frank E. Hook of Michigan to b,
a member of the Motor Carrie
Claims Commission, N. Neil An
crews to be q Federal Judge TO
the Northern District Of Georgi,
and Carroll o. Switzer to be 1
Federal judge for the Southern
District Of Iowa.
All ran into objections from
their home State Senators, an,
the members of the Senate side,
with t',eir colleagues rather thai
the President.
Given Recess Appointments.
Despite their rejection by tn
Senate. Mr.. Switzer and MI
Andrews still are serving on tn
bench under recess appointment
given them last year. The Justic
Department, however. said thei
pay had been stopped August .. :
Mr.. Hook quit the Motor Carrie
Claims Commission after the Sen
ate rejected his nomination. tn,
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Ralph E. Weeks Dies;
Headed les Schools
BY The Assoeiaisd Press

SCRANTON. Pa. Sept. 28.-
Ralph E. Weeks, 70, chairman of
the board of the international
Textbook Co. and the Information
al Correspondence Schools, died
here today.
Mr.. Weeks died at his home
from a heart attack. He had
planned to attend a meeting today
in Philadelphia of Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone Co. directors, OF
which he is a member.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Reds Hold 1000 Priests
Czech Exile Declares
By the Assoeicted Press

BY the Assoeioted Press
ROME, Sept. 28.-The Rev. r.
Hruby. a Czech exile, said today
1000 priests are in jails. con-
centration camps, or labor bat
talions in Czechoslovakia.
The priest, who fled from
Czechoslovakia two months ago
addressed Romes Czech colony of
about $50 at a mass celebrating
the anniversary Of st. Wenceslaus,
Czechoslovakia's patron saint, in
st. Peters Basilica.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Young on Vacation

Joseph Young is on vaca-
ton. The Federal Spotlight
column will be resumed on
October 10. The Federal Spot
light radio program, however.
will continue to be heard reg
ularly at 6:15 pm. each Sat-
urday over WMAL, The Star
station.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Hotel Sets Up Roid Shelter

NEW YORK. Sept. % R.-
The fashionable Sherry Neither
land Hotel has set up an emer-
gency bomb shelter and civilian
defense unit for guests and per-
Sonnel.
Evening star., 1950-09-28

River Report.
tFrom United States Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy At
Harpers Ferry. w
Evening star., 1950-09-28

Hish and Low Of Last "a Hours,
High, So. at 2:20 pm.
Low. 55. at 5:10 am
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest q6. on June "A.
Lowest. Is. on March 8.
Tide Tables
Evening star., 1950-09-28

Considerable cloudiness expected tonight
the Of the Mississippi Valley
from the Great Lakes sOutafd to the Gulf
parts Of the Middle Atlantic Coast 1t will mostly
of the Mississippi Cooler weather will eastward
southwark from the northwest with frost Moth
Plateau region Temperatures will continue
eastern portion of the Nation ZAP Wirephoto.
Evening star., 1950-09-28
Temperatures in Various Cities.

British ornithologists are puz-
lzled by increasing reports of birds
tearing UP paper.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
TWO ROOM HOUSE
DESTROYED BY FIRE

Fire broke out Saturday after
noon in a two-room frame house
on the farm owned by Mr.. and
Mrs. William Frank south of the
river. The house is located back of
the large dwelling on the place
formerly owned by T. L. Wilkins.
The occupants had moved out a
few hours before the fire was dis
covered and Mr.. and Mrs. T. j.
Winters, who live in the main
house were not at home. Charles
Duncan, who was driving by, no.
ticed the smoke and Investigated.
He called some members of the
Laurel volunteer fire department
and also the county fire fighting
who were able to put
out the fire before it spread to
any of the other buildings.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
Many 'OIdT VioIins
Thought Valuable
Prove Disappointing

MILWAUKEE,, WlS.-Plenty O.
hopes for easy money are dashed
in the history headquarters Of the
public museum.
By phone and in person Milwau
keeans call the staff to get esti
mates on the value of their violins,
Indian head pennies, manuscripts
and spinning wheels.
Not many leave the office pro-
Spective millionaires, staff mem
bers say. Too many times the arti-
cles, turned up in attics or in other
remote corners of the house, are
neither rare nor in demand. Most
have price but usually it is low
one.
Take Stradivarius violins. In
quiries about them usually turn up
in numbers following publicity
about valuable newly found fiddles,
according to John M. Douglas, as
sistant in the history department.
"a person who has a violin in his
attic remembers it has an old
wooden case, cracked and aged
looking and that it belonged to his
grandfather" Douglas said. THAT
automatically makes it very val
uable.' It comes as a shock to him
to learn it's only worth $40 or S25."
The majority of owners are con-
vinced when staff members tell
them they have copies but some go
out thinking they still have the real
thing, he declared.
Frequent inquiries also are made
about old Bibles, said Eldon G.
Wolff, acting curator of history.
Usually the book has no value as
an antique, he said.
'In early America, families
moved around a great deal" he
explained. ''If they saved anything
at all, it was the family Bible. As
a result they're very common. In
fact, they are the most common of
all books"
Few of the numerous Indian head
pennies that reach the office have
any cash-in value, Wolff said.
Folks have an exaggerated idea
Of the value of antiquity" he ex-
planned. "They get to talking and |
one tells another: This thing must |
De worth a lot of money The
thought grows and, almost in a
lream world, they convince them
selves that this article must be
very valuable. We have the un-
job of convincing them
hey're wrong"
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
Pellefed Garden Seeds
Promising Great Things

CLEVELAND, OHIO. - Pei
leted garden seeds have been
put on the market here after
extensive use by the us. de-
partment of agriculture for 10
years. 1t was said the develop
ment promises great things for
garden fanciers young, old,
lazy or diligent.
By the pelleting process, the
seeds are coated with hormones,
fertilizer, vitamins and if that
isn't enough, they get layer of
fungicides to make sure they
will pop up through the soil,
beat down any and all weeds
and stand the cold weather
without a layer of straw.
Arnold Davis, director of the
Garden Center, said much back
breaking labor will be saved by
using the seeds. He said trans
planting and thinning is a thing
Of the past.
Davis also claims that one
package of the seed will cover
twice the area of the old type,
the birds Notwithstanding.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
Science Measures Headway
Against Heart Diseases

Measurable gains are being
made in the long-term fight OF
medical science against the heart
diseases, especially as regards the
toll of premature death and dis
ability among children and young
er adults, according to DR.. Louis
I. Dublin, chief statistician of a
large insurance company.
Among the company's indus
trial policyholders at ages to "a
years, the death rate from rheu-
matte fever and from organic
heart disease, usually of rheumatic
origin at their ages, has fallen off
by more than three quarters since
1871" DR.. Dublin reports.
The present outlook for children
with rheumatic fever is good.
Those who escape serious heart
involvement grow up to lead nor
NAL lives. A study of 5000 insured
children who received nursing care
during an attack of rheumatic
fever showed that the proportion
OF survivors at the end of eight
years was about 95 per cent for
the cases in which no heart invol-
vement was reported, and approxi-
mately three quarters for those
who had had heart involvement.
Contrary to popular impress
sion, there are indications that the
death rates from heart disease at
the older ages have been declin-
ing, particularly in recent years."
DR.. Dublin points out Undue
alarm has been created by the
marked upward trend in the re-
corded death rate from the coro-
nary artery diseases.
Actually, the rise In the rate
from these diseases represents in
some measure the increased alert
ness of physicians in detecting and
reporting them. Furthermore, re-
cent developments such as the in |
creased use of anti-coagulants in
he treatment of coronary occlu-
zion hold promise of cutting down
he death toll from these condi-
IONS"
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
Police Find, And Deliver
Stolen Car: Owner SIeeps

MILWAUKEE,, WIS. - A for
mer New Yorker who had lived
here only two months got a
sample Of the efficiency of Mil
waukee police recently.
So impressed was the new
Milwaukeean, Adolph Mandl,
that he telephoned the news
paper to tell about it.
Imagine" said Mandl "They
woke me up and said my car
had been stolen and they had
recovered it. l didn't even know
it was stolen. Not only that, but
they were extremely courteous.
Extremely courteous"
Mandls car had been parked
in front Of his apartment. The
thief lacking an ignition key,
tried to start 1t by crossing the
wires. Unsuccessful, he stopped
a taxicab driver and asked for
a push.
The cabby pushed the car for
blocks, but it wouldn't start.
Disguised, the cabby halted.
He lifted the car hood and looked
at the engine. He saw the
crossed wires and concluded
that he had been aiding a thief.
He stalled, hoping policeman
might come along.
When Patrolman Joseph Mis-
zewski chanced to come by
few minutes later, the cabby
hailed him.
The thief ran. The policeman
and the cabby couldn't overtake
him.
Patrolman Miszewski notified
the detective bure au. The
license number was checked.
A few minutes later, Patrol
men Raymond Bednarek and |
Henry Kubiak were on their
way to Mandl's apartment.
Laurel outlook., 1950-04-19
Supersonic Dentist Drill
To Eliminate Much Pain

ST. LOUIS. Researchers are
perfecting a supersonic dental drill
that is supposed to be painless, il
was reported today.
The new gadget is ardent, a
device that eliminates the pain Of
a conventional drill by shooting a
stream of gas and abrasive at the
tooth.
Ardent first was brought to
public attention in 1945 by its
originator, DR.. Robert Black, Cor
pus Christi, Tex. Now hand-tooled
models of the device are being
tested at college dental schools, in
cluding Washington University
here.
Washington researchers said that
so far results with the new drill
had been encouraging. They said
some of the voluntary patients did
not agree ardent is entirely pain
less, but most say it is an amazing
improvement over regular drills.
The colleges are working to take
any bugs out of the instrument be-
fore it is put on the market, and
to develop possible improvements
In the present working models.
The main apparatus of ardent
resembles a conventional drill,
but it never comes in contact with
the tooth.
Another part Of the apparatus
is a thick rubber hose with q metal
mouthpiece at the end. This acts
like a vacuum cleaner to suck the
abrasive from the patients mouth.