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Evening star., 1950-04-01
Bing Crosby Feted by Parade,
Film Premiere at Front Royal

First of ALL" he said. Il love
the people here. They're natural
and fine. Then, I always come tc
Virginia when can. It's a grand
State. You feel it the minute
you get here.
And, of course. I came because
.of my old friend, Raymond
Guest"
Crosby went on to praise War
rem County for the athletic field
project. In , building a plant in
which young people will have Or
ganized recreation. he said the
community has established a most
deserving goal. He contributed
the first 1000 toward the project
and specified that all proceeds
from the premiere today be de-
voted TO development of the field
Many dignitaries were expected
today for the showing of Riding
High" These include Vice Presi-
dent and Mrs. Barkley. Gov. and
Mrs. Battle of Virginia. Gov. and
Mrs. Patteson of West Virginia,
Army Secretary Gray. Senators
Byrd and Robertson and Repre-
sentative Harrison of the 7th Vir-
ginia District.
Tonight Bing will attend a barn
dance for teen-agers and a square
dance for adults and will appear
on a coast-to-coast broadcast
between 8 and 10 O'Clock tonight
on Station WMAL and the ABC
system.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
George J. Hayes, 50, Dies;
u. ). Machinist Since 1918

George j. Hayes. 50, Of "a '
street NV, Government ma
chinist for 80 years. died yester-
day at Walter Reed Hospital after
long illness,
A native Of Washington, Mr.
Hayes attended local schools here
He went to work at the Navy Yard
in 1918. At the time of his death
he was with the Treasury Bureau
Of Federal Supply.
Mr.. Hayes was a member of the
Holy Name Society of St. Martin.
Catholic Church and of a machin.
ist union.
He is survived by his widow
Mrs. Josephine Lawlor Hayes; q
son, Maj. George j. Hayes. U. S
M. c.: two daughters. Miss Mar
garet v. Hayes and Mrs. Doorthy
Hayes Morel, and six grandsons.
Funeral services will be held al
$3.50 am. Monday in the Hines
funeral home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. The requiem mas!
will be said at 8 am, in st. Mar.
tins Church. 1900 North Capito
street. Burial will be in Mount
Olivet Cemetery.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
By John V. Homer
Stor StaH Cosrsspondsnt

FRONT ROYAL. Va, April L.
Thousands of visitors crowded intt
Front Royal today for whoppine
celebration of Bing Crosby day.
Despite leaden skies and sharp
cold wind, Warren County was
determined to make this the mos
memorable event in the history o1
this community at the entrance tt
Virginia's scenic Skyline Drive.
Formalities at hand included
the dedication Of an athletic f1elc
to be known as Bing Crosby
Stadium. a mammouth festival
parade and the world premier o1
Riding High" the newest Crosby
movie.
But so far as the people here
were concerned, the most i'm
portant thing was that Bing. him
self. was to make six public ap-
pearances during the day.
Der Bingle arrived yesterday for
a weekend stay at the home OF
State Senator Raymond Guest
Only a few hours later he cap
.tured the heart of Front Royal
and made a bid for the heart OF
all Virginia-with a few we'll
chosen remarks.
The grooming star of radio and
screen, who seldom makes formal
public appearances, said he came
to Front Royal for several rea-
sons.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Stock Buyers Favor
.Low-Priced Issues;
Rails in Demand
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, April Low
priced stocks, particularly the
cheaper rails. dominated the mar
ket at higher prices today.
Gains ranged to around a point
for favored issues. Elsewhere the
tendency was upward but traders
took scant interest in many Of
the markets usual leaders.
Business started off slowly but
about half way through the two
hour session gathered. speed as
the rails made more frequent ap-
pearances on the ticker tape. To-
ward the close there was another
showdown. Volume hit a rate of
about 100000 shares for the day.
During the early trading radio
television stocks made fresh prog
ress. They retained all or most
of their gains later but the main
interest centered on the carrier
group.
Among the gamers were New
York Central, Baltimore g. Ohio.
Northern Pacific, Pennsylvania
Railroad. Lackawanna, Missouri
Kansas-Texas preferred, Canadian
Pacific. Hupp Corp, Pepsi-Cola.
Nash-Kelvinator, Admiral Corp,
Emerson Radio, Philco. Zenith,
United States Steel, American
Telephone, Curtiss- Wright and
American Airlines.
Up in the Curb were Canadian
Marconi, Cities Services. Creole
Petroleum, International Petro-
leum, Kirby Petroleum, Niagara
Hudson Power. Raytheon Mfg,
Technicolor, Venezuelan Petro-
leum and Clarostat. Barium Steel,
Electric Bond g. Share and Claude
Neon backed down a trifle.
Corporate bonds moved mar
roWly.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Sawyer Calls for Halt
In Grants 10 States for
0|d-Age Pensions
By the As.oeiotsd Press

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS
w. Va, April 1.-Secretary OF
Commerce Sawyer wants the Gov
eminent to stop making cash
grants to the States for old-age
pensions.
He told the American Associa-
tion Of Advertising Agencies and
the Association Of National Ad-
vertisers meeting here last night
that:
The grants have tended to be-
come more and more of a burden
on the Federal Government, with
less and less incentive on the
State to make the conditions OF
payment reasonable.
Government should not pay
out benefits regardless of the tax
payer" he added.
The cabinet officer also pro-
posed:
l. Encouraging private pension
plans, and tax laws to permit
wage earners to list pension func
payments as deductions in theil
income tax returns.
2. Holding Government benefits
to "a minimum protection to pre-.
vent dependency"
5 Extending social security tt
all workers not now covered by
the Governments social security
program.
Mr.. Sawyer urged business tc
take a bigger part in social Sc.
curity and welfare undertakings
and to try to regain its lost
political influence.
To labor. he directed a warning
that it should recognize that its
greatest benefits will come from
prosperous and not from weak
ened American business"
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Soldier Changing Tire
Is Killed as Another
Car Crashes Into His

A Fort Belvoir sergeant was
killed today when an automobile
crashed into his parked car on
which he was changing a tire on
the Mount Vernon boulevard near
the entrance to National Airport.
Park police said the second car
then sWerved across the road and
smashed into a plane hangar,
about 1856 feet away. The driver
and his companion were injured.
Meanwhile, the second victim
of an automobile crash yesterday
near Gaithersburg. Md, died this
morning in Suburban Hospital,
Bethesda.
In a third accident, 3-year-
old boy was fatally injured last
night when struck by an automo-
bile near his home on the Goshen
road in Stewardtown, about 2
miles east of Gaithersburg, in
Montgomery County.
Passenger is Injured.
Killed in the Mount Vernon
boulevard crash was Sergt. George
Collins, 26. colored. A passenger
in his car, Corpl. James B. Will
liams, %, colored. also stationed
at Fort Belvoir. was admitted to
Walter. Reed Hospital with a
broken left leg.
The driver of the striking car,
listed by Park Police as I. w. Han
sen, %, who is staying at the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria,
and his companion, Miss Beatrice
Bedner. "a, of 426 North Colum-
bus street, Alexandria. suffered
face cuts. They were treated at
Emergency Hospital and released
Hansen was charged with man
slaughter and bond set at $1,000.
Mrs. Martha G. Hayden, so. of
Beaver County. Pa, whose daugh-
ter, Mrs. Helen Hayden, 27, was
killed in the Gaithersburg crash,
died about am. today in Subur-
ban Hospital.
Two in Fair Condition.
Two other persons injured in
the accident were said to be in
fair condition today at the hos
pital. They are Mrs Helen Hay
den's son, George Hayden, jr.. IS,
and his nephew, Mark Ciganovic,
10.
Last nights victim, Richard
Hawkins. colored, died soon after
he was taken to Suburban Hos
pistal by the Gaithersburg- WASH
ington Grove Rescue Squad.
Montgomery County police said
the child. son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Kermit Hawkins, ran in front of
car driven by Harrison E. Ben
son, %. RID l.. GaitherSburg.
They said no charges have been
placed against the driver.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
; Injured in Crashes;
Man Breaks Neck
As Car Hits Post

Three Washington residents are
in local hospitals following traffic
accidents yesterday.
Woodrow Maxwell. IS, a brick
layer of 1015 B street Sc, was in
critical condition in Emergency
Hospital with a broken neck re-
ceived in an auto accident last
night. He was in a car that hit a
concrete post and steel cables, set
up as barricade at a dead end in
the TOO block Of Chestnut street
NV.
Police said the car was driven
by William L. Pace. jr.. 81. a brick
mason, OF TIL c street NE. Ac-
cording to police, the car turned
over after hitting the post. Pace
was charged with driving at an
unreasonable speed. Damage to
the car was estimated at $500
and to the concrete post at $50.
After another accident Mervin
jolly. Is, colored, of 1415 New
Jersey avenue NV, was in fair
condition in Freedmens Hospital
after being hit by a car last night,
He suffered head injuries and a
compound fracture of the right
leg.
Police said Mr.. jolly was struck
while walking north along Florida
avenue at Fourth street NV. by a
car driven by Ernest McRae, %,
colored. OF Sis Just street NE.
A hearing on the accident will be
held at a later date in the cor
poration counsel's office.
Joe Jack Snyder. 26. of the
Pickett Homes. Columbia pike. Ar
lington, was in fair condition at
Mount Alto Hospital after being
thrown from a motor bike. He
was thrown when his bike hit a
bump on Shirley highway near
the Pentagon. Auto traffic, halted
while he was being given first aid,
was directed by Mrs. Agnes
Hardesty, a nurse. of TIP N street
NV. She was riding in a car be-
hind Mr.. Snyder when the acci-
dent occurred.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Amphitheater Change
Under Way 10 Absorb
Error Of $4,000

Engineers hope to have plans
for the Sesquicentennial Commits
sion's amphitheater in Rock Creek
Park revised within the next few
days to absorb a $4,000 error in
construction estimates.
The contract difficulties. officials
reported, already have set back
construction dates about three
weeks.
The mistakes came about when
E. L. Daniels of Arlington, Va.
underestimated his original con-
tract of 1854 ,466, awarded cond.-
tionally on March 8. When off,
cials declined to pay for his mis-
takes, the contractor appealed to
the General Accounting Office.
Granted Relief.
Controller General Lindsay G..
Warren ruled that Mr.. Daniels
was justified in his claims and
held that the contract should be
Cancelled without liability to him.
Consequently officials are seeking
ways of pairing construction costs
on the amphitheater project to
make up for the $19,926 discrep-
ancy.
They will eliminate some stone
work and make revisions. The
only thing to worry about now is
the setback that has been given
the work. The bids were submitted
February %.
Sesquicentennial officials, as
well as National Capital Parks
officials, were in a quandry when
confronted by Mr.. Daniels request
for relief. In order to cut ex-
penses, they already had elimi-
mated about $4,000 from all bids
by discarding plans for stone
wall around the grounds.
Decimal Misplaced.
The next lowest bid was SUBJ
mitted by the Jay Gee Construc-
ton Co., Inc. of Washington, but
it was $29,551 higher than the
Daniels contract.
The nearly $4,000 additional
desired by MIR. Daniels included
the commission of a $4,000 estimate
to ventilate the dressing and stor-
age rooms under the stage. The
biggest error, however, was caused
by a misplaced decimal point.
That caused miscalculation in
estimating the cost of lumber at
so much q foot
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Mo Captain S Call
For New Course Went
|Unheeded, +, Chief Says
" the A.soeia.sd Pres,

NORFOLK, April Shorty
before the Battleship Missouri ran
aground, her skipper asked the
navigator several times for q
course change recommendation
and received no response, a wit
ness testified today.
Chief Quartermaster Leslie
Reams said that after the Mighty
Mo" had passed an electronic
range buoy of Old Point Com
fort. Capt. William D. Brown
yelled three or four times:
Navigator, what is my next
course?'"
Chief Reams said he did not
hear the navigator, 1t. Comdr
Frank G. Morris, jr., make a reply
or recommend any course change
until the ship "hit the shoal."
Before Court Martial.
The chiefs testimony was made
before a general court martial
trying Comdr. Morris on charges
Of neglect Of duty and culpable
inefficiency in the performance OF
duty.
Comdr. Morris has pleaded not
guilty to the charges.
Chief Reams said he sighted q
buoy marking the electronic range
when the buoy was about soc
yards dead ahead of the ship.
Officers on the bridge had not
sighted it at that time and they
were looking all over the Bay
for the range buoys, the witness
said. He added that he pointed
out the buoy to Comdr. John r
Millett. the operations officer.
l Trial Adjourned for Week End
Comdr. Millett is standing trial
by court-martial on charges OF
neglect of duty and negligence
He has pleaded not guilty. His
court adjourned yester-
day until Monday.
Capt. Brown pleaded guilty te
chcarges of neglect Of duty and
negligence before another court
martial Thursday and placed him
self at the mercy Of the court
His court adjourned the same day
and is expected to submit its find
ings Monday to teh convenins
authority, Rear Admiral Allan E
Smith, commander of Atlantic
Fleet cruisers.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Foreign Aid
Continued From First Page.)

CAASdA doSIA1S w AAdAlJ DCA4AOS1 q VH
from big city districts.
When the showdown came
yesterday the Irish amendment
was eliminated by an unrecorded
vote of 226 to so. "A demand for
a roll call was made, but, under
the Constitution, this requires a
fifth Of those present to stand
Only about ~, not a sufficient
number. stood up.
Both Parties Cooperate.
Floor managers for the farm
bloc in both parties co-operated
with the administration in get
ting rid Of the provision which
would have tied 81 billion Of the
ECA money directly to the agri-
cultural program. ECA probably
will allot that much. or more, to
food crops. but the amendment
would have prevented use Of the
earmarked 81 billion for any other
purpose in an emergency.
The Point -Four program was
saved from being killed because
Republicans were split on the is
sue. A motion by Representative
Smith. Republican, of Wisconsin.
to strike it out entirely, failed, I'll
to 131.
The House then adopted a COM
promise by Representative Herter,
Republican, OF Massachusetts,, re-
ducing the Point Four fund from
$45 million to $25 million.
Representative Vorys, Republic
can, of Ohio. got into the bill a
loyalty check for all employees of
the Point -Four program, but Rep
|resentative Miller, Republican, Of
Nebraska. was beaten on a motion
to include a specific ban on the
hiring Of homosexuals.
Would Curb Communism.
A substantial part of next years
economic aid bill is intended to
keep communism from spreading
out of China into Southeast Asia.
In this connection, it was
learned yesterday that President
Truman has approved the prin-
ciple of State and Defense De-
partment proposals for giving
American military aid I'D to about
$50 million to 1ndonesia, Siam
and Indo-China. Details remain
to be approved, however. and it
may be several weeks before arms
can be shipped.
The proposals for sending mill
tary assistance to the three South
east Asian countries mark the
most definite steps yet taken to
strengthen the available military
forces of those countries against
the spread of Communism south
ward from China.
The money would come from a
SIS million fund which Congress
voted last fall tor fighting COM
munism in the area Of China.
Indo- China would get about SIS
million worth Of arms. Siam SO
million and 1ndonesia IS million
under Defense Department rec
omm4udations to Mr.. Truman.
Evening star., 1950-04-01

probably some snow flurries in
mountains of west portion by
morning. Tomorrow partly cloudy,
windy and rather cold.
Virginia-Windy and mild with
occasional rains ending during the
night. Tomorrow partly cloudy,
windy and rather cool.
Wind velocity, 20 miles per
hour; direction, south.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
House PogeWho UsuoIIyListen
Wins Speaking Contest Here

having a talk with the spirit OF
George Washington on the mean
ing of the Constitution. which Is
on display there. He is senior
at the Capitol Page School and
intends to study for the priest
hood. He is from Jeannette, Pa.
and lives at Ill Fourth street NE
Marianne Sullivan, II. of Ills
North Greenbrier street, Arlington
won second prize. She is student
at immaculate Seminary. Wal.
ter E. Fauntroy, colored, IT. q
Dunbar High School student, was
third, and William H. Smith, 18
of the National Training School,
for Bows, was fourth.
Evening star., 1950-04-01

William K. Sheridan. IT.
year-old page who listens to the
orators of the House of Repre-
sentatives day after day, won the
District finals in the American
Legion oratorical contest last
night in the Commerce Depart
ment auditorium.
He will represent Washington
Tuesday at Berwick, Pa, in re-
gional eliminations for a national
$4,000 scholarship award to be
determined April II in finals at
Phoenix. AriZ.
In a speech, Which he wrote
himself, young Sheridan imagined
himself in the Library of Congress
Evening star., 1950-04-01

District of Columbia-Cloudy,
rather windy with occasional rain
and highest temperature in the
low SOS today. Wind shifting to
northwest with rain ending to-
night. Lowest about 43 degrees.
Tomorrow mostly sunny and
windy.
Maryland - Windy and mild
with occasional rain tonight, but
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Miniature Golf Courses
|WiII Open Tomorrow

For those who like their golfne
short and sweet. the three minia-
ture courses maintained by Ma
tional Capital Parks will open for
the season tomorrow. They are
the East Potomac Park, Ana
costa and Langston courses.
The regular hours, from 8 am
to midnight, will prevail daily
through the season. officials also
announced the practice driving
range in East Potomac Park will
be lighted tonight for the first
time lat dark and will be open
nightly thereafter until midnight.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
By fhs Assoeiotsd Press


ANNAPOLIS. April l.-You get
along in years. want to feather
your nest and decide to take out
an annuity.
Say you pay $4,000. 1t guaran-
tees you something like $3.50 a
year as long as you live.
Do you pay Maryland an in
come tax on that $3.50? No. Not
unless you've had the annuity for
years.
You would pay the five per cent
investment income" tax on $500.
That is the equivalent of three per
cent of the price of the annuity,
$4,000.
The comptroller's office points
out that annuity income" really
means three per cent of the cost
Of the annuity. That holds true
until the balance on which you
do not pay take each year equals
the cost Of the annuity.
In this case, you pay a tax or
$500. That leaves $3.50 Of the an
nual return untaxed. After IL
years, those free-riding $3.50 in
stalments will have equaled the
cost of the annuity.
From that point on. you would
pay a tax on all $3.50. But it would
then be classified as ordinary
rather than investment" income
AS such. it would be taxed at two
per cent, rather than f1ve.
Money you received every veal
from an endowment policy or g
pension is not taxed at all unit
the benefits equal what it cost yor
personally. Then you pay five pei
cent on what you receive each
year.
Dividends that veterans have
been collecting from their Ma
tional Service Life Insurance are
not taxable.
Neither are death benefits from
q life insurance policy.
The comptroller probably knows
OF every penny you made lr
Evening star., 1950-04-01
You ond MoyIond Taxes
Levies on Annuity Income
And Other Insurance Explained

Maryland last year. Employers
must file information forms on
the salaries they pay their EN-
ployes, Corporations report the
dividends they issue. and to whom.
Some out-of-state corporations
also send in reports.
And Federal tax returns are
available to Maryland tax SleuthS,
You may be imprisoned for six
months and fined $500 for failing
to pay the State income tax.
Furthermore, the comptroller can
make you pay penalty OF 10 per
cent on back taxes. plus interest
of six per cent per year.
I You may need a special form.
especially when you file return
by the regular method. Farmers,
for instance, fill out form $40 to
explain profit or loss. instead Of
schedule D.
There is a separate form that
residents of another State must
use.
If you haven't received the
proper form by mail, you may pick
one up at your post office, county
court house or bank. Instructions
for making it out may be obtained
at the same time.
You may also consult tax ex-
perts. free. at Baltimore. Annap-
oils. Dundalk. Cumberland, Wash
ington, D. c. and at various towns
throughout the State when field
men of the comptroller's Office
make their annual visits at filing
time.
| Please, asks the comptroller
write your name and all your fig
ures legibly. And do not try te
pay your tax with cash. Enclose
only check or money order.
The return is due April is. With
it, you must include at least one
quarter of the tax. You may pay
it all at once. Otherwise, install
ments again fall due July Is. Sep
tember Is and December Is.
Address your return to:
Comptroller of the Treasury
Income Tax Division. "a Hopkins
place, Baltimore l. Md.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Krusnu Sued for Divorce

LOS ANGELES, April / (P.-
Norman Krasna, Academy Award.
winning film writer and producer
is being sued for divorce by Mrs
Ruth Frazee Krasna on a charge
of cruelty. Krasna won the 194a
Academy Award for the best orig
inal story with his script, "Prin-
cess O'Rourke.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
First Brethren Church
Pre-Eoster Conference

A pre-Easter missionary con-
ference will be held at the First
Brethren Church beginning to-
morrow morning and continuing
through the next Sunday. The
Rev. DR.. Louis Bauman is pastor.
The speakers tomorrow and
every night will be the Rev. R. D.
Barnard, general secretary of the
Foreign Missionary Society of the
Brethren Church, and DR.. Paul
Bauman, teacher and speaker on
archaeology.
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Two More CIergymen
Admit High Treason
In Trial at Prague
by the Assoeioisd Pres,

PRAGUE, April /. - Official
Czech sources said two more Cath
olic monks pleaded guilty today
to high treason, espionage and
anti-state activities in Czechoslo-
vakia's first big trial of Catholic
churchmen.
The official news agency and
the Prague radio said the two de-
PENDANTS were Sylvestr Braito of
the Dominican order, professor of
theology at Olomouc University.
and Jan Blesik of the Redemptor-
ist order.
Altogether. 10 abbots and monks
are being tried at the Prague state
court.
Two defendants pleaded guilty
to high treason at the opening
session yesterday, a third pleaded
partly guilty" and three others
pleaded innocent.
Charges Outlined.
The radio said "the first de-
fendant. Sylvestr Braito. professor
OF the theological faculty in Olo-
mouc and monk of the Domini-
can order. sent out false informa-
Evening star., 1950-04-01
Streeicar Operator Cleared,
Motorist Held in Death

A streetcar operator was exon
Grated and an automobile driver
was ordered held for the grand
jury after a coroner's inquest yes
terday in the death last October
of Irving Wright.
Mr.. Wright. IS, colored, 1927
Second street Sc. was killed
October 16 when an automobile
collided with a streetcar at Third
and Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Cleared In the case was George
A. Giarth. So. Of 70l Sterling
street, Silver Spring. Held for
the grand jury was James Tysons,
81. colored. Of the 900 block Of
Fifty-sixth street NE.
Mr.. Wright was riding in the
car driven by Tysons when 1t ran
through a traffic light on Third
street and collided with the street.
car. police said.