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Evening star., 1950-12-01
D. {. Builder Sees Housing
Hindered by Credit Curbs
BY The Associated Press

FORT WORTH, Tex, Dec. l.
Credit controls won't let the home
building industry reach the Gov
ernment's goal of $4,000 housing
units in 1851, says a Washington
builder.
William J. Tobin, jr., chairman
Of membership and chapter rela-
tions and the National Associa-
ton of Home Builders, came here
to address the Texas Association
Of Home Builders today.
He told reporters last night
chat housing production next year
will decrease from an estimated
IA million units this year to
about 600, 900.
Ohio's greatest length, east to
west. Is 225 miles; greatest width,
210 miles.
Evening star., 1950-12-01
Prosecutors S Death Results
In Garrison Case MisfriaI
BY the Associated Press

MATHEWS. Va, Dec. 1.-The
trial of John Benjamin Garrison
has been declared a mistrial be-
cause of the courtroom death of
Prosecuting Attorney Gilbert L.
Diggs.
Mr.. Diggs. commemorative at
torney of Mathews County for six
years, suffered a heart attack aft
e1 presenting a 45-minute sum-
nation of the States case against
Garrison yesterday.
Garrison is charged with mur-
der in the shooting of Mrs. Sallie
j. Kidd. his sister. at Onemo, Va,
October 18.
No date for new trial was set
by Circuit Judge Douglas Mitchell.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
'McKeIdin Greets
Same Man a Times
'InOne Short Block
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, Sept. 29.-Theo-
dore Roosevelt McKeldin, Repub-
lican candidate for Governor of
Maryland, greeted one man four
times in the space of a short city
block yesterday.
The voter stopped three times
in the block-once to buy a pack
age of cigarettes, once to buy q
newspaper and again to look into
a shop window.
He said each greeting was as
cordial as the first.
But the fourth salutation ap-
peared to be missing something
After a moments reflection, he
thought of what 1t was-no hand
shake and no picture.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Gayety Play 10 Close;
Poor AtfendanceCi Cited

1.-THE Barrier" musical play
which had It's premiere here at
the New Gayety Theater Tuesday
night, has Cancelled its scheduled
second week because of poor at
tendance, its producer disclosed
today.
The show. starring Lawrence
Tibbett and Muriel Rain, still will
open in New York, but scheduled
stand in Baltimore prior to Broad
way also has been Cancelled, Pro-
ducer Michael Myerberg said.
The last performance here will
be Saturday night-one night
short of a full weeks schedule.
Attendance last night was only
about 40 per cent of capacity and
Wednesday night it was even
lower, a Gayety official said.
Despite some unfavorable cri-
tical notices, Mr.. Myerberg said
he thought the lack of accept
ance" was mot a question of a
good or bad show"
THE public seemed to be Of
Tended by the subject matter" ,"
he declared. The play deals with
racial relations in Georgia.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Mrs. Henry Ford, "a,
dies Of Heart AiIment;
Auto Pioneer Widow
By the Associated Press

DETROIT, Sept. 29-Mrs.
Henry Ford, widow of the auto
mobile pioneer, died early today
at the age of "a.
The farmers daughter who
came to great wealth and renown
through her husbands genius
and faith in his work was the
victim of a heart ailment.
She died at am. in Henry
Ford Hospital. A family spokes-
man said the cause of death was
acute coronary occlusion.
For some time Mrs. Ford had
been troubled with heart con-
dition and in recent months she
had twice visited the hospital.
On each occasion she had re-
turned to the Ford estate, Fair
lane, in suburban Dearborn, and
continued active in her house.
hold and rose garden.
Mrs. Ford was taken to the
hospital in an ambulance at noon
yesterday.
At that time she engaged in
conversation but later in the hos
pital drowsiness overcame her and
she ceased to speak.
Visiting her in the evening were
Evening star., 1950-09-29
New Polio Case Raises
District Total 10 148

One new polio case has been
reported by District health au-
thorities to raise the District to-
tai for the year to 148 as. COM
pared to rs cases reported last
year at this time.
The latest victim is a 19-year-
old serviceman from the Naval
Receiving Station. admitted to the
Bethesda Naval Hospital Septem-
ber 20.
In Alexandria, health authori-
ties revised their total when they
found that one polio victim, a
visitor to the city, had contracted
the disease in North Carolina. The
case was that of a 9-year- old boy
admitted to Children's Hospital
from the 5000 block of Circle Hill
road, where he was visiting.
Alexandria total is now ii.
Total number of cases for the
area Is $40.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

two companions foundered over
more than 1000 miles of storm
tossed Pacific Ocean after their
tiny ships mainmast broke while
they were halfway from Honolulu
to San Francisco. He had joined a
party of two others who planned
to sail from Hawaii back to the
States.
1--WE were pretty excited at first
but never doubted we would reach
port safely" he said as he tolo
of the days of labor rigging jury
emergency masts and of many
more days of passing time by read
ing, playing cards and discussing
economics.
with plenty Of books aboaro
I did five years worth of reading
and we even used books to jacl
up the jury mast. The skipper
read Tolstoy's War and Peace,
but I didn't get quite that des-
perate."
The skipper was Ralph Shrader
"a. of San Francisco, who owned
the boat. Also along was hi
sister. Doris, 20. Both lost 81
pounds on the voyage.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Hoffman Wins Medal
Of Foreign Trade Unit
By the Assoeiaied Press

NEW YORK, Sept. 29.-Paul G.
Hoffman, retiring boss of the
Marshall plan, was named yes
terday by the National Foreign
Trade Council as the 1850 re-
cipient of the Capt. Robert Dol
lar Memorial Award for "distin-
guished contribution to the ad-
vancement of American foreign
trade"
The award will be presented to
Mr.. Hoffman at the world trade
dinner November / at the con-
clusion of the three-day 37th Ma
tional Foreign Trade Convention.
Mr.. Hoffman steps down tomor-
row as the first administrator of
the Economic Cooperation Ad-
ministration. William c. Fos-
ter will be the new head of the
Marshall plan agency.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Home Builders Need
For u. 5. Aid Causes
Sparkman Concern
By Robert J. Lewis
Stor Sfaff Correspondent

DETROIT. Sept. Ex-senator
Sparkman, Democrat, of Alabama,
told delegates at the closing ses-
sion of the mortgage bankers
convention here today he was
concerned" that the home build
ing industry needed so much Gov
ernment help.
Withdrawal of that help would
threaten the security and stability
Of the industry" he told delegates
fthe Mortgage Bankers associa-
ton.
The Alabama Senator said he
believed the Nation could support
construction of about 100000
houses a year during the defense
period IF the fighting does not
spread"
Political Aims Charged.
He spoke on the same program
with Rodney M. Lockwood, for
mer president of the National
Association of Home Builders, who
assailed "collectivist career men"
as responsible for increased Fed
eral participation in the industry.
New housing proposals don't
come from the people but from "a
new breed of potential political
Bosses" he said, whose benef1-
cence to the man who votes right
is not going to be just a bag of
coal in the wintertime or turkey
at Christmas, but an expensive
apartment at reduced rents"
Leon H. Keyserling, the Presi-
dents top economic adviser, told
the convention yesterday that the
United States is capable Of han
ding a large defense program and
at the same time raising national
production to a yearly volume of
$3.50 billion in the next five years.
so From d. C. Attend.
About SO Washington area
mortgage bankers are attending
the sessions, which will wind up
today.
Mr.. Keyserling told delegates he
sees the country involved in a Sc
rious and growing infiationary sit
uation now and for the next few
years as result of the military
buildup.
Declaring there was mo one
panacea" to deal with the inf1a-
tionary problem, Mr.. Keyserling
urged a combination Of measures.
including increases in taxes
roughly equal to the increased
governmental outlays" in order to
put defense on a pay-as-you-go
basis.
Along with tax boosts, he said,
the country will need strict and
vigorous controls of consumer
credit and mortgage credit, and
ALLEGATIONS and priorities." He did
not say when he thought alloca-
tions should be made effective.
Says Imitation Is Not Halted.
The chairman of the Presidents
Council of Economic Advisers fat
ly said current regulations "are
not putting a halt on the inf1a-
tionary trend"
Last night. 1t. Gen. Leslie r.
Groves, U. S. A.. retired, who was
in charge of the atomic bomb de-
velopment program during the
war, urged blishlinent of a non-
partisan national council of SEN
ior advisers" to help establish a
sound, enduring, long-range ma
tional policy"
THE simple facts are that we
do not have a balanced defense for
America" he said. "The United
States today is not in a good posi-
ton. It is in a serious situation"
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Traffic Toll May Hit +
$4,000, Highest Since
.1941, Nation Warned
By The Associated Press

CHICAGO. Sept. 29.-The Ma
tional Safety Council predicted
today that the 1850 traffic death
toll might reach $4,000, the high
est since the record year Of 1914.
The council announced an
August toll of $3.50, up 10 per
cent over August, 1949, and an
eight-month toll of 21,500, up II
per cent from last year.
The council said hope is fading
that the traffic death toll can be
reduced in 1850 for the fourth
consecutive year.
Motor vehicle accidents killed
31,500 in 1949, decline from the
32,255 toll in 1948, and well below
the 39,869 killed in the record
year 1941.
only motoring miracle In
the final quarter of the year can
forestall a 1850 toll of about 36,-
600 traffic victims" Ned H. Dear
born, Council president said.
Urges Emergency Action.
There is still time to make q
substantial reduction before the
end of the year, but only If public
officials on the State, county and
city levels-those whose efforts
can have direct and immediate
efect-approach the problem as
an emergency, and receive whole
hearted public support" he added.
Half measures won't turn the
trick"
The Council said that up to
September l. only seven of the 46
States reporting had decreases in
traffic fatalities compared to last
year. One had no change and
38 showed increases.
Through the first six months
this year, the council said, the
traffic death increase was almost
entirely in rural areas. But in
August. the council said, cities
showed 16 per cent Jump while
the Nation as a whole went up
10 per cent.
Iowa City Safety Leader. =
Dubuque, Iowa, with a 49,500
population, was the largest city
with a perfect traffic record for
the year through August. The
second largest was Elgin, ILL.,, a.
500. and the third was Newport
News, Va. 45.600.
Denver, Colo. population 412,-
800, was the largest city with no
deaths for August.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

her daughter -in-law. Mrs. Edse.
Ford. and her grandson, Henry I'd
and his wife. She recognized them
and smiled.
Clara Bryant Ford and Henry
Ford spent 60 years of welded life
together until the husbands death
in 1947.
Known as Devoted Couple.
Over the six decades they were
known as a devoted couple. 1t was
said of Mrs. Ford that she was
constantly at her husbands side as
adviser and helpmeet from the
time of his early days in small
machine shop until he became
world-famous.
Their only son, Edsel, died In
1943. At that time he was presi-
dent of the Ford Motor Co. al
successor to his father. The elder
Ford had then retired.
In addition to Henry I'd, now
head Of Ford Motor Co., there
are three grandchildren, Benson
William Clay and Josephine. All
four grandchildren are children OF
EdSel.
Never Doubted Success.
Mr.. Ford, who always credited
Clara with much responsibility for
his accomplishments, called his
wife 1.-THE believer" He used te
say that she never doubted his
ultimate success in the original
lean days when he worked day
and night at his mechanics.
Each, as it turned out, had the
same span of life-84 years. Mr.
Ford was that age when he died
in the spring of 1947.
Despite her heart condition, Mrs
Ford refused to give up all her
activities.
Only this summer q group OF
flower lovers visited her beautiful
rose garden at "Fairlane,' ano
Mrs. Ford was ON hand to show
the guests about.
One of 10 Children.
Mrs. Ford, one of 10 children
of a pioneer Michigan farmer
was born in Southern Michigan
April II, 1866. She met Henry
when she was 18. Three years
later they married. Mr.. Ford was
then IS.
Their marriage was otter
pointed to as an example of 9
couples trust and faith.
Mr.. Ford, a believer in reincar.
nation, once was asked by an in
terviewer what form he woulc
prefer if he were to return tc
earth.
II don't know, but I'd want the
same wife" he said.
Mrs. Ford never was giver
much to public appearances. She
preferred to live quietly.
However, friends referred tx
her with fondness.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

1949, after finishing at Bell Voca-
tional School, where he was study
ing mechanics.
He wanted to make the Army his
career. his family said. The youth
took his basic training at Camp
Pickett, Va, then was sent to
Fort Lewis, Wash. He was trans
ferred from there directly to
Korea.
His father said that, although
his son didn't write very often, u
he called, home II times while
stationed on the West Coast.
Sister Also Survives.
In addition to his parents. he is
survived by sister. Mrs. Paul W.
Kayser, 2423 South Twenty-sev-
enth street. Arlington; his pa
ternal grandfather. William G. H
Clarkson, 3106 Eighteenth street
NV, and his maternal grand
mother, Mrs. Annie Hildebrand,
Frederick, Md.
Sergt. Flack, a native of Spar
tansburg, S. c., had lived In
Washington since he was a small
boy. He was graduated from
Armstrong High School, ther
served in the Army until after
World War II. He re-enlistee
after working a short time fol
the Navy Department.
He lived at 1926 T street NV
when working here. A sister
Miss Ruth Flack. 1915 Fourteenth
street NV, is a Census Bureau
employe, and a brother, Raymond
Flack, 709 Langston terrace NE.
works for the Navy Department
Relatives said Sergt. Flack's
wife, Mrs. Elaine Dodge Flack
who is in Japan where her hus.
band was on occupation duty
wrote them recently she hadn't
heard from her husband since July
13 and was worried about him.
The Flacks have a 6-year- r-old
daughter, Nadine, who was sent te
Durham, N. c., to live with hel
grandmother when they went
overseas.
Meanwhile, the parents Of ar
Arlington Army officer reported
that wounds received in the
Korean fighting had brought
about a reunion between then
son and his best man at his wed.
ding last summer.
Son of BlanchardS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Blanch'
ard, 1924 North Fourth street
Arlington, said their son, Secone
1t. Howard B. Blanchard, jr.
wrote them from a hospital il
Japan that he was recovering
from an arm wound when iii
came Foxey."
"Foxey," explained Mrs
J Blanchard, is Second 1t. John Fo,
Evening star., 1950-09-29
Window Smasher, Is,
FIees Captor, Accepts
Ride With Detective

A 16-year-old boy sought for
smashing a jewelry store window
early today would have been
better off if he had walked home.
AS it was. he accepted a ride
from Detective Capt. Otto P. Fuss
of the robbery squad, who took
the easy way of making the arrest
by merely asking the boy where
he was going and explaining
Hop in, I'm going that way"
Capt. Fuss spotted the boy from
a police radio lookout a short time
after the colored youth had
broken away from a civilian who
said he saw him smash the
window of the Melart Jewelry
Store, 405 Rhode Island ave-
nue. NE.
Admits Other Smashing.
The boy, an escapee from a Blue
Plains school. has admitted
smashing another jewelry store
window on F street near Ninth
NV, and breaking into parked
cars near Sixth and East Capitol
streets, police said.
Carl L. Suter. %, of 2113 Fourth
street NE, who was standing
across the street from the Rhode
Island avenue store, gave chase
when the youth fed. He caught
up with him at Rhode Island ave-
nue. and w street, but the boy
struck him and broke away. leav-
ing his coat dangling in Mr..
Suffers hand.
At Casualty Hospital, where he
was taken for treatment of a
bruised face, Mr.. Suter identified
the youth-and the coat At.
Robbery Suspect Caught.
Earlier Pvts. Robert r. Gould
and William c. Trussell caught a
robbery suspect merely by taking
a victim for ride until she
spotted the wanted man.
The suspect. charged with rob-
berry, was booked as John w.
Bryant, 10. of the 1900 block of
Eighth street NV. He had no
gun and no money when arrested
and denied the charge despite
Identification by Mrs. Mildred
Chase. waitress at the Yeng Eng
Restaurant, 1853 Ninth street NV.
The robber entered the restau-
rant and at gun point took $5.40
from Mrs. Chase and about $40
from the cash register. Police are
seeking an accomplice.
Bryant was still wearing the
brilliant -hued sweater which Mrs.
Chase said made him so identi-
fable when he was brought
before Municipal Court Judge
George D. Nelson. He was held
for the grand jury on bond of
81 900.
Evening star., 1950-09-29
New Social List Is Published;
MurshuII's In, Vaughan Is Out

The Goth annual edition Of
Washington's Social List" came
out today. minus the names of
several prominent persons who
formerly had been listed.
Chief among these, as noted
in a press release announcing the
book, is the name of Mai. Gen.
Harry H. Vaughan, military aide
to President Truman.
According to the publisher. Mrs.
Carolyn Hagner Shaw. no one
knows why Gen. Vaughan's name
was dropped this year except an
anonymous board of five people
and they won't tell.
At any rate, the military aide
is not concerned about it.
II never missed my name" he
Evening star., 1950-09-29

There were five days of calm
and many more of headWinds and
squalls in which you couldn't see
your hand before your face" Mr.
Smith recalled. Their auxiliary
engine out of commission, the
trio twice had to change course
before favorable winds took them
back to Hawaii at Is miles per day
There was plenty of drinking
water on board but food enough
for only one meal a day.
I'VE had varied meals-fried
potatoes and boiled rice and fried
rice and boiled potatoes. A huge
school of dolphins followed us the
whole way and we had no fish
hooks. Finally I gated one, p"
said Mr.. Smith.
The group had four days food
supply left when newspaper and
radio men met them at Honolulu.
1--WE had rolled so much at sea
I couldn't walk on shore and two
men had to help me down the
dock" Mr.. Smith recounted.
Mr.. Smiths adventures really
began last Christmas when he took
a vacation from duties as CO.
owner of the Beau Brummel
Cleaners, 1928 Columbia pike. and
visited a friend in Hawaii.
"A hotel clerk told me Of a guy
who needed a crew to sail his
ketch back to the States, and as
I had always wanted some sailing
experience, I went to see Ralph
Schrader. He had sailed the ketch
to the South Seas the summer
before.
1--WE got along splendidly and
Ralph is a wonderful skipper.
And Doris was grand on the trip"
Mr.. Smith said.
LAS for more sailing, group
asked me to join them on a Carib-
bean cruise, but I thought it high
time to get back to business. But
I'll keep on sailing if it's only
around Chesapeake Bay" the Will
liam and Mary College graduate
added.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

said, because I didn't know I
was ever in it,"
Among other missing names are
those of former Office holders who
have left town or are expected to
soon.
Mrs. Shaw gives herself pat on
the back for the fact that General
Of the Army Marshall is duly en-
tered as Secretary of Defense, al
though he had not yet been con-
f1rmed by the Senate when the
book went to press.
Altogether, according to Mrs.
Shaw. the list this year is minus
about 750 names that were carried
in 1850, while 300 new names have
been added. About 200 people who
asked to be included in the book
were turned down by the board
Mrs. Shaw said.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

The Army, meanwhile, an
nounced Sergt. Lawrence F. Flack,
20, former Navy Wepartment clerk,
was missing in action.
A former Washington resident,
Pfc. Wilton E. Garmon. whose
family now lives in Richmond but
at one time lived at 1854 Fourth
street S.W.. was reported killed in
action in the same casualty list.
The Clarkson youth. a private.
first class. wrote his last letter to
his family September 10.
THE weather is hot and SO is
the war;" he wrote. II can't say
much more now because we're
moving up :"
A native of Washington. Pvt.
Clarkson enlisted on January 8,
Evening star., 1950-09-29
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

Wind velocity at 1880 O'Clock
this morning, IL miles per hour;
direction, northeast.
Five-Day Forecast for Washing
ton and Vicinity, September 29-
October 4.
Rain likely Tuesday and
Wednesday with total >one-half to
one inch. Temperature will aver
age about five degrees above nor
NAL with slowly rising temper
atures through Tuesday and cooler
Wednesday. Normal for Wash
ington: high 70, low So.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

District of Columbia-Mostly
cloudy, lowest around go degrees
tonight and highest tomorrow
near 72 degrees.
Maryland-Mostly overcast to-
night and tomorrow with consider
able fog and drizzle on Eastern
Shore. Lowest IS to go.
Virginia-Mostly overcast to-
night and tomorrow with patches
of fog tonight and some drizZle
and fog on the coast Lowest SIS
to so but near IS on the coast.
Evening star., 1950-09-29

Iof San Antonio. The two officers
had been close friends at West
Point. 1t. Fox, who was wounded
in the arms and legs by grenade
fragments, was best man for 1t
Blanchard, and the Arlington Of
ficer was an usher at the wedding
of 1t. Fox.
1t. Blanchard, who was gradu-
ated from West Point last June
was with the oath Division when
wounded. He was graduated from
Massanutten Military Academy
WOODSTOCK. Va, then enlisted in
the Air Force. He later was ac-
cepted for West Point.
His wife, Mrs. Wendy Blanch-
ard, lives at 1920 Pershing drive
Arlington, but is now in Omaha
Neb., it was said. A brother. Mer-
vim Blanchard. is a student at Vir-
ginia Polytechnic Institute.
Maryland Man Wounded.
Sergt. 1/c Glenis w. Waldrep
20, of Upper Marlboro, Md, is
among those listed on an Army
latest casualty list as wounded in
action in Korea.
Sergt. Waldrep's wife, the former
Dorothy E. Smith, and three chill
dren live on the Grain highway
farm of Hal Clagett, jr., about
three miles south of Upper Marl-
boro.
A veteran Of five years service
with the Marine Corps during
World War II. Sergt. Waldrer
joined the Army in May, 1948
During the interim period. when
he was a civilian. he worked ir
Washington for the Swift Pack
ing Co. and later the Hampshire
Asphalt 81 Tile Co.
A native of Landersville, Ala.
Sergt. Waldrep moved to Upper
Marlboro after his marriage. He
was stationed at the Quanticc
(Va.) Marine base at the time
The children are Dorothy Faye
8; Anna Margaret, 7, and James
Vernit. 81 months. Sergt. Wald-
reps father. three brothers and
five sisters all live in Alabama.
While in the Marines Sergt
Waldrep saw service at Tinian
Saipan, Two Jima and Okinawa
He was an infantry squad leader
with the 7th Cavalry Regiment,
1st Cavalry Division. at the time
he was wounded on September 10.
He is recovering in an Army hos
pital in Japan from wounds in
his left arm and right leg.
Left u. S. in July.
Sergt. Waldrep left home on
July 13. after a furlough and re-
turned to Fort Knox. KY. He left
this country on July q.
Mrs. Waldrep works for the
Marlboro Variety Store, next to
the Prince Georges County Court
house, Upper Marlboro.
Two Virginia Army fighters were
also among those named on the
Army's list of wounded. They are
Pvt. Donald N. Perry of Char
lottesville and Pvt. Marvin F.
Shenk. jr.. of Luray.
Corpl. Howard T. Jackson of
Gordonsville. Va, was listed as
missing in action.
Another Maryland man. Marine
Corps Pfc. Gilbert A. Eckloff, 10,
SON of Earl j. Ecklof of Seat
Pleasant, Md. was reported
wounded in Korea.
Pfc. Eckloff, who entered the
Marines three years ago with his
fathers consent, is a graduate of
Holy Name College high school.
A native of Washington, Pfc. Eek
loft worked for a time at Often
berg's Bakers, Inc, with his IA
ther, learning the trade.
He is one of five boys and two
girls. A sister, Mrs. Marie Kow-
man, works at the County Serv-
ice Diner. SOFA Rhode Island ave-
nue., Hyattsville.