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Evening star., 1951-03-07

State police and DR.. Geoffrey T.
Mann, State chief medical exam
iner, were unable to decide last
night whether the body was that
of Robert DANNY Matson. A
year-old boy who disappeared
from his home in Quincy, Mass.
SIX weeks ago.
DR.. Mann said he found no
signs of violence on the body and
estimated the youngster had been
dead about a week. He said the
child could have died from nat
ural causes, exposure or asphyx-
iation.
1t may be more than a week
before a definite cause of death
can be established, DR.. Mann said.
He added his Office will attempt to
restore the boys appearance to
aid in a quicker Identification.
Authorities reported several dis
crepancies last night which caused
them to doubt whether the young
Ster found near here was either
the missing Matson boy or 5-year-
old Elbert Heneghan, missing since
February II from his home in
Chicopee, Mass.
The youngster found near here
was about 3 feet inches in height
and weighed about so pounds. He
was clad in dungaree pants, red
pull-over. shirt with horizontal
stripes, plaid lumber jacket and
tan seeks with blue and white
stripes.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
ILenten Services
Tonight in Many
Churches OF Area

Many Washington area church.
es will hold lenten services at
O'Clock tonight.
At All Souls Episcopal Church,
Cathedral avenue near Connecti-
cut avenue NV, the guest
preacher will be the Rev. Julian
c.. Bartlett, rector of st. Pauls
Episcopal Church. Rock Greek
Parish.
Representative Van Zandt. Re-
publican. of Pennsylvania. will be
the guest speaker at Grace Lu-
theran Church. Sixteenth and
lVarnum streets NV.
A service will be held in George
town Lutheran Church, Wiscon-
| sin avenue and Volta place NV.
DR.. Crawford w. Brown. canon
Iprecentor of Washington Cathe-
dral, will speak on "a Dangerous
Word" at the service in st. Mi
chael's Episcopal Church, North
Ivanhoe street and Eleventh road
Arlington, Va.
st. Alban's Episcopal Church
Wisconsin and Massachusetts, ave.
nues NV. will hold a service to.
night.
DR.. George M. Docherty, minis.
ter of New York Avenue Presby.
terian Church, will speak at a 7:3t
o'clock service tonight in Calvary
Baptist Church. Eighth and T
streets NV.
DR.. Samuel Shoemaker, rector
Of Calvary Episcopal Church. New
York. will speak at a $50 pm
service today in the Episcopa
Church of the Epiphany, 1917 {
street NV.
/ Speaker at MONDAY service
tomorrow and Friday in the Luth
eran Church of the Reformation
212 East Capitol street. will b
DR.. Carl Heath Kopf, minister o
First congregational Church
Tenth and G streets NV.
The Rev. Ignatius Smith, pro
fessor of philosophy at Catholi
University. will speak on Saving
Life for Humanity" at 8 o'clocl
tonight and tomorrow in tn
Catholic Church of the Nativity
5000 Georgia avenue NV.
| The Rev. T. Rene Meyer, pasto
Iof st. Matthews Lutheran Church
will preach at the service tonigh
in the church. Kentucky avenu'
and Fifteenth street Sc.
| A Service of the Lighted Cross
will be held tonight at Augustan;
Lutheran Church, v street ant
New Hampshire avenue NV. Th'
Rev. Clarence T. Nelson. pastor
will speak.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Montgomery Teachers Hit

Montgomery County school,
teachers would be left in the cold
if the Maryland General Assembly
approves State Board of Educa-
ton proposal for a fiat $500 an
nuaf pay boost.
This was revealed yesterday ir
Annapolis by DR.. Edwin w
Eroome, county superintendent OF
schools.
He told the county's legislative
delegation that the increase would
equal the difference between the
present teacher salary scale in
the various counties and the pro-
posed s2.700 State minimum.
In Montgomery. however. teach
ers already are receiving a mini
mum of S2,500 and will get an
additional 5000 a year beginning
,JlllY / .
Evening star., 1951-03-07
PSC Refuses 10 Move
Hearing on Bus Lines
Nearer Washington

Maryland's Public Service Com
mission today rejected requests
that it come to the Washington
vicinity for hearings on Capital
Transit's plan to drop eight bus
lines in Prince Georges and
Montgomery counties.
The commission told the AS
sociated Press it would follow
tradition and hold the hearing in
Baltimore as originally scheduled
at 10 am. March 81.
w. Paul Coppinger. chairman
of the Montgomery County Civic
Federation's Utilities Committee,
indicated, however, that his group
may yet appeal to Gov Mcke!din
for transfer of the hearing to this
area.
May Prepare Resolution.
1--WE may draw up resolution
Friday night asking the Governor
to intervene" Mr.. Coppinger said
1--WE feel that the county has
grown sufficiently in recent years
to Justify holding such hearings
in the interested locale"
A PSC spokesman said the COM
mission has held all its hearings
in Baltimore in recent years and
that the members give no weight
to the number of persons attend
ing the hearings, but only to the
facts presented. Such facts are
now being gathered by the COM
MISSIONS field workers. he added.
Several citizens and groups have
asked that the hearings be nearer
Washington.
Two Other Groups Join.
Latest groups to join the fight
for preservation of the buslines
are the Montgomery County
Council and the Prince Georges
County commissioners.
The former group will write the
PSC to move the hearing to Silver
Spring or Bethesda, and request
evening sessions instead of the
scheduled 10 am. time.
Both Council President j. Louis
Monarch and Councilman George
F. Nesbitt said a Baltimore hear
ing would greatly inconvenience
the interested public.
While the Prince Georges COM
misSioners took no formal action.
Commissioner Edward J. tNed)
Waters said he didn't think
there's any question but that we
oppose the transit compsny's
proposal"
Others asking for local hear
ings were Walter F. Mulligan,
president of the Prince Georges
Civic Federation. and Mrs. Wells
Harrington. mayor of Greenbelt.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Miss KeIIor to Retire

Miss Venia M. Kellar, for "a
years a member of the University
of Maryland Extension Service,
will retire March 81. She has been
assistant director of extension
work since 1885.
Miss Kellar originated the
Rural Women's Short Course. 3"
the object of which is to give farm
women a chance for short courses
in landscaping. home manage
ment. foods and other subjects
Despite her retirement, she will
direct this years 25th annual short
course June 1923 at the uni
versity.
Meanwhile, DR.. Thomas B..
Symons, former dean of the Col
lege of Agriculture and director of
the Extension Service, has been
appointed director of public service
for Stations WBAL and WBAL-TV
in Baltimore. DR.. Symons retired
from the university last year.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Fairfax Teacher Pay

A pay increase of at least $500
a year will be given Fairfax County
teachers at the beginning OF the
next school year.
The County School Board de-
cided yesterday to include a salary
scale OF S2,500 to $4,000 after
IS years experience in the 1951-52
budget. The present scale ranges
from $4,000 to $500 after IA
years.
School Supt. w. T. Woodson
pointed out, however. the raise
still would leave Fairfax teacher
pay about the lowest in the Wash
ington area.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

to 40 except near As on coast. To-
morrow fair and colder.
Misunderstanding and colder
tonight preceded by scattered
showers along coast. Low 38 to
AZ west and AZ to 48 east portion.
Tomorrow fair and colder.
Wind velocity at 10:45 o'clock
this morning. S miles per hour;
direction, south southeast.
Evening star., 1951-03-07

by many supervisors receive less
pay than their Subordinates. This
is because the supervisors are ul-
der the Classification Act and the
skilled workers under their SUI
pervision are under Wage Boards
which have set their Jay higher
than that of their bosses, Mr.
Steward said. He urged that a
provision be inserted in the pay
bill which would assure super
visors at least a one grade higher
salary than any employe work.
| ing under them.
Mr.. Campbell in his testimony
stressed the struggle that Federal
employees are having in meeting
basic living requirements. He said
the AFGE is receiving many let
ters from Federal workers detail
ing their difficulties in meeting
ordinary living needs.
These letters show that the
items of expense do not include
the cost of luxury equipment,
such as television sets. new auto
mobiles, or expensive recreation. y
Mr.. Campbell declared. They
simply recount the difficulty pro-
viding the absolute necessities for
decent living"
Both union leaders stressed that
living costs are continuing to rise
and that there is no foreseeable
drop in the near future.
I Mr.. Campbell joined Mr.. Steward
in urging action on the overtime
pay measure, declaring that Fed
eral employees deserve the same
time-and-a-half overtime bene-
fits that are accorded to workers
in private industry.
The subcommittee tomorrow
will hear from additional employe
union groups. After that, the
hearings will be recessed for a few
weeks to give the Budget Bureau
and the Civil Service Commission
enough time to submit a report on
the bill. The Budget Bureau
asked for additional time to de-
termine just what amount would
be in line with national wage
policy as determined by the Wage
Sterilization Board.
The commission wants more
time so that it's new chairman,
Robert Ramspeck, may study the
Legislation and make appropriate
recommendations.
The pay-raise bill is sponsored
by Chairman Johnston of the Sem
ate Civil Service Committee and
three other Senators. Senator
Johnston is also sponsor of the
overtime pay measure. Both bills
would affect nearly million Fed
eral and District government clas-
sif1ed employees, about 235.000 of
them in the Washington area.
BE sure to listen at 6::15
pm. eUery Saturday oUer
WMAL, The Star station, to
Joseph Young's Federal Spot
light radio broadcast teatur-
ing additional neUS and UietOs
OF the Government Scene.J
Evening star., 1951-03-07
What Army Has Put
IAsunder Let No Man
In Congress Join
BY the Associated Press

A Congressman can be just too
helpful, Representative Belcher.
Republican. of Oklahoma decided
today.
He related in a weekly news
letter to constituents that one of
his colleagues went to the aid of
a woman who said her service
man husband was desperately
needed at home.
The Representative got her man
returned to her, Mr.. Belcher
wrote.
"He was rewarded by an acid
letter from the husband. who in
formed his Congressman that he
had Joined the Army to get away
from his wife, and would he in
the future please mind his own
business
Evening star., 1951-03-07

District of Columbia-Cloudy
with occasional showers ending
this afternoon. High about 60.
Clearing and colder tonight with
low near 40. Tomorrow fair and
colder.
MISUNDERSTANDING and colder
tonight preceded by scattered
showers along the coast. Low 35
Evening star., 1951-03-07
The Federal Spotlight
Continued From First Page)

enactment of the Classification
Act of 1949. So that, in dis
cussing a ceiling on increased
compensation in private industry
of 10 to II per cent. sight must
not be lost of the fact that this
10 to IL per cent is in addition
to substantial increases granted
in private industry during the
past two years"
The II per cent increase pro-
posed in the bill before the sub
committee "can be fully justified y
by cost-of Living figures, Mr..
Steward declared. The NFFE chief
added that Federal employees are
entitled ''to a parity of treatment
with those persons employed in
private business and industry"
Mr.. Campbell told the subcom-
mittee living costs have increased
"a per cent since 1889. while the
average pay of the Governments S
classified employees only increased
by SO per cent.
Caught "In Squeeze"
Both union leaders stressed that
the average Federal employe is
having a very difficult time main
tanning minimum living stand
ards.
Mr.. Campbell said Federal en-
ployes are being caught in the
squeeze" of ever-increasing living
costs land caught badly"
Despite the four pay increases
given Federal employees since 1945,
they never have caught up with
spiralling living costs, the AFGE
chief declared.
Mr.. Steward said that, impor-
tant as the COST of living factor
is in connection with a Federal
pay raise. there are several other
important reasons to justify pay
boost.
The NFFE leader said higher
wages in private industry have
placed the Government in a high
ly competitive labor market and
consequently it is in danger of
losing some of its highly skilled
employees needed for the national
emergency program. as well as be-
ing unable to recruit new ones.
Experience has shown" said
Mr.. Steward, that a cheap pay
policy is wantonly extravagant in
that it drives the best qualified
to employers who will adequately
compensate them and leaves for
the employer who is dependent in
such large measure on mediocre
and substandard help the neces-
sity of employing many more per-
sons than would be required if
only the more competent were
recruited"
Opposes $3.50 Limit.
The NFFE president objected
to the $3.50 increase limitation in
the bill for those earning more
than $4,000 a year and asked that
it be removed.
Mr.. Steward also asked the COM
mlttee. which is simultaneously
a bill that would lib
eralize Government overtime pay
rates. to report out a measure that
would give time-and-a-half over
time payments to all Federal
for work in excess of
40 hours. The overtime bill before
the committee would provide for
time me-and-a-half payment on the
first $1,000 in annual salary
earned by Federal workers.
At present, time e-and-a- half
overtime payments are made to
employees earning less than Sc
900 year. From that point on,
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Maryland
and
Virginia
News in Brief -
Prince Georges Survey
To Begin Within Month

The lOng-aWalted survey OF the
Prince Georges County govern
ment will get under way within
80 days.
This was assured yesterday
when the county commissioners
voted to employ the Public Ad-
ministrative Service of Chicago to
do the work at cost not to exceed
$4,000.
The county heads made it clear,
however, that they reserve the
right to reject any or all sof the
recommendations resulting from
the study.
Evening star., 1951-03-07

pOSeQ DoQy was
ou n d on a
roadside n e a r
here Monday.
A State High
way De p a r t.
ment employe
found the body.
fully clothed. in
a blue denim
bag with the
h e a d protrud-
ing. along a
road in Gooch-
la md County,
about 26 miles
- r
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Method on Vacancy Urged

The Montgomery County Young
Republican Club has adopted a
resolution urging that the forth.
coming vacancy on the County
School Board be filled at a NOM
mating convention on April S.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
The Federal Spotlight
Government Pay Raise Logs
Behind Industry, Senators Told

overtime pay
ments taper off
to a poin t
where employees
in the upper
brackets n oW
get less than
straight time
for overtime
work.
Mr.. Steward
also called the
S u b C o m m i t.
tees attention
to a situation
in the defense
orn,,oioc xY,l,ora
Evening star., 1951-03-07
.VEC's 18th Meeting

BOWLING GREEN, Va, Mar.
Z. P)-Virginia Electric Coopera-
tive will hold its 18th annual meet
| ing at the Caroline High School
| here March "a.
Evening star., 1951-03-07
Virginia Police Doubt
Body Found in Bag
Is That Of 0uincyLa Lad
By the Associated Press

RICHMOND, Va, Mar. T.
Police ran down more clues today
in an effort to identify a sandy
haired boy whose badly-decom-
Evening star., 1951-03-07

High and Low Of Last "a Hours.
High, 5S, at 4:53 pm
Low. 4S. at 1901 am.
Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, ~, on February 13.
Lowest. IL, on February S.
Tide Tables.
FURNISHED by United States Coast
Evening star., 1951-03-07
River Renarf

fFrom United States Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and Great Falls; Shenandoah clear al
Harpers Ferry
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
N'egotiators Are DeadlOcked On Buffer Zone

U. s. ADVANCE HEADQUAR- TIERS, Korea, (P - Allied and Red negotiations bargained more than three hours in sultry Kae- song today, but made no progress toward ending the shooting in Korea.
 Instead, they agreed that the war would continue while they talk. As they reached this under standing Allied warplanes smash ed at the Red Korean capital of Pyongyang in one of the most de- termined air assaults of the war.
 The negotiations remained dead locked on the problem of buffer zone to separate the opposing armies if and when a cease-fire agreement is reached.
 The Reds want a zone 121s miles wide along the 38th parallel, pre-war political boundary be- tween North and South Korea.
 The Allies want 20-mile-wide zone along the present battle lines. Most of these lines are inside Red Korea, on the average about 20 miles north of the 38th parallel.
 Before today's session started, Brig. Gen. Nuchols, U. N. briefing officer, made it clear to newsmen that the U. N. considers the 38th parallel "a political boundary" and not suitable for a military di- viding line.
 "A military armistice confer ence is interested in providing defensible line for each side. It would be the rarest coincidence if there were a natural defense line along an imaginary dividing line along a parallel of latitude"
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Team of , Women Make Study Edible Plants for Air Force

A team of three women includ- ing Christine Heller, Beatrice Shepard and Claudia Kelsey is here this week studying edible plants.
 Miss Heller, formerly employed as nutrition consultant with the Alaska Health department, has made her home in Alaska since 1945 and taught last summer at the University of Alaska. She is working on her Ph. D. in nutri- ton at Cornell and is doing this summers work on an Air Force grant.
 Miss Kelsey, Juneau artist, is also working under the Air Force grant and is making drawings of the plants in the field to facilitate botanical Identification for the compiled booklet which will be published after the completion of the study.
 Miss Shepard, senior chemist for the Alaska Health depart ment, will complete the project by determining the mineral anal ysis and vitamin assays of edible plants as we'll as develop methods of collection and preparation of plants.
 The Air Force is interested in the project in connection with their survival program. Explorers, prospectors, etc., in the past have suffered severely from scurvy and other ailments without knowing that nearby native plants could supply the elements their bodies needed.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
US. Planning More
 Atom Bomb Tests

WASHINGTON, (R - Th e United States is planning more tests of the atomic bomb, chair man Gordon Dean of the Atomic Energy Commission said today.
 Dean declined to tell a news conference, however, whether the tests would be at already an- nounced proving grounds or at some other place. There has been speculation that a new proving ground may be established in the Aleutian Island off Alaska.
 Asked why the same proving grounds cannot be used over and over again, Dean said that one of the reasons was the "heavy logistics" involved in faraway tests such as those at Eniwetok. He added: "It depends on what you want to test"
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Secretary Marshall
 Digging Into Why's Of Controversial War Statement

WASHINGTON, R-Secretary of Defense Marshall is digging into the who's and why's of a controversial Korean war state ment, issued at the Pentagon ap- parently without top level clear ance.
 The statement, read to reporters at a news briefing last Friday, suggested the Communists could be using cease-fire talks for gain ing time to build up their forces and to set a military trap.
 A department spokesman said Marshall and Deputy Defense Sec retary Robert Lovett intend to getto the bottom of it."
 A Pentagon general, who asked not to be identified, said he under stood the statement was written by the Army's Psychological War fare division. That's the Army branch which uses words and other devices as weapons of psy- chology against the enemy.
 There was no immediate com- ment from Psychological Warfare division officers.
 But why the statement was is sued, no one could-or would say just yet.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Air Force Privates Run Automobile Theft Ring

FAIRFIELD, Calif., (P = Ten Air Force privates were in jail today charged with stealing more than 100 automobiles.
 Authorities recovered parts of some 30 cars stolen from used car lots in Northern California cities.
 Highway Patrol Sergeant Walter Simmons said the ring was di- rected by Private George R. Brines, g, Seattle. He said Brines was convicted in Seattle in 1914 Of car theft and, when arrested, had a set of master keys.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Ty Cobb Upholds Big Leagues Tight Control Of Its Players

WASHINGTON, P-Ty Cobb, the old time famed Detroit out fielder, spoke out today in favor of organized baseball's tight con trol of players.
 The 64-year-old balding ex- player gave his views to a House Judiciary subcommittee bent on learning whether organized sports should be exempted from anti trust laws. Three bills to that end have been introduced in the House.
 "There has to be something to protect the big league clubs from one another," he said, adding that the reserve clause in players con- tracts gets this job done.
 The reserve clause is the con- tract provision enabling club own CTS to buy, trade or sell players without their consent. And if the player object, the clause bars him from playing anywhere in or ,ganized baseball.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
A. F. Ghiglione Named Alaska Road Commissioner

WASHINGTON, (P - A. F. Ghiglione of Juneau, Alaska, was named Commissioner of Roads in Alaska by Secretary of Interior Chapman, Friday, Delegate Bart lett said.
 The new appointee has been serving as acting commissioner since Col. John R. Moves was re- called by the Army earlier this year. He was formerly chief en- gineer.
 As commissioner Ghiglione also will be chairman of the Alaska Road Commission.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
B-29s Blast Pyongyang

U. s. EIGHTH ARMY HEAD QUARTERS, Korea, (P - U. S. warplanes blasted the North Ko- rean capital of Pyongyang through rain today in one of the most de- termined air assaults of the Ko- rean war.
 It was not the wars largest raid, a Fifth Air Force announce ment said, but it was pushed home with vigor.
 B-29 Superforts blasted three Red supply centers in North Ko- rea-Chinnampo and Kyomipo in the west and Hamhung on the east coast.
 North Koreans fled Monday from major hills northeast of Yanggu.
 Allied troops battled to the crest of the hill mass at the cli- max of five and a half days of bitter fighting.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Western AirlineS Planes Grounded By Strike

LOS ANGELES, (P - Opera tions of Western Airlines were at a standstill and all of its planes were grounded Saturday by a strike of the Air Carrier Mech anicS Association.
 Spokesmen for Western said no planes will be able to take off until the mechanics return to work.
 The strike is centered at Vest ern's main bases in Denver, Salt Lake City, and Los Angeles. All flight schedules originate in these cities. Westerns 180 pilots and 100 stewardesses refused to cross the mechanics picket lines.
 The main issue is the union shop clause.
The Nome nugget., 1951-07-30
Search for Missing DC-4 Shifts 25O Miles to South

JUNEAU, (P)-A fleet of search planes continued today to scan the rugged, island-dotted south eastern Alaska coast for a miss ing Korean airlift plane.
 The Canadian Pacific Airlines DC-4 has been missing since July 21 with 38 aboard on Vancouver Tokyo flight.
 The center of the vast aerial search by 20 planes swung yester- day to an area south of the last position reported by the north bound airliner.
 Searchers intensified their look out around Craig, about 250 miles south of where the plane was last reported, after townspeople there told of hearing a large plane the night the DC-4 vanished.