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Evening star., 1951-03-02
Settlement Promised
To Family Of Nurse
Killed by Embassy Car

The family of Mrs. Lillian C.
Hess. Washington nurse killed by
the automobile of Spanish dip
lomat, will receive a financial set
tlement from the diplomats insur-
ance company. it was learned
today.
An attorney representing the
Spanish Embassy and the man
ager of the insurance firm here
both said settlement is "as-
sured." No amount has been set,
it was said.
Mrs. Hess died last week after
being struck by a car driven by
Vincente P. Santaliestra, second
secretary at the Embassy. A cor
oner's jury has ruled that Santa
lieStra was responsible for the
death and had driven with gross
negligence and in willful, wan
ton manner"
Santaliestra carries a liability
insurance policy with the Amer
ican Automobile Association
American Mutual Insurance Co..
according to the company's Wash
ington manager and Albert l.
Reeves, jr., partner in the law firm
of Cummings, Stanley, Truitt &
Cross, which is acting for the
Embassy. Insurance adjustors
are negotiating with an attorney
representing the Hess family.
Another insurance company
with which the other motorist
involved in the accident is in
sured, also is taking part in the
negotiations, they said. The Sec
ond driver, Police Pvt. Rudolph
Divio, was off duty at the time.
Santaliestra cannot be held for
grand jury action, as would orig
inally be the case, because of
his diplomatic immunity. As
sistant United States Attorney
J. Warren Wilson said a report
on the case has been seut to
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay for possible presenta-
ton to the State Department.
State Department spokesmen
today declined to state what ac-
ton will be taken when. and if,
a report is received. 1t could
declare Santaliestra persona non
grata," meaning he would have
to be sent back to Spain. or it
might ask Spain to waive his i'm
munity. The latter course is i'm
probable, a spokesman said,
Mr.. Reeves said the diplomat
indicated at the accident scene
that he wanted to be completely
cooperative"
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Ferry Sinks Freight Boat
In Chesapeake Bay Fog
By the Assoeioted Press

ANNAPOLIS. Mar. 2. - The
Delmarva, a 74-foot freight boat
carrying fertilizer, was sunk in a
collision with the ferryboat
IO'Connor today in the middle Of
Chesapeake Bay.
All four crewmen on the
! freight boat were taken aboard
the ferry uninjured. shortly after
the collision at TIA am. The
accident was midway between
Sandy Point and Matapeake.
Another ferry. the Nice, ran
aground about the same time.
The reason for both accidents,
according to Frank Hanna, toll
captain at Sandy Point, was a
very dense fog"
The Nice ran aground off
Sandy Point buoy about 7 am.
Mr.. Hanna reported she man
aged to work loose in an hour and
half.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
lone MIG Shot Down
As Several Appear
BY the Assoeioied Press

UNITED STATES FIFTH AIR
FORCE HEADQUARTERS. Ko-
rea. Mar. 2. Russian-type
MIG-15 jet fighters tangled in
several brushes with Allied planes
over northwest Korea today, but
each time broke off and fled with
out damage toward Manchuria.
Two propeller-driven F-51 Mus
tangs were lost to ground fire in
enemy territory, the 5th Air Force
announced. Pilots of both were
presumed lost.
Allied flyers downed one MIG
and damaged four.
Fifth Air Force fighters and
light bombers swarmed over
northwestern Korea today to the
banks of the Yalu River, smash
ing at enemy supplies moving to-
ward the front. By late after
Evening star., 1951-03-02

noon 573 sorties had been re-
ported, with about 500 enemy
troops reported killed or wounded.
1t. Col. Benjamin H. King of
Acworth, Ga, a flight leader,
describing one of today's jet
clashes, said: "We spotted four
MICS about 5000 feet above us
and went after them. We chased
them for about 10 minutes but
couldn't get them within range
of our guns. They finally broke
off without firing a shot and
headed back toward Antung."
Seven F-80 Shooting Stars led
by 1t. Col. Walter K. Selenger
tangled with four to eight MICS
in the same area, near Sinuiju.
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Donohue
Continued From First Page.)

Mrs. Douglas was under a sharp
attack and was being maligned
in smear attack" Senator We'll
ker demanded to know why he
had written only to Catholic
clergymen. The witness replied
this was because "they are of my
own faith"
ITO whom else could I go?" he
asked. II was stranger in Cali
fornia"
Senator Welker commented: Il
believe that you will agree that
in politics there is no place for
religious favoritism or for creed
hatred"
Defines Liberal"
Mr.. Donohue, in further ex-
PLANTATION of this incident in his
efforts to elect Mrs. Douglas, said
he thought it was very important
to draw a distinction in this
country between a liberal and a
Communist since both may be
favoring many similar programs.
The liberal, he said, would
favor a program such as low-cost
housing because he believed it for
the good of his country The
Communist would be pushing a
similar program as means of
getting an influence with various
sympathetic groups.
He said he thus supported Mrs.
Douglas because the need of this
country sis to make us so strong
we can eliminate those things on
which communism breeds"
The letters to California Catho-
lies was brought up again later by
Senator Pastore, Democrat, of
Rhode Island, with a suggestion
that he hoped the inference would
not be left that Mr. Donohue had
improperly employed a religious
question in the Douglas-Nixon
campaign. The Rhode Island
Senator declared he was convinced
there was nothing un-American
about the letters"
Welker Shakes His Hand.
Mr.. Donohue apparently wealth
cred this cross-eXamination, for
when he had concluded, Senator
Welker smiled and shook hands
with the nominee.
The appointment of Mr.. Dono-
hue today brought outspoken
praise from William Green, presi-
dent of the American Federation
of Labor.
He sent the committee a letter,
read into the record by Chairman
Nicely, saying he had known Mr..
Donohue for many years and had
personal knowledge of his char
acter and reputation here and in
various parts of the country.
"He has thorough knowledge
Of this community and the COM
plex and intricate difficulties in
herent in the city government"
MIR. Green wrote.
THE record shows that he has
made great contributions in time
Evening star., 1951-03-02

done that would reflect in any
way against him"
Calls Him Dynamite.
Mr.. Morgan added "he is ex-
actly what the District needs
little dynamite. '
Chairman Nicely suggested that
Mr.. Morgan amend this remark
to strike out the word little" and
committee members and the au-
dience joined in laughter.
Senator Smith asked Mr.. Nor
gan if he held 1.-The slightest
suspicion" that Mr.. Donohue in
any way would attempt to favor
Evening star., 1951-03-02

Mr.. Kronheim as against the best
interests of the public. Mr.. Nor
gan said, II don't believe he
would"
Under questioning, Mr.. Donohue
said he was not satisfied with the
present District liquor regulations
If confirmed, he said, he would
like to sit down with his friends
end also those who had opposed
his confirmation. to study the
regulations and try to make re-
visions to see that '1iquor is sold
under conditions which are most
in the public interests"
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Worried by Basketball Fix,
Youth Threatens Governor
BY the Associated Press

y
DENVER, Mar. IA slender
University of Denver student told
the FBI yesterday he had sent
threatening letters to the Mayor
of Denver and Colorado's Gov
ernor because he was worried by
the recent basketball scandals in
New York.
Theodore H. Abbiati. jr., %,
surrendered voluntarily to FBI
agents.
The FBI quoted the shy Denver
youth as saying he hoped, through
the letters, to stir up action
against gamblers in this area, and
that the basketball scandals had
worried him into the action.
Agents said further that:
Abbiati sis sorry and realizes
now he did the wrong thing"
He is senior in physical edu-
cation and hopes after graduation
to become a coach.
Abbiati was arraigned before a
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Five Are Charged
With Armed Robbery
In HoIdup Of Bank

Charges OF armed robbery have
been placed against five men who
were captured yesterday less than
o half-hou after they held up a
bank at Owings, Calvert County,
Md, and took nearly $4,000.
States Attorney Arthur, w.
Dowell of Calvert County said he
expected bond to be set for the
men today. He said preliminary
hearing on the charges would be
arranged within the next few days
at Prince Frederick, the Calvert
County seat.
Held i'm Upper Marlboro.
The five men meanwhile are
being held at the Prince Georges
County Jail in Upper Marlboro.
They are listed by police as:
Chester Collet, "a, of Baltimore.
Jack Beson, 80, of Baltimore.
Alton James East, 80. of Balti-
more.
Manley Blevins, Al, of no fixed
address.
Robert Barlow, 35, of Baltimore.
Prince Georges County police
said the men surrendered without
resistance at a roadblock near
Upper Marlboro about II miles
from Owings. Police recovered
the $26,746 loot from the getaway
car.
Six bank employees and two Gus
toners were in the Owings branch
of the County Trust Co. of Mary
land when four men-three carry
ing pistols and the fourth a rifle
walked in about 9:20 am.
Ordered to "Keep STILL"
Cashier o. F. Bowen said the
men ordered every one to "keer
still"
Witnesses said the men then
scooped up money into bags they
were carrying and before leaving
ordered every one into the bank
vault.
Zone customer, Hendricks A
Lyons, 80, an Owings farmer. re-
called that the men only closed
the cage door leading into the
vault, but left open the heavy vault
door.
The other customer in the bank
was John T. Billhimer, "a, OF
Deale, Md. who is an employe OF
the Northeast Motor Co., 920 Bla-
densburg road NE.
Fleeing Car Spotted.
After the men left, Assistant
Cashier Winfield Hutchins ran out
the front door and spotted a fee
ing car. He said he recognized it
as an automobile that was parked
beside the road as he was driving
to work yesterday.
Mr.. Hutchins called police and
then with Mr.. Billhimer drove
after the car. Noting that the
Car had headed south on Route 2,
Mr.. Hutchins and Mr.. Billhimer
took a short cut to Chaneys Cor
ner, on Route 2. AS Mr.. Hutchins
was inside a store at ts Chaneys
Corner calling police again, MIR.
Billhimer saw the bandits car
speed by. They gave police its
direction and then started chasing
1t. but the getaway car eluded
them.
Prince Georges Sheriff Carlton
Beall. Detective Vincent Free and
Patrolman Charles Nally spotted
the maroon getaway car as it
turned onto Route 301 near Upper
Marlboro. They pulled in behind
it and rushed the bandits when
their automobile was stopped few
minutes later at a point where
Prince Georges Police Chief F.
Allen Richards had a tractor
trailer pulled across the highway
Evening star., 1951-03-02
Il Didn't See Daddy Again
Last Night, Mommy"

Thousands of children see their
fathers only a few hours each
week.
One father was startled 20
hear his daughter say: why
Daddy, you don't look q BIT
different" He had been home
every day but had seen his
child only ac meals. He was
devoting only six percent of
his time to the companionship
they craved.
Are you a six percent"
father? Read the challenging
CORONET article, Have
Fathers Neglected Their Jobs?"
...in the March issue now
on sale.
Evening star., 1951-03-02

United States commissioner on
charge Of sending threatenin
letters and released on $t,0G
bond.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Delivery BY Mail Of
Auto Tags Held Up

Thomas B. r. Mudd, Commission
er of Motor Vehicles, stated last
week, that due to the delayed de-
liveries of steel to the manufacturer
for license plates, caused by the
existing War Emergency, the De-
partment has been unable to for
ward license plates applied for
through the mail, as the supply for
that purpose has been completely
exhausted.
The Department of Motor We
hicles, however, expects new sup
ply in time for delivery before the
dead-line date.
If, however, the new plates are
not available for delivery to car
owners by March 81, the Commits
sioner will request Governor Nc
Keldin to authorize him to grant an
extension. In that case, of course
present tags may be used for the
duration of whatever extension is
authorized.
Commissioner Mudd also advises
that plates are still available for
those applying at the Department
in person.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Noted Cantor Will
Give Recital Here
Rev. Max Wohlberg OF Temple
Beth FL, Philadelphia, To Give
Concert On April 2.

The Fourth Annual Concert of
Jewish Music, sponsored by the Ha-
gerstown Jewish Community Coun-
Gil, will be held at B'nai Abraham
Synagogue on Monday, April 2, at
$50 p. m.
The featured artist will be Rev
Max Wohlberg, cantor of Temple
Beth Ell, Philadelphia, Pa. Cantor
Wohlberg has won renown as COM
poser of liturgical and art music and
has written extensively on problems
connected with synagogue music. He
served as contributing editor to the
Universal Jewish Encyclopedia and,
at present, is the president of the
Cantors' Assembly.
Cantor Wohlberg, a tenor, will of
fer program of Janitorial selections,
Hebrew and Yiddish art and popular
songs. He will be accompanied by
Miss Resale Gassel.
Persons interested in securing
tickets may get them at the door or
at Chatkin's Pharmacy, Summit Ave.
Admission is $3.50, including Fed
eral Tax.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22

Mosquitoes favor plump people
in black, scientist finds
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
u. Of Md. Glee Club
Coming Here Apr. 3
Concert VIII Be Sponsored By
Hagerstown Little League.

The University of Maryland Glee
Club, Maryland's ambassadors of
good will" are returning to Hagers-
town to present a concert at the
High School on April 3, under the
sponsorship of the Hagerstown Lit
tie League. All proceeds for the
concert will be used by the small-fry
baseball organization to defray ex-
penses for the 1851 season.
The general committee for ar
rangements include: Mrs. Homer
Miller, Mrs. w. C. Wachter, Mrs.
Walter McPhail, Mrs. Samuel Strife,
Martin Brown, Harry F. Bottorf, Jr.,
Robert Hauser, Leonard Matthias,
Jack Stonebraker and Joe Crockett.
The Little League is a nationally
organized baseball league for boys
in the age group of through IL.
There is at least one league in every
state and World Series is held each
year, during August, at Williams
port, Penna., to determine the ma
TONS champion team. Last year the
Hagerstown team was winner in
the regional games and participated
in the World Series, ranking fourth
in the playoffs.
The Hagerstown Little League is
beginning its third year, and Harry
F. Bottorf, Jr., who organized the
league, has served as president since
its beginning in Hagerstown. There
are twelve boys in each of the 8
teams.
Little League players are in charge
OF ticket sales for the concert.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Six Weeks Training
School To Be Held
Will Start April 2 At St. Johns
Lutheran Church. Sponsored
By Lutheran Ministers Assn.

The annual Leadership Training
School of the Lutheran Ministers
Association of Washington County
will begin on Monday, April 2, at
1880 p. m. and continue for six weeks.
The Rev. E. Stanley Whitson, pas
tor of the Clear Spring Lutheran
Parish, will be the Dean of the
school, and all sessions will be held
in the Parish Hall of ST. Johns
Lutheran Church, Hagerstown
Two courses, designed for spe-
cialized work in the children's and
young peoples department, will be
offered The first, Teaching Be
ginners," will be taught by Mrs. John
Rupprecht, staff member of st.
Johns Lutheran Sunday School,
and Teaching Seniors" will be
taught by Miss M. Catherine Beck,
parish worker at Trinity Lutheran
Church, Hagerstown. Both courses
will be based on the Christian Grow
tn Materials currently used in the
county.
A course on my Christian Be
liefs' will be taught by the Rev.
Frank w. Klos, associate pastor of
st. Johns Lutheran Church, Mar
tinsburg, w. Va. The course will
offer a thorough study of the basic
beliefs of the Christian church and
their application to personal and
social living.
A course on Improving the
Church School will be taught by the
Rev Raymond M. Miller, pastor OF
st. Paul's Lutheran Church, Funks-
town, embodying the recently pub
lished Leadership Education Audio-
Visual Education Kit The course is
designed to help administrators plan
and conduct educational programs in
the Sunday School. The course will
also deal with such questions as:
development of leadership, teacher
motivation, preparation and execu-
ton, and making use of available
materials.
Members of other church bodies
are welcome to either audit the
courses, or take them for credit. All
accreditation is made through the
international Council of Religious
Education.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Farmers Oppose
The Brannan Plan
Farm Bureau Spokesman Tells
Kiwanians 1t VIII Hurt Instead
OF Helping.

Members of the Kiwanis Club, at
their weekly luncheon meeting at
the Hotel Alexander, were given the
viewpoint of the farmer in the
present world crisis. The speaker
was Wilbert L. Smith, of the Mary
land Farm Bureau, and the program
was arranged by the Agriculture
Committee, of which Roy c. F.
Weagley is chairman.
President Walter M. Daniels pre-
sided, and the following guests were
introduced: Kiwanian T. B. Carey,
Baltimore; VIM Walpole, representa-
tive of the Civic Music Association;
l. l.. Martin, Belle Plains, Iowa; and
Raymond Miller, asst County Agent
for Washington County.
The American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, the parent organization of
the Maryland Farm Bureau, is made
up of the 5000 farm bureau counties
throughout the nation, with a total
membership of one and half mil
lion people, Mr.. Smith told his audi
ence, all of whom are going all out
to strengthen the nation during the
present crisis He pointed out, how
ever, that the Farm Federation dis
agreed very definitely with the Adj
ministration's methods of gearing the
nation for this about effort.
The Farm Federation, he said, is
absolutely opposed, not only to the
Brannan Plan, but also to any sys-
tenn of price controls, or ceilings.
The Brannan Plan, which the speak
er said was far from being a dead
issue, would force the farmers to sell
their products at whatever price
they could get for them, no matter
how low it was, and then rely on
the government to pay them the diff
ference between their selling price
and parity and that, said Mr.. Smith,
was not the American way of free
enterprise.
What the farmers want, he stated,
was to let supply and demand regu-
late prices, instead of creating fic-
ticious prices through subsidies.
No one group of people were more
loyal, or worked harder, during
World War II, than the farmers, Mr..
Smith stated, and no group is doing
more than they are in the present
emergency either, but, like the in
dustrial workers, they are entitled to
living wage for their work.
In closing, the speaker warned his
listeners that unless the Administra-
ton in Washington Stopped loading
the farmer down with restrictions,
ceiling prices, subsidies and the like,
the country would wind up with ra-
tioning and the black market with
all their attending evils, just as we
had in World War II.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Merchants ToGet
Price Control Data
Two Price Sterilization Officials
VIII Explain Regulations At
Meeting Here Monday.

In order that retail, wholesale, and
other business firms of Hagerstown
and Washington County might have
the benefit of the fullest information
available on the new price control
regulations, E. Lester Mobley, Jr.,
president of the Hagerstown Retail
ers' Bureau, has arranged for two Of
ficials of the Maryland Office of Price
Sterilization to come to Hagerstown
on Monday, March 26.
A meeting will be held that after
noon at 2 o'clock at Franklin Court
Auditorium, at which time Mr.. Nc
Shane, a deputy director of the
Maryland Office of Price Stabiliza-
ton, and T. N. Jacobs,aa member of
the staff, will discuss the price con-
troll regulations, and all members of
the HagerstoWn Retailers Bureau, as
well as other merchants and interest
ed business men, are urged to be
present.
AS, under existing regulations,
merchants must have their reports
ready by March 20, President Mob
ley tried to get the officials here at an
earlier date, but Monday, March 26,
was the only day that they had open.
AS these new regulations are i'm
portant to every business man in the
county, it is hoped that there will be
large attendance, and both officials
will be available for a question and
answer session after they have COM
pleted their talks.
The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1951-03-22
Govt. Requests No
Truck Law Change
u. S. Transportation Official
Says Proposed Change In State
Law VIII Hamper Defense
Effort.

At the hearing on the proposed
changes in truck weight laws this
week in Annapolis, it was brought
out that the u. S. Government has
requested Maryland, along with all
other states, to retain present truck
weight laws.
In letter sent to Governor Nc
Keldin, the Defense Transportation
Administrator, James K. Knudson,
has asked that no changes in the law
be made for the duration of the
present emergency
The letter relates that the existing
shortage of railroad freight cars is
the most acute in the nations his
tory, making it necessary for trucks,
already overburdened, to carry
still greater portion of both military
and civilian freight.
Mr.. Knudson wrote: "Unjustifiable
state limitations on sizes and weights
of trucks, and restrictions intended
to harass and burden highway trans
port .. cannot be tolerated in time
of national emergency such as this,
nor can they be permitted to impede
our gigantic defense effort"
A large number of groups and citi-
zens attended and testified at the
weight hearings. Both sides pre-
sented technical testimony, as well
as the facts about the increased costs
of reduced weights to farmers, mer-
chants and consumers.