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Evening star., 1951-12-09
Bride Held in Theft
From Blind Husband Is
Barred as Kidnaper
By the Associoied Press

EVANSTON, H., Dec. B.
"A bride accused of running off with
her blind war veteran husband s
81 600 savings was seized today by
police who identified her as a
woman with a criminal history.
She is Mrs. Joan Brokus Larson,
"a. She had only S247 and a car
she said she bought for $2,O50.
The woman who once served a
term for kidnapping told police she
spent $40 10 square accounts in
two theft charges pending against
her, but that she still loves her
husband and wants to return to
him.
Her husband of three weeks,
John Larson, 35. of Phoenix. Ariz.,
lost his sight in. the. battle. for
Saipan in the South Pacific. He
married her November Is after a
dye-day courtship.
Mr.. Larson Said he gave her the
money in Phoenix December 3 to
make down payment on a S14,7O0
furnished home She disappeared
that day.
Hubert Kelsh. Evanston's chief
OF detectives. said the woman ran
of in Mr.. Larson's car, later aban-
donlng it. She bought another
car in Mesa, Ariz. for s2,050. out
fitted herself with new clothing
and luggage and drove to Evan
ston, suburb of Chicago. She
registered in an Evanston hotel
under the name of Joan Brokus.
A clerk who read a newspaper
account of the embezzlement rec
ognlzed her name and called
Evanston police.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Post Office Workers
Likely 10 GET Overdue
Pay Raise This Month
BY the Associated Press

Postal workers who have not
received that pay raise Congress
voted them last October may take
hope: They'll probably get it in
time to help pay for Christmas
shopping.
The Post Office Department said
yesterday instructions are being
mailed to postal officials clearing
up what has been confused situ-
alton.
Although many postal workers
have received their pay raises,
others have not.
Clarification Necessary.
An official explained yesterday
that this was because one section
OF the new law, applying to Ger
tain workers, was SO complicated,
1t was turned over to the Con-
troller General for clarihcation.
During his study, the raises for
workers of certain classifications
including the postal tranSporta-
ton service employes-were held
up.
The Controller General has now
reported his findings. They have
been printed and are being dis
tributed. Some already have been
mailed.
A postal official here said that
this will mean raises will become
effective immediately-plus retro
active pay to July /.
The pay raises were included
IN the bill passed late in October
raising the pay Of 1,650,000 Gov
eminent classified civil service and
postal workers.
Across Board Increases.
Postal workers get an across
the-board increase of $400 a year.
with postmasters, inspectors and
supervisors getting $500. Only
exceptions to that boost will be
postmasters in fourth class dis
tricts. who will get a fiat 20 per
cent hike, and hourly or part time
workers who will get 20 cents an
hour more.
Postal workers also receive the
benefit OF the elimination of the
two bottom grades-boosting start
Ing salaries-and veterans with Is
years service receive a 'longey-
lty" bonus of an extra $500 added
to their grade.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Grocery Clerk Reports Loss
OF Nearly $500 in HoIdup

Three holdup men who per-
formed with precision last night
robbed Benjamin Shapiro, a gro
cery clerk, of nearly 5000, he re-
ported to police.
Mr.. Shapiro said he had Just
parked his car across from his
home at 1876 Sheridan street NV.
when the holdup men. dressed in
work clothes. accosted him. The
three were colored. Mr.. Shapiro
said.
The first man stuck what Mr.
Shapiro said he believed was a
gun in his stomach, the second
one grabbed Mr.. Shapiro's arms
and the third grabbed Mr.. Sha-
plro's wallet.
Then they fed.
Police from the sixth precinct
picked up three suspects a short
time later.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
FiIipinos' Evacuation
OF Lava -Ravaged Isle
|Hindered by Typhoon
BY the Assoeiofed Press

MANILA. Sunday, Dec. 9.-Gov-
ernment officials today discussed
the complete evacuation of raw
aged Camiguin Islands $4,000
residents as a new flow of lava
from unruly Hibok Hibok snaked
down the volcano sides toward the
southwest coast.
The evacuation already under
way is being hampered by rising
winds from tropical typhoon ap-
preaching from the east. Small
boats are having difficulty ferrying
the refugees to larger vessels.
Gov. Paciencio Ysalina of East
ern Misamis province said $4,000
have already been taken off the
island.
All rescue work on the northern
end of Camiguin has virtually
ceased as hot ashes continue to
rain down. Rescue workers said
they buried or cremated 266
bodies before abandoning the area
around Mambajao on the north
east coast. Hundreds of others are
believed buried under the ashes.
They may never be found.
No Change in Activity.
Arturo Alcaraz, Philippines
weather bureau geophysicist said
that while the volcano remained
active. there was no apparent
change" in either the size of Hi
box Hibok's crater or the degree
of activity.
Thousands OF refugees from the
southwest coast. in the path of
the lava stream, have joined the
evacuees from northern Camiguin
in small settlements along the
southeast coast. Their numbers
have added to the confusion and
i food problem.
A food shortage which became
acute Friday was eased Saturday
by the arrival of rice shipments.
United States and Philippine Air
Force planes ferried the rice from
Manila to Cagayan De Orc. on
Mindanao Island, and it was TAX
en- by ship to Camiguin.
Epidemics Are Feared.
Sanitary conditions were pre-
carious. however, and it was
feared epidemics might break out
among the refugees.
Meanwhile. government relief
agencies, already strained to the
limit, faced a new threat from
the elements-a late season tropi-
cal typhoon approaching the east
central islands.
The typhoon was expected to
lash the east-central islands with
winds Of from lis to 1876 miles an
hour.
Still another possible cause for
anxiety was a reported earth
quake. The seismograph at the
Philippines University recorded an
hour-long quake Saturday. but
its epicenter and distance could
not be determined.
Huge assures were reported to
have opened in the earth near
Mambajao. a small village on Ca
miguin Island.
A few constabulary troops and
rescue workers who had returned
to the Mambajao area hastily left
by boats after the earth assures
appeared.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Three Injured Slightly
In California Plane Crash
By The Assoeioted Pres,

SAN JOSE. Calf. Dec. "a
chartered plane with IL persons
aboard crashed today while max
ing an emergency landing in a
pear orchard here. The pilot and
two passengers were injured
slightly.
: The -motored Lockhead
Electra was headed toward the
San Jose Airport after one motor
went dead. The other motor cut
out in the approach to the airport
and the plane belly-landed in the
orchard. -
The plane was carrying II serv-
tcemen from Burbank, Calf, to
Camp Stoneman, near here. They
had just completed furloughs in
the East and had arranged the
chartered flight.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Hitler Called Stain
Genius in Own Way
Fuehrer's Aide Says
By GouIt MocGowon
North Amerieon Newspaper AlIiones

norm Amerieon Newspaper Alliance
HEIDELBERG, Dec. 8.-Under
the title Stain Is a Genius" DR..
Henry Picker, former civil admin
iStration counsel at Hitler's head
quarters. has published paper on
what his late master really thought
about the Red dictator.
An official record taken on July
%, 1912, by DR.. Picker-with the
consent of Martin Bormann, secre-
tary general of the Nazi party
reported that Hitler, then at the
height of his power, said that Rus
sia might have been extremely
dangerous for us; for. with the
slogan of the Communist party no
more war they could have ruined
all military pride and spirit in the
German people,
Talked Peace, and Armed"
For. at the time when his
agents were imposing their pacifist
propaganda through every avail
able medium, Stain was organ
izing, in Russia, unlimited and
formidable armanents.
Stain was able to use his labor
force with an amazing efficiency,
unhandicapped by any of the hu-
manitarian considerations propa-
gated in Germany. Stakhanovism
had succeeded not only in train
ing the Russian worker to work
quicker than German. or a
worker in a capitalist country, but
also longer" Hitler was reported
as saying.
The more we learn now of
what was really going on in
Russia. the more we can con-
gratulate ourselves on having
launched this war in time. For,
in the next 10 years, the Russians
would have organized so many
industrial centers behind the
Urals that they would have had
an almost unimaginable war po-
tential. while the rest of Europe
was emasculated to the point of
being absolutely defenseless
against the Soviet plan for world
domination.
ut was an imbecility to mock
at Stakhanovism.
German workers-who consider
themselves "the best in the world"
are apt to do this. There is a
rich fund of factory humor on the
subject of fast workers.
Said Army Proved System.
The degree of armament of
the Red Army is the best proof
of what the Stakhanovite system
can do when applied to Russian
mentality.
You've got to take off your
hat to Stain. He's a stout, old
joker, who, in his way, has
genius" was Hitler's comment.
He has read up on his predeces-
sors as top men in Russia, all the
way up from Genghis Khan.
His five-year economic plans
have only been bettered by our
own four-year plan. We can be
sure that. contrary to what
happens in the capitalist states,
like the U. S. A., there are no
unemployed in the u. S. S. R."
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Maryland
and
Virginia;
News in Brief
Maryland City Group
Opposes Fund Diversion

The Maryland Municipal League
yesterday went on record in An
napolis as opposing the diver
sion" of such funds as highway
revenue to other uses.
Mayor Thomas D'Alesandro Of
Baltimore accused Gov. McKeldin
of again trying to balance the
State budget at the expense Of
road improvements. The mayor
demanded that the State police
budget be included in the general
fund, instead Of being met from
motor vehicle revenues previously
earmarked for road building.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Donish Livestock
increases 70 Per Cent

COPENHAGEN.-Danish live
stock growers have increased pro-
duction 70 per cent over its pre-
war level in 1885 and industrial
production has risen 100 per cent
in the same period.
Since 1946 the volume Of i'm
ports has increased $50 per cent
and the volume of exports 260
per cent.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
County Survey Awaited

Release of a SIS. 1000 survey of
Prince Georges County is expected
to be the signal for action by a
number of organizations seeking
changes in the county's govern
iment.
The survey, expected to be re-
leased next Sunday. was pre-
pared by the Public Administra-
ton Service Of Chicago.
Some groups hope that the
survey will recommend some form
OF home rule, single county
police system and a new budget
department.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

recruitment di-
vision in the
N e W Orleans
civil service de-
p a r t m e n t. A
native of Michi-
gan, he holds
degrees from
Western Michi-
gan College and
t h e University
OF Michigan.
The duties of
t he personnel
director ere
G r e a tly in
rrpa sod f'broI,ob
Evening star., 1951-12-09
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-Cloudy
mild, afternoon rain likely: high
near 81 degrees. Rain, cooler to-
night. Some cloudiness, cooler to-
morrow.
Maryland-Cloudy mild, rain in
west and east portions. High So
81 degrees. Rain, cooler tonight: !:
Evening star., 1951-12-09
School Bonds Asked

In Arlington, another bond issue
for more clasSrooms was requested
yesterday by the Citizens Com
mittee for School improvement
James c. Pettee, the groups Sec
retary. told the County School
Board that 140 rooms will be
needed in both elementary and
secondary grades by September,
1855, to provide space for the
increasing school population.
Funds from $4,875, 900 bond
issue approved last April have
been allocated for projects now
under construction or soon to be
started.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Cleveland Policeman
Slain With Own Gun;
|Ex-Conyict Hunted
BY the Associated Press

CLEVELAND, Dec. 8.-Police
said tonight a rooming house
operator has identified a photo
graph Of George Ross. California
ex-convict, as that Of the man
who shot to death a Cleveland
traffic policeman.
Police Chief Frank w. Story
said Mrs. Lottie Cooper made the
Identification. Policeman Forney
L. Haas, 43, the father of two
children, was shot with his own
gun this afternoon by a man
whom he was questioning about a
traffic accident.
Every member of Cleveland's s
l 1,600-man police department has
been alerted in the search for
the slayer. Every conceivable
avenue of escape from the city
is being watched.
First-Degree Charge Due.
No charge has been field against
Ross. Story said he will ask the
prosecutor for a f1rst-degree mur-
der warrant.
The shooting took place in Mrs
Cooper's east side rooming house
The killer escaped with the gun
leaving behind a 1851 Lincoln
Police said this car was stolen
Thanksgiving Day in San Fran
cisco.
The two men suspected of steal
ing it were identified as Ross and
Carl Henry Angel, both with long
criminal records.
The roomer had registered at
Mrs. Cooper's rooming house last
Monday as B. w. Montgomery
But San Francisco police said
either Ross or Angel seemed to be
your man."
Questioned by Policeman.
Mrs. Cooper, who heard the
shooting but did not actually see
it, described the incident as fol-
lows:
Mr.. Haas and the man, who
had registered at her rooming
house as Montgomery, entered
the rooming house this after
noon, Mr.. Haas. following Mont
gomery upstairs. stopped and
asked Mrs. Cooper how long
Montgomery had been rooming
there. She said since Monday.
Then Mr.. Haas asked her if
Montgomery had reported his wal
let stolen. She said no. This led
police to believe he wanted to
see his drivers license.
A minute later, she heard a
voice from Montgomery's room say
You son of a -" Then three
shots and the sound of a body
falling followed.
She grabbed the phone, but
Montgomery. brandishing a gun,
her. warned her not to
call the police, then ran.
Burglar Tools Found.
Police said they found num-
ber Of burglar tools in Mont
gomerys room, plus a miscellane-
Gus collection of loot.
Mrs. Cooper said she already
had the telephone off the hook
and was yelling to the operator
Call the police!" when Mont
gomery entered the room and
rasped:
Don't talk. I'll kill you!" She
hung UP and ran to her room.
Two shots that passed through
Mr.. Haas body struck the neigh
boring Eastern Star Home on
Euclid avenue, a women's rest
home One bullet was dug from
the siding. The other dropped on
the living room floor. 7 feet from
a chair where Mrs. Emma Bethel,
a roomer, was sitting.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

cloudy and cooler. tomorrow.
Virginia-Cloudy, mild. high
near IS in north, portion, near u
in south, rain in west and east.
Rain and cooler tonight; cloudy
and cooler tomorrow.
Wind-South, miles per hour
at II nm
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Cardinal SpeIImon Returns

NEW YORK, Dec. 8 (P).-Cardi-
nal Spellman returned tonight
from a 19-day tour of South
America and said the Latin Ameri-
cans have great friendly feeling
Tor Americans and American busi-
neSSmen."
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Warning Hands Siqns

Warning hands have been
painted on approximately 600
busy corners in Montgomery
County as part of the County
Safety Boards holiday pedestrian
safety campaign.
Edward B. Landry, board chair
man, said he hoped the warnings
will greatly reduce injuries and
deaths during December.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Strange Air Line Curqo

British Overseas Lines reports
that Items passengers have left
behind include an oyster in a glass
case, prayer mats and ten-gallon
hats.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Young on Vacation

Joseph Young is on vaca-
ton. The Federal Spotlight
column will be resumed on
/ December 81. Meanwhile, the
Federal Spotlight radio pro-
gram will be heard as usual
this week at 6:15 pm. Satur-
day over WMAL.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Arlington Personnel Chief
Takes Office Tomorrow

Arlington's new director Of
personnel, Jack H. Foster, 80.
assumes his duties tomorrow.
Mr.. Foster was chief of the
Evening star., 1951-12-09

passage of the county's new merit
system ordinance. One of Mr..
Fosters first duties will be to
examine the classification and
pay scales of county jobs.
Evening star., 1951-12-09

SECTION A.
General News.
Lost, Found. Page A-3
Science Calendar. Page A-40
Obituary. Page A-46
Educational. Page A-30
SECTION B..
Sports, Farm and Gorden.
Sports News. Pages B-1-7
Farm and Garden. Page B-9
Crossword Puzzle. Page B-9
SECTION c.
Editorial, Features, Amusements.
Editorial Articles. Pages CHS
John Clagett Proctor. Page ca
Art. Page C-3
Editorials. Page ca
Editorial Features. Pages CAS-
Amusements. Pages C-6-7
Radio -Television. Pages C-10-11
Stamps. Page CT
Music. Page C-12
Bridge. Page CT
Jessie FAINT Evans. Page C-13
SECTION D.
Society, Women's Clubs.
Society News. Pages D-1-28
Women's Clubs. Page D-5
Readers Clearing House Page Ola
SECTION {.
Classified Advertising, Resorts
and TroveI, Finance.
Resorts and Travel. Pages E-1-6
Classified Advertising Pages Ellis
financial. Pages E-26-27
This edition contains This
Weeks Magazine of 32-paoes,
12-page comic section, 80 pages
OF rotograUure, and 16-page
Christmas Book section.
Evening star., 1951-12-09
Readers Guide

Sunday, December 9, 1851.
SECTION A.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Market Averages

Stop & Shop, Hnc. in year ended
June 80 earned $780,852 or $500
share VS.. $874.278 or 1888 in
1850.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Business Briefs

Bank Clearings in 25 leading
cities in the week ended August 5
totaled $12.056. 6.137 900 compared
with $13,961 ,814,000 in the previ-
Gus week and $l2,792,610,000 in
the like week a year ago.-Dun &
Bradstreet.
Business Loans of member
banks in the week ended August
30 totaled $19,502, 100000, down
81 million from the previous week.
but 81, 763, 900, 900 higher than the
like week a year ago.-Federal Re
serve Board.
Electric Power Production in
the week ended September l to-
tailed 7,145, 5000 kilowatt hours
against 7076,534,000 in the pre-
vious week and was 1857 above
the like week a year ago.-Edison
Electric Institute
Class 1 Carriers net income for
July was estimated at SIT million
compared with $50 million for the
same month of 1850. Operating
revenues for the month rose
$50 while operating expenses
rose 18.1%.-Association of Amer
lean Railroads.
Alabama Power Co. announced
plans for an outlay of 500 mil
lion in years to increase its ca
pacity to 1884, 900 kilowatthours.
Chicago Board of Trade mem
bers voted 670 to 369 to open for
dealings on Saturday. The ex-
change will be open this Saturday.
New York Cotton Exchange an
nounced Saturday trading, sus-
pended during the summer
months, will be resumed Saturday,
.September 8.
RKO Theaters Corp. announced
a dividend of 10 cents on the COM
mon. payable October Is. This is
the first dividend on the stock.
Western Union Telegraph Co. in
n months ended July 81 earned
So, ,631 ,429 or $2.95 a share VS..
$3,734,29 or $3.03 in 1850 period.
American Water Works in year
ended June 80 earned $2.951 .464
or $1.09 a share VS.. $2,200,662 or
|81 cents in 1850.
GoOdall- Sanford, Inc. in year
ended June 80 earned $2,387,46
or $4.02 a share VS.. $440, ,462 or $50
cents in 1850.
Celotex Corp. in months ended
July 81 earned $2,680,989 or $2.74I
a share VS., $1,388,486 or $1,32 in
1850 period.
Atlas Plywood Corp. in year
ended June 80 earned $2,659, ,040I
or SAB a share VS.. $1,263,253 or
$211 in 1850.
Canadian Breweries, Ltd. in 8
months ended July 81 earned
81. .905,138 or IS cents share VS..
$1,706.802 or IS cents in 1850
period.
Standard Products in year ended
June 80 earned $9l9,465 or $3.05 a.
share VS.. $462,4 Alb or $1.54 in 1850.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Stocks Gain S1-S2;
Rails Take Over Lead
From SteeIs and Oils
By the Associated Pres.

NEW YORK, Sept. 6.-Leader-
ship shifted from one major group
TO another today in the stock
market, with prices generally
higher.
The advance was 81 to So a
share. with even heavier gains
here and there.
Steels and oils, with some help
from copper mining shares,
opened the forward movement in
the first hour. Steels and cop
pers lost their momentum later
and turned mixed.
Railroads Immediately stepped
into the gap and pushed ahead.
Oils retained their support and
were joined by chemicals, mer-
chandising shares and scattered
individual issues.
Activity was fairly heavy, de-
spite some quiet interludeS
Profit t-taking was well absorbed.
In the motion picture section,
IRKO theaters and RKO pictures
were active and steady. Celotex
stood out in the building materials
section.
Stocks moving up included
Santa Fe, Southern Railway,
Northern Pacific, Cities Service,
Sinclair Oil, Gulf Oil, Bethlehem
Steel, American Telephone, Amer
lean yCyanamid, Dow Chemical,
Du Pont, General Electric, Con-
solidated Vultee, Radio Corp,
Montgomery Ward and Sears Roe
buck.
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Capital Area Payrons
In July Estimated at
Record S19O Million
By Donald B. HodIey

Combined Government. and pri-
vate payrolls in the Washington
Metropolitan Area set an alltime
record of around $3.50 million in
July and were more than double
the wartime peak of $88,519, 900
set in February, 1943.
This was indicated today by a
report from the United States
Employment Service that 621 900
persons we're employed in the
area in July. compared with 612,-
200 in the previous month. $685.
900 in July, 1850, and $4,000 in
February, l943.
Reports from other sources on
wage averages in Government and
private business revealed that
payrolls have increased much
more than jobs since 1943.
The USES figures on Govern
ment. private and total employ
ment in the area for July and the
indicated payrollS are compared
below with the previous month.
year ago and the 1943 peak:
Evening star., 1951-09-06
Chicago Grain

CHICAGO, Sept. 8 P,.--Corn slipped
back little on the Board OF Trade today
from the highs attained in yesterday IS
vigorous upward movement The rest of
the market had slightly easier under
tone but losses did not run TO any sizable
figure anywhere.
Some Of the selling in corn was be-
lieved to be profit-taking. The minor
slump was considered mainly technical
as the yellow grain has had good runup
no pickup in cash corn arrivals, which
totaled n cars and prices in the spot
market were higher than the September
contract.
Wheat near the end Of the first hour
S2 40s+; corn was u "a lower, September
81 20. and oats were 70 lower to u
higher September, 757s, soybeans were
and lard was > cents lower to 3 cents a
hundred pounds higher. September. Sl6, so
weather again was rather cool in the
Mdwsst Se 1ss.,yn6 snd some parts The
ernment weekly Weather Bureau sum
mary said prospects we're very good In
the main corn belt; but added most Of
the crop needs four to six weeks of warm
sunny weather to expedite maturity before
frost.
The summary said about ~ per cent
OF the corn is expected to mature without
frost damage. in Iowa If frost occurs on
the normal frost date Of about October
) to October 10 and about so per cent
in Missouri by the average frost date OF
about october 20"
The Economic Cooperation Administra.
tion late yesterday authorized the Neither
lands to spend SO. $50 900 for American
bread grains, which was expected to b.
mostly wheat. Austria got 81 520. .00t
| to buy American corn Some moro
Canadian oats were reported on the way
| to Chicago.
| Members Of the board late yesterda,
voted to resume Saturday trading thi,
coming Saturday. Earlier in the yea
members had voted to remain closed or
Saturdays through September