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Evening star., 1951-06-02
, By Cospor Nonnes

Opening of the new $685., 900
Chevy Chase Ward of Jesus Christ
of Latter day Saints (Mormon)
Church this month will add an
other attractive structure to the
many Washington area chucheS.
The edif1ce, at Western avenue
and Kirkside drive NV, will have
a chapel seating 800 persons on
the ground floor and a recreation
room, behind the chapel, seating
an additional $50 persons. The
two rooms can be made into one
large auditorium by lowering a.
"drop-wall" separating them.
At one end Of the recreation
hall there is a stage, and at the
other end a room for the church s
relief society. A kitchen. class
room and the bishops study are
on this floor.
The lower floor has a large jun
Iior Sunday school room. a Boy
Scout room, a storage room and
five claSSroomS.
The second floor, where bal
cony overlooks the main audlto-
rum, has four classrooms.
Architects of the structure.
which is of modified Colonial de-
sign. are Gilbert S. Underwood
and ]. o. Rasband of Washington.
The Chevy Chase branch of the
church's Washington District was
organized in 1888 with approx
mately $50 persons. Two years
later the Chevy Chase Ward was
organized. The ward. composed
of a number of small organiza-
tions, is comparable to a parish.
At this time the Washington
Stake was organized. A stake.
composed of to 10 wards, is
analogous to a diocese.
There are no paid ministers in
the Mormon Church. members
taking turns in the position of
bishop, equivalent to that of pas
tor. The stake president is over
the bishops in his jurisdiction
and, in turn, is responsible to the
Ichurch's First Presidency. which
lis composed of three presidents
and is located in Salt Lake City.
The Chevy Chase Ward held its
meetings at the Garflnckel build
ing on Massachusetts, avenue in
Spring Valley and, more recently,
at the Chevy Chase Women's
Club, Chevy Chase, Md.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
0'BoyIe TO Lead High Mass
For Nocturnal Society

The Most Rev. Patrick A.
OBoyle, Archbishop Of Washing
ton, will preside at the first SOL
emn high mass for Nocturnal
Alteration Society members of the
Archdiocese at II
am. tomorrow in the Shrine of
the Sacred Heart, Sixteenth street
and Park road NV.
The society. organized last Oc-
tober, has more than 1000 mem
bers from 80 Washington par
ishes. Members spend an hour in
prayer, from 10 pm. Thursday
to am. Friday, on the eve OF
the first Friday of each month.
The Rev. John G. Schultz, OF
Catholic University, will deliver
the sermon tomorrow. The Rev.
E. jerome Winter, pastor Of Sac
red Heart Shrine, will be celebrant
of the mass.
Evening star., 1951-06-02

clergyman's father is now in pri-
vate practice here.
The Most Rev. Patrick A.
O'Boyle, Archbishop of Washing
ton, will conduct the ordainment
service.
Father Rover will sing his first
solemn mass at 10 am. June 10
lin his family's parish church, st.
IAnthony's, Twelfth and Monroe
streets NE. The Rev. j. c. Os-
Ibourn. a professor at Dominican
House of Studies, Somerset, Ohio,
will be deacon at the service.
Mr.. Rover attended st. Aloysius
and st. Anthony's parochial
schools and Gonzaga High School
here. After graduating from
Georgetown, he completed two
years at the University Law
School before making his novitiate
at the Dominican House in
Springfield, KY, in 1914.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
$100, 900 Pledged to Church

Members and friends of Warner
Memorial Presbyterian Church,
East Washington street and Con-
necticut avenue, Kensington, Md,
have pledged 100000 for a new
church and Sunday School build
ing, DR.. John o. Robben, general
chairman of the building fund
campaign, announced today. Work
is expected to begin early next
year.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Arlington Ministers
To Broadcast Services

Arlington ministers will broad
cast services each day tomorrow
through next Friday over
Church of the Air"
Tomorrow's speakers will be the
Rev. Ralph B. Piper, of Faith
Lutheran Church, at II am. over
WARL, and the Rev. Ross Allen
Weston, of Arlington Unitarian
Church, at 1880 am. over
WEAM.
Weekday speakers each day will
be the Rev. George w. Harrison,
assistant minister of Arlington
Methodist Church at 8:45 am.
over WARL, and Mr.. Piper at
1918 am. over WEAM.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Father Thomas Rover
To Be Ordained Here

The Rev. Thomas Dominic
Rover, native of Washington
and a graduate of Georgetown
University, will be ordained to
Evening star., 1951-06-02
John HinkeI Speaker

John v. Hinkel. public relations
consultant, will speak at a COM
munion breakfast of women par
ishioners of the Catholic Church
of the Annunciation at $50 am.
tomorrow at Kenwood Country
Club. Mrs. Sarah Mayne, presi-
dent of the church's Ladies So
dality, sponsors of the breakfast,
will preside.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
DR.. Crowley to Observe
10th Anniversary on Air

DR.. Dale Crowley, who conducts
the religious broadcasts Right
Start for the Day" and "Quiz-
spiration," will celebrate his 10th
anniversary on the programs at q
rally at 7:45 pm. Monday in
Metropolitan Baptist Church,
Sixth and A streets NE.
Right Start for the Day" is
broadcast daily at GAS am. over
VOL and 7:45 am. over WEAM
and the Bible quiz is broadcast at
$50 pm. Mondays over VOL and
10:30 pm. Sundays over WEAM
Evening star., 1951-06-02

uate of Brigham Young Univer-
sity and of George Washington
University. He came to Washing
ton in 1929 as secretary of the
then Public Buildings Commis-
sion, later transferring to the
Federal Housing Administration
He is at present director of the
administrative services depart
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Rev. Wilbur 5. HogevolI
Elected for Convention

The Rev. Wilbur S. Hogevoll,
minister of First Christian Church,
2715 Dewitt avenue, Alexandria,
has been elected president of the
18th annual Capital Area Conven-
ton of the Disciples Of Christ
which is scheduled to meet during
October. 1852. in Hagerstown, Md.
Mr.. Hogevoll was chosen to sue
coed the Rev. Hilary T. Bowen,
minister of Randall Street Chris
tian Church, Baltimore. at the
annual convention held last week
in Baltimore.
Churches of the area include
those in Washington. Maryland,
Delaware, Alexandria, Arlington
and Fairfax.
Evening star., 1951-06-02
Baptist Church Group
To Attend Retreat

The Rev. Alva Lincoln Smith,
pastor of Congress Heights Bap-
tist Church, and a church youth
group will be among the repre-
sentatives from the Southern
Baptist Convention who will at
tend a Baptist Student Union Re-
treat Wednesday through June 13
at Ridgecrest, N. C.
Final plans will be made at the
meeting for youth led revival to
be held June II through July 8.
Mr.. Smith will preach at both
g and IL am. tomorrow on "A
Meeting With Cod in the church,
Esther and Brothers places Sc.
Evening star., 1951-06-02

Bishops of the Chevy Chase
Ward have been Riley A. Gwynn.
Abram H. Cannon, Samuel r.
CARPENTER and Harold A. Cand-
land, the present bishop. Senator
Bennett, Republican, of Utah, is
a member of the Ward.
A native of Mount Pleasant,
Utah. Mr.. Candland is a grad
Evening star., 1951-06-02

the priesthood
in the Domini-
can Order at
8 am. Thurs
day in st. DOM
inic's Catholic
Church, Sixth
and E streets
S.W.
Mr.. Rover, 81,
is the son of
former United
States Attorney
and Mrs. Leo
A P0ver nf
1900 @ uincy
street NE. The
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Gromyko Guarded After Report
Of Fantastic Plot to Kill Him
Conspiracy, Luid to White Russians, Said
To Have Hinged on Stoeed Auto Accident

as saying he was advised in tele-
phone call from the San Francisco
FBI Office.
The Soviet delegation to the
peace treaty conference is lodged
in a mansion at Hillsborough, on
the San Francisco peninsula. The
delegates drive by limousine to
and from San Francisco.
The reported plotters planned to
ram Mr.. Gromyko's auto as it
moved along Bayshore Highway
toward San Francisco, the infor-
nation said.
The plot was attributed to White
Russians-those in opposition to
Communist rule.
The original report of the plot
was supposed to have been re-
layed to the State highway patrol
by FBI Agent H. w. Baker of San
Francisco.
A spokesman for the FBI here,
when asked about the reports. said
I'VE have no comment" Asked
whether an. agent named Baker
was attached to the office here,
the spokesman said I'VE don't give
out the names of our agents" Any
further comment, he said. would
Evening star., 1951-09-07
.GI Shot by Red Police
In Berlin Car Mishap
By the As,oeinisd Pres.

BERLIN, Sept. 7.-An Ameri-
can soldier was shot by a German
Communist policeman when his
car crashed into a barricade at
the Russian zone border on the
outskirts Of Berlin last night,
United States authorities reported
today.
The extent Of the soldiers in
jury was not known because he
was taken into the Russian zone
and is believed still held there.
American authorities said a
German eyewitness reported the
soldier had apparently lost his
way last night near the border of
the Russian occupation zone
which surrounds Berlin.
The witness said the soldiers
car collided with a post support
ing the barrier the Russians have
erected at the zonal border.
The soldier was ordered by the
Communist Peoples Police" to
dismount from his damaged car.
He failed to do so, the witness
said, possibly because he was
dazed by the crash.
Thereupon, the policeman fired
into the car, wounding the soldier.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Secrecy on State Relief Rolls
Argued in District Court Test
U. S. Fights Indiana Suit Challenging
FSA Ruling Boring Federal Aid to Programs

ander Holtzoff to dismiss an
Indiana suit which seeks to set
aside Mr.. Ewing's action.
First, he contended the suit
really is an action against the
Government rather than against
the administrator, and said Dis
trict Court does not have jurisdic-
tion to consider such an action
unless the Government has ex-
pressed permission to be sued.
Secondly-on the main issue
he contended the new Indiana law
is in direct violation of Congress
requirement in Federal law that
welfare records be held in con-
fldence.
Attorney Howard Boyd, repre-
senting Indiana. contended, how
ever, that Indiana'S new law does
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Evening star., 1951-09-07
By the Assoeiuisd Press

NEW YORK, Sept. THE
matches were battened down today
on 36-year-old Woodrow Facchi-
netti, who soloed around New York
harbor waterways in the 40-foot
ferry, the Sea Eagle.
But. as he put it. "It was such a
nice day for a ride"
Mr.. Facchinetti, a longshoreman,
boarded the ferry yesterday at
Carteret, N. j., from where the
craft makes its regular runs to
Staten Island, his home.
The crew was out for lunch, and
Mr.. Facchinetti was out of pa
tience. So OF he went, alone, and
the alarm soon was sounded.
Helicopters hovered over the
area and police launches raced
through the waters. Finally, the
Evening star., 1951-09-07
BY the Assoeioted Press

SAN FANCISCO, Sept. 7.-Po-
lice said today they were told OF
a fantastic plot against the life
of Andrei Gromyko, Soviet dep
uty foreign minister.
Whether or not the information
was true, extraordinary precau-
tions were taken this morning to
guard the chief Russian delegate
to the Japanese Peace Treaty
Conference in session here.
The supposed plot, the informa-
tion said. hinged around staged
accident in which Mr.. Gromyko's S
automobile was to be rammed by
a truck.
A truck did overturn on the
route taken by the Gromyko party
to the conference, but advices
said the accident happened be-
fore the Russians left their re-
treat at Hillsborough. The police
escort. with screaming sirens, led
the Russian party safely past the
scene of the accident. The Rus
slams then reached the conference
without incident.
Sergt. Otto Schramm of the
Redwood City Office of the Cali
fornia highway patrol was quoted
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Longshoremon, in q Big Hurry
To Get Home, 'Borrows' Ferry

ferry was sighted cruising near a
Staten Island yacht club, seven
miles from Carteret.
Smoke was pouring from the
crafts cabin-on fire from an
overheated exhaust.
A police boarding party put out
the flames and demanded an ex-
PLANTATION from Mr.. Facchinetti.
Now let's lot lose our tempers, {"
he said. II am a taxpayer and I
want no trouble. I am just anx-
ious to get home but it seems this
tub amt f1reproof.
Mr.. Facchinetti was booked on
charges of grand larceny and
transporting a stolen ship.
The Sea Eagle, owned by Carl
Kirchner Of Carteret, ferries some
300 passengers daily between that
point and Staten Island.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Federal Workers
Gazing
Has Cloudy Future

It's the rugged life for Govern
ment employees from now on.
The General Services Admins
tration. which operates most Gov
ernment buildings, broke the bad
news today. Desks will be showed
a little closer together to reduce
rented Office space. And Offices
will be cleaned twice a week in
stead of five times.
Also, heating will be limited to
68 degrees, and the GSA will quit
issuing towels and soap for in
dividual washbasins. In this re-
gard, things won't be too grimy
since soap and towels still will be
supplied in the regular washrooms
AS the final touch, GSA said
that windows in Government
buildings will be washed once a
year instead of twice. Besides re-
ducing expenses, this particular
curtailment should end the win
dow gazing habits of some Federal
workers, a GSA official opined.
It's all for the sake Of economy,
GSA said.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Star Leads the World
In Real Estate Display

Every Saturday Is real sstote doy in
The Star. This is the doy you'll find
outstanding articles by Reel Estots
Editor Robert J. Lewis. The Star Is
the worlds largest real estote show
case because it leods the world in real
estote display advertising. Ninety
seven per cent Of the dispIoy dds on
Saturdays deoI with real estote. This
gives Washington 0reo home buyers o
head start on their weekend real
estote rounds. They don't have to
woint until Sunday to moke their plans.
II YOU plan to buy q house, be sure TO
consult The Stor on Saturdays. And
for "cur best reading every day Of the
week. phone Sterling 5000 for home
delivery Of The Evening and Sunday
StoE.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
By George Beveridge

The Federal Government and
the State of Indiana squared off in
District Court today on the issue
of the secrecy of State welfare
records.
The dispute, which may go all
the way to the Supreme Court,
began last spring when Indiana S
Legislature voted to open State
welfare records to public inspec-
ton. 1t reached its climax at the
end of July, when Federal Sc
curity Administrator Oscar r.
Ewing ruled the action was in vio-
lation of confidentiality required
by Federal law, and withheld Fed
eral aid to the welfare programs.
United States Attorney George
Morris Fay cited two arguments in
asking District Court judge Alex
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Group Tries 10 Get
.Undersea Oil Lands
With Old U. 5. Scrip
Interior Department
To Fight Bold Move of
California Millionaire

The Interior Department is ex-
pected to act soon on bold efforts
based on 90-year-old Govern
ment land scrip-to acquire pri-
vate title to tremendous mineral
wealth trapped under the coastal
seas of the United States.
Spearheading the claims are
those of E. L. Cord, California
millionaire, for 1882 acres Of
submerged land, pin-pointed
around producing oil wells off the
Louisiana coast in the Gulf Of
Mexico. The claims have been
pending since last February S.
Mr.. Cord, a former automobile
manufacturer who said he per-
sonally has put 81 million into the
project, estimated the acreage his
group has applied for contains $40
million of recoverable OIL" Oil
company estimates run over $100
million.
Usually, the Government acts
fast to squelch attempts to move
In on mineral-rich submerged
lands.
Others Subsequently Filed.
But similar Gulf claims have
been filed since the Cord groups,
and others-off the California
coast--have been pending with
out Interior action for five years.
At stake, are investments of. mil
lions made by oil companies, as
well as royalties in oil leases.
These claims all are based on
scrip. the certificates issued by
Congress since the birth of the
Government, which give possessors
the right to claim ownership of
certain land in the public domain.
Usually, scrip was issued for ma
tional service-to soldiers of past
wars and civilians who performed
meritorious deeds. Some was is
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Security Regulations
Bar Top Scientists
From u. 5. Meeting
Five Due to Deliver
Popers Among Those
Unable to Get Visos
BY the Assoeiated Press

NEW YORK, Sept. Some oi
the worlds top scientists have
been barred by security regula-
tions from attending the Interna-
tional Congress of Pure and Ap-
piled Chemistry opening here
Monday.
Congress officials said today
they had received cables from nu-
merous leading chemists abroad
saying they had been unable to
obtain visas to enter the United
States.
Five scientists scheduled to de-
liver principal papers on the con-
gress program are among those
said to have been barred under
restrictions of the Internal Sc
curity Act.
This law requires those wish
ing to enter this country to an
swer a long list of questions. NAM
ing all organizations to which
they have ever belonged.
Applications Pile Up.
If any of the organizations list
ed can be interpreted as either
Fascist or Communist, the visa
request must be forwarded by the
United States consul abroad to
the State Department in Wash
ington.
Such questioned applications
were reported to have piled up in
Washington, with little likelihood
that they would be acted on in
time for the meeting.
Outstanding scientists from
Italy, France and Switzerland are
among those barred, it was re-
ported at sessions of the American
Chemical Society's annual meet
ing.
Officials said that Prof. L. Ru-
zicka, Swiss chemist, a Nobel prize
winner and one of II world
famous scientists honored at Har-
wards 1886 tercentenary celebra-
ton, has notified them he could
not get visa
Failed to Resign.
The rejection was said to be
based on Prof. Ruzicka's failure
to resign his foreign membership
in the science academy of an Iron
Curtain country, an honor he re-
ceived before World War II,
Another said to be unable to
get a visa is Marguerite Percy.
famed for her discovery of chem
ical element 81.
Her troubles repeatedly were
linked with an invitation she had
extended to Mrs. Irene Joliot-
Curie, daughter of Marie Curie,
co-discoverer of radium and po-
lonium, to the dedication of Miss
Perey's research laboratory 10
years ago. Mrs. Joliot- -Curie is
the wife Of Prof. Frederic Joliot-
Curie, an avowed Communist.
Others said to have been denied
visas are DR.. Francesca Giordani,
in charge of the Italian delega-
ton; Prof. Mario A. Roller of the
Polytechnic Institute, Milan, Italy;
Prof. Giulio Malta of Milan'S In
stitute of Industrial Chemistry.
and DR.. Steig Viebel of Denmark.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Featured Reading
Inside Todoy's Star

WHEN DOES AWoL BECOME De.
SERTloN?-The new military AppeoIs
Court hears its first case. Defense
for young oirmon eloims thot 1000
miles is no greet distance for a flyer
to be oway from his bose, even after
so doys AWoL. Pose B-l.
FEDERAL PIED PIPER-Thonk the
6ensrol Service Administrators rodent
and bug sleuths If your Government
office never sees q mouse. Stor Stoff
Reporter Jock Jonos tells how the mice
ore put in their Place on poss AT.
NEW ACTS FOR SAFETY CIRCUS
Inspector Dick Monsfield previews his
Stor Sofety Circus and the kids see
some new samples Of his art. For whot's
in store when the circus hits the
road, see pose B-l.
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Berlin Highway Tax
voids 4-Power Pact,
Allies Tell Russians
Access to City Pledged,
3 Commissioners Remind
Soviet Chief in Letters
BY the Associated Press

BERLIN, Sept. THE Western
Allies protested to the Russians to-
day that the new Soviet zone ta2
violates four-power agreements
guarantying free access to Berlin
BY this action the Allies went
over the heads of the West Ger
man government and made the
highway toll a matter for four
power consideration.
The tax was imposed last week
without wraning by the East Ger
man Communist government. II
affects traffic on Berlin's lifeline
tie with the WeSt-the Berlin
Helmstedt superhighway.
East Germans contended they
had a right to tax Western vehi-
cleS because they made most use
of the road and should pay for its
upkeep. The Allies and West
Germans rejected this, saying the
toll was an arbitrary means of try
ing to choke off Berlin's commerce
with the West.
Write To Commander.
The three acting Allied high
commissioners sent identical let
ters to Gen. VASTLY Chuikov, So
Wet commander-in-chief in Ger
many, and head Of the Soviet
control commission. Their con-
tents were not disclosed.
A statement from the commits
sioners said they were protesting
against the continued interfer-
ence with normal trade and COM
munications between West Ber-
lin and the Federal Republic in
direct contravention Of interna-
tional agreements on free access
to Berlin"
Berlin is an island inside the
Soviet occupation zone. The "con-
tinued interference" includes So
Wet restrictions on overland
freight shipments from Berlin
which have been imposed for the
past two months. To circumvent
this the West has been flying q
little airlift" to get many Of Ber-
Inns exports out to West Germany
Borough Starts Reprisals.
The free access guarantees
were restated in the agreement
following the lifting of the 1948-49
Soviet blockade of Berlin.
On the local level. the mayor Of
a West Berlin borough began re-
prisals against the road tax by
(See BERLIN, Page A-120
Evening star., 1951-09-07
Senate Sponsors Seek
Vote Today
On Federal Pay Raise
Approval Seen Likely for
8.4% Average Increase;
New Leave Plan Adopted
By Joseph Young

Federal pay raise sponsors
pressed for final Senate action to-
day on the "a per cent average
classified employe and the 8.8 per
cent postal worker pay bills.
Favorable Senate action on the
pay legislation was scheduled fol-
lowing the final vote on the postal
rate increase bill.
Meanwhile, the Senate has given
another lease on life to the 13-to-
26-days-a-year graduated annual
leave system for Federal employees
The action is designed to replace
the new 20-day leave system which
became law last Saturday.
Asks Flat S4OO Boost.
Senator Carlson, Republican, OF
Kansas, planned to introduce an
amendment to the pay legislation
that would provide a fiat $400 pay
boost for classified and postal en-
ployes instead of the percentage
formula. A similar $400 amount
is provided for in the House Civil
Service Committees bill.
Chairman Johnston, of the Sen
ate Civil Service Committee, de-
clared he would strongly fight the
Carlson proposal. He said any
pay increase other than a percent
age formula would upset the bal
ance of the Federal salary struc-
ture.
The graduated leave plan was
adopted by the Senate last night
as part of the postal rate increase
bill. Although the Senate has
previously approved the same leg
islation, last nights action was a
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