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Evening star., 1951-12-10
High Winds and Cold
Threaten Crops, SnarI
Traffic in California
By the Associaied Pres.

Shrieking winds swept Southern
California TODAY. failing crops,
sandblasting automobiles and
snarling transportation-air, sea
and land.
Blasts up to rs miles an hour
whipped the smoke from smudge-
pots with which growers fought
to save their crops from tempera-
lures that plummeted as low as
Is degrees yesterday.
Gale-whipped desert sands
secured the paint from automo-
biles in the San Bernardino area.
The wind stripped palm trees,
Uttered highways so badly that
many were closed to traffic. Air
travel was shut down. Toppled
Ipowerlines cut off electricity to
sections of San Bernardion, On
Itario, Sun Valley, Canoga Park and
ReSeda.
All but the largest ships were
warned off the seas. Two students
who set out in a Skiff on fishing
trip in the Malibu area were miss
ing and believed swept out to sea.
Yesterday was the cqldest De-
cember 9 in the Los Angeles
Weather Bureaus 75-year history,
with 80. The all-time low, re-
corded in January, 1949, was 27.9.
But elsewhere in the Nation, the
weather was seasonable. There
were snow flurries from the Great
Lakes southeastward to the Ap-
Colder air chilled the
New England and Western Gulf
States, but it warmed up slightly
in the Central Plains. 1t remained
cold in the West.
Early morning temperatures in
cluded Chicago, "a; New York. 4l;
So; Fort Worth, 81; Oma-
ha, 25; Bismarck, N. Oak, 80; Bill
lingS, Mont, 35; Seattle, 40, and
Los Angeles, 46.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Webb Is Reported
Planning 10 Resign
BY the Associated Press

There is talk among some dip
lomatic circles that James E.
Webb may resign as Undersecre-
tary of State early next year and
be succeeded by David K. E. Bruce,
now Ambassador to France.
Mr.. Webb. who recently Suf-
fered an attack of virus pneu-
monia. was reported to have asked
President Truman to at least per-
init him to take a complete rest
for a time. Further, he has told
friends he never intended to make
Government service a permanent
career.
There also has been a new
furry of speculations that Sec
retary of State Acheson may re-
sign soon. However. associates
say that so far as they know, Mr..
Acheson is determined to remain
at least until the end of Mr..
Truman's present term, which will
expire in January. 1853.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
7 Senators Concerned
Over u. ). SoIvency
In Defense Program
BY the Associated Press

Senator Nc Clellan. Democrat, of
Arkansas said today the gravest
problem Congress will face next
year is "how to keep the Govern
ment solvent and at the same
time meet our defense require
ments."
Noting reports that President
Truman's budget for the fiscal
year starting next July l may
total $85 billion or more, Senator
Mcclellan said:
We've got to find some way to
economic on domestic spending
and make sure defense spending
Is carefully screened.
"The most important issue, the
gravest problem ahead of Con-
gress is to keep this Government
solvent. It's going to be tough be-
cause we certainly have to con-
tinue our armament program to
prepare against the danger Of an
other world war"
Budget Seen Key Issue.
Similar concern regarding spend
ing was expressed by Senator
Robertson, Democrat, of Virginia,
who said the Federal budget will
be "the most vital issue confront
ing the next Congress.
In statement, Senator Robert
son called for substantial cuts in
spending for domestic programs.
He also declared ''it would be very
helpful if some reduction could
prudently be made in defensel
spending"
Senator Robertson predicted
Mr.. Truman will ask for another
increase in revenue-but added
there is little chance Congress will
go along on that.
Predicts Civil Rights Defeat.
He also forecast that the Sen
ate Democratic Policy Committee
will shelve Mr.. Truman's contro-
versial civil rights program at the
session of Congress convening
next month. He said he expects
the President to renew his de-
mands for enactment of the pro-
gram.
Senator Robertson's talk made
1t plain the Southern Senators
will again filibuster any move to
get Senate action on the pro-
gram. Filbusters always have
blocked action in the past. |
Supporters of the Presidents
program already have served no
tice. however. that they intend
to take the first step. Senator
Humphrey, Democrat, of Mime
sofa has announced that a Senate
Labor Subcommittee he heads will
hold hearings in January on bills
to create Fair Employment |
Practices Commission.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Defense Dogfags Available
Here Beginning January7

Civil Defense "dogtags" bearing
name. address and blood type can
be obtained from any police and
fire station or any of the IS war
den posts here beginning January
Z.
The Identification tags will be
available for so cents and will
measure 234 inches by l inch
The tag will have a serial number
on 1t which will be recorded at
the Districts Civil Defense identi-
fication headquarters, 1101 Lee
highway, Arlington.
Civil Defense officials are urging
each person to obtain a tag.
Evening star., 1951-12-10

a recent nursing home fire took
four lives, county regulations, in
addition to State standards, are
being frightened.
Many persons displaced" by
the closing of nursing homes here
were already on the waiting list
at the Home for Incurables. More
than 200 are awaiting admission.
Average waiting time is two years.
although separate lists are kept
for such applicants as terminal
cancer patients and those who
are waiting for one of the 80
beds reserved for the INDECENT
and paid for by the Government.
The home, forced to dip into
endowment capital last year to
operate. needs about 100000 a
year additional income. officials
say doubling the bed capacity at
the home would help only if
enough funds could be guaran-
teed to staff and operate the
addition.
Additional patients could be
taken care Of at Blue Plains if
large enough appropriation could
be obtained for needed construc-
zion and an enlarged staff.
Homes Capacity Is 600.
Gerard M. Shea, director of the
Department of Public Welfare,
says the homes capacity is 600,
although there are only 456 pa
tients there now. However, he
points out. the space available is
above the first floor and could not
be used by the elderly and infirm
until elevators and ramps are in
stalled. Construction to make the
area safer from fire would also be
needed.
He has ordered a survey by an
architect to see how much the
necessary reconstruction would
cost. The survey was asked, he
said. 'in view of increasing com
munity interest in the problem. :"
Private. or non-indigent, pa
tientS may be accepted at Blue
Plains. About 72 patients there
now pay something for their up
keep. The full rate is S86.75 a
month.
However, many families are
loath to have their relatives at
Blue Plains because of the insti-
tution's poor house" connotation
and its need for Improvements in
many departments.
The paradox of the entire sit
uatlon - in which practically
every one is agreed that health
and safety standards must be set
up for nursing home patients,
while acknowledging these very
precautions will reduce the num-
Der of needed beds-was pointed
up recently by Nelson Harrison,
chairman Of the Chronic Illness
Committee of the UCS.
1T becomes a choice of risks,
really, and you can't ignore either
one" he told the Commissioners
at public meeting on the prob
lem.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Judd Heads Methodist Drive

NASHVILLE. Tenn. Dec. 10
(P1.-The Methodist Board of
Evangelism said yesterday Repre-
sentative Judd, Republican, of
Minnesota has been named chair
man of national campaign to
increase church attendance. DR..
Joseph H. Edge, a member of the
board which has national head
quarters here, said the attendance
drive will begin January and
last until Easter.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Air Technicion, Sucked
Into Jet Engine, Lives
BY the Assoeiafed Press

GLASGOW, Scotland, Dec. 10
A Royal Canadian Air Force radio
technician was sucked out of his
rubber boots into a jet engine yes
terday. He escaped with only
blackened eyes and strained leg
tendons.
The technician. AL Richards, 10,
OF Montreal, said he was standing
in front of a Sabrejet F-86) with
its engine running. Suddenly, he
was sucked up from the ground
into the jet. A mechanic in the
cockpit felt thump on the en-
gine and Immediately throttled it
back. Mr.. Richards was pulled out
unconscious, his uniform in tatters.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Miss America to Ride
On Float in Rose Parade
By the Associated Press

PASADENA, Calf, Dec. TO-
Miss America will ride a float in
Pasadena's New Years Day Rose
Parade for the first time in the
long history of the pageant.
She is Colleen Kay Hutchins
25, willowy blond from Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City. In company
with five other beauties, shell
perch atop a world Peace" float
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Surgery on Sailor S Baby
Depends on Test Results

Exhaustive tests are scheduled
all this week for 9-week-old
David Minter. sailors son flown
here from Key West aboard a
White House courier plane.
A spokesman at the National
Naval Medical Center, Bethesda
said at least a week of tests will
be necessary before doctors will
decide whether to operate on the
child for Observation-Disclosures on
the brain.
The baby was flown here after
his father, electronics technician
David K. Minter, appealed to
President Truman for help.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Non-Private Facilities
Seen Sole Solution 10
Nursing Homes Need
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and will not be finished for an
other six or eight months.
With the increasing rise in the
cost of living, coupled with what
almost certainly will be a Health
Department requirement for some
type of professional training for
staff members, the private nursing
homes will have to increase rates
in order to make profit.
A subcommittee survey early this
! fall showed fees at the private
!, homes here ranged from $75 a
month to $3.50 a month, with the
average about $125. The Board
of Public Welfare pays nursing
homes $50 month for care of
persons supported by it.
/ Care Often Proves Burden.
The Home for Incurables, with
good facilities for the care of the
chronically i'll, charges $170 a
month for persons able to pay the
full rate. Most patients there,
hoWerer, pay what they can. The
home is a non-profit institution
which ran at deficit last year.
Subcommittee members point
out that at these rates, even fami-
lies with reasonably large resources
would find the monthly fee a seri-
Ious drain. Persons usually enter
nursing homes following long and
costly illnesses, which have further
reduced their or their families
circumstances.
Yet the private nursing homes
must show profit. Mrs. Elizabeth
IDoWell, 612 East Capitol street,
who closed her home rather than
spend an estimated $4,000 for con-
struction, said she had been losing
money on the Board of Public
Welfare patients she had been
caring for.
/ Another factor adding to the
problem. subcommittee members
point out, is increasing longevity.
There are more old people today
than ever before, because of medi-
cal sciences triumphs over acute
diseases. The number of potential
patients in need of some supervised
! care short of disqualification is in
Icreasing. while the facilities are
decreasing.
Homes More Economical.
Students of the problem point
out that it is still cheaper to give
Iconvalescents this supervised care
in some type of home rather than
"a hospital.
! Gallinger Hospital estimates it
costs $3.50 a day to care for
each patient. Should INDECENT
convaleScents have to be sent TO
IGallinger, they would be taking
up beds which would be needed
by acutely i'll persons.
I However, subcommittee mem
oers say that INDECENT patients
who have been staying at pri-I
vate homes which have closed
can go to Gallinger, to the Dis
\ trlct Home for the Aged and In
flrm az Blue Plains. or be placed
IN a private home on a fee basis
1t is the person with some
money who really has to look
around" DR.. Cornely points out.
Some Of the patients at homes
which have closed have found
accommodations in nearby Mary
land or Virginia. There are IA
nursing homes licensed by the
State operating in Fairfax, Fau-
quler. Prince William and Ar
llngton Counties. Others are op-
Ierating pending a license. There
are Is licensed by the State in
MONTGOMERY County and four in
Prince Georges Coupnty.
! In Montgomery, however where
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Boy Hos Oil Druined

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (P).-Little
Martin Belchak felt much better
today after having his oil drained.
The 1-year-old boy was rushed to
hospital after he sucked fuel
oil through the vent of a space
heater tank in his parents home
Saturday night. Attendants re-
covered nearly half glass of oil.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Storms Chase 100 Ships
Into EIbe River Haven
By the A,,ocio,ed Pres,

HAMBURG, Germany, Dec. 10
Storms over the North Sea yes
terday forced more than 100 ships
to seek a haven in the mouth of
the Elbe River.
The storms also may have de-
layed the arrival of two icebreak-
ers which were to be returned by
Russia to the United States al
Bremerhaven. The icebreakers
were lent to the USSR by the
United States during World Wal
II.
Evening star., 1951-12-10
Catholic Archbishop
Calls Mrs. Roosevelt
|Agnostic and FataIist
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 10.-Ar
official Catholic publication says
Eleanor Roosevelt apparently
does not acknowledge God"
An article in the Tidings
weekly newspaper of the Los An
Igeles archdiocese, quotes Mrs
Roosevelt as saying Il don't know
whether l believe in a future life
Archbishop J. Francis A. Nc
lIntyre in an interview yesterday
indorsed the Tidings article. He
accused the widow of Presiden
Roosevelt of assuming the rolf
of an agnostic and fatalist" anc
questioned her fitness to head tn,
United Nations Commission OF
Human Rights.
Mrs. Roosevelt resigned as chair.
man of the Human Rights Com
mission last April and was sue.
ceeded by DR.. Charles Malik Of
Lebanon.
Mrs. Roosevelt Issues Denial.
Un Paris, Mrs. Roosevelt dis
claimed any intention of ex-
pressing a disbelief in immor-
tallty or of being an agnostic.
CT can't remember exactly
what 1 said on that broadcast.
1t was a short program" she
said and added Il do believe In
Immortality. but I haven't been
able to decide exactly what form
it might take. There are so
many possibilities. For ex-
ample, there is a question in
my mind whether we will appear
physically as we appear now.
1t seems unnecessary to try to
decide the exact form that i'm
mortality will take. We won't
be able to change it and we
must accept it. And we must
meet it with courage and do
our best'D
The article reviewed Mrs
Roosevelt's contribution to a CHS
radio program ("This I Believe,
in which she said:
Il don't know whether I believ,
in future life l came to fee
that it didn't really matter very
much because whatever the futur,
held you'd have to face it wher
you came to it, just as whatever
life holds you have to face it il
exactly the same way.
Said She Was Fatalist.
81 think l am pretty much of 6
fataliSt. You have to accept what.
ever comes. and the only impor.
tant thing is that you meet il
with courage and with the bes1
that you have to give"
The editorial said these state.
mentS by Mrs. Roosevelt arouse
wonderment in view of her chair
manship of the Human Right.
Commission She states she
is uncertain about a future life
and hence must doubt the i'm
mortality of the soul"
The archbishop said the com
mission Mrs. Roosevelt heads is
fashioning bill of human rights
to be accepted by the world. Does
this mean an agnoStic or an athe-
istic world?"
Evening star., 1951-12-10
d Seized in Fuke Hiiuckino

CHICAGO, Dec. 10 (P-The
FBI announced last night four
men were seized during the week
end in connection with a fake
hijacking of about 200 sides of
beef worth $4,000. The meat was
recovered.
Evening star., 1951-10-06

elected Clifford r. Carter, teacher;
William E. Barber. president: Eu-
gene H. Flippo. Col. Eugene Coop
er, Ernest Inscoe. vice presidents;
Garland D. Saunders. secretary
and Ralph A. Brown, treasurer.
The King Class of Anacostia
Methodist Church elected Emory
G. Fisher. president; Robert w
Paige. vice president; Harold Tan
quarry. secretary and George Tiz-
ard. recording secretary. An office
of public relations is being organ
ized. An attendance contest will
be launched, with Joe Wolfe and
Harry Feller. captains.
The johnson Couples, Egbert
and FideliS Glasses of National
Baptist Memorial Church will hold
business meetings on Tuesday
evening.
The Pinkham Bible Glass of Ma
tional Baptist Memorial Church
will be taught by Paul H. Parker
A business meeting will be held
after the lesson.
DR.. John w. Fisher will teach
the Calvary Mems Class of Cal
vary Methodist Church.
The Dawson Class of First Bap-
Evening star., 1951-10-06
By Dr.. Poqe Etchison

c. Toby Chandler, president,
will teach the Harrison Bible Glass
of st. Luke's Methodist Church.
The Templemen's Bible Glass of
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Rededication Service
ForEpiscopaI Teachers

\ Church school teachers from
the Episcopal diocese of Wash.
ington will attend a service of re-
dedication at 4 pm. tomorrow ir
Washington Cathedral.
! The Rt. Rev, Richard S. Wat.
son, Bishop of the Missionary Dis.
trict of Utah, will preach.
Following the service. a buffei
supper will be served in st. Alban'.
Church, Massachusetts and Wis.
consin avenues NV. The Very
Rev. Francis B. Sayre, jr., dear
of Washington Cathedral, will
speak.
/ Discussions on improved meth.
odS of teachings in Sunday
Schools will be held. Amons
those who will lead discussion
groups will be Canon Charles Mar
tin, headmaster of st. Alban'.
School, Canon John Burgess
Episcopal Chaplain at Howard
University, and the Rev. Harolc
Bend SedgWick. rector of st
Thomas Church.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Organized Bible Glasses

tist Church will welcome back the
teacher, Mrs. J. M. Dawson.
The Cleaners Glass of Columbis
Heights Christian Church will
hold business meeting at 8 pm
Wednesday at the home of Mrs
Gorilla Morris. Mrs. Margaret Nc
Dowell will assist as hostess.
Trinity Mems Glass of Trinity
Methodist Church installed the
following new officers: Arthur L
Hayford, teacher; Leon S. Bal
lance, president; Arthur Maxwell
vice president and B. w. Kaiser
treasurer.
Representative Armstrong, Re-
publican. of Missouri will teach
the Vaughn Glass of Calvary
Baptist Church. A campaign re-
ported five new members. The
Rev. Idris Jones. associate pastor,
will teach the Burial Glass.
The Susannah Wesley Glass OF
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Church will hold the class session
at the home of Mrs. j. H. Bolton
This will be followed by the
monthly meeting. Mrs. B. B
Wright will teach.
DR.. William A. Haggerty will
teach the Fellow Workers Glass
The ESthnaoruth Glass will have
DR.. c. r. Hooton as speaker.
The Mems Class of Eldbrooke
Methodist Church will hold a
breakfast from 8 to $50 am
tomorrow in the banquet hall
The breakfast will be followed by
regular class worship service at
$50 am. v. E. Heaton will teach
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Dr.. WiIlinehom Slated
To Speak at 3 Services

DR.. Edward B. Willingham, pas
tor of National Baptist Memorial
Church. will preach at three serv-
ices tomorrow in the church. Six
teenth street and Columbia road
NV.
DR.. Willingham will speak at
8:45 and II am. on In Remem-
brance" and at 8 pm. on "Appre-
ciating Others"
Robert Northrop, tenor soloist
of the church, will give concert
at $3.50 pm. Wednesday in Pierce
Hall. Fifteenth and Harvard
streets NV.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Guests to Occupy Pulpit Dr.. Harris to Preach
At Luther Place Church At Communion Service

Two guest speakers will preach
tomorrow in Luther Place Memo.
rial Church, Thomas Circle al
Fourteenth street NV.
DR.. Gould Wickey, executive
secretary of the United Lutheran
Church Board of Education, will
speak at an II am. communion
service. The Rev. Donald F
Bautz, executive. director of the
Inner Mission Society of Wash.
llngton, will preach at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
New Worship Services

Two new worship services at 10
and 11:15 am. will be held begin
ming tomorrow in the chapel Of
Church of the Savior, 2025 MaSSa-
Ichusetts avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Rabbi to Speak on Prayer

Rabbi Jerome M. Pines, spirituaI
leader of Congregational Beth-E
of Montgomery County. will speak
on the significance of special pray
ers during the Yom Kippur wor-
ship at a service of the congrega-
tion at 8:15 o'clock tonight ir
All Saints Episcopal Church
Chevy Chase circle.
Evening star., 1951-10-06

DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
minister of Foundry Methodist
Church, will preach at the II am
holy communion services tomorrow
on Lord Of ALP in the church
Sixteenth and P streets NV.
Holy communion will also be
conducted at a 9 I'm. service in the
Ball Memorial Chapel.
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Catholic Rudio Hour

The 22nd season of the Wash
lington Catholic Radio Hour
Ibroadcasts will begin at 7::30 pm
tomori ow over Station WWDC
Theme for the series this year
will lie God and Government.
The programs are broadcast
every Sunday from October
through April.
Evening star., 1951-10-06

Temple Baptist
Church will be
t a u G h t by
George w. Bell,
ST..
The Hummer
Memorial Glass
of E pw ort h
M e t h o d | S t
Church will OBJ
serve Home
coming Day.
he Am o S
Kendall Glass
of Luther Rice
Memorial Bap-
Evening star., 1951-10-06

NEW ASSISTANT MINISTER
The Rev. John A. Mote of
Piqua, Ohio, has been named
assistant minister of Calvary
Methodist Church, 1859 Co
lumbia road NV. Mr.. Mote,
81, will begin his ministry at
Calvary Church tomorrow. He
is a graduate of Western Mary
land College, Westminster, and
the School of Divinity, Duke
University. MIR. Mote served
until recently in similar post
at ThOmaSVilIe, N, G..
Evening star., 1951-10-06
Utoh Bishop to Speak Here

The Right Rev. Richard s.
Watson, Episcopal Bishop of Utah
will preach at an II am. service
tomorrow in st. Thomas Church
I1772 Church street NV.
Evening star., 1951-06-21

lciated Press Correspondent Jim
Becker.
He said officers pointed out Chi
lnese activity on the western front
lis similar to that preceding Their
April offensive.
ITS the same pattern on
smaller scale" the officers said.
One officer observed. "We know
the Chinese are there and prob
ably watching us go by. They
want us to develop q false sense
OF security
Need Air, Arm0r Support.
The predicted limited attack i
mot expected to be nearly as heavy
as the previous Chinese spring
offensives. To mount a majol
offensive the Reds would have te
bring In fresh Chinese troops from
Manchuria.
Western front officers said the
Reds probably couldn't go very
far this time without air ano
armor support.
1t. Gen. James A. Van Fleet
U. N. ground commander. said
inferior Chinese and North Ko-
reanS' could not overrun his well
trained and prepared troops under
any circumstances.
Gen. Van Fleet watched an at
Evening star., 1951-06-21
Koreu
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Continued From First Page.)
River from Manchuria into tiam-
ing battles in the North Korean
skies.
Far East Air Forces announced
three Allied planes were lost in
these fights. An American Saoer
Jet and q Mustang fighter were
shot down. Another Saber jet
was missing.
Red Loss Figures Reduced.
FEAT revised Red losses down
ward. The corrected total listed
"a Communist aircraft destroyed
or damaged, instead Of %. Nine
were listed as shot down tsix MIG
Is Jets, two Stormovik attack
bombers and a Yak fighter), one
probably destroyed and Ia DAM
aged. The damaged craft were
mostly swift Russian-made MIG
15s.
Allied predictions of a limited
objective Chinese offensive before
Monday were reported by Asso-