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Evening star., 1951-09-01
Truck Blockade Hits
Reds Toll Charges
BY the Assoeiated Pre.s

BERLIN, Sept. /. - German
truckers blockaded the super
highway from Berlin to West Ger
many today to protest collection
of tolls imposed by the Russians.
They parked trucks across the
Helmtedt check point in an at
tempt to stop traffic and prevent
any one from paying.
The Communists, who control
the section of the road running
through East Germany, said they
needed the money to maintain
the road. They extended the
charge to all West German motor
lists on all East German roads.
No attempt was made to collect
from Allied vehicles or East Ger
mans.
The fee, collected in East Ger
man marks, runs from $3.50 for
passenger cars to $23 for trucks.
1t was imposed at midnight in a
move which took Allied officials
by surprise.
About 160 trucks were jammed
up at Helmstedt in what was re-
garded as an attempt to put an
additional squeeze on Western
traffic.
Western Allied authorities in
Berlin said they were studying the
situation to see what could be
done.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Separated From Wife,
Man Slabs Himself
As Mother Looks On

Charles Gleason, 41O6 Beecher
street NV, last night stabbed
himself in the stomach with a
pairing knife while his horrified
mother watched.
HE said he couldn't stand It
any longer, being separated from
his wife and son. his mother, Mrs.
Teresa Gleason of the same ad.
dress said.
Charles, 81, was in critical con-
dition this morning in Gallinger
Hospital.
Mrs. Gleason said her son came
home late last night while she
and her husband, Ralph, were
Iplaying canasta in the living room.
Mrs. Gleason went into the kitchen
and Charles followed her.
He grabbed the knife and
stabbed himself" she sobbed.
For more than year, Mrs.
Gleason said, she had been wor.
ried about her son.
Hes been worried ever since
his wife left and went back to
Trinidad and took their son
Games Earl, 81 with her." Mrs.
Gleason said. Hes lost A pounds
in the past year. Several weeks
ago. he lost his job"
Charles is an engineering drafts
man.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
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the underpass "for an unreason-
able length of time"
The long time taken to con-
struct the underpass, the suit
charges. caused "injury, damage,
inconvenience and annoyance to
plaintiffs in the legitimate enjoy
Iment by them of their reasonable
rights of property and person. -
The suit also charges that the
long time taken created "nuis-
Iance" to the plaintiffs and public
generally.
/ "NOise and Disorder" Cited.
The suit further charges that
the McShain company knowingly
or negligently" obstructed or
closed streets and sidewalks in
the vicinity and created noise
and disorder for an unreasonable
length of time"
/ The suit further charged that
the plaintiffs rights were inter-
fered with to the extent that it
violated the fifth amendment to
the Constitution.
The suit states that construct
ton on the underpass started
about" February, 1948. Mr.. Mey-
ers said the underpass was COM
Ipleted around May, 1850.
In commenting on the suit, Mr.
Meyers added that whereas ac-
tual construction began in 1948,
certain preliminary work had been
started in 1947, resulting in streets
partly torn up.
3 Firms Quit Business.
Three business organizations
who are plaintiffs in the suit went
out Of business, it was stated to-
day by Mr.. Meyers and counsel
The firms were the Ivy Terrace
Restaurant, 1884 Connecticut; the
Dupont Market Inc, which op-
Grated at 1927 Connecticut ave-
nue., and the Deauville Fooc
Shoppe Inc, which operated res
taurant in the 1900 block of Con-
necticut avenue.
|. Other concerns whose owners
are plaintiffs in the suit include
the 10 Van der Loo, Inc, dress
shop at 1889 Connecticut; Lari-
mer's Market, 1727-29 Connect
cut; the Vanity Shop, 1917 Con-
necticut. and the Shelburne Shop
1927 Connecticut, both dealers in
dresses; Venables, 1915 Connecti-
cut, art dealers; the Helene, hat
store at 1903 Connecticut; Rob-
ert Of Paris Inc. 1915 Connecti-
cut, hairdresser; the Veerhotf
Galleries, 1912 Connecticut; j. j
Small & Sons, Inc, 1901 Con-
neeticut, florists; Madeline Muel-
Ter, l149 Connecticut, dress shop;
Card & Osborn, Inc, 1908
Connecticut, jewelers.; Shop Indl-
.vidual. Inc, 1874 Connecticut
dealers in hats; Leila Noyes, 1863
Connecticut, dealers in dresses;
Frances ct Frances, 1913 Connec-
ticut, dealers in dresses.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Truce
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san, United Nations command
headquarters fatty denied that
Allied troops violated the five-mile
Kaesong neutral zone August 80
and that an Allied plane dropped
flares over the city, August 30.
AT the same time a headquar-
ters statement said, "If the Com
munists refuse to continue the
talks, it will be taken as the last
conclusive evidence of their bad
faith"
The statement added this omi-
nous warning:
I'm this case, there is no doubt
as to the course of action the
world must take"
Today's trip market the second
time in nine days that Col. Kin
lney and Col. Murray have gone
to Kaesong to check on alleged
bombings. Earlier they rejected
Red claims that an Allied plane
had bombed Kaesong August %
The Reds broke off the truce talks
August %.
Since then the Reds have hurled
lone charge after another of vio-
Ilations of Kaesong. Today Peip-
ling radio said a total of Is planes
have illegally flown over the city
lin the past week. 9r',r
Shown 2 Holes IN Ground.
A pooled dispatch from Kaesong
said the u. N. party that went
to Kaesong today was shown two
holes in the ground about four
Evening star., 1951-09-01
BY The Associated Press

HILLSBOROUGH, Calf. Sept
I1.-Heavily Republican Hillsbor-
ough today awaited its newest
residents - 39 Russian delegates
to the japanese peace treaty con-
ference without enthusiasm.
BY and large, the people of this
Exclusive suburban community
are none too happy.
Perry Lehman, whose home
borders Uplands, the palatial
5-acre estate rented by the So
vietS. predicted 1T will be hell"
Those RusSianS-they better
not try to use my swimming pool" "
Mr.. Liebman said. I'll deal with
them my own way"
Meanwhile. limousine loads Of
servants, advance scouts and
kitchen help descended on the
39-room Crocker mansion where
the Soviet delegation will live
Another neighbor spoke of Mrs.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Sinutru Denies Trying
Sleeping Pill Suicide
BY the Asseeiaied Press

LAKE TAHOE, Calf, Sept. L.
Crooner Frank Sinatra today hot
ly denied rumors he swallowed an
overdose CT sleeping pills in an
attempt at suicide.
1--WE never heard anything so
damn wild and ridiculous" Sinat-
ra told newsmen, referring to ru-
mors which said he took the pills
after a spat with Screen Actress
Ava Gardner.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Republican Neighbors of Reds
AT San Francisco Disturbed

Romie C. Jacks, socialite owner
of UplandS, who rented it to tht
Soviets.
How could she do thing like
that?" he asked. She doesnt
need the money"
Mrs. Jerry Friedman, who'll bt
the Russians nearest neighbor
agreed.
mo, no, we don't want then
here" she said. Isn't there any
thing we can do about it?"
But Mrs. T. j. Culligan. who
also lives nearby. had another
view. >u.
They'll only be here three
weeks she said. Il don't see
why, we should object. :, This is
America. you know"
Mrs. A. E. Werolin, another
neighbor, said she is merely
curious. She wants to see Andrei
Gromyko, Soviet Deputy Foreign
Minister, who heads the delega-
ton,
Evening star., 1951-09-01
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State Department counselor and
an expert on Russia.
Points Finger at Russia.
Without actually calling Rus
sia by name, Mr.. Acneson in an
airport statement pointed the
finger of suspicion at the Soviet
government and its motives in
sending a delegation to San Fran
cisco. Hammering a theme which
he and his aides have recently
much emphasized, he said:
In the days which are to fol-
low, you will see which nations
sincerely desire peace and those
which talk peace while taking ac-
tion that may impair and pre-
vent the strengthening of peace.
In the opinion of American Of
ficialS the Japanese treaty con-
ference will produce at least two
big battles between the United
States and its friends on the one
hand and Russia and its minority
following on the other.
The. first of these battles is ex-
Ipeeted to develop Wednesday, the
first full day of conference ses-
sions after President Truman's
speech Tuesday night opening the
conference. That will be a bat
tie over the rules by which the
conference should be governed.
Mr.. AcheSon and Mr.. Dulles,
with Joint sponsorship of the Brit
ish delegation, plan to propose
for conference adoption set of
rules which would make it the
business of the conference to sign
the peace treaty as it has been
drafted by the United States and
Britain after consultation with
all the other governments repre-
scented here, including Russia.
Rules Would Limit Debate.
The object of these rules, which
would also limit debate by any
one delegate to about one hour,
is to prevent the treaty from be-
ing altered and to end the ses-
Sions with the signing next Sat-
urday afternoon. Because of the
little time allowed for the whole
meeting, Wednesday and Friday
night sessions are planned.
Russia is expected to oppose
these rules. Mr.. Gromyko's dele
CATION is armed with proposals,
according to a Moscow announce
ment, on the subject of a Japa-
Inese treaty. 1t is expected that
these will amount to a demand
for rewriting the whole treaty, and
the Russians will not want rules
under which they could be called
out of order.
Officials expect the second bat
tie to develop when the Russians
try, in spite of the rules, to get the
conference to consider their pro-
.posalS.
The holdout of some countries,
Including Russia, cannot prevent
the treaty from coming into
force, assuming the national sig
natures affixed here are followed
up by ratifications.
Evening star., 1951-09-01

ClOIldl eQCdulpHcut.
Mai. Holohan was killed and
his body was dumped in a lake,
the Defense Department has said,
Two fellow Americans in the mis-
sion did the Staying, the depart
ment said, with the aid Of two
Italian accomplices.
The two Americans-former 1t.
AlGo Icardi of Pittsburgh and for
mer Sergt. Carlo G. Lodolce of
Rochester, N. Y.-have denied the
Staying.
An Italian court has asked the
Iextradition of the two to stand
trial there on charges of partici-
pating in murder. The two Italians
involved, both former partisans
await trial in their country.
Earlier yesterday, Frank c
Hilton of Reading. Pa, became
the VFW's new commander-in-
chief. He promised to do his ut.
most to bring a VFW resolution
demanding the custer of Secre'
tary of State Acheson before
President Truman.
Mrs. Herschel H. Griffith oi
Bloomington, Ind, was elected
Unanimously by 1000 delegates to
succeed Mrs. George Ilg of Provi-
Idence, R. l., as president of the
WV Ladies Auxiliary.
Others elected as officers of the
325 ,000-member auxiliary included
Mrs. George L. Holm of Chicago,
senior vice president; Mrs. Ellie
H. Schill of New Orleans, Junior
vice president; Mrs. Thomas F.
Holz of Philadelphia, chaplain:
Mrs. Grant Rigby of Kansas City,
secretary treasurer, and Mrs. Beth
Eveton of Dallas, Texas National
Guard.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Mcclure Ends 80 Years
In State Department

DR.. Wallace M Mcclure, 81,
a State Department o treaty ex-
pert, retired yesterday after more
than 80 years of service in the
Department.
In addition to his official duties,
DR.. Mcclure taught commercial
policy at the Georgetown School
of Foreign Service from 1925 to
1888.
A native of KNOXVILLE, Tenn,
he entered the State Department
on December %, 1920, as a draft
ing officer. He retires as an ad-
wiser in the Commercial Policy
Division, after specializing on
commercial treaties.
DR.. Mcclure lives at the Cos
mos Club.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Oil Dispute Explosive,
But Talks Made Gains,
Hartman Tells Press
By Joseph A. Fox

The Anglo-Iranian oil dispute
still presents an explosive Situa-
tion," but some headway has been
made toward solution, in the
opinion of w. Averell Hartman,
who went to Teheran as Presi-
dent Truman's personal repre-
sentative in an effort to settle
the trouble stirred by Trans ma
tionalization of her British-oper-
ated oil industry.
I'VE cannot underestimate the
progress that has been made, nor
can we underestimate the prob
lens ahead" Mr.. Hartman told
a news conference late yesterday,
a short while after he had re-
turned to the Capital. He feels
there are no irreconcilable issues.
Mr.. Hartman, special White
House adviser on foreign policy,
told also of his talk with Marshal
Tito during a stop at Bled, and
he said the YugoSlavian leader
does not believe Stain is ready for
a general war.
Sees Continued .PrOdding.
Tito looks for the Soviet gov
ernment to continue prodding at
soft spots in the free world, Just
as was done in Korea, and he
thinks that if war does come, it
will be the result of a miscalcula-
tlon by Stain as to the Vests
reaction to his creeping imperialist
program.
AS Mr.. Hartman sees the
Anglo-Iran dispute in it's simplest
form, it is a case of a country
where a strong nationalist spirit
prevails seeking to control abso-
lutely a resource, when it does
not have either the technical
ability or managerial skill to
operate such a multi-billion dol
lar business. The IranianS don't
understand technical matters, but
like lots of other peoples they un-
derstand local politics, he laughed.
The emotions stirred made
negotiations difficult" he ampli-
fed
The gains that were made in
the negotiations, he said, were
two: British recognition of the
principle of naturalization and
a readiness by Iran to negotiate
as to the manner in which ma
tionalization is to be carried out
with due regard to British inter-
eStS.
Iran Loses Big Income.
The oil shutdown is costing
Iran an annual income of around
$140 million, Mr.. Hartman said,
and this return is vital to her>ex-
panding economy.
Iran furnishes about 6 per cent
OF the worlds Oil supply. With
other nations pooling their re-
sources to Offset this shortage,
Mr.. Hartman also foresees the
possibility that Iran will lose a
market that will be hard to re-
gain.
The Tudeh Communists have a
good foothold in Iran, according
to the presidential representative,
but he saw no signs that Com
munist pressure was responsible
for the eruption over oil, nor does
he envision the country coming
under Communist domination "at
the present time" But the eco
nomic situation, he stressed, is a
danger spot.
Evening star., 1951-09-01

liam v. Holohan
in 1914 while
on an Office of
Strategic Serv-
ices mission be-
hind enem m y
lines In Italy.
The VT w
called for the
action in one
| of the las t
reSol ion S
adopted yester-
day as the
organi z a tion
wound up its
SD annual ma
Evening star., 1951-09-01

the boys were tormenting the
child and accidentally dashed her
head against a rock and killed
her. 4%
Yvonne's brother. Joseph, 9, said
he last saw his sister at 6 pm
Thursday, talking to a man. A
playmate also told a member OF
the family that Yvonne had been
talking to a man in a white shirt
and dark trousers.
+ A wine bottle found near the
|child's body is being checked for
fingerprints.s,. -.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
Jupun Depurqes o,547

TOKYO, Sept. (P).-The Jap
anese government today removed
9,547 former army and navy off,
GERS from purge lists. This was
the fourth group of career officers
reinstated to normal civilian life.
Evening star., 1951-09-01
VFW Asks President
To Investigate Killing
|0f 0Ss Major irItaly
By ihs Ass,os!ia,sd Plte.s

NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-The Vet
erans of Foreign Wars want Pres
ident Truman to order an investi-
cation of the Staying of Maj. VIII
Evening star., 1951-09-01
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ACCIDENT

The Homemakers club met Wednes-
day night with Mrs. Deleon Rush and
Mrs. George Margroff serving as
joint hostesses. An auction sale for
members and guests was planned for
the February meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gerald Glass an
nounce the birth Of their first child,
a daughter, ON Saturday, January 27,
in the Hazel McGilvery hospital, in
Meyersdale
A daughter was born to Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Haenftling in Memorial
Hospital, Cumberland, on Saturday,
January 27. This is the second daugh-
ter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Baird, Pitts
burgh. Pa, announce the birth of a
son, Gary Eugene, Thursday, January
25. The maternal grandparents are
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Alexander.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Spoerlein
moved last week into their newly con-
structed home near the picnic grove
on the southeast edge of town.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Melvin Kesner were Mrs. How
ard Skidmore, Mrs. James B. Friend
and Gene Skidmore, all of Friends
vile.
Mr.. and Mrs Clark Schlossnagle en-
tertained Rev. Jonas Sines as a Sun
day dinner guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ross Specher and
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reached vast and menacing proper
tions. In that period of Administra-
ton inaction there were more than
1000 union labor strikes in different
parts Of the country.
The reason for this costly and
dangerous delay is perfectly clear,
Chiefly, it was the savage opposition
of the labor unions to any controls
until after they had gotten their
fourth wave Of wage increases
through This the Administration,
closely linked with them politically,
permitted. This will always remain
an indefensible attitude which has
greatly damaged the national inter
ests. As a result, initiation has been
greatly advanced and the cost Of all
materials greatly increased. T h q
freezing of wages and prices now
ordered by Mr. Charles +. Wilson,
head Of the mobilization organization,
comes after long months Of terribly
expensive inaction. This is not Mr..
Wilson's fault. The fault is Mr.. Tru-
mans. The political influence Of the
labor bosses was one he made no eff
fort to resist, despite the counsel of
Mr. Baruch and the expressed wish Of
Congress. But grave as is this offense
there is another involving even more
peril to the people which must be laid
sQuarely at the White House door. 1t
consists Of determined refusal to do
anything beyond futile gesturing to-
ward checking the great stream Of
governmental waste or to move to-
ward any real economy in the execu-
tive departments.
Here is the administration asking
appropriations totaling many billions
of dollars and urging Congress t.
levy an additional $16,000,000 900 in
taxes. Conservative estimates fix the
deficit for the next fiscal year at the
unbelievable figure Of $4,000, 600, 900.
When you combine these astronomical
figures with an astronomical debt of
5,00O0OO,0O0, one does not have to
be a mathematical genius to grasp
the fact that they involve grave fiscal
peril; that they preclude all posi-
bility Of a pay-as-we-go policy or a
balanced budget; that they mean Fed
eral finances have become almost
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What Kind OF People?

What kind Of people are we, any
how? Are we largely a nation Of nit
wits who supinely permit the perils
that threaten us abroad to be need
lessly enhanced by the idiocy and
cowardice of our rulers at home? We
smugly listen to the political and
journalistic demagogues spout that
old stuff about the Fundamental in
telligence Of the great American peo-
pie" but, actually, are we not a con-
glomeration Of fools without the
gumption to avoid falling into the
same pits out of which, at great cost
we have twice had to dig ourselves?
A strong case for an affirmative
answer to the last two questions can
be made For example. look at the
fiscal facts as they now exist. Regard
less Of party, all men of wisdom and
experience agree that unchecked debts
ultimately lead to financial disaster.
Yet for nearly twenty years we have
steadily piled up the one and deepened
the other until at the beginning of the
present fiscal year both had reached
undrcamed-of heights and depths.
Then, last summer we were catapulted
into Korea and the realization driven
home that in Russia we had power
full, potential enemy whose aggres-
sions threaten our very existence.
The urgency of arming ourselves
led to presidential announcements
and congressional action. The country
was responsive. All it wanted was
leadership. 1t was pointed out that we
must not repeat the mistakes of the
last two wars that delay in the regu-
lation Of wages. profits and prices in
World War II had cost us 100000
000,000 and prolonged the conflict by
six months; that the only way to con-
troll initiation is to control it at the
start. Every body agreed about this.
Nevertheless. nothing was dcne and
fer months there was continuous
spiral Of wage and price raises until
the cost Of living attained heights
never before approached and initiation
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unmanageable; that we really are
threatened with a governmental fl
nancial collapse that would cripple
our defense effort, create a condition
Of chaos. If that happens-and it can
happen Russia could win the war
without the loss of a soldier.
In such situation it is impossible
to conceive of an excuse for spending
a needless dollar ON non-defense ac-
tivities. If there is amy other way
than rigid economy to keep the Fed
eral financial structure from crumb-
ling no one has suggested it. The
President himself has often spoken Of
the necessity for rigid economy"
Yet he has taken no real step toward
that goal. Time and again it has been
pointed out that Congress cannot
make the essential reductions by it.
self. Any real reduction can only be
achieved under presidential leader
ship. That leadership Mr.. Truman dis
tinctly has not provided. The United
States Chamber Of Commerce has
pointed out that $G,O0O,0 100000 can
be cut without impairing single
vital governmental function. Senator
Byrd has given in detail plan TO
eliminate $7,O00,OO0,OOO and h as
promised wholchearted support for
Mr. Truman If he will lead The
Hoover commission asserts that So
0OOOOo.000 can be saved by enacting
its recommended reforms now before
Congress.
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Mrs. Claude Friend is a patient IN
the Garrett County Memorial hospital
where she underwent an appendecto-
my last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irwin Georg announce
the birth Of a son in Miners Hospital
last Thursday. The couple has one
other child, daughter.
Sunday dinner guests of Mr., and
Mrs. John Kahl were Mrs. Barbara
Miller and son George, Mrs. Charley
Harmon, Mr. and Mrs. Elmer kolb,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Margroff and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Richter.
Mr.. and Mrs Fred Richter and
Mrs. Elmer Kolb were Thursday
guests of Mrs. Charley Harmon in
the Cove. Mrs. Harmon was in turn a
guest at the Richter home on Monday.