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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-08-15
Alexandra Council
Opposes Truck Ban
On Shirley Highway

The Alexandria City Council
wants trucks to continue using
Shirley highway, but favors a
careful study of area traffic prob
lens.
A resolution adopted unani-
mously by the council last night
protests recent requests for ban
ming trucks from the super high
way at this time, and recommends
that both Shirley and Route l be
kept open to passenger and truck
traffic.
Mayor Franklin P. Backus, who
sponsored the resolution, COM
mented that most truck drivers
chose to use Shirley highway since
1t was opened to them, thereby re-
llevlng downtown Alexandria of
many trucks.
Council Cites Reasons.
Entering the Shirley highway
traffic dispute for the first time,
the council gave the following rea-
sons for its position:
l. Shirley highway was built for
truck use.
2. Shirley highway is a dual
highway, while Route / is only 40
feet wide where it passes through
Alexandria.
3. Route l cuts through the
heart of Alexandria business
section.
4. An overload of truck traffic
In downtown Alexandria would M
set the recently installed one-wav
street system.
5. Passage of trucks over Route
in Alexandria creates a traffic
hazard because they must ma
neuver four right-angle turns.
Two schools are located directly on
Route /.
3. The truck route in Alexandria
passes through some residential
areas and in several instances Is
within 20 feet of homes.
Cover Engineers Points,
Many of the same points were
covered in a report by the city,s
trafhc engineer, Kenneth w.
Smith. He said that there were
Al intersections along Route l
within the Alexandria city limits.
and that eight of the city's arterial
streets cross the route.
He added that much of Route I
IN the city badly needs reconstruct
ton, as does the Potomac Yards
Bridge, Several turns must be re-
designed for safe use by trucks, he
said.
Since January l, 1850, when the
traffic division was set up, Mr.
Smith reported that there had
been 233 accidents on Route in
the clty-a majority of them in
Volvlng trucks.
Even with Shirley highway now
being used by trucks, Mr.. Smith
reported that 160,351 vehicles
passed over the Potomac Yards
bridge in a seven-day period.
Fears Prohibitive Load.
II am sure you can see that
with a normal increase in vehicu-
lar traffic, the additional load Gre
ated by rerouting trucks from
Shirley highway would be prohibi-
tive" declared Mr.. Smith.
A letter from Schools Supt, r,
c. Williams confirmed that two
city schools-Lee and Charles
Houston-are on Route and that
a third elementary school is pro-
posed where Route l enters the
city. Students attending four
other schools have to cross Route
l. he added.
Charles M. Dawson, chairman of
the Municipal Affairs Committee
of the North Ridge Citizens Asso-
citation, sought to stave off the
councils action.
Mr.. Dawson said commuters
used to have one safe route to
Washington over Shirley highway,
but now they have to put up with
trucks on both main routes into
the Capital. He said he favored
keeping trucks off Shirley high
way during rush hours.
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School FriHs Cut

The Montgomery County Board
of Education yesterday cut out
about $l2,500 worth of so-called
frills before awarding contracts
for four school construction pro-
jects.
The schools affected are Rolling
Terrace. Parkwood. Glen Haven
and Falkland.
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strongly urged
t h e w h j t e
H GU &c a n d
Budget Bureau
to back up the
c o m m i S Sion's
stand in the
matter. T h i S
I e co mmenda-
ton is expected
to be followed.
MI. RdulSpeCk
said now was
not the time to
broaden recrea-
ton activities
for To RI aro |
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Legion Auxiliary Elects

CHARLES TOWN. w. Va, Aug.
Is. (Special)-Mrs. S. H. Stone
of this city has been named presi-
dent of the West Virginia Legion
Auxiliary. She succeeds Mrs. w.
E. ESkeW of Weston
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Five More Poles Escape;
z Czechs Row 10 Freedom
BY the Associated Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug Is
Five more Poles escaped to Swe-
oen last night, arriving at the
port OF Karlshamm in fishing
boat. Sweden recently granted
asylum to four Poles who fed
Poland in a makeshift plane and
to IL mutineers who locked uu
their officers and sailed their
minesweeper here.
LUENEBERG, Germany, Aug
Is (P.-A Prague student and hi,
flancee arrived in a collapsible
boat after padding more than 4OO
miles down the Elbe River in an
escape from Czechoslovakia. They
are George Neureuter, 26, and Eva
Erbenova, %.
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Civil Service Commission Hits
Bill for New Recreation Setup
By Joseph Young

The Civil Service Commission has registered strong oppos-
10 before Congress
poraon to conduct activities Federal employees
The commissions stand sponsored Representa-
Congress- contained
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Speeders, Watch Quit

Arlington police have launched
a breakdown on speeding motor
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Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest, 96. on June ..
Lowest, IL, on February 8.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours,
High, sS. at 2:55 pm.
Lew. "a. at + am
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Wind-Southeast at 7 miles an
hour at 1870 am.
River Report.
From u S. Engineers)
potomac River clear At Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls; Shenandoah clear at
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THE EVENING STAR

X X WASHINGTON n q
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST Is, 1881
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verse report sent to the Budget
Bureau.
Chairman Robert Ramsnack
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
ATTEND AAAS MEETING

MT. and Mrs. Don Irwin, Lew Hanks and Hugh Johnson attend ed the monthly meeting of the Cook Inlet Branch of the Amer ican Association for the Advance ment of Science held in Anchor age last Friday evening.
 Irwin is now president of the Cook Inlet Branch, having gradu- ated from the vice-presidency when Dr. Jack C. Haldeman, for mer president and officer in charge of the Arctic Health In- stitute, was transferred to Wash ington recently.
 Johnson is a member of the executive committee of the Cook Inlet Branch and the Alaska Di- vision of AAAS.
 Speaker at the Friday meeting was Frank PauIs, who delivered a paper on blood factor studies in the Eskimos and Indians and Al aska.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
How Dogey Can You Get? Graves Saga Is Lesson For All Dog Lovers

by Northwest stratocruiser about September l. Toby didn't particu- larly like him but kept his dis pleasure under we'll bred control. Tishomingo will be a year old on Sunday; just recently, according to word received from Baltimore, he became the proud father of eight pups.
 Fish should have closed the 1851 chapter of the Graves dog saga, but off in Anchorage a beautiful golden red Cocker lan- guished in the federal jail-ab- solutely through no fault of her own. The court bailiff decided that this was no fit environment for a good registered dog of cham pion stock like Brewington's Cookie, so she set out to find the best possible home for Cookie. And what home could be better than the Territorial veterinari- ans?
 Doc was away at the time. Mrs. Graves said at first, "Oh, no!' But then she took another look at Cookie, and decided she'd let the Doc decide. Meanwhile Cookie could stay at the Graves house. That did it. By the time Doc Graves got back from Fair banks. Cookie was definitely in.
 Cookie is a western-bred dog of the Windbridge and Stockdale blood lines-a lot of Canadian and international champions in her pedigree. Her sire was Clark haven Black Magic.
 The next batch of pups will have Bobb's and Stockdale-W Wood bridge champions in their pedi- grees, for Cookie will be mated first with Tishomingo. Toby and Miranda will be put out to pas ture for the winter on the Graves living room rug in front of the fireplace-or if it gets too warm, in their best upholstered chairs.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11

Mrs. Alice Holbrook and daugh- ter Dolores and her brother Pete Bouwens left by plane last week for q visit with relatives in Wis consin and Michigan. They plan to be gone about a month and will drive back over the Alaska highway. This is Bouwens first trip out in 10 years, having come to the Valley when six years old.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
Dorothy Sexton Sworn in as Alternate City Magistrate

Mrs. Dorothy Saxton was sworn in as alternate city magistrate for the city of Palmer by Mayor Carl Meier last Friday in the U. s. Commissioners office.
 Permission has been granted the U. s. Commissioner by the Third District Judge Anthony Dimond to serve as city magis- trate, hearing city cases, in the absence of Palmer's city clerk.
 The first case heard by City Magistrate Saxton was transfer red to a military board of review at Elmendorf Air Force Base. It concerned two Air Force M. P.'s who disturbed the peace in a To- cal bar while off duty.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
RETURNS FROM OUTSIDE

Flying home from Portland, Oregon, Edward Barrett returned to Palmer last week, following a series of operations performed at the Veterans Hospital.
 Although he will not return to work right away, MT. Barrett is reported as feeling very well and is at home on the er-Anchor- age highway.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
GIRL SCOUT
 NEWS

Troop 26 met Wednesday, Oc- tober 3, at the school. Under old business we discussed selling Girl Scout calendars and com pleting our first aid course. It was also voted on having winter meetings. The rest of the meeting we discussed how to care for new books. Cookies were served by Leanne Westgate.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
Valley Frontiersman

nlkfl bitGh AObA iAdil0SobbC 6SAA en red and buff-colored Cocker spaniels romping merrily about the house this fall. pr. and Mrs. Earl F. Graves have definitely en- tered the dogie set.
 The Graves dog saga began a few years ago with a gift from Fred Beyers of Wasilla. That dog was Toby, now aged three and a half and getting on. as dogs, go. Toby was proudly taken to the dog show in Anchorage; but de- spite his obvious purebred line age, he was just dog without the papers to prove it.
 Right then the Graves got dog fever. They had to get dog that would bring back the prize. Def initely set on Cookers, they To- cated a kennel which boasted a long, long line of champions, the Herbert Bobb Kennel of North Baltimore, Ohio, A year ago, Bobb's, Darling Miranda arrived. Her sire's name was Bobb's Sun set Glow.
 Miranda got the prize for best of breed in the Fur Rendezvous puppy show last February, but when the dog show came along last June, Miranda was in the family way and couldn't show. Miranda's seven pups were ador- able little bundles of pastel buff fur, but still their father, Toby, couldn't prove that he wasn't just mo account dog", so they could not be registered.
 Then Doc and Judy Graves de- cided it was a shame that Toby should hold Miranda back with all her wonderful background. Miranda should be the mother of champions, the grandmother of still more champions, and so on, ad infiniturn. Miranda had to have a mate who was worthy of her. To make sure that the mate was just right, Bobb's kennel was contacted again; and, sure en- ough, there was Miranda's second cousin, ready to fill the $-bill. Bobb's Tishomingo, son of Bobb's Shady Acres Whirlaway, arrived
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
THANK YOU NOTICE

I wish to thank all the people in Palmer for the kindness and thoughtfulness shown me during my husbands recent illness and disqualification.
 (Signed) Mrs. Edward Barrett.
Valley frontiersman., 1951-10-11
Q. E.. $.

The Matanuska Valley chapter, U. D., Order of Eastern Star, will hold its regular meeting and in itiation at Carpenters Hall next Wednesday, October IT, at 8 pm.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Three Top Men Quit
.TexInass Two Days
After RFC Charge
BY The Associated Press

DALLAS, June 23.-Three TOP
ofIicials Of Texas Consolidated Oil
Company. including Vice Presi-
dent Allen e. Freeze, have quit.
Also out in the company shake
up were President A. w. Kincade,
q Wichita. Kans., banker, and Sec
retary-Treasurer Morris Porter.
The designations were made
Wednesday. two days after RE-
construction Finance Administra-
tor w. Stuart Symington charged
in washington that Mr.. Freeze
received pay from Texmass Pc
troleum Corporation while he was
on the RFc payroll. Texmass
which received a $15.100. 900 loan
from the RFC. was reorganized
as Texas Consolidated.
J.. Edward johnson Of Dallas
acted as chairman at q special
meeting OF Texas Consolidated
directors Wednesday. He said Nh
Symington's changes had nothing
to do with the three designations
Hubert e. Bale, 50, an inde.
pendent geologist and engineer
from Oklahoma City. was named
new president Of the company
Earl j. Holzhauer, Oklahoma City
was named secretary-treasurer
Mr.. Freeze was not available fol
comment. Mr.. Bale said Mr.
Freezes $25. .000-a-year job will
not be filled. The new president
lis to receive $4,000 q month.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Pope Plus 10 BestoW Sainthood on 7 Nuns

VATICAN CITY. June 23.-St
Peters Basilica will be brilliantly
lighted and decorated tomorrow
when the Catholic church's high
est honor, sainthood. is bestowed
upon two nuns.
One of them; Emile of the
Barons OF Vialar, was a member oil
a noble French family. The other
Maria. Mazzarello, was the daugh-
ter of Italian peasants.
The double canonization is ex-
pected to be the last great cere-
mony in st. Peters before Pope
Plus leaves for Castel .Gandolfo
his summer residence.
Hundreds of members of the
religious orders the two nuns
founded have come here from
many countries for the ceremony
Emile de Vialar was born at
Gaillac, September IL, 1892, dur
ing the French Revolution.
In December. 1882, using money
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Wilson Wont Merge
Production Agencies
~ The Assee;oisd Press


Mobilization Director Charles
IE. Wilson has decided against a
proposal to merge the country's S
two production agencies at this
time. informed officials reported
yesterday.
Instead. these sources said
privately. Mr.. Wilson plans to
elevate Manly Fleischmann. now
chief of the National Production
Authority to be administrator OF
the Defense Production Admins
tration. MIR. Fleischmann may con-
tinue to run NPA as well for a
time. on an acting" basis.
An official announcement is ex-
'pected within the next week.
The present acting administra-
tor Of DPA, Edwin T. Gibson, has
turned down a permanent as
signment.
NPA regulates industry. controls
materials and curtails civilian
goods. DPA is the policy-making
agency for the production drive.
Because Of overlaps and conflicts.
MIR. Wilson for several weeks has
been studying a proposal to con-
solidate the two.
Of11cials said there will be some
shifting Of duties. but DPA will
retain its present authority to
certify companies for defense ex-
|pansion loans and tax benefits to
aid in plant enlargement.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Russian 'Ceose-Fire' Proposal
Brings No LuH to Korean Wor

Those positions-ringed with
barbed wire and mine fields were
CONSTRUCTED to halt any further
Red drive on the South Korean
capital
Seoul i'm Pence" Area. t
+ The battered city of Seoul itself
Ills 80 miles south Of the 38th.
The greatest Allied withdrawal
would be made on the east coast
where South Korean troops have
driven about 40 road miles into
North Korea.
Except for the Uijongbu-Seoul
corridor and the Iron Triangle"
plain. the portion OF North Korea
now held by U. N. forces is noun
famous. The peaks on the ease
central and easter fronts are some
|of the most rugged in Korea.
They are pitted almost entirely
with the foxholes and trenches
|of a war that has passed over
them five times.
The rice paddles and grain fields
are lying fallow now in this bat
tie area. Few Of the farmers and
their families are still there.
Many never returned after
earlier battles. Others were eva
cuated under a South Korean
|official order to clear civilians out
|of the immediate battle area.
Area Hard to Defend.
The main body Of any Allied
pullback would almost have to be
well below the 38th-perhaps as
much as 10 to Is miles at some
points-for reasons of military Sc
|curity. The ground Immediately
along the parallel is of little use
for defense.
The same holds true north OF
the parallel. The most easily de-
Tended terrain on the central
front lies from 5 to 10 miles north
of the line.
That's one of the chief reasons
why the 38th has posed a great
problem for the 9th Army each
time it approached the boundary.
1t was a case Of staying miles be-
low the parallel or Of moving deep
enough into North Korea to reach
ldefendable ground.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Pope Plus Says World
Is Losing Hope for Peace
BY the Assoeieted Press

VATICAN CITY. June 2S.-Pope
Plus said today that true peace
seems to recede farther and far
ther and there are many who
hardly dare to hope to see 1t at
tanned"
The pontiff expressed this
thought in receiving the creden-
tials of Great Britain's new min
lister to the Vatican, Walter st.
c. H. Roberts.
True peace. said the pontiff
cannot be established by forcing
the weak to submit to the strong
"TruthfulneSs. courtesy. Justice
and an equitable distribution of
wealth are indispensable to a
world at peace"
Evening star., 1951-06-24

Reserve Board to change its Reg
ulation W--restricting installment
buying-to permit the purchase OF
automobiles with a down payment
OF one-third. the cost and the bal
ance over 18 instead Of Is months
required now.
The House bill carries the same
provision with respect to new
cars. For the purchase of used
cars, however. it would prevent q
requirement Of more than Is per
cent down payment with the bal
ance payable In 10 months.
The House version would also
call for q longer pay-on period
for car deals where high freight
costs run overall costs upward.
In addition. the House bill would
require down payments Of only
Is percent instead Of as on house
hold appliances and pay-on pc
riods Of 18 instead Of 15 months
Also. 1t would call for only II
per cent down payments on furni-
ture and household repairs with
longer periods for repayment
81 months for furniture, 81
months for repairs.
SMALL BUSINESS.
The House bill would set UP Q
Small Defense Plant Corp. to help
small businesses get defense con-
tracts.
The corporation would be en-
powered TO borrow money from
the government and lend It to
small business operators to help
get defense production.
The Senate bill does not have
a similar provision but banking
committee members indicated the
subject would be dealt with In q
separate measure later in the
summer.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Voice Radio 10 Add
A Soviet Languages
by the Asseeisssd Prsss

The State Department will open
four new fronts today in its war
Of words with Russia, inaugural
ing broadcasts In their native
tongues to the Tatar, Turkestani,
Azerbaijani and Armenian peoples.
Ali four are Soviet subjects
within the boundaries Of the So
Wet Union, yet to each of them
Secretary Of State Acheson will
issue an invitation to share the
American goal Of q free and
peaceful world, plus q promise tc
give them "the truth which the
Communists are trying to keep
from you."
The State Department said the
new l5-minute daily programs
will supplement six other for
|eign language broadcasts already
beamed at Soviet-controlled areas
in the languages Of Estonia. Lat
via, Lithuania. the Ukraine,
Georgia and Russia itself.
The State Department also will
open today two 15-minute pro-
grams in Malayan and Burmese
in addition. the present schedules
in Italian and Turkish will be in
creased by Is minutes each day.
Evening star., 1951-06-24
Young Republicans
Oppose New Controls
by the Assoeioisd Pres.

r A big majority of young Re-
publicans oppose stronger Gov
ernment controls on wages. prices.
profits and rents. the Young Re-
publican National Federation said
yesterday.
Replies to q questionnaire sent
Federation members showed q
vote of 1888 to $50 against more
rigid wage controls, 3.318 to 1859
against similar controls on prices,
3,710 to 1,197 on profits, and 3.819
to 1853 on rents.
Here are their votes on other
questions:
Favor Congress giving specific
approval before any more United
States troops are sent to Europe.
4, 1852 to 654.
Favor continuous compulsory
Evening star., 1951-06-24

plete action this week on their
bills. Legislative leaders may have
to resort to asking q resolution to
continue the present act beyond
its June 80 expiration date until
new legislation is enacted.
DURATION.
Senate provides for only eight
months; the House one year from
June 80, 1851.
RENTS.
. The Senate bill allows Federal
controls to come into force only
in States that have State con-
trolls, and then only If the average
rent rates are rising faster there
than they are nationally.
ry such q limitation.
The House version does not car.
Both versions. however, pre-
scribe conditions under which the
Secretary Of Defense and head OF
the Defense Mobilization Agency
can certify community as being
a critical defense area and, hence,
subject to Federal rent control.
For q community to be desig-
mated a critical area. both bills
say 1t must be the sit of a de-
fense plant or installation which
has been reactivated or expanded,
causing a substantial ''in-migra-
ton" Of labor.
The Senate bill carries a third
condition, saying substantial
housing shortage for defense
workers or military personnel
must exist, impending the opera :
tions Of the defense plant. before
controls can be applied.
The House bill language saws
excessive increases in rents must
result or threaten to result from
the housing shortage for the area
to qualify for Federal control.
Both bills would permit rent in
creases Of 20 per cent abiye the
June 80. 1947. level. Since Is per
cent boosts were permitted after
that date, the effect OF this proyi-
sion can mean. in many cases,
nothing more than q 5 per cent
rise.
The Senate bill further provides
for relaxation of credit cubs on
housing construction in critical
defense areas.
The House, however, would sus-
pend the curbs in such areas only
as long as they remain under Fed
eral rent control.
PRICES.
The Senate bill bars the Once
OF Price Stabilization from roll
ing back prices on any item be-
low the prevailing price imme-
diately before the issuance Of the
order or the average price between
January 25 and February "A.
The House bill prohibits roll
ing back Of prices only on farm
products.
Both versions would permit the
10 per cent roll-back on beef
prices already In effect. The SEN
ate would hold additional roll
backs to no more than 2 per cent
instead of the "a per cent de-
creases scheduled for August /
and October /. The House bill
wouldn't even allow this.
SUBSIDY PAYMENTS
No provision for them in the
Senate bill. The House version
would permit the Government to
make subsidy payments to high
cost producers Of farm products
or anything else to maintain pro-
duction and stabilize prices.
CONSUMER CREDIT
Senate bill calls for the Federal