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Evening star., 1951-05-28
COOKE, FLORENCE FLossIE, M. {

On saturday. May 20, 1851, at her res.
,denee; =, sos 10th St Sc. MARY BESSIE
Crawford, mother Of Mrs Alberta Ross,
grandmother of Clarence Leroy, Juanita
NJ and Nelson c. Ross, jr.; sister of
Thomas She also is survived by a host
OF other relatives and friends. The late
Mrs. Crawford may be viewed at the
May 30. Funeral Thursday, May 81, at
Asbury Methodist Churhc, 11th and K
SITS NV. at l pm. Rev. r. NJ. Williams
ofhciating- Interment Lincoln Memorial
Cemetery SERVICES by Stewart 50
Evening star., 1951-05-28

IaNI' NtIIIUtIS OF JdmeS HeeSt
Europe Post No. D of the
American Legion are hereby
notified of the death of
Conrade WILLIAM ROSS
and are requested to as
Semble at the St. Joseph
Funeral Home. 306 L St,
pm. this evening for Legion
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Georgetown Church Marks
IWooIIey's Both Birthday

Members of st. Johns Episcopal
Church, Georgetown, yesterday
marked the 80th birthday of a
fellow-parishioner, Robert N.
Woolley. formerly prominent in
Democratic Party affairs.
A party was held in the parish
hall, 3240 o street NV, after the
morning service. Senator Under
wood. Democrat. of Kentucky, and
Huston Thompson, former chair
man of the Federal Trade Com
mission, were among those attend
ing.
Mr.. Woolley was born in Lex
ington. KY, and was a news
.paperman before he became chief
of the Democratic National Com
mittee publicity bureau in 1912
He served as a delegate to the
Democratic National Conventions
in 1886 and 1940 and was chair
man of the National Democratic
Council of Washington in 1895
and 1886. He lives at 2126 Con-
Inecticut avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Sid Stone 10 Address
Jewish Appeal Lunch

Sid Stone, fast-talking pitch
man Of the Milton Berle televisior
show, will be the speaker at q
$3.50 minimum gift luncheon tc
be given Thursday by the wom-
ems division of the United Jewish
Appeal.
The luncheon, at 1890 pm. in
the Mayf1ower Hotel ballroom
represents a years contribution
of at least 10 cents aJday by those
attending. ...--
Mrs. David Ben-Gurion, wife OF
the Prime Minister of Israel, Is
expected to attend if she arrives
here in time. q
Co-chairmen of the luncheon
are Mrs. Harry D. Friedman and
Mrs. Louis Janoff. Mrs. Estelle
Kaufman, chairman of the wom.
ems division. said the group will
open a six-day general solicita-
ton Friday.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

available. The Navy Gun
Factory has job openings for oilers,
furnacemen. helpers, high lift
truck operators and ordnancemen,
$40 to 1929 a day. The Civil
Service Commission next month
will announce an exam for
psychologists.
X X II X
CAPITAL ROUNDUP - The
commission has raised the begin
ming pay rates for several types of
Government Printing Office Jobs.
The top hourly pay of litho-
graphic offset pressmen jobs have
been increased from $2.3S to $2.63
an hour, widenin' the possible
range of entrance rates from $1.27
to $2.63 an hour. Monotoype key
board and slug machine operator
starting salaries have been in
creased from $2.43 to 1884 an
hour :. Only 1900 of the % 900
persons who took the recent
exams for Government clerical
jobs received passing grades
Albert M. Reising has been elected
president of the Navy Depart
Iment branch of Federal Employees
Union No. 2, National Federation
Iof Federal Employees. Others
elected were Betty Barnett, secre-
tary; and James r. Gipe, Madi-
leen Small, and Ruth Stewart,
representatives to Union No. 2
|. Mrs. Chellie r. Penny has re-
Iceived the Navy Departments
meritoriouS civilian service award
for her work as head of the Bureau
Iof Aeronautics Library The
following employees have received
special awards for long and meri-
torious service upon their retire
'ment from the Internal Revenue
Bureau: Marion v. Henkel, Mrs.
Ruth c. Stansbury. Mrs. Grace
B. Wrenn, Mrs. Nell D. Tetrault,
Iona Davenport, Margaret Mabel
Lloyd. William S. Nader, Lucy M.
Kiley and, Essie F. Birch.
The House Civil Service Committee
has approved the bill to give
annual and sick leave benefits to
new postal employees.
BE sure to listen at 6.15 pm.
eUery Saturday oDer WMAL,
The Star station. to Joseph
Young's Federal Spotlight radio
broadcast. featuring additional
rtetOs and Diews of the Gouern-
nlent Scene.)
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Chinese Reds Seize
British Oil Company
By the Asseeiated Press

HONG KONG, April 30.-The
Communist Chinese regime is
taking over the holdings of the
British-owned Asiatic Petroleum
Co. in China.
The move, announced yesterday
by Red China's premier and for
eign minister, Chou En-lai, appar-
emily was in retaliation for the
recent seizure of the tanker Yung
Hao by the British in Hong Kong.
A Peiping radio broadcast said
the Oil property seizure was made
''in the public interest" the same
reason advanced by the British
when they took possession recently
of the tanker under a Hong Kong
ordinance that allows requisition-
ing Of private property in an
emergency.
The seizure was the first of
British property by the Peiping
regime, which has been recognized
by the British government. Amer
lean holdings in China were taken
over last fall and winter.
The tanker seized by the British
formerly was owned by the Chi
neSe Nationalists but it was
claimed by the Communists, who
branded the British move IAN act
of open provocation."
The Asiatic Petroleum Co. has
several large installations in
China, mainly in Shanghai and
Tientsin.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
ISchuman Plan Passes
First Election Test by .
Unimpressiye Margin
BY the Associated Press

FRANKFURT, Germany, Apri.
t30.-The Schuman plan to poo
West Europe'S coal and steel
passed it's first public test yester-
day but the margin at the polls
was not impressive.
In a parliamentary election in
the French occupied Rhineland
lPalatinate, the Christian Demo-
Gratis Of West German Chancellor
Konrad Adenauer, who advocates
the plan, defeated DR.. Kurt Schu-
macher's Socialists 564, 1893 votes
to 488.391.
The Schuman plan. attacked Wig
orously by the Socialists, was the
main campaign issue.
The Christian Democrats, al
though winning the election and
tacit approval of the coal and
steel merger, nevertheless lost
strength in the state Parliament.
They dropped from 48 to 43
seats, while the Socialists ad-
vanced from "a to 38 seats. The re-
naming 19 places went to the Free
Democrats, who gained eight seats
The strongly Catholic Rhine
land palatinate, created by the
French in 1946 from parts of three
German states, turned thumbs
down on the Communists.
The Reds won seven seats in
the 1947 election but this time
they polled only 81 ,462 votes of the
1,513,858 cast. This was only "A
Iper cent and fell short of the five
per cent minimum needed to win
la single parliamentary seat.
The Communist defeat was the
fourth straight in West German
state elections since last fall.
The Schuman plan issue helped
bring out heavy vote, with ISL
Iper cent of the states 2,O15,518
eligible voters taking part.
The French-sponsored Schuman
plan, already signed by Mr.. Ade-
nauer, now awaits action by the
federal Parliament at Bonn. It
is certain to run into strong op-
position on national level from
the Socialists.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Police Charge Porter
Set Store Fire After
Safecracking Attempt

A porter at the Western AutC
Supply Co. store, 3140 M street
NV. was held on charges o1
arson and housebreaking today ir
the wake of a fire which badly
damaged the stores ground fiool
yesterday.
Police say Leon E. Bowman, 81
colored, of the 300 block of Fifth
street NE, has admitted attempt
ing to rob the safe yesterday, but
denies setting the blaze.
He is due for arraignment to-
day.
Effort to Hide Damage.
Police theorize he set the fire
in an effort to hide damage to
the safe. Two firemen were over
come by dense smoke which
poured from the four story build
ing.
The three-alarm blaze broke
out early yesterday and brought
% pieces of f1re-f1ghting equip
ment to the scene. Bowman was
arrested at his home by Detectives
j. A. Gabrys and Richard E
MesSner while firemen still bat
tied the flames.
1t. Michael j. Mahaney quoted
Bowman as saying he decided to
loot the safe when he saw an
employe put a sack Of money in
it near closing time Saturday
The officer said Bowman placed
a ladder in the rear of the store
as he left Saturday night and
used it early Sunday to reach the
roof. From there he went down
Ia ventilator shaft. 1t. Mahaney
said.
Assembled Bicycle.
The suspect assembled a BIZ
cycle from parts in the stores
supply, sawed a lock of the rear
1t. Mahaney said.
door and drove the bicycle away,
Capt. L. P. Clements of Engine
Co. No. S and Pvt. Fred Hughes
of Truck Co. No. 2 were the smoke
victims and were treated on the
scene.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
DIR. Seckinger Backs
lndigent-Sick Survey

Health Director Daniel l.
Seckinger is advocating a survey
of medically INDECENT in the Dis.
trict to be conducted by the
Health Department in co-opera.
ton with the United States Public
Health Service. the District medi-
cal societies and the three medica
schools here.
DR.. Seckinger's request to the
Commissioners followed a meet
ing last week of the Committee or
Medical Care for the INDECENT
which was attended by represent.
atives of the Public Health Service
1t was urged then that the survey
be conducted as soon as possible
and the Commissioners, were re.
quested to ask the help of DR.
Leonard A. Scheele. surgeon gen.
eral of the Public Health Service
The committee was appointed
by DR.. Seckinger after the District
Subcommittee on Appropriation.
said in a report:
The committee q. is not at all
pleased with tIk present program
OF the Health department for the
care of INDECENT sick of the Dis
ltrict. 1t is Of the opinion that the
department should exercise more
control and supervision of selec-
ton Of those receiving these bene-
fits and believes that the health
officer and the District Commits
sionerS should make a thorough
study of this situation in order
that the entire program can be
more closely integrated and more
efficient and economical services
be rendered to the needy of the
District of Columbia"
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Lost Boy, 8, Hikes Eight Hours
After Leaving Zoo for Home

Eight-year-old William Porky)
Laignel. heading for home, took
an eight-hour walk last night
in the wrong direction.
William. a brother and a sister,
accompanied by their aunt, were
taking in the sights at the ZOO at
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
when William decided to hide
from his brother. But he hid too
well and couldn't find his way
back again.
BY a route that probably never
will be determined, William head
ed for home, 2235 Fourteenth
street Sc. A few minutes later,
zoo police began a foot-by foot
search of the vast park.
It was eight hours later, in far
away Bethesda, that Mr.. and Mrs.
Donald Coupard of 5000 Wiscon-
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Emergency Hospital
To Mark Both Year

Miniature birthday cakes will be
on the tray of each patient at
Emergency Hospital tomorrow to
mark the 80th anniversary of the
hospital.
At $3.50 pm. Samuel H. Kauff-
mann. president of the Board of
Directors, will cut the staff's Is
pound decorated cake. F. Moran
McConihe. vice president; Will
liam j. Flather, jr., second vice
president; James G. Capossela,
secretary and administrator of the
hospital, and Thomas H. Reynolds,
treasurer, also will be on hand.
Members of the Executive Com
mittee who will be present include
Travis Brown. Norman Kal, Mil
ton King. DR.. John H. Lyons, chief
of surgery; DR.. John Minor, chief
Iof medical services; L. F.
'Schmeckebier and Mrs. Frederick
R. Gibbs, president of the Wom-
ems Board.
Tomorrow morning a committee
of the Women's Board will place
flowers in the wards. lobby and
nursing school. The flowers were
donated by local florists. ---
The Women's Board Corner
Shop will display in the lobby a
series of old photographs of the
early days of the hospital.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Three Killed, ! Injured
'When Train Rams
National Guard Tank
BY the Associaied Press

BARBERTON, Ohio, April 3d.
An Ohio National Guard tank
numbered into the path of a speed
ing Erie passenger train here yes
terday and three of the tanks
five-man crew were killed. One
was injured. Six persons on the
train were hurt, none seriously.
Earl Lybarger. who lives near
the crossing in this Akron suburb,
said two men leaped from the 80
ton Sherman tank before the six
car train struck.
Dead were Ronald Peterman, 19,
of Barberton; William Livingston,
%, Doylestown, and Dale Cox, q,
Akron. All were members of the
Ohio Guards 18th Medium Tank
Battalion. 37th Infantry Division.
which had been on maneuvers at
nearby Portage Lakes.
One of the two Guardsmen who
jumped from the tank, Carl Mich
OILS, ~, OF AKRON, was reported IN
fair condition today in Citizens
Hospital here. The other, Don
Jamison, "a, of Rittman, was un-
hurt.
Parts of the tank were strewn
1000 feet along the tracks. The
train bounced off the track and
tilted at a precariouS angle.
The engineer of the train, j.
F. Mason, 81, of Marion, said, Il
was coming around the curve $500
feet from the crossing) and saw
the tank pulling onto the tracks.
But it was too late"
"It sounded like the whole end
of Barberton was blowing up when
the train hit the tank" said Mr..
Lybarger. who was watching from
his front porch. MY wife tainted
when she saw that the engine
would not miss the tank"
Another train finished the Chi
cago-New York run for the 200
passengers.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Home District Backs
'Bevan as He Denies
.Anti-American Stand
By the Associoied Press

EBBW VALE, Wales, April 80
The home folks gave rebel Labor.
ite Aneurin Bevan a rousing voice
vote of confidence last night anc
okayed his withdrawal from Prime
Minister Attlee's cabinet.
Mr.. Bevan won their support al
a local Labor Party rally after 6
speech in which he denied he wa:
anti-American, denied he want.
to unseat Mr.. Attlee's government
land criticized once more the Brit
Iish rearmament program as toe
ambitious. About 5000 of Mr.
Bevan's fellow Welshmen at
tended.
He also reiterated his objection
to cuts which the government
plans in the free health program
He had based his resignation from
the cabinet on his objections to
this and to the rearmament
budget.
The resolution adopted by the
meeting voiced "wholehearted
support" of the fiery coal miner
and said his withdrawal from the
cabinet was "in the best interests
of the labor movement"
Although he repeated his pre-
vious criticisms of American re-
armament, stockpiling and civilian
conSumption-which he said were
hamstringing Britain and causing
world inf1ation-Mr. Bevan as.
serted he was neither anti-Ameri-
can nor "anti any nation"
But Great Britain has a right
to work her own way out" he de.
Iclared. "The British worker would
mot forgive America if he was put
out of employment by America
hanging on to the raw materials
he needed"
The left-wing rebellion led BY
Mr.. Bevan has threatened to push
the present regime from Office
But the former minister led the
crowd in three good cheers for 8
Labor victory at the next elec.
ton" after asserting that "tht
very fact that there are difference!
of opinion makes unity all thu
more essential"
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Heifmu||er, Nearly 102,
Has Birthday Reception

Alfred Heitmuller, who will be
l02 years old on Wednesday, gave
Ia little birthday reception for his
family yesterday.
Mr.. Heitmuller has been con-
fined to his bed for almost a year
in the home of his daughter, Mrs
George o. Berger, at 1925 Gallatin
street NV.
Eighteen members of the family
his son, daughter, grand
children and great grandchildren,
stopped in to congratulate him.
Mr.. Heitmuller is the oldest
member of the Association of the
Oldest Inhabitants of the District
of Columbia. He was born in
Washington May 2, 1849. Early in
life he farmed in the lexington
section of Washington. He sold
milk to the Union soldiers camped
near Capitol Hill during the Civil
War and often saw Lincoln dur
ing the war years.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Diane Bruhwer Elected
Hood College May Queen
Special pispateh 10 The Star

FREDERICK, Md, April 30
Miss Diane Bruhwer of Jamaica
IN. Y, will reign over the 37tr
May festival at Hood College or
May IL.
Miss Bruhwer, major in home
economics, was chosen queen ir
a student poll.
Betsy Mccain, daughter O.
State Roads Commissioner anC
Mrs. Russell H. Mccain, of Fred
erick. will be Prince Hood. Betty
Feldman Of Brooklyn. N. Y, was
chosen court jester and Nancie
Stewart of Scarsdale, N. Y, maiG
of honor.
Among the queens ten attend
ants will be Joan Robinson
daughter of the Rev. DR.. and Mrs
Orris Robinson, 1915 Decatu,
street N. w.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
D. {. Woman Thwarts
Assault, Patrol Car
Runs Down Aifacker

Police today held a suspect on
three charges of pistol whipping
and threatening to shoot the
young wife of a District police
man while attempting rape.
The victim, Mrs. Ravena Carr.
20, of Anacostia road Sc, led
the attacker to his downfall by
pretending to go along with his
plans as she sought assistance.
Police arrested Russell Eastern,
alias Eason, 26, colored, of the
6700 block of Jay street NE,
and charged him with assault with
intent to commit rape, carrying
a concealed weapon and assault
with deadly weapon.
Struck From Behind.
Mrs. Carr. the wife of Pvt.
Robert v. Carr, "a, of the third
precinct, was walking home alone
from a carnival on Benning road
NE, just after midnight yester-
day, when she was struck from
behind. The assault occurred onI
the Benning viaduct
She told police the assailantI
choked her, threw her to the side
walk and struck her on the head
and face with a .32-caliber re-
volver. Threatening to shoot herI
unless she submitted, the man
ripped at her clothing, she said.
Against hopeless odds, Mrs. Carr
halted the attack by suggesting
the man accompany her to her
apartment. AS they walked east
ward on the viaduct, Mrs. Carr
noticed three youths on the other
side Of the street and screamed for
help.
The attacker dashed away and
in pursuit went Hospital Appren-
tice Paul j. Dudek. II, of 221
Thirty-fourth street NE; Rudy j.
Gala, 16. of 1882 Clay street NE,
and Joseph M. Broderick, jr., 18,
OF 252 Thirty third street NE.
Police Car Runs Him Down.
AS the fugitive jumped over the
railing at the west end of the via
duct, police cruiser came along.
One Of the policemen, Pvt. w. H.
Peterson. jumped out to chase
the man on foot. The driver, Pvt.
c. F. Brown, turned under the
Viaduct at the east end, and saw
3 figure approaching from the
west.
Pvt. Brown said he ordered the
man to stop, but that he dashed
into an alley. With that, he ran
the car against the man hard
enough to knock him to the
ground, the policeman said. His
gun knocked from him by the i'm
pact. the man gave up without a |
fight.
Mrs. Carr was treated at Gal
linger Hospital for cuts and
scrapes, and released. Her hus-
band, working the 8 pm. to mid
night shift, was en- route home /
when the attack occurred.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Milk Production Rise
WON Cause Price Drop
By the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, April 3O.-The
first of May will see spring pas
lures "at their best" with an in
crease in milk production pei
COW. But there will be no at
tendant drop in the price of milk
That was the word yesterday
from DR.. r. w. Shermantine
manager of Maryland Co-Opera-
tive Milk Producers, Inc. DIR
Shermantine issued report or
pasture conditions in which hi
included his remarks on price
prospects.
The increased milk yield will hi
Offset by rising costs of every.
thing dairy farmers buy" he said
Evening star., 1951-04-30

sin avenue decided to take a mid
night walk, and spotted the boy
walking slowly past their home.
He said he was lost" Mrs.
Coupard said. And as soon as he
told us his name I realized knew
his father. Arthur Laignel." They
both work at the National Insti-
tutes of Health in Bethesda.
"Porky was perfectly calm, Z"
Mrs. Coupard recalled-"he said
he had thought about crying, but
decided against it. We took him
in the house and gave him some
hot cocoa, and while we were call
ing his parents he fell asleep"
Mrs. Laignel said her son, home
from school. still was sleeping it
off this morning.
II don't think any one in this
family is able to do much else
today" she added.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
Purkside PTA to Hear
About School Financing

Financing Our Public Schools
will be the topic of discussion at
the May meeting of the Parkside
School Parent-Teacher Associa-
ton to be held at 8 pm. tomor-
row at the school.
Kenneth N. K. Abel will serve
as moderator for the panel dis.
cussion which will present the
following speakers: Dean James
H. Fox. School of Education
George Washington University:
DR.. Clayton D. Hutchins, United
States Office of Education; DR.
Agnes Samuelson, National Edu-
cation Association. and Mrs. Stan
ley G. Cook, past president of the
Maryland Congress of Parents
and Teachers.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
|YWCA in Montgomery
Ito Elect on Wednesdu,

The Montgomery County YWCA
will elect officers and board mem.
bers at its annual meeting at 7:3s
pm. Wednesday at the Bethesda
Methodist Church, Old George
town road and Huntington park.
way.
Antonio A. Micocci, of the Stat.
Department, will address the
meeting on 'The Voice of Amer.
ica." Mr.. Micocci is special as
sistant to the chief of the depart
ment's International Broadcast.
ing Division.
Evening star., 1951-04-30
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia - Mostly
sunny this afternoon with high of
80 degrees. Fair, and a little
cooler tonight. Low near SIS de-
grees. Tomorrow, some cloudiness
with high in 70s.
Maryland-Some cloudiness and
O little cooler tonight. Low 50-55
Evening star., 1951-04-30

The commit
tee has hired
Melvin Purvis,
the former FBI
agent who di-
rected the cap
ture of John
|Dillinger an d
other notorious
desperadoes, to
head its staff.
C o m mi t e e
n e m b e RS are
very pie a s e d
that they were
able Ia obtain
Mr.. Puryis-
Evening star., 1951-04-30

Civil defense needs 10000 vol
unteers to protect you. your family
and your neighhors. viii you be
one? Volunteer now at the
Veterans Service Center. 140C
| Pennsylvania avenue NV.
Evening star., 1951-04-30

degrees. Tomorrow. partly cloudy
high in 70s. Chance of scattered
showers in western portion In
afternoon.
Virginia-Some cloudiness and
cooler in eastern portion with q
few showers likely in southwest
tonight. Low in sos. Tomorrow