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Evening star., 1951-07-15
by the Associated Pres.

KANSAS CITY, July 14.-Here's
the situation today in the major
flooded centers of the Kansas
Missouri area:
Note-KanSas City, Mo-, and
Kansas City. Kans., are adjacent,
separated only by a street at most
points, and at others by an iln-
stockyardS and even buildings at
aginary line that bisects the
some points:
Kansas City, KaS.- Population
10000. Armourdale, a major In
dustrial district, including Swift,
Wilson and Cudahy packing
plants, Proctor & Gamble and
Colgate : Palmolive Peet soap
plants. the large Rock Island and
Union Pacific rail yards and shops.
under water as much as 20 feet
deep in places. Six thousand
homeless in this area from Kansas
River flood.
The low-lying portion Of Argen-
tine, housing the vast Santa Fe
rail yards and shops, largest in
this major rail hub. under water.
Two thousand homeless.
The water and power supplies
to the south portion Of the city
threatened by breaks caused by
the flood that has cut city in two
The Fairfax industrial district
the city's newest, is under five feet
of water after collapse Of dixie
Airport Evacuated.
Kansas City, Mo.-fPopulatiol
460, ,000)-Central industrial, tn
city's oldest, most congested ant
one of it's richest industrial dis
tricts, flooded by the Kansa
River to a depth of 20 feet o
more in places.
This area houses the Stockyards
live stock exchange, heavy indus
try And warehouses.
The Municipal Airport, moth Q
the Missouri River. directly acros
the stream from the mouth OF til
Kansas, evacuated, but not flooded
The community Of Mort
Kansas, population 5000. main
ly an industrial district on th
north bank of the Missouri. evac
uated but still dry.
Weather observers said both tn
Missouri and Kansas Rivers ha
crested but it would be some tim
before any noticeable drop. an
there was a question how long tt
levees could stand the poundin
Lawrence, Kans. - (Populatio
20,000)--North Lawrence resider
tial area still flooded by the Kar
sas. 1000 homeless.
Refugees Saved.
Topeka, Kans. - Populate
100 ,0OO)--North Topeka. Oaklan
and East Topeka residential di
tricts flooded, 10000 homeles
Boats still rescuing refugees. son
of whom have been on roofto
as much as three days. Crest pa
water falliig slightly.
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Red Cross Packages
Prepared for POWs
by the Associated Press

TOKYO. Sunday. July Is
American Red Cross officials in
Japan are preparing hundreds of
special packages for Allied pris-
'oners of war in Korea. hoping
cease-fire talks will permit deliv-
cry.
Thus far the Communists have
refused the Red Cross entry to
North Korea.
Tentative plans call for airlift-
ing the packages to specified ad-
vance positions in Korea, but this
depends on the results of discus
SionS at KaeSong.
Evening star., 1951-07-15
By Roy A. Roberts
President The Kansas city Star

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, July a.
Hard hit truly in most Of its older
rich industrial areas. Kansas City
still is not the fiood-enersed city
the country generally has pictured
judging from the food of personal
messages especially from the East
Alarm need not be felt for resi-
dents or their belongings, except
for the thousands of families who
had to evacuate homes in low
areas.
Ninety per cent Of the residen-
tial sections and the more impor-
tant retail and business districts
are on high land far above the
pressing floods. Apart from the
industrially rich valleys. Kansas
City largely is a community built
on cliffs. But the valleys got it.
The loss in the areas that went
under water has not been over
stated In any estimate that has
come to my attention. Damage is
enormous and was a prevenable
damage. The flood here and
through Kansas could have been
by a reasonable prompt
start on the flood prevention plar
for Kansas rivers.
Long Controversy Cited.
fMr. Roberts referred to the
long standing controversy over
the construction of flood control
projects in Kansas and through
out the Missouri Valley. There
has been a wide division of opin-
ion about enactment of the pro-
posed projects. Although con-
struction of some dams has been
authorized, no funds have been
provided. A group of Kansans
appeared before Senate COM
mittee today to seek funds to
start flood control projects. They
said the big hurdle now Is the
administration policy to start no
new projects in view of the de-
fense emergency
The important Armourdale sec.
ton with its big soap plants anc
other industries, the" industria
Argentine district with its stee
fabricating plants. the big packing
plants and the miles of stockyard!
along the Kaw have been under
water up to Is feet That is OF
the Kansas side.
Industrial Area Submerged.
Kansas City, Mo-, has shared thi
tremendous food damage will
the submerging of the teeminG
central industrial district. a ware.
house, freight and industrial dis.
trict with factories and lumber
and oil yards that included the
livestock exchange. Flood water
followed low land, old stream beds
along Southwest boulevard and ad.
jacent land. When the water un-
expectedly went over the dikes. il
rose IA feet in two hours, blocking
efforts to move inventories, ever
records.
Evening star., 1951-07-15
u.s., Gray Markeieers
And Industry Linked
To Steel Shortage
By the Associated Pres.

DETROIT. July II. - Govern
ment. industry and gray" mar
keteers all received a share Oh sne
blame today as the Senate dug
into reasons for the critical steel
shortage and resulting layoffs.
"A union man said 100000 work.
ers were idle in the Detroit area
while other parts of the. country
had a manpower shortage.
"A company man said a rocket.
manufacturer in Dayton, Ohio
had so much steel on hand he had
to refuse five carloads Of it while
Michigan manufacturers Of the
same item were screaming for
steel"
The union man was Normanl
Matthews. national Chrysler di-
rector of the CIO United Auto
Workers. The company man was
William H. Leininger, chairman
OF the Small Business Committee
Of the Michigan Economic Devel-s
okA4CAV SO14InllSS1Oll.
Parade of Witnesses.
Both were in parade OF Wit
nesses who told Senator Moody's,
Democrat, of Michigan, Small
Business subcommittee they didn'
know where Americas record rro-
duction of steel was going.
Though not members of the
subcommittee, Senators Benton,
Democrat. of Connecticut, and
Ferguson, Republican, of Michi-
gan, Joined in the questioning at
the opening of the committees
cross-country hearings
Michigan Gov. G. Mennen Viii
iams and Blake o'Connor, COM
mittee investigator, also took part.
Mr.. Matthews attributed the /
manpower surplus-shortage to the
Governments parallel plant"
plan for locating defense factories.
The Department of Defense
adopted this system to reduce
loss OF military production in the
event of an enemy attack.
Mr.. Matthews contended that
such new plants as those being
built by Chrysler Corp. in Newark
Del. and New Orleans were built
farther from the biggest sourcest
OF manpower supply than neces-
sary for strategic purposes.
Big Layoffs Cited.
I don't know Of a single plant |
In Detroit where there has been
reconversion to defense produc- |
tion," said Mr.. Matthews, listing
big layoffs at General Motors,
Ford, Chrysler. Hudson, KAISER
Frazer, Packard and other auto
firms.
Mr.. Matthews said he believed t
Chrysler picked the sites for it's
new Delaware and Louisiana
plants. But when Senator Fer
guson spoke up that the Govern
ment would have to approve the
location, Mr.. Matthews remarked:
TITS six of one and half a |
dozen of the other"
Mr.. Matthews read letter from
Defense Mobilizer Charles E. Will
son saying "a mistake had BEEN
made" in the allotment of de-
fense contracts He said Mr.. VIII
son promised to have defenseI
agencies review the situation and
help the city if possible.
Mr.. Leininger said he would give
the name of the Dayton rocket
manufacturer to the Moody COM
mittee in confidence. He said he
knew of no Michigan firms stock
piling steel beyond moderate re-
serves.
New Warehouses Appear.
Mr.. Leininger testified that a
few new steel warehouse firms
had sprung up in recent months
to capitalize on the demand for
the basic metal. Under present
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Brush BristIes Short

The war in Korea, by cutting
the supply of bristles used in
Ibrooms and brushes (mostly from
Chinese pigs) has driven the price
|of brushes upward in Europe.
Evening star., 1951-07-15
Most Residents Safe and Dry,
Kansas City Publisher Writes

Editors note: Roy A. Rob-
erts, president OF the Kansas
City Star. wrote the follo,Ding
surrey of the Kansas food situ-
alton especially for the Asso-.
cidted Press
Evening star., 1951-07-15

A second deep-well Oil test is
being made in the Bay of Cadiz
by a Cuban company.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
By the Associoted Press

BOSTON, Aug. 11.-A blind ex-
Army lieutenant from Asheville
N. c., was presented the blinded
veterans achievement award al
the organizations six annual con
vention tonight
Hilliard F. Kirby. a 41-year-olo
sales-manager veteran of Worlc
War II. received the award from
DR.. Linus A. Sheehan, former
physician at Valley Forge Vet
erans Hospital.
Before an audience of some 2O(
blind veterans and their guests
Kirby was commended "for exem-
plifying the principles of initia.
tive, independence and self
reliance"
Elected officers for the coming
year include: Peter McKenna o1
Washington. D. c.. ppesident
Raymond T. Frey. Lebanon, Pa.
reelected vice president; DR.. Will
liam w. Thompson of Pennesau-
ken, N. j., treasurer; Vasco D
Hale of Hartford, Con-, secretary
and Thomas Richards of Irving.
ton, N. Y. board of directors.
Earlier today about SO member:
left their bus and paraded a short
distance to the city hall where
they received an ovation for per-
forming an "eyes right"
Awards were also made to the
P. r. Mallory Co. of Indianapolis
Ind, and the VIM Corp. of Ben.
ton Harbor, Mich, for employing
blinded and disabled veterans.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
General Returning
From Korea Thinks
Dean May Be Alive
By the Assoeieted Press

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. IL
New hope that Maj. Gen. William
F. Dean, missing since the early
days of the Korean War, may be
alive in a Red prison camp was
offered today by one of the three
top American leaders back from
the fighting front.
1t. Gen. Frank w. Milburn, list
Corps commander who arrived
here today for reassignment, said
at is very possible Dean is a pris-
oner of war. Several Chinese cap
tured recently said they had seen
Dean and that he is a prisoner. "
The 51-year- old Gen. Dean,
commander of the oath Infantry
Division, was last seen July 10,
1850, when he set out to round
up stragglers as hard-pressed
United States forces retreated
from Taejon.
Reported Ambushed.
The next day, as North Korean
armored forces pushed American
remnants back toward the Pusan
beachhead, there we're reports Gen.
Dean had been ambushed by a
Red column.
Since then, there have been pc
fiodic reports he had been slain,
others that he was a Red pris-
oner.
The other battle leaders aboard
the transport Gen. E. D. Patrick
were 1t. Gen Edward M. Almond.
who commanded the 10th Corps
in Korea, and Maj. Gen. Edward
w. Timberlake, former vice-com-
mander of the 5th Air Force.
Dependents Return.
Some 400 troops and dependents
from Japan and Korea were also
aboard the ship.
The three generals agreed that
the Korean peace talks now under
way are providing the Commu-
nistS IAN excellent opportunity"
to build up their forces on the
peninsula.
Our planes have been knock
ing out SO many enemy trucks at
night, there's just no question
what they're up to- Gen, Timber
lake declared.
Gen. Almond remarked I'VE had
Just better be ready. that's ALL"
Gen. Milburn is to report to
Fort Monroe. Va, for undisclosed
reassignment.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Sweden Refuses 10 Arrest
Z Polish Navy Mutineers
BY the Associoied Press

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug.
11.-Sweden turned down today
a Polish request to arrest IL mu-
tineers of the Polish navy seeking
political asylum here. Arrest
would be the first step in extradi-
ton proceedings desired by Com
muniSt Poland.
The II were crewmen of the Po-
lish mine sweeper Hedregfariczon
who brought their ship to the port
Of Ystad, Southern Sweden, after
overpoWering their officers at pis-
tol point on August 2. The ship
later returned to Poland with
the officers and four other crew
men, but left the II here.
"A foreign Office spokesman said
Sweden in formal note informed
Poland she was unable to arrest
the mutineers.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Allies 10 Sage Battle Games
In Mediterranean Area
BY the Associated Press

NAPLES. Italy, Aug. 11-Land,
sea and air forces of the new
Southern Europe Allied Command
will stage their first fun-scale
joint battle exercises starting
Monday. The island of Malta is
the prize.
The British Mediterranean Fleet,
the United States 9th Fleet.
French and American Naval and
Army squadrons from North
Africa. Italian coastal forces and
air squadrons will take part in
the four-day maneuvers, said
headquarters of American Ad-
miral Robert B. Carney. COM
mander-in-cheif of Allied Forces
in Southern Europe.
Units from the United States
9Th Fleet will try to force a con-
voy passage through the Sicilian
narrows, with the attacking and
invading forces coming from the
Eastern Mediterranean.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Medical Courses Set
AT Mary Washington
Special DispotehI 10 The star

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. Aug
11.-Mary Washington College to-
day announced it will offer courses
in conjunction with the Univer-
sity of Virginia. leading to de-
gree in medical technology.
Bachelor of science degrees are
to be awarded to students who
complete two years of science
courses here and then take two
years of training at University
Hospital in Charlottesville.
The University of Virginia al
ready is cooperating with Mary
Washington in nurse training
program that includes two years
of study here and two and a half
years at the univesity's school of
nursing.
DR.. w. E. Bray, professor of
clinical pathology and director of
the university's clinical labora-
tories. said more technicians are
needed to staff the expanded Uni
versity Hospital.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
.WiIIiom F. Metten, 80,
Delaware Publisher, Dies
By III. Assoeioted Press

By The Assoeioied PTess
William F. Metten. retired busi-
ness manager of the News-Journa,
Co. and one time publisher of the
old Wilmington Every Evening
died today at 80 of heart at
tack.
He rose from apprentice printer
in Middletown, Del, to president
Iof the Wilmington Every Evening
When that paper and the Evening
Journal merged in 1888 he became
business manager of the News
Journal Co.
Funeral services will be held
Monday.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Patients Blood Is Replaced
Three Times in Three Duys

drain off poison which the kidneys
were not eliminating. An alterna-
tive, they said, would have been
the use of an artificial kidney but
there is only one of these in the
area-at Georgetown Hospital
The complete blood changes
were started on the 14th day OF
the patients illness and carried
OUT on three successive days
Transfusions were administered ir
one arm while old blood wa!
drained off from the other arm
About so pints of blood were
used in the three transfusions.
The patients kidneys slowly re-
turned to normal functions and
his recovery is otherwise salts
factory. He will leave the hospital
this eek.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Burmese Get Training
From Chinese, Paper Soys
BY HE Associoted Pres,


RANGOON.-Red China's fu-
ture intentions towards Burma
are revealed by. reports of Bur-
mese Communists receiving mill
tary training from Chinese Reds
the pro-government Burmese
newspaper, New Light of Burma
said editorially.
These reports said the Com
munistS from Burma were being
shaped into soldiers at the Chi
nese town, Paoshan, 80 miles from
the Sino-Burma border.
Recalling Red China has not
'refuted reports that the Com
munists intend "liberating" Bur-
ma within two years, the paper
said these reports must be con-
sidered true until Peking officially
Irepudiates them.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Brother-in-Law Confesses D. {. Man Named Head
SIayinq Of Fort BeIyoir GI OF Blinded Veterans

A 17-year- old boy has confessed
the shooting of Corpl. Clifton
Warfield Greenhow of Fort Bel
voir, who died Friday as Virginia
State police were taking him to a
hospital. police reported yesterday.
Police said Raleigh Henderson,
of Valley. Camp, Prince William
County, surrendered yesterday at
the Woodbridge weighing station.
They said he was a brother-in-law
of the dead man. Both are celored
Henderson was charged with
murder and taken to Manassas
jail.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
u. S. Diplomats Widow Leaves
Son $25 ,OOO- Sisters Aqree

Two Washington women are tc
decide whether their brother shal,
receive $25, 900 from the estate ot
their mother.
The mother, Mrs. Aileen De-
lvereux Winslow, died last Sunday
in Wickliffe, Ohio. She was the
widow Of Lawrence Lanier Wins.
tlow, a State Department career
diplomat.
Mrs. Winslow left three children
two daughters and a son.
The daughters are Mrs. Aileer
D. Winslow Powell of 1920 Nine
teenth street NV. and Miss Mil
dred Virginia Winslow of 420l
Massachusetts, avenue NV.
The son is Lawrence Laniel
Winslow, jr., who works for the
Thompson Products Co. in Cleve-
land.
Mrs. Winslow's will, filed fol
probate at Sarasota, Fla. con-
tanned this provision, according tc
the Associated Press:
If my two daughters give theil
written consent, I give $4,000 tt
my son. But if they do not ap-
prove. then my son shall receive
nothing under this will"
When the son was asked about
it in Cleveland, he said his mother
probably made the bequest in thai
form because she knew was left
substantial shares of the estates
Of my father and both my grand
fathers. I imagine she did it te
protect me in case the market
broke and some of my investment.
went sour"
| Telephone calls to the two
Evening star., 1951-08-12

The rare medical feat of COM
pletely replacing a patients blood
three times within three days was
reported yesterday at F'reedman's
Hospital.
Physicians said the transfusions
doubtlessly saved the life Of
Claude w. Poteat, 80, of the 2400
block of First street NV, an up
holstery cleaner. He had been
poisoned by cleaning fluid which
he drank from a glass. mistaking
it for water. The poisoning caused
the kidney functions to stop for
II days and led attending ply
sicians to take the extreme mea-
sure.
The purpose Of the frequent
transfusions, doctors said. was to
Evening star., 1951-08-12
Burke
Continued From First Page.)

ban area in sector which has a:
yet shown no marked tendency tt
change from the 4rral and wooded
character which has heretofore
prevailed"
The report. signed by Actins
Chairman A. E. Demaray. agreed
that Fairfax County authorities
"have expressed great concern
-over the prospect of losing tax
able values" if the airport is built
One veteran real-estate man sci
the potential loss at s470 million
in the next 10 years.
Favorable Factors Cited.
"At the suggestion of the Com
mission" the report continued
the CAA has made available to
the county planning authorities
a great deal of information on the
effect of airports on adjacent
land values elsewhere in the
country. but the county authori-
ties have not completed their
analysis of this material nor pub
lished report"
The Commission said it felt
there will be more favorable fac
tors which will more than Offset
the unfavorable." 1t said the. land
area removed from tax rolls is a
fraction of l per cent of the
total taxable value of the county
and obviously a negligible present
factor"
The proposed satellite town of
Springfield, development of which
the Commission considers a
healthy trend" should be great
ly benefited and accelerated by
the Burke airport"
The only variance from full
concurrence in CAA's findings on
the location came in the Commits
Sion's comment on site of the
proposed access road.
New Zoning Plan Urged.
The present plan would run the
four-lane traffic vein (two of
which would be paved under early
plans) south of the Southern Rail-
way. The Commission said such
a location would absorb valuable
industrial sites in the town of
Springfield. Neither should the
airport limited-access road go
through any portion of the town. -
The road location suggested
would be north of the railroad
thus utilizing tthe present Edsall
interchange on Shirley highway.
The Commission also proposed
rounding out the airport boun-
daries to include the Burke school,
in accordance with recommended
ton of the Fairfax County School
Board"
A new land-use and zoning plan
for a wide territory surrounding
the airport should be made and
adopted by county authorities at
the earliest possible Date, the
Commission recommended.
Evening star., 1951-08-12
U.S.. Reply on Burke Airport

| The Commerce Departments
/ official replies to the protests
against the Burke VA Airport
lUere released yesterday. They
tDere in the form OF a memo
rGndum from CiUil Aeronautics
Administrator C. F. Horne to
Secretary SaWyer and the point
by-point replies Uere to charges
made By Charles F. O'NeaH. at
torney for the Burke Airport
Relocation Committee, the group
1Dhich has led the opposition to
the location OF the airport. The
points tollow:
l. To the charge that the Com
merce Department had not, as re-
quired by law, consulted with the
governing body of the county in
which the airport is to be located: :
There were, in fact, three meet
ings with the (FairfaX) Board of
Supervisors" On June II, the
board was advised that there were
six possible airport sites within
Fairfar County and we discussed
in detail the suitability of each
site. The board itself agreed that
secrecy on possible sites and pre-
.ferred site selection was desirable
until a final selection had been
made.
z. That the "entire process was
shrouded in secrecy in order TO
preclude public scrutiny of the
reasons behind the selection and to
prevent" discussion of the merits.
The process of the site selec-
ton was kept as secret as possible
in order to prevent speculation
in the lands comprising the air.
port site and those surrounding
the area. We have. since public
announcement of the site, engaged
in full and frank discussion of its
merits with any individual or
group of individuals who desire"
g.. The engineering report points
out some limitations on the use of
an airport built at the Burke site
caused by the appropriateness of
the Burke site for airport develop
ment.
ANY honest engineering report
would do the same. What Mr..
O'Neal overlooks is the fact that
the same engineering report points
out far more serious limitations
with respect to the other sites for
an airport. It is our opinion that
Evening star., 1951-08-12

conflict with the Dahlgren and
Quantico danger areas noted in
the report can be satisfactorily re-
solved "
| 4. That National Airport Is al
ready an admitted blunder.
I'VE do not consider the site fol
National Airport to be mistake
in any way. except that CAA did
not foresee the unprecedented in
crease in air traffic which would
occur in the 10 years following its
completion. The site is ex-
cellent for an airport of that size.
The only thing wrong with Ma
tional Airport. the administrator
said, "is that it cannot be ex-
banded to twice its size"
S. That representations made to
Congress on which basis Congress
approved legislation authorizing
construction of the airport were
erronenous in that it appears the
cost will exceed S37 million in
stead of the $14 as represented
that the site would be selected
SO that it would not be obsolete
few years after completion
when, in fact, if built at Burke,
would be inadequate for today's
aircraft and hopelessly unsuited
for the faster jet planes of to-
morrow"
I'VE are still of the opinion that
the minimum usable facility re-
quired by the air traffic forecast
to exist in 1855 can be constructed
at the Burke site for $14 million
1t is true, as Mr.. O'Neall points
out, that ultimate development
of the site for maximum capacity
many years subsequent to 1855 is
presently estimated to cost some
where in the neighborhood of $37
million.
THE ultimate development at
the Burke site will be planned in
accordance with the standards for
an intercontinental express air
port, as set forth in Technical
Standard Order N6-A, which is
the maximum size of airport
recommended by CAA.
1T is our considered opinion
that an airport built to inter-
continental express criteria will
be adequate to handle all types
of civil transport aircraft now in
existence or anticipated for future
operations.