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Evening star., 1951-12-10
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Evening star., 1951-09-18
AFL Moves 10 Sever
Association With Clio
In Political Contests
Hints Endorsement Often
Reacts UnfuyorobIy on
Candidates of Labor
By james Y. Newton
DY james I. NeWfOn
Stor Stuff Correspondent

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 18.-
The American Federation of Labor
today moved to divorce itself from
association with the CIO in poll
tical contests
The action was taken by the
administrative committee of the
AFL'S LabOr'S League for Political
Education meeting in conjunction
with the Federation's convention.
The inference was that Endorsement
by the CIO had reacted against
candidates supported by the AFL
in Congressional, State and local
elections.
James L. McDevitt. president
of the Pennsylvania Federation of
Labor, was named to head the
Political League at $4,000 a year.
He succeeds Joseph D. keenan,,
new secretary of the AFL Building
Trades Department and chief
labor representative with the de-
tense production administration in
Washington.
Can Get Too Much Credit.
"One lesson that we should have
learned from the last election
congressional elections of 1950)
/ is that labor can often get too
much public credit for support
ing a particular candidate" the
league committee said.
In fact, in some instances,
our enemies went to great eX-
tremeS to see that the candidate
we supported was labeled as a
labor candidate to the exclusion
and resentment of his other po-
tential supporters.
United action by all unions in
support of the same candidates is
obviously desirable" the commit
! tee continued. However, unity
of action rather than unity or
the letterhead-is what's impor-
| (See AFL, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Adenauer Doubts Reds
Will Touch Off War
BY the Associated Press

BONN, Germany, Sept. 18.-
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer de-
clared tonight rearmament OF
Western Germany will represent a
terrible defeat" for the Soviet
Union, but he predicted the Rus
slams would not go to war to
block it.
DR.. Adenauer told his people
that "the fate of unhappy Korea
will be our fate" if the Germans
stay out of the Western defense
system.
The Soviets, he said, will mot
start hot war" to block the inte-
grafton of Germany in the West
.ern defense community as author
lied by the Western foreign min
listers at Washington.
In an address recorded for
broadcast over a Nation wide radio
network, the chancellor said the
Iaim of Soviet policy toward the
West is clear.
She wants to make permanent
the status of Germany as a po-
Ilitical and military no-man's
land" DR.. Adenauer said. This
would make the integration OF
Western Europe impossible"
| DR.. Adenauer's speech was gen.
orally the same as the one he sud-
denly Cancelled last night two min
uteS before broadcast time. In
Itonight's version, however, he
toned down some of his remarks
Iabout Soviet Russia,
Evening star., 1951-09-18
OPS Will Reduce
luke Box Tunes
Price to Nickel
BY the Associated Press

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 18.-Good
news for the juke box crowd:
The OPS says the price of q
record play is going to have to
return to a nickel,
Some juke box operators boost
ed the price to a dime last June
A spokesman for the OPS says
that operators who boosted the
price were working under the
misapprehension that their busi-
ness did not come under OPS
regulations"
Hal Sherry, business manager
of the International Brotherhood
of Electrical Workers, Local 1852,
said a return to cents a record
would cause many operators to
fold up their businesses because
they raised wages when they raised
prices and cannot cut wages now
because of living costs"
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Il Killed, 70 Injured
In Terrific Explosion
Al Illinois Refinery
Second Mishop in Month
Spreads Panic os Men
Flee With Clothes Afire
BY the AsSocioted Press

WOOD RIVER, H., Sept. 18.-
A terrific explosion rocked the big
Shell Oil Co. refinery here last
night killing IL workmen. About
20 persons were injured seriously
The explosion occurred at one of
the refinery's large oil cracking
units where a special night crew
was working. Panic broke out as
flames lashed out from the ex-
plosion and enveloped workers.
Four bodies were recovered soon
after the blast. Eight other men
died at hospitals a few hours later.
Men Knocked to Ground.
II saw men knocked to the
ground" Willie Burchell. Al, of
East Alton, a boilermaker's helper
said.
They were screaming and beg
.ging for help. running with their
clothes afire."
Mr.. Burchell was atop pump
house, 20 feet above the ground.
There were four or five explo-
sions beneath him. Blocked by
flames, he reached safety by slid
ing down an 8-inch pipe to the
ground where flames licked at his
legs as he leaped.
Victims Badly Burned.
The seriously injured were
rushed to hospitals here and at
Alton. All were badly burned.
Other injured were treated at the
refinery.
Those who died at hospitals
were identified as:
Robert McGregor, 30, Alton, a
mechanical engineer; Malcolm
Curtis, SO, Wood River, a pipe
filter; Harold Ollerton, IS, Liv-
ingston, ,,ipefitter's helper; Elvir
Ray, 80, Sorrento, pipefitter's
helper; Louis w. Dixie, so, East
Alton; Joseph Managers, SO, Alton;
Edward E. Graner, Brighton, anc
Joseph R. Sullivan, Roxana.
One of the dead at the scene was
listed as Henry Lamb, 43, Alton
pipefitter foreman. The bodies
recovered at the scene were badly
charred.
The other charred bodies re-
moved were identified as those OF
M. G. McMillen, Al, Wood River
an operator first-class at the
cracking plant; F. G. Plummer
q, Grafton, boilermaker's help
er, and r. B. Ryan, 38, Caseyville,
boilermaker's foreman.
Flash Fire Follows.
A flash fire following the ex-
plosion shot flames more than SO
feet into the air. 1t was quickly
snuffed out by company fire.
fighters, but the intense heat hung
on, keeping rescue workers from
probing deep into the debris.
Cause of the explosion-the Sec
ond major mishap at the refinery
in less than a month-was not
definitely determined. A company
spokesman said a number of
things may have caused it, in
cluding a pocket of gas or static
electricity. A company official
estimated damage might exceed
100000.
Evening star., 1951-09-18
List of Injured
Names of Fire Victims
Taken to Hospitals

Washington Sanitarium re-
ported Is nursing patients re-
ceived there from the fire at
Mrs. Jolliffe's home. None was
reported seriously injured. The
list follows:
Edith Hass.
Sarah La BoWitch.
Gertrude Becker.
Mrs. Dabney.
John Shirk.
Mrs. Blakey.
Carl Carroll.
Mrs. Ben Franklin.
Mrs. Anna JuraSek.
Mrs. Anna K. Beck.
Charles Taylor.
Mrs. Marie L. Weiss.
John Cissel.
Miss WinStead.
The name of one additional pa
tient was not Immediately avail
able.
Ten persons were taken to Sub
urban hospital, three men anC
seven women. All were suffering
from shock and were too con-
fused to give coherent accounts Of
what happened. These names were
listed:
Mrs. Robert Thatch.
Mrs. Frances Kidd.
w. E. Wood, 81.
Margaret Burgess.
Mrs. Emma Vogeding.
Walter Reed Hospital said onC
victim had been received there
She was identified as Mrs. Pauline
c. Woods, 70. No statement re-
garding her condition was avail
able Immediately.
Another 81 persons were treatec
for shock at Montgomery County
General Hospital. Sandy Spring
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Taft Cool TO Proposal
OF Mundt Brewster
To Link 6. 0. P, South
Doubts 1t Is Practical
AS Committee Confers
On Electoral Alliance
By Gould Lincoln

A move to link Southern Demo-
Gratis with conservative Republl-
cans got a cool reception in some
quarters today as sponsors of the
budding Committee to Explore
Political Realignment" got ready
to step up plans for working
alliance at the Electoral College
level akin to that at the congress
sional level between anti-adminis-
tration Democrats and the COP
The move, sponsored in large
part by Senators Mundt, Repub-
lican, of South Dakota, and
Brewster, Republican, of Maine
brought this comment from Sen
ator Taft, of Ohio, a potential
COP presidential candidate:
Il don't want to discourage it
but I doubt the practicability ot
the plan.
Burke Heads Committee.
Formation of the new commit
tee, under the temporary leader
ship of Edward R. Burke, former
Democratic Senator from Ne
braska, was announced at a new:
conference yesterday by Senator
Mundt, who long has been work.
ing for a political alignment be.
tween G. O. P. and conservative
Democrats, principally from the
South.
The committees first goal is tt
make itself felt in the two nationa
conventions next year on the
question of platform and candi-
dates.
A partial" list of the executive
committee of the new national
committee includes, in addition to
Mr.. Burke. Donald j. Cowling OF
Minneapolis, president of Carle-
ton College and a member of the
National Republican Program
Committee from 1927 to 1910;
(See POLITICS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1951-09-18
; KNOWN DEAD IN FIRE AT NURSING HOME
Panes Smashed
In Bus Garage
During Strike
Union Denies Port
In Violence; Three
Pickets Are Arrested

Three more pickets were ar
rested in the heated W., M. & A
bus strike today as company Off
cials charged union men with
knocking out go or 40 windows"
in the garage at 4421 Southern
avenue, Bradbury Heights, Md.
Union officials quickly denied
the charge and said they did not
condone such tactics or any of the
sabotage previously charged to the
strikers.
Leslie L. Altman, company
president, said the windows were
broken on the southeast side of
the building by a band of men
who hurled stones from the woods
sometime after midnight. A re-
porter counted "a shattered
paneS.
Prince Georges County police
went to the garage but were un-
able to find the offenders.
Watchman Cut on Hand.
John C. Snellings, IS, of Clir-
ton, Md, the night watchman
was cut on the hand by a rock
and was forced to take refuge
in the building. he reported. Mr.
SnellingS is the father of two
of the strikers, John v. and Ed
ward L. Snellings, both mechanics
About am, with police still al
the scene, supervisory employees
sought to drive out of the garage
the first of IL buses the company
has continued to operate during
the strike.
The buses were stalled for 6
time while pickets blocked the
doorway, but later went out or
the routes for the third day O,
curtailed service.
| Police arrested three of a Grove
of about 80 men and charged then
with disturbing the peace. They
were George r. Hays, 30, of $780,
Twenty-eighth avenue, Hillcrest
Md, former union president; Fill.
more Brown, 33. of 1881 Forty.
fourth place Sc, and Deward c
Riggs, 20, of 5513 Parkland court
Silver Hill. Md.
Hailed before Justice of the
Peace Samuel Mitchell at District
Heights, they were released or
personal bond for appearance ir
Upper Marlboro Court Friday
Three other pickets arrested yes
terday and accused of blocking
buses, but charged with tamper-
ing with a bus on a public road
also will appear Friday.
Sabotage Charges Denied.
The men arrested today sale
that Police Chief F. Allen Rich
ards was on the scene at the time
and asked them to stand back
from the garage doors before the
arrests were made.
Flaring tempers have prevented
the company and union from re-
suming talks looking to a strike
settlement. Federal Conciliatol
Henry G. Baker expected to make
another effort to get them to.
Igether today.
Arrival in the city of William A
Wright, international union vic,
president, was looked upon as al
indication that a meeting will b.
arranged shortly.
| Company charges of sabotage
were denied by James M. Hal.
combe, financial secretary-treas
urer of the union, Local 1865, Elec.
(See STRIKE, Page A-5)
Evening star., 1951-09-18
u. n. Armored Force
Stopped by Reds in
West Front Attack
Allied lnfontrymen and
Tanks Bottle All Day
For Group of Hills
BY the Associated Press

EIGHTH ARMY HEADQUAR-
TIERS, Korea, Sept. 18-An Allied
armored force with infantry sup
port launched a surprise attack
on the dormant Western front at
dawn today. It was stopped by
firmly dug-in Reds.
The Allied Doubhboys and tank
crews fought all day in the mud
and a steady drizzle in their un-
successful effort to gain a hill
mass west of Chorwon. Chorwon
is the southwestern point of the
Reds old Iron Triangle troop as
sembly area. The town is 18 miles
north of Parallel 38.
The Reds held grimly to bunk
erS and trenches on the hill mass
Communist mortar and artillery
fire, anti-tank guns and mines
helped check the Allied thrust.
Troops Hit from South.
About 400 to 500 Red troops
were dug in on the hills as the
tank column Surged up a road in
Ia surprise attack on the Com
muniSts from the rear.
Allied infantrymen hit the slopes
from the south at the same time
They reached a spot only a few
yards from the crest of one hill
but were forced back by enemy fire
and the slippery condition of the
hillside.
American and South African
fighter pilots hurled fire bombs on
the height in an effort to dis
lodge the Reds. Heavy Allied ar
tillery and mortar fire was poured
on the Communist foxholes.
Then the Doughboys tried again.
Trey met with no better luck as
the Chinese defenders rushed in
(See KOREA page A-61
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Hooxer Disproves That Line
About so Million Frenchmen

PARIS, Sept. 18 CNANA-Kem-
news) Leading French politi-
clans received recently a formal
invitation to the unveiling of a
monument to "the celebrated
French doctor, Marcel Petiot."
Many replied, full of Gallo
apologies regretting that they were
unable to attend. An ex-prime
minister wrote that unfortunately
he had a previous engagement.
"A former minister Of information
was 80 sorry"-but he would be
out of Paris that day. Other
members of Parliament replied
by the dozen that they would so
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Mindszenty Reported
In Stute of Exhaustion
By the Associated Press

VIENNA. Austria. Sept. 18.-The
Vienna Catholic Press Service said
today Josef Cardinal Mindszenty
is in a state of complete physical
and spiritual exhaustion.
The press service said the car
dinal was transferred some months
ago from Hungary to a hospital in
the Tatra Mountains of Czecho-
slovakia. Earlier reports also said
he had been moved from his
Hungarian Jail to Czechoslovakia
but this has not been confirmed.
A Hungarian Communist court
sentenced the Catholic prelate to
a life term in February, 1949, after
judging him guilty Of treason.
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Emperor Hirohito Is Host
To Gen. and Mrs. Ridqway
BY the Associoied Press

TOKYO, Sept. 1S.-Emperor
Hirohito was host today to Gen.
Matthew B. Ridgway and his
wife at a history-making lunch
con in the imperial palace.
It was the first time in more
than six years of Allied occupa-
ton that a supreme Allied COM
mander had called on the EN-
peror. Gen. Macarthur never
called at the imperial palace, al
though the Emperor paid him Of
ficial calls.
Other guests were United States
Ambassador and Mrs. William j.
Sebald and 1t Col. E. S. Adams,
jr., Gen. Ridgway's aide.
Evening star., 1951-09-18

liam N. Oats is imprisoned on
similar charges.
He said the information came
from an inmate of a Czech prison
who escaped. fed to Germany
and now is living in Canada. The
former prisoner cannot be identi-
fled because he has relatives still
living behind the Iron Curtain.
DR.. Krajcovic said that Mr..
Hvasta, whose parents were from
Slovakia, went there in 1947 be-
fore the Communists took over to
study under the CT Bill of Rights.
He enrolled at the University of
Bratislava. Later that year he be-
gan working in the Office of the
(See VETERAN, Page A-6.)
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Communists Charge
-Four Allied Troops
Invaded Kaesong Area
Reds Demand Meeting Of
Delegations Tomorrow
To Settle Matter
BY the ASsoeioted Press

TOKYO, Sept. 18.-The Com
munists tonight charged four
Allied soldiers had invaded the
Kaesong neutral zone. The Reds
demanded a meeting of liaison Of
ficers tomorrow ito settle this
matter"
The United Nations command
replied that it's representatives
would go to the meeting at 9 am.
tomorrow g pm. today EDIT
The meeting place will be Pan
|munjom, miles east of Kaesong,
site of the suspended truce talks
The Communist note asserted
that -four of your military per-
Sonnel" entered both Kaesong's
neutral zone and Panmunjom at
I2:30 this afternoon, a dispatch
from Munsan said.
I'VE request your liaison officer
to- come to Panmunjom at 090O
hours tomorrow to settle this mat
ter" the Red note said.
Charge Made on Radio.
A release earlier from headquar-
ters of the Supreme Allied Com
mander, Gen. Matthew B. Ridg-
way, said the Reds made the
charge in a radio contact with the
United Nations command advance
headquarters in Korea. There
were no details of the alleged in
|cident.
The announcement by Gen.
Ridgway's headquarters came as a
surprise to correspondents in
Tokyo. The usual advance notice
that an announcement is coming
was not made.
1t was the 18th time since the
Korean war armiStice talks opened
at Kaesong July 10 that the Com
(See TRUCE, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Czechs Accused of 7orturing
American Held as Spy Since '48
Medieval Punishment of Navy Veteran
Overheard Proisine U. S. Freedom Reported

An American Navy veteran has
been held in a Czechoslovakian
prison on spy charges since 1948
and has been subjected to a me
dieval" type of torture. the Ma
tional Committee for Liberation
of Slovakia declared today.
DR.. v. S. Krajcovic, committee
spokesman, identified the veteran
as John Hvasta. of Hillside, N. j.
The torture of the veteran was
a result of statements Communist
spies in the prison overheard him
make concerning the existence
of real liberty and democracy in
the United States" He may be
held in the same jail where Asso-
ciated Press correspondent Will
Evening star., 1951-09-18

much like to be present at the
to this notable French
man. but would be busy in their
One gallant MP replied: Never
theless shall be there in spirit. "
Presumably none of the politi-
clans or their secretaries remem-
bered who Petiot was. Otherwise
they would not have fallen for
Frances best hoax of the year.
Petiot was the notorious French
"Bluebeard," who lured 26 vic
TINS to his Paris home, robbed
them. murdered them, then burned
their bodies. Petiot was guillo-
tined in 1946.
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Late News
Bulletin
Pension Veto Overridden

STTSIOU CIU VVGTTTUUGH
The Senate by vote of So to 8
today OverrOde the Presidents
veto on legislation establishing
pensions for veterans for nom
service connected disabilities.
The House previously had over
ridden the veto by vote of 318
to 45.
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Movie Death Toll IS

CAMPINAS, Brazil, Sept. 18 [P).
Death toll in a movie theater
collapse here Sunday has risen
to Is, most of them children. An
other IS were gravely injured and
long lines of blood donors have
t!ocked to hospitals to give them
transfusions. Estimates of the
total number injured ranged from
300 to 800.
Evening star., 1951-09-18

VeSLlgaClnS every angle OF the
fire, slipped handouts on a man
in the crowd watching the blaze
at Mrs. Jolliffe'S Nursing Home
today and took him to the Sill
yer spring substation for ques-
tioning. They would not dis
close what prompted them to
single out the man.
At least three elderly persons
were killed and At injured today
when fire swept Mrs. Jolliffe's
Nursing Home, near Colesville,
Md.
There were SO aged men and
women in the rambling two and
three story structure when the
fire broke out shortly after 1890
am
Montgomery County hospitals
were crowded with the injured
and ambulances were fighting
their way through traffic-filled
roads to bring additional victims
" " dSIlIllS lOu llUSpIldIS.
Priest Gives Last Rites.
A Catholic priest at the SEEM
said he had administered the last
rites of his faith to at least four
persons who appeared to be near
death as they were placed in
ambulanceS.
After the first bodies had been
carried from the still-burning
building, word spread that several
other bodies had been seen in the
ruins and it was feared the death
toll would go higher,
BY noon, however, firemen re-
ported that they had searched
every nook and Granny Of the
burned building and were conf
dent that all patients had been
accounted for.
The known dead are:
Mrs. Marie H. Douglas.
Mrs. Margaret Gates. 81.
Mrs. Augustus BaShford.
Their bodies we're found in
their beds in rooms in the one
story north wing of the home,
where the fire started in a linen
closet.
Pitiful Confusion Described.
The entire north wing was burned
cut by the flames. which spread
rapidly into the main building and
destroyed at least six rooms there.
One of the first volunteer fire
men to reach the home described
a scene of pitiful confusion:
The old folks were leaning out
of windows and screaming. Some
of them had made their way out
of the building and they were run
ming around the yard crying for
some one to do something to aid
their friends inside We got into
the buildings just as quick as we
could and began carrying them
out while the other fellows got
water on the fire"
Fire Marshall Charles Howe
arrived With the Silver Spring
company, one Of the first on the
scene.
Smoke was coming out every
where" he said. AL the pas
SagewayS were clogged with
smoke, but the nurses were lead
ing the old folks out and stretch
ing them out on the ground. In
side, people were screaming for
help.
Patients Try to Return.
I'VE didn't even bother with the
fire for the first few minuteS-We
just ran in and grabbed people and
carried them out and then went
CSee FIRE, Page ABB
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Man nHandCuffed
As He Watches
Co|esviIIe Blaze
Al Elderly Persons
Injured Are Rushed
To Nearby Hospitals
BULLETIN

Montgomery County police, in
veStigating every angle of the
fire, slipped handouts on a man
in the crowd watching the blaze
at Mrs. Jolliffe's Nursing Home
today and took him to the Sill
yer spring subStation for ques-
tioning. They would not dis
close what prompted them to
single out the man.
Evening star., 1951-09-18

Lote New York MofkeFs. Pooe All.
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Weather Forecast

CLOUDY, high 76 today. Cloudy tonight and
tomorrow, with little change. Low tonight
near 3d. Full report on Page A-2.)
Evening star., 1951-09-18

(See TRUCE, Page A-6D
Evening star., 1951-09-18

Woshinston's Great Home Newspaper
might Final 100 Additional
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Temperatures Today.
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(See STRIKE, Page A-5.)
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(See AFL, Page A-6.)
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(See VETERAN. Page A-6.)
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(See POLITICS, Page A-5.)
Evening star., 1951-09-18

An Associated Press Newspaper
Evening star., 1951-09-18
Carrier Home Delivery

Evenine and Sunday
$l.75" Per Month
Phone Sterling 5000
Evening star., 1951-09-18

(See KOREA, Page A-6)
Evening star., 1951-09-18

CSee FIRE, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1951-10-06
CONTINUED From Page BID

| (CoptlnueQ from rage B-l) y
a free-Standing, stone fireplace
having dimensions of 8-by-4 feet
rises through the roof and ere
ates a solid, central anchor for
the house, Mr.. Holiday said. The
back of this fireplace serves as
a part of one wall of the den.
Suspended from one side of the
fireplace is a bookcase which can
be swung back into the den, al
lowing the den to become a part
of the living room in case a larger
area is needed for entertainment
of guests.
Exterior materials include cy-
press tongue-and-groove vertical
siding with a natural finish and
trim of grayed green, together
with native stone.
The shallow-pitch roof is of
slate.
! Walls of the den and hall, and
ceiling beams in the living room
are paneled in cypress. into which
a gray wax stain was rubbed.
Walls of other rooms are plas-
! tered.
/ Variety of Flooring.
The floor of the house is in a
variety of materials placed on
top of concrete slab foundation
that was poured over oil-fired cir
culating hot-water coils supply
ing radiant heating.
| Carpeting was placed over the