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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
VA Cuts Premium Rates
On Disability Riders


The Veterans Administration
announced yesterday a reduction
in premium rates charged for to-
tai disability income riders on its
five-year term National Service
Life Insurance policies.
An official told a reporter some
As. 900 to $4,000 Veterans who had
or have the riders will get refund
checks. which will total nearly
81 million.
Under the riders, monthly in
come of IS per 81 900 of insurance
lis provided veterans who become
totally disabled for six months or
more and their insurance also is
continued in effect without further
payment of premiums as long as
the disability continues.
For some age levels, the new
rate is about third of what it
formerly was. At age 80, it is 81 OF
a year per $1,000 insurance COM
pared with an old rate of $2.96 a
year and at age IS it is SLAP COM
pared with 1855. At age SIS, there
is no change-$9.12 a year pei
$1,000 under the old and new
schedule
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
Zoniiing
Continued From page B-1

has been idle for about year, Mr.
Wyatt said.
Within a month, he explained
the owning firm expects to let d
contract for completion of an adj
ditional $500 square feet of space
on the top floor. Completion is
expected within several months
after the contract is let.
The additional space will be
made available without in any
way changing the exterior ap.
pearance of the building.
The change voted by a 3 to
ballot of the Zoning Commission
will permit future downtown
buildings having a height limita-
ton of 100 feet to have as many
as IA f1oors-two stories more
than before without in any way
changing the height of the build
ings.
The change is expected to prove
a stimulus to Office building con-
struction in the downtown area,
since the return on the original
investment has been potentially
increased.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20

effects on mortgage investments
will be discussed at a panel dis
|cussion with Miles L. Colean, con-
sulting economist of Washington
as moderator.
Speakers will include Andrew
OVERLY, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; DR.. Ralph A. Young,
director of research and statistics,
Federal Reserve System; Neal j.
Hardy, assistant administrator
Housing and Home Finance
Agency; DR.. R. j. Saulnier, pro-
fessor of economics, Barnard Col
lege; and DR.. James j. OLeary,
director of investment research
Life Insurance Association of
America.
Urban re-development and slum
clearance from the mortgage
bankers standpoint will be dis
cussed at a session at which Guy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
New Fibers Create Spectacular Materials
By GIodys Miller


| When the new year approaches
we tend to look back as well as
forward.
If you are a student of oppor-
Itunities, and relatively new de-
velopments in the materials OF
decoration which make up the
furnishing for our homes. you
must admit we live in a stimulat-
ing age.
| Our boys are learning the adj
vantages of being American: and
at the same time they are learn
ing how other people live and
what they think. We relate with
pride our Developments in radiant
heating. Yet the Koreans have
been heating their homes this way
since the fourth or fifth century
/ What are some of the develop
ments that we should relish and
watch?
Among many are the new man.
made flbers which can be used
| in drapery and upholstery mate
rails as well as rugs and carpets
We have the rayons. both acetate
and viscose. the nylons. orlons,
dacronS and so on.
We have learned to make com.
Portable furniture smaller in scale
and more suitable to the room
size of our homes. We have
learned to use space more effec.
lively. Not only in the better
scaling Of large pieces to the
standard sizes of rooms. but with.
in the cabinet and storage piece,
better use of space is being made
to house the collections and pos
sessions of all ages.
Something new also has beer
developing in room lighting. Cell.
ing fixtures of contemporary de-
sign are becoming part of the
decorative picture. Many of these
are adjustable and can be pulled
up and down as needed or hune
on the wall and swing out or back
as desired.
/ Some of these lighting fixtures
are equipped with both direct anc
reflected light. In either case
each is both useful and attrac.
tive in design.
Perhaps that last statement in.
dictates more than anything else
the road we have been travelling
in the last year. We are growing
up culturally. We are beginning
to take an interest in the intrinsic
value of the furnishings for oul
homes and not look at the price
tag and determine that high cost
makes an item good.
! We have a wonderful start and
I prophesy that our curiosity and
our native courage will carry US
even further next year; the year
! of 1853.
! Ideas for stretching the home
furnishing budgets are given in
Gladys Miller's booklet No. 401
entitled Budget Stretchers. TIC
obtain a copy, send 10 cents (coir
preferred) and a Scent stamp tc
her. co this paper. P. o. Box SO
Times Square Station, New York
36. N. Y.
4 released by
| Consolidated News Features. Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
Store Sales Climb

Washington department store
sales in the week ended last Satur-
day climbed 7 per cent above totals
for the previous week and 8 pei
cent above those for the COM
parable week in 1851. the Federal
Reserve Bank of Richmond re-
ported yesterday. Sales for the
four weeks ended last Saturday
were about the same as those ir
the 1851 period.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
Here's an EyefuI:
Physician Spots
Flying Soucers
BY the Associated Press

Flying saucers might be nothing
more than muScae volitantes OF
Iscintillating scotoma.
That's what Dr.. Edgar F.. Mauel
jof Los Angeles says in a com.
munique to the technical maya
zine Science"
But what are they? Spots be-
fore the eyes, says Dr.. Mauer
caused by nearsightedness, upset
stomach or migrane headaches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20

T. o. Hollyday, Of Baltimore, and
G. Yates Cook. director. Housing
Bureau, Baltimore City Health
Department will speak.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1952-12-20
Bankers
Continued From Page BID

mond; Brown L. Whatley, Jack
sonville. Fla. mortgage banker
and association president, and
Samuel E. Neel. association gen.
eral counsel.
Prospective changes and their
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Hospital Plane Mishap
Hurts Only 7 Slightly
by the Asseeioisd Press

TOKYO, Mar. GA giant
stratocruiser hospital plane carry
ing So patients cracked up on q
takeof from Haneda Airport TO-
day but only two were injured.
Pieces of propeller blades broke
of and hit them when the proos
crashed on the runway. Their in
iuries were described as slight.
The plane never got OF the
ground. The landing gear col
lapsed as the C-97 was racing
down the runway for its takeon
for Midway Island. II !
Mai. John D. Davis, the pilot
veered the plane to the right anS
reversed propellers, and thus kept
it from crashing over q sea wal
into Tokyo Bay, the Air Force
said.
Passengers included ~ littel
patients and 81 ambulatory.
Only Is seconds after the biz
plane stopped, crash rescue crews
were directing foam onto the
plane to prevent possible fire.
Within three minutes, the pa.
tients were being removed under
supervision Of three flight nurses
who were members Of the crew.
Less than three hours later, all
but two Of the patients had been
transferred to another C-97 with
the same three nurses. They took
OF for Midway.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Food Poison HOspitaIizes
Four in Riverdale Family

A mother and her three small
children today were recovering In
Prince Georges General Hospital
from . severe case Of food poi
eoning
HoSpitalized last night were
Mrs. Jeanne Carter. %, of 621s
Baltimore boulevard, Riverdale
Md, and her sons, Warren, 4
Everett, 8, and Richard, 2.
Police said Mrs. Carter told
them she and her children had
eaten chicken, pork and beans
and canned sweet potatoes about
$3.50 pm. She said about four
hours later they became violently
Ill and were taken to the hospital
by the Bladensburg Rescue Squad
The hospital said all four were
in good condition and probably
would be released today, =
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Eisenhower Confers
with Greek General
BY The Assoeio,ed Pres.

ATHENS, Greece. Mar. e.
Greek sources reported today Gen.
Dwight D. Eisenhower has agreed
that only an American officer will
command Greek armies assigned
ito North Atlantic treaty forces.
This tentative agreement was
reported after the NATo supreme
commander conferred at length
with 1t. Gen. Theodore Grigoro-
lpoulos. chief Of the Greek national
defense staff. Gen. Eisenhower
arrived yesterday for conferences
with Greek leaders after two days
lof talks in Turkey. Turkey and
Greece are new members Of NATO,
Tomorrow Gen. Eisenhower is
scheduled to fly to Rome for q
two-hour conference with Italian
generals who had insisted that
1t. Gen. Marizio CaStiglione. AL
lied land force commander in
! NATO's southern command,
should command all land forces
| in the area regardless Of ma
| tionality.
The Greeks insisted 1t would be
embarrassing to submit Greek
troops to the command Of an Ital-
| ian general because they defeated
the Italian invasion attempt In
the last war.
This ticklish command question
was debated at last months
lNATO Council meeting In Lisbon.
The Council decided to leave al
the details Of hitting Greek and
Turkish forces into NATo UP to
Gen. Eisenhower.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
U.S.. Not 10 Consider
Swapping Steel Mill
For 0atis' Freedom

The State Department is turn
ing thumbs down on any deal to
let Chechoslovakia have a SIT mil
lion steel mill in exchange for the
release Of William N. Oats.
The department fatty denied
yesterday that the Czechs have
made any actual offer to free Mr..
Oatis. but officials admitted there
had been hints Prague might con-
slider releasing him as part of q
settlement of the steel mill and
other economic controversies,
Several Efforts Reported.
Czech authorities, it was said,
have several times tried to bring
the Oats case into discussions
about the steel mill and settle
ment of claims for American prop
erty taken over by the Commu-
mist government in Prague.
But each time the Czechs have
been told firmly, officials here
said, that there can be no con-
nection between those issues.
Mr. Oats, Associated Press cor
respondent in Pargue, was sem
fenced last summer to prison for
10 years on what this Government
has described as "trumped-upa
spy charges.
Export Barred in 1948.
The steel mill was barred for
export to Czechoslovakia long be-
fore Mr.. Oats was arrested. The
Czechs ordered the mill in this
country shortly before World War
II. After the Communists took
over Czechoslovakia in 1948, an
export license for shipping it to
CzechoSlovakia has been denied
repeatedly. The State Depart
ment has insisted that this Gov
ernment will not consider lifting
the ban.
In a formal statement, the de-
partment said yesterday:
1.-THE report that the Czechoslo-
yak government offered to release
William Oats in exchange for a
SIT million steel mill is pure spec
ulation. There is no basis for such
, q report. No such offer was made.
As previously stated. the dispose
ton of the steel mill is not and
will not be connected with the
Oats case"
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Fairfax Withdruws
Tax Sale Bargain;
Land Non-Existent

It seemed like a real bargain
when Miss Pauline Papaieck and
her brother, Joseph Papaieck,
bought several parcels of land at
Ia Fairfax County tax sale last
year.
They eagerly plunked down the
required $59.94 and set out to
claim their new land.
After a year of searching old
tax books, deed books and every
other available record, they gave
up the search yesterday and ac-
cepted the Board Of Supervisors
offer to repay the money. County
officials explained that the prop
Ierties just didn't exist and had
been carried on tax books err
roneously since tax lists first were
prepared many years ago-prob-
ably as far back as 1896.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
East and West Germany
Each Have Bomb Plot
BY the Asseeioied Press

KARLSRUHE, Germany, Mar
I6.-Police said today a jobless
news vendor admitted he tried te
blow up the West German Consti-
Itutional Court Building here Feb.
Iruary Z.
II wanted 1t to be a warning
against the idea of rearming Ger
many" police quoted 25-year-old
Reinhold Brecht as saying.
Brecht was arrested a week after
a homemade bomb was found In
Ia driveway in front of the building
BERLIN, Mar. 6 (P.-The West
Berlin newspaper Nacht-Depesche
said today Russian secret police
foiled a bomb plot in the new So
fviet Embassy in East Berlin last
week. =
The Newspaper said they occu-
pied the Embassy building on
Unter Den Linden after an un-
specified quantity Of dynamite was
discovered there last Friday,
Twenty Germans working on the
|Embassy's lighting system were
|interrogated for "a hours, but then
released. o..
All visitors to the Embassy. in
|cluding Russians, are now SUBJ
|jected to body searches, at the
gates, Nacht- DepeSche added.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Star Staff Photo.

The flames apparently started
from a vaporizer which the mother
had turned on about 2 q IN, to aid
the child's Group. Mrs. Murphy
had asked the sister to baby-sit
because she had to visit the flu
neral home. Her mother in law,
Mrs. Minnie Lee Spieth Of 1902
I street Sc, died Tuesday.
Mrs. Murphy said she had made
every effort to stay awake to
watch the vaporizer, but finally
dozed of about 2::30 am.
Emily. the baby-sitter, was
awakened by smoke and fire,
screamed for help but was unable
to get across the room because of
the flames. Her cries attracted
Frank Curles, who occupies the
second floor of the house with his
wife and three children.
Damage to the house was con-
fined to the single room.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Muhoney Says Sosscer
IWinked at Corruption

George p. Mahoney, candidate
for the Democratic nomination to
the Senate from Maryland
charged last night that Repre-
sentative Sasscer "winked at graft
and corruption" for the 20 years
he has been political boss" OF
Prince Georges County.
Mr.. Sasscer is Mr.. Mahoney's
chief opponent for the nomina-
ton in the May primary. He
made his accusations in a Prince
Georges rally attended by about
100 persons in Mount Rainier.
1t was announced that Max
Zupkin Of Hyattsville will head
the Executive Committee for Mr..
Mahoney's campaign in the
county and Mrs. Irma Bogdanoff
of Hyattsville will manage his
campaign.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Red Cross 10 Hear
|0f Fund Progress in
Alexandra, Counties

First reports from Alexandra
and the nearby counties partici.
Ipating in the Capital area Red
Cross fund drive are expected at
tomorrow'S second report lunch.
|eon in the 81, 1886, 800 campaign.
Campaign workers will observe
ARMED Forces Day" at the lunch-
Ieon at 1880 pm. In the United
States Chamber Of Commerce
Building.
8 Per Cent Of Quota Reported.
On Tuesday, when four other
campaign divisions reported, the
Red Cross tabulated $88 8,079.71, or
$50 per cent Of the quota.
The division quotas are as fol.
lows: Government. $646, 500; Gen.
|eral Business, $382, 600; Residen.
tial. $4,000; City, $4,000;
Alexandria. $31.500: Arlington.
$4,000 Fairfax, $500; Mont-
|gomery. $4,000; Prince Georges,
$4,000, and Prince william,
SIS, 800.
The Marine Corps commandant.
Gen. Lemuel G. Shepherd, will
discuss the Korean situation at
tomorrow's meeting. Mindy Car
son viii sing and the Marine
Band will play.
Service Expansion Cited.
General Campaign Chairman
George A. Garrett has stressed
the expansion in Red Cross serv.
ices performed by the seven chap
ters in the area drive. which he
said approaches that Of the v orld
War II period.
The upsurge of volunteer effort,
he said, was brought about by "a
growing awareness OF the critical
world situation"
Meanwhile. the Red Cross re.
ported that between $50 and 200
firms in the downtown area are
cooperating in the drive by call
ing attention to the appeal In
window displays.
Original Painting Shown.
Julius Garfinckel & Co. will dis
play the original painting by
Joseph Binder of this years post
Ter, bearing the campaign slogan.
Answer the Call"
Hecht's in Arlington has what
the Red Cross terms the largest
Red Cross window display in the
world in its glass facade 800 feet
long and so feet high. The illu-
minated display depicts q trans
fusion on the scene of combat.
Several Government depart
ments have large and elaborate
displays in their lobbies, drama
tizing Red Cross services.
Mrs. Mel Macdonald is chair.
man Of window displays.
Evening star., 1952-03-06

Death, which struck at the
Murphy family Tuesday, grabbed
again early today and missed.
A mother, wearied from 9
funeral home vigil beside her dead
mother-in-law and sleepless from
the illness of her 7-month-old
son, pulled the boy from his crib
in a blazing room in Southeast
Washington about 6 am.
AS Mrs. Joann Murphy, TAI
Tenth street Sc. fought her way
to the crib, the child's aunt, Emily
Carter, IA, who had been baby
sitting. and a brother-in-law, who
lived on the second floor. beat
out the flames with bed clothing
The child, Marion Walter
Murphy, jr., whose father is in
the Army, was uninjured al
though the fire all but consumed
a chair next to the crib and
started the blankets smoldering.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Foirfox Surplus RuIjno

The Fairfax County Board of
Supervisors yesterday asked Com
monwealth's Attorney Hugh B.
Marsh to give q legal opinion on
whether the board can spend a
81 million tax surplus.
The request for the opinion was
made after the school board urged
the supervisors to let it spend
$4,000 Of the surplus, or that
part which came from the school
levy.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia and vicin-
ity-Some cloudineSs, with high
around 40 this afternoon; gen.
orally fair and continued rather
cold tonight and tomorrow; low
tonight around 80 in the city and
Is in the suburbs.
Virginia-Some cloudiness to-
night and tomorrow and continued
Evening star., 1952-03-06

rather cold; low tonight, 20-25
degrees west of Blue Ridge Noun
tains and $500 in east portion.
Maryland-Some cloudiness to-
night and tomorrow and con-
tinued rather cold;> low tonight,
20-25 degrees in west portion, ex-
cept for low near Is on. Allie
ghany plateau, and $3.50 in east
portion.
Evening star., 1952-03-06

some OF the
employees In
|volyed are COM
planning about
the policy. de-
claring that it
|W i'll prevent
them from TAX
ing adequate
vacation trips
or visits back
home. Some Of
them say that.
for financial
reasons. they
can't make two
Evening star., 1952-03-06

The subcommittee is now defi-
nitely expected to report favorably
Ea retirement bill. possibly within
the next month. Senator Smathers
said yesterday that, he favors an
annuity increase.
Throughout the testimony there
was an underctirrent Of bitterness
toward the attitude of Chairman
Robert Ramspeck of the Civil
Service Commission for his strong
opposition 10 annuity increases
Employe leaders also are disap-
pointed at Commissioners Frances
Perkins and James Mitchell for
failing to support the legislation
Despite the commissions opposi-
tion, however, employe leaders are
far more hopeful than they have
been over the retirement bills
chances. I
APPOINTMENT - The Civil
Service Commission has appointed
q University Of Illinois manage
nent expert to head its executive
development program. He is Earl
p. Strong. who will have charge
Of the program to train employees
for top career positions In Gov
ernment.
fBe sure to listen to Joseph
Young's Federal spotlight radio
broadcast at 6::15 pm. every
Saturday oDer station WMAL.J
Evening star., 1952-03-06
jeanne Croin Hos Douqhter

LOS ANGELES, Mar. 6 (P.--
Actress Jeanne Grain gave birth
to a 7-pound, 9-ounce girl yester-
day at Queen Of Angels Hospital
She is the wife of Paul Brinkman
electrical manufacturer. The
|Brinkmans have tentatively named
the baby JEANNE. They have three
boys.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Congress in Brief

Senate:
Continues debate on submerged
oil lands bill.
Investigations Subcommittee
calls another hearing on surplus
tanker sales.
Internal Security Subcommit.
tee questions Owen baltimore for
ninth day.
Elections Subcommittee sum-
mons Cleveland Financier Cyrus
Eaton in Ohio senatorial election
probe.
House:
Routine session.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Chess Contest in StoIemute

HAVANA. Mar. 6 (P.--Edward
Lasker Of the United States and
Eldis Cobo Of Cuba were unable
to make any headway yesterday
in their eighth-round match and
adjourned a second time at the
end Of the SIS moves in the Inter-
national Chess Tournament here.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
School Bonds Weiohed

The Falls Church School Board
is considering citizen requests for
a school construction bond issue
this year. The requests, from
the League of Women Voters and
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Final Vote on Bills Set

Two bills, one to permit Fairfax
to set up a department of real
estate assessments and the other
to restrict the Arlington County
Board from interfering with the
hiring or discharge of employees
not under its control, were up fol
final enactment by the Virginia
General Assembly today.
Meanwhile, the House yesterday
gave final approval to q bill to
validate recent bond issues ap-
proved by the voters in Arlington
The Senate gave final approval
to a bill authorizing Arlington
to collect local taxes on the install
ment plan.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
The Federal Spotlight
|GSA Region Office Here Limits
Vacations to 2-Week Periods
By joseph Youno

Region No OF the General Services Administration he
rict Of Columbia areal has placed maximum
amount OF annual leave its employees
The lO4O0 employees work in Federal supply the Archives Public
Buidings and Records policy
Evening star., 1952-03-06

It's weather for tonight in the Eastern third Of the
country In the Southern Plains States and along the Pacific
Coast Washington to California rain will be in
and rries forecast for the Northern Central
and Central Plains States will be in the
part Of the country from North southwark
temperatures expected England
the extreme Northwest Pacific States
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Maryland! and Virginia
News in Brief.

a group known as the Committee
|of 100, were made at the board
meeting last night.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
river Hep0ft.


Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. "a. on January Is.
Lowest, Is on January 80.
High and Low Of Last - Hours.
Hish. a. at 3::25 pm.
Low 40. at $40 am.
Evening star., 1952-03-06

Wind lat National Airport) :
Northwest. 20 miles an hour at
1888 am.
River Report.
(From u 8. Eneineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
and at Great Falls: Shenandoah cloudy
at Harpers Ferry
Evening star., 1952-03-06
Tide Tables

Furnished BY United States Coast m
Geodetic Survey
Evening star., 1952-03-06

IpIoyeS IN General Services Ad-
Iministration's main headquarters.
since it does not come under the
third regions jurisdiction.
Evening star., 1952-03-06
The Sun and Moor
Precipitatien

Monthly precipitation in inches in the
Capital tcHrrent month to date):
East Cleveland leader. [volume] (East Cleveland, Ohio) 1942-1970, 1952-02-21
C-M Ladies
Merchant League

With Hilda Thiel throwing a
191-514 and Helen Sherwood 180
-481, the Gold Sunoco girls took
three points from Ross Noble
Beauty Salon, who had Elynor
Hugs 166-444.
Kresse Builders wilted the Nc
Farland Flowers for three points
as Eleanor Acquilino notched 179
-48O. Kismet Newman bouqueted
a 156-413 for the posies.
Rocks Mems Wear scored a
three-to-one decision over Edytke's
Dress Shop. Rose Smetzer raped
185-473 for Rock, while Marge
Mcdonald topped the Dresses with
l92-466.
Don Anthony's Noble Road Tav-
ern grounded the l. R. Martin Land
Co. in all four on 10 Wageps 1888
485 and Pinky Unger's 170-468
Fran Dragonette toppled 151-412
for the shut-out victims.
Nela Music Shop recorded fou1
point triumph over Scheer Drug
Co. Mildred Blumquist tipped 15f
-427 for the winners. Angela
Hoffman 160--429 for Scheer.
Here's one for the books: Dade
McGrath faced eight splits in 8
single game.
The girls in the league wish
Virginia Gammell a speedy recov'
cry and a hasty release from Lake
side Hospital.