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Evening star., 1952-01-19
Maryland Auto Crash Kills
Former Blue Baby, Now 20
by the Assoeiafed Press

LONACoNING. Md. Jan. 49,
"A 20-year-old "blue baby" who
was given only eight years to live
lat birth. met death early today
when his car struck q bridge here.
State police identified the victim
as Joseph Hobell, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Joseph Hobell. ST., of Gil
more.
A companion. Francis Doolan,
|16, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
|Doolan. Of Lonaconing, was ad-
|mitted to Allegany Hospital In
Cumberland. with serious injuries.
Mrs. Hobell said her son never
walked until he was five years old
and suffered periods Of fatigue.
In 1850, he underwent two opera
|tions to correct his heart condi-
ton at Johns Hopkins Hospital
lin Baltimore and returned to his
home much improved.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
BuccuIuureote Service
To Be Held at CIV High

A baccalaureate service for The
|mid-year graduating class 81
George Washington High Schoo
lin Alexandria will be held at
tp. m. tomorrow in the school audi.
torium.
The sermon will be delivered b,
the Rev. Edward L. Morrow. rec
tor of Grace Episcopal Church
There are 81 seniors in the grad.
|uating class. Commencement viii
lbe held at 8:l5 pm. Friday.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Rail Yard Workers Granted
AGENT Rise, 40-Hour Week
BY the Asseciotsd Press

Secretary of Labor Tobin has
announced an agreement that will
put yard service employees Of SO
railroads on a 40-hour week and
provide q Accent hourly wage in
|crease. ,u ~.
The $4,000 yard workers repre-
sented by the Brotherhood OF
Railroad Trainmen now work at
straight time rates on a sixth OF
seventh day in a week although
they get overtime after eight
hours In q single day. - i,
Mr.. Tobin said the shorter work
week will begin April / on the
Pennsylvania, Northern Pacific
and Louisville and Nashville Rail-
roads.
President Truman named Mr.
Tobin as a neutral party to settle
any disagreements between the
carriers and the union about the
lmanpower situation.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
The Weather Here and Over the Nation

District of Columbia-1ncreas-
ing cloudiness with high In upper
40s today, occasional rain tonight
with low near 43; tomorrow, clear
ing and rather windy. followed by
colder at night.
Maryland-Snow or rain begin
ming west portion this afternoon
rain and milder with low, IS. to-
morrow morning; tomorrow, part.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Congress Committee
Blasts France for Tax
On us. Defense Funds
BY the Assoeiaied Press

A Congressional committee to.
day demanded France quit grab.
bing as taxes "about dollar in So
Of the money the United States
gives for mutual defense construc.
ton In that country.
It said the tax on American pro-
curement transactions in France
amounts to more than the total
the French themselves give to the
defense program. The take, it
said. might hit 500 million.
Disclosure Of French taxes on
American defense works comes at
a time when Congress is about to
be asked for more money to
finance European defenses.
Certain to Create Storm.
It appeared certain to stir up
a storm among lawmakers who
have already baked at President
Truman's request for additional
taxes. .e
In a toughly worded report, q
special House committee charged
that "fantastically" pyramided
taxes now being applied on mill
tary construction by the French
government constitute "a serious
drain" on United States funds.
Directing the; State and De-
fense Departments to take steps
Immediately" to obtain relief, the
committee said money spent
abroad for mutual defense should
be exempt from all taxes by the
beneficiary nations.
Follows Recent Inspection.
The report was issued by a spe-
cial subcommittee Of the House
Armed Services and Executive
Expenditures Committee, headed
by Representative Hardy, Demo-
crat. Of Virginia. following q re.
cent inspection of military con.
struction in Europe and Africa.
Chairman Vinson Of the House
Armed Services Committee said
today his group had indorsed the
recommendations Of the Hardy
subcommittee.
Under a North Atlantic Treaty
Organization agreement, which is
yet to be ratified by the Senate"
the subcommittee said. ''the
United States may be subjected to
taxation by the other NATO coun-
tries for military construction for
mutual defense.
No Estimate Made.
mo estimate has been made Of
the taxes which could be levied
on the United States under this
agreement, but without supple
mental agreements these taxes
could run into hundreds of mil.
lions of dollars"
Construction in France, the
subcommittee reported. is SUBJ
Ijected to a contract registration
tax. production tax on. the value
of processed materials. tax on
labor and service, commercial
transaction tax and local taxes
levied for the beneflt Of local
authorities. -
Evening star., 1952-01-19

" cloudy and windy, with rain
east portion in the morning,
colder at night.
Virginia-Snow or rain in the
mountains today. rain and milder
tonight with low in 40s: tomor-
row. partly cloudy and windy, with
rain east portion In the morning
colder at night.
Wind-Southerly winds. 1890
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Omnibus Money Bill
Us 1hwarted by House
Democratic Leaders
BY the As.eeis,sd Press,

House Democratic leaders have
thwarted q new move to lump all
appropriations this year in a single
bill.
But Chairman. Cannon Of the
Appropriations Committee, a lead
ing champion Of the omnibus bill
plan, indicated today he hasn't
given up.
Mr.. Cannon claims not only
money but time can be saved by
handling all appropriations In one
bill. Opponents contend the plan
is cumbersome and encourages
blanket cuts that hit essential as
well as nonessential projects.
It was tried in 1850 and then
junked last year, due largely to
opposition by Speaker Rayburn.
Remains Optimistic.
Despite the early setback. Mr..
Cannon remains optimistic. How
ever. he said he is at a loss to
understand the almost solid op-
position Of committee Republicans
to the one-bill idea.
He said Senator Bridges. Repub-
|lican, of New Hampshire. has
represented" that Senate Re-
|publicans favor the plan.
Mr.. Cannon said he "took q
Iplebiscite and found a majority
Of Democrats on the committee
wanted the single-bill plan this
year."
He called yesterdays meeting
for a committee vote he believed
would be in his favor.
The plan backfired when Speak
|er Rayburn and others opposed
to the plan heard Of it.
"Tried to Change Them"
"Some Of the Democrats I hac
with me-" Mr.. Cannon said. "tole
me Mr.. Rayburn phoned then
and tried to change them"
That Mr.. Rayburn succeeded
was indicated by Mr.. Cannon's
subsequent action in calling Of
the meeting.
Mr.. Rayburn wouldn't comment
but 1t was known that he ane
Democratic Leader Mccormack o1
Massachusetts, got busy when the,
learned of MIR. Cannon's plans.
Mr.. Cannon said he didn't know
when he would call another meet
ing Of the committee to consider
procedure.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Sir Charles MendI Asks
For Widower Allowance
BY the Associated Press

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-Sil
Charles Mendl, 81. former British
diplomat has etitioned for $1,000
q month for II months as q
|widower's allowance from the $2.5
million estate Of Lady Elsie De
Wolfe Mendl. ....-
He asked for the allowance from
|her death. July IL, 1850, until he
married Mrs. Yvonne Riley. con-
cert violinist. last June !. Sil
Charles was willed.a life income OF
SIC, 900 a year by Lady Mendl, but
the trust to provide, 1t has not
been established.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Gen. WiIIouehby to Stoy
In Spuin Three Months
BY the Asseeiafed Press

LA CORUNA. Spain, Jan. 49,
Maj. Gen. Charles A. Willoughby
Gen. MacArthur's former intelli-
gence officer, arrived here today
for o three-month vacation in
Spain.
He told newsmen he hopes to
review SPANS Civil War battles
with Spanish Army leaders.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Safeway Stores. Inc, has lost
Ia further legal attack on validity
Iof Office Of Price Sterilization re-
tail ceilings on pork and lamb
prices.
A supplementary complaint by
the company which operates about
$50 stores in the Washington area
and another 1900 in % States
was dismissed yesterday by the
Emergency Court Of Appeals.
That court last October held 1t
lacked jurisdiction to grant the
type of, relief sought by Safeway
asking for specific price ceiling
regulation amendment to enable
retailers to keep their customary
margins over cest. The company
commended that OPS should have
allowed it to make adjustments
rejecting cost increases from the
start of the Korean war until last
July 26.
The Supreme Court last month
refused to review the Emergency
Court Of Appeals action which also
had held that Safeway. as a re-
taller, did not have legal standing
to contend that the OPS regula-
ton was invalid because the cell
ing prices set on hogs was below
the parity price to producers.
Meanwhile Safeway fled sup
Elementary complaint with the
appeals court. An opinion writ.
ten by Chief Judge Maris, with
Judges Magruder and McAllistel
concurring, stated:
."The sole objection now before
us for consideration is the objec.
ticn that the general price ceiling
regulation. at least as to the cell.
ling prices 1t fixes for the retail
sale Of pork and lamb. is unfair
and invalid because those retail
prices were frozen while supplier.
of the retailer were permitted tx
increase their ceiling prices"
The court decided that Safeway
did not prove its contention thai
the price regulation necessarily
imposed a squeeze" or that Pric.
lStabilization Director Michael v
lDiSalle deliberately intended Il
should do So" The opinion alst
noted that some Of the matter.
had become moot because Director
IDiSalle recently modified some o.
the price ceiling regulations con
Icerning pork and lamb.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

| chairman o1
the Montgom-
cry Cou n t y
c m m u n ty
FCh e S t q n d
Council.
This vas an
nounced today
by Judge Sted-
man Prescott,
president Of the
M on go mery
County Chest.
Although the
next r e d
Feather cam
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Mortinsburg Judge
Seeks denomination
Special Dispatch 10 The Stor

MARTINSBURG, w. Va, Jan
licking Larkin, magistrate fol
II years. has filed for renomina.
tion in the May Democratic pri-
mary.
He was originally appointed te
the post. elected to a two-yea!
term in 1912. and renamed fol-
Ifour-year terms in 1914 and 1948
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Hiking Club Plons Hike

The Capital Hiking Club viii
hike in the Muirkirk. Blue Pond
land Beltsville, Md. area tomor-
Irow. The group viii meet ut $3.50
ia m Aat the Greyhound Bus Ter
min
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Jerome Curly, Howard
IOf Famed Three Stooqes
BY the Assoeieied Praas

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 19.-One
of the famed Three Stooges died
yesterday. He was Jerome Howard,
IS, better known on the comedy
trio as Curly"
Mr.. Howard suffered q stroke
in 1946 and had been in i'll health
in a sanitarium since. His brother,
Shemp Howard, took over the part
of Curly in the act after Jerome
was stricken.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
CherrydoIe PTA Session

A proposed legislative program
Iby the Virginia Congress Of Par
ents and Teachers viii be dis
Icussed by the Cherrydale PTA at
8 pm. Monday in the Cherrydale
lSchS II
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Kline 10 Head Chest
Drive in Montgomery

c. Edwin Kline, executive pres.
ident of the Citizens Building
and Loan Association. Silve,
Spring, will be general campaign
Evening star., 1952-01-19

RECORD Temperatures This Year.
Highest, "a. on January Is.
Lowest. 20 on January Z.
High and Low Of Last "A Hours.
High, 54. at $3.50 pm,
Low. "a, at $50 am.
Evening star., 1952-01-19

mp n. tonight, becoming north
west. 2O-25 m.p.h. tomorrow.
River Report.
(From U. S. Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers Ferry
ana at Great Falls; Shenandoah cloudy N
IHarperS Ferry, ~
Evening star., 1952-01-19
The Sun and Moon.

Monthly precipitation in inches In the
Capital (QurEent month to date:
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Isafeway Complaint
ion Ceiling Prices
Dismissed by Court

Safeway Stores. Inc, has lost
a further legal attack on validity
of Office Of Price Sterilization re-
tail ceilings on pork and lamb
tprices,
Evening star., 1952-11-14
Northeast Citizens Unit
| Plans Birthday Party

The 60-year-old Northeast Citi-
zens' Association made plans last
night for its big birthday Christ
mas celebration next month.
The group was founded on Octo-
Der 5. 1892.
The association hopes to have
Evan H. Tucker. who led the as
sociation for so years, preside over
the December session. Mr.. Tucker
is president emeritus. The plans
for the next meeting include en-
tertainment and a recounting of
many of the past accomplish
ments Of the group.
In other business, the associa-
ton passed a resolution recon-
mending to the Board of Commits
sioners that gasoline tank trucks
be prohibited on streets where
there are carlineS.
The group also called for a
COMMITTEE of citizens to 60 to
both the houses Of Congress in
an attempt to obtain pay increases
for the police and fire depart
mentS.
Evening star., 1952-11-14

detached to assume command of
the new submarine Tang. then
building at Mare Island Navy
Yard.
On August IA, Wahoo transited
La Perouse Strait, on the surface
at night, at full speed. Though
detected and challenged by the
shore station on Soya Misaki, she
remained boldly on her course,
ignoring the signal, and having
done his duty the watcher in the
station went back to sleep. leaving
all navigational lights burning as
though it were still peacetime.
Mush Morton was certainly right
about one thing. He entered the
Sea of Japan on August IA: that
same night Wahoo sighted four
enemy merchant ships, steaming
singly and unescorted. In all, she
carried out four separate attacks.
three of them on the same ship,
firing only five torpedoes in all.
And here fate dealt Morton her
most crushing blow! Faulty tor
pedoes!
Time after time Wahoo sights
the enemy's vital cargo carriers
and tankers. Time after time she
makes the approach, goes through
all the old familiar motions which
have previously brought such out
standing success-and time after
time there is nothing heard in the
sound gear, after firing the tor
Ipedoes, save the whirring Of their
|propellers as they go on-and on
and on! Once, indeed. the sick
ening thud of dud hit is heard,
but most Of the time the torpedoes
simply miss, and miss, and miss!
Nine Futile Attacks.
For four days Wahoo valiantly
fought her bad luck, and made,
in all, nine attacks upon nearly
as many enemy ships. Results
achieved, zero! Heartbreaking.
hopeless. utter zero!
On August 20, Mush Morton and
Evening star., 1952-11-14
Car Thief Quizzed q.
AS Suspect in Boys
Hif-and-Run Death

Police questioned a 20-year-old
confessed car thief today in the
hit-and-run death of Larry Dick
erson. 7, of 1406 U street Sc.
The suspect, who is colored, de-
MED hitting the boy yesterday
afternoon. but admitted stealing
a car shortly before the fatal &C
cident. Detectives questioning the
suspect said the lead "looks good. !"
Described as a 1910 black sedan
with Florida license plates, the
car was towed to the police garage
and examined for blood stains and
damage to the front tenders or
|grill-work.
Struck With Force.
Apparently struck with tre-
force, the victim Of the
speeding auto died soon after the
accident at Minnesota avenue and
Good Hope road Sc.
Larry, the son af Alex Dicker-
son, AZ, and Mrs. LiNie Dickerson,
81, was going to the 18th precinct
Police Boys Club with his brother
Danny, S. They had expected to
meet another brother Tommy. Il,
and return home with him tor
dinner.
In his story of the tragedy,
Danny said Larry had stepped
out into Minnesota avenue to see
If any cars were coming. Appar-
emily seeing none. he was return
ing to the curb to take the hand
of his younger brother when the
car suddenly turned left from
Good Hope road, struck Larry,
and sped northeast on Mime
sofa.
Brother Tells Mother.
1t was about Sis pm. and the
street lights were on. Sobbing,
Danny hurried home to tell his
mother Larry had been hit. Mrs.
Dickerson reached the scene be-
fore an ambulance carried the
boy to Gallinger Hospital, where
he died at 5:45 pm.
Police broadcast a description
of car seen speeding from the
intersection. They found one
witness, Eugene D. O'Connor, $500
lParkland street SllitIand who had
stopped his car at the corner. He
said Larry fell in the street be-
side his car door.
Larry's father, q mechanic at
a southeast garage, said he had
warned the boys a week ago not
to 60 across the dangerous street
alone. Mrs. Dickerson, preparing
dinner yesterday evening, told
Evening star., 1952-11-14

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Evening star., 1952-11-14

his Wahoo stormed into Pear,
Harbor and tied up at the sub
base. This time the
booming exuberance with which
this sub had been wont to return
from patrol was totally lacking
But such was the fame Of Wahoe
and her skipper that there was
quite a crowd of men and officers
on the dock to greet her.
One or two made an effort tc
say something cheerful to the OBJ
suffering commanding Of
flcer, but nothing they could say
or do could allay the fact that
Morton, who up to this time had
been the most successful skipper
of the whole force, had returned
from his last patrol empty-handed
AS soon as he could. Mush hurried
to the Office of ComSubPac.
Once there he gave voice. in nc
uncertain terms, to the anger
which possessed him. Virtually
his fist on the table
after all, you don't pound your
fist at an admiral, even one sc
understanding as Admiral Charles
A. Lockwood-he insisted that
something was radically wrong
and that corrective measures hao
to be taken Immediately.
The admiral and his staff lis
tened thoughtfully, for this was
by no means the only report they
had received about malfunctionine
of the submarines major weapon
Half-formed thoughts about
sabotage. inefdciency or improper
preparation hovered above this
gathering. and the upshot Of II
VISA that the commander sub
marines. Pacific Fleet. gave his
word to Comdr. Dudley Morton
that he would find out what was
wrong with the fish if it killed him
Evening star., 1952-11-14
Wohoo Rides Into Dangerous japanese Waters
On Heort-Breukinq and Troqic Mission

In their hearts. the members of
his staff echoed his sentiments
for, after all. every man there was
a veteran submarine skipper him
lsef.
The interview with Wahoo's
skipper at an end. Lockwood asked
the question which Morton had
been waiting for: well, Mush,
what do you want to do?"
= Knowing his man, the admiral
was prepared for the answer he
got. but it must be admitted that
he would hardly have been sur
prised had Morton indicated that
he had been taking a beating
lately. and would like a rest.
A rest was farthest from Mush
Morton's mind at that moment.
Admiral" he said, IT want to 20
right back to the Sea of Japan,
with a load of live fish this timer
They shook hands. We'll get
you ready as soon as we can," said
Lockwood.
Morton stood up gravely.
thanked him shortly, and de-
parted. AS he watched that
straight. tall figure stride out of
his Office the thought flashed
across the admirals mind: st
shouldn't let him go. I ought to
take him off his ship and let him
cool off a bit. But just can't
do it,"
WahOO Disappears Forever.
So Wahoo was given another
load OF torpedoes. which were most
painstakingly checked for perfect
condition, and Immediately de-
parted for the Japan Sea to re-
deem her previous fiasco. She
stopped at Midway en- route, but
nothing more was ever heard or
seen OF her, and what information
we have been able to gather. con-
SiSting of reports of losses which
could only have been due to depre-
dations made by Wahoo on her
last patrol, has come from Jap
aneSe sources.
According to these sources, four
ships were sunk by Wahoo in the
Japan Sea between September 20
and October 9, 1943. Knowing
the Jap tendency to deflate rec
ords of losses, it is probable that
the actual number of ships sunk
was eight or more, instead of four.
Wahoo never returned. Sur
priSingly, however, among the 468
United States submarines which
the JapS claimed to have sunk,
there was not one record, or any
other information anywhere dis
covered which, by any stretch of
circumstances. could explain what
had happened to her.
The enemy never got her. They
never even knew she had been
lost, and we carefully concealed
it for a long time, knowing how
badly they wanted to get"
Wahoo.
Like SO many OF our lost sub
marines. she simply disappeared
into the limbo of lost ships, SEAL
ing her mystery with her forever.
This has always been a COM
forting thought. for it is a sailors
death, and an honorable grave. II
like to think of Wahoo carrying
the fight to the enemy. as she
always did. gloriously, successful
ly. and furiously. up to the last
catastrophe instant when, by
some mischance. and in some
manner unknown to living man,
the world came to an end for her.
lCopyright. 1852 by Edward L. Beach
Published by Henry Holt & Co.. Inc. Dis
tributed by the Register and Tribune
Syndicate.) r''s
(To be continued tomorrow
Evening star., 1952-11-14
FOUND.

EYEGLASSES, blue and silver frame red
case: found In virginia. Call TIE. 1850.
POLICE DOG, male; vic. Silver Spring.
MONTG. CO. SHELTER. 81. 51S3, be-
fore 5.
WRIST WATCH. mans; wednesday on
18th st. NV. Call CO. 1444.
Evening star., 1952-11-14
SUBMARINE:
By Comdr. Edword l. Beech, U. S. N.
By Comdr. Edword
CHAPTER ".
WAHOO.

Dudley w. Morton, command
ing officer of Wahoo. was a man
of original ideas and independent
thinking.
Submarine doctrine called for
shooting several torpedoes at each
target, in a spread, in order to
take into account possible ma
neuvers to avoid. errors in solution
of the fire control problem. or mall
function of torpedoes. No quarrel
could really be had with this pro-
cedure. so long as a submarine
was apt to see and be able to
shoot only a few ships per patrol.
But in three successive patrols
Wahoo had returned before the
completion of her normal time on
station. with all torpedoes ex-
pended. Morton knew he had the
knack of searching out targets
where other men could not find
them.
If you know you are going to
see plenty Of targets-so ran his
argument-why not shoot only one
torpedo at each ship. and accept
those occasional misses? If a sub
marine fires three fish per Salvo,
and sinks eight ships with her "a
torpedoes, is that as effective in
damaging the enemy as a SUBJ
marine which fires single shots and
sinks IL ships with "a torpedoes?
The problem. according to Mush,
lay simply in the number of con-
facts you could make. So he asked
for, and received for his fourth
patrol, the hottest area there was
the Japan Sea!
The Japan Sea is a nearly land
locked body of water lying between
Japan and the Asiatic mainland.
1t can be reached from the open
sea in only three ways-through
the Straits of Tsushima, Tsugaru|
or La Perouse. The only other pos
Sible entrance is through the Tar
tary Strait, between Sakhalin Is
land and Siberia. which is too
shallow for seagoing vessels and,
anyway, under the control of Rus
sia.
It was known that the japanese
had extensively mined all possible
entrances to their" sea, and that
they were carrying on an enor-
nous volume of traffic in its shell
tered waters with no fear what
ever of allied interference.
Chance to Test Theory.
If Wahoo could only get into
this lush area, Mush figured, she
should find so many targets that
she would have an ideal opportu-
nifty to try out his theory. He
knew the entrances were mined
but he also knew that it takes an
awfully good mine field to COM
pletely close up such a large pas
sage as La Perouse of Tsushima.
and that his chances of running
through on the surface above the
anti-submarine mines (Which. of
course, would be laid at depths
calculated to trap a submerged
submarine) would be good. He
also was banking on probable lax
ness and inattention on the part
of the Japanese defenders, and
on taking them by surprise.
So on August q, 1943, Wahoo
departed Pearl Harbor for the
Japan Sea. carrying with her a
determined captain and an en-
tirely new team of officers. Execu-
tive Officer Dick O'Kane had been