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Evening star., 1952-09-09
Grand Jury Probe
OF Postal Job Sales
in New York
information Obtuined
In 2-Yeor Investigation
Is Released for Action

A Federal grand jury in New
York has begun investigating "ir-
Irregularities" in promotions in the
New York Post Office, it was dis.
closed today.
| A Justice Department spokes-
man announced the start Of the
inquiry. which was understood tt
invole the sale" of promotions.
Chief Postal Inspector Cliftor
Garner said his staff investigated
the New York situation for two
years and now has turned over al
the data to the United States at.
torney in New York for prosecu.
ton.
"Only a few persons are in.
voled," Mr.. Garner said.
In New York United States At.
torney Myles j. Lane said:
"The evidence does not indicate
that the irregularities exist on ar
lorganized basis. But there is evi.
dence that money has been passed
for the purchase Of promotion ir
some instances.
New York Postmaster Albert
Goldman resigned April 80. Mr.
Garner said Mr.. Goldman wa.
not involved in the irregularities
but quit because his wife was ill
Chicago Postmaster John Hader'
lein also has resigned while hi.
office was under investigation, ex.
planning that publicity had cut
his effectiveness in the job. A
grand jury in Chicago is investi-
eating,
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Campaign to Improve Health
In District Gets Under Way
Commissioners Hospital Advisers Sworn In
And Groups Are Named to Study Problems

Donohue and Col. Thomas j
Hayes III, Assistant Engineer
Commissioner.
Other committee members and
their assignments include: DR.
Howard Payne, tuberculosis prob
lem; DR.. Norman @. Brill, psy-
Ichiatric problem; DR.. John Lyons,
surgery and adequacy of staff;
DR.. Wallace Yater. diagnosis, care
of patients and greater bed utili-
zation in city hospitals; DR.. Worth
IB. Daniels, equipment in city hos
pitals and laboratories.
Also DR.. John A. Washington
treatment and equipment in pedi-
atrics; DR.. c. K. Fraser, care and
treatment in obstetrics: DR.. Will
liam B. Ingersoll, oral diseases and
relationship to general health
Leo Schneider, hospital manage
ment; Mrs. Neville Miller, nursing
problem, and Garfield KaSs, alter
ations and construction.
DR.. A. c. Christie, the noted
radiologist, was sworn in as a COM
mittee member but was not as
signed because, Mr.. Clark said. he
had advised the Commissioners he
would not be able to serve.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
By Miriom Ottenberq

Members of the new Commits
sioners' Advisory Committee on
Municipal Hospitals started their
health campaign officially today.
They were told by their chair
man, Omer w. Clark, the Com
missioners' goal was to make great
and lasting improvements in the
city's health without spending any
more money.
But. Mr.. Clark added, if they
found more money had to be
spent. they must be prepared to
defend their estimates to the last
dollar.
The experts Of the committee
IL men and a woman-were sworn
in at the District Building. Sub
committees were appointed to
study the health problems need
ing the greatest immediate atten-
tion.
Mr.. Clark advised the members
they must have their reports
ready by December l to give the
Commissioners time to study them
and prepare to present estimates
to the appropriations committees
If more money is needed.
Commissioner Renah F. Cana
lier later explained the estimates
would be too late to 60 Into the
regular budget for the next fiscal
year. which the Commissioners
are now completing. He added,
however. that fund requests pre-
sented by the committee could be
worked into a deficiency or sup
Elemental appropriation.
Before adjourning, the commit
tee decided to visit the city's
health institutions in a group,
probably late next week.
The next formal meeting Of the
committee was called for Septem-
ber 30 at II am. in Commissioner
Camalier's Office.
Most bureau heads Of the
Health Department met with the
committee. The members we're
told they could tap the Health
Department. legal staff and sta
tistical staff for information.
Commissioner Camalier told the
committee it's establishment was
Joined in welcoming the commit
tee by Commissioner F. Joseph
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Fire al Ocean City, n. J.,
Routs 30 Hotel Guests
BY the Assoeioted Press

OCEAN CITY, N. j., Sept. g.
A general alarm fire roareo
through the half-million dollar
Biscayne Hotel just off the board
walk early today sending 80 guests
fleeing to the street in their night.
clothes.
- Only one Of the guests was in.
jured in the pre-dawn blaze which
all but destroyed the five-story
59-room resort landmark anc
caused an estimated 100000 il
damage.
Fire officials said about two
thirds of the hotel was ruined il
the two-hour blaze.
The one casualty was Mrs
Catherine B. Casey, So, of LanS.
downe, Pa. She suffered a broker
left leg when. police said, sh,
leaped from fire escape on tn,
second floor to the street. He
condition Is not serious.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
End Of Segregation in D. c.
Fuvored by Gen. Eisenhower
The general replied:

"Your taxes go into the money
that is expended in that District
of Columbia for the purposes Of
which you are now speaking. AS
far as I know, there will never be
anything done with my authority
|or under my direction to discrim-
mate against you or your race in
any possible way.
$50 far as the authority vested in
me is concerned, it will be eyer-
|cised in the belief and the con-
|viction that you are not only
equal. but that If I do not protect
and support your rights. will lose
my own"
Il believe" the general added,
I'VE should eliminate every vestige
LOT segregation In the District Of
Columbia"
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Two Judges Order
Man and Wife Not
TOGO Into House
By the Assoeiated Press

DES MONIES. Sept. 9.-Two
District Court judges yesterday
signed orders restraining both a
husband and wife from entering
their home.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jones filed
divorce suits against each other.
Both asked for restraining orders.
Mrs. Jones filed her suit at 1:19
pm. District Judge Dring D. Need
ham signed the order restraining
Mr.. Jones from. entering the house
or molesting Mrs. Jones.
Two hours later Mr.. Jones, q
barber. filed his suit. District Judge
Joseph Meyer signed a similar
order to keep Mrs. Jones from
bothering her husband. Neither
Judge knew the other had taken
any action In the case.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
IL Freight Cars Derai|ed,
Block Richmond-D. T.. Line
BY the Assoeiosed press

RICHMOND. Va, Sept. "a
puthbound Richmond, Freder-
icksburg Il Potomac Railroad
freight train derailed at boswell,
Is miles north of here, today and
temporarily blocked all rail traf-
fic between Richmond and Wash
ington over the RF&P's tracks.
Company officials said no one
was injured. Cause Of the accident
was not Immediately determined.
The engine and leading cars
remained on the tracks. But II of
the following cars were derailed in
a pileup at the junction of the
|RF&P'S north-south line with
the Chesapeake and Ohio's east
west line.
The highway crossing at Dos
well also was blocked.
The C65O was able to move its
trains across the junction through
the middle Of the wreckage.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Murder Charge Filed
Against Sergt. Allison
In Death Of Wife
Air Force Man Accused
After Changing Story,
States Attorney Says
By q Stoff Correspondent Of The ssor

LA PLATA, Md, Sept. 9.-Ai1
Force Sergt. Homer Arthur Alli-
son. 81, today was charged with
the murder of his wife Rosie Ann
%. who was fatally injured early
Sunday on Route 5 after. he said
she jumped from his car.
Allison, who Is stationed at An,
drews Air Force Base, was charged
after he made changes in his
version Of what happened, accord.
ing to Charles County States At.
torney Robert T. Barbour.
Mr.. Barbour said that an inves-
tigation has developed evidence
which tends to discredit the young
soldiers story that his wife jumped
from the car. Allison has been
held in the county jail here since
2 am. yesterday.
Expecting Another Baby.
Mrs. Allison, who was the moth
|er of three children and was ex-
pecting another baby in Novem-
ber. died at 3 am. Sunday in
Physicians Memorial Hospital
here.
Two hours earlier, she was
brought to the hospital by her
husband. He told police she
Jumped from their car after an
argument.
Yesterday. police said, Sergt. Al
lison told them he did not see
his wife leave the car and that
she had "just disappeared"
Sergt. Allison told police he
could not fix the place where she
left the car.
Shortly afterward Mrs. J. Glib
bons Hammett, who lives 3.4 miles
east of the Waldorf traffic light
in the Forest Park development
on route S, reported that her hus-
band saw a pair of red strap
pumps yesterday on the property
of a next-door neighbor. Alvin r.
Glazeman.
Wrist Watch Found.
Searching the location with po-
lice. Mrs. Glazeman found a wom-
ans gold wrist watch. Authorities
said the shoes and watch belonged
to Mrs. Allison.
Mr.. Barbour and police said
they examined the Allisons' black
Chevrolet sedan and found what
appeared to be blood on the out
side Of the right front door and
on other parts Of the car. There
also were dents on q bumper and
fender.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Murray and Sutton
Lose Old Titles and
Now Become Chiefs

Henceforth it will be Chief
of Police Robert v. Murray
and Fire Chief Millard H.
Sutton.
Those titles became official
today when the Commission
ers formally retired the sitter
old forms of major and super
intendent of police and chief
engineer.
The police chiefs six as
sistant superintendents hence
forth will be known as deputy
chiefs Of police. The Fire De-
partment's assistants already
were known as deputy chiefs.
(Story on other actions Of
Commissioners today on Page
BID
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Party Series Tells How
To Entertain the Boss

FOR THE Boss-lts importont 10
entertoin the boss and other "vlPsS
correctly. CeroIyn Cossins offers some
suggestions on pose BIS.
SEA ADvENTURE-Theres little
better reodins thon o good SEQ story,
and few more thrilling hove been writ.
ten then The coins Mutiny." The
second instoIIment Of The Stars serial.
ixotion Of the epic Is on poae A..
Evening star., 1952-09-09
u. ). Moves 10 Revoke
Gambler CosteIIo's
Citizenship Rights
Will Bose Proceedings
On His Failure to Tell
Of Criminal Record

The Justice Department ha.
ordered decentralization proceed
ings against Frank Costello, New
York racketS car.
Attorney General McGranery
ANNOUNCED the move late yester-
day. He said the proceedings viii,
be based on charges that Costello
failed to disclose a prior crimina.
record when he applied for cit.
izenShip in 1925.
II feel strongly that this mans
citizenship should be revoked and
I am ordering immediate steps
taken by the Department of JUS
tice to achieve this" Mr.. Granery
said in a statement.
II believe that it is incumbent
upon me to prosecute matters OF
this type involving unsavory char
|acters."
Prison Sentence Cited.
The Justice Department saic
Costello failed to disclose in seek
ing naturalization that under the
alias of Frank Savorio he was con.
victed in New York March IL
1915, on a charge of carrying q
concealed weapon and was sen.
fenced to a year in prison.
The rackets world figure now IL
serving an 18-month sentence ir
the Lewisburg (Pa.) Fedora
prison for contempt Of Congress
He received the sentence for re.
fusing to answer questions before
the Senate Crime Investigating
Committee. He began serving the
sentence last month.
Born in Italy in 1891. Costello
grew up in New York's He'll,
Kitchen and admittedly became 9
bootlegger in the prohibition era
Although his criminal record i.
'voluminous. Costello usually man.
aged to keep out of jail.
He affected the trappings Of .
successful businessman-a Centra
Park apartment, a Long Islanc
summer estate, Florida vacations
"a flock of lawyers, a press agent
and even a psychiatrist. But vari.
Gus officials and committees have
described him as boss of a 50 mil
lion-a-year slot machine racket.
Won't Relax Prosecutions.
Meanwhile, Mr.. McGranery said
his decision to abolish the so-calleC
special rackets grand juries means
no relaxation in the prosecution
of criminals.
His statement was made in q
telegram to Spruille Braden, chair
man of the New York City Anti
Crime Committee. Mr.. Braden had
accused the Attorney General o1
hampering the drive against crime
by abolishing the special grand
juries.
Another protest against the Nc
Granery action came from Repre-
sentative Bakewell, Republican, ot
Missouri, a member Of the House
subcommittee investigating thu
Justice Department. He said the
move to dispense with the specia
grand juries must come as a keer
disappointment to citizens wht
are sincerely interested n law en-.
forcement and in ending gangstel
rule-both in and out Of Govern.
ment."
Evening star., 1952-09-09

visit to Cleveland, the heart of
Taft-land. proved that the party
rift opened during the conven-
ton is still far from healed. It
will not be healed until the Ohio
Senator gives the word, as the
general puts it, "in his own good
time"
Unity Still Possible.
Because this word has. so far,
been withheld, the Cleveland ap-
|pearance came as close to a flop
as anything the general has done
so far. 1t did not, however, put an
end to the possibility-in fact, the
probability-that party unity will
still be achieved.
The Cleveland visit gives the
public its first opportunity to OBJ
serve the G. o p. candidates
much-publicized talent for bring
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Better Let Grandma
Earn Her Keep,
Psychologists Soy
BY the Associated Press

BELFAST. Northern Ireland
Sept. 9.-By looking after grand
ma you probably are just being
cruel to the old lady. Better tt
send her out to earn her keep.
These opinions were expressed
by psychologists Of the British As.
sociation for the Advancement ol
Science in symposium on ths
care Of the aged today.
Mrs. A. v. Hill, wife Of the Brit
ish association president. sale
physical care alone often con.
stitutes actual cruelty. Old peo.
pie are happier living on their owl
than with their families"
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Eisenhower PorIeys Reveal
Party Rift Is Far From Healed
Both Candidates
On Radio Tonight,
| Stevenson on V

Tonight's speeches by the
presidential candidates will
have radio coverage, and, in
addition. Gov. Stevenson will
be on television.
Gen. Eisenhower may be
heard over radio stations
WMAL and WRC at 10 pm.
Gov. Stevenson's speech will
be carried on radio station
WTOP and television station
WTOP-TV at 10:30 o'clock.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Earthquake Recorded

CINCINNATI, Sept. 81 N1.-
Xavier University's seismograph
recorded a fairly severe" earth
quake at 9 am. (EDT) today. The
tremor appeared to be about 1000
miles from here and apparently
was of the West Coast.
Evening star., 1952-09-09


icy speech tonight. Tomorrow h,
will leave his aerial caravan fol
the first time for a whistle-stor
train tour down the valley to Lo,
Angeles.
Indications are that the Illinoi.
governor, in his foreign polio!
speech In Veterans Memorial Au.
ditorium at San Francisco, agar
will point out that most Of Gen
Eisenhower's foreign policy pro
gram is in line with the course al,
ready being followed by a Demo.
cratic administration.
Issue Of Liberation.
Here in Seattle Gov. Stevenson
contended again last night, how.
ever, that there is an issue be.
tween Gen. Eisenhower and him.
self over how far the Unitee
States should go In trying to lib.
crate the captive peoples behinc
the Iron Curtain in Eastern
Europe.
There was speculation today as
to whether Gov. Stevenson in Sar
Francisco would dicuss the Ko.
rean war. in view of the fact that
the Pacific Coast is more conscious
Of troubled conditions In Asia than
more remote parts Of the country
In California the Democrats
outnumber the Republicans on the
registration books, 80 million tc
81 million. But Californians are
accustomed to crossing party lines
Their unusual election laws en-
courage the practice by permitting
candidates for State and Congress
sional ofices to run on both
tickets.
Under this system, Republican
Senator KnoWland won both the
Republican and Democratic nom
nations for the Senate this year
so that the Democrats have nc
chance Of picking up a Senate
seat this year in California.
Truman Won by Only 1865.
Four years ago President Tru-
man carried California by a plu.
rality of only 1885 out of 3.s
million votes cast for the two
major parties. In 1948, however
Henry Wallace's Progressive Party
polled 10000 votes. If this third
party had not been in the field
Mr.. Truman's margin of victory
would have been larger.
The returns of 1948 may not
throw much light, however, or
1852, with two new national fig.
ures pitted against each other fol-
the presidency.
The Republicans are countin,
on Senator Nixon Of California
their vice presidential nominee. tt
help the ticket in his own State
But they had another Californian
Gov. Warren. in second place or
the 1948 ticket and it was MOI
enough to pull the State out o.
the Democratic column.
This year California is ever
more important than it was fou]
years ago, because its growins
(See STEVENSON, Page A-10)
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Text Of Eisenhower Tolk ond Q. and A.
Period in Clevelond.. Poee A

inee as he stepped from his plane
here after the two-hour flight
from Cleveland.
Among the greeters was Senator
William E. Jenner, a bitter critic
of Gen. EiSenhoWer's wartime
boss, Gen. George c. Marshall.
Gen. Eisenhower was smiling as
he shook hands with Senator Jen-
ner and other Republican officials
who greeted him.
Major Speech Tonight.
The Indianapolis schedule calls
for a luncheon meeting with State
editors, a public rally and ma
jor speech from 10 to 1890 PM.
Washington time.
Tomorrow the general returns
to New York, after a quick visit to
Washington for talks with party
workers.
If it proved nothing else, the
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Allied Pilots Destroy
I MICS, Damage Z
In 9Th Day Of Battles
September Toll Roised
To 2e; Record for Any
Month Is ~ Red Jets
BY the Associated Press

by the Associated PreSS
SEOUL, Korea, Sept. 9.-The
United States 5th Air Force sale
Allied jet pilots today destroyed
seven Russian built MIG 15s ane
damaged IL in blocking $50 Rec
fighters from an Allied air raid or
a North Korean military academy
near the Manchurian border.
All but one of the kills were con.
firmed.
It was the sixth straight day o1
jet battles over Northwest Korea
and raised the September bag OF
MICS to 20 destroyed, l probably
destroyed and 20 damaged. The
record for month is A Red Jet:
destroyed last April.
Pounded by High Explosives.
The Air Force said the military
academy-hit hard in a Fourth oi
July raid-was pounded by high
Explosives from United State!
Thunderjets. Eighty sorties Gin
Idividual f1ights) were flown in the
strike. The Air Force said the
academy. about 35 miles from the
big Communist airfield at Antung
in Manchuria, was being repaired
South Korean and Chinese in
fantrymen battled furiously into
the fourth day for control of Cap
itol Hill on the central front.
Troops of the crack Republic oi
Korea Capitol Division pulled back
off the slopes of the shell-scarreo
height to give U. N. artillery 6
|wide-open shot at the Chinese.
Five Countefattacks Made.
An Allied officer said, GAS of thi:
morning, nobody owns the hill"
Determined South Korean in.
fantrymen counterattacked the
Chinese five times in the face o1
the heaviest Red artillery barrage
Iof the war-48,000 rounds. They
reached the hill crest yesterday
but were thrown back.
The United States 9th Army sale
the Reds in the 24-hour perioc
ended at 6 pm. yesterday, rakec
the Capitol Hill sector with $4,000
rounds of artillery and mortar fire
The South Koreans were dug ir
300 yards from the top of the
hill at daylight this morning
Then came the order for the pull
back giving U. N. artillerymen q
clean sweep of the hill.
Much of the fighting has beer
lat close range-with hand gren.
Iades, fists, and daggers. At least
III U. N. planes hit Chinese posi-.
ItionS yesterday afternoon.
Probing Attack at Bunker Hill.
The 9th Army estimated Chinese
casualties at 954 killed ane
wounded in the first IA hours o.
fighting.
Chinese in the west early thi
morning threw a probing attacl
against American Marines OF
Bunker Hill on the western
front. Sharp shooting Leather
necks drove the 25-man group of
after a brief exchange of fire.
The 5th Air Force said BIZ
bombers last night attacked s.
Red vehicles hauling supplies nea
the front.
Land-based Marine fighter
bombers joined B-26s in other as
saults against night-moving Re-
supplies, the Air Force added.
B-29 Superforts from Okinaw,
dropped 200 tons of bombs Of
Yangdok, a rail center midwa,
between the North Korean capita
of Pyongyang in the west and tn
shell-wrecked east coast port o
Wonsan. The Air Force sal
Yangdok recently had been bull
up as a supply base for Red troops
Evening star., 1952-09-09
Pictures on Pose AS

ocrat Roger P. Dube got 35 pei
cent and 6 per cent went to Ear
s. Grant. Democrat-Independent.
In 1948-also a presidential year
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
rolled up a record TIA per cent ia
a Democrats 28.6. The total then
was $4,000
Qn Washington Republican
National Committee Chairman
Arthur E. Summerfield hailed
the returns as an indication of
latent landslide sentiment in
the United States for a COM
plete change in Washington.D
Mr.. Dube claimed gains for the
Democrats, however, and said they
presage "a strong Democratic vic
tory throughout the Nation in
November"
Yesterdays biggest total-241,- =
O00-came in a four-way race for
Governor.
cross Elected Governor
Republican State Senate Presi-
dent Burton M. Cross won with
So per cent. Another 1872 per cent
for two Republicans running as
independents-Henry w. Boyker
and Neil S. Bishop-pushed the
overall COP percentage to 67.2
as against Gov. Payne's IS per
cent in 1948.
Democrat James C. Oliver, a
one-time Republican House men,
ber, got 1928 per cent. His 194S
predecessor had 35.
Three Republican Representa-
tiveS won reelection easily.
"All but II of 625 precincts were
In. Except for two wards in Demo-
cratic Lewiston, they were in
small communities.
Unofficial TabuIation
An unofficial tabulation of the
vote:
For Senator: Gov. Payne 1885,
744. Mr.. DUDE, 82,383, Mr.. Grant
1924.
For Governor: Mr.. Cross 128,210,
Mr.. Oliver 1879. Mr.. Boyker
1.665. Mr.. Bishop 35,361.
For Congress, 1st District: Rep
resentative Robert Hale 49,590.
Democrat James A. McVicar 81
1892.
Congress. End District: Repre-
sentative Charles P. Nelson So
294, Democrat Leland B. Currier
25,177, Liberal Democrat Antonio
M. Chiaravalloti, 675.
Congress-, 3rd District: Repre-
sentative Clifford G. Mcintyre
42,85l, Democrat Philip r. Sharpe
1871.
Republican leaders had called
for as big or bigger a majority
than Mrs. Smiths record $4,000.
Anything much less, Vice Presi-
dental Nominee Richard Nixon
said here last week, would dis
hearten him and Gen. Eisenhower.
Just Begun, Payne Says.
Gov. Payne. although jubilant
over his victory, said "our job has
only begun. We can ill af-
ford to lower our guard until we
have placed Dwight D. Eisenhower
in the White House." he said.
He still declined comment on
Democratic National Committee
demand that Gen. Eisenhower re-
pudiate Gov. Payne's support be-
cause of State liquor monopoly
probe which overshadowed ma
tional as we'll as other State issues
In a hectic campaign.
Bernard T. Zahn, a former
liquor commission chairman whom
Gov. Payne appointed to office,
and a Boston public relations man
were indicted last Friday for con-
Spiracy to commit bribery.
Gov. Payne, at So, is completing
his second term as Governor. He
also served as State finance COM
missioner, has broad experience
as a businessman and was an
Army finance officer in World
War II.
The Governor -elect is a 49-year-
old florist who has never lost an
election in many years of mu-
nicipal campaigning and IL years
of legislative competition.
Evening star., 1952-09-09
General Moves Into
Indianapolis to Make
Major Talk Tonight
By Crosby S. Noyes
Star Stoff Correspondent

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 9.-Gen.
Eisenhower flew into Indianapolis
today on the last leg of his Mid
western tour after a not-too-
successful peace conference with
Taft men at Cleveland yesterday.
A crowd of about 5000 greeted
the Republican presidential NOM