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Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25
FOR RENT

OFFICE SPACE, modern, furnished. Across from post office. Former Welfare office. EIrs l.. V. Ray,
 7ltfc SPECIAL SERVICES PETE'S PAINT & BODY SHOP for first class, guaranteed work. New and modern equipment Located at Marine Ways Phone Garfield 91; Night, Garfield l21.
 71--73c
Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25
MISSING PERSONS

CARA DYGERT, 814 18th Street. Seattle. Washington, died Febru- ary ?, 1852. Anyone knowing whereabouts of step-niece, maid on name, SKINNER, and sole aeir, please notify Paul MI Anderson, attorney, 708 American Building, Seattle. Washington
 70-74p
Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25

Anywhere South of Radio Station
 soc Northern Cab, Main 54 Main 55
Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25
oUT-oF-ToWN REAL ESTATE

WILL SELL OR TRADE for Seward property: l60 acre homestead mi. NE of Homer. Accessible by coad. Buildings include Broom house with basement, furnace, electricity and water; 16-x24-foot chicken coop and ? other small structures. Concrete barn piers in
 School l4-mile Terms. Contact Frank Lambert on Fifth between Monroe and A. 7O-73c
Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25

JOHN P. SMITH Real Estate x Insurance Phone Main 233 4th & Adams
Seward seaport record., 1952-04-25

CABIN FOR SALE. See Mrs. M.
 Coulter, 1030 2nd Ave. to p.m.
 week days. 73-76p
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Tunis Clashes Flare
Again, -Four Killed
BY the Assocjosed Press

PARIS, Jan. 19.-New clashes
between anti-French nationalists
and police were reported today in
the French North African pro-
tectorate Of Tunisia, the latest
trouble spot in the Middle East
to erupt into violence. At least
four Tunisians have been killed
in clashes with police during the
past three days.
The reports, reaching here
through French censorship in
Tunisia. said at least three per-
sons were injured today at Bad
Souika when students and work
ers defed q police ban against
public meetings.
The French news agency said
the police opened fire on the dem
|onstrators when they refused to
|disperse. Another bloody clash
was reported between troops and
demonstrators at Mateur, near
TuniS. but no casualties were
known.
Police were said to have ar
rested more than 40 Of a crowd
of 200 women in Tunis who were
demonstrating for independence
from French rule in front Of the
headquarters Of the resident gen.
|eral.
The new demonstrations fol-
lowed action yesterday by the
French to clamp down on Arab
nationalists who are agitating for
an end to the protectorate, COM
plete internal autonomy and an
all -Tunisian cabinet.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Marine Dies in Cove-n
Blamed on Heavy Roin

CAMP PENDLETON, Calf. Jan.
10 R. cave-in blamed on
heavy rains killed one Marine at
this huge training base and in
jured two others, the Camp
Pendleton public information Of
flee reported today.
The dead man was identified as
Pfc. Joseph M. Hnetkovsky, %,
son Of Mrs. Mary Katherine
Strojny of Cicero, Ill.
The injured are Pfc. Allen r.
Kalenberg, 18, son of Mrs. Ana
Kalenberg of Brooklyn, N. Y, who
suffered a broken collar bone, and
Pfc. Raymond H. Mays of Hunt
ington, w, Va.
The three were in a hole four
feet deep with reinforced sandbag
top at a forward observation post.
The heavy rains the last few days
are believed to have caused the
cave-in. The three were dug out
within 10 minutes but Pfc. Hnet-
kovsky was dead on arrival at the
camp hospital.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
By Cecil Holland

Attorney General McGrath
looked around today for a lawyer
outside of Government service to
head. a Government cleanup drive
as the administration moved on
several fronts to put its house in
order.
Mr.. McGrath said several prom
inent lawyers are being consid-
cred and the selection would be
made on merit without any
partisan considerations"
The Attorney General was re-
Gently assigned by President Tru-
man to the housecleaning task
despite the fact that he and the
Justice Department are under
congressional fire In connection
with charges of corruption in the
Government. ...
Other developments included:
!. Secretary of the Treasury
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Bacon Boost Is Scant Balm
AS Britain Cuts Meat Ration
BY the Assoc;oted Press

LONDON, Jan. 19.-The skinny
British meat ration is being pared
down some more a week from to-
morrow.
The weekly bacon ration will
rise January 81 from three thin
slices to four, but the amount OF
carcass meat Britains may buy
will sink from 1913 cents to 1852
cents a week.
Food Minister Gwilym Lloyd
George yesterday issued the bad
news for British housewives, who
have been bucking butcher-shop
ration lines since March IL, 1910
Mr.. Lloyd-G George blamed re-
duced supplies from Argentina
and Australia. commenting, 1T
is impossible to say how long the
cut will last"
Game and poultry are not ra-
toned, but an average chicken
costs $4.20. That is an average
days pay in Britain.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
A Couf1terspy Tells His Story

One day in the late spring of 1910 young direct-mal
advertising salesman strobe along Water street Boston and
turned into building at No. routine call Sensing
likely sales prospect he knocked door bearing the words
Massachusetts Youth Council"
At that moment Herbert Phlbrck unknowingy embarked
daring adventure In which he three lives
citizen Communist and counerspy His of
work eliminated before Judge Mednas
testimony Communist activities shattered the defense
top II Communists in America
Herbert Phbrick tells the whole story Of his
existence in series OF II articles beginning tomor
in The Star. Don't miss this revealing SERIES entitled
II Led Three Lives Sterling 5000 for home delivery
The Star s#
Evening star., 1952-01-19
McGroth Seeks Cleanup Chief
To Head Drive on Corruption
Several Prominent Lawyers Considered;
Snyder Books Tax Bureau Reform Plan

Snyder strongly backed a pro-
posed reorganization of the scan
dal-hit Bureau of Internal Reve-
nue. as hearings on the reorganiza-
ton plan placing collectors and
others under civil service began
before the House Expenditures
Committee. Revenue Commits
sioner John B. Dunlap will give
details of the proposed reorganiza- =
|tion before the committee Monday.
2. The House Ways and Means
subcommittee investigating tax
scandals scheduled hearings start
ling Monday on reforms aside from
the reorganization plan in the
Revenue Bureau. Chairman King
Democrat. of California, said
Secretary Snyder and Mr.. Dunlap
will be the first witnesses.
8. Mr.. McGrath announced he
is moving to offer at public sale
(See CLEANUP page A2N
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Force Base. Wash, carried 40 mill
tary passengers and a crew of
three.
It splashed into the icy North
Pacific at 1888 am. (4::38 am,
EST trying for an emergency
landing at an airport on the
Queen Charlotte Islands.
Small boats sped to the scene
three-fourths of a mile offshore,
and one reported it picked up
seven persons.
The tugboat Labouchere joined
the search as planes circled and
dropped flares.
The Coast Guard In Seattle re-
ported the plane floated for a
time, then went down in shallow
water. leaving only one wing and
the tail section in sight.
Planes rushed to the isolated
airport from Canadian, Alaskan
and United States bases.
An Air Force public relations
officer at McChord Field also said
indicated there were only
seven survivors, but he added
there still was hope others would
be found.
Shouts from the water, asking
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Conductor Of Symphony
Resigns in Baltimore
BY the A.seeiaisd Pres,

BALTIMORE, Jan. 19.-Regin-
aid Stewart has resigned as con-
ductor of the Baltimore Sym
phony Orchestra.
The resignation came in a let
ter yesterday to Symphony Asso-
citation President Alan P. Hob
utzell.
Mr.. Stewart said he was "un-
willing to continue as conductor
under existing conditions"
He cited the reduction by two
weeks of the concert season
which, he said, caused 30 players
to depart for "greener fields"
Mr.. Stewart, who has been con-
ductor here since 1942, said his
resignation would be effective
after the seasons last concert
March 80. 4
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Returning Korea Plane Crashes
With 43 Aboard, 7 Rescued
Hours of Search at Scene Off Coast
Of Canada Foil to Locote Any Others

help. were heard at 1884 am,
about two hours after the crash, %
the officer said.
The surface temperature was
SO above. with light snow, and a
22-mile-an-hour wind was blow
ing parallel to shore. Officers said
this would make it difficult for
survivors to reach shore unaided.
The plane, chartered by the Mill
itary Air Transport, Service and
operated by a Northwest Airlines
crew, was Northwest'S flight 324
from Tokyo, via Shemya in the
Aleutian Islands and Anchorage,
Alaska.
McChord reported only that the
plane was carrying military pas
sengers. An officer said there
might be Korean veterans, mill
tary personnel from Japan or
even civilian military employees
aboard. The names of passengers
feared lost will not be released
until next of kin are notified.
Northwest Airlines, which was
the four-engined DC-4,
said all personnel aboard were
outf1tted with self Initiating life
vests. It said the aircraft also
carried two 20-man life RATS and
one 10-man raft.
The Coast Guard here said it
was advised that all seven persons
rescued were brought in by one
rowboat. 1t said the operator
of the rowboat reported he saw
no other survivors, but was going
back for q second try. It was
not known how many other boats
were available.
The crew members were identi-
fed as John Pfaffinger, 80, Kent
the pilot. and co-pilot Ken
meth Kuhn, SO. and Stewardess
Jane Cheadle, both of Seattle.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Farm Product and Food
Wholesale Prices Dip
BY the Assoeiased Press

Declines in farm products and
foods showed wholesale prices down
slightly during the week ended
January Is.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics,
reporting a 0.4 per cent drop,
listed smaller decreases in textiles
and chemicals. Biggest increases
were for calves. hogs. potatoes at|
Chicago and some inedible fats
and oils.
The index. 1854 per cent of the
1926 average, was 1914 per cent
above the pre-Korean average but
l.9 below that Of one year ago.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
New Russian Terms
To End Korean War
Turned Down by U. n
Lotest Atomic Proposals
Sent to Committee
For Further Study
By the Associated Press

PARIS, Jan. 10. The United
Nations General Assembly turned
down today new Russian terms
for ending the war in Korea and
sent the latest Soviet atomic pro-
posals to the U. N. Disarmament
Commission for study.
The Korean proposals called for
an immediate cease-fire, to be fol-
lowed within 10 days by retreat
from the 38th Parallel by both
sides, plus withdrawal of foreign
troops from the Korean Peninsula
within three months.
The vote on the cease-fire and
retreat from the parallel IS in
favor, IS against and 10 absten-
tions. On the withdrawal of for
eign troops the vote was Z in favor,
81 against and II abstentions.
The vote on the Soviet atomic
proposals was 40 in favor to five
against (the Soviet bloc), with
three abstentions.
Inspection Agreement.
The proposals included Soviet
agreement to accept continuing
inspection of atomic facilities in
Russia and to agree to simultane-
GUS control of atomic weapons and
their international prohibition.
Earlier the Soviet Union had al
ways insisted on immediate and
unconditional prohibition of the
atomic weapon and had agreed
to allow international inspectors
only to inspect agreed facilities
at specified times.
The United States has prom
ised to have new and important
proposals of its own on disclosure
and verification of atomic arma-
ments to make to the commission.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei
Y. Vishinsky said the Assembly's
action would "marinate, pickle
and finally bury" his proposals.
He said the United States and
Britain would see they are pig
eonholed and never allowed to see
the light Of day again"
Pakistan Pleads for Libya.
The Soviet Foreign Minister said
the United States and Britain were
mot interested in q prohibition Of
the atomic bomb" and therefore
shunted aside his proposals, which
opened the door wide to agreed
solutions to the weightiest prob
lens now facing the United Ma
tions."
Pakistan asked today for an
early meeting Of the Security
Council to take up the question
of Libya's admission to the United
Nations question that appears
already doomed to be answered
by a Soviet veto.
Syria's Faris El Khourly dis
closed yesterday that Russianl
delegates had told him Libya must
be Jumped with all other nationsl
awaiting q. N. membership. 4
Evening star., 1952-01-19
IS Aliens Deported
On Liner Suturnio

NEW YORK, Jan. IGNORE
than IS aliens. the most to be
deported aboard one ship "in a
long, long time" were to leave
the United States today on the
Italian Liner Saturnia.
Edward j. Shaughnessy, New
York district immigration direc-
tor. said the deported include
many stowaways who entered the
country Illegally.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
The Moose Was Angry

WEST NEW AMMAN, Nova Sco-
tia, Jan. 10 R.-Three men and
q car we're chased half q mile
down East New AMMAN Mountain
by an enraged moose yesterday.
The men took refuge in . store
and were rescued by the game
warden. who shot the moose. watt
ing patiently outside the floor.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Senate Group TO Ask
$4,000 10 Spur Probe
.NU. 5. Farm Program
PIon to Check Reports
Of Huge Losses in Grain
Stored in Southwest
By james (. Roper
By james {. Roper

The Senate Agriculture Com
mittee will ask for $4,000 to in
vestigate grain shortages and
other irregularities in the Amer
ican farm program.
The committee voted unan-
imously for the investigation yes
terday, despite Agriculture Secre-
tary Brannan's stand that his
department has done a good job
in running the farm program.
Committee Chairman Ellender
said the Senate doubtless will pro-
vide the money for the investiga-
ton, which would go into:
/. A General Accounting Office
report that nearly 81 million
worth of Government-controlled
grain is missing in the SoL thwest
alone.
2. A report that a Kansas City
firm made a tremendous profit
by leasing Army buildings at
Camp Crowder, Mo-, and then
storing grain in them for the
Agriculture Department.
8. A previously investigated in
stance of employees of the Farm
Credit Administration Office in st.
Louis speculating in oil and gas
leases on land formerly controlled
by the Federal Government.
The inquiry, Senator Ellender
said, also may 60 into reports of
irregularities in the processing of
peanuts into peanut Gil.
Victory for Warren.
The committee decision to
hold a wide investigation was at
lease a tentative victory for Con-
troller General Lindsay G. War
rem. who reported that Agricul-
ture Department officials in Dali
las, Tex, negligently allowed
warehouse operators to get away
with Government grain-and then
tried to conceal the shortages.
Secretary Brannan and Mr..
Warren sat face-to-face and
smiled weakly at each other yes
terday. as the Agriculture Depart
ment had a preliminary hearing
on the grain shortages. Secretary
Brannan apologized for a Deem
Der IA letter he wrote to the Agri-
culture Committee. 1t charged
that his opponents were using the
grain shortages for political pur-
poses.
Secretary Brannan told the
committee his blood pressure was
up at the time he wrote the letter,
and he was sorry he did. Secre-
tary Brannan turned directly to
Mr.. Warren and suggested that
they get together personally and
settle any further differences that
might arise between the Agricul-
|ture Department and the GAO,
which Mr.. Warren heads.
To Continue Investigations.
Mr.. Warren nodded a cool
acknowledgment to this sugges-
ton, but GAO officials said they
were going to continue their in
vestigations Of the farm program.
(See AGRICULTURE. Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-01-19

Rail Case" of four years ago, what
happened in the case was brought
into public view.
There were disclosures of a
racket war, threats of murder, a
$4,000 pay-off to principal in
the case not to testify and mys-
terious envelopes handed to police
and ABC inspectors by racketeers.
The committee was told that
former Police Supt. Robert J..
Barrett threatened to send a de-
tective to jail for what he called
an attempt to shake down" a
numbers king for $4,000.
There were reports later that two
witnesses have received threats
but the reports were unconfirmed
and police viewed them with skep-
ticism. Nevertheless. they fur
nlshed added police protection as
a precaution.
All the events in yesterdays
testimony centered around the
Brass Rail, a cafe operated by
Roger (Whitetop) Simkins, a
numbers czar, at 1889 Seventh
street NV.
More Developments Indicated.
The attitude of the Senators at
yesterdays hearing indicated there
is more to come.
Senator Neely, the chairman.
sharply criticized the prosecution
OF the Brass Rail case-in which
two men were wounded during an
early-hour shooting-and called
the whole proceeding "a new type
of law"
Officials Of the United States
Attorneys office will be called be-
fore the committee to explain why
the charges in the case were not
more fully prosecuted.
Charles H. Nelson, colored, of
1903 II street NV, who said he
was night manager of the Brass
Rail at the time of the shooting.
testified yesterday.
Former Detective Sergt. Reuben
r. Nichols. colored, also testified
concerning a chain of events in
which he became involved as a
friend of Nelson's.
The witnesses gave this ac-
count. with each testifying on
separate phases. of what hap
pened before and after the shoot
ing:
l. A group Of numbers OPERA
tors who felt they were being
squeezed out" by Whitetop Sim
kins and Shep Shapiro in the "up-
town" section around Seventh and
U streets NV. called q secret
meeting to discuss it.
Talk of Killing Two.
2. Sergt. Nichols learned of the
meeting and that there was dis
cussion about killing Simkins and
Shapiro, and the remark was
made that IF the redhead (Nel-
son gets in the way, he'll get
his. too."
5. On January 8, Henry piggy
Leake hammered on the door of
the Brass Rail at 2:30 am. and
demanded admittance. When he
was not admitted, the shooting
began. Both Leake and Nelson
were wounded. Leake was charged
with assault with a deadly weapon.
4. After the shooting. Simkins
paid Nelson's hospital bills and
Kept on his $75-a-week salary for
several weeks after that. Nelson
said Simkins also offered to COM
pensate him up to $4,000.
5. Later, Nelson became angry
when he also was charged with
assault with a deadly weapon, and
threatened to tell what he knew
about payoffs to police to protect
gamblers. He accused Simkins of
"double-crossing" him and put
ting the police on him."
He met Leake on the street.
Nelson said, and was offered some
(See CRIME Page A-13N
Evening star., 1952-01-19
Reds Charge Attack
On Armistice Convoy
By U. 5. JET Planes
Fourth Recent Incident
Injected Into ToIks;
Ridewuy Move Seen
BY the Assoeiaied Press

MUNSAN, Korea, Jan. 19-The
Communists charged today that
four American jet planes bombed
and strafed q plainly marked
armistice convoy on the highway
between Kaesong and Pyongyang
yesterday in violation Of q joint
agreement.
It was the fourth time this week
the Reds have injected an "inci-
dent" into the deadlocked Pan
|munjom truce talks.
Gen. Matthew B. Ridgway,
supreme u. N. commander flew
back to Tokyo after secret confer
ences with truce negotiators.
There was speculation that he
delivered new instructions which
might get the armistice talks
rolling again.
Agreement on Safeguards.
The United Nations made two
concessions a month ago after
Gen. Ridgway had conferred with
Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, head
|of the negotiating team. They
dropped demands for aerial in
|spections of Red territory during
an armistice and offered to give
up islands they occupy off the
North Korean coast. Such de-
cisions are made at the highest
level in Washington and are re-
layed here.
The Communists agreed in prin-
ciple today to a meeting of staff
officers to draft safeguards for
prisoner of war camps.
The U. N. command asked for
such a meeting after the Reds
charged that u. N. planes bombed
Ia prison camp near Kangdong
Monday, killing 20 Allied prisoners
and injuring others.
The U. N. acknowledged that
planes were bombing the Kang-
dong area Monday night and ac-
cused the Reds of failing to pin
point the location of their prison
camps.
Two Men Reported Injured.
The Communists also charged
that U. N. planes few over North
east China Sunday and bombed
the Kaesong protected area
Tuesday.
In the latest incident, the Reds
said U. N. jets attacked two
trucks and a jeep on the Kaesong-
Pyongyang highway about 20
miles north of Wesong.
Two men allegedly were injured.
Marine Col. James c. Murray;
q. N. liaison officer, called the
Communist charge q routine
grave protest"
Brig. Gen. William p. Nuckols,
official U. N. spokesman, said
an inquiry would be made.
The investigation Of charges
that Q United Nations plane
dropped q bomb on the outskirts
Of Kaesong is still underway.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
! I
New Disclosures
Due in District
Crime Inquiry
Burrett Threatened
TO Joil Detective,
Witness Declares
By jack Jonas.

The warmest session yet in the
Senate Crime Investigating Com
mittee's hearings yesterday ap-
peared today to be only prelude
for hotter meetings next week.
For the first time since the
celebrated but confusing Brass
Evening star., 1952-01-19

1898, when 11.06 inches of rain
fell in five days and caused 95
deaths. 1t was the worst January
downpour since 1916, when 1890
inches was recorded for the entire
month. 80.
The United States Weather Bu-
reau said that mark may yet be
broken, because more rain, al
though not as much, is forecast
for the week END.
100 Families Evacuated.
Hardest hit were the lowlands
districts in Los Angeles and
Orange Counties and in the San
Fernando Valley. Nearly 1900
families, evacuated from their
homes as f1oodwaters reached
depths of 8 to 4 feet, returned
to survey and repair the damage.
The water was receding today.
Crews were clearing debris-ridden
streets. Main traffic arteries were
reopening. In Los Angeles alone,
1,400 men and 800 machines were
at work cleaning up.
Federal Forecaster A. X. Sho-
walter said a new storm from
Alaska should leave only an addi-
tional three-quarters of an inch
Of rain here at the most.
Houses Washed Away.
For Northern Californians the
outlook for the week end was
CHEEKY mild and clear" The
Weather Bureau said new storm
had threatened but has dissipated.
In the Los Angeles area houses
were washed from their founda-
tions. Others were buried by
earthslides or flooded with up to
q foot of water at the, peak of
the storm. Streets were blocked
by silt and rocks, and railroad
traffic was halted late yesterday.
City Health Officer George Uhl
warned that a disease hazard still
exists in the San Fernando Valley
where torrential rains caved in
cesspools and sent sewage flowing
into the streets.
Many boulevards were brimming
from curb to curb, making passage
impossible except by rowboat. The
normally shallow Los Angeles
River was still a raging torrent
today.
Cleanup to Cost Million.
The Red Cross sheltered 500
food victims at 13 emergency
centers set up throughout South
ern California. In San Diego,
where one storm death was re-
ported, 100 persons were forced
to flee their homes.
The Los Angeles Board of Pub
lie Works estimated that damage
to streets would total $500, 900 and
that the cleanup would cost 81
million. County damage estimates
were placed at 100000 for roads
and bridges.
Snow clogged many mountain
roads and completely isolated the
resort town of Big Bear in the
San Bernardino Mountains.
Crop harvests, notably navel
oranges, were interrupted by the
storm, and the California Fruit
Growers Exchange said shipments
would probably be only half of
normal.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
10 Children Killed BY Mine

SAIGON, 1ndo-C China. Jan. 10
R.-Ten children were killed and
10 seriously injured yesterday
when . school bus blew up on q
road mine at Bentre. so miles
southwest Of Saigon.
Evening star., 1952-01-19
by The Assoeiated Press

SEATTLE, Jan. ia Korean
airlift plane with 43 aboard
crashed into the sea near a Brit
ish Columbia airport early today
and hours later only seven persons
had been rescued.
ut looks doubtful whether there
are any more survivors," said a
Canadian official at Vancouver,
British Columbia.
The big plane, en- route from
the Far East to McChord Air