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Evening star., 1952-08-04

that most of the Japanese cities
are on the ocean and I figured
that was the best way of finding
an airfield.
Then the jet engine quit"
THAT scared me-" Sergt. Hilt
said. But he maintained control
and by trial and error determined
the slowest possible rate of de-
scent He picked a course over
land and decided to ride the plane
down.
Sergt. Hit says he realized that
If the pilot did not regain con-
sciousness by the time the plane
reached 10000 feet, it would mean
he probably had died Of oxygen
starvation and the only course lett
was to roll her over and step
out"
At about $4,000 feet 1t. Macduff
came to. But Sergt. Hit had to
read the instruments for him be-
cause the blackout had blurred his
vision.
Engine Started Again.
The pilot took over and got the
engine restarted at 5000 feet.
Then he called a radio direction
finding station to steer him to the
nearest base.
II was a bit worried about the
landing" Sergt. Hit says, "be-
cause Macduff still couldn't see
clearly and I had to read the air.
speed to him all the way down.
But he made one of the slickest
landings I ever saw. We had only
a few minutes fuel left"
Sergt. Hilt has been in the Air
Force since 1910.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Boy Bridges Sunday
Traffic Is Pictured

BUSY BAY BRIDGE-The week end
:roffic JON on the shores Of the cheso-
peoke is still with US, despite the new
bridge. For picture view Of how
things were on the boy bridge yester-
doy. see Pose B-l.
HOME FREEZER AND THE HOUSE.
WIFE-Home freezey sove trouble
rother thon money, according to the
Agriculture Department survey. Find
inss Of the survey ore reported on
Pose AS.
GEM or THE ocEAN-The record
breokins journey Of the uss United
Stotes reeolls the doys when enothes
American ship mode its mork in the
maritime world. Edword Boykin turns
,ock the poaes Of time to tell the life
story Of The Sovereign Of the Seas on
Psoe A-l0.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Vonech Quits Top Justice Post
ToSeek McMohon SercHe Seat

Deputy Attorney General A. De-
witt Vanech submitted his resigna.
ton to President Truman today
He asked that it take effect i'm.
|mediately so he could seek the
Democratic senatorial nomination
lin Connecticut to succeed the 1ats
Senator Brien Mcmahon.
Although only 46, Mr.. Vanecf
has been with the Justice Depart.
|ment since 1888. He became
Deputy Attorney General on ap.
pointment by President Truman
last August following the resigna.
ton of Peyton Ford. His home il
in Stamford. Conn.
Resignation Rumored.
Rumors recently had been heard
in the department as well as the
Capitol that MFR. Vanecn would be
the next high-level official te
leave the Justice Department
There had been no indication he
would run for the Senate seat left
vacant by the death of Senator
Mcmahon last Monday.
The Democratic nominee fo1
Senator will be selected at q State
convention in Connecticut early
next month. The Republicans
will choose their nominee at q
convention at the same time.
There are four years remaining
in the Mcmahon term.
Familiarly known as Gus" tc
associates and acquaintances, Mr.
Vanech lives at 5808 Nevada ave.
nue. NV. He is a widower and
has one son.
He went to the Justice Depart
ment at the request of the then
Attorney General Homer s. Cum
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Texas Crash Is Worst Ever
In Bus Accident Records

CHICAGO, Aug. 4 R.-Today's
head-on crash between two buses
near Waco, Texas, was the worst
bus accident in National Safety
Council records.
The councils records showed
the three previous worst bus mis-
haps as follows:
March 20, 1944-At Passaic
N. j.. a bus travelling in a snow
and Sleet storm went off a bridge
into a river, killing 20-the driver,
. pedestrian, and 18 passengers
November 26, 1945-At Chelan
Wash, a school bus hit a rock I'd
went off the road into Lake Che
ian, killing 16-the driver and Is
school children.
April 20. ,1951-At Weirton, w
Va, the driver lost control of a
bus on hill and crashed into a
wall. killing 15-the driver and IA
passengers.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Cooler Air, Heading East,
10 Follow Today's 92 Heat

More comfortable weather Is
expected to follow scattered
thundershowers late today and to.
night, the weatherman said today
A mass Of cooling air. originat-
ing in Canada and now headed
this way from the Plains States
is expected to bring temperatures
down from q forecast high of 90
today to the middle 80s tomorrow
and Wednesday. Humidity is ex.
pected to be lower.
A low Of 70 degrees is forecast
for tonight with a low in the I'D
per COS expected tomorrow night
High yesterday was 80 degrees al
|2:20 pm, dropping to q low o1
73 at 6:45 am. today.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Army Shortage
Brings Rationinq
Steel Strike BIumed
For Crimp in Supply;
Won't Affect Koreu

A serious shortage in heavy am
munition will force the Army to
put troops on a strict rationing
basis during the current fiscal
year, acting Secretary of the Army
Carl r. Bendetsen announced
today. The shortage will not af-
feet anything below 50-calibre.
The shortages rather will be in
the types of ammunition used by
bazooka, mortar. recoilless rifle
and heavy artillery.
The situation is such, it was
indicated. that there will be no
ammunition available for training
National Guard and reserve units
or for regular units stationed in
the United States.
Blames Steel Strike.
The shortage, Mr.. Bendetsen
said. is a result of the steel strike,
stoppages and slowdowns. These
will result In a reduction of 81
per cent in the Army's planned
production of ammunition for the
current fiscal year.
Priorities will be given, of
course, to the troops in Korea and
to those being trained in this
country for replacements.
In order to maintain the
Army's rotation and other person.
mel policies and to meet the de-
mands of training about $50, 900
requirements during this fiscal
year." the Acting Army Secretary
said. Requirements for training
ammunition are higher than they
were prior to the steel strike.
Cites Training Needs.
Contributing further to the
imbalance between needs and
available stocks in the next six
months is the absolute and COM
pelling necessity to train in the
use Of weapons the large number
of replacements scheduled for
combat units in Korea. It would
be unthinkable to me or to any,
one else in authority to send any
man into combat until he had be-
come thoroughly familiar with the
use of his weapons
He said the Army will be COM
PEELED to exercise the strictest
economy in the expenditure of
ammunition and to use all possible
substitutes in training. There was
no immediate explanation avail
able as to what substitutes for
ammunition could be. He said
that only by assuring the Army
OF a top priority for steel will it
be possible to recoup the critical
losses suffered in ammunition
production.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
If Dicks Fother's Toms Son,
IWhut Kin Are Dick and Tom?

|ther, John w. Bailey. II you keep
that straight. it's simple.
Mr.. Hall is a son-in-law of his
own daughter, and also a son-in-
Law Of his own son-in-law.
He is Mr.. Bailey's father-in-law
which makes Mr.. Bailey father
lin-law to his own father-in-law.
Further. the new Mrs. Hall is
NOW mother-in-law to her own
father. and Mrs. Hall and Mrs
Bailey are each others stepmother.
Mr.. Hall and MIR. Bailey are step
sons to one another. and the two
wives are STEP daughters to each
lother.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Wrong BiIIfoId Brings
Embarrassing Query
~ the Assoeioied Press

INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 4.-Aftel
three men held him UP, Jane,
Adams asked them to give hin
his empty billfold. One robbei
stuffed it back into Mr.. Adams
pocket.
But it. wasn't Mr.. Adams bill
fold.
Police picked up James Good
ner. 80. for an explanation how
Goodner's billfold came to be
in Mr.. Adams pocket. Hell also
be asked how Mr.. Adams billfold,
with $40 still in 1t. came to be In
Goodner's pocket.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

GOOdy. ne new CQe CralQlQg SNIP
until the engine quit. He then
maneuvered it carefully down to
a level where the pilot regained
consciousness.
M/Sergt. Charles E. Hit, 81, OF
Parker, Fla, never had been in
a jet until he hitchhiked a ride
from Korea to Japan in the T-33
flown by 1t. Robert w. MacDuff
veteran aerial reconnaissance pilot
from Avenel, N. j.
Held to Pilots Course.
They were buzzing along at 500
miles an hour $1,000 feet up when
1t MacDuff asked Sergt. Hill to
hold the auxiliary control stick in
the rear seat while the pilot
worked a navigational problem.
"All I knew was that if you push
forward on the stick you go down
and if you pull back you 60 up,"
Sergt. Hit said. II held to the
course the pilot was flying"
The pilots head nodded for
ward occasionally as if he were
checking his map. Then it bobbed
back as if he were looking up to
check instruments. Sergt. Hilt
didn't realize that the pilot was
undergoing convulsions caused by
oxygen starvation and was un-
conscious. "The oxygen gauge
showed plenty of pressure" Sergt.
Hilt said.
But when 1t. MacDuff failed to
answer over the radio, Sergt. Hit
got worried. He waggled the stick
to attract attention. When that
failed. he realized he had just be-
come pilot of 500-mile hour
jet.
"I made a right turn and fol-
lowed the coast of Japan. I knew
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Series Gives Facts
On Absentee Voting

Are you omons the thousands Of
Washington oreo residents who con
vote in their home States by obsensee
ballot? :.
For the detoiIs Of the eIecljon laws
Of your Stote. read q series ok articles
beginning Wednesday in The Stor.
They'll deoi with q different State eoeh
day for 48 doys.
See this series Ia The Stor. Phone
Sterling 5000 for home delivery.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
United States Beats
Elizabeth by Il Hour,
In Atlantic Voyage
Big Liner Races Awoy
From British Ship in
First Crossing Together
By the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-The
|superliner United States, trans-At-
lantic speed record holder, docked
today probably IL hours ahead OF
the British liner Queen Elizabeth
on their first simultaneous cross
ing, but the skipper of the Amer
ican ship insisted there was nc
race.
There wasn't any race, we just
raced away from her." said Com
modore Harry Manning, master
of the United States.
The Queen Elizabeth left Cher
bourg Thursday morning, about
half an hour before the United
States sailed from lie Havre. The
next day, the United States over
took the British ship at Bishops
Rock, near the tip of Cornwall,
England.
Sails Into Harb0r.
The United States sailed into
New York harbor at 2::55 am.
EDIT, today, just a few minutes
more than four days after she
passed the liner Elizabeth. The
British ship is expected to reach
Ambrose Lightship, the entrance
to New York harbor, about 2 pm,
today.
When the vessels were about a
mile apart off Bishops Rock they
dipped their ensigns in salute to
each other. Commodore George
E. Cove Of the Elizabeth flashed a
message, Pleasant Voyage" to
which the United States replied,
Thank You"
Commodore Manning said he
never changed his speed of about
81 knots. When the United States
|overhauled the British ship about
300 miles from the start of the
voyage, he said, the Elizabeth was
making % to 20 knots.
Plans 2-Month Rest.
"I am sure Commodore Cove
can do more, but he didn't seem
inclined to do it," Commodore
Manning said.
Commodore Manning said he
PLANNED to rest for two months,
during which Capt. John w. An
derson will relieve him. He said
he lost 10 pounds on the first voy-
age of the United States.
Bishops Rock and Ambrose
Light are considered the markers
for transatlantic records. The
United States set marks for cross
lings in both directions on her
maiden voyage last month. Her
westward crossing time for the
"trip completed today-her second
was about IL hours Of her east
west pace and IA of her west-east
record.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

FictureS on Po9e 40
the front seat of the suspects
auto. A sawed-of shotgun, two
pairs Of gloves and a sports car
with Sunglasses attached. SIM
liar to a headpiece worn in the
store holdup. were found in the
rear Of the vehicle.
The suspect, Stanley Phelps, %
Of Clinton, Nd, was charged with
robbery. He was identified by
Robert Goddard, Safeway Store
manager, as being one Of two ban
dts in the holdup.
Detective Sergt. Vernon Culpep-
per and Precinct Detective S. J.
Greco stepped from the predawn
shadows and arrested the youth
as he started to enter a black
Hudstn n sedan about AIS am. AL
though the suspect was said to be
jobleSs, police said they found
$166 in cash in his pockets.
Second Man at Large.
A second man in the store rob-
berry is still at large but police
say they know his identity and ex-
pe It to pick him up soon.
The detectives had been look
ing for a black auto answering the
description of the getaway car
used in the Safeway stickup. Early
today they spotted such a car
parked near the club. They con-
cealed themselves and waited.
Police said the suspect had a
rough pencil sketch of the Plea
dilly Club layout. They say thic
may have been preliminary move
in planned robbery Of the es-
tablishment.
Linked to $4,000 Holdup.
In addition to the Safeway hold
up. the youth is being linked with
the $4,000 holdup of liquor store
July S in which nine persons were
held at gunpoint. Police also be-
lieve he is implicated in at least
six holdups here and a large num-
ber OF liquor store robberies in
Maryland. They quoted him as
saying he had heart trouble and
didn't expect to live much longer.
The robbery Of the Safeway
Store at North Capitol street and
Riggs road Saturday at 8 pm. was
pulled OF with professional pre-
cision.
Two bandits armed with pistol
and q shotgun, covered the store
manager and emptied cash regis
ters while a large number of Gus
toners shopped. unaware that
unusual was occurring.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

innings. His duties down the years
included those Of special assistant
and first assist art to the Attorney
General, chairE. y of the depart
lment's Attorn.y examining Com
mittee. war security officer. de-
partment represe ntative for the
Security Advisor; Board and As
sistant Attorney General in charge
of the Lands Division from March,
1947, to last AugI st.
He also served on a committee
to administer the Federal Ad-
ministrative Procedure Act. In
November. 1916, President Tru-
man named him chairman of the
Presidents temporary commission
on employe loyalty.
Born in New York City March
26. 1906. he attended Stamford
High School and the Peekskill
Military Academy. He obtained
his law degree at Washington Col
lege of Law and an LIN. at
Catholic University of America.
Failed Bar Examinations.
A House judiciary subcommittee
investigating the Justice Depart
ment brought out last May that
MIR. Vanech was admitted as q
nonresident to practice law in
Tennessee in 1910 after. failing to
pass bar examinations in the Dis
trict and Virginia.
In closed session testimony re-
leased by the subcommittee, Mr..
Vanech explained he had intended
in 1910 to try cases in Tennessee
las an employe Of the Justice De-
|partment's Bureau Of War Risk
Insurance. He testified that he
failed the Virginia exam once or
twice while attending law school
and failed the District exams on
three occasions between 1886 and
1898.
A biographical statement from
the Justice Department last
December said Mr.. Vanech had
been admitted to practice before
the United States Supreme Court,
the Court Of Appeals here in 1913,
and the Courts Of Customs and
|of Claims as well as the Tennessee
Supreme Court.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
BY she Assoeiatsd Press

TAzEWELL. Va. Aug. 4.-Son-
in-law Of his own son-in-law. you
say?
Let's see now, how was that
again?
Well. they got married here
about a week ago: J. H. Hall Of
Mercer County. w. Va. who is 93
and Roxie Bailey Rutherford ol
Bristol. Va. who Is only 50.
You see, Roxie Is the step.
daughter Of ]. II. Halls daughter
Annie. who married Roxie's 70.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Police Seize Suspect
In Safeway HoIdup;.
Auto Yields Evidence
Taken in Custody on
Leaving After Hours Club;
Second Arrest Due Soon

Police early today seized a sus-
pet in Saturday nights 5000
Scfeway Store robbery as he left
:l4e Picadilly Club, an after-hours
-esort in the 1900 block of Four
teenth street NV.
A pearl-handled .32-caliber au-
tomato pistol was found under
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Indiu Reports Red Terror
NEW DELHI, India, Aug.

NEW DELHI, india, Aug. tHJ,
l-India's government announced
today it has received reports that
Communists are terrorizing vii
lagos In the Northwest state of
Patiala and life and property is
unsafe" The announcement was
made by Home Minister K. N.
Katju In debate on the anti-
Communist preventive detention
bill.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
81 Killed in BIuckout

STUTTGART, Germany. Aug.
(R United States Army author.
tiles announced today that Corpl
Dallas i. Aynes, Of Lafayette, Ind.
was killed last Friday when a half.
track plunged into an embank.
ment and overturned during 9
blackout exercise.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
U. 5. 5. Plane Attacked
By Chinese Reds Over
Yellow Sea, 7 Killed
Navy DiscIoses Assault
After Tokyo Hears Soviet
Shot Down Petrol Croft

The Navy announced today that
a PBM Mariner patrol plane was
attacked by two Chinese Com
rnunist MIG-15 jet fighters last
Thursday over the Yellow sea.
Two members of the crew were
killed and two others wounded
U. N. PIones Assault Enemy Army Center
in Two Massive Roids. Poee As
The Navy plane limped back to
Paengnyong-do. Korea, after the
enemy broke off the attack.
The Navy's announcement was
issued here some hours after re-
ports had circulated widely ir
Tokyo that q United State Navy
plane had been shot down off the
Siberian coast Saturday by So
Wet fighter.
Navy men said the incident re-
ported in the official announce
ment was the one which gave rise
to the Tokyo reports.
Scene Is West of Korea.
The brief Navy announcement
did not locate. the scene of the
air battle beyond stating that il
was over the Yellow Sea. This is
to the west of the Korean PENN
|sula.
During the first year of the
Korean war an enemy patro
plane was shot down over the
Yellow Sea by American fighters
in the same general area believed
to have been the scene of the
latest clash.
In that first brush between
Allied and Communist planes ovel
these waters, the identity of the
airmen flying the downed plane
was never positively ascertained.
Base Locations known.
The Chinese air force is knowr
to have patrol and fighter plane
bases near the tip Of the Shan.
tung Peninsula and near the
Dairen-Port Arthur area of South
ern Manchuria.
The dead are H. G. Goodroad
aviation machinist mate. of James
town, N. Dak., and Claude Play
forth. aviation electronics mate
of Cincinnati.
The wounded are r. n. Smith
aviation ordnance man, &c, O.
Abiline, Tex, and H. T. Atkins
airman apprentice, League City
TEX. The plane, according to th'
Navy, was in a routine patrol. Th'
craft was piloted by 1t. E. E
Bartlett Of George West, Tex.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Late News
Bulletin
Wheeling Strike Settled

WHEELING, w. Va. P.-The
strike at the Wheeling Steel
Corp, affecting about $4,000
workers, was settled today after
an all-night session. The FIVE
locals Of the CIO- United Steel
workers Union at Wheeling had
remained on strike after the
general steel strike ended July Is.
Evening star., 1952-08-04

burned they fell to pieces. Fu-
neral homes which had reported
"a bodies at am, revised the
total down to % two hours later.
Many servicemen returning to
their bases from weekend leaves
were among the dead and in
jured. Twenty-four passengers
were brought to Waco hospitals,
many critically hurt. Five of the
81 passengers were missing.
Wreckage Searched.
The buses themselves burned
almost to rubbish. Burned shoes,
parts of purses and their scorched
contents, luggage tags and other
clues to identify the victims were
sifted from the blackened wreck
age.
The accident occurred at about
am. on U. S. Highway 81,
heavily travelled route between
Dallas and Austin, the State
capital.
Authorities were at a loss to
explain the crash, which occurred
on a straight stretch of highway.
The southbound bus carrying
81 persons had left Dallas at 1901
en- route to Brownsville at Texas
southern tip. The northbound
bus was about to reach Waco.
Both Drivers Killed.
The drivers were both killed
M. B. Herring Of Waco, who had
been driving about a year, at the
wheel of the northbound vehicle,
and Billy Malone of Waco, in
charge of the Southbound bus.
Police Chief Jesse Gunterlnan
said Mr.. Herring had just topped
the crest of a slight hill.
Both buses remained upright,
even after their blackened shells
were forcibly separated by
wreckerS.
Several hours after the crash
highway department bulldozers
were showing the wreckage into
both bitches to clear the lane
for traffic.
Six ambulance companies from
Waco, Temple and James Con-
nally Air Force Base answered the
call for help, Sheriff c. c. Maxey
OF McLennan County said. At
least 10 ambulances went to the
scene, he said.
1t was on the same highway in
early 1928 that 10 members of the
Baylor University basket ball team
of Waco were killed in train
collision. That accident occurred
near Round Rock, Tex, consider
ably to the south of today's crash.
With many of the injured in
critical condition, it appeared the
accident may be recorded as
Texas worst. The record number
killed in a traffic accident in the
Lone Star State is 29-all Latin
American citrus workers who died
in a truck-train collision in
March, 1910, near Alamo in South
Texas.
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Fight 10 Boost
u. 5. Payment
To City Urged
Commissioners Open
Public Hearing on
Fiscal 1854 BUDGET
By Colt HendIey, ,Jr.

AcdUIIlS CIVlC groups COQay
blamed the District governments
financial problems on .he refusal
of Congress to pay the Federal
Governments proper share of city
Expenses.
Representatives of more than so
organizations showed up at the
lvNs Asks $4,000 in Budget for Service.
Next Yeor. Pose 81
I---~-
District Building to testify at q
public hearing on the proposed
city budget for fiscal 1854. The
three Commissioners were co;l-
Quoting the hearing.
The complaints about the small
payment the Government is max
ing toward city expenses were
started by Lester H. Steinem, rep
Presenting the Federation of Citi-
zenS' Associations.
He asked he Commissioners to
increase their efforts to have the
Government pay fair share Of
the upkeep and maintenance Of
Washington. lie said the fedora
ton favored enactment of q bill
which would require the Govern
ment to pay to the District a sum
of money equal to the taxes which
tax exempt Federal property
would bring.
Continued Fight Urged.
Richard Ware, representing the
Federation of Civic Associations.
declared:
We've urged the Commissioners
to continue in their so-far f,,tile
and perhaps discouraging at
tempts to secure from Congress
an appropriation that would make
the Federal share IN the Districts
operating expenses more COM
mensurate with the services it
derives therefrom."
Thomas j. Groom, former pres
ident of the Washington Board
Of Trade. presented that organ
ization's views on the city's finan-
cial plight. He, too. said that
the refusal Of Congress to pay a
proper share Of city expenses was
a basic problem.
He made these points:
High Taxes EmL hasized.
! 1. There are no significant ad-
ditional sources of tx revenue
available to the District as very.
thing now is taxed and taxIi too
high.
2. Borrowing money to finance
badly needed municipal facilities
would be no solution as it would
just postpone the crisis.
8. Increasing the tax rates
would damage the economy of the
city and Irive both business and
people into Maryland and Vir-
iginia.
4. A substantial public works
program is needed here to pre-
serve the economic health of the
city.
The various city departments
have requested funds totalling
$l81 million. That sum is $40
million over anticipated revenues
and the Commissioners hope to
lget ''elp from the citizens in :;
cidi4- "'7,are the inevitab,, oui~
will y" |. '1e. For IT,, c.rrent
fiscal yeau. congress ar; opriated
around $135 million for the Dis
trict.
Discussing t. S,.dG al Govern
ment's respoy t~i.ity to the Dis
Itrict, Mr.. q III declare.
There csl. ..e no doubt Of the
fSee y =. EJDGET, Page A-12l
Evening star., 1952-08-04
Air Commander Named

PARIS, Aug. 4 R.-Maj. Gen,
Warren r. Carter Of the United
States Air Force today was named
commander Of Allied air forces In
Northern Europe. He win arrive
in Oslo August Is to take UP his
post.