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Evening star., 1952-06-15
Plant
Swept by Fire
At Alexandria

Alexandria firemen battled one
of the biggest fires in the city's
history early today as flames
swept through the American Ag-
ricultural Chemical Co. plant at
All North Lee street. Three fire.
men suffered minor injuries.
The firefighters, aided by fire.
men from the District and nearby
Virginia communities believed
they had the fire under control
within As minutes.
The blaze swept up an elevator
shaft on the Princess street side
of the four-story frame building.
Firemen described the structure,
which occupies an entire city block
on the waterfront as a "tinder-
box" Large quantities of am
monia created a great danger Of
explosions.
The first alarm was turned in
at LOT am. and a general alarm
at 1:20 am. The District sent
its fire boat the William c. Belt.
The plant is one Of several OPP
Grated throughout the country by
Agrico, and is one of Alexandria S
largest industries.
Fire Chief Bernard ]. Padgett
said when he arrived flames were
shooting 20 to 80 feet from the
roof.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
6 Reported Killed in Crash
Of British Plane in Channel
By the Assoeioted Press

LIE HAVRE, France, June IA
A British chartered plane crashed
into the English Channel today
and six of the eight persons aboard
perished, port authorities here
reported.
Five persons were picked up by
the United States Lines freighter
American Miller, but three of them
died aboard a British destroyer to
which they were transferred. The
two survivors were reported grave
ly hurt.
After several hours of searching
by small craft. the other three
persons were given up. The plane,
chartered from the Morton Air
Service to take the party to auto
races at LIE Mans. France, carried
seven passengers and the pilot.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Mystery Blast Rocks
Philadelphia Suburb
By the Assoeioted Press

PHILADELPHIA, June a.
Philadelphia and State police to-
night secured the area southwest
of this city in an effort to track
down a reported blast or earth
tremor that caused damage in
nearby Darby.
Philadelphia's International Air
port reported one airline pilot told
by radio Of seeing a large flash
from the air southwest Of Phila-
delphia.
Police said a number of windows
were shattered in Darby.
A check of oil refineries and
other installations in the area
failed to produce any clues.
The Fels Planitarium suggested
it might have been an earth trem-
or centered in the Darby area.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

residents, detectives learned of a
pair of boys who had been throw
ing lot of money around" They
learned one of them had a gun.
Finally they learned a name.
They checked juvenile records
and learned the boy was on proba-
ton. They also learned he had a
close associate.
Mother Sure Son Innocent.
The detectives questioned the
mother.
She was certain, she said, that
her son was innocent. She at
first believed he was involved, and
tapped the telephone wire in the
basement. She heard her son tell
another youth:
Mother thinks we've had some
thing to do with this holdup.
wish she wouldn't worry, but
can't convince her we're inno-
cent"
The detectives were about to
give UP, when the mother men
toned an earlier conversation.
This time, she said, she heard her
son say:
Don't worry. because I've
traded the gun"
Meantime. the boys learned
they were under investigation.
They came to headquarters, and
showed detectives a .38-caliber
pistol. But the detectives knew
about the trade.
Hoods Thrown OFF Bridge.
They questioned the boys. In
their investigation they had
learned that the hoods were
thrown from the Fourteenth
Street Bridge. The detectives tried
"a bluff. They told the boys they
had been seen by the bridge tender,
tossing the hoods over the rail.
The boys confessed.
One admitted he had borrowed
his stepfather's bowling shoes and
deliberately left behind the muddy
prints to confuse police. And
police admitted the prints con-
fused them.
Detectives said the re-tapping
was a professional job, but they
would not reveal how the mother
had learned the process for fear,
they said, it would jeopardize her
position.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Stiff Restrictions
On Press Approved
By Italian Cabinet
By the Associated Press

ROME, June 14.-The cabinet
aiming to curb Communist ano
Fascist propaganda, today ap-
proved measures to tighten press
restrictions.
Subject to ratification by par
lament, these measures will
broaden the basis for which Pc
riodicals may be seized. Such
seizures have been limited to pub
lications judged obscene or i'm.
moral.
Under the plans approved by
the cabinet, periodicals may be
seized for vilifying the head OF
the state, the Pope or the Italian
constitution, for disclosing state
secrets, for melting soldiers tt
disobey laws, for instigation OF
delinquency and for praising Fas-
cism or apologizing for Fascisn
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Send q Kid to Comp
Send Kid to Comp
Legislators Will Go to Bat
To Aid Fund for YOUNGSTERS

Sluggers on the Republican
team are pointing with pride to
their batting practice for the Con-
gressional baseball game.
We've broken eight bats so
far" said Representative "Runt"
Bishop, the G. o. p. manager.
THE boys are really slamming
that ball"
On the other side of the Hill
Capitol Hill, not the pitchers
mound-Representative Sid Her.
long. boss of the Democrat ath-
letes, jeered at the announcement.
"They must have been using the
wrong ends" he said. "Or maybe
they've been hitting each others
heads. That'd break any bat"
The annual insult to the ma
tional sport takes place Friday
night. The two parties most mo-
bile members will meet in Griffith
Stadium, offering up their bruise-
splattered husks on the altor OF
Evening star., 1952-06-15
US. Begins Borrowing
.Ju|y1 on Biggest Scale
Since World War i
Offering Of $3.5 Billion
To Banks Is Designed to
Meet Defense Expenses
By ChorIes MoIony
Associated Press Stoff Writer

Starting July /, the Government
is going to begin borrowing on the
heaviest scale since World War II
in order to meet defense-swollen
expenses.
Even more significantly, it will
open a new fiscal year that day
by returning to the most imitation
making system of raising cash
Selling securities to the banks, as
it did during the war.
The effect should be to give
business a lift-and maybe prices
too. OF course there's no way to
be sure of it in advance. But re-
member what happened in the
early postwar years. especially
after price lids were removed?
The opening gun in the big new
borrowing campaign will be free
by sale of a $3.5 billion bond issue
July l to big investors, probably
banks for the most part.
The fact that banks would be
invited to buy was the biggest
news in the recent announcement
of the bond offering, for the Treas
ury had tried long. hard an6
rather successfully to avoid them
for fear of inf1ationary conse-
quences.
It works like this:
When the Government borrows
from individuals, corporations ol
others apart from banks, it ST.
phons just as much buying power
from them as it uses for Gov
eminent buying, so there's no in
crease in the total supply OF
money.
But the money supply does in
crease when it borrows from
banks; the banks don't fork over
dollar bills, diminishing their sup
ply: they simply give the Gov
ernment a deposit credit Of 81
billion for each 81 billion in bonds
it sells them.
Then the Government, like any
depositor, can write checks against
its account. and the checks serve
as new, additional money-the
same thing. in more roundabout
(See BORROWING, Page A-s3
Evening star., 1952-06-15
How to Keep Balance
OF Industry and Unions

PRODUCTION kEcIPE-The Motion
cannot forever Ieove unsoIved the prob
lem Of how TO prevent economic po-
rolysis and keep vital industry going
while union-monosement differences
ore ironed out. The problem ond
some possible solutions ore explored in
the Editorial Section on Pose c-l.
POLITICAL REcIPe-In this in.
stonee it involves the cold chicken and
hot questions served up at "AmiobIs
Ike" Eisenhower's picnic for PennsyI-
vonio Republicans Of his Gettysburg
form. It's described by stor stoff
Writer George Kennedy on Pose c-3.
Complete Index. Poee Az
Rcdio-Tv Progroms. Poees c-8-c
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Sewer Repairs to Close
Piney Branch Parkway

The District Sewer Department
announced yesterday that Piney
Branch Parkway in Rock Creek
Park will be closed to traffic
for several months, beginning
Wednesday.
Work on the Eastern Branch Of
the Piney Branch trunk sewer line
necessitates the closing of the
roadway to traffic. No interrupt
ton of cross-town traffic moving
via Porter street and Klingle road
or traffic along Beach drive north
Of Porter street and the Zoo will
be necessary, the Sewer Depart
ment said.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Eisenhower Tells of .Rebuffs
On Moves to Curb Russians at
Potsdom, Calls Self 'No-DeoIer'
General Is Cheered
By Throng Of 10000
In Speech at Detroit
BY Crosby S. Noyes
Star Sfoff CORRESPONDENT

DETROIT, June l4.-Gen. Els
enhower tonight proclaimed him.
self mo deal man" in his fight
for the Republican presidential
nomination.
Scrapping a carefully prepared
speech and talking instead "of the
Text Of Gen. Eisenhower's Address on
Page AS
cuff" to a cheering crowd of TO-
900 in Detroit's Olympia Stadium
here and many more thousands
via television and radio, he also:
/. Declared that he had un-
successfully recommended at the
Potsdam Conference that Russia
not be begged to join in the war
against Japan and that Germany
not be divided.
2. Pledged to make a fighting
campaign if named Republican
candidate for President, asserting
that change in the Federal
Government is absolutely man
datory"
8. Promised to clean out cor
ruption wherever it may raise its
ugly head"-in Government. pol
itical parties and primaries even
in my native state of Texas"
4. Charged "inept leadership"
by President Truman in attempt
ing to settle the steel strike.
Second Major Speech.
It was the generals second
major speech as a political can
didate. and far cry from the first
one. Delivered entirely extemp-
oraneously from only a few notes
it marked a radical departure in
his campaign technique.
The Commute address was a
blunt, hard-hitting statement
bearing on such touchy questions
as political patronage, the reason
why American troops did not take
Berlin in World War II and the
seizure of the steel industry.
The points, said Gen. Eisen-
hover. represented answers to
questions asked by State dele
gates during the past week.
The most often asked question,
he said, concerned a matter of
patronage:
What arrangements or deals
have you had to make as q pre-
convention arrangement 2"
81 have no political debts" Gen.
Eisenhower said with emphasis.
mot a single soul has approached
me with any suggestions that if
the American people and Repub-
lican Party designate me for
higher Office, there was any pos
sible connection with the work
they were doing now and what
they would be doing later.
1--WE have heard of all kinds
of deals. We have coined many
adjectives over this country in
the past many years. I am
strictly a no deal man."
Tells of War Tactics.
The crowd which braved a swell
tering night to hear the candidate
cheered him repeatedly through
out the speech. In answer to an
other question, which Gen. Eisen-
hover said he had often been
asked by women, he cast new
light on the reasons why the cap
ture of. Berlin was left to Rus
sian forces at the close of World
War II.
when we made out our final
invasion plan," he said. "our forces
(See EISENHOWER, Page AS
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Firemen' S Protests
Halt Assignments
Of 6 CoIored Men
Acting Chief Holds Up
Order Until OfficiuIs
Reach Understanding

An order which would have re-
suited in the assignment of six
colored firemen to as many white
companies last night was hur-
riedly Cancelled after storm of
protests by white firemen.
The order, issued last Thursday
by Fire Chief Millard H. Sutton,
would have caused one colored
fireman to be assigned to each of
the following companies: Engine
II. Truck 13, Truck Is, Engine 3,
Truck l and Truck 7.
Deputy Chief Fred Literal, act
ing in behalf of Chief Sutton who
was out of town, said he issued the
cancellation at $3.50 pm. after
receiving strong protests from
leaders of the firemen's union and
from Representative Davis. Demo-
crat, of Georgia. a member of the
House District Committee.
The integration move. Chief
Literal explained, was to assure
white firemen that they would
receive earned leave since any
personnel shortages could be filed
by colored men.
Chief Returns Tomorrow.
But" he told The Star, I'VE
received so much protest we
weren't expecting that we decided
to cancel the move for the time
being until some understanding
can be reached"
He said additional plans might
be forthcoming after Chief Sutton
returns to his post tomorrow.
Chief Literal said a number of
white flremen offered to cut short
their leave while others brought
pressure to bear for the return of
men on leave,
One reason for the move is the
shortage of white firemen and a
surplus of some II colored fire.
men, it was said.
The integration issue has been
a hot potato within the depart
ment for more than a year. Last
year Local SO of the international
Association Of Firemen voted 664
to IS against an integration move.
Last years move toward inte-
grafton was brought to q tempo
rary halt when Representative
Davis introduced Q bill to MAIN
tain segregation and requiring
competitive exams for promotion.
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Victor Moore Has Operation

HOLLYWOOD, June IA (R.-
Victor Moore, the veteran comedi-
an of stage and screen, underwent
an operation for gallstones today
at Cedars Of Lebanon Hospital.
Two surgeons who performed the
operation said the 76-year -old
actor came through nicely"
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Mrs. Churchill Says Eden
will Be Prime Minister
BY the Assoeiated Press

WARWICK, England, June IA.
Mrs. Winston Churchill. wife Of
the Prime Minister, referred to
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
today as a future Prime Minister.
MIR. Eden had just completed a
speech to a Conservative Party
rally here. his second of the day
in this area, when Mrs. Churchill
told the crowd: "I congratulate
you on having as your member so
distinguished a statesman and o
future Prime Minister"
Evening star., 1952-06-15

here for an elimination contest
leading up to the Air Force ma
tional championships.
This years meet is attracting
national attention. It will serve
as the scene for the first attempt
to break the worlds record of 26
minutes for sustained flying by a
radio-controlled model now held
by a Russian. DR.. Walter A. Good
of the Johns Hopkins Research
Laboratory at Silver Spring. Nd,
will make four tries at the record,
sending his plane up at 10 am,
noon, 2 pm. and 4 pm.
New Rules to Be Tested.
The meet also will serve as a
first test of new regulations de-
veloped by the Academy of Model
Aeronautics to cover radio control
flying, now being popularized be-
cause of a recent ruling by the
Federal Communications Commits
sion setting aside two short wave
bands for that purpose.
The other Is events will draw
a field of approximately 400 reg
istrants making certain a full day
of flying by all types of planes,
from jets, which will approximate
$50 miles per hour on control
lines. to 1a-A models which will
fly in the 5000 mile range.
Flying will begin at 9 am. when
rs timers will be on the job. Last
flights will occur at 4:30 pm.
Joan Blondell, movie and stage
star will present the top awards.
Brook Johns. former Follies star,
will be master of ceremonies.
The w. M. & A. Motor Lines
will run a series of special buses
from Eleventh street and Penn
sylvania avenue NV. The buses
will leave every hour on the hour.
Silver Trophies Offered.
Valuable silver trophies are be-
ing offered for the first three
places in all events except the
PAA Load events for which the
Pan American Airways is offering
wrist watches.
Adequate parking facilities are
available at the field and Air
Force police will direct traffic.
The show is sponsored by the
National Airport Club, Veterans
|of Foreign Wars and The Evening
Star in association with the Pom
tiac Dealers of Metropolitan
Washington and Exchange Clubs
of the Washington area.
President of the association is
Barry w. DANES of Northwest
Air Lines. 1'ne show manager is
Waldo Nichols of the National
Airport Club, contest director is
William Pennoyer and the as
sistant contest director is William
D. Skolochenko.
The four main trophies for the
event were donated by The Star
for the high point Metropolitan
Washington winner, Douglas Air
craft Co. for the high point win
ner of the meet, VFW for the
senior high point winner and the
Airport Club for the junior high
point winner.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

For almost 10 months the Rev.
C.. Stanley Lowell. minister of
Wesley Methodist Church in
Chevy Chase. has searched in vain
for his estranged wife and their
three children she took away.
Mrs. Eileen Lowell and the
youngsters stepped from an auto
mobile on upper Connecticut ave-
nue. last August 20. DR.. Lowell and
the parents of Mrs. Lowell have
not seen or heard from them since.
The disappearance followed a
District Court decision. in June,
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Eight Czechs Sentenced

LONDON, June IA R.-Com-
munist Czechoslovakia said today
it had sentenced eight Czechs.
two of them to death. on charges
of spying for the Vatican and
American warmongers." Prague
Radio said the trial was held
June 11-13 at Brno.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

~ H-VoUU SSSfets To9e NJ
Text Of Trumon Speech on Poee Al
first atomic-powered submarine.
He discussed the use of atomic
energy for present national secur-
ity and future progress. He also
attacked recent campaign utter
ances of Gen. Dwight D. Eisen-
hover.
He did not mention Gen. Eisen-
hover by name, but obviously
linked him to efforts that are
being made to sell the American
people on the idea that there is
some cut-rate, bargain counter
route to national security"
President Accuses Russia.
Mr.. Truman accused Russia OF
standing in the way of the devel-
opment of atomic energy for
peaceful purposes of everyday
life.
IF we are to maintain peace we
must be prepared to defeat ag-
gression." he said. And we must
be prepared to make the long
term investment in national Sc
curity."
The President returned by plane
to Washington at 4::32 pm. after
the ceremony for the keel laying
of the 500 million submarine Nau-
titus at the General Dynamics
Corp. plant here.
In his speech to an audience
of 10000 he disclosed that a full
sized. working atomic energy en-
gine is nearly complete and ready
for testing.
Nearing a "New Age"
The President declared that,
although widespread use of atomic
power is still years away, I'VE
stand on the threshold OF new
age"
Mr.. Truman took occasion to
bring up the subject of atomic ex-
penses and defense costs generally
as a means of firing a new blast
at economy minded members OF
Congress who are slashing pro-
posed global arms outlays. The
President took the opportunity
also to take another sly dig at
Gen. Eisenhower's campaign
statements.
With his mutual security budget
pared from $7.9 billion to $6.4
billion. and a proposed $51 billion
allotment for arms faced with a
deep cut, Mr.. Truman once more
swung on the Capitol Hill "pas-
sion for economy regardless of the
consequences" and asserted that
Congress can wreck our chances
for world peace if it takes the
wrong action"
The presidential jab at Gen.
Eisenhower was the second in
three days. Mr.. Truman took a
couple of oblique swings at the
retired five-star general in his
Howard University speech Friday
evening.
His target was Gen. Eisenhow-
er's reported suggestion that taxes
could be cut $40 billion. Some New
York Republican convention dele
gates said the general told them
he though such a cut could be
made in two or three years. Others
who heard him said he didn't say
how long it would take.
"The difficulty is that the
American people are getting all
kinds of foolish advice from per-
sons who ought to know better
Mr.. Truman declared. "This
is a political year and politics does
funny things to people who are
seeking Office" He departed
from text here to say II know
from experience" Now the all
is filled with promise to strengthen
national security and cut taxes
all the same time.
Il even heard the other day
that somebody was talking about
a $40 billion tax cut. That would
leave us with only about half
(See TRUMAN, Page A-3.)
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Tickets on Sole

Tickets for the Congress
sional ball game are on sale
at Griffith Stadium, at the
House Doorkeeper's Office,
and at The Star.
Prices are 81 for general
admission, $3.50 for reserved
seats, and 50 for box seats.
Every penny of the gate
take will be used to send un-
derprivileged youngsters to
summer camp.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

on Mondays, be-
ginning tomor-
row.
Reed his no
tionolly recos-
nized column,
THE Posing
Show" tomorrow
ond every Mon
doy for behind
til e. sc e n e S
slimpses Of your
stage and screen
Evening star., 1952-06-15

1851, which gave custody of the
children to the father during the
school year and to the mother
during summer vacation.
District Court last January II
officially noted that Mrs. Lowell
was missing. It cited her for con-
tempt in not complying with terms
of the custody order. The United
States Marshal'S Office has not
located her.
The pastors personal problem
Evening star., 1952-06-15

Joy cormody presents the only
seven n-doy-o-week dromo eoverose in
Washington. See his column every
doy for the lotest news and expert
opinion on current plays and movies.
Phone Sterling 5000 for dolly home
delivery Of The Stor.
Evening star., 1952-06-15

charity-and this is where it gets
serious.
The lawmakers are donating
their time and aches for The Star
Summer Camp Fund. All proceeds
from the game will be used to send
kids on a vacation they wouldn' t
get, otherwise.
The Republicans have been
(See CAMP FUND. Page A-SJ
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Cormody to Present
Weekly 'GIomor Parade

A "slomor porode" Of interesting
items on well-known personalities in
show business will be a reeuIor feo-
ture Of Joy Cormody's dromo column
Evening star., 1952-06-15
Probes in Progress.

name appointees for
the other two posts.
Probes in Progress.
The departures will come in the
midst of two Capitol Hill inves-
legations of the Justice Depart
ment. One is a Senate investiga-
ton Of the vast alien property
program. The other is a House
Judiciary Subcommittee inquiry.
which currently is centering on
Antitrust Division cases.
Representative Killings, Repub-
lican. of California, a member of
the House subcommittee, told a
reporter he had reason to believe
similar top-level changes would be
made "in the very near future"
Mr.. McGranery hastily sum-
moned reporters to a Philadelphia
hotel, where he is spending the
week end, to disclose the resigna-
tions. He said he would replace
the officials with men "in COM
plete accord with the policy Of
this Attorney General"
McGranery Questioned.
Asked If that statement meant
the three officials did not want
to continue working with him, Mr..
McGranery replied:
II do not know why they wanted
to leave the department except
that they said they wanted to re-
turn to the private practice Of
law"
Other sources, however, indi-
Gated that acceptance of resigna-
tions they had submitted when
Mr.. McGranery took Office came
as surprise to at least one or
two of the three. All top-level
aides had submitted the resigna-
tions as a courtesy gesture. it
was reported.
Asked if he was leaving volun-
tarily, Mr.. Underhill told a re-
porter:
ANY Attorney General or other
cabinet officer should have the
opportunity to pick his top-level
staff"
Praises McGranery.
He added, however, that he had
the highest regard" for Mr..
McGranery. He said his resigna-
ton probably would be effective
July /, when he plans to take
another position which will take
me to all parts of the country"
Mr.. Baynton said he had no
comment to make on the circum-
stances of his departure. He said
he will leave June 26, the closing
date for bids on a major corpora
tion being offered for sale by the
alien property office. Later. he
will open a private law office.
Mr.. Morrison, who also will enter
law practice here, said "considcra-
ton for my family" was the main
factor in his resignation. He said
he had planned to leave the Gov
ernment last February, but stayed
on until after the new Attorney
General was sworn in.