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Evening star., 1953-04-23

NoWI EASY AS RINsINc STOCKINGS TO
DRY CLEAN YOUR CLOTHES AT HOME
New Odorless Renuzit cleans clothes like
magic E. . thoroughly, safely. efortlessly!
Saves you dollars in cleaning bills. One
gallon cleans four to six dresses, or a num-
ber of blouses, skirts, sport shirts and ties.
No odor at any time clothes come out
beautifully clean, sweet-smelling. No shrink
ing, stretching, or fading of fast colors!
Evening star., 1953-08-16
Puts Bio Load On Water System

same water, adding only replenishing
supply.
Those that use water only once re-
quire approximately three gallons per
minute per horsepower Those that
need only a replenishing supply re-
quire about one-tenth gallon per min
ute per horsepower! No statistics are
available, but the systems that reuse
water undoubtedly are in the majority.
In either case, it adds up to tre-
mendouS amount of water.
The Pentagon system uses water only
once and requires $1,000 gallons min
ute, but it does not come from the city
water system. 1t is taken directly from
Boundary Channel to the building
through a 72-inch main.
But largely due to air conditioning
systems that do use city water, con-
sumption here has jumped from 100
million gallons to 200 million gallons
on typical Washington scorcher."
There have been days when even that
figure has been exceeded
The daily filtration capacity of the
WdLGE SySVClu 4S zoo
hence, it's obvious why department
officials are viewing the future with
some concern Barring breakdown
in the system, there is no current
danger of a shortage, but a day of
reckoning may not be too far away.
Not only are the citys 1905 miles of
water mains filled to capacity, but its
1923 miles of sewers also are filled in
carrying off the waste. Here's the way
Engineer Commissioner Louis w.
PrentiSS puts 1t:
THE continued widespread installa-
ton of new air conditioning equipment
without water -economiZing devices may
be expected to materially hasten the
time when the present water plant may
become quite insufficient to meet the
city'S requirements"
Evening star., 1953-08-16
By William J. Meyer

TALLY cooled. The new City Post Office
in 1882 was the first Government build
ing here to have equipment for cooling
the entire building.
Now, SIS per cent of the space in Fed
eral buildings controlled by the Gov
ernment Services Administration is air
cooled. It's comforts are enjoyed by
about the same percentage of Federal
employees, or about ia, ,000 A 75-degree
temperature and 5O-per-cent humid
ity are maintained
In all, 81 buildings under GSA are
completely air cooled and 73 have par
tial installations But there are other
Federal buildings not under GSA-such
as the White House, the Capitol and
the House and Senate Office Buildings
which have air conditioning
The systems are operated by elec-
tricity and they range from three to
many hundred horsepower in size.
Consequently, air conditioning is not
cheap. For example, the cost of cool
ing the Pentagon is about the same as
the buildings heating cost a year
approximately $3.50 ,000
The total horsepower of all the Gov
ernment installations is 93,793. The
total for all other units herein thea
ters, stores, office buildings and the
like-iS 98.611,
These are the bigger systems which
use water. In addition, there are thou
sands of portable window coolers and
electric fans.
It's the combined total of 1924
horsepower of the water using units
that brings the uncomfortable side of
air conditioning-if it has an uncom-
Portable side-into the picture. Some
systems use the water once and flush
it into the drain Others reuse the
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Another exompIs Of the exceptional
values you'll 0Iw0ys find at The
Princess Shop! Finest quolity plisse
slips ond pettieoots :. with lovely
nylon Ioce trim. So cool to wear, so
cosy to wash, never need ironing!
White. Sizes 81 to 40.
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Sleek black patent pump with
open toe. Detachable mesh
and potent bow. Sizes 4 to
9, AAA to B. One Of q wide
variety Of styles.
Evening star., 1953-04-16

It's "cotton-pickine time" :.
Come see the wonderful values
just arrived! Choice of many
styles including this smart Son.
forized broodcIoth, bow-tied, with
lattice work at shoulders. Figure
flotterine long torso bodice. Sizes
9 to IS.
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Choose from nyIon cords, royon cords
and oobordines or oIl-wooI worsteds in
q huge assortment Of popular shades
for warm weather. All sizes in regulars,
shorts and even longs. Terrific buy!
Evening star., 1953-04-16

Set comes with 4 freshly strung
nyIon bodminton rockets. net, posts
and stokes, z shuttIeeoeks and O
book Of instructions and rules. An
exciting game which con be pIoyed
in the Backyard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Glove Syndicate Formed

The 48 major firms producing
women's quality kid gloves in
Grenoble, France, have formed
the Grenoble Glove Syndicate,
a trade association.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Defense in Massacre Trial
BIames Hitler Reqime
BY the Associated Press

BORDEAUX, France, Feb. T.
A defense lawyer pleaded today
that the Hitler regime-and not
the SIS (elite guard troopers on
trial here-was guilty of the war
time massacre of Oradour- Sur
Glane.
After the lawyers concluding
plea, hearings on the seven Ger
mans on trial for the crime were
postponed until next Wednesday.
They were escorted out of the
crowded little courtroom and II
AlSatians, on trial for the same
war crime, were ushered in.
Both Germans and Alsatians
were formerly members of the
third company of Der Fuehrer
Regiment of Hitler's elite SIS Das
Reich Division. Although being
handled in separate proceedings,
both groups are being tried by a
French military tribunal on
charges of shooting, beating, or
burning to death 642 men, women
and children at the village of
Oradour on June 10, 1914.
The prosecution has asked the
death penalty for one of the
Germans and sentences Of hard
labor for the other six.
Today's session rounded out
the fourth week of the trial. A
verdict is expected next Friday.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Brotherhood Week
Committees Named

Committees for the District
observance of Brotherhood
Week." opening next Sunday,
were announced yesterday by At
torney General Brownell, general
chairman.
brotherhood Week." spon-
sored by the National Conference
of Christians and Jews, is held
annually throughout the country.
President Eisenhower is honor
airy chairman of the National OBJ
servance.
Honorary co-chairmen of the
District observance are Mrs.
Richard M. Nixon and District
Commissioners F. Joseph Dono-
hue, Renah F. Camalier and Brig.
Gen. Louis w. Prentiss.
Co-chairmen for the Washing
ton area, representing the Pro-
testant, Catholic and Jewish
faiths, are Wilbur La Roe, jr.,
DR.. George r. Ellis, and Aaron
Goldman.
Members were named to the
Armed Services. Business, Com
munity Organizations, Educa-
ton. Government, Labor, Thea
tire and Dinner committees.
Mrs. Verna D. Linzel is execu-
tive director of the conference
Washington Office.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
De Valera Faces Fight
To Remain In Power
By the Associated Press

DUBLIN, Ireland, Feb. All
ing Prime Minister canon de
Valera is facing a tuSsle to keep
his Fianna Fail government in
power.
Mr.. De Valera walks a tight
rope in the parliament which
opened Wednesday with a pre-
carious party majority of three
in a house Of 146 deputies. The
five independents who have sup
ported him are wavering.
The immediate danger came
from the unrest created by a
dairy products suppliers' strike.
There also are protests that
mounting taxation is sitting the
country'S economic life.
Another headache is mounting
unemployment. The number of
registered unemployed among
the republics population of 8
million jumped last week to
S6,640, an increase of 1898 over
q year ago.
A Laborite deputy, Sean
Dunno, has served notice he will
make an issue Of the govern
ment-sponsored Irish National
Studs payment Of o quarter mil
lion pounds ($700, 000) for the
Aga Khan's champion race
horse, Tulyar.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08

military output. Either with or
without GIMP the work is ex-
pected to be scaled down.
GontrolS which have applied to
a large number of commodities
have been revoked in recent
months as supplies have in
creased. 1t is expected that con-
trolls will have to be continued
on steel, copper, aluminium,
nickel and other alloys and pro-
duction machinery and COM
ponents. Plentiful supplies Of
steel have not developed as pre-
dicted, and shortages remain at
least in some steel products.
Dumping is Discussed
Prospective reductions in force
have stimulated discussion Of
pumping" This is an arrange
ment under Civil Service where
by the holder of a job which has
been abolished and who has a
stronger claim to employment
than the holder of a comparable
job not abolished, may claim
the other job for himself.
ODM employees are apprehen-
sive of humping from DPA en-
ployes. Dumping does not go
across agency lines, but CONSOLE
dalton of the two agencies has
removed that restriction.
If NPA remains part Of the
Commerce Department, an NPA
reduction in force may lead to
the humping of employees in other
Commerce bureaus and offices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Union Files Charge
Against BOILERS

Charges of unfair labor prac-
tees were filed against the Coca
Cola Bottling Works of Wash
ington, Attorney Martin F..
O'Donoghue, representing the
union, said yesterday.
The Baltimore regional Office
Of the National Labor Relations
Board was informed Of the
charges yesterday by Local 81
Of the Brewery and Beverage
Drivers and Workers, affiliated
with the Teamsters Union (AFL)
Four specific charges were made
against the company.
The local contended the COM
pany refused to bargain with
striking employees representa-
tatives and threatened some
workers if they failed to return
to the job. The company was
represented by the union as Of
fering wage increases and other
inducements 70 certain WORKERS
to return to work.
In a dispute over wages and
union recognition, IS drivers
and driver-salesmen walked of
the job January q.
Mr.. O'Donoghue commended no
employe has returned to work in
spite of the firms Campaign Of
anti-union activity" and refusal
to recognize union affiliation Of
the strikers.
Charles r. w. Fiske, manager
Of the Coca Cola Bottling Works,
declined to comment, beyond
saying q conference with the
company's lawyers may be held
here tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Horper's Ferry, Ghost Town,
To Live Again as Monument

much toward having Harpers
Ferry added to the national
monuments, believes it is the
greatest thing that ever hap
pened to the community.
A few years ago, when Route
$40 was rebuilt to pass over the
Potomac River south of Harpers
Ferry, and the Shenandoah to
the west, there was opposition
from the towns residents.
But Mayor Perry believed then
that the rerouting of the high
way was a good thing. The
towns main street, which de-
cends steeply from Bolivar
Heights to the banks Of the Po-
tomac, was too narrow for the
heavy traffic that flows west
from Frederick, Md, and east
from Charlestown. w. Va. And
the only bridge over the river
was a combination highway and
railway structure.
A few years later, when a
dynamite-laden truck blew up
west of town, residents were
jostled into the opinion that the
road change had been a blessing.
Harpers Ferry, best known for
the John Brown incident which
preceded the outbreak of the
Civil War, took it's name from
Robert Harper, who settled here
in 1747.
Harper had come from Oxford,
England, settling in Philadelphia
in 1735. An architect and mill
wright, he was employed to con-
struct a Quaker meeting house
at Winchester, Va. Crossing the
Potomac at the Ferry, he was so
impressed with the scenery that
he bought out Peter Stephens,
who had been a "squatter" at
the Ferry since 1888. Harper
later bought land from Lord
Fairfax and in 1863 the town
was incorporated as Harpers
Ferry by the Virginia General
Assembly. Meanwhile, Mr..
Harper had established a ferry
service for travellers moving
westward.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Soviet Anti-Semitism
To Be Discussed

The effects on Moslems Of ris-
ing Soviet anti Semitism will be
discussed by DR.. Gabor de
BeSsenyey. foreign affairs an
alyst, in a lecture at 9 pm.
Tuesday at the Catholic Insti-
tute, st. Patrick's Hall, 924 G
street NV.
DR.. de Bessenyey's subject
will be 1.-THE Moslem World
Balance of Power" He will be
introduced by the Rev. Sebastian
Miklas, O.F.M., director Of the
Catholic Institute. which is the
Adult Education Division Of
Catholic University.
The public is invited. The lee
ture will be preceded by a talk
at 8 pm. by the Rt. Rev. William
E.. Mcdonald, professor of phil
osophy at Catholic University.
His topic will be Contemporary
Attitudes Toward God"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Firemen Retrieve
Stolen Hat After
20 M.P.H.

Clinton Md0 f1remen gunned
their ambulance up to 10 miles
an hour last night in a 1O-mile
hat chase.
Fireman Ellsworth Webster
said his fire hat was seen disap-
pearing from the firehouse in
the hands Of a man attending a
dance there.
Chief Ralph Thompson and his
cousin, William Thompson,
leaped into the ambulance and
gave chase. At ST. Barnabas
road near Wheeler road, about
10 miles away. they caught up
with the fleeing auto and forced
it to stop. Prince Georges
County police, alerted by the
ambulance radio, arrived and
arrested 21-year-old Korea
war veteran back in this country
only a few months.
According to Officer George
Simmons, Of the Marlboro Po-
lice Station, he is William Mar
cell. of 2311 Twenty fifth street
Sc. He was charged with being
diSOrderly,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Girl, 4, and 7 Soldiers
Killed in Virginia Collision

HANOVER. Va, Feb. IA
4-year-old girl and two Fort Lee
soldiers were killed today in a
two-car collision on United
States Route sol, eight miles
north Of here in Caroline
County.
The victims were identified as
Meejan Yee, 4, Of Providence,
r. l.; Pvt. Burton B. Blum, %.
of Baltimore. and Pfc. Joseph G.
Hutchins. 10. Of Aberdeen. Md.
The mother of the child. Miss
Millie zee, "a. and Joseph
Walsh, 26, both Of Providence.
suffered minor face and hand
decorations.
Mr.. Walsh. said he was driv-
ing the car In which Miss Yee
and her child by a former mar
riage were passengers. The two
soldiers were In the other car.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
By james BirchfieId
Stor Staff Correspondent

HARPERS FERRY, w. Va,
Feb. mot since George WASH
ington succeeded in having Con-
gress establish the national
arsenal here, where the Potomac
River flows through the noun
tains, has Harpers Ferry been
so hopeful of the future.
Harpers Ferry today is a ghost
town. It is a town of ruins
ruins of the old Federal Arsenal,
of Halls Rifle Works and of once
great houses that overlooked the
Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers
from the sides of the steep,
rock gorge. But it has now be-
come a national monument,
taken over by the Park Service
to be rebuilt to a semblence Of
it's former beauty.
Bypassed by the State high
ways and remaining only a
whistle stop" on the Baltimore
& Ohio Railway. the ferry grad
ually sank into decay. It is true
there is still the old John
Brown Fort on the grounds of
Storer College, and the founda-
tions of the arsenal down near
the station, but many Of its old
houses are in ruins.
A few tourists find their way
into the town, but little effort
has been made to set out ade-
quately the points Of historic
Importance.
It was a strange paradox, for
here is one of the most impor-
tant sites, historically, in the
Nation. A town that is known
to virtually every school child
throughout the country, left to
sink gradually into decay.
But new day has begun for
the Ferry. Last month West Vir-
ginia presented approximately
400 acres of land to the Park
Service to develop a national
monument. Additional land is
expected from Maryland, direct
ly across the Potomac River.
Plans are incomplete, but resi-
dents are jubilant over the pros
poets for their town.
Mayor Gilbert E. Perry, a
large, placid man who has done
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Defense Production
Aides Move 10 Keep
Essential Controls
By Froncis P. DoidIos

Government of1icials are de-
batting the extent to which pro-
duction controls will have to be
continued to assure no Interrupt
ton in the defense buildup.
Jobs for hundreds of Govern
ment employees hang on the de-
cisions. Most of them work for
the National Production Au-
thority. The Defense Production
Administration also is involved.
Many in NPA look for a de-
cision from the White House to-
morrow. 1t was reported, how
ever. that no final conclusions
may be made known until the
end of the week.
NPA, which is part of the
Commerce Department, had 2,522
employees. DPA, which has been
consolidate with the Office of
Defense Mobilization, has 365.
ODM is the top agency in the
emergency setup and is engaged
in high policy determinations.
DPA is the planning organiza-
ton for production. NPA is the
operating agency.
Contained i'm Message.
General policy on production
controls was laid down by PreSi-
dent Eisenhower in his state-of-
the-Union message last week.
He said:
i believe that material
and production controls should
be ended, except with respect to
defense priorities and scarce and
critical items essential for de-
Tense. I shall recommend to the
Congress that legislation be en-
acted to continue authority for
such remaining controls of this
type as will be necessary after
the expiration of the existing
statute on June 80, 1883"
One decision to be made is
whether the Controlled Materials
Plan is to be continued after
June 30. This plan provides for
careful distribution of steel. cop
per and aluminium. First claims
allowed are those for defense and
defense supporting production.
Remaining materials are appor-
toned among civilian producers.
Steel Shortages Remain.
A large staff is required to
handle the volume of detailed
work required by the plan.
An alternate course would be
to issue orders requiring set
aSides Of essential materials for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
|DecontroI May Start
Union Drive for Pay
Denied by W5B
BY ,hs Assoeiossd Press

The death OF Government
wage controls seems sure to
touch on union drives to re-
capture pay increases denied
under Federal curbs.
The 8-million-memher AFL
already has signalled for such
attempts, but many employers
are expected to resist the move.
at least until their present labor
contracts run out.
President Eisenhower's order
Friday ending wage controls
gave an official okay to all en-
ployer-union agreements still
waiting for Government APP
prevail. There were nearly 10000
such contracts involving an
estimated million workers, who
will now get the contemplated
pay raises.
WSB Denied Many Raises.
But during the two-year
period when controls were in eff
feet many proposed boosts in
pay and other BENEFITS were
denied or partly disapproved by
the Wage Sterilization Board.
Out of $4,000 cases handled,
the WSB shaved down the terms
Of more than 10000 employer
union agreements. It is these
vetoed benefits the unions now
will want to get back.
In many cases the labor groups
will be stuck with the reductions
unless their employers volun-
tarily agree to waive them, as
can be done now that the wage
lid has been taken of.
Most of the contracts were
negotiated for time periods, with
stipulationS that the gains were
subject to Government approval.
WSB Chairman Charles C. Kill
1ngSworth said in a farewell
news conference that WSB's
lawyers view the stipulations as
meaning reductions can be made
to last legally for the life of the
contracts.
Will Increase New Requests.
But if baked for the time
being at recapturing the gains
once forbidden by the wage
Stabilizers, unions can be de-
pended on to increase their pay
demands by that amount when
present contracts expire.
There is no total estimate
available of the cuts in pay and
other benefits ordered by the
WSB. Some labor contracts.
however. allow pay rates to be
renegotiated now that controls
are off.
First effects from lifting wage
controls may turn up in the big
construction industry which is
now entering its period of nego-
tiating new pay rates with unions
representing about two million
workers.
Pay demands are likely to de-
pend to some extent on what
happens to prices. Price controls
also are being gradually lifted,
but the forecasts of merchants
generally is that there won't be
much immediate change in con-
sumner costs. a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-02-08
Dulles Sees Damage
From Flood in Flight
Over Dutch Area
BY tho Associated Press

AMSTERDAM, Feb. 7.-Green
grass shining through salt water
shadows. dreary miles of
flooded farmland dotted by roof
tops. :. the black lines of broken
bikes leading.
These were some Of the things
Secretary of State Dulles saw in
a fight over the Dutch-Belgian
flood zone today in his capacity
as chairman of President EiSen-
hower's relief committee.
Mr.. Dulles 3o-minute tour
with Mutual Security Director
Harold Stassen. another mem
Der of the committee, was made
during their flight from Amster-
dam to Brussels.
Before taking of from Hol-
land, Mr.. Dulles indicated that
his impressions on the survey
would help decide how much
and what kind Of relief the
United States will extend to this
storm-battered corner Of West
Europe.
New Danger Spots.
Rescue workers fought the
floods in several new danger
spots. The village Of Poortvliet,
on Tholen Island, radioed for
help to save its 1,701 inhabitants,
cut of on all sides by floods.
August G. Maris of the water
channels section of the trans
port ministry said other main
danger areas are HellevoetSluiS,
on the island of Voorne-Putten
at the southern mouth Of the
Voorne Canal: Stavenisse, on
Tholen; and Brouwershaven, on
Schouwen-Duiveland.
Queen Juliana announced
plans today for further visits
to the disaster area next week,
including the island Of Texel, a
famed exporter of sheep until
the floods came.
Flags at HaIf-staff.
All Holland will lower flags
to half-staff at dawn tomorrow
for national day of prayer and
mourning for the flood victims.
All church denominations will
unite in marking the day.
Millions of dollars in money,
material and medical supplies
poured into Holland in a steady
stream.
Dutch troops in Korea col
lected 10000 guilders ($2,63O)
for flood victims. Pope Plus XII
made q contribution of 10000
guilderS ($7,900).
Latest reports indicated that
Operation Windmill by Is Amer
lean helicopters and other planes
based at Woensdrecht rescued
1000 persons. Thus far, Ameri-
can, Dutch, British and Belgian
planes have dropped 100000
sandbags to assist dixie repairs.