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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26

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The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1953-02-26

4:55-5:05 = Benevola near Sticks
house.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Motorcycle PatroIman
Injured by Hit-Run Driver

Pvt. Gilbert r. White, 43, Met
ropolitan Police motorcycle pa
trolman, was seriously injured
about noon today when struck
by a hit-run driver near the
Boiling Air Force Base entrance,
He was given first aid at the
Boiling base hospital and re-
moved to Emergency Hospital,
apparently suffering from head
injuries.
Police said another car fol-
lowed the one believed to have
struck the policeman, but lost
it when the fleeing vehicle ran
a traffic light and turned off
South Capitol street into Allan
tic street Sc.
A suspect was found and the
car was recovered by police who
converged on the scene from the
whole Southeast area.
Attendants said Pvt. White
was still unconscious when ad-
mitted to Emergency Hospital
more than an hour after the
accident.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
D. {. Woman Killed
When Car 0verturns

A District woman was killed
and two other persons hurt when
their car went out of control
early today in the 5000 block OF
Sheriff road, Cedar Heights, Md,
went up an embankment and
overturned.
Mrs. Ella Green. about 43,
colored, of the 100 block of
Sixth street Sc, was dead on
arrival at Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital as the result OF
a crushed chest.
The injured were her husband,
Edward Green, 80, and an un-
identified colored woman, about
40.
All were riding in a car driven
by Mr.. Green, according to
Prince Georges Police Pvt. Rob-
ert F. Duncan. The accident
occurred about 1:06 am.
The unidentified woman suf-
fered a fractured pelvis. Mr..
Green was treated at the hospital
for a head cut and taken to the
county police station at Hyatts-
vile.
He was charged with man
slaughter. reckless driving and
operating at a speed greater
than reasonable and proper
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Found Looting Store,
Youth Rushes Police
With 5-Inch Knife
Private, Pistol in Hond.
WithhoIds His Fire;
Second Boy Also Held

Booty" a boy with a police
record far too long for his IS
years, is alive today only because
a policeman withheld his fire
when he Whirled to find the
youth rushing him with a
switch blade knife.
Booty admits his juvenile
record, a term for housebreak-
ing in the Industrial Home
School, and entering of at least
one school in a safe-cracking
attempt.
With a l4-year-old compan-
ion, he was surprised in a Highs
ice cream store in the 1000
block of Minnesota avenue NE.
early today. gorging on ice cream
because we couldn't find any
money"
Police See Night Lights Out.
Police PvtS. George Maurer
and T. j. Byron saw the night
lights out in the store. With
drawn revolver, Pvt. Byron went
in; heard the scuttling noise as
the two youths sought hiding.
Pvt. Maurer had gone around
to cover the rear door.
Meanwhile, third policeman,
Pvt. Benton Royer. came on the
scene after the lights had been
turned on again. He quickly
raped on the front window to
attract Pvt. Bryon's attention
AS Pvt. Byron whirled around
Booty was almost at his back,
the 5-inch knife in hand.
Pistol still drawn, Pvt. Byron
fought off the first slash and
diSarmed the boy.
Admit Entering School.
Juvenile authorities said the
pair aomlCted entering the, Ter
rell Junior High School. 100
block of L street NV, earlier
in an attempt to open a safe.
They failed to get into the
strong box even after knocking
off the dial, they said, and told
police they had thrown the dial
away near a window of the
Walker Jones School. about a
block distant. 1t was recovered
there.
Both youths, who are colored,
are being held for further inves-
tigation and questioning by
juvenile authorities.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Young Says Worst Is Over
In Firing of u. S. Employees
Civil Service Chief DiscIoses Plans
For Modernizotion of Puy Scale

can be assured of continuing en-
ployment SO long as their services
are satisfactory"
This assurance" Mr.. Young
said. "can be given the career
worker because career employees
have top priority on continuing
Jobs. and approximately one
third of all Government en-
ployes in the Continental United
States are in the career OF
indefinite category"
Mr.. Young also said it is GER
tain that the number of Federal
jobs will continue to be greater
than the number of career work.
ers that are now employed,
thereby assuring career workers
continued employment.
AS to indefinite workers. Mr..
Young said that "only a slim
proportion of those employees in
the indefinite group will be
affected by the reduction of
employment contemplated at
present" ...
At his press conference, Mr..
Young also disclosed the follow
ing:
l. Veterans Preference-The
commission favors modifying
veterans preference in reduc-
tions-ln-force programs so that
Evening star., 1953-09-23
By Joseph Young

Chairman Philip Young of the
Civil Service Commission has re-
assured Government employees
here that the worst in Federal
frings is over and that the jobs
of most are safe as long as they
perform satisfactorily.
Future cutbacks will be ac-
complished largely by attrition,
he emphasized.
In a speech last night before
the Society for Personnel Ad-
miniStration and at an earlier
press conference Mr.. Young said
that even though the Federal
payroll must be trimmed more,
all career workers and even most
indefinite employees are assured
of continuing Federal employ
ment as long as they perform
their job satisfactorily,
Mr.. Young emphasized that
the administration is dedicated
to protecting able employees and
that it also is embarking on a
program to improve employe
benefits by modernizing the pay
scale and other means.
Calling on Government per-
sonnel officials to ''refute scare
stories and diSpel groundless
fears" Mr.. Young declared:
Career employees generally
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Season of Mists'
Has Now Arrived

FALL ARRlVES-The sun todoy
wondered over the Equator and left
US with faII. Just what goes on in
space this time every year i; told on
pose A-2o.
AN ELEVATOR THAT CROWS
Twelve groin elevators ore growing an
inch every z OF 3 minutes at the
Wilkins Rogers Milling Co. For new
wrinkle in the construction business
see Pose A-36.
HERE AND AsRoAD--For news Of
oreo -sevieemen. where they ore and
whot they're doing, see pose Ais.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE
Calf, Sept. 23.-Maj. Gen. Will
liam F. Dean came home last
night, three years of Red cap
tivity etched in his tired face
and declared:
Il want You to get it out of
your heads that I'm a hero-I'm
not. I'm just a dog-faced SOL
dier," and
II feel like a million dollars
I almost sent a challenge to
Rocky Marciano." Marciano is
heavyweight boxing champion.
The tall, erect Medal of Honor
winner was given a hero's well
come as his plane landed at
this huge airbase 40 miles north
east of San Francisco under a
brilliant moon.
Gen. Deans part in the Ko-
rean war lasted month in the
narrowing summer of 1850 be-
fore he was captured. He was
awarded the Nations highest
military decoration for his val
liant, last-ditch defense of Tae-
JOHN which he battled per-
sonally with a bazooka.
Greeted by Family.
An Air Force COT Stratocruiser
brought Gen. Dean and seven
other repatriated American war
prisoners into reception of
glaring television and news
camera lights and the tender
ness of reunion with his family
The general had been out of
the country six years, in Japan
and Korea.
His wife, Mildred, climbed into
the plane and into the generals
tight embrace.
Then Gen. Dean, smiling self
consciously, led her down the
ramp.
The 54-year-old general wore
no medals or ribbons, only the
shoulder patch of his old oath
Division.
Near the plane Gen. Dean and
his wife were joined by his
mother. Mrs. Elizabeth Dean. He
held both women tightly.
A few feet farther on, the
generals daughter. Mrs. June
..-.-.~ flew into his open
arms. Then came others-19
relatives in all.
Gen. Deans son-in-law, Army
Capt. Robert Williams, stepped
up with his son, Robert Dean
Williams. 2la, a grandson the
general mad never seen.
Gen. Dean took the boy in his
arms, Rugged him and kissed
him
Mrs. Dean was almost over
come.
You can't talk about a thing
like this" she said. tears stream
ing down her face. There just
aren't words" ,
The general went into the
jammed terminal lobby. Ap-
plause cracked. He looked tired,
but the fact he was home obvi-
ously lifted his spirits.
II am overwhelmed by this
welcome. It makes me feel very
humble and unworthy" he spoke
firmly into a microphone.
Il want every one to under
stand that I'm not a hero. I
was unfortunately a prisoner of
war and that is nothing to be
proud of. It was an unfortunate
circumstance"
The room was still.
"Other prisoners of war had
Evening star., 1953-09-23

Gen. Dean, Back in u. S., Says
I'm No Hero, Just q Soldier
Wife, Daughter and Other Relatives,
19 in All, Welcome Him on Coast

it much tougher than me, I'm
sure. They told me about
the real heroes. :"
Gen. Dean named man after
man, foot soldiers and flyers. He
praised them highly for their
unceasing resistance to Com
munist pressure.
Il could go on and on" he
added. They didn't break
down."
Applause thundered in the hot
crowded lobby.
Answering newsmen's ques-
tions, he said his plans were
indefinite-that he is an Army
patient and must await word
from medics before deciding.
In Tokyo he said he planned
to retire from the Army, in
which he has served 80 years.
to keep a promise to his family.
About the chances for lasting
peace in Korea
I'm in poor position to say
all I know is what I've read
in the past few weeks"
About the war potential of the
Chinese
"All l saw of their troops
were peeps through cracks in
paper window"
May Write a Book.
And II don't feel inclined to
write a book-but may be pres
Sured into it.
But there's one thing I'd like
to do.
I'D like to get acquainted
with my family. For 80 years
I've neglected them. Now I've
promised to make amends"
After posing for a few more
pictures, he began doing just
that.
Gen. Dean. his wife and his
mother got in the back seat of
his son-ln-laW'S station wagon.
His grandson curled on his lap.
They left for home in Berkeley
"a home that the general never
had seen. Mrs. Dean purchased
it while he was in a Communist
prison.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Army Bans KinseY Book
From Overseas Libraries
BY the Assoeiased Press

BERLIN, Sept. %. - The
United States Army in Europe
has banned DR.. Alfred Kinsey's
book on Sexual Behavior of the
Human Female" from its Ii
brarieS.
European headquarters in
Heidelberg, confirming the Army
decision. gave no reason for
keeping the controversial book
on library shelves.
s An unofficial explanation here
was that the Army docs not in
tend to spend money on that
kind of a book"
Army librarians were told at
a meeting last week in Nuern-
berg that the book would not be
stocked. There had been re-
quests for it throughout the
command.
NewSstandS in post exchanges
throughout the command were
filled with magazines and other
periodicals prominently display
ing articles on the book.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Crash Hurts ;, Damages
5 Cars; Hif-Run CHARGED

Three persons were slightly
hurt and five cars damaged be-
fore Arlington police could halt
wild-driving motorist on
Glebe road last night.
Charged with drunken and
reckless driving and hit-run was
Harry H. Mcclure. 48. Of the
100 block of North Stuart street,
Arlington.
Police said MCGUIRE struck one
parked car, two others waiting
at traffic lights and two moving
vehicles. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
j. Graf. both 81. of Lemon road.
Falls Church, and Herbert J.
Barrett. So, of 3017 North Glebe
road. were treated at Arlington
Hospital for minor injuries and
released,
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Living Costs Reach
New AII-Time Hiqh
In D. {. and in Nation
BIS Survey Gives
RuiImen Scent Ruise
As Figure Hits lis Pct.
By james Y. Newton

The Government said today
that living costs have reached a
new all-time high both in WASH
ington and over the country gen.
orally.
The latest Bureau of Labor
Statistics survey. showing an in
crease of three -tenths of / per
cent between July Is and
August Is, will result in a Scent
an-hour wage increase to 1.3
million railway workers whose
pay is tied to the rise or fall
of living costs.
The railway workers will get
their boost October /, bringing to
13 cents an hour the total in
creases they have gotten under
the cost of living "escalator" con-
tract.
/ The bureau surveys living
costs in Washington every three
months. In the period from
May to August, costs here rose
| T10 of l per cent, from 1885 in
May to 114,2 in August. The
previous high here was 114.1 a
year ago. The bureau uses the
| 1947-49 average prices as it's
base of 100 in figuring price
trends.
Sixth Month of Climb.
1t was the sixth consecutive
month in which the national
cost of living index has climbed.
1t now stands at lis per cent of
the 1947-49 average. The index
on July Is stood at HAT.
The August Is figure is six
tenths of percentage point
higher than year ago and 13
per cent over the level of June,
1850, just prior to the start of
the Korean war. BIS just re-
cenly changed its base period for
figuring living costs. The old
index used the 1935-1939 average
as 100. On that basis the old
index would be 1923.
Clothing Prices Down.
Federal statisticians said that
largely responsible for the gen.
eral rise of living costs were
rather sharp advances in the
cost of transportation, food,
housing and medical care. On
the other hand, clothing prices
declined slightly in the month
Of the survey.
Food prices rose three tenths
of l per cent from July to Au-
gust Is. But the food index was
81 per cent below year ago.
BIS said that 6 per cent ad-
vance in beef and veal prices
the largest increase for these
meats in any month since June,
1948. was principally responsible
for the rise of food prices gen.
orally.
The increase of two tenthS of
a percentage point in housing
costs was due largely to an in
crease of IL per cent in rents,
following expiration of Federal
rent controls July 81.
The railroad workers were the
only ones whose wages were af-
fected by the latest Govern
ment living cost figures. More
than 2 million other workers
have their pay tied to living
costs, mostly in the auto indus
try. But their wages are not
adjusted at this time.
In Washington, food prices
rose 81 per cent over the three
months; housing. excluding
rents, was up 0.2 per cent; cloth
ing rose 0,2 per cent.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Pictures on Poee A-29


Just south of Laurel, Md, driver
of one car.
Miss Joan Mills, Is, of LAUREL
and her sister, Arlene, Is, both
passengers in Mrs. Fehntrich's
automobile.
Marine Pfc. William E. Moul-
throp %, driver of the second
car, who had been stationed at
Quantico Marine Base, and lived
at Union City, Conn.
Mother Thought Dying.
The mother of the Mills girls,
Mrs. Elizabeth Mills, AZ, was
believed dying in Leland Me-
mortal Hospital at Riverdale Of
severe head and internal in
juries and two fractured legs.
The accident occurred on a
straight stretch of road at Muir
kirk. about 2 miles south OF
Laurel, at 2::30 am.
Mrs. Fehntrich was driving
Mrs. Mills to see her daughter.
Mrs. Marie Cavender, 18, in
Prince Georges County Hospital.
Mrs. Cavender. a bride of 10
days. had been taken there for
an emergency sppendectomy o
half-hour before.
Two minutes before the acci-
dent occurred, Maryland State
police broadcast a lookout for
Pvt. Moulthrop's car.
Driver Reported Drinking.
1t was said to have been
travelling north without lights
and wesving across the highway
into the wrong lane, according
to State Trooper Jack Corum.
Police reported the driver ap-
parently had been drinking.
Mrs. Fehntrich and Joan Mills
apparently were killed instantly.
Pvt Moulthrop was removed to
Bethesda Naval Hospital, where
he died at 7 am. today. Arlene
Mills died at the Riverdale Hos
pital at about the same time.
Police said the fatal crash
occurred in the southbound
lane. Mrs. Fehntrich's car was
travelling south,
Both the Mills girls were STU
dents at Laurel High School.
Joan in the 11th grade and Ar
lene in the 10th.
Father Also in Hospital.
Their father, Jake Mills, II,
also is in Prince Georges Gen.
eral Hospital as result of q
gall bladder operation last week.
He has been an employe of the
Governments Agriculture Re-
search Farm at Beltsville and is
about to retire.
Mrs. Mills is his second wife.
They also are parents of FIVE
other daughters, Myrtle, l3;
Betty. IL; Nancy. 10; Edith, S,
and Caroline. 4. Mr.. Mills also
has nine children-six sons and
three daughters-by a previous
marriage. All are married and
live in the Laurel area.
Mrs. Cavender, who has not
yet been operated on nor told Of
the accident. is a sister-o law
of Mrs. Fehntrich.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Military Has Cut
$1,000 Civilian Jobs
But Only 4,5OO Here
All Services Operating
Below Ceilings Set
Up Lost. Spring
By John A. Giles

Of more than $1,000 civilian
employees dropped by the armed
forces since last January 81, only
4,561 were in the District area.
On worldwide basis, the
Army, Navy, Air Force and the
Office of the Secretary of De-
fense had ,231,964 civilian
workers as of August 81, The
Star has learned-and all three
services are below the ceilings
set for them last March. The
total on January 81 was L.
329,795.
The figures show 88,898
civilians employed by the mill
tary in the Washington metro
politan area on August 81, as
against 93,459 on January 81.
The breakdown on employ
ment by the military came to
light as Chairman Young of the
Civil Service Commission pro-
duced figures showing the Gov
ernment as a whole had elimi-
mated $4,000 civilian jobs since
the new administration took
over.
Discrepancy Explained.
The apparent discrepancy be-
tween Mr.. Young's figures and
those of the military was ex-
planned by two circumstances:
/. The civil service chairman
was describing the situation as
of July 81, whereas the Penta-
CONS figures were for month
later.
2. The civil service figure was
for a net reduction in Govern
ment employment, rejecting the
fact that some departments have
increased their stats since the
first of the year.
Much of the military decrease
has come about through the de-
cision not to fill positions left
vacant through attrition but
there have been a number of
positions abolished through
budgetary limitations.
Last February Deputy Secre-
tary of Defense Roger M. Kyes
ordered that military personnel
will not be assigned to replace
civilian employees" dismissed
under the program. He also
ordered the service secretaries to
review the assignment of mill
tary personnel to departmental
and headquarters administrative
activities-the So-called CHAIR
corps"-to bring about a similar
reduction.
Army Reduction Greater.
The Army has made the great
est reduction in civilian employ
ment. The department had 493,-
083 on August 81 or 43.834 less
than on January 81. The de-
partment's May 81 ceiling, set by
Mr.. Kyes. was 521 1000.
The Navy reduced it's rolls by
4,574 to new low of 40 ,088 as
compared with a May 81 ceiling
of 100000.
The Air Force made a 19,O67
Total employment is
296, 300 and the May 81 ceiling
was 306, 500.
The Office of the Secretary of
Defense employs 1893 persons,
compared with 2.249 on jan
uary 81.
The Navy employs the largest
number of civilians in this area
This is reduction of
Alb in the seven-month period.
Army employment here totals
1892, Air Force 8.446 and the
Office of the Secretary 1888.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Two Koreans Indicted
In Betrayal of Dean

SEOUL, Sept. % P.-Twc
South Koreans accused of be-
traying Maj. Gen. William F.
Dean to the Communists for S.
each were indicted today by the
Seoul district court.
The National Police identified
the two as Han Doc Kyoo, 40
and Chloe Chong Bong, "A, both
natives of Gilman. about IS
miles south of Taejon, where
Gen. Dean was captured by the
Reds in August, 1850.
Evening star., 1953-09-23
Pacific Typhoon Eases

MANILA, Sept. % (P.-The
Weather Bureau said tonight
the l10-m.ph winds of a Pa
cific typhoor 400 miles southeast
of Okinawa would slacken early
tomorrow as the storm heads
north toward the Ryukyu
Islands.
Evening star., 1953-09-23

Bonkers' Convention. Poee AS
five they approved at the final
session of their convention in
Constitution Hall.
The convention today also
heard Deputy Treasury Secre-
tary w. Randolph Burgess pre-
dict that the end of deficit fl
nancing by the Government may
be near.
There is a real hope" Mr.
Burgess declared, that we may
be nearly through with raising
cash to finance a deficit"
Would Open Markets.
Today's foreign trade reso-
luton said:
"A nation can sell abroad
only as it buys abroad. We be-
lieve that the United States
should live up to it's international
responsibilities as the worlds
greatest creditor and producing
nation by continuing to open
it's markets increasingly to for
eign goods.
Such a policy will help to
create a larger volume of world
trade. the eventual restoration
of freely convertible currencies
and stronger economies in the
United States and other nations
of the free world.
IndOrse Acts.
1--WE indorse and approve the
action of the 83d Congress in ex-
tending the Reciprocal Trade
Agreements Act and enatcing the
Customs Simplif1cation Act.
1--WE urge that all practicable
steps be taken to demonstrate to
the world our determination to
lead in the cooperative effort to
expand international trade for
mutual benefits in prosperity and
security"
The ABA resolution doubtless
will be given consideration by the
Foreign Economic Policy Com
mission appointed by President
Eisenhower and Congress to
study the subject. That commits
sion is headed by Clarence B.
Randall, chairman of the board
OF the Inland Steel Co.
The resolution was reported to
the convention for its action by
the Resolutions Committee
headed by Ben. H. Wooten, presi-
dent of the First National Bank
of Dallas, Tex.
Adopted After Discussion.
Mr.. Wooten said there was
quite a bit of discussion" on it
in the committee. While there
was some initial dissent, he said,
ultimately the committee ap-
proved the resolution unani-
mously.
1t was brought to the Resolr
tions Committee by the s-A's
Commerce and Marine Commit
tee, headed by Fred I. Kent, a
director of the Bankers Trust
Co., New York.
In another resolution, the
ABA approved the Federal Re-
serve Boards flexible monetary
policy. which followed the Treas
ury Reserve Board accord of
1851 and which resulted in a
Tightening of credit.
During this period" the reso-
luton said, "the Federal Reserve
System has properly permitted
such expansion of credit as has
been required to finance in
creased business activity. At
the same time, it's policy of per-
mitting some Tightening of
credit conditions has been effec-
tive in discouraging an excessive
and inf1ationary expansion of
credit.
Held Important Factor.
"This policy has been an i'm
portant factor in stahilizing the
value of the dollar and should
help to sustain future employ
ment and production"
Another resolution declared
(See BANKERS, Page A-50