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Evening star., 1953-07-01
House Group Begins
Probe Of Increase
In Gasoline Prices

An inquiry into why gasolin,
prices are advancing despite al
apparent high production capaci
ty in the industry was openet
today by the House Commerc,
Committee.
Chairman Wolverton, Republi
can, Of New Jersey, said efforti
will be made to get concrete an.
swerS to such questions as:
Are the price increases refiec,
tive of demand and supply or tn,
result of other causes?
How did it happen that wher
one company increased prices al
OF the others quickly followed
suit?
How can increased prices O.
gas, fuel oil and other petroleum
products be justified despite rec
ord rates of production and +.
production capacity Of a millior
barrels a day over the currne
output?
More Questions Listed.
Are fuel oil prices bein,
boosted to discourage consump
ton?
Why has the Texas Railroad
Commission, since the increase il
the price Of crude oil, nov
raised the amount of oil which
may be produced?
Do the continued high earn,
ingS Of the oil companies show {
need for price increases to NEE
rising costs?
Why has California, a large
supplier Of oil, been forced t,
import oil from other areas tt
supply West Coast consumers?
Most of U. S. Affected.
Mr.. Wolverton said the in,
creases affected most of tn,
United States and PARTICULAR,
the Eastern Seaboard and they
cannot readily be understood.
Gasoline prices IN the Metlo.
politan Areas have gone up
cents in the last two weeks.
The first witness. William S
Broomfleld, chairman of a com.
mittee appointed by the Michi.
gan State Legislature to inquire
into gasoline prices in that area
testified that the prices in De.
troit had increased more than sc
per cent since the OPA price CELL
ing was removed in 1916.
Milton w. Arnold, vice presi-
dent Of the Air Transport Asso-
citation. testified that the sched-
uled airline industry would con-
sumo about one and one-halt
billion gallons of gasoline next
year and that the price increase
would cost the carriers at least
SIP million.
Mr.. Arnold said this would
amount to 20 per cent of the air
lines profits in 1852.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Arlington Rites Today
For Comdr. W. A. Rapp

Funeral services for Comdr
William A. Rapp, U. S. NJ, 81,
staff supply officer who died
Wednesday at Long Beach,
Calf. were to be held at II am.
today at Arlington Cemetery.
The son-in-law of DR.. and Mrs.
William F. O'Donnell of 2701
Twenty eighth street NV,
Comdr. Rapp was stricken with
a heart attack while on tempo
rary duty in Long Beach. He
made his home in Coronado,
Calf. -
Surviving are his widow,
Jeanne Marie Rapp; son, Will
liam A. III; his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Rapp of San
Mateo, Calf, and two sisters.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Itt Mrntnrtattt

BOONE, GARFIELD. In loving remem-
brance Of our dear husband and dad,
GARFIELD BOONE, who departed this
life July l, 1852.
When the evening shadows are falling
And We are sitting all alone.
In our hearts there comes longing,
If you only could come home
Gone from this world of grief and
To land of peace and rest,
God has taken you. dear daddy.
LOVING WIFE, DAUGHTERS AND
SON.
BOWERS, ELLA GRACE. In loving
memory Of my devoted wite: ELLA
ago, July /. 1945.
The one for whom I cared with such
abiding love
Has found the wondrous shining path
up to the home above,
The home where 10Y will ever dwell
where loved ones but await
For us to share their happiness beyond
the heavenly safe.
Though l think OF you in silence, Tor
know that you will wait.
No one can see me weep,
But many a silent tear. have shed
when others are asleep.
DEvoTEDLY. JOHN T. BOWERS.
COOPER, MRS. MARY E. McKENNY. In
loving remembrance of our loyins wife
KENNY COOPER, who. passed away
eight years ago today. July l. l945,
Gone from this world Of grief and
sorrow,
Where you always gave your best.
God has taken you, dear one.
To a land Of peace and rest.
The love you gave us many years
viii never from US depart:
Th%1gh u Tsrs are gone e bsyond Ses4f egr
DAVID L. AND EVERETT l. COOPER.
MRS ELLEN E. EVANS AND MRS.
MINNIE B. COOK.
CUNNINGHAM, CATHERINE. In loving
memory Of our dear mother. CATH
ERNIE CUNNINGHAM. who passed
away four years ago today. July L.
1949.
It's such O consolation to know.
AS the years 60 by,
The memory of the one we loved
Can never. never die.
HER LOVING CHILDREN. JOHN,
Ethel. AND HELEN
GARNETT, ELIZABETH. In sad but
loving memory of our loving mother.
grandmother and sister, ELIZABETH H
CiARNETT. whom We laid to rest SIX
years aso today. July ]. le41.
Loving memories never die
As years roll and days pass by:
OF one We loved and can never forget.
CHILDREN AND SISTER.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
FuIbHght Gets Oxford Honor;
Hailed for Scholarship Plan

Senator Fulbright. a former
Rhodes scholar at oxford, re-
ceived a doctorato of civil law
degree. The Senator was cited
for his wisdom and philan-
thropy."
Senator Fulbright is one of
400 former Rhodes scholars at
tending a celebration commemo-
rating the Tooth birthday of
Cecil Rhodes, the empire builder
Rhodes established the plan un-
der which outstanding United
States students receive scholar
ships at oxford.
Sir Maurice Bowra, vice chan
cellor Of oxford, in a speech
during the ceremony at which
Senator Fulbright was honored,
said Britain and the United
States have much in common
despite temporary aberrations"
which may cause trouble.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Compromise Sought to Speed
Action on BHcker Amendment

. Secretary OF State Dulles, on
the other hand, told a news con-
ference yesterday that the latest
proposals for modifying the
Bricker amendment are still
quite unacceptable to the ad-
ministration.
Point of Controversy.
Senator Knowland said the
point still in controversy is the
phrase in the Bricker proposal
requiring that the bill to make
a treaty effective as internal law
would have to be of a nature that
would be valid in the absence of
a treaty.
Senator Knowland still believes
the Bricker amendment could be
acted on before adjournment If
a full agreement can be reached
with the administration. In the
absence of such agreement, it
probably will be sidetracked for
this year.
Supporters Of the Bricker
amendment have been actuated
by fear that If the Senate ever
ratified some of the covenants
developed in the United Nations
on human rights, labor standards
and related subjects, the rati-
f1cation of such treaties would
establish domestic law in this
country without acts of Con-
gress. In opposing the Bricker
amendment. Secretary of State
Dulles assured the Senate the
present administration does not
intend to submit the United
Nations covenants for ratifica-
ton as treaties.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
$1,000 Is Unclaimed,
So Cab Driver Gets 1t
By the Assoeioted Press

NEW YORK, July How
could you leave 81 900, all in crisp,
new $100 bills. in a taxi and never
look for it?
Hyman Dannenberg. cabbie
for Is years. shook his head in
bewilderment yesterday, and, un-
der the rule of finders keepers, "
collected the money at police
headquarters. Mr.. Dannenberg
found the bills wedged behind the
back seat of his cab last March.
Nobody claimed the money, so
police turned it over to him.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Mrs. Wiseman Joins
In Suit Against Nine
Bank Directors

A squabble among directors Of
the First National Bank Of
Arlington came to light today
as a suit was filed in Federal
District Court in Alexandria
against nine Of the directors.
The suit was brought by Fred
Walker. 2605 Wilson boulevard,
Arlington, director and stock
holder, and Mrs. Mabel w. Wise
man, 3206 Wisconsin avenue
NV. who, the suit says. owns
200 shares in the bank.
They claim the nine directors
named as defendants paid a 81
900 legal fee from bank funds
for services not performed in
behalf of the bank. They ask
the court to set aside the boards
decision to pay the legal fee and
to make the directors reimburse
the bank for the loss.
1858 Per Hour Charge.
Mr.. Walker and Mrs. Wise
ma nclaim the suit is in their
behalf. in behalf of all the stock
holders and in behalf of the
bank itself.
The $4,000 fee was paid to the
law firm of Shea, Greenman,
Gardner & McConnaughey to
oppose Mr.. Walker, Mrs. Wise
man and other stockholders in
their efforts to elect a minority
slate of candidates to the banks
board of directors, according to
the suit. 1t also alleges that the
legal services included attend
ance at a divorce trial against
one of the directors.
The fee was approved by the
directors without any itemized
statement from the attorneys,
the suit states. and amounts to a
payment of 1868 per hour for
the services Of individual law
yerS.
Ordinary diligence on the
part Of the defendants would
have disclosed that this claim
was not only unlawful but ex-
orbitant de PENDANTS should
have known that said attorneys
had not been employed by the
bank, that their services were
not rendered in behalf of the
bank and said claim was not a
lawful obligation of the bank"
the suit states.
Directors Identified.
The directors named defen-
dants in the suit are Thomas J.
Broyhill, William T. Halliday.
Lawrence o. Kenyon. E. Carl
Hengen, Alden j. Toberman,
Eugene M. Wiseman, J. Ray
mond B. Hutchinson, Jacob l..
Devers and Alfred w. Trueax.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mabel Wise
man were principals early this
year in hectic divorce suit
heard in the U. S. District for
the District OF Columbia.
In the course of the divorce
proceedings, Mr.. Wiseman told
the judge his wife threatened
to ruin him mentally and
f1nancily.
Mrs. Wiseman had sued for
divorce, naming a Falls Church
woman correspondent. The
divorce was granted on February
5, at which time the court set
aside terms of an earlier separa-
ton settlement under which Mrs.
Wiseman received an estimated
8S per cent Of jointly -owned as
sets.
Shortly before the February
decree. Mr.. Wiseman was re-
elected to the banks board of
directors. Mrs. WiSeman, who
also sought election as a direc-
tor, ran 18th in the race for II
seats.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Nothon Loeser, 81,
Ohio PhiIonthropist
BY the Asseeiotsd Press

CLEVELAND, July Nathan
Loeser, "a, a philanthropist and
prominent attorney, died at his
home yesterday.
He served as the first president
Of the old Mount Sinai Hospital
and also was a former president
of the Cleveland B'nai Birth
organization.
In his early days, Mr.. Loeser
was a newspaperman, working
for the Buffalo Express and Buff
falo Courier and later for the
Associated Press in New York.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
w. T. Kerr, "a, Founder
Of Flag Day Association
BY The Associoted Press

by fhe ASsoeicted Press
PHILADELPHIA. July 1.-Wil-
liam T. Kerr. "a. founder of the
American Flag Day Association,
died yesterday at his home in
suburban Yeadon.
Mr.. Kerr was an assistant
bureau chief of the Pennsylvania
Railroad when he retired ii
years ago. He had been asso-
ciated with the railroad for so
years. Mr.. Kerr organized the
flag day association in Pitts
burgh.
His widow, three sons and a
sister survive.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
R. |. Woodward, so,
Dies; Had Just Been
Honored on Retirinq

A 60-year-old Arlington man
died yesterday. apparently of a
heart attack, on his way home
from the Civil Service Commits
sion, where he had just attended
a retirement ceremony marking
the end of his 33 years service.
Ray L. Woodward, who was a
staff assistant in the commits
sion's Office Services Division,
was found near his car, stopped
on Jefferson Davis highway near
South Twenty-third street, Ar
Evening star., 1953-07-01

hospital. lie
had been i'll
for several
months.
Mr.. Uttley,
who lived at
7700 B ir
road, Silver
Spring, Md.
retired April
80 after 46
years WlIn JnC
postal service.
A native of
O'Neill, Nebr.,
MIR. u t t ley
Storto6 his
Evening star., 1953-07-01
lit Mrmnria11

HUESTON. WILLIAM G.. Jr. In loving
WILLIAM c. HUEsToN, Jr.. Who passed
away June 80. 1a46
REIDY. CORNELIUS. IN loving memory
of our dear father. CORNELIUS
REIDY. who passed from US eight
years aso today, July l. 1a45.
We will always remember you
COMFY AND TOMMY.
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Clinton B. Utt|ey, 81,
Retired Postal Aide

Clinton B. Uttley, 81, former
executive director of the Bureau
of Post Office Operations, died
yesterday at George Washington
Evening star., 1953-07-01
Dr.. Joehr, Swiss Banker

ZURICH. Switzerland. July l
! (P).-Dr. Adolf Joehr, IS, preSi-
dent of the Credit-SuiSse, one of
Switzerland'S biggest banks, died
Yesterday.
Evening star., 1953-07-01

of ST. Augustine's Holy Name
Society will meet at the resi-
dence of our late brother,
1880 18th st. NV, on Thurs
day, July ., 1853, at s pm.
for recitation Of prayers for
our deceased brother. HENRY
2VING.
/ p. oUANDER, President.
ES WHITBY. Secretary,
Evening star., 1953-07-01

CEPHAS, EDITH j. Members Of Queen
of Sheba Household of Ruth. No.
SC: ]: { ! e: 6! !. :
~ ~, G. u. o. of o. F.. are re:
IN ouested to attend the funeral OF
~ Sister EDITH J. CEPHAS on Fri
day, July 3, 1858. at l pm. from
NJ the Nineteenth Street Baptist
~ Church Wear all white.
LILLIAN BANKS. M. N. q.
HARRIET E. TYLER, W. R.
Evening star., 1953-07-01

DOYLE. MAURICE J; On Monday JHne ne
-. 1853 at Suburban Hospital, MAJ
RICE j. DOYLE of 1904 Louis ave.
Silver Spring, Nd, husband Of IS..1n Rath3
ryn wade DOYLE and father OF joseph
r Doyle. Mr. Doyle rests at the
Warner E. Pumping, s,,Ir Funeral sn1,ng H0me, Mds
rhsrs prayers will be said on Thurs
day. July 2, At $40 I'm; pnrcb 6nenSf GheTe Te
mass viii be offered. at, 3 am, for
the repose Of his soul: IntsrmHenat Inter- Ha ST.
johns Cemetery, Forest Glen MO.
Hy day. june 20, 1859, MARIE G: DUNN
1nee Mccarthy of 31Ql Quincy st.;
RrentWood, Nd. beloved wife OF Leo
". Dunn. mother. Of Mrs: Mary X <.
Giaratonna, Patricia Ann, De!orSs Lee
and Leo W. Dunn, VI; sister Oh CnaFleS
E Mccarthy: Friends may s.Soo cal Rbose se
Island ave at Eastern ave; ne. Fu
neral on Thursday; July :: S.tSoIc st S;nc
Church, where mass will be offered AZ
am for the repoSe ot neI SOU
Relatives and friends are invited. In,
tsrment Arlington National Cemetery.l
Evening star., 1953-07-01

NEPHAS, EDITH ]. On MONDAY, June
20, 1858, at George Washington Uni
versity Hospital. EDITH j. CEPHAS Of
1928 r ST. NV, devoted wife of Will
liam H. CephaS, mother of Vincent H.
Cephas. She also is survived by two
sisters. Mrs. Katie Lockett and Mrs.
Matte Dawson Matthews; one brother.
Clarence z. Shamwell: sister of the
late Maude Carpinter; one nephew:
Victor Dawson; other relatives and
many friends. Remains resting at
the Morrow " Woodi5rd Funeral Home
1922 llth st. NV. After l pm. Thurs
day, July >, friends are invited to call
81 the above funeral home
Funeral services on Friday, July 3,
At l pm. at the Nineteenth Street
Baptist Church, 10Th and Eye SITS, Nv,
Rev. Jerry Moore officiating. Inter
ment Harmony Cemetery.
Evening star., 1953-07-01

CHINN. ARTHUR FRANKLIN: Departed
this life on Wednesday, July l., 1858.
at the Prince GEORGES General He's
pital, Cheverly. Md, ARTHUR FRANK
Hyattsvil!e, Md, beloved husband Of
Mrs. Nellie Beatrice Chinn, devoted
father of MIS-. Jeanne E. Walton. ne
also leaves to mourn their loss three
sisters. one brother. three grandchll-
dren, one devoted son-in-law, two SIS
ters-in-law, one brother-in-law and a
host Of nieces. nephews. other rela-
tives and friends. Remains resting at
the John T. Rhines & Co. Funeral Home,
3rd and Eye sts. s.w. Notice OF 1u-
neral later.
Evening star., 1953-07-01

ION Monday, June 20. 1858, at her resi-
dence, Accokeek, Md, EMMA THERESA
BLANDFORD. beloved wife Of Thomas
Sidney Blandford, mother Of Helen NJ.
Hartman. Blanche " Murray. Emmat
Schultz. Catherine c. Edelen. Irven
Walter. Sidney Bernard, Edwin and
Claude Blandford. Funeral from the
HUNT Funeral Home, Waldorf. Md, on
Wednesday, July l. at 8 am. Re-
auiem high mass at St. Mary's Church,
PiscataWay, Md, at $3.50 am. Inter-
ment church cemetery.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
Substitute Teachers
Still Hired, Although
Funds Have Run Out

The District school system still
is hiring teachers. even though
funds have run out, Supt. Hobart
M. Corning reported today.
The city is seeking an emer-
gency $4,000 appropriation, and
school officials hope it will come
through before pay day for SUBJ
stitutes a month from now, DR..
Corning said.
The superintendent at his
weekly news conference referred
to recent cafeteria boycotts as
"a very reprehensible demon
stration." Many pupils at Ana
costa High School and Sousa
Junior High have been refusing
to buy lunches in a protest on a
c a f e terra reorganization, al
though sales were picking up to-
day.
II have a strong conviction
the boycotts are instigated by a
very small group of children
DR. Corning said.
The superintendent reported
some residents in the area COW
cred by Payne, Maury, Buchanan,
Tyler and Bryan Elementary
Schools are being unco-opera-
tive with school census takers
The census was ordered after
Payne parents called a two-week
pupil strike to enforce a demand
for transfer of a white school.
DR.. Corning said he didn't
know when the census would be
finished.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
SecurityRe-exun1inutionFuced
By State Department Workers

tration's loyalty security pro-
gram, workers already employed
by the State Department in 1947
were given an FBI record
check" but not a fulfilled in
''vestigation if the check of the
files did not disclose derogatory
information about them. Mr..
Mcleod does not plan any i'm
mediate wholesale reinvestiga-
ton of these older employees. But
they will have to undergo COM
plete Investigations as they come
up for promotion or reassign-
ment.
This is an extension of a rul-
ing which is. holding up the an
nual Foreign Service promotion
list" More than 200 names on
the list are being checked to
make sure that all have been
fully investigated before the
names are submitted to the Sen
ate for confirmation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
Civil Liberties Group
To Hear 4 Speakers

The National Civil Liberties
Clearing House was to open its
fifth national conference on civil
liberties at the Hotel 2400 today
Speakers scheduled on the pro-
gram today and tomorrow in
clude DR.. George N. Shuster,
president of Hunter College: for
mer Solicitor General Philip B.
Perlman, Patrick M. Malin, exec
utive director of the American
Civil Liberties Union. and Charles
M. LaFollette, former chairman
of the Subversive Activities Con-
troll Board.
The organization is an associa-
ton of more than so national
groups through which they share
information and opinions in the
fields of civil liberties, academic
freedom and international hu.
man rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
Senators Confirm Young
As Civil Service Chairman
BIZ the Asseeiuted Press

The Senate yesterday unani-
mously confirmed Philip Young
as chairman of the Civil Service
Commission.
Mr.. Young, dean of the Grad
uate School of Business Ad-
ministration at Columbia Uni
versity, succeeds Robert Rams
peck who resigned from the Civil
Service post some time back.
Filling the job was hurry-up
project for many Republicans
for two reasons: Patronage and
a desire to get men sympathetic
with Republican ideas into top
Government policy-making posi-
tions now held by Democrats.
The Civil Service Commission
has power to issue orders taking
policy-making posts out from
under the merit system, but the
word was out at the Capitol that
nothing could be done until a
new chairman was on the job.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
By Gornett D. Horner

State Department workers who
have been cleared in previous
full-scale loyalty-security inves-
LEGATIONS are going to be re-
checked on the basis of tighter
new security standards, it was
learned today.
And a complete security in
veStigation will be ordered on
every employe coming up for
promotion or reassignment who
has not already undergone such
an investigation.
These measures were disclosed
as among actions planned by
r. w. Scott Mcleod, the de-
partment's new security boss, in
a "calm and orderly" application
of new security standards. The
new standards are to be set out
in an executive order expected
soon from President Eisenhower
Seen as Step for Morale.
Mr.. Mcleod believes the best
way to build up morale of State
Department workers is for the
department as a whole to regain
widespread public confidence.
And he feels that public conf
dence can be won only through
a strict program recognized as
wedding out all security risks.
His approach is to regards an
State Department and Foreign
Service workers as loyal en-
ployes unless security investiga-
tons turn up evidence against
them, but to make clear that
the new administration will be
tougher in deciding what con-
StituteS as security risk than he
considers has been the case in
the past.
The Presidents Forthcoming
Executive order is expected to
abolish the distinction between
loyalty and security risks.
Plans Gradual Recheck
Every employe entering the
State Department since 1947 has
been subjected to what is known
as a fulfilled investigation" by
either the FBI or investigators
of the departments own Sc
curity division.
Some workers with the depart
ment since before 1947 also have
undergone such Investigations as
the result of derogatory infor-
nation.
Mr.. Mcleod plans a gradual
process of rechecking clearances
as a result of these Investigations
to make sure they stand up I'M
der the new security risk cri-
terra.
The new standards will bring
into the determination of
whether an employe is security
risk some factors previously
considered as bearing only on
his suitability. Mr.. Mcleod has
been concerned at discovering
for example, that some Amer
lean diplomats abroad have
maintained mistresses. He will
consider such conduct a security
factor.
Under the Truman admins
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-03-19
'2U. 5. Air Crashes
In Newfoundland
Take Toll Of 33Lives

ST. JOHNS, Newfoundland,
Mar. 1.-Two United States Air
Force planes crashed in New
foundland yesterday. All SO men
aboard the two planes were be-
lieved dead. including an Air
Force general.
A giant 1o-engine bomber. an
RB-36, hit a hilltop on the iso-
lated east coast of Newfound-
land. It carried % men, in
Guiding Brig. Gen. Richcard E.
Ellsworth, AZ. of Erie. Pa, COM
handing general of the Rapid
City, S. D., air base. Woodmen
found 10 bodies today near the
wreckage of the plane-a version
of the B-36 able to deliver blows
from bases in the United States
to almost any point in the world.
A United States Superfortress
with a crew of 10 crashed in st.
Georges Bay. about 200 miles
across Newfoundland from St.
Johns on the west coast. The
plane was from Harmon Field
on the west coast.
No Survivors Found
Searchers found only wreckage
and no survivors in the bay,
first reports said.
Both planes were on training
flights.
Ground parties combed through
the wreckage of the RB-36 for
additional bodies. e
The woodsmen had hacked
their way through husband and
clambered over deep snowbanks
to reach the wreckage in a near
trackless area about SO miles
north of here. The plane crashed
en- route from the Azores to
Rapid City while on a training
flight. -
Gen. Ellsworth was sta
toned in Washington from
July, 1945, to August, 1916. =
as chief of the operations and =
training division of the Air
Weather Service. { ,'..
CA list Of % names Of the !,
% men reported aboard the
plane included no others giving
an address in the Washington
area.)
The plane was piloted by Capt.
Jacob Pruett of Charleston. w.
Va, a member of the 718th
Strategic Reconnaissance Squad
ron.