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| jobless after that date will be
eligible for unemployment COM
pensation benefits. The rate of
payment will depend on the rate
paid by the State in which they
were last employed. The Dis
trict rate is $50 week for a
maximum Of 26 weeks.
Employees who receive cash
terminal leave payment on leav-
ing the Government or who are
on paid annual leave prior to
separation will be considered to
have remained in the Federal
service for the time covered by
the leave payment. Consequently,
they will not become eligible
for unemployment compensation
benefits until this time HIS ex-
PRED.
TAXES-The new tax law
gives Federal employees the fol-
lowing big break: If they retire
on a regular civil service annuity
before IS, they will receive tax
exemption on the first 81 200 of
their annuities. Those outside
of Government must wait until
age IS for this tax relief.
n * * X
CnCTAv cCrT1p Trv Tho ,,a,,,
social security law extends
social security coverage for the
first time to about 100000 Federal
temporary workers. Until now,
these workers, most of whom are
in the Post Office and Census
Bureau and other scattered
agencies, had no retirement pro-
lection whatever.
| X X \ X
TAX INDEBTEDNESS - The
new tax law gives the Treasury
Department the right to attach
Federal employees wages for un-
paid income taxes. A crack
down on all offenders is expected
soon.
y X X
LIFE INSURANCE - Civil
Service Commission officials have
clarified several more points re-
garding the Government employe
life insurance program. which al
hready has gone into effect.
Employees who retire on civil
service retirement annuitieS are
eligible for continued coverage
under the program only if they
have completed at least Is years
of service, unless they are retired
for disability. In the latter case,
they would receive continued
coverage regardless of length of
service.
Also, employees who are sepa-
rated or leave the Government
before retirement age may con-
vert their policies, but only at
the commercial insurance rate
based on the age in which they
left the Federal service. How
ever, these employees do get one
big break. They can convert
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A pretty 4-year-old Virginia
girl today was given a $25 saw
ings account in an Arlington
bank she nearly broke into last
night.
Walter J. ODonnell, president
of the First National Bank of
Arlington. 249 North Glebe road.
opened the account with a note
of thanks to young Pamela Por-
ter for accidentally discovering
the bank was unlocked.
The discovery was made as
Pamela and her parents. Navy
Comdr. Nell G. Porter and his
wife of 1889 John Marshall drive,
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Eight Die in Crosh
OF BIS in California
BY the Asseeiofed Press

SACRAMENTO, Calf, Aug
27.-Eight airmen were killed
when their twin engine BIS hit
a mountain in rugged northern
Napa County yesterday. The
bodies were found last night.
All we're from Western and
MidweStern States.
The bomber had left nearby
Mather Air Force Base Wednes-
day evening on Q routine train
ing fight. The cause Of the
crash has not been determined
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JOBLEsS INsURANCE-Pres-

1dent Essen
hover is con-
sidered certain
to sign the
bill giving un-
e m p | oyment
c compensation
benefits to
Gov eminent
workers.
Tb e n e W
benefits will
become efec-
tive next jan
llarV 1. Fed
eral workers
who hac0noe
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Long RoiIroud Tunnel

New Zealand's new So mile
railway tunnel through the Rim
utaka Range is the 18th longest
railroad bore in the world, Well
ington claims.
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Odd Fellows Plan Cruise

The Fellowcraft Club. Ben
Franklin Lodge No. so. Interna-
tional Order of Odd Fellows, will
hold it's annual moonlight cruise
on the Potomac at $3.50 pm.
Sunday aboard the Mount YER
non.
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4 Default Suits Filed.
By FILA Against
Alexandra Firm
BY the Associated Press


RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 27.-
The Government has filed four
civil suits against an Alexandria
firm in connection with Federal
Housing Administration home
loans.
The suits were filed yesterday
against B. B. Ezrine, trading as
the Alexandria Construction Co..
for the collection of $3,1S1.24 on
four defaulted FILA loans.
Earlier, Harry E. Oliver of
Richmond was arrested by the
FBI on a charge of making false
statements to obtain an FILA
home improvement loan. He was
released under a $1,000 bond
for an October hearing.
Says Facts Mistated.
Assistant United States Dis
trict Attorney Richard r. Ryder
said two of the civil suits against
the Alexandria firm charge home
owners were induced to sign
notes through misstatements OF
facts by an employe of the firm
and the other two allege that
work contracted for was never
done.
He said in two of the cases
home owners were induced into
signing applications for FILA
home improvement loans and
''they didn't know what they
were signing"
Work Never Was Done.
Soon after the loan applica-
tons were signed, the home
owners were asked to sign the
completion papers which are
necessary for the collection of
the FILA loans, Mr.. Ryder said.
He said the work was never
done.
In the other two cases, ma
terials were delivered to the
home sites, but no work was
done, Mr.. Ryder said. All four
loans were defaulted and the
Government had to pay the
FHA-guaranteed portion, he
said.
The four suits will be trans
ferred to the Federal Court in
Alexandria for disposition. ac-
cording to Mr.. Ryder.
Reached at his office at Ill
South Royal street, Alexandria,
Mr.. Ezrine said that former
employe of the Alexandria Con-
struction Co. had obtained the
contracts in question without his
knowledge.
"This fellow represented him
self as working for me. but
had no knowledge at all of the
contracts that he signed until
complaints started coming in,
Mr.. EZrine said. HE was not a
bonafide employe of mine when
he did this"
Denies Responsibility.
Mr.. Ezrine denied responsible
ity for the Governments claim.
I've been in the building bust
ness here for As years and I
wouldn't do a thing like that. %
He lives at Hunting Towers
Apartments in Alexandria.
The Government charged that
q man named Nathan Sloan, act
ing as agent for the Alexandria
Construction Co., induced home
owners in Olivet, Lusby and
Prince Frederick, Nd, to sign
contracts and promisory notes
in payment for work to be done
in 1947. The fourth suit charges
a similar agreement was obtained
from a Front Royal couple in
1945.
The work was never done, &C
cording to the Government, and
Mr.. Ezrine was "unjustly en-
riched" at the expense of the
Government when the holders
of the notes made claims against
the FILA to collect the Federal
guarantee IN the lIOpaid balance
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Airline to Madrid Sturts

NEW YORK, Aug. q (P),--
The Spanish airline Iberia to-
day inaugurated regular air serv-
Ice between Madrid and New
York.
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The Federal Spotlight
The Federal Spotlight q
Increases in Travel Allowance
Killed by Poy-Roise Veto
BY Joseph Young

The provision increasing the daily maximum 50 travel allow
ance Of Government employees to So one OF the casualties
when President Eisenhower vetoed the Federal raise BILL
The provision part Of the raise bill and consequently
died with the veto.
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<A1oO h11ICU was UIIC pIUVIS1OI1
increasing the maximum Sc daily
postal travel allowance to SO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-27

Record Temperatures This Year.
Highest. 103, on July 81.
Lowest. Is. on January %.
High and Low Of Last "a Houra.
High. 81, at sos pm.
Low. 81, at RIO am.
Tide Tables.
Furnished by United States Coast ant
Geodetic Survey
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warmer, Monday cooler
and Wednesday warmer. Scat
tered thundershowers likely Sum-
day and again Tuesday or
Wednesday totalihg u to inch.
River Report.
From United States Engineers)
Potomac River cloudy at Harpers
Ferry and slightly muddy at Great Falls;
clear at Harpers Ferry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-27

BE sure to listen to Joseph
YOung'S Federal Spotlight
radio program, at GAS pm. to-
morroD oDer WMAL.)
Evening star., 1954-09-11

scientific personnel and s&their
vast Libraries. Here ther9> is
being created q tremendous res,
ervcir Of scientific and profess
'Sional personnel unmatched any
where in the world, thus provid-
ing q labor market for stating
the organizations gravitating to
this vicinity.
The tourist and convention
business now represents our sec
ond largest local industry. How
ever, this business has been
greatly hampered due to the alb
sence Of an adequate place of
assembly. Intense interest is
now being shown In the revital-
izing Of the central core Of the
city, not only by the Govern
n1ent, but also on the part OF
outside private capital.
# plans presently under con-
sideration can be made effective,
Washington should then have an
adequate auditorium, with pos
sibly q stadium, and perhaps q
home for the opera. Adequate
facilities for assembly, entertain
ment, study and housing would
increase tremendously the num-
Der OF tourists and conventions
which could be attracted and
accommodated.
1t is unnecessary to catalogue
Evening star., 1954-09-11

WaSQlQ 3 TO n
to make their future home,
Since then I have heard the
same warning issued time after
time, always with the final ad-
monition. "You Just wait and
Eee."
In 1914 the man who had been
cautioned 10 years earlier passed
away without having bought real
estate in Washington. The bot
tom had not fallen out because,
contrary to these dire forebod-
ings. the city had grown.
Let us now quickly run
through the record of these so
years and observe the pattern
OF events which has so blunted
these gloomy predictions.
In 1900 the population of the
city was given as 278,71S, and in
1910 it was given as 331,O69,
With the advent Of the First
World War, large numbers OF
people came to Washington
Many Of them could hardly wait
until the end of the war to re-
turn to their former homes. It
was predicted that after the war.
Washington would become q
ghost town. Quite to the con-
trary, the 1920 census showed q
population Of 437,571.
Then in 1888 came the Presi-
dent dedicated to reducing the
Federal payroll by as per cent.
But something went wrong with
the formula. and after seven
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years the population, as shown
by the 1910 census, proved to be
663, ,091.
Then came the Second World
War and the routine Of the First
World War was repeated-thou-
sands of newcomers impatiently
yearning for the end Of the war
and the opportunity to return
home. The same warnings
about prices were expressed, and
the same predictions that after
the war Washington would be-
come q ghost town. But here
again the 1850 census disclosed
a population of 902. .178.
Meanwhile. the District had
burst at the seams and the
population had spilled over the
line into the adjoining counties
in Maryland and Virginia forrn-
ing the Greater Metropolitan
Area.
This area. comprising the
counties Of Montgomery and
Prince Georges in Maryland, and
Alexandria City and the counties
of Arlington and Fairfax in Vir-
ginia, along with the District,
were given the impressive total
population of almost one and
one-half millions in the 1850
census.
# this be a ghost town. then
I must confess to a firm belief
in ghosts.
Mere growth in population,
however, is not the whole story.
It is not so much the rate Of
growth, as it is the quality of
growth that actually counts.
Consequently, let us see what
has produced and attended this
growth. and then consider the
factors contributing to a con-
.tinuation of 1t.
The United States has now
become a nation Of over l60
million persons. The resulting
increase in the responsibilities
and services on the part of the
Federal Government has necessi-
tated q tremendous expansion in
The number Of Federal employees
in the Washington area. AS the
Nation grows, its National Cap
ital must continue to grow with
it.
The District Government ana
the neighboring local govern
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tments, with their increase In re-
sponsibilities and services. have
been forced TO enlarge their
stats.
While the Federal and local
governments provide q backlog Of
basic employment which renders
economic undulations less severe.
this does not complete the pic
ture. We must look in the direc-
ton of non-governrnent EN-
ployment to appraise the many
other factors contributing to the
growth Of this great city.
|, While the area does not at
tract. nor does it desire. heavy
industry, 1t Is an inviting field
for light industry. and consider
able organized effort Is now be-
ing exerted to make known its
many advantages in this direc-
ton. Already the area has de-
veloped into a great center for
printing. precision instruments,
paper products. etc., to name but
a few.
AS for service organizations.
they are locating on the WASH
ington scene in q steady stream
labor unions, trade associa-
tions, professional associations.
scientific societies. educational
groups and numerous others.
In the realm Of research, the
Washington area is rapidly be-
coming the greatest center in
the world--in the field of health.
electronics. physics, science and
so on.
Research is rapidly developing
into another major industry.
Hundreds of millions Of dollars
are now being spent each year
by governmental departments
and private enterprise in OPEN
ing up new horizons in this ever
broadening field. and more and
more Washington is the focal
point for the placing Of the Of
fees and the location of the
personnel engaged in this work.
Here they can find those great
laboratories Of the National In
stitutes Of Health. the Naval
Ordinance Laboratories, the Bu-
reau Of Standards, the Carnegie
Institution, the Johns Hopkins
Applied Physics Laboratories, the
Library of Congress and the sew
eral large universities. with their
Evening star., 1954-09-11
Color Cowords' Are GROWING
Color Conscious, Survey Shows

How conscious Of color are
consumers?
Here Is what House and Home
Magazine has TO say:
" Sale Of colored bathroom fix-
lures has almost tripled from
l948 to 1858, Is almost IS per
cent Of one manufacturers OUT
put.
Sales Of colored. high-pressure
laminates for counter tops scared
to over $35 million In 1853.
Growing demand for nom
white kitchen cabinets is evi-
denced in numerous consumer
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j. = = y 4 : 10. y
the cultural. educational and
recreational advantages. This
has been done many times.
AS the Capital Of a great Ma
tion. compared to the capital OF
other nations. the growth Of
Washington has only begun. In
1850 the population Of the
Washington area represented
approximately ! per cent Of the
population Of the Nation.
In Great Britain the popula-
ton Of London approximates
1914 per cent Of that Of the ma
tion: In France. the population
of Paris was approximately 31a
per cent, and In italy the popu-
Evening star., 1954-09-11

surveys. Several metal kitchen
cabinet manufacturers are intro
ducing color to their lines.
Sale Of light and pastel shades
Of granuleS for roofs is soaring.
The paint industry. excluding
industrial finishes, had an $840.4
million volume in 1853. wallpaper
manufacturers almost $50 mill
lion.
People, including builders,
who were once color towards, /"
says Color Consultant Beatrice
West, "are growing color con-
scious."
Evening star., 1954-09-11

u & 7a
lation Of Rome was approxi-
mately 10 per cent Of the whole
population.
Merely to maintain the ratio
Of approximately / per cent, the
population of the city win reach
over 100000 by 1870. If present
forecasts are realized.
However, taking into account
the added impetus resulting from
the development Of rlon-G Govern
ment employment. it will be seen
quickly that the future poten-
tial is enormous-so enormous,
In fact. that / myself am not at
all likely to become apprehensive
about the bottom falling out.
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Bv Thomos [. PhilliDs

President WASHINGTON Real Estate Board
In the spring Of 1904 I heard
several people say Don't buy
real estate in Washington now.
Prices are way too high and the
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10 o ITO m Is
|about ready to
fall out. You
just wait and
|see. |"
This warn
ing was being
.g iv e n TO q
man who was
forced out Of
his job by the
g rea t Balti-
more fire Of
that year and
III a d brought
his family to
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DIRECTIONS

TO A PERFECT WHEATON LoCA-
TON: Out Georgia AUe. to Viers Mill
Rd., turn left on Viers Mill Rd. to Dale
ioo0d Dr., turn right on DaIesDood and
fOll05D drr0sDs to model home. OPEN
SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, 10 Am.
to DARK; DAILY, NOON to DARK.
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Covers semi detached house and lot.
Subject to VA approval. Nothing
down to qualified vets except usual
settlement charges.
Evening star., 1954-05-29
Dr.. Frederick Yates,
Physician in District
For Many Years

DR.. Frederick Yates, rs, a
Washington physician for many
years, died Thursday at Emer-
gency Hospital. He became ill
May 10 at his Office. 1908 M
street NV.
Born in Manchester. England,
DR.. Yates came to this country
in 1885 with his parents. In
1904 he received his medical de-
gree from George Washington
University. He also received
bachelor and master of laws de-
grees at National University.
DR.. Yates was a member of
the Knights of Pythias, B. B.
French Masonic Lodge, Colum-
bia Commandery No. 2, Almas
Temple Shrine. He lived at 2343
AShmead place NV.
His first wife was Mary Estelle
Archer, who died in 1912.
Survivors are his second wife,
Lou Eva Cunningham Yates;
two sons, Naval Comdr. Fred
erick A. Yates, Vienna, Va;
George Thomas Yates, Denver,
Colo; a daughter, Mrs. Adrian
DeKoning, also of Denver; a
stepson, Andrew Archer, ST..
petersburg, Fla, and a STEP
daughter, Mrs. Lawrence j.
Blackmar of the Ashmead place
address.
Funeral services will be held
at 10 am. Tuesday at Hines
funeral home, 1901 Fourteenth
street NV. Burial will be in
Congressional Cemetery.
Evening star., 1954-05-29
BY the Associated Press

BALTIMORE, May 29.-
George Edward Grammer,
scheduled to hang in two weeks
for the murder of his wife, said
cab driver might save him
from the gallows.
The mysterious cab driver is
one Grammer said drove him to
the Pennsylvania Railroad sta
ton, from the area where his
wife was killed.
The 39-year-old former New
York Office manager. speaking
quietly from his death-row cell,
appealed to the driver to please
come forward and identity your
self"
Grammer, due to hang the
week of June z for the August,
1852, Staying of his wife. Doro-
thy May Grammer. mother OF
three, said the cab driver could
help prove he didn't plan the
killing.
The State contended Gram
mer killed his wife because he
loved another woman. It said he
murdered her and then sent her
body down a hill in Baltimore to
try to make it look like an auto
accident.
Grammer said if he could
Evening star., 1954-05-29
William Gassaway,
Jamestown Native

William A. Gassaway, Ct, a
Darnestown. Md. merchant for
% years. died Thursday in Sub
urban Hospital after a brief ILL
ness.
He gave up his store in
Darnestown seven years ago, and
was since employed at Herbert
Bryan's store in Washington
Grove.
A native of Jamestown. he
was the son of Betty and Alex
ander Gassaway. He is survived
by his widow. Mrs. Alice w.
GaSsaway, and several nieces and
nephews.
He was an elder of the Darnes-
town Presbyterian Church and a
member of Pentalpha Lodge No.
1874 of Gaithersburg.
Services will be held at II am.
Monday in the Pumphrey Fu-
neral Home, 800 West Montgom-
cry avenue, Rockville, Md. Burial
will be in the cemetery of the
Darnes town Presbyterian
Church.
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Gromn1er Asks Cab Driver
To Save Him From G0IIows

prove he had to catch a cab to
leave the area where the killing
was done he could cast doubt
on the States contention he
planned the killing.
Grammer said he could not
remember the time or the place
he got the cab. Il can only re-
member that he said he was just
returning from a trip to Lam
caster, Pa"
That was in the early morning
of August 20, 1852.
No driver appeared during any
of Grammer's court hearings al
though it is known police tried
to find him.
Grammer has made a final ap-
peal to Gov. McKeldin to COM
mute his sentence to life in priS-
on. Gov. McKeldin. the only one
now who can save Grammer
from the gallows. is considering
his plea. A decision isn't -ex-
pected before next week.
Evening star., 1954-05-29
Mrs. Louisa H. Pryor,
Widow Of Broker

Mrs. Louisa H. Pryor, 81, of
5521 Colorado avenue NV, died
Wednesday at her home.
She was the wife of the late
Frank B. Pryor, an investment
broker with Waggaman-Brawner
Realty Corp, Seventeenth and
I streets NV, who died in 1941.
Mrs. Pryor, born in Fairmont,
w. Va, had lived in the District
since 1922. She had worked until
February of this year in the
office of the Adjutant General.
Among her survivors are three
sons. Edward B. Pryor, of l Scott
circle NV, William H. Pryor of
Winchester, Va, and John H.
Pryor of Baltimore; and two
sisters. Mrs. Forest L. Springer
OF Fairmont, w. Va. and Mrs.
Dorsey Brannan, of Morgan
town. w. Va.
Funeral services were to be
held at 3 pm. today in the
Trinity Episcopal Church, Piney
Branch road and Dahlia streets
NV. Burial will be in Fairmont.
Evening star., 1954-05-29
Ship Back From Tests
Reported Radioactive
BY the Associated Press

SAN DIEGO. Calf, May 29.-
The escort carrier Bairoko re-
turned from participation in Pa
ciflc hydrogen bomb tests yes
terday and San Diego televi-
sion station said a Geiger counter
brought close to the vessel re-
corded extreme radioactivity.
KFMB-TV said a qualified
civilian physicist who observed
the reaction emphasized it could
have been due to some material
in the ship rather than to radio
active contamination.
Navy sources declined COM
ment, saying security regulations
imposed by the Atomic Energy
Commission prohibited discus
sion of the carrier in connection
with the H-bomb operation.
Washington Navy officials
were reported earlier this week
to have said the Bairoko came
through the tests without dam
age or injury to the crew.
The Bairoko and the seaplane
tender Curtiss, also arriving yes
terday, were the first ships of
Joint Task Force z, which con-
Quoted the H-bomb tests, to re-
turn to this port.
News reporters and photog-
raphers were banned from the
dock. -.
KFMB-TV said it's camera
man, Paul Skillings, and the
physicist, who remained uniden-
titled at his request, approached
in a water taxi to within three
or four feet of the Bairoko's side.
Evening star., 1954-05-29
Charles H. Diedrich,
Baker for As Years

Charles Henry Diedrich. ~,
who was a baker for As years
with the Continental Baking Co.,
died Wednesday in Sibley Me-
mortal Hospital.
Mr.. Diedrich had lived in re-
tirement for nine years at his
homes 537 Ninth street NE.
A native of Alexandria, Va,
he moved to Washington shortly
after the turn of the century
and became a bakers apprentice.
He was a member of the Centen-
nial Baptist Church. Seventh
and I streets NE. He also was
a member of the Hope Lodge
No. 20 of the Masonic Order. i.
Besides his widow, Mrs. Offie
P. Diedrich, he is survived by a
son, Carl B. Diedrich of 608
Farraday place NE; a foster son,
Hunton E. Diedrich. and a foster
daughter, Mrs. Louisa A. Linthi-
cum. both of the Ninth street
address; and a sister, Mrs. Rose
Helm, of 852 South Irving street,
Arlington, Va.
Services were to be held at /
pm. today in the Lee Funeral
Home. Fourth street and Massa-
chusettS avenue NE. Burial will
be in Glenwood cemetery.